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which hid 14eu alluded to, he did not know that there was any secrecy connected with them. They were, be believed, to found at the Horse-Guards. Sir 11. RARDINGE agreed ;;Itll - ;he Right Hon. C...neer:lan that he ought not to alter the Mutiny Act of the artic:es of war, without the concurrence of the Com mander-in-Chi:4 ; bet still he looked won him, in his Pi- . pacify of Secretary at War, as accountal to.the Hou nd to the country for aey measure which Inc brought forward. He dint not approve Of - the suggestion or the Hon. Memher for Middlesex, that the provision then under discussion should be dispensed with in time of peace. That would he saying to the soldier—" In England, whil, peace continues, your back is safe; hut the moment you are sent to fight the enemy, then you are subjected to punish ment." The result of all his observations was, that th power of awarding corporal punishment Was necessary; but that the less frequently it was resorted to, so much the better for the service. Lord ALTHORP did not think that the discipline of the service could be pre'erved without this power was continued, hut its exercise should he refrained from as much as possible. Mr. R. GRANT agreA in the necessity of leaving the power to award capital punishments untenched, but he was of opinion that every possible effort should be made to limit its exercise., Such efforts, he had every reason to believe, had been made. Corporal punishments had. within a fe.v years, undergone a very great decrease. In 1921, corporal punishments, as compared with sentences of imprisonment, were as two to one ; but, in 1931, they were as one to five. Mr. KEMMIS bore testimony to the leniency which marked the general proceedings of courts-martial. Mr. HUNT said, that great injustice W 1.9 that to the army if the punishments were so few as tad teen de scribed, by refusing the papers which he had called for. Sir J. M. DOYLE ;Treed with the Hon. Member for Middlesex, that in time of peace no such power should be granted. The amendment was then negatived without a division. The other clausei were agreed to—the House resumed —report to-morrow. IRISH TITHES. Mr. STANLEY moved the order of the day for re ceiving the report on the Irish tithes. On the question, that " the first resolution he read a second time." Mr. WALLACE, felt obliged, in common With other Irish Members, to protest against the course pursued by Government upon this subject, es net being fair or rational. The House was called upon to agree to these resolutions, which involred a most important change in the law with respect to the land-owners and the peasantry of Teel-aid, without any evidence, although it was ad mitted that that evidence was in the power of Mr. Stan ley. Under these circumstances, he .(Mr. Wallace) had only the alternative !eft him of moving resolutions, as an amendment on those of the Right Hon. Gentleman, in order to record on the journals of the House the senti ments of the Irish Members, and these resolutions would show the opposition to the plan of Government not to be factious, but aiming et measures beneficial to the country. The Hon. Gentleman then moved a very long string of resolutions, embracing the whole progress of the tithe question, from the King's speech at the opening of the session to the present time., and deprecating in the strong est manner the proposed power of levying for the arrears of 1831, designed to be vested in the Crown, as being im proper, and from causing an union between the Church and Crown, unconstitutional. Mr. LEADER seconded the ainendmcnt, but would cot have risen to oppose the plan of the Government were he not convinced that it would be productive of greater griev ances to Ireland, mad greater expense to England, than the present state of things could cause. The resolutions proposed by the Hon. Member for Drogheda were tt en put and negatived. On the original resolutions being put, Sir C. WETHERELL said that the resolutions pre posed by the Hon. and Learned Member for Drogheda, though only five in number, contained about 1,000 pro positions, and that there :c•as not one of them, in which any person conversant with the laws or the Constitution of the country could agree. He (Sir C. Wetherell) ob jected to the mode in which the resolutions proposed by the Right Hon. Genthiman dealt with this subject, as affording a fatal precedent unexampled in the history of the Hou•e of Commons. Lord SANDON entend his protest against the " sive resistance," as the Irish Members termed it, whic;t had been effered in Irel•nd to the paytnent of tithes. It would he vain fur the Metnbets of that Hou , e to sit there as a supreme legi'lative assembly, if their constituents had the powtr and right to sit in judgment on the laws which they passed, and offer a passive resistance to them if they pit ased. He thought that the Irish lerobers should have v.t an example to, instead of '.ollosving in the wake of, their constitu,nts on the other side of the water, Mr. STANLEY said, that the report of the S lest Committee truly stated, that it appeared front the evidence that though generally a passive resistance had been made to the payment of tithes, that resistance bad in some instances proceeded to acts of violence and outrage. He did not, therefore, agree with his Learned Friend (the Member for Drogheda) in a!tributing entirely to a p ssive resistance that non•enfrrcement of the claims of the Clergy which many of them were deterred from prosecuting through the dread of violence. He begg d to deny that by the mea sure of his Majesty's Government a double demand would he made on the tithe payers, for the plan of the B II which he should have to introduce was this,—that the Clergyman should give over to the Government the tithes for the year, receiving for them a certain amount; and that the Govern• ment should then en'oree, either to the whole extent or in part, as it should think fit, the payment of those tithes on the part of the tithe payers. He hoped in the course of the session to be able to lay before the House the measure which Government intended to propose for the final settle ment of this question, by the substitution of some other merle in lieu of tithes for the support of the Protest oat Church in Ireland. Mr. M. O'FERRALL defended the conduct of the Irish Members against the attack of the Noble Lord (the Mem ber for Liverpool), and said that he had voted conecenti ously, and from conviction, on this subject. The Hon. :Wernher objected to the levying of the arrear of , ithe in the name of a Monarch whose popularity now formed the only connecting link between England and Ireland,— (Hear.) _ _ Mr. GOULBURN, although he conceived that it would have been better for Government to have at once proposed their intended measure, must at the same time admit the facts on which the resolutions were founded. Mr. SHELL said, that the proper time for entering upon details would be on the second reading of the Bill. It appeared to him, from the res(ilutions, that there would prove to be a double demand, no suing for the arrear Of tithe ; and he would press the case upon the con.ideration of the Right Hon. Secretary. After a f,-w words from Mr. Wyse, -Mr. G. Dawson, Fane, Mr. Benett, and Colonel Torrens, and Mr. Perceval, it was agreed to bring in a Bill pursuant to the resolutions. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. The report of the Committee on the Consllidated Fund Bill was brought up, and agreed to. REFORM (SCOTLAND) BILL The second reading of the Reform in Parliament (Scot land) Rill was postponed till Friday se'nnight. CATHOLIC MARRIAGE BILL. Mr. RulruvEN moved the second reading of this Bill. Colonel PERCEVAL objected to the second reading of the Bill, on the ground that, if passed, it would afford Catholic priests the power of performing marriages with out publishing bans, or going through other us-ful forms. Mr. M. O'FERRALL raid, that in accordance with the provisions of the Council of Tren., the publication of bans antecedent to marriage was attended to by the Catholic clergy in Ireland. Mr. CRAMPTON could not support the Bill in its present shape, as it was calculated to encourage clan destine marriages. Mr. M. O'CONNELL said that any security deemed necessary on this point could be introduced iu a subse quent st,ige of the Bill. After a few words from 3lr. S. RICE, the House di vided, when there appeared— For the second reading .kgainst - it •S Majority in favour of the ,econd reading 0 The Bill was then read a second time ; after which the other Orders of the Day were disposed of, and the House adjourned at Two o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 4. A petition was presented by a NOBLE LORD, whose name we could not learn, against the withdrawing of the drawliack on malt distilled in Scotland. Lord KENYON presen+ , cl a petition from J. J. Sinck da!e iu tivour of Reform. He also considered that the cholera was only a tub thrown out to the whale in order to stop the pi ocre2.4 of that great measure. The Marquis of Suco and the Earl of RADNOR pre sented petitions against tithes in Ireland. 1:.:411 BATHURST gave notice, that to rnwrotv in - the ab no,. of he Noble- Chancellor of the tioiversity . of Ox ford, he would present a petition against the Reform Bill, agreed to at a Convocation of that Uniteisity. Ihe Marquis of WESTJIE4TH gve hotiee, &at to niori-owihe.would inpvelirt tgigts 'of an 'addr,ee painted 0 the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland by the 'Magistrates of W. stmeath, and the answer thereto. Lord PLUNKET presented a petition from Livereedge, signed by fifteen hundred persons, in favour of • the new system of education in Ireland. The Noble Lord had rec , ived the petition, accompanied by a letter from a person residing in that part of the country, who stated that meetings had been got up.with great diligence against the Governtnent - system, but that it was made entirely a political question. The writer stated, that at un meeting a person asked the chairman what the purport cf the petition to which they were called on to agree, was, when the chairman talsvrered that it was a most unreasonable question ; that the resolutions had been before prepared, atri that the meeting bad nothing more to do thanagrn to them. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented a peti• till] from a place in the county Duwn against the new system of education. - The Duke of WELLINGTON pres , nted a petition from the Mayor and Corporation of Queenborough against the Reform Bill. Mr. BERNAL, and others kern the 6,mmon,, brought up several privve Bilis. Lord WYNFORb presented a petition from Sir Har court Leta, praying for eie repeal of the Catholic Relief Bill, and agairoit Reform. The Dike of LEINSTER prefcnted a petition from a pariah in Ireland, praying for the abolition of tithes. PLURALITIES BILL. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY moved the third reading of the Pluralities Bill. • Lord SUFFIELD ezid he bad been so discouraged by the house rek (fling the propositions which he had formerly made against this Bill, that he would trouble their Lordships no further. He hoped that some other Noble Lord would move amendmette to the Rill. Although he should not take that Course himself, he could not let the third reading pass without making same remarks oh the subject.—( Hear, hear.) He was amonrat the many who exceedingly regretted that the niil should do so little when so much was to be done. The Noble Earl at the bead of his Majesty's Government had said, that in his opinion the Bill was calculated to do good ; but notwithstanding his deference to the talents and judgment of the Noble Earl in the present case, he could not but adhere to his own opinions, which were, that if the Pill did any good, it would not be of that descriptiraa which the Noble Earl promised him self. As the Nolile Earl had treated the Bill of the Right Reverend Prelate so fairly. he hoped that the Prelate wotifil treat the Noble Earl's Reform Bill with (loaf raVour, in which event, he (Lord Suf field) wisuld say that the Bill had really done good beyond his calculation. He had looked into all the provisions of the Bill, and since it had been before the House, he had well informed himself on the subject. He had asset tained the state of the Church in different p irts of the kingdom; and although the Right Rev. Prelate had expressed a suspicion that his correspondents were Church- Jobbers, he could assure him, that not only were they of the highest respectability, but one of them had like wise been the authority from whom the Right Reverend Prelate had derived much of his in formation. He alluded to the Rev. Mr. Hill, of Sr. John's, Cambridge, who hail proved that out of 11,164 parishes, only 5,000 possessed resident incumbents.— The number 4,412 were legally resident ; 132 were livrig it, the parishes, but net in parsonage-houses ; 176 were living nest- the pirislies, and 140 were exempt on account of cathedral or collegiate offices. Of 7,164 of richer benefices, 3,611 had now resident clergymen ; and in those cas-s it cold not be pretended that the death of residents was occasioned by the poverty of the livings. Last spring he had read an advertisetnent in a paper, offering for sale a living, the incumbeLt of which was 68 years of age, and his income was 6501. The sea had made encroachments on the land, and 0 - Jima& ertisement added that " the church had gone to sea, and there was no rectory house." This was the way in which church livings were recommended to purchasers by an exemption from all duties and from any necessity for residing on the spot. The Bishop of DURHAM, after making some obser vations which were not audible in the gallery, proceeded to call the attention of their Lordships to a letter which hail been published in the Times, signed " Dunelmensis." The Right Rev. Prelate read the letter, and remarked that the revenue of the Bishop of St. David's was not, in the first instance, so great by one-third as the sum stated ; secondly, that the Bishop of Exeter had resigned a living more valuable than the Prebendary; next, the Bishop of Bristol had given up a living, on assuming his place, much more valuable than that he received. He also stated that Dean Wellesley held only two of the benefices stated, the duties of which he was well able to perform ; and, finally, he proved that Archdeacon Thorpe held only two of the offices attributed to him, with any emoluutrnt— that of Atchdeacon and Prebendary of Diarbain. As Prime Warden of the University he received nothing. Tile Right Rev. Prelate then pronounced a high panegyric upon Archdeacon 'Thorpe, and said it was too bad that such a man should be held up to the world in an infamous and audacious publication. Lord KING said, that as they were promised a valua tion of church property, there teas reason to hope that they might have a full opportunity of judging of the reve nues of the See of Durham. With respect to the Bill, lie thought the Rev. Prelates had made it for themselves; at least they had the whale benefit of it. There was a spe cious appearance of liberality, and a desire to concede to the piibile wish; but their own patronage was untouched. The Bill, he thought, smelt of Jesuitry. It did not pre vent the union of populous parishes, nor d d it take their value into account. In fact, it only showed how little ti-e Bishops were inclined to do. Whenever there was a question of the anxiety upon the part of the Hierarchy and the Government, for Church improvement, his an swer was, " Derry, Derry, Derry !" When that over gross n See became vacant, it was in their power to have introduced a Reform, and yet they hesitated to do so, When the Bill went into the other House, he anticipated for it a reception tar different from that which it hail here experienced; and he believed it would be returned to the Right Rev. Bench in such sort, that they would not lie able to recognize their own child. He rejoiced in this an ticipation, and now raised his voice against the third read ing of the Bill. The Bishop of BRISTOL was ;anxious to give up the living in question, and was only restrained frotn so doing hy the consideration, that the revenues of the see wows be reduced too much. The fact was, the curate of this living was better if than the Bishop. He was to be paid 2501. per annum, together with rent, taxes, and so forth; for there was no glebe-house, Lind the parish was, in all respect., badly circumstanced, and returned no more than 7001. a year. Earl GREY regretted alike the suhstance of the obser vations male by the Noble Baron, and ti(e tone in which they had been uttered. When the Right Rev. Prelates showed a disposition to meet the wishes of the puhlic, and introduced a Bill (which had originated, as he thought all such Bills ought to Originate. with the Heads of the Church) for the purpose of refUrming c rtain of the abuses in Church gover-ment, it was too had to attribute to the Right Rev. Bench any improper motives.—(Cheers.) The only objection which could be raised to the. Bill was, that it (lid not go far enough; but this was, inde(d, a bad ground of opposition to the measure. If be (Lord Grey) thought this 13,11 was, as the Noble Barn had most un justly and most unfairly stated it to be, a mere insincere device upon the part of the Right Rev. Bench to do as little as they could do, he would not support the Bill with that warmth with wnich he had hitherto supported it, and would continue to support on the present occasion. But seeing the sincere desire on the part of the heads of the Church to reform abuses, and regarding this Bill as a considerable step towai de retormation, he had given, and would give the mea•ure his most strenuous support. .With respect to an Ecclesiastical Commission, the idea, he could state, was not a new one; it had been communicated to him at his accession to the Councils of his Majesty, and this Bill he regarded as the first step of inquiry with a view to an improvement in the government and condition ~f the Church. Although the statement of the Right Rev. Prelate (the Bishop of Durham) had not much to du with the subject in discussion, he yet rejoiced that he had, by making it, •refuted one of those shameful and scandalous misreprest ntations which were now so frequently put 'orth.—(Hear, hear.) A. to Archdeacon Tnorpe, he could add his testimony to all that had been stared by the Right Rev. Prelate. He only held with emolument two of the offices set forth—tie Archdeaconry and the Pre hendary—and the duties of these he discharged in the most exemplary manner. lie hoped the House would be induced to pass the Bill, and he trusted it would have the effect of strengthening the hold which the Church of Eng land had, and deserved to have, upon the affections of the people. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. The other Orders were then disposed of, mid their Lord ships adjourned. People talk of the little encouragement to dramatic authorship ; but Miss F. Kernble will not receive less than 800/. for her play of Francis the First. She had 400/. from Murray for the copyright, and she obtains from the the atre one.third of lOW. every night it is performed, so that P 2 nights will give her 40(1/. more ; it has „,!.lready been acted ten times. It is only translations that are, and ought, to be, a drug in the market; original productions will always obtain their prio! if they deserve it, FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl and Countess of Lichfield, in St. James's square, from Fernhill, near Windsor ; Colonel Fox, from Cambridge; Hon. C. C. Cavendish, at Burlington house, from East Bourne; Captain C. Smith, at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from the continent; Mr. and Mrs. Trotter, and Miss Meyers, at Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle -street, from Surrey ; Captain Griffiths, in Eegent.street, from Brighton; Mr. and Mrs. J. Hawkins, in Grosvenor-streec, from Bath ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Lothian, and the Ladies Kerr, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook and Davies.street, from Ingestrie-hall, Staffordshire ; Lord Talbot, at ditto-, rem ditto ; Edward Doughty, Esq., at do., from Bright& ; Mr. and Mrs. C. Kemeys Tynte, at ditto ; fl•ern ill& Villa, Richmond. DEPARTURES. --- Lord Newborougli, for his seat in Vales; Captain and Lady Elizabeth Fielding, for their Bert in wifts ; A Cumine, Esq., for Aberdeen tody . f. - eithorpe, for her seat, Sevenoaks, Kent; rolohel R. H. Cooke, for his seat in Bedfordshire; Cap tain Gregory, from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's street, on a tour; the Earl of Onslow, from the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-street, for his villa at Richmond ; Captain Hughes, from ditto, for Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Wickham, 2tid IViigs Martin, from Kirkham's Hotel s Lower Brook street, for Oxfordshire; Mr. and Mrs. Sampson, from ditto, for Brighton ; T. Jones, from ditto, for Margate; J. Sims, Esq. from ditto, for Brighton; the Lord Warren de Tabley, from Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook and Davies streets, for his seat, Tabley-house, Knutsford the 3Z l .n. Lord and Lady Louth, from Bryant's tonduit-street, for Richmond. FASHIONS FOR APRIL. n:Fr'om the World of Fashion.) EVENING DRESS. A white Dona Maria gauze dress, over white grog de Naples. Corsage en cour, the cour is formed by blond lace; the top of the corsage is lightly embroidered in green and gold. Beret sleeves. A rich embroidery in lilac and green silks, mingled with gold, adorns the border of the dress. The hair is dressed in full curls before, and perpendicular bows behind. It is adorned with flowers, foliage, and esprits. BALL DRESS. It is composed of rose.coloured gauze mrienna over gros de Naples to correspond. Grecian corsage, ornamented in the centre of the breast and back, and on each shoulder, with a knot of white gauze riband. Souffiet sleeve, very short and full ; the puffs formed by bouquets, each composed of a full. blown rose and ear of ripe corn. The skirt is trimmed in front with three bands of riband, which descend from the ceinture, and terminate at some distance from the bottom in bows and ends. A bouquet, corresponding with those on the sleeves, is inserted in each knot. Head-dress ala Clorinde, the hair dis posed in curls before, and in perpendicular bows behind, is or. namented with a wreath of roses and epis, which encircles the head, and is brought very forward ; a full knot of gauze riband mingles with the bows behind. Jewellery of gold, finely chased. MORNING DRESS. It is composed of gris-acier gros de Naples of the very darkest shade; corsage a la rierge, and ceinture en echarpe; the jockeys are cut in square dents, each embroidered in silk to correspond, and edged with narrow blond lace. Gigot sleeves of blond lace. A light detached embroidery ornaments the skirt below the hem. The head-dress is a blond lace cap of a new and simple form, the trimming sustained by a wreath of roses. Blond lace scarf. Jewellery of gold and emeralds. (From the Lady's Magazine.) WALKING DRESS. French cachemire and chalis are the favourite materials for walking gowns and pelisses, which fly open and robe back. Chalis are said to be not so generally prepared for the forth coming costumes of Longchamps as last year, but they were never more worn than at present. Open pelisses are made ex ceedingly full, and the petticoats, likewise, over which they are worn, are plaited very full round the waist. Cachemire pelisses and walking dresses have no trimming, but a border of palms; the ground of the dress is often black, mulberry, or noisette. Tippets and pelerines, of embroidered velvet or cachemire, are worn with these dresses for early spring costume. Bonnets are very small, with no variation worth notice. MORNING DRESS. The canezous a la Leontine are added to a plain dress of lemon or citron chali, with elegant effect for home morning costume. The following is a very elegant at-home costume. White India muslin, with a deep peignoir, made in the tunic form, descending to the knees ; the petticoat there embroidered with an elegant wreath of lilacs, and filled up with sprigs of jasmine down to the feet : the sleeves, exceedingly large from the shoulder to the wrist, open like those of a domino. For morning caps, British lace, with little trimming, and long lap pets for ties, almost as large as scarfs. DINNER DRESS. A material which was out of fashion for some time, is now again in favour for dinner and demi-evening dress; it is Chinese crape, which is now worn richly embroidered in patterns similar to those of late so fashionable in velvet. A tight corsage with waist as long as the figure will allow, cut in three pieces, a la corset, and shaped round the waist, with a slight point in front, and laced behind, creates a variety in the folded corsages which have been so long common. The corsage is likewise worn with a fold godet, and a ohernisette drawn round the bosom. Tight corsages are now worn with firm ma. terials, as satin chali and moire ; those full and folded are made of softer materials, as of gauze, crape, and muslin. Plain belts are universally laid aside in full and dinner dress. Scarf sashes, or shaped belts, pointed before and behind, are fashion. able. EVENING DRESS. Invention and novelty have for the last two months been de voted solely to evening dress. The corset corsages are in great favour, and promise to supersede the Grecian wraps and folded dresses so long worn ; the waists are of a very great length, and are worn shaped, and set on to the gathers without bands, or with long sashes and fringed ends; these are often fastened at the hem of the skirt, under flowers, to accord with the head dress. For young persons, the utmost simplicity is observed in evening dress. White crape over white gros de Naples, a broad ribband round the waist, the:ends of which are fastened at the hem under a rose, is the favourite costume. MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY• Lieut.-Col. Gordon, late Invalids, Cromarty, North Britain. MAJORS—M'Lean, half-pay, 3d West India Regiment ; Wyburn, half-pay, Royal Marines. CAPTAINS—Hogg, 6th Foot, Poonah, Bombay; Samson, 70th Foot ; Menard, late Foreign Artillery, France ; Prickett, half-pay, 77th Foot ; Nash, half.pay, Unattached; Henry Mur ray, ditto; Francis Grant, ditto. LIEUTENANTS—Hanna, 3d Foot, off the Isle of France, on passage home ; Thomas, 13th Foot, Bengal ; Charlton, late Royal Irish Artillery, at Naas, Ireland; Larive, Royal Inv. Artillery, Castlecomer, Ireland; Millar, late Royal Sappers and Miners, Devonport ; Gale, half-pay, 12th Foot; Hill, Adjutant of the Cork Recruiting District ; Gumbleton, half-pay, Staff' Corps, Coak ; Pringle, half-pay, 7th Dragoons ; Dunbar, half pay, 72d Poot ; Frazer, half-pay, 6th Irish Brigade; Harrison, half-pay, 103 d Foot ; Robertson, half-pay, 94th Foot, Ladyrig, Kelso, North Britain. ENSIGNS—Carey, half-pay, Unattached; Grinter, late 2d Royal Veteran Battalion- Paymaster Harrison, half-pay, 83d Foot. Quarter-Master Kelly, half-pay, 4th Dragoon Guards. Veterinary Surgeon Kirwan, half-pay, 4th Dragoon Guards, Galway. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.—Deputy Assistant Commissary-General Pousett, St. Domingo. THE NEW POLICE. —By an official return made last week it appears, that from the Ist of January, 1831, to the Ist of January, 1832, the new police force has appre hended no less than 72,1.124 persons, on different charges— viz. 45,907 males, and 26,917 females. Out of this number 2,955 were committed for trial ; 21,843 were summarily con victed before the magistrates ; :24,239 were discharged by the magistrates; and 23,787 drunken characters were discharged by the superintendents of police at the station house, after they became sober. The number of persons charged before the ma gistrates for being drunk were 7,566 ; of this number 3,187 were discharged, and 4,379 were fined ss. each, which would amount to 1,0941. 15s. ; of the number fined 3,187 were males, and 1,194 were females. By the return it appears that the greatest number of persons were apprehended for drunkenness in the months of December and July, and the least number in February—viz. July 1,419 males, and 810 females ; December, 1,418 males, and 931 females ; February, t 23 males, and 678 females. From the above returns the police have apprehended on an average about 199 per day. CORONER'S INQUEST.-MILBAN K PENI TENTI V.—Yesterday afternoon an inquisition was taken be fore Mr. Higgs, at the Milbank Penitentiary, on the body of Elizabeth Grey, aged 21, a convict confined in the above insti tution, who died on Sunday morning from the cholera morbus. Mr. Ellerby Ilexon, of No. 20, Stockbridge-terrace, 'Vauxhall road, surgeon, attended the deceased from 10 o'clock at night until four o'clock in the morning, when she died ; every thing possible was done for her, and he was decidedly of opinion that she died of the cholera morbus. In answer to several questions by the Jury, Mr. Wade, surgeon to the Penitentiary, said that he did not at all conceive the disease to be contagious. The cases that had occurred in the prison had all broke out in different parts where there was no communication from one place to the other. The ktry expressed themselves satisfied, and returned a verdict of—" Died by the visitation of God." SERIOUS ACCIDENTS NEAR ST. .JAMES'S PALACE. —Yesterday morning, as a large concourse of people were coming out of the Palace-yard, where the band had been playing, a bull, in a most infuriate state, which had broke out irony a butcher's in Covent-garden, came galloping down Pall mall. The mob could not get out of the way of the animal, and an indescribable s cene of confusion ensued. The bull rus hed amongst the crowd, and tossed several person s . O n e Many persons were g ore d , an d d trampled on by th e crowd. The was tossed against a lamppost with great v i o l ence, and a boy animal at last ran into Cle veland-row, St. James's, where there w v e n r e d l o y ~ , 11 . n u r a t n . l is no thoroughfare, and then sto pp ed, a pp e aring to be litt others legi w r were was s hr s o e quite wears'. After the lapse of about an hour, a rope, with a noose, was lowered froin Lord Durharn'S wall, and after a considerable time it was :got round the hull's neck, and he Was fastened to Ali iron railing, where he was quickly killed by a butcher op posite his Lordship's house. ANNUAL NILEMFPG of the LIVERPOOL and MANCHESTER RAILWAY COMPANY. (From the Liverpool Chronicle.) On Wednesday last the general annual meeting of the subscribers to this undertaking was to have been held at the Clarendon rooms, and, notwith standing the public notice given that it was intended to propose an adjournment, on account of the recent death of Thomas Booth, tsq. the father of Mr. Ilemy Booth, the treasurer, the attendance wit: numerous. After a considerable discussion as to the propriety of the proposed adjournment on the groun:ta stated, which was objected to by several of ' (h e subscribers, and particularly by one gentleman, who seated that he had come from Kendal for the purpose of attending, the meeting was adjourned till Fra The meeting was accordingly held yesterday, at one o'clock, at which time there Was a very flume& rous attendance of the subscribers. The chair was taken by Charles Lawrence, Esq. Immediately on taking the chair, Mr. Lawrence stated that he had received an application from a gentleman connected with the press, requesting permission to attend for the purpose of reporting the proceedings. Some discussion, we believe, took place GII this subject but we were fit length given to understand that the meeting was intended to be private. We are there fore, in common with the conductors of other newspapers, prevented from giving a detailed account 'of the proceedings. At the conclusion of the meet ing we applied for permission to publish an abstract of the report; but this, after some cons.deration, was also withheld. We are enabled, however, from another source, to lay before our readers the following abridged but accurate outline of what took place— Mr. HENRY BOOTH, the treasurer and secretary of the Railway, read a very long and able report of the proceedings of the company since the com mencement of the concern to the present time. Its general martagement and its system of superin tendence, in all its various departments, were ex plained; by which it appeared that the organization was so complete, and every essential point so well arranged, that the directors, whose vigilance and attention are so highly deserving of eulogiurn, have all the details of this great undertaking almost daily presented to their view. ►he Bill f r the New Tun- Bel, now before Parliament, was expected to pass without opposition. The company have deemed it neces-ary to alter their plan of conveying passengers by omnibuses from their office in Dale-street, to the station in Crown-street. After the sth of April, they cease to use them ; but it is in progress of ar rangement for omnibuses to start from inns and hotels in different parts of the town on very mode rate terms, so as to arrive at the regular station at the usual periods. The company are also making arrangements for conveying passengers to and from Manchester every day oftener than at present. — There will be no alteration in the plan of carrying parcels. In lieu of a general annual meeting of the proprietors, as at present established, there will be two half-yearly meetings, in January and July, every year, the dividends to be paid in February and August. The profits of the Railway, from the opening, September IS, To Dec. 31, 1830, were .E 14,432 To June 30, 1831, 30,314 • To Dec. 31, 1831, 40,783 The average Receipts for Passengers arc about 4s. 6% each Ditto on Merchindise per ton 10s. 7% Ditto on Coal ditto Is. 8 — Ditto Tolls for Bolton Goods Exaoseie°rncheinacillicsaeo . f . p . as .. s p e e n r g t e o r n e, ( 1 ) : , / i N,d. profit, 2s. t . 71( each Ditto Coal ditto Is. 3%d O. 44d. Upwards of 700 persons are at present employed. During the meeting several gentlemen addressed the chair, amongst whom were Mr. Isaac Crewdson, of Manchester; Mr. Wilson, of Kendal ; Captain Moorsom, of the 52d Regiment ; Mr. W. W. Currie, Mr. J. Sanders, Mr. James Brown, Mr. David Hodgson, and Mr. Earle. After the business was finished, an election by ballot took place for four Directors, in lieu of four who were to be replaced or re-elected. The Directors, whose term of service expired to day were Mr. Charles Lawrence, Mr. Hardman Earle, Mr. James Brown, and Mr. James Cropper. This last-named gentleman having resigned, Messrs. Llwrence at:d Earle were re-Plected, and in place of Mr. James Brown and Mr. James Cropper, Mr. John Cropper and Mr. Thomas Sands were chosen. LIBERTY OF THE PRESS. (From the Carlisle Journal of Saturday.) TO THE READERS OF THE JOURNAL. For any deficiencies which our paper may exhibit to-day, we are about to offer an apology which we feel confident wil! be accepted as sufficient. The [flake are aware that the proprietors of this Paper were some time ago served with a notice of action by Mr. John Fawcett, a sessions lawyer, for inserting a short paragraph descriptive of the m en t a l qualifications of a supposed writer in the Patriot, and which Mr. Fawcett asserts was descriptive of lurn, or of his endowments. No moral imputation was cast, or attempted to be cast upon the person alluded to; no name was mentioned, nor hint given from which a name could be infer red ; so that no oue but the few private friends u he might have the daily opuortunity of witnessing the fitness of the cap which Mr. eowcett had chosen to assume, could possibly know to whom the paragraph alluded. Mr. Fawcett, however, called it a libel, and brought his action accordingly. Just previous to the As sizes, when the can-e was to be flied, Mr. Fawcett appears to have had some misgiving,: as to the po licy of allowing twelve men indifferently and impel tidily chosen from the body of the honest yeomanry of this county, to be the judges of the value of his brains ; and he therefore moved for a special jute'. Our readers are aware that such a jury can be ob tained by one party against the consent of the othet ; that it is a most cosily ins , rument, for which the party not consenting to it, is liable to pay if he lose the su't ; that it is open to many and serious objec tions, as unconstitutional in its nature, and oppres sive in its mode of operation. It is, in short, a kind of jury to which we are opposed upon principle ; and rather than submit to such an ordeal, forced upon us against our will, we determined to suffer judg ment to go by default. A writ was accordingly issued to the Sheriff to calla jury to assess damages; and this was to have been executed on the Wednes day in the late assize week. Our readers will no have forgotten the scene which occurred upon that occasion: and therefore we shall not again detail the particulars; suffice it to say, that after a display of ng and trickery, that reflects but little ered on the party concerned, the writ was withdrawn, by t h e plattuiff's attorney, rather than allow the hear- Ina to take place in open Gnat. Thus the thing rested until Saturday last, when we were again served with a notice that the writ was to be executed at Buwnesa ! !! on Friday the 30th of March (to (lay.) To the distant reader, it may be necessary to nessi fourteen sasmall the fishing village upon S miles from Carlisle, where such a Court was never held before, or pro hmeebnlvri:tinfevsa: that rtrß°hi heardt': about of; and that in the kouse ap pointed for holding the Sheriff's Court, there is not a room sufficiently large to accommodate a dozen people without great inconvenience.—That the reader may still more fully understand the nature of this proceeding, it is necessary to mention, that the plaintiff and his brother-in-law attorney, are share holders in a rival newspaper, the Pabiot, which is a regular and uudisguised tool of Lord Lonsdale'e, and that they are the acting men on the committee f or managing that paper; that the attorney is the electieneering agent of Lord Lowther, ail that the parish of Bowness, which has been thus selected by them for this exhibition of their political antipathies, is supposed to contain, in proportion to the number el* its inhabitants, more supporters of Lord Lans dale titan any other parish in the county—his Lordship being lord of the manor, patron of the living, and owner of considerable property within the boundary. From this parish we presume the Jury will be taken; and the reader will judge (or himself what mercy we have to expect, or rather, Nliqt our opponents are desirous of meeting out to us, by dragging us there. These facts will show that it is not to assauge wounded feelings, but to gratify political animosity Ilitt, this action originates; that it is an attempt to put down free discussion, by sacrificing those who are its unceasing advocates, and to wreak upon us that vengeance which has displayed itself upon so many occasions by the party whom the yeomanry of this county defeated in so noble a manner at the last election. We shall not add more at present. The trial— if trial it may he called—comes on between twelve and two o'clock - (Friday); and should- it finish tii time, we shall publish the result in a second edition. Counsel are to attend on behalf of Mi. Fawcett. — We purpose pleading our own cause. (From the Second Edition.) Bowness, Half past Three. FAWCETT 41 JOLLIE AND STEEL. _ The Jury have this moment come to a decision on this cause, and their verdict ie—Damages, One Farthing. The Court opened at twelve o'clock; the Under Sheriff, G. G. Mounsey, Esq., presided; and the following Jury were sworn ! Robert Backhouse, of Anthorn, foreman. John Morton, Longburgh. Charles Stag, Lesson Hall. William Stordy, Moorhouse. James Morton, Longburgh. John Steele, Southerfield. John Moore, Orton. Mason Hodgson, Longburgh. John Dixon, Lesson Hall. John Brown, Orton. Francis Grainger, Southerfield. Joseph Pattinson, Glasson. _ Mr. W. N. Hi dg-on, of Carlisle, the brother-in law of the plaintiff, conducted the case for the pro secution. Mr. Steel conducted his own C3 , C, and spoke for nearly two hours. The Under-Sheriff then summed up; the Jury were left in the room for about five minutes, and then returned a verdict for plaintiff—Damages, One Farthing. Mr. Steel paid the amount down; and said he hoped the datniv4es would ease the wounded feelings of th plaintiff. Several gentlemen accompanied the defendant from Carlisle, and he was warmly con gratulated upon the result, at the close of the pro ceedings. REFORM. ADDRESS of the COUNCIL of the EDINBURGH POLL TICAL UNION to the•PEOPLE of SCOTLAND. FELLOW- COUNTRYMEN,-The People's Bill is a second time in the House of Lords. A second time does it de pend upon the decision of that Assembly, whether the country is to resound with the shouts of triumph and joy, or whether it is to be again consigned to disappointment, increased wretchedness, perhaps to revolution. No meetings have yet been held to petition the Lords. Does this prove apathy or re-action ? No The enthu. siasm of the people in favour of the Ministerial p'an of Reform has become, if possible, more intense ; but it has settled down into a deep, quiet, concentrated spirit, which disdains all display, and which is accompanied by a deter mination to obtain that measure which is deemed by them absolutely necessary to recover their right and liberties, as well as the prosperity of the empire. Is it necessary to petition the Lords in order to make them acquainted with the wishes of the people ? Can the most se•ltish and bigotted boroughmonger amongst them tlisgoise from himself, that ninety-nine out of every hun dred of the inhabitants of the British Empire are devot edly attached to the Bill? The meetings and petitions of last Session must have fully convinced the Anti-reformers of this ; and when they talk of indifference and reaction in the public feeling, they express what they do not believe. We all recollect how our petitions were treated last Session. Notwithstanding, a'most every town, village, and hamlet in the empire, had its meetings, and united in the general cry for Reform. Notwithstanding the table of the House of Lords groaned under the weight of the ad dresses of the people, the Peers chose to throw out a Bill supported by a patriotic Monarch, a great majority of the House of Commons, and a unanimous nation. We have thus learned, by experience, the little effect which the petitions of the people produce upon the present House of Peers. They have no sympathy with the people—nothing but necessity will induce them to support a measure, the obj• et of which is to overthrow a system which so many of them have a selfish, interest in upholding. The Conned of the Edinbuigh Political Union, upon these considerations, has resolved to call a meeting at pre sent, for the purpose of petitioning the Lords. We are of opinion that the people ought not to prostrate themselves before that House which has already treated their prayers with such indifference and contempt. Upon the Ministry alone does it depend, whether the Bill will be carried triumphantly, or whether it will be frittered away in the Committee, or altogether rejected. We know that Eatl Grey has been intrusted by the King with the power of making Peers, and we also know, that by timeously exercising this power he may insure the suc cess of the Reform measure. With the Ministry, then, does the responsibility now lie. Let us continue our confidence in them, until they have proved themselves unworthy of it. But if they al low themselves to be defeated a second time, the people must re-assemble. Such a display of popular feeling and popular determination must then be made, as will convince both Ministers and the House of Peers that a resolute and united people are not to be trifled with. By authority of the Council, (Signed) J. AYTOUN, Chairman. It. W. JAMIESON, Int. Secty. The Speaker's last Parliamentary Levee, for the present Session, will be on Saturday next, the 7th of April. Lord Althorp's sudden departure for North. amptonshire was at first said to be occasioned by the dangerous illness of Earl Spencer ; but such was not the case, and it is rather imagined that the object of the Noble Lord's journey was to consult with his venerable father on the subject of his proposed elevation to the Peerage. r w o i r l 1 1 un Bill. il d :part for the Government of Jamaica till he has given It is currently rumoured that Ear all the votes that may be required of him in favour of t. 4 ll , e T l i t l e e . te in, er enrolments n n ' s h ue e r int, se I,l,adit Paris:Cds.safvoerrratldheeosflei:lCredshi whotaio expedition f were ri s e)oei l pecting orders for their departure were yesterday made acquainted with this determination, the cause of which is not known, but which we cannot believe will be of long duration." The Glasgow Political Union are to have a meeting next week to petition the Lords in favour of the Reform Bill, at which Mr. Maxwell, of Pollock, is to preside. Having been unable to procure sufficient accommodation in the city, the meeting is to be fixed for the Green.—Glasgow' Chronicle. Letters were received from Sir Walter Scott last night from Naples, dated the sth instant. The Baronet is in perfect health and spirits, and greatly delighted with the beautiful country where he is at present residing. He was about to undertake an excursion to the lonian Isles, to ✓isit Sir F. Adam.—Caledonian Mercury of Saturday. SIR W. SCOTT . S NISS.—The trustees of the Advocates' Library in Edinburgh offered 1,0001. for the MSS. of Sir W. Scott's published novels—several of them im perfect ; the proprietors demanded another one thousand pounds a l py i :di,: 1 a g , r e a e v ne (as is already known). This was refused, and the MSS. were brought to London, and sold at Evans's sale-rooms, where they produced but 317/. 16s.—Bohn's Bibliophobia. . ___ DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The Committee of Proprietors of the Theatre Royal Dury-lane, taking into consideration the depressed state of the drama, and the falling off in the receipts of the house, have come to a determination to reduce the rent of the Theatre 1,0001., the communication of which kind and considerate act was received with gratitude by Captain Polhill. Mr. and Mrs. Wood, and Phillips, have thrown up their engagements, with the exception of the Ora torios, and Mr. Balls was discharged on Saturday night, in con sequence of his repeated refusals to play parts that were allotted to him. Many other alterations in this establishment are talked of in the theatrical world. On Sunday afternoon a young man of the name of William Torrent, a printer, residing in Wardour_ street, accompanied by two friends, proceeded up the river in a skiff. Torrens sat at the head of the boat while his two com panions rowed, consequently their backs were towards him. Upon arriving near Battersea-bridge the two young men were astonished at seeing a hat floating along, and called to Torrens to pick it up. Not receiving any answer they turned round, when, to their horror and amazement, they found the spot where Torrens had been sitting empty. It appeared that the unfortunate young man had falle n into the water, but whe n or in what m anner the accident happene d is unknown, as n either of the survivors had the least kno wled g e of the occurre nce. An alarm was instantly given, and in the course of half an hour the dead body of Torrens was found. The body of a woman named Elizabeth Mar low was found on Tuesday last in a p ool of sta g nan t water, near Lane Delph, in the Staffordsh ire Potteries. An inquest was held on the body the following da y , when it was g iv en in evi dence, that three men followe d the deceased on her way home t o h n e t r h e w ell s s ont i t i a c y h e s v u e s against one of them, G eorge Bailey,ning, and, from the circumstances a dd uce d that a verdict of" Wilful Murder" was returned against him. The other men were liberated. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH STREET. Yesterday, Tomes Watson, a bookseller, residing in Windmill-street, Finsbury-square, was brought to dos office in custody of Goddard, one •Of the of fi,crs of the establishment, and charged before Mr. 11 ,, E, the sitting magistraie with having unlawfully, iotously, and tumultuously asseinhled with upwards of 1,000 other individual; in the parish of St. Pan cras, on the day of the general fast. • The defendant was held to bail himself in 2001. and two sureties in 100/. each, or four sureties in 50/. each, td answer any charge that may be preferred against him at the sOslattsJ BO TV-STREET. Last night, soon after Mr. HALLS had taken his seat on the Bench at this office, a young man, about 23 years of age, slim in person, marked with the small-pox, and about five feet four inches in height, having the dapper appearance 'of a emart gentleman's servant out of livery, presented himself before the Magistrate, and begged his advice and as sisiance under circumstances which he said were most distr,•ssing to his feelings, he having beet! treated in a very cruel manner, and, in fact, plun dered of the property he had saved during several years' service in the family of a gentlettian of pro perty at the west end of the tows. Mr. HALLS asked him to explain ? Applicant— Your Worship, I am a mar, ied man. Mr. HALLS—I have nothing . to do with that. Applicant-1 have been married three months. Mr. HALLS—That is nothing to me. Applicant —Bin, your Worship, I did not consummate my nuptials, and now she won't let me. Mr. HALLS—That is your business, not mine.— (Laughter.) Applicant—But your Worship don't know how 1 have been treated; I was in ser vice, and became acquainted with a young wo man, and we agreed to be married privately. Mr. HALLs—What was her age ? Applicant-- Ynereen year,. Mr. HALLS—Were you married by bans or by license ? Appplicant—By bans. Mr. HALLS—Do you say that you did not con summate your nuptials on your marri age - night? Applicant—l do say that I have not. I should have let my situation if I had been absent all night; end when we left the altar, after taking refreshment, I ent to my service. I deposited in her • hands a sum of money to take care of, and now she refuses to consummate the marriage or to return the money; and has declared that she is going to be married to another. I wish to know if she can do that, and also whether your Worship can't make her return my motley. Air. HALLS—Have you demanded your wik? Applicant—She laughs at me, and I cannot get possession of her person or the property. Will you inform me if she cat marry again, as she tells me that, because I have not bedded with her, the mar riage is not worth a straw. Mr. HALLS—If she marries again, she will be liable to pro-ecution, notwithstanding the non-con summation of the nup ials : but I cannot assist you. The applicant ( who had a piece of cord in his hand) sighed deeply and left the office. On going out, he stopped the gaoler at.tlie door and solicted his advice, and Dodd burst into a fit of laughter arid pointed to the cord in the hand of the applicant, and said, "If I had been such afo lish fellow-as you, I would take that to the first hook I could find and hang myself." The applicant, who did not appear to relish the joke, complained- of false hearted woman, and made his exit. It is scarcely necessary to say that the statement of the applicant created a good deal of fun and laughter amongst'the crowd in the office. HA T T ON- GARDEN. Yesterday, James Sterne and Tlwmas Moore were brought before Mr. LAING, charged by police constables gt 0 2 2 p l i •kand the 2 p 4 0 8, ck e o t f s N of s d e i v visi o eral t, gentlemen withat nn Sunday morning last, while the Rev. Mr. Irving was preaching in Shepherd and Shepherdess•fields, Islington. It appeared from the evidence of the officers that the R v. Mr. Irving was in the habit of preaching at a place called Sion Chapel, South-street, Isling ton, which was too small for his congregation, and a short time since he announced his intention of preaching every Sunday in the open . fields, and id vertisements to that effect were generally circulated. On Sunday last, at three o'clock, several thousands of individuals assembled in Shepherd . and Shepherd ess-fields, and t h e R ev . G ent l eman nuidehisnppear 7 unce, and, mounting a platform of some iniiiienee, he addressed the multitude in his usual strain,. and the crowd increased gradually until there could. not be less than 7,000 or 8,000 persons in the field, many of whom were notorious pickpockets. The constables noticed the prisoners lurking about the crowd and attempting to rob several gentlethen. At length they proceeded towards the back i of the plat form,. where they took their stations immediately be hind Mr. Irving and a foreign gentleman, standing by his side, whose pocket they tried to pick of a silk handkerckief; but being felt by the gentleman, he turned round and knocked Sterile down with his umbrella, and the prisoners were both taken into custody. Mr. LAING inquired, does he preach in the open field ? Seijeant Holt Paid the Rev. Gentleman had done for see ral Sundays past, and it was his intention to do so every Sunday at three o'clock. lie did not preach in the unknown tongue last Sunday. The prisoners denied the charge. They said that . they were both out of work, and lived upon their friends. •. Mr. LAING bad no doubt of their being notorious thieves, and he committed them for three months each to the House of Corrtction. LAMBETH- STREET. Yesterday, Abigail Moss, a handsome young Jewess, who has been in custody for some days past on a charge of stealing 301. in cash and bank -notes, the property of Grptain Harfield, was brought be fore Mes•rs. HARDWICK and WALKER, for final examination, and committed to take her trial. • THAMES POLICE-OFFICE. - - YPsterday, one of the medical officers attached to his 11Nestv's ship Dover, now lying off Limehouse, and fitted up as a cholera hospital, waited .on Mr. BR,WERIP, to complain of a serious annoyance toi which he had been subjected. The gentleman, who was in naval uniform, in. ptir nuance of directions from Government, was rowed up and down the river every day in the King's boat, with the pendant flying, to afford immediate assistance to any persons on the Thames who might be attacked: with cholera, and remove them, if necessary, to the floating hospital. While engaged in this duty. he had been frequently called alongside barges and small sail ing vessels by the bargemen and others toattend upon a person said to be attacked with cholera; but when he got on board he was laughed at andridiculed. On the previous (lay he was told by some bargemen that a man was attacked with cholera on board a - ship off the Tower; but when he proceeded there, he found that he had b een m i sinformed, and jeers were thrown out. O n l y a few minutes previous he heard some one call out, ct Cholera boat, ahoy !" and on proceedi ng to the barge from w hence the noise pro ceeded, h e was told that his services were not wanted, and a genetal laugh was set up. In fact, his duties had become exceedingly irksome from this species of annoyance, and he had been so often sent - on a wrong scent, that seamen and others on the river, really in want of assistance, might have suf fered from his being out of the way. Mr. BRoDERIP gave directions for the surveyors and constables to attend in futur e on the cholera, hospital cutter, and daily similar nicks were played off on the medical gentleman, to b r i ng t h e parties be fore him. • Mr. E vans,' he principal surveyor, was then directed: to issue a general order to the Thames police, di- • recting them to keep a sharp :look-out after - the sailors and bargemen, when the Cholera boat is pas,-•` ing along the river.