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WHITEHALL, JAN. WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 10, 1532 DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. FILCHER JONES, Folkestone, Kent, cabinet-maker. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. JOHN SAUL BYRON, Boston, Lincolnshire, draper. BANKRUPTS. 4 •• rku a•r h ya "'~~ s tzwa o -k FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. At the Court at St. James's, the 6th day of February, 1532, PRESS NT, The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. It is this day ordered by his Majesty in Council, that his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury do prepare a form of prayer to Almighty God, to be used, instead of the prayer prepared in pur suance of his Majesty's Order in Council of the 2d November la's, in all Churches and Chapels during the continuance of that grievous disease with which several places in this kingdom are at this time visited : and it is hereby further ordered, that his Ma jesty's printer do forthwith print a competent number of the said form of prayer, that the same may be forthwith sent round and read in all the Cathedral, Collegiate, and Parochial Churches and Chapels throughout those parts of the United Kingdom ealled England and Ireland, as soon as the Ministers thereof shall receive the same. C. C. GREVILLE. At the Court at St. James's, the 6th day of k ebruary, 183'2, PRESENT, The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. It is this day ordered by his Majesty in Council that every Mini ster and Preacher, as well of the Established Church in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, as of the Episcopal Communion lirotected and allowed by an Act passed in the tenth year of her late Majesty Queen Anne, c. 7, and intituled " An Act to pre vent the disturbing those of the Episcopal Communion in that part of Great Britain called Scotland in the exercise of their re ligious worship, and in the use of the Liturgy of the Church of England," and for repealing the Act passed in the Parliament of Scotland, intituled "An Act against irregular baptisms and marriages," do, during the continuance of that grievous disease with which several places in this kingdom are at this time visited, at some time during the exercise of Divine Service in such re apeetive,Church, Congregation, or Assembly, put up their prayer Ay Almighty God on account of such visitation, inste.d of the prayers put up in pursuance ' isMajesty's Order in Council of the second November last. C. C. GRE VILLE. ST. JA3IES'S PALACE, FED. 4, IS3'2. The King was this day please.l to confer the honour of Knight hood upon Lieutenant-General Charles Bulkelev Egerton, Knight Commander of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order. WHITEHALL„ FEB. 8. The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting to Thomas Francis Kennedy, E. the office of Clerk of the Ordnance of the United Kingdom of Greut Britain and Ireland. WHITEHALL, Fr.a. 8. The King has been pleased to grant to the Reverend Evelyn Levett Sutton, M.A. the place and dignity of a Prebendary of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster, void by the death of Doctor Andrew Bell. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Peter Guillebaud Meares, of the city of Bath, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, Fes. 6. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Henry Thompson, of Chesterfield, in the county of Derby, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 10. MEMBER RETURNED TO RIME IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. ('ITT OP WRIITMINSTER.—Sir John Caul Hubhouse, Burt. Bth Regiment of Light Dragoons—Liea Sir W. L. Young, Bart., to be Adjutant, vice Shewell, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, Feb. 10, 1832. Iffiti Light Dragoons—Brevet Colonel T. W. Brotherton, from the half-pay, to be Lieut.-Colonel, repaying the difference be tween the full-pay of Infantry and Cavalry, Feb. 10. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieut. and Capt. W. H. Cornwall to be Captain and Lieut-Colonel, by purchase, vice Peters, who retires; Ensign and Lieut. J. Forbes to be Lieu •enant and Captain, by purchase, vice Cornwall; Hon. F. W. C. Villiers to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Forbes ; apt. C. W. Horton to be Adjutant, vice Cornwall, Feb. 10. 4th Foot—Capt. R. M. Westmacott, from 98th Regiment, to Captain, vice Mahon, who exchanges, Feb. 10. 13th Foot—Capt. J. M. Maitland, from the half-pay of the 5 , 2 d Regiment, to be Captain, vice R. Hare, who exchanges, receiv ing the difference, Feb. 19. `‘..loth Foot—Capt. W. T. R. Smith from the half-pay, to he Captain, vice M A. Stanley, who exchanges, receiving the diffe ence' Feb. 10. aldFoot—Lieut. G. Browne to be Captain, without purchase, vice Reoch, deceased; Ensign J. Dillon to be Lieutenant, vice Browne; Gent. Cadet W. Case, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Dillon, Feb. 10. 48th Fo , itLLieut. J. Watson, from half-pay of the 2,1 Garri son Battalion, to he Lieutenant, vice Egar, appointed to the Bth Regiment, Feb. 10. 57th root— . F. H. Jackson, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Blythe, promoted in the Ist West India Regiment, Feb. 10. 65th F'oot—Lieut. H Elton, from the half_pay of the 2241 Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, yicc NV. Tucker, who ex changes, Feb. It). 766 Foot—Hon. T. Murray to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bruce, promoted, Feb. 10. 95th Foot—Brevet-Major D. Mahon, from the 4th Regiment, to be Captain, vice Westmacott, who exchange; Feb. 10. 2d West India Regiment—Lieut. J. Hodges, from the half-pay of the York Chasseurs, to be Lieutenant, vice Bell, appointed to the Roval Newfoundland Veteran Companies, Feb. IU. Ceylon Regiment—Lieut. G. Hamilton,from the half-pay of the 5.9 d Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice H. Sharpin, who ex changes. Feb. 10. BREVET.—The under-mentioned Cadets of the Hon, the East India Company's Service to have the temporary rank as Ensigns during the period of their being placed under the com mand of Colonel Pasley, of the Royal Engineers, at Chatham, for field instructions in the art of Sapping and Mining : Gent. Cadet R. H. Chapman, Gent. Cadet It. Leech, Gent. Cadet C. Walker, Gent. Cadet N. C. Macleod, Gent. Cadet C. M. Elliott, Gent Cadet J. Spens, Gent. Cadet W. Jones, Feb. 10. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon J. Gillice, from the P2th Regiment, to be Staff-Assistant-Surgeon, vice Johnston, appointed to the 62d Regiment, Feb. 10. MEMO ItANDA.—The appointment of Lieut. Furnell, from the half-pay of the let Foot, is to the 57th Foot, and not to the er2d Itegimeut, as stated in the Gazett e of the 3d instant. The date of Lieut. Whittell's promotion, in the 35th Regiment, is the 17th December, 1831, and not the 7th June, 1131, as for xnerly stated. WILLIAM YOU Ayr, Nassau-street, Middlesex-hospital, druggist, to surrender Feb. 22 and March 25, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cardales and Newton, South-square, Gray's Inn. STEPHEN HANNUM, Oxford, carpenter, Feb. 15, at ten, and March M, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Sutcliffe and Birch, New Bridge-street. JOSEPH JACKSON, Rochester, brush-maker, Feb. 21, at two, and March 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Neild, King-street, Cheapside. JAMES MONTAGUE, Charlotte-street, Bedford-square, jeweller, Feb. 24, at eleven, and March 23, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Spyer, Broad-street-buildings. DONA I. 11) GRANT, Torquay, Devonshire, builder, Feb. 21, ot one, and March 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. '1 eesdale, Symes, and Weston, Fenchurch-street. J A MES CRESHA W JEWSB URY, Canterbury, linen-draper, Feb. 21 and March 23, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Hard wick, Lawrence-lane, Cheapside. THOMAS JONES, Kiddermtnster, druggist, Feb. 2 . 3 and March 23, at eleven, at the Swan Inn, Stourport, Worcestershire. Michael, Red Lion-square, Holborn, London ; Bird, Kidder. minster. DAVID DANIEL DAVIS, Fitzroy.square, boarding-house keeper, Feb. 17, at two, and March 23, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Selby, Sergeant's Inn, Fleet-street. RICHARD LONGWORTH, Upper Rawclitre, Lancashire, rush-dealer, March '2 and 20, at eleven, at the office of Messrs. Harrison and Son, Preston. Back, Verulam-buildings, Gray's Inn-lane, London ; Harrison and Son, Preston. JOHN DAVIS, Bourton-on-the-hill, Gloucestershire, auc tioneer, Feb. 15, at the George Inn, Shipston-upon-St our , Wor cestershire, and March 63, at the Bell Inn, Halford, Warwick ahire, at eleven each day. Findon and Wood, Shipton-uNn- Stour ; Dyneley, Coverdale, and Lee, Gray's Inn. JAMES POOLE, Worcester, comb-manufacturer, Feb. 23 and March '23, at twelve, at the Star and Garter Inn, Worcester. Smith, Basinghall-street, London ; Parker and Smith, Worcester. JOHN WARNER, Manchester, warehouseman, Feb. '25, '27 , as March 23, at two, at the Palace Inn, Manchester. Perkins and Frampton, Gray's Inn-square, London ; Lewtas, Manchester. JOSEPH GALE, Manchester, carver and gilder, Feb. 25, at three, and March 23, at nine, at the York Hotel, Manchester. Adlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row, London ; Claye And Thompson, Manchester. THOMAS TAYLOR, Clifford-street, Bond-street, mercer, Feb. t 4, at eleven, and March 23, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Richardson, Ironmonger-lane. WILLIAM MORGAN and GEORGE RICHARD ROACH, at the ourf of ritif i liapp, , Feb. aat one, and 23, at eleven, Jewry, London. DIVIDENDS. J, Sanderson, Gerrard's-cross, Bucks, victualler, March 2, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy—R. W. Whitfield, Oxford street, ironmonger, March 2, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy A. Glennie, J. S. Glennie, and W. Fry, New Broad-street, merchants Feb. 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy--W. Gough, Windsor, coach-maker, March 5, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners—R. Holden, Mincing-lane, West India broker, March 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy= I'. l'eirson and W. Sammon, Russia.row, Milk-street, Irish factors, March 5, at ne, at the Court of Bankruptcy—W. Dennison, Toxteth-park, Liverpool, ship-owner, March 22, at one, at the Clarendon rooms, Liverpool—J. Smith, Newcastle-under-Lyme, grocer, March 5, at one, at the Roebuck Inn, Newcastle-under-Lyme— R. Dandy, Great Drittield, Yorkshire, grocer, March 7, at twelve, 'w the Red Lion, Great Drittield—M. Carter, Gosport, South 'Layton, miller, March 5, at twelve, at the Crown Inn, Gosport —J. 14alley, Portsea, coal-merchant, March 12, at one, at the Crown Inn, Gosport. C E TI FICATES. MARCH, 2. W. Burt, Great Castle-street, MiddleseZ, lodging-house keeper—W. Maurice, Dudley, Worcester, printer--J. Lees, Alton, Staffordshire, innkeeper—J. Earl, Church-street, Hack 1111V, cheesemonger—J. It. Tilstone, Cheapside, commercial agent Hiatt, Crown-court, Broad-street, wine-merchant—C Young, Craig's-court, Charing-cross, picture-dealer. - PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. J'riddle and W. Manser, builders--J. Bewley and Co., Dias_ low, manufacturers, so far as regard. R. Thompson—J. and R. Ashworth, Nunhill, Lancashire, woollen-manufacturers—R. P. Wakefield and J. Billiter, Whitecross-street, curriers—T. W. Atkins and J. Taylor, Birmingham, brass-founder.—p. Stephen. son and J. Blaakritore, Queen-street, Horseferry-road, anchor .naiths—J. Drew and B. Goulson, Manchester, chemists—G. and C. Ryland, Birmingham iron-merchants—C. W. Mo ore an d H. Cowli.haw, Shardlow, Derbyshire, malt-makers—E. Jones and 'l'. Roberts. Marchmunt-street, linen-drapers—W. Rawstorne and Co., Preston, Lancashire, attorneys—F. Darby and Co., Colebroske.dale, Salop, iron.masters—J. Clowes and C. Wedge, Coventry, ribbon-manufacturers—J. Lee and E. Hart, rag-mer chants—J. Stockfurd and R. Butt, Cannon-street, City, hair_ dressers—H. Foster and W. Smithson, Selby, Yorkshire, brick makers—T. Arbuthnot and Co., St. John-street, Clerkenwell, curriera—R. Webb and J. B. Peters Bristol, coach -masters—J . .Simpeon and H. T. F. Leake, Goswell-street, leather-sellers. The Duke of . NEWCASTLE is expected in town next week front his seat, Clumber Park, Notting hamshire. SELECT VESTRIES.--A deputation of rate payers of the pariah of St. Marylebone, consisting of Sir GzaAu NOEL, Baronet, /11. D ., JOSEPH BUI' E, Es q ., tt M.P., Sir SAMUE L S. S. W HALLEY, Dr. HAR M" soN, ALEXANDER. BOSWELL, Es q., Colonel Joisis Mr. UNDERWOOD, and Mr. GREEN, accompanied by Mr. JACKSON, the Honorary Secretary, this morning pre sented to the Churchwardens (the lion. Baronet Be:- vsnrE and JOHN HALL, Esq.) a requisition signed by abiut 700 flouseliolders of the first respectability, calling for the abolition of the present system of self-elected irre. sponaihle ve.tries, and the adoption of Sir Joints Hon. Houses Vestries Act, by which the election of vestry men is pLced in the hands of the rare payers, who would thus have a controul over the parochial funds, which in -his great parish amounts to near'y 200,0001. per annum. ,!: r?).- 1 • , IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF COMMONS, FEBRUdAY 10. (Continued from our Second Edition of yesterday.) Mr. MACKINNON was anxious to state to the House the real facts of this case. He could not see upon what grounds the Hen. Gentleman had considered it his duty to fasten imputations, unjust and and uncalled for, both on Lord Salisbury and Mr. Andrews. He had resorted in deed, during the whole of his speech, to the jargon of Reformers, which had so often been heard in that House, hut he was very much mistaken if he expected Hon. Members would be prevented from uttering their senti ments either by intimidation or abuse. In order to ex culpate the character of the Noble Lord, he would read the following letter which he had received from that respectable solicitor Mr. Andrews, who had been referred to, and for the purpose of chewing that the allegations in this petition were groundless, and false in reference to the signatures of the address " My dear Sir,—Mr. Duncombe, the Member for Hertford, has given notice of his intention to present, this evening, a petition from certain freeholders of Herts in favour of the Reform Bill ; and complaining that their signatures were fraudulently ob tained to an address lately presented to his Majesty against Re form and a creation of Peers. I understand that lam one of the persons said to have improperly obtained signatures (at Barnet), and I shall feel much obliged by your making the following statement to the House of Commons, on the presentation of such petition. " Some short time since I procured signatures at Barnet to an address to his Majesty, against Political Unions, for a constitu tional Reform, and against the creation of new Peers. " Several persons signed the address. Six of them—namely, Mereweather, an ironmonger; Rolph, a baker; Thimbleby, a pawnbroker; Salmon, a coachmaster; Weslake, a watchmaker ; and Mr. Thomas Sears, a butcher—have now, at the instance of a person of the name of Dell, signed a paper, stating that I de ceived them as to the purport of the address, and told them that it was to get the assessed taxes t a k en off.—(Hear, hear.) " Now I do most solemnly declare 'and am ready to do so upon oath), that I distinctly acquainted the five first named persons with the real nature and purport of the address--(Cheers from the Opposition) —and that I never mentioned or alluded to the assessed taxes in my interview with those persons.—(Cheers.) " With respect to Mr. Sears, the following circumstances oc curred:—Mr. Sears is almost a next-door neighbour, and a very excellent client and well-wisher of mine. I called upon him with the address, and, in joke—(Oh, and hear)—asked him if he would like the assessed taxes taken off.—(L•iud cries of Hear,' from all parts of the House.) I then asked him to sign the parchment which I had in my hand.—(Cheers from the Reform benches.) He was about to do so, when I told him he had better read it. He replied, that 'He didn't care what it was, that he would sign any thing, and particularly if it was to hang the law yers.' Mr. Sears will state that what passed in regard to the as sessed taxes was in joke, and not for the purpose of deceiving him. Dell is a political enthusiast; and has, from his assailing, jeering, and annoying the six mentioned individuals, and taking advantage of the occurrence with Sears, obtained their signatures to the paper repudiating the address. " I can prove by the testimony of a respectable person, that one of the six persons who now states he was deceived, actually acknowledged that he had read part of the address ; and I beg to hand you testimonials from several highly respectable individuals of the town and vicinity in which I reside, as to the respectability of my character, and stating that they do not believe 1 would be guilty of any act derogatory to the character of a man of honour and a gentleman. Had I been aware a few hours stoner of this matter being brought forward, I would have procured testimo nials from every gentleman in the neighbourhood, which I am confident they would have readily given to me. " I remain, my dear Sir, " Your very obedient humble servant, " AUGUSTUS THOS. A NDItEWES." " To W. A. Mackinnon, Esq." The HON. ME.mcza proceeded to say, that he held in hie band a testimonial of the excellence of Mr. Andrewes's cha racter, signed by from twenty-five to thirty of the most respectable gentlemen in Hertford. But Mr. Andrewes's vindication did not rest on this alone. There was a letter from the very individu rl, Sears, who now complained of him, and who, he might observe, cared nothing about Reform, and who feigned a zeal for it because the Hon Member for Middlesex (Byng) was one of his employers, in which Sears states—" It is true, when you requested me to sign the address to the King, you did not explain to me its purport ; at the same time I am free to admit, that when you mentioned the assessed taxes, you did it jocosely, and without any intention of deceiving me. I might have read the address, but I declined doing so."—(Cheers from the Opposition benches.) These letters, he took it, abun dantly disproved the Hon. Member's statement, founded on the complaint of Messrs. Sears and Co. The truth was, these persons cared very little about the Reform Bill, while the intelligence and property of the county of Hert ford were decidedly opposed to it. Mr. CURRIE (as we understood) bore testimony to the respectability of the petitioners. Lord STORMONT was acquainted with Mr. Andrewes, and could take it upon him to say that a more respectable man did not belong to his profession. That gentleman was ready to meet the Hon. Member for Hertford at the bar of • -- that House, and to bring forward evidence which would completely destroy the Hon. Gentleman's statement. The fact was the petition on which that statement was founded was got up by a most disreputable person naisied Dell, who was in fact neither more or less than a runaway horse dealer. A petition more unworthy of credit, and the result of more despicable motives, and signed by more dis reputable persons, was not to be matched in the annals of Parliament.. Mr. BYNG, in answer to the assertion of the Hon. Member fur Lymington, that the intelligence, property, and majority of the inhabitants of Plertford were opposed to the Reform Bill, could take it upon him to state that not one freeholder or inhabitant of thst county would willingly sign a petition against that Bill. With respect to the peti tioner Sears, of whom mention had been made, he thought it right to state that according to that person's version of the interview between hint and Andrewes, the conduct of the latter was not altogether sans reproche. Sears told him that as he was in his shop en a Saturday, busy attend ing to his customers, Andrewes came in and exclaimed, " Pray, Sears, do you wish to see the assessed taxes re pealed ?" " Oh, certainly," answered Sears, "by all means." " Then you have only to put your name to this petition—(Hear, hear)—which, however, you had better read first."—( Hear.) To this Sears replied, "I am now, as you see, very busy, and cannot spare time to read the paper; but I am sure you would not deceive me as to its import, and therefore sign it at once."—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") Another of the petitioners, Mr. Weslake, a watchmaker, told him that Andrewes played the same trick with him.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. MACKINNON was sure the House would see that Sears' own letter was a direct contradiction to his state ment to the Hon. Member for Middlesex. Sir C. WETHERELL said, with respect to what had fallen from the Hon. Member for Hertford, in reference to the policy of forcing the Reform Bill through the House of Lords by a coup de main creation of Peers, he (Sir C. Wetherell) would sh or tly have occasion to state his views of the subject to the House, having an important motion with respect to Peerage creations on the order list, and would endeavour to show that such a creation would be as illegal as unconstitutional, and destructive of the legis lative independence of the House of Lords. The Hon. and Learned Gentlemen isy .siting that Le .houltl not raise any objection to the reception of the peti tion, but this he did not hesitate to affirm, it had been brought forward principally for the purpose of casting a stigma upon two Noblemen of unimpeachable honour and unbending integrity.--(Hear, hear.) The Marquis of CHANDOS bore testimony to the good character of the gentlemen (we believe Mr. Andrewes) to whom the Hon. Member for Hertford had made what he considered rather a discourteous allusion. An Hos. MEMBER, whose name we could not learn, observed that it was high time for Ministers to advise the King to exercise his naval prerogative by an immediate creation of such a number of Peers as might be found necessary.—(Hear.) Mr. CROKER thought it would be more becoming in the Hon. Member if, considering the position in which he stood with respect to Government, he had abstained from tendering his advice to them so gratuitously on a subject of such importance.—(Hear.) The MEMIEL who had already spoken denied that be stood in any peculiar relation towards Government which should preclude his offering them any suggestions be thought proper. Mr. CROKER had merely meant that it would have been more accordant with good taste, if so new a Member, ind so very warm a friend of Government, had been less dictatorial and dogmatic in the expression of his sentiments on so important a subject.—( Hear.) The MEstuxu. in question felt surprised that he should have been taken to task on that account by the Hon. Member for Aldborough.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. BARING deprecated the incidental discussion of a question of so much delicacy and importance on the mere presentation of a petition. Lord EBRINOTON said Ministers, in his opinion, would not have been justified in bringing a Reform Bill again into that House, after one of a similar kind had al. ready been defeated, if they did not feel they had power also to pass it through the House of Lords.—(Hear.) He was certain a creation would not only cause no danger of an impeachment of Ministers, but it would be received with approbation and gratitude by the House of Commons. —(Hear, heir.) That approbation and that gratitude would likewise prevail out of doors, not with the mere mob and rabble— (Hear, from Mr. Howr)—but amongst those who--he said it with all respect for that House— were as capable of forming sound opinions as any one who then heard him. Sir R. VYVYAN wondered that the Noble Lard, who talked so feelingly of the delays which desultory discussions by the Tories had opposed to the Reform Bill, that he, of all men, should have prolonged a conversation like the pre sent, on a petition from six individuals hi Hertfordshire. ' --(Hear, hear, from the Opposition.) The subject, he believed in his conscience, had been thus needlessly ob• truded upon them for no other purpose than to procure some strong expression of feeling on the question of the creation, from those Members who were habitual sup porters of the present Government.—(Hear, hear.) The King, he allowed, could even double the House of Lords by his prerogative, hut the responsibility for the undue or extreme exercise of that prerogative would rest upon the heads of Ministers. The country should look to the fatethat . had befallen France. When Louis Philip came to assume the Royal power, he found his Government actually could not be carried on unless he turned out the Peers who had been created by Villele and his predecessors. They were • extinguished accordingly, and new Peers were created by . a new Ministry ; and with the majority thus obtained, the hereditary Peerage itself was annihilated.—(Cheers from the Opposition.) Mr. O'CONNELL observed, that the question as to what was the opinion of the people on this subject had already been fully answered by the unanimous declaration of every public meeting in town and country, that Peers ought to be created.—(Hear.) There had been a great deal of talk about the constitutional privileges of thePeera; and he should like to be informed whether the nomination of Members to sit in the House of Commons was one of the constitutional privileges of the Peers which come Hnn. Gentlemen so warmly advocated ?—(Hear, hear.) Ile conceived th tt the existing slate of things was just that to which the King's prerogative was meant to be applied. The House of Lords h•id usurped the privilege of return ing Members to that House; and the King, a large majo rity of the house of Commons, and the people of England, desired to Reform that abuse. But a majority of the House of Lords had determined that that abuse should be continued. How, then, were the differences of the two Houses of Parliament to he reconciled ? Not by violence, —there was no occasion for that, for the Constitution had provided the means, by giving to the King the preroga tive of adding to the number of Peers.—(Hear, hear.) It bad been stated on the one hand, and denied on the other, that 3iinisters had received authority to create a sufficient number of Peers to carry the Reform Bill. He confessed that he had at first been inclined to believe that they pos sessed the power ; but when he saw Gazette after Gazette appear without containing the names of any new Peers, be began to doubt their power. If he saw but one Ga zette with twenty new Peers in it, he should be satisfied— (Loud cries of hear)—and the fears of the count!) , would be set at rest; the people at I irge would see that the Reform question was safe; they would re turn to their habits of business, and trade would re sume its natural channel.—(Cheers.) What watt wanting was only one good Gazette, and then every thing would go on right, though there would, to be sure, remain a fine topic for declamation in that House.—(Laughter.) It had been said, that the majority against the Bill was 61. In that case, let Ministers create 122 Peers, and be sure.— (Hear, hear.) The Tories had hei n making Peers for the last 60 years; and how many of them had been called to the House of Lords for services which they had done against the people?—(Hear, hear.) The power of nomi nating two or three Members to the House of Commons had been the surest means of securing to the owner admission into the House of Lords. It was now high time that some Peers were created for the services they were willing to do the people.—( Hear, hear.) Sir R. PEEL rose to protest against the right of these petitioners calling upon the House to pass the Reform Bill without delay. Here were six gentlemen, clearly not the wisest in the world, who had chosen to sign a petition which they had never read, and had provoked a discussio❑ on all the mysteries and arcana of Peer-making. He therefore must expostulate with Messrs. Sears, Westlake, and Thimbleby, &e., for pressing the House to proceed with the Reform Bill, when they had themselves, by their own negligence in signing petitions without reading them, occasioned a discussion, by which the House had been pre vented from going into Committee for two hours past, and perhaps passing two or three clauses.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped, after this, the Noble Lord opposite would not ask the House to sit on Saturday. With respect to the ques tion of creation of Peers, he would not assume the possibi lity of a Whig Government overpowering the independence of the other House, and he should therefore wait to see some better evidence of the probability of such an act being cline, before he delivered his opinion on it. But if new Peels were to be created, he thought the six petitioners had as good a right to be made Peers as any other persons; and if this violence should be done to the Constitution, he hoped that the same Gazette which contained the 122 Peers desired by the Hon. and Learned Member, would include among the numbers the name of Baron Thitribleby, of Barnet,—(Laughter ) , Mr. HUNT said, that the people, instead of crying out for new Peers, were tired and sick of being talked to about the Reform Bill. If it was mentioned to them, they at once replied, " Oh, dear ! Do not talk about it." For himself he did not care how- many Peers were created, whether 50 or 5000 ; but he must say, in as solemn a tone as his voice would permit hiei—(Laughter)—that if an the present occasion the Ministers made a precedent of cre ating Peers for what they considered a good purpose, Ano ther Administration might make use of that precedent for a bad purpose. Sir A. AGNEW had given his support to the Reform Bill, and had done so at a great sacrifice to himself of poli tical friendship ; but whenever twenty new Peers appeared in the Gazette, from that moment he should cease to snp port the Bill.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. CITRRIE could undertake to say that the electors of Hertford were as anxious for it as ever. After a few words from Mr. CRE S SET PELHAM, _ _ Mr. JAMES, in answer to the Hon. Member for Pres ton's statement that the people cared nothing about Reform,. begged to state that he had only that morning received a letter from his constituents in public meeting assembled, calling him pretty severely to account for being absent on the occasion of one division,—a circumstance which they stated they had learned from his name not appearing in the published list of the division.—(Laughter, and cries of " Hear" from the Opposition.) It was pretty clear, then, that there was no re-action i❑ C►rlisle He was not afraid that the creation of Peers would ever be taken advantage of by a bad Administration. It should always be remem bered that there would then exist a reformed House of Commons, which would never agree to any measures pre judicial to the country. The conversation then dropped, and the House resolved itself into a Committee on the REFORM (ENGLISH) BILL. The 38th and 39th clauses were read and agreed to without opposition. The CHAIRUAN then read clause 40, by which the barristers are appointed. Mr. C. PELHAM said a few words, which were inaudible. Mr. CROK ER felt a serious objection to introduce the Judges of the land into any political machinery. Sir C. WETHERELL expressed his opinion that the infusion of the judicial office into any subject connected with the election of the House of Commons was improper. Mr. BARING thought that it would, upon the whole, be more satisfactory to leave the appointment of barristers to the Judges thau to the Sheriff. Lord ALTHORP agreed with the Hon. Member in thinking that the Sheriff would be an improper per son to intrust with the power of nominating the bar risters. Upon the best consideration, he thought the Judges were the most fitting persons to execute this itn portlnt duty, because they were least likely to be influenced by political feelings. Mr. GOULBURN moved the omission of that part of the clause which rendered the appointments made by the Judges subject to the approbation of the Lord Chancellor. Lord ALTIIORP would agree to the amendment. The amendment was then agreed to. On the suggestion of Mr. KNIGHT, Lord ALTHORP moved as an amendment, the intro duction of some words, declaring that no Member of Par liament could be appointed to act as barrister under the Bill. Sir C. WETHERELL objected to the power vested in Barristers by the clause, as being unconstitutional. Mr. A. BARING proposed an amendment to the clause, to the effect (as we understood) of preventing barristers concerned in revising the lists of voters at elections, from appearing subsequently as advocates before Committees of the H , use of Commons, when the validity of the elections in which they had been employed came to be determined. Mr. BURGE opposed the amendment. Mr. KNIGHT would remind the Hon. Member for Thetford (Mr. Baring), that if a barrister so far forgot himself as was contemplated in the amendment, the Com-. mittee might refuse to hear him. Mr. HUNT supported the amendment. Mr. CAMPBELL said that in the practice of the civil law throughout Europe, the Judge in one Court was not an Advocate in the same cause in another Court. He would, therefore, put it to the Hon. Gentleman who had moved the amendment, to say whether the reputation of the profession in England rendered the adoption of his mo tion necessary. Mr. BARING, on the understanding that the members of the legal profession admitted the ir regu l ar i ty of the conduct on the part of barristers, for whi c h h is amend ment provided, consented to withdraw it. The clause, as amended by Lord Aurttoar,was agreed to. Clauses 41 and 42 were then read and ag ree d to. The 43d clause, which make , provision fur places having no overseers to make out the lists of voters, was agreed to without discussion. The 44th clause, which enacts that the town clerks of all cities and boroughs shall prepare and publish the lists of freemen entitled to vote for the same, was then passed after a short discussion, of which it was impossible to collect even the import, from the noise which prevailed in the House. The 45th clause, which enacts that all persons whose names are admitted in the list of voters fur cities or bo roughs, shall be at liberty to give n•tice in writing to the overseers or the town clerk, as the case may be, of their intention to claim to have their names inserted,—and which gives to all persons who shall have been inserted in such lists, right to object to any other person as not being entitled to have his name retained in such list,—and which compels the overseers or town-clerks to publish lists of the claimants and the persons objected to, and to affix copies of such lists on the doors of all the churches within their parish or township, or on the doors of their town-hall, and to furnish a copy of each of such lists to any person requiring the same for the fee of IP., was then put by the Chairman, Mr. GOULBURN objected to this clause. Sir C. WETHERELL also thought that it would be impossible to carry this clause into operation. Lord J. RUSSELL defended the clause against these objections. A'ter a few words from Messrs. HUNT and WAITHMAN the clause was agreed to. The 46th clause, which makes provision for making out a list of the Liverymen of London, and for holding the elections at Guildhall, was then agreed to, after a few remarks from 11r. Hunt, Sir C. Wetherell, and Aldermen Wood, Waithman, and Venables. The CHAIRMAN then put the 47th clause, empower ing Judges of Assize to appoint barristers to revise the lists of borough voters. Mr. Alderman VENABLES suggested, as an amend ment to the clause, that the barristers to be appointed for the purposes of the Bill in the city of London should be selected from the common pleaders of the city. The clause, with the amendment, was then put and agreed to. -The 48th clause, empowering barristers appointed to revise lists, upon due proof to insert or expunge the names of voters, was, after a few verbal amendments, agreed to. The CHAIRMAN the❑ read the 49th clause, empowering the inspection by overseers of the tax assessments and rate-books. After a ►hort conversation, in which Sir C. WIITHE nicm., Lord ALTHORP, and Mr. GOULEUR.N, took part, but which, from the continued noise in the House, was in audible in the gallery, the clause was agreed to. The CHAIRMAN then read the 50th clause, which gives to the barristers appointed under the Bill authority to ad minister oaths, &c., and providing that the lists of voters should be settled and signed in open Court, and the clause 'vas agreed to without an observation. The CHAIRMAN then put the 51st clause, by which authority is given to the barristers to summon witnesses to give evidence touching the matter pending before them, and in case of refusal by the witnesses to be sworn to give evidence, to commit such party refusing to the House of Correction for seven days. Sir C. WETHERELL objected to power being given to any learned reformer to send to gaol. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, that such power was reserved to all Courts, and that of the barristers under this Bill ought not to be deprived of the power enjoyed by other Judges. Sir C. WETHERELL would never consent to any such power being given to such a mummery of a Judge, who, he supposed, must have his train-bearer and other efficers.—(A laugh.) Mr. HUNT concurred with what had fallen from the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. Lord ALTHORP was willing to change the imprison ment to a small fine. Mr. GOULBURN thought that some difficulty would arise from the wording of the clause. Sir R. PEEL conceived another difficulty presented it self, for no party was bound to attend as a witness until his reasonable travelling expenses had been tendered to him ; and where, under the provisions of the Bill, he would ask, was the party to make the tender ? If there was no such party, how could the witness be bound to attend ? • Lord ALTHORP had no hesitation, after the suggestions which had been thrown out, in postponing the considera tion of the clause. Sir It. PEEL said that the manner in which the sug gestions had bee■ met, afforded a great encouragement to Hon. Members on his side of the House, by whom he was sure suggestions for the improvement of the Bill would be given in the same spirit as that in which they were met. After a few words from Mr. WE LLKSLEY and Mr. HUNT, which were inaudible, The 52d clause, authorizing the appointment of addi tional barristers, in case of need, was agreed to without amendment. On the 53d clause, enacting that lists of voters for counties shall he transmitted to the clerks of the peace, and that lists of voters for cities or boroughs shall be kept by the returning officers, Sir R. PEEL inquired wbetber mistakes in, or omis sions of, Christian names were to be subjects of inquiry before an Election Committee. This inquiry led to a conversation, in which Lord Al thorp, the Attorney-General, Sir James Scarlett, Sir C. Wetherell, Lord J. Russell, Mr. Campbell, and Mr. Croker took part, but scarcely a word of it could be heard in the gallery. The clause was agreed to without an amendment. The 54th clause, enacting that copies of the list and re— gisters he printed for sale, was likewise agreed to without amendment. On the 55th clause, enacting that the expenses of over seers shall be paid out of the poor rate, Sir 11. PEEL observed that this was an enactment of considerable importance. It we. desirable that some principles should be uniformly adhered to. Would the Noble Lord object to a proposition, that all the necessary expenses for carrying the Act into execution should be paid out of the public purse? As the barristers were to receive their five guineas a day out of the public treasury, why should not the whole expense come out of the public purse ? He had another ground of objection. The bo roughs were not, in all cases, to be co-extensive with the parishes, and therefore, in some cases, the parish would be burdened with an expense which would not properly be long to it.--(Hear.) Lord ALTHORP said, that it would be most econo mical for the expenses of the overseers to fall on the parish rather than on the public purse. It would be extremely difficult to check the expenses of the overseers if they were paid out of the public treasury. Although it was un doubtedly the case, that some of the boroughs were not co-extensive with the parishes, yet the mode adopted in the cl Luse was the best and most economical for all classes of boroughs. Mr. GOULBURN had a great objection to the pay ment of the overseer's' expenses out of the poor rates. Mr. HUME thought that the voters themselves should defray the small expenses incidental to the registry of their votes. Colonel WOOD agreed in the objections which had been stared to this clause by several of his Hon. Friends. Lord ALTHORP said, that if it were found upon in vestigation that a plan could be devised for attaching the payment of those expenses to the actual voters, his Ma jesty's Government were most ready to give such a plan the fullest consideration.--( Hear.) Sir R. PEEL said, that as the candidate at an election should have to defray a portion of the expense, it was most desirable that, upon the principle of the Scotch Bill, the voters should b• also made to pay a small sum each to wards defraying those expenses. It struck him that that would be a better plan than the ono which threw those ex pense3 on the poor-rates, for there was nothing that Parliament should more carefully attend to than the limiting and controlling parochial e xpenditure.---(Hear.) Lord ALTHORP had no objection to postpone the con sideration of thir clause, if such was the desire of the Com. mittee.—(Hear.) The clause was accordingly postponed. The House then resumed, and the CHAIRMAN having reported progress, obtained leave to sit again this day. The other o; ders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at One o'clock. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF DARI4LEY.”—We are requested to state, that Mr. JAMES'S " Memoirs of Celebrated Military Commanders," will be pliblished on Monday next. The public are there fore requested to give their immediate orders, to insure early copies of the work. Agents for Scotland, Messrs. BELL and BEADFUTE, Edinburgh ; and for Ireland, Mr. Jolly CUMMING, Dublin. It may likewise be obtained at all the respectable libraries throughout the kingdom. EPITAPHS.—There is something extremely touching in the unaffected plainness of some epitaphs. Is ll o t r w u e fi spiritni shed , of a F n r d e n h c a l: fh T eeee h i e ni n m onument :ornytuom latelytehn et throwno Of public BEETHOVENiosepne,in ct ion. The epitaph is of a character to vie with antiquity in the simplicity of its style. It consists but of one word---" BEETHOWEN." On the tombstone of TALstA, at no great distance from Paris, the following words appear to hav e b een recently traced w i th the point of a knife—" Tu vie:eras f ! DEAN."—F. E. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (Tins DAY). HOUSE OF COMMONS. At a Quarter past Twelve o'clock the SPEAKER entered the House. Mr. Rider appeared at th• bar with returns of the amount of assessed taxes. Mr. Oliver, from the parish of St. John's, Clerkenwell, ap peared at the bar with papers relative to the highway rates in that parish. Lord ALTHORP expressed his hope, as their chief object in meeting today was to forward the Reform Bill, Hon. Members would occupy as little time as possible in presenting petitions, and to avoid discussion upon them as much as possible.—(Hear.) Mr. SADLER had some petitions upon a subject of consi derable importance, and to which he was anxious to direct the attention of the House; but in compliance with the intimation of the Noble Lord, he would take another opportunity of pre senting them. Several Members, upon being called upon by the Speaker, de clined to present those petitions which they held. BARRISTERS' ELECTION PAYMENTS. Lord ALTHORP moved the Order of the Day for the House going into a Committee on the question of compensation, to those barristers who are to be employed in registering votes in pursuance of the provisions of the English Reform Bill. The SPEAKER having left the Chair, the House went into Committee. Lord ALTHORP proposed the resolution, which he stated simply provided that the barristers should receive five guineas a day while engaged in the duty of registering votes, and that such payment should be made out of the general fund of the country. Mr. HUNT asked the Noble Lord if he had any idea of the number of barristers who would be employed. Lord ALTHORP was understood to say that he had not. Mr. HUME said, it appeared that the expence would be un limited ; suppose a barrister chose to adjourn the hearing of witnesses for several days, was he to be paid five guineas a day for the whole period, or only for the days on which he was ac tually employed ? What objection could there be in adopting the plan in the Irish Bill, of voters paying a fee of '2s. 6d. on being registered ? As to paying barristers five guineas per day, he knew that very competent ones might be obtained at two guineas ; therefore, he suggested that the remuneration should be not exceeding three guineas. Even this charge of five guineas a day was not to cover the expence of travelling, and the House had had a pretty good sample of travelling expences in the case of the Charity Commissioners. He was of opinion that the charge would be a great burthen on the country. Lord ALTHORP was of opinion that no such case could occur as that of a barrister adjourning a case for a week. Mr. HUME complained that the time during which the fee was to be allowed was not specified. Mr. JOHN WOOD was of opinion, that if a barrister chose to adjourn a case for seven days, he should not be allowed his feo for the intervening time. As to the fee of five guineas being too large, he was confident that no barrister of any reputation would do the duty for less. The CHAIRMAN suggested to the Committee, that the ob ject of the clause before them was simply as to what fund the charge should be defrayed by. After a few words from Mr. GOULBURN and Mr. DAVIE 9, Mr. CROKER objected to the charge being made out of the general fund of the country, and recommended the Noble Lord to set aside a fund for the purpose. Indeed, he thought that a fee of half-a-crown, to be paid by each voter, would be a very moderate charge. Colonel WOOD objected to subjecting the voters to a charge of half-a-crown for registering their votes, on the ground that it would be an annual and burdensome tax upon them, the lists being made out annually. He was of opinion that the list of persons on the poor rate would answer every purpose, and avoid all this complicated machinery of registering and appointing barristers. Lord ALTHOItP considered that a tax of half-a-crown would be highly objectionable, and he knew of no better mode of payment than the one proposed by his resolution, viz. by the country generally. It had been an argument on the other side, that five guineas was too small a fee for barristers, but now it was said that they could be procured for two or three guineas. He felt confident that five guineas was a very mo derate charge. Mr. HUNT had heard that not less than 300 barristers would be employed in registration, and if so, the charge upon the country would be enormous. He thought that the old elec tors ought not to be taxed at all for this purpose, but he would have no objection to tax the new ones, and he thought that instead of selecting barristers from London, they ought to be taken from the counties in which they reside. Lord MILTON protested against any charge being made upon the poor electors. Whatever was for the general good ought to be paid out of the general funds of the county. What ever was merely of local interest ought to be borne by the local rates. Mr. CROKER—Besides the objections which he had to the Bill on Constitutional grounds, had great objections to it on account of the large extra expense to which it would lead. In his opinion those only who were to be benefitted by the Bill ought to be taxed for its being worked, Mr. CROKER had great and substantial objections to the principle of the resolution. Mr. HUME thought the only legitimate limits of a resolu tion upon such a subject was to call upon the person who is benefited to pay the charges that were necessarily incidental to it. Sir EDWARD SUGDEN contended that if the proposition of the Hon. Member for Middlesex were adopted, it would ac tually destroy in its very creation all the benefits which the Bill proposed to confer. The resolution was then put and agreed to without an amendment. The House having resumed, Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved the Order of the Day for a Committee of the whole House on the Reform Bill. The SPEAKER then left the Chair, and the House resolved itself into a Committee on THE REFORM BILL Mr. BERNAL in the Chair, Clauees7 having been read, Lord J. RUSSELL said he had an alteration to propose with regard to this clause, as to the manner in which the voters should be examined upon their appearance at the poll. As the clause at present stood, it would give occasion to a great number of questions that might lead to the prolongation of the poll, and obstruct that regular and rapid progress in taking the votes which was most desirable. The provisions introduced in the Irish and Scotch Bills it was thought advisable to extend to the English Bill, namely, that when a doubt arose as to the identity of a voter, it should be lawful not to put a great many questions as was originally provided, but to administer an oath at the re quest of the candidate that the voter was the same person, possessing the same qualification as specified in the register. Mr. HUNT thought if the alteration passed, it would render it a matter wholly impossible to have the poll closed so soon as was intended. Sir K SUGDEN considered the alteration very objectionable. It would absolutely prevent all enquiry whatever from being made as to the identity and qualification of the voters. Lord JOHN RUSSELL owned that the clause was one with which he had never been satisfied. He had always considered the main object of a register was to obtain a conclusive record, which would save all those vexatious and very expensive in quiries which at present took place at the poll. It was supposed in agreeing to this clause, that three questions were only to be put, which would not occasion any delay that would be very injurious to the speedy progress of the poll; but in reconsidering the words, it appeared to him that the recommen dation of the Hon. Member for Louth was of considerable im portance, and he had therefore adopted it, as it would tend to avoid all those endless enquiries which it was the great object of a general registry to prevent. If that register was to be put in operation at all, he considered that the only way of doing it, was by considering it, in the first place, as conclusive, and only confirmed by the oath of the voter that he did answer the de scription contained in the register. After a few words between Mr. CROKER, Mr. Suctt, and Lord ALTIIORP, the purport of which could not be ascertained in the gallery, Mr. GOULBURN said that the effect of the alteration would be to deprive the candidate of all the means he ought legitimately to possess for ascertaining the proper conduct of the election. It was an imperative necessity that some such means should be afforded to the candidate. In the clause as amended he was de barred from all means of ascertaining the truth of what was sworn to. He was at a contested election, at which it was thought necessary to administer the bribery oath to every voter, and lOW was it managed ? Why, between thirty and forty voters came up in a body before an officer, and took the oath as a mere matter of form, without in the least attending to what its obligations were, and such would be the effect of this Bill, if the clause stood as amended. He hoped the Noble Lord would allow the clause to stand as it was originally in the Bill, which would allow the interrogatories to be put. Mr. HUNT—The Hon. Gentleman had told them of an elec tion at which he was, where the bribery oath was put, and not before the returning officer ; that election was the most illegal one he had ever heard of, for the law expressly required that that oath should be administered by him. Mr. CROKER—The clause, as it originally stood, was de. cidedly better than the proposed amendment. If the voter was asked the three questions, and did not answer them to the satisfaction of the returning officer, then the oath might be required; but he believed that in nine cases out of ten the oath would not be necessary, and so a great saving of time would follow; but if you begin with the oath, you both con sume more time and prevent that satisfaction to the candidate which would satisfy his mind. Mr. GRANVILLE VERNON saw no reason for the oath at all ; in a subsequent part of the Bill there were large penalties imposed upon those who voted without a proper qualification. He would be quite satisfied with applying those penalties to those who made a wrong affirmation. Sir E. SUGDEN said, that the penalties were so large that they could never be recovered. This case was similar to the freeholders oath, by inquiry the freeholder answered truly, for he had the fear of the oath before him, so that it was seldom necessary to put it in force; but with this amendment the un principled would be the gainer ; they could take advantage of it, for they would say, "Oh ! we have only to take the oath which prevents all enquiry, and none can be made before we vote." He complained that the Noble Lord should come down upon a Saturday to propose such a material alteration. If the oath were to be taken without inquiry, it would be a premium on perjury. Mr.BLAKENEY protested against the time of the Commit tee being wasted in such a manner. m jr. CRoK ER o bj ec t e d , that the electors would be forced to take ass oath without being previously !raw - in:4 43 to Oa particulars to which that oath related ; so that a man might in nocently enough swear falsely. Questions ought to be previously put to him with a view of explaining the nature of the oath. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said the Right Hon. Gentleman had confined himself to one part of the oath. Now there were three inquiries to be made when a voter appeared at the poll ; the first was as to the voter having been previously registered ; the second, whether he had polled before at the same election ; and the third, respecting the qualification ; and he knew of no shorter or better mode of ascertaining whether there were doubts on any of those points than by administering an oath. If, however, it was the wish of the Committee that questions should be previously asked of the voter, he could have no possible objection, provided that they would not have the effect of disfranchising any persons .wko ought to be entitled to vote. For instance a man registered as a 501. freeholder might dispose of a portion of his property, and still have sufficient to entitle him to vote; he would not wish to subject that person to embarrassing questions. Sir E. SUGDEN did not wish to make the voter swear that he continued to have the same interest as that for which he was registered, but to make him swear he had a sufficient inte rest. A few questions would be necessary for that purpose. The Learned Counsel declared, that now they were to have the Bill, he was only anxious that it should be as perfect as it was possible to make it.—(Hear.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL, seeing it was the sense of the Corn. mittee that some such questions should be introduced, would feel obliged if the Hon. and Learned Member would draw up those questions. Sir E. SUGDEN accepted the task, and observed that he did not intend to offer any opposition to the clause itself. Mr. SHEIL would recommend the administration of the oath in the ♦ery words of the registry, and then no latitude of phrase would be allowed to the returning officer. It was not likely, however, that, as the registry was taken here every year, the qualification would be changed or parted with. Mr. HUNT hoped that the oath would be dispensed with altogether, and the temptation by that means to perjury would not exist. After a few observations fio:n Mr. SHAW, the cause was postponed, SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. The CHAIRMAN then read clause 58. }{ In answer to a questio n f rom Si r C. Wzrimutt.L, Lord ALTHORP said he merely wished by this clause to pro vide against mi,takes or omissions in the registry. Colonel WOOD proposed the omission of this clause altogether, for it opened the door to a candidate who was weak in one part of the county to propose what he knew to be bad votes, in order to consume time. Lord ALTHORP said, that the clause under considera fon put the barrister in the same situation as the assessor was in at present, it gave him the same power, therefore he had it in his power to put a stop to such proceedings as the Hon. Gentleman complained of. The clause was then agreed to. Mr. BERNAL then read clause 59. Sir C. WETHERELL complained that the effect of this clause would be, that all the votes which were refused by the barrister could not again be put on the roll by a Committee of the House. In his opinion a Committee ought to have that power both above overseer and barrister. Lord ALTHORP said the only effect would be as it was at present. If a person who at present had a vote, but did not go to the poll to offer his vote, he could not come before a Committee of that House in order to have his vote registered. So it would be by this clause, if a person was omitted to be put in the list, either by the overseer or barrister, and takes no step to get this reme died, in the event of a petition for that election, he could not come before a Committee of that house because of his own lathes. Mr. GOULBURN objected to . the clause, because it was most unjust that a person employed under the Bill at 51. a day, was to be liable to a tribunal to which he had no access. By this clause a Committee bad the power of fin ing the barrister to a very heavy amount, and that without being beard. He thought it would be no more than justice to omit this clause. Lord ALTHORP asked if the Hon. Member would he satisfied, if in place of passing censure upon the barrister, the Committee, if they found him guilty of partiality, should report the same to the House. Sir C. WETHERELL said, if he was a barrister ne would never agree that a Committee of that House should have the power of casting suet, a stain upon his charac ter without having an opportunity of being heard. The barrister might be charged by the petitioner with par tiality, and even if be could appear by counsel, it would degrade him to the level of a returning officer. Mr. CROKER saw nothing but advantage in the pre— sent clause. It was most essential that the House should have a controul over the barrister as well as the overseer. Lord JOHN RUSSELL was glad it met with the ap probation of the Right Hon. Member; it was quite ne cessary that the House should have some controul over all parties. ➢lr. GOULBURN thought it was extending the privi lege. of the House too far. The clause, as amended, was then agreed to. Mr. CROKER said that by the present clause the Sheriff was empowered to appoint a Deputy, who could act in all matters with the same effect as the Sheriff. The Right Hun. Member did not complain of such power being given to the Sheriff; indeed he thought it necessary, but he complained of the liberty given to the Sheriff, as he understood theclause, of not being present at the elec tion at any period he thought proper. He apprehended it was not the intention of Ministers to give him that power. Lord ALTHORP observed that it was, if the Sheriff showed sufficient cause for doing so. The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to read the 60th clause, which defined the duties of Sheriffs, when Colonel SIB THORPE rose for the purpose of inquiring of the Noble Lord opposite how he could reconcile the Sheriff of the county of Lincoln interfering with the She riffs of the county and city of Lincoln ? _ _ Lord J. RUSSELL observed that he was not in the habit of making Acts of Parliament to suit the delicacy or prevent the quibbles which might arise between the She riff of the county of Lincoln, and the Sheriff of the city and county of Lincoln. Colonel SIBTHORPE understood that the present Bill had been brought forward fur the purpose of recording all parties. The present clause, however, inst , ad of waking peace in this country, would be the means of continually raising up trouble and confusion. He thought the clause an excessively absurd one. Mr. CROKER thought it was quite new to give the Sheriff such power. He was not aware of any precedent that sanctioned it. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL observed that as the Itw now stood the Sheriff might appoint a deputy during an election, if sufficient cause was shewn. Sir R. V YVYAN thought the duty of Sheriff under the present Bill was so trivial that he thought it a matter of little moment whether the Sheriff was present at the elec tion or not. Mr. CROKER did not object to the Sheriff not being present, but what he had stated was, the impropriety of the Sheriff being allowed to go away at any period he pleased. Lord JOHN RUSSELL observed, that by the present cruse, the Sheriff would be expected to be present at the principal place of the election, unless good cause was shewn and he would tend his deputies to the other place. Mr. GOULBURN condemned the power given to the Sheriff of making the proclamation for the election at any place he pleased. - Sir CnAnLEs WETHERELL and Mr. CROKER gave simi lar opinions. Tile ATTORNEY-GENERAL observed, that the Sheriff must always be present at the proclamation. After a few wards from Sir R. VYVYAN and Mr. CROYER, the clause was agreed to. Clause 61 was next read, and it was proposed to fill up a blank with the word " nine." Colonel WOOD said this was a very important clause, and he could not but think that it held out a prospect of saving expense which would prove delusive. It held out a prospect that the poll would only last two days, and some gentlemen might fancy that all their expellees would be over in two days. According to the present system earn lidates who were tolerably successful might get returned on the eighth day. But, suppose according to this clause an election began on Monday, if a poll were demanded that was all that would be done that day. Tuesday and Wedner. day would pass in preparation, during which time expenses would be incurred ; then the polling would last two days, Saturday would be a blank day, Sunday a dies non, and the boiks would he again opened an Monday. It was, there f ire, competent, by this Aet, to spin out an election to eight days. Another objection was this, that as the polling was to be taken in different parts of the county at one • itne, it was impossible to know what was going on at each place, and it would give rise to many expedients to retard th e success of a candidate, such as reports of resigning, &c. Therefore the candidate would be obliged to poll the whole of the county in order to secure his election, and in consequence his expenses would be very great. Again, he thought that where an election was to last fur only the apace of two days, it would enable the friends of the candidate to take possession of the hustings, nd thereby prevent the voters of the other from coming tp before the two days expired. After all that had been done, there was the expense of inviting the electors to do the succes,ful eanduiate toe honour oldining with him. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he had taken the opinions