The Sun. — London, England, 1839-05-07 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION POLITICAL COMMOTION IN WALES. (From the Shrewsbury News.) During the week, a good deal of excitement has been occasioned in this district, by a squabble between some of the Ltanidloes weavers and some half dozen con stables. In all remote country places, any incident that causes the slightest possible disruption, the semi-somno lent routine of every day life, is regarded with the utmost awe and amazement—the smallest trifle is aggra vated to a degree of momentous importance, and people stand aghast at the mere mention of an affair that one would hardly take the trouble of listening to elsewhere. This was ludicrously illustrated on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. An affray took place at Llanidloes on Monday, in which some excesses were committed by a portion of the mob ; and on the following three days a belief was pretty strongly entertained, from the town just mentioned to Shrewsbury, that the populace were about to rise en masse, and carry bloodshed and devas tation throughout the entire principality at least. The more timid members of the community calculated on witnessing a Cambrian version of the Reign of Terror, in which Messrs. Hetherington, Powell, Jones, and other members of the National Convention were to figure as the Marat, Denton, Robespierre, and Fouche of the scene. These apprehensions were further strengthened by the Cassandra of the Journal, who on Wednesday morning lugebrenisly croaked forth her wailings after a fashion calculated to strike consternation into the hearts of the other old women who put faith in her anise gossiping. She told that limited seg ment of the public, of whom she has got the ear, that the Chartist Revolutionists at Llanidloes had for some weeks been arming themselves in pursuance of the ad vice of the villains who are their leaders, and that when the last advices left, the town was in possession of the rebels—all its inhabitants and property at their disposal —the former to be murdered and the- latter con fiscated. Then we had all manner of rumours about expresses to Lord Clive; and his Lordship, who is just the man to cut a prodigious figure when a tempest rages in a slop basin, was complimented for ail the activity, z'al, courage, prudence, and what not, which he might, could, would, should, or ought to display on the occa sion. And all these qualities he did display after the usual fashion. He arrived at the scene of action when the row bad subsided, and nothing remaining for him to do, he determined on doing nothing. Intelligence being pretty extensively, circulated on Wednesday and ThurAay, that little danger of a re newed outbreak was to be apprehended, tranquillity in the public mind was rapidly restored, though the ex citement was attempted to be revived by the Chronicle of yesterday, which in its exaggerations of actual occur trncets, if possible, exceeded its foolish contemporary. The Chronicle persists in charging Messrs. Powell, Jones, and others with inciting the populace to armed violence, including massacre and plunder ; and rhapso dizes in a manner utterly inconceivable in any person who has escaped his first childhood and not fallen into his second. Now we trust we are as sincere friends to lax and order as our neighbours. We have no partiality for Chartists, even without their pikes and guns. But our antipathy to Chartism shall not lead us into a sacrifice of truth, for the sake of showing our repugnance to doc trines we do not happen to approve of. Our means of knowing the opinions, or at all ev, , nts the expressed sen timents of the Chartists leaders in North Wales are quite as extensive, to say the least, as those of any other Journ alist. Indeed the speeches of most of these people have appeared in our columns. and we must say that no such thing as an appeal to arms is anywhere advised. That some mischievous or mistaken zealots have re sorted to physical violence is too true ; but surely the way to counteract these evils is not by putting the public on a false scent as to the cause of them, and indulging in argue and rhodornontaditig generalities, which may mea❑ an:,.thing or nothing just as one is disposed to in terpret Cieal. So far from tr❑e is it as to Mr. Powell (ihe eEpt.eial bugaboo of tae Chronicle) being an ap prover of violenis•, that we have it from an eye-t% itness of the whole fray at Llanidloes, he was mainly instru mental in calming the disturbance, and his efforts to bring the business to a peaceable termination was sus pended only by utter exhaustion. We 11:.re give what we have every reason to believe is a faithfel unvarnished account of the unfortunate trans action, diveEt:.(l of the lurid colouring with which the otli, ten Sliretrslotry pipers have surrounded their n.lrrsitives. It will he s;!,m that the conduct of seine of p o7u l ace was reprehensible in tl.e extreme, and we trust tier pur;isliment wid be proportioned to the mag nitude of the of. - nee. We cannot, however, but con demn the silly temerity of the authorities in attempting to-brave an- armed and excited mob with a constabulary force scarcely more than suflicierrt to quell an ordin•iry • stre4 brfttot. - They must have deemed the populace! !:ore or less than men to have resisted the temp t.tion to riot held out - by the preposterously disproper ti:;rwd run:hers brought against them. 'Well might the Sahns exclaim with Macbeth—" the attempt, and not go deed confounds us!" Then, again, as if to tender the preservation or peace next thin.- to an im possibility, they were led to action by Catel7pole Blink horn, who is violently obnoxious throughout the entire county of Montgomery, and who unhappily experienced the extent of his unpopularity almost to the endanger mont of his life. We may here mention that we are authorised to con- Indict the assertion that the mob ransacked the cellars of the Tretvytlien Arms, and insulted the females. There is no truth in either statement ; nor is there in that which represented one of tile constables being hid in the cellar. If he had been there, he could not have escapd detection by the mob—if they had been there also. The outbreak has been exclusively confined to a . very few of the most needy and reckless of the lower orders. A great deal of fuss has been made, with a view to foster the belief that a spirit of revolt prevails among the p eop l e, w h o are represented in a state of or glnized brigandage. Nothing can be farther from the truth. A more loyal or peaceably disposed set of men than the working classes of Llanidloes, Newtown, and the neighbourhood, do not exist ; and none who depre cate the late outrages more, and for the best of all pos sible reasons, because none have so great a stake in the maintenance of tranquillity, which is essential to trade, Upon which their very existence depends.—The follow ing is FROM AN EVE WITNESS AT I.LANIDLOES. On Tuesday last a Hot took place here of a very se rious character, caused by an attempt to apprehend ten persons for taking, it is supposed, guns, beef, and other food faom various farmers in the neighbourhood. Some of the parties lent the arms willingly, but others did so under fear of violence ; the latter complained to the Magistrates and the issue of warrants against several who were well known was the consequence. The Ma gistrates, knowing the inefficiency of their own officers, solicited the assistance of policemen from London, two of whom were sent down, who, with one from Shrews bury, one from Welchpool, and four from Newtown, arrived in this town late on Monday night. The Ma gistrates in the mean time had sworn in many special constables, not men belonging to this town, but from a neighbouring village, Llangerrig, telling these men that their services were wanted for the purpose of assisting to make an equal distribution of a quantity of grain about to be distributed to the poor, as the men of this place were likely to take too great a share unless they lent their aid. On the Tuesday morning, this force being arrayed in front of the Trewythen Arms, proceeded to execute their order by seizing three persons who were pointed out to them in the crowd which had assembled. One of the individuals had a spade on his shoulder proceeding to his work. Four of the crowd here in terfered, but the London policemen used, without a word of explanation, their staves so dexterously that the captured were taken inside the inn and hand cuffed. Each man went home for the best weapon he could get ; others tore down the iron palisading of the Town Hall, and again made their appearance before the lan, loudly demanding the release of the men. The police rushed upon tho crowd, who received them so steadily that the assailants were astonished and before their surprise was well over, each man of them was either measuring his length on the ground, or escaping, somc into the tavern, and others running pursued by the mob. I 'lto, notorious Blinkhorn was overtaken and so roughly tre:lted that it is said his life was dispaired of. Those who went into the inn were also pursued ; the doors instantly broken, and their lives would have fallen a sa crifice, if several who had influence with the mob and ' who took no part in the fray had not rescued them, ' and afterwards hid them from the populace. The Special Constables did not strike a blow, some in conse quence of finding how they had been cheated. Some instantly threw down their staves and ran away home, whilst others turned round and joined the populace. Then commenced the work of destruction. Every door and window of the inn in front and behind were smashed to atoms, and those which could not he reached from out were broken from the inside. The women during the whole fray being most active in inciting the men by their cries and carrying them stones. The leaders oldie Political Union were roost active in say inai the lives of the officers, for several would have been killed if they had not interfered. The policeman from Poole was badly hurt, likewise Blinkborn, from New town. The others escaped with but slight bruises. The whole of the officers escaped without further violence, Sarne being carried through the mob in open day by the Unionists, and others being led at night, when all was quiet. It was thought by most of the tradesmen, that if they bad been consulted, a i pd the nature of the war rants properly explained to the populace, no opposition Ivoula hav e been (aired ; but the tuistahen zeal of our Magistrates has aroused such a spirit of defiance, that Cvcn rnilitarr ferce will not quiet it. In the course . of . the day many i. the ne b, rumours were afloat as to the intent of be „,....,,_•, u, lt was fully expected that an attempt would st i r s ' w - le a t: Izthe night upon the Caersws Workhouse. to be hid at i v , e i ritied by a meeting being called, that evening. The ofiq ers r; f' the Politie:lndUinnr instantly called a counter iiice t - e; in the tow and p..opir_. of the folly at last persuaded the ". of destroving prnpery, or .f„ 1:!1;g • t' , 2o4 . elmet, on private imlivid-tres. Tile meetiog tarn siiarated quiet;y, and when w.: left, w e saw the Mayor of the town walking alone, without interruption, backwards and forwards in the street. During the night several pistols and guns were let off by a few I,er sons who were quite tipsy. The pistols were taken from the police, as also were their staves, and shown as trophies of war. At Newtown on Tuesday evening, all was quiet—no signs of any riot. A meeting of the Union took place to explain what took place at Llanidloes. On Wednesday morning the cavalry were ordered to be in readiness. Welchpool, on Wed nesday was in a dreadful state of excitement—some of the most zealous were actually frantic. The cavalry here were also ordered to be in readiness. Lord Clive, (the Lord Lieutenant,) arrived on Thursday afternoon— was closeted with the Clerk of the Peace till late, and then returned to Shrewsbury. The Cavalry were ordered to assemble in the morning.—Friday, two o'clock—several are now parading the streets in their regimentals. NIWTOWN.—Every intriguing attemPi to prevent the Montgomeryshire assizes beingbeld in thistown has failed, for the next assizes are now fixed to be held here. Should the few misguided men at Llanidloes, who have been guilty of peculation and assaults, be taken, they will be tried at Newtown. Its inhabitants have been slandered ; but to their credit be it spoken, that, though staunch Reformers, and though regular meetings by the Unions, to discuss political questions, have long been established, yet not a single aggression on property has been committed. That Government have now deter mined to suppress all illegal violence is certain, for the regulars are now on their march to Llanidloes to take up plunderers. The impudence of one of these fellows induced him to carry off bacon from a respectable dra per's house, and, on retiring with this plunder, to order the servant to fetch her mistress (the master being from home) down stairs to shut the door after him. It is understood that heavy ordnance will, be in Llanidloes in the course of next week. The Manchester Times observes :—The Tenant at Will Clause in the Reform Bill bas done the Tories good service in Ayrshire, where Lord Kilburne has been re turned by a large majority over Mr. Campbell, the Whig candidate. On the principle that of the two evils we should choose the least, we would rather that the latter had been elected ; but there is not cause for any deep re gret at the rejection of a landowner who would have voted in favour not only of a fixed duty on corn, but for a bounty upon its exportation. Every county election shows the necessity of the ballot, and an extension of the suffrage, for the tenantry, who form the most numerous class of voters, almost to a man, vote at the dictation of their landlords. THE MAILS.—The South Mail now arrives at eight in the morning, and at a few minutes before six in the evening. The evening arrival is a new coach; and the time occupied on the journey between Edinburgh and Aberdeen is exletly twelve hours and eighteen minutes. —Aberdeen Herald. CHAIN-DROPPING.--The chain-droppers had a victim here on Saturday, after the nomination. The simple individu9l bought a fifteen pence chain, which the chain-droper said he found, for 31. We thought the trick was known to all and sundry in her Majesty's dominions, but it seems some people will not learn experience, unless they are allowed to buy it dearly. A person supposed to be of the party is in custody.—Ayr Advertiser. The Constitutionnel states that Count Mole was to leave Paris on Sunday for London, where he would remain for a fortnight. DEATH ON- PAER, THE COMPOSER.—Paer, the celebrated composer, and director of the concerts of the King of the French, died in Paris on Friday. MADEMOISELLE DE SAMPAIO.—We (Post) have often adverted to the extraordinary steps adopted by. the Duke and Duchess of Palmella towards securing to their eldest son the hand and iminf nse fortune of Ma demoiselle Sampaio. The youthful heiress accomplished, on the 21st ult. her twelfth year, at which age females may marry, according to the Portuguese laws ; and by, the latest accounts from Lisbon, there was every reason to believe that on the 22 , 1 she had been finally united to the Marquis de Fayal, with the connivance of the Court, and notwithstanding the opposition of tha Civil and Eccle siastical Courts and the laaful protests of her guardian, mother, and ty her - relatives. The following is the translation of a memorial which the Countess du Povoa conveyed to Donna Maria's Palace so late as the 19th, and being unable to obtain access to the royal presence, left with a cainarista in Cyder that it might lald before her Most Faithful Majesty :—" Madam,— With the, deepest respect the Countess da Povoa repro tents to your Majesty that it is not just, and cannot molt certainly be - four Majesty's pleasure, that her infant and only daughter, Donna Maria Luisa da Naronha de Sam paio, whom your Mjeety has condescended to name one of your ladies, should be married by force, or at any body's suggestion, it being contrary to reason and equity that before being made to. take a step which is to decide her future happiness, her innocent child should not enjoy an interval of perfect liberty to know what behoves her, to take the advice of her guardian, her mother, rela tiens, and friends, according to natural law, and to eeece-ed to the drawing up of regular marriage articles. t, your memorialist's daughter has, during a pending question of nullity, been lamentably abducted, and de laived of a free intercourse with her kindred, and of the 'awful und undeniable protection of a mother 1 These are, august Lady, the reasons for which your memorialist comes and prays at your Royal feet, that, for the sake •ot a mother's love, you will make known to the Duke and Duchess de Palinella your Royal displeasure at the vio. lence they are thus exercising towards an innocent victim, ordering them to restore her servant to liberty, and let her communicate with all parties concerned, in order that with impartiality and to the satisfaction of the whole world, the laws and customs of this land, anti public morality be avenged. This justice your memorialist expects from your Majesty's merciful consideration.—Lisbon, April 19, 1839.—THE Co UNTESS DA POWOA." LORD SHELBURNE'S BILL AFFAIR.—At Marlborough -street, on Saturday, a solicitor, accompanied by an upholsterer, named Hart, came before Mr. Conant to obtain an order fo► the delivery of a 5001. bill which had been found on Mr. Richardson, and which had been retained by Mace, the officer, at the request of Lord Shot- burne. The solicitor said he appeared on behalf of the assignees of Mr. Richardson, who had taken the benefit of the Insolvent Act, to claim the bill as part of Mr. Richard ssn's estate. The Magistrate had ordered the officer to keep it in his hands, and the assignees now hoped the bill would be given up to thtm. Mr. Conant said he had given no order whatever about the bill. The solicitor was doubtless aware of the circumstances connected with the bill. It bad been obtained with another bill, in lieu of a bill which, to say the least, had been obtained from Lord Shelburne by a trick. The solicitor said the bill was part of Mr. Richardson's estate, and the assignee, Mr. Hart, upholsterer, of Oxford-street, was present on behalf of the creditors, to ask the Magistrate to make an order on his officer for his delivery. Mr. Conant said the bill was in the hands of the officer, and if the officer did not choose to give it up, he (Mr. Conant) could not interfere in the matter. The parties then retired. _ DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.—On Saturday after noon, about five o'clock, a destructive fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Ebenezer Fox, oilman and artists' colourman, No. 50, Old Compton street, Solo. The premises in question are very spaeious, extending a depth of nearly one hundred feet, the rear abutting by a wooden erection on the house of Mr. Tibby, diamond merchant and wholesale jeweller, No. 22, Frith-street. Considerable damage was done. During the whole of Saturday last the firemen and engines of the brigade were incessantly en gaged in attending a succession of fires in different parts of the metropolis. No fewer than five occurred of the most destructive character, and in one case several lives were nearly lost. WESTMINSTER BRIDGE.---OR Saturday night last, the watching of this bridge, which has hitherto been done by men appointed by the Bridge Committee, was given up to the B division of police. We presume this change would not so soon have taken place but for the recent occurrence of some very aggravated robberies on the bridge, which were perpetrated in sight of and defiance of the old men, who called themselves guardians of it, and whose conduct, or rather that of those who have placed hem there, was severely commented upon by the Magis rates at Queen-square Police-office. The London Correspondent of the Scotsman writes- 4 ' It is most painful to me to perceive the total in utility of my endeavours to insure punctuality in my com munications with you. I have often sat up till a late hour on the Wednesday night, (as I did last week), in order to despatch my letter by the morning mail ; but though put in before 8 A. M. , as the new regulation requires, it never seems to reach you in time for insertion on the proper day. Should this letter experience the same fate as its predeces sors, I only beg that you will transmit a formal complaint upon the subject to the Post-office, as I can prove that the fault lies with it. and not with me." DEFEAT OF THE FAMOUS HORSE 'HARK AWAY.—At the Curragh Races, on Thursday, her Majes ty's Plate was won by Mr. Hutchin's Gregane, three years old, Bst. bibs., beating Mr. Ferguson's celebrated horse Harkaway, four years old, 93t. 6lbs. The race was very severe for the last half mile, and was won by half a length. Harkaway is first favourite for the Chester Trades Cup. A cow the property of Mr. Andrew Morgan, residing on the Rock-house Farm, near Aberystwith, the estate of the Earl of Lisburne, recently produced a calf with two perfect heads, four eyes, four ears, four nostrils, two tongues, and two windpipes, inclosed in one neck, all the other parts of the body being perfect. THE REVOLUTIONS.—On Saturday Mr. Car lyle lectured at the Marylebone Institution on the revolu- (ions of modern Europe. The Deputation from the Corporation of Dublin, consisttng of the Right Hen. the Lord Mayor, Mr, High Sheriff Grant, Alderman H)ndman, John Jones, Esq., and Thomas James Quintin, Esq., arrived at the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, yesterday morning. No SPRlNG.—Summer has succeeded to win ter this year with a rapidity and splendour scarcely ever experienced, postponing the intermediate season of spring till another opportunity. OA HU COFlTEE.—Captain Smith of the valley of Kalihi, in the valley of Honolulu, showed us a sample of coffee the other day, which so far as the opinions of better judges and our opinion will go, has great claims to superiority. The plantation under' the charge of Cap tain Smith has been fostered with great care and industry, under the:, hope of setting an example, which may be spee dily and universally followed, of promoting the welfare of Hawaii by the improvement of the natural resources of the climate and soil. The result, rathough yet in the bud of development, promises fairly. We look to the pleasure of Ni , At to Keithi ere long, end shall endeavour to obtain a statement of the " nice little farm," which may be more prolific in particulars. We miy venture to say (when we have tasted a cup of Captain Smhh's c ay, e ), that he has richly carted the title of a benefactor of this little Hawaiian world, by 1.13 rare for the promotion of digging. —Sand wich Islands Gazette, Oct. 27, 1833. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1839. THE CONVENTION ; THE PETI- I TION, AND THE PEOPLE. We take the following minatory matter from the Northern Star of last Saturday : The time for presenting the National Petition has now nearly arrived, and the anxious inquiry of all is— What will the Convention do, and what are the people to do, after it has been rejected? We have this day (Thursday) received a letter from the neighbourhood of Manchester, in which the writer says— " The fact is, the people in all the villages about here are ranting mad about fighting on the sixth of May." Now we cannot think that any large portion of the people are so infatuated—though we doubt not that the spy system has been largely acted upon, and that the base creatures of the "bloody" Whigs have done their best to urge on the simplest of the people to premature violence. We bid them, however, emphatically, to beware! To spurn from them—as a sure traitor—the man, whoever he may be, that would urge them to deeds of aggres sive violence. The time has not yet come. The people are not yet ready. They are not yet all armed. They are not yet able even to offer successful resistance to the violence which may be organized against them by their enemies ; and this . .is the only purpose for which they need to have arms. For this purpose we say, let every one who has not arms procure them— let him keep them bright and clean, and ready for use when wanted—but let him remember that they are to be used only for defence, in case he be attacked. No true lover of the Charter contemplates, for one moment, the assuming of an offensive position. " Peace, Law, and Order" is their motto. By this motto they will abide to the last. Let them go on peaceably, but steadily, to exercise their moral power in the many ir resistible ways which are open to them in the display of their numbers—in a general cessation of labour, or in an universal system of exclusive dealing ; but let them be all this time preparing for the physical attack, when ever it may come. Their adversaries—the enemies of right—will soon be compelled either to puecumb, or to attempt the sustentation of their power by physical vio lence ; and then, when the attack is made, the people being all well armed, the question of " physical force" will speedily be decided. It will come like the shock of an earthquake, and the issue will be—liberty ; or, to many—death : and to the rest—eternal slavery.— Again we say, Beware ! The man who now counsels aggressive violence is a traitor and a villain ! Treat him as such. Avoid him, all honest men, as a scorpion in the path! AWFUL JUDGMEN T. A MAN CONDEMNED TO SLEEP, RESTING ON A SPADE, TO THE END OF TIME. A correspondent of the Times in a communication, containing of course abundant abuse of Popery and Ireland, says that the following account of a miracle is at present in circulation throughout Ireland, adding that " the Presbyteriin and the Clergyman were both called in, and in vain ; but the Priest soon made the sleeping man to speak :" A report has in general gone abroad among the people, that a man called Henry Farland has, in conse quence of his dishonesty, been struck into a sound sleep in the middle of a field near Lurgan, in Novembcir last ; and still remains resting on the spade with whiCh he was digging when the occurrence took place. The following is the account of this affair.:—Some time last harvest Farland was on his way to pay his rent (he occupied a small farm jointly with a-woman named Harriet Guthrie), and called to know if she was ready. She had the money, but said that as she could not go, he might take it for her, so he took the widow's rent. He pi oceeded on his way, and no more was heard of the matter for several days, when Mrs. Guthrie saw the agent approach her door, and a:.k her for her rent ; she said it was already paid, that she had given it to Harry Farland, and mentioned the day on which he paid his own. Thengent said he had rtceived no money but Farland's own. ." Well," said she, " there is Harry in the and you can satisfy yourself regarding it." " No," said the gentleman, " I cannot leave my horse, but go to him and tell him to give you the receipt ; she went and asked him what he had done with her money : he did not deny he had got the money, but said, coolly, where was her witness ? She replied there was no one present but God and herself; " YOur God, then, madam," said he, " was asleep at the time, and therefore could not see." • Then,' said the poor widow, " I suppose you have not paid the money; you cheated me; but you cannot cheat God." So she left him. He was seen by a man standing on his spade, and observed him to continue in that position without moving : he was surprised. On approaching, inquiry was made but no answer. He attempted to waken him, but could not. The man then gave the alarm ; so the neighbours flocked round Farland, but no means could be found to waken . him. At last they sent for the Clergy,' the Church minister, the Presbyterian minister, and the - Priest successively, to make him speak. The first two had no influence on him. When be spoke he said, " I am to stand here to the day of 'judgment." The people then thought to move him by force, but could not stir him. They got a saw to cut the spade on which he was leaning, that be might fall, but the first cut the saw broke into pieces. Then they got blankets to cover him from the cold, but they were blown away; so ho it seems, by fate, must bear all weather. Rev. J. BOLLAND, H. KERNS, G. AIEGARY, Parish Priest.. Belfast, 1839. Between six and seven o'clock Wednesday morning, Alfred Mann, a bricklayer ix the employ of Mr. Shearsley, of Rupert-street, Haymarket, builder, while at work at house in Great George-street, Hampstead-road, fell from the second floor landing-place down the well of the stair case to the basemert floor. His right thigh-bone was se verely fractured, and three of his ribs were broken. He was conveyed in a state of dreadful suffering to the Univer sity_College Hospital. . , On Wednesday morning, about two o'clock a desteective fire was within the manufac tory of Mr. Wrenford, situated in the Grove, Great Guildford -street, Bankside, and before it could be subdued very great damage was done. It originated over the ma chinery department; but by what means has not yet been ascertained. The property is insured in the Sun Fire Office. About five o'clock on the previous evening a fire broke out in Bermondsey, on the premises of Messrs. Appleby and Co , tanners. Almost the whole of the fire brigade engines from the eastern part of the metropolis were called into requisition, and the firemen were nearly three hours employed before the flames were extinguished. The damage is estimated at 5001. The loss will fall on the Phcenix Insurance Company. The fire was occasioned by a spark falling amongst a quantity of bark. THE HARBINGER OF SPRING,---The mote tonous note of the cuckoo was heard, a few days ago, in the woods near Brayton Hall. This period would have been considered early in a much milder season for the ap pearance of this unsocial visitant, but it is particularly so when we consider the backward state of the spring and the late inclemency of the weather. The cuckoo, in ordinary seasons, is very seldom heard before the month of May.— CumberlandPapsr. INFLUENCE OF RELIGION ON A STATE. — Religious faith is necessarily and unavoidably political in its influence and bearings, and eminently so. Chris tians are generally well informed ; and knowledge is power. They have, therefore, in Christian countries, as citizens and subjects, directly and indirectly, a large share of influence in the State. In most Christian States, if not in all—for a State could hardly be called Chris tian, if it were not so— Christianity is made a part of common law, and, when occasion demands, is recognised as such by the judicial tribunals. It is eminently so in Great Britain; it is so in America; and generally throughout Europe. It is also, to a great extent, established by consti tutional law, and thus incorporated with the political fabric, furnishing occasion for an extended code of special statutes. The great principles of Christianity pervade the frame of society, and its morals are made the standard. The second table of the decalogue is adopted throughout as indiapensible to the well-being of the State; and a thousand forms of Legislation are attempted to secure the ends of the great and comprehensive Christian precept—" Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." More especially is it deemed the highest perfection of civilised life and manners, in the 'code of conventional politeness, to exemplify this latter Divine injunction. Otherwise life would be much less comfortable—hardly tolerable.—A Voice from America to England. INDUCEMENT TO EARLY RISING.—A Cor respondent, " who thinks a walk in the country on a fine May morning as delightful a recreation as can be enjoyed,l in order to furnish a little inducement, has ordered 100 twopenny loaves to be told at Id. each, to as many women as may apply for them on Durdham Down on the first Wednesday in May, between seven and nine in the mor ning. Should the weather prove rainy, they will be sold the next morning." We transcribe this verbatim from the communication of our Correspondent, who adds, " This is no hoax ;" and we are quite sure, from our knowledge of the writer, that it is a bona fide offer.—Bristol Journal. On Tuesday a meeting of naval and military officers was held at the Carlton Chambers, Regent-street, for the purpose of raising a fund for the benefit of the widows and orphans of naval and military officers; Major- General Wright in the chair. A code of laws and regu lations was adopted,-from which, and the statements of the officers who took part in the proceedings, it appears to be the object of the Society to raise a fund from which, after the lapse of three years, the widows of the subscribers will derive a benefit by pensions. As soon as they have raised a capital fund of 500,0001. they will apply the surplus to the erection of male and female schools. Captain Talbot communicated to the infant Society the pleasing intelli gence that a gentlemen of fortune had declared his deter mination of bequeathing his property to it. It was stated that upwards of 200 °lacers have already sent in their names as subscribers. SUSPICIOUS DEATH.—An inquest was held on Tueslay in the Hammersmith road, before Mr. Wakley, on the body of an elderly maiden lady, named Smith, whose death was attended with some suspicious circumstances. Deceased was pcssessed of considerable property, ard at times took fits of excessive drinking, on which occasion a woman attended her as nurse. In the course of these pe riodical outbreaks deceased was found dead. and suspicion rested on the nurse, because she denied that the lady was ill, and hal concealed the death for SGMC time, besides having locked herself into the room. The inquiry was adjourned :ill Monday for the: woman's attendance. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS, MAX 6. The Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'Clock. Upon the motion of Lord DUNCANNON, a confer ence was ordered to be held on the Dean of Exeter's Amendment Bill, in Committee-room No. 5. Lord Rosebery, Duke of Rutland, and Lord Redes dale , presented petitions in favour of a Penny Postage. Lord SKELMERSDALE presented a petition against the Beer Bill, against any system of education not founded on the Established Church, and praying for some alteration in the Poor-law Bill. The Bishop of HEREFORD presented petitions on the subject of the Church in the colonies. Lord KENYON presented petitions against the union of the sees of Bangor and St. Asaph. Lord St. VINCENT presented a petition from the Island of Grenada, complaining of the inadequate re muneration of labourers. Lord BROUGHAM regarded the petition which had just been presented as one of considerable import ance. He had no doubt if the negroes got adequate wages they would work satisfactorily, just like other men. The Noble and Learned Lord took this opportunity of stating that it was not an Act (as he bad before taken it to be), but a resolution of the House of Assembly, by which the Colonial Legislature had raised the franchise from 201. currency to 50/. currency, one of the most illegal acts of which that House could have been guilty, and the attention of her Majesty's Government having been drawn to the subject, he hoped a measure would be immediately brought forward to correct that abuse. The Marquis of NORMANBY said that the first usurpation of that kind was in 1815, and the reso lution of which the Noble Lord complained was come to in 1825. His Noble Friend at the head of the Colonial Department at that time, had a communication made to him on the subject, and he then stated that that was not a resolution for the Executive Government to come to, and that complaint must be made to the Local Legislature, and which, if not attended to, would have to be made to the Im perial Legislature. The Noble Lord then gave notice that he should bring in the Bill nearly in the same form as that of last Session. The Bill was brought in and read a first time. The Lord Privy Seal, the Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Carrington, the Earl of Ennis, the Bishop of Ripon, Lord Hatherton, and Lord Portman, were nominated to confer with a Committee of the House of Commons on the Deanery of Exeter Bill. After a few minutes' absence Viscount DUNCANNON returned, and stated the grounds of the conference, which were ordered to be taken into consideration. Messengers from the House of Commons brought up several Bills. Earl CAWDOR presented petitions from several parishes in Wales against certain parts of the new Poor• law Bill. The Earl of RIPON, in consequence of the indispo sition of the Colonial Secretary, postponed his motion on the subject of Malta until Friday next. The Earl of WINCHILSE A presented a petition from Canterbury in favour of a penny postage ; a petition from the Isle of Wight against any further grant to the College of Maynooth ; a petition from the same place against any system of national education not in accord ance with the doctrine of the Established Church ; and a petition from Lincoln, expressing want of confidence in her Majesty's Ministers. ____ COMMITTEE ON IRELAND. The Earl of WIN CHIT:SEA wished to ask when it was probable a report would be laid on the table from this Committee. • Lord WHARNCLIFFE was unable to say at pre sent, and intimated the- neees3ity of an addition to its nu;nhers from the other side of the House. Petitions were .presented by the Bishop of LINCOLN, Lord DYNEVO/t, the Earl of DEVON, and other Noble Lords, in favour of-w uniform system of penny postage. COPYRIGHT bESIGNS. The Copyright Designs Bill vrent through a Com mittee on the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY. The Bishop of EXETER gave notice that he should move fora copy of any address from her Majesty's Government to the Bishop of Montreal and the clergy of Upper Canada, relative to clergy reserves, and any communications to the Governor on the same subject. CANADA. Her Majesty's Message to the House having been read, Viscount MELBOURNE said, notwithstanding the great and paramount importance of the subject brought under their Lordship's consideration by her Majesty's most gracious message—notwithstanding its great magnitude, and vast interest, and notwith standing the conviction which he apprehended their Lordships would all feel of the necessity of prompt de cision npbn the measure to be adopted, he did not consider it necessary to detain their Lordships by any lengthened observations, or to take up their time for any long pe riod upon the present occa,ion. It had appeared un questionably tat all these circumstances of the great importance of the subject to which be had adverted had impressed upon her Majesty's servants the necessity of bringing it under their Lordships consideration in the most solemn and formal manner by a message from the Throne. During the last session of Pirliament, when the measures about to be introduced were confessedly not of a permanent character but of a transient, temporary, and occasional mt- tore, and which were calculated merely to meet the peculiar circumstances of the case, the Noble Duke talked of the subject of censure, and that they had been guilty of a dereliction of duty in •not bringing down a Message on that occasion, and under such circumstances, from the Crown. Whether that be so or not—whether the Noble Duke was right or not, it was not necessary for him to inquire. But their Lordships would necessa rily feel that now, when they were called on, and when it was the intention of Government to propose measures with the object, and as he hoped they would have the effect of settling the affairs of that country on a perma nent, durable, and stable foundation. There could be no doubt that it was their duty to introduce these mea sures to the consideration of Parliament, with all the solemnity which it was possible to invest them with. The message from the Throne only submitted the sub ject to their Lordships' consideration ; it pointed out to their Lordships that the principles of the measure in tended to be submitted to Parliament were the prin ciples of an union, for the purpose of legislating for these two provinces, into which that part of her Ma jesty's dominions were divided by the Act of 1791. But although it pointed out that such was the principle of the intended mea sure, neither upon that principle of a union, nor any o th er part of th e question, was it his in tention to call upon their Lordships at the present moment for a decided opinio n , or anything in th e ' least degree resembling or approaching it.--( Hear.) All those should be left for futured an eu h s u st m on b . le He should content himself by moving that ad dress be returned to her Majesty, thanking her for her most gracious message from the Th rone and declaring their Lordships' readiness to tak e into, considerationAsi such measures as should be prop ose d to them. was not his intention to enter int o the details of any t of the measures, or of the various documents that had been submitted to their Lordships, he trusted th e i r Lordships would think he best dischurged his duty by not going either into the general question, or into any part of that question on this occasion. He would, therefore, at once move—" That an humble ad dress be presented to her Majesty, returning the thanks of this House for her Majesty's most gracious message relative to the provinces of Lower and Upper Canada, and assuring her Majesty that we will not fail to take into our most serious con sideration the subjects recommended to our attention by her Majesty, and that we are desirous of concurring in all ouch measures as may Majesty hest tend t o pr o m o t e th e sa lutary objects her Majesty has in view." The Duke of WELLINGTON said it did not appear to him to be necessary that be should enter into any discussion at present upon what had passed on this subject in the course of last Session. .That to which the House had now to address itself was the proposition made by the Noble Viscount that an answer should be returned to her Majesty's gracious message. Nothing could be more reasonable than to comply with that proposition. The Noble Vis count had refrained from pledging the House, by the answer be proposed to return, in any spe cific manner upon the subjects to which her Majesty's message re lated. He bad also most judiciously avoided referring to the documents or other matters on the subject ; and he (the Noble Duke) should follow the example, and content himself with the hope that their Lordships would ca rry to the foot of the Throne an unanimous as surance of their Lordships' willingness to take this sub ject into consideration, and to do what they could with the view of promoting her Majesty's objects. The Earl of WICKLOW wished to know whether the Noble Viscount opposite had received any addi tional information or suggestion from the Governors- General of these provinces to that which was before the House. If so it would be most convenient that such further information should be laid before the House, before any legislalive measure was proposed for its adoption. Lord MELBOURNE said if there was any addi tional information of course it would be, most proper that that information should be before their Lordship s . Lord BROUGHAM entirely agreed with the Nobl e Duke th at t h e course taken by the Noble Viscount not only rendered any discussion unnecessary, but precluded all discussion on the present occasion. The return of the present answer was a mere act of courtesy on the part of their Lordships to an act of court esy on the p ar t' o f t h e C rown . W hether it was ne cessary to have brought down a message from the Crown before introducing some measure on this question was one thing, but it certainly was not neces sary. It was expedient, and it had bee n thou g ht so. It had bee n found expedient to adopt such a course since 1791, but he protested against such a course being con . sidt , red a precedent either in this or in the other House of Parli.inent. The course adopted in 1791 had not been found to work very successfully, and therefore per haps it was that it was resorted to on the present occasion. He did not further object to it—he should vote for the address, - but in doing so he should consider himself as fully entitled to object either to the principle, or to any or every part of any measure. that might be brought forward as if he had not voted for the present address. The Noble Earl opposite was mistaken in supposing that this vote would be any thing like a pledge to adopt Sir Francis Head's views— it was a mere pledge to adopt the union of the two Pro vinces, which was as old as the hills. The Address was unanimously agreed to. A message from the Commons brought up the Ex chequer Bills Bill and several others. Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Mire. The SPEAKER took the Chair at a few minutes be fore Four o'Clock. Lord Kilburne was introduced by Mr. Houston and Lord Stormont, and took the oaths and his seat for the county of Ayr, in the room of the late Sir John Dunlop. Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury presented papers. SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY. • Sir E. KNATCHBULL moved the further consi deration of the petition presented from the South Eastern Railway Company, praying for the suspension of the Standing Orders, and for leave to proceed with their Bill. The deviation proposed was a very trifling one, and all the parties were agreed. If the proposition were not agreed to, the parties would be much damni fied, and the public not served. Mr. ESTCOURT begged to call the attention of the House to the fact, that this petition prayed the House to set aside a decision come to by the Standing Orders Committee. The notices were correctly given for Bill No. 1, but it was abandoned, and No. 2 introduced, but though parties might have agreed to No. 1, where was the evidence to show that they had given their assent to No, 2 ? they might have gone out of the county, or they might have altered their minds since giving their assent, but had no notice, and therefore could not now oppose. He trusted the House would support the Standing Or ders Committee as no case had been made out for extend ing to the parties such an extraordinary indulgence as that which they sought. Lord G. SOMERSET said that although it was of the utmost importance the House should uphold the Standing Orders Committee, yet this was a case in which that decision might with great propriety be overruled. The effect of not acceding to the motion would be to adjourn the completion of two important lines of railway for a twelvemonth. There was no dissentient party on the line proposed to be taken, and under these cir cumstances, he thought the House ought to accede to the motion of the Hon. Baronet, the Member for Kent. Mr. HODGES supported the motion. --- - Mr. BARNEBY opposed the motion. When cer tain rules were laid down for the guidance of the House and the regulation of its business, these rules ought to be adhered to. No case had been made out for re laxing them in the present instance. Captain PEC HELL thought the course adopted by the Hon. Member for the University of Oxford, was a most extraordinary one. It was now attempted to put forward a line from which all the landowners dis sented, instead of one to which all parties had assented He hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would not per severe in his opposition to the motion. Mr. M'LEAN had the greatest possible ob. jection to discussing these questions in the House. He would like to know whether the House or the Standing Orders Committee was to be the judge upon these points. He certainly should protest against the House adopting the practice of going into questions upon Standing Orders. Mr. FRES HFIELD said it was of great import ance that there should be a line from Greenwich along the t.outh.eastern coast. He should, therefore, vote for the motion before the Chair. Sir E. KNATCHBULL moved that it be an in struction to the House that the Bill be not proceeded v'ith. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill, Lord STANLEY brought up the report of the Committee on the Preston and Wyre Railway Harbour and Dock Bill. The Rochdale Water-works Bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion of Mr. BAINES, the Lords amend ments to the. Leeds Soke Bill was agreed to. Mr. CRAWFORD prezer.ted a petition against the monopolies exercised by Railways in the conveyance of goods. On the motion of Mr. ACL AND, the Alms worths (Somerset) Inclosare Bill was read a second time. PENNY POSTAGE. Mr. HOWARD presented a petition from Carlisle in favour of a uniform penny postage. Mr. WAR BU PITON presented 26 similar petitions Mr. M'LEAN presented a similar petition from- Oxford. Lord ELIOT presented a similar petition from Lostwithiel, as did Mr. BEAMISH from Cork, and Mr. DIVETT from Exeter. Similar petitions were presented by Lord G. LEN NOX, Mr. HODGES, Mr. Serge,.nt JACKSON, Mr, PEASE, and Captain WEmYss. SLAVERY. Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from the Bristol Anti-Slavery Society, praying that the Assembly of Jamaica be suspended. Sir E. KNATCHBULL presented a petition from Deal, praying for increased religious instruction for the Colonies. Sir W. JAMES presented a petition from the Chamber of Commerce of Hull, praying that in any County Courts' Bill the Court of Record in Hull might not be abolished. Also one praying that no system of National Education might be established not founded upon the principles of the Established Church ; and one against the c l ause i n t h e P r i sons Bill , which alowed the appointment of Catholic Chaplains. Mr. BYNG presented a petition from Hertford in favour of the Small Tenements Rating Bill. Sir D. ROCHE presented several petitions in favour of the Ministerial policy in Ireland. Mr. EWART presented a petition in favour of Mr. Rowland Hill's plan of postage. Mr. TURNER presented a petition in favour of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Bill. Captain PECHELL presented a petition from the licensed victuallers of Brighton against the Beer Bill. Mr. BLAIR presented a petition from Dumfries, praying for Church Extension in Scotland ; and one from Wigton in favour of an uniform rate of postage, according to the plan of Mr. R. Hill. Mr. G. W. HOPE gave notice that he should, in Committee on the Copyhold Enfranchisement Bill, move the omission of the Compulsory Clauses. Sir ROBERT INGLIS gave notice that he should to-morrow present a petition from the University of Oxford, praying for Church Extension in England. BANK OF ENGLAND. Mr. HUME gave notice that he should to-morrow move for a Select Committee to inquire into the pecu niary transactions of the Bank of England, and to met , tain how far those transactions had tended to the em barrassment of commercial affairs in 1835, 1836, and 1837, and to inquire whether, as the Bank of England was now constituted, there could be stability in the cur rency or confidence in the commercial transactions of the country. RETIREMENT OF THE SPEAKER. The SPEAKER said before the House proceeded to the Order of the Day, I must respectfully request that I may be permitted to make a communication to. the House, of which it ought to be in possesion. Expe rience has admoni s h e d me t h at I h ave no longer the strength to enable me to meet, as I have heretofore done, the fatigue and labour inseparable from the discharge of the duties of that situation in which I have the honour to be placed. I have therefore come to the determi nation not to resume my seat in the chair after the recess at Whitsuntide. I have adopted the course which I am now pursuing because it will afford the House an opportunity of deliberating on the choice of their Speaker, and will afford the least obstruction to the progress of public business. As I propose to continue in the discharge of my present du ties until Whitsuntide, I do trust the House will be of opinion that I act with propriety in now limiting my ob servations to the simple announcement of the fact of my intended resignation.—(" Hear, hear," from both sides of the House). Lord JOHN RUSSELL then rose and said—Sir, I am sure the whole House would have heard with great concern the announcement you have just made.— ( Hear, hear.) Sir, if I were to consult my own feel. ings, rather than yours, I should be disposed to make some remarks upon that announcement, but I am sure, Sir, that I am consulting your feelings when I say that I shall not now enter on the question of the merits which have been conspicuous in the situation which you have filled. I will only sity, therefore, Sir, that in leaving the Chair,l am sure you will carry with you the respect, regard, and gratitude of the House.—(Loud cheers from both sides.) Sir ROBERT PEEL—Mr. Speaker, as the Noble Lord has declared that out of consideration to your feelings he has placed a restraint upon the expression of his own, I feel myself almost compelled to fol low the example he has taken. But as my situa tion is not altogether the same with that of the Noble Lord —as, on your first proposal to the chair you had the cordial support of the Noble Lord— and, as it was my painful duty, Sir, to give my vote to another candidate, I may, perhaps, be justified in so far departing from the example of the Noble Lord, as to offer my public testimony to the integrity and impartiality with which you have discharged your duties in presiding over the deliberations of this House—(Cheermg)— a nd to declare that I think, not only on account of the discharge•of your duties in the chair, but on account of your persevering efforts to improve the conduct of private business, thereby to raise the character of the House in the estimation of the country, you are entitled to an expression of public gratitude.•—(Loud cheers from all sides of the House.) The announcement created a great sensation in the House ; all business was suspended, and groups of members were collected at the bar and behind the Speaker's chair, engaged in earnest conversation. CONFERENCE WITH THE LORDS. Messengers from the House of Lords appeared at the table, desiring a conference with the Commons on the Deanery of Exeter Amendment Bill. Lord Morpetb, Mr. Fox Maule, Lord Stanley, the Solicitor-General, and other Hon. Members appointed for the purpose, immediately afterwards left the House. On their return, Lord JOHN RUSSELL reported that they bad had a conference with the Lords on the subject of the Deanery of Exeter Bill. The Seditious Societies Act Amendment Bill was read a third time, and passed. The Purchasers Protection Bill was read a third time, and passed. n the Order of the Da v y for the third reading of the Exchequer Bills (13,000,0001.) Bill, Mr. HUME said he understood that this Bill did not give the chancellor of the Exchequer power to borrow any more money, but merely renewed the Exchequer Bills already in existence. He wished to ask the Chan cellor of the Exchequer if this were the ease, as misre presentations had gone abroad on the subject. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Hon. Member for Kilkenny bad correctly described the intention of the Bill, and he could not imagine how such misrepresentations could have originated. CANADA. Sir R. PEEL wished to ask the Noble Lord opposite whether it was on Wednesday or Friday that he proposed to take into consideration the message of her Majesty relating to Canada—he concluded it would be on Fri day. He would also ask whether it was the intention of the Noble Lord merely to move an address to her Majesty on that day or to introduce a Bill on the subject? Lord J. RUSSELL said the subject -of Canada would come on upon Friday, when he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to connect the two provinces, for legislative purposes. JAMAICA. Mr. GODSON explained that, as he had formerly stated the petition which he had presented against the Jamaica Assembly Suspension Bill, was signed by 500 planters and merchants connected with the island, and as the Hon. Baronet (Sir G. Grey) had represented hat the petition was s only by 278, he now wiked to inform the Holtat be Eked inspected the list of signatures, and found them amounting to 543. Sir G. GREY said his statement was taken from the report of the Public Petitions Committee. The Order of the Day for the adjourned debate upon the Bill was then read, on which, Mr. MACLEAN rose, but for some time was in audible in consequence of the noise made by Members leaving the House. He would recal to their recollec tion the conduct of the Ministry with respect to Ca nada. There had been a forbearing until it was carried to an almost criminal extent. They came down with resolutions condemnatory of the conduct of the Legislature of that Province before they proceeded to any harsher measure, and it was not till every other means had failed that coercion by that House was asked for. But what was the course they took with respect to Jamaica. There were no condem natory resolutions—no attempt at conciliation—but the very first proceeding was a proposition to suspend the Constitution of Jamaica—(Hear, hear)—and upon such grounds as he would very shortly show to be utterly frivolous. The personal character of the Hon. Gent. who introduced the Bill would lead many to support it, because, knowing the unwillingness with which he would bring forward such a propposition, they would instantly conceive that it would not have been done unless he had been convinced of its absolute necessity. The Right Hon. Gentleman, the Judge Advo cate (Sir G. Grey), had not answered although he at.- tempted to do so, one of the constitutional assertions made by the Hon. Member for Kilkenny (Mr. Hume). The Hon. Member for Liskeard, although he was going to vote in favour of the Bill,yet the views with which he terminated that speech furnished an entire condemnation of the course pursued by the Under Secretary for the Colonies. It appeared to him remarkable that no perkon charged with the Bill had stated how it was that such a dis tinction had been drawn between Canada and Jamaica. The Assembly of Jamaica had not suspended the sup plies ; they were not in a state of rebellion, they had not appointed Judges of their own as the Canadian As sembly had done when it. was thought proper to suspend their Constitution. It was not his wish to be thought to sanction 'the proceedings of the House of Assembly, but he thought the treatment they were to receive from this Bill was too harsh. He could see no necessity for he measure, because the Government had the power at home to refuse giving its sanction to any law that the House of Assembly might pass. Hethought it most unjust to take the powerof legislation out of the House of Assem bly and place it. in the hands of an irresponsible Council. There had been not less than 52,0001. voted for the purposes of education by the Government. When once a Legislature was suspended, it was hard to say whether it would ever be restored again. He denied that the measure would dive satisfaction to the white inhabitants, to the mulattos, or even to -the blacks, inasmuch as it went to deprive them of the franchise that had been so lately conferred upon them. Now, with respect to the alleged obstinacy of the House of Assembly he would merely remind the House that in March, 1837, the House of Assembly sent a message to Sir Lionel Smith, stating that, if any thing wrong in the conduct or descipline of the prisons could be pointed out, they would be most ready to correct them. He regretted that the Noble Lord had not adopted the suggestion of the Right Hon. Baronet, to concede a little, instead of proceeding to outrage the feelings of the proprietary of Jamaica. After what they had heard at the bar of that House from the agent for the colony, they might rest assured that concession on their parts would be met in a similar spirit. Whether, ac cording to a prophecy which he had lately heard, the days of the Noble Lord's Administration were num bered or not—whether he had lost the confidence of the people of England, and that be wished to superadd to it the loss of the confidence of their colonial pos sessions, he knew not, but he trusted he would pause before he called upon the House to assent to the pre sent proposition. With India and Canada in arms, and France trampling upon the British standard, did the Noble Lord think that the course he was pursuing was calculated to promote the honour or the interests of England ? Sir E. WILMOT thought the Honourable Mem ber who had just sat down had used the arguments rather of au advocate than a legislator. Having taken a deep interest in the question of the Slave Emanci pation Act, he hoped he would be allowed to state the reasons which influenced him in voting for the measure of the Noble Lord. Having emancipated the a;;;; would they still continue to keep them in slavery ? From the time the Slave Emancipation Bill was introduced, up to the time the apprenticeship was abolished, the Assembly of Jamaica had not merely not assisted, but in everyinstance opposed and rendered nugatory every measure calculated to promote the comfort of the slaves. The question was, then, would they give them the power to annihilate the bles s i n g s o f the Emancipation Act ? He for one would not ; and it was because he thought the Government intended to give freer institu tions to the island that he supported their proposition. Had it been a party measure, he would have voted the other way ; for he thought it the duty of eve r y one , thinking a s h e did, t o d o a ll in his power to effect a change in the Ministry : but when he found the Right Hon. Baronet say that it was no party question, he felt bound to vote for the Bill. Mr. GROTE bad voted for the emancipation of the slave—he had voted for the abolition of the apprentice ship—yet he could not vote for the Bill before the House ; for so far from thinking that it was a measure for the protection of the blacks, he thought that it was a measure of undeserved punishment on the whites.— (Hear.) A representative government ought not to lightly abolished. Nor could he accept the reasons for the Bill given by the Government. He thought it was our bounden duty to infuse into the minds of every class in Jamaica a forgetfulness of the past, and that was, in his mind, a weighty reason against the Bill. It was not long since the whites had been deprived of a rlght they had long exercis e d ; h e th oug h t t h ey h ad b een pro perly deprived of th a t p r i v il ege, b ut st i ll he thought it was going too far to deprive them of their liberty and of their citizenship. The House of Assembly was called an oligarchy —if it did not represent the feeling of the island let them increase the constituency till it does so, and he would support the proposition, but do not abolish a virtual representation and establish an oligarchy in its place even for so short a time as was proposed. It was said this was only a suspension of the Constitution for two years, he would ventuye a predic tion, that if it once passed away there were very few in that House who would ever see its revival.—( Hear, hear.) The passing of that Bill must convoy a feeling of injustice to the minds of all the white population of Jamaica—the 'very preamble of the Bill was an insult to them. Looking at the conduct of the House of Com mons upon the Prisons Bill, he did not think that they had so acted as to entitle them to cast the first stone. He did not deny the right of Parliament to put an end to the whole Constitution of Jamaica, but they must prove a case of necessity, which to his mind had not yet been done. Believing the Bill to be a harsh and despotic measure towards the Colonial Legislature, he should give it his most determined opposition. The Bill, as it seemed to him, would only tend to aggravate and embitter the discontent and irritation of the white population.—( Hear, hea r .) It neither would tranquil lize the island nor secure good representation dui ing the suspension of the House of Assembly.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. CLAY had listened to the speech of his H on. . Friend with that attention which any observations W ine- from him deserved, but he had also listened to it with some degree of s urprise and regret. He (M r . Clay) could not agree with his Hon. Friend that t hi s Bill was an invasion of popular privileges.—(H ear, hear.) He thought they were only taki ng away from a small portion of the inhabitants of Jam aica t h e power to oppress the rema inder.—( H ear , hear.) B ut as he wished to prevent a small portion of the whites legis lating for the whole of the blacks, so did be wish to EVENING EDITION. prevent those who might be exasperated from the I. oppression to which they had formerly been subjected, I being admitted too suddenly to enjoy legislative powers and privileges. There was. but one chance of convert ing the emancipated negroes into a free, industrial's , and contended population, and that was by subjecting then: as speedily as possible to wise, just, and benefi cent laws, and to convince them that those laws were justly and equitably administered. That task, be (Mr. Clay) believed could be better accomplished by the Im perial Parliament than by the House of Assembly of , Jamaica. He should be sorry to be thought to enter tain -any unfriendly feeling towards the proprietary po pulation ; but he thought the best service he could render the proprietors was to adopt such a course of legislature as would teach them at the earliest possible period to look on those who were formerly their slaves henceforth es their fellow-citizens.—( Hear, bear.) Mr. WARBURTON conceived that the Govern ment was not only justified in interfering, but was called upon to interfere, for the purpose of securing justice to the people of Jamaica. Believing that the Government of this country had incurred the responsibility of seeing to the entire administration of justice in that country, and not seeing the smallest prospect or the remotest chance that these objects would be secured by leaving,. to the representative body o f th a t coun t r y the power 0 1 . making laws, he was of o pi n i on th a t th e Bill ought to pass. Mr. GALLY KNIGHT said he was much surprised at the conduct of the Hon. Member opposite, i n sue:, porting this Bill, for he was generally considered one of the most liberal Members in the House.—( Hear, hear.) He felt bound to oppose the Bill, because he thought it , was not justified by the neeassity of the c ase. He wishe d . ' to see the Eman c ip a ti on A c t p roper l y carr ied out, bu t it could not be brought to a proper issue unless the whites and blacks could be brought to live harmoni ously together, and his complaint was, that the spir it which prevailed here was not likely to hying about that result. If such a Bill were passed it would only tend to widen the breach which now existed. Mr. GOULBURN said it was singular that every_ individual who had s upp or t e d t h e Bill h a d s upported it on very different grounds from those on which it bad been proposed.—(Hear, hear.) He felt disposed to give it his decided opposition, because he kneveieenthi n g that would be more dangerous for the general interests? of humanity than to re p resent t h e emanc ip a tion 01 slavery as inconsistent with the maintenance of free in stitutions in the Colony.—(Hear, hear.) Suppose the' measure was carried for the suspension of the Cons t t tution, what - would be th e s t a t e o f feeling in the Colony It would be that the Colonial Legislature was no longer` fit to legislate for the Colony, when the period for its restoration should arrive. —(Hear, hear.) He wo uld put it to the Noble Lord whether it was not more prudent—if a suspension of the Assembly of Jamaica cos at some period to be resorted. to—that this suspensi ° should take.place with such a degree of authority us would discourage all opposition, and whether therefore it would not be advisable to wait for a short time, and thus endeavour to obtain the sanction of a unanimo us decision.—( Hear, hear.) If it were true, as bad' beenl stated, that a Legisl e t ure w hi c h h a d b een accus tomed to govern slaves could never legislate fairly, for free negroes, why was not this suspension mea sure extended to other o f th e W es t I n di an i s l an d s 2 — (Hear') The Right Hon. Jud ge Ad vocate (Si r G . Grey) bad indeed endeavoured to make out a better case fo r Barbadoee, but surely he could never have read the papers which were before the House upon the su h a . lest for the Le g islatur e o f th at C o l ony h a d ex presso an opposition equally s t rong w ith t h at o f t h e Jamat e., ~" Assembly to the P r i sons Bill.—(H ear, h ear .) irh Barbadoes, St. -Vincent's, St. Kitt's, Grenada, and others, had all passed Acts to regulate the relations he tween master and servant. All those Acts, howeve r ' had been disallow e d by t h e Queen's Council.—(Hear' hear.) St. Lucie, Trinidad, Demerara, end other Co lonies, possessing Councils, had passed Orders in Coal' cif for the same object, but they had been repealed by Orders of the Council at home.—(Hear, h ear ,; ) GO.' What therefore was th e groun d upon wh i c h t he vernment could select Jamaica for this suspension meal sure ?—(Hear, hear.) W as it u nreasona bl e , at all events, under these c i rcums t ances , to ask, hat one more trial should be made of the willingness of the Assembly to pass measures, which, being local in their nature, would much better be passed by t he local legislature.—(Hear, bear.) He was far from coo. sidering th e di sso l ut i on o f the first Assembly as a re esen for passing this measure, he considered that dissolutiea as a most disastrous measure. They were non' dis cussing, not the rights of the Assembly, but of the een i stituency of Jamai c a. H e co n s id ere d t h e co nduct the Assembly as the not unnatural result of the co?cei duct which had been pursu e d t owar d s th em . He al dot deny their right to subdue the Island of Jamai ca " but they had duties towards that Island as well as rights, and their d u ty was t o preserve the Constitut ion. The best result wo u ld f o ll ow f rom t hi s , and the ne g r° , f would gradually be a b sor b e d i n t o the constituency, and irehe would thus h ave t h e means o f enac ting laws - _ self. Jamaic a was th e on l y co l ony w hich, since pation Act in - self. of th e Emanci, had l owe red th e franchise s o as t o p l ace i t i n t h e power ofthe negro to become one of the` constituency.—( Hear, h ea r, frogs Mr. Godson). He beseeched the House to pauses and give time to the Assembly before adopting a despotism which would 'not work b ene fi c i a ll y f or tbe Colony, and to give the Assembly an opportun ity, apologising for the insult they had offered to the mother country. Mr. O'CONNELL would say that the H"' tleman opposite ought to have been the last Person the world to circe.ate such calumnies against the 1 33 1:7 tist Ministers as to represent them as the deceiver s e n the negro p o p u l a ti on ; b ecause, f rom hi s co nneetie f with the Colonists, he must have had o pportunitie! e t knowing th a t h e was committing a gross injustice aga m u s .. a most excellent b o dy o f men. It came with a Pe i e d liarly ill grace from that H on . G en tl io p aa , but he °a shortly after unconsciously vindicated them by con tra: dieting himself ; for while in one sentence he represent.eg. the negro population as being deceived by the Botts), Ministers, in the next he stated the negroes t e i be to race so very acute that it was impossible for anYbe.g ifh t deceive them.—(Cheers and laughter.) The wb g j Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down had We ar " that night in the new character of an advocate for Pe a . pular rights.—(Cheers.) He should not be stuT rise n f to hear of his h a vi ng j o i ne d the Chartists.—(Cries answers " Oh, oh," from the Opp os i t i on benches, atis'f--e.) 1,",c1 by cheers from the Ministerial s id e o f the 11° ` 1 He was not f or t una t e i n t h e ill ustrat i on w hi c h he h e r brought forw a rd, s h ow i ng th a t num b er l ess A c t s of e t bli - t legislatures besides JaMaica, had been disallowe d, d of all their acts that had been thus disallo w _ e t ,' he had. not ventured to point out on e , the ( It a o lowance of which was improper.—(Cheers.) Now wo did this prove? why, su re ly th e incompetency Cheers legislature to legisl a t e f or th e : negro population.—(at. from the Opposition.) It might be said that if they stoyed the C ons tit u ti on o f J ama i ca , t h ey should destr the other legislatures--( Renewed chsering)---nut th e, s , was this obvi ous di st i nct i on ; a l t h oug h t h e other lead, latures had p asse d A cts w hi c h h a d b een di s alle'l g e ; not one of the m h a d a bdi cate d t h e i r f u nctio ns, --(Cheers.) Jamaic a a l one h a d d one so , while tol' others had gone on legisl a ti ng un d er t h e cor rectie rl en u/ e the Government at home.—(Cheers.) So much had b b e ile said wide of the question, that it would be worth ; the to see what the question really was , w h a t p a rts 0 ' t he question on both sides were agreed on, and wher e t it differences commenced, and he- a pp re h en ded th be , would be discovered that n o great difference exist ed t he tween them. It was agre e d, on all hands, that tbe Prisons Bill was a proper Bill to pass ; there olig r ipu. one or two who disputed this point, but the Right ... jo en Baronet, and the great majority of H o n. Gentles opposite were agreed as to the propri e ty o f inaiotf ip g. „ o - that Bill. That Bill had been p asse d w ithout a u' — t i c e, tient voice, hut it had not been passed without lepso because Mr. Burge, the'Agent for Jarimica, hauGeo tested against it, but he was unable to get any flan. } ion denten in that House to oppose the Bill which had Pa a e under the protest of Mr. Burge, with ou t any ol'if sito oc ar3 even from the Hon. Gentl eman o pp os i te , w ho h 8, 7 ;• b a rtP forward this night as th e a d vocate f or const i tu tional f r olo the meaning of which, be supposed, be had learnt The his friend Don Carlos.—(Cheers and laughter.!, ev en propriety of maintaining that Bill wa s no t impeach taws now. Now what had been the first Act of the J e ar t b a t Legislature when: they had met aft er the passing k Bill ? Why they had protested that they would no t , t hat late at all, but would give up th e i r f u nctions toi le Op - Bill were repealed.—( Cries of 'd Oh, oh," from th e _ bou ld position.) That was a little too bad. Gentleme n ", t w as read the protest before they denied his statement.. 1 r bu t true they offered to legislate for the public cred ito refused to perform every other legislative function. , ' tor were prorogued to give them time ; they mere calleeioate, ther a second time, and again they refused to leg ito apo and they were dissolved. The Right Hon. GentlemLearviug site said that the Governor had acted. ill; because !thee' quarrelled with the Hause of Assembly, he seni' t he back to their constituencies, and this he ca led treating had constituencies at large ill. Now, if the G o vernme s u i t th ot come down to legislate against that AssemblY ` b . con having previously appealed to the constituency, OF 600 d uc t would have been liable to much stronger °14,-„eocutle than those which had fallen from the Right Hon- ,":; flo j e a, man. But they did appeal to the constituency Hof th th e and that constituency had embodied themselves wi ve AP Legislature—they had ret u r ne d a s econd Ltgijallitions. sembly, which had a ga i n re f use d to p e rform its tln to be What now was t o b e d one ,--was the Priso ns B urleys it given up? Th e A ssem bl y w ill no t legislate etoP is given ' u p,. en d now t h e Ri g h t lion. Bar" t hen nnsite eppeeled to the House to giv e why another opportunity to consider the sulaject.ani it had already been tried three times, "art "f result of each trial bad been a total refused on the no p_ ro la the House of Assembly to legislate. to try again, and he snould like to know whoat.ernede. boa , pen in the interval; how Jamaica was to be t: over ' the husi• the negro population was to be protected ; o Act, an d ness was to be done ? He would say. pess t u , r Icins you They wer s : o . ba n, send it out there, if they then cons en ti t d t i o u r h!er f r roo ; a be can soon repeal the Bid.— lierewed cbrering Opposition)—and if not, it the duties of the negro population.- lerrible scenes, s and laughter.) Did they' forget the brineing in 0 1 din Jamaica prior to the e h al which had passe brines (wCallseyeorusradetv-(Cheers lees for the Prisons Bill. Did the Jamaica Assembly cr