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'‘Zoble (the CLaticellot tit Exchquer) tote per i:rt!), convenient. An HON. MEMBER thought that the Comtuittce could. at-once proceed to the disfrinehinement of ten borou2h*, beginning with Ohl Sarum, as there was very ‘ktle room for discussion respecting them. It was Lie in tention to make a motion to that effect. Mr. CROKER thought it the more necessary to oppose th e motion , hat the S t raker do leave the Chair, in e.onse- - -e of what hail fallen from the Hon. M. mber oppo. yle. site. It had always been und. r.tood that the boroughs should he considered ; but now it was proposed to ilkfranchise ten of them in the lump. After a few words from Lord MILTON, Mr. CBOKER, and an HON. MEMBER whov name we did not learn, the gallery waa cleared fur a division on the qui-stion that " the !•z!iealter do now leave the Chair," the numbers were— For the motion Against it Majority On the re-admission ot strangers, we tound the House in Committee. Colonel WOOD wished to know when it was intended to bring on the postponed clauses? Lord ALTHORP was understood to say, that the re served el ,uses w ul i be taken after the schedules Sir E. SUGDEN said, that it was understood that the Committee would p►oceetl with all the clauses of the Bill before they approached the schedules. He thought that the clause relating to the expenses of elections omf,ht to be taken then, when there was an opportunq of discussing it in a lull House It it should then be postponed, it might he brought on hereafter when very few Members would be in attendance. Lord ALTHORP was understood to say, that it would be inconvenient to take the postponed clauses at that time. Sir E. SUGDEN repeated, that the understanding had been that the schedules would not be touched until after all the other clauses should have been completely gone through. Lord ALTHORP thougi.t that the present discussion wan merely a wasting of the time of the Committee. Si• E. SUGDEN hoped that the Noble Lord did not meat, to accuse him ot wilfully wasting the time of the }L use. Lord ALTHORP did not intend to cast any imputation or.on the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, but he really did see to what good the discussion tended. L rd J. RUSSELL said, that the Bill had been post pline,l en Fria to meet the wishes of Hon. Gentlemen oppo•site, and t!,e schedules had been expressly appointed to c, , tne on that evening (111onday). .After some further conversation, of which the import cnn! not be colec'ed in the gallery, The CEIAI R3l A x read the 55th (the Registration) clause. Colonel WOOD could nut ste how tie son-re.ident freemen were to pay yearly for their registration, as they paid no poor rates upon which the shilling cool] he charged Besi,'es the clause did not state clearly whether or not the freeholders in the counties should pay a shilling anru :11y in the same way as voters i❑ the borougs. Lord ALTHORP said, that one object of the system of ret;i•tration and the polling at several places in the one day, as we l as of ..liottening the duration of the poll, was to enable gentlemen of small fortunes to stand fur the repre sentation of their respective counties, without incurring ruinous exp• nets. Sir E. SUGDEN said, that the clause was so framed. that whilst the county elector would have to pay hut one regi•tra'ion he in his whole life, Ferhaps, the elector in a borough would be obliged to pay a shilling every year. The clause was, after some verbal amendments, agreed to. Clime 69 was also agreed to, but some discussion took place on this as on the preceding, hut it was carried on ;n ae an hrtv a tone of voice, that no part of it reached the gallery. Lord JOHN RUSSELL meant to proceed with the bo roughs contained in schedule A, in the order in which they were given in Mr. Drummond's lists. It was a course which, he was persuaded, would be attended with great convenience to the House. He then moved that trild Sarum, in Wiltshire, do stand instead of !►ldborough, Yo' kshire. Mr. POLLOCK observed, that it was a matter of the highest importance to ascertain whether the principles upon which Mr. Drummond acted were sound and ac curate—whether he dealt with the instructions given him in such a manner as could be useful to the House and safe thy it to proceed upon. It was his (Mr. P.'s) opinion. that those ralcu'ations siert, not such as the Legislature wu;si adopt on a matter so delicate and important as that which now engaged their attention ; in a word. he con. r.eived them to be essentially so erroneous, as to be wholly inappirab'e to the purposes for which they were intended. Ile then proceeded to state the imdructions given to Mr. Drummond from a letter addressed to that gentleman by Lord Viscount Melbourne, and dated the 24th of Novern- it-r, ;831, and read the following paragraphs from Lord Melbourne's letter :-- The Government having determined to found the Reform Rill upon a :3P.W basis, I request your assistance, to enable them to ascertain the relative importance of the smaller boroughs in England and Wale" 1 u will have the goodness, therefore, to make a scale, con taining, in addition to the ninety-seven boroughs (the number comprised in .schedules A and B of the former 84, the ten or fifteen immediately above them in,Aze and importance. You will arrange these boroughs in such a manner that the lowest may be the first, an' the highest the last on the list. I shall be obliged to ;you to send me, at the same tiTne, an account of the manner in tehich the calculation has been made." To this request, on the part of his Lordship, Lieutenant Drummond rep , ied as follows The principle on which the list is founded, consists in allow ing equal weight, in the estimation of the relative importance of a borough, to the number of houses which it routs ns, and amoun t of assessed tan's which it pays ; and the method adopted for carry i ng thi s prineiisle into etfect may be stated in the following wsrds " fat s Take 'the average number of houses contained in the boroughs to be arranged, d,cisie the number of houses in each borough by this average number, and a series of numbers will be obtained, denoting the relative importance of the different bo. roughs with respect to houses. 2d, Take the average amount of the assessed taxes paid by the same boroughs, and proceed precisely in the sante manner as described with respect to the houses; a series:of numbers will re. stilt, showing the relative importance of the different boroughs with regard to assessed taxes. :Id, Add together the numbers in these two lists which relate to the same boroughs, and a series • f numbers will be produced, denoting the relative importance of the different boroughs with respect to houses oral assessed taxes combined. 4th, With a view to explain this statement, suppose tharthe number of boroughs to be arranged in the manner prescribed is instead of 110. The principle not being affected by the number, the explanation will be rendered more simple by using the smaller number." 51r. Drummond understood his inatructions, he had no doubt, as they were intended, but unless tome prinitiple were meant to be applied to this calculation, which had I not been publicly stated, he should say that nothing ; cou ld h e more erroneous than was the ground upon which it was then proposed to rest that part of the Bill. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then proceeded to state the prin eiple. :Ton which Mr. Drummond proceeded, and the mode in which he ma-le his calculations, as already before the public, contending that the only mode of making the calculations was to multiply the two numbers together. He would now beg !eave to call the attention of the Com mittee to one of the instances in Lieutenant Drutnmond's list. If Hon. Gentlemen would refer to page S, No. S, they would find that Petersfield had 27S houses, and paid .54.04 taxes, and that Westbury had SSB hou.es, and paid 278/. taxes. The number, however, of houses as to Petersfield. and of taxes as to Westbury, ware exactly the saute; while, between the houses of Westbury and the taxes of Petersfield, there was the difference of .538 tit 540, and the consequence of this was, if the two scales were to he blended together for the purpose of giving equal weight to eaeh, Peterrit.ld ought to be in a higher position than Westbury, whereas, by this method of turn ing these number. into fractions, (and be protested he could not at all make nut why thews frsetions were in troduced), Wes'burv, with a lower number, occupied a higher place in the scah.. Now he was convince,' that if this list was laid down before an unprejudiced person, and he was told to give an equal weight to the numbers in both eases, the preference would be given to Peterefield, iiiast touch as the preponderance of taxes in Peterifield was greater than the preponderance of Westbury over Peters field in the other scale. In order the mere dearly to iilus trate what he meant, he would take the case of four ho roughs, so Its to show how the two systems worked. He would suppose four boroughs, to be called A, Sr, C, and D. He would aiso suppose that the borough A eontaiiard 200 houses, and paid 9001. taxes; that 13 contained 650 bowie's, and paid 3001. tales ; that C contrived 800 houses, and paid 2501. taxes; and that D contained 1,000 houses, and paid 1501. taxes. Now let it he supposed that This last example was exaggerated, fur in the last Bill they had had an instance of a place being so deficient in 101 hiatuses as to elute it to be deemed unworthy of re taining the franchise. Neither ought it to he sia;(l that four boroughs were not sufficient to show the eft et or Lieutenant Drunimond's plan : for he did not know any thing in that gentleman's arbitrary rule that rendered it More fit for eighty boroughs than it was for only tour, or vice versa. He had tried these four boroughs by Lieute- Dant Drummond's system of fraction., and the result was, that the four boroughs, A, B, C, D, came out in this order—B, C, D, and A ; whereas, by multiplying the figures in the one series by the figures in the other, which appeared to him, as he had already explained, to be the proper way, the order would be D, A, B, C ; so that by this juxta-position it became quite evident that one of the taro systems must be wrong. According to Lieut. Drum. mood's frictional tn.de, A, with 200 houses an d 900/ . taxes, came hefore B: and so it ought, because the taxes here a greater disproportion than the houses. But the fraztienal plan also placed B O'er D. whereas D bad only half the eroututt of the tax's of B, and B had filtife than 11 half the number of bowies of D; from which be thought it quite inanifeet, that., to ret the proper result, they ought to multiply the two scales together. But, as he had already remarked, Lieutenant Drummond's system, in some cases, led to very serious mistakes ; and he would now cell the attention of the Committee to some of them. as shortly as he was able. If the Committee'svotild look at No. 8, page 3, they would observe that the borou No. 56 was Amersham. No. 57 was Peterstield, anti No. 60 was Westbury ; and he meant to contend that. if the calculation was properly worked out, Westbury ought to occupy the place No. 3t3. He did not state this without having worked out the whole of the numbers to see how they would stand, and to illustrate his position he would state a few of the results to the Committee, by taking e ight of the places that stood in the immediate neighbour hood of the line of separation. On ,referring to Lieut. Drummond's list, it would be seen that No. 53 was Ap pleby ; 54, Lostwithiel ; 55, Brackley ; 56. Amersham ; 57, Petermtield ; 58, Ashburton ; 39, Eye ; and 60, Westbury ; but, according to his (Mr. Pollock's) calcu lations. the order would be Lostwithiel, Brackley, West bury, Petersfiehl, Amersham, Ashburton, Hythe, hulat, and Wareham.—(Hear, hear.) There was one re mar k• in this Owe which he wished to make in all can deur ; and he trusted that the Nob'e Lord would find it worth his attention. It was this—that it would have been much he ter if, instead of fixing on the number 56, for the boroughs in schedule A ahsolutsly, imperatively, and without appeal, the Ministers had looked at the lists —marked the difference, and observed where that chasm ensued which should most justify them in making the grand separation of schedule A and schedule B.— ( Hear, hear.) Many Hon. Gentlemen who were lis tening to him, must be aware that such was the course pursued at all the se pools in the Universities. As long as ineividuals were found so near to the head man, as to present no very striking shade of difference, so long the same class was preserved ; but when such a dif ference was found as to justify the separation, then the chasm was made. He was quite ready to admit that some point of separation must be agreed upon ; but he con tended that the chasm between No. 55 and No. 56 was not such as to justify the separation being teere made ; and if the Noble Lord would be so good as to follow him through the differences of the respective boroughs, he thought that the Noble Lord would very clearly see that such was the case. Taking the top of the list (and in this he was following Lieut. Drummond'e own calcula tions), the first stood at 903, the next 936, the next after that was ten more, the next one more, the next four mote, aad se on till they came to No. 52 ; and then there was a sudden rise from 1,294 to 1.337 ; this was a con siderable stern—but perhaps it might not be thought suf ficient to justify the s partition being made at that place. But now he would go on a little further :—No. 54 was 1 350 ; No. 55, 1.380 ; and No. 56, 1,580 ;—that is to say, there w ,s a greater difference between Amersham nd Brackley, Nos. 56 and 55, than between Btacklev and Downton, Nus. 55 and 46 —(Hear, hear.) B e ; there was another reason for making the chasm between No. 55 end No. 56, instead of between No. 56 and No. 57—(Hear, hear)—the very next borough to Amersham was Petersfield, which stood at 1,694, nicking only 24 difference between that and Amershem, while Amersham was separated from Brackley by nearly 200.—(Hear, hear.) With such a fact as this staring him in the face, could he help asking whether it must not produce a great degree of jealousy and heartburning in those boroughs that found themselves particularly interested in the exist ing arrangement? Now it was possible that a place 'night have houses without taxes; and if so, he presumed I that the Noble Lord would concede that such a place ought not to fi nd any admission into the calculation of I Lieut. Drummond; and yet. as he (Mr. Pollock) under stood the principle, the effect would be to put a place where the number of houses was large, without sny pay ment of taxes, higher than a place that contained a mo derate number of houses, and paid a moderate amount of taxes. He begged to say that he had made these observa tions in that spirit which he trusted he should always evince in the remarks he might put forth in that House : and it was now for the Noble Lord to show in what man ner he was willing to receive them. But there was one point in particular which he wished to press upon the at tention of the Noble Lard, and that was, that inasmuch as I some of the boroughs were not to he considered that night, but postponed for further information, the Committee would be placed in is very delicate situation as to those four or fire boroughs which were just before and after No. 86. He would admit that when Lieut. Drummond's calcula tion came to No. SS it was correct ; itut the question was, whether he was right in hie calculation at No. 56 and N. 86.—( Hear, hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL—I shall endeavour, in answer to the observations of the Hon. and Learn d Gentleman, to state to the Committee the pi inciple on which we have proceeded with respect to these schedules, and why I think th it I have a tight to call on Parliament to rely on the , system of Lieut. Drummond. And in the first place, in order to make the matter more clear, I will state to the Cemenittee what the questi to was that we put to Lieut. Drummond, and the manner in which he proceeded to in vestigate that question. The question which the Govern ment put was this—that taking a number of boroughs, equal to the number contained in the two last schedules, and adding some more boroughs to them, in Order that no ' borough should e scope, so as to make the number about one hundred and ten, a scale should then be formed on the conjoint calculation of houses and taxes, from which a ge neral result was to be deduced. Now Lieu , . Drummend understood, and rightly understood, this question to mean that he was to give equal weight to the number of houses and to the amount of taxes ; and, therefore, he then had to consider in what way he might best give that equal weight. One of the modes that was presented to his notice was, the very mode that has this evening been sug gested by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman as the correct one, but which Lieutenant Drummond, on consideration, deemed to be inadmissible. But the Hon. and Learned Gentlemen, by way of illustration, puts the problem of a cargo of goods, arid funds his calculation on the number of Males and the value of the article per pound. If that were the proposition now before the Committee, I should he quite ready to agree with the Hen. and Learned Gentle man that be K as right in taking the compound ratio and in multiplying the numbers together: but surely the Hon. and Learned Gentleman must see, that when you state a hale of goods contains so much at a value of so mutt') per pound, you state two numbers that can very properly be. combined together. If, for instance, the goods were su gar. the real value of that would be easily ascertainable, and it was because there was a distinct proportion between the quantity and the price. In such a case the Hon. and Learned Gentleman'', proposition was unobjectionable. But when the Hon. anti Learned Gentlemen goes on to propose that this mode of calculation shall be carried on to houses and taxes, I can no longer agree in hi. proposition ; because there is no natural and immediate Method of settling what is the value of a house in taxes. There was no proportion of fact between them ; and we therefore (lid not say to Lietvenant Drummond, " here are 500 hou-es worth 1,0001. in taxes, or 300 houses worth 7001. in taxes." Under these circumstances, it was felt that it would not be a fa;r way of arriving at a c.inciusion, to take the houses arid the taxes of one borough as a criterion ; for which reason, the plan adopted was to take the %hole number of borough; and the whole number of homes into one scale, and the whole number of boroughs and the whole ameunt of taxes into .nother scale, and thus to found a calculation on the union of the tie o—( Heer)—and then, supposing a result of 16,000 houses and 30,0001. worth of taxes, it afterwards came to the sante thing, whether the tractional method of ' Lieut. Drummond was adopted, or whether we took from that product a datum that a house was worth so much in :vies The real fact is, that this was the way in which the pi °- Mem ought to be done ; and all who will study the question must come to the conclusion that this was the only mode by which a fair result mild be o .tained.—(Hear.) But the non. and Learned Gentleman sar, hence billows ti great absurdity, because the positive difference is gut of. But h itee is this? A ia lower in the scale of tears than B, but higher in the se de of houses ; and yet the two are placed in different to ions. Bat this aria- s from twines, not the positive difference, but the proportionate difference; the one, number of howt-s, being to be com pared to tee total denononitor which has been derived from ell the houses ; and die other, number of taxes, to tee total denobaieetor which has been derived front all the taxes. Su that, since their amounts have to be competed with dif ferent numbers, it is very eviden , that the result, must he diff r nt. This is the real foundation and nature of the problem Ma which Lieut. Drummond has proceeded ; anti nos'', haning cleared up that point to the Committee, will say a few woods in explanation of what would be the consequence of the Hon. end Leaned Gentleman's plan. The consequence would be this 7 -thet a place was taken with fifty houses and 501. in taxes, but: another taken with one hundred heuses and 1001. in taxes, the tiorto:a place, instead o f beicg . estimati d, as it ought, at one-halt of the lot er, wouid on;) be valued on the mu tiplication plait at one-fourth—( Hear)—e r , to carry t h e same examp l e st ill further—w another place of fifty houses, .55/ in taxes, was added to the former place of fifty houses and 501. in taxes, the two tog- tier would only stand at one-haft of the place that had a hundred douses ant 100 i. in taxes, though the respective amounts of the two would be exactly the same. —(H e ar, hear.) This, tom I may he allowed to say, is a resolt ;bet he, already been pointed out; and there fore f .in happy to fe that I ate not I.ere relying on my own calculations ; but that I am building my ow n observations on the comment of some of the first ma thematicians of the day. Barked by these authorities, I have no hesitation in saying that Lieut. Drummond's plan was the best that could be adopted ; and that if the Hon. and Learned Gentleman's method was adopted, it would lead to some very ridiculous consequences, such as that whi h I have already pointed out, and which goes to show that two halves are not equal to the whole.—(A laugh, and hear, hear.) The advantage of the method which we have adopted is. that it is one consistent with itself, and that may be easily adopted. But if Hon. Gen tlemen are inclined to consider this as a mere abstract mathematical question, I am happy to have it in my power to meet them on that ground, and to refer them to the opinion of the first mathematicians of the day. Mr. Professor Airey, of Cambridge, has borne testimony to the judiciousness of our p! in ; Mr. Barlow, of Woolwich, o n the same subject, remarks that the system i s not onl y cor rect in itself, but calculated to lead to an equitable arrange ment of the boroughs, according to the conditions pre scribed in the instructions. fur. Wallis, of Edinburgh, in his communicatien, not only approves of the principle, but goes into details for the purpose of !showing that he has thorougly given hie mind to it ; and by various illus. trations that he given, he proves the principle to he per fectly correct. There is one further authority which I cannot consent to omit, as I have been given to under et nil by Capt. Beaufort that there is no objection to my alluding to Sir John Herschel by na me, and to my stating that in his opinion the principle is fair, mathe matical, and correct.—(Hear.) I think that I have now said sufficient to show that the principle of Lieut. Drum. mond has not been taken up on light grounds, nor in igno rance of that science which that gentleman has so long and so successfully studied. But the Hon. and Learned Gentleman has put another point, an d says, that if we take our calculation in this way, we ought ot divide th e schedule+ at that place where the greatest chasm presents itself. On this head I will tell the Committee in what way we prosiwied. When the lists were first made out, the inforislaWthat we bad received about mmy of the-e boroughs was troy incomplete ; the calculations were not made out ; and Government, in many instances, was not able to settle the exact position of several boroughs. The heeling of the Government, !towev r, was, that a list of about 100 of the least important boroughs ought to be made out, under competent authority ; and it was like wise considered, that as .i 6 was the number of boroughs contained in the former schedule A. it would he advisable to return the same number in the present schedule A. But I hive already stated all this to the House on a tormer ccceeion, as well as the reasons which induced us to make the number of the present schedule B thirty. This being the case, it will easily be perceived that these numbers are quite indeeendent of the question of what p articular boroughs should be inserted in A and B ; and it was not till the lists were finally made up (which, by the hye, was not till the very day when 1 had the honour of submitting them to the House), that it was dete,. mined which were to he the ts 6 boroughs compo•ing the double list contained in Schedules A and B. I must say that I think this, upon the whole, was the fairest way in which we could look at the subject : it was a mode es,- tirely free from all suspicion of partiality, aA the number of the boroughs being definitely fixed, it was clear that .11 that remained for us to do was to take each borough in its turn until the whole was made up.—(Hear, hear.) It is certainly true that the Reuse may adopt the suggestion of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, and sep irate sche dules A and B by a wider chasm ; but then this new question will arise—which is the most proper chasm ? and we shall, no doubt, have a strange variety of opinieus on that subject, for I doubt not that ae decided a chasm may he found between No. 60 and No. 70, as that which the Hon. and Lea; ned Gentleman has pointed out between No. Zeo and No 60. I think, therefore, tin these two points, that we cannot do better than proceed on the assumption that Lieutenant Drumniontre principle is correct according to the best information that could be obtained ; and that as the line ftt separation must he drawn somewhere, it is ad visable to retain the number of the original schedule A. Mr. POLI.OOK explained. Mr. D. GILBERT erid, that it appeared to him that Lieutenant DI utl.rnonfr,t principle of calculation was the most jedicioue that could be adopterL—(Heir, hear.) Mr. WARBURTON said, that although it was true that the Hon. and Learned Gent.emaii hid taken honours at the University, he could nor hi 1p attaching inure weight to the opinions of those eminent mathematicians mentioned by the Noble Lord, than tie did to the opinions of the Hot,. and Learned Gentleman on this subject.—(A laugh, and hear, hear.) What he was chi fly afraie of was, that they would examine this question too mathematically, though at the same time he was quite ready to admit that they ought to guitar! against running into ally absurdities by going to the opposite extreme; though he doubted whether anything could be proposed more absurd than the c ross inconsistency of corning to a decision neat two halves were not equal to the whole, or that a hall was not to be represented by a half, but by a quarter—(Hear, hear)— and yet it was to such conclusions as these that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman's hepothe-is would lead the Com. mittee. The main question that Lieutenant Drummond seemed to have considered w is, what amount of taxes may be considered es equal to one house ; because it was na tut illy felt that the great difficulty was to tell how an equa tion was to be drawn hetwe n these two very different ma terials. The result of Lieutenant Drummotere calcula tions was, that one house was equal to 241. of taxes; and this was a conclusion clime to alter taking the average of one hundred boroughs. Mr. CROKER hoped to satisfy the House that there was a complete mistake in Lieutenant Drummo•id's cal culations. The gentlemen on the other side, and parti cularly the Hon. Member for Bridport, had all mistak n relation fur order. The object was not to find out the relation of Boroughbridge to Aldborough, but which stood higher or lower than the other. It was of no consequence whether Bishops' Castle contained fewer or more houses than Westhurv—of no consequence the relations of these two boroughs, but of great consequence in what order they stood. If they were to disfranchise eighty-six bo roughs, let them I.e placed in the order i.f their want of importance. Let each borough sand on its own merits, on the number of houses it contained, and the amount of taxation it paid. On comparing the eighty-six boroughs one with another, it would he found they did not stand in the relation Lieutenant Drummond had assigned them. Lieutenant Drummond, however, had tint made his cal. rulations on these eighty-six boroughs, he had taken one hundred ; he had taken fourteen more than was necessary. By taking these fourteen boroughs, which had no concern with the others, a change was made in the I e e l itive places of eighty-six boroughs, with which this House had to deal. If the data were the same the re sults would be the same ; but he would state a curious fact, to show that Lieutenant Di ummond's data being the same, his result:. were different. Lieut. Drum, and began by giving a het of 110 places, which was laid on the table of the House before Christmas. The Noble Lord 'dated, when the list was delivered, that a few places were doubtful, but that Lieutenant Drummond would correct these places. These few places Art re corrected, and what would the House think of this indisputably good plan, when he stared, that by this corrector' there was hardy a place which had not changed, and which had kept its relative position ? By the ciainges bOs con the first and the second list, Lieutenant Drummond bail exten ed his first list to 100 boroughs; and the coueequence was, that en less than 48 changes were made in th- relative positions of the d &ten, boroughs. By the first basis of the new Conan. to ion there were 48 remarkable and acknowledged in sctiairzer.s)o lie meant f NtS,',Osutladtes:yott wbyeetthveh:ii,lil):l.ieJoriftinoefouti..,—; boroughs, which the Gallant Officer, in the first instance, de dared to be of no importance whatever, a very considerable alteration had been made in the relative value of the b rouehs. Lieutenant Drummond had taken the number of houses, and the amount if assessed taxes, and they bore the pro portion in this rise of 456 to 543, but by the addi ion of the small boroughs, the proportion of houses was increased to ass seed taxes.—( Hear, hear, hear.) That increased properti. n of house., extended over the whole berouglis. He would mention an th,.r curious fact. Lieutenant Drunaireind, by the first h t placed the boroughs of Het. stun and Clitheroe, in a different relation from the s rood ; but in the second list, these two boroughs had changed their places. Again, in 120 boroughs had been included all the relations, which have been deranged again.--qor. der) - The !loose might proceed tin tev.i plane. It might take the order of taxation, or it might take the order in which the boroughs stood by the number of hens , s and taxation. That would show th e or d er i n w hi ch t h e tiorouehe stood, which was all that was wanted. Colonel DAVIES thought there were gnat and sin : !ular discrepancies in the scale proposed. Dartmouth was phewd iyclt in the scale, yet it had 407 houses, taken at a rental of 101. per annum. Surely this was a hi g hl y re . spectaL/e constituency. How carne it then to be placed below others not rcualy respectable in the character of their constituency ?' .ho e the amount thinga thli to doo ° u r n ' ite r o; Lord ALTHORP Paw no reasou why e.ri objection t h i led number have b,• eon,houses if we modeaacmhairn e a f x h. taxation paid there, with the question, then it ti.uld never be so well apphrd as by taking the s.:gregate of the houses in one place, and contristint it with the sorelate of bolmes in the otheF of the two places, which were canaldae , l in the grst. stance as places nearly within the limit nf one schedule, ip wi hout the limit of another, and proceeding to do the same with the aggregate of tax ton paid on these places respectively. Against such a mode of estimating or as certaining their r. spective values he had as yet heard no solid argument advanced by the Hon. Member who had last spoke ; nor did he think with him in such a case the simpler the mode resorted to the better it must be, for this was an estimate which, to be just, should he the result of careful inference from various considerations.—(Hear, Dear.) Any persen who looked to the schedule A, and who at all admitted the propriety of the principle of dis franchisement, would there see that no place had been in serted which in fairness and in compliance with the piin ciples of disfranchisement, ought not to be disfranchised As far as Helton or Amershatn were concerned, be must confess lie was indifferent whether the one or the other were in schedule A as they both well might be ; and, indeed, he believed the only way to improve the schedule A would be to give it a wider extent and ope ration, so as to give a fair chance of embracing all those places in that schedule which ought to be in it. The change alluded to as made in this Bill, as contrasted with the last, arose from the circumstance, that in the last Bill the office or duty as to fixing the limits of boroughs was referred to Commissioners, but in the present case that ilu , y was to be left with the House, which had to deter mine that which had in the former instance been referred to the Commissioners. Sir C. WETHERELL said there could be no doubt in the mind of every thinking and reflecting roan that the principle of the Noble Lord's Bill was too arbitrary, fluc tuating, and unsafe, to afford any satisfactory results upon which that House could legislate. Lord MILTON had paid the greatest attention to the statement made, and the arguments so ably and inge niously drawn from that statement, supposing that state ment and th , assumpti”ns it con aimed to be true, by the lion. and Learned Gentleman opposite (Mr. Pollock) ; yet he confessed lie differed altoa,ether with him in the in ferences he had drawn as respected the vaine in the list of the two boroughs of Westbury and Petersfield, because, though he admitted the statement that Petersfieid had 27S houses, and 5401. taxes, whilst Westbury had 536 houses, and 1,78/. taxes, yet, in his mind, the inferior number of houses in the one case depressed the borough lower than the greater amount of taxes raised it in the scale. Jr. STEVENSON defended the mode in which Lieut. Drummond had drawn up the lists. The question was then put, that Old Sarum, Wiltshire, stand part of schedule A. The Ayes were loud ; the Noes also distinctly uttered ; but, on the Chairman asking would they oivide, a short pause ensu, d. He then de- cided in the .ffirmative, without a division being called for, and a laugo ensued. The CHAIR.MAN then put the question separately, with respect to each of the following boroughs, that it stand part of schedule A, and the House decided in the affirmative : Newton (Isle of Wight), St. Michael (Cornwall), Gatton, Bi amber, Bossiney, Dunwich, Ameisliain, St. 11Iawe•, Beetakton, st Lone, St. Germans, Newport (Cot nwall) B eel ingly, Aldborough (Yorkshire). Mr. CHOKER had before stated that Aldborough and Boroughbridge united were better entitl, d to representatives than many other places ; but as he could not hope to t,ring them above the number 56, he should decline to press the House upon di- suoject. It was then agreed to that each of the following places stand part of schedwe A : Camelford, 11,ndon. East Loop, Corfe Castle, Great Bedwin, Yarmouth (Isle of Wight), Qdeenborough, Castle Rising. East Grinstead, Htghain Ferrers, Wend::ver, Weobly, Wincheisea, Tregony, Haslernere, Salta.h, Or ford (Suff .1k), Callington, Newtown (Lancashire), Ilene, ter, Boroughbridge, Stockbridge, New R ,coney, Heilon (Yorkshire), Ply mpton, Se:ford, Heyteabury, Steyning, Woudct.urch, Wootton Bassett, Downton, Fowey, borne Port, Aldeburgh (Suffolk) _ . Upon the questi n that Miriehead stand part of schedule A, Mr. GOULBURN knew no reason why the whole parish of Dimmer should tint be add d to Minehead, in stead of counting those houses only which were actually within Alinehead. Lord J. RUSSELL said th it the parishioners of Donster a ere not entitled ti, vote unless their !louses were within the boundaries of the Imr - itigh of 3linehe td. Mr. CROKER rem irked that the prrst-nt case showed the evil of legislating lietbre the B uniiary Bill had passed. ior he was sure that the Boundary Bill would create many less b. roughs than those that now were destroyed. It was then agreed that Bisboe's Castle and Okehamp ton stand put of schedule A. [Y v on the . - question that Appleby stand part of schedule A, On the question that the boiough of Appleby, West moreland, stand pact of schedule A, Mr. CROKER trusted the Noble Lords oppo.ite would not think it unteasoo,,ble if he proposed trey should stop at Appleby. IL was unnrcessary that the additional in tormati a with respect to th it and the remaioing boroughs in schedule A, which had that evening been laid upon the table, should be examine.' before the Committee came to any decision reverting them. Lord ALTHoRP Ilniitied the understanding entered into in the eadier part oh the evening ; but did Rot con ceive that the line between the disput d and undisputed boroughs could he properly drawn at Appleby. Mr. CROKER said that, as at present advised, he be lieved in his conscience he could make out a case which would take Appleby out of schedule A. Lo d ALThORP had no wish to press the further pro gress of the Commitrre that evening if serious'y ohjeeted to. The House then resumed, the CHAIRMAN reported pro gress, and obtained leave to sit a-gain to-morrow. SUB-LETTING ACT (IRELAND). On the motion of Air. STANLEY the House resolved itself into a Committee on the Bill for amending the Sub letting Act of Ireland. Tie consideration of the preamble was postponed. On the readit,g of the first e l au m e , _ _ Mr. WALLACT. rose and addressed the Committee at some leng li, but in so inaudible a voice as to be very im perfectly heard in the gallery. We understood hint to object to the measure upon several grounds. First, be cause it would place a dangerous power in the hands of the It ash landlords, by opening to them the means of oppres sien and fraud upon their tenantry; secondiy, because it would deprive the Irish tenantry of certain valuatile com mon-law rights which were enjoyed by the tenantry of England ; and, thirdly, a consequence arising from the two first, because it would tend to create a difference and severance between the two countries. The present sub letting laws of Ireland were admitted on all bands to tie had enough, hut he conceived that the present measure if adopted would prove to be infinitely more mischievous. Hs entreated the Committee, therefore, to pause before it permitted such a measure to pass into a law. He would o n ly say that the tate of the Bill depended on the present clause, and if it should be carried, it would only act as an additional motive for repealing the Union. Mr. STANLEY admitted, with the lion. and Learned Gentleman, that the chief question turned on the clause before the Committee. He could not, however, see the grounds on which lion. Members opposed the Bill with such acrimony. According to the chief opponents of the measure the pi inciple of it was good, but, on inquiry, they would find that the new Bill was a mitigation of the evils, or deleat of the former Bid. The principle of the Bill was to protect the poor tenant from the persecution of the middleman—to release him from the end. less suits to which he was subjected, and put him more under the protection of the common law of the country. The lion. and Learned Gentleman said it deprived, or tenth(' to deprive, the tenant of the common h e e But this he utterly denied It did not do away with the common law—it did not prevent sub-letting ; but it required teat when sub-le tees were made, they should be specified in writing, so ttett each could understand the na ure of the contract; and that unless they were drawn lip in writing they should be null and void. Complaints had been made that the peasantry were ejected by the Sub letting Act. He denied that they were ejected under that Act. They were ejected by another lew, and the present measure was introduced to 'mitigate the existing evils, to i t n n th being i l ri r g e.e b:u f T r a o s a s t e dbehi bring harassed presenteytetn B7nntwoans introduced apbleo v v e e n h t im th , e a p n r d ior t t o en p an ro t te fi c . fur the purpose of obviatin! such an evil. Its object, in k e ) 7ten h t i , m' and T t h he lt a-le the tenant to devise, but to devise only in writing, shrr fact, was to restore the power of the common law, to en- ' ruinousa end that expressed in language which both parties could understand. If he were to appeal to one authority more h t y i : n° than another, he would appeal to the evidence of the Hon. :lleraher for Kerry, who had stated before a Committee the g reat el • vances which the subdivision of f arms enta il e d . on the peasan t ry of Leland. Mr, LEADE R was rather sur p ris ed at the argument of the R i g ht Gentlemm. if the n ew l aw u;as so g „,i, why not make it also the law of Engl aid? The R ig ht Hon. Member contended that the principle of the Bill was toe saute with that of the Sub-i. tting Act, and that Hon. Members hail admitied that the principle of that Bill was good. He must enter his protest against ,such an assertion. He was (mei!) , opposed to the prin. e iple. That Art wes passed when the country was in prosperity,lrncti ised but bell" no sooner e the t' aid y sl agricultural u fr l t ee u rhallilderi,atrwesesrecodlilsie on, and the landlords found they i.ad nothing to look for- wa rd fu from their small tellaßte at elections, theta they I att about tte prettnit wSicii be war sorry to say, if carried into effect, would entail great calamity on Ireland, The subdivision of farms was a great bleafting for an in creasing acricultural population like that of Ireland. Sir JOHN BURKE doubted that the law would work so well as was expected, and particularly in those parts i.f the country where subdivision was abs Mutely necessary, in order to reclaim waste land. It was, therefore, his inten tion, in case of the second clause being carried, to move, as an amendment, " that, in place of the word ' are,' there be inserted the words' at any future time shall he.' " Mr. LAMBERT should support the Bill, believing that it would prove beneficial to the country. After some suggestions offered by O'CONNOR DoN relative to the details of the Bill, Mr. JAMES GRATTAN said that several successive Secretaries of Ireland had found the question a difficult one, and he was apprehensive that the Right Hon. Gentle man who had introduced the present Bill would be disap pointed in his anticipations with respect to its results. He thought it would be expedient to refer the question to a Coro mittee. Mr. JEPEISON and Mr. C. FISRGUSSON supported the Bill generally. Mr. RUTHVEN argued that the law was not called for by the necessity of the rase. Mr. HENRY GRA ITAN thought the Bill would not effect the great object intended—via., prevent the minute subletting of lands in Ireland. The Irish people, he slid, had not called for the Bill, nstr was it popular among them. Mr. WALKER thought that the subletting of land in Ireland was a great evil, but still this Act was a decided improvetnent upon the old one. Mr. M. O'CONNELL said that the Bill was certainly an improvement upon the •old Act ; but the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Stanley) had made a great naistake in throwing out the middlemen, for the middlemen formed a great portion of the resident gentry of Ireland. Mr. 'WALLACE would place his name upon record, by dividing the Committee, as having endeavoured to protect the tenantry of Ireland from a Bill conferring such tyran nical powers upon the landlords. The gallery was then cleared for a division, when there appeared— For the clause lll Against it... lO Majority -101 The clause was then agreed to. Mr. M. O'CONNELL then moved that the Chaitrnin should report progress, it being so late that it would be inconvenient to continue the discuas'on. Mr. STANLEY could not consent to postpone the other clauses, for they had already been sufficiently dim cussed, and if they were postponed it would only lead to a repetition of the discussion which had just taken plice. The gallery was then cleared for a division, when there appeared— For Mr. M. O'Connell's motion 6 Noes 9B MAjority against the motion —ce2 Alter some other clauses had been disposed of the House resumed, and the report was ordered to be received on Thursday n'xt. The other orders of the day being gone through, the House adjourned at Three o'clock. THE REFORM BILL. LIST OF THE MAJORITY IN FAVOUR of the SPEAKER'S LEAVING the CHAIR, • on GOING into COMMITTEE on SCHEDULE (A). [The smallness of this Majority ought to be a warning to the friends of Reform. The Opposition, who are always on the alert, wer at their posts, and nearly caught the Reformers napping. On so important a stage of the Bill the public had a right to expect a better attendance of official persons.] ENGLAND. Russell, Lieut..Col.-Tavistock Adeane, H. J.-Cambridgesh. I Sanford, F. A.-Somersetshire Althorp, Vis.-Northamptonsh. Skipwith, Sir G.-Warwicksh. Astley, Sir J. D.-Wiltshire Smith, Hon. R.-Wycombe Atherley, A.-Southampton Smith, J.-Buckinghamshire Bernal, R.-Rochester Smith, V.-Northampton Blake, sir F.-Berwick Spencer, Hon. F.- Worcestersh. Blount, E.-Steyning Stephenson, H. F.-Westbury Brougham, J.-Winchilsea Strickland, G.-Yorkshire Brougham, W. -Southwark Strutt, E.-Derby Bunbury, S.r H. E.-Suffolk Stuart, Lord P. J.-CardiX Byng, Sir John-Poole Thicknesse, R.-Wigan Byng, G. S.-Milbourne Port Torrens, R.-Ashburton Calvert, C.-Southwark I Venables, Ald.-London Chichester, J. PAL-Barnstaple; Vernon, 0. J..-Derbyshire Colborne, N. W. R.-ll,rsham Vernon,! G. 11.-East Retford Crampton,P.C.-MilbournePort Wellesley, W. T. L.-Essex Creevey, i .-Downton I Whitmore, W.-Bridgenorth Davies, Colonel-Worcester Wilbraham, G.-Cheshire Denison, W. J.-Surrey Williams, Sir J. H.-Carmarth. Duncombe, T. S.-Hertford Willoughby,Sir IL-Yarmouth, Ellice, E -Coventry i Isle of Wight Evans, Col. De Lacy-Rye Winnington, Sir T. K-Droit- Fergusson, Sir R.-Nottingham wich I Godson, R.-St. Alban's Wood, J.-Preston Grar.am, Sir.l. R. G.-Cumberl.l Wood, Alderman-London Grosvenor, Earl-Chester Wrottesley, Sir J.--Statfurish. Guise, Sir B. W.-Gloucestersh. SCOTLAND. Handley. W. F.-Newark Campbell, W. E.-Argyllshire Hawkins, J. H.-Tavistock Ferguson, R.-Dysart, ace. Hudson, T.-Evesham Johnstone, J. J. H.--Dumfries- Ingitny, Sir W.-Lincolnshire Le i rr t sr i n „ di l , t. C.-2 , lllti c dbright Johnstone, Sir J.V.-Yorkshire Jooes, J.-Carmarthen shire Kemp, T. R.-ewes Mackenzie, J. A. S.-Ross-shire King, E 8.-Warwick M‘Leorl, R.-Sutherlandshire Knight, H. 0.-Maltt Ross IL-Aberdeen, &c. Knight, R.-Wallingford Sincl ' air, G. jun -Caithness sh I.efevre, C. S.-Ham Stewart, Sir M. S.-Rentrewsh S.-Hampshire ' ' . - . . Leigh, T. C.-Wallingford Lemon, Sir C.-Cornwall IRELAND. Lennox, Lord W.-King'sLynn Bellew, Sir i'.-Louth County Lester, B. L.-Poole Blackney, W.-C.. of Carlow Lumley, J. S.-Nottinghamsh. Bodkin, J. J.-Galway Marryatt, J.-Sandwich Browne, J.-Co. of Mayo Milbank, M -Camelford French, A.-Roscommon - Co. Mills, J.-Rochester Jephson, C. D. 0.--Mallo - w Milton, Visc.-Northamptonsh. Killeen, Lord-Co. of Meath Morpeth, Viscount-Yorkshire Lambert, H.-Wexford Co. Mostyn, E. M. L-Flintshi re Leader, N. P.-Kilkenny Newark, Lord-East Retford Macnamara, W. N.-Clare Co. Nowell, A.-Westmoreland Musgrave, Sir R.-Waterford Co. Nugent, Lord-Aylesbury o', onnell, D.-Co. of Kerry Ord, W.-Morpeth O'Connor Don-Roscom. Co.I Owen, Sir J. B -Pembrokesh. O'Ferrall t IL M.-Co. of Kildare Paget, T.-Leicester Ossory, Earl of-Kilkenny Co. Palmer, C.-Bath Ponsonby, G.-Youghall Pendarves, E. W. -Cornwall Power, R.-Waterford County Ridley, Sir M. W.-Newcastle- Ruthven, F. S.-Downpatrick upon-Tyne Shell, R. L-Co. of Louth Robarts, A. W.-Maidstone Walker, C. A.-Wexford Robinson, Sir G.-Northampton! White, S.-Co. of Leitrim Russell, Lord J.-Devonshire I Wyse, T., jun.-Tipperary Co. ROYAL ASSENT. 'Front the Votes and Proceedings of the House o f Coinmuns.) _ . Luna, 20 0 die Februarii, 183'2. Mr. Speaker reported the Royal assent—to Exchequer Bills (12,000,0001 ) Bill—Pensions, &c. Duties Bill—. Transfer of Aids Bill—Cholera Prevention (England) Bill—Cholera Prevention (Scotland) Bill—Sacram• ntai Test (Ireland) Bill—Contagious Diseases (Ireland) Bill— Dublin County As-esstnents B ll—Liverpool Marine Ai surance Company Bill—Norwich and Lowestoft Naviga tion Bill—Asliford and Tideswell Road Bill—llardingston and Old Stratford Road Bill—lpswich Road Bill—Bir ,ningbam and Wednesbury Road Bill—Nlanerowen (Pem broke) Inet.sure Bill—Aston Rowant (Oxford) Inclosure Bill—Pasteur's Naturalist ition PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION. SUPPLEMENTARY ACCOUNT of the POPULATION, of the INHABITED HOUSES, and of the Amount of ASSESSED TAXES, in the several COUNTIES of ENGLAND enume rated in SCHEDULE (F) of the REFORM BILL, in the Year ending April, IK3I. Inhabited Population Houses. Assessed Taxes Counties. Chester Devon Essex (;loucester Kent Hants Lancaster Norfolk Somerset Stafford Surrey Warwick Worcester 334,410 494,1F8 317,233 386,904 479,155 314,313 1,336,854 390,054 403,908 41. 3 ,4 8 5 4.'36;126 X 36,988 211,336 53,864 60,931 57,156 70,366 81,842 56,463 227,227 72,710 7 1 ,341 77.990 75,171 69,296 40,985 X a. d. 47,63 S 2 3} 68,“73 15 94 89,431 5 3} 102,504 5 147,229 17 03 97,554 16 5. 2'41.351 11 it 75,790 13 5i 167,789 5 60,732 3 3 257,346 11 41 70,276 15 2} 51,122 6 9 RETURN of the POPULATION of MERTHYR TIDY' L, by the last Census; with the Number of INHABITED HOUSES, and an Account of the Amount of ASSESSED TAXES paid in the Year ending April, 1531. Population by the Census of 1831 "2,083 Number of inhabited Houses 4,N35 Amount of Assessed Taxes paid in the year ending April, 1831 £1,588 Whitehall, Feb. 16, 1832. S. M. PHILLIPPS. The alarm, which very generally prevailed amongst the principal nobility and gentry at the West-end of the town, on the approach of the cholera has conside rably abated. Several Nodle personages, who last week made preparation fur leaving town with their families, have given counter orders. We regret to hear that her Royal Highness the Duchess of GLOUCESTER has been more seriously ill than was generally "opposed. Her Royel Highness is confined to her chamber at Gloucester House, and Sir HENRY HALY , ./11) is in daily attendance. A great num ber of persons of distinction called yesterday at her Ru ) al Higtine4s's residence, when the reply to infinities w r, " that her Royal Highness had passed a more comfortable night." LIVES OF GREAT COMMANDERS.—Those who delight hi authentic narratives of enterprise and «d -venturc__wh•, love to read of rear tiat achievements, and of the sin, it-stirring events of the b ittle-field, will obtain a high gratification in the perusal of the above-named s Niles, from the pen of the celebrated author of " Darnles." I REVOLT IN JAMAICA (PURTMER PARTICULAR).) " MONTEGO SAY, JAX. L " Up to last night Westmoreland in general remained quiet, yet sorne properties were burnt (Mr. Hutchinson's, Scott's, Hopeton's, Dr. Gordon's of this town, Pen's). Darlston's and all other settlements in that quarter were destroyed, and I have not the least doubt that parish will be in a blaze in all parts before another week passes. " My last letter informed you that I had sent off my daughters to this town, and from these who knew more at the time of what was going on, I came here also on the 27th. The negroes suffered every thing sent for to come on here for two or three days ; hut on the 30th they be gan to plunder, and tila estate is burnt. About forty sugar-works and thirty-five or forty other settlements have been destroyed since the 27th. " Mr. George Gordon had, on the night of the lit, a pitched battle with a large body of the insurgents, and he counted 69 dead bodies. This gentleman, having lo s t his property, has been indefatigable in his command ; y e t not withstanding every check, their deermination seems to in crease, and I have now little hesitatio❑ t. say, that the island is or will be eventually lost. There is proof enough against the Baptists by the negroes' confessions to con demn them ; but they have decamped ; and, to my great itissaction, the Weal •yan minister, I hear, is still here. This seems a consciousness of innocence, for I have not heard any acme ition against him. " Sir W. Cotton, the Commander-in-Chief, is heir, with 300 or 4.00 regulars ; but there are un men-of-war, except the Blanche, Racehorse, and Sparrowhazok, which are at Montego Bay, except the Blossom, lately at Sayan nah-la-M,r, in the island. We shall see how England bears the loss. This calamity here is the foundation-stone of a revolution at home. " I have not beard from the overseer at Cornwall, who must be out oa duty; sod every one is so hsra , se-d, that they have no time to think, still less to write. I saw a note dated last night from a quiet district inWestmoreland, which stated what 1 said above as to the peace of that pa rish. I hope it will continue and end in tranquillity. The expres.ions attributed to the B.ptist preachers arere bellious and seditious in the highest degree, if the people who were of their congregation are to he believed. I can hardly recollect the names of the properties burnt. -, Copse. Burnt Ground Pen. , Eden. Dr. Windross' Ho. - t. Spring Garden end Gr. Ho. Dr. Bernard's Ho. Unity Hall. Mr. Kerr's Ho. • _ Bogue . Now burningwith- Richmond Hill. , , , Torbay in two miles of the Blackhole. Moreland, . . Re'field, yesterday Lethe. Retirement Wiltshire. • Friendship. Child ermas , Spring Mount. town. Rouodhill, Hanover, Sunderland. Welcome, ditto. Leyden. Haildington, ditto. Newman Hall. Flint River, ditto, Scott's Reading Pen. NVorcester. Ditto, Wharf, Paisley. Mont Pelier Wharf. Palmyra. Sterling Wharf. 'Windsor-lodge and many other. Buona Vista Pen. Retrieve. Roehampton. Lapland. Windsor Castle. Duckett's Spring. Two Montpeliers. Cambridge, Shetleward Pen, York, in Seven Rivers, uncertain. Trelawney. Hazelymph. " Such is our present state, and the utmost vigilance is requisite every night to prevent our being burnt in our beds. Old buildings of wood are now pulling down, but as the servants in the town are disaffected, and many emissaries hidden among them, it is hardly possible to re sist the conviction that they will ultimately succeed. Corr •ustitiles have been found in one negro room yesterday, Since their depredations have so far succeeded, they have commenced to murder men, women, and children, who tall into their hands, and as they proceed drinking and carousing they are desperate." BULLETIN. " Royal Gas tte Office, Kingston. Jan. 6, 1632. am commanded by the.Major-General to re quest you tvill immediately proinulpte, for general informa tion, the following communication. " I have the honour to he, &c., D. JACOBS, Sec." District No. 2, Head-quarters, Hanover-street, Jan. 6, 1832. The Major-General in command hastens to promulgate, for general information, the following pleasing intelli gence, which he has received from the windward part of his district :—Colonel Watson, of the Portland Regiment, in his despatch of the 4th, from Port Antonio, announced that tha leader of the rebels, taken at Rose-garden Estate by the Maroons, bad been tried by a military commission, and shot at Mulatto River, and that his body bad been t.keo back to Rose-garden and hung up. The parish of Portland was quiet, the negroes who had revolted having returned to their homes. Col.met D 'prates despatch conveys the agreeable as; count that the negroes on Weybridge Estate had returned ti their wok on tl e 4th, after an affray with a division of the Manchioneel Company, under Lieutenant Bißnall, the day previous, when one man of the rebels was killed, add another wounded. The conduct of the Maroons, under Captain Wright, had been highly exemplary. Accounts from Plantain Garden River announce, that several of the ringleaders had been shot at Manchioneel, w ich had induced the people on most of the properties to return to their duty : all at Plantain Garden were behav ing well. Despatches have also been received from Lieutenant- Colonel Codrington and Captain Papley, reporting the trial and execution of two of the rebels, both of whom wets leaders and instigators ; the most salutary effects imma. di itely followed upon this, i.y the return of all the negrees wao had absconded from five large properties at Man cni.neel, to their duty. The adoption of the military mode of flogging the shves found guilty of violence has been productive of much benefit. The captains and seamen of the shipping at Aforant Bay have placed themselves u❑der the command of Colonel De!prat , . • • SECOND BULLETIN. (From the Kingston Chronicle. ) St. J ime.'s, Friday Evening, Jan. 6, Four p.m. Despatches were received, at four o'clock yesterday evening, from Major-General Sir Willoughby Cotton, dated bead-quarters, Montego-bay, the 4th of January, five p.m., giving very favourable accounts from' St. James's. The measures adopted, together with the pro. elamation issued, have had the most extraordinary effect. Accounts had been received that afternoon from Pitfour and Latium estates, stating the negroes were coming in, and the road to Maroon-town was open. The attacks made ou the 3d instant, and the number of rebels that have been lost in the various affairs, appear to he more considerable than was at first imagined. • Colonel Hilt o n occup i es D uncan, Cambridge, and Mona- i tain spring. oop of war fn m et i l o ae r r e i moored c ßiver, 1 a a h n a party i c )ee o o tspobaet and de sailors,lm% as t t o h too G y er(e)ci in advance this day, 5t13 instant, It appears beyond doubt, that the burnings are cot)... ducted by regular parties, who are dressed in blue jackets and hl irk cares belts; thus accoutred, four or five were •ee❑ by Captain Burnet, who had advanced up the hills, and had addressed several parties, who were standing within hail, in groups, and they hollowed " War! war !" Only 0 0 of them were armed ; they fled, with SOO or 400 others who were on the side of the hills. A strong party of sailors and marines from the men-of. war had landed, anti did duty in the night. 310VEMENTS. The whole of the troops were to move forward on the morning of the sth instant, in three columns. Ist Column.—The Western Interior Regiment, under Colonel Grignon, and three officers and 60 men of the 33d Regiment, move by the Bog Estate And Anchovy Bottom, on Montpelier New Works, thence to patrol in d'rection of Head and Crown Tavern. 2d Column.—Colonel Camp/tell, with. the Hanover Regiment, move from Round-bill, by Welcom e and Con tent, on Golden-grove and Panas, and patrols towards Montpelier, New Works, and Crown Tavern. 3,1 Column.—Colonel Williams, with a detachment for Sivannah-la-Mer, by Haddo, on Crown Tavern. Nlaroons.—From Accompong, on Chesterfield, Be!moat and Great River, towards Docket's spring. TRELAWNEY. Favourable accounts have been received from this parish : numerous prisoners are comin g in, and no fresh fires Lave lakes place. Sr. JAMES. Despatches were received this morning from Sir Wil loughby Cotton, dated ten o'clock A.M., the sth of Js unary, cont.aining most favourable intelligence from St, James's. The slaves were returning in numbers to the estates. All the ladies and other women who had em lurked on board the ships in the harbour were lauding, and resuming their domestic avocations, attornies were going to visit the estates. The roads to Luc, a, Maroon-town, and Savannah, were all open. The slaves of Retirement, and two other properties, hid come in bodily. Colonel Campbell had taken one of the " Rulers," who cal= With tQrvbe-ti in the aet of 6 1 / 4 ttini fire to a ?rortty