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.~,:, ~ -~ :}~~. , ; , •%\c self—e Cis a judge removable at the pleasure of ale Crown 1 -1 •I' 1 0 - and yet:: that to him sitting alone was entrusted, not only - the di. rpoaal of property, but the settling of the rights to props. sty of an immerse amount, and that that judge was, whet' , aer he willed it or not, a political as well as judicia , char acter ! It was only necessary for him to fill their Lord shii re' minds with the reasons with which his own was so strongly impressed, to make him certain that they would ' agree with him that much longer this anomaly could not last. What was then to he done ?—To separate the func tions now exercised by this high officer ; not to let him be at once a judge sitting alone, a judge removable at plea sure, the Speaker of that House, an official adviser of the Crown, and performing that which was incident to the Speakership of that House; functions that ought not to be exercised alone, but with the advice and assistance and under the control of others. If this were done, a great anomaly would at once be put an end to ; and this might he done without any increase of patronage, and without the expenditure of one shilling of the public money. His opinion was, that the provision made by Parliament for the sustentation of the Keeper of the Great Seal was most amply sufficient, and that that Officer of State and great Equity Judge should be immoveable. It might be neces sary somewhat to remodel the salaries of the judges; and he should be doing injustice to a most able and honourable judge if he did not say that, in his opinion, the salary of the Chief .Justice of the Court of Common Pleas could no longer be suffered to remain higher than that of the Master of the Rolls. Indeed there was no conceivable reason why one salary should have been made higher than the other in the first instance, particularly as the Master of the Rolls was the superior in professional rank, except that the Master of the Rolls then enjoyed the ad • vantage of a house attached to the Court, in which he held his sittings. Now that house had since been given up the Master of Rolls to the service of the public, and no compensation whatever had been made him, so that it was indispensable that some arrange ment of a different kind must now take place so as not to leave him, the superior judge, with the inferior salary. It was fit it should be known that the opinions he was now stating were strictly his own, and that in what he was saying he was not committing any one of his col leagues. The reasons which he had alleged here, and else where, on the subject of the Reform in the Court of Chancery, were not disproved by the experience he had had of that Court, but were incalculably increased in force and number by the result of that experience. He should take this opportunity of answering some objections that had been publicly made, elsewhere, respecting the funds out of it which the charges in respect of the new salaries were to be defrayed. Some persons, from their great ignorance of the state of those funds, had asserted that they had been dealt with by Parliament to the injury of the suitors. They were not dealt with by the Court, because the Court bad no power of dealing with them; but they had been dealt with by Parliament, but with no injury whatever to the suitors. The funds now forming the funds of the Court of Chancery were composed from different sources. The suitors of the Court of Chancey were entitled to many mil lions, which hid from time to time been paid into Court, and which stood in the nameand to the credit of the Accoun rant- General. From time to time application were made by different suitors to have portions of these funds invested in the public stock, and the party who was ultimately found entitled to the sums so invested was then entitled to the dividends arising from them, and these dividends were regularly carried to his account. This fund never had liven dealt with by Parliament. But besides the funds thus f or med, there were others formed in quite a different manner. There was a floating balance of cash, which was raked tile Dead Fund, because it did not bear interest, and respecting which no application had been made to have it laid out in public securities. Now that fund has, from time to time, been dealt with by Parliament. By several Acts of Parliament, certain sums had been ordered to be taken from that cash account, which wasprecisely in the pature of a banker's balance. 'The Court, like the banker, .vas ready to pay what it lsad received trout the suitor or (9140111 e., what wag entered in his name, -or what he was it was sufficient for him to state- on iy ~ this tund was formed, in order to sweep away, at once and for ever the idea of Parliament having fione any thing which they had nut a right to do. lie should now - only add one word with rrspF;;,•t to the Bankruptcy Carrot, The savings under the new system, after paying all the saia. ries of all the officers, left a balance, as compared with the former system, of 36,0001. a year. The saving on the Judges' salaries alone was 9,600/, but the whole savings, including those on reassignmenta and bar. gains and silo-, amounted to 43,000/. a year, from which must be deducted between 6 and 7,000/. as permanent compensations, which left the ha• lance at the sum he had already stated, namely at 36,0001. a year. This saving of 36,000/. a year would be the ultimate and permanent saving ; but the amount would not for the present be so great, on account of the sums to be paid for compensation. It would not for a time he more (as we understood the Learned Lord) than 14,000/. per annum. But this reduction in expense was, he considered, the le ast part of the benefit. He had been disappointed, and he regretted ihat he bad been dis appointed in one respect—that was in the reduction of the number of Commissioners and Judges. He thought that ten would have been sufficient; and if be had been suc. ceasful in his opposition to his learned coadjutors in this matter, he believed (he could not be certain) that it would not have been found that these Learned Commissioners and Judges, taking them at the number of ten, were too few for the discharge of their duties. The six Commissioners had certainly enough to do, but the Court of Review was as decidedly under-worked ; and he hoped to be enabled, at an early period of next Session, to throw some addi tional labour upon those learned and excellent persons be longing to this Court—labour which they were so well qualified to bear. He proposed to add to their labours by connecting them with the Insolvents' Court, whence he did not apprehend they would have too much labour, while the country would be inza,lzulably benefited by the fact of there being a greater number cf circuits of judges, and their always having acres; to the Cour;;. To prove the advantage of the new system over the old, he stated that the average number of dividends in the months of _November and December were 115 ; but that in the No atember and December of 1831, through the effects of the new arrangements, the number amounted to 639. The Noble:and Learned Lord also stated, that one Commis sioner had recovered within the last six months arrears to the amount of 50,0001. ; and he cited several cases to show the more speedy operation in cases of bankruptcy, under the new system, and particularly referred to the case of Sir G. Duckett, which, he stated, would be settlt d within the twelvemonth. From alt that he had said be was anxious to draw the conclusion, that th_ working of the new system was moat satisfactory; and he coueluded by expressing his gratitude to the gentlemen of London for the cordial and hearty support ha had received kali them in this measure, although in many ead,a their pre judices were thwarted, and in some their interests were affected. • The-Bill was then brought in, and read a first time. f The appearance of the House was - strange during the delivery of the greater part of the Learned Lord's speech. There was only a glimmering of light, and there were but four Peers to represent their Lordships' House—The Chairman of Committees ( Lord Shaftesbury), t h e D u k e of Sussex, and th e Earls of Fife arid Rosslyn. At the conclusion of his speech the Lord Ch,zncellor departed. He was followed by the Earl of Rosslyn and th,e Duke of Wellington, who had been engaged in conversation with some gentlemen below the Bar.l The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his place on the Woolsack as Deputy-Speaker ; and the following Bills, with the Lords' amendments agreed to by the House of Commons, were brought up by messengers from the House of Commons :—The Lord Chancellor's Salary Bill, the Tithes' Composition (Ireland) Bill, Party Processions (Ireland) Bill, and the Civil List Payments Bill. Their Lordships then adjourned to half-past 10 to• morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS, AU GUST 15, The SPEAKER entered the House at a quarter to 4 o'clock, shortly after which the House was summoned to the House of Lords to hear the Royal Assent given l.y commission to several Rils, fir a list of which see the Lards' Report. Mr. Houseman, from the Comm;ssioners of Sewer, appeared at the bar with a'statement of the charges made by the Commissioners. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. A, Message from the Lords announced that their Lord s'dps had agreed to the Forgery Bill, with amendments, the Tithes Composition (Ireland) Bill, with amendments, and several Bills, without any amendment. THE FORGERY BILL. Lord ALTHORP hoped the house would not object to take the Lords' amendments to the Forgery Bill into con sideration before the House proceeded to other business. He therefore moved that the Lords' amendments be now considered. The amendments having been read, Lord ALTHORP said the important alterations made in this Bill by the other House were the excepting forged wills and powers of attorney for money in the public funds from the operation of the Bill, lle for one should have been willing to abolish the punishment of death for forgery altogether ; but as the Bill made a very great al teration in the law, he would have no objection to proceed partially at first. Considering, therefore, that the all as it stood was a great gain in favour of abolishing the punishment of death, he hoped the Lords' amendments would be agreed to. He had been asked on a former evening if he knew whether the Directors of the Bank of E❑gland had expressed themselves in favour or against the Bill, and he had to observe that he had recently re ceived a communication from the Directors that they were unfavourable to abolishing the punishment of death in cases of forged powers of attorney. The Noble Lord moved that the Lards' amendments be agreed to. Sir E. SUGDEN concurred with the amendments in troduced inro the Bill by the Lords. Mr. WARBURTON would be glad to hear from the Noble Lord opposite the reason why the Bank of Eng land wished an exception in the ease of powers of attorney. Lord ALTHORP said the reason was, because the clerks of the Bank, from their situation, knew the exact amount of stock standing is each person's name, and though as a body they were exceedingly respectable, yet there might be some of that body who, from some circumstance or other, might be induced to act dishonestly, and the Hon. Member must be aware that on the power of attorney the exact amount must be stated. Mr. HUME thought the reasons stated by the Noble Lord showed clearly a case against the exceptions in cases of power of attorney. The Hon. Member thought it would be better to reject the Bill altogether, than agree to it with the exceptions. He trusted measures would be taken in the next Parliament to remove the exceptions. Mr. SULKS acceded to the sentiments expressed by the Noble Lord opposite (Lord Althorp. ) Mr. HUNT 'elt it his duty to enter his protest against the amendments, though he would not divide the House at this late season upon the subject. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that much bad been gained by the Bill as it now stood, though he should lave been much better pleased had the amendments not been inserted in the Lords. Th., amendments were then agreed to. TITHE COMPOSITION BILL. Lord ALTHORP moved that the amendments made by the Loris %,) this bib should be agreed to. Mr. ItUTHVV. 4 N regretted that the law had been inter preted in another place, with regard to the Habeas Corpus Art, in a light so very eAffertnt to one that was at all suffi citnt to give satisfaction to Ireland. The interpretation given to it by a high authority was completely against the spirit of all constitutional law, and would not be submitted to in any other country than unfor tunate Ireland. It was a lamentable thing that Ire land was to be bereft of all the benefits of that glorious act by such a subterfuge as was now brought for ward, and brought forward too by a man whom Ire land was in the habit of placing in the very front of those whom she considered as her best benefactors in the liberal measure of emancipation, and who appeared to have made use of the power entrusted to him for the purpose of en slaving the people whom he bad so firmly supported when he was out of power. It was unfortunate that such doctrines should be fort with regard to Ire- wherein his observations . _ misrepresem ..., stated, that he had on thatoccasion expressed his grief at the occurrences, and that he deplored the necessity, if there was any nece - city, of the cavalry resorting to violence against the people. Mr. HUME asked whether the result of the inquiry proved that the military had been called in without the sanction and against the wish of the Bailiff of Clitherue. and also whether viol-nee was not used by the cavalry before the Riot Act was read. Mr. LAMB said that the Bailiff having only at first witnessed a small part of the outrage, certainly was against sending for the military, but afterwards, on hearing all that had been done, he joined with the Ma gistraes in the request for the military. As to the Riot Act, it was read before the soldiers acted. The inquiry showed that the soldiers had acted under circumstances of great provocation, and that they conducted themselves with great prudence. Mr. HUNT had heard a very different version of this affair. If elections were to be carried on at the point of the bayonet, it was high time that the people should arm to protect themselves against such aggressions, as was some time ago recommended by the Times, in respect to protection against the boroughmongers. As to the various statements, be knew that the most abominable falsehoods were uttered in the case of the Manchester mi:ssaere, to protect the soldiers from punishment, and he thought the same thing would probably occur in this case to screen the soldiers. As to inquiries, all inquiries by the Government were merely farces, for they were only inquiries on one side of the question. G. neral PHIPPS said, the Magistrates, on this occa sion, conducted themselves in the most exemplary manner. Lord ALTHORP deprecated the recommendation to the people to arm themselves as a most mischievous and dan gerous doctrine. The law was strong enough to punish the guilty; and as for inquiry, Government would never fail in instituting it wherever it was called for, as in this ease, in which it had been conducted promptly and im. partially. THE SOLDIER SOMERVILLE. Mr. HUNT presented a petition from the chairman of the Northern Political Union in favour of the private Somerville. The Hon. Member took that opportunity of asking if Somerville was yet discharged, for it was under stood from the Right Hon. Gentleman (Sir J. C. Hob house) that he would be as soon as the Court of Inquiry had terminated. Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE said, that having understood sumerville was to be discharged, he applied to the proper Tamer on Saturday, and received for answer that he might consider Somerville as virtually discharged ; his belief was, that he was at this moment discharged, but if he were not, at all events be would be before the end of August. The petition was then read. Mr. HUNT presented a petition from the Reform As. sociation of Manchester praying for a repeal of all the clauses in the Reform Bill except the disfranchising clause. Lord ALTHORP said, he would take this opportunity of making a few observations relative to the statements made by his Hon. Friend (the Member for Rye) on a previous occasion, That Hon. Gentleman had stated, that unless some alteration were made in the Reform Bill, there would be only 758 persons entitled to vote in Manchester, that in Blackburn there would be only 78, in Salford there would be but a very small number, and in Bolton on'y 84. Now he (Lord Althorp) bad received a statement from a gentleman connected with Manchester and its neighbourhood, which affirmed, that instead of there being only 758 votes in the township of Manchester, and 400 in the remaining parts of the borough, there tPould be from 7 to 8,000 persons properly qualified to vote. That in Salford there would be from 1,100 to 1,200, in Bolton upwards of 100, in Blackburn, instead of 78, up wards of 1,000. The information to which he adverted came from a gentleman who had canvassed Black burn, and bad obtained upwards of eight hundred votes. The lowest number of votes in any of the boroughs to which the Hon. Member had referred would be up wards of 700. At Preston also there were from 8,000 to 7,000 qualified to vote. He (Lord A.) felt happy in being able to make the present statement, as he must con fess he was greatly alarmed at the picture drawn by his Hon. Friend. He could not but consider that the Hon. Member was under some mistak e in th e obset vations which lie made, and he could not but think the statement extremely exaggerated. Mr. MACAULEY said, that from a conversation he had had with a gentleman from Yorkshire, not the slightest inconvenience was felt in Leeds as to registration, and he believed that observation might be extended to the whole manufacturing districts of the West Riding of York. Colonel EVANS said, that it appeared he had been very much misunderstood. He had only put a supposition, being himself totally ignorant of the nature of the consti tuency or the effects of the Bill in any of the boroughs a tverted to. The assertions, however, with respect to the Metropolitan Districts remained exactly as they were. If the Bill were not altered with respect to them, they would be virtually disfranchised. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE—The Noble Lord, on a former occasion, stated that any scot and lot voter who had paid his rates up to the day of registration would be entitled to vote. I wish to ask him whether he meant the rates due to sth April, or the rates due to the d iy of registration? Lord ALTHORP—I really think that these questions would be more fairly addressed to a lawyer tha❑ to me ; but I apprehend that the law formerly was, that all rates must be paid by the scot arid lot voters up to the day of the election ; and all that is done by the present Bill is to put the day of registration vice the day of election.— (Hear.) Therefore, where a voter claims under the old law, all rates must be paid up to the day of registration ; and this would have been the case, if we had adopted the proposition of giving all scot and lot voters throughout the kingdom the elective franchise. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE—Then I am able to state that not one elector in the parish of St. George, Westminster, will be entitled to vote —(Hear, hear. )--They have paid their rates up to March 25 ; but if required to pay them up to t: e day of registration, not one will be able to do that; indeed I believe that it is already too late now to take such a step. I had an opportunity this morning of ascertaining that not one of the 5,144 rate-payers in St. George's has qualified according to the opinion just deli vered by the Noble Lord ; while, on the other hand, 4,180 of them have paid their rates up to Lady-Day last. And now the simple question is—Can they vote? Lord ALTHORP—I omitted just now to state what I have already frequently stated, that those only are disqua lified who refuse to pay when the demand is made on them. That is the old law of scot and lot voting ; and that is equally applicable under the present Act. Besides, if they have all paid up to Lady-Day, such as occupy 101. houses will be able to vote on that claim. Mr. T. DUNCOAIBE—No, no. Mr. WILKS—The Noble Lord does not appear to be aware that subsequent rates have been made. Mr. DUNCOMBE—I understand that only twenty two out of the whole parish have paid the last rate. Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE—When the collectors of the taxes give in their accounts to the public treasury, they are obliged to make affidavit that they have made the de mand on all the rate-payers ; so that it is impossible that any can escape that way. Lord ALTHORP—My Right Hon. Friend having so long been a Member for a scot and lot borough, 1 am sur prised that he is not aware that payment of taxes is not necessary to entitle a scot and lot elector to vote. Sir G. WARRENDER wished to ask whether the Government would a:low the register to be postponed ? He understood the Paymaster of the Forces to have inti mated, that in all probability no new election would take place before December, in order to admit of the registra tion being perfectly completed. He therefore wished to a-k the Noble Lord whether there was any chance of a General Election before the register was complete ? Lord ALTHORP—I think that it is quite impossible for a Minister of the Crown, consistently with his duty, to give an answer to that question.--( Hear, hear.) I certainly did state on a former occasion, that there would be a great inconvenience in a general election taking place before the register was complete. lam willing to repeat that statement ; but I think that I should be guilty of a dereliction of duty, were I to give any pledge as to the dissolution of Parliament ; and I must, therefore, decline giving any answer to the Hon. Baionet.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME had seen some dozens of letters addressed to the candidates for the Marylebone district, offering a pledge of voting if they would pay the writers' rates ; and it certainly was undeniable, that the clause which pressed rno,t heavily on the new constituency was that which re ferred to the payment of rates by the small tradesmen, who constituted by fir the greater bulk of the metropolitan electors; for which reason he was of opinion that the Bill would ❑ever be tborsughly satisfactory to the country until it was so far modifies ias that the test of the payment of rates should be removed abogether. Mr. HUNT had all along denounced this Billl as a Landlord's Bill and a Chancellor of the Exchequer's Bill; and he therefore trusted that the im e was not far distant when the payment of taxes would he got rid of as a test ; because they ought to remember that it seas not any doc trine laid down in that House by the Noitile Lord which constituted the legal interpretation of the 8111, He re, Forces exiii.tha ii, is ss, , sis - -si-dy, - incr re- Aftorney-General f ., explain it a third way; anktiseriefore„is was quite evident that the-matter would finilly rest on the decision given tft i& legal Ina:ling )f the words : t r r l a 4m t s i : R n y :t i li se e ' Lt ; and he would further take upon t hco : ::nnt t h tsoae e fillif t Aotpseuj.:kip.i, lb: itycew.e:Fdsiriuisioeon df t tfrn h huadee a nsrt itcAt,ht•oii,fcini disfranchised. des h aan. e anil, gmts r em e o,is g ss: i . vs eery t e e r r n y g doubtfule l ba c r to r t i barristers t: wn r shAelaticbateecid.heus allp. t h s l e i a (1 1 shall b e s e - exceedingly ionof the glad Hon ourablettilti,feertsBnerwyiar. Member for Hertfod. plati appearsd theirra t t h e a s t u 4 P l t B o o t the 25th of March. A new .ate was made on the Ist April; and as the Act states that all rates must be paid up to the persons will not be disqualified. sth Mr. CRIPPS asked whether those voters in boroughs Lord to whose right did not before depend or the payment of rent and taxes were now to be forced tc pay them to be en titledA v o t eL T ? H 0 R yt P tohf atstia, the Bill h ti e il ,l e c ni o r u ieg l s , l l : wt o b n eed l , y rh s ieg t a ch t o e t su b isd i h s no w ou tii(sil say.l be ttd g w} l the :en h roei‘gadi%tetrii.xto.ite:pnihel\e'e%,en,t,diAl:leege‘e'dirateayffi c e rtai nly election, as they would have been un jeß q uestionl of f U . 'R wouldT 0 coming 1 ' t obsa idthat b the y euxi p o o ou n ss ly ie, way, g th Probablye t h candidatesen, aosfhsoetrto-t Session of Parliament would be nceAssary to settle the t e h r e r T o ih r a s ew o Ay f eTr t a h + i s bill. Sr G. WA Onoß li c ß fo E Ery N ti D .ieG E pEe li Nop s El a e i ß. d the Bill would be good for I s a v ir a: , so ri g ot rea t t he a ladteifißiciulll.tyAL did nit believe there right of scot and lot voters i ll s e ascertain eqr questions a e i s n t li t m h s e teas d th e ey r s e a c m i a d t u ' e s d t a T c s o o k n i consult the old in the House, the answers to which, whether correctly given or not, went abroad, and generated much confusion. The House of Commons was not the slace to answer legal questions. Mr: HUME contended that it was the business of that House to settle the question, and make the laws intelligi ble. Legal men differed on the question ; who then was to settle it ? There were so many difficulties arising that it was possible there might not be enough Members to form an Election Committee in the new Parliament. He understood that the Right Honourable the Secretary for Ireland (Mr. Stanley), greatly to his credit, had summoned all the registering barristers to Dublin, ~s. state their opinions on the new , Bill, so that a uniformity in their decisions might he obtained. He recommended a similar proceeding here, and if that were done, it would be known whether there would be a necessity to summon a short Session of Parliament before Christmas, or not. Mr. D. WHITTLE HARVEY said no opinion could yet be formed on the subject of the disfranchisement or enfranchisement till the returns of those who had paid rates and taxes were completed. Yet should it turn out that the constituency was not so narrow as was expected, it would not be wise to have a new Session of this con demned Parliament. lie believed that when the returns were completed, it would be found tbat the constituency was only narrowed in certain places, and that in general the people would be found to have paid up their taxes and rLt:s.—Petition was brought up and laid on the table. PUNISHMENT FOR BLASPHEMY. Mr. HUNT presented a petition from certain inhabi tants of London against the sentence passed on and Warde, condemned to 18 months' imprisonment at Derby, for blasphemy. Mr. HUME supported the prayer of the petition. The expression of opinion was a civil right, and he was asto nished that the Ministers who, out of office, were the ad vocates of civil and religious liberty, should, in office, lend themselve s to support such a system. We were probably about to enrol ourselves in the conclave of despots assem bled at Frankfort. The ATTORNEY -GENERAL said the two persons were not sentenced to punishment for blasphemy only, but for committing an assault on a Clergyman on the fast. day. Their conduct was a violation of the public peace. Mr. PERCEVAL said it was disgraceful in Members of that House to snake themselve s the channels of pre senting petitions to that House in favour of blasphemy. Mr. HUNT rose to order. If th e H on. Member meant that himself petition by m a ki ng hi mself the can ne hle ofh to the H ouse, he must appeal to the Speaker whether or not the Hon. Member was in order. channel presentingdisgueetdhe The SPEAKER was understood not to support Cllr. Hunt's view ; and Mr, PERbEVAL proceeded—What ir e meant to otate was, that when persons were brought before the Courts of Justice, and were punished by the laws of the country for blasphemy, that it was most disgraceful in any man to support those who were condemned by the laws. If men avowed themselves blasphemers it was disgraceful to them, and it was disgraceful to such Members of that House as presented their petitions. He meant no personal offence; he was only laying down a principle that ought to be alway s attended to. All their actions ought at all times to be re gulated with a regard to the glory of God. It was dis graceful to any men—to any Christians—to lose sight of that. He wished his Majesty's Government to look to this. The proceedings to which this petition adverted, and petitions vindicating those proceedings, were sapping the moral principles and degrading the minds of the p-ople. There had set in, in the country, a horrible tide of moral depravity under the surface of society. It bad not yet come to their ears—it had not yet entered their doors; but it was working its way in secret, and would speedily burst upon their notice. The Hon. Member was proceeding in this strain, when Mr. HUNT rose and moved that the House be counted. There was some demur, and Mr. Perceval again attempted to speak ; but Mr. Hunt reiterated his motion—l move, Sir, that the House be counted. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and there being only thirty-two Members present the House was necessa rily Adjourned. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. GOODWOOD RACES, Auausr 14. Chichester, Tuesday Night . _ The assemblage on the race ground this afternoon was highly fashionable, but, contrary to general expectation, it was decidedly less numerous than last year. The sport too was inferior, and there was a general dullness notice able, that could scarcely have been anticipated at so popular a meeting—all seem to be reserving themselves for the Cup day. The principal personages in the Grand Stand were— the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, and family, Duke and Duchess of Argyll, Marquis and Marchioness of Ta vistock, Marquis of Exeter, Earl Jersey, Earl Verulam, Earl and Countess of Lichfield, Earl and Countess of Mountcharles, Earl of Uxbridge, Earl Stradhroke, Count Matuszewic, Lord George Bentinck, Lord John Fitzroy, Lord C Manners, Lord W. Lennox, Lord George Lennox, Lo, d R Grosvenor, Lady Sophia Lennox, Lady Georgiana Paget, Hon. Colonel Russell, Hon. Captain Rous, Hon. B. Craven, Colonel Udney, Colonel Cosby, Colonel Lyster, Lord Albert Conyngham, Captain and Lady Agnes Byng, Mr. C. Greville, Mr. Sloane Stanley, Mr. Willan, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Rush, Mr. Payne, Mr. Thornhill, Mr. Shaw, Sir L. Glyn, Sir S. and Lady Graham, Sir M. Wood, Baron de Tesier, &c. We give a few additional particulars of the princip 11 races this afternoon, from which it will be collected that the favourites were beaten in every instance : Two-years old.—After about four false starts they came off at score—Lord Egremont's filly being in front, Weeper waiting on her, and the others pretty well up; the pace told unusually quick for half a distance from home. Ad vance, Gift, and Duckling were completely tailed off; the other two kept abreast, horn the stand till a few strides from the chair, when Weeper went away from her com panion, and won cleverly by a length—rode by Chapple, Harpalice by Arnull, advance by Conolly, Duckling by Boyce, and Gilt by Pavis. Betting-11 to 8 on Harpa lice, 5 to 1 agst.Weeper (taken), and 5 to 1 agst. Advance. The match was a poor affair.-2 to 1 on Zebra, who was beaten easy ; Pavis rode Tarquin. Drawing Ri,om Stakes--Betting 6 to 5 on Posthumous, 7 to 2 on Beiram (taken), and 5 to 1 agst. Spencer. The last-mentioned horse made the running at a very moderate pace. Posthumous lying second, three or four lengths off, and Beiram third ; nor was there any change till about a mile from home, unless it was that Posthumous got still further astern of Spencer in cooling round the hill. About a distance and a half from home Spencer gave up, Beiram and Posthumous going in front. The race was not long doubtful, for at the stand Beiram went in front, and won cleverly by a length rode by Conolly; Posthu mous, by Robinson; Spencer, by Arnull; Margaret, by G, Edwards; and Scandal, by Forth. The Innkeepers' Plate of 5 soya., and 25 added. Mr. Dockeray's Rosebud, Sst. 41b (Robinson) 1 1 Mr. Oliver's Chancery Suit, Sat. 41b 2 3 Mr. Forth's Vertigo, 7st Mr. Moore's Hatable, ist 4 4 Wednesday. Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each, h, ft., for 3-yrs-old ; colts, Sst. 71b. ; fillies, Sst. 41b. A mile. Ten subs, Duke of Richmond's Hyder and Lord Chesterfield's Olga ran a dead heat.-7 to 4 on Hyder. The Goodwood Stakes of 25 sous. each. Sixty-nine subs, of whom 15 paid 15 soys, each, and 41 only 5 sovs. t "./.. c cia J. f tzroy named CZ nge ing, 41* '" -1-."'""Th un) yrs., The iollowin g also warted, Esc, en, 2 General Grosvenor's Sarpedon, a yr, Captain Byng's Ciudad Rodrigo, 4 yrs. Mr. Rush's f. by Whalebone, 3 yrs. Lord Uxbridge's f. by Sultan, 3 yra. Lord Tavistock's Pedro, 4 yrs. Mr. Howe's The Screw, 4 yrs, Mr. Day's Lucy, 3 yrs. Mr. J. Day's Shark, 5 yrs. Mr. W. Day's Giantess, 3 yrs. Lord Tavistock's Schoolmaster, 3 yrs. Lord Egremont's Sister to Tom Thumb, 3 yrs. 5 to 2 agst. Screw ; 3 to 1 agst. Shark; 4 to 1 agst. Lueetta 12 to 1 agst. Sarpedon ; 12 to 1 agst. School master ; 10 to 1 agst. Rush.—Won by a head. The Ladies' Plate was not run. Wednesday Night. BETTING ON TILE GOLD CUP. 11 to 10 agst Lord Chesterfield's Priam 7 to 2 agst Mr. Itidsdale's St. Giles 7 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Lady Fly (taken) 8 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Beiram High odds agst. Rowton, whose starting is considered doubtful. New Matches for to-morrow. .50 each, h. ft.—Lord Jersey's Fingall agst. Lord Ux bridge's Hermit, Sat. 11b. 50 each, h. ft.—Duke of Richmond's Casador, 7st. 71b. agst. Mr. Cosby's Sketch Book, Sat. 71b. ...,..-........ se nat was enwreu zu ors :Lame, --..• ..—.. -- - between i such doctrines should be put forth with regard to Ire- e ntitled to. I.f..tY- was this difference, however, t.he Court and the banske.‘ , ..that the latter was rot bound I , hod' accompanied by such a Bill as that now before to invest the money at the da.:: : „.„, a the euttomer, as the f thesu I itar. Now the House, which was - of itself enough to greatly disturb w; Court was lround to inst it at the...ay.:, L the peace of the country. Then as to the meetings which o the P3rliament had from time to time ,a, . . ti w tm igtoosent bad lately been held there, at the beginning of the ~'.. ,:.h, ruoney, and interest had aris.-z-W. _To that - Session they were told both by the Chancellor ... - ett:est - . - .0 sv.itir writ - entitled. If all the O ur i ,--- -- itu i,,,, B oi,- Deana and the Solicitor-scrotal, that num- could Ly pssibility :- d ;u the Assfliati --, hers did Dot r.se, up an platt ,... .,t-....._ .___. . _ . constitute rebellion ; but now both those au- ,..... fh ---- ---- 1 . half r t hi n w h a t wa s dneto..ecv , ., at ..es. .sritra N mitt s . !.1!..... , ..,•yes had put it forth as their opinion that the late - te,--psi4,--ow-Tiira-a,:the principal y „ a „ .. ...,,,, r ,,,,a , he meetinisklrvere very nearly so, if not altogether, amounting th y would have no claim to.A.be_int 2 wart, because jtvias to that hig.„, , , ime . ; this Vial unfortunate, as tending to their own fault thatthey had - ftest_had the roorvt- iuve , ted give PeoP/ the € .-*...20r opinion of the expressed opinions of is the public-funds. The interest,--heats ,:.thus pro- . I .'"gh legal authorit . ...., mitred by the cotter of Parliament to ipsper - ilse capit4l,,aaf, The Lords arnendrnetits-wv, then agreed to. sotretimei greater than tire, purposee far vt:l3i4:lL-Ps.4iasue...-1 ._ - . .2c-he Lords' amendments to tlies.,„a Chancellor's Salary • ed 't and it then formed a fo l ic!' called the interest 1 ''''' T ' - IQ the Parry Processions (Ireli - trw*.vn. an ii i , A b e required 1 . thur tiiiiinnt-l ---1 . 4 "P --- tlas,ds,r.l o w......., --2.....e. : to gist a ra-...". -4.-41: - .1 - esIT - btr.30d7/21e an . annua ' d f.cations to 20,0001., alt OraTiiiriie - - . ~, 0 from iq on a rormer evening to his oas t .— up.. the aff • ' ttrup,propriated. He thought wherein his observations air at aither ee , it was sufficient for him to state. theprrlttlpr ` e on whit he had on thatocca ' presente , stated, that WORCESTER RACES. WEDNESDAY, ft .A with 2 sous. . I s. a — d d (ifvv Sweeps. of : v O7 ll k 2: 4 0 s o o v v e s r . eeach,h. Aed S One mile and a quarter. Mr. S. H. Cooke's br. c. Chieftain, by Brutandorf, walked over. The Worcestershire Stakes of 20 sovs. each, h. ft, with 20 sovs. added. Two miles. Mr. Thorne's b. g. Harry I Sir T. Stanley's br. c. Caractacus 2 Mr. T. 11. Cooke's ch. C. Cl ou d esley 3 A Sweeps. of 10 soya. each, with 20 sovs. added. 2 miles. Sir T. Stanley's b. g. Lawrie Todd 1 Mr. Hudson's b. f. by Catton 0 A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. e,ch with 20 revs. added, for horses not thorough- bred. Two mile heats. Mr. H. W. Hicks's gr. c. by Rubens, walked over. TUNBRIDGE WELLS RACES.. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 15.—The Manor Stakes of 5 says. each, with 40 added from the Fund. Heats, two miles and a distance. Mr. Smith's The Witch 4 1 1 Mr. Brown's Fawn 1 2 2 Mr. Hull's Imperial 2 3 0 Mr. Lewis's Kitty 3 dr The Tunbridge Wells Plate. Heats, the same as the Manor Stakes. Mr. Coleman's Ipsala 1 I Mr. Newman's Reform 2 4 Mr. Lambdon's Norna, by Reveller 3 3 Mr. Willard's Blue Bonnet Mr. Messer's Ring-Dove 5 2 BELLEWSTO WN RACES. TUESDAY, AUG. 7.—Sweeps. of 15/. each, 10/. ft. and 50/. added by the stewards. Two mile heats. Mr. F. Hassard's b. h. Kangaroo Mr. Disney's br. h. Mount Eagle Mr. Fitzpatrick's ch. h. Garryown 2 3 dr Mr. Hunter's b. m. Regina 4 4 dr Sweeps. of Si. each, p. p. 40!. added by the stewards. Two mile heats. Gentlemen, riders. Capt. Shiel's b. h. First Consul (Lord Howth)... 2 I 1 Capt. Garner's b.g. Castleward (Mr.M‘Donough) 1 2 2 Mr. French's b. g. Cricket (Mr. Persse) WEDNESDAY.—Sweeps. of Si. each, p. p. 30/ added by the stewards. Two mile beats. Gentlemen, riders. Lord Howth's b. m. Pandora (owner) 1 1 Mr. Mansfield's ch. h. Paul Clifford (Mr. Persse) 3 2 Mr. Knarasbro's b. h. Fitzhenry (owner) 2 3 THURSDAY.—King's Plate of 100 gs. for Irish bred horses. Three mile heats. Capt. De Montmorency's br. h. Leather Plater 1 1 Mr. Hatch's b. h. Sir Nicholas 2 2 Mr. Disney's b. h. Mount Eagle Mr. Hunter's ch. c. St. Lawrence 4 dr Mr. Knaresbro's br. h. Fitzhenry. The Union Stakes of Si. each, p. p. 501. added. Three mile heats. Mr. M'Evoy's ch. m. Moll Doyle Mr. Osborne's Percy Capt. Shiel's br. h. First Consul Mr. Knaresbro's ch. c. Apollo These races concluded on Thursday. The sport every d a y during the meeting was excellent, and everything vent off much to the satisfaction of the numerous spectators. COURT of INQUIRY into SOMERVILLE'S CASE. The Court made an analysis of the various papers containing the charges of Somerville against Major 'Wyndham, which here follows, article by article, with the decision of the Court thereupon:— " THE PETITION OF RICHARD SMITH TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. " Ist. ' In a day or two after this man was picked out of the ranks.' " Incorrect : —As the paper was that of the27th, and at least only received on that day at Birmingham ; and the re fusal to mount at the riding-school took place early on the 28th. There is no evidence that Somerville was picked out ; on the contrary, it appears that he went to the riding school, as a matter of course, with the other recruits, to take a lesson. " 2d. Directed to perform with an unbroken horse. " Contrary to evidence: the horse was a well•trained horse. " 3d. An exercise which, even with the best trained horse, is one of difficulty.' " It is distinctly denied by evidence that the ride was more difficult than usual. " 4th. Having failed to perform it.' " No such difficult exercise was ordered, and therefore there cannot, properly speaking, have been any failure. " sth. He was ordered to try again, which, considering the thing to be impracticable, he refused.' "He was only ordered to remount, and not to try again, which would admit the difficulty, a question alreidy disposed of; giving him another trial, meant that he should have another opportunity of freeing himself from the charge of disobedience. "6th. That shortly after he was sent for by Major Wyndham.' " Twenty-four hours elapsed between these two occur rences. " 7th. ' And privately subjected to a series of interro gatories.' " The assertion that he was privately examined is not correct; the Adjutant and Sergeant-Major were present, and the questions put to him were not numerous. " Bth. That on this, Major Wyndham broke out into a strain of great abuse of the letter.' _ _ _ " Major Wyndham, after saving that Somerville's in subordination in the riding-school could not be passed over, censured the letter; but it does not appear that he broke out into a strain of great abuse, nor is there any evi dence that he called the sentiments abominable and in flammatory. " 9th. And dismissed him with these emphatic words ; But, my lad, you are now where you will repent of it.' " Somerville himself, in his evidence, only quotes the words ' you will repent of it,' and the other persons who were present do not say that they heard any words of the sort. " 10th. That five minutes after, &c., lie, Somerville, was arraigned before a Court-martial.' " The Court-martial did not sit until an hour-and-a half after the conversation. " 11th. ' That two hours after, one hundred of the num ber of lashes awarded, were inflicted, &c., and that he now remains in confinement, awaiting the infliction of the remainder.' " He received his punishment at half-past four ; the crime was delivered to him at eleven. The Gina-mar tial closed its proceedings before two. Somerville him self contradicts the assertion that a second infliction was intended. Major Wyndham must have known that it was illegal. In fact, Somerville was to be a prisoner as soon as he was taken down. " 12th. Most cruel punishment.' " It appears to the Court, on a full consideration of all the circumstances of this case, that the punishment was neither cruel in degree, that is, in proportion to the offence proved against Somerville (though that would have been matter of accusation against the Court, and not against the commanding officer, unless he urged and advised it), nor was it carried into effect with cruelty, nor was it exe cuted in full, for, on the contrary, it was stopped by the spontaneous act of Major Wyndham,without the interference of the medical officer present, nor was it as severe as other punishments inflicted under Major Wyndham's orders, and which are referred to in the minutes of evidence. " 14th. `The man has been thus punished, degraded, and disgraced, less on account of an act of insubordination, than of the political offence.' " As this allegation embraces the whole subject, the opinion of the Court can be gathered only from summing up this report. " 15th. ' The man was purposely entrapped.' " This is decidedly contradicted by the evidence, and the Court feels it a duty to state, that there is no pretence for "16th. Extracting from the man while in custody, and on toe point of being tried for disobedience of orders, a confession, tnervßi V e seerntiB n+isPatie t (Zerea"Elie questions a; readily and quickly as they were proposed, and by no means un willingly. The question as to the letter was not asked till M ijor Wyndham had announced that the military of fence was too serious to be passed over. " 17th. Which was infallibly calculated to produce in the mind of Major Wyndham, and through him on the minds of the other members of the Court-martial, an impression against the prisoner, which must have had a most unfair influence in determining the measure of punishment.' " Major Wyndham could not be a member of the Court; therefore, through him, as such, no impression could have been produced : neither is there the smallest evidence that Major Wyndham, in any manner or degree whatever, en deavoured to bias the Court in pronouncing its sentence. " He was absent from barracks from the moment he ordered it to assemble, until some time after it closed its proceedings, " 18th. ' Marked him out for vengeance.' " It is already recorded that the punishment was in flicted without any vindictive severity. " 19th. ' The conduct pursued by Major Wyndham is a gross perversion of authority.' " The proceedings of Major Wyndham are not en tirely approved, as will be seen by the sequel of this report. PRIVATE SOMERVILLE'S LETTER. " Ist allegation. The day following the publication of my letter, I was ordered to mount a horse untrained to riding.' " The order to ride a particular horse on the 28th of May had no connection whatever with the letter. It is proved that the horse B 30 was sent to tho riding-school that day quite accidentally. " 2d. Untrained to riding.' " The contrary has been fully proved : the horse was so quiet and docile as to hive been rode by a boy with his instrument in the band before and since. " 3d. And to ride in another class further advanced than I was.' " Not proved ; no changes or selection have been stated n evidence. " 4th. I found the horse unmanageable.' " This is contrary to the evidence of all present, it is only proved that the horse was unsteady owing to Somer ville's inattention to the riding -master's directions. " sth. ' After the horse had turned repeatedly out of the ranks.' " It is distinctly denied by evidence, and it does not ap pear to the Court that the horse ever turned out of the ranks, except upon the occasion when Somerville dis 'inlywoalvseisie.xot diarryetgaukieLibtyefoinreCA.lmajmoronWcyasndelsia. mo , u , n ,: t r e 6i d tihi . ; The Adjutant and Sergeant-Major were present. " 7th. The Major said that I was getting sulky en their hands.' " Though asserted in evidence by Somerville, this is not confirmed by the other persons who were present. " Bth. I replied I was extremely sorry for it ' " It is proved that he said something to this effect ; but it is stated by the Adjutant as well as by Major Wynd ham, that his manner did not manifest contrition. " 9th. ' The Major then commented on the treasonable tendency of that letter.' " The epithet ' treasonable,' is asserted only by Somer ville, denied by Major Wyndham, and not admitted by the other two persons present ; it is therefore not proved. " 10th. I was then dismissed with these words,—` But, my lad, you are now where you will repent of it,' " Somerville alone states that the five last words were used, and even in these his evidence is unsupported by any other testimony; of the other words no proof was offered. " I lth. Five minutes after I was served with an indict. ment, and told to prepare for a Court Martial imme diately.' " The crime was delivered to him at half-past ten, and he was tried at twelve. " 12th. It was the impression of every soldier at the time that it was through prejudice alone I had been brought to trial,' " This is but an insinuation, .and no a tt empt wee made by Somerville during the i nvest igation to give th e C ourt any evidence of such an impression, which must have been heard of, if not felt, by some of the men summoned and examined. " 13th. ' After being taken down, and remanded to the hospital.' " If this was meant as a n . insinuation tat he was t a k en down from exhatt)tlon, zi opposed to the previa adduced of the remission having resulted from the consideration of his being a recruit. " 14th. Major Wyndham harangued the troops.' " This has been proved, " 15th. Why did Major Wyndham, if I was punished for disobedience of orders, comment on the political affair, and never at all advert to that for which I NO , tried and punished ?' " It is by no means unusual, nor does it appear to the Court improper, for a Commanding Officer to address his men when assembled on such an occasion, more particu larly as it was reported in Birmingham, at that very time, that several of Major Wyndham's men had joined the Po litical Unions, and would not act against the mob ; under these circumstances, and while the troops were liable to be called out every hour, Major Wyndham might properly take the opportunity of the first parade to recommen d strongly to them to keep themselves unconnected with po' litics, and to encourage them to do their duty. "Private Somerville's evidence, page 15.—Lieutenant Gillies said, ' It was because the horse was not easily ma" naged that he (Lieut. Gillies) had set me on it. " This is directly denied by Lieut. Gillirs , and not con., firmed by any body else. " A detailed account of the proceedings of the Court at each sitting, and the minutes of the evidence taken he" fore them, will be found annexrd as an appecdix to tbis report. " Having now examined in detail, and, according t° the evidence before them, disposed of the particular alle gations against the conduct of Major Wyndham, w hich they find preferred in the documents transmitted to then' by the General Commanding in Chief, or which have been suggested in the course of the present inquiry, 60 will next proceed to state their own opinion on the prin.' cipal points comprised in the general question referred bi the instructions of the General Commanding in Chief to their consideration. " In relation to these points the Court is of opinion, " That Major Wyndhamnacted injudiciously in enter' ing into conversation with, or making inquiries of, private Somerville on the subjects of the letter in the Dispatch , while private Somerville was before him as a prisoner , charged with a military offence; and that this was espe" cially inconsiderate at a period when, from the excite - , ment which prevailed in the neighbourhood, and from the nature of the contents of that letter, the object and put' pose of such conversations and inquiries were peculiarlY liable to be misinterpreted. " That Major Wyndham, when he heard a recruit offer the highly objectionable opinions, which are re' corded to have been expressed to him by private Somer . ville, respecting the duty and allegiance of a soldier , acted injudiciously in not suspending all proceeding ! against private Somerville, in relation to the military of fence wherewith he was charged, and laying hetbre th e General of the district a full statement of the case of pe i ' vate Somerville, and of the opinions so expressed by MO in order to obtain from the General commanding the di ? trict instructions applicable to the occasion. " That the method of procedure which Major Wynd' hall followed in bringing private Somerville to trial befall a Court-martial, the effect of which was, that privat e Somerville was war ne d f or tr i a l , tr i e d , and pun i s bei within the compass of a very few hours, and especialll that he was brought to trial only an hour and a half * fief he received notice of it, were unduly precipitate, a nd ie that respect not justified by the general usage of the service, though in accordance with the practice of the Scots Greys, and, as the Court believe, of other regimen° of cavalry. But the Court is further of opinion that the militarY offence which private Somerville was alleged to have c ool mitted in the riding-school, and of which be was a fter` wards convicted, appears from the evidence before them have been of a nature to require serious notice, and sue! as Major Wyndham might justifiably refer to the con!' deration of a Court-martial, and on the cons iction of 0' prisoner before the Court-martial, and his being se e ; tenced to receive a corporal puni s hm en t, a resu l t at wlalc, that tribunal arrived, without a ny p rev i ous commun i ca tl . °; between Major Wyndham and an y o f it s mem b ers , t% Court does not conceive that, in cau s i ng one -h a lf o f t i v be censured as having acted in a mann e r i ncons i s t en t eel , u n h is is h m cn e v n n t v t o o l u h n e tar inflicted Arc t a l j t o e r o N th v e y r nd h h al a f ai b ei a rme n mi . l a ii r tta d t re e y d d by lity then resting on Major Wyndham, an d t h e cr i t i ca l 0 14 incumbent on him to keep his troop s i n a s t a t e o f di9c l cumstances in which he was placed, rend e r e d it p ecu lisf! , law or usage; more especi a lly as th e respo nsl; p pline and efficiency. d tAhio,:iu'ogArhaw, yn o n n tdhh t e h a e whole rnr respects sbe tlis floreCourt mentioned, is o o thepno i co i n n t ductsr l l . in dealing with th e case o f pr i va te merville, was deficient in that care , di scre ti on , and ju ment which the circumstances of the case required of 1 0 4 as the officer in the temporary command of the regime; yet there is nothing to warrant the c onc l us i on that, scib', d h o t mannervt BRADFORD, n a n di s c a t e i t v ia e os a o u el sec towardsutt,ebtGewteinbt and n h and a no t pynr i o n evus d i iret i i v wea i he ostensibly proceeded against private Somerville foe w d ~,ao 'act, no,oenced by some feel' military offer on account of his political acts or sentiments ; or tbs . ; from any motives, unbecoming his station and charact er ' officer to just impeachment. (Sign " J. NICOLLS, Major-General. " A. CAMPBELL, Major-General. " GEORGE BURRELL, Colonel. "J. TOWNSEND, Lieut.-Col. 14th Light Dr oo "ROBERT GRANT, J. A. cr" His Majesty has been pleased to signify his approhatio li of the manner in which the Court has executed its fue l tions, and his entire concurrenc e in the observations Al? opinions contained in its report. His Majesty has further been pleased to express his deep regret that an officer of the rank and distinguished servic e of Major Wyndham, and who has ever maintained a cbs' j racter so free from reproach, should, on the occasion 0 1). in the instances mentioned in the report, have evinced °, deficiency in the care, discretion, and judgment require d of him as the officer in the temporary command of a re' giment. His Majesty has, however, been pleased, at the salve time, to express his satisfaction that nothing has appeare d in the course of the inquiry to aethorise any conclusioe which would reflect discredit on the purposes, fe e li n gs, Of motives of Major Wyndham, or which could subject hie honour to just impeachment. The General Commanding.in•Chief diret4s that the foregoing report of the Court of Inquiry, with his Ahj e sty'e pleasure thereon, shall be entered in the General order Book, and read at the head of every regiment in his Majesty's service. weEh' e n :Y ): t such this transaction, By command of the Right Honourable The General Commanding-in-Chief, JOHN MACDONALD, Adjutant. General NATIONAL POLITICAL UNION. - - The weekly meeting of this Union took place last Wu' ing at eight o'clock, at Saville-house, Leicester-square. Mr. Saut took the chair. Mr. DETROSIER, the Secretary, read the minutes of the la , t meeting, which were confirmed. Mr. MURPHY had a, resolution to propose, the real ol►- ject wished, therefore, d t d o l f e which sex. He was d t d o nsoetc careure the muchret oar:. about t f the other counties—let them fight their own battle ; hut in this county he was sure that Mr. Hume would be op- , him. He begged to that the people should rally round he pro pose the following resolution, which though t an onlymea for this purpose, but for several other posed both by Whigs and Tories, and tial one, not That the National Political Union useful ends—namely, August, or they will forfeit next county elections to register on or before Monday next, urgently recommend the Reformers entitled to vote at the the 20th following are entitled to register:—Freehold in fee of 401. ; Freeholders for life or lives of 10/. ; Copyholds of 101. ; Leaseholders of the original term of sixty years of 101., of 201. and 50/. ; and tenants at will of 50/." Mr. Murphy called upon the liberal papers to exert themselves, for there were considerable di ffi culties to encounter, and they ought to be clearly pointed out and explained. The parishes, above all other things, ought to have forms Q 1 registration. Mr. PLACE begged to state that Mr. Hume had just. left him, and that they had come to the resolution to have the forms of registration ptinted and published by to morrow. They should like some other staunch Reformers to aid them in this useful project. Mr. ROGERS seconded Mr. Murphy's resolution. Mr. CARTWRIGH T THOMAS animadverted on the apathy displayed by the inhabitants of the counties, particularly by those of the county of Worcester. He knew that scarcely a single person had registered in that county, as they conceived there would be no contest, and that they might as well save their shilling. In Herefordshire, on account of this apathy, there would be no contest, and a Tory would walk over the ground quite at his ease. Mr. PLACE—He was a little freeholder in Kent ; the overseer should have his shilling before he could be regis tered ; and as he knew nobody down there, be should be obliged to send the shilling by the post, and then could ne ver ascertain whether he was registered or not. The , Tories all over the country were playinga pretty trick ; they were sending five pounds to the overseers, and putting down certain voters' names, the registration of whom they bad thus paid for; so that he who ►aid most olullinlie theirt ilfevr . 0. e lec ti onse Hu mes . T hff for r