The Sun. — London, England, 1839-06-14 00:00:00

EtE'Ci TVer i ,_ Co u l d bemore deeply interested than 'in purchasing the I p e n a lty was ra th er too se vere. In cases, for example, ' The Bills of Exclaorge Bid then went through Cam: of respectaale men for the police force, because when p e rsons. perhaps after dinner got " innocently' mittee. the trust reposed in them was great, and they were drunk. -(Laughter.) The House resumed and the Lint Tenants Voting frequently in the night more especially called on to Mr, HAWES said many instances had occurred of (Ireland) Bill was read a second time and ordered to be exercise a considerable degree of power on their. own indecent behaviour on the part of persons of higher committed. responsibility. H e thought therefore it would not be rank than ordittitry ; and for such persons a small pecu- ' HIGH SHERIFFS' EXPENSES BILL. aanbultieg the interest of the ratepayers to reduce the I nary fine tai, no punishment az, ail.--(Hear.) . Col. DAVIES RI F F the third reading of the High tiler} of the police constables to such a point as would Mr. F. MAU LE-The Ma'zistrate would have the • 81 '''' 1fr ' EIL- - ""'" liiil' • - deter.. respectable men from entering the police. He i power to punish persons who were in, such a situation SigE. KIN ATCH BULL oppose counties emoluments. . expenses which had hitherto been borne by the Sheriffs avail as a punishment. They need not necessarily ex , Mr. T. DUNCOMBE considered the principles ercise it. themselves. He should move that the Bill be read a iayolved in this clause were erroneous. He feared , Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said it was well known that third time that day six months. that the allowing these fines to go into the pockets of ; the Megistrates always leaned to the aristocracy. He Mr. BARNEBY would support the amendment, these persons eventually would lead to a great deal of proposed that there should be added to the clause, "to and hoped the Government would oppose the Bill. It Lase swearing. He was of opinion thet the present ! suffer fourteen days' imprisonment, provided he were not proposed to give the appointment of javelin men to principle of applying the fines to the liquidation of the I a labouring mail." the Sheriffs, and called upon the county to pay them. general expenses of the establishment was preferable to ' Mr. F. MAU LE-The only effect of th 4 would be, Col. DAVIES explained. the one now proposed. that all would be labouring men. Lord J. RUSSELL said he thought it a great hard- Mr. GOUL BURN thought the Hon. Gentleman Mr. HAWES said the rich drunkard, according to ship upon gentlemen of small fortune to be subjacted to . had misunderstood the clause, these fines were not in- I the present law, escaped all punishment, and if the the expenses attendant upon that office, and he hoped if tended to go to the constable but to the general fund ! clause was lost, he would still escape, because a Feu- the . 4th clause were omitted the Bill would be per for superanuation. natted to be read a third time. niary fine would not meet the evil.-(Hear.) Mr. T. DUNCOM BE thought the ratepayers were Mr. GO U LBU RN thought the clause was most Mr. DARBY opposed the Bill. entitled to the benefit of the fines. I indefensible. Mr. J. JERVIS thought that the Bill did not go BURN After a short conversation, in which Mr. GOUL- ' Mr. WALLACE thought the House ought to far enough. and Lord JOHN RUSSELL took part, the adhere to the clause as it now stood in the Bill. He After a few observations from Mr. PARROTT, Clause, with some verbal ,imentiments, was agreed to. believed a great number of the crimes that had been strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House On clause 3.2 being read, proposing that the periods adverted to were caused from the vice ef drunkenness. divided, when there appeared of service entitling the police constables to different Mr. T. DUNCOMBE considered the cause so For the third reading scales of pension should be fifteen and twenty years objectionable, that he was determined to take the sense Against it respectively, Majority for the third reailing ...... of the House as to its rejection. After a few words from Mr. G OULB URN and Lord Strangers were then orti,red to withdraw, and the On our re-admission, we found Mr. T. HOBHOUSE 110 WICK, Committee divided, when there appeared- on his legs, nerving the omission of the first ciause of ti! Bill, as it merely affirmed the state of the law as it at pre. Captain BOLDERO said that he thought after ten For the Clause Years' diligent and faithful service a man should be en- , Against it titled to a gratuity. He took a great interest in the I M.:joi ity in favour of the GiitSe " enacting that it should not be incumbent on the Shea force, beceuse in the course of last Session, on return- l On clause 68 been; proposed, a desultory conversation to protide a carriage for the Judges of Assize." mg home late from the House, be left his latch-key m a d- arose on the previous clause, in which vertently in his door, and retired to bed. He was Mr. DUNCOMBE said he had no objection to the Mr. T. HOBHOUSE withdrew his oppo sition to the first clause. aw o k e b y fi n di ng t wo men w i t h d a rk l a nterns standing : principle of the p recedin g clause, p rovided it was carried The amendment of Mr. Jervis was then put and ky his bedside, who told him they were members of the ' into operation east of Temple bar, and adopted uni agreed to, as airs understood. police force, and returned him his letcli•key ; he, of versaliy thr.iughout Enelana. Mr BARN EBY said he should divide against the Course, offered them a gratuity, which they re f use d, Mr. FOX MAULE said it was intended to apply it n Bill, unless the second clause, giving the Saeriff the and h e t h oug ht men o f this description were entitled to to the City of London as well as other parts of the power of appointing javelin men, for which the county consideration. He knew several similar instances o f ! metropolis. good co n duct on the part of the police force. M r. LAW was p erfectl y surprised at tied state- wars to pay, were witharawn. Mr. ASHTON YATES made a few observations, merit, as be ba4l understood the agreement betweeer the Mr. F. T. BARING said the Sheriff being respon that wers inaudible in the Gallery. , Government and the City of Loedon was, diet the City sible for the conduct of the javelin men ought to have the appointment of them. Sir ROBERT PEEL said that if the principle of I should be exempted altogether frow the operation of The house then divided, when there appeared the superennuatioe were right, the psriod at which the Against it the Act. For the clause . 38 I Superennuation should be granted must be calculated Sir M. WOOD said he would have no objection to 17 . , eecordingly, Still lie thought 15 years a lung time to ; prcpesing the astroduction of a similar clause into the Majority in favour of the clause -19 wait, and that it mould be desirable that some relaxation i City Police Bill. Clattso 4 WAS struck out on the motion of Lord of that term should take place if possiale4 but that Colonel SIBTHORP said that ire never saw such a JOHN RUSSELL. Must. be regulated by calculations asao what the feted humbugging piece of legislation in his life. The Bill was then passed. could afforll. - - s After a short conversation, in which Mr. 'Gouiburn, Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD brought up the Re- After a tew words from Mr. FOX MAULE, Mr. Law, Mr. Fox alaule, Dr. Nicoll, end several other port. on the Custody of Infants Bill. The Bill was or- Mr. LAW pipposed as an amendment that 10 years H e n. Members took part, the clause was agreed to. tiered to he read a third time on Thursday next. sh ou ld be substituted for 15,'and 15 for 20. Clauses 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, and 74, were agreed to, Mr. PRYME moved for leave to bring in a Bill for Mr. FOX MAULE thoueht it would be better to as was clause 75 after a new verbal amendments. the mere effectual relieving of p6or• persons from the let the clause - stand as originally proposed ; and if it Clause 76, after a short discussion, was agreed to. payment of rates or sesses. should be found by the growth of the fund that the C lause 77 was agreed to with some verbal amend- ' Sir E. Knatchbull ' Objected to the introduction of the suggestions of the Hon. Member could be complied ments, after a long conversation, as was clause 78. measure at such a late hour of the night, and, on the with, provision might be made accordingly. Clause 79 was a g reed to without discussion. su g gestion of Lord John Russell, MraPryme postponed Colonel SIBTHORP said the present , like every Clause 80 was then a g reed to, with some amendments. his motion. Other dirty Government Bill tended rather to oppress Clause 81 was agreed to, after a few words from POOR LAW AMENDMENT. th e men belonging to this invaluable service, than any Mr. LAW. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved for leave to bring thing else. He thought it worthy the attention of the Clauses 82 and 83 were agree dto with some amend- Rouse whether there should not be some increase in merits, in a Bill to extend the authority of t he Poor Law Commissioners for one year, and also a Bill to amend th e p a y of the officers and men of the police establish- Oa clause 84 being. proposed, tent. Mr. T. DU NCOMBE said that some alteration was the laws for the Assessment and Collection of Rates for the Relief of the Poor , and for the collection of Captain BOLDERO wished to know whether ill necessa r y in this clause. County s ePorourrh, and Police-rates. health f ro m constant exposure to the effects of the A conversation ensued , t he pu r p ort of which it was After a few a words from Colonel atmosphere, incapacitating a man from service, would impossi ble to catch. It was understood that the clause Mr. DARBY, giving r notice of certainSIBTHORP and amendments, to entitle him to the superannuation. was ultimately agreed to. be hereafter proposed, more particularly regarding the Mr. FOX MAULE thought not. 11l health from The remaining clauses were then agreed to without Bastardy clause, leave was given, and the Bills were such a cause was so much matter of opinion, that it discussion, and the House resumed. brought in and read a first time. would be difficult to draw the line. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, The clause as amended was then agreed to. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the Order Clauses 33, 34, 3,5, 36, 37, 33, 39, 40, 41, and 42 of the Day for the Hous.! going into a Committee on and the Mouse adjourned shortly a fter One o'Clock. Were, ‘z after a few .. verbal amendments by Mr. FOX the Imprisonment for Debt Act Amendment Bill. ----- ""`" 5 "" ----. MAULE, agreed to. HOUSE OF LORDS, Julia 13.• Mr. SHEPPARD moved that it be an instruction ,On clause 43 being read, which authorised a consta- 'to the Committee to introduce the following amend- The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool- On to go on board a vessel where a felony had been, or went :-" And be it further enacted, that the judg- sack at Five o'Clock. Was about to he committed, rpent required by the aforesaid Act, previous to' a Several Bills were forwarded a stage. Mr. KEMBLE objected to giving such arbitrary debtor's discharge - , subjecting any property that may Lord SEGRAVE presented petitions from Bristol, power to a common constable, and should certainly ob- afterwards accrue to the debtor, at arty period (exclul Cheltenham, and other places, in favour of Rowland /act to the clause. Hill's plan of penny poetage. The Noble Lord also sive of all assets, prospects, end claims !set forth in his _. Mr. BUNCO GIBE also objected to the clause, and schedule), shall cease to be of effect beyond the term of presented a petition from the inhabitants of Mile thought the words " about to committed," should be three years from the date of the discharge of the debtor." End-road, in favour of a system of national edu omitted. The ATTO RN EY. GENER A L opposed the cation. Mr. FOX MAULE had no objection to substituteA message from the Commons brought up several motion. Tire ()eject of the present Bill was not constable words " serjeant, inspector, or superintendant," for Bills. generally to improve the Imprisonment thr Debt Act ; but he should certainly object to omit the time ' 1 Newspapers but to relieve . proprietors 0 from being' The Marquis of WESTMEA TH wished to know if Words " about to be," as suggested by the Hon. Member the Noble Merquis opposite was in possession of the compelled to enseraadvernsements, however long, for 3s. for Finsbury. - documents, as we understood, of the transactions which After a few observations from Mr. WARBURTON After a few observations from Mr. DARBY and Mr• had taken place in the county of Carlow, which he had KEMBLE, the clause as amended was ordered to the motion was withdrawn. some time ago moved for. stand part of the Bill. Mr BAIN a.;S complained of the hardship imposed The Mar uis of NORMANDY said he should make upon debtors confined in the county prisons by the pre , Clauses 44, 45, and 46 were agreed to, with verbal inquiries. q . The Marquis of DOW NS HIRE wished to know amendments. sent state of the law, which compelled them to give bail in London, and- moved that it be an instruction to the On clau s e 47 b e i n g proposed, Commi tt ee to insert the following clauses :- from the Noble Marquis whether he ha d y et obtained certain letters respectitig a transaction which took place Colonel SIBTHORP said this was rather a curious e And whereas it is expedient that persons residing in the county of Down, to which he had some tines clause for a Liberal Government to introduce in a Bill. at a distance greater than ten miles from tile Court since eaded the Noble M irquis's attentiou. The H on . an d G a ll ant Member observed that this House in Portugal-street , who may he willin g to enter 'rime Mai quer of N ORM A N BY and he should take t clause provided that if any house, booth, standing. into recognizances of sureties tor the due appearance of .C 6 4- ii t a4 tav n, or other place, should be kept open between the insolvent debtors before the Court, or bAtire Commis- care , tole t the Noble Marquis know. per , et eleven at night and six in the morning, for any fhe Duke of RICHMOND presented seventy. amrPo sioners oil their Circuits, or before Justices of the fair se of business or amusement, at any place where a Peace in Berwick-upon-Tweed, should be enabled to two petitions . in favour of the adoption of a penny postage. 31,Should be holden, or within 300 yards thereof, it " 0 0111 b e l a wful for the police to take into custody the ! )Pi nar, proprietor, or manager thereof, who was sub its to a penalty not exceeding 51, Any 'persons in th e -booths,- arte, not quitting desired .by the instanter gon being police-that was, it they did `cult-(Great laughter)-were also penalty not exceeding .5/. Mae sons attended Greenwich Fair for Y not enter . into such recognizances without the necessity of appearing for such purpose before the Court itself at i's usual and ordinary place of sitting ; be it therefore enacted, first the.CldelComnaissioner and other' the may be, b b°" ' Commissioners of time . Court for Relief . of In - 1 • ga' Debtors for the time being, s hall, and y one ,o, subjected to a more Commission or Commissione under th a e bt y i al of toe respectable m u p see-r -ment, which they had as much right to do as her Majesty's Government had to go down and eat white bait there. They were just as capable of of themselves after eleven o'clock as the Members of her Majesty's Government, and quite as capable of taking care of their hats.-(Great laughter.) He did said Court from tire t o time, em po wee i s t u h c i h a ken(many fit as an o d eca p a r l o o p n er pee r : i n t : tr e e s ' necessary° in all and every the several they towns s and .l counties within England and Wales, and the taking care town of B e rwick-upon-Tweed, to take and receive ail and every the recognizance or recognizances ef sureties into which any persons shall be willing Also, ih a e Epe„trittroofn MANSFIELD s t i u D it p p r l e a s n e t n e t r e s d a a t G pe r t a i v ti e o s t e i n t d .o pra L y o it r ig d f p or A p e ro it tlti , i. rtni L ti o t ira w y it i A r l ig ,DN f. s ) F r 00 a RR pe D n;: pesr p ,e o ns s it, t : a (t g ie e dp . the Same etfeet. Lora anti o o t r h d er i f t il E ac D es E t s e p t Church Discipline Bill. tie Church Deseipliiie Bill. to enter for the Tha aslionof due appearance of insolvent debtors, according to such presented a petition from Hammer etitions from Molton a petition against the l i' L s E am'' p e re ff s e e e n t t . ed a petition front two clergymeu egsitist the third and tenth sections of LINCOLN presented petitions against the Government plan of education; and also a petition ainst the Church Discipline Bill. not expect such a clause would be proposed b y a Libe- several and respective recogni z an ces, and in such form ag cal Go vernmen t, and he considered it to be a gross at - Lord RODEN presented a petition in favour of a as the Court, in pursuance of the statute in that be t for Finsbury would assist him in endeavouring hck on the liberty of the subject. He hoped the Hon. penny postage, and several petitions for the better half, maY and shall direct and require. • observance of the Sabbath.• M "Be it further enacted, That in any case of a prisoner CANADIAN PRISONERS. to expunge it from the Bill. whose estate and effects shall have been, or shall here- Mr. FOX MAULE said it was merely a copy of a Lord BROUGHAM rose to present a petition, of after be, by order of the Court for Relief of Insolvent clause in the former Police Acts. which he had given notice on Tuesday, for the purpose Debtors, vested in the provisional or other assignee, Mr. LAW thought the words "within 300 yards of calling the attention of their Lordships, and parti and who ' shall be confined in the gaol of any county, cularly that of her Majesty's Ministers, to the thereof" ought to be struck out. town, or place, other than in London, Southwark, Mid- Mr. FOX MAULE had no objection to that, case of nine very unfortunate individuals who had been d . lesex, oh Surrey, and who shall the filed his schedule Mr. DARBY would be very glad to see fairs put a • in the said Court, according to tate Statute in that be- subject . to . imprisonment dangerfor e f igl i r i t e e in e g n t t itt a o t n is t p h o s, rt a e n d d t w o bo a were in imminent o stop t o altogether. but he thought it would be very di half, it shall and may be lawful for any person or person., penal colony. Some collateral matters respecting their fneult to clear a booth at 11 o'clock in fairs that lasted who may be willing to enter into such recognizences as case had come before the Courts of Queen's Bench and only three days. before mentioned, whose usual and ordinary place of the Exchequer, hence it became more important that. Colonel SIBTHORP objected to the w hole clause, residence sb more than all be distant a ten tones from the h e should call the atten:ion of the House to and would therefore move that it be omitted. Court House in Portugal-street, London, to appear be- their situation. He had never seen a more Mr. FOX MAULE observed that that would be duly • dand I • fore a person appointed empowered in manner their situation. He had never seen a more clear, lucid, arid impressive statement of fact than in effect proposing to repeal an old law. a foresaid, and there to en t e r into and acknowled g e such wes presented in their petition , there f o re, he did Mr. T. DUNCOMBE thought the clause a lt og e s r ecognizances of sureties for the due appearance of the not ‘ think he could do better for the pe titioners titer unnecessary. Greenwich fair, like all other fa irs, was generally open all night, and lie thought i t would be insolvent, according to suc h forms and in such terms than to present thet statement to the House. He hadad correspondence with M r. P arker, one of very difficult to carry it into operation. arid manner as shall or Ma y bs p roscribed by the said H had Court which said recogni zances of sureties, so taken th e petitioners, and had made it Iris business to make . Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House ' as aforesaid, shall someinquiries respecting him. In the result be had °tided. The numbers were- be t ra nsmitted and filed in the said Court, with an affidavit of the due taking of the said found that he had been in a most respectable station of For the clause recognizances of such sureties by some credible person life, and universally admitted to be an honest and upright Against it a M,lority for the clause -46 man. As to the others, he had been assured they were ~ present at the taking thereon, upon payment of such feee as have been usually received for the taking of re- generallt . respectable. They were committed to prison "le Jause as amended was agreed to, as was also clause 48. cognizances in the said Court, which recognizances so in Upper Canada towards the end of 1837, on a charge On cleuse 9, i m p os ing a restriction upon the hour s taken, transmitted, and filed, shall be of the like force and of high treason, which was before the treasonable- out of'4 all coffee-busses, &c, that they shall not he o pened effect as if the same we re taken before the said Ceuta ; break took place in that colony, so that they could not before fa c o'clock in the morning, and that they eloaQ . for the talzio..; ef every euch recognizance of sureties, the have been parties to it. Mr. Parker's offence was that of before one, person or persons so empowered, shall receive only the hnving vv ritt en a letter containing treasonable expressions. Mr. T. DLYNCOMBE and Colonel SIBTHORP spoke sum or fee of two shillings and :sixpence, and no more. Some of the petitioners bad surrendered from the terms °'And be it enacted, that the Commissioners of the o f th e proclamation, which offered a free pardon to a ll against this restriction, as b e ing unnecessary in regard to said Court shall make such rules and orders regalating the sale of so harmless a liquor as coffee. who should surrender, except to the six persons named the amount, end for the taking of such recognizances, Mr. GOULBURN thou ht tin restrictions, if any-g e in that proclamation. The Governor was not then in a thing, not strong enough. as to them shall sects meet, so as such sureties be not situation to grant a pardon for treason, whereupon an ! .iottipelleit to appear itt person . in the said Court to Sir M. WOOD considered that no just complaint Act was passed in the province of Upper Canada Could be raised against such a moderate restriction as to justify taemselves, hut the same may . and is hereby enabling the Executive to grant pardons to those who directed to be determined betore the said Court or a should confess their offence and petition for the same one in the morning. Clause agreed to. Commissioner thereof , by affidavit or affidavits duly w ith suc h conditions as the Governor should think fit to taken before the person or persons so empowered as annex to such pardons. The petitioners stated that when . Clause .50 was then agreed to. Clause 51 was postponed. aforesaid, who are hereby empowered and required to in prison under duresse of the imprisonment-suffering On clause 52 being ploposed, ordering that public - take the same. great disress from the _rigour o f their confinement and houses should be closed on Sunday, Christmas Day, " And he it Enacted, That any Commissioner of the th e g reat severity of a northern winter, they were in ; and Good Friday, from eight o'clock in the morning said Court, on his circuits, shall and may take and re- formed that an Act had been passed which they knew • until one o'clock, ceive all and every such recognizances of sureties as nothing of, but from such information representing that : e Mr. PRYME proposed, as an amendment; that these any person or persons shall he willing to make and ac- it was to ena ble the Governor to pardon treason, but houses should not be opened until one o'clock, which, knowledge before him, which being transmuted, shall, positively denied, and c helleoged proof to the contrary, after a short conversation was negatived, and the clause without oath, he filed in mariner aforesaid, upon pay- that 'they were informA of the conditions which the said was agreed to. men t of the usual fees. Act enabled the Governor to connect with the pardon. Clauses 53, 54, 55, and 56 were agreed to , with " And he it Enacted , That as soon as such sureties 'They proeeeded to state that having been thus informed saute verbal amendments. - shall have justified by affidavit, in mariner aforesaid, and that if they would confess the crime whereof they were On clause 57 being proposed, such recognizances as hereinbefore mentioned shall have charged,they would receive an unconditional pardon, and 1 Colonel SIBTHORP said that he c onsidered the been filed, the said Court shall thereupon issue a war- b e se t at liberty, they were induced t o pe ti t i on t h e I whole Bill as of as oppressive character, and should rant to the gaoler for the discharge of such Insolvent Governor for such pardon, but were totally uninformed endeavour all in his power to throw it out on bringing from custody accordingly, and who shall have such and o f th e p e nal consequerices of such a step. It was to b e up the Report. the like privileges, and be subject to such and the like observed here that the suppression of important informa- The clause was then agreed to. as was clause 58. liabilities, as the Statute in that.behalf directs." tion on this point of fact was equal to information in • Clauses 60 and 61 were agreed to without observation. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL seconded the point of law. They listened to those garbled state- Clause - 62 was struck out. Clauses 63, 64, 65, and motion. ments, the suppression of information being equal to a 66 were agreed to. Mr. WARBURTON thought the Hon. Mendel . fiction, calculated to fix them with penal consequences. - On clause 66, prohibiting all disturbances and noisy opposite (Mr -Sheppard) would have reason to complain, The petitioners then proceeded to state that they had cries, &c., in the metropolis, if the clauses proposed by the Hon. Member for Leeds been confined, and had since then been treated, not as Mr. DARBY said he thought this prohibition might were agreed to. the laws entitled the Governor to treat them -not as be too severely construed into a prevention of all those Captain PECHELL supported the clause. t was the intention of the Governor to treat them as by which the industrious vendors of different coin- Mr. HOBHOUSE thought th e p resen t Bill oug ht but in an illegal manner, and they heard of this, modifies in this metropolis m a d e k now n their respective to pass by itself, and if an ythi n g farther were n ecessary as they said, for the first time-they averred they articles of sale. another Bill should be introduced for that purpose. never knew of the existence of it till-when ?In Ca- Mr. HAWES believed some enactment of the kind The ATTORNEY- GENERAL thought there na da a--in Quebec? -on their passage?-on their land.- necessary. was no inconsistency in the course now proposed to be ing ?-in London ?-in No Nete ?-s for -wh the first en they caine Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he certainly wished adopt ed. up for judgment ? , but time that the prohibition should not be pus h e d furt h er than Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL thought it was when, on the floor of the Court of Queen's Bench, necessary. But he was of opinion that th e blowing of improper to alter the title of Bills. they heard it stated by the Attorney-General. These horns, &0., in the streets, might properly be prohibited. The Instruction was then agreed to, an d th e H ouse were t he leading features of their case, and they state --(Hear.) resolved itself into Committee on the Bill. they were never tried,d a never arraignei admitted by th At.. the wor d s _. or making an y distrbance by loud shouts clauses were introd uced, the House resumed, and the torney-General in the Court of Queen's Bench. It was or cries"-it being the evident uintention of the C omm it- Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. admitted that they were not convicts, and that admis tee that th e cr i es o f London should not he prevented. WA YS AND MEANS. sion runs thrgh the whole of the arguments in ou ' The penalty for the offence, as also for firin g guns, &c., Mr. BERNAL then brought up t h e Report of the the ir case. The Petitioners then stated that the throwing st ones , knocking or ringing wantonly, &c., C omm ittee of Ways and Means continuing the existing penal settlements of Sydney and Van Diemen's Land • . was fixed at 40s. for each offence. duties on sugar and molasses, which was agreed to. were merely appointed for the transportation of The clause was agreed to. On clause 67, which imposed WINDSOR CASTLE STABLES BILL. . convicts, to which class the y did not belong. Their a penalty o n indecent and r i otous con d uc t in the streets, The House then resolved itself into Committee on ' ca se was subsequently arg u e d before the Court of Ex , •, of 14 days on the treadmill, 1 the Windsor Castle Stables Bill. The House resumed, chequer, and it was there contended that under the - see --Mr. GOULBURN expressed an opinion that this I and the Report was ordered to be received to-morr o w. I sth Geo. 4, chap. 84, they could not be forcibly trans _ lER ,qT_TN, i,..,61 4 111,0 1 4 - PtIDAY, 14. Ikg.9. ported to these settlements. The Lord Chief Baron's opinion was worthy of their Lordship's -consideration, and was embodied in the statement of the petitioners. The Court said the prisoners were liable to be indicted for treason committed against her Majesty in Canad a, and to be tried for that treason in this country. Not to be transported to Botany Bay.--( Hear, hear.) And the court -rooeriy ;‘:.d e .,,,enhied by saying, that if the prisoners could not be le gally transported from this country to Van Die men's Land, the Government would, upon its being so certified, take proper measures for prosecuting them upon the charge of high treason. The petitioners said that the conditions of the pardon could not be enforced unless they had been accepted, and that so far from having accepted the conditions, they were ignorant of them till afterwards, and had been led to believe the pardon unconditional. Notwithstand ing all this, they believed, that they were forth with to be sent to Van Diemen's Land. They stated that this was the first case in Which a British subject had been attempted' to be trans ported from this country, without his being included — as they alleged they were not—in the pro%isions of the Transportation Act. And they prayed for such inquiry and relief as their Lordships might think fit ; and also that an amendment of the law, as to the Habeas Corpus Act might be effected so as to require a verification of the returns made under that Act. He (Lord Brougham) had all the documents in his possession, and would pledge himself to the accuracy of the petitioners' statement as far as appeared on the face of those docu ments. As to the allegations of the confessions having been obtained by duresse, he could not of course answer. The Noble and Learned Lord then went on to charac terize in strong terms the attempt which he said had been made by the Crown Counsel in this case for the first time since the passing of the Habeas Corpus Act, to put such a gloss upon it as would have torn up by the routs the liberties of England, had not the attempt been defeated by the decision of the Court. The Court never was guilty of the gross absurdity of making itself accomplice to this new-fangled, despotic doctrine, by calling on the prisoners to answer that argument. The Court, without a moment's Jelay, unanimously rejected the gloss of the Crown lawyer upon the law of Habeas Corpus, decreed that it should stand as hitherto, and that there was not the shadow of foundation for this tyrannical and mon strous interpellation. Here was a case well deserving the consideration of the Hous , -. Upon the opinion of the Attorney-General, the discomfited inventor of that novel construction of the Habeas Corpus Act—upon that authority it was that they were about to say, that by law they were entitled to tratisport these nine pri soners. He would have them to think many times be fore they adopted that construction of the law. They had no judicial authority for it. He had reason to think they would get an opinion to the contrary if they had any means of asking it. He suspected if the Court of Exchequer had been' pressed to decide this point, which they could not decide voluntarily, they would not have got an opinion which would have legalized that transportation. He had still more reason to suspect they would not have got the opinions of any large portion of the Judges. But these were conjectures of the grounds of which he should not give any account at present, farther than to state, that so far as he had examined the case, and it was also the opinion- of many of his Learned• Friends, that they had no right totransport these men ; and if they did, an act utterly illegal in the teeth of the law, would be perpetrated by them. He thought this appeal could not fail in this the highest court of judicature, and with the Government, in whose hands the fate .of those persons now rested. The Marquis of NORMANBY did not intend to make any comments on the petition, because many of the allegations were under the consideration of the Government. Many of the allegations in the petition had come for the first time under the notice of her Ma jesty's Government since the decision of the case in the Courts of law. They required much consideration and much reference ; and, in the state of the matter at that moment, it would not become him to say a word more. CLERKS OF THE PEACE BILL. Lord REDESDALE moved the second reading of this Bill. Lord PORTMAN, thinking the Bill unnecessary, would move as an amendment that it should be read a second time that day three moths. Lord BROUGHAM objected to legislate on an in cidental case, such as this was. Such a case had not occurred for the last 300 years, and probably would not occur again for another 300 years. He objected to the Bill likewise as taking the patronage out of the hands of Lords Lieutenant, and giving too much of it to Magistrates. Lord HARDWICKE agreed with the Noble and Learned Lord opposite. This was a Bill whick struck a severe blow against the little patronage that had been left to Lords Lieutenant. He could not, therefore, support his Noble Friend upon the second reading of this Bill. The Earl of H AREWOOD objected to the Bill, lerefore could not vote in , favour of its second reading. The Duke of RICHMOND hoped the Noble Lord would withdraw the Bill, and allow it to be read a second time this day six months. Lord REDESDALE hoped the House would allow a second reading, that the measure might be more ,fully' considered in Committee. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw for a divi sion, but upon our re-admission into the gallery we were informed that the Bill had been withdrae.n.' Lord KINNAIRD presented a petition from Auch terarder, signed by .579 persons, praying for a repeal of the . Corn-laws. BOROUGH COURTS BILL. Lord DENNIAN v%islied to draw the attention of the House to an Act which he had brought in some time ago, for the purpose of regulating proceedings in the Borough Courts in England and Wales. This Act had passed their Lordships' House, gone to the House of Commons, where several of its clauses had been struck out, and others introduced altering the Act very materially, and in that shape it had been returned to their Lordships' House. From a considera tion of the Bill as it now stood, he was induced to move for leave to withdraw it altogether, that he might introduce another in another shape upon the same subject. The Bill was accordingly withdrawn. ADMIRALTY COURT. Lord BROUGHAM wished to know from his Noble and Learned Friend on the Woolsack whether any steps had been taken agreeably to what he (Lord B.) had suggested three or four months ago, with a view to place the Judge of the Admiralty Court in a different position to that. in which he now was, he being the only Judge who was paid not by salary but by annual grants from Parliament. The LORD CHANCELLOR was quite inaudible in the gallery in the single sentence he uttered, in reply to the Noble and. Learned Lord. Lord BROUGHAM then said that should something not speedily be done, he should feel it to be his duty to give notice of a motion on the subject. The Duke of HANIILTON presented a petition from Hamilton, complaining of spiritual destitution in Scotland. POOR-LAWS. The Earl of STAN HOPE presented a petition from the clergymen of five different parishes, in three adjoin ing Unions in the c ounty of Kent, complaining of the working of the present Poor-law system, and the arbi trary mcnner in which its proslsions had been exercised, and praying tha t the y might be carefully examined, for the purpose of altering them, especially the bastardy clauses, which tended to the increase of seduction, and the crime of child murder. The Noble Lord had also a petition to present, to a f,itnilar effect, from a person of the name of Thomas Coombes. As that petition had been printed, it would he unnecessary for him to enter at any length into its details. Lord BROUGHAM trusted that the Noble Earl would not present the latte r p e titio n to-ni g ht, as he had not had an opportunity o f readin g it. He thou g ht the p re sentation of one peti tion a ni ght , attacki n g th e Poor . law Com misiioner felt bound t o p ers i s t in s, W as quite sufti c i en t.—(He a r.) EarISTANHOPE present ing the petition. The Noble Earl then pre s ented the petition upon e of RICHMOND felt bound to say a few wthe petition, in cons equence o f t h e N o bl e Earl having g iven its contents too g r eat a circulati on oTr dhse. D throug h the medium of the public press. The new l aw h a d given the poor a boon. Under the old law no man could get relief if he lived out of his parish —but now if he lived in a Union he was relieved by t h e Union. The Guardians of Westbourne were as humane as any men in the land—aye as humane as the Noble Lord himself. The man and woman in question on their arrival were put in the probationary room, and the ma n bein g ill was at once waited on by the Surgeon and was removed to the Infirmary. Soon after, his wife expressed a wish to see him and was at once taken to see him, and also, again on the following morning, when the man expressed hi ms elf as uite satised and comfortable. Th e statements had no q t been taken from the lips of the man, but from the woman, who was dissatisfied, and forced her sick husband out of the house. She had told some of the paupers in the house that she had no fault to find with the house, but her object was to get the Guardians to allow her some money out of the house. It would have been as well had the Reverend Gentleman made some inquiry into the truth of the in formation given him. He (the Duke of Richmond) was quite sure that the Guardians would have been pleased to have given him every facility for inquiry into the case. Lord WYNFORD said it was perfectly impossible that eleven persons could be properly fed on twelve shillings a week —that was starvation. The Poor-law Bill must be i n quired into, even by this do-nothing Parliament. He hoped to hear no more of these state ments and cou nter -statements—their Lordships could make nothing of them. He would suggest that if there were truth in any of the allegations contained in the petition, the Guardians should be indicted for a misde- Lueanor—iu that case the truth would be found out and I .he parties punished, nr, if they were not guilty, they would be slequttted, and the minds of the public set lit rest upon these alleged abuses under the - New Poor- law. If that plan were pursued it would do more good than any investigltion before a Committee.---(Hear.) The Duke of RICHMOND explained. He wished to see the price of iaboor very much ii!ereas,d, and did he could, where h- had any influence, to increase bee',Ause he thought it ecnnomy to do so. Great misrepresentations had been made as to %he conduct of the Westbourne Guardians. If the Westbourne Guar _ _ dians were indictable, let the Noble Earl indict them. He challenged him to do so. What he (the Duke of Richmond) complained of was, that gentlemen, not hav ing seats in this House, should be attacked in this man- nor, and shown up through the whole press for doing things that they were quite incapable of doing. The Noble Earl, however, would not indict them, for he knew that their conduct was right and proper through- out the whole transaction. Earl STAN HOPE replied. He hollered the Noble Duke to be entirely wrong, and that the statements contained in the petition were perfectly correct. Lord MELBOURNE did not wish to prolong this debate, for if it continued for three hours they would not come to a more satisfactory conclusion with respect to the facts. But as statements had been made injurious to the character of a gentleman of the highest respeeta• bility, Isho had discharged his duties in a most exetn plary manner, he could not help reading the explanation which had been afforded by him. Captain A'Court stated that what he said was, that cases might oc:ur in which it was absolutely necessary that en officer should interfere, and that he never intended to convey the im- pression that a man must be ready to drop in the streets before he was legally entitled to parish relief. He - - (Lord M.) was sure that it was entirely from misinfor mation that the expressions complained of had been at tributed to Capt. A'Court. The Duke of WELLINGTON was happy to hear the explanation which had been given, for he was quite certain the expression could never have been used. He thought it very desirable that the Noble Earl should take the recommendation of the Noble and Learned Lord near him (Wynford), and bring in a Bill to amend this law. Attempts had been made by some of the greatest men, by Mr. Pitt amongst others, to amend the Poor-law, but they had all failed, and the present law was passed principally by the exertions of the Noble and Learned Lord not now in his place ( Brougham). Previously to its passing, there existed abuses in every parish a hundred times greater than any which the Noble Lord had brought before the House in his petition. The administration of the Poor-laws had been most satisfactory, he believed to all parties, and more especially to those that were likely to become objects of it. Notwithstanding the statements of the Noble Earl, he considered that part of the Bill appointing the Poor-law Commissioners to be one of its best provisions. He was astonished at the course adopted by the Noble Earl, because he knew perfectly well that he could have obtained all the information he required by moving for papers. He considered the at tempt of the Noble Earl to traduce the character of the Hon. Member most uncalled for. The Duke of RICHMOND would move that the Poor Law Commissioners should be ordered to lay on the table of the House the result of the examination of the Clerk of the Union at Westhourne, relative to the publication that had appeared in the newspapers. He alluded to the petition that had been presented by the Noble Earl. Earl STANHOPE did not consider that he was entitled to the appellation bestowed upon him by the Noble Duke of traducer, because he had brought for %,ard the present case. The Duke of WELLINGTON said the Noble Earl was bound, when he made charges against indi viduals, to bring them forward in such a shape as would enable them to defend themselves. Earl STAN HOPE said the papers had all been read, so that, had he moved for them on presenting the petition, the Guardians would have been no better pre pared for their defence. What he had before stated was, that he would give the papers every publicity, but that he would have no direct communication with the dictators whose powers he thought illegal. The Duke of RICHMOND said the people of Sussex and Hampshire would not be intimidated by any one. if his Noble Friend believed any one of these charges to be true, he would at once —he would not lose one hour in bringing in his resolu tions. But no ;he was aware that the cases were greatly exaggerated, and he proposed to let them lie over until next Sesiion. The Noble Duke then moved for a copy of the examinations taken in the case of Thomas Coombe*, which was ordered. Earl STANHOPE then presented a petition from the Guardians of St. George, Southwark, complaining of misrepresentations made by the Poor-law Commis sioners respecting the rates in that parish. He thought great praise was due to the Guardians of St. George's for the steps they had taken. Lord MELBOURNE said there had been an error in computing the accounts of that parish, but it was not attributable to the Poor-law Commissioners, but to the Clerk of the Board of Guardians. The error, ho w ever, was only 7 per cent., and could not materially affeet the general conclusion. Lord STANHOPE moved for copies of three let. ten, addressed to Lord John Russell by Mr. John Day. in December, 1838, one of the Guardians of St. George, Sou thwark.—Ordered. Their Lordships adjourned at a Quarter before Nine o'Clock. ATJCEITERARDER CASE. (From the Scottish Pilot of 'Wednesday.) The " collision " goes on rarely. If the Church has been daring, the civil authorities are resolute, and Dr. Chalmers will probably very soon see the effect of his last experiment on that " gullibility" which he seems to consider as characteristic of statesmen and judges, as of the " Christian people," A petition having been pre sented to the Court of Session by the Earl of Kinnoul and Mr. Young, praying the Court to apply the judg ment of the House of Lords, their Lordships pro nounced an interlocutor accordingly, and remitted the case to the Lord Ordinary to be further proceeded in. When enrolled before the Lord Ordinary, permission was given to the pursuers to give in a minute, stating what further deliverance they wished. This was done, and in the minute the pursuers craved his Lordship. " To find decree, and declare that the Presbytery are still bound and astricted to make trial of the qualifi cations of the pursuer, the Rev. Robert Young, as pre sentee to the Church and parish of Auchterarder ; and if, in their judgment, after trial and examination in com mon form, he is found qualified, to receive and admit him as Minister of the said Church and parish, accord ing to law, and that the decree be allowed to go out, and he extracted as an interim decree." The minute was ordered to be answered, but this the Presbytery declined to do ; and, in consequence, on the Bth current, the Lord Ordinary (Murray) pronounced the following interlocutor :--. " The Lord Ordinary, in respect no appearance is mule for the defenders, finds, decerns, and declares, in in terms of whit is craved in the minute given in for the pursuers, and allows the said decree to go out, and be extracted as an interim decree." So the unfortunate Auchterarder Presbytery must make up their mind whether they will obey the Court of Session, or the General Assembly ; they must, of necessity, violate the order either of the one or the other. They cannot serve two masters. SELECT COMMITTEE on CHURCH LEASES. The Report of this Committee was delivered on Sa turday. The concluding paragraphs contain the gist of the whole Report : " Although fully sensible of the vast importance of this subject, which affects so much of the property of the country, and involves so many interests and consi derations, even beyond those with which your Commit tee have thought themselves competent to deal, they cannot close their Report without recommending that the Legislature will direct its attention as soon as posh, sidle to the settlement of this important question, as at present, since the publication of the first Report of the Church Commissioners, and the discussion of the - sutiect in Parliament, such is the state of uncertainty among the Church lessees, that they find considerable difficulty in selling or borrowing money upon their pro perty, and all improvement is suspended, to the injury of both lessors and lessees. _ " Your Committee thought it due to the importance, rather than the number, of their recommendations to state, at some length, the nature of the evidence and arguments upon which they are founded. It may be convenient to conclude with the briefest possible reca pitulation of them. They recommend, " 1. The abolition of the injurious system of fines upon leases for lives, and also upon leases for terms. " 2. The substitution of a fee•simple, for a leasehold, tenure, throughout the property of the Church. " 3. An Act to provide for the conversion of Church leasehold into fee-simple, commonly called enfranchise- rnent. " 4. The customary confidence of renewal by the lessee to be considered according to local circumstances, by the authorities established under this Act, In the principles of enfranchisement laid down by them. " 5. The interests of the Church, present as well as 'inure, to be provided for by a combined system of ,ayments and corn rent-charges." mone: LANDLORD AND TENANT. When a well authenticated history of a particular farm, like that which we subjoin, can be made public, it serves to prove, more than a thousand abstract argu ments, the real object and effect of the Corn-laws. During his visit to Hereford, Mr. Paulton was waited upon by the writer of the following letter, who, it will he seen, gives the history of an estate which was rented by his father's predecessor for 200/. a-year, and is now letting for 700/. ; and it is instructive to observe that, whilst the noble currier is luxriating upon a more than threefold rental, as compared with his forefather,—the son of the tenant dates his epistle from an hospital! Equally edifying is it to remark, that the labourer who earned six shillings a week when wheat cost 4s. a bushel, and butcher's meat 2d. a pound, now receives eight or nine shillings weekly, with wheat at 9s. a bushel, and meat sd. the pound ; in fact, he is getting, at the ut most, a bushel of wheat now instead of a bushcl and a half sixty years ago. To A. W. Paulton, Esq. Sir,—l an► going to give you a true account, which will prove your cause to be true, as far as agriculture goes. In the year 1778, a Mr. Nelms went from an estate called Livers Odle : his rent was 2001. per year. My father, Richard Stephens, entered on the same estate, and gave 300/. per year. At that time wheat was 4s. per bushel, malt 4s. per bushel ; beef, mutton, and cheese were 2d. or 20. per pound ; fall goose Is. 6d., and a duck 9d. ; a pair of man's shoes 55., and all clothes in proportion. Then a farmer's labourer had six shillings per week, and a cottage, with a large garden worth two or three pounds per year, to live in. When MY father's lease was out, Livers Ocle was let to a man of the name of George Croose for 500/. per year ; and when his lease was out, his son took it again for 700/. per year. Livers Ocle is six miles from Hereford, and belongs to Lord Bateman, of Shobdon. It this account will be of any service to you, I be in the room, and if you call upon me I will vouch for the truth of it. I am your humble servant and well wisher, WILLIAM STEPHENS. Williams' Hospital, April 27, 1839. Aged 74 years. .Corn-la to Circular. MANUFACTURE OF SNUFF BOXES AT CUMNOCK. Cumnock has long been famed fir the ingenious and beautiful manufacture of wooden snuff-boxes, which has been carried on in it for the last thirty years. It rose from n very small and rude beginning to its present state of perfection. An ingenious artist of the name of Crawford caught the first idea of them from a box made at Laurencekirk, which had been sent to him to repair. Tue distinguishing excellence of the Cumnock snuff boxes lies in the hinge, which is extremely ingenious in point of contrivance, as well as exquisitely delicate in point of execution ; so that it is with much propriety styled " the invisible wooden binge." The principle on which the hinge is formed, as well as the instruments employed in making it, were for many years kept a se cret, but are now no longer so. The wood used in the manuf icture is plane tree, it being preferable to all others by reason of its close texture. The tree is first of all cut from the centre towards the circumference into triangular pieces. These are then put to dry, and season, fur at least five months under cover. One set of artists make the boxes, another paint those beautiful designs that embellish the lids, while women and chil dren are employed in varnishing and polishing them. The process of varnishing a single box takes from three to six weeks. Spirit varnish takes three weeks, and requires about thirty coats, while copal var nish, which is now mostly used, takes six weeks, and re quires about 15 coats to complete the process. When the process of varnishing is finished, the surface is polished with ground flint ; and then the box is 'ready for the market. These ingenious and elegant specimens of art have been brought by successive improvements to an astonishing degree of perfection ; and the skill of the artists, sharpened and stimulated by keen rivalry is continually advancing this curious and beautiful manufacture to a higher pitch of improvement. At one time a single box, without either painting or varnishing, but just as it came from the hands of the maker, sold for 305., whereas at present seven such boxes can be had for 123. A. few years ago, a solid I foot of wood that cost only 35., could be manufactured into boxes worth 1001. sterling. And then the work manship increased the original value of the wood nearly_ 700 times. But at present a solid foot of wood will only yield in finished boxes about 9/. sterling. The workmanship thus only brings at present one-eleventh part of its former price. In consequence of this great decline in the price of the boxes, the wages of artists have also been much lower, A few years ago the box-maker made 11. Is. a week, the painter 25., the varnisher los. ; whereas now the box-maker only makes 10s. to 125., the painter 155., and the varnisher ss. to Gs. a-week. A system of chequering has now almost super seded the painting of the boxes. It is done by very in genious and nicely adjusted machines, that are worked by boys, and is much less expensive than painting. In genuity creates endless and ever increasing varieties of cheques ; and many of them arc most beautiful in point of pattern and figure, as well as of the most exquisite delicacy in point of colouring. The yearly value of the boxes made in Cumnock may average about 1,600/. sterling ; while fifteen years ago, the same number of boxes would have brought 6,000/. sterling. The total number of persons employed in this manufacture is about 50. The period of work is eleven hours a day. —New Statistical Account of Scotland. " Butke's Peerage and Baronetage for 1839" has at length appeared. " Every new edition of this work (observes the Literary . Gazette) is essenti a lly a new book, not alone from the peculiar nature of the subject matter it self, changeable and progressive though it be beyond almo st any other, but from the persevering research and industry of the author, who brings to every revision such a fresh store of information as enables him, while correcting er roneous and clearing up disputed statements, to add greatly to the extent and importance of his labours. Tim!, within a very few years has a small duodecimo grown in size to the compass of the large volume now before us— a royal octavo of some twelve or thirteen hundred closely i printed pages—a veritable dictionary in bulk as n fashion.' LOYAL DECLARATION. (From the Salopian Journal.) We have great pleasure in referring to the subjoined letter f:otn the Duke of Wellington, forwarded to Sir Richard Jenkins, and addressed to the inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood of Shrewsbury who signed the loyal declaration " London, June 5, 1839, I am much flattered and gratified by the opinion of the gentlemen of Shrewsbury and the neighbour hood, that my Right Hon. Friend Sir Robert Peel and I have not conducted ourselves tots Ards our So vereign with disioyal insolence. " My first impression on the calumnies which you have noticed were, as those of the gentlemen of Shrewsbury, those of contempt as well for the calumnies themselves as for the persons of those with vihom they originated, and of those who circulated them. The Ministers of the Sovereign thought proper to resign their offices, very much to my astonishment. I was called upon, and then my Right Honourable Friend Sir Robert Peel, to undertake the direction of the affairs of our Sovereign's Government. He under took the charge, and I was willing to serve in any way that might be wished, in or out of office, in any office, or without emolument or patronage. " 1 had no proposition to submit to the Sovereign. and submitted ❑one. But I concurred in those sub mitted by my Right Hon. Friend Sir R. Peel. I thought tiat they were founded on the principle on which all preceding Administrations had been fo!med ; on that alone on which the afftirs of the State can b 4 conducted with honour to those concerned in conducting satisfaction, and e% en with security to the Sovereign. Wehave heard much at difforent times of the exer eigr, and power of secret influence in the Palace, plO - more tl,ati was consistent with truth on the occasolis on .c•hich such influence was cum- plained of. But it never was pretended at an) period that such influrnee w.is not prejudicial to the conduct of public affairs. I li.ud, upon a former occasion, felt the inconvenience of an anomalous influ ence of this description, and I was the more anxious to a%oid noar to expose ro)sell and the public service to the risk of soff, , ring, from the real or even supposed exercise of such an influence. The consequ,nce of the propositions of my Right Hon. Friend, made with my concurrence, was that the arrangement of an Administration as suggested, could not be made ; and the Ministers who had resigned re sumed their several offices. " The affair would there have terminated if it had not been deemed expedient to charge my Right Honour able Friend and myself with insolence—disloyal insolence —to our Sovereign, and to raise a cry against us on that ground. " However I may regret that these transactions should become the subject of discussion, I cannot be surprised that gentlemen of honour and character, such as those resident in and in the neighbourhood of Shrews bury, who have signed this declaration, should be an xious to declare that they do not concur in the address voted in that town ; that they consider to be calum nious the impution of disloyal insolence against public men whole only faults were their readiness to serve their Sovereign when their services were called for, notwith standing the difficulties of the times, and that they sub mitted to the Sovereign propositions founded on the known principles of the Constitution. " In proportion as the gentlemen who have signed this declaration feel contempt for the calumnies which the address contains, and for those who have thus recognised, recorded, and propagated them, must they feel anxious to record by their declaration their dissent from them. " It is very satisfactory to me to receive this declara tion from a g entleman who is the representative in the House of Commons of the town of Shrewsbury, for whom, on account of former recollections and services, as well as on the account of the station he fills, his acquirements and reputation, I must ever feel the highest respect. " WELLINGTON." This declaration and Sir R. Peel's answer have al ready appeared in the Sun. The Dublin Evening Post challenges Mr. Houghton, the Sheriff of Wexford, to produce a list of Wexford Tories, possessing one-half the amount of landed property, represented by those gentlemen whose requisi tion he refused. The Moniteur (as we announced it would) pub lishes a Royal Resolution of the Bth June, appointing M. Raekem to be Minister of Justice. The official journal contains also a great number of nominations to the civil order of Leopold. • ,!"7: •-•\. FAVENFINer SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-(YESTERDAY.) GOODWOOD CDT. 6 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Richard Roe-4 41 1 4n 12 to 1_ agst Mr. Ramsay's The Doctor—taken 16 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Galewood—taken 6 to I agst Mr. Holdsworth na. Deception—taken 00 to 40 agst Galewood, Harkaway and Epirus—taken THE. GOODWOOD STALES. 20 to 1 agit Mr. A. Pearson na. Romania—Wien, ST. LEGfia. to 2 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Bloomsbury—taken 8 to 1 agst Mr. Blakeleek's The Commodore—taken 12 to 1 agst Col. Cradock's The Provost—taken 20 to 1 agst Hetman Platoff—taken 40 to 1 agst Sir T. Stanley's Apothecary—taken 40 to 1 agst Marquis of Westminster's - Lord Maya—taken 16 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Euclid—offored 2000 to 20 agst Mr. G. Clark's Dragsman—offers to take NEWMARKET JULY STAKES. to 2 agst Lord Exeter's Hellespont—offered to 1 Mr. Thornhill's St, Preux—offered The betting is dull, and very little doing on the Stakes, wit' a thin muster. CIJRRAGII JUNE MEETING. MONDAY. Kirwin Stakes of 90 sons. each, h, ft. _ Poet on the Flat. Second horse saved his stake. Mr. G. Graydon's b. c. Roscius, 3 yrs, 7st. 21b (Lye) 1 Mr. White's c. by Picton, 4 yrs, Sst. 31b 2 Mr. Fortescue's c. by Damian, 4 373, 7st. 111 b Not placed:—Mr. Knox's George, Mr: Watts's M P., Colonel Westenra's Wirrestrew, Lord Milltown's Medea, and Mr. Hutchins's ch. c. by Vestris. Six paid forfeit. Sweepstakes, 10 sovs. each, h. ft., 50 sovs. added; one mile and a quarter on the Peel Course ; heats. Mr. Graydon's ch. c. Ciinker, 3 yrs, 7st. 91b. (Lye) 2 1 1 Colonel Westenra's b. f. Blush, 4 yrs., Bst. 41b...... 1 2 g Mr. Barry's gr. h. Arthur,6 yrs, 9st. Ilb 0 0 2 Not placed :—Mr. Fitzpatrick's Waitsia, Captain Thomas's Changeling, and Mr. O'Reilly's Croughpatnck. Mr. st. George's Barebones distanced. Four paid forfeit. BATH RACES.-WEDNESDAY. Produce Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each, h. ft. ; one mile. Fulwer Craven's Deception Mr. Wreford's b. c. Westonion... Mr. J. Day's f. Science 3 The Somersetshire Stakes of 25 soya. each, with 50 added. (44 Subs., 32 of whom declared) ; two miles and a dis. Mr. J. Day's Caravan, 5 yrs, 9st. 11b ...(Pavia) 1 Mr. Trenn's Barnacles, 6 yrs, Sst... Mervan, 5 yrs. 7st. 111 b. ; Dart, 3 yrs, 7st. 21b. Gardham, 5 yrs, 7st. ; Lauretta, 4 yrs, 6st. 21b. ; and Hazard, d yrs, 6st. 41b., were not placed. Won easy. Kelston Park Stakes of 30 soya. each, for two-yr olds, 20 added ; half mile. Mr. Etwall's Hill Coolie • (J. Day) 1 Mr. Harris's Mariner 'A Sweepstakes of 30 soya. each, for two-yr olds ; half mile. Mr. Sadler's Petulant _IIIE _HAMPTON PALACE STAKES. At the meeting held yesterday evidence was received in support of the charge of foul riding againet the jockey of Pau line. It was then adjourned until Monday next, to afford the owner an opportunity of giving an explanation. All-doubt however, if any existed, is removed by a letter written under the direction of the rider (Mr. Curwen) in which he expressly states that, just as he was getting mounted for the third heat, the owner of Pauline gave notice to him that he was not to win, that without a moment's consideration he gave into the arrangement, and the result is known. GRAND ROWING MATCH. THE. CA3IBRIDGE SILVER. SCULLS.—The first trial for the amateur championship of the Thames amongst the gentlemen of the University of Cambridge took place on Wednesday, and was throughout a most spirited contest. The institution of this wager is of but recent date. There had been for many years a floating prize among the gentlemen comprising the London ' crews, but since the members of the Cambridge University have established their boat-house at Stangate, and have taken so con spicuous a part on the London waters, Mr. Colquhoun, sen., has given these sculls as a symbol of championship in sculling. The articles stipulate that the holder of the prize shall on each year endeavour to maintain his victory ; but, in order that, as the possessor, he may only have to compete with the neat best man to himself, the donor directs that all persons desirous of opposing the holder's claim shall row together, on the 12th of June, from Westminster Bridge to Putney, on the " top of the eater," and the winner amongst those who so challenge the claim, to row the final struggle for the championship five clays afterwards. Mr. Birnie carried them off the first season, and Mr. Antrobus, the winner of last year, is the present holder, this being only the third annual contest. Although the weather was admirably suited for an aquatic exhibition, the early hour at which the tide flowed pre vented the attendance being so numerous as on previous occa sions, but still there was a great number of the club boats up with the match. Four competitors had been originally put in nomination, but three gentlemen only came to the starting-place—they were Mr. A. H. Shadwell . (St. John's), Mr. G. Drew ( Trinity), and Mr. Vincent (St. John's). At a few minutes past two these gentlemen went to the piers of Westminster-bridge, Mr. Drew having the best place, Mr. Vincent next, and Mr. Shad well outside. After one false start they were off, Mr. Drew haying the lead, closely pressed by Mr. Vincent. By the Horseferry and facing Chandler's, Mr. Drew had got clear ahead, but on their arrival facing the Penitentiary, Mr. Vin cent dashed out on a sudden, and after a few strokes came The - -k here was beautiful : with Mr. Drew. wor 3, ; every inch was disputed until they neared Vauxhall-bridge, where Mr. Viacent rowed right away, maintained his advantage, and won by two hundred yards. Mr. Shadwell made a bad start, and was a long way astern. THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEc. Whcat. , Barley. t Oats. Beans. Pease. ---- -- --. 1 -----.----- Per Quarter. s. to s. 1 s. to S. s. to s. S. to s. s. to s. Abingdon...-. 64 SO ,30 34 22 30 38 —.— - Andover....... 74 82 ' `Z9 31 \ 2.5 - 43 .-- - - \ dirminghain 63 60 30 40 116 22 - 33 ,-. _ Bridport....-... 73 80 32 36 126 30 .... 39 - ...- Cirencester .... 64 81 27 32 20 25 32 40 -....- Faringdon,........ 65 80 '26 30 26 30 - 46 -.- Guildford -...... 68 frl 22 35 2O 30 - 4y .... Henley 72 78 to S 32 23 26 - 43 -- Hereford-...... 63 88 a 6 32 22 29 - 46 - 4-e Highworth ....1 64 70 32 42 128 34 ... 3(,; _ Maidenhead..l 63 75 24 36 2O 20 34 44 3 4 38 Monm6ttth .-. F qt- 74 ,32 34 i 22 29 31 40 _ _ il eat ii ng _._..,l t 4 75 25 35 120 27 33 42 33 Salisbury —.. 1 64 74 130 34 !20 28 41 46 .... - Southampton 6i 751 33 401 28 32 - 42 - 27 Stroud ........... ,63 74 j2B 36 .40 24 - 46 - -... 'fewkesbury .1 83 - 35 - j U. 2 32 - 40 , - .... Uxbridge..... 170 7 4 28 32 1 17 28 - 40 - 42 Vs'antage .:-..1 63 72 24 34 20 25 33 42 33 48 Warminster.. ,67 70 27 34 22 26' 36 40 Windsor ..... i 76 - - .._ 21 2,, - 35 ..... ..... Worcester.... 1 65 70 32 36 30 3 2 ~- 46 ,46 0+ ' CHELTENHAM MARKETS. l'er Bushel. a. d. to a. 8.1 d.:: d Wheat , 4 ~.,' ••• 00000000000000 ...n LI i Earle y ..................... 7Li; 3 0 4 0 Veal .................. 7 S . ' l Oa ts al 3 . 5 0 53 ' Lamb .................... e A Beate 3/.153 to 41. 4s. o . d , per ton: ... ... - '' Hay DUBLIN M . 632 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 0 Bere l6 stone :105 Barley 528 Oats l4 stone . 0 Flour, per cwt 0 0atmea1..,.......- g stone Sold to Bakcrs only. 16,261 Cwt. Flour I 22 0 I 25 6 1 24 4 Average price of Wheat and Flour 65, 41 per sack. Receipts of Flour, 11,71.31 Firsts from 225. Od. to ^_ss. ftd Seconds from 19s. Od. to 22e. rkl. Sales of Do. 18,0 0 3 Tnirds from IN. Od. t. 12s, 0.1. ?RICE or mma:AD. Quartern Loaf 'Od. i Half Quartern sd. CORK 51 A RKETS.—J utie 8 • Whet 'per 29st.)2E:s ed. to 375. 044 Oats (per 14st.) ...115. 61. to 163. Cd Barley (per 165t.)15 0 22 6 i Flour (per cwt )...iG 0 24 0 Oatmeal (per cwt.) 12s. Od. to - 16.., 6d. Beef, 4d. to 7d.—Muttori, Sd. to 6d.—Veal, 4d. to 6d. Pork, 40. to M.—Fresh Butter, 10d. to lid. p.r lb. !RICE OF BUTTER. To the Merchant& To the Ceuntrr First Quality gds. 9ls. •• Second SII "9 Third Fourth 74 66 Fifth 62 53 Sixth CLONMELL MARKETS.-- tat 8. Per Cwt. s. d. s. d. 11. d. 1.. cl. New Butter SS oto 90 0 Hides (raw) 0 to 'A 0 Oatmeal 12 0 12 3 Bacon flip 3B 0 40 0 Rendered Lard 0 52 0 Heads .2 1 4 0 0 Per Bag. flour, Second 0 44 0 IFlour,Thirds........ 0 32 0 —Household Q 42 0l r0urth5......22 0 -- 0 Per Barrel. 0 01 B ar l e y 13 4 10 0 r Coals Per Stone. Wheat 1 8 1101 Tallew (rough) 4 O a t s KILKENNY MARKETS. Wheat!per barrel)3os. 0d.t0.375.0d. Beef (pet 1b...,... Os. Od. to Os. 6d, Barley 20 0 22 0 Mutton 0 S 0 I Oats 12 6 14 6 Pork Flour (per bag).... 39 0 411 0 Veal 0 0 8 7 Butter (percwt.)...9o 0 98 0 Fresh Butter 0 I 1 0 Bacon Pigs .........3a 0 33 0 salt Ditto Coals 51 0 1 2 Potatoes (per st.) 0 2 0 3 Rapeseed 20 Bere 8 • 14 6 O - 0 MARKETS. Oats, Up1and.......... to Mecklenburg ISO to 11* - Eider l4O to i7O - Holstein l`2 to 190 Petersh. Sz;Riga to Malt, Pomeranian 19Y to 20S Buck Wheat to Pease, Upland, yellow 22.5 to 316 Beans 224 to 256 Tares NO to 316 Rapeseed 311 to 416 Ditto Cakes Linseed ditto 62 to 64 CON. Maranham Madras 5 7 Surats 6 8% Domingo .......... IN FEE. Domingo La Guar•ra 5% Porto Mee 5% 7% Havannah 4 Y. 8% Discount.) :Bahia, White 614 t 074 Brown S!a 6 Pernambuco, White 6 7 Brown 5 A 4 A 3 ( 4 IRISH MARKETS :ARKET NOTE for the WEEF ENDING JUNE 7. _________-_-_ From To A .. rage. 38 A 45 0 42 4 ... 0 •••• 0 --- 19 A 24 0 22 1 15 01le 0 16 10 ..... 0 0 ...- 0 ..._ I ti 0 HAMBURG OR) Wheat, Marks 4sn to 47s ' Mecklenburg 420 to 471 ---- Magdeburg -- Eider Anhalt, white. 459 to 504 red 450 to 486 Holstein Rye, Mecklenburg —.Holstein 264 to 300 -- Archangel — to Barley, Mecklenburgh 228 to 246 Magdeburgh . 220 to 235 ---. Lower Elbe to cur. 7 to 9 1 4 9}Q 10. Carolina and Tennessee Georgia. Ist sort ...... 2d 3d and 4th tiii . 5.i,4 7 - Si) - CO I Mocha 10%t011 1 4 Batavia ...... Sumatra Rio 4% 6 Bahia SUGAR.— (Wit flavannah, White ....... 6 to 9% Brown 5% 6 Rio, White 6 14 'si % Brown 5% Mi The Grand Duke Alexander, notwithstanding his short sojourn in town, became a subscriber to the opera for the whole season, and paid, it is said, M. Laporte a large sum for the two boxes, 34 and 35, on the grand tier, next her Majesty's. Mrs. Thwaites, the wealthy relict of the tea-dealer, of Fenchurch-street, has this season taken i two boxes at her Majesty's theatre, on the first tier, a d. joing the box of Lord Lansdale and Lady Anne Beckett. JEW AND CATHOLIC. --The Duke of N or f o lk has fallen under the high displeasure of certain bigots, for promising representingi his sll ppOr t tto the lr. . Pape Salo m o o f n s B , who aspires i r eG, rteoa to o tis r , the alarm affected to be felt that a Jew sh ou ld h p o ro n m ou is r in o g f support or countenance from a Catholic. receive any Lord Surrey k threatened, too, with exclusion from the House mono, into which (so says their org a n , of Cow Gazette) the Protestants of Vest s the Brighton have hitherto allowed him to ent er ! u.ssex D E ATH OF THE I-10N. GEORGE TALl3Ol . •"'!' The death of this gentleman tookpl ace en Tuesday last. was heir presumptive to the The late Hon. Gentleman Earldom of Shrewsbur y, and married in 1829 a daughter of Sir Horace St. Paul, Bart., by whom be leaves issue a son, John, born 18th February, 1830, now heir presump. tivc to the title, and a daughter, born Bib June, 1831.