The Sun. — London, England, 1840-05-05 00:00:00

P,VENING EDITION. CortivrBl. R. VIVIAN presented a similar petition from all. Si r kod , B. HALL presented petitions from Paddington 'laryleb one aga i nst Ch urc h E xtens i on . Mr. EDWARD BULLER presented several pen tit: against any grant of public money for Church tr ant nsiQ u. One of the petitions stated that any such 3i would be unjust, unnecessary, and unscriptural. a gai r W. MOLES W ORTH presented petitions f o „_ 4 't the Corn-laws ; also a petition from Glasgow in eita o i tir of Universal Suffrage, and another from Leeds Pro ust a!tY grant of money for Church Extension, and o k rg for the release of John Thorogood, the entire k..'T ° t l of Church -rates, and the separation of Church mcl e t ate, in, the prayer of which he entirely concurred. f Colon el WOOD presented a petition from Cardigan evour of Church Extension. f r ,: ri IESKETH FLEETWOOD presented petitions ei tu r rive Dissenting congregations in Preston against leb Extension. M r . HA.WES presented similar petitions. kr.; r. EMERSON TENNENT presented a petition ....o n the Belfast Waterworks Bill. r ' MACAULAY brought up the Edinburgh and t s g°w Railway Bill, which was read a first time. the ° „ l ' d G. SOMERSET presented two petitions from se c - "ntY of Monmouth, praying for further Church p e roodation. i titme with a similar prayer were presented by 4,ll,dedgson, Mr. Planta from two parishes in Sussex, ',°Y Lord C. Manners. Alp retitions against any grant for Church Extension Presented by Mr. Villiers, from Sudbury ; Mr. ei o l li t wo r,th, from a Bissenting Congregation in Nor ?rot ' air. Labouchere from two congregations of f r Want Dissenters in Taunton ; Sir G. Staunton. (114 t wo 4 - ortse a ; Mr. Pattison and Captain Pechell , from ix 'artregations in Brighton. Si t k r * VILLIERS presented petitions from South pr,„? Parrin g d on -With o ut and Farringdon-Within, 'Pat for the total and immediate repeal of the Corn r. SHE'LL presented six petitions from Tipperary t ier , net th e Bill for allowing the importation of Foreign Rao Ireland. C. T. DUNCOMBE p resen t e d a petition from tibttee, praying the House to address her Majesty to th o tni " her present Ministers, and call to her counsels 1 4 4 Who would carry Universal Suffrage ; also pray tliser:lr the recall of Frost,Williams, and Jones, and the l it 'rge of all persons in custody for political offenc p es. PAT FISON presented petitions from NS , al repo cud Horton, praying for the total and immediate ci of th e Corn•laws. hti t 4 r , EW ART presented a petition from Wigan, pray ko: the abolition of Church-rates,- and one from the "m-weavers of Laogholm, priving for the repeal s ir Corn-lases. 1.0,4 it . FERGUSSON presented a petition from onderry, in favotir of the Flour Importation Bill. Yo i .i. r* BLACKBURN presented a petition from i sbir e , pray i ng fora re d uc ti on i n t h e pos t -h or se duty. WAKLEY prelinied a petition from 1,100 in 'ilitso of Sti r li ngs hire, praying for vote by ballot,p °. Parliaments„o .prpperty qualification, and fro -e " of Members of Parliament ; also a petition th:.the m e di ca l pract iti o n ers o f W ex f or d„ praying for k e ' d le ttitntion of a national faculty of medicine and o._'e/t1 ref orm ; a l so a p e tition from the working f asse s assembl e d a t th e new So c ial Institution, John o7etp London, deprecating the infliction of punishment the the expression of political opinion, and praying for mimed ate release of Henry Vincent. orkf.eneral LYGON presented two petitions in favour iihureh Extension. r ,' HUME presented a petition from Deptfard, f r ;" e `i by 2,160 persons ; from Bethnal-green, by 440 ; from a district' of MaryleboneAssoc and o rit tn . the Forfarshire Anti-corn-law iation, all On for a repea l o f t h e C orn -l aws . th `" the moti on o f th e ATTORNEY-GENERAL le e E dinburgh Poor and Local Taxes Bill was read a ceod tirne o kr e ; t e. , LUSHINGTON presented a petition from zry, Salop, against Church Extension. th e r ' HAWES gave notice that he should move that f o r ecommendation of the Police Commissioners in our of a cheaper and more speedy jurisdiction in see of a c i v il nature shou l d b e referre d to a S e l ec t -a ternitte e . h _ kr. L ABOUC HERE gave notice that, to-morrow, should move certain amendments on the motion of ot ,cq the Ri g ht H on . M em b er f or Harwich had given ; ' ,,'"ee, rel a ti ve t o th e commerc i a l tr ea ty between that otHry and Austria. , TURKEY AND EGYPT. ve Nr. HUME rose to put the following questions, of bleb he had previously given notice to the Noble Lord b" Secretary of Foreign Affairs :—Whether, as stated 1 4 Public papers, thi British Government has again iltorf ere d, through Lord Ponsonby, to prevent the 4 1 tnIt from entering into direct negotiations w ith e lletnet A li for a settlement of their differences ; and ather on that occasion, it has acted in concert with other European Powers, or their Ministers at Con hltetrut,ilbaple ? Whether any orders have been issued by r iutt "lajesty's Government for reprisals against Mehe ships4 ; whether, as stated in public journals, two hs n i s ent by Mehemet Ali to bring recruits from Al- IN tO Candia, had been detained by a British frigate got ,conducted to Corfu ; and, whether returned or j e Whether orders have been issued by her Ma- Pea Ministers, or by Lcrd Ponsonby, to Colonel rdges, the British Consul-General -in Egypt, t o inter in the affairs of Egypt, by giving subjects of the tultan passports to leave Egypt under protection of tglish passports ? The questions were such as in ..lved peace or war, and he trusted the Noble Lord co uld give an explicit answer to them. l "rd PALNIERSTON said the same state of If i kirs now existed as when on a former occasion his d ° o . Fri en d mov ed for the production of correspon ence, with regard to negotiations, and therefore he did t °t know how far it would be prudent to accede 4 eY motion his Honourable Friend might make 4 4 this subject ; but he was quite ready to give an an t:" to his q ues ti on s. In the first place the House w a s iare that in July last the representatives of the Five tf ier s. fearing that the Sultan might from the pressure c oti misfortu ne make unnecessary and injurious conces the.s to Mehemet Ali, presented a note in the name of n lr resective Courts, requesting him not to enter into egotiationst with Mehemet Ali respecting any thing p, s 4t had been done with the concurrence of the Five 44'wers, and Lord Ponsonby received instructions to t o e soy influence he might possess to induce the Porte k r e ' in Ply with this request. With regard to the 01 the s hi ps , t h e f act was , th a t i n f o rmation having Is ro received by the High Commissioner of the lonian Who s. that two ships had arrived to recruit, in were made with regard to the officer, f oe was an agent of Mehemet Ali, and it was eert tl u they were t h ere f or th e p ur p o se of decoying t c , %i n subjects of the Porte at Albania, to proceed to ellit to form troops to act against the Sultan, and ree Howard D oug l as t oo k s teps accordingly, and two sh • tak e "Ps that were hired for the purpose were th e th He believed the ships were not claimed, but Ali tueasure was prevented, and re the agent of Nleheinet sent back to Malta, and th erecruits remained there. ve ar e l h iPs were detained a short time, and were after -11, released. With regard to the third question, a s : r dera had been given to Colonel Hodges, because, p ee4 a i ! well known, it was not the practice, except in 41115; 4 . r cases, to give passports to any but British th e "nts ; but as this question concerned the o ffi cers of Turki s h emp i re , h e h a d no hesitation in saying that e worded Hodges would only perform his duty if' he orded any protection he was able to give to any sub- J e ets of the Sultan who, having been engaged in rebellion 44 fitinsthim, weredesirous of returning to their allegiance NAPLES. Sir ROBERT PEEL wished to ask the Noble Lord a question respecting the differences at pre.lent subsisting between the Neapolitan Government and this country.—(Hear.) In answer to a question put on Friday last, he had understood the Noble Lord stated that her Majesty's Government had issued rders for reprisals, and that certain Neapolitan vessels bad been actually captured. The question he wished ta ask was, it the mediation of the French Government f or t the settlement of the existing di ff erences between 1 : 1 : 1 country and Naples had been offered, and if it had 71 accepted by either or both parties. t i:dord PALMERSTON said that the good offices of French Government for the arrangement of the of N e rences between her Majesty's Government and that i tlitr :tples had be e n offered some time ago, and had been Ft!dlately accepted by her Majesty's Government. p the same time a similar offer had been made by the i t r fleh Government to the Government of Naples, and f ra a Pkared from the latest despatches received both I, ill Naples and Paris that that offer had been accepted Y th e G N ap les. Sir at iNap • oi r ROBERT PEEL asked if the order for repri tail had been constvent'y rescinded. tl n 7 or d PALMERSTON said that it had been agreed 1 , 1- • as soon as our represen tative at the Court of Naples tirild be officially informed of the a rrival of an y French of P l ematist charged to exercise the good offices t t he Fre nc h G over nment, he should imme di a tel y s r li nsreit to the officers co mmanding her Majesty's tir4 l l 3 :. instructions to suspend reprisa ls for a certain but from despatches received to-day he had ( 3. - "ed that at the moment that the French me -444 un bad b een accepte d by the King of Naples, wo when, wording to the agreement , the re p risals u ld have been stopped the Neapol itan Govern ment had l a id an embargo on all British vessels in P:Polita n p orts, an d , consequen tly, the order for 'e els had not been suspended. EMIGRATION. In answer to a question from an Hon. Member, Lordic lt JOHN RUSSELL stated that it was not the y e "tion of her M a j e st y ' s G o vernment to propose this 4r any direct grant for the purposes of Emigration. BELGIAN CLAIMS. x i Mr. POULETT SCROPE wished to ask the ir 4 ble L or d w h at p r ogress had b een ma d e i n t h e 'sego t t ons of the Belgian Government for compensation ti the B r i t i sh merchants f or t h e l osses sustained by ": 31 in "consequence of the bombardment of Antwerp. hi PALDURSTON said that claims had been made by the representative of the British Government I on the Belgian Government, at the same time that similar claims had been made on the Belgian Government by the representatives of other Governments for losses sustained by their subjects at Antwerp: These claims had bean made some time ago. A written reply had been received by the Belgian Government, which was at present under the considera tion of her Majesty's Government, with a view of re• turning such an answer as they might think best adapted to produce the desired results. MEDICAL COMMITTEE. Mr. F. FRENCH wished to ask the Hon. Under Secretary for the Horne Department what steps woe intended to be taken with regard to the re-appointment of the Medical Committee ?—( Hear, hear, hear.) He had understood, that it had been the intention of the Hon. Member for Bridport to move for the reappointment of that Committee immediately alter Easter. _ Mr. FOX MAULE said that the subject was entirely in the hands of the Hon. Member for Brid port, and therefore be could not answer the question. MR. STUART'S REPORT. Mr. FOX MAULE gave notice that to-morrow he should move f9r a return of the report of Mr. James Stuart, one of the Factory Commissioners. WAR WITH CHINA. Mr. GOULBURN said, in conformity with the motion which had been made in that House, papers had been laid on the table, purporting to contain the corre spondence between her Majesty's Government and the East India Company, as to the arrangements for paying the expenses of the armament now preparing for service in China, hut that correspondence appeared to be extremely short, and, in fact, only stated that the expense was ulti mately to be borne by the Government of this country. The question he now wished to ask was whether it was the intention of the government to lay before the House any estimate of the amount which would be required for that service. It should be remembered that the service was undertaken on or ders from home ; the Government, therefore, must be aware of the nature of the expedition, and could cal culate pretty nearly the expenditure which it would re quire, and it certainly was not correct with regard to the House of Commons that an expense of this nature should be gone into with no other assurance than that ultimately at some definite period the expense was to be borne by this country, without any previous communica tion as to the extent of the expense.—( Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER— It is not my wish to enter into any detailed statement, but it is the intention of the Government to bring the subject before Parliament previous to the close of the Session, and to ask a vote upon it. DR. BO WRING'S REPORT. In answer to Colonel SIBTHORP, Mr. R. GORDON said they would shortly lay be fore the House a return of the expenses attending Dr. Bowring's mission. Mr. HUME said, in reference to a notice which he had on the paper, to move for the immediate production. of Dr. Bowring's Report with regard to our commercial relations with Egypt and Syria, he wished to know from the Noble Lord the Foreign Secretary -whether that Report would soon be laid before the House ? Lord PALMERSTON said considerable, part of Dr. Bowring's report referred to political subjects, and would not therefore be proper to lay before the House, but that part which referred to our commercial rela tions would shortly be produced. Mr. lIUME then said he would withdraw his motion. SUPPLY. The House then resolved itself into a Committee of Supply, Mr. BERNAL in the Chair. Mr. GORDON said that the first vote he had to move was that 88,629/. should be granted to the Com missioners of the Board of Works for the purposes of public works and buildings. Mr. HUME wished, before the vote was carried. to have some explanation with respect to some parts of Hampton-Court Palace that were excluded from the public, as he understood Lady Sarah Bailey occupied no less than fifteen rooms, all of which were excluded from the public. He did not think this was altogether correct, as he did not see why any part of a public palace should be excluded from the public. He had addressed a letter to Lord Duncannon, in the hope that he would have been able to have obtained some trifling concession for the public ; but he was sorry to say that application had been refused. He also wished to hear what the Hon. Gentleman was disposed to Ido with respect to the old chapel. Although Hampton Palace was a royal palace, at the disposal of her Ma jesty, yet, when the House was called upon for so much public money, he submitted they had a right to obtain as much benefit as possible for the community. Mr. R. GORDON was not aware of the circum stances, but would institute inquiries upon the subject. Mr. HAWES said before the question was put he was anxious to call the attentioa of the House to the state of some of the public parks, parti cularly to that of the pleasure gardens attached to the palace at Kew. Those gardens were open to the public only two days in the week, from Midsummer to Michaelmas. Now they were situated at a distance from the palace, and might be made available to the public upon every day during the fine weather in summer. Again, he saw no reason why private carriages should be excluded from Rich mond Park any more than they should he from Hamp ton Park, and other public places. It would be a great benefit to many families, and, in his opinion, would do no harm whatever. He hoped that his Hon. Friend below him would be enabled to give some pledge to the House that the subject would be taken up by the Government of affording to the public that recreation in public places which was their due. Mr. GORDON said, the Noble Lord at the head of that Department was most anxious to make these parks as available as possible, and his attention should be called to the subject. Mr. GOULBU RN said, there was an item of 8,9001. for defraying the expenses of works necessary upon her Majesty's taking possession of Buckingham Palace. An estimate was laid upon the table in 1838 for the GUM of 3,4001., and now it turned out that the sum required was 12,000/. ; he wished to know why, in the course of last year, Parliament was not wade aware of the additional expense that had been incurred. It was somewhat extraordinary that after the lapse of a year, a claim should be now made for four times the original amount. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER perfectly agreed with the Right Hon. Gentleman that there was neglect in not bringing forward the estimate last year. It was intended to bring the estimate forward, but in consequence of certain circumstances with which he was not entirely acquainted, the estimate had been postponed, and it was decided to in clude it in the first vote of the present year. He must take his share of the blame in not having brought it forward, but he could assure the Right Honourable Gentleman that the sum expended had beer, absolutely necessary to put the palace in re pair for the actual accommodation of her Majesty. Mr. GOULBURN did not wish a detail of the ex penses incurred, but where so large an additional expense had taken place he thought that Parliament should have been made aware of it on the first occasion. Sir R. PEEL saw in the votes a charge for Carlton house stables, and he wished to know whether it was in tended to keep up those stables permanently, because they would be a great ornament if completed, whereas they were a great deformity in their present state. Mr. GORDON'S answer was inaudible. Colonel SIBTHOR I' said that they might to have fair and candid statements on these subjects, and not such shuffling answers as had been given that night. Mr. HUME wished to have some explanation re specting the Botanical Gardens at Kew. Some time since an alarm Has created in the public mind in consequence of a report that the Gardens were to be sold, that report turned out to have no foundation, and what he wished to know was, whether there would be any objection to laying on the table of the House the report of Dr. Lindley, pointing out bow far those gar dens might be made useful to the country. 10,0001. a year was granted out of the Civil List for the support of these gardens, and it was but right that they should be made as u•eful as possible to the public. Mr. GORDON said that there would be no diffi cu!ty in laying on the table of the House the Report to which the Hon. Gentleman had referred ; he thought when it was produced that it would be seen that the gardens had been appropriated to a much better purpose than was imagined. Mr. HUME said there was a charge of 8001. a year for apartments for her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia until her own apartments were repaired. He wished to know what had been done with the apart ments of the Duchess of Kent. Mr. GORDON said that the apartments of the Duchess of Kent were at her own disposal—with respect to the apartments of the Princess Sophia, he believed that they were now ready for her Royal Highness. Mr. HUME said it was stated that Carlton-house stables were kept up as a depository of records : he wished to know what records were deposited there, as it was necessary to know that, considering what had become of many of them.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He wished to know whether any measures had been taken to protect the remaining records. Sir ROBERT PEEL observed that the Hon. Gen tleman had stated old furniture was kept there. He hoped there would not be the same objection to get ting quit of the old furniture that there was to the records. Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied that the Govern ment were not responsible for those records. They were lost through neglect. Mr. HUME said that was what be complained of. The. records were part of the public property, and it was the duty of the Government to take care of every thing that belonged to the public. Mr WILLIAMS (Coventry) saw in the estimates a charge for stables belonging to Windsor Castle. He wished to know whether that charge was in addition to the sum of 70,0001. voted last year for the new stables ? Mr. GORDON said the charge was for ordinary repairs. In answer to a question from Mr. GOULBURN, Lord J. RUSSELL stated the records in general were now placed under the care of Lord Langdale, the Master of the Rolls, and the Deputy Keeper, Sir Francis Pa!grave. '1 y were perfectly competent to do their duty, and his (Lord J. Russell's) recommen dation to them had been that both time and money would be much better applied in takin; proper care of the existing records thhn iu the publication of expen sive works. That opinion was perfectly concurred in both by the Master of the Rolls and Sir Fs Palgrave. Mr. GOULBURN said, thatif the records were in the actual keeping of Lord Langdale and Sir F. Pal grave, he had no doubt they were properly kept ; but he wished to know whether they were actually, or only nominally, in their charge % Mr. H AWES thought that the record* which had been sold had not been under the charge of the Re cord Commission ; he should say, from having seen some of those records, that they could be perfectly restored ; he had seen one of the time of Edward tire Sixth which was so restored, the only difference being that they were now in private hands instead of the public. Mr. HUME thought that some inquiry ought to he instituted. He wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he had given any orders relative to the Jewel-office, concerning which they had some conversation in discussing the Ordnance Es timates, when he was happy to see a disposition mani fested to improve the nasty, shabby, disgraceful place in which the jewels were now kept. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re plied, but in such an indistinct tone that it was impos sible to catch even the purport of his answer. Mr. HUME said that he saw a small item of 2,000/. for Holyrood, Linlithgow, and other palaces in Scotland. He was happy to say that he held in his hand a letter from the Duke of Hamilton, stating thst orders had been given for the opening of Holyrood Palace free of charge to the public. He considered that every opening of a public place free of charge which took place was of great benefit to the people. Mr. WAKLEY asked if there was any chance of Mr. Babbage's calculating machine ever being of any use to any of the public departments ; at present it seemed to be of no further use than calculating the public money to be paid for it in the way of rent. Sir It. PEEL said the machine had better be put to calculate the time when it would be of use. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was afraid he could not say when the machine would be perfected. Captain PECHELL was afraid that the answer re specting the apartments at Hampton Court had not been understood ; great inconvenience was felt by the public in consequence of the existence of a gallery which impeded the view of a fine collection of pictures. The space was only about five or six feet, and he was sure that if proper application were made to the Gal lant Officer occupying that department, and it were stated to bim that. the public were inconvenienced in consequence, he would at once give it up. It was im possible for any one to visit the Gardens and Palace of Hampton Court without feeling thankful . for the great indulgence which had been given to'the public ; and lie had every, reason to believe that this kindness was duly appreciated, and he trusted that, in con tinuance of the good work, the Hon. Secretary would say that the inconvenience complained of ,could be im mediately remedied. Mr. EWART said there was a very beautiful chapel at Hampton Court, which had been built by Wolsey, and was called Wolsey's Chapel. He saw no reason why the public should be excluded from it. Captain PECHELL said the reason why it had been shut up was, that for many years it had bees under repair. Mr. HUME understood, then, that the Government would use all their influence in order to obtain access to these places for the public. The vote was then agreed to. 9,1261. was then voted for the works in the Chapel Royal, and other parts of St. James's Palace, upon the occasion of the Royal marriage. 10,000/. was also voted for the works and repairs of the Kingstown harbour. On the vote for Liverpool and Holyhead roads (5,3451.), Colonel SIBTHORP thought the expense should he discontinued. Mr. EW ART said these roads had been:very unfor tunate. No sooner had they been completed, than a railway superseded them.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. R. GORDON explained briefly and unintel ligibly. Lord G. SOMERSET put a question, which was inaudible, to which Mr. R. GORDON replied equally unintelligibly, but on which Lord JOHN RUSSELL said every one must admit t would be most unfortunate if that magnificent work, he Menai-bridge, should be allowed to go to ruin— Hear, hear) —and considerable sums had been laid out in repairing it.—(Hear, hear.) The vote was then agreed to. 25,2591. was proposed for defraying the expenses of the new buildings in the British Museum. Colonel SIBTHORP thought the Chancellor o the Exchequer ought to have laid his Budget before the House previous to their being called upon to vote away such large sums of money. He would very much like to know where the 25,0001. was to come from. All these grants ought to have been postponed until they knew the state of the finances of the country. Mr. HUME thought the money ought to be granted, considering the state in which the Museum was at the present moment. He trusted the thavern ment would make such arrangements as would enable the building to be completed in the next five years. Mr. EWART deprecated the want of a public library. He thought money might be well expended on such a subject. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN concurred in what had fallen from the Hon. Member for Wigan. He thought the want of a public library was greatly felt. Sir R. PEEL believed that 10 or 15 per.cent. would be saved by finishing the work in two years instead of five, and he therefore did not see why a larger vote should not be made. He thought the nation would have more works of art presented to it if had a receptacle for them. Mr. HUME said in the way they were going on the work would not be finished in fifty years. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would prefer postponing the vote altogether, to making an increased vote. All that he had taken a vote for was, for works going on and not those in contemplation. Mr. BRISCOE thought the Government had acted with the soundest wisdom and discretion. Mr. HUME said it had been stated in Committee that 50,000/. for five years would finish the work. The vote was then ageed to. The next was 18,5931. for the expenses of temporary accommodation to both Houses of Parliament. Mr. HUME hoped these expenses would shortly be put an end to. They had been most enormous. Mr. E WART remarked an item of 1,100/, for taking up and altering floor cloths.—(Hear.) The vote then passed. The next vote was 30,000/. for the new Houses of Parliament. Mr. EWART expressed a hope that if 2,000,0001, were to be expended in rendering the exterior of the new Houses worthy of the nation, the interior would equally be adorned by the sister arts of painting and sculpture, as on the Continent. Mr. HUME said what he had stated three years ago had been borne out by the result ; 200,0001. had been voted for the foundation, 30,0001. more now. It was to have been finished in three years. The first stone had scarcely been laid. It would be better to leave all that was done, and go to another spot. The situation was disadvantageous—damp, dreary, dark, and dirty. Whereas, - .had the site been chosen in the neighbour hood of the Green Park, the Houses might have had " daylight all day" (to use a country phrase), and the edifice would have been infinitely better situated in every respect. Moreover, he disapproved of the plan for the interior. The Commissioners for Woods and Forests had not sufficiently attended to it. It was far too decorative and ornamental. The building would, he was assured, be completed five years sooner were another site selected, and this dark spot on the bank of the river abandoned. Mr. BRISCOE hoped the expense would not reach 2,000,0001. The estimate had been 730,000/., and, subsequently, 1,000,0001. He was not unfriendly to the arts of sculpture and painting ; but he trusted the Government were not prepared to go to the extent of two millions for such a decorative plan as that proposed by the Hon. Member for Wigan. Might not provi sion be made in the new building for • the reception of gifts in sculpture and painting from the people. Mr. R. GORDON had no reason to suppose that the estimates would be exceeded. Lord G. SOMERSET said it would be pleasant to hear for how many more years the Houses were to remain in the present uncomfortable situation. Mr. GOULBURN wished to know how it was a little monumental' looking pyramid of Irish stone had been erected in the College Gardens adjoining_( Hear, hear ) —a rather unfair advantage to the friends of that species of stone—( A laugh)—which ought justly to be extended to others.—( Hear.) Mr. S. O'BRIEN begged to say that this stone was much better suited for the purpose than that about to be employed. Mr. G. KNIGHT said the stone to be used was a good and durable material ; and one piece of ornamen tal arthitecture existed, which had been erected in that stone, and was of the date of the reign of Williamßufus ; the decorative parts were yet in beautiful preservation. —( Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Government had adopted the report ot scien tifica men, an d th a t s hould be final — (Hear , hear,)—as to the littl e mo del- -(A laugh) —he reall y did not know anything, about it.—(A laugh.) Mr. HUME remarked that the first contract in the works was to have been completed in eight months, but had not been finished for sixteen months. There should be an annual report of the progress of the works. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY b, 1840. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said dine should be such a report in future. Vote agreed to. Oa the vote of 20,000/. for a model prison, Mr. G. KNIGHT asked what was the reason of such an expense, when there were so many prisons in ‘Vestminster ? Lord .1. RUSSELL said there had been great dis cussion as to the propriety, not of the solitary, hut of the separate system of conhooment.—(Hear, hear.) It had been urged that it would be unfair to charge on the counties the expense of trying an experiment hitherto untried in this country. He believed it would be a very beneficial change. Lord G. SOMERSET said, that although he was not anxious to increase the deficit which the Chancellor of the Exchequer would perhaps propound on Friday, he wished it might be inquired into whether the expense might not be ultimately, diminished by the grant of a larger sum in this year. Mr. FOX MAULE said that the model prison had been commenced a few weeks ago, and was going on satisfactorily, and it would be completed as soon as possible. Lord G. SOMERSET trusted that the prison would be completed at the earliest possible moment, in order that they might have an opportunity of seeing how the system woi ked before it was adopted generally. Sir E. KN ATC HBU L L felt quite convinced that 140,0001. would be expended before the prison could be completed, and he would put it to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, considering the state of the public revenue, whether the present was a proper time for incurring such an expense. Mr. BRISCOE was one who had urged upon the Noble Lord the necessity of adopting a model prison, and he believed in doing so he was backed by the greater portion of the ceuutry. Sir S. CANNING was glad to hear that it was the intention of the Government to carry out the princip:o of a model prison. After a short discussion the vote was agreed to. On the vote of 2,800/. for a mining model museum, Mr. HUME said be thought that a separate esta blishment for models was not required, and it was in terfering improperly with the province of the British Museum. Ile should propose to suspend the vote until a Committee had been appointed on the subject. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER be lieved that the establishment of a Mining Model Mu seum would be productive of the best results. Mr. HUME merely complained of their laying out their money by piecemeal ; it was throwing it away, and doing no good. The buildings were totally unfit for the purposes of a public building. Mr. GOULBURN and Lord SANDON sup ported the grant as a merely temporary measure, but they hoped Parliament would at a future time obtain such a building as would be worthy of the country. The vote was then agreed to. The next vote proposed was 5,0001. for erecting a hall at Edinburgh for the use of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Mr. C. LUSHINGTON felt himself bound to op pose such a grant. He did not see why the people of England, Ireland, and \Vales should be taxed to provide accommodation-for a . Church which was now in a state of contumacy against the highest court in the country. Mr. EWA RT did not think that the Church of Scotland, although he did think it one of the hest esta blishments—he did net think it, 'in their present state of insurrection, had any claim upon the public purse. Mr. HUME objected to expending 5,000/. upon a building which would only be used about five days in the year. Up to the present time they had met in a church, and they ought to continue to do so. He would certainly take the sense of the House upon the grant. The LORD ADVOCATE said, some years ago the General Assembly had a hall of their own, which was taken from them to increase Church accommoda tion, upon a promise that other premises would be provided for them, Besides, the proposed building was intended to be used as a church, when not in use by th e Assembly. Hon. Members were not well acquainted with the question. or they would have refrained from stating that the Church of Scotland was contumacious, or in rebellion. It might just as well be said that that House was in a state of rebellion up on a late occasion, when they were defending their pri v ileges. — (Hear, hear, from Col. Sibthorp.) Mr. HAWES thought the vote ought not to be agreed to, if it could not be better defended than it had been by the Learned Lord. For a period of eleven years the Assembly had met in a church without incon venience.--(No, no.) He had seen the place, and he thought they had sat there without inconvenience -to themselves, although with much to the Government and the public. That inconvenience had been so great, that he cared not that they had no place to sit. It was said that there was an understanding with the Government to provide other accommodation ; but was the present Government bound by any such understand. ing? He thought that they had turned over a new leaf, but it appeared he was in error. He did not know whether the Church was in rebellion or not,' but at all events they were in absolute oppo sition to the law, as declared by the highest judicature in the country.—(Hear, hear.) Nor was there the slightest analogy between their case and that of the House. The House was maintaining the privi leges of the main body of the people—the Scotch Church was fighting for their own selfish views. Mr. F. MAULE contended that the vote was one of actual justice. It would be merely returning that accommodation to the Assembly of which they had been deprived under a promise of restoration, and it was to be used as a church while not in use by the Assembly. That was not the occasion to defend the Church. When the proper time came be would be prepared to prove that she was fighting for 'that which was ardently desired by the great body of the people, and what, in his opinion, was her right. Mr. C. LUSHINGTON could not abandon his entire conviction of the contumacy of the Scotch Church, notwithstanding all he had heard ; and he did not see why the people of England, Ireland, and Wales, should be taxed for such a purpose. The vote was then postponed. The next vote of 70,000/. for defraying the expenses, salaries, &c., of the two Houses of Parliament, after some observations from various Members, was agreed to. On the next vote of 51,000/., salaries and other ex penses of her Majesty's Treasury, being put, Colonel SIBTHORP complained of ,the increase which had taken place in amount of this vote. Mr. HUME said the Hon. Member should recol lect the great increase of salaries that had been occa sioned by the new arrangements in the Post-office. Colonel SIBTHORP did not complain of the sa laries of the clerks, he wished they had more, and the Lords of the Department less, for they did nothing. After a few observations from Mr. GOULBURN, the vote, with the next, of 19,3001. for the Home De partment was agreed to. On the next vote of 127,234/. for the Foreign Depart ment beinr , put, Mr. GOULBURN said he could not conceive how it was possible the charge for letters for the Fo reign Office of 64,000/. could be correct. The whole of the 127,0001. voted for the Foreign Office Department, was substantially under the con trol of the Foreign Secretary ; as whatever might be saved, for instance under the Postage head, would be applied by that Minister perhaps ; so that it was important to see how the charge on postage stood as to other Departments. When one Department stood charged with 6.000/., and another with only 9,000/., and the Foreign Office with 64,000/., he really must say, the disproportion was most glaring, and the charge most enorrrous.—(Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the estimate was framed by the Post-office, upon the average charge of the office, but he had every reason to believe it would be reduced. At the same time the public must be aware the postage of the Foreign Office was much more heavy than that of any other de partment. Lord PALMERSTON said the expenses of the Foreign Office were necessarily most considerable as to postage, but he had been framing regulations to prevent abuses likely to arise under the new system Col. SIBTHORP observed, tee ad seen it in the papers, that fifteen gooseberry rs had been sent under the new covers by post. —(A laugh.) Mr, HUME asked if the expenses of Messengers to other than European states were included. Lord PALMERSTON said they were not. Mr. GOULBURN said, he thought this only s howed the charge of 64,0001. to be moat enormous. Mr. WARBUR TON thaught this estimate must have been the result of the old system of abuse under the franking.—( Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER agreed there was ground for inquiry. Lord J. RUSSELL wished Hon. Gentlemen would think how bulky all the long despatches which they found in the Treasury blue books would be in manu script.—(Hear.) Mr; A ARBURTON repeated that charge must be under the old system. Mr. THORNELY said he could not see how the amount could be made out. Mr. KEMBLE said a vote for 5,000/. had been postponed for inquiry in the former part of the evening —wily should not this be also postponed ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER saidhe could not agree to th at. Mr. AGLION BY, tru stin g in the pledge o f th e Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, that lie would do every thing in his power to prevent undue ex penditure for postage in his department, did not think the House ought to require the vote to be postponed. Mr. WILLIAMS supported the proposition for the postponement of the vote, as it did not appear satisfac torily that so large a sum could be expended without an improper exercise of patronage somewhere. Sir Walter James, Mr. Hume, and Sir Edward Knatchbull, also supported the proposition for the post ponement of the vote, but the vote was eventually agreed to. The sum of 24,0001. wax then votai for the salary and expenses of the department of her Majesty's Secre tary for the Colonies. On the question that 20,300/. be granted for the ex pense of her Majesty's Privy Council, Mr. HUME objected to the payment of fees to the C:erks and °dicers of the Privy Council, on public bu siness, or any other than benefical proceedines. After a few words from S:r E. KN ATCHBU LL, Mr. LAIOUCHERE said he would enquire why the recommendation of the Commissioners had not been acted upon in respect to those fees. The vote was then agreed to. The sum of 2,-123/. was then voted fur the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Lord Privy Seal. The sum of 34,000/. was next voted for the salaries and expenses of the Office of her Majesty's Paymaster general. 17,789/. was voted for the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Comptroller of the Exchequer, and for secret service in that department. On the question that a sum not exceeding 2,010/. be granted for the salaries of the professors of the Uni versities of Oxford and Cambridge, Mr. HUME asked if those gentlemen did anything for their salaries ?—(A laugh.) Mr. GOULBURN begged to suggest to the Hon. Member for Kilkenny to look over the syllabus of the lectures of the professor of modern history in the Uni vcraity of Cambridge, and to that gentleman's work upon the subject. Mr. HUME was willing to concede that the pro fessor alluded to did something for his salary. But what did the other six do ? Mr. GOULBURN begged to remind the Hon. Gentleman that the Universities paid much more in stamp duties upon degrees and diplomas than they re ceived from the country. Mr. HUME said he would be very ready to support any motion for the abolition of those duties. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the duties could not be abolished without at the same time abolishing the tax upon attorneys' certi ficates and other stamped papers. The vote was agreed to. 13,3581. was voted for the salaries of the Commis sioners of the Insolvent Debtors' Court, and for the ex penses of that Court. Mr. HUME observed that it was perfectly ridiculous to expend so large a sum upon a system which every body agreed was perfectly useless. On the question that the sum of 15,0001. be granted for the expenses of the Penitentiary at Milbank, Lord G. SOMERSET inquired why the experiment of a model prison had not been tried in that Peniten tiary ? Mr. FOX MAULE said the separate system had been tried in the Penitentiary and found to succeed ; but it would not have , been practicable to have tried the principle of a model prison there-. After a few observations from Lord G.. SoMerset, Lord John Russell, Mr. Hawes, and Mr. Hume, the vote was agreed to. . A vote.of 5,8071. was agreed to, to defray the ex penses of the prison for juvenile offenders in the Isle of Wight._ • • • A vote of 2,3511. Was also agreed to for the purpose Of defraying the expenses and 'salaries of the State Paper Offiee. 3,000/. wee voted to defray the expenses of Eccle siastical Commissioners for England. On the sum of 67,000/. being proposed for defraying the charge of salaries and expenses of the Commission ers for carrying into execution the amended law relat ing to the poor of England and Wales, and the deititute poor of Ireland. Mr. WILLIAMS (Coventry) thought the charge was most enormous. He should be glad to know what necessity there was for seventeen assistant commis sionors, three secretaries, and thirty-three clerks. Trey were not necessary for the proper working of the P.,or law Act, and he would not allow the vote to pass with out dividing the House upon it, unless he had some satisfactory explanation given him. Colonel SIBTHORP would second the motion of the Hon. Member for Coventry. The Poor-law Com mission was next to the Record Commission in being the most expensive and unsatisfactory that had ever been appointed. Mr. F. FRENCH would be glad to be informed whether it was the intention of Government to send over to Ireland commissioners, or to leave her entirely to the dictation of Mr. Nichols. Mr. GODSON made an observation that was in audible. Lord G. SOMERSET thought the vote was rather an extraordinary one to call upon the Committee to pass at this particular moment., It had not yet been determined by Parliament that the Commission should be continued, and he, therefore, moved that the sum be reduced by 12,741/. 10s. Mr. HODGES was entirely of opinion that many of the Commissioners might be dispensed with, and would vote with the Noble Lord. Mr. G. KNIGHT said, in considering the expenses of the Board, the House ought to take into considera tion the great saving which had taken place under the new law—( Hear)—and, what was more important, it had raised the character of the peasantry of the country. Mr. DARBY did not believe that they could do away with the Commissioners if they would carry out the law ; but after the unions were formed, he thought the number of Assistant Commissioners ought to be very much reduced. That feeling was very general in the country. Lord J. RUSSELL had already advised the reduc tion of the number of Assistant Commissioners from 21 •to 17 but aa;the :Commissioner,* reported that a great reduction in their number at the present time would be very prejudicial to the working of the law, he was not prepared to.. recommend their further re duction. Undoubtedly, from time to time, the num ber would be reduced as the guardians became more acquainted with the working of the new isst. It was said that the whole expense of the Commission ers was 250,0001., including the present grant ; but he would put against that the fact, which he believed would not be denied, that they had effected a saving of nearly eight millions to f% country.—(Hear, hear.) Lord G. SOMERSET said the saving to which the Noble Lord alluded had never been estimated by the friends of the measure themselves beyond four or five millions. All he required was, that before they acceded to the present vote, they should ascertain whether the number of Assistant Commissioners for whom salaries were about to be voted were necessary. He should certainly divide the House upon the question. Mr. B. WOOD agreed with the observations that had been made as to the inutility of keeping up a large number of Assistant Commissioners. He believed they were not required, and ought not to exist. In the parish of St. George, Southwark, with which he was connected,- he understood that there had been no Assistant Commissioner for the last eighteen months. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the Committee divided, when there appeared— For the motion 57 For the amendment 2l Majority The vote was then agreed to. It was then moved that a sum, not exceeding 15,000/., should be paid to the Commissioners for the suppression of the traffic in slaves, which was agreed to. It was then moved that 105,8311. should be paid for the salaries of her Majesty's Consuls and Vics-Consuls abroad. Mr. HUTT said he had heard several complaints from mercantile men that there was no Consul at Cologne. Lord PALMERSTON said the subject tad been brought before him, and he had made inquiries, tt o result of which was, that at present a Cansul at Co logne was not neeessary. Colonel SALWEY said that in the analysis of the vote, he saw a sum of 17,0001. for building new cha pels, and churches, He wished some explanation on this subject. Lord PALMERSTON said that frevently British residents abroad, having raised a sum for the building a church, applied under the Consular Act for assist ance to the Government. The vote was then agreed to. A vote of 9,0001, was then proposed for the salaries of inspectors of factories, which was agreed to with out discussion. A vote of 5,900/. was then proposed for the salaries of inspectors of prisons, which, after some slight dis cussion, was agreed to. A vote for 43,817 1. was then preposed for defraying the expellees of the Mint. Mr. WILLIAMS asked for some explanation with regard to the expenses of Mint prosecutions. Mr. LABOUC HERE said that those prosecutions were conducted with the greatest possib!u economy, and that the number of convictions bore a great proportion to the number of prosecutions. Mr. HUi.,IE suggested that an account of the Mint prosecutions should be annually laid before the House. M. L ABOUCHERE would have no objection to the return required by the Hon. Gentleman it' it were moved for. The vote was agreed to. The House then resumed, and the CHAIRMAN re ported progress. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS. Lord JOHN RUSSELL sa he rose for the pur pose of bringing in a Bill for the Registration of Par ' liatnentary Electors. It would, therefore, be necessary that he should explain to the House the general prin ciples on which he proposed to proceed, leavinz matters of detail to be afterwards discussed in the dif ferent stages of the Bill, if' the House should consent to its introduction. Endeavours had been made before to frame a measure with regard to the rights of voting, in which many abuses but bad n taken place, and amendments might be propos ed ; in one of those Bills had they been successful, it either having been objected to them that they contained matter irrelevant to the sub ject of registration, or it having happened that all the pains that had been taken to obtain the agreement of Parliament with re' peet to them had failed. He thought that the best course to pursue on the present occasion would be to state . generally, after the experie nce th ey Lad had , what anprovenieuta our plan of registra- tion was susceptible of, and to lay before the House a all containing such of those improvements as they might think it desirable to effect, and afterwards to leave it to Parliament to decide upon the matter. 'lt appeared to him, in looking back to the Provi ions made with regard to registr a ti on at t h e ti me of the passing of the _Reform Bill, that they were then perhaps rather too much impressed with the objections that wet e stated by the opponents of the Bdi, and which were to the effect that it would inunOate the cluntry with such an immense number of small and poor voters, that the class by which Members of Par liament would Le elected would be composed of persons who were not worthy by thei r intelligence, or the amount of their property, to have so great a share of the power of this country placed in their hands. That was the objection which, it might be well remembered, was urged at the time with great effect, not only by those who took a decided part in opposition to the Bill, but by many even of those who, though they had given their support to the Reform Bill, expressed their doubts and hesitation as to the extreme length to which, in their opinion, the principle of Reform, and of admission to the franchise, might be carried.—(Hear, bear, hear.) He was quite ccnviuced, however, on seeing what had since taken place, not only that those apprehensions were entirely unfounded, but that in their provisions with respect to registration they had rather taken too much pains in restricting the mode of ascertaining the qualifications of voters, than left too lax and undefined the manner in which the franchise was to be obtained. —( Hear, hear.) It appeared to him that when Par liament had once decided on what should be the amount of property—what should be the period of residence, if they required a residence what should be the occupation, if they required occupation. which should entitle a person to vote for Members of Parliament registration should do nothing more than enable them, by the simplest means in their power, to ascertain that the person who claimed to be registered was one who had the right of occupation, or property, or whatever else it might be which Parlia ment had declared to be necessary.—(Hear, hear.) Everything that went beyond that was throwing un necessary impediments in the way of •btaining the franchise. He (Lord J. Russell) thought, that having settled the particulars constituting a right to vote, the claimant should have every just facility for establishing it—(Hear, hear)—and that it was highly desirable to have it understood that such claimant was not claiming that on which the Legislature looked with suspicion and distrust, but that, on the contrary, they considered he was seeking to obtain >i privilege, the exercise of which would be a benefit to his country.—(Hear, hear.) Now, looking to the system of 'registration at present existing, it would be found that restrictions were inter posed to the .obtaining of the franchise which ought not to remain.—(Rear, hear.) First, he would advert to the uncertainty of the manner in which the right of voting was decided upon,--(Hear, hear.) There were a great number of revising barristers—some 174—scattered through the county, not always the same—continually changed, and thus deciding ques tions of the ,greatest difficulty and importance ; and it frequently happened that a claim allowed by one was rejected by another barrister.—(Hear, hear.) Adda to this, was what he must call the penalty of being liable to be called before those barristers every year to establish one's claim. He knew of a gentleman, who, re siding in Hull, had been regularly summoned to establish his right to a freehold vote in a distant part of the country, in the hope that thus he would be worried into relinquishing it—( Hear, hear)—and a revising bar rister had stated that having observed that a great number of objections issued from a particular district, he with his colleagues decided on holding a court there, which having done, all the objections were with drawn ; thus showing that their design was only to dis franchise persons, by deterring them, through dread of expense, from coming forward to prove their claims. He proposed, to meet this first objection, to substitute a fixed, limited, permanent number of barristers, instead of the present excessive and fluctuating number.—( Hear, hear.) Perhaps fifteen would be the best number. He was in hopes that this would lead barristers to be selected who would devote their undivided attention to this especial branch of the law, and this would tend to promote regularity and uniformity of decisions.—(Hear, hear.) The salaries, without being too large, must be so liberal as to procure the services of respectable members of that profession.—( Hear, hear.) Then as to the mode of substantiating the claims—at present a claim would be objected to as often as any one chore to put the voter to the trouble of proving his right. In Scotland it was formerly the custom that a vote once established remained on the roll until a total change of circumstances took place ; and in Ireland, where a voter could not be registered, even if not objected to, without proving his right, the registry was then final for eight years. Now (es to county voters) ho proposed that they should be re gistered, if they chose, on their statement of their qua lifications, and those objected to should be liable here after to question. But it' they chose, on registry, to go into and prove their claims, or in case they were ob jected to, and so proved them, they should not be liable again to the trouble of proving them unless the state of circumstances utterly altered.—( Hear, hear.) He had intended certainly, and he had stated his intention last year, that when the voter established Iris vote, it should remain good for three or four years. He was not sure that that might not be on the whole the better system. But he could not see *any objection to the vote, when once established, remaining on the registry until a change of circumstances should be shown—( Hear)—whereas by the present mode the voter was, in some cases, sub jected every year to all the difficulties of a contested election.—(Hear, hear.) He thought that when the right had been proved to the satisfaction of a compe tent person, the voter could with safety be left upon the registry, unless a change of circumstance should occur to affect the right.—( Hear, hear.) He proposed that there should be an appeal, when questions of law arose, but not with respect to questions of fact. When ap peals were made in the Court of Queen's Bench from the Quarter Sessions, the facts were taken as esta blished, and the Court judged only of the question of law.—(Hear, hear.) Now ho proposed that the Court of Appeal should consist of three out of the fifteen barristers—and that they should sit a certain period of the - year to hear those pe peals. That arrangement would secure uniformity of the law. There would, of course, be some occasional difference of opinion, but not to the same extent as at present, and he thought that there would be in no long time a very great uniformity. He would not do any thing, by this Bill to circumscribe the power of the Com mittees of the House of Commons. He would be afraid to limit by any words of a Statute the powers of the Committees, and he would be very unwilling to give the Courts of Law a control over the franchise. lie thought there was a tendency in the Courts of Law to construe the franchise too strictly.—( Hear.) He would not by any Act of Parliament take from the House of Commons (as had been proposed in some measures that had been suggested to the House) the power of deciding on elections—a power which the House of Commons had on several occas:ons declared to belong by the Constitution to itself alone.— (Hear, hear.) But at the same time, he thought if there existed a body, such as that of the fifteen bar risters whom he proposed to appoint, devoted to the study of the points of law connected with the exer cise 'of the franchise—the decisions which would be made, and the record of those decisions, would have great weight with Committees of the House, and would tend very much to establish uniformity, and thereby to diminish the number of cisputed elections. —(Hear, hear.) He would now state the mode in which he proposed the barristers should be named. It had been proposed that the barristers should be named by the Lord Chancellor, and although there might be an objection to give the appointment altogether to the Lord Chancellor, on constitutional grounds, yet it did not seem probable that the Judge would abuse the trust. But the mode which he (Lord J.. Russell) would propose was, that as the Judges now, appointed the barristers, each Judge should have the power of naming three gentlemen (if he thought fit), and that nut of the forty-five thus named the Speaker should select fifteen. An objection had been made to that plan by the pre decessor of the Right Honourable Gentleman who now filled the chair. The objection was, that if any charge was made against the Speaker for the mariner in which he exercised that power of selection, he could not enter into a defence of himself, as a Minister of the Crown would be expected to do under similar circumstances. But there was a much greater objection to leaving the patronage in the majority of the House—( Hear) —and it could scarcely be doubted that the gentleman appointed to the chair by the majority of the House would take such care in his selection of the barristers, that his appointments would not be open to objection, much less to any charge of factious motives.—( He tr, bear.) In the case of a person registered being objected to, and the objection not being made good, he (Lord J. Russell) would propose that there should be a moderate sum allowed in the way of costs ; for it should be considered that the franchise was held not for the benefit of the voter, but for the public good.—( Hear, hear, hear.) With regard to the registry and other provisions of the Bill, he would follow generally the Bill brought in by his Right Hon. Friend, the Attorney-General, two years ago. With respect to the other Bill which be proposed to bring in with respect to voting, he proposed before a party should have the right of voting, that it should be shown that he had 5/. out of 10/. in house property, and he proposed also that joint occupiers in counties should have the same right as the hoNers of borough property had. With respect to the right of voting, he proposed to take away some restric tions which existed at the present moment. lie pro posed to take away the restriction of the assessed takes altogether(Hear, hear) —and with regard to the poor rates, he proposed to take no other secur it y but that the voter 'should have paid up any poor -rates to which he was liable within six months of the time of giving his vote.—(Hear, hear.) He proposed also to take away the disqualification that existed at to tehe r time .of ded po n lling with respect to persons vvlio no ng resi i the These were the pfi n . same house. (Hear, hear.) EVEN ING EDITION'. cipal provisions of the two Bills that he proposed to bring in. He had not thought jt necessary to go into the details of tho measure, but he had consulted his Right lion. Friends, the Lord Advocate of Scotland, and !he Solicitor-General for Ireland, with respect to points of registration ; it was not his intention to go into those points at present, but it was the opinion of the AttornLy-G,n;eral and the other authorities to which he had referred that facilities should he give❑ to the voter, and that the system of registration should be the Caine in the three kine s clonis.—(Bear.) Mr. G. PALMER, though he approved of the general principle of the measure, thought great difficulty would arise in reducing the number of barristers to 15. He thought the barristeru, as now appointed, much more independent than those would be who were to be appointed by the Government. Mr. F. FRENCH wished to know whether they might expect the Government to bring in a Bia for ttie purpose of regulating the registration in Ireland ? Lord J. RUSSELL said that his friend, the Soli cilnr-General for Ireland, would bring in such a Bill. Sir G. SINCLAIR said that there were many parts of the Bill which he greatly approved of, especially that part which restricted the number of barristers. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. The Noble Lord also obtained leave to bring in a Bill to snake further provision respecting certain rights of voting in the election of Members of Parliament. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter past Twelve o'Clock. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFO.RD, MAT 2. The senior Proctor, the Rev. E. A. I)ayman, of Exeter College, has nominated the Rev. George Dawson, and the Rev. J. L-v, both of Exeter College, pro-Proctors. The Junior Proctor, the Rev. J. F. Crouch, of Corpus Christi College, has nominated the Rev. C. Ba!stone and. the Rev. R. G. Macmullen, both of Corpus Christi Col lege. pro-Proctors. The Rev. D. B. Bevan, of Magdalen Hall, has, on his hit own presentation, been iestituted to the rectory of Brede, Sussex. _ _ . _ The 11;:v, C. R. Roper, late of St. John's College, has been presented by the Lord Chancellor to the rectory of St. Olave, Exeter. The Rev. John Field, of Magdalen Hall, has been una nimously elected chaplain of the Royal Berkshire Hospital. The Rev. J. F. Smith, of Brasenose College', has been appointed minister of the new church of St. Jams!, at Hands wort h. On Wednesday last the Lord Bishop of this diocese held a • confirmation in the chapel of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, when above 100 gentlemen cadets had ill:A rite administered to them ; the ceremony con cluded vvith a most appropriate and impressive charge. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury has presented the Rev. Dr. L. Lewellin, of Jesus College, to the pre centership of St. David's Cathedral, together with the canonry of Latopeter-point- Stephen azoexed. The Reader in Geology (Dr. Buckland) has announced a ccursc of lectures on that science, to commence on Tues day, May 5, at two o'clock, in the Clarenddn, and continua on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at the same hour. The Regius Professor of Hebrew proposes to lecture on the book of Hosea, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursday", and Saturdays, to begin on the sth instant. FlRE.—Yesterday, about one o'clock, the stables attached to theYcrk Hotel, Nicholson-sleet, lately occupied by the Messrs. Cooke, were discovered to be on fire. But tittle damage was done. It is conjectured that some one had been smoking in the stables, and that a spark must have fallen from his pipe, as there seemed to be no other way in which the Are could possibly have originated.—Scotsman. MILLBAY PIER.—It is reported that the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe and the Sutton Pool Company have reii•d an opposition to the projected Pier at Milibay, and that a suc cessful opposition may ultimately prevent the construction oft rail-road between Plymouth and Exeter. hi this case, Southampton will become a packet station, for which Plymouth and Devonport are much more fitted. We strongly recom mend the inhabitants of the latter towns to ascertain front Mr. Renate, the Civil Engineer, whether our information be correct ; and if it is, to lose no time in protecting their inte rests by a petition to Parliament in favour of Mr. Gill's project. —Deronport Independent. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.—We are gratified to learn that the cutting of the only tunnel on this line, has proved much more favourable than was expected. By a headvvay just cut through for the purpose of draining, it is discovered that the roof of the tunnel is one continuous sheet of mountain limestone throughout, without rent or fissure; so that the Company will be saved the expense of masonry at all, except perhaps a single bow of arch-work at each end for dis play.—Bristol Mercury. STATE of TRADE.—We are inclined to think from the information we derive from all quarters that the extreme point of depression is past for the present year. The demand for Spring-gloves seems likely to continue longer by a month or six weeks than was anticipated. Some trilling orders though few, we hear have been received fer general goods for the American fall trade, and the houses exclusively in the worsted hosiery trade, on account of the season being so near st hand, have begun to give out a little more work—whether the Autumn demand will justify this movement or not, :time will show; but the return of partial confidence, even to a small extent after the depressing scenes we have passed through, is very gratifying. No alteration has taken place in the prices of yarns since our last.—Liecestershire Mercury. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, MAY I.—So trifling have been the transactions of the week in our sugar market, as not to require any comment. 'We are entirely with oat supplies, and the stocks generally being short, has occa sioned a further advance of is. in the other ports. DEATH OF LORD ASHTOWN.--We regret to have to record the death of the above nobleman, the melan choly i.itelliTenee of whose demise reached the members of the faintly in the metropolis on ciaturday morning. This venerable and highly respected nobleman died at Bath on Friday, where the Noble Lord and Lady Ashton have resided for some months past. The late Frederick Trench, Lord Ashtown, Baron Ashtown, of Moate, county Galway, in the peerage of Ireland, created December 27, 1600, with the remainder to the heirs male of his father, Mr. Frederick Trench, deceased, was born. September 3, 1755, and on the 25th of May, 1785, married Miss Elizabeth Robinson, only slaughter and heiress of Mr. Robert Robinson, by whom be leaves no. issue. Ilis Lordship is suciieeded in the title and estates by his nephew Mr. Charles Mason Trench (now Lord Ashtown). second son of the late Hon. Francis Trench, born December 25, 1804, and in August, 1631, married Miss Henrietta Crosby, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Thomas P. Crosby, by whom his lordship has a family of three children. CHARTIST RELICS.---A few days ago, whilst a boy was engaged in cleaning out the saw pit on the premises of Mr. John Crabtree, at the top of Parley-street, Bradford, he found a large horse pistol loaded, a pound canister, containing a quantity of powder, and between 200 and 300 balls of dif ferent sizes. flue whole n ere delivered to the authorities at the Court-house, and the probability is that they were depo sited in the saw-pit on the night of the rising, and by being allowed to remain so long, the presumption is that they belonged to some one of those men now in prison, fur the part they took in that toad enterprise. Patronized by their Majesties the King and Queen of Hanover, and their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Augusta and Sophia, her Serene highness the Prioress Eilater hazy, the Princesses Mary and Rosa, her Grace the Dowager Duchess of Bedford, and their Graces the Archbishop of Can terbury, and the Dukes of Devonshire and Manchiater. In addition to the above distinguished pa.raiiage to the newly invented Spectacle Lenses anu Invisible Operative Voice Con. doctor, the Messrs. S. and 11. Solomons, Opticians and Aurists, No. 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, feel great plea sure its stating that their valuable inventions have else gained the sanction and unqualified approbation of above four hun dred of the principal members of the medical profession ; as also of numerous individuals of high distinction, who have been greatly benefited by their use. Immediately these im proved Spectacle Lenses are placed before extreme imperfect vision, it is at once brought back to its natural and origins state, every object becomes clear and distinct, and the most mi nute particle is seen, either by day or candlelight, with cue and distinctness. Their Voice Conductor, by which thousands of deaf persons have been greatly benefited, are not the least perceptible, nor snore uncomfortable, than having a piece of wool in its place, and the faintest whisper at a public assembly is heard with exact distinctness.-39, Albesnarle-street. Not to be had at any other house. The Hon. Henry Thomas Liddell, M.P., is laid up with a severe attack of jaundice, at his residence, Es iington House, Northumberland. Tice Rev. Dr. Hook, Vicar of Leeds, has pub licly contradicted the statement that he had exhorted his hear ers to pray for the souls of those who have recently departed this life. ' ~ 'PATRONISED BY THE ROYAL FAMILY.--., The following eminent authorities were examined, and recorn mencl:d the Patent Amber Spectacles of Mr. E. Solomon', Nos. 36, Old Band-street, and 1, Old Jewry, City ; they pos sess considerable advantages over the ordinary glasses, are lighter in construction, and convey a beautiful coolness to weak or in• flamed eves, are invaluable assistants to persons reading, writ. ing, &c. by flay, or lamp and other strong lights at night ; they preserve vision to extreme old age :—Sir Fenjamin d. Brolie, Bart., Saville-row ; Sir Anthony Carlisle, F.R. S. ; Sir James E. Anderson, Dl. l)., New Burlington-street ; Dr. J a m e s .foliusou, Physician Extraordinary to the late King, Suffolk-place ; Martin Ware, Esq., New Bridge-street ; C. Aston Key, Esq , St. Helen's-place: Bransby B. Cooper, Esq., New-street, Spring-gardens ; W. Coulson, Esq., Frederick place, Old Jewry; .1. G. Andrews, Esq., senior, Surgeon to the London Hospital, St. Helen's-placei Dr. Conqttest, Finsbury-square ; John Scott, Esq., New 13toad-street ; Dr. Marshall Hale, Manchester-squar e ; E. W. D u ffi n , FAN., Laugham-place. Mr. E. Solomes' Voice Conduetcws are worn unperceived, as they measureii - nly a quarter of an inch is diameter. By their use musical sounds, and the lowest whisper breathed at a public assembly, vibrate on the organs of hearing in such a pleasant manner as to afford instant relief to the dis tressing ailment of deafness.—Observe, 36, Old Bond-street, and I, Old Jewry, City ; entirely unconnected with parties of the same name. WORK, "RRE- M it. LI EODORE HOOK S NEW . CEPTS AND PRACTICE."—'' Precepts a nd Pate* e"isaases of tales, or sketches of society , after the manner sang-threaded of s syr and Doings," and mingled in its tints is web here spread to view; sunshine and shower, the - smile and the tear succeeding eac h other in kaleidoscopic variety and beauty. There are in the volumes Tales of LOndon„ of France, of Germamv, of fun, o of w oe, of romance._ of reality, of domestics every-day life, ofand out-of-the-way adventure, and we have reperuted them w ith unabated interest. The severest test to which an author can be subjected is, Do you wish to recur to hi s wr itings ag.lin and again To this test Mr. Hook may ap peal with contidenc,,,, for in his works a reader fails not to (tete.' fresh beauties on each occasion ; they bear witkin them the genius, an Engliso wholesomeness that is at once vitality of ; _, A lutary to the tem p er, the heart, and mind.—Metropolitors Cen3erva tire Journal. SEIZURE OF A FRENCH VESSEL AT WNI7bBT —The Cuizom-house officers at this port made a seizure et three hundred gallons of French brandy on Wednesday, whist, was found concealed among the ballast of a French vessel lying in Whitby harbour, with a pretended cargo of apples and onions. The craft was secured by the officers of her Majesty's Customs, and such of the crew as were captured were takea before the Magistrates to answer the charge of smuggling the csmmodity. After occupying the riench a considerable time, they were remanded for further investigation.—Yorkshire Gazette. THE LAKES.—Tourists have already begun to assembl . in the "land of mountain and of flood," made famous by the poets Wordsworth, Wilson, Southey, Coleridge, ;ad others.