The Sun. — London, England, 1839-08-08 00:00:00

fll4lna • ting their opp onents . Th e Ri g h t Hon. Baronet ! Mr. WAKLE Y said the Bill presented a fine specimen •M=ber for Tam worth had presented a petition from of Whig subtlety and Liberalism. It was the most subtle fthis clique, which was not composed either of workingmen proposition that was ever thrown out to catch the House. merchant s , or manu f acturers, b ut was a little exclusive set The Magitrates were to hear mid determine all cases upon, —a Birmingh am a r i s t ocr a c y, a sort of a political Almack's, their merits. Now, who were the Magistrates? Why, who, however they might be beaten, would never acknow. the ex-officio guardians. So that it was the guardians ledge they were in the wrong. Himself and his Hon. appealing to the guardians, the guardians deciding the Colleague had contested their s ea t s i n opposition to this case, and the issuing a di s t ress warrant in their clique, and notwithstanding they were returned by a large own case. majority, still these persons contended that they Mr. TOWNLE Y PARKER defended the conduct of alone were the town of Birmingham. They peti- the guardians, whom he contended had shown every dispo tioned this House on the ground that the town council did sition to carry the new Poor-law into effect with as much not possess the confidence of the inhabitants of Birming- moderation as possible. ham. Now what was the fact. The municipal franchise Mr. EWART thought the remedy proposed by in Birmingham was a 161. franchise, and with this fran- the Noble Lord with regard to the first clause chise the Tories had been defeated in every ward, even in met the difficulty, but wi re gar dto e Ithe favourite w ar d i n w hi ch the members of this aristocracy clause, which stated that that th should be law ? which second which the resided. He b e li eve d w h ether as regarded their political Court of Queen's Bench had declared to be contrary to ior their m ora l c h aracter, there was no body of men more law, he considered so objectionable that he should n i fit to have the superintendence of the police than the Committee move that clause be expunged. He should I' Town Council of Birmingham. A deputation of th ese not oppose the House going into Committee. Tories had waited on the Noble Lord just at the ti me t h at M r . T . DUNCONIBE hoped the Noble Lord would he adopt e d t hi s s i nister advice. The Noble Lord acted consent to the Bill merely going through Committee upon the suggestions of the strangest advisers—at one pro forma, and let the returns be printed, so that the minute taking the advice of the Right Hon. Baronet, the House might not legislate in the dark. It was impose Member for Tamworth—at the next, adopting that of the sible to say that a Bill of this sort would work well when Birmingham Tories, and sometimes acting upon the su s there was a Local Act and two Boards of Guardians. gestions of Mr. Feargus O'Connor. If the Noble Lord The object of the Bill was to repeal the Local Act, and adopted such advice as this he would beg to remind him of he hoped the amendment would be persevered 'with. the words of the poet.-- Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House So falls the land to sure and swift decay, divided, when there appeared— Where folly guides, and madness points the way." The people of Birmingham had determined to oppose this Bill by every means in their power, and if the introduction For going into Committee Against it... Majority...... 5l 16 —35 of this police were persisted in, it would occasion an ex. The House thenwentinto-omimittee. fl e os h ion o d f discussion, in clause , with an amendment, twhhicNhobnio Lonerdcouldldcalet•ulateetheenagnituadineo. was agreed to. i this Bill ; if he did so he would peril the peace of the On the s econ d c l ause being country, and p er h a p s u l t i mately the safety of the Crown proposed, The A TTO RNEY.G ENE R A L wished to make a few .1 itself. The police would be very well under the manage_ remarks in explanation of the clause. By the 46th sect i on l meet of th e C orporat i on, but he could not consent to the o f t h e Poor-law Amendment Act it was enacted, that the introduction upon the terms proposed by the Bill. He Commis sioners might give authority to the guardians to would, therefore, move that it be read a second t i me this . elect certain o ffi cers, and as the guardians were elected by day three mont h s , the rate-payers, these officers were in effect chosen by the Mr. SCHOLE FIE LD se con d e d th e amend men t. He rate-payers, The 109th section (the Interpretation Clause) , had been earnestly requested by his constituents to oppose amongst other officers mentioned "collectors." Now a • this Bill. They did not obj e ct to the introduction of a collector was a mere tof .In the police force, b ut t h ey contended that i t should be depend- collection of rates there sery had been th a e great overseers waste of the ent upon the Town Cou nc il, a nd would strenuously resist its public money. The benefit resulting from the appoint introduction in a n y o th er manner. It had been determined, meet of these Commissioners was that there might be a after deliberati on i n th e T own Council to resist this measur e collector for a whole union, not appointed by those who by every means in their power. When this Bill was pro. had any local interest, he having merely a reasonable posed the other evening, he was so impressed with the compensation. When he collected the money he had to necessity of having a police force in Birmingham that h e pay it to a person who was accountable to the overseers, and had voted for the introduction of this Bill. He regretted it remained in the hands of that person until n order this exceedingly, because in so d o i ng, b e had forgotten one was given for its payment by the overseers. a That of the first principles which ought to actuate every public system had put down jobbing, and the rate had been more man, to see what any measure would lead to before h e gave faithfully collected. An application was made to the ' it his support. Had he had any idea of the extent to which Court of Queen's Bench to set aside one of the orders this Bill went, he would not have supported it. He had whereby the guardians had authority to appoint collectors, authority for stating that at a meeting of the Common and the Court decided that the Commissioners had not the (Council of the City of London this day, it had been deter- power to make that order. The object o f t h e c l ause, now mined to petiti on t h e H ouse to leave the management of the under consideration, was to put a construction on the 45th police force of Birmingham to the Corporation of that section, and to say that the Poor-law Commissioners should town, and he had no doubt they would meet with the support have the power to authorise guardians to appoint a col_ of the other Corporations. lector for a whole Union, who should be the servant of the Sir EA RDLE Y WILMOT did not consider that this overseers and accountable to them. With this explanation Bill permanently deprived the Corporation of Birmingha m he trusted the House would agree to the clause. of control over the police. But having applied for an Mr. EWART moved the omission of the clause. , advance of money the lender was certainly entitled to make I There was a great difference between an election by a 4 terms. These terms, as he understood them, were body of persons themselves, and a second body interposed not that the Secretary of State, but that a Commis_ between them and the person elected. The Guar sioner 'should be appointed to have the superintend- diens being here interposed between the collector and the ence of the Birmingham Police, until such time as rate-payers might defeat the objects of their rate-payers. the question relating to the validity of the Charter This clause was at variance with the spirit of the Poor-law shall be determined, when the entire control would be Amendment Act, the given of which was that the ad- to the C orporat i on of Birmingham--( Hear, hear.) ministration of the law on p ly should be in the hands of the He bad never understood that the permanent control was Commissionors, and that taxation should be in the hands to be vested in the Government.—( Hear, hear, from the of the rate-payers. It was also at variance with the law Ministerial benches.) Did he imagine such to be the as administered in the highest Law Court of the kingdom. case he would oppose the Bill, or he would do so if the the Court of Queen's Bench. He trusted the House Hon. Member would assure the House that the Corpora- would not sanction such an anomaly in legislation. tion were willing to take upon themselves the management of the police without applying to the House for auy pe cuniary assistance. I Mr. HODG S ON HIND E was convinced that the sense of the country was against the clause. Mr. G RIM SDITC H said the Poor-law Commissioners Mr. WA KL E Y thought the course taken by the Go- had assumed the power of fixing salaries, which hal not vernment placed the Liberal party in a very humiliatin g been given to them by the Bill. He trusted the Noble situation. The Noble Lord hed in first bringing forward Lord would withdraw the clause, which would be attended 1 this measure had said that tbe local authorities were to with vexatious consequences throughout the country. I have the management of thee police, and the Liberal party Mr. WA KL E Y said, according to the doctrine of the cheered him ; w ithi n ten r:ays he makes an announcement Attorney. Gene ra l it appeared that the Court of Queen'e I 1 in direct 4 Government is to have . tl-e management of the police, and he was anxious to make a new provision to remedy what I the Liberals in the /ici , ..ise again ceered him. No matter had been done by the Court. But would not the Court what the Noble Lad might propose there was a party in put as wrong a construction on what the House was now that House i• alwr themsel ays r ea d y to cheer him —they might call doing, as on t h e 46th and 109th clauses of the Poor-law s Loetrals. but he thought sycophants a more Amendment Act? How any one guided by common sense lappropriate •.erm. In his opinion the Noble Lord was as could, reading these two sections, have come to any other honest a '4inister as any this country ever possessed. conclusion than that the Poor-law Commissioners had the ( Hear, ',mar.) H e stated his views honestly and candidly , power to do that which they had done, he was utterly at but he, must have but a mean opinion of pporters', a loss to comprebend.—( Hear, hear.) The Court of who, had adopted his views at first and then changed them Queen's Bench had said that the word cell ector without hesitation, though they had not such reason was not included in the 'Act, though not only the to change their opinions as the Noble Lord had word collector was there, but •• all other per. 1 had. Hear, hear.) This change placed the Li- sons." Seeing then that the Court of Queen's Bench beret party in a very humiliating position. The did not know the the law—seein g that the Commissioners , Reform Bill which the Noble Lord had introduced to the were obliged to come to the House for a remedy, seeing House had given Birmingha m a Parliamentary franchise; that the rate - payers were likely to be robbed of a large land this town had now two honest independent men in the amount if this provision were not introduced —seeing, 1 House, who had made a majority of two for the Noble moreover, that the Commissioners gained no new power Lord on a former occasion, and who had supported him by it at all—that it was only as an indemnity for what they 1 i with their votes. But notwithstanding those Gentl emen , had done, although he had always been opposed to the for themselves and their constituents, protested against new Poor Law Act, he considered he should be acting t i the Bill, the Noble Lord preferred following the advice dishonestly if he resisted the clause any furtner.—( Hear, G of the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth, hear, hear.) ;- and would have the police of Birmingham managed unaer Mr. G. PALMER said it had been stated in a most ex- Ithe centralizing system. He (Mr. W.) beli eve d the traordinary manner that the Commissioners bad exercised Noble Lord to be sincere; but thinking the measure a this power of appointing collectors only at the express desire 1 most unfortunate measure, he (Mr. %V.) would oppose it of the parishes ;he had moved for a return of the appoint in every stage.—( Question, question.) ments by overseers ; but the Noble Lord had declined The House then divided, when there appeared -7 4 Against it tit for the ............... . ................. ... 20 Majy second reading... —54 The Bill was then read a second ti me , producin For th e motion- g that return—doubtless because it would -not suit his pyrp ose — (oh)—for if it had suited his purpose of cour se h e would have produced it. It appeared to him that the Poor-law Commissioners bad no legal authority under the Act for assuming this power of appointing collec- Mr. C. BT-ILLER gave notice, that when the Bill was lectore,and,taking:in fact, the whole managment of the rates in Committee he should move amendments which should into their hands, by nesting it in the Guardians, not more leave the appointment' of the Chief Commissioner to the than one of whom, perhaps, out of thirty, belonged to the Town Council instead of her Majesty, and should prevent parish affected, besides, transferring - the! power from the the Provisions of the Metropolitan Police Act from extend. pariah officers, deprived the parishioners of the opportu nities of seeing that the rates were paid up regularly, and of appealing against the succeeding rates—for which Mr. O'CONNELL asked whether the Chancellor of appealing the fact of the last rate not having been collected the Exchequer intended to proceed with the second read- would be sufficient ground. He considered that the pa_ ing of this Bill to- morrow (this day) ? He hoped the rishes ought to have the control over their own collectors, Right Hon. Gentleman would postpone that stage of the and that it would be impossible for a man unacquainted measure, as it would be only by to-morrow (to-day) th a t with the parish to do his duty so well as an overseer con 'the public in Dublin would have have received the printed fleeted with the parish and accustomed to the duty. He Bill, should certainly vote against the clause. The CHANCELLOR of the EX CHEQUE R stated Mr. HUME said his opinion had first been adverse to his intention to proceed. The parties interested had had the clause; but finding that the Noble Lord did not wish all the necessary information for three weeks. to alter the law, but to correct a decision of the Court of Mr. O'CONNELL wo u ld th en oppose the second Queen's Bench, who had put a different interpre reading of the Bill in every mariner the forms of the House tation on the law from what had been intended—he had would permit.—( Hear, hear.) changed his opinion, lit certainly was desirable to give the The Hon. Members, after a little mutual suggestion, requisite powers for carrying on the Bill, and to prevent agreed that the second reading of the Bill should go o n litigation. Since the discussion had begun he found that to-day, and that the discussion in Committee should take the 46th clause of the Poor-law Act expressly gave the place on Wednesday. ower to the Commissioners, ad tht in the pre ta- POOR-LA W COMMI SSION CONTINUANCE ton clause the very word "collectors" occurred. inter TheCm e BILL, m i ssioners ought to have the power of carrying the Act into The House then went into Committee on this Bill. execution as originally intended; and as the decision of Mr. T. buncombe was about to propose a clause, the Court of Queen's Bench had led to great difficulties but several Hon. Gentlemen objected to it, on the ground and litigation he should support the clauses which went to that the preamble had been already proved, and that the correct the error of the Court, and he hoped that his Hon. clause tendered b y the Hon. Member for Finsbury could Friend the Member for Wigan would not divide the Com not be proposed. mittee. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE would introduce the clause Colonel WOOD said the clause went to give the Com h • • of upon te b ringing up the Report. missioners the power of appointment in parishes under The Bill then went through Committee. The Report Local Acts, which was expressly reserved in the 21st WAS agreed to and ordered to be brought up to-morrow, clause of the Poor-law Act. It was really, therefore, POOR RATES COLLECTION BILL. Passing an ex post facto law. On the motion for the House resolving itself into a Mr. HUME—If that is the case, there ought to be an Committee on the Poor Rates Collection Bill, explanation.—(" It is not," from the Ministerial benches.) Mr. G. PALMER opposed the motion, considering Lord J. RUSSELL wished to say a word or two on tho that a measure containing the clauses which the presentßill operation of the practices which had been pursued by the did, ought not to b e allo we d to pass. The Bill empowered Commissioners . As to the law he would not say a b word, word, a seizure to be made on the property of Overseers after the able explanations of his Hon. and Learned of the rates of the parish were not paid. He Friend the Attorney-General, supported as he had been considered such a provision most arbitrary and unjust. by the Honourable Member for Finsbury.--( Hear, hear.) He looked upon the Bill rather as one to indemnify One of the Assistant-Commissioners had stated that the the Poor -law Commissioners for acts done by them than effect of the regulation in the Wigan Union had been this: to effect any useful purpose. Under the existing law the —that three relieving officers and four overseers had been overseer could be brought into the Court of Queen's Bench appointed; by the guardians, at salaries of 700/. ; and that by mandamus, if the necessary rates were not supplied to they well performed the duties which had previously een support the p oor . I n conclusion, the Hon. Member moved performed by thirty-four persons, at salaries amounting to that the Bill should be taken into further consideration 8121.. so that th ere was a saving of 1121., exclusive of that day thr ee months. travelling expenses; and the rates had been most diligently Mr. HUME thought the Bill cont a i ne d great i nconsis- collected, and the accounts better kept, each assistant tencies, and much that was unjust. It gave power to at- overseer paying over every week the money the tach the p roperty of overseers, and such being the case he guardians when they wanted money giving orders should lik e to k now from the Noble Lord what relief those signed by the unpaid overseers on the Treasurer to officers were to have ? He believed that the Bill would do pay the amount, putting it to the credit of the guardians great injury to the object it purported to have in view, of the respective districts. Nothing, therefore, was taken K.Lerd JO HN RUSSELL sa id t h e H on. Member for from the overseers, which they had any just title to retain, ilkenny had mi s t a k en the purport and object of the Bill, while a more. regular collection of th e rates was secured.— it was n ot i ntended by it to give greater powers over the (Hear, hear.) property of the overseers of the poor • than at present ex- Mr. E WART said be did not object to the adminis isted ; its chief object was to amend the law, which was a t tive facility of the proposed clauses, but on principle present defective. objected to the appointment of the collectors being with The ATTORNEY . GENERAL said at present the the guardians, and objecting, as he did, on the authority guardians had no other means of enforcing their demands of Lord Althorn. As to the Wigan District, he could uPott the overseers then by application to the Cou r t o f assure the Noble Lord that great dissatisfaction Queen's Bench for a ?rani tmus. The Overseers make a prevailed on account of this regulation.—( Hear.) He return to it, and their application has again to be really must confess that the learned arguments moue to set aside that return, on the ground of of his Hon. Friend the Member for Kilkenny did not in ns being against the law. is That invariablydone fluence him, counteracted as it was by the decision of the and then a which must Court of Queen's Bench. --A laugh.) He had not taken Peremptory order is made, be obeyed, the objection but on mature deliberation , and saw no rea or the overseer -t to gaol. In the par i sh mu. go of St. Andrew, Holborn , n to withdraw it. had been taken three so or four times--_ ont. n, that course Mr. KEMBLE did not consider there was any neces rn ha Were spent in litigation, and the . . poor were starving all the time Both • in sity to interfere with a judicial decision. parties the mean - time were attempting to saddle the rate- The A TTORNE Y. GENERAL said there was no payers. Some such enactm e t costs upon the . such intention ; it was admitted that the Court had the Bill were decidedly ne n s as those contained in the cessary ; nor wa it harsh, jurisdiction ; he bad bowed respectfully to their decisio n ing to the proposal of his Noble Fre 5 Committee then divided. The numhe-r-i-iv; was to be summoned before a manistirend, for the overseer The . . 47 For the clause cause why he did not pay the monevate. and there show would hear and determine the case u yhe Magistrate Against it 5 pon its merits. Majority —42 Mr. CR IMSDITCH was astonished to ' Learned Attorney-General say that the guardia hear the Mr. HODGES moved a clause, providing that nothing other means of enforcing their order th interfere • h the power of ' - , ns had no in the Act should with .vestries to an oy mandamu • d . • as to the custody of parish books, &c. for by the 95th section of the Poor-law Amendment Act give directions i they had the power of summoning the overseer before a The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the h c Ruse was Magistrate, and punishing hint fora neglect of duty b y a fi ne unnecessary, but he did not object. in t it ; tcrewasno of SL, which if not paid was to be levied upon his good,, intention to interfere with the vestriesany such respect. He did not object to making the overseer perform his duty, Mr. AGLIONBY doubted if it were quite unne but he thought the law at present was strin gent enough cesairy.—Clause a gree d to . for that. That Bill would greatly add to the enormous Mr. HUME moved a clause providing that when the powers already possessed by the Poor. law Commissioners, majority of the guardiansguardians thought proper their meetings which were already viewed with much jealousy. He hoped might be public. the House was not prepared to increase those powers, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL said it would not enter he must divide the House against the proposition. ):ia•operly into the objects of the Bill. Matters were often Mr.CL Ai - hoped the Hon. Member would withdraw his discussedbeub lish lt d the meetings of guardians quite improper to opposition, at all events if he divided the House hs individualsp on ails,' ampp-cting the propriety of relieving (Mr. Clay) could not vote with him. His constituents,n_w which might arise questions as to the cir but cum ta ces of relative 1. had two strong objections fef the first Bill, I ' see•—( Hear. hear.) But he could understand how there • ' they had been obviated by the collection of the rates being might be guardians some times opposed to the P left with the usual officers, and the clause enabling a Alt- oor-law, and, anxious to make long speeches to the i gistrate to hear and determine upon all eases upon a nterruption of bu siness--desirous of having the public admitted that th • summons. en. speeches might be r.....-••■•-...----.—...._........--.....-...... io a......—"""'' MAN, they naturally concluded tha. what was p,rinitted was legal. Not to enforce the procla mation the day after it was issued, was to sanction its violation, and admit its invalidity. All at once, on the sth of July, after they had set the proclamation at defiance 54 days, and the Magis trates had allowed them to do so, these said Magistrates pounced on them, when doing that which custom had sanctioned, attempted to seize their leaden:, and in fact made open war on the people without any previous declaration. Now, such a circumstance justifies strong indigna tion ; and under that almost irresistible, and cer trinly very powerful, impulse to speak truth, which ' all men feel, the two Chartists were justified in using very strong l anguage . S uch is the light in which' the matter appears to us, and must have ap peared to the Chartists. It was impossible for the ATTORNEY-GENERAL to be ignorant of that, and it became him, as a public officer, to advert to it. He preferred acting_ as a mere a d vocate , an d too k a course better adapted to attain a conviction than ensure that justice should be done. Under this aspect, the objectionable phrase " blood-thirsty police," which the ATTOR NEY-GENERAL represented as so revolting, seems much mitigated. The Chartists saw that force brought from a distance to com mit what they regarded as an outrage ; they saw it brandishing bludgeons and frightening women and children, and they applied to it a phrase, which we readily admit to be in general undeserved, but seems not inapplicable to those who lend themselves in that way to be the servants of what the Chartists must and do regard as an irresponsible tyranny. Such an explanation robs that language of much of its offensiveness; and that exirlanation, or one similar, the ATTORNEY-GENERA L was bound, we think, to lay before the Jury. He took a different course, and having represented the conduct of the two Chartists in the worst light possible, the Jury very legally found them guilty, arid the Judge will very legally sentence them to a severe punishment. A just and honest man would have taken a different course from a mere advocate, who is gratified by success, however unworthily obtained. What a disreputable —what a disgraceful figure our chamber of hereditary legislators makes before the eyes of an oppressed, insulted, and too patient people ! If the men in whom our boasted Consti tution recognises the right of being born with the wisdom which the rest of the species can acquire oily by long experience and hard study, for the ex. press purpose of making laws for the community, could see themselves as others see them, they would be shocked at the half-disgusting, half-contemptible spectacle which they present. Let these grace-of- God Legislators, just for a moment imagine them selves the spectators of their own doings last week, and let them be supposed capable of forming a rational opinion of the scene before them, would they not be compelled to confess that the only object which, tile actors could possibly have in view, was to hold up the House of Lords to public ridicule and scorn If we were to say that the Lords resemble a flock of sheep, which seampei and huddle after the bell-wether, wherever he happens to lead the way, we should be drawing a comparison far from complimentary to the sheep, for although the lordly animals, are to the full as silly as the woolly ones they are by no means so harmless. On the contrary, they are the most mischievous of all God's creatures, and one main element in the mischief is the gregarious propensity of the breed. Look at the late proceedings of this oligarchical rabble, and say whether such an assembly is not a burlesque upon legislation. We need not mention the mutilation of the Irish Corporation Bill, now for the fourth time before them, which, in obedience to the Duke of WELLINGTON'S com mand, they took into consideration, as he said, for form's sake, and which, in equal subjection to the " alien" chief, they have already most effectually demolished—we say nothing of the strangling the other day of the Register of Births Bill, a most useful and necessary measure, and for that reason alone rejected—we leave out a great many other cases of infanticide, and come to that of the Portu guese Slavery Bill, which will be held in everlas ing remembrance as a specimen of legislative stu fication. THE SUN, LONDON. THURSDA Y, AUGUST 8, 1835 _RACTER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, BY A MENIBER.— A young Member needs a great deal of instruction; he has to be taught by how few the business of the country is conducted. He finds out that it would be a very awkward circumstance if all men were equally efficient ; that as it is, we get through very little business with a great deal of difficulty, hut that then it would be impossible to do anything. Toadies —bores —the " vum pecus"—som e w i t h more,. and some w i t h less ser of self-sufficiency, and love of babbling, must exist in all societies, and the young Member of Parliament soon discovers that the House does not consist of 658 So lomons. I think, indeed, we might easily be made much more useful than we are, by a division of labour, in which the business of the country would be conducted by the whole House, instead of by one-eighth. There would be less hard work for the gentlemen who really do the work, and it would make us who do but little, more conversant with what we ought all to knovv. —Mr. B. Wall'a Pamphlet. " BURN'S COMMERC I AL LANCE, '' FOR TILE LAST S IX MONTHS . -The quantity of cotton yarn exported in the first six months of 1838 was 5 3,273.4671b5.; and the quantity in the first six months of 1839 was 37,239 6151b5. ; showing a decrease of 16 ,033,3521b5., or about thirty per cent. There is a decrease in the export to Holland, of 5 , 1 35,0931 b•:. ; to Naples and Sicily, of 2, 1 )86.813165. ; to liu , :,sia, of 2 ,432,4381b5. ; to India and China, of 2 ,16-1.1031b5. ; to Trieste, Venice, and the Austrian ports. 921,120165.; to Turkey and the Levant, 579,7301b5. There would seem to have been a small in crease (115,5631b5. ) to British North America, and a de crease to the United States, of 252,7591b5., being about five-sixths of the whole quantity exported thither. The stock of cotton in Great Britain (on the 28th of June last, we presume) is estimated at 657,889 bags, which is stated to be equal to the consumption of 321 weeks, if only 20,000 bags are consumed weekly during the year. This sheet also contains a comparative statement of the prices of yarn and cotton, which exhibits the striking fact that, although the price of American cotton was nearly 2d. per pound higher on the Ist of July last, than at the corresponding date of last year, the average prices of yarn are now rather below those of that period. THE LATE JAMES WOOD, ESQ.—l'Vith re gard to the proceedings in Chancery in this case, we have just learnt that they have been stayed, the bill having been dismissed at the instance of the plaintiff himself. We presume it has been withdrawn for the purpose of being preferred in an amended state either in that or some other Court. The bill, though it embraced many other objects, seems to have been mainly intended to procure the appoint ment of a receiver of the personal estate of the testator, in the room of Dr. Maddy, whose limited administration had expired.— Gloucester Journal. THE LATE ALLEGED MURDER AT BRIGH TON.—James Johnson was tried at Lewes on Thursday on a charge of having murdered his wife, Julia Johnson, at Brighton, by cutting her throat. The circumstances of the ease have recently been before the public. The pri soner was acquitted. THE CRITICAL STATE OF THE WEATHER. —Why does every body consult the barometer daily, and ask his neighbour every morning what he thinks of the weather? Because every body knows that the crisis of the Corn-law question is at hand, and a few showers and a little cold weather must produce a dearth; which will lead to consequences not to be contemplated but with dismay. We do not, however, , desire to see the repeal of those wicked laws brought about through the misery, disease, and death consequent upon a famine. We have laboured to show that the abolition of the Corn. laws is called for by the principles of justice and Christianity, and that they were imposed in defiance of the most obvious dictates of religion and morality. Had the Corn-laws n"ver been enacted, there could have now been no danger of a famine in England, The God of nature has provided different seasons for the the various families of mankind ; and if we did riot violate his laws, by preventing the exchange of the gifts of one nation for those of another, we should now command a supply of food from countries whose harvest is over, and whose granaries are filled with abundance of corn. The rich plains of Spain, from the borders of Andalusia to the foot of the Pyrenees, are now brown with stubble, the wheat having been gathered for several weeks ; in the United States of America an unprecedented crop of grain has been secured; in the tropical climes a perpetual harvest gladdens the hearts of men. Why are not these blessings allowed to be shared by Englishmen ? Well may the legislators, who solved that question with a selfish Corn-law, tremble at every rain-drop which now falls upon the corn fields of Etri!land !--Anti- Corn-law Circular. The skeleton of Marengo, the barb horse, which Napoleon rode at Waterloo and at most of his great battles, has been presented to the museum of the United Service Institution, in Middle Scotland-yard, by Lieut.- Colonel Angerstein, of the Grenadier Guards. Marengo was a beautifully formed Arab of parent blood, about thirteen hands and a half high. He was frequently wounded, and at Waterloo was struck by a musket ball on the hip when the Emperor was on him, which disproves the asser ... tion that he did not go into the fire. CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.—THE GENTLE. MAN WITH THE CARPET BAG AGAIN.-Tuesday, infor mation was given at Lambeth-street police-office of a fel low who has been most successful in victimizing the public. It appeared that on that day week a person who is supposed to be a foreign Jew, dressed in a puce-coloured frock coat, with large whiskers, about thirty-eight years of age, and who speaks the English language with tolerable fluency, took lodgings at the Leopard Coffee house, in Fenchurch-street, where he rema'ncd till Thursday, on which day he decamped, taking with him con siderable property belonging to the landlord and persons lodging in his house. A number of scraps of pap,r which he had left after him on the top of his bed were put into the hands of Lea, the officer, who, on pasting them together, found them to consist of pawnbrokers' tickets for watches, rings, &c , pledged at the west snd of the town, and also a hill of exchange, which led to the discovery of another rob. bery which the fellow had perpetrated in the preceding week. Lea ascertained that on the 6 - h of last month th tC same fellow took up his quarters xt Mr. Goodwin's, the Old Rough public-house, in Crown.street, Soho, and while there he entered the apartment of a Mr. Harrison, and stole therefrom considerable property, among which was a Lill of exchange for 401 and a bond for 1.0001. He is in the habit of carrying a carpet and a blue bag, in the latter of which it is suspected he carries a quantity of ske 'eon keys, &c. reported—and the object of the Act thus defeated. ( Hear, hear. ) Mr. H UME said his clause would not apply unless when the majority of the guardians agreed to it. Lord HOWICK said it would be impossible to intro duce the clause into the present Bill, " for regulating the collection of rates," &e. and he considered it was a clause improper to be introduced into any Bill. The clause was agreed to, and the House resumed. ELECTION PETITIONS. —PORTUGUESE SLAVE TRADE. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said it might be f the venience of the H ouse if he stated the course or con which he meant to pursue with respect to two or three election pe titions, the days for the consideration of which were likely to be near the end of the Session. He would on Friday move to postpone them beyond the time the Session would probably last, in order that the ballot might not take pace till next Session. There was another question, re lating to the motion of the Hon. Member for the Tower Hamlets which stood for to-night, with respect to the Por tuguese -lave trade. The Government had determined to issue such orders as in their opinion would be most efficacious for the purpose of suppressing the Portuguese slave trade, and the slave trade carried on under other flags. With the view of making these orders effectual, the Noble Lord, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, would to-night give notice of his intention to bring in a Bill on this sub ject to morrow.—( Cheers.) He trusted that the Hon. Member would see that no public purpose would be an swered by moving the Address to-night; and the more effectual course would be to proceed as rapidly as possi ble to pass the Bill, for which purpose he should move the suspension of the Standing Orders. Sir S. L US HINGTON said that after the annunciation which had just been made to the House by the Noble Lord, he had great pleasure in withdrawing his notice, which had only been given in consequence of what had unfottnnately happen,' elsewhere. MILITIA PAY BILL. • Lord HOWICK moved the Order of the Day for the second reading of the Militia Pay Bill. Mr. HU.VIE trusted that next session some measure would be brought forward respecting the militia, which was admitted on all hands to be inefficient. The militia ought either to be given up or made efficient. Lord HO WICK concurred with the lion. Member fur Kilkenny in the state of the militia being unsatisfactory, and that it ought to be put on an efficient foc,ting. He had prepared the heads of a Bill, the introduction of which had been prevented by the state of the order hook. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to b., committed to-morrow. ROGUE MONEY ASSESSMENT (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the moti on on the LORD ADVOCATE, the Rogue Money Assessment (Scotland) Bill passed through Committee, and the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. METROPOLIS IMPROVEMENTS BILL. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX. CHEQUER, the Report on this Bill was received, and the third reading fixed for to-morrow. STAGE CARRIAGES BILL. This Bill was then committed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that one of the great results of this Bill would be to esta blish, by coaches and omnibuses, intercommunication be tween the railroads, and thus much increase the traffic of those lines, and greatly add to the facilities of the public. The reduction on the vehicles would be id. per mile. Mr. PALMER hoped the reduction would be confined to those stage coaches which were not in connection with the railroads. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said this was the most extravagant hope be had yet heard. The object of this mei sure was to lighten and equalize the duty on all stage coaches. The House then resumed, and the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ob tained leave to bring in a Bill to continue an Act of the Ist and 2d years of the reign of her present Majesty. re lating to legal proceedings of certain Joint-stock Banking Companies against their own members, and by such mem bers against the Companies. After a few words from Mr. HUME and Mr. FINCH. Lord MORPETH obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Act of 36th Geo. 111., relative to the River Poodle. —(Laughter.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL obtained leave to bring in a Bill to improve the police of the town of Manchester. The provisions of the Bill were the same as those in the Bill for Birmingham, with the exception that no looney was required. The Noble Lord also obtained leave to bring in a similar 13111 with respect to Bolton. The Bills were severally brought in and read a first, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past Ten o'Clock. CHA Borough, sth August, 18:39. Immediately. in 3 Vols., post tivo., CONFESSIONS AND .AiDVENTURES OF A THUG. By CAPAIN MEADOWS TAYLOR, Of the Service of H. H. the Nizam. PALADORE—I have heard, have read strange fables of enormity Devised to make men wonder ; but this hardness Transcends all fiction.—LAW OF LOMBARDY. Richard Bentley, New Burlington -street. ups Majesty the KING of PRUSSI A, X Navin, AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY PREMIUMS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES), offer many possi bilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BRO fIIERS at HAMBURGH, are NOW SELLING SHARES for the said DISTRIBIL TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase may receive, PREVI OUS to giving any order, the PROSPECTUS and PAR TICULARS, upon addressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH. P.R. THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains Portions from NINE POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS and upwards, to TEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED POUNDS. A RISE IN THE PRICE of the SHARES for the NEXT DISTRIBUTION will very soon take place, there being only few of them on hand, and nearly all cleared off. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The New Drama, entitled the " Ladye of Lambythe," having► met with the most transcendant success, it will be repeated every Evening till further notice. After which, the Veteran Dowton will appear in a popular character. TO-NIGH F (THURSDAY) Third Time, the Old English Drama, called THE LADYE OF LAMBYTHE; Or, A Bridal Three Centuries Back ! Eva, Mrs. Vining. Katherine, Miss Grant. Lucie, Miss Martin. Walter More, Mr. E. F. Saville. Wilbert, Mr. Dale. John the Jester, Mr. Smith. After which THE HYPOCRITE! Dr. Cantwell. Mr. Dointon. To conclude with the last New French Drama, entitled DIANE DE CHITRI. HIFIf WATER AT LOND .N BRIDGE TO. , IORROW Morning...... 13 minutes alter 2. I Evening ... 37 minutes after 2. (on. - - Nit+ - • " )(ta eiX ,- 4A C\ , • --- 7f - 'lo3loseze 4- zrA ) ,ke 11.11„ LONDON : THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1839. The House of Lords did not meet yesterday. The Commons met at Thrf e o'Clork. Petitions were presented against the new Birming ham Police Bill, and the Bank of Ireland Bill. A new writ was issued for Perth, the sitting Mem ber having accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Both Colonel WOOD and Mr. HUME complained of measures having been brought on yesterday unexpect edly, and contrary to an understanding. According to Mr. EWART and Sir JOHN HOBHOUSS the Portuguese arc beginning to establish a slave-trade in the East as well as in the West, and the Indian Government found it a difficult matter to deal with, Really our policy is unfortunate. We waste our tree. sure and blood to aggrandize Russia, now our enemy, and ruin France, now our friend, and we have re established the independence of Portugal that we may have the expense and trouble of putting an end to the cruelties perpetrated under its independent flag. The Lords' amendments to the Canada Government Biil were agreed 'to.- Some of their Lordships' amendments to the Corpo ration Bill for Ireland, were pronounced by Mr. SPEAKER to be contrary to the privileges of the Com mons, but not necessarily fatal to the Bill. They are to be taken into consideration on Friday. On Lord JOHN RUSSELL moving that the Rural Constabulary Bill be committed, Mr. HUME moved to put it off tor three months, on the ground that before a rural police were established, the Magistrates ought to be made responsible. Mr. WARBURTON, who seems to take a middle course, recommended that the Bill should be passed for two years. But Lord JOHN RUSSELL objected, on the ground of contracts which would have to he made under it, and the improbability of their getting respectable men to enter it. After a brief debate the motion for a Com mittee was carried by 85 to 14. In the Committee some objections were made to the office of Chief Constable, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he had conversed on the subject with Sir JAMES GRAHAM that is, settled with the chief of the Tories now in town—how the matter is to be, and so it will be. Sir JAMES and Lord JOHN have agreed that the rules shall be revised by the Lords Lieutenant, and made uniform. in the course of the discussion in Committee, Mr. WAKLEY made some appropriate observations on the meaning of the term Liberals, whose policy and cha racter have changed so much that the public requires a new political dictionary. A Liberal at present is 2 man who has got hold of place, and carries Tory princi ples further than the Tories. We rather rejoic e t o see the Birmingham Liberals caught in their own trap. They wanted a Police Bill from th e G overnment all in a hurry, and to be esta blished by t h e public money, reprobated their fine scheme th e moment it was - a . nn ounced. Lord J. RUS SELL, however, acting under the suggestion of Sir R. PEEL, bring s i t forward placing the appointment of the Commission er i n the hands of the Government. The Liberal Town Council of Birmingham remonstrate and petition against a P olice Bill framed on Si r R OBERT ' S suggestion ; the City of London petition against it, the Members for Birmingham oppose it, all in vain ; the Bill was read a second tim e last night by 74 to 2.2. After Mr. WAKLEy's observations on the Liberals, we are rather surprised at his saying that Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S pro ceedings placed the Liberal party in a humiliating posi tion. Does he then continu,; to belong to the Li beral party ? sense of the wor d, extinct°. Or does he, after his clause We thought i t was , i n th e or di nary to prevent little boys havi n r, a stolen ride, also belong to the party th at i s more Tory - than the Tories ? The Collection of Rates Bill went through a Commit tee, after some discus s i on, an d two or t h ree di v i s i ons . On Friday Lord JOHN RUSSELL iS to move to post pone certain election petitio ns now pending, beyond the time when the Honte is likely to sit, so that the ballot will not be taken till ext. Session. Another 13d1 oil the subject of the Portuguese Slave Trade is to be brought forward to enable the Go%era ment to make the orders effectual icr its suppression, which it means to issue, TO the ELECTORS of the BOROUGH of SOUTHWARK. BROTHER ELECTORS, I observe a movement on the part of some of the Electors of yout Borough, in anticipation of the retiretnttnt df tine of your present Members from Parliament, and it is right, therefore, that I announce to you my titichthg,ed intention of becoming a Candidate for the honourable distinction of vont- Representative, thenever a vacancy shat) ha'e taken plate: Von are acquainted, I belie+rei *ith my Opiiiidns; for I have explained them upon former occasions, and I have lived always amongst you. lam a Reformer upon principle—that principle being founded upon thought and conviction—not the result of disappointment, or the adoption of expediency. I recognize no party but the party that does rightly ; and I will support the enactment of good laws, as I would oppose them that are mis chievous, from whatever source they proceed, or with whomever they may originate : but to ensure the one and protect us from the other, it seen s to me that three great principles must be kept in view by Reformers, as the test of all our opinions, and he who equivocates upon this subject, or shrinks from em bracing these principles as a rule of his political conduct, is no real friend of the people's rights, and is unworthy of the support. of any true Reformer, either in Southwark or elsewhere. Upon these, which I take to be leading principles, I declare myself explicitly— first, that to carry out and establish your liberties, it is indispensable that you should have a largely Extended Suf frage, not at all short of Household Suffrage ; secondly, that you are equally entitled to perfect indemnity from all possible consequences of .your voting, by the veil of the Ballot ; and t'lirdly. that you must obtain that power over the conduct of those that represerit you, which would be the inevitable result of the adoption of Triennial Parliaments—beyond which term for the duration of Parliament, as we have seen in past times, responsibility is forgotten, and accountability ceases. The Reform Bill, however great in itself as a pivot, wherein every thing which is desirable for us may be made to revolve, is but the means to an end. It is defective mainly from its cir cumscribed action, and has done but part of its work. Yon must now do the remainder, by requiring of those who seek to represent you, a perfect and unflinching conformity to your sentiments upon this subject. Obtain such enactments as those I have pointed out, and other good laws will arise, almost without effort, and certainly without disturbance. The People's wants must then be attended to, for the remedy will be in their own hands. Do you think, if thus represented, of our own free and unbiassed will, and our Representatives were clothed with real responsibility, that our present Corn -laws would exist for an other Sesson—that incubus imposed upon us by the extrava eancies of the landed interest to prop up their overgrown mort gages, and which by d egrees i s sapping the subsistence of th e whole People ? Would not th e evils of many of the present Poor-law details be immediately redressed? Would you re tain for an instant your rate-paying clauses—that unholy war tare carried on against the Poorer classes—as if the payment of a man's taxes assisted his judgment in the choice of hi. Repre sentative in Parliament ? or would you rather say in such a ease, as is now said for you, that the doctrine of finality is best fitted to your condition—that the laws of our country want no amendment, and that your intellectual, your moral, and your so cial capabilities shall advance no further ? You will gather from these remarks my general opinions, upon every thing you can desire to know at this moment, but as a conclusion, I may add, that I am a friend to the most un bounded liberty of conscience, being determined nevertheless to protect the rights of all, both Churchman and Dissenter;— that I wish to see established good and equal laws and privi leges for all our fellow-subjects, of whatever colour, or creed, or condition ;—that I advocate the diffusion of knowledge and education upon the broadest principles ; and that I aim more especially to improve the temporal welfare of the working part of the community, not only as a bulwark against the ag gressions of the idle and the thoughtless, but also as the surest means of promoting the good order, as well as of consolidating the freedom and happiness of society at large. Depend upon me at the right time, that I will solicit your suffrages in the usual form. There is yet, however, no vacancy, or the certainty of vacancy, but my feelings and interests are with you, and my best abilities are at your command. I shall be proud to become your Representative, and if honoured by your choice, it will be my study to attend to your smallest wishes, and my ambition to serve you faithfully. I have the honour to be, Brother Electors, Your devoted servant, BENJAMIN WOOD The Jury at Warwick have found COLLINS and LOVETT guilty. That was to be expected. We explained the philosophy of this the day before yesterday. There is a great contest in society be tween the working and the poorer classes and those above them, particularly those immediately above them ; the Chartists nearly all belong to the work ing classes ; the Jurors are all taken from those whom the Chartists assail. It is to be expected therefore that they should all be found guilty. They will receive law but justice will be denied them. TheATTORNEY-GENERAL, in opening his case, adverted at considerable length to the state of Bir mingham before the placard was issued, for which CoLLINs and LOVETT are found guilty of a seditious libel, and he held up the language of that placard, particularly the phrase, " blood-thirsty police," to the reprobation of the jury, with more ingenuity than justice. He also alluded to the fires at Birmingham, which occurred after the event, as ag gravating the guilt of these two Chartists. That was skilful in the advocate ; a fair and honest man, more anxious to do justice than obtain a convic tion, would not have so acted. To have repre sented the case fairly, which the QUEEN'S officer, or rather the public officer, should have thought his duty, the Jury ought to have been reminded that the class of persons to whom Messrs. COL LINs and LOVETT belong had been attacked by the Magistrates when they were assembled, in com pany with women and children, reading a news paper. He was bound, as it appear to us, as an officer charged with no narrow party or personal prosecution, but with a great public duty, to pro mote the public welfare, to have entered somewhat into the feelings and position of the individuals he was arraigning, and not with a kind of spiteful partizanship have sought to present their conduct in the most hideous aspect. Without expecting him to condemn the Birmingham Magistrates, he should have mentioned to the Jury the influence which their conduct must have had over the feelings of the two prisoners, and he should have disdained, we think, the ordinary arts of a hired advocate in the fulfilment of a duty. We do not think that sufficient importance was ascribed on the trial to the conduct of the Magis trates in first attacking the people. On that point, however, hinges all the gu ilt o f t h e two Chartists, for in proportion as the attack of the Magistrates • was uncalled for, wanton, and unprovoked, or was necessary and mercifully made, so would these men be justified or not in writing as they did of it. Now, we held from the first that the attack of the Magis trates was wholly unjustifiable, and continuing to hold that opinion, our readers will not be surprized that we should advert to one circumstance which seems to us to give it weight and authenticity. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in his opening speech on Friday, dwelt on the fact that the people had been warned by the Magistrates against meet ing in the Bull-ring, and if that warning had been a good one, we should be induced to give up the cause. But how were they warned ? A procla mation was issued. When ? As long ago as the 10th of May. That proclamation the Magistrates allowed to he a dead letter. It did not stop a single meeting. It was never enforced. The people met, probably five days in the week, subsequent to the 10th of May, and were never interrupted. They had a right to suppose, therefore, that the Magis trates permitted their meetings. No second pro clamation was issued. No step was taken for 54 cap; to prevent their meeting. and, being no more earned in the law tha Lor — d Chief Justice DEN- Several Bills were forwarded a stage, and two Bids for establishing a 'Nice force in Manchester and Bolter, were brought in. The House rose atlf-past Ten o Clock. It is not held to be moral to take advantage of an idiot, or to commit cruelty on a man inclined to he a rogue. An upright man loves and does jus tice for its own sake. An honourable man would think it mean to take an advantage of another, He would despise hirmelf if he could, and he des pises others who do it. All upfight, honest, and honourable men do what is right, because that agreeable to themselves. In general we are not advocates for making personal feelings the rule of public conduct, which ought in all cases to be strictly regulated by the single principle of the public benefit. But we know not why the rule we have just adverted to, as guiding the conduct of the most enlightened individuals should be considered improper policy in classes or in nations. The whole science of which ADAM SMITH is still the leading oracle in this country, proceeds on the principle that the division of labour which promotes the advantage of individuals can not be injurious to empires. On the same general principle we state it as our conviction, that what all upright, honest, and honourable men would perform with pride and pleasure in their individual capacity, must be equally advantageous to them in their poli tical and public functions. Now we admit that the Chartists, both in their objects, and in their manner of seeking them, are no better than idiots. Their Convention, their sa cred month, their pikes, their five points, their virulent language, their ill-prepared resistance to the law, which, while they pretend to oppose it, they obey and reverence, all smack very strongly of extreme folly; but we cannot conclude that the middle and upper classes, who have not shown more political wisdom than the Chartists, are therefore justified in taking advantage of their folly. It does not justify persecution or coercive enactments. Let those who pride themselves on their superior know ledge and attainments, or their greater wisdom and uprightness, do in their public capacity as they would do in their private capacity, and disdain to profit by the folly of others. We admit, too, that some of the leaders of the Chartists are worse than fools, designing knaves —but while their knavery—in imposing on the un wary and cheating them (against which, by-the-by, in the manner they do it, no law has yet been framed) —should be exposed and punished, it will not justify those who are not Chartists in treating the misled, deluded followers of the knaves with scorn or cruelty. Those who are not Chartists may be contented with the consciousness of their own vir tues, and abstain from committing injustice towards those who are not so virtuous as themselves. We make these observations because we notice a strong desire in some of our Contemporaries, in certain politicians and certain classes, to take advantage of the folly or knavery of the Chartists to attain their own ends. That may be politic, but it is not the mode in which upright, honest, and honourable m?n act in their private capacity. We are for doing justice to the Chartists, whe ther they ask it or not, because justice is of itself a blessing, and because it would ultimately be for the benefit of the middle and upper classes. Some statesmen, and LORD JOHN, RUSSELL amongst them, lay it down as a rule, because the Chartists demand what is unjust, they are not to have what is just. Sometimes our politicians stand out on principle, and would not give way to popu lar demands on any consideration ; but they assert that they may pilfer the people when the popular voice forbids it not. The Char tists have not demanded, in conjunction with the middle classes, the repeal of the Devil's Laws ; and therefore, say the Tories, and therefore acquiesce the Whigs, and therefore exult the cow ardly pilfering landlords, we will keep up those laws. If the people had generally demanded the repeal, those lordly legislators who despise the po pular demands would have yielded, but they con tinue their injustice in deference to the popular silence. Thus, when the silence of the foolish Chartists serves the purpose of the landlords, it is held to be an unanswerable reason for doing wrong. When they demand what is wrong, and that hap pens to displease the ruling classes, they are held to be unworthy of consideration. We cannot ac quiesce in that do c t r i ne , an d maintain now, as we have maintained all along, that whether the Char tists demand it or not, the Devil's Laws should have been, and should now, be repealed, and justice should be done to the people. In conclusion, we will observe, that the present condition of the country. in conjunction with the Devil's Laws, is not enough noticed. If public discontent, if the increase of the army, if the establishment of a new coercive force, if a general arming of the people, and a general terror, if the disorders at Birmingham, Stockport, Manchester, Newcastle, be not caused by the Corn Laws, as we think it could be shown that they are, it cannot be denied that the alarming state of the country co-exists with those laws. If the scoundrel ava rice of the legislating landlords have not caused the public distress, at least it has not secured pub lit tranquillity or public prosperity. This Bill was sent up from the Commons, where passed with unanimity. Was that circumstance any recommendation to the favour of the Upper House ? Oh no; quite the contrary : it seems to have inspired the assembly of notables with a pecu liar hatred towards the measure, for they would hardly allow the banding to squeak its first note before they throttled it in truly hangman-like style. The Duke of WELLINGTON held up his finger, and in the twinkling of an eye the legislative labours of half a century on the slave-trade were annihilated. The miserable natives of Africa were delivered over, bound hand and foot, without even a twinge of remorse, to the tender mercies of the bloodhounds of Portugal. Did the Tory Lords, who obeyed the signal of their fugleman on this occasion, give a thought to the question of justice, of humanity, of Christ ianity involved in their votes ? Not a straw did they care about the matter, they merely fol lowed their leader. And as blindly did they follow, the very next night, another leader, who proposed a vote as directly in the teeth of the former one as it is possible to conceive ! Who can contemplate such senseless conduct, such weather cock legislation as this, without a feeling of utter contempt for the titled absurdities which encumber the benches of the Upper Chamber, and of shame that the destiny of a great country should be at their disposal ? Of a piece with their other proceedings was their vot! of Tuesday night. We do not regard that vote as of the smallest consequence in itself, and for this obvious reason, that those who passed it really knew nothing whatever of the merits of the case, n 0,., indeed, did they pretend to do so. All that they knew was that the resolutions of Lord BROUGHAM condemned—by implication if not di rectly—the conduct of the Irish Government. They wanted no more, and they rushed to the vote with the unreasoning eagerness of partizans who are determined to sacrifice every sentiment of honour, truth, and we will acid justice, to the grati fication of their factious feelings. It mu s t b e quite clear to any unbiased mind, that any motion arising out of four folio volumes of evidence relating to matters which took place three years ago, and so difficult of digestion that even the Committee be fore whom it was taken, though adopting the novel principle of the subdivision of labour, were afraid to venture upon the task of making out a Report of it—it is evident, we say, that a motion of this kind could not by possibility be carried on its merits. All, therefore, that the party have done is to con demn, in a more formal manner, that which they have over and over again condemned before ; and they have done this in the face of a much more ample justification than was ever presented to their consideration in former discus sions of the subject—a justification, by the bve, which appears to us, taking, as we are bound to all the circumstances into account, most triumphant. There is not much gain, therefore, to the Tory cause in the proceeding of Tuesday night, and there is this little drawback attending it, that, whereas the Tory Lords have made the want of time to ex amine the Bills sent up to them from the Commons, a pretence for rejecting them, here they exhibit the great sincerity with which they advance this excuse to wasting so much time, rendered doubly precious as the Session , draws to a close, in a fruitless discussion. JP) N 5-47, D 1 T 1 . prison,r,: is is so considerable that our camp is cucum bered h them " NEzta, Jc NE 27. " Mr. Consul—The day before yesterday, when I an nounced to you the result of the battle of Rezib, I could not inform you of the exact number of prisoners ; it amounts to 10,000. We have picked up already 12,000 muskets, but many more lie scattered on the ground on concealed 10 the river. " The whole number of muskets lost by the Ottoman army must exceed 15.000. We have taken 104 pieces of artillery ; but we expect to find some more, as the army brought into the field a greater number of pieces, and Caw not, I think, have saved any. " General SOLIMAN PACHA." Letters from Semlin announce the sudden appearance of the plague at Silistria. Of six persons infected three had died. Seventy persons died at Milo, where it had manifested itself, in the course of a few days. It had likewise appeared at Rhades, where it excited the ut most alarm among the inhabitants. A letter from Aix la Chapelle, of the Ist inst., states that the Emperor of RUSSIA, accompanied by his t w° sons, had set out from St. Petersburgh to Odersa, to be nearer the scene of action in the East. The following extract, faom the Gate* de Fianc e , of Tue s d a y even i ng , p resen t s a depl o rable picture o f colonial mis-government. • We find the follo w i n g- article in the Courier de Bor deaux W e receive melancholy news from our colonies. The ruin of our commercial marine is begun. The V aillant has returned to Bou r d eaux i n b a ll as t—in ballast, do Y", hear, growers of be e t roo t A general consternation spread in the c ity w h en t hi s news became known. 'Change it was the melancholy subject of all conversanond The report of the captain of the Vaillant passed from ban to hand." We annex this afflicting document:— "On the 29th of Jude I touched at Point-a-lPitre coming from New York, in order to p ro cure a return efirg: for France, but the depreciation of the prices of sug sr l e the market of the mother country, and the late ordi nance of the Gover nmen t f o r th e f ree exportation, had r educed the freight to such a degree th a t I could not obtain noor: than 400 hogsheads as half my cargo , at the mis erable rate of four deniers, and flat too for Havre. " In this distressing situation I have thought return in ballast, thus commencing the series of disaster s which cannot fail to befal our navigation in the Antill es ' the King's Government does not come to its aid. the I left Point-a-Pitre on the sth of July, arrived on any Ist of August at the Lazaretto, without having mei P ej ship ; the health of every person on board is good : the colony was likewise healthy, yet I shal l ba :b i ; nevertheless, to perform ten days quarantine to a dd t? _ of p 0 _ re profits of the voyage, when, perhaps, in other rt s France this quarantine would have been limited to a the visit of the officers, or to two or three days deign : f t , so it best to most, which would be no more than just, since we.u s '" goods whatever on board." add th e To these st a t ements , says the Courier, we ca n following, extracted from letters from e au Guadeloupe to The Olinda, bo un d f or H avre, wante d 150 hegsb s complete ber cargo. 13sl, The Bravo, of Napl es , h as sa il e d f o r Camplae-Y and several French ships belonging to different ports in be obliged to follow th e examp l e, if t h e y desire to 01311` a freight. only 3 or 4 The freight for Fran ce was extreme ly lo n ‘, his deniers were effered for H avre . Th ere were ;to ir e ''! for Bordeaux Swedish, American, and English ah•;I'll arrived at Point-a- Pitre ; some letters even add tha t those ships will not be able to find a full cargo. barrel s Flour from Bordeaux had likewise fallen ; I• 3 ° ° 41 coming from th e J eune E ste ll e , h a d b ee n sold at 43 to francs. oc t s We have not th e courage to a dd a s ingle reflectio r , ohristhdeemplsoerlavbelse._staGteamzeentiteO-dfeoFurradnisraes.ters. The facts s P' BO UR SE. —PARIS, TUESDAY, AOO. 6 . m ot first Highest Lowelt ?We Price Price. Price. . 12 40 *trench 5 per Cents 4,4, per Cents lO5 90 ... 105 00 ... 1"2 ."' ' 103 , ft 4 per tents l O -3 ... 1 , 3 ... 103 ". 8' ''' 3 per Cents HO 40 ... MO 40 .. SO 40 ... ;.,,, • 2sr.s. Bank of rranee 2B 0 . '2840 ...2820 ...„,,, 50 Lattitte Bank I.noof. sh inr.., 50 -^,'• ....1052 50 ...1052 50 ...."'„„; 5,000 f. ;qr.. 50,0 r. 5 020 ...sL''' . 5 nelgian 3 per Lents • • ...it 75 . ..... '2 1 5 1 75 '..••. - 71 7.5 ... . 7t 7 ; 1 Belgian Bank 770 ... 770 ... 765 ••• --- 1 ,01 Spanish Ac , ive Passive 4 ,4, ... .p„ .. Vi ••• if 2 s 1C2,,,..... 102y4 .... 10:6i ..• - Roman IiAILWAY St. Germain Versailles, It. B „, 615 ... 615 45 „. 61 5 615 LB 655 „„„ 6)5 ... 640 ,„, 6 3,3 5 •... 335 ... 325 .. "), Havre Orleans . . Strasburg to Bale 452 50 ... 452 50 ... 45'2 50 ••• '" . 821i1 75 ... 328 75 ... 325 ... al°Z ASPHALTES AND BITUMENS. Seyssel (A) • • rJEWIAN UNDS...BRUSSELig, AUGUST 6 55i Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent 9is Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 3 per Cent. 72 Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent Society of Commerce, 4;, : per Cent ll6 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 4 S National Society . —Brussels Papers, August 6. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, JULY 29. Five per Cents. Metalliques Fostr per Cents Three portents. Bank Shares ......... ............. ....... 15 116 —Allgemeine Zeitung. .. August 3 Letters and papers from Madrid of the 30th ult. have been received this morning. The election for the Capital closed with the return of Senors ARaUELLER► CALTRAVA, LOPEZ, CANTERO, MENDIZABAL, OSCA , MIRANDA, and ALoNzo, all Liberals of the Mov ment :party. From the theatre of war there is no news whatever. LATEST NEWS FROM AMERICA. By the arrival at Liverpool of the packet ships Memphis aHd Cambridge from New York, we have received American Papers to the 19th ult. inclusive , being two days later than the last arrivals. They bring no poitical news of interest, except that Go' vernor FAIRFIELD informed Mr. FoRsYTH, Se cretary of State, that the State of Maine would not agree to Lord PALMERSTON'S proposal of a joint Commission for ascertaining the boundary line. From the frontier the substance of the se' counts 'will be found in the subjoined extracts from the New York Papers:— FURTHER TROUBLE ON THE FRONTIERS. The Coburg (Upper Canada) Star says that a large meeting of ite t : formers had: been held there, which resulted in IN, The mob carried standards, inscribed " Durham an d e ' It seems that after they were collected together, a band of Orang emen and British o ffi cers assaults ci them with shillelahs, and d emanded the surrendered f ° tte flags. This was r e f use d ; an d an attempt being 111 e ;o force them, one of the bearars presented a pistol and eer tempted twice to fire it. H e was se i zed, horribly rologiay; and carried off. The flags were taken, Durham's name torn, and whole torn into a thousand shreds, and trampled on wit h contempt. m ad m In the closing part o f th e d ay a new a tt ac k was upon the Reformers. One was pursued in his wagg°!: who fired twice on hi s p ursuers . N e i t h er shot took circa_ One man was seized, and rode upon a rail, and ot her' took shelter under heaps of shavings, in cellars, in the woods, &c. The Lewistown Telegraph gives an account of two b s ur.n: . ings near Queenston—one of the barns and outhouse rT . . longing to Dr. Newburn, at Stamford ; and the other, th e house and barns of Mr. Overhault, at Short Hills. 13 _," 0 w pr e oi r p e ,HeEr b ty o A t . h onf t mc h iro e .n_ w sp o oi r c k uno o u f s g of l i n n y e n e l n i d st i n a . ries, and both were to the 69th Regiment left Woodstock. in New Brunswick , the 22d ultimo the bead quarterv., for St. John, in the same province, leaving one comp 1 !./ . son at that place, under the command of Captam The Halifax Journal contains some particulars of t e t London derry, bound to St. John, New Brunswick. S oly loss of the ship Aide-de-Camp, from he L h o a n d d 3o3 m T i " e h iogamna g a rri son Halifax, where th • wants had, as far reached remainderpassengers on board, of whom sixteen were drowned. The who had bl undertaken been su t p e umane Governor Sir GEORGE ARTHUR issued a pro asossie, the y h ed b a t C as o k rittee of gentleme n St. Augustine we have int elli g ence to ul f 3 o r, rbidding Orange proc essions on the f F ID --From pro clamation the sth inst. I of the Ist Mitchell and Lieutenant Pu g h, with twe lve men at!' statio n near Deadman's Infantry, died lately of p 9ison, I n formation has reached there that Captain Bay. The cause was subseq a keg of white lead thrown dew , : the well. ;: ent y . discovered to have b een FROM SOUTII AMERICA.— Advice:. are received to the 11th of May. from Buenos Ay , ! . '11:. Argentine nc public are still convulsed wittihmeinatienseteinferemw:trhst: Manue l Oribe, who was driven some Go!vo • ment of the Oriental Republic by Don Fructuoso It;. vera ; has taken up arms against his rival, and beat him in pitched battle in April List. The Correntinos, or Rivera: army of 5,000 men, were compl e t e l y cut to p i eces by 01- Entre Rios. Rivera had joined the French. The blockade of the river Plata was expect d to continue for some time. The state of affairs in the East continues to engross the attention of the French Journals. With unusual modesty they profess not to see clearly how a question can be solved which every occurrence serves only to render more intricate. The Constitutione/ passes in review the Legislative proceedings of the Session closed on Tuesday by Royal Ordoaance, and discovers little in its acts deserving of the gratitude of the country. The following► extracts kona two letters addressed by SOLIMAN PACHA (Colonel SELVES), to M. GUYS, the French Consul at Aleppo, after the battle of Nezib, may be regarded as an official report of the eng irgem ent which was more obstinate, and of longer duration than we were previously informad : JUNE 95.—We intended giving battle to the Turkish army on our arrival at Mejar, but we found its position too strong to be attacked in front ; we consequently were obliged to turn it. We advanced toward s the left by a flank march, to get behind it and fall upon the rear of the right wing. Our manceuvre was successful. In the battle fought yesterday, which endured for four hours and a half, and which was attended with much carnage, the Turkish army was routed in the most complete manner. Its artillery. the greatest part of its muskets, tha tents, and baggage, fell into our hands. I cannot exactly state the number of NEW YORK MONEY MARKET. JULY 18.—In the Liverpool packet Memphis s ailed to day for England, went p assenger Judge R. M. young , Illinois, who with Governor Reynolds were appointed agents by the Gover nor o f Illi nois for the negdlia" the 4,000,000 dollar s l oan of t h at State for the complet'°- of the Illinois and Michigan Canal. It will be recollected that Governor Reynolds, prior to his departure in th e jating t ( i o s o idue of t h w Liverpool steamer on the 18th of May last, e ffected a 100 in Philadelphia for 1 ,000,000 dollars, and also one in this city fo M. Young n ow goes out to co-operate w i t h hi m in nego" t Exchange el i o th an Ar. Delafield. The lio n. R. loan. s to ck I large business was aga i n t ran sacted at the A r 3he rn ie o dollars to-day, and generally at prices showing a fur ther tendency to decline. Sales were made of United States Bank at 114', ( 5 -; Delaware and Hudson Canal C om p aq 6% 1 ; Bank o f Kentucky 78 ; Mohawk Railroad C om p any 58i.; Haarl em R a il roa d Company 46 ; and Stonington Railroad Company at 25. on by T t h h e e t L f v n e s r a p e o t 0 1 0 1 n p s c i i k ) e S t te o r f lin to g -m ex o c r h ro a w ng i e l a f v o e r t b r e a e n n s m c s i s c i effected at 10 per cent. premium, at which rate the Ban k of the United States is drawing freely ; the business bas not, however, been large. There is nothing new in the general markets to-dsY Flour continues heavy at our reduced q uotations of yester day, and cotton also hmoreasbaenenuslylooked for. quiet. The steam' Slips remain out, andmost anxiously From Savannah we have the weekly report of the 13th instant. instant. The Cot ton Market was ver y dull, the sales 0 reaching 135 bales for the week, at prices per cer!t• higher than had been current, previous to the arrival of tb . Liverpool. The stock was reduced to 2,866 bales Uplas2d, and 279 bales Sea Island. J UL Y 19.—The business at the Stock Exchange ester