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ALPLAIN STATEMENT °ldle POWER of the BANK of ENGLAND, and the use it has made of it ; with a Refutation of the Objections made to the SCOTCH SYSTEM of BANKING, and a Reply to the " Historical Sketch of the Bank of England." LOMrik" SITUR , AY E\TENiNfI, UGUST H, (Ao. 12.45.3.) ('RICE 7D.) Also, 1. Sir H. PARNELL, Bart. M.P., on PAPER MONEY, BANKING, &c. Second Edition, boards, bs. 6d. `). An ANALYSIS and HISTORY of the CUR RENCY QUESTION. By THOMAS J OPLIN. 89. 64. boards. It contains a masterly exposition of the Currency Ques tion." a " There is no work yet put forth so clear."—Me tropolitan Magazine. 3. An ARGUMENT against the GOLD STANDARD, &c. &c. By D. G. LURE. M.A. 51. boards. 4. The SCOTCH BANKER. By THOMAS ATT WOOD, Esq. Second Edition, sc. 6d. boards. Also, in the Press, and will be published in a few slays, The STATE of the COUNTRY in 1832—DOMES TIC and FOREIGN TRADE —CURRENCY—BANK CHARTER, &c. &c, By T. POTTER MACQUEEN, Esq. James Ridgway, 169, Piccadilly, and through every Bookseller. CANTERBURY, AUG. 9. I have much pleasure in adding to my former commu nication that the inhabitants have come forward and signed an address, expressive of the indignation they feel at the late outrageous assault upon his Grace the Arch bishop of Canterbury. Many hundred persons have al ready attached their signatures to it, of all parties, and it is to be presented with every possible despatch. His Grace complains that the Corporation invited him to their board, and neglected to afford proper protection to his per son. Thomas Duthoit, William Moffat (formerly gar dener to the Duke of Bedford), and several other indi viduals, have been held to bail, to answer any charge that may be preferred against them at the Session. One indi vidual, named Olieve, a shoemaker, is charged with throw ing a dirty pocket handkerchief into the carriage, and using opprobrious epithets. It has been well ascertalned that persons, hitherto deemed respectable, plied the rabble with ardent spirits, and then sallied forth, inciting them to acts of outrage ; what is more, they hare long inden tified themselves with the Tory party. I assure you, that persons of respectability deplore the circumstance exceed ingly; and I do not believe the Archbishop would have received any insult but for the circumstance of the Cor poration having laid out a large suns to receive him with due honour, at a time when the public funds are at a low ebb, and the wants of the poor extremely pressing. his Grace has given notice that he will consecrate the Church of St. Mary, Northgate, on Tuesday next ; meantime lie continues to reside at the Deanery.—Morning Advertiser. MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK. The Shannon, of Hull, Captain Davey, was lost at Davis' Straits on the 26th of April, and we give an cx traet of t h e C aptain ' s letter, stating the sufferings of the chip's company " Davis' Straits, June 13, 1832. " On Thursday, 28th April, at three, r. at , we were running under double-reefed topsails, with a strong wind and sleet y weather, when the ship run stem on to an ice g; there were three men on the forecastle, and never faxv it, until it knocked them down ; it entirely knocked r b n the starboard bow, broke the main stern, rose the is bolt sprit , se n t t h e cook ' s coppers as far aft as the foremast; short, the ship was knocked all to shivers forward, and :i n g oin g along the berg struck with the starboard quarter, head smage unk nown. We then hauled the ship to, with her to the n ort h -east, and got a top-sail out of the line room to put in the hole, and set on both pumps, but to no purpose; for in about ten or fifteen minutes the ship filled, and turned on her broadside, where some of us got for safety, whil e ot h ers were drowning before our eyes, and we expecting the same fate every moment. I was washed from the ma i n chains, and caught hold of the main-top. I had not been there long when the lower rigging was cut away, and the fore and main toasts broke, and then the ship righte d a : little ; the starboard of the forecastle was dry, and f ortunately I reached the ship again, but, when we counted our men, we were seventeen men and two boys abort. We then rigged a tent, with a sail, to shelter us from the sea ; every thing went off the deck, and the sea, making a fair breach in forward, soon began to burst up every thing below; boats, bed cabins, bulk-heads, and every thing between decks broke up and came up the hatchways, but we were not able to save one single article. There were two ships in company with us the night before, and I thought th e y m i g ht f a ll i n w i t h us , b ut we never saw them, the weather being thick. We made many attempts to get some provisions, but there was so much sea we C ould get nothing but a cask of flour, caught hold of in the hatchway, so that we had nothing to eat or drink but salt water, flour, and raw beef, for seven days and six ni ghts. We were in a deplorable state : some of the peo ple were out of their minds with salt water, and two died that mornin g , the 2d of May, but the Lord had mercy on UP, for about 2 r. sr., to our great joy and surprise, we saw two vessels coming towards us, which proved to be two Danes, bound to Davis' Straits. I and the mate, and twelve more, went on board the Navigation, Captain Bang; the Doctor and twelve more on hoard the Hoalfes hen, Captain Groens. Five died on board of this vessel, and two on board of ours. *They were all out of their minds, and in a shocking state. From some of their legs the flesh had rotted off their hones, from the affects of the atilt water ; but, thank the Lord for his mercy, I never ailed much, for I drank as little as I could help. W e have been in one port, and are now in a second, and have an otser to go to in lat. 62. N., where we sent the mate and another to get a leg each taken off. The Undaunted, of Burntisland, has been taken into Willeford very much stove." GERMAN PAPERS. VIENNA, JULY 28.—Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress arrived at the Palace of Schnenbrunn yesterday afternoon, in perfect health, from their journey to Italy.— Austrian Observer, July 29. WARsAw, JULY 29.—0 n the 24th inst. the Prince G overnor-General issued the following Proclamation : " By the authority of his Majesty the Emperor and King, the uniform of the former Polish army, which in its infatuation wickedly violated the most sacred oaths, and dared to draw the sword against its lawful Sovereign, is abolished. Accordingly, and for the complete execu tion of this resolution in the whole kingdom of Poland, Orders are hereby given, that no person shall henceforward Wear that uniform ; hut those officers who, before the in surrection, had received their discharge, retaining the uniform, and who hive remained faithful to their duty, are graciously permitted, by his Majesty the Emperor and King, to ask leave to wear the Russian uniform under t he name of a uniform ala suite of the arff.y. For this Purpose, the Military Commanders in the several provinces are to submit to me, for inspection, the petitions they may receiv e to this effect from the said officers, with certifi cates showing that they took no part in the rebellion." On the 19th inst. the Prince acquainted the public that his Majesty had, on his representation, issued orders to give to the wives and children of the Polish etaff and s!tperior officers in pri son i n R uss i a , till the return of their husbands into the kingdom of Poland, the same sup- P o ol , for three years that i s appo i nte d b y A p p en dix I. t e t e e ordi nance confirmed by his Majesty on the 27th of 1) ~ 1831, for the widows and orphans of Polish officers. CoNsTAsixmorLE, JULY 7.—The Moniteur Ottoman of this date announces the taking of the city of Damascus by Ibrahim Pacha. This being a holy city, the Govern ment wished to avoid t h e shedding of the lievers by believers on that sacred ground. blood Aos thee city bhce city is open and defenceless the inhabitants could not resist, and the Governor, Ali Podia, who has no troop , was o bli ge d to l eave the city. The army ' under Hessein Pacha is advan c i ng i n good order, and as rapidly as the heat of the weather permits. Its first operations will doubtless convince the rebels that their plans, like former ones of the same kind, will never succeed. Ned.chib Effendi, who was charge d'affaires for the de posed Governor of Egypt, has given unequivocal proofs of fidelity to the Sublime Porte. The Sultan is resolved to Punish Mehemed Ali and his son, but to grant an entire amnesty to those who may have been led astray by their arts, promises, or violence, when they acknowledge their fault and return to their obedience. Nedschib has been tent on this gracious' mission to the camp of Hussein Pael l a. lie has made several journeys to Egypt, and lately to Heflin; he is acquainted with the principal inhabitants, Iml enjoys their mfidence. H e w ill assure t h em o f t h e perial pardon, and dispel the fears that might be excited ° Y the military rigour of the Field- Marshal. VIENNA, JULY 30.—Mettalliques, 11,7 1.8 ; Bank hares, 1132 1.6.-411yenteine Zcitung, Aug. 4. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARYLER ONE. Yesterday George Heavens, a young man of respect able appearance, was charged before Messrs. RAwt,INsoN and GRIFFITHS with having forged various hills of ex change on Messrs. Whittaker and Company, the extensive booksellers anel publish, rs of Ave Maria-lane. Mr. John Lindsay, of No. 27, Earl-street West, Edg_ ware-road, coated that the prisoner had been for some time a lodger in his house. About three months ago he left his lodgings, at wit jell time he owed witness a balance of rent amounting to 21. In about a fortnight after he called, and wanted him to discount a bill of exchange for 15/. is. 6d., purporting to be drawn by Whittaker and Co. on John Smith, a bookseller of High -street, Maidstone. Witness, instead of discounting it, indorsed the bill, and got it dis• counted by Mr. Hodgson, paid the money over to the pri soner, after deducting his discount and the balance of rent. From Mr. Hodgson it was pail away to a Mr. Hunter, who discovered it to be a forgery. Before tl e bill came to ma turity prisoner called on witness with a bill of 291. lo s ,, which he wished to have discounted, but witness declined having anything to do with it. He has since been in formed that it was discounted by a Mr. Balance in the city. There was found o❑ the prisoner's person another bill of exchange fur 221. 14s. 6d., drawn by Whittaker and Co. on Henry Grey, of High -street, Chelmsford, which be admitted was also a forgery. 'Witness under stood hint to say it was his intention to issue this bill to provide in part for the two other bills. At the station•house prisoner wished witness to use his influence with his brother-in-law not to press the charge against him. He said it was a most serious thing, but it was not for himself he cared, but for his poor wife and family. He again sent for him to the station-house on the morning after• his apprehension, and asked witness whether it could not he accommodated, as he was aware if no charge was brought against him he must be discharged. Witness replied, that they could not do it themselves, as Mr. Hudson and Mr. Hunter were made acquainted with his apprehension. A messenger was despatched for one of the partners of Messrs. Whittaker and Co. to attend, but he returned as the office was about to c:ose with a letter from the firm, stating that their signature to the bill of 151. ls. 6d. was a forgery, and that it would be inconvenient for them to at tend that day. The prisoner was then remanded, in order to give time for the production of all the witnesses on the three forged bills of exchange. We understand that the prisoner 'had formerly been a re spectable broker in Bath, but misfortune had compelled him to come to London, where he has supported his family by his abilities as an author. During the examination the prisoner several times burst into a flood of tears. SUMMER ASSIZES. MIDLAND CIRCUIT-LEICESTER, AuGusr 9. THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE V. TILE INHABITANTS OF THE HUNDRED OF BROXTOWE. This was an action brought by his Grace the Duke of Newcastle against the inhabitants of the hundred of Brox time, to recover compensation for the damage done to Not tingham Castle, by a riotous mob, in the month of October last. The damages were laid at upwards of 31,0001. Although the trial of this cause occupied the whole of yesterday and to-day, the facts may be stated in a very few words, only two questions having arisen in the cause,— namely, whether or not Nottingham Castle was situated within the hundred of Broxtowe, and what was the real amount of the damage done? Upon the arrival at Nottingham, on the night of the Bth of ()ember, of the news of the rejection of the Reform Bill by the House of Lords, a great deal of excitement was produced in the town. Placards were posted an nouncing a public meeting to be held on Monday, for the purpose of considering what cAirse was best to be adopted on the occasion. A meeting was accordingly held, and resolutions entered into; but the excitement of the popu lace was not thereby allayed. On Monday evening, a great deal of rioting took place on the part of the mob, and amongst other places they attacked Nottingham Castle. Having been refused admission at the gate, they effected a breach in the wall, and proceeded to the Castle in great numbers. Some of them first entered the lodge, the three inmates of which escaped through a window, and took refuge in a garden. The mob having here lighted their torches, the Castle was immediately set on fire, and the whole of the woodwork and interior was destroyed. The Castle had been untenanted for some time previously, and was left in the care of a man named Marriott, who resided in the lodge. This man attended in due time before the Magistrates, stated his knowledge of the felony, entered into the necessary recognizances to prosecute, and complied with all the other necessary forms prescribed by the Act of Parli iment to entitle the plaintiff to br,ng the present action, which was accordingly commenced within the spe cified time. Upon these points, therefore, no struggle was made. On the point of locality, a great number of ancient documents were put in, from which it appeared, that the Castle was of very great antiquity, having existed prior to the 12th century, but the precise date of its origin was not ascertained. From various parish proceedings before the Sessions, it appeared, that for upwards of 140 years past, it had been always treated as within the hun dred. On the question of amount of damage, only one wit ness, Mr. Robinson, an architect in the employment of the Duke, was called, who estimated the injury done at 31,2601. including 7501. fur tapestry, and 2501. for an equestrian statue of an ancestor of the Duke's ; and 251. each for eight bu s t s , w hi c h h a d b een placed on different parts of the building. One of the rooms, the state bed room, had been floored with cedar and ebony, and wain, toted with cedar. On the part of the defendants, two architects from Nottingham were called, who estimated the damage at 15,000/. and a fraction ; and Mr. Cubit, front London, who calculated that it would take 21,0001. ' to restore the building ; but then it would be in a better state by more than 5,0001. than it had been before. It would be impossible, he thought, to put it exactly in the same condition. The jury, atter a short deliberation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages 21,000/. OXFORD CIRCUIT, MONMOUTH, AU GUST 9. The Judges arrived in this town last evening, from Hereford, and the Commission was then opened with the usual formali-y. This Riorning, the Learned Judge hav ing attended divine service, the business in the Courts commenced about twelve o'clock. The Grand Jury, of whom the Most Noble the M►rquis of Worcester was foreman, having been sworn, the Learned Judge proceeded to charge them. He would not allude, he said, to the general cases in the calendar to gentlemen of their experience, with the exception of one case which would, unfortunately, invole details of an un pleasant and disgusting description—it would be well that a bill should not be found against the pri soner, excepting upo❑ the fullest evidence, that if possible the Court might be saved from the details, which but too often led to the crimes which it was intended to punish. The Learned JUDGE then congratulated the Gentlemen of the Grand Jury upon the exemption of this county from that dreadful disease, the cholera, which be under stool was mainly to be attributed to the cleanliness and tempercnce of the inhabitants generally. The calendar contains a list of sixteen prisoners, princi pally for crimes of an ordinary description, with the ex ceptio❑ of the case alluded to by the Learned Judge in his charge. NORTHERN CIRCUIT, CABLILE, AUG. 8, Mary Woodend, a good-looking young. woman, 24 years of age, was indicted for the wilful muraer of her male infant child, on the 13th of February last. Henry Fox—l live at Gosport. I recollect on the 18th of February last being near Julian Holme. I was near the river Blanc, about 200 yards from Julian Holine. had lost a little dog a short time before, and saw some thing in the t iver that I thought might be it. I went down, and found the body of a full-grown male child. It appeared to have been lately born. Air. Lawson, surgeon—l examined the body; it was a large, lusty male child : full grown certainly. The navel string had been cut at about three inches from the body, but not tied. It is usual to tie the navel string. Surgeons always do, if they wish to preserve lite. I therefore jtftlge that there had been no medical assistance. There were no wounds on any parts of the child; but there was a mark going round the neck, as if made by a riband or piece of tape. Beneath that mark there was a quantity' of extravasated blood. I then opened the chest to examine the lungs. They were spongy to the feel, and floated in water. I then opened the bead. The hlond-vessels of the brain were full and turgid, but there was no extravasation of blood. From the appearances, I concluded the child had been born alive. By the Juno E-T he test of trying the lungs in water is an unsatisfactory test. The circums , ance I have men tioned only proved that the child had breathed. That may sometimes happen, and still the child not be horn alive. It is possible that in the course of delivery the navel string may be twisted round the neck of the child. That would produce the appearance of extravasated blood. Elizabeth Wilson—l recollect the prisoner coming to my father's house. She said she came to visit her friends. I only saw her once before. When I saw her afterwards before the Magistrates her person was more slender. The prisoner was absent on Monday, the 13th of February, from 11 o'clock till 3. I went to look for her. She told me when corning home she was indis posed. She went to lied that evening at 6 o'clock, which was earlier than usual. She slept with rw, and in the night complained of thirst. The child was found on the following Saturday, before prisoner left. It was stated in her presence that a child had been found in the river, and she said " Poor little thing !" Alice Singleton was a married woman. Prisoner came to her house on the 10th of February. Witness acciden tally touched her side, and discovered that she was pregnant. The Jury acquitted the prisoner of murder, and fut.nd her guilty of concealing the birth. Sentence—l 2 months' imprisonment, and hard labour. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, AUGUST 10. The Royal Assent was given by Commission (the Corn missicners being the Marquis of WELLESLEY, Lord LA NS DOWNE, and the Earl of SHAFTESBURY) to the Glass Duties Bill. MESSAGE FROM TIIE COMMONS. Mr. BERNAL, and others from the Commons, brott2ht up the Lands' Revenue (Scotland) Bill, the Bribery at Elections Bill, and several private Bills. The whole were read a first time. SPEAKER'S PENSION BILL. This .Bill was read a second time : Committee to morrow. SPEAKER'S SALARY BILL. Read a second time : Committee to-morrow. FORGERY BILL. _ _ The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second read ing of this Bill, and said that he should not think it neces sary to make any ohervations upon this stage of the I3ill, as the principle of it was universally admitted. Any clauses, excepting certain species of forgery, might be pro posed in the Committee, which he should propose to appoint for Monday. Bill read a second time and committed accordingly. LUNATICS BILL. A message from the Commons requested a conference on the above bill, which was granted. Members were appointed to conduct the conference in the Painted Chamber, and after some time the House was informed that the Comthons persisted in their objec tion to the amendments made by their Lordships in this Bill. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY then moved that their Lordships' amendments be abandoned, which was agreed to. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Bribery Bill (brought up from the Commons) was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time 'to• morrow. THE LORD CHANCELLOR'S SALARY BILL. This Bill was brought up from the Commons. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that in moving that this Bill be read a first time, he would take the opportu nity of contradicting a statement which had gone abroad, that the duties of the Lord Chancellor were considerably diminished since the establishment of the Court of Review in Bankruptcy. That was not the case. The Court sat as long as ever it bad done ; and it was the same thing to him whether he disposed of bankruptcy business, or busi ness of any other description. It happened that during the last seven months, no less than 258 bills had been filed more than had been filed in 1829,—the year in which the greatest number of bills had ever been known to be filed. The establishment of the Court of Review benefited the Vice-Chancellor if it benefited any person ; but he was as much occupied as at any former period. The Bill was then read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday. COPYRIGHT. The Earl of ROSSLYN presented a petition from the publishing booksellers of London, praying that the Aber deen University Bill might be postponed till next Session. The Bishop of LONDON said, that the claim of the Universities to 11 copies of each book operated as an un-. equal tax. The author who published a thousand copies of a book, and he who published only 100, sent each an equal number of copies to every University—namely, 11 copies ; but the former work might be worth only one guinea a copy, whilst the latter might be worth 10 guineas. It was proposed to give the University of Aberdeen 5001. a-year for sacrificing their privilege, but he knew other bodies who possessed the same privilege, who would wil lingly dispose of it for 3001. Under these circumstances, he thought it premature to legislate upon the subject, and he wished the Bill to he postponed. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE admitted that the Copy-right Act operated as an onerous tax upo❑ litera ture; but he thought it desirable that the Bill should pass as speedily as possible, in order to enable the Government to carry into effect the convention withFrance.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, .Auousr 10. The House was summoned to the House of Peers to hear the Royal Assent given by commission to the Bill for the repeal of the duty on flint glass. Mr. SADLER presented a petition from Leeds, pray ing for such an alteration of the Church Government Bill as should remove the impediments to the endowment of churches and chapels by private individuals ; also, a petition from the workmen employed by Messrs. Chapel and Guest, 01 Prestwich, in Lancashire, iu favour of the Regulation of Labour in Factories Bill. Mr. LEADER, in presenting a petition from the parish of Clontert, in the county of Cork, complaining of an in stance in which the police were engaged in exciting a dis turbance, adverted to the sentiments which fell last even ing from the Lord Chancellor. The Hon. Gentleman said that he had read with the deepest regret the observations alleged to have been uttered by the highest legal authority in the country, in which it would appear to be intimated that the meetings which had taken place for the purpose of petitioning Parliament, to redress some of those many grievances under which the people of Ireland were suffer ing, were of a rebellious description. It was true that Irishmen were not by law entitled to the same pro tection or privileges as Englishmen, and that the Habeas Corpus Act which could only be suspended in England by Parliament was not in this its most important feature, yet extended to Ireland. It was a melancholy truth that this distinction existed still on the Statute Book, and that by a clause in the Irish Habeas Corpus Act, the 21st and 22d of George the Third, the Lord Lieutenant had the power, in cases of actual rebellion or invasion in either country, to suspend that Act. Though this was true, the spirit of the times, and the less severe policy of late governments, rendered that clause of the Act obsolete and almost f orgot t en . I n 1786, w h en necessity was declared to warrant the measure, the Irish Parliament suspended the Habeas Corpus. In 1798 it did the same ; in 800 it did the same. He found no instances of the Habeas Corpus I eing suspended by proclamation ; and if a necessity existed, it was the duty of Parliament not to leave the responsibility on any Lord Lieutenant, but to imitate the conduct which was pursued by all the Parliaments of Ireland when there was a neces sity to suspend the Habeas Corpus Act itself. He was sorry to see high legal functionaries looking for a summary mode of suspending the palladium of British liberty, or giving a new or wider construction to what may constitute rebellious acts. By this enlarged construction of what was rebellion, the poor tithe payers of Ireland, or th e starving manufacturers, could not meet to complain without exposing their country to have the Habeas Corpus suspended by the proclamation of the Lord- Lieutenant and Council. When this power was not en trusted by the Constitution to the King himself, lie feared the existence of power in the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, which did nut exist in the King of England, would be considered a new cause of jealousy in Ire- Isml—(llear, hear, bear)—and if England were awake to her interests, every real grievance in Ireland should be removed, and every cause for jealousy removed also. There were grievances, and whilst they continued there would be meetings, and the complaints and petitions against tithes and church abuses would he loud an numerous, and the Act which had recently passed this House, would be little calculated to repress the dissatisfaction and discontent of the people.—(Hear.) Mr. HUME trusted it would be found that the allega tions of the petition, which were of the most serious na ture, were not correct. After what had been stated in another place by a high legal authority, relative to the construction of the Irish Habeas Corpus Act, he should be most happy to hear from the Learned Gentleman opposite (Mr. Crampton) his construction of that Act, and what was the weaning of the word rebellion contained in it. Mr. CRAMPTON was unable to inform the Hon. Member whether the statements in the petition Were correct or not, but he believed no complaint had been made in any other quarter than the House of Com mons. If a tithe of the statements in the petition were correct, there had been gross misconduct somewhere. With respect to the Habeas Corpus Act, he admitted that the Act for empowering the Lord Lieutenant to suspend it was peculiar to Ireland, and probably very wisely so, but it never could he contended that he had that power with respect to meetings at which parties could only commit petty offences. But whenever rebel lion raged, whether in a province or a county, it was in the power of the Lord Lieutenant to suspend the Ha beas Corpus Act. Where any number of the King's subjects united together for the purpose by force of com• pelling a change in the law, or beating down the execu tive, by which life and property were endangered, that he understood to he the meaning of rebellion, and nothing he believed had been said by a high legal authority in an other place disagreeing with that. The topics which had tended to raise the people into combination were that the law of Ireland:was not equal to that of England. Mr. CALLAGHAN, in supporting the prayer of the petition, stated, that he had not heard of a single resolu tion proposed or passed at any meeeting in Ire!and which could be considered illegal by the most technical lawyer. It was obvious that in the part of the county from which the petition came, the Government were endeavouring to put down meetings by means of the military and police. It was therefore not surprising that parties so situated should come to that House. The assertion that Ireland was in a state of rebellion was totally without foundation, for, with the exception of one or two counties, Ireland could not be in a better state than it was at present. He trusted that conciliation, and not aggression, would be the order of the day with the Government in future. After some observations from Mr. LEADER and Sir H. 31uscaavn, the petition was ordered to be printed. Mr. LEADER presented a petition from Bury, in Lan cashire, against the employment of the military in the col lection of tithes in Ireland. Mr. HUNT supported the prayer of the petition. Mr. HUNT presented a petition from the Northern Political Union of Durham, and other friends of Reform, signed by upwards of 40,000 person!, to the same effect. He alluded to the recent events at Clitheroe, and hoped that no such outrage would again take place, for every man should have a fair hearing, whether he were a Tory, a Whig, or a Radical. Mr. HUAIE seeing the Hon. Secretary for Ireland in his place, would take the opportunity of asking him whe ther it was the intention of Government to institute, dur ing the recess, an investigation into the Revenues of the Church in Ireland, as if not, he must persevere in the motion of which he bad given notice. Mr. STANLEY said, th❑t such a course would be un necessary, as it was the intention of Government to ap point a commission to inquire into the subject, which would not only report upon all the subjects mentioned by the Hon. Member, but would, in fact, go much further. Mr. HUNT presented a petition from a person named Webb, against all taxes on knowledge, and one from a person named Briggs, praying for the better regulation of lunatic asylums. kfttr a desultory discussion respecting the Lords' amendments to the Lunacy Bill, it was agreed to dissent from them ; and a Committee was appointed to request a conference with the Lords, for the purpose of stating the reasons of such dissent. The Committee having been appointed, they withdrew. On the motion of Mr. SPRING RICE, the Consoli dated Fund Bill, the Assessed Taxes Composition Bill, the Exchequer Court Officers Bill, and the Army Half pay Bill, were read a third time and passed. Mr. SPRING RICE brought up the Report of the u,ual Sessional Addresses, which recommended addresses to his Majesty to take measures for remunerating R. Ber nal, Esq., Chairman of the Committee of this House, to the extent of 1,2001. for his services this Session, and for remunerating certain other officers of the House.— The report was agreed to. Lord AL FHORP moved an address to his Majesty, praying that be would be graciously pleased to confer some ecclesiastical dignity on the Rev. the Chaplain of the House.--Ordered. Mr. S. RICE moved the third reading of the Lord Chancellor's Bill. Colonel SIBTHORPE wished to correct a❑ error as to what he had said with regard to the Lord Chancellor's salary and retiring pension. He had been reported to have said, that he would have no objection to give the Lord Chancellor a larger salary than was proposed by this Bill. Now, what he really did state was, that he thought the salary was enough, and not too much, for the Lord Chancellor as a working man, but that he thought the retiring pension was too large. The Bill was then read a third time and passed, as was the Party Processions Ireland Bill. Mr. SPRING RICE brought up the Report of the Committee on the Lord Chancellor's Sinecures Bill, with amendments. Mr. HUME said that nothing which he had heard had induced him to alter his opinion, that the retiring pension of the Lord Chancellor was too much : 1,0001. out of the 5,000/. was given to him on the plea of abolish ing certain offices. It was well known the Lord Chancellor and all the other members of the Government took office with the understanding that they would abide by any measure of economy that might be adopted, and there fore the receiving 1,000/. for the abolition of sinecure offices was inconsistent with the principles upon which he accepted office. Having made these remarks, he would content himself with protesting against so large a pension. Mr. HUNT said it was all true that the Hon. Member had stated, but what was the use of mentioning it to the House, when the grant had been confirmed by a majority of 60 to 2. The report of the amendny nts was then agreed to. 'the report of the Committee on the Stage Coach Du ties Bill was brought up by Mr. S. RICE, and ordered to be engrossed. THE GREEK BOND-HOLDERS. On the order of the day for the third reading of the Greek Convention Bill being read, Sir FRANCIS BURDETT took this opportunity of presenting a petition which had, in some degree, reference to this subject. It WAS a petition on behalf of the holders of Greek Bonds, arising out of the loan of 1625, to repay which the revenue of the Government had been pledged. They were certainly entitled to considerable attention, par ticularly at the present moment ; and he thought that Go vernment ought to interfere to obtain for them some secu rity for the money they had advanced. The petitioners wished only that their.case should be fairly considered, and prayed that the House would make due provision for the protection of their interests. Lord ALTHORP said the object of the convention was to place the Government of Greece on a more stable foundation, w hi c h wou ld benefit all its creditors. _ _ Mr. RUTHVEN;vIsTred to remove the impression that had gone abroad, that he was averse to this Bill ; no ma❑ was more friendly to it than himself. Mr. ROBINSON would allow the Bill to be read a third time, but he begged it to be understood that he was not a consenting party to its provisions. After some observations from Sir F. BURDETT and Sir R• VITYAN, the Bill was read a third time and passed. LUNATICS BILL A conference then took place with the Lords upon their Lordships' amendments to this Bill, which ended in their Lordships not insisting upon those amendments. O❑ the motion of Mr. S. RICE, a message to the Lords was agreed to, for a copy of their Lordships' report on West India affairs, together with the appendix. Mr. S. RICE moved the third reading of the Civil List Payment Bill. AFFAIR AT CLITHEROE., ➢lr. S. RICE moved the third reading of the Civil List Payments Bill. Mr. HUME would take that opportunity to put a ques tion to the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Lamb) on the subject of the melancholy . transaction which took place at Clitheroe a few days ago. He was the mote anxious to put this question, because he saw that an H in. Member (Mr. Irving) who was connected with that tran saction was now present. He was informed, that when the Chief Magistrate of Clitlieroe understood that the Hon. Member, who was then at a distance of two miles from the town, was about to enter it with troops, he objected to the proceeding, from prudential motives. Mr. Hume then proceeded to state the circumstances of the case, as they have already appeared ; and proceeded to say he hail abstained from asking any question upon this subject for several days; but as he supposed the Right Hon. Gentle man had by this time received full information upon the subject, he hoped that he would now detail the whole of the circumstances. He the more especially wished this to be done, because he hail this day received a petition from Whalley, complaining that the constituted authori ties there had behaved in a manner highly unconstitutional. Mr. IRVING would state, as shortly as he c mid, what took place on the occasion to which the Hen. Member al luded. A considerable time ago, an intimation was made to him (Mr. Irving) by many of the most influential and respectable inhabitants of Clitheroe, that if he offered himself as a candidate, he would be well received. To that a short reply was returned, and this was the only communication he hail hail previously to his proceeding to the town. Another gentleman, it appeared, had also set up as a representative of the borough. There were in that neighbourhood three manufacturers of great wealth and importance, and, lie believed, highly respectable men, with whom, however, be had no acquaintance. They em ployed a very considerable numb.r of men—not less, he supposed, than 2,1300 or 3,000, Each of these gentlemen was considered by some as a proper person to represent the borough. He knew not how they had come to a deci sion, whether by ballot or otherwise, as to which of therm should stand ; but one of the three, Mr. Fort, was se lected. There was, however, another interest, which did not consider any one of these gentlemen as a proper repn , tentative for the borough. A committee had been formed of the gentlemen constituting a part of the constituency of Clitheroe, and on the invitation of that committee, he (Mr. Irving) had been invited to come forward as a can didate, and personally to present himself to the electors of the borough. That invitation was accompanied by a state ment which hail been forwarded to him, emanating from Mr. Thomson, and be believed Mr. Fort also joined, that he (Mr. Irving) might enter Clitheroe in perfect safety. In answer to that invitation, he replied that he would reach that town on the evening of Monday the 30th of July last, and in performance of that reply, he proceeded to visit that town. He was joined at the house where he had sojourned for the night in the neighbourhood of Clitheroe, by about 60 persons, manufacturers, gentlemen, and yeomen mounted, and with that cavalcade, increased as it proceeded by about twenty individuals on foot, he pro ceeded to enter the town. On reaching the town, he found a dense concourse of people assembled,—indeed, a multitude he was not prepared to expect. Stones were thrown, some directed at himself, and others at the gentle men by whom he was accompanied. He (Mr. Irving) was personally insulted in the grossest manner by being spit upon. Stones and other missiles were hurled into his carriage, and yet he was inclined to view all this with per fect indifference. After this, three several attempts were made to open the door of the carriage, and those attempts were accompanied with imprecations of the grossest nature, such as "Pull him out,"— " Burke him,"—"D—n him, kill him." This all transpired before he (Mr. Irving) had reached the inn, and it was but justice to say that he had only been saved from being dragged from his carriage by a person who seemed to be of great importance amongst the multi tude, and who, it subsequently appeared, was the game keeper of his (Mr. Irving's) opponent in the canvass, Mr. Fort. He succeeded in arriving at the inn in which the self-formed committee in his support had assembled, and which, on his arrival, he found densely crowded, indeed so densely crowded, that hail he made an attempt to enter, it would have been impossible that he could succeed. At this moment, there were persons busily occupied at the hind part of the carriage in the endeavour to overturn it. The linchpins of the carriage were also attempted to be removed, the stones were flying as thick as hail, and under the order of some voice in the multitude, the post boys were ordered to drive on. They did so, despite of every attempt made by him (Mr. Irving) to stop them. He could not feel surprised that they obeyed the order to drive on—such was the shower of missiles by which they, in common with himself, had been attacked; and when they were surrounded as they were by a multitude of the greatest scoundrels in the world.—(A laugh.) He begged not to be understood as describing his constituents of Clitheroe in such terms, nor could he do so, for though the multitude or mob amounted to about 10,000, yet the constituency of Clitheroe were not more than between 200 and 300 at most. He again begged to repeat that he was the mere instrument in the hands of others, and had not himself done any act calculated at all to give of fence to any party. Having been driven away from the town in the manner and under the circumstances which he had described, at the next neighbouring place, to which he had been carried after a long and mature deliberation of the Magistrates who had assembled, they thought fit to send for a military force from the adjacent town of Burn ley, which was distant two or three miles from the place at which they had assembled. He here begged to remark that his belief was, that whatever feeling had been raised against him, owed its origin to his having voted in favour of the Anatomy Bill. At the place where they proceeded to after leaving Clitheroe, he and his friends had remained some time, when the landlady gave information that the resting place of the party was known in Clitheroe, and that a great body of men were moving from that place, towards the place in which he had taken up his tempo. rary abode. At this period he should remark that Mr. Garstang, the Bailiff of the town of Clitheroe, of whom it had been said that he dissented from the course pursued of calling in aid a military force, had a consultation with the Magistrates, and came from that consultation con vinced that the conduct of the Magistracy was called for in this instance, and he had even joined with the body of Magistrates who had acted in signing the report made by them in reference to this transaction, to the Secretary of Stare for the Home Department. He now came to the last point which, in reference to this transaction, it was necessary for him to refer—namely, as to the return to Clitheroe. He must first observe, that before this, Colo nel Clayton, one of the Magistrates who had acted, had set out on his return home, when, on meeting with the military, he again turned back and joined the party. The party then returned to the town, and on enter ing it, he (Mr. Irving) perceived that the numbers of the crowded multitude had been greatly reduced ; in fact, it appeared to him that at least two-thirds of the people had gone away. Still, however, a great con course of people remained, and it also increased as they proceeded again in their entry into the town, and in their progress the military were assailed with missiles, stones, and brick-bats, which were thrown from the houses as the cavalcade proceeded. In addition to this, other of fensive weapons, such as sticks, were used by persons in the crowd against the military force, which was most se verely attacked in that way. It was then that the com manding officer applied to the resident Magistrates to read the Riot Act, and in obedience to that application, the Riot Act was read by the Bailiff, and other Magis trates, in various parts of the town. The commanding officer of the military party then endeavoured by the action of the horses of the corps under his command, to disperse the crowds which had assembled. In do ing this, he was extremely sorry that injury should have been done to any individual, and nobody could regret ' such an event more than he (Mr. Irving) did; but soldiers, when called upon to act, and having weapons of defence in their hands, could not be expected—nay, it was natural that they should resist the attacks with which they were themselves assailed. After this en deavour to restore tranquillity, he and his friends again proceeded from the town, under the escort of two troops of military. Under that escort they had reached a neigh bouring town (we believe Whalley was natned by the Hon. Gentleman), when, in consequence of information which followed, one troop of the military was sent back to endeavour to restore the public tranquillity of the place. He would here remark, that notwithstanding what had happened on the first occasion, he (Mr. Irving) had been anxious to have canvassed a certain por tion of the electors of the borough, who were distant from the town itself; but he had been informed that in that dis trict the men were armed, and that it would be as much as his (Mr. Irving's) life was worth to make any such attempt, and therefore it was that he bad abandoned the canvass. To this fact he begged to call the attention of the Attorney-General, whom he was glad to see in his place, as one which greatly interfered with the freedom of election ; and he could assure the Houle that be made the statement without having in view any personal motive, but on general views with reference to the rights of any individual claiming or seeking the representation of any town or borough. He also could assure the Attorney-Gee neral that he could point out the chief actors in the system of intimidation or interruption to a candidate, which had in the present instance been practised, and those individuals were certain of the members of the committee for securing the election of the opponent candidate to him (Mr. Ir ving). He could not hot take the present opportunity of noticing the conduct pursued by a candidate for the neigh bouring town of Blackburn, Dr. Bowring, who had been pleased, in the course of his speeches and addresses to the electors of that borough, to attack and cast imputations upon him (Mr. Irving.) The Learned Doctor hail strongly alluded to his (Mr. Irving's) being a West India proprietor, and insinuated that, therefore, he was inimical to the abolition of slavery, while, at the same time, the Learned Doctor well knew that he had suggested a plan which had met the attention of Government, by which that subject might he set at rest. The Learned Doctor had said much elsewhere as to what he (Mr. Irving) was, and he would take the liberty of telling the House what he was not. He was not either an Atheist or Deist in his religious principles ; neither was be republican in his political principles, nor had lie trafficked in revolu tions.—(Hear, hear,) He thanked the House for the pa tience with which they had heard his statement, and for the attention they had bestowed upon it.—(Hear.) Mr. LAMB was glad that he had given precedence, on the present occasion, to the Hon. Gentleman who bad just , at down, because his statement had much lessened that with which he must hive necessarily troubled the House. He (Mr. Lamb) was not prepared to pronounce any de cided opinion upon the conduct of the parties voncfrned in the transaction in question, for some of the statements with which the Government ha:l been furnished, and hav ing reference to some points affecting some of the troopers individually, had only been received in the course of this day. He regretted that any town in this country should, on any occasion, have manifested and displayed such a spirit of dictation, and such a feeling of hostility to free discussion, as had been manifested by those who bad so long and so loudly complained against the party who had been called the boroughintingers.—(Hear s hear.) With regard to calling out the troops upon the present occasion, he did not think that the Magistrates could be blamed for the course they had pursued. A misconception had gone forth that the bailiff of Clitheroe (Mr. Garetang) hear opposed the military being called out; for, as h d been stated by the lion. Gentleman opposite, that ger2- tleman had joined with the Magistrates, who had acted on the occasion, in their report of the transaction to the Government. The only doubt or question upon his (Mr. Lamb's) mind was, why it was that the Hon. Gentleman opposite, and his friends, returned to Clitheroe accompaa nied by the military. If the military went there to allay any tumult that prevailed, he could not thinle it was quite correct that they should he accompanied by, or that they should carry back with them, the cause of that tumult. At the same time he did not mean to dispute the right of the Hon. Gentletnan to enter the town ; but it certainly appeared that the tumult which took place on his appearing was renewed on his return with the military ; and when one troop returned (in the manner described by the Hon. Gentleman) without him, peace was reetortd. He (Mr. Lamb) had already said that. an inquiry was going on with reference to this transaction, and therefore he was net prepared to give any decided opi nion with respect to it. Therefore, the only question which he had to answer on the present occasion, was that put with reference to the reading of the Riot Act. The Riot Act had been read by Mr. Abhott, a Magistrate, from doer of the inn, and who afterwards went on horseback and again read it amonest the mob ; and it had also be a read byMr. Garstang, the bailiff, in other parts of the too X Even after this had been done, the attacks upon the milit ry were continued, and he conceived that not the slightest blame could attach to the commanding officer for the course which he had felt it to be his duty to pursue. The Magistrates bad said it was time to disperse the mob, and on that authority the commanding officer had acted. He did not believe that the troops had been guilty of any vio lence, but he thought that the great damage had arisen from the persona who, in the course of the tumult, lead been trodden under foot. Mr. HUME inquired how long it was after the Riot Act had been read, that the people were charged upon by the military ? Mr. LAMB replied, that the question put by the lion, Member for Middlesex involtod one of the points on which he had not yet received accurate information. Mr. HUNIE could not hesitate to deny the aspersions insinuated by the Hon. Member for Brarnher, against the learned gentleman, Dr. Bowring, who was a candidate for the representation of Blackburn. Dr. Bowring was neither an Atheist, nor a Deist, nor a republican, but in all the conversations which he (Mr. Hume) had had with that learned individual, he hail found him a friend to all that could tend to improve the condition of mankind. To say that Dr. Bowring was either a republican, or a trafficker in revolution, was inconsistent with the character of that learned individual.—(Hear.) An Hon. Member (as we understood, the Hon. Mr. Cosa') bore testimony to the high character and respecta bility of the Magistrates Who had acted on this occasion, and with whom he was personally acquainted. He could assure the House, that between the chair and the bar of the House, there did not sit more honourable or inde pendent gentlemen than the Magistrates who had been en gaged in this transaction. At the same time he must re mark, that the neighbourhood of Clitheroe abounded with individuals connected with manufactures, who were, he was sorry to say, at all times ready to join in any popular disturbance. Sir E. SUGDEN hoped, that now, as was alleged, that the people had got a full representation, they would show that they were satisfied with it. His Hon. Friend might undoubtedly, if the excitement at Clitheroe had been one of a temporary description, have done better in not return ing there for a while; hut as the tumult was one preme ditated in its character, and raised by a number of indi vids; yt a t s or s i e ign m ht ter bled fienr efr goingoi m n t t h hi) e eac n ekl e e i te g ht l i t eo b rne o . u o r f h l o t fi ro , da li t' is tao H nwd o n i Ih F we r Friend had not thus returned, he would have been stigmatized as a rank coward. The words " the coward Irving" would be in the mouth of every man there ; and the persons who now found fault with him for going back to Clitheroe could be the very first to despise him for not doing so. It was a lamentable thing to find that a man like his Hon. Friend, one of the first merchants in the first commercial city in the world, should, when seeking the high honour of representing a town like this in the British Parliament, be met by such outrageous and disgraceful hostility as was manifested in this instance.—(Hear, hear.) lie agreed with his Hon. Friend near him, in not attributing tide outrage to the Reform Bill, or to the constituency of Clitheroe, but to an assembled and disorderly multitude from the surrounding neighbourhood. Lord ALTHORP said, that if such outrageous pro ceedings as had taken place in this instance should be resorted to in the case of other elections, he was afraid that there would be an end to the I eedom of election dtogether.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped and trusted, how ever, that this would be a rare instance of such an oc currence. If it had been the new constituency in Cli theroe, to whom the Reform Bill had just given the right of voting, that had acted in this manner, the circumstance would have been to him a subject of much sorrow and regret, and he should at once protest against such a pro ceeding on their part, as one of the grossest outrages that could have been committed against the freedom of election ; as, however, even the new constituency of Clitheroe would be small in amount, this riot, occasioned by a mob of upwards of 10,000 individuals, could not be attributable f t o o rm th e e r m e , le la c u ti t o w n a r s io a t t s t , ri lon bu g table before as the in Refor m thing like it, was thought of, to other persons who had nothing to do with the representation of the place in ques tion. In fact, it appeared that the riot was occasioned by an assemblage of the people from the neighbouring court. the case Bill, of or many any try. Now he believed that any borough situated as Clitheroe was, in the middle of an extremely populous dis trict, might be liable to the occurrence of riots of this description, whether its constituency amounted to twenty er to three hundred, which was the actual number at resent in that place. He would not discuss the question as to the prudence of the Honourable Member in returning to Clitheroe. He was satisfied, that if the Honourable timber could have foreseen that the effect of his return ing there, would be the necessity of dispersing the people , y force, the Hon. Member, as any other Member of that House under similar circumstances would do, would not have taken a step that would be followed by such conee quences. He did not mean to deny that the Hon. Mem 'ier was justified in going back to Clitheroe, but the ques tion here was one of prudence, and as to whether the Hon. Member would have forseen that the calamity of dirtePseuriBtin ofg a mob of persons by force would have been c ourage, i Isis returnmi a t n h t e a r i e ning .liheiswrep was be attended by such conArquence s. n conclu sion, repeat what he bad al read y sai d ,that outrages of his description were to take p lat!e at election s , there would be an end to the freedo m of election..—.(Hear.) Mr. Mr. HUNT was far from justifying the outrage which I had taken place in this instance, but this he would • iin, that such proceedings must be the inevitable cruse. t q a u a i ti te on sure fo r co that no e:oh wouldn e e for have eke of it would taken such a step, if he could have foreseenioe the must i quence of the present State of things, when they 1011114