The Sun. — London, England, 1836-03-24 00:00:00

HIS MAJESTY'S LEVEE. His Majesty held an investiture of the most Honourable Military Order of the Bath yesterday afternoon at St. James's. The following Knights Grand Crosses assembled, and were robed in their mantles and collars by Mr. Hunter and Mr. Ede, viz., the Duke of Wellington, Earls Rosslyn and Minto, Viscounts Beresford and Palmerston, Lords Hill, A. Beauclerk, Stratford, and E. Somerset ; Sirs George Martin, Stratford Canning, James Kempt ; E. Paget, J. Hawkins Whitshed, C. Colville, G. T. Walker, W. Houston, E. Barnes, E. Stopford, W. Pringle, R. Stopford, W. Lumley, J. W. Gordon, T. Dallas, P. Malcolm, G. Anson, and T. M. Hardy. At two o'clock the Knights were called over in the Entree room, and attended by the Officers of the Order, Mr. A. Greville, Bath King of Arms ; Captain Seymour, R.N., Re gistrar ; and Sir William Woods, K. H., Clarencieux Kin to g of Arms, in their mantles, chains , and badges, proceeded the presence of the Sovereign in the Throne-room. The King was accompanied by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland and his Serene Highness Prince Er nest of Hesse Philippsthal, wearing the crimson mantles of the order. Vice- Admiral Sir Graham Moore was introduced between the two junior Knights Grand Crosses present, and was in. vested by the King with the ribband, badge, and star of a Mili tary Knight Grand Cross of the Order. Sir Graham had afterwards the honour to kiss the Sovereign's hand. The King afterwards held a Levee. His Royal Highness the Prince Ferdinand of Portugal was present at the Levee, attended by the Count Lavradio, Baron Dieskau, and Lord Elphinstone. Their Serene Highnesses the Princes Ferdinand and Au gustus of Saxe Coburg and the Prince of Leiningen were at tended by Sir J. Conroy, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent's principal Equerry. The Princes Edward of Carolath and Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal were also present at the Levee. The Baron de Hogguer, Chamberlain and Aide-de-Camp of his Serene Highness the reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha, was presented to the King by the Minister Resident of his Majesty the King of Saxony. The Baron de Lagos, and Mr. Menders, Attache to the embassy of her Most Faithful Majesty, were presented to the King by Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister. The Levee nas attended by the Russian and French Am bassadors ; the Neapolitan, Sardinian, Prussian, Wurtem berg, Hanoverian, Belgian, Danish, Portuguese, Grecian, and Saxon Ministers; Noory Effendi, Ottoman Minister, at tended by Mr. Salame, his Majesty's Oriental Interpreter, and by M. Vogoridis, Interpreter of the Legation ; Count de Lavradio; M. Hummelaur, Austrian Charge d'Affaires; Mr. Vail, United States Charge d'Affaires; M. Wallcz, Belgian Charg e d'Affairs ; M. - Lichtenberg, Privy Coun cillor of the Hanoverian Legation ; Baron Rehausen, Se cretary to the Swedish Legation ; Chevalier Ribeiro, Se cretary to the Portuguese Legation ; Count Plessen, Attache to the Danish Legation; the Archbishops of Canterbury and York ; the Bishop of London, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Groom of the Stole, the Master of the Horse; Lord Eralsine, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Munich ; Lord Hill, Gold Stick in Waiting; the Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, the Master General of the Ord nance, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the House holi ; Mr. Fox Strangways, Under- Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the Master of the Robes, the Master cf the Cerermnies ; the King's Advocate, the Lord Registrar of Scot land; Sir Matthew Tierney, Bart., and Dr. Holland, Piivsi. ciana.to.the King e; Colonels Sir Robert Gardiner, and Sir C. Brooke_ Vere, Aides-de-Camp to the King ; Mr. Sheriff Lain san, Mr. Sheriff Salomons, the Clerk Marshal, Colonels Ca vendish and Bowater, Equerries to the King; Lieut.- Colonel Sir Henry Wyatt, Silver Stick in Waiting ; Major Hyde, Ai sistant Master and Marshal of the Ceremonies; the Groom of the Robes ; Master Ellice, Page of Honour ; Captain Cour tenay Boyle, R. N., Groom of the Privy Chamber ; Lieut.- Colonel Sir Frederick Smith, Gentleman Usher in Waiting ; nil the following : DUKES—Newcastle, Devonshire. MARQUISES—Camden, Bath. EARLS —Ripon, Rosebery, Mansfield, Verelam, De Grey Slsffield, Howe, Amherst, Jermyn, Orkney, Beauchamp, An trim, Galloway, Winchilsea, Dunraven, Lisburne. VlscouNrs—Torrington, Giirnston, Encornbe, Fitzharr s ; Holmedale, Loftus. LOADS Grosvenor, Colchester, Ebrington, Hatherten Ravensworth, Teignmouth, Somerville, Cholmondeley, Nor. revs, Boston, Sinclair, G. Loftus, A. Loftus. I' lie Archbishop of Armagh—the Bishop of Chichester. Right lion. Sir A. Johnston. liosounauLEs—Captain Trefusis, R.N., Mr. Canjng, Sir F. Pellew, Captain Cost, Lieut.-Col. W. Stratford, De Grey, Captain Fitimanrice, C. Law, Lieutenant 1: by, Cap tain W. Wahlegraye. S/ES—J. Y. Buller, C. Kn'ghtley, H. Williamson, W. Gosset, F. W. Myers, W. Boottiby, S. Graham, G. Crewe, R. Inglis, D. Jones. Rev. Dr. Kuper—Dr. W. Tait. Ray. MEssas.—C. Wetherell ; C. Wesley, C. Walsworth, J. F. Lateward. MEssßs.—The Mayor of Exeter, the High Sheriff of Exeter, W. Russell, T. Wheatley, Erskine, Crockett, T. histlethwaite, H. G Christian, N. Longwood, Lcng,, M. P., C Butler, W. Tooke, J. Mister, /LL.D. ; Brande, W. Newnham, Bothell, M. P. ; J. Morier, R. Bastard, Gully, M. P. ; Blaken, Bedingtield, T. Strangeways, Seymour, 1 Selby, A. Bunn, Mansfield, Marston, Estcourt, M. Gardiner, A. W. Bishop, 0. Morgan, Fleming, M.P.; A. O'Brien, Dunlop, Harecourt, G. Wilkinson, B. Danvers, C. Craven, Hogg, L. H. Robinson, T. Hcneage, Whitshed, W. W. Sne 1, Bcnen, E. Harcourt, F. Dundas, S. Brownrigg, M.P. ; G. P. R. James, S. Wortley, D. Barclay, -M. P. ; I.s.virence .11‘Donald, W. Frsed, E. BfacVo:d. Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington. GENERALS—Sir C. Colville, Munday, Lord Aylmer, Lord Strafford, Sir W. Houstoun, Sir G. Walker, Sir G. Quen tin, Sir E. Stopford, Sir W. Pringle, Bonham, Morrison, W. Davy, Sir J. Bathurst, Sir T. Montresor, Sir F. Maclean, Sir T. B. St. George, Sir T. Dallas, Sir D. Gilmour, Sir W. Anson, Sir F. Mulcaster, Sir A. Brooke, Sir W. Pea cock, Bonham. COLONELS—Sir R. Armstrong, Dennice, Power, Shuld barn, Clelland, Sir J. Limond, Wetherell, Briggs, Adye, E. Walker, Greenwood, J. Marshall, Hugh Baillie, Sir J. D. O'Halloran, M'Clcvcrty, Phillott, Clive. MAJORS—Mountain, Trevelyan, W. H. Ball, Cloetc, Dyne ley, Pennefather. CAPTAINS—R. Cogan, Alcock, Belson, Sir R. Greisley, F. W. Jones, Waymouth, Morphy, R. E. Rich, T. C. Ham mill, H. Campbell, B. Knox, C. Begot, Fletcher, M'Call, Bowlby. LIEUTENANTS —Milman, Bates, M. Archdall, M.P., Mey neil, Pitt, Brooke, G. D. Scott, Jephson, Duric, Adjutant Munro, Sir J. Cathcart, Godwin, H. Paget. CORNETS—Campbell, Craven, Anson, Ibbetson. ENSIGNS-Magyath, Vivian, H. W. Gordon, Wetherell. ADMIRALS—Sir C. Rowley, Sir R. Otway, Sir J. H. Whit shed. Sir P. Malcolm,West, Sir T. Hardy, Donnelly, Warren, Sir G. Moore, Sir R. Stopford, Hall, Maitland, Sir G. Mar tin, Sir J. Rodd, Lord Colville. CA FTAINS—Bowles, Sir A. Farquhar, Sir S. Warren, T. Browne, H. H. Spence, Loring, Skipsey, Swinburne, C. Talbot, Morier, H. H. Christian, Meynell, J. Jones, Pym, Murray, Napier, T. Dickinson, J. Hayes, C. Chetham. COMMANDERS —E. Seymour, Reeve, Matson, the Hon. E. Wodehouse, F. Bullock, E. Nepean. LIEUTENANTS—S. Y. Brown, \V. Loring, G. W. Rabetts, W. F. Glanville, W. Dow, W. F. Smith. The following were presented to his Majesty : The Earl of Lisburne, on his marriage, by Lord E Somerset. Lord Colchester, on his marriage, by Lord Ellenborough. Mr. T. Wheatley, by Major-General Sir H. Wheatley. Hon. Mr. Canning, on his marriage, by the Marquis of Clan- ricarde. The Bishop of Chichester on his translation to the see of Dur ham, by Viscount Melbourne. The Earl of Antrim, by the Duke of Wellington. Mr. Alfred Bunn, on his appointment as one of the Honour able Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, by Lord Foley. Viscount Maidstone, by the Earl of Winchilsea. Mr. Erskine, by Vice-Admiral Donnelly. Mr. John Selby, on his marriage, by Col. Sir A. Christie. Mr. A. W. Bishop, by the Hon. Charles Law. Lord G. Loftus, on his appointment to the Grenadier Guards, by the Marquis of Ely. Lord A. Loftus, by the Marquis of Ely. Mr. N. Collingwood, by the Marquis of Lansdowne. Lord Sinclair, by the Earl of Rosslyn. The Mayor of Exeter, by Sir J. Y. Buller, Bart. The High Sheriff of Exeter, by Sir J. Y. Buller, Bart. Mr. R. Bastard, Town Councillor of Exeter, by Sir J. Y. Buller, Bart. Mr. W. W. Snell, Town Councillor of Exeter, by Sir J. Y. Buller, Bart. Mr. Dunlop, of Dunlop, on his marriage, by Earl of Rosebery Mr. W. Praed, on his marriage, by the Earl of Mayo. Mr. Gully, M. P. by Lord Morpeth. Mr. J. Anster, LL. D., Barrister at Law, by Lord Morpeth. The Hon. Sir F: Pellew, to return thanks, by Earl Minto. Mr. D. Barclay, M.P., by Sir H. Williamson, Bart. Mr. Lawrence, Surgeon in Extraordinary to his Majesty at Brighton, by Sir A. Cooper, Bart., Sergeant Surgeon. Mr. Crockett, by Lord Glenelg. Mr. C. Butler, Madras Army, by his brother, Mr. Butler, Danvers. Dr. W. Tait, on his return from abroad, by Rear. Admiral Sir C. Adams. Mr. E. Bradford, Taplow Yeomanry, by the Earl of Orkney. Lieutenant G. W. Reibett, R.N., on his marriage, by Earl Amherst. Mr. Blaken, on his appointment, by Sir A. Cooper, Bart. Mr. T. Thistlethwayte, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. Mr. H. J. Christian, by Capt. H. H. Christian, R.N. Major-General W. Davy, on being appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphie Order, by Lord J. O'Bryen. Captain E. W. Jones, by Sir J. Hobhouse, Bart. Lieutenant-Colonel Dennice, on his return to join his regi ment in India, by General Morrison. Captain Belson, on his return from the Continent, by the Master-General of the Ordnance. Captain R. E. Rich, by Sir A. Christie. Capt. Morphy, on his return from abroad, by Lord F. Somerset: Vice-Admiral Sir G. Moore, on being invested with the Grand Cross of the Bath. Major W. H. Ball, by Admiral Sir J. Whitehead. Lieut. Meynell, 4th Dragoon Guards, by Sir G. Anson. Ensign Magrath, on his appointment to the 55th Regiment, by Major-General Sir S. Whittingham. Lieut. S. Y. Brown, on his promotion, by the Earl of Mi nto. Captain Alcock, on his return from the Continent, by Gen gal Sir J. Straton. Lieut. Milman, on his appointment to the Coldstream Guards, by Colonel Milman. Cornet Anson, by General Sir W. Anson. Captain T. C. Hammel], on being appointed Provost-Marshal of British Guiana, by Lord Glenelg. Ensign H. W. Gordon, by Colonel Adye. Lieu. W. Loring, R.N.. on promotion, by Captain Loring. Ensign Vivian, by General Sir H. Vivian. Lieut. Dow, R.N., on his appointment to his Majesty's ship Carron, by the Earl of Minto. Lieut. Dwice, by General Sir J. Smith. Cornet A. Campbell, on his appointment to the 2d Dragoons, by Lord A. Hill. Major Mountain, on his return from India, by General Sir H. Taylor. Commander E. Nepean, on his return from the West India station, by Lord Minto. Captain R. Cogan, by Sir J. C. Hobhouse. Major Cloete, on receiving the Royal Guelphic Order, by Sir H. Taylor. Lieut. Bates, on appointment to the 82d Regiment, by Gen. Sir S. Whittingham. Capt. Napier, R.N., by Lord Minto. Commander Matson, R.N., on his return from the Continent, by the Earl of Minto. Lieut. Brooke, on his promotion to the 23d Regiment, by Sir A. Brooke. Lieut. G. D. Scott, by General Sir W. Lumley. Cornet Craven, on his appointment to the 2d Dragoons, by Sir H. Taylor. Lieut. Jephson, on his promotion, by General Sir J. Smith. Lieut.-Colonel Wetherall, on receiving the 3d Class of the Guelphic Order. Ensign Wetherall, by General Sir F. Wetherall. After the Levee his Majesty held a Privy Council, which was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Foreign and Colonial Departments, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the President of the Board of Controul, the President of the Board of Trade, the Secretary at War. _ _ Certain Acts from different Islands were confirmed by his Majesty in Council. The Hon. 'Wm. Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Wai.ing. Lord James O'Bryen and the Hon. Capt. Campbell were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. The King gave audience to Viscount Palmerston, Marquis Conyngham, .Marquis of Lansdowne. Mr. Spring Rice, Lord Glenelg, Sir John Hobhouse, the Earl of Minto, and Lord Foley. After the Levee his Royal Highness the Prince Ferdinand of Portugal, and their Serene Highnesses the Duke Ferdi nand and the Prince Augustus of Saxe Coburg Gotha, went to the Queen's House, and were introduced to her Majesty by Earl Howe, her Majesty's Lord Chamberlain. Count Ludolf, the Neapolitan Minister, had an audience of the Queen to deliver a letter. His Excellency was introduced by Earl Howe, her Majesty's Lord Chamberlain, and con ducted by Sir Robert Chester, Master of the Ceremonies. CHANCERY COURT-WEDNESDAY. IN RE BAGSTER. This was a petition of Mr. Wooded', one of the executors of the late Alderman Crowder, to discharge an order by which a house in Clapham-road was given to the lunatic Rosa Matilda Bagster for her residence, free of any pay- rents on aceount of rent. The will of the Alderman di rectcd that this house should be sold along with others, and the executors were anxious to fulfil his injunctions, as the Master bad reported that it was fitting this house should he parted with. The mother of the lunatic, however, ob je,:ted to the sale. The LORD CHANCELLOR said the order giving the house or the use of the lunatic must be discharged. IN RE THARP. Sir W. HORNE appeared in support of a petition in thin case, praying, on behalf of the consignees of the West India estate of the lunatic, that a sum of 40,000/. compen sation money for the emancipation of slaves be paid into Court, and that the interest accruing thereon since the pawing of the Act of Parliament in 1834 be paid to the consignees in liquidation of a debt of 90,0001., due to them by the lunatic. The LORD CHANCELLOR must hear more about the nature of the debt before he made the order. The money might, however, be paid in. IN RE NORRIa. Mr. RourEt. appliJd in this case on the part of the daughter of the lunatic for a commission of lunacy. An injunction was obtained on Saturday last to prevent the re moval of the property of the lunatic from his house in Union-place, Lmr.beth. Some time since Dr. Macmichael had been directed to visit Mr. Norris, and there was now an affidavit of that physician in which he stated that Mr. Norris, although only a surgeon in the India service, per sisted in calling himself Lieutenant-Colonel, and denied that he was married, although his wife and daughter were living at Glasgow. After some discussion the petition was allowed to stand over until Saturday. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUS, TOM-HOUSE, MAncn 23. The City of Hamburgh, Wittiugham, from Hamburg]) ; Union, Dejongc, Ostend ; Prince Frederick, Stevenson, Rotterdam ; Brothers, Davis, Madeira; Constance, Le Bret tinlletis, Cherbourg; Coter, Merrills, Dunkirk; Greyhound, Knit], St. Michael's. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING, 111ARcii 23. The St. Leonard, Whitnall, Dunkirk ; Ambassador, At wood, Mauritius; Union, Dejonge, Ostend; Prince of Waterloo, Page, Ostend and Ghent; Champion, Cutler, Havannah; London Merchant, Morfew, Rotterdam ; James Dunn, Fuze, Oporto. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO, MARCH 23. The Limbo, Dring, for St. George's, Africa ; Mary, Con. stance, Gibraltar; Kite, Putt, Paraiba; Lord Goderich. Wetherall, Sydney; Caroline, Read, Nassau, New Provi. dente ; William, Read, Rio de Janeiro ; Tourist, Ling, Ant• were ; St. Leonard, Whitnall, Dunkirk. CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, MARCH 23 The Margaret, Turpin, for the North Sea Fishery ; Betsey Bimby, Cock, Memel ; Constance, Brettinllais, Cherbourg. ARRIVED AT LIVERPOOL, Marten 22. The Heligan, Ball, from Gallipoli; Pilot, Cann, Demerara Hesperus ' M'Dowall, Demerara; Telemachus, Moulin, De. merara ; Margaret, Griffin, Sierra Leone. ENTERED FOIZ. LOADING, Morten 22. The Experiment, Cousins, for the 'Brazils ; Redbreast Millard, Constantinople and Smyrna; the Miranda, Bolton, Demerara ; Amity, Hoodless, Grenada and Curacoa ; Jane, Clarke, Gibraltar ; the Johanna, Tweidlmann, Hamburgh ; Hope, Wood, Lubeck ; the Resolution, Murray, Mobile; Columbus, Cobb, New York ; Jane Hill, New Orleans ; Henry, Jobling, Pugwash ; the Ardent, Heartigrave, Prince Edward's Island ; Milo, Hodgson, Quebec; the Credo, Lewis, Quebec ; the Ballona, Aitkin, for Riga; the Trio, White, Singapore, China, and Manilla; the British King, Hunt, Savannah. CLEARED OUTWARDS, MARCH 22. The Briton, Greaves, for New Orleans; Ann Paley, Rol• stone, Lisbon; Sir Walter Scott, Young, Deveraux, Esk• dale, John, Ruebereck, and Hyde, Brown, Quebec; Ann, Perrie, Antigua ; William IV., Moffin, Cape Breton ; Gip. sey, Skottin, Bordeaux ; Echo, Mallet, New Orleans. TELEGRAPHED. Off Holyhead, inward bound, at twelve noon, the Parker, B. S., from Demerara ; Ormerod steamer, Holyhead. Off Holyhead, outward bound, at 8 A.M., Mogul, A. S. ; John Porter, B. B. K. ; Imogen, A. S, ; Aberfoil, B, S. Off Point Lynas, inward bound, Alantura, B. Schr., West of England ; Comet, B. B. ; Device Cannon, New Orleans. Off Point Pynas, outward bound, Sir Watkin, B. B. K. ; Brechin Castle, B. B. Off Great Ormshead, inward bound, South America, A. S., New York. Off Voel Nant, inward bound, Chester, B. Schr., London to Chester. East of the Floating Light, inward bound, Tigris, Whitehaven ; Margaret, Sierre Leone. SUSPECTED CHILD MURDER.—Yesterday morn ing at an early hour the crew of the Endeavour, a coasting vessel, lying off Mill-stairs, Horselydown, in getting into the boat lying alongside, discovered a rush basket filled with straw, which on opening they found to contain the body of a fine full grown male child, and from the appearances it is strongly suspected that the child has been strangled in its birth. A. Thames-police surveyor, named Joshua Judge, soon after wards came by, to whom the body was delivered, and he re moved it to Bermondsey workhouse. Judge afterwards made particular inquiries into the circumstances, but could learn no tidings likely to lead to the discovery of the unnatural mother. It is the opinion of the officer that the basket had been thrown from London-bridge into the water, and after floating down the river was picked up by a lighterman or waterman, who, to relieve himself from further trouble, on finding what the basket contained, left it in the boat. FIRE AT GREENWICH.—A destructive fire broke out yesterday morning, about half-past three o'clock, in the brewery of Mr. Page, Church -street, Greenwich, which burnt with great fury, and created a considerable sensation in the town. The engines belonging to the College, and one from the parish, with a great number of policemen and collegemen were instantly procured. Intelligence was forwarded by ex press to the various fire stations in London, and several of them, with a strong body of firemen, reached Greenwich a short time after four o'clock, and a plentiful supply of water was obtained, which enabled the firemen to prevent the ex tension of the destruction beyond Mr. Page's premises. On examination the fire was ascertained to have originated from the overheating of the kiln, and the value of the stock con sumed is very great, but covered by insurance in the Protector and Kent fire offices. The exertions of the collegemen and police are deserving of high consideration, and notwith standing the danger to which some of them were often ex posed in saving a portion of the brewing utensils, no accident happened to any of them. THE CREW OF THE MYDDLETON.—Other two of the sailors have died, making now twelve altogether who latve fallen victims to the hardships of the voyage, and seven widows remain to deplore the untimely death of their husbands. Orders have arrived at Chandos House to have every thing ready for the reception of his Excellency the Prince Esterhazy, who is expected to leave Vienna next week for London. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1856, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARce23. The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes to Four o'Clock. A Messenger appeared at the Bar with the Annual Re turns of the Commissioners under the General Turnpike Road Act. _ LEITH HARBOUR AND DOCKS. The LORD ADVOCATE brought up the Report of the Committee on the Leith Harbour and Docks Bill, and brought in a Bill for making a Harbour and Docks at Leith. . ___ SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Sir A. L. HAY presented a petition from the Mayor and Town Council of Hythe, in favour of the South Eastern Railway. PRIVATE COMMITTEES. The HON. BARONET had now to bring under the con sideration of the House a circumstance, which, it appeared to him, required to be immediately adjudicated, more espe cially in a Session where so much private business was be fore the House. He alluded to the division that had taken place to-day in a Private Committee on the Trinity Harbour Bill. Counsel having been beard on the question of adjournment, came to a division. He (Sir A. L. Hay) having been Chairman of that Committee, appointed tellers on each side, and then having quitted the Chair he had voted against the adjournment of the Committee. On the tellers having taken the numbers, there were found to be five on each side, including himself (Colonel Leith Hay). He then considered that he had a right to give a casting vote, as Chairman, but was informed that he had no right to do so. The authority of Sherwin and an other was in favour of the opinion, that the Chairman could give a casting vote as well as his individual vote. The House would agree with him that that was a question which ought to be decided—(Hear, hear)—and the prac tice, when once established, should be strictly adhered to. It was the duty of the House to decide what the course should be on all other occasions, ius:ead of al lowing the Committees in each Session to make regu lations which would be over-ruled in the next. If it had been merely a private Bill, and that the adjourn ment did not interfere with the object of the projectors, lie should not have preised the matter further, and would have allowed it to rest there.—(Hear, hear.) But it appeared to him to have a very different construc tion. The question submited to the House was discussed in the Committee and involved an adjournment of at least eight weeks, as it extended to the 16th of May—they wishing to wait until they had the decision of one of the Courts in Scotland. The question he had to submit to the House was, had the Committee a right from the usage of the House on the practice of private Committees to have an adjournment for such a length of time. He found by referring to the Re ports, that in the session of 1805, in the case of the Com mittee on the Camberwell and South Lambeth Water works' Bill, they adjourned for a considerable time, and were ordered by the House to meet again and proceed. —( Hear, hear.) Again, in the session 1825, in the case of the Bucks and Herts Canal, the Committee also adjourned and were ordered to re-assemble ; and in 1835, in the case of the Medway Navigation, the Committee there adjourned sine die, and were ordered to meet again and proceed with the business referred to them. He, under those circumstances had to move that the Committee on the Trinity Harbour Bill be instructed to re-assemble, and pro ceed with the consideration of the Bill. Sir G. CLERK wished to say a word upon the question, as he was one of those Members who had been upon the Committee, and had taken a different view of the question from the Honourable and Gallant Member. He was surprised at the existence of any doubt on the sub ject, for he had never heard the tight of a Chairman to a second vote put forward before. There were other opinions of equal weight with those of Mr. Sherwin—there was the opinion of Mr. Dwarris, who said the Chairman of a Committee was placed in the same situation as the Speaker of the Ilouse.—(Hear.) In the case of Election Committees, where the Members sat as a jury, the power was expressly given to the Chairman to give a casting vots, in the absence of a Member and the votes being equal. Now, if the general law had been such as laid down by Mr., Sherwin, it would be perfectly unnecessary to introduce st:c't a clause ; but according to the opinion of all other. writers on this subject, the Chairman of the Committee was precisely in Ilia same situation as the Speaker. He begged leave to state that in the early period of the history of Parliament a doubt existed as to the right of the Speaker to give two votes, one as a member, and another as casting vote ; for he found in 1661, upon a division, the number being noes 106, ayes 105. The ayes knowing which way the Speaker's mind leaned, called upon him for his casting vote ; upon this being objected to. the ayes said that they had, by the Queen's pleasure, been allowed to elect a Speaker, and that he had the right to give the casting vote. The Speaker and Sir Walter Raleigh were of opinion that he could not do so. With regard to the other question as to expense, he thought that great expense would be spared by adjourning to the time the Committee had done. He trusted, therefore, that the House would rest satisfied with the decision of the Com- mittee. Mr. DUNCOMBE thought that that which had been referred to by the Right Hon. Gentleman was very much in favour of the decision of the Committee. The Chair man of a Committee, by Act of Parliament, bad a right conferred on him to give a casting vote.—(Cries of " No, no r) In the Glasgow Election that had been done. The Noble Lord then voted as an individual Member of the Committee, and the parties being then equal, he gave his casting vote in favour of the sitting Member: — (Hear.) There were two points before the House, viz.—, ? whether Sir A. L. Hay had a right to give two vo tes and supposing that to be decided against him, whether the Committee had a right to adjourn to the 16th of May ? He thought that the better way would be to decide first as to the power of the Chairman to give two votes, as if he had that power the other question would not arise. —(Hear, hear.) Sir C. BURRELL said that the simple question was, who was to take the votes, if the Chairman left the Chair ?—(Hear, hear, hear.) He had never known the Chairman to leave the chair for the purpose of voting, except when the parties were upon an equality. He thought that under all the circumstances they could not take a better example than that by which the Speaker was guided in the divisions in that House. Sir J. GRAHAM, though his experience was not so great as that of many Members whom he saw present, could confidently state that during the period he had sat in that House, 18 years, he had never seen a Chairman leave the Chair for the purpose of giving his vote. It was very desirable that, as the Honourable Member for Finsbury recommended, they should decide these two points separately. It was desirable in the first place to settle the point of practice.—(Hear, hear, hear.) As the Hon. Member fer Surrey had sat so very long in that House, and had very great experience in Committees, he would appeal to him to state what the 'practice had been.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. DENNISON concurred in the observations which had fallen from the Right Hon. Baronet opposite ; and as he had been appealed to by him, he did not hesitate in stating that he did not recollect an instance where the Chairman left the Chair for the purpose of voting, and he considered that the only case in which he had a casting vote was where the numbers on both sides were equal. That was the custom which he had always seen observed. The SPEAKER expressed his opinion to the same effect. After some further conversation, in the course of which Sir J. GRAHAM intimated that he should hereafter call the special attention of the House to the subject, the motion for the revival of the Committee was agreed to. Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition from the Me chanics' Institution, praying that the law of patents might b mA e ioesvm r ier e b v f joe i s r.r e Ng d ava . —SNR, gave l ( oen O coTtt r i d Tcc e eE r o e mts d h t tti o t otyen lie ptt hro o ee nsi inquire tu l t i ehi e dr e t oai a fn b pt leAoet petition hri oi n T I hhfereo should h H . subject. o u d e licensed victuallers of Lymington against the present spirit duty. Mr. DUGDALE presented a petition from Birmingham in favour of poor laws for Ireland. Sir A. AGNEW presented a petition from Derby ( we believe) against Sunday dealing. Sir A. L. HAY presented a petition from certain attor neys against the Attorneys' Bill. On the motion of Captain PEC HELL, returns were ordered relative to prisons situated in such towns as are not boroughs. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD presented a petition from Bir mingham, praying that inquiry might be made into the working of the negro apprenticeship system in the colonies. Mr. WALLACE presented a petition, signed by 3.50 individuals, tenants of the Hon. and Gallant Member op posite (Colonel Bruen). The petitioners expressed the highest approbation both of the public and private character of that Hon. Gentleman—(Cheers) —and their total dis sent from, and disapprobation of, a petition presented against him some time back, and signed, among others, by Mr. Vigors. They felt assured that if inquiry should be insti tuted into the conduct of the lion. and Gallant 1\ 'ember (Colonel Bruen) the result would be most favourable to him. Coming from his own tenants, nothing could be more satisfactory. He had no means of ascertaing the truth, but having presented petitions on the other side it was but justice that lie should present this also. As the former petitions in this case were printed, he should move that this also be printed. The same Hon. Member presented a pe tition from John Alexander, Esq., a gentleman of the same county. He upon a former occasion presented a petition impugning the character of Mr. Alexander. He prayed that the House would institute an inquiry, and then he felt confident he should be able to remove completely any im pressionunfavourable to his conduct which a former pe- iition might have produced. Mr. SHAW suggested that these petitions ought to be printed with the votes, as the other petitions in this case had been. He presumed that these petitions were pre sented with a view to proceedings.—(Mr. Wallace, " Certainly.") In that case, he trusted both these petitions would be printed with the votes. Mr. WALL ACE said he should not propose any mo tion, until these petitions were in the hands of Members with the others. In answer to an observation from Colonel PERCEVAL, Mr. WALLACE said he had not the least objection that these two petitions should be printed with the votes, together with a third petition which he had now to present. It was from J. Woodcock, Esq., a gentleman residinc , in Carlow, and an Englishman. He entered into some detail of what he considered harsh conduct towards his tenants on the part of the Hon. Member (Colonel Bruen.) From all he could learn, he considered Mr. Woodcock to be a gen tleman of the highest respectability. He begged to inform the House that he had shown these petitions, as he did those he had before presented, to the Hon. and Gallant Member (Colonel Bruen). Colonel BRUEN rose, and said that the Hon. Mem ber who had just sat down had shown to him the petitions which had now been laid on the table of the House. He (Colonel Bruen) scarcely felt himself called upon to make any reply to the statements contained in the petition from Mr. Woodcock.—( Hear, hear.) As, however, that gentleman was an old acquaintance, he would say a few words, more for the sake of letting the House know who the petitioner was, than by way of entering into any ex planation of the reasons why he (Colonel Bruen) had chosen to ask a tenant for his rent, or of making any apology for so doing.—.(Hear, hear.) He would, however, first just mention that the annual rent payable by the tenant, whom Mr. Woodcock had taken under his protec tion, was 831. 125., and 'arrears were now due by him to the amount of 1851. 19s. Whether that which the tenant had undertaken to pay was a high or a low rent was, he pre sumed, a matter with which the House had nothing to do. He (Colonel Bruen) would, however, most willingly re lieve him from the burthen of the farm.—( Hear.) It was for the House itself to determine how long it would conte nance these paltry effusions of malice and falsehood, and thus allow the public time to be consumed. The petitioner stated that promises were made to the tenants in debt by their landlords (a pretty numerous body) though with the greatest caution, that their arrears should be forgiven if thew voted for the Tory candidates. Now, all he (Colonel Bruen) could say on this point was, that so extreme were the caution, prudence, and circumspection used in commu nicating this secret to such Members that he for one never heard of it before—(Hear, hear)—and if lie had been en trusted with the secret, assuredly he would not have been a party to the agreement. If he were disposed to speculate in a matter that had since been found so safe and easy, and not unlawful, he certainly could have obtained votes on better terms.—(Cheers.) This Mr. Woodcock was, as he had already said, an old friend of his—he was one of the very few persons that in the course of his life he had been obliged to prosecute for poaching.—(Loud cheers.) And to this circumstance, no doubt, was he (Colonel Bruen) in debted for the honour now conferred on him by the allega tions set forth in this petition.—( Hear.) He had heard that this Mr. Woodcock was on the half-pay of same Dra goon regiment, and he must confess that the objections sometimes taken to persons receiving that portion of the public money—namely, that they were paid for doing no thing—could not in justice be applied to this gentleman.— ( Hear, hear.) For, on the contrary, if unceasingly in flaming the bad passions of the multitude, haranguing and ur g ing them on to violation of the law, heading tithe and election mobs, and keeping a remote and exten sive district for years in a state of terror and disturbance, be services in which those receiving half-pay should be em ployed, no person earned it better than Mr. Woodcock. --(Hear, hear.) That gentleman was not altogether un known in this country, inasmuch as he was some time since brought to the bar of the other House for some of his pa triotic exertions.—( Hear, hear.) With respect to Mr. Alexander's petition, it was unnecessary for him to say much ; indeed, he would only refer to a single point. Mr. Alexander complained of having been accused of ruining his tenantry by vexatious litigation. The facts were these—he became responsible for his tithe—he let his land accord ingly, reducing his rent in proportion, and so giving full value for the tithe to the tenants. They of course thank fully undertook the payment of a very moderate rent. How ever, they were prevailed upon, or compelled, after a time, to refuse. Mr. Alexander, after repeated friendly applications on his part, and resolute refusals on theirs, and after wait ing for months, at length was obliged to institute legal pro ceedings. Even then his kindness and good -nature were con spicuous ; for, after all this, he prevailed upon them to go in a body to Carlow during the quarter-sessions, and to take the advice of a counsel professing very liberal opi nions. The . consequence was that they returned satisfied of the folly and illegality of their conduct, and paid his de mand. Mr. Alexaner forthwith stopped legal proceedings, and finding that each had incurred costs to the amount of 21. 155., he came forward and paid out of his own pocket nearly one-half for each. For this singular, most uncalled for, and, it would seem, ill-judged act of generosity, these very tenants now assailed him as a tyrannical landlord, en deavouring to ruin them by vexatious litigation. But let not Mr. Alexander be annoyed at this base ingratitude ; let him rather unite with every well-thinking person in pity ing the situation to which these poor people are reduced, and in endeavouring to deliver them. Let him not ima gine for a moment that lie can have suffered in the opinion of any one from those attacks. On the contrary, he had every reason to be satisfied with the opportunity that had been thus offered, not only of placing his own character and conduct in the true light, but of having it so well con trasted with the character and conduct of his unprincipled calumniators.—(Cheers.) In conclusion, he (Col. Bruen) begged thus publicly to express his thanks to the numerous petitioners who had come forward to relieve him from the unjust attacks by which his character had been assailed.— (Loud cheers.) • Mr. HARDY hoped the House would permit him to avail himself of this opportunity, the first that had pre sented itself, of replying to some observations which had fallen from the Hon. and Learned Gentleman (Mr. O'Con nell) on the night he brought forward his motion relative to the Carlow election. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman complained upon that occasion of want of courtesy in his not having furnished him with a copy of the petition on which the motion was founded. He then distinctly stated that a copy of the petition had been transmitted to the Hon. and Learned Gentleman from Bath, and such was the case. If it did not reach the Hon. and Learned Gen tleman it might now be lying in the dead-letter-box at the Post Office. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman said it was extraordinary (as we understood) that be should be the first to take up the subject. He saw nothing extra ordinary in it. He (Mr. Hardy) was never at the Hon. and Learned Member's chambers, nor the Hon. and Learned Gentleman at his.—(Cries of " Order," " Chair.") Ho T u he se S t P o EeAntierEini said t"va ttodebai te a up s against the onupetitiou rag T e h s e of the Hon. w M i t e h m t b h e l e r p w e a t s i t stating o u . tsl,o s i matters uthe option oof the c onnected H o u s House t o allow him to proceed or not. , Mr. HARDY trusted the House would indulge him with one or two observations in his own defence.—(Cries of " Order," " Chair.") The Hon. and Learned 'Member for Dublin charged him, upon the occasion alluded to, with having been guilty of bribery ten years past at the Pontefract election. He could only say that the reason he lost that election was, that he would not pledge himself to oppose Catholic Emancipation. Sir J. WROTTESLEY rose to order amidst cries of " Chair," and much confusion. The SPEAKER begged to remind the Hon. Member that he had no right to pursue this course, unless the House were disposed to concur in it. Mr. EWART said the important public business of the House was delayed and interrupted by personal discussions of this kind. Colonel PERCEVAL said he never knew the House to refuse a hearing, in his own defence, to any Hon. Mem ber upon whom any attack had been made. This was the first opportunity his Hon. Friend had had of repelling the groundless charges made against him by the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin, and he trusted the House would in common courtesy grant him a hearing. Mr. O'CONNELL—When the Hon. and Gallant Member calls for courtesy he ought to observe it him self. The Hon. Gentleman never rose in that House that he did not make an attack upon him (Mr. O'Connell.) Mr. FRENCH—Why did not the Hon and Learned Gentleman (Mr. Hardy) answer these charges on the night they were made ? He had then an opportunity of doing so. Mr. HARDY hoped the informant of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Member for Dublin told him that he (Mr. Hardy) lost his election, because he would not vote against Catholic Emancipation. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman said that he (Mr. Hardy) ma d e a personal charge against him. He did no such thing. Mr. O'CONNELL—I am ready , with proofs in both cases. Mr. EWART again rose to order.—(Much confusion.) Mr. HARDY—He charged the Hon. and Learned Gentleman with nothing of a personal nature.—(Cries of " Order," and " Chair, chair.") He understood from what had fallen from the chair upon a former occasion, that he was to have this opportunity of defence when those peti tions were presented to the House. The SPEAKER said what he had told the Hon. Mem ber was, that he would have the opportunity of replying to the charges made against him when the question, founded on the petitions, should be brought before the House. Mr. HARDY said he was ready to submit to what seemed to be the decision of the Chair. Mr. O'CONNELL rose amidst cries of " Order" and " Chair." He rose to speak to the question. He would not oppose the printing of those petitions. He bad several himself to present on the same subject, which he would move to have printed with the others. He did not complain of printing those petitions. What he must complain of was, that the Hon. Member (Col. Bruen) had the indiscretion—the presumption, he must call it— to make allusions to him and the part he took in the Carlow election—he who was not yet tried—the com plaints against whom had undergone no investigation— who had not asked for investigation. Why did not the Hon. Member follow his example ? He challenged inves tigation. Did the Hon. Member do so ? He sought, he courted, inquiry, and because he came triumphantly out of it there lay the cause of the soreness shown by the Hon. Member Upon this occasion. " Heret lateri lethalis arundo." What was the reason that many of his own tenants voted against the Hon. Member? None of Col.Kavanagh's tenants, who were embarked in the same cause voted against him, and why? Because he was a good landlord. He would not now pledge himself to facts, but he was in possession of documents which would show that the greatest oppression was exercised by the Hon. Member towards his tenants. Why did he not call for a committee of inquiry ? Let him do so. Should he obtain it and vindicate himself success- fully, no man could rejoice more than he would.—(A laugh from the Opposition.) He perceived the sneer. Oh, that sneer. It came from what they felt within themselves, from knowing how they would act. The Gallant Colonel, too, (Colonel Perceval, we believe) joined in it. He should not have done so, for he always treated him, as he deserved to be treated, with personal courtesy. He repeated that if there had bee❑ calumny he (Mr. O'Connell) would rejoice that such calumny should be defeated and exposed, and its authors punished as far as was possible ; but at the same time he maintained that allegations had been made which required investigation and called for inquiry. It was pro per that the House should decide whether gentlemen who had let lands at war rents, and afterwards made abatements without at the same time giving any other receipts than re ceipts on account, should be allowed, after having kept a register of the names of their tenants so situated, to seize for these nominal arrears of rent, in the cases of those voters ...... who had voted against them at the election. He (Mr. O'Connell) thought that a landlord had no right to come upon his tenants for merely nominal rents, because they had exercised their right of voting. He did not mean to assert that these allegations were true, but merely that they were of a nature to call for inquiry. Colonel BRUEN (after an interruption occasioned by the noise in the House, which also prevented the Hon. and Gallant Member from being distinctly heard in the gallery) said that it seemed to him that the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin was allowed to get up on all occasions, and throw out imputations on Hon. Members on his (Colonel Bruen's) side of the House, but that they never were allowed in return the opportunity of replying to those imputations.. He appealed to the Hon. Member for Greenock whether he (Colonel Bruen) had not expressed his desire that the inquiry should be gone into ? He de fied Hon. Gentlemen opposite to prove the allegations which had been made. There might have been misrepre sentations ; some one tenant might be able to show that he (Colonel Bruen) had not asked him for the whole of his rent until after the election ; but he denied that the alle gation thrown out by the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin could be proved. This was an old complaint. It had been brought forward at every Carlow election for five years past, but he repeated that it was without foundation. The Hon. and Learned Member had stated that Mr. Ka vanagh's tenants bad voted for him, while his (Colonel Bruen's) had voted against him. Ho (Colonel Bruen) agreed with the Hon. and Learned Member in thinking that there was not a better landlord than Mr. Kavanagh. —( Hear, bear.) But the fact was, that a greater number of his tenants had voted against him (Mr. Kavanagh) than of his (Colonel Bruen's) tenants against him.—(Hear.) He courted inquiry, and begged to assure the Hon. and Learned Member who had lent his sanction to the charge that he (Colonel Bruen) denied it most flatly. Mr. WALLACE, in presenting a petition against the taxes on knowledge, said that he should communicate with the Hon. and Gallant Colonel, and fix an early day to bring forward his motion for an inquiry. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER hoped that in accordance with the arrangement made on the pre vious evening, the further consideration in Committee of the Irish Corporation Bill would be allowed to take precedence of the Orders of the Day. Sir R. PEEL thought it right to state that on the third reading of the Bill a division would certainly be gone to, and he hoped therefore that some day for the third reading would be fixed upon in order to suit the public convenience. Probably Monday next would be the best day to fix upon. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that as the English Tithe Bill would be taken on Friday, Monday must be the day fixed upon for the third reading of the Irish Municipal Corporation Bill. Nothing but the continued indisposition of the Noble Lord (Russell,) should it occur, was likely to prevent the English Tithe Rill from being brought on on Friday. Sir R. PEEL inquired what course the Noble Lord in tonded to pursue with respect to Irish tithes ? Lord MORPETH said that it was wished to put off the introduction of the proposed measure on that subject until after the Easter recess. CALL OF THE HOUSE. The Marquis of CH ANDOS moved, accordinr , to notice, that the House be called on Thursday, the 21st of April. Th e House then went into committee on the MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (IRELAND) BILL. The postponed clauses were, after a short conversation, agreed to. The schedules, after some conversation, were ordered to stand part of the Bill. The House then resumed, and the report was ordered to be received on Friday. COUNTY BOARDS (IRELAND) BILL. Sir R. MUSGRAVE moved that the County Boards (Ireland) Bill be read a second time. Mr. FRENCH was anxious to know what the Noble Lord opposite meant to do with respect to this important Bill? Lord MORPETH, as the whole subject was likely to be brought forward after the Easter recess, would abstain from saying anything upon-it at present. Mr. O'CONNELL was of opinion, that before the Bill proceeded further it ought to be referred to a Select Com mittee. The amount of grand jury assessments was 900,0001. per annum. Under the existing state of things the whole expendittfre of the country was at the disposal of a certain number of gentlemen in each county in Ireland. His opinion was, that those who paid ought to have a voice in the election of those who levied the tax. The applica tion of that principle would have the most useful effect in reducing the amount of the county rates, not only in Ire land, but equally in England. He approved of the princi ple of the Bill to a considerable extent, and would be happy in Committee to afford any assistance in his power towards the objects which it had in view. After a few words from Mr. S. O'BRIEN, Mr. S. CnAw- FORD, and Mr. LEFILOY, Sir R. MUSGRAVE had no objection to refer the Bill to a Select Committee. The Bill was then read a second time, and referred to a Select Committee. The Roman Catholic Marriages Bill, and the Civil Bill Courts (Ireland) Bill, were read a second time. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ACT AMEND MENT BILL. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL having moved the third reading of the Municipal Corporations Act Amend ment Bill, Mr. SCARLETT moved a clause to the effect that in all Corporate towns two persons should be elected as She riffs, in order to insure the impartiality of Jurors in Courts of Justice, and the impartiality of returning officers at elec tions. He had used all due diligence in getting the clause properly engrossed, but he found, owing to some hurry or inexperience, that some mistake had occurred, and he, therefore, trusted to the indulgence of the Right Hon. Gentleman in allowing him to move the clause in its present form. The SPEAKER said that the rules of the House were strict, and that he had no power to render the Hon. Gen tleman any assistance. Mr. SCARLETT trusted that the Right Hon. Gentle man opposite would relieve him from the difficulty with which he had to contend. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL again moved that the Bill do pass, and the motion that the Bill do pass was ac cordingly agreed t 6. CONSTABULARY FORCE (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion filet the Bill be read a third time, Mr. JEPHSON moved the addition of a clause to the effect that Grand Juries should be enabled more effectually to control constabulary accounts. Lord MORPETH could not consent to the clause pro posed by the Hon. Member for Mallow. Dr. BALDWIN supported the Noble Secretary for Ire land in his opposition to the clause. After a short conversation, in which Mr. F . LEETWOOD and Major BEAUCLERK took part, the House divided, when there appeared—. For the cl a u se lB Against it Majority ... ........ —42 The Bill was then passed. ...._..— SALMON FISHERIES (SCOTLAND) BILL. Mr. P. STEWART moved to discharge the order fr the second reading of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) B?ill and to appoint a Select Committee on the subject. Motioni agreed to. ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY. Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN moved for a Committee to in" quire into the administration of the Royal Dublin Society. Mr. SHAW objected to the motion. Lord MORPETH would support the moti on on the simple principle that a Committee would be a proper tri bunal to decide between the Government and the Society. He thought the Society was not so conducted as t o secure the most efficient literary men as members. Th e power of excluding individuals who might be obnoxious to t he mai°. rity on religious or political grounds, was objectionable. He would further say, in answer to the observatio ns 0f the Right Hon. Member for the University of Dublin (Mr. F' for Shaw), that the exclusion of Dr. Murray was one reason his wishing the affairs of the institution to be brought before Parliament. Mr. LEFROY thought the motion was most offensive to the Society, which had existed now for a long period of time, without being stigmatised with any political or reli gious acrimony. Men of every hue of religion and politics were admitted, and it was an attempt of the mo st unjust and despotic kind on the part of the Lord Lieutenant tod overbear the authority of a society of 80 0 gentlemen' an men of high erudition, for acting on the established rules of their institution, and overbear them for no other offence than that they wished to exclude from their communion an individual who was an abettor of his system of policy. This was the first attempt on record to interfere with the privileges of this Society. The grant was prop os ed to be stopped because this literary and most national and useful Society would not stoop to the capricious dictatio n of the Lord Lieutenant.—(Hear, hear.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL (for Ireland) should certainly, when the question was brought on, vote against! granting a sum of 5,0001. a year to an i ns titution of whiel the minority (and he knew that Dr. Murray was reject ° by the minority) could direct the proceedings for party purposes. Sir E. KNATCHBULL said that the arguments of th e last speaker (the Irish Attorney-General) were such as to decide him in opposing the motion. He never knew all one to have so completely refuted himself. The n°°' Gentleman's objection was, that by the rules of the Society a veto was given to the minority, a veto exercised i n hc case of Dr. Murray unpleasantly to him. Surely, thten, the rules of the Society could be altered by the majority' s° as to prevent the minority from such exercise of power. He said the majority were blameless. Why then did theY not alter their by-laws, so as to restrain the minority ? Col. PERCEVAL contended that before the Society was thus despotically condemned inquiry should have been made, and proof given of misconduct. For the las' o f a ll thirty years 800 members were admitted—men creeds in religion and politics—and only five wer e re jected in all that time ; two of whom were, the o°ll. Member for Dublin (Mr. O'Connell) and the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, Doctor Murray ; and was the Society now to be crushed for the rejection of these two individuals (for that was the real offence charged upon i t ' ) If the Society were to be controulled by the fact ious pleashre of a Lord Lieutenant it would be hencefo rth no credit to belong to it. The House then divided— For the motion Against it Majority --36 The other Orders of th e D a y we r e then disposed of; an the House adjourned at Half-past Ten o'Clock. MR. BUCKINGHAM'S PUBLIC SERVICES. Our readers are aware that immediately after th adverse vote of the House of Commons on the e ill for securing Compensation to Mr. Buckingham for the destruction of his property by the East ln ditt Company, a public Meeting was held at Sheffleld,,i ti which certain resolutions were passed, and a C ora mittee was formed, to carry these resolutions into effe ct ' This body, composed of some of the most wealthy and influential merchants and manufacturers of that large and populous town, which Mr. Buckin,2(Yhall/ represents, has just put forth, in the name of the Committee, the following summary of Mr. Buck in g ." ham's public services, which well deserves an attentive perusal : The rejection of Mr. Buckingham's just claims to con pensation from the India Company—the refusal of the House of Commons to carry into effect the unanimous r e ; ' solutions of its own Committee, to enforce the payment 0' that compensation which the Committee had awarded---- and the consequent appeal made by the inhabitants of Shef field, as Mr. Buckingham's constituents, t o the who le country, to come forward an d ra i se b y a gene ral' National Subscription the means of paying the debt so justly due from the British public to their Representative —for the services he has p er f orme d —and the sacr ifices he has m ade from time to ti me i n t h e public causeder it desira ble. that a brief b u t connecte d summary o f t h es e services a nd . sacrifices, should b e b roug ht i n t o th e sm allest space , and presented in the c l eares t light, to all those whose aid ig ' thus solicited t o rescue a public benefactor from th e p ai°- cause—render ful position in which his own virtues, and the cruelty o f bis oppressors have contributed to place him. Such a sae rnary is here then succinctly and faithfully presen ted :--- 1. Mr. Buckingham having been engaged in maritime, and mercantile pursuits, was in the Mediterranean in the year 1813, and then visited Egypt. In his inter course with the Pasha of that country—Mohammed Ali —h e j e l the first to direct his attention to three great object s ; of which have since been realised, to the great adva ntage both of England and of India. Th e fi rs t was, the imP reve i ment of the culture of Egyptian cotton for the supPlY the British market, and the i m p or t a ti on of British ma n "' factures in return, which has b een effected_ t o an unp rece ; dented extent. The second wa s , th e sen ding as maul a possible of the Egyptian youths to England for educati o e., c „ in order that they might become the instruments of civil', zation to their own cou ntry, whi c h h as a l s o been realizue; beyond all expectation. The third was, the Survey of of Red Sea, and the op en i ng a cana l acros s the Isthmus , Suez,Tor the purpose of making that the shortest route communication between Great Britain and her possessie; in India. In furtherance of this view, Mr. Buckingt e a himself surveyed th e I s th mus , nav i ga t e d down the P'ef Sea, and visited I n di a , w h ere th e P as h a ' s propositi on b opening the commerce between that country and Egyp t the Red Sea, was, by all the British merchants there, rn es favourably received. 2. Mr. Buckingham being then at Bombay, Wa s : P : pointed, in the year 1815, to the command of a aesf gate belonging to the Imaum of Muscat, (the indeperide; Arab Prince who has recently made a present of a n e 4 . 14 line of battle ship to his present Majesty) and was fi t i' l her out for a voyage to China, when he was removed fri&e, that command by the Governor of Bombay, Sir Eve n , t he pean, for no o th er a ll ege d reason t h an t h at h e had n e " t he license of the India Company to navigate their seag;, eo real reason, h owever , b e i ng , th a t th e C om p a ny bad g express orders not to permit any one to visit or r ernain er India, whose objects were, like Mr. Buckingham's , th e us e tension of British commerce through new channels, beee ° P c' it interfered with their chartered and exclusive mo l t By this removal from his command, without any fault eves being alleged, and by this his first banishment fro m las t country, without trial, or conviction of any offence , h e a k. three years of valuable time, and the opportunity of T ad , ing, what his more favoured successor in that comma a bo ut tually realized in his three voyages to China, a sum of 4 30,0001. 3. Mr. Buckingham, in returning to Egypt, age." n evi' gated the Red Sea, and made still more accurate s u rveys t he of its coasts, harbours, and anc h orages ; a gain traver se a l: Isthmus of Suez, and traced the track of the ancient and in communicating the readiness of the British rtnsin chants in India to enter into the Egyptian trade, on ce to' terms, he succeeded in prevailing on the Egyptian Pa cha t hei grant a treaty of commerce, by which was secured te a hi British merchants many privileges never before en.il e h 00 6 them in that country ; and the rates of duty on Bri t ' s o r i t. Indian merchandize were reduced from 10 to 4 p er d r with an ample protection guaranteed to persons a n ' perty embarked in the trade. op 4 ieg ' 4. Mr. Buckingham, being himself one of the 7,a the ' parties to this treaty of commerce, the others he r' t on Pasha of Egypt and the British Consul at Cairo, •se-')of a second overland journey to India, to be the be ate r and traversing Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, and P' and suffered almost every description of fatigue, of Per'thon; privation, during this long and weary journey of T flail lete ° sand miles. He arrived safe, however, in India,, conW_liaa the object of his mission, and s e t the newly-opened G to e nel of trade in motion, giving to the world at the same' i a d' the first published account of the safety, economy , e n ; : ,.fest "" vantage of this short rou t e o f commun i ca tion betwe en lch ' Britain and her I n di an possess i ons b y the Red Sea 'fth ' st materially accelerated the subsequent adoption route, as now practised by the steam vessels frequent' 6 to the great advantage both of England and of indi e 'r i . o 5. Mr. Buckingham having in this interval obtained ' or 40 ,, the India House, the licence of the India ComPe n Y' t ct vigate their seas, was reinstated in 1816, in h ie ;ill mand of the Arab f r i ga t e , f r om which he Was fo r m, pe a removed, and performed in her a voyage to the -cr dry k Gulf, during which he greatly extended the 14 .yrenv phical knowledge both of that Gulf, and of the b: th e River Euphrates, for more than an hundred miles hairs: sea. His efforts to extend the knowledge and c(.0 0 n o ise tion of British manufactures through this channel wer % los t eminently successful ; and he perilled his life