The Sun. — London, England, 1840-02-05 00:00:00

I E Pt ! ~. i. ~ I r ~ ~~~~ NT EVEN LNG EDITION. THE MARKETS.-(YESTERDAY.) (From the London New Price Current of February 4.) SUGAR—There was a good demand from the grocers for all descriptions of British Plantation Sugar during last week ; the refiners also purchased to a fair extent, and the merchants obtained an advance on previous rates of 6d, and is some cases of Is. per cwt. Barbadoes sold briskly at 66s 6d to 69s 6d for middling to good quality. Jamaica hardly fine fetched 69s per cwt. This afternoon the Grocers were compelled to pay an advance on previous rates of 6d per cwt; the Refiners, however, purchased rather sparingly, but they could rot buy on the terms of Friday, and in most cases were com pelled to pay 6d. advance on the prices of that day. REFINED.—To-day the grocers were anxious to pur chase Refined goods, but the small supply operated against buying ; standard lumps readily command 78s 6d to 79s per cwt. Bastards and Pieces go off well at our quota tions, excepting ordinary kinds of the former which are dull. Treacle sells steadily at the rates quoted, Bonded crushed Sugar is much wanted. 34s is offered for imme diate delivery, and 34s 3d to 34s 6d to wait a few weeks, but the supply operates against the execution of orders. Loaves sell steadily, 10 lbs at 38s, and 14 lbs at 37s per cwt. Of Treacle the _supply is short, and it is selling at 13s per cwt. hisnamus.—This afternoon the biddings were brisk at a public sale of 3481 bags, and the prices paid show an ad vance on those of last week of 6d. Good and fine bright yellow fetched 655. to 675., good-middling 635. 6d. to 645. middling 625. 6d. to 631. low 61s. East. INDIA.—This afternoon the grocers were free buyers of white Bengal, but there is little to be met with, end 1,530 bags at public sale sold at good prices, middling bright brown damp fetched 51s 6d to 525, inferior foxey do. 46s Od to 48s 6d, good bright..slll to 553 6d, washed 463 to 50, Od. FOREIGN.. —The market has been very quiet since we last wrote ; white Havannah was taken in at 293 to 32s for low to mid soft, and good dry at 355, damaged at 29s 6d to 32s per cwt; brown fetched 19s 6d to 22s 6d, low to good mid yellow 23s to 245, good to fine strong 253 to 27s per cwt. Brazil has supported former rates. MoLassits.—A brisk demand has prevailed for West India; the purchases have amounted nearly to 800 puns at improved rates; 460 puns, &c., consisted of Barbadoes, and were disposed of at 3is for good bright quality, the remainder sold at 31s 6d for middling Berbice; Demerara 33, St. Vincent's 345, and 34s for good old Antigua. COFFER.—West India of clean quality was much sought after last week, but the ;surchases were on a small scale, in consequence of the scanty supply. This afternoon there was less animation in the market, and the purchases for home con sumption were principally confined to the large public sales, which consisted of 181 casks 6 bags Berbice, 600 bags Java, 3,399 bags St. Domingo subject to the 9d duty, 171 bales My sore, 300 bags Rio, and 15 casks 296 bags of other kinds. The Berbice was all disposed of, but at prices which show a decline on previous rates of Is to 2s, excepting for the very best kinds, which brought full former prices, fine and fine fine ord sold at 107 s to 113 s, low mid 116 s to 117 s, mid and good mid 119 s to fff 1235, fine mid 124 s to 1265, ragged 1053 6d to 106 s 6d, bold triage 10Ss to 110 s 6d. Java fetched high prices, and this kind of Coffee is now the most in request, fine ord green sold at 88s to 89s. St. Domingo was taken in above its value, viz., good and fine ord pale a little mixed with blacks at 66s to 68., and good ord dingy much mixed with stones and dust at 63s ; there were buyers of the best lots at 665. Mysore was taken in at 110 s to 120 s for good and tine yellow, and common quality at 90s. Rio was also bought in at 58e for fine pale brown ' • yellow Samarang fetched 665. Rio fine ordinary im ported direct bought in at 503. By private contract sales in i good erdicary Ceylon made at 109 s, no further sellers under 1103 per cwt. Rex, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—For all kinds of West India Runs there was an active demand last week, and prices further improved Id to 1 1 /,d for Leewards, and Id for Ja maica ; the sales of the former amounted to nearly 500 puns, proofs to 5 per cent. over at 3s 8d to 3s 9d, 6 to 10 over " 3s 10d to 45, 11 to 13 over 4s Id to 45 2d, 14 to 16 over 4s 3d to 4s. sd, IS to 20 over 4s 6d to 4s Bd, 22 to 25 over 4s 9d to 4s 10d, 26 to 28 over 4s lld to 55 ld, 29 to 33 over 5s 2d to 5s sd, and very fine 42 over at 5s 9d ; of the latter 300 puns were sold, 26 to 28 over at 5s 7d to 5s Bd, 29 to 33 over 5s 9d to 5s 11d, 34 to 36 over 6s to 6s 2d, and stronger 6s 3d to 6s 4d per gallon. The Government contract, consisting of 80,000 gallons, was taken by three houses at an average of 34 Bd, viz.. 36,600 gallons by Mr. Arbouin, at 3s Ncl, 20,400 by Messrs. Tower and Dawson, at 3s 74d, and 23,000 gallons by Mr. J. Mathew, a trifle under 3s 7;d. East India Rum will be allowed to be delivered, and some parcels have been disposed of at our quotations. Yesterday the demand for Leeward Island Ruin was limited, hut prices were firm ; proofs were held fon 3s 8d ; Jamaica, however, was in steady re quest at previous rates. Brandy has secured a fair sale on the following terms, viz, at 5s Id to 5s 3d for first brands of the vintage of 1836, 4s Ild to 5s Id for ditto 1837, and 4s 7d to 4s .9([ for ditto 18.38 ; there are large buyers of the vintage of 1338:at 4s 6il in puns, and 4s 7d in hhds, but no sellers thereat. Geneva has secured a fair sale at 2s to 2s Id per gallon. British Corn Spirits are ceiling at 9s 10d per gallon , the distillers appear reluctant to enter into large contracts at this figure. To-day the demand was limited for all kinds of Rum, but there were no sellers on lower terms. This afternoon there was only a limited business doing in Rnm, and proof Leewards now obtainable rather under 3s 8d per gallon ; Jamaica is held firmly. TA LLow.—Prices hare undergone little change for Russian Tailow since we last wrote, there was a good demand on the spot from both chandlers and soapmakers up to Saturday, and first quality readily commanded 49s 6d to 49s 9d per ewt. For eelivery in the two next months holders are firm at 49s 3d to 49- 6d. The price asked for delivery in the last three months Is 43s per cwt. Town 'fallow is cheaper. To-day there was a fair business transacted in P. Y. Candle no the spot at the quotation of 49s 6d for fine quality, but for &livery there was not much passing ; holders, however, re fired to reduce their pretensions. SA LTPET RE. afternoon the demand was active for Rough, and 3,:;00 bags Calcutta at public sale were disposed of at very full prices, refraction 10 to 6 per cent. fetched 24s a lia, 5i ditto 24s 6.! a 255, 5.-t- ditto 25s 6d, 5 ditto good quality 25s 6d to 26s per cwt. British Refined is in increased request, and prices are on the advance. 11 ICE.—This afternoon there was not much disposition shown to buy Bengal at a publ c sale of 1,100 bags, and a part only was disposed of, but previous rates were supported; good ill -.slide went at 13s tad to 14a per eat. i;IGO. —Since we last wrote a fair demand has prevailed fss East India, and the rates established at the quarterly sales have been supported. To-day small parcels of East India were disposed of at the rates of the quarterly sale, well bought lots are fetching 3d adviece. SrlcEs.-CaSsia Lignea has been sought after, and the ad vanced rates established on th s day week offered. East India Ginger at 15s to 17s for mid to good Bengal, 14s 6d for ordi nary wormy, and 16s 6d for Malabar, establishing an advance from the lost point of the market at 3s per cwt. This afternoon Pepper was sought after, 632 bags black, and 59 bags white were put up to auction, of the former, 361 bags consisted of sea damaged Malabar, and sold at 4d to 4Ad for good bright grey, the remainder, very ordinary Sumatra realized 3id, white sold at Is 3d. Dims.—For common kinds of Fish Oils prices have slightly g iven way, 291 10s to 301 flaying been accepted by private con tract for pale Seal of first quality, and 28/ 15s to 29! for Cod ; yellow Seal at 28/ lOs p.'r tun. Southern has brought pre vious rates ; Sperm at 1101 to 1111, by private contract fine quality has fetched 111/Jo 1121; Linseed Oil at 22s 6d for im • mediate delivery ; Rape at previous rates. Palm 33/ to 33/10s for good quality ; East India Cocoa Nut 43s per cwt. TrA.—There was a good demand for free trade Tea for actual consumption im to Friday last, several parcels were also taken on speculation, and previous rates were fully supported. To-day the market was in a dull state for Free Trade Tea, buverti pot being.incilinieskto purchase until something is offi cially received froriatanton - ; on the other hand the merchants are not disposed to sell at lower rates ; in some cases, however, rather lower prices were accepted, and the nearest and latest quotations at which business was actually done were 2s 9d for common Congou for money, 2s 10d to 2s 11 with a prompt, and Twankay 2s 1114 to 3s Id money and with a prompt, but. in the present state of the market it is difficult to quote prices accurately. In Company's Congou there is still scarcely any business doing ; the nearest price is 2s 11d for cash, and 3s to ;is lid with a prompt. CENTRAL CHAMISAL COURT. OLD COURT. The Court was occupied the whole morning with the trial of James Jay for a misdemeanor—the details of the case were wholly,utifit for publication. After a long inquiry, the jury returned a verdict of Guilty, aid the Recorder sentenced him to six months imprisonment in the Penitentiary at Millbank. William Lowan, an elderly man, who formerly held a responsible situation in her Majesty's Customs, was in. dicted for a similar offence, and the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. These cases occupied the Court from ten o'clock in the morning until half-past five in the evening. NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON SZRGIANT.) Ann Smith, a respectable-looking, married wom an, rf defraud aged 42, was indicted for uttering a forged or d er to Messrs. White and Greenwell, linen-drapers i n Blackf r and obtaining thereby divers articles, with i n t ent to a r d s •• them thereof. The particulars of the case have already appeared in the papers. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to be kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for two years—the highest punishment awarded by Act of P ar ;iament. CHARGS OF SHOPLIFTING.—Mary Ann Williams aged, 21, and Mary Blundell, aged 27, both married women of respectable appearance and connections, were indicted for stealing three pieces of lace, and one piece of a ribbon, of the value of 6/. 10s. the property of Messrs. White and Greenwell, the proseseutors in the last case. Edward Miles, one of the shopmen, detailed the particulars of the charge, but in such a confused manner, that the Jury considered themselves justified in returning, in a few minutes, a verdict of acquittal. One of the p rison e r s when Bearded, had 14 sovereigns in her pocket, and the other two sovereigns and some silver. According to the account of the witness, they both begged for mercy, said they bad plenty of money, and would pay for the articles down on their knees, or do anything, if they could go home to their families who were very respectable. The verdict appeared to give great satisfaction. BRUSSELS, FEE. I.—His Highness Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg arrived at the railway station at two o'clock to-day. We said yesterday that he was accompanied by the reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg, by Prince Ernest, his bro ther, and Prince Ferdinand, his uncle. We were mistaken with respect to Prince Ferdinand, who was indeed expected at Brussels with Princess Victoria, his (laughter, the bride of the Duke of Nemours, but the day of their arrival is not yet known. The journals continue to give accounts of the damage done by I he late hurricane. A RAINY DAY.—At a weekly meeting of the Board of Guardians in a neighbouring union an able-bodied young man, of respectable appearance, lately applied for relief for his wife and two children, alleging that he could obtain no employment, and they were all destitute of food. The Chair. man, at the conclusion of some pertinent remarks, having asked why he had not provided for a rai n y d ay ? drew from the a pplicant the ready rejoinder, " Ah, Sir, only consider how smy rainy days we have had lately. —Devizes Gazette. -- - A very intelligent farmer in this county suggests 69 - * that if the farmers would club in every v ill age, and keep a cretiple of bloodhounds, they would be most serviceable in de tecting sheep-stealers. A bloodhound laid on the track of a gentleman, one day last week, ran from Aylesbury to the top of the hill at Velvet Bottom (at least eight miles) in twenty five. minutes, following his footsteps with unerring precision, al though he had no drag.—Backs Herald. PRICES OF CANAL,DOCK,ASSUR ANCE COMPANY SHARES &c. &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, FEB. 4.; Number Dividend prim per CANALS. Spero er Shares. Annum ra id, Sia 1,766 7 per cent. Ashton and Oldham..AVCrage97/ 18s.sh. 115 1,082 41. Ashby-..e.1e-Ze...h ...... A•r2tage MIA . ' 71 1,230 1, 005 51. Br Basingstoke eckn o c k a n .. d .. A .. b .. e .. , . g .....; e .. n .. ;; . , ........ li _ osu : oB , l it _ 1 5 9 8,0001-16th. 91 61. Birmingham, 1-10th share .... . .811 4000 600 .. . 3. 77 BridgewaterDitt o end L a v i e , r d p o l tl n u t n o n c !r OO 4 . 1 . 8 st. .. _1 a O l O l p p 1 _e6 500 4 4 s /,.. C c h 0v e1 e m nt e r r T a . n .. d ... 8 .. 1 . a . e .. k .. w .. a .. t . e .. r . ...... 3 . . Croydon ..- ......... . Average • • • sh . - 4.5451001.5 h . 99 2,060 e 41. 10s. Dudley .. ........ ~.... 600 141. DerbY PO,OOO 4 per cent. Dentine and Mayne ... ........... .. .............. 4 .. 1 .. , .... 1 ............... 14 ,:5 0i 3,5751 41. Ellesmere and Cester...Average l l oo 33 l l . . s t 8( 8 4) 231 622 . Erawasn 1,D7 301. Forth and Clyde ....Average 4001.165. eh. 615 ~600 10 :Rand Junction lOOl. sh 175 1,8491 IL Grand Union 1001. sh 21 .. 1 : ../ .: : 2 7: s :11 1 ° U° ° O d i' : ss hh .' 616°01 11,500 ... ..... Grand Surrey ..... ...... 1001.8 h. 24 0,0001 41. per cent. D itto (o p tional) Loan 1001. 631 3 096 .. ...... Grand Western 1001.,h. allpd 14 600 134 12.5.9 d. Glamorgansbire, Aver. cost 1721. 135.4 d. 220 749 101. Grantham l5O/. sh. 203 8.230 21.05. Huddersfield .......Average 571. 65.6 d. sh. 95 100 . ~ 11l ... 55.. K ens ington 100 sh. all pd. 101 5,928 . Kennet and Avon, Aver. 391.185.10d.5h 27 2,897 t 301. Leeds and Liverpool 1001.1 h. 750 545 e 1511. Leicester l4O l. sh . 230 1,897 51. 10s. Leicester and Nort bampton Aver 831.105. 58 2.400 101. Monmouthshire 1001. sh. 2011 150 101. Melton Mowbray 1001. eh. 200 500 251. Mersey and Irwell 1001.3 h. 565 8,000 11. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd 51 247 171. Neat h 1001. sh. 325 2,400 21. Peak Forest Average about 781. eh. 104 1,418 Its. Regent's (or London) Av. 33/.165. Bd. sh. 111 5,669 61. per cent. Rochdale Average 841.1 h. 112 500 81. Shropshire 1221. sh. 138 800 91. 10s. Somerset Coal 1501.3 h. 150 3,6001. 41 percent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 121. 10s. sh. 111 700 401. StatTord and Worcester 1401.1 h. 675 500 91. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 280 300 91. Stourbridge .................. 1451. sh. 3911 3,847 21. Os. Stratford-on-Avon Average 791.95. bd. sh. 45 533 161. Swansea 1001. sh. 2435 3,762 It. 15s. Severn aid Wyc and Railway Av. 35/. sh. 301 1,60015 h. 321. 10s. Treat and Mersey, 4 share 1001. sh. COO 8.149 .... ..... Thames and Medway Aver.l9l. ss. Bd. sh. 2 I ° 6 l 161. Warwick and Birmingham ... loolo l h. 970 I,ooolsh. 980 151. Warwick and Naincin lOO/. sh. 193 6,000 41.05, Worcester did Birmingham Av.7B/.Bs. sh. 68 5,000 255. Wilts and Berks Average 67/. 10s. Bd. sh. 261 5,, by piev and Essington ll5/. sh. 75 .26 . ... .... W:sneacn lO5 l. sh. 95 905 .... Wes , and Arun 1101. h. 221 DOCKS. V" k 1 3p. C. Commercial .,1001.5h. 6 6 1,06.5115. East and Nest India ,....Stock 107 3.938,310 j/. 60s. p.ct. London Stock 67 Ditto Bonds lOl 2,209 31. 6s. sd. Bristol 68,324/. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll3 1,352,752 5 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 1041 500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds ... • lO ll 9410.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds tor 10 years ........ ........... 1.500 ..... Deptford Pier 201. sh. 201. pd 10 BRIDGES, 1,600 10s. Hammersmith ... 501.5).. 22 7,231 Southwark, Old 1,700 I/. 15e. Ditto, New, of 71v cent. 5Ol. sh. 13 ; 5,000 5,000 225. Od. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81. 6Ol. psi 21 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 18 60,0001. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds, 1 ,91 5,848 Vs Vauxhall ...... ...„.Average 701. 10..3d. sh 25 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3110 s Albion 5001. sh. 50/. pd 73 00 6 per ces7 ' 5 Aln nt .. anceßritisn &Foreign 1001. sh. 1 11. pd 14' 15507„,,, 000 i fi a p n e d r ce nt. t Ditto, Marine 1001. sh. si. pd e' 24,000 1 L per sh. Atlas 501. sh. 51. pd 15 , 1,2.00 Ish. 5/. Birmingham l• ire .. 5Ol. sh. 551. pd 107 20,000 4/. per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 501. pd 40 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 5O/. sta. 5/. pd 5 , , 5,000 51. percent. Clerical & Medi .4 , 1 Lite , 100/.sh. 21105 pd 4 4,000 2/ 15; County 1001. sh. 101. pd 4 - 21 20,800 ss. Eagle 5O/. sh. 51. pd 5 , , ,-, A ,., r 5 per cent.l Economic Lite lOOOl. sh. 2501. pd 406 '''' tend 30/ bs. j 2,271 221. percent. European LI to .01. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 21. pd 11 1,000,000/. 6/.per ct Globe Stock 130, 20,000 51• Guardian lOO/. sh. 127 31 pd 301 'O,OOO 1. 6d. Hope 50/. sh. 51. pd 5! 2,400 5/. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 50/. pd 137' 7,500 91. Imperial Lite 1001. sh. 10/. pd 101 13,459 4/. per cent. Indemnity Marine 11'01. 6h. 8/. pd 25 2,020 31 10s Kent Fire 501. sh. all pd 92 31. Ditto Life .501. pd 79 10,000 16s. Law Life 1001. sh. 101. pd 29 , 5,001. 10s. London, Fire 251. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 11-3 . 3,900 10s. London, Ship . ........ - 251. oh. 12/. 10s. pd 10; 1,600,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 1001. sh. 500,0001. 30,000 3/. per cent. Palladium Lite 50/. sh. 21. pd 211 I 50,000 41. per cent. Protector Fire 2Ol. sh. 21. pd 19s Of 2,500 11. Provident Lite lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 10 . 00,000 ss. Rock Life .0/. sh. IL pd 6-.! 89,220/ 5/. percent. Royal Exchange Stock... 210 6,000 5 per cent. University Life lOO/. sh. 51. pd :51 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100/. sh. 51. pd 71 JOINT STOCK BANKS. 25,000 8 per cent. Aerie and Com. of Ireland 23/. sh. 101. pd 5,000 Alistralacia 4O/. sh. 40/. pd 57, 17,:0)6 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham 5O/. sh. 10/. pd 17; , 10,000 leper cent. Birmingham Bank... 5O/. sh. 101. pd 23 ; ' 31,000 spercent. London and WestminsterlOC/ ah. 201. pd 21/ 60,000 3/. London Joint Stock ',Ol. sh. 101. rat la .1,000 4 per cent. Lancaster . ........ ..... 100/. sh. 20/. pd 20 , 25,000 Liverpool 1001 sh. 10/. pd E 2 50,000 71 per cent Manchester and Liver.] pool Distrie" 5O/ sh. 151 pd 12 20,000 7 percent. Manchester. 100/. sh. 25/ pd 27 20,000 Provincial Bank of I relandloo/. oh. 251. lid 45 00,000 National Bank of Ireland 5.4 eh. 1741. pd 16 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. 11191. sh. 351. pd 3:'.; 10,000 Ditto New lOl. sh. 101 pd Ir,. 10,000 Gloucestershire 50/. sh. 10/. pd 30 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 50/. sh. 5/. pd 9 • GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 lis1.);21 Bath 2Ol. sh. 10/. pd t 2 5,000 ..... -.. British 4O/. sh. 161. pd 21 smo IL fi.percenti Ditto Provincial 201. sh. 19 pd 25 and Bs. 6s. 928 51 10s Birmingham 5O/. eh. 05 4,250 21 Os Bristol 2.250 31 10s Brioiton 2O/. sh. 11 750 31 lOs Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. IS!. pd 9 2,471 41 per rent. Brignton Geoerai ' , Oh sh. all pd 9 4,000 61.105. Continental Con;olidated .... 75/. 621/.pct 110 1,000 101. City of London lOO/, sh. all cal 195 1,000 61. Ditto, New 4,000 31.05. Equitable 5O/. pd tr , 10,000 2 L per cant. Imperial 800 5/. per cent. I , le of 'l'hanet t? 5/. sh. 20/. pd IS 2,350 51. per cent. !ndependent 'MLA. all pd 5l 9,000 4/. per cent. Plimnix .... 51)!. sh. 39/. pd 31 1,000 4/. per cent. /I!..cliff 1801. eh. 801. pd 10 4,030 csuth , I4trotolitan 59/. sh. 19/. pd 17 8,200 4/.per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 401. pd 37 240 N. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. St) 400 5/. per cent Waltelield - - 0 5/. sh. 22 '2,000 Si. Westminster Chartered 6,000 12e. Ditto New '(l. eh. 101. pd 11 730 5/. per cent. Yarmouth 20/. sh. 181. pd - - _ WATER W3lllO. 1,800 10$. Sirloinßh= TV sh. '251. pd QC, 4,434 SW. East London lOOl. sh. 161 5,500 I Gr...:id Junction Average 41/ Lts. 4.1. sh. 67 2,000 21. Kent 100 sh. 44 372 1 01. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 31:7 1,500 2/10x •' c .7 River London Bridge Water Ann CO., 6,48fs 2/ les Manche ter and Malford lOO/. 'h. 54i 1 , 000 A per cont. South London 1001. sh. 104 8,294 4/. Wesel Middlesex Avenge 63/. 12x. SM. sh. !0, 1.360 11 14$ York Bullding Co. Lessee Prop.-1001. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 6,000 _____ __............... Birmingham and I)erhy W. pd (5) 0,500 Birmingham and Gloucester )5, 0 00 Bristol and Exeter 100/. sh. 40 pd 10 160 Calcutta and Saugur 50!. sh. 2/. pd 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western 1001. sir. 00/. 2; 3,000 Clarence KW. sh. 100/ pd 354 12,000 8,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. sh. Si. pd 60,006 ........ Eastern Counties 25/. sh. 211, pd 111 Gran , / Junction lOOl. sh. 100/. pd 227 Great North of England 40/. pd 20 5,030 Great Western 14)01. sh. 65/. p 4 (;71 2,000 .... ..... Hartlepool 160/. sh. 1001. pd 21 8,000 ... ...... Hull and selby 501. sh. 55f pd 25 10,000 ...... ... Leeds and Manchester 100/. sh. Si. pd 194 9,100 31. per cent. Leeds and Sciby 100 sh. 15 1,500 11.55. Leicester a nd Swannington .501. sh. allpd 751 5,103 10 percent. Liverpool and Manchcsterlol/.sh. 100/. pd 195 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 25/. pd 6 :woo() ..- ..... London and Brighton 5Ol. sh. 2111 pd I^l 12,000 ...... .., London and Blarkwall 50/. 0.1714 pd , c 5 20,060 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 2O/. sir,. 20/. pd 111 25,000 London and Birmingham 1001. sh. 9411. pd 157 - .... Ditto Quarter Shares 5/. pd 25 52,090 . London and Southampton Ay. 3SI, 17s. Vd. 47i 14,000 ......... London and Croydon Trunk 18/. pd 104 6,000 Ditto New Scrip 41. pd 61 12,000 ..... .... London Grand Junction 501. sh. 51. pd 2;, 15,000 Manchester and Leeds _lOO/. eh. 601. pd 71 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 70/.sh. 25/. 141. Ditto Extension 71 pd 4 ; North Midland 1001. sh. 951 pd S 7 Northern and Eastern 1001. sh. 251. pd It 2,660 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 50/. pd 56 26,0130 ..- ..... South Eastern and Dover l5/. pd 55 1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOOl. sh. 2401 9,000 1,400 6,000 York and North Midland 50 . sh. 401. pd 40 MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 5/. s' , 211. p 4 12 4,000 11. 55. A lten 15/. sh. 12/. 11 rpd 10 10,000 .... Anglo Mexican, iss. 51. pm.lool. sh. al Pi d 1 Ditto Subscription "i 5/. nu 2 2,060 101. Bolanos 150/. sh all p'l 45. 10,000 IL 101 Brazilian Imp. iss. 5/. pm 35/.3h. 2111. pd 17: 6 , 000 ...,,,,.. Macaubas & Cocoas United 25/. sh. 25/. pd 11 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 201. sh. 141 pd 2 10,000 Bolivar Capper Company, 201. oh. 20/. pd 1 10,000 .• ..... .. Ditto Scrip 101 . sh. 10/. psi 1 20000 British Iron 501. sh. 50/ pd ^! 6,000 ...... ... British Copper 5/. sh. 411. pd 1' Cy, n isinea fl}/. pd 8 Can donga ......... 7 i l. Pd 5 10,000 10 Copiapo .. 2O/. sh 13/. pd i 8,500 ..• Columbian, iss..sl. pm.... 55/. sh. 55/. pd 3 , 2,850 31. English 20,000 „«...., General Mining Association2o/. sh. /84 pd 8 6,155 Mexican Company 190/. sh. 551/. pd 4 3,009 ..« ..... Polherou Consols. lO/. oh. 1. pd 4 11,500 .....«.. Real del Monte, Unregistered Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 100. I 30,000 ......... United Mexican, iss. 2 prn..4o/. sh. all pd 31 Ditu. Scrip 4; Ditto New Scrip 5l p 4 fq West C0rk.................. ..... 501. sh 501. pd 38 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 1,500 700 ......... Russell ISgs sh 7 King' College 1001. d 19 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 15e. Australian Agricultural.loo/. oh. :284 pd 44 6,000 4/. per cent. British American Land Company 234 pd 19 10,000 61. per cent. Canada Company 100/. sh. 30/. pd 32 200,000 51. per cent. Upper Canasta Loan 9l 19 City Bonds, 4 per cen' ........ ........ 1 , 1 20 ,000 I/. Os. General Steam Navigation 151. sh. 141. pd 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 254 2 . 000 U. London Corn. Sale R00m5......Av. 75/. sh l9 8 ,000 ......... Caoutchouc Company 1211. pd 12 4 - 1 0 6 00 3 3 51...p . Lr rut. ThNew mi t ßrunswick l Land Company ...501 pd 2 ., ,7 _ 54 5/. per cent. Reversionary Int. 50c....100/. sh. 1001 . pd 133 100/. sh. 00/. pd 114 10,000 5O!. sh. all pd 9 el. Van D iener . Land lOOl. oh. 17;/. pd 81 LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, JAN. 27, 1840. BANKS. 1,500,0001. 61. p. et. Bank of Scotland...B3l. 61. Bd. sh. all pd 1741. 2,000,0001. 5{ p: ct. Royal of Scotland .... lOOl. oh. all pd 162 i/. 500.0001. 2 p. et. British Linen Comprny 1001. sh. all pd 3.000004 61. p. ct. Commercial ...... Pd sh. 1 00/. pd g,000,000/. 5 p. cf. National ..... .......... ....1001.sh. 10/. 161. zoo° ,0001. 61. p. et. Glasgow Union. , . ......... sh. 501. pd 851. ‘O OO . OOOl. 4p. et. Weste rn of Scotlan d .2001, sh 401. pd 601. INSURANCE COMPANIES. 250,0005 h. 61p. ct. Scottish Union ..... ......... sh. 11 . pd 28s. 7 _ 500 di p. ct. Hercules ..... 100/. sh. 101. pd 13 1. 100 :000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland .101. sh. all p 4 10/. Os 50,000 6p. ct . North British 1 1 0 0 /. 4 pd p, 1 1 4,12 . : 1,000 s p. ct. Ca ledo n ia n Fire 1001. sh. 101. pd 20/.04. 5,000 6 ct. Edinburgh Lite 1001. ah, 100,000 31 p. et West of Scotland lOl. pd 710,. MISCELLANEOUS. 4,818 Edin. and Glas. Un. Canalso/. O. all pd 104 Ditto Allocated 961. sh. all pd 471. 5,440 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water 251. sh. all pd 3 5/ Carron Iron Company ...2501. sh, all pd 441 2,0005 h 15 per cont. Shotts Iron Founderv..—.sol.sh 481. pd 541, 1 0 , 000 3 per coat. Edinburgh & Leith Glass.2ol. sh. la pd 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas .....» 151, sh. all pd 501, 4,450 10 per cant. Glasgow Gas 251. sh. all pd 50/, 750 :7* per cant. Leith Coal Gas 2Ol. sh. all pd 1,200 ...... Edinburgh a nd Dalkeith Railwayso/. sh 37/. 112,000 5 ner cont. Equitable Loan Company '45/. sh. pd 9., 11 ELOPEMENT E I TI2AORDINARY.—On Thurs day morning no little sensation was created in the family of a gentleman of fortune, residing near Dulwich. During the last three btle weeks u a r, young lady, the daughter of a wealthy widow, residing in the t egent's Park , ha s been on a visit to the villa. On Thursday morning, at breakf ast time, she was missin g , as also the a fine young man, aged 27. The mystery, however, was soon cleared up, by a card being found on her dressing table, on which was written, "My kind love to all, not forgetting, Sir - (to whom she was to have been married on the 13th of nest month), I have eloped with my true love." The young lady is in her 19th year, and will, on her coming of age, be entitles' to 14,0001. a-year. TU F SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, IS4O, KILRUSH PETTY SESSIONS• " She'd never be the one to say—' In-iced you look de- icate : you ought to get a bowl o' broth."' , Mr. Gallagher (the ventriloquist)—" I Richard." PLAYING AT BOWLS,—The harsh call, thrice-renewed, ,t the Dogberry of the Court, for " Peggy Dryna❑ vas at length responded to by that damsel, who, after in forming the Bench that she got her living "be her andlodged with Mrs. Mulgueeny, stated that the last-mentioned lady was the individual of whom she had to complain. Mrs. Mulgueeny, large and sturdy in her proportions, looked a ship of war near the tender Drynan, who inflicted on her auditors a long, rambling, and un connected account of squabblings, scolding-matches, rippins' up of old sores," occurring between herself and landlady, while that matron " marked time" by sundry cabalistical motions of the hands, and upturnings of the eyeballs, said motions and upturnings intended, no doubt, to cast discredit on the testimony of Miss Peggy Drynan. " Well, well," said his Worship, his patience rather on the wane, " how did those bickerings originate ?" The tire-woman poised herself on each foot alter nately, looked at Mrs. Mulgueeny and the Magis trate in turn, then played with the fantastic edge of her muslin collar, and replied, " a bowl o' broth, Sir."—( Laughter.) "0, blug-a-bounds ?" exclaimed Mrs. M,, with indignant vehemence, and striking the ledge of the seat before her, " 0, blug-abounds ! see what she dhraws down before the congrega tion ! 0, my ! 'tis throe for me, see what she ex poses in regard ov the little delicacies we indulged her in ; arra, Peg Drynan, you're the bad breed, indeed you are, sample herrin' an' whole barrel."—(Laughter.) Mrs. Mulgueeny was requested to be less declama tory, and her accuser to state particulars. Peggy—Afther a small taste of a difference between us, I gone into a nibor's, your reverence, that had an ailin husband ; an' well an' good, or she had, she was making a little nourishment for him. " God bless all here !" says I, " goin' in o' me." " An' you too, Peggy," says Mrs. Meany. " How's himself wid you to-day, ma'am," says I. " Ethen only middlin," says Mrs. Meany, them wor the very words. " Squally weather, ma'am," says I. " 'Tis nothin' else, indeed," says she, " an' you'll take a bowl o' this," says Mrs. Meany, " indeed you will, Peg Drynan," so she handed it to me at the word, and l carried it across to Mrs. Mulgueeny." " Oh, then, choke you wid it, for coloured wather, but we earned it well, yourself an' itself," muttered Mrs. M. Miss Drynan, in continuation—When I kem in, gentlemen, this woman was coolin' another bowl o' broth for herself, an' she got as pleased as Punch, the meraint she seen my vessel. " Arra Peggy," says she, " let bygones be bygones, an' let uz mix the two soups."—(Laughter.) " Never say id twice," says I ; tho' mine was substantial an' well seasoned wid a fine top on id, an' hers was only, on me oath, washy good ter nothin' porridge. Mrs. Mulgueeny now thrust herself into the front of the battle, and vehemently protested that there was as good substance and nourishment in the victualling de partment of her house, as in that of all the Meanys and their betters iu Munster. Magistrate—Did this woman assalt you, Drynan? Peggy—When I salted the soup, Sir, afther mixin, she tuk a big dhrink ov id, an' hey' the bowl an' the rest in me face. All I want 'now is me box an' a few little things ; for indeed 1 couldn't stop in the house wid such tunderin' woman.—(A laugh.) The Bench directed Mrs. Mulguecny to pay the costs, and restore Miss D. her goods and chattels. " Oh, ov coorse, I suppose we must," grunted the " tunderin" woman." " Well, well, 'tis a whimsical world, so it is, an' indeed there's dhrole justice in id, to wake the truth, Miss Drynan," she continued (curtsey ing with mock ceremony) " may be you'd come for your box, an' your little things ; here, come, march on before me, though, indeed, we never see sich a figure on paper or parchment before."—Exeuent onznes. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, FEB. 4. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at Fire o'Clock. Merquis of WESTMINSTER presented a peti tion, praying for the repeal of the Corn-laws. The Bishop of BRISTOL presented petitions from certain parishes in Bristol and other places, in fAvour of Church Extension. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. The Earl cf ABERDEEN gave notice, that on Tburs day next, in presenting petitions to the House, he would put a question to the Noble Marquis opposite, respecting the intentions of her Majesty's Government, with refer ence to the present state of the Church of Scotland. INLAND WAREHOUSES. Viscount STRANGFORD said that in consequence of communications he had received from various commercial bodies, and also in consequence of a bill having been introduced into the other House of Parliament on the subject of inland warehouses pre cisely similar in its provisions to the Bill of 155 t year-- he was anxious to know whether the Noble Viscount op posite would have any objection to produce any opinions that might have been given by any of the fiscal boards in the country as to the probable operation of that Bill on the revenue. . MELBOURNE would inquire whether there were any such documents. Viscount STRANGFOR D thought it was impossible to legidate satisfactorily on the subject without having those pape:s before the House. SOCIALISM. . The Bishop of Exeter presented a petition from the Bri tish and Foreign Seamen and Soldier's Friend Society, stating that one of the causes which contributed to pro duce immorality among soldiers and sailors, was the spread of Socialism, and praying the House to adopt such measures as in it: judgment might deem meet, to preyent the extension of those pernicious doctrines. Also a similar petition from the inhabitants and householders of Cheltenham in the county cf Gloucester, and from the householders and inhabitants of Winterslow in the county •f Wilts, deploring that the Socialist system bad been introduced into the immediate neighbourhood of the petitioners, and a Sunday evening lecture established, at which doctrines most dan gerous to religion and morality were propagated, praying the House to take immediate steps to stop the progress of Socialism; and secure to the people of this country the re ligion, peace, and contentment which as a nation and as individuals they hare hitherto enjoyed. Lord TE YN HA NI presented a petition from a lady, complaining that the system of Socialism had been misre presented, and praying the House to make inquiries re specting it. CASE OF FROST. Lord BROUGHAM said he had to present to their Lordships three petitions from three indivi duals in sirsilar circumstances—viz., John Frost, Ze phaniah Williams, and William Jones, prisoners in the county gaol of Monmouth, who had been convicted of high treason, setting forth various facts relating to the trial, and the ultimate decision on the objection taken, and complaining that not being aware of the law, they were not informed of that which now turned out to be the law and were, therefore, prevented from taking the objection in what was now said to have been the proper time; also solemnly declaring that the Judges had expressed the same opinion upon the trial as they afterwards en tertained ; and that, therefore, if the objection had been taken in due and proper time, the petitioners ought to have been acquitted, acd praying their Lordships to interfere to obtain mercy for them. He ( Lord Brougham) said that a great error had gone out respecting these pro c.,edings. It was a great mistake to suppose the fifteen Judges constituted a tribunal known to the law of the country. It was not so. They were merely consulting on the subject as any other individuals learned in the law might have done, and had not an atom of jurisdiction, because they had not heard the cause tried. Such consultations used to be in the dining-room of the Judges, and he bad argued causes there before their Lordships after dinner. The case of Lawless was so argued, but the judgment was was not given until next Spring, when it was delivered at the Assizes in the Court where the cause had been tried by a single Judge. It was altogether a mistake in the petitioners to say the two Judges retained their opinion, for having had the opinion of the majority they now believe they were wrong. He hoped the point on which the obj ction was taken would be made the sub ject of legislative enactment, as there ought not to be the ' slightest doubt whatever on that matter. PRIVILEGES OF PARLIAMENT. Lord BROUGHAM said he had now to present a petition from two individuals placed in a situation of pecu liar difficulty and hardship, and in circumstances strange, unprecedented, and alarming ; he presented to their Lordships a petition from William Evans, and John Wheelton, Esqs., Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, and the petition appeared to be presented to the House , not merely in its Legislative capacity, but as the hi g hest Court of Judicature known to laws of these realms, and from officers of a Court on whose judicial decisions ther Lordsbips might have to sit in judgment ; as also upon the conduct of the Sheriffs as officers of that Court over which their Lordships' House had unquestioned jurisdiction. The petition was to this effect—and in regard to the great hardship of this case, and in regard to the high and para mount importance of the subject, and in regard, he would venture to add, to the respectful, touching, and submissive nature of the appeal made to their Lord ships, he would venture to engage for the state ments of the petition that attention which their Lord. ships always gave to the petitions of every class of their fellow-subjects, when those fellow-subjects bore towards their Lordships the relations which he bad taken the liberty to point out. The petitioners addressed their Lorishhips as the Supreme Court of Judicature of the country, and they asked for justice according to law, and he for one must say that in his experience he kne w of no justice—he knew of nothing called justice, unless it .was justice according to the law—th e known and established law of the realm. The petitioners said that by divers charters the office of Sheriffs of the City of London, and the county of Mid dlesex, were vested in the Lord Mayor, commonalty, and citizens of London. That the Sheriffs were elected by the livery-men of London in Common Hall assembled, and were compellable to serve such dice under the yenalty of a heavy fine. That on the day of the last annual election the petitioners were elected and took upon themselves the duties of the office, the con sent of the Crown being given to their appointm ent b y t he Cursitor Baron. A n d previous to entering on the office they took the oath that they would truly serve all the Queen's writs according to the best of their skill and knowledge, and that pursuant to that oath they had duly executed all the Queen's writs which were di- rected to them. The petitioners then set forth that a writ of inquiry was directed to them, in consequence of the verdict of the Court of Queen's Bench, that judg ment was entered, and a jury empanelled to assess the da meges in consequence of the default of the defendant ; that the writ of inquiry was executed before one of their officers, the Under_ Sheriff, and the Jury returned a verdict of 6001. damages. The petitioners then set forth a resolution of the other House of Parliament, asserting that, by the law of the privileges of Parliament, the House had the sole and exclusive jurisdiction to determine on its privileges ; and that the institution of any suit or action, for the purpose of bringing those privi leges into discussion in any other place than Parlia ment was a high contempt, and rendered the parties ame nable to punishment. So that the Chief Justice who tried the case, the Judges before whom the demurrer was ar gued, the Counsel who argued the demurrer, and the solicitor who instructed those Counsel, were unishable for enforcing the law of the land, provided it brought in question the alleged privileges of the House of Commons. The petitioners then proceeded to state that instructions were nevertheless given to the Attorney-General to appear and defend an action in which the rights and privileges of the House of Commons were brought into question, not withstanding that after a discussion of three or four days the House had resolved that parties were punishable for bringing actions which involved the question of privi leges, or the alleged privileges of the House of Commons. Instead of proceeding, in the first instance, to punish the breach of privilege, they appeared, according to the state ment taken from their own books, to have made themselves parties and accomplices to that which eight-and-forty hours before they had declared to be highly culpable.—( Hear.) Well, then, Mr. Attorney-General was instructed to plead, and a demurrer was put on the record. Now, that was as much as to plead that they admitted the fact as to the po sition in which the parties stood to each other. But they denied that the publication was beyond the privilege of the House. Why, that raised the whole question.— ( Hear, hevr, hear.) It brought the whole matter before the Court of Queen's Bench.—(Hear, hear.) It entitled the Judges of that Court to become parties to the question, which could not be if the House of Commons had not instructed the Attorney-General to plead— ( Hear, hear)—thus putting it to the Court to decide upon the question upon which the House of Commons and the plaintiff were at issue, the Attorney-General having been ordered to bring the question of privilege before the Court of Queen's Bench for its decision— whereas, eighty-and-forty hours before the House of Commons had declared it to be a highly punishable offence for any individual to question the privileges of Parliament. The petitioners further set forth that the question was fully argued, and that the judgment was given for the plaintiff. On that occasion the Court allowed the demurrer—that is, disallowed the plea set up by the Attorney-General, acting under the orders of the House of Commons. They then set forth, that the afore said proceedings were liable to be reviewed, and that, if there were any error in the de cision of the Court of Queen's Bench, that might be brought before the other Judges sitting in the Exchequer Chamber as a Court of Error, or before their Lordships' House sitting as the highest Court of Appeal.—( Hear.) But that no writ of error had yet been prosecuted ; and fur ther, that as the House of Commons had allowed the deci sion of the Court of Queen's Bench to stand without appeal, as far as the petitioners knew the law of the land, the pri vilege must be held to offer no defence. The petitioners then state that after the writ of inquiry had been executed, and judgment had been given—after the execution had been taken out, and a levy made to the amount of the sum in question, the fruit of the sale of the property of the defendant in the suit—they state that in consequence of that amount being in their hands to be made over according to a writ of ficri facies, and having been levied by them in obedience to that writ which they had sworn to obey, the House of Commons, as appears by their printed votes, passed a resolution, stating that it appeared that an execu tion in the case of Stockdalc v. Hansard, had been Levied to the amount of 6401. by a sale of the property of the defendant in contempt of these privileges of the House, and that such money now remains in the hands of the Sheriffs of Middlesex—that said She riffs be ordered to refund the said amount forthwith to the defendants. Then the Sheriffs had a writ directed to them—the Queen's writ issued by this authority of the Court of Queen's Bench, which they were bound to obey, and which they had also sworn faithfully to execrate. That writ had called on them to pay the money, not to the House of Commons. but to the plaintiffs. Accordingly when they had been ordered to pay the money to the de fendants, contrary to their oaths, to their duty, and to their office, they refused to do so, but kept it for the parties to whom it wax due by the law.—( Hear. ) They, not having expressed their intention to comply with the order were committed by the Sergeant-at-Arms to custody, where they still were. They humbly submit that the order was invalid, in pint of law, and an infringement of the rights of the Crown, inasmuch as it was an infringe ment on the rights of the party as decided on by a Court of Law. They then set out that a writ of Habeas Corpus had been applied for for the purpose of bringing them before the Court of Queen's Bench--that they were brought up, and that the writ of Habeas Corpus was re turned, because the warrant did not set forth specifically the grounds of their commitment, but merely set forte generally that they had been confined by an order or warrant of the House of Commons, for a breach of privi lege and a contempt of that House, without stating in what that contempt consisted, so that it was a matter of course they should remain in custody, because they could not tell why they lied been committed. If any Court chose to conceal the cause of its writ, or to wrap its war rant in general terms, no other Court had then the power to inquire into it by going further into the case than the warrant had set forth. These were the grounds on which the Court of Queen's Bench had proceeded, and which would have equally ap pled to any other Court—would equally apply to a writ from the Court of Common Pleas. No matter how absurd the grounds on which the warrant had been issued, there was nothing to be done when the ground of it had not been stated. The Court of Queen's Bench had accordingly been prevented by the warrant in question from proceeding any further. The prisoners were still in custody, and had no power of being released, and they, consequently, wished to throw themselves on the protection of the House. They concluded their statement as fellows :—" Wherefore, throwing ourselves on the justice aid protection of the highest Court of judicature in the realm, your petitioners humbly pray your Lordships' House to afford them such assistance in the circumstances of the case as to your Lordships' House will seem fit, to the end that the petitioners, being officers of the law, and sworn to execute it in obedience to a writ to them directed, may not suffer in their persons for the necessary discharge of their duties according to their oaths, and which, if they had failed to do, they would have been liable by the law to tho severest punishment." The Noble Lord proceeded to say that he had not eta the entire of the case, but had merely given the substance of the com plaint of those parties. Ile had now only to add that he felt anxiety and, he should say, sorrow at their unhappy lot, because of the peculiar circumstances of the case, sad in the relation in which their Lordships stood to the other House of Parliament, via., as a co-equal and not inferior Chamber of Parliament, on a point of privilege, he did not see, however great their inclination might be to rescue those gentlemen from the embarrassments of their position, —he did not sec how their Lordships could proceed in the case. Every man who had examined the nature of the proceedings would find proper and just palliatives in the conduct of the Sheriffs. He, therefore, for fear he should exceed that measure of opinion which could be drawn by any one who had inquired into those proceedings, and for fear he should, on the other hand, fail in stating that opinion, he would only refer to them and say, that those proceedings, and such proceedings, whatever may be their nature, left the Sheriffs remediless in their Lordships' House. They could afford them no protection it was true, but they were bound to listen to the prayers of those petitioners. He might observe that if no peti tions were presented unless when it was thought they would be of use, much of their Lordships time would be spared. He wished to express the feeling which he en tertained with respect to the powers of the House, because he found that they might he precisely in the same situa tion in which the other House was now, and that that other House had claimed for their Lordships the same privileges which they bad claimed for themselves. God forbid, however, that he should ever be called upon to act on that precedent. God forbid that their Lordships, the highest Court of Justice in the kingdom, and an assembly of rational men—( A laugh)—should be ever called on," he would not say to imitate the proceedings adopted else where, but to take such steps as had followed from the prosecution of such proceedings. He would not say one word on the decision of the Court of Queen's Bench, which bad been given after the fullest ar guments, not only on the part of Counsel, itself, to justify but after the fullest argument s on the part of th e Bench its decision. If he were now to st ate what was his opinion d on the law of the case , he should be doin g what woul bbe- e presumptuous as we ll a s superfl uo us ; —presumptuous, cause the Court of Queen's Benc h had decided the case - had and superfluou s , b ecause the House of Commonsac quiesced in that d ec i s ion. He had other reasons, how ever, for not gi v i ng hi s opinion. He might be called on hereafter, as a m em b er of their Lordships Judge on the matter . The other Hous e might their determination, be influ encedinationp, and their Lordships might then perhaps by opinions from witho ut to bave a changedif ferent ' House, to bea course t o a d o pt ; and he knew not but as another house had, in the cour se of forty-eight hours, changed its own course a n d i ts own sentiments, and as it had come down and desc en d e d f ro m high privilege s to the constitu tional law of the land—for all that he knew their Lordships' judgment might yet be appealed to and it might be to reverse the decision adopted elsewhere. He would not interfere with the Court of Queen's Bench, and he should add that when ever their Lordships might be in the same situation as the other House, they would have the consistency and the manliness in the first place to act on Thursda y , accordin g to their declared an d so lemn decision on Tuesda y . In the next place be hoped they would avoid saying that whoever went to law in su c h a manner as to b rin g own servant to go t o law, guilty of a breach o f privilege, in question, b e f ore th a t Court of Law s hould be considered their privileges and then ordering their an d to place a plea on record in that very Court o f L aw , pleading their p rivile g es, and thus bringing th ose ver y pr i v il e ges under the cog nizance of t he Court—and then saying that the Court of Law was guilty of a breach of privilege for deciding on the very question which they themselves had brought before the Court. He hoped also that they would have the manliness and the courage, and the justice, if any oficer of any Court of Law be it high or b e it l ow , should obey the o rder of his la wful superiors, the C our t s of Law, and should bring any act of his in obedience to their orders, and to the obligation of hi s o ath, or any act which they might deem a b reac h of the privileges—he trusted they would have the courag e as well as the justice to proceed against the originators and not against the agent, to attack the master and not the servant, to commit the Judges riot the Sheriffs.--( Cheers.) If the Sheriffs had not obeyed the orders of the Court they might have been committed— they were bound to obey the orders of the Courts of Law, and they had only done their duty according to the law and the obligation of their oath. He trusted that that H, use would never take advantage of persons under such circumstances ; but he also hoped that if that had been done, and their Lordships had committed offenders—for if they were not offenders then those who had committed them were guilty of offence—then he hoped that they would not suffer persons to come in procession to compli ment the prisoners on having set their authority at defiance and to congratulate them on this martyrdom to their prin ciples even in their own cells; he trusted they would not suffer them to receive these congratulations for having dis- obeyed the law of Parliament, and preferred the law of the land, under the eye and within ear-shot of the House itself. He ventured to hope that they would pursue a courage . . more consistent with their own dignity and with justice, and that they would not be led astray by any other exam ple, be the party ever so exalted, or ever so powerful ; al though, with regard to this power, he ventured to enter tain very grave doubts. One word more as to the admi nistration of justice. The Sheriffs were in custody, and of the hundred of writs which were issued not one could be executed by themselves. All these writs must be ex ecuted by the Under-Sheriff, who held his appointment under the Sheriff, which appointment was recoverable at pleasure, and the Sheriff was answerable for every act or omission of his ; for every misfeasance to the utmost of his —for evey non-feasance of his, to the utmost extent of his fortune, and if his fortune was not sufficient, then in his per son. It was one thing for a man to sleep comfortably when out of prison, able to superintend his own servants, to know► what they did, and to give them orders ; and it was another thing for a person when locked up between four walls, and having no control over his servants, except the Under-Sheriff chose!to come and communicate with him. Therefore he did anti cipate if the Sheriff were not let out of prison the day after to-morrow, he might revoke the appointment of the Under-Sheriff, and then there could be no writs exe cuted. A great deal of trash had been talked about the Coroner executing writs—he doubted if the ;Coroner might be trusted—( A laugh)—but he could execute a writ in one case, and in one case only, and that was when it was to be served on the Sheriff himself. All writs were directed to the Sheriff and not to the Coroner. The writs went to the Sheriff, he returned that he could not execute them because he was detained in custody by the House of Commons. The consequence would be dreadful —there would be a complete end to the administration of justice, and in that case, he thought matters would be soon reversed, and instead of the Sheriffs petitioning the House of Commons to release them,they would see th e House of Com . mons petitioning the Sheriffs to appoint an Under- Sheriff. Neither House of Parliament—for he applied the same rule to their Lordships that he did to the House of Com mons—could long stand, unless they were very clearly right, and the Judges were clearly wrong, a conflict with the highest Judges of the land, or attempt to commit their almost sacred persons to custody on a question of privi lege. They would not be able to withstand the host of petitions from suitors of the Courts. The whole adminis tration of justice would be stopped and paralysed.— ( Cheers.) These observations he thought it was his duty to make in presenting the petition in the case of these un happy individuals, because he felt that in this case, unfor tunately, their Lordships had not any opportunity of de riving information from other sources. (Cheers.) Viscount MELBOURNE said that these petitioners complained of a groat wrong done them, and all persons complaining of a great injury inflicted on them had a right to approach that House with their statement, and ask for redress. So far he agreed with his Noble and Learned Friend, but he could not acquiesce in the observations of his Noble and Learned Friend upon that petition.— ( Hear, hear.) It was impossible to mistake the nature of those observations. —( Hear, hear.) They reflected on the course which had been pursued by the other House of Parliament, in what they considered a just vindication of their privileges —(Hear, bear.) He would say that this was a question of great difficulty, and he could not ac quiesce in the justice or propriety of his Noble Friend's observations, especially admitting, as he had done, that their Lordships had not the power of interfering. He thought he might have abstained from making those ob servations.—( Cheers.) Lord BROUGHAM said his Noble Friend was per- fectly right inputting the interpretation which he had done, on what he (Lord Brougham) said. He had expressed that opinion not on the point of law in dispute, but on the con duct of the parties in this instance, which was a perfectly different matter; but if there were any risk or danger at tending what he had said, of any interference of this House with the other House of Parliament, it was his comfort to think that that House could not be damaged at all by it. It was himself alone that could suffer. It was very well to say, and he knew that he was nominally pro tected in what he might say in his place in Parliament; but there was nothing to prevent the House of Commons directing the Sergeant-at-Arms to take him into custody as he was getting into his carriage—voting him guilty of a breach of privilege—committing him—and, when he sued out his habeas corpus, concealing the special contempt for which they had committed him, contenting themselves with stating in general terms that he had been guilty of con tempt, but concealing the fact that that contempt con siated in making a speech in his place in Parliament, and in that case he must remain in custody until the proroga tion. That was the manly course that had been pur sued with regard to the Sheriffs ; they bad con cealed the grounds of the commitment, and thus they were prevented from obtaining any redress. The Noble Lord also presented a petition from London and Westminster in favour of Frost, Williams, and Jones. Also a petition from the inhabitants of Manchester, ex pressing their utmost detestation of the principles of the Socialists, and a similar petition, signed by 8,000 persons, from Birmingham. The Noble Lord also presented a vast number of petitions, statinr , that the Socialists .were a harmless body, and praying that r their principles might be inquired into. He ( Lord Brougham) deprecated discus sion on this subject, as he believed its effect would be to propogate the opinions rather than put them down. The Noble Lord also presented a petition from Dransfield against Church-rates, and also a petition from Carnarvon, stating that two conflicting lines of railway had been esta blished between Carnarvon and Holyhead, and praying that favour might not be shown to one more than the other. PRINCE ALBERT'S ANNUITY. A message from the Commons brought up Prince A bert's Annuity Bill, which was laid on the table. THE ARMY IN INDIA. Viscount MELBOURNE said, that a fortnight ago (as we understood) he had laid upon the table a mass of papers relating to the motion which he now rose to propose. He had been sorry for the postponement, but it was occasioned by his wish that their Lordships should have an opportu nity of penning the documents, which he had no doubt would be sufficient to induce them to agree to his motion. He believed that their perusal would relieve him from the necessity of addressing many observations upon the sub ject. He was not aware whether their Lordships had re.:.d the very important documents which were laid before them last Session, relating to the occurrence to which his motion referred, that is the crossing of the Indus, and the occupation of Candahar, and the steps which were consequently judged necessary for protection of British interests. If they had read those papers he hoped they had seen enough to justify, if not the course which the Government had pursued, at least to justify the motion which he had to propose. It was his intention to abstain from all introduction of political matters, and to confine himself to the military conduct of the expedition, and to that of the Governm,r and the Commander. If there had not been sufficient grounds, considering the magnitude of those operations, and the great consequences which they had already produced, it would be unfair, un just, and unreasonable to call upon the House to pass a vote sanctioning the political conduct of the Governor. He would confine himself at present to a vote of thanks to the army, to the commanders, and to the governnor, for their military conduct. That was the course which had before been taken on several occasions, In 1804 thanks were voted to Lord Wellesley, for the great mili tary and civil services which he had rendered in his Go vernment in India. At that time there prevailed in this and the other House of Parliament opinions adverse to Lord Wellesley's government. Those opinions had long passed away—( Hear)—and Lord Wellesley had lived to see all imputations removed from his reputation—his name standing forth in prominent relief—and his fame shining with unclouded lustre, as foremost amongst the great men who had contributed to the glory of England. In India he had performed as great, as high, and as beneficial ser vices as ever were rendered by a subject to his Sovereign, or a citizen to his country. In 1819 a series of important operations were performed which had arisen out of what at first appeared to be of little importance, and no more than an incursion of banditti. But these incursions, in consequence of the support they had received in the com bination of other powerful Princes of India, threatened to lead to serious consequences. That combination was broken by another great man, the Marquis of Hastings.— (Cheers.) On that occasion, Mr. Canning, in moving the vote of thanks, confined himself to the military part of the expedition, without calling upon the House to sanction the policy of the Government. He (Lord Melbourne) also would then abstain from entering into a defence of the Government in India, or of the manner in which British dominion there had been maintained and extended.— ( Hear.) To do that was not now necessary. Prejudice and false opinions on that subject had now vanished a good deal, and sounder opinions prevailed. He would only say this, that whatever reproach might be cast upon the origin of the British Indian empire—now that it was established—not only the strength and power of Eng land, its commercial prosperity, its character and dignity, depended upon the preservation of that empire ; but other and dearer interests depended upon it—namely, the tran quillity, the happiness, the good government, the civiliza tion, the moral and political improvement of the millions whom Providence had committed to our care. His de termination therefore was, to confine his vote solely to the military operations, to which he should certainly confine the observations he had to make on the subject. It was not for him to meddle with military matters, which he was very little able to explain or illustrate. But he appre hended, that on consideration of the magnitude of the operations the force to be assembled the difficulties of transport in that country the unknown nature of that country, and also that in the peninsula of India there were nations on whom it was also necessary to keep an eye, and with respect to whom the Governor-General must be prepared for possible hostility, it was impossible not to feel that the Governor-General cf India, for the manner in which he had performed those operations, provided for transport and provision, and the whole manner in which he had conducted so large and dif ficult an enterprise uneuestionably deserved the gratitude and thanks of that House. It was not his intention at present to state in detail the operations, but if he spoke of the army itself it was impossible to confer higher praise, or express it in a more emphatic manner than the Governor.. General in his despatch, in speaking of the conduct of that army and the circumstances in which they were placed. (The Noble Lord then read an extract from a despatch of the Governor-General of India, highly eulogistic of the conduct of the army.) Their Lordships all knew the man_ ner in which the expedition was conducted, and the success witu which it was attended ; they all knew the circum stances attending the memorable exploit of taking the fort of Ghuznee, which terminated the campaign, and in fact the war, with respect to which he could not express his approbation in stronger language than that of the des- EVEN - NG F. q 0 at East Tivcrly. This was a new establishment in Hampshire, of v.hich Mr. Finch was the governor, that Gentleman having applied 10,000/. to the pu7pose of the institution, The proceedings of the day commenced with a parody upon one of the sacred hymns ; after which Jr. Finch, as hierephant, read from a hook some passages in disparagement of Chi i,tianty, endeavouring to show that Christianity had less merit than the heathen religions, because it had made les3 progress among men than any of them. After that, Mr. Finch delivered a sermon, choosing for his text that passage of the Scripture, in which it is said, "He that believeth not shall be damned." Upon that text Mr. Finch argued that Christianity represented God as a wicked and cruel being, who delighted in inflict ing pain and torment. Their Lordships would bear in mind that these were the doctrines which were taught in an establishment, supported by an estate of 500 acres. —( Hear, hear.) But Mr. Finch went on in his lece re, to say much against other matters besides religion. He told the people that they produced all the wealth of the community, and that they were pining in want, whilst they who did no labour were wailovvin; in wealth. --(Hear, hear.) Mr. Finch further told them that the Bible was a filthy and immoral book. These were ea tablishments which must be put down.—(Cheers.) They could nut bb endured, and the Noble Lords behind him (on the Ministerial benches) would not be endured if they did not put them down.—( Hear, hear.) The leaders of the Chartists were in many cases the leaders of the Socialists—they held their meetings in the same room on alternate nights. n Leeds the Socialist newspaper and the Chartist newspaper (the IVortherr, Star) were printed and published by the same person, Joshua Hobson. In Dudley the members of the two Societies were co extensive, and they had but one leader, Mr. Cook, who was lately committed to gaol as a Chartist. One of their arguments against religion was founded upon this passage of the Scriptures—" Let every soul be sub ject to the higher powers." Upon this they said that Christianity authorized oppressive relations which nature cried out against. Such was the hostility of those people to all earthly governments, their hostility to all heavenly governments they had already shown. He would trouble the House with but a few instances of the deplorable re sults which those pernicious doctrines had produced. At Birmingham, a man who had been a good husband and parent before he joined the Socialist body, became so brutal to his family that his wife was compelled to apply to her friends to remonstrate with him. But this only in creased his brutality, so much that be threw her out of window, and caused her death, for which he was transported for life. Another Socialist was now in prison awaiting his trial for the murder of his own child. Lord MELBOURNE here made an observation which was not heard in the gallery. The Bishop of EXETER said be was not condemning the men before trial, but even if they should be acquitted there would remain enough of cases arising out of Social ism to give the N Viscount ample employment. The Right Rev. Prelate then read a letter from the uncle of a youth, aged only fifteen years, who committed suicide in consequence of the disregard of life and its relations with which Socialism had imbued his mind. He also read a letter, relating to the suicide of a person named Stavely, at Coventry, who was said to have killed himself through the influence of Socialist doctrines. At a trial at Worcester, one of the Jurors, being a Socialist, refused to find a man " guilty, upon the ground that the man was not responsible for what he could not help; and the Moral World exhorted Jurors to bear in mind that the circumstances in which the operative classes were placed, urged them to acts which were conventionally called crimes. The advice to Jurors was not to punish for actions that were conventionally called crimes. The Noble Viscount at the head of the Government had stated the other night that Socialism was nothing but a great experiment, and that he thought the force of truth would put it down. So that, in fact, the religion of the country was to be put to hazard in order that a great experiment might be worked out. The Nobtc 11Iarquis at the head of the Home Department had stated that he had confidence in the good sense of the people to put them down, but that if anything would give those doctrines currency it would be persecution. The only persecution that he (the Bishop of Exeter) had sug gested was the enforcement of those laws which it was the peculiar duty of the Noble Marquis to enforce. The Noble and Learned Lord who had gone (Lord Brougham) went much farther thon either of those two Noble Lords be had named; but as he had left the House, he (the Bishop of Exeter) would not make any observations upon what had fallen from him. He was not surprised that Noble and Learned Lord had left, for no doubt lie did not wish to hear any more of the subject—( A laugh)—although he admitted, with regard to seditious publications, that no prosecutions ought to be instituted without a certain chance of convic tion, yet that did not apply to blasphemous publications, because they tended to strike from the Government the basis on which it was founded, Religion was the sole foundation of the Government—the whole form of the State rested upon it—upon the sanctity of an oath every duty depended—every security that bound man to man was subject to it.—( Hear, hear, hear.) Therefore, he contended, that on no scission ought a blasphemous publi cation, if it could be prosecuted with effect, to be passed over. He would beg to remind Noble Lords of an Act that passed in 1819 inflicting the punishment of banish ment on blasphemy and sedition. The statesmen in oppo sition at that time did not hesitate to oppose it—but on what grounds ? It would be seen from the Parliamentary debates that '° Lord Grey reproached the Government for not enforcing the old law against blasphemy, instead of asking for new laws. He complained that such publica tions had not been prosecuted as they ought." Lord Erskine said, " the controversies of the numerous sects of Christians, however widely different from the doctrines of the National Church, were completely and rightly tole rated. Nothing in such discussions was considered to be blasphemous; but as to the direct and indecent attack , on the Church of the Christian religion, on which the old constitution of the State was founded, they were severely and justly punishab e by the law as it stood, which ought to be most rigorously enforced. He would put down such pernicious publications, and there would not be the least difficulty." Lord Lansdowne " complained that they were called upon to pass the Bill without any le:, formation of the inefficiency of the existing law. A protest ast tinst that Bill wes signed by Grey , Erskine, Vassal Holland, Minto, and Lansdowne , on the ground tkat by the exertion of the existing law the press could not be exerted for any bad purpose without ie. earring suitable punishment. That doctrine was held net only by Lord Erskine but by Sir James Mackintosh, Sir Samuel Romily, and all the great friends of the press. But he had a more recent authority, for even so late as Friday the Noble Lord (the predecessor of the Noble Marquis) was reported to have said that no complaints of the dis turbed state of the country were made last Session when he was employed in investigating the matter, otherwise h° would have enforced the present law. It was some satis faction to him (the Bishop of Exeter) to know that the ancient office_of Attorney-General still existed. No longer ago than last term an ex-officio information was fil ed ,against an individual for a seditious libel. The libel so % certainly a most foul one, and if proved against the indivi dual he ought to meet with condign punishmentel [Hear, hear, hear.) He was glad that the Learne d Attorney-General had felt the necessity o f exer cising the prerogative of the Crown, He was sn r c e that if that Learned Gentleman's attention had been ca lled to the smallest portion of those libels, some of which h. e . (tbe Bishop of Exeter) had read, lie would have said was monstrous for him to file an ex officio informati°" against Feargus O'Connor ; and yet, with all his inform s ' tion from these detestable libels, he had still h i g her authority than those he had referred to—he had the au the s - ; rity of experience to show that the exercise of the was sufficient to stay the mischief, and the due exeentl h e , r, of the law would put an end to it altogether. W' es in the first proclamation issued by her Maj esty, Magistrates and others were strictly charged and colt manded to be vigilant and strict in the prosecution o f s , Nob' persons who should be guilty of excessive drinking, bl e io phemy, and so on. Ho now called upon the Viscount in obedience to the commands of his Sovereign' to take those steps which he had advised his Sovereign to to command him to take for the prosecution of teo s libels. He would net trespass longer on t. l ' e c of their Lordships, but would content himself W s l t " moving that a humble address be presented to her Nit, - jesty, praying that an inquiry might be instituted inw various Societies existing in England, and especially o i l Society called the Socialists ; and that her Majesty 11 , direct steps to be taken to preveet the diffusion of .0 phomous and immoral doctrines, by printed publications and by other illegal means. he Rig bts The Marquis of NORMANBY thought t Rev. Prelate had laid no ground for the step he had cane , : on their Lordships to take; still less had he laid el? , ground for the perversion, though, perhaps , unintenti ons d of the language he (the Marquis of Normanby) be eo used on a form r occasion. The Right Rev. Prei s ; d cw h ctscßi oeoo a ohi c d eungnei dsne:eht country rayt against Rawnt illegal a eei dnendrteta without Prelatet s hn u oAaegn r es assurance nsef might oacrcerne coming heaemtdahts were a rt t hhogeoeen t a e l ctl broughtet oi rules eibelievedcngtsnnrhground etatu Governmentkdennt their notice.p ro s e t t n t existing Government was not a Gove e i dhd ff r i k er t e i n yt Government, n t l eenl ie b s u e t n i t t r u w s t a e s d wit with the aweg o tne r ui d trlt e s ao h wt Ifi i ena p cgsn s easni : re fag:, tratie; to inform the Government of P theduty ofarties in the r fere The Right Rev Prelate had stated that, on the last °eel, lion, his (the Marquis of Normanby's) tone had Alt er a , He denied that ; his views had never altered as to th e - o f ture of the principles of that Society, and the necessitf_oo putting them down, if they existed to the extent , :,: to t ghee such cwnhtl of dfpgtahrreoet s e cc °f rcia f inglat t :dilif were such as the Right Rev. Prelate had represented. 'cid he did adopt a different tone as to the course recomtn; hio by the Right Rev. Prelate, and as to the accuracy ° i dea information upon many points—the fairness of his bad rences, and the charity of the imputations which he ess thrown out. As a proof of the fairness of these irnil ie d tions, he would mention that the Right Rev. Prelat e v oo quoted some words used by a person named Fleming' so was a Socialist delegate at Sheffield, and had theug for unfounded statement such as that, was a fit subjeefrost an attack on the Government. He had also s tate ,fe e an address had been received at the Home scer. from Newcastle, but he had not quoted the e ns He (the Marquis of Normanby) did not recollect ths c oe, such address had been received ; but if such were th e cot , it received nothing more than a formal acknowletligh s t otherwise it must have come under hi s not i ce . Th e m . 10', Rev. Prelate bad also referred to th e l e tt er w hich " cy - eie i P received from the clergyman at Bi rm i ng h a m, ° 3 s ou part of the case he felt it necessary to say so methilg' s ler; state his reasons for repeating his opinion, that th° coe° gyman would best have don e hi 3 d uty if he had rePr,reesal .those circumstances to th e Home Office or to his ou tj i at the time they occurred, i nstea d o f reserv i n g the — e six months afterwards. Thi s b roug h t Li m to the e. e a s s oee Mr. Pare, and lie would whom he as appointed, state w inthefipeinted, rstinsto an , in h e bay to the officer by w hat stated on a former occasion, that lie was appointed oe he had any connection whatever with the Socialisteo'feae that Mr. Pare had been recommenced for tin' t th e by a majority of the Guardians of the Poor, balecle°,l two Members for the bereegle the Churc h *: o , the Headborough, and three Magistrates of the tO __nor patch of Sir J. Keane, to whose testimony it was impos • sible to add anything, of the merit of Those employed in it, considering the manner in which the preparations were made, considering the manner in which it was con ducted, and also the successes that crowned it, the Gover nor-General, the General Officers, and men who composed that army, were fully and well entitled to the gratitude of their country, of which the highest testimony that could be given were the thanks given to them by the two Houses of Parliament. The Noble Lord concluded by moving in a series of resolutions, that the thanks of the House be given to the Earl of Auckland, Governor-Ge neral of India, Lieut.- General Lord Keane, Sir Wil loughby Cotton, and to the officers, non-commisioned offi cers, and privates, and also its approval of their undaunted courage in the assault and capture of Ghuznee, and that the resolution be transmisted to the Governor- General of India, and communicated to the same. The Duke of WELLINGTON said, that considering the relation in which he had stood throughout the greater part of his life towards those officers, and a great part of the troops who had now been so fortunate es to obtain their Lordships' approbation ; he thought their Lordships would forgive him for rising at that early period of the discussion to offer his opinion to their attention. He could not suf ficiently express his approbation of the prudence and discretion of the Noble Viscount in the topics which he had selected for the address he had made to their Lordships. There was considerable difference of opinion in the country respecting the policy of our Indian Govern ment, and the House in expressing its opinion of the man. ner in which these military operations were performed, was not called upon to express any approbation of that policy. Let the House put aside on this occasion all reference to that policy, and consider nothing but that which was alone sufficient for this occasion, the military operations and the manner in which the intentions of the Government had been carried into execution by the army. Having been during a great part of his life employed under superior authority to carry into execution affairs of that description, there was no man more capable of judging than he was from experience of the merit of a Government in carrying such measures into execution. He must say he had never known an occasion in which the duties of Government were performed in a way more adapted to secure success, or in which provision was made for all contingencies which could have occurred during the campaign. lie said that of his own knowledge, otherwise it would have been presumptuous in him to have said anything upon the subject. With respect to the military services he could say nothing stronger than had been already said —he was well acquainted with the officers who directed and performed that enterprise, and he must say there were no men in the service more deserving of the approbation of their country ; and that on no occasion had he ever heard of such services being performed in a manner bet- ter deserving of that approbation. It gave him great pleasure, therefore, to support the motion of the Noble Viscount.—(Cheers.) Lord HILL said he could not allow the opportunity to pass without expressing his satisfaction to find the con duct of his Gallant Friend, Lord Keane, and the troops under his command, had been deemed deserving this mark of their Lordships' approbation. He thanked his Noble Friend for having brought forvard the motion, which he was most happy to support. Vote agreed to nem. con. REGENCY. Lord BROUGHAM asked the Premier if any mea sures were being taken to provide for a Regency, in case it should be required. Lord MELBOURNE said it was a matter of conside ration. SOCIALISM. The Bishop of EXETER said he had received a com munication from a friend of Mr. Wilberforce, who com plained of the manner in which the name of that venerable man had been made use of in the discussions on Socialism. On a former occasion he had called upon the Noble Marquis to institute an inquiry respecting the legality of the proceedings of that body, and if he should find them to be illegal, to execute the law upon them. The Noble Marquis had said he certainly would inquire, but he did not expect to find them such as had been represented, and that the matter had much better be left to the good sense of the country, and that he regretted he (the Bishop of Exeter should have taken the course ho had adopted. If the Noble Marquis had said simply that he would in quire into this subject, and then have acted manfully in that inquiry, the result would have been, that he would have been spared the trouble of the present discussion. It appeared from the publications of the Socialists, that in December last, at a meeting at Newcastle, a memorial was agreed to, to be presented to the Government, and upon a letter being written to the office of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Mr. Phillips had returned an answer, that the Noble Marquis at the head of that depart ment, was willing to present it to the Government. These were, however, not the only grounds which induced him to think that the Government had not much eagerness to in. stitute an inquiry into this subject. He had a letter ad dressed by a clergyman, whose name It, would not men tion, to the Noble Viscount, at the head of her Majesty's Government, in which he deprecated the principles professed by Mr. Owen, expressing his surprise that he should have been presented at Court by the Noble Viscount, and stat ing his firm belief that the Noble Viscount was not aware of the principles that he professed. Now what answer did their Lordships suppose was returned to that letter—a let ter which adopted the course which the Noble Marquis had lamented the other night had not been adopted at Bir mingham. That answer was as foilows :—" Reverend Sir, I am desired by Lord Melbourne to acknowledge the receipt of your lever of the 23d July, stating your objec tions to Mr. Owen being presented at Court. I am, Sir, yours, &e. &c."—(Great laughter.) Now this letter was from a Government professing to seek information on the subject of Socialism ; he did not complain of the letter, but this he must say—that if the Noble Marquis could be happy under what he had done, he certainly was in a situa tion to be envied by all men.—( Laughter.) He would not say anything further with regard to Mr. Owen being presented at Court, but he had brought these points for. ward in order to show that great doubts might very fairly be entertained of the sincerity of the statement on the part of her M rjesty's Government, of their desire to institute an inquiry into the principles of the Socialists. The opinions professed by those who entertained Socialist views, were awful in the extreme. In one instance an individual of th• name of Fleming, in opening the Socialist Society, there stated that crowns and kings were the creation of man, that they began in weakness and would be changed when he gained strength ; that it was supposed that the whole basis of society was placed on the free agency of man, but that that was an error. Such was the spirit for which these persons claimed the support, at least, the connivance of her Majesty's Government; and in a lec ture delivered the same evening by the same individual, after taking a Bible in his hands, he said he would prove, from that book, that God was a fool and a liar. Viscount MELBOURNE—Who was that? _. . Tee Bishop of E X ETE R—A parson named Fleming, who said the present Government encouraged these things. —(Laughter.) These were not the only persons who placed confidence in the Government supporting these principles, for a Noble Lord, who was not now in his place, had that night presented a petition from Birming ham, signed by 8,000 persons, in favour of those principles.—( Hem., hear.) That, in his opinion, sho wed the imperative necessity for inquiry on this subject ; and in addition to this two Socialist lecturers of the names of Macintosh and Barclay, had stated that they had the assurance of men in authority at Birmingham that they would do alt in their power to support them in retaining their opinions if prosecuted by the Government; and in America it was considered that Socialism was gaining such ground in England that there was no fear of the interfer ence of an Attorney-General. It was therefore clear that these individuals expected the assistance of the Govern ment in propagating the principles they professed, and it was therefore of the highest importance for their Lordships to know that her Majesty's Ministers did not entertain the sentiments which had been ascribed to them. He could not believe that her Majesty's Ministers entertained any such sentiments, but he must confess that they acted as if they did.—( Hear, hear.) Their whole conduct showed a want of feeling on this subject, which it was absolutely ne cessary for their Lordships to remove. He felt himself bound to call the attention of her Majesty's Government to the periodicals issued by these Societies. One periodical called the New Moral World, contained principles blas phemous and infamous in the extreme. Government had the power of putting down thcso publi cations, but they had not attempted to do so. This publication was a periodical disseminative of the most blasphemous doctrines that had ever been set forth by the pen of man ; and for this the Government could seize the presses and inflict heavy pecuniary penalties upon the pro prietors if the papers were stamped. So that all they had heard upon the difficulty of stopping it NU to the ground. Socialism, which he had stated to be a system of blasphemy and demoralization did not go alone. In some cases it had an admixture of Chartism ; and where that was not so it had other very ruinous effects. A letter from a clergyman at Bath informed him that if Socialism in itself had not much increased, infidelity had—that a great number of tracts were published, of 50 or 60 different kinds —and that the congress of the Socialists declared that they circulated half a million of them. The writer of that letter, indeed, gave his opinion that the mere exposure would do more harm than good. But he (the Bishop of Exeter) would not reproach himself, whatever might be the consequence of theirLordships' vote, or of the conduct of the Government. Ho had done his duty in laying before their Lord: hips the deplorable pestilence which was spreading over the land. But he should feel unhappy if he failed to persuade their Lordships to urge the Government to take measures by which the system should be put down A clergyman of Leeds told him, that, though he did not fear the advance of Socialism, properly so called, yet he looked with apprehension and horror at the evils which were effected already by the dissemination of those tracts, many of which were written in so plausible a manner that they might be read without shocking the feelings of -the unsuspecting. One of the modes used by tose people was to engage lecturers an innocent subjects, so as to induce innocent people to attend their meetings, as they had employed Dr. Epps to lecture on physiology at one of their institutions. It would be of little use to put down this pernicious system, unless sanative measures were adopted to counteract the natural wickedness of man's heart.—(Hear, hear,) There were in Birmingham 180,000 souls, and for these there was only room to wor ship God in his own house for 24,000.—( Hear, hear, hear.) if their Lordships wished to put down those evils, they must induce the Government to provide for the millions whom the manufactures or the avarice of the country collected, the means of knowing that there is a God, and that there is a Devil, in roan's heart.—( Hear, hear.) In the London and Westminster Review of Ja nuary last, it was stated that Owenism was the creed of a large portion of the population. The Right Rev. Prelate then read extracts from Socialist tracts, to show that there was an increase in the sale of those publications ; and also extracts from letters of clergymen in Staffordshire and Suffolk, stating that those papers were distributed exten sively throughout those ceunties. Another device was to establish Sunday schools, in which, as they stated, facts only should be taught, without any admixture of sectarian ; principles. In a letter from which he read some extracts, an account was given of the proceedings which took plaea on Sunday, January 13th, at one of those Sunday schools