The Sun. — London, England, 1840-01-22 00:00:00

th'sl_ , :aysrel issred against him with the contempt which th e y 71, e 'r ., , , (1—( Renewed l a ughter)—but he forgave his opponents. Llhad offered Mr. Vood the opportunity of ascertaining which,,, , i 1 of them wa s th e mo r e likely to receive the support o f a tri ajo. .the contituency ; but Mr. Wood had refused to u, r,l , lt , rgo the tr i al. Mr. Wocd had, perhaps, imagin ed that he (Mr. Curling) would have . oluntarily rem ed from the contest. In tiu,t, however, he was mistaken, and though he S. l l'. Curli ng ) h a d no t th e ex p er i e n c e of his opponent in elec . , I )1 . 1 matters, lie would persevere to the last. He ha d not, it ue was true, ten years' experience in electioneering ma tters. had, like Mr. Wood, the benefit of five defects, but he wished to give the inhabitants el Soirliwark the.,. opportunity of manifesting their spirit of independence. He cared not what might be said about his motives, and he felt that he could, on his part, reproach Mr. Wood with the oppo sition he had given on a former occasion to Air. Harvey— (No, no)—and the manner in which he tried to su pp lant him. That Poor-law Bill was not what it was represented fa. party Purposes. What was Mr. Walters' opinionss ou other of the great national measures which interested the cour•try ? (heers. ) Placards he saw exhibited in tended to excite an outcry against the Poor-law for what never ezisted, and only calculated to act as clap-traps for the thoughtless. ' Sire ht th e l an d sc u d one of the placards ; but how live? in sloth— on the w ages o f t h e h ar d-working? There was no such prin ciple in the Constitution of this country, nor in Scripture, "'licit said that man should not live but with the sweat of his brow.—(hear, hear, hear.) Mr. Walter's ob. jections to the Bill were to numerous—that none Could be mentioned—(laughter)he only dealt in vague gene ralities, which inquiry would dissipate—( Hear, hear.) If the Bill were defective in details, remedy them, but in destruction to the measure itself.—( Hear, hear.) Here a blackguard got on the shoulders of some others, and cried out, " Gentlemen, we came here to assemble together," —(shouts of laughter)—and the rascal was proceeding when policemen summarily disposed of him. Mr. CURLING preceded. Mr. Walter would never succeed upon the musty " cheese and bacon" outcry of the Poor-law. —(Cheers.) The electors wanted consistency of principle.— (Cheers.) They wanted clear explanations on good nation: al measures. Mr. Curling went on to say he did not [wish to see the Ministry out, for who would succeed—the Tories. Now where would Mr. Walters be on the 28th. He would vote for the declaration of want of confidence,—( Cheers) — he would be found not with the people's friends but their enemies.—( Hear and cheers.) The Tories talked of alli ances. Whrre would Mr. Walters he but for some of the Radicals ?—Cheers. ) The 'furies could not muster for him as many votes as he (Mr. Curling) had the honour to see re porters around him.—( Laughter.) Mr. Walter had called in the aid of .the enemy of his country—the exciter of rebellion— (Cries of " Oastler," and much uproar)—the " King of the North"—the arch Agitator—the rebel against his country— (Shouts of " Shame," cheers, and immense uproar.) With the aid of that person Mr. Walter hoped to impose on the eleetots--(Cheers. ) A member of the National Convention was first found to advocate Mr. Waltcr.—(Cries of " No," " Name," and " False.") He cared not for those outcries — he knew he asserted fact. The man's name was Lowry. (Cheers)—who insulted him (Mr. Curling) by asking him to 'meTand discuss the Charter. He meet a rebel against his Sovereign—No.—(immense cheers) —though if it had been an honest man he would certainly have met him, even the poorest.—Cheers.) What was the cause of those rebellions that had agitated the country ?—(Cries of " Toryism," avid the Whigs") it was the Tories—and on their heads rested the blood of the unhappy men who had shortly to expiate their crimes on a gibbet.—(Cheers.) It was thrown on the misma nagement of the Whigs—but that was t o put them down to gut the Tories up.—( Cheors, and cries of "Down with the Wnigs.") (Mr. Curling proceeded to announce himself as a Whig, amidst cheers and laughter, with humorous remarks, such as—" That has lost you all your votes, Curling—there were but twenty of th em .") L e t the Radicals beware how they joined the '1 odes in the cry of " Down with the Whigs."—(Cheers and shout s .) They did but aid tho Tories , who joined in that stupid cry.—( Cheers.) The Tories never supported the liber ties of England.—( Cheers,) The Government :now in office only desired place for the benefit of the country.—(Laughter, and cries of " Wanted a place." The Tories always opposed the Whigs in beneficial measures.—(Loud cheers.) And it would be his (Mr. Curlings) endeavour to keep out that horrible hydra Toryism,_—( Cheers,) Let those who cry "Down with the Whigs, say who they would put up— (Cheers) —the arch agitator, Mr. Oastler--(Uproar)— whose manceuvres were now disconered—(Cheers)—and the designs of the Tories were for ever annihilated—(Laughter)— in spite of their factious vote, that the Ministry poss,sssed not the confidence of the country—when they, the T or i es , knew well that they would never possess it.—(Cheers,) If the N7bigs were well supported. they would yet become what history sh -iwed them—" the Liberators of the people.— (Laughter, ,lieers, and cries of " Cut it short.") Certainly, speaking on st:ch a pla tform was no luxur y ,—(Lau g hter. ) In reference to Oastle, he would ask where could be a fitter place for denouncing- rebellion and treason than the hustings of a Metropolitan election. " Walter and the Queen" was the outcry. Her Majesty would be safer in the honest hearts of the electors. The constitution of the cr)untry he (Mr. C.) had read differently from Mr. Walter,—who had shown his l constituency, by ones voting for Whigs, who he now called his enemies. —(Cheers.) The Constitution Mr. 'Walter ad , l mired resembled that of Hanover more that of Eng land—( Loud cheers)—one which required the sup port of the gibbet and the axe—Loud cheers.) Th e best way to make the people happy was to make them loyal ssi the Queen.—(Chfsers. ) How, then, could Mr. Wal ter accei:t the support of such a firebrand as this Oastler ? (Cheers.) ,It was enough to raise a blush in the weather beaten face of the hearer of the Tip-es standard.—(Cheers.) I Teach the ceeple that loyalty to the Queen is the next lesson to honour' of their Government; and this would not be done till educatiov was diffused further than Mr. Walter had ever tried to spread it. They who traduced his (Mr. Cur ling's) chara c terabout the 3001 ,let them repeat that charge now that he declared he would rather see Mr. Wood the Member than Mrr Walter.—(Cheers.) He had come out to a s se rt the independence of the borough, and there he would stand till to b . e . secu k red ;. and he saw how that independence waS. when he saw that lie would gladly aid in -eeping a ‘T.ory from the House.,--(Chee.rs) Mr, Curling went on to say that he was a friend to freedom—not in name G ni:, nor such as cannot bus understood —but of rerl, be neficial free:lora.—( Cheers.) He would support the ', ballot, if his constituents wished him, but—(" Another turn, stick to your colours) —lie wo uld certainly stop the abominable practice of canvassictg.--cliar and sheers.) Leaving it to the electors on principle gi ii ing his vote on unbiassed — and unshackled.—( Cheers.) This «Auld not be acceptable to • ' some who dealt in intimidation. —( Cheers.) He yet recollected that Mr. Walter denied his connection With the Tories; but who believed it.—(" What of that.") it must have been the Times from which Mr. Walter borrowed his uresent opirliorlS , (Cheers)—or he could not claim as his motto the poet's deele, ration. . • " Tempora mutantur, Sed non mutamor cum illis." Mr. Curling went on to say there were, in the words of another noet—" Flowers of various hues," and, perhaps, there ght be a " rose without a thorn," but Nnould the air o f ,_gouthwark foster it.—(Loud Laughter). 111 r. 'W. here compl,,ined of interruption from one who liked not to hear the truth. io short, he declared his opinion, that in the great majo rity of case's the vast body of the people best knew their interests. The elector'' owed to their country a sacred duty, which, no dortht, they would faithfully discharge made terred by the eoersion or bribery of which both his opponents had been guilty—(Cheers andhear, hear)—and he trusted that even it he lost their votes he should preserve their esteem.—( Cheers. ) The High Bailiff then took the show of hands. The differ ence between Curling's and Wood's c.'as the slightest. The Hic it BAILIFF declared the election to have fallen on Mr. Wood. A poll was then demanded on the part of the other candi dates, which will take place to-morrow. THE MAII,KETS.-(THIS DAY CORN EXCHANGE. There have been short supplies of both Grain and Flour this week, and the trade is very heavy for every article at the terms of Monday. Flour has met very little demand from the bakers this week. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Supplies were very large of all kinds, but the demand was languid, and prices did not vary. TEA MARKET. There was a fair business doing in Tea, and prices still looking. upwards. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. The supplies were ,port, and prices higher—trade rather lively. INDIGO SALE—SacoNn DAT. There was a good attendance of the trade at this sale, and about one-third of what was put up was sold; prices 3d. to 6d. per lb. lower than last sale, but about those of the previous market. The biddings lack animation. COLONIAL MARKET, _ _ To-day there isiict — much business doing in any kinds of produce, and prices are very fine'. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(TMIS DAY.) 1 DEAL, JAN. 21.—Wind W, S.W., strong breezes.—Ar rived the Emanuel, Deames, from St. John's, New Bruns wick; and Francis, Russell, Cape of Good Hope. LIVEIIPOOL, JAN. 21.—Wind W.N.W., blowing a heavy pale.—Arrived the Little Catherine, Williams, from Demerara; and Lady Rawley, Wright, Seville. roILTSMOUTIi, JAN. 21.—Blowing a gale at W.S.W. The gale commenced yesterday morning.—The outward-bound are riding it out safely. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 21.—1 t has blown a strong gale all night front the Westward, and continues. FALMOUTH, JAN. 20.—Wind W. to S.W., fresh gales, and squally.—Arrived, Formosa, Adam, Batavia ; sailed for the Cape of Good Hope, 28th Nov. ; St. Helena, 4th ult., and 'seension 10th. Put Back, Sophia, APNair, Calcutta ; Ge aida, Adball, Batavia. D7.AL, JAN. 21.—1 t has blown hard all day in squalls from the W. S.W., and the wind has increased and veered to W.N.W. MILFUICD, JAN. 20. —Wind blowing strong, from the S.W. RAMSGATE, JAN. 21.—1 t has blown a heavy gale all day front the West, accompanied with heavy squalls ; eight, r. 31., continues. SHEERNESS, JAN. 21.—1 t has blown a tremendous gale all day from W. to W.N.W., and continues. I3 E NA urn Roans, JAN. 20.—Arrived the Theater, Jenkins, from Demerara, with loss of boats, bulwarks, spars, Fee. flaistoL, JA. 21.—Arrived the Mars, from Newfoundland. Haulm:Fr, JAN. 21.—1 t has blown a heavy gale all day from W. N. W., and continues. SITISLNS, JAN. 29.—Sailed the Musien, Mackie, from Adessa. • 1 S OMERSE T LOYAL LIBERAL CLUB.— Th is Society . is not defunct , as it s enemies, speaking according to their wishes, have ventured falsely to assert. It is alive and likely to live.— Somerset County Gazette. The Leicestershire Mercury states that R. Norulsn, Es., brother - in -law of the Duke of Rutland, s.nd S. Leil.ham, both members of the Establishment, have sub scribed to the Thorogood fund. D IST ttIBU TION OF STAMPS.—We believe that a vacancy has o ccurred in the office of Distributor of Stamps here. The emolument derivable fro T m he th re e a s T i e tu a a l t r io e n ad i y th i s l oderstood to be about 1501 . per fianUrn• op , A. , r of twenty applicants for t ; the majority of whom are Torie s . —Preston Observer. CIIILDIEN, Bij iw g 7 TO two inquestshave u,' 4 n --- 464 , 141 :14°116- DEA 111.—ThiS sytiowweeyke been burnt to death in .. hebodies olnchbioltdhreinns, Jury returned a verdict of Ac7iden t '., - -1.,, 0 Z j 'women . . the parents were poor, and unarm. vi er, • - Death In both t t h a e n s c e e c s a t s i e le s children. Would it not be well for ;- • '' ~,,ld be . t , mast attotpenrodvictioe th 43 svrx 9 44:c .- , , fire guards for the people in this situation? - small, and we realls , think that common lii.7•UlitY 41PIIPt4.' such an exr:eise of charity.—Preston Observer. The Somerset County Gazette suggests th e expediency of forming Societies for the diffusion of political in formation among the electors by tracts, which may be printed at a very cheap rate, an d l argely circulated by the penny post. The cost, adds our C ontemporary, would b e trifling, and the benefits immense—it would p re p are t h e w ay for all desimble Reforms, and, in the most effective manner, secure the retura of Liberal Representatives. FROM. LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. iy~a~-~_ WHITEHALL, J. 13, 1840. The Lord Chancellor has appointed 'Richard Alison, cf Tickhill, near Bawtry, in the county of York, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. An Account of the Aggregate Amount of Notes circulated in England and Wales, by Private Banks and by Joint Stock Banks and their Branches, distinguishing Private from Joint Stock Banks, between the I?.th September and t2Sth Decem ber, 1839.—From Returns directed by 3 and 4 W. IV. c. 83. Private Banks Joint Stock Banks X 11,422,445 HENRY L. WICKHAM. Stamps and Taxes, Jan. 21, 1840. BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM BENHAM, coal merchant, Brompton, to sur render Jan. 31, at half-past eleven, and March 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Finsbury square ; Blake and Lewis, Essex-street, Strand. JOHN WHITE, chemist, Kin. - William-street, West. Strand, Jan. 31, at one, and March 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Dods and Linklater, Northumberland-street, Strand. JOHN COLLINS, hotel keeper, Staines, Feb. 1, at half past twelve, and March 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Robinsons, Queen-street-place. AUSTIN FUSSELL, ironmonger, Oxford, Jan. 24, at twelve, and March 3, at nine, at the house of Thomas Lucas, Town-hall, Oxford. Dudley and Son, Oxford ; Robinson, lime, and Robinson, Charterhouse-square, London. JOHN WINSTANLEY, druggist, Chorley, Lancashire, Feb. 14, and March 3, at eleven, at the Swan Inn, Bolton-le- Moors. Chilton and Arland, Chancery-lane, London ; Halt, Clitheroe ; and Hulton, Bolton. . _ THOU AS BLETHYN, woollen-draper, Bristol, Jan. 31 and March 3, at one, at the Commercial rooms, Bristol. White and Whitmore, Bedford-row, London ; Bevan, Bristol. 111 CHARD GREEN HOW, coal-master, Wrexham, Den bighshire, Feb 5 and March 3, at twelve, at the Red Lion Inn. Wrexham. Clarke and Medealf, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Grundys, Bury. JOSEPH and WILLIAM LATHAM, cotton-spinners, Makerfield, Lancashire, Jan. 31, and March 3, at eleven, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Taylor, Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, Bedford-row, London ; L-wnes and Robinson, Liver pool. JOSEPH and JOHN SUNDERLAND TOLSON, fancy cloth-manufacturers, Huddersfield, Jan. 30, at two, and _March 3, at eleven, at the George Inn, Huddersfield. Van Sandau and Howell, Old Jewry, London ; Jacomb and Tindale, Hud dersfield. JAMES and EDMUND MILNE, cotton-spinners, Roch dale, Lancashire, Feb. 4, and March 3, at ten, at the Commis sioners'-rooms, Manchester. Smith, Chancery-lane, London; Shuttleworth, Holgate, and Roberts, Rochdale. CHARLES HALL, draper, Great Russell-street, Blooms bury, Jan. 31, at twelve, and March 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abehurch-lane; Ashurst and Gainsford, Cheapside. ELIZABETH SUTCLIFFE, victualler, Rochdale, Lan cashire, Jan. 31, and March 3, at two, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Clarke and Medealf, Lincoln's Inn fields, London ; Whitehead, Rochdale. PETER MOORE, innkeeper, Hirwain, Glamorganshire, Jan. 31, and March 3, at two, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. Holme, Loftus, and Young, New Inn, London ; Prideaux, Bristol ; Whittington and Castle, Bristol. JAMES HARDY, iron master, Wednesbury, Staffordshire, Feb. 5, and March 3, at twelve, at the Swan Hotel, Wolver hampton. Simpson and Moor, Furnivars Inn, London; Wood ward, Wednesbury. DIVIDENDS. - At the Court of Bankruptcy. W. Brown ' carpenter, Clifton-street, Finsbury, Feb. 13, at twelve—J. Deeley, miller, Rawreth, Essex, Feb. 13, at one —F. Strong and W. Barthold, merchants, Great Tower street, Feb. 13, at twelve. _ In the Country. W. Taylor, apothecary, Liverpool, Feb. 12, at one, at the Clarendon Booms. Liverpool—J. Young, merchant, Leeds, Feb. 15, at two, at the Court-house, Leeds—N. Phillips, cot ton-spinner, Stockport, Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Corn missioners'-rooms, Manchester—E. Walker, W. J. Walker, F. Walker, and P. N. Walker, clothiers, Thnrstonland, York shire, Feb. 15, at twelve, at the Pack Horse Inn, Hudders field—A. Wilson, cotton-spinner, Heaton Norris, Lancashire, Feb. 15, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester —J. Smith, woollen-draper, Leeds, Feb. 15, at twelve, at the Court-house, Leeds—J. Stringfiekl, fellmonger, Bath, Feb. 13, at one, at the Commercial-rooms, Bath—J. Nuttall, grocer, Manchester, Feb.l3, at twelve, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester—T. Jones, iron-founder, Carnarvon, Feb. 11, at eleven, at the Goat Hotel, Carnarvon—T. Syers, tailor, Liverpool, Feb. 11, at one, at the Clarendon-roons, Liver pool—E. Pullein and J. B. Lowe, cotton-spinners, Manchester, Feb. 12, at one, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. CE IFICATES-FEB : I I T. Smithson, cattle-dealer, Flaxton, Yorkshire—W. Beer and H. Venn, colour-makers, Bristol—M. M. Joseph and L. Carmichael, dealers, Liverpool—W. C. Thompson, attorney, Liverpool—S. Crockwell, wine-merehant, Torquay—M. C. Jackson, corn-merchant, Water-lane, Thames-street—E. I'. Rogers, smith, Woodford, Essex—D. Albert, manufacturing chemist, Cadishead, Lancashire—G. T. Bolton, wine-mer chant, Manchester—P. C. Nicolle , wine-merchant, South ampton—J. Moore, lodging-house-keeper, Brighthelmstone— R. Elmer, provision-merchant, Southampton. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. 011ard and S. Gan ard, sui geons, Upwell, Cambridgeshire —E. and W. Poole, masons, Great Gonerby, Lincolnshire— J. Lucking and R. Sanders, butchers, Walbrook—W. Galpin and T. Style, druggists, Dorchester—D. Nisbett, jun., H. Downing, and W. Marsden, ironmasters, Sheffield—R. W. and B. Johnson, wine-merchants, Gloucester—J. Marshall and W. Brown, Kirby-moor-side—J. E. Brunt and W. James, string pearl manufacturers, Greville-street, Holborn—J. Catch pole, W. Reed, and G. Dodd, maltsters, Truro—J. W., J., and 'l'. Morgan, woolstaplers, Glasbury, Radnorshire—T. P. Court and J. H. Dowley, boot manufacturers, Brighton—M. Fler helm, A. Reinganum, and H. Flersheim, merchants, Bir mingham (so far as regards A. Reinganum)—T. Harrison, jun., and T. Peake, ribbon manufacturers, Bedwo.th, War - wick , hirc—C. T. Jaques and B. Nell, jun., brewers, Leeds— T. Moult and T. Fielden, calico printers, Crumpsall, Lanca shire—J. Anderson and W. Foster, plasterers, Halifax, York shire—ll, Clark and F. Timme, bottled ale merchants, East cheap—J. M. Thorne and J. R. Stevens, wine merchants, Sher borne—J. Robins, J. Robins, jun., C. T., and R. Robins, cur riers , Houndsditch (so far as regards J. Robins, jun. )--J. Bunney R.nd T, Pepper, bankers, Coventry—W. and C. Pulling, cider nierat4nts, Tolley-street, Southwark—R. Fearnley, W. Sug den, and 4, Dolby, worsted manufacturers, Bradford—G. Soulby and .1, Sladden, surgeons, Ash next Sandwich, Kent— , R. Hill and W. Wright, laoc.dressers. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. - - - - THOM/i5 CALDWELL, sen., thread-manufacturer, Roe bank, Lochwitinah, Jan. 25, and Feb. 15, at two, at the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley. ALEXANDER DAWISON, merchant, Glasgow, Jan. 24, and Feb. 14, at twelve, at the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow. ALEXANDER PATERSON, grocer, Alloa, Jan. 24, and Feb. Is. at one, at the Tontine Inn, Alloa. ALEXANDER SMITH, banker, Perth, Jan. 25, and Feb. 15, at one, at tho chambers of Mr. Miller, Perth. JAMES SCOTT, ptatiPner, Edinburgh, Jan. 27, and Feb. 17, at two, at the Old Signet pol ? Royal Exchange, Edinburgh. JAMES JOHNSTON, tanner, Perth, Jan. 25, and Feb. lb, at twelve, at tho Salutation Inp, Perth. GEORGE 1111LNE, printer, Dundee, elan. 27, and Feb. 17, 0, pv,elve, at the Royal Hotel, Dundee, CURIOUS CASE FOR THE CROWN LAWYERS — W e l ear n that. on S a t tl o4 night the revenue cutter Jack son, Captain Bicker, was orderefl 14) the collector of this port to proceed to sea in pursuit Of the peeletrship George Wash ingt;m, whose letters and papers Were received town on F r iday 4 . st, but the vessel hers elf hel d off, and en the Hook, f or the phei:ase of escaping the duties of the present year. It will be recel!egted that this packet had sailed from Liver pool for several YPa.F., pa-4 in the early part of December, un der contract not to enter - ? . . t ew 'rli u n til after the Ist Ja nuary. in order to take the hencq tc ti.. gsual 10 per cent. reduction in duties whit•l) hits taken place f9F YPrat years past in the presen t tariff IaWS, Mr. Swartwont ponsfrued the law in favour of this, but M.. Hoyt the reverse. We are not sure but be intends to condemn the tXtiole pare and vessel, valued at 000,000 Acollars, for a violation of the sevenne laws, if tue feet warrants tr. ft is also doubted by some whether, under the facts of her arrival nntside—sending up her letter-bags and papera—and then alain to sea for the purpose alleged, do pot ?Asp vitiate her folic i of insur ance. If any accident shonld rake place, we' are interned that one of the insurance ccrepanies would contest the question, It will be recollected that tins brig Belie tell in with the George Washington about 45 miles ,14, of Sandy Hook, and there pot on hoard her letters and papers: to be delivered in town. The guestion is, whether the George Washington was on the the waters of New WO Sego o. 4 1 York.? or whether the act of sending her I)P.PPrs to town is an evasion of the revenue law for isapy tat_ any' rate, the fees a ccruing, both to Mr. Hoyt a nd Mr. BOW, the crown offi cers, by testing the question, are valuable items in their pervi sites, equal to their pickingg and stealings."—Mn; fork Mooring Herald of December ;•3/ • Dig SUBSCRIPTION 'Fp AOkITI - CORN . • LAW LvAPiur• —We stated no Weidtkes4Y? that, at the banquet of Monday evening, subscription . books were placed in the handsof the s tewards; but we could net OM? state the amount subscribed, gs 01 the books were not retnrnect. We believe that the aggregate a the sums subscribed in the pavilion, during the dinner, was consiiierably over 400/. This is exclusive of the singularly-dawn t4eltie for 1001., given by Mr. of Arksey, near I)ppci4er (a landowner); and of the fk.iflation, since received, of f?a, from H. Warburton, Esq., kI„P. the Glasgow subscription to the league of 5001., of .7410 the following is a list. The sums have, in most instange.3, jet ?aid into the bank : Bradford, 50/. ; Derby, 501 , ; Preston, 40/, ; Burnley, 2.5/. ; Wakefield, 251. ; Halifax, 12/, as, ; Forfar, 121. ; Ashton and Dukinfield, 10/. ; Langworth, 7/. ; Leigh, 51. ; Hebden Bridge, 51, ; Saddleworth, Si. ; Lees, 5/. ; Cleckheaton, 5/. ; Stalybridge, 51; stranraer, 51; Leak, 51. ; Darlaston, 5/. ; &c. To these subscriptions from the Anti Corn-law Associations of the respective places, DT may add the following from individuals : Lawrence Heyworth, 251. ; H. Warburton, Esq., M.P,, 50/. ; C. Alhusen, 51. ; L. Heyworth, jun., 21. fbe aggregate receipts will, atleast, amount to I,4(ol.—Manchester LIVERPOOL GREAT SIP:En/I?: Cll4§gt.. The betting is becoming very animated. Lottery, the winner of the chase of last year, from his performance On that occasion and his prowess stone,, lies been elevated to the post of first favourite. The following was the prevalent betting of last evening :-5 to 2 agst Lottery; 7 to 1 Apt, Seventy Four; 20 to t figst Physician. Ui; gilturday last Ann fluxta.bie, 10 years of age, who bad been apprehended by Laseelles, en a charge of robbing her mistress at Pinhoe, was brought to the Guildhall, and waiting the order of the Magistrates to be brought her tore then), was placed in the swag. room adjoining the Coun cil Chamber. She had not been in the rflor4lolll, , before Las celles heard sornetldricr fall and the gill shriek. Op r i pppipg the door, he found that tks prisoner had endeavoured to destroy herself ; she had taken tale ribbon from her bonnet and had fastened one end round her neck i,nd the other to a nail in the r e ib i b ake on 4 l;v , i 4 r , i ; g .v broken, 14.1pn the chairs, which cameo the tsc,k4e Prot attracted Lascelles's attangop . . She was ordered wal l, i44 t t o lW b a county Magistrate. Ti? pri soner had on her person semy . ltif the articles stolen.— Wesit . k ' ATAL EXPLOSION.— A lameptalsig geeident attergited*Atho Joss of a valuable life occurred 4 house Close C4liery, the immediate neighbourhood of Bishop Auckland, ,on Oxford, has y tA t e l:e4 r, th p : fo lost. r and with a view a that Sir. Maclean, of witnt. n intention of i .Elliott: pru t .;ptil aluation, P' 3l .e r . , ia lll .fl ic g h l aCl 4 ‘ c it os ";74; tn v mr, Stobart, of Etherley, and '.ili„illattleair'Sagnt fo l e e',Witio,Park I;.:,lliery, attended by Mr. Theodore Fi;r444f, nu tiz if se u.? o p f 4 n i i , a la k v ir e i , g the brcilter .1 the P*Aci , ,9 l !.l, l P mine, and three other person's, W( r there an explosion Of wahsuierh t ,one inft) the workingo for vey. Whilst reSriltod in the death of Mr. Elliott, and a ie , 414 scorf•hin t e Pilot. othei..lndiv,id44s, though, we understand, at. er ° afoi4eis appreheneled,7- ••• • • ir ATtK ET INTELLIGENCE. (1%, c.nt London New Price Current of January 21. ) ScTiA a - Fur British Plantation Sugar there was a good '1 -nand on Wednesday last; tile purchases amounted to 800 i.nds and tierces, at fully previous rates for brown, clew aril grey descriptions, but for good middling to t_!ilow qualities buyer, , , were compelled to pay 6d advat.ce the supply being small. This afternoon the merchants remained firm, and the rates established on Friday were fully supported for all de scriptions, grocers as well as refiners purchased to a fair extent, the sales amounting to 600 hhds and tierces ; there was no public sale of Barbadoes. IZEFIN ED. -The demand has been pretty good for Re fined goods for home use, and standard lumps have com manded 76s Gd to 775: the fine sorts command high rates. Treacle of common quality at 32s per cwt. Patent and the best old make extent at 33s to 34s Gd per cwt. Pieces ere rather higher for bright descriptions. Bastards above 50s have found a fair sale, but the transactions in those under that figure have been on a small scale. Bonded Crushed Sugar to supply immediate orders at 34s per cwt. Loaves at 37s (id to 38s for 101bs, and 36s Gd to 37s for 141bs. Treacle at 12s 6d per cwt. Dutch Crushed Sugar at 31s 6d on board at Amsterdam. To-day the operations in bonded Crushed Sugar were on a more extended scale at 34s per cwt. The grocers are free buyers of nearly all descriptions of goods, and 77s is now the quotation for standard Lumps. Treacle is not to be purchased under 325. i%lAt -This afternoon 6,895 bags of the new crop were submitted to public competition, and all disposed of with fair spirit, at previous rates ; fine yellow 67s to 68s, good 663 to 66s 6d, good middling 643 to 655, middling 62, 6(.1 to 63s 6d, low 64s to 625, mid grey 61s 6d to 625, good and fine brown 57s to 59s 6d, middling and low 50s to 55s Gd per cwt. EAST INDIA. -The home trade have purchased freely of white descriptions of Bengal, and prices have improved 6d per cwt for good sorts, other kinds have supported their former currency ; at public sale, 5,433 bags have been offered, the whole of which was disposed of, and there was much competition amongst buyers ; good coloury fetched 695 6d to 70s 6d, mid end good middling 68s to 695, low middling 66s 6d to 675, cashed and damps Gls 6d to 70s, drained upon 60s to 64s 6d per cwt. This afternoon the public sales consisted of 4,257 bags Bengal, and 1,137 bags Manilla ; the former principally of low heavy brown quality, and sold at full prices, viz. damps at 49s to 50a, washed 48s 6d, a few lots strong co loury white fetched 66s to 66s 6d, washed 62s 6d to 63s (id, damps 65s 6d, damaged 645. Manila sold at full rates, low yellow at 22s to 22s 6d, fine brown 21s 6d, washed 20s to 21s, damps 21s per cwt. FOREIGN. -There are still few buyers of yellow Havan nab, and the merchants have refused to sell excepting at previous rates ; White is not to be purchased on lower terms ; Brazil at rather higher prices for brown, grey, and low white descriptions, which are wanted, principally by our refiners ; for good white kinds prices remain firm. MoLAssEs.-This afternoon 5 casks 32 tanks Molasses and 324 casks Sugar and Molasses all from the Mauritius, and duty paid, were put up to public sale, the former sold at 23s 6d to 25s Gd for dark quality, the latter went cheaper, viz. at 33a to 34s for that subject to the 16s Gd duty, and 37s for that subject to the 19s duty. TEA.-There was a brisk demand for Free Trade Con gou and Twankay last week from the trade; extensive parcels were also taken by speculators, and the merchants obtained prices q,d to 2d above those of the auctions which finished on Monday week, the former realising 2s 11d a 2s 11 .? : ,d money, and 3s to 3s Old with a prompt; the latter 3s to 3s Id cash, and 3s 2d to 3s 2id with a prompt. Tie better kinds of Tea were in good request, and brou s ht rather higher rates. In Company's Congou the operations were extensive at the improved rates of 3s OV. a 3s Id cash, and 3s 2d to 3s 21d with a prompt, and at these rates some parties were not inclined to sell. Yesterday, however, there was less busi ness doing in Fee° Trade Tea, but holders re fused to reduce their pretensions. In Company's Congou there seas not much passing, and 3s was accepted for cash. To-day there was not much business doing in Free Trade Tea, but the merchants generally remain firm, and do not ap pear disposed to sell, even at last week's rates ; in some cases however easier prices have been submitted to by weak holders. For common Congou for money 2s 10d to 2s 10d has been accepted, 3s with a prompt; Twankay cash 3s, and 3, Id to 3s 2d with a prompt , for Company's Congou there are not many buyers just now, 3s is the quotation for money, and 3s hi to 3s 2d with a two and three months' prompt. This afternoon at a late hour there Was more inclination to buy Tea, and a fair extent of business was done at rather better prices ; Company's Congous are 3s Old to . 3 2id money and prompt. COFFEE -For clean qualities of West India there has been a brisk demand since we last wrote, and prices have improved 2s to 3s per cwt. The supply is not adequate to the wants of the trade ; unclean kinds have been taken more freely, and have commanded rather higher rates. This afternoon a fair amount of business was transacted by private contract in British Plantation at the rates quoted in our table ; large orders are prevented from being executed in consequence of the short and indifferent supply at market; none was put up by public sale. All descriptions of East India and from the Cape were in good request privately, and in most cases brought rather higher rates ; 1222 bags Padang at public sale, subject to the 91 duty ; sold at prices is to is 6d above those paid in the market last week, or 3s to 4s higher than those of the last auction; fine ord mixed green fetched 71s to 7is 6d, the bulk at the former figure, sea damaged went at 63s to 69s 61 per cwt. Java by private contract has been sold at 84s for fine pale, and 81s for rather inferior. Rem, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS -A brisk demand has prevailed for Jamaica Rum, and buyers have been com pelled to pay a further advance of Id per gallon ; the purchases have amounted to 500 puns, 20 to 25 per cent over proof at 4s led to 5s 3d, 26 to 30 over 5s 4d to 5s 6d, 33 to 37 over 5s 7d to 6s, and stronger Cs ld to 6s 5d per gallon ; in Leewards a fair amount of business has been transacted at former rates for common qualities, but the better kinds have brought rather higher prices ; the quantity dis posed of since we last wrote amounts to 400 piles, proofs to 2 over at 3s 4d to 3s sd, 3 to 10 over 3s 6d to 3s 10d, 11 to 18 over 3s led to 4s sd. 20 to 27 over 4s 6d to 10d, 28 to 40 over 4s lld to 5s sd, and at these rates holders ere firm ; for some par cels of East India the prices previously quoted have been paid. Brandy has secured a fair sale at the rates we men tioned on Tuesday last. Geneva has been taken sparingly at 2s to 2s Id per gallon. For British Corn Spirits the demand has been dull at our quotations. To-day holders of Leeward Island Rum refused to sell excepting at a further advance of Id to 2d per gallon; several sales in proofs were made at 3s 6d per gallon, and excepting at the latter figure, there arc now few sellers. Jamaica in steady request at our quotations. SPICES.-Black Pepper has been in fair request; com mon light Sumatra at 31c1; other kinds at previous rates. Sumatra at 3id to 30 for light quality, and Malabar at 4d a 41 per lb for heavy. White was bought in at to Is per lb for good quality. Pimento 3d for good ord . . East India Ginger at former rates. Nutmegs mostly taken in at 3s Gd to 4s per lb. This ..fternoon the only auction was that of 252 bags Sumatra Pepper, which sold at 4d per lb. INDIGO. -The quarterly sales of East India which corn meeced this day were but thinly attended by country buyers, and there were few narties present from the Con. tieent ; the quantity brought forward amounted to 6765 chests. Although the leading proprietors have brought in shoot 730 chests, in most instances at prices equal to those of last sale, yet when a desire to realize has been maivfe .d by others, prices have been very uneven, ruling from 3d to 64, and in some few instances to 91 discount on the mixed and ord sorts, as compared with the October sale', IA ices. 12 chests very low Kurpah were brought in from 3s ;Id to 4s. 6 chests low Bombay were sold at 2s 6(1. TALLOW.-In Russian Tallow prices have improved 6d to 9d per cal, first quality selling freely at 49s 6d to 49s 9d. Foe delivery in spring months the quotation improved to 49s fi i prr t=int. For delivery in the last three months the mei fshants are not disposed to make contracts under 48s per pet. Town Tallow has been in good request, and prices eantinue to improve. Oros -.There has been a fair business transacted in the common descriptions of Fish Oils; Cod has fetched 291 to 2yl 10 Pale Seal 304 and Southern 2S/ lOs to 261 for low to floe qiialite ; for auction on Friday 300 tuns arc de ed, For Linseed Oil a good demand has prevailed, th e crushers having accepted the low rates of 22s to 22s 3d per cwt. T ID E HOUSE OF COBURG.—Protestantism has reason to he grateful to the House of Coburg for the protection ypp, in tiroii of need, to Luther. Upon the issuing of the i , apal Tiidl by f , eo ;., the lector of Saxony sent Luther to Saxe Coirarg, Wl4 l l Was ender the protection of the Duke of Coburg; he remained in thy citviel, a strong, and then consi dered impregnable fortress, which Commands the town, where he remained till he made his more public affirmation of his faith, ill the eestle still remain the relics of this founder of our reformed religiall, The inkstand, writing table, seat, &c., There is also a very 'tilt:able portrait of Luther by L ucas are scrupulously prnservod , awl shown w ith all veneration. Cruaeh painted for the House at . Coburg, We have recently been faypored with the sight of a most interesting medal, which was strneji. to potpuiemorate the confirmation of the two Princes, Albert. and Ernest, 14pAil 111P12th April, 1835. Court Journal. REPRESENTATION tn" PitEsToN —We un derstand that, in reply to an application made to him by certain me mbers of the Operative Conservative Association in this town, T. Murray . Gladstone, Esq., of Liverpool, has intimated that he has no disinclination to offer himself as a candidate, provided he is assured of a reasonable prospect of success. Preston Chronicle. pgNpicirsninE.—The Lordship of Bromfield and Yale., which falls to the Crown by the death of Sir W. W. Wynn, has generally parried with it considerable electioneering ind,tve. The appointment will be filled up by a stanch Li beral, which, of pe•prse, so far as certain votes are concerned, will change the seal°, they having in the last contest been giver/ very unwillingly against Mr, Biddulph, in consequence Mr.c . t 6404t ,„. 7, gge ,.,. r Cii i r u on p i h c/e. of tei, Watkin's influence having been given to his opponent, excitement has been , . _ created in FitrPucl for several days, owing to the proceedings of oi‘nradatthaens:Cdelilatahr°t4llivsset,'' nature, one of the Chartists. itipp ply have they held '44. nightly secret meetings, but printed papeismi trade beep been widel s y ign e uto i i r e e tkh u ly: pro gp li)abeen:lln4etidiv'e.litnessed height and the ground they caught %;,7 l9. ) t i ou y r a ; I n p4 o d s; , p, inflammatory Cousin e4juo ehnnt : gorw a pr MA tar, it has been found, have lately oa air fire-balls -h meansa lls o!' f a r i o 3 Te l t i s a , r as 9 lVe r * li gr P i i n t, e b pil n ig g distance they could be thrown. On reaching Wcr,.: oNeryed to continue burning for several minutes ; great r!IIURCII RATES. —On the Rth instant Col. b ( e i c a i n i t s i e ti n e t s f o r f osi Bristol to stretitl....flath p - fr oi . t , - SaV;a7, R.i.p, t•fr Ludlow, appeared before the M ag i s t ra t es , i n answ4 t,pa4 _ er ep ft 4 r refusing a . Church rate. Th e H on . INl e mter haywi r e' dlii,V 01 P '704,4 Jay, the rate, the Bench declined to adjudicate. On the sais4 , Mr. ;lown aa :;7.rnber of the Society of Erl6ds atUrier, was suyynned for w6 ii i .paymeii i of Church -rates , when the same decision was :Oiii4''to.--Lrirestersii,.,7.: l!fercury. n.r-hrittu§lP? ,4 1 3 T 1 T!Pt*15...77-..-The elders of the different distritti iP tPWPS 4; f: .° l l "ie§ l by other gptle men, have this week been taking pp ; l a mes to thenon-intru sion petitions, and we understand several thousands have already 'bees appended. —Paisley Advertiser. .~ ~.a . PROVISION FOR THE POOR IN PARIS. The following is the substance of the official report on . the admini s tr a ti on o f th e h os pitals, and the out rehet of the poor, in Paris, of the year 1839 : " Thc city of Paris is divided into twelve sections or ar/ . ondi,,wements, for the purpose of affording effectual relief to the poor at their houses, and an office, or board of charity, denominated bureau de bienfaisance, is established in each arrondissement, which is regu larly o r ganiz e d, and t o which are a ttached an indefi nite number of visitors (visiteurs) and c haritable ladies (dam es de charity) residing in the arrondissement, for the purpose of visiting the sick and indigent at their houses, and ascertaining their wants and condition. The relief to the poorlis administered chiefly in kind, but sometimes also in money. They are provided with medicine and medical assistance when requisite. Some are furnished with materials to work up, and are paid for their labour. Temporary relief is sometimes worded by means of small loans of money. In their litigious concerns, the poor have the advice of counsel gratis, and to that effect a juris-consult is attached to each board of charity. In short, there is a most minute, and extensive, well-digested, and excellently organised system of benevolent inspection into the wants and condition of the poor for the purpose of granting them assistance when required, and for the permanent improvement of their position. The indigent population of Paris, resulting from the census which took place in 1838 under th© united superintendence of the administration and the Bureau of Beneficence, gives the number of 58,500 indi viduals, which, compared with the number of the census of 1833, offers a decrease of 4,059 persons, and with that of the census of 1832, a decrease of 10,486 per sons, although the population of Paris has experienced, since 1832, an increase of 129,027 individuals." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, JAN. 21. The Lon") CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack about Five o'Clock. _ _ Mr. Justice ERSKINE and Mr. Justice MAULE were also on the Woolsack. _ NATURALIZATION OF PRINCE ALBERT. The Bill for the Naturalization of his Serene High ness Prince Albert of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha was .hen read a second time It was then moved that the standing orders No. 26 and 155 be suspended, which, having been agreed to, it was moved that the aforesaid Bill be read a third time ; and it was passed accordingly. The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition from the county of Essex, against any further grant being passed for the College of Maynooth, or at all events until the charges which have been brought against it be investigated. He begged also to present a petition from Gloucestershire for the extension of Church in- struction. He also presented a second petition from some other parish to a similar effect. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from persons belonging to the Church of Scotland, com plaining of the suspension of seven Ministers of their Church without any apparent cause, and contrary to the wishes of the parishioners among whom they for a long time resided, and by whom tney were universally esteemed. Lord BROUGHAM entirely agreed in the opinions expressed by his Noble Friend. He alluded with pain to tran&ztions which had lately taken place, and which were so discreditable to one part of the empire Ile concurred with the Noble Duke in thinking that measures should be taken for the quiet of that part of the United Kingdom. But he begged leave to add, distinctly and deliberately—and it was a matter in which, he would venture to say, that there was not one of their Lordships whatever sect he might belong to—whatever church he might be in communion with, or whatever political party he might adhere to, lie trusted there was not one Member of the House who would differ with him in what he was about to assert ; that, at all events, until the Legislature interposed—a long as the law of the land remained what it now was, there was but one mode in which the Legislature and that House could suffer quiet to be established, and there was but one course which that House would unanimously expect to find adopted in Scotland, that of respectfully submitting to the decrees of those Courts of Justice by which the law in question has been unanimously, judicially, and deliberately intro duced. The NoWLord said that be himself hore a part in that judgment, and if he alone had pronounced it, he would say a word in its favour. It was a una nimous, clear, and &liberate judgment of the House ; and he had expressed his hope, - his confident expectation, when that judgment was given, that it would be respectfully submitted to by the Ministers of a Christian Church, administering to the spiritual comforts of the people, and superintending their religious and moral instruction in Scotland. He had entertained that hope from all his past experience of the venerable judicature of the Scottish Church, but, in that hope, he deeply grieved to say he had been en tirely disappointed. He felt another hope, however, in which he took leave to express that he had neither yet been disappointed, nor was be ever, be knew, to ex perience disappointment—he meant his confidence in the steady and firm determination of the Courts of Law in Scotland, and of the Supreme Court of Appeal which he had now the honour of addressing to entorce obe dience to the law by every legitimate means. Lord STRANGFORD begged to ask the Noble Viscount whether there was any prospect of a temina tion of the unfortunate state of hostility in the river La Plata. The Noble Viscount had given reason last year to hope that it would be brought to a conclusion by the amicable arrangements of her Majesty's Go verment. Viscount MELBOURNE in answer, begged to sate that he could not hold out any hope of a cessation of hostilities. ENFRANCHISEMENT OF COPYHOLDS. Lord BROUGHAM on moving the second reading of a Bill for the e nfranchisement of copyhold tenements, said that there had been three or four hundred divisions of territory, in every one of which property was held by a different law. It was certainly a most anomalous thing, the wonder having existed, it should continue to exist. There - was no general classification, no syste matic arrangement ; each territory—each township-- each hamlet, had its peculiar law. The admirable code of laws instituted by Napoleon, which bed altered the same state of things that had existed in France for years, would, in his (Lord Brougham's) opinion tend more to hand his name down to posterity than all his achievments and feats in arms. He (Lord Brougham) knew many cases in this country in which a house was held under one law and the garden under an other—nay, even one part of a house which it had been his lot to inhabit was held under one law, and another part under another. That he assured their Lordships was precisely exactly the state of the law in this country, as far as regarded freehold and copyhold property, up to the very moment in which he was addressing their Lordships. He bad stated to their Lordships, the last time he brought the matter before them, the provisions of the Bill. The provisions of this Bill were the same as those of the Bill of last year. One great defect was the want of reciprocity between the lord and the tenant, and the only alteration that had been made in the present Bill had been, that in stead of leaving it entirely to the option of the landlord, so that all the tenants together could not en franchise without his consent ; seven or eight clauses had been added, to the effect that in the event of a large preponderance of the tenants of the manor requir ing the enfranchisement, the landlord should be bound, with proper power of appeal, and proper protection, to give his consent. He had stated last year that that ought to be the frame of the Bill ; but upon that as upon all the other provisions or the Bill, provided they only agreed in the principle that it was fit to give facilities for the removal of this opprobrium on our law, ample opportunity would be afforded in the Com mittee above stairs, to which it was his intention to move this Bill be referr ed, for di scussing all the minor principles, and certa inl y all and ever y one of the de t a ils . He felt some relu ctance in sendin g the Bill to a Com mittee up stairs , because both Houses were charged with shifting from themselves the res p osibilit y of legislat ing. H e thought it sh ould not be so , for all measures should be intro duced upon the responsibility of the Government, or of an '? individual Member ; but as all were agreed in the principle of the Bill, he thought its details would be best settled in a Committee up stairs. He moved that the Bill be read a second time. The LORD CHANCELLOR entirely concurred in the measure then before their Lordships, and he thought his Noble and Learned F r i en d was tak i ng the proper course in referring the Bill to a Committee up stairs. As far as in his power he would give his atten tion to the details of the Bill when it was before the Committee. He trusted his Noble and . Learned but would give ample time for its provisions Friend would not press the Bill hurriedly through the ;31111 until after the most m c C u i n :lxious not to . roughout the toCommittee, become c mature delib n e o r w a n tio: h When do you propose the move L Lord o rdonLe ß y l s t st O e Dp U tj; H t t A st ‘ h : e_ Committee ? Lord BROUGHAM —On Thursday, and I take that time, in order to get the names of Noble Lords who will attend it. The 13111 was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed. —Adjourned to Thursday. HOUSE OF CONIIIION,S, JAR. 21. eexuptioonnsetso i en c ill u i r r thed 4 1 t u t e t r i t i t e i o c n a uosfe theof S u t o o e u k s d e a t le o The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. COSTS—STOCK D ALE v. HANSARD, and preaented a '' :a d s h il i a : savd. returnlr, H oit :nsArd appeared at the 131,r, Mr. -KINKY 13p1C.ELEy gave notice, that it q pet tiqn from Messrs. VlYson And H a ll , reapeoting th'e Bristol Building and and Improvement Bill, 1 Mr. FRENCH presented a petition from the Coun cil of the Medical Association of ITeland, praying the House to take into their earnest c'rnsideration the sub- 'ect of Charities in Ireland. Sir R. INGLIS presented several petitions from the Counties of Wilts, Gloucester, rind Kent, in favour of Church Extension. Mr. JERVIS presented a pe, titian from the Corpo ration of Chester, for leave to b ring in a Bill for the better paving, lighting, watching, a nd cleansing that city. The LORD ADVOCATE presented a petition from the Corporation of MusselburiTh, for leave to bring in a Bill for the improvement. of the harbour of Fisherrow. The Honourable FOX MAULE .said he had the honour of presenting four petitions to tOat House, all upon the same subject. The first was froot the parish of Elgin, in the Royal Burgh of Elgin, and the others were from the neighbouring parishes. They - prayed this House to interfere against the intrusion of Ministers into these parishes against the will and inclinatOn of the inhabitants, and opposed to the constitutional ,(?;hurch of Scotland. He fully concurred in the praye rs of these petitions. On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL the Com mittees on Standing Orders and_on Private Bills weN3 appointed. Mr. O'CONNELL presented petitions from Mona ghan against the continuance of Orange domination in ' Ireland—(Laughter from the Opposition)—and from a Cotton Printer of Dublin, praying for an extension of the copyright in cotton designs from three months to twelve. Sir E. KNATCHBULL presented a petition from .he Clergy of Kent in favour of an increase of the means of rcligiotis instruction. PRIVILEGE—THE SHERIFFS OF LONDON. Mr. F. KELLY said he had to present two peti tions from John Wheelton and William Evans, Esqrs. Sheriffs of Middlesex, the prayer of which was the same ; and the petitioners stated that " your Honour able House having resolved that the petitioners have committed a breach of the privileges of this Honour able House, and ordered them to refund the money levied on the goods of Messrs. Hansard, under a fieri facias issuit:g from the Queen's Bench—and apprehending that this Honourable House will proceed to visit them with punishment if they shall not refund that money, your petitioners humbly assure your Hon. House that the; are deeply sorry that they should have incurred the displeasure of this Hon. House,' and they went on to state— " They feel it their duty solemnly to assure your Hon. House that throughout the case of Stockdale v. Han sard, your petitioners have acted with respect and obe dience to what they had been advised, and verily believed it to be their duty to their Sovereign . and the Court of Queen's Beuch, whose officers they were ; that your petitioners are sworn, among other things, to duly rctuin and truly serve all the Queen's writs, according to the best of their ability ; and they verily, and irl their true judgment and con science, believe they are bound to " obey " (according to the natural and ordinary interpretation of the oath, as expounded by her 'Majesty's Judges) " the Queen's writs, according to the law and practice of the Courts from which such writs issue," and " according to ,he exigency of said writs ; and your petitioners believe that if they fail so to obey the said writs they will act in violation of the duty they owe to her Majesty the Queen, and that they will be compelled, in due course of law, to make good the sum which they are ordered by this Honourable House to refund to Mess's. Hansard ; and that if they refuse to make good this sum, they will be liable to attachment and imprisonment in one of her Majesty's gaols. And they further assure the House that throughout the whole of their proceedings they have endeavoured to give effect to the law as delivered by the Judges of the Queen's Bench ; and they pray that they may not be amerced or imprisoned for having honestly endeavoured to dis charge the duty cast upon them by law, according to the best of their judgment and ability, and according to what they in their conscience believe to be the solemn obli gation of an oath." In conclusion, the Hon. and Learned Member moved that the petition lie on the table. _ . NATURALIZATION OF PRINCE ALBERT. Mr. Justice MAULE and Mr. Justice ERSKINE ap peared at the table with a Bill from the House of Lords, for the naturalization of Prince Albert of Saxe- Cobourg and Gotha, to which the concurrence of that House was required. On the trotion of Lord J. RUSSELL, the Bill was read a first time. The Noble Lord then moved that the Bill be read a second time. Sir R. INGLIS said, perhaps the Noble Lord would state, before the Bill was read a second time, how far it was in exact conforniity with the Act of Settlement, more especially with respect to the necessity which it imposed that the consort of the Sovereign, whether male or female, should be a Protestant—(Cries of " Oh," and laughter from the Ministerial benches) as by law established, and should receive the commu nion of the Lord's Supper, according to the rites of the Church of England. Lord J. RUSSELL said the Bill he now proposed . . to read a second time did not at all affect or vary the Act of Settlement, and he could assure the Right Hon. Baronet that he would be as unwilling as any Honourable Member of that House to _ propose . . any change or alteration in that Act.—(Cheers.) The Act provided for the naturalization of Prince Al bert, and securing to him certain rights as a British subject ; and he did not think any objection could be made to his taking the same course then, as had been taken in the case of Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg. He did not propose to take the other stages of the Bill till to-morrow. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be printed. PRIVILEGE.—THE SHERIFFS. Mr. KELLY then moved that the petition of the Sheriffs be taken into consideration. Lord J. RUSSELL would merely, for the sake of convenience, suggest that if the!e were any notices of motion or form of business, they should be allowed precedence. Mr. KELLY said his object was that the petition should be taken into consideration by the House after all the other preliminary business had been gone through. Mr. SLANE Y gave notice that on that day fort night he would move for a Committee to inquire into the causes of the discontent existing amongst a large portion of the population in many of the manufacturing districts, with a view to remove the evils and remedy the complaints, so as to strengthen the affection of the people to the institutions of the country. And in the absence of his Hon. Friend the Member for Droitwich (Mr. Barneby), he had to state that that Hon. Mem ber would on the same day move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the laws regulating the sale of beer. Mr. HERRIES gave notice, that on this day fort night he would move for certain returns relative to the state of the Consolidated Fund. Mr. F. FRENCH gave notice, that on the 31st of January he would move that an humble Address be presented to her Majesty, praying her Majesty to appoint a Medical Commissioner or Board, for the pur pose of improving the medical profession in Ireland. Mr. MACKINNON gave notice, that on the of January he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to improve the law relative to turnpike trusts. On the motion of Mr. BAINES, a return of the wool imported into England in the year 1839 was ordered. Mr. HUME moved for a return of all the sums paid out of the Consolidated Fund to the several branches of the Royal Family in the years 1838 and 1839 ; also for an account of all the sums paid, during the same period, towards her Majesty's Civil List. Sir R. INGLIS said, in order to make that re turn complete, it ought to contain the whole amount which her Majesty would have received, provided she had not been advised to give up her hereditary revenues. He believed that it would turn out, that, had such not been the case s the sum received would have been much larger, Lord J. RUSSELL would only sttemt to the Right Hon. Baronet that it was unusual tq argue on a motion for such a return. There c...auhl be no objection to the production of both accounts. Sir R. INGLIS said, that all he desired was that they should avoid the inconvenience of a double return, and that one paper should contain the whole instead of two. Mr. HU NIE said, that the only difference between the return he had moved for, and that desired by the Hon. Baronet, was, that the return moved for would show the actual amount of the money received, while the one which the Hon. Baronet wanted, would only show an imaginary amount. He would take this opportunity of giving notice that if to-morrow the proposition of making an annual allowance to Prince Albert of 50,000/. enould be persisted in, he should take the sense ';:t the House on reducing it to 21,000/.—(Hcar., Lev, from Colonel Sibthorp)—so as to place the allnwance on an equality with that of the other 11/0)Alors of the Royal Family. StIE . IFFS' PETITION. L.9,7c1 AHON hoped that the Hon. Member for Ipswich would allow him to suggest, that as many Mem bers had entere,.l i'ne House since he bad given an ac count. the statements contained in the petition of Mr. Sheriff Evans, it would be as well if it were read at length. The petition having been read by the Clerk at the table, Mr. KELLY said he rose for the purpose of pro posing that the petition which had just been read sLould be forthwith taken into the consideration of the House, and if be felt persuaded that the Nobl. Lord would not object to this motion, if the Noble Lord considered that the petition impe;Atiyly called upon the M em b ers of that Notre forthwith to coliside7 its prayer before the adjourned motion should be taken into consideration, then he should limit his observations to offering his thanks to the Noble Lor: for what ho had done, although he should consider that by acting in that manner the Noble Lord bad only done an a ct of j ustice. But if the Noble Lord should object to taking this p e titi on f orthwith into consideration —if he should call upon this House to amerce a s ubject of this realm in his moneys— if he should call u p on thi s House to imprison a subject of this realm, who was at the same time a public officer. on account of that which ho had done in the execktti,op of i•public us ,-,rw.rgr•r" du tics, and which was not of his own seeking, but . eh had been cast upon him—if he should say that t h e petition should not be taken into consideration until the House bad actually decided on the petition by committing the petitioner to gaol, then he should feel bound to enter more at length into the subject. H e understood that the Noble Lord objected to his m aj or ,. He thought it, therefore, his duty to inform the House how the petitioner stood in relation to that Honourable House and to th e C ourt of Queen ' s Bench. At the time that Parliament was prorogued, when that House had no means whatever of interference, an action was brought by Mr. Stock dale, who, to whatever observations he might have ren dered himself liable by Members of that House, had not, be apprehended, forfeited his rights as a subject of this realm.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Stockdele had com menced an action by due course of law against certain persons of the name of Hansard, reflectingupon nn for the h; publi cation of a defamatory libel with the action the Sheriffs bad nothing to do ; and he proceeded as every action must proceed, while this free country continues to be governed by law, according to the due course of law, and the practice of the Courts. L the course of the action a writ was delivered to the Sheriffs of Middlesex, requiring them to impound a Jury, to assess damages against Messrs. Hansard in favour of Stockdale ; that writ was executed, the damages were assessed by a Jury of the country, and ultimately judgment was obtained ; by course of law execution was i:,sued upon that action ; Ole writ of execution was delivered to the Sheriffs of Middlesex, and it became their duty, un less that writ were superseded by course yf l a w, to execute it. In the execution of that writ they seizt'd certain property belonging to Messrs. Han sard, and that property was sold, the money produced by th e sal e . was paid into the hands of the Sheriffs. They, still acting according to law and the practice of the Courts, retained that money until compelled to make a return to the Court of Queen's Bench. They returned that they had levied money according to the writ, and laid it before the Coutt for the Court to dispose of ac cording to law. In the mean time certain proceedings took place in that House, but also in the mean time Mr. Stockdale obtained a rule from the Court of Queen's Bench, calling upon the Sheriffs why they should not forthwith pay this money over to him, the plaintiff, which had been recovered by due course of law. And now he came to what was the present situation of the Sheriffs and of the action, and the state of the circumstances under which the House felt themselves called upon to proceed, and under which the Sheriffs had appealed to the honourable feeling of that House as to the course the House would pursue upon that petition. The rule stated to have been obtained by the plaintiff was resisted by the then Sheriffs, and he prayed the attention of the House to the mode in which the Sheriffs felt it their duty to resist that rule. If the House thought for one moment the Sheriffs had at any time disregarded their orders or privileges ; nay, even the notices of persons professing themselves to be the Solicitors of the House, be trusted the statements he should make would exonerate the Sheriffs from that suspicion, and it would appear that they had done their duty, and showed due respect to the House and to the Court. The Sheriffs had placed on affidavit, and brought under the consideration of the Court of Queen's Bench, every resolution of the House affecting the question —every notice that had been given on the part of the House, or the servants of the House, which could lead the Court to believe the House possessed the privilege contended for, and therefore the Sheriffs were jus-. tified in refusing payment of the money.—(Hear.) All these matters were brought before the Court of Queen's Bench. Within those few days certain reso lutions were adopted by that House, and it was ultie mately determined that the Sheriffs had been guilty of a breach of privilege of that House.— Hear, hear.) That House then ordered the Sheriffs to pay over the money which they held to the Messrs. Hansard ; and it was further stated by his Learned Friend the Attorney-General, that such would be a suf ficient defence for the Sheriffs to make in a Court of Law against any action which the pl a i n tiff M r . Stock . . . . . dale might bring ; and that in such case sufficient cause might be alleged, so as by the law of the land to bind the Court of Queen's Bench to admit that answer to be sufficient, and consequently that Court would be obliged to discharge the Sheriffs from all responsibility. He begged to inform that Houso that the Sheriffs had taken that advice of the Learned Gentleman, and have acted on his suggestion, and they have since done all that, under the ciroumstances, they could have done. All those proceedings which have oc curred in that House for the four last days the Sheriffs have thought proper to have brought under the attention of the Court of Queen's Bench, and they have been pre pared with the opinion of the Learned Attorney-Ge neral to answer any charges that might be brought against them in the Court of Queen's Bench. They have thus done all that was in their poV er to do, and they were anxious to adopt that enrse in consequence of the proceedings which had V.,o ca a d opte d last night, when that House had t..eught proper to move a resolution to the effect of liav;. a g those Sheriffs committed for a contempt towa . lC ts t h at H ouse, and being guilty of a breacb, of their p r i v il ege . H e begged to state, on the authority of those Sheriffs who bad dune him the honour of requesting him to present this petition to that House, in which they stated that they had used every exertion during that day to 'nave brought these several resolu tion:, passed by that House before the Court of Queen's Bench, as eavised by his Hon. and Learned Friend the Attorney-General, for the consideration of that. Court; they anxiously endeavoured to have the motion heard that day. Were the desire of the Sheriffs granted, the Court would, to-morrow, have an opportunity of declaring whether they should obey the resolution of the House ; and it the Attorney-General were right, the Court would hold that they should obey that order. Now an applica tion had been made this morning to the Bail Court,before Mr. Justice Patteson, to hear this case, but the Judge was from other business unable to hear it. On com munication, however, with the full Court, they stated that, considering the case of such great public import ance, they would be willing to bear it to-morrow morning, even to the displacing of the regular busi ness of the suitors. (Cries of " Hear, hear.") All, therefore, that he (Mr. Kelly) had to urge on the present occasion was, whether it could be considered right, or constitutional, or humane, or just, to send two innocent and honourable gentlemen to prison to-night, when to-morrow they would have the distinct judgment of the law, which they, in common with all other of her Majesty's subjects, were bound to obey ? Sure 4 the House would never act in such a manner,—(J -ear.) That was the present position of the ease. Wherever it was possible to delay, consistently with the discharge of their very r es p ons ibl e d u t y , th e Sheriff s had done so. They had done that down to the present moment, and to-morrow morning the question would be deter mined whether they were to obey the tyrannical law or decision of that House without being able to obtain the advice of competent Counsel. All he had to request was that time might ho allowed the Sheriffs to consider which of the several courses open to them, they had best pursue. If the House should postpone their decision till to-morrow morning, no injury could accrue. The only difference would be that the Sheriffs would have time to obtain the advice of the Courts of Law, as to the course it would be most advisable fog them to pursue. But if the House should determine to com mit them that eveninsr, in what pv.;ition would the Sheriffs be place , r? They would, be committed to prison, beta' .se they had paid over the money which had been recovered by a so'oject of the realm, in due course of law. Perhaps before sunset to-morrow, the Sheriffs would be ordered by the Court of Queen's bench to pay over the money to the plaintiff in the case, and by reason of their refusing to do so, they would be liable to a further imprisonment by attachment, or they would be liable to an action at the suit of Stockdale, who had recovered the money. Suppose the Sheriffs yielded obedience to the orders of that House, still they conceived the House competent, which he, (Mr. Kelly) denied it to be, to declare and expound the law of the land, what would be the consequr.:nco ? Within 48 hours afterwar,',3 the Court of Queen's Bench might decide that the payment by them of the money to the order of the House of Commons was no answer in pe n t of law to the claim of Mr. Stockdale, and they would have to pay the money over again. If they disobeyed that order of the Court they would be committed by a writ of attachment to some of her Ma jesty's goals, and what power had that House to de liver them from custody? If they ordered their Ser geant and other officers to go to the prison and libe rate the Sheriffs, and the gaoler was sufficiently re spectful to them to do so, he would be liable to impri sonment, and another attachment might issue against the Sheriffs. Mr. Stockdale might bring an action against the Sheriff's, and no power they possessed could prevent his recovering the money. He presumed the House would in such cases defend the Sheriffs which could heriffs t to action..—(H ear , h ear .) W only be done by t h e Attorney -General appear iagere tandh pleading e Sheriffs allow the t men :v q suffer judgm en t by d e f au l t , an d House to be recove re d ; or wou ld t h e 'order the Attorney-General to defend them, thus compromise the integrity of their own privi lege, by submitting to the lodgment of the Court of Law ? The Attorney-General should state distinctly what course he recommended. If the advice of the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth, had been taken, the course of the House would at least have been consistent.—(Hear, hear.) Whereas it had now been rash, tremulous, hesitating, and not at all calculated to raise the dignity of the House,—( Hear, hear.) Surely the House had already sufficiently vin dicated the privilege, by committing the person who had brought the action—(Hear, hear)—and would they be able to reconcile it vl their consciences totki commit these two innocent gentlemen without any necessity fe a r t at all —(Hear, hear, hear.) —to commit them, too, unheard—and without any op ortunity of having the judgment of the Court, whose sworn officers they were —( Hear, hear.) The Learned Gentleman was about to finish by moving that the )e ti Lion be considektA 194 .t . / The SPEAKER intimating that such a motion - - - I would be irregular and unnecessary, Mr. KELLY said he ,would then move that the Sheriffs be called to the bar, and discharged forth with.—(Opposition c h eers.) i Sir ROBERT INGLIS then rose, and said that the House were now going to commit the mere minis ters and executors of the law ; it was his advice that they should take the beast of the forest—that they should b ear d t h e li on i n his den—(Great laughter)---In stead of attacking the insignificant animals of the field. It had been stated, in answer to a question put on Saturday last, that the Court of Queen's Bench I had direct cognizance of the .prders of that House, that had been stated by Mr. France on Saturday, and I . he now as k e d w h y t h ey were v i s i t i ng with condign pu nishment the ministers and executors of the law ? From experience in that House, nobody had a higher opinion of the qualities of his Noble Friend the Secretary of State for the Colonies, but lie (Sir R. Inglis) must say that he was surprised at the manner in which the present business had been conducted, and the manner in which they . had been involved in difficulties greater and greater. He implored the House again to consider the subject before they came to an irrevocable decision. He con fessed that for years past he had never taken so painful and deep au interest in any subject that had come be fore that House. His Right Hon. Friend (Si r R. Peel) had cont en d e d l ast night that their very existence was at an end if they did not offer resistance on the present occasion. Now he (Sir R. Inglis) contended that the very existence of the law and equity of the land was at stake. They had had 24 hours for recon sidering their position, and they had heard the prayer of the petition enforced by the able and eloquent speech of his lion. and Learned Friend the Member for Ips wich ; he therefore now trusted that the House would consider it its interest and duty in granting to the She riffs at their bar the indulgence which they asked. If in 24 hours the Court of Queen's Bench should consi der the orders of that House to be equivalent to the law of the land, they (the House) would have gained all their object ; but if not, the House would only be in tho same position as at present, if the argument on the other side was good for anything.—(Hear, hear.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL sa id h e wished he could see any reason in th e p e titi on f or acceding ".0 the mo tion of his Hon. and Learned Friend, flowever the petitioners may have broken the pri'dileges of that House, their demeanour has been c (Hear, hear.) B u t when he, r'aest respectful.— am e to the petition itself, lie found that they still, notwith s t a ndi ng the re solutions pas se d by the E feouse, and communicated to them by the Speaker, they still persisted in justifying their conduct. He could riot, therefore, say that the petition afforded any ground for desisting from the course he propos e d last night. But if he considered the speech of the Hon. and Learned Member for Ipswich, he found yet lee s reason for so desisting. The whole, tenor of that speech was, " There is a superior aut ee . , rity to you---( Hear, hear, from the Opposition is aCourt a b ove you w hi ch may be so kind and graicious _the se s to allow to th e H ouse o f C ommons some P " Opposition" order some privilege—(lrouicaleheers f rom t h e 111; :hi S terialists.) This Court may d eci d e indeed that, you 'nave none ; but you must wait in patient ' expectatie,„ cheers.) The Sheriffs, it r ' --(Hear, he ar , an d a:nvda sthsaatideomuursttissutbhmeistuptoretinhe i the Court of Qu een ' s Bencle, authority forsooth, n the country.--(Hear, hear.) Great-lawyers in former days, Lord Coke, for instance, had bestowed great, er perhaps, extravagant eulogier, on ) trig omnipotence of Parliament ; but now it wies said I that the Queen's Bench alone was to decide on the I power of Parliament,—(Hear, hear.; Suppose, on the debate on Tie,!eday next, a question raised as to the 1 arrest of ik Member, a matter, by the by, of the grett est Interest to Gentlemen on both sides--(Laughter)— ' he owned he should not be surprised_ to hear it Mid by some Honourable Member that, the House must abide by the decision of the. Queen's Bench—(Hear, hear.)—and that Court ro'.ght perhaps graciously fix a day for hearing the case, and might then determine that the Commons of Euglaod actually had privilege from arrest.—(Hea r , hear.) On points of law l'ae (Lord J. Russell) would not attempt to decide, But this was not a were question of dry law, but a great consetutional principle—(Cheers)—and he must say that the repro . Ache s of the Learned Gentleman tallied ill with his advice—his whole speech accused the Go vernment of delay, of irresolution, and declared that i wouldJhey ,(u H uevL.ra.ehd o oonrae u n .utreg e )sds o c, itoLintianiiHoneeunp:egedih. coincide drsiri niinu.)l l rgt_ o serAt s nd, eb t ipowdeeittnf i imo t otni s horthosehone; a aurt u wet,ths:a t ice h tksh o coaaQ r idL i , uttiiv;toseihgeercbdegiir reconsideration,tyr:lsexel awsa p ßhett a aned u snytr—e s cheo i l h n seantp g y.e; — e. (cbotpu a u.H n atsou d e .Hfeast atiew a tiaeha n ar)y . ies - ,1 , The esti„tiro,:,:ser;e but tid they y y serv e that th t e l; y e h w ad ere bef s o statedvvreora to stayed t ..'ne execution of writs on injunctions from the Ciraicellor, and further, in case the Board of Gre en r, seloth prohibited them serving writs in the Palace, they would not serve them.--(Hear, hear.) Tell him not then of an oath which was good only against the House of Commons, and which, against the Chancellor, or against the Board of Green Cloth, was wholly power less.—(Loud cheers.) He (Lord J. Russell) observed with great concern the disposition, on the other side, to strain the meaning of an oath—to pervert its meaning from the bona fide intention of its framers, and give it 1 an interpretation conform:1111e with pre-conceived or rs i.. nions.—( Hear, hear.) The Sheriffs were bound, do,abt less, to do their di.lty according to their sense of the oath.—(Oppositi on cheers.) But then the real meaning of the oath was to be determined frora what was really the law on the subject ; and it d , Lpended as much on what was the law of Parham,- ait as on the law laid down by the Queen's Benci: „ _(Hear, hely'. I hear.) The Hon. Baronet (Sir R, Inglis) had taunted the Ministerial Members with not having the courage to proceed against the Judges. It might be sufficient reply to that taunt to say tl'hat when Lord Denman r p oceed ed to a tt ac h th e S pea k er , i t would be time - enough to call the Judges to their bar.--(Hear, hear, ! hear.) But it might further be answered that the course which he (Lora J. Russell) proposed was anala gous to the course constantly pursued by other Courts in preventing inferior Courts from proceeding with , cases not within their jurisdiction.—(Hear, hear.) For these reasons, the Noble Lord said, be felt bound to conclude by miming as an amendment, the order of the day for tire adjourned debate on Messrs. Hansard's petition.—.(Cheers.) Mr. ATTWOOD said he thought the advice to that douse to pause was good ; and that the House ; was indebted to the Sheriffs for giving it 0, fair opportv.nity of so pausing.—( Hear, hear.) He considered it. neither necessary nor just to vest the Ti ouse with the. power of publishing libels. He way astonished that, the House should be ready to interfere in the regeilar functions of officers as ancient, and as important as any in the kingdom—to atte-,apt to prevent the regular course of justice—and eater into a contest in which they must have array:tt against them all who wished well to the laws ao. - :, constitution of the empire. And sorry be was to find that the Right Hon. Baronet the Member fo'.. Tam worth should have lent the great weight of his ' character to a proceeding which bore the impress of re , volutionary tendency.—(Hear, hear.) ' Col. CONOLLY said he felt it his duty publicly to wash his hands of the whole proceeding, which he con sidered fraught with danger and injustice. He believed the House to be in a ‘! false position' from having over strained its privilege in publishing Its papers to the world, and he also believed that this was pi!blicopi nion.—( A cry of " Divide" from the Conservative side.) Mr. DARBY denied that those opposed to this pro ceeding had, as the Noble Lord had insinuated, ev er said that there was no such thing as Law of Parini ment ; on the contrary, the Judges of the Queen's Bench themselves had distinctly admitted that they were bound by it. He denied the position dins Right Hon. Friend thr, Member for Tamwortb that the power of publishing tlese papers was necessary for the proper I, exercise of t'ne functions of the House. This was not a privilege, 'out was, as Mr. Sergeant Wilde :lad express:l admitted it to be, a power. Now, as ol: t power must be defined, and as this power was undened and irrespon sible, the Court of Queen's Bet4t i had determined that its exercise could not be adamitted. The Attorney- General had admitted tir d t if any absurd or outra geous case of the exercise of privilege should ', occur, the Courts of Law would be justified in • tertering, and what he contended was, that this was just such a case. The abolition of the skae-trade had been brought about by the speeches of. Mr. Wil berforce, and not by the circulation of the printed blue books of the Hnuse ; and as at that time the safe of papers was met allowed, it could be no argument in the present ca ;e. Th e N o bl e L or d h a d th rown some ridi cule on one of the Judges for sta.ting, when pressed, that ret the decease of a Member. all his Parliamentary pa pers,they •t contained libellous matter, must be de- uroyed. That, however, was the law ; and if ridicule attached anywhere it was . to the House, for suffering the law of libel to remain in that state, and not to the Judge, who had merely expounded it, and who was bound to give an op',nion on any matters that might be brought before hi ; u . He much doubted the policy of allowing the tale of papers without great restriction, and denied that any necessity for so doing had beer; proved, lie would ask the Noble Lord if, in the P.ivent of committing the Sheriffs, he had provided for exe cution of their important duties du r i ng the trine of their , incarceration,? The Noble Lord must alone be respon sible for these proceedings, which had been begun in indiscretion, carried on with pusillaninsi.',y, and would end in defeat. Mr. JOHN JONES considered that Mr. Stock dale's name had been unnes,:arily introduced into the Report in question, and, the House had no right to calumniate an individual., and then deny him his remedy. He gave great credit 'to the Sheriffs. for the manner is which they had conducted themselves throughout these proceedings, and. Stockdale, having been committed, be could not understand w h y the Noble Lord should Fe ' - ceed against the%n unless he were prepared to pr oce ed against the . adcesalso. Loril fEIGNMOUTH could not bear to hear the ose uf ~aaerited taunts which had been cast u pon th _ 3l tw enty views of the who supported the vie I E iNCi Ei)IT1&!N. F, SUN, LONDOIsL WE N PSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1840,. EVI4_NING