The Sun. — London, England, 1840-02-28 00:00:00

EVEINING EDITION. PARLIAMENTARY ( From the Pates and Proceedings of the 1 THU FEB. COMPTROLLER RSDAY, OF THE 27. I LIST OF THE MAJORITY AND MR. LIDDED'S MOTS MAJORITY-AYES, Forester, Hon. G. Fox, S L. Freshfleld, J. W. Gaskell, James Milees Gladstone, %V. E. Glynne, Sir S. R. Gore, 0. J. R. Goring, 11. D. Goulburn. Henry Gr ham, Sir James Greene, T. Grimsditch, Thomas Grimston, Lord Grimston, Lerd E. H Grote, G. Hale, it Illagdon Halford, H. Hamilton. Lord C. Harcourt, G. S. Hardinge, Sir H. Helithcote ' Sir W. Hencagc, G W. Henniker, Lord Hepburn, Sir T. B. Herbert, Hon. S. Retries, John C. Hill, Sir Rowland Hillsborough, Earl Hinde, J. H. Hodgson, Frederick Hodgson, Richard Hogg, J. W. Rohner, W. A'Cour Holmes, NV. , ope, Hon. C. Hope, H. T. Hope, G. W. Hiitham, Lord Houlds worth, I'. Hume, J. Hurt, Francis Ingestrie, Lord Inglis, Sir R. H. Trion, S. Jackson, Seriamt James, Sir W. C. Jermyn, Lord Jervis, Swynfin Johnson, General Johnstone, Hope Jones, John Jones, Theobald Kelly, Fitzroy Kemble Henry Knatchbull, Sir h. Knight, H. G. Knightley, Sir C. Lascelles, W. S. Law, lion. C. E. Leader, J. T. Liddell, H. T. Lincoln, Earl of Litton, FA•ward Lockhart, A. M. Long, W. Lowth r, Lowther, 3 H. Lucas, E. Lygon, Hon. Gen. Mackenzie, Thomas Mackenzie, NV. F. Mahon, Lord Maidstone, Lord Manners, Lard C. Marsland, H. Mathew, G. B. Maunsell, T. P. Maxwell, S. R. Meynell, H. Miles, W. Miles, P. S. Acland. T. D. k'Court. Capt E, Alsager, Richard Arbuthnot. Hon. H Archdall, General Ashley, Lord Ashley, Hon. H. Attwood, M. Bagge, Bailey, Joseph Bailey, Joseph, jinn Raillie, Colonel H. Baker, Edward Baring, F. Barnebr, J. Barrington, Viscoun Bell, Matthew Bentinck, Lord G. Bothell, R. Blackburne, I. Blackstone, W. S. Blair, James Blakemore, R. Illand'ord, Marquis In ennerhassett. A. Boldero, H. G. Bolling, W. B radshaw, James Bramston, T W, Broadwood, Henry Bruee, Lord E. Bruges, W. IL L. Buck L. \V. Burrell, Sir C. M. B urrougnes, H. C alcraft, J. kl. Contilupe Lord Chapman, A. C hoimondeler, H. Christopher, 'R. A. Chute, W. L W. Clerk, Sir George Clive, Robert Cochrane, Sir T. Codrington, C. W. Cole, Viscount Co!quboun, J . C. over, E.. 1. Copeland, W. Corry, Right Hon. H. CoUrtenar, Philip Cripps, J. Dalrymple, Sir A. Darby. George Darlington, Earl of D'lsr .eli, Benjamin Douglas Sir C. Douro, Marquis of Dowdeswell, W. nuttiela, T. 1). Ditylale, W. S. Dunbar, George Duncombe, W. Duncombe, A. Du ere, George East, J. Buller Eastnor Viscount Eaton, R . J Egenon, W. T. Egerton, Sir P. Eliot, Lord Ellis, J. Estcourt, T. G. B. Farnham, E. B. Fielden J. Fellowes,. Edward Pilnier Sir Edward Fitzroy, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Hoo. H. Foley, E. T. Follett, Sir William Adam, Sir Charles Aglionby, H. A. Aglionby, Major Ainsworth, Peter Alston, Rowland Anson, Hon. Colonel Archbold, Robert Baines, E. Baring, F. T. Barnard, E. G. Barry, G. S. Bellew, R. M. Berkeley, Hon. H. Bernal, R. li• Ives, T. Illackett, C. Blake, M. J. Blake W. J. Bodkin, John James Bowes, J. Bridgman, Hewitt Briscoe, J. I. lirocklehurst, J. Brodie, W. D. Brotherton, J. Browne, R. D. Buller, C. Buller E. Bulwer, Sir E. L. Busteild, William Butler, Colonel 13 , • ling, George 'Yng, Hon. G. S. Callaghan, D. Campbell, Sir J. Campbell, W. F. Cavendi s h Hon. C. Chetwynd, Major Clay, W Clive, E. B. Collier, John Con)ngharri, Lord Corbally, M. R. Cowper. Hon. W. F. Cra ig, w Crompton, S. Curry, W. Dalmeny, Lord Dashwood, G. H. Denison, W. J. Dennistoun, J. Dun; J Duke, Sir James Duncombe, T. S. Dunda s , Frederick Dundas, Hon. J. Dunda s , Sir It. Elliot, Hon. J. E. Ellice A. Ellice, Rt. Hon. E. F.llia, Wynn 'Evans, Sir De Lacy Evans, G. Evans, W. Ewart, W. Ferguson, Sir Robert Finch, Francis Fitzalan, :.ord Fitzpatrick, J. W. Fleetwood, H. Fort, John Glsborne, T. [NO RITY—NOES, Gordon, Robert Grattan, J. Greg, R. H, Greig, D. Grey, Sir C. Grey ; Sir G. Grosvenor. Lord R. Hall, Sir B. H . Harland, W. C. Hawkins, J. H. Hayter, W. G. Heathcoat, J. Hector, C. J. Hill, Lord A. M. C. Hobhouse, Sir J. C. Hobhouse, T. B. Hodges, T. 1.. Hollond, Robert Howard, F. J. Howard, P. H. Howard, Sir R. inwiek. Lori Humphery, J. Hurst, R. H. Hutchins, E. J. Hutton, R. Jervis, J. Labouchere, H. Langdale, Hon. C. Lemon, Sir C. Lennox, Lord G. Loch, James Lushington, Hon. S. • Lynch, A. H. Macauley, T. B. WTaggart, J. Marshall, W. Martin, J. Maule, Hon. Fox iktelgu d, Lord ' Mildmay, P. St. J. Morpeth, Viscount Morris, David Muntz, G. F. Murray A. Muskett, George A. Noel, Wm. M. O'Brien, NV. Smith O'Callaghan, D. O'Connell, D. O'Connell, J. O'Connell, M. J. O'Connell, M. O'Connor Don O'Ferrall, More Ord, W. Paget, Lord A. Paget, F. Palmerston, Visct. Parke•, J. Parnell, Sir H. Pechell, Captain Pendarves, E. W. Phillips, G. Phillpotts, J. Pigot, D. R. Pinney, W Ponsonby, Hon. J. Price, Sir R. Protheroe, Edward I Pryme, G. Ramsbottom, J. Redineton, T. N. Rice, E B. Rich, henry Roche, W. Rumbold, C. E. Rundle, J. Russell, Lotd John Russell, Lord Charles Rutherfurd, A. Salwey, Colonel Sanford, E. A. Scrope, G. P. Seale, Sir J. H. Shcil, R. L. Shelburne, Earl of Smith, John Abel Smith, B. Smith, G. R. Smith, R. Vernon Somers. J. P. Somerville, Sir W. 'pencer, Hon. F. Standish, C. Stanley, M. Stanley, Hon. W. Stansfield, W. R. C. Staunton, Sir G. T. Stewart, James Stock, Dr. Strangwars, J. G. Strickland, Sir G. Strutt, Edward Stuart, Lord James Stuart, Villiers Style, Sir Charles Surrey, Earl of Tancred, H. W. Tavistock, Marquis Thornely, Thomas Townley, R. G. Troubridge, Sir 'l'. 'Purnell, H. Turner, Edmund Turner, William Verney, Sir H. Vigors, N. A• Vivian, Sir R. Walker, R. Wall, C. 13. Wallace, It Westenra, Hon. J. White, A. Wilde, Thomas Williams, W. Williams, W. A. Wilshere, W. Winnington, T. F. Winnington, H. . Wood, C. Wood, Sir Matthew Wood, G. W Wood, B. Worsley, Lord Wrightson, W. B. Wynn, C. W. Wyse, Thomas Yates, J. A. TE Feymour, Lord Stanley, E. J. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, THURSDAY•—TLe Sala are 3 , 0 00 bales, at better prices. Our arrivals this morning are the French and Ostend mails. We have no ship letters. The Share Market is not so good as yesterday, except for Grand Junction, which are higher. Ministers being in the minority last night in the House of Ponntions, has rather caused some sensation in the City, but has not had any effect on the Funds. Yesterday was settling day in the British Alai ket, and as this I s Pay day for the various balances of their differences, there is 'f!ry little business doing except in receiving and paying the differences. TEZ TUNES. Consols opened this morning at the leaving off quotations of esterday, 94 a Money; for April Account 91i ; Exchequer Bills 1 dis. I prem. ; Bank Stock 178 179; India Stock 248 249. Spanish Active closed at 28 a, opened at 281 at present 28} ; Portuguese left off at 35 36, and have been done at the „ sa nle ; Three per C en t s . 24} ; Colombian 25} 26 ; Mexican ' 9 4 ; Spanish Passive 73 a; Deferred 13i ; Dutch T,,To nd-a-Half per Cents. 53a ; Five per Cents. 100 a I T . PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. nank Stock 1:11% 98% India Stock !Per Cent. Red........., 81% vo% 1 Ditto Bonds , per Cents. C0n.... South Sea Stock 100% 99% u.6e per Cant .. - Old Annuities Ditto Red. .11%%% New Ditto Ne w 3 % per Cent 99 3 41 , ,!iii 3 per Cent. Annuiti es . 1751 - eW w 5 perg A Cont. - Exch. Bills, Xl,OOO-.... 25 .. 2 5 pro Rank Lonnnuities toev pire Ditto 500 .. pia. Jan, 5, ise,o .. l4 1-16 14 . Ditto Small 2 5 pia. Oct. 10, 1859 11 13-16 Ditto Commercial Cs. Jan. 5, 1860. Ditto Advertised - pm. Jan. 5, ISM - I Bank Stock for Account ... -- April 5, 1850. - -1 India Stock for Account Jan. :5.1870 -1 Consos for Account 91% 9011 lIALF-PAS7' ONE. The chief feature this morning is settling the Foreign Ac count, which takes place this day, and the heaviest ones to adjust are Spanish and Portuguese. The former has fluctuated in the extreme about 2 per cent., and the latter frem 3to 4 per cent. The other Foreign Accounts are of less importance. The two settling days, British and Foreign, coming the tenoning day, causes Money to continue very tight at the same quotations of yesterday, and a great deal of money has been given for options at the next account at a higher rate of interest. Up to the present hour we do not hear of any mischief in the Foreign Market, although money is in great demand. The Consul Market is heavy. In the early p ar t o f t h e morn ing Consols were 90a a for Money, and for th e A ccount 91 to 9IA, since which they re ce d e d t o 91} a for Money, at present may be quoted at 901, for the Account, have been 91 to 91h. Exchequer Bills improved 45., done at. 5 2 5 premium. Bank Stock rather lower, 1783 a ; Reduced also lower, 90a 91 ; Three- and-a. Half per Cents. rather lower, 904 In the Foreign Market active speculations have taken place in Spanish stock, in consequence of a report that a tele graphic despatch having been received that Thiers has been appointed Minister by the King of France, which has had the effect to improve the Spanish Active from 28b to 281; Portuguese have fallen from 35; to 35i ; Columbian, 26 ; Mexican, 29 , 4 ; Spanish Passive, 7 5 4 1 ; De ferred, 134 ; Dutch Two-and-a•-Half per Cents. 53; Five per Cents. 1001. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS: Bank Stock ......... ..... .......1784 , India Stack --. 3 per Cent. Re .. d - 2 3 per Cent Cc.n5....... ......... 90% ' Ditto Old Annuities S 4 per Cent. Red 694 Ditto New Annuities New 34 per Cent 98% ;Ex. Bills, 1,000/ 2d....... spm New 5 per Cent. — Ditto 50 v spm Long Annuiti es t o ex pi re Ditto Small SOM Jan. 18110 ......... ........ 14 IBank Stock for Opg ...... — Oct. 1850 Jan. 1869 .... . — 'Consols for Opg FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian, 5 per cent — i Portuguese Bonds, sper c e n t, Belgian, S per cent— ..... 10:% I Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian Bonds 7B Prussian, 5 per cent. — Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Russian Bonds, 5 per cent.... Chilian, 6 per'cent —. Ditto, Metallic Color:than, 6 per cent ...... -.. 23% Spanish, 5 per cent 29 Ditto, 1824. 2S i Ditto, Deferred ... ........ Danish. 3 per cent.......... ..... French, 5 per cent. —l.—c, Greek Bonds, 1825, 5 per ct. Exchange —f. —c Mexican, 5 per cent 24% French, 3 per cent__ ...... ..._r. _,.. Ditto,n per cent., 1825.. Pernvian.lB2s.6 per cent — IDitto,s per cent.... ........ ...JOON SHARES. Bristol and Exeter Great Western Railway Ditto New Share: London and Brighton Railway 1 9 ,4 London and Birmingham Railway 153 Ditto Vew Shares 43 London and Greenwich Railway 9% London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) 1 0 ,4 Manchester and Leeds 11silway Midland Ceunties Railway... York and North Midland Railway 5O SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) DEAL, FEB. 27.—Wirl E. N.E., strong breeze.—Sailed the L on d on , J ohnson, for Bermuda; Mary Ann Henderson, Emer, Bilbao. LIVERPOOL, Fin. 27.—Win3 S.E.—Sailed the City of Derry, Roberts, for Calcutta ; Pierc, Deere, St. Michael's ; Fenella, Wakeham, Gibraltar. CORK, FEB. 25..—Arrived Adriana, Beales, Monte Video. WHITSTABLE, FEB. 2 7.—The Henry, Banney, from Lon don to the Cape of Good Hope, remains on the Ridge, and fills with the tide. Witrrisr, FEB. 26.—The Apollo, from Honfleur to Lynn, wnich put into this port leaky, &c., has discharged her cargo in damaged state. IVISION. rouse of Commo,:s.) !XC/IE Q UER. 'MINORITY ON ON. 210. Milne, Richard Molesworth, Sit W. Monypenny, T. G. Mordaunt, Sir J. Nee''. John Nichol', J. Norreys, Lord Ossidston, Lord Owen, Sir John Packe, C. NV Cr,Pale Robert Parker, R. T. ' Peel, Hon. Sir R. Peel, Colonel J. Pemberton, Thomas Perceval. Colonel i'ercceal, G. J. Pigot, 11. Planta, J. Pluniptre, J. P. Polhill, Frederick P,dlock, Sir F. , Powell, Colonel Power. court, Lord' Prael, W. T Price. Richard Pringle, A. Pusey, P. Rae, rir William Reid, Sir John Rae Richards, It. Itickford, \V Rolleston, L. Round, C. G. Round, John Rushout, George Sanderson, R. Sandon, Lord Soa'let, .1. Y. Sheppard, T. Shir'ey, E. J. Sibthorp, Colonel Sin lair, Sir George smith, Abel Smyth, Sir H. Srmeriet, Lord G. Sotheron, I'. E. S:iry, Sir S. r. Stanley, E. Stanley. Lord Sturt, H. C. Sugkien, Sir Edward Sutton, Hon. J. Teigninauth, Lord Tennent, J. F. Thomas, Colonel H. Thompson, Ald. Thornhill, George Tollemache, F. J. Trench, Sir F. Vere, Sir C. B. Verner, Colonel Vernon, Granville Villiers, Lord Vivian, J E. Waddington. H. S. Wak ley, Thomas Walsh, Sir John Welby, G. E. Whitmore, 'l'. Wilbraham, Hon. B. Williams, I'. P. Wilmot, Sir E. Wood, Colonel Wood, Colonel T. Wyndham, NA. Young, John Young, Sir L. W. TELLERS. Fremantle, Sir T. Baring, H. B. SECOND EDITION SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. MIDDLESEX COUNTY MEETING (THIS DAY.) Another Meeting of the Freeholders of Middlesex was held to-day at the Freemasons' Ta►ern, for the purpose of taking into consideration the situation of Mr. Sheriff' Evans. Before the hour for which the meeting had been called (one o'clock), a large crowd had assembled in the room, and the platform was completely filled. Among the gentlemen present we noticed Sir Francis Burdett, M.P., Mr. Hume, M.P., Mr. Warburton, M. P., Colonel Wood, M. P., Sir John Scott Lillie, Sir Peter Laurie, Sir John Gibbons, Mr. Pownall, &c. &c. Mr. Under-Sheriff FRANCA took the Chair at one. ... Mr. GIBBONS then came forward to propose the only resolution submitted to the meeting, and the object of which was the adoption of a petition to the Queen, pray ing that her Majesty " would be graciously pleased to exercise her Royal Prerogative, and by an immediate dissolution of Parliament, dismiss a House of Commons which had attempted to establish an arbitrary and irre sponsible power, and had shown itself opposed to the first principles of a free constitution." Mr. Gibbons pro ceeded to address the meeting amidst a scene of great confusion. He said that they had met for the purpose of expressing their indignation at the tyrannical, vindictive, and cowardly conduct of a small majority of the present House of Commons.—(Cheers, hisses, and cries of " Hume in the Chair.") Mr. Hume, who had been turned out of Middlesex, had on a former occasion the barefaced impudence to take the Chair, and to defeat the purposes of the meeting which had been then con. vened.—(Great uproar.) For his part he was sure that the freeholders of Middlesex could not submit to the tyranny of the House of Commons without dishonouring themselves. The conduct of that House bad been, he had said, cowardly—they had seized on the Sheriff, but they had not dared to arrest the Judges, because they knew that thousands would then have drawn their swords in defence of the ancient institutions of the land.— (Cheers and uproar.) After a few observations more, which were almost totally inaudible amidst the confusion which prevailed, Mr. Gibbons concluded by moving the resolution. Mr. LAURIE, amidst prolonged uproar, proceeded to second the resolution. While he was anxious for the release of the Sheriff, he wished that the House of Commons should have its just privileges ; but then those privileges should be clearly defined. While they had twelve honest Englishmen, however, they would defy the usurped power of the Commons; and he was sure that the sense of the country would soon manifest itself on the occasion. He had great pleasure in seconding the resolution. —( Here the greater part of the meeting rose, waved their hats, and loudly cheered the proposal of the resolution.) Sir JOHN SCOTT LILLIE was received with considerable cheering and confusion. Although he protested against the proceedings of that packed meeting, and denied that it was a meeting of the electors of that great metropolitan county, as there never was a previous instance of tickets being issued for such a purpose, he would nevertheless sub mit for their consideration an amendment —( Confusion and groans from the Sheriff's party.) And, in so doing, he objected to any Address to the Queen on a subject which could not call for the exercise of the Royal prerogative. In addition to which, he did not think it creditable to the electors of that county to pollute the Royal car by a refe rence to a subject which had its origin in an exposure by the House of Commons of the obscene and immoral works—( Loud cries of " Hear, hear ")—which had been found in the hands of prisoners in the gaol of Newgate a prison, be it remembered, which is under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Sheriffs and Alder men of the Corporation of London.—( Laughter, cheers, and great confusion.) It was no wonder that those whose duty it was to have provided against such a contamination, should feel more keenly than any other portion of the community an exposure of this nature by the House of Commons ; but that was no reason why the electors of Middlesex should take any interest in their cause, or that of Stockdale, who was the author of the publications in question, or, indeed, of any obscene and immoral writer. He lamented the situation, and wished as heartily for the release of Mr. Sheriff Evans as any of the gentlemen who signed the requisition calling that meeting ; but he did not think their mode of proceeding was the best calculated for that purpose (Cheers)— as if they really wished his release, they ought to recommend him to petition the House in such a form as would effect that object—an act not only due to the Sheriff himself, but to the community at large, whose public rights as well as moral feelings were out raged by the proceedings of Stockdale, his agents and abettors.—( Groans and cries of " True enough.") As he had beard some worthy Magistrates near him deny the right of the House of Commons to act as it had done, and assert that the Queen, in consequence,:ought to dismiss her Ministers and dissolve the Parliament, he begged to re mind his brother Magistrates of the law of the land upon that subject, of which he was sorry to find some of them appeared ignorant—(Laughter and cheers)—to remind them that it was declared by the Bill of Rights (which was a compact between the people and the reigning family) to be an acknowledged privilege of both Houses of Parliament, that their proceedings should not be impeached or ques tioned in any Court or place out of Parliament. And Blackstone in his commentaries, who may, perhaps, be allowed by the meeting to be as great a legal authority as the worthy Magistrates by whom he was interrupted, lays down this invariable principle, " that whatever matter arises concerning either House of Parliament, ought to be examined, discussed, and adjudged in that House to which it relates, and not elsewhere; and that these privileges are defined by any particular law.—(Cries of " Well done," " No, no.") It is evident, therefore, that the Commons have privileges, and if these privileges were defined, the proceedings of that House could not be considered as free. —( Applause; and cries of " No, no," " Yes, yes.") And if the present House of Commons permitted those privileges to be violated with impunity, it would be undeserving of the confidence of the country.—(Hear, hear, and confusion.) That confi dence they now had, and, he was very well satisfied, as much in Middlesex as in any other part of the kingdom, or, indeed, more, if the electors were allowed a fair op portunity of recording their sentiments upon the subject. These were the sentiments embodied in the amendment which he had submitted, and he would trespass no longer upon their attention than by leaving it to be disposed of as they thought proper.— ( Cheers and confusion.) He could not help saying that they had been very unfairly dealt with in the appointment of a chairman, for the Sheriff had informed him (Ss J. S. Lillie) and others that he would not take the chair as a matter of right, but would leave it entirely to the consideration of the meeting. 6' That it being an acknowledged privilege of both Houses of Parliament that their proceedings should not be impeached or questioned in any Court or place out of Parliament, we are of opinion that the House of Commons would be undeserving of the confidence of the people, if it permitted that privilege to be violated with impunity. We cannot at the same time but lament the situation in which our Sheriff is placed, end we earnestly recommend him to petition that House in such a manner as will effect his re lease." Mr. NICHOLSON appeared to second the amendment, but after waiting for some time he was obliged to retire without having been able to obtain a hearing. The resolution was then put and carried amidst tremen dous cheers. Three cheers were then given for the She riff, and Mr. France declared that the business of the meeting was over. _ _ Sir P. LAURIR then proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Under-Sheriff France, for his conduct in the chair. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT then rose to second the vote of thanks to the Chairman, when a change came over the spirit of the meeting, which became at once poetical, and treated the Honourable Baronet with a shower of appropriate quotations from the classic ballad of " Jim Crow." Although within a few feet of the speaker we were quite unable to catch a sentence, but as far as we were enabled to surmise—animated by that fel low-feeling which is proverbial for making us " wondrous kind," he highly applauded the conduct of the She riffs, and with the warmth with which men usually treat congenial topics, condemned the conduct of the Go vernment, and the majority of the House of Commons; after which the meeting were called upon, by various indi viduals, to cheer the object of their respective sympathies, and the Queen and Mr. Stockdale—Lord Denman and Mr. Howard—the honest Judges and Mr. Pierce—Sir Francis Burdett and Mr. Sheriff Evans—" Black spirits and white, blue spirits and grey," were most incongru ously blended, and, with the exceptiJn of Mr. Stockdale, uproariously greeted ; after which, Col. WOOD came forward, and said he wished to ac count for his conduct to the freeholders of Middlesex, and to state the motives which had actuated him in the course he had pursued, He could not but sec that the decision of the Judges would be ruinous, if it were not corrected ; and why was it not corrected ? because it was apprehended if it were taken to the Court of Exchequer it would be confirmed. He did not dispute the integrity of the Judges. For the last century and a half the integrity of the Judges had been established beyond all doubt, and bad added an additional column to the edifice of the British Constitution.—( Hear, and cheers.) But when the case of Stockdale arose, was he to com nit the whole power of the House of Commons, backed by the whole force of the Government, and aided by the prero gative of the Crown, to overbear an individual, and to overturn by violence the decision of the Court of Queen's Bench. He approved of the conduct of the Sheriffs, and did not believe but that any honest man, placed in similar circumstances, would have acted as they did—he would have done so—and sooner have suffered ten thousand deaths, than have succumbed to a power which he believed not to be legal.—(Cheers.) But what was to be done now ? The expressions of the opinions of that meeting would do much, and it must go forth to th- public and the country that this unworthy struggle must cease—.( Cheers. ) that if the House were to have the power of unlimited pub lication, it must be secured to them by law, by which alone they could establish or maintain the right. The House of Commons had been compartd to a fair temple, of which they were the tenants of an hour ; it was so, and, there fore, it was quite time they should repair to that temple, and direct their minds to the discharge of those high func tions they were deputed to perform, and not waste the public time and interests in en unworthy squabble with the loiterers on the stairs.---( Cheers. ) Mr. G. F. Yourgo rose, and said he wished to address himself to one point, on which the whole question turned. In the whole of his ex perience he had never met with an instance of so much misapprehensloa as prevailed on this question. It had been asserted by S.r Robert Peel and the party who supported the House of Commons in its present course, that if the House had not the privilege of free publication, the people would not be acquainted with the conduct of their Representatives. He utterly denied tais. If this were the case, he should be the last man to raise his voice against it, as he was ow: of the first to raise his voice against the execrable tyranny that had been attempted to be established by the resolutions of May, 1837, The House of Commons was merely trying to carry a tyrannical proceeding by a small majority of one of the THE 8( 1 N, LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28 1840. worst assemblies in the world, in contravention of the established laws of the land. Mr. Po Vf NALL then addressed the meeting for some time. He thought the House of Commons had acted most unjustly, and that the Sheriffs were bound by their oath! to act as they had done. These were his sentiments ; and the freeholders of Middlesex had that day declared that they were theirs, —( Cheers.) They rested their case on their rights, and he believed that the more the question was discussed, the more would it be seen that the claims of the House of Commons were unfounded and unjust.—( Loud cheers.) Mr. WARBURTON then came forward, but having waited a considerable time in vain for the abatement of the tre mendous groans and uproar that assailed him, sat down, apparently to the satisfaction of the meeting, which after having repeated the cheers we have before mentioned, with the addition of one fur the House of Lords, sepa. rated. [lt is difficult to give speeches and " row " at the same time, so we have reserved the " row " for a separate ac count.] THE SHERIFFITE ROW AT THE FREE MASONS' TAVERN. Of all demonstration= of sheer, unmixed, unqualified, unlimited, unadulterated, humbug—the long-promised— much vaunted—perseveringly placarded—universally ad vertised—so-called " county meeting" at the Free masons', touching the Sheriffs—was the greatest and the most diverting. Enraged at their signal de feat, on their first attempt, the Sheriffites resolved to " get up" a thorough-paced, party-packed, real, snug, quiet meeting of their own. So they, having covered all London with bills, inviting the attendance of electors—carefully blockaded the doors of the Free masons' with policemen—stationing at the outer door, as sentinel, Adey, the anti- Waldey Coronership_candidate, and one of the most industrious vote-objecting, Registry- Court-attending " helps" of the " Conservative Associa tion ;" and be exercised on the appearance, countenance, and other outward manifestations of those who applied for ad mission, a severe scrutiny, to see if there were any latent Ra dicalism, or any Anti- Sheriff-iteism ; if net, he allowed them to pass. Thence they bad to enter a room whor sat n "secret solemn conclave" other self-important functionaries of the illustrious Association—with books before them, they called the registry. Weil, these sapient personages—on a gen tleman presenting himself—in an impertinent manner pro ceeded to interrogate him as to the exact locality of the property of which he claimed to be a freeholder, and if they could not find his name on their books refused him a ticket, without which other authorities at the door of the large room would admit nobody. We approached these " potent seigniors." We re- spectfulll requested a ticket. " Freeholder ?" asked a person named Payne, exceedingly active in the afore said Conservative Association. " No," said we (in ternally wishing most heartily not we were so substan tial). " But we are reporters for The Sun." Reporters ! —shan't give any more tickets to them—two persons from your paper already." We endeavoured to impress upon this obtuse individual that The Sun being °an evening paper, and wishing to get out the report the same even ing, more than two reporters would be required, but to no purpose, and we were obliged to wait till long after the hour fixed for the meeting, and should not have got in at all had we not appealed to the courtesy of a Gentleman among the party—a friend of ours, a Mr. Quin—who, about half past one, enabled us to obtain entrance—and we should mention that while we were waiting, we saw several per sons obtain tickets as reporters, but doubtless they were for Conservative papers. We passed on then towards the Freemasons' Hall, in the confident anticipation that all these carefully offen sive precautions would secure a perfectly docile and tranquil Sheriffite meeting. What was our amazement when, as we walked along the lengthened passage leading to the Hall, we heard the distant thunderings of an uproar, as decisively indicative of a " row," as any that ever greeted our expectant ears. What, " a row," among the " constitutional," " conservative," " Sheriff-loving" freeholders? Yes—so it was. We entered the room— we were stunned—astounded—by a tempest—a whirlwind of noises—compounded of vociferation. as violent as ever issued from a Chartist gathering. We endeavoured to discover the cause, but the crowd was now too dense to permit us to pass upwards to our appointed positions. We with difficulty elevated ourselves to see " Old Glory" about the centre of the platform, the very focus of the row. evidently strenuous in his endeavours to be heard, and gesticulating with wild and impotent vehemence. The clamourings were as contradictory as they were powerful; shouts of " Off, off," groaning, hooting, hissing., mingled with tremendous stamping of feet and clapping of bands ; while the galleries were crammed with persons whose ardent admiration knew no bounds, and who, not contented with waving hats and handkerchiefs—tied the latter most scientifically to their sticks—and then exhibited in schoolboy exstacy their mimic banners. Wherever we went we found that at least an equal proportion—we should say a majority—of the freeholders thought the Sheriffite" demonstration pure "humbug;" but each party was as pertinacious, as excited, and the thunders of disappro bation and approbation alternately overpowered and ex tinguished each other like the roaring of the winds and the beating of the billows. We have beheld many "rows"— Chartist rows and Tory rows—meeting rows and dinner rows —Exeter-hall rows and London Tavern rows—but in none did we ever witness such determined continuity of clamouring —such awful vigour of lungs. It seems to us clear, now, that a man's means and his position for vociferation must be in the ratio of his freehold property, since the uproar of the freeholders would quite overwhelm the din of Radicals. For about half an hour, in spite of all Sir Francis's exertios, not a syllable could be heard ; the freeholders seemed to have abandoned themselves without restraint to all the luxury of noise. At last the Hon. Baronet gave a more energetic flourish than usual, and sat down amidst a tempest of up roar, snore tremendous than the others. For some timejthe platform people did not know what to do.• For anybody to attempt to speak would have been absurd, the explosions of vociferation were as continuous and powerful as ever. Sud denly an officious somebody exhibited a placard, which we be lieve had been distributed about the shops before, putting the question pithily thus—" Where is Sheriff Evans ?—ln prison. Who sent him there ?—The House of Commons. What for ?—For obeying the law." The only misfortune about this conclusive substitute for a speech, being that it begged the whole matter in dispute; it being just the point discussed, whether the privilege claimed is privilege ; and if so, as the law of Parliament must be the law of the land, it would seem that the Sheriff was rather in prison because he chose to obey Lord Denman's law than the law laid down by every legal authority without exception, in the House of Commons, and every statesman of the day. However, after waiting some time, it appeared that there was no chance of anything being heard, so the illustrious champions of the Sheriffs, headed by France and Sir Francis, left the hall, which rung to the very echo with the shouts of en thusiastic cheering and indignant reprobation. Then Col. Wood arose, and gesticulated as vehemently as Sir Fran cis had before, and with as little effect. In fact, we never have beheld a meeting in which there was such a persevering pertinacity of noise. We happened to go down stairs, and found the Sheriffite party, with several Aldermen, quietly ensonced round the fire of the " scrutiny-room," and we heard a large crowd of very respectable looking persons outside the doors assured that the meeting was over ! On Mr. Under- Sheriff France coming out, a sturdy freeholder, (but, mark, we afterwards found a supporter of the Privilege) energetically charged him with being con cerned in an infamous imposition on the public by pretending to call a county meeting, which was really a farce; on which some person following the Under Sheriff told the freeholder that if he had conic an hour ago and said so, he would have had his head broke ; which exasperated our friend so, that he threatened personal chastisement to the impertinent Sheriffite. Many electors loudly complained of their exclusion, and characterised the whole proceeding as a delusion. We ourselves saw a person, whom, apparently, Adey knew to be a supporter of the House of Commons, violently denied admission, though he claimed to be a freeholder ; and even, when on his earnest entreaty he was allowed to come in, and appealed to the registry, and his name was found, Adcy did not scruple to say that he did " not believe he was the person, though he had got hold of the name." Nothing could exceed the indignation of many respectable electors who had been re fused admission when they saw persons evidently known by the parties, without examination, allowed to enter—yet from their appearance evidently possessing little property, and certainly unlike freeholders. In the words of a gentleman whom we overheard vehemently exclaiming in the hall against the exclusiveness of the arrangements—no Chartist ince.- ing could 11,‘‘e been more turbulent and uproarious. Mr. Warburton for some time, we saw vainly endeavouring' to get a hearing ; butt whatever was said during the whole proceeding was quite inaudible, save to those just under the speakers. Mr. Hume and Mr. Warburton were violently bustled, and mobbed by the I Sheriffites on going out, though by many they were cor dially cheered. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 23, 1840. 3d Regiment of Light Dragoons.—Cornet T. Wildey, from half-pay of the 7th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Brad. shah, promoted ; J. H. Travers, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Wildey, who retires, Feb. 28. 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons--S urgeon J. M oua t, M . D . from the 13th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Perstun, who exchanges, Feb. 28. 13th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Surgeon D. Perston, M.D., from the 4th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Mouat, who exchanges, Feb 28. 15th Regiment of Light Dragoons.—Captai n 0. S. Blach ford, from half-pay of the 59th Foot, to be Captain, vice T. C. Brander, who exchanges, Feb. 28. Ist Regiment of Foot.—Ensign F. Atkinson, from half-pay ofthe 7th Garrison Battalion, to be Ensign, without purchase; AI. P. Lloyd. Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Atkinson, who retires, Feb. 28. 6th Foot—Captain J. Kelly, from the 40th Foot, to be Captain, vice Beebee, who exchanges, Aug. 12; Lieutenant G. A. Gordon to be Captain, without purchase, vice Crawford, promoted in the 44th Foot, Feb. 28. '27th Foot—Brevet Colonel G. Wyndham, from half-pay of the 20th Light Dragoon:, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Bre vet Colonel J. Hare, who exchanges ; Major D. M'Phers,.n to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Wyndham, who retires; Captain S. E. Goodman to be Majo r , b y puachase, vice M'Pherson ; Lieutenant U. Williamson, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Goodman ; Ensign L. C. Irwin to be Lieu tenant, vice Williamson ; F. Spring, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Irwin, Feb. 28. 40th Foot—Captain R. M. Behce, from the 6th Foot, to be Captain, vice Kelly, who exchanges, Feb. 12. 14th Foot—Brevet M. J. Crawford, from the 6th Foot, to be Major, without purchase, vice Ainsworth, deceased; Lieut. T. Robinson to be Captain, without purchase, vice Kitson, promoted in 62d Foot ; Ensign W. DI Mahon to be Lieutenant, Vice Robinson ; Lieut. H. H. Roberts, from half-pay of 51st Foot, to be Lieut., vice Farren, appointed to 47th Foot, Feb. 28; Ensign H. Cadett to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ro berts' who retires, Feb. 29; Ensign R. W. Cooke, from the 70th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Al'Mahon, Feb. 28 ; F. Hackett, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cadett, Feb. 29. 55th Foot—Lieut. W. Snowe, from the Royal African Co lonial Corps, to be Lieutenant, vice Saunders, whose appoint- ment has been cancelled, Oct. 25, 1839. 62d Foot—Brevet 31ajor J. Kitson, from the 44th Foot, to be Major, without purchase, vice Ellis, deceased, Feb. 28. Rifle Brigade—C. J. Woodford, - Gent., to be Second Lieu tenant, without purchase, Feb. 28. Ist West India Regiment...G. Andrews, Gent., to be En ,ign, by porchase, vice Smith, who retires, Feb. 28. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. WILLIAM JOHN, hackney-man, Bridgwater, Sumersei shire. BANKRUPTS. JOSEPH MINNETT, coal-merchant, Essex-street, Strand. POWELL CHARLES BLACKETT, lodging-house keeper, Green-street, Grosvenor-square. GIL ES LONG, coal-merchant, Croydon, Surrey. JOSEPH GREEN, linen-draper, Ipswich, Suffolk. JOSEPH STORER, au c tioneer, IpstOck, Leicestershire. JOHN JONES, merchant, Liverpool. ROBERT NOKES WILLIAMS, cabinet-maker, Bristol. DAVID CRANE, publican, Wolverhampton. JAMES M ULCA STER and BENJAMIN VAUGHAN, furriers, St. Paul's Church-yard. GEORGE A UG USTUSKOLLMANN, pianoforte-maker, St. Martin's-lane. Middlesex. GEORGE RICHARD BOND COOKE, dealer, Victoria terrace, Leamington I'riors, Warwick. BENJAMIN BONNOR, money-scrivener, Gloucester. WILLIAM CHAPMAN an d THOMAS KENNING, fireiron-makers, Birmingham. THOMAS BARON, cotton-spinner, Bolton-le-Moors. RICHARD HICKMAN, timber-merchant, Bilston, Staf fortlshire. RICHARD PERIAM PRAT and SAMUEL PRAT, scriveners, Glastonbury, Somersetshirc. SAMUEL FORSELL, hosier, Leicester. WILLIAM WATTON, printer, Birmingham. HENRY BURTON, corn dealer, Wem, Shropshire. JOHN BARDSLEY, hat manufacturer, 'Manchester. DANIEL HILTON, cotton spinner, Oldham, Lancashire. JOHN CLARKE, paper dealer, Manchester. JOSEPH WILSON, cotton spinner, Manchester. JOSEPH OAKES, merchant cutler, Sheffield. HENRY MARTIN, linen draper, Devonshire. COURSE OF EX CA. AznAterdArn ...... ..... C.F 12 5 Ditto, at vight Rott,rdatn ............... 2 U l2 ..”4 Antwerp... liamhurg., ....... 13 12 fi..........13 12% Bet, 3 days' s i g ht..., 25 AO D1tt0....... ........... 3 111 i 25 70 '‘ferseillev. ................. 25 70 Bourileaux .............. 25 75 Frankfort on Maine, Ex.'''. 150 \ P,terstititgh, ruble... 3 Us. 375. Berlin Vienna, effective M lO TriNte ditto to 7 adrld 145% Ft.ircelona M. !QTille 05 iNGE. —( THIS DAY.) Otbraita ••••• ***** .••••••••• 48 titllola 00000 25 75 Venice 47 Naples 41 Fok , rrno es. 1525 Limon • ***** • • ••••••••••••••••••••.6. 55 Oporto ...... Rio Jansirr 96 Bahia ..... • ••••••• v. ••••••••••• Buenos Ayre5 ..».». 4...MM. Now Yort, 11 ciairs'eivht 461, . ib PRICE Or 13 . I;i:LIUN per 4.1 Z. Portugal 41111, cqin —.40 0 e F or.iggn Ciokt, cN lave... 5 L 7 New Doliblookis 0 Nzw I) , !ll.irs 4 I( Silver _L, Bars 0 t IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at Five o'Clock. Lord REDESDA LE presented a petition from Upton upon Severn, in favour of Church Extens'on. SUPPLY OF WATER TO THE METROPOLIS. On the motion of the Marquis of WESTMINSTER, Lord Portman was excused from attending in the Com mittee upon the supply of water to the metropolis. Lord ASHBURTON presented a petition from inha bitants of the burgh of Nlarylebone, complaining of the present mode of supplying the metropolis with water. The petition was referred to their Lordships' Committee on that subject. COSTS IN LIBEL, TRESPASS, &c. On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, the Order of the Day for the Committee on Lord Denman's Bill for limiting the costs it, action for libel, slander, and trespass, was discharged, and the Bill was ordered to be committed on Tuesday week. CHURCH INTRUSION. The Duke of SUTHERLAND and other Peers pre sented numerous petitions against the intrusion of incum bents into Scotch parishes against the wish of the parish ioners. CHINA. Lord E LLENB OR OUG H complained that papers for which he had moved, in relation to the affairs of China, had not been returned ; and be suggested that as the delay was owing to the papers being required from different departments, the heads of which did not always know where to send them ; the rule, which was adopted some years ago in the House cf Commons, that is, to send the notice for all returns to the Treasury in the first instance, should be adopted in this House. Lord MELBOURNE was understood to say that he would be glad to accede to any arrangement which would facilitate the return of any papers required by their Lord ships. THE COMPTROLLERSHIP OF THE EX CHEQUER. The Earl of RIPON thought it his duty to tako an early opportunity of contradicting a rumour which pre vailed respecting the nen•appointment of a gentleman who was nearly connected with him, to the office of Comptroller of the Exchequer, that office having been promised to him. He understood the rumour to be that a Noble Friend of his, who recently filled the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer, and was now a member of this House, stated althongh he would be glad to give Mr. Ellis the appointment in consequence of his connectieu with him (Lord Ripon) yet for other reasons be did not think he could recommend that Gentleman to the office. Now he, (Lord Ripon) could give that statement the most positive contradiction—he could at least state that such was not the opinion of Lord Althorpe, who had BF. sured him in 1833, of his entire approbation of Mr. Ellis's fitness, and of that gentleman's claims to the appointment from his service in that department. Imme diately upon receiving Lord Althorpe's assurance, he (Lord Rippon) wrote to Mr. Ellis, repeating the conver sation, and congratulating him upon his having obtained the appointment. He did not now complain of the non appointment ; but he felt that it was due to the character of Mr. Ellis that he should take the first opportunity of contradicting the prejudicial and unfounded statement. Lord MELBOURNE said it was very natural the Noble Earl should wish to receive some explanation, but though he had heard something of the circumstances, be was not, from the office which he held at that time, in the slightest degree cognizant of them. The Earl of RIPON—Oh, no; certainly not. I merely wished to make this statement. Lord DUNGANNON presented a petition from a Com pany who had expended the sum of 100,0001., for the pur pose of bringing water from the river Colne by pipes. In consequence of a report of a Committee of the Howe, praying for a Committee of Inquiry as to the practicability of doing so. and that they might be heard by counsel be fore the Committee. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY gave not;ce that he should, on Tuesday, or, if that day should be inconvenient, on Thursday next present to their Lordships a petition from Liverpool relative to the Irish Municipal Corporation Bill, and that he should, at the same time, in consequence of what had taken place elsewhere, ask the Noble Viscount to give some explanation on what principles he meant to carry on the Cabinet. He hoped the Noble Viscount would show some Ministerial manliness, and would think that it became him to give their Lordships some little in formation as to the condition of his Cabinet. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY said the Noble Mar quis could not regularly present a petition against a Bill not before the blouse. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said the petition was not against the Bill, but the general measure. AFRICAN TRADE. Viscount STRA NGFORD presented a petition from all the merchants of the City of London engaged in the African gum trade, complaining of certain injuries to which they had been subjected on the coast of Africa by the French authorities there. The Noble Viscount said that as he should have occasion to advert to it at length he should now merely move it should be laid upon the table. In the course of last Session he brought under the considera tion of their Lordships various injuries upon our trade upon the western coast of Ameri ca , w hi c h had been inflicted by• certain French authorities there, and the amount of loss incurred in consequence. From the spirited conduct of the Noble Viscount opposite on that occasion, and his assurances that the matter would be taken up as it behoved this country to take it up, he ( Lord S.) hoped that the remonstrances of the Government, if they did not obtain redress for past injuries and insults, at least would have prevented them from being renewed and repeated in a yet more extensive and objection able form. ( Hear, bear.) He entertained too high an estimate of the assurances of a Bri tish Minister ever to h.ve believed for one mom, nt that it would have been his lot, in the very next Session of Parliament, to present a petition stating that not only had those representations and remonstrances been cc availing as respected the past, but so entirely disregarded as to fail in restraining France from making fresh at tempts to ruin our commerce arid humble our flag. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. ,The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock. 'Mr. MARK PHILLIPS moved, pursuant to notice, Tat the Commissioners of Ardwick Improvements have per mission to proceed with their 13111, notwithstandin g the unfavourable report of the Standing Orders' Committee. Sir E. KNA TCHBULL said that the ease had un dergone much consideration in the Committe e , and there did not appear to be any sufficient grounds for which the orders should be set aside in favour of the parties to the Bill. Me, GREG said that the object of the Bill was to im prove the drainage, and widen the streets of the town, ef which the present condition was extremely prejudicial to the health of the inhabitants. Mr. GREEN telt that it was an ungracious task to oppose the present application, but h e was con vinced, whatever might he the case of individual hardship, it would be for the tvivantage of the public that the Standing Orders should be enforced. The Committee had been appointed to prevent the thou of the House from being occupied with the details of such bilk, But there might as well be no Committee if parties were encouraged to come down to the House and obtain a reverial of its decisions to remedy the consequences of their neglect. Mr. AG LION BY was obliged to come to a different conclusion to that come to by the Hon. Member for Lac caster. He agreed with him that the House should, as a general principle, su pport these Com m i ttees, b ut if they should commit a mistake or misconceive the powers dele gated to them, it would be a monstrous injustice if the House, as a Court of Appeal, had not the power to set matters right. In this ease the parties ought to have power to proceed with their Bill. He should therefore support the motion of the Hon. Member for Manchester. Sir THOMAS JREMANTLE opposed the motion, believing it to be a most novel application. Mr. 13 ROTHE RTON believed thatthe Standing Orders had not been complied with in this case entirely through in advertance. He knew there was an tilmostunanimous feel ing in favour of this Bill, and he trusted, therefore, that ! the motion would be adopted. Sir G. STRICKLAND thought a case had been nude out for proceeding with the Bill, although he tors opposed to appeals being made to that House from the Standing Order Committee. Mr. Estcourt was of opinion that no special case had been made out to induce the House to deviate from its ordinary course of supporting the decision of the Standing Orders Committee. It would be much better for the House to abolish the Standing Orders Committee at once, and take the jurisdiction in their own hands, than to allow appeals of this sort to be constantly made. Mr. ERE SHFI E L D was of opinion that the Standing Order Committee had not had the whole case before them. This appeared to be a case in which the whole township were agreed, that certain improvements ought to take place, and therefore he thought the 13111 ought to be allowed to be proceeded with. Lord SANDON was a member of the Committee, and unwilling to weaken the Standing Orders of the House, but thought the present was a proper case for the House to interfere. Mr. SANFORD recommended a strict adherence to the Standing Orders. Mr. T. EGERTON hoped the house would allow the Bill to proceed. Mr. MARK PHILLIPS said he had, in bringing for ward this question, been anxious to abstain from making any statements as to his own opinion on the subject ; but as he found that the members of the Standing Orders Committee were divided in opinion among themselves, he thought he was not acting improprly in stating that he considered a strong case was made out for the Bill on the ground of necessity. The streets of the town were in a very bad condition, and the health of the inhabitants had become seriously affected in consequence. On public grounds, therefore, he thought this matter worthy of se rious consideration. He believed that this error, so far from being intentional, had originated entirely in over sight ; and he thought it only a fair act of justice, to grant them relief on the present occasion. This was no public company, it was the case of a whole town, all the inhabi tants of which were in favour of this Bill, without one dissentient voice. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw. The House then divided, when the numbers were— For the motion 56 Against the motion Majority —43 On the motion of S.r E. FILM ER, the London and Greenwich Railway Bill was read a second time. Sir E. WILMOT gave notice that be would, at an ear!) , period, bring in a Bill for the recovery of small debts. Mr. HUME said he would take that opportunity of ask ing the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies whe ther the Government had any intention of bringing for ward a Bill on the subject of the recovery of small debts. Lord J. RUSSELL said (as we understood him), that information would soon be laid before the House, which would enable them to legislate on the matter. Mr. BARNEB Y gave notice of his intention on Tues. day next to move for certain returns with respect to gaols in England and Wales. FROST, JONES, AND WILLIAMS. Mr. LEADER wished to put a question to the Noble Lord the Secretary for Colonial Affairs. The notice re specting Frost, Jones, and Williams, had appeared upon the Votes several times. He had attended the House every day on which that notice had appeared upon the Votes, and he had done all he could to bring the question before the House, but he bad been unsuccessful iu that endeavour. But he did not accuse the Government of having put him off, because he was really induced once or twice to put off the motion, in consequense of representations made to him by the Coansel for the prisoners, that there were negotiations pending between them and the Government, which might be damaged by his bringing the question be fore tho House. Being influenced by that opinion of counsel, of course he would not have proceeded with his motion even if he had the opportunity of bringing the question before the House. He understood that the pri soners had already left the country. He did not mean to say that the Government had not a right to send them out of the country if they pleased ; but he thought they might have waited a few days longer in order to give the House of Commons an opportunity of expressing an opi nion on the subject ; and they ought not to take it for granted that the House of Commons would agree with them. However, as the prisoners had sailed, aed as the question in issue, which was a constitutional question, and one affecting the administration of the law would not be at all prejudiced by his putting off his motion, he wished to give notice that he should bring the question before the House on the first notice night in the week after next. He, therefore, merely wished to ask the Noble Lord if it was true that the prisoners had sailed, and if the Noble Lord told him they bad sailed for their destination, then he wished to give notice that he should endeavour to have the question at issue discussed in the House on Tuesday week. If the prisoners had not sailed then he should feel justified in asking the House to have the question discussed immediately. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said the prisoners bad sailed for New South Wales. NEW SOUTH WALES. Mr. G OULBO URN wished to ask the Noble Lord a qbestion respecting Now South Wales. He observed there had been in the Legislative Council a measure pro pounded by the Governor for the general education of the youth of that colony. It appeared that by that measure the Roman Catholic youth of the colony were to be edu cated in one school on the principles of their own religion, but that allithe other youth of the colony were to be edu cated in one common school, in which, in order to avoid religious dissensions, no religious instruction was to be given, therefore giving to the Roman Catholics the benefit of religious instruction, but withholding it from the children of parents professing other religions. This proposition had, however, not met with the approba tion of the Legislative council ; now, what he wished to ask was, it th s preposition had been made by the Governor in consequence of any directions from the Government at home. ment, to evade any such Act.—(llear, hear.) If the amendment was intended to convey any further meaning, he was not the (Edipus tvho could unfold it. Having said so much upon the Noble Lord's amendment, he hoped the House would allow hi m t o ma k e a few observations on the resolutions he had himself to propose. On a former even ing be had endeavoured, in the speech which he made, to explain his views of the transaction, and the opinion which he then expressed was not altered by the papers which had since been laid on the table. The first resolution was—" That it appears, by the copy of a warrant laid on the table of this House, that a pension of 1,0001. a year has been granted by her Majesty to the late Comptroller of the Exchequer, on retirement from that office, on the ground of zealous and efficient services rendered to the public during a perod of nearly half a century, in which interval of time he filled the offices of Chancellor of the Exchequer for Ireland and Comptroller-General of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom." So that the words under which he received the pension, and the grounds upon which it was g r a n te d, m i g ht be divided into two parts, the one relatin g t o a zea l ous an d e ffi c ient service, when he filled the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer for Ire land, and Comptroller of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom ; and th e ot h er to t h e serv i ces w hi c h he rendered to the country when out of office. He thought it would be moat d angerous to l ay d own a pr i nc i p l e t h at Parliamen tary services should be rewarded with a pension, arid he considered it was a principle which the House of Com mons of the present day would not tolerate. He would therefore assume, that Sir John Newport was not entitled to a pension for Parliamentary services, and then the question was, whether he was entitled to a pension for his official services. Now, the Act on that sub ject stated, that no person was qualified to recive any pension fur performing the highest offices in the State. unless they had performed them for two years. It was clear, therefore, that he was not entitled to a pension by virtue of his office as Chancellor of the Exchequer in Ireland. Thee with respect to the Office of Comptroller of the Excheque r , i t was c l ear, i n his opinion, that he could enjoy no pen s i on f or t h at. T hen what was the provision of the Act of the Isa. and 2d of Victoria ? why it provided that no pension should be given by her Ma jesty for political services. Since that Act had been passed, so far as he could infer from a review of the Pension . List and f rom returns made to the House, the spirit of it had been rigidly observed, and he thought that no fault could be found with the pensions since given, with the exception o f t h at to w hi c h h e was a l. luding. Considering all these circumstances, and espe cially the great importance of making the Comptroller of the Exchequer independent of the Crown;and of en suring a strict adherence to the resolution of the House, he was sure that the House would feel it expedient to express its decided opinion that the grant to Sir John Newport should never have been made. The terms of his resolu tion were very mild, because he considered it safer and wiser to understate rather than to overstate the case he had to establish, and which he wished the House would listen to. But though his resolution was mild in its terms, he hoped the House would not fail to observe that it called on them to recognise two peat principles—first, that the Comptroller of the Exchequer should be independent of the influence of the Crown ; and, secondly, that the reso lutions of the House on the subject of the Civil List, should be strictly adhered to. He did not, however, wish to withdraw hie pension altogether from Sir J. Newport, but he objected to the manner in which that pension had been conferred. He had no desire to exercise any harsh ness towards that Right lion. Baronet, and so far he agreed with the Noble Lord. On a question of this sort, when so much might be said of the nature of pensions, and the propriety of granting them in some instances, and of refusing them in others, he thought it advisable to look over the list of pensions which had hitherto been confer red. He had thus seen no exceptions on the list to the reso lutions which the House had passed ; and, as far as he could see, the individuals to whom pensions had been given had been highly deserving of the favour conferred on them. On the Pension List were many illustrious names—but one perhaps " the greatest —was behind ;" one name was not on the list—a man who, perhaps, more than any other poet, had opened up the kindliest affections and the inest feelings of human nature—he need hardly say he alluded to Mr. Wordsworth.—(Lord John Russell—" He has been offered it.") He was aware of that, but the pension of fered had been so much lower than the usual amount offered to literary men, being only 150/. instead of 3001., that the poet, with worthy self-esteem, declined it. Again, what titter case for the Royal bounty, with a fe male Sovereign on the throne, than that of the Northum brian heroine, Grace Darling--( Hear, hear)—who, while residing on some barren rocks, had, by efforts of the cool est and most determined courage, rescues eleven fellow countrymen from a watery gray c?—( Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member then alluded to the case of a Mr. Leggett, we think, late solicitor to the Taxes-office, who had been compelled to retire from his office with a salary of 1,5001. and an official residence, on a retiring allowance of 1,3001; but dying suddenly, with several children, application was made by his widow for a pension, but the First Lord of the Treasury had declared that the regulations, which had been laid down by the House of Commons, prevented him from acceding to her request.—( Year, hear.) 'Was this equalization—that, in cases like these, the bounty of the Crown, forsooth, could not be exerted, whereas, in the case he was bringing forward, so large an amount of the Pension Fund had at one fell swoop been thrown away ?—( Ilcar, hear, hear.) Now, the late Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Monteagle, used to extricate himself with great adroitness and agility from difficulties like these, in which, perhaps, his successor would be apt to founder.—( Laughter.) The Noble Lord retired from the storms of the Chancellorship—( Laugh. ter)—was now safely moored in the snug haven of the Comptrollership of the Exchequer, where he doubtless often heard, with calm composure, the distant murmurs of the tempests he was accustomed to encounter-4 Laugh ter)—a haven, the repose of which, nobody acquainted with his many social qualities, would be disposed to grudge him.---( Hear, hear.) He wished the Noble Lcrd health and happiness—( Oh, oh)—in his new station, and only hoped that the milky mildness of the resolutions he had now to move would not he further diluted by the warm ' water weakness of the Noble Lord's (Morpeth's) amend ' ment.—( Laughter, and hear, hear.) He begged to movo as follows :—L The first resolution has above been given. " That it appear s that the said C om p tro ll er -G enera l fill e d the office of the Chancellor of the Exchequer for Ireland during the period of thirteen months only, viz., from the month of February, 1806, to the month of April, 1807. That it appears, by reference to the Act 4 and 5 Will. IV., c. 24 (by which the granting of pensions for political se vices was regulated), that no person is qualified to re ceive any pension on the ground of public duties per formed in the highest offices of the State, unless he shall have continued in the performance of such duties for a period of two years at the least. That it appears that it was also specially provided by the said Act 4 and 5 Will. IV., c. 24, that the holder of the office of Comp troller of the Exchequer should be precluded, on his re tirement front that office, from all claim to any of the pensions which the Crown was thereby em powered to bestow fur civil or political services. That it appears that the person holding the office of Comp troller of the Exchequer now consitutes the sole check (in lieu of all others formerly existing under the ancient regu lations of the Exchequer) on the expenditure of all public monies issued through the Exchequer by tin: authority of the Commissioners of the Treasury ; and it is specially provided that he should be incapable of holding any other office under the Crown in conjunction with such Comp trollership, and should be irremoveable from his office, except in ,pursuance of an address from the two Houses of Parliament; this officer being thus withdrawn from the exercise of any influence of the Crown over bun in the dis charge of his functions. That it appears that provision was made in the Act 1 and 2 Vic. c. 2, that the sum which her Majesty might be empowered to grant in pensions on the Civil List, in any one year, should not exceed the sum of 1,200/. ; and that, in conformity with a previous resolution of this House, such pensions should be granted 'to such persons only as might have just claims on the Royal . bene ficence, or who, by their pers o nal serv i ces t o th e Crown, by the performance of duties to the public, or by their use ful discoveries in science, and attainments in literature arid the arts, had merited the gracious consideration of the Sovereign and the gratitude of the country."Fliat, con sidering all these circumstance:., and more especially the great importance of keeping the Comptroller-General of the Exchequer independent of the influence of the Crown, as also of ensuring a strict adherence to the spirit of the resolution of this House on the subject of Civil List pen sions, this Ilouse deems it expedient to express its decided opinion that the grant of 1,0001. a year to Sir John New port, under the warrant before mentioned, ought not to be drawn into precedent." Lord G. RUSSELL rose, and was left speaking. COAL MARKET.. (THIS DAY.) Ord's Redhugh '7 0 Walls End Hetton- s. (1. '25 Pontop Windsor lB 0 WaPs End Eambton ..... ...... :4 9 Wylain. Walls End Clarke and;Co... 18 0 Wails End NVlntwell Walk End Hilda 2l 1 , Walls End Hartlepool 25 9 Walk End Hotspur Walls End MedoinsleY l9 6 W..lLs End Adel tide ' 3 9 Walls End Walker 22 0 Walls End Barrington Tees 19 1 Walls Endßraddyll'sHetton •..:3 li Walls End Evenwood 2O 0 Ships arrived since last market day, 1. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRP. 27. SIR JOHN NEWPORT'S PENSION. Mr. LIDDELL, in rising to bring forward the motion, of which he had given notice, must express his satisfaction that the Go vernment meant to divide upon it. For the cham pion whom they had put forward he had the greatest respect, but he felt every confidence in his cause, because he believed it to he an honest one. He could not, however, compliment the Noble Lord in his choice of weapons—a more pointless, spiritless amendment he had never had. It said, in a great many words, that while Sir John Newport held the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer he had endeavoured to do his duty in that House. It amounted to Lo more than that.—( Hear, hear,) Since the first discussion that had taken place on the subject he had taken the Noble Lord's advice, and referred to the period when Sir J. Newport served in an official capacity, and he had no hesitation in saying that no fault could be found with him during that period. The principal ground on which the Noble Lord had rested Sir John Newport's claim was that he had established the principle of free intercourse in trade between Glee Britain and Ireland. But Sir John Newport was not entitled to claim the approbation of the House on that ground. It was proper that it should be stated, that that ques tion had occupied the attention of the great men who had brought about the Union. Mr. Pitt had de voted great time and attention to the subject, and had expressed himself fully satisfied of the necessity of establishing free intercourse between the two countries, so that Sir John Newport had only carried out the propositions of his predeces sors, which had been deemed necessary ever since the Union. lie therefore thought that the credit of car rying this question could not be supposed to be due to Sir John Newport alone. The Noble Lord's resolution then proceeded to state that after serving for five years in the honourable office of Comptroller of the Exchequer, being then upwards of eighty ) car s o f age , an d a ff l icted with bodily infirmity, he withdrew from public life. Now that part of the resolution was not strictly eirrect. Sir John Newport had retired from public life before he had received the appointment of Comptroller of the Exchequer. In his address to his constituents at Waterford he had stated that he intended to withdraw from public life, on the ground of increasing age and infirmities, and he had afterwards received the appointment of Comptroller of the Exchequer. lie had no hesitation in expressing his opi nion that the original appointment of Sir John Newport to this office was injudicious, and not made in accordance with the spirit of the Act of Parliament by which the office had been originally created. He had referred to that Act, and to the debates which took place at the time, and he was satisfied it had never been intended that the office of Comptroller of the Exchequer should be a sinecure— ( Cheers)—and on that ground the appointment of Sir John Newport to such an office, after he had retired from public life was exceedingly injudicious. The resolution of the Noble Lord then went on to say that the grant of a pension under such circumstances could not be drawn into a precedent. The Noble Lord had assumed that, but he ( Mr. Liddell) contended that it ought not to be drawn into a precedent—( Hear, hear from the Opposition)—and he would assure the House that it not only could but would most assuredly be drawn into a a precedent for the improper grant of pensions. The ob ject of the Act was to place the Comptroller of the Ex- chequer in a state of independence of the Crown, but if he were to be pensioned at the pleasure of a Minister what became of his independence? Was there anything easier than to say that this was not to be made a precedent ? Would it not he easy for any future Comptroller to apply to be realised from this most dignified office upon the plea of ill-besith, and make way for any person to whom the Minister might wish to give the ap_ p n i n t men t 7, Would not a person retiring under such cir cumstances have a right to complain if this House, having abstained from interference in the present case, should in terfere to prevent him from having a retiring p ens i on ( Hear.) It seemed to be incumbent upon the House to come to a vote which would put it out of the power of any Government to have any future jobbing in an office which was one of the most dignified and impot taut under the Crown. The former part of the Noble Lord's amendment he confessed to be to him an enigma which he found it diffi cult to comprehend. He gathered from it this—that, let the House make what declaration it pleascd—let the Legisla ture pass any Act which it pleased —means would be found f or any—he nould not say corrupt, but jobbing Govern . Lord MORPETII, on rising., said—Sir, the lion. Member for North Durham did, at the commencement of his conclusive and crushing speecti— Loud laughter) —expiess his gladness that the Ministry had mustered courage to "show fight." I humbly beg to remind the Hon. Member that this is not the first occasion on which the Government has been induced to • show fight" in the present Session —( Laughter and cheers.) And I look upon it, Sir, as matter of no small comfort end congratu lation to the Government, that, after an opposition to its principles, it measures, and its existence, had been an nounced, more keen, and more persevering, than any pre ceeding—( Hear, hear, hear) —after it had been stated that others were ready—nay, eager to oust us from our places, end to substitute themselves in our stead—( Hear, hear)--- the only topic in the whole range of our domestic, our foreign, our colonial policy, which they have selected, s f o or coming twice to the charge — is the granting this to Sir John Newport—(Cheers)—and I must say that after all the denunciations which have been thundered against us during the recess, and which were carefully bottled up for explosion in the Session--( Laughter and cheers) —it does seem to me no slight consolation Oat of all our alleged misdeeds_this is the lead ing, and the crownin: , enormity.—(Loud cheer I do not wish, Sir, to bandy e pi t h ets w i th the Hon. Mesm.) bcr as to the amendments, but certa i n l y i f, as he I .g -macs them, they are " p o i nt l ess and spiritless," e l s. n l- - more deserving of th e names t h an the resolutions anything l ytng never saw, and undoubtedly it requ i res b ut a weak shield to ward off so pointless a hi ow.—( Cheers. ) Indeed , to ' the whole of his lung string of dull propositions, nobody, think, can f ee l any great i nterest one way or the other as to their fate__( Laughter, and Hear, hear)—and wishing to reciprocate the terms of respect in which the lion. Ment her spoke of me—l yet cannot forbear characterising, - them as most heavy specimens of didactic twaddle.—(Loud laughter and cheers.) The Noble Lord went on to state, that as to the first six resolutions, they asserted only mat ters of fact, which nobody would care to contradict. For instance, he should not at all wish to dispute the state ments of the warrant which the Government had them selves laid before the House, nor the accuracy of the state ment of the conditions on which the Controllership of the Exchequer had been granted, or the terms on which pen sions were now granted on the Civil List. The resolutions of the lion. Gentleman, so far from embodying any new principle, merely recited and confirmed the terms and conditions of existing Acts of Parliament. In the amend ments, which he ( Lord Morpeth) had to p ro p ose, he had ' thought it right to bring back the attention of the House to what had been done by previous Governments in the administration of pensions from the year 1782 to 1830. ; ( Hear. ) He believed t 11: t ; upon referring to the terms EVENING EDITI - - of Acts which existed previous to 1834, it would be found that before that time pensions had been granted in con travention of the terms and conditions of preceding Acts of Parliament, :Se, indeed, was plainly made manifest upon the first production of the Pension List,—( Hear, hear.) In order to show what had been the conduct of prc•vions Governments in respect to pensions, and that those Go vernments were as much restricted by the existing Acts, es the present Government could be by the restriction of 1834, or the Civil List Act of the present year, in which that resolution was embodied, be proposed the following amendment to be irserted before the paragraph regarding the Civil List Pension : —That bv, an Aot of 22 George HI., c. 82, it was declared—" Ad wheress much con fusion and expense did arise from having pensions paid at various placea and by various persons, and a custom bath prevailed of granting pensions on a private list during his Majesty's pleasure, upon a suppcsition that in some eases it may not be expedient for the public good to divulge the names of the persons in the said list, or that it may be dis agreeable to the persons receiving such pensions, to have it known that their diatresse; are so relieved, or for saving the expe nse o f f ees and taxes on small pensions, by MC:II3 of which said usage, secret and dangerous corruption may hereafter he practised ; and ts hercas it is no disparagtes ment for persons to be relieved by the Royal Bounty in their distress, or for their desert ; 'but, oe the contrary, it is honourable, in just cause, to be thought worthy of reward," &c —.That this limitation to persons in their dis tress, or for their desert, not having proved a sufficient check on the grant of unmerited pensions, this House. is the year 1834, entered into certain resolutions concerning pensions. He thought it desirable, as the Honourable Gentleman had gone into a history of the grounds on which pensions had been granted, to show whether in the fifty years preceding 1632, any pension-s had been granted on other grounds than the po verty of the parties and their public cervices. The last resolution of the Hon. Member contained an expression of opinion, and accordingly it was his (Lord M.'s) intention to convey in his amendments an expression of opinion, but somewhat different from that of the Hon. Member fcr North Durham. The difference was this—that whereas the Hon. Member's last resolution stated that the grant to Sir John Newport ought not to be drawn into a precedent —and the amendment showed that it could not be drawn into a precedent—for granting pensions to persons who ; had not just claims upon the Royal benevolence, these amendments were—" That it appears to this Hoase that the Right Honourable Sir .John Newport, in his official ca pacity of Chancellor of the Exchequer in Ireland, exerteel himself to the utmost to restrain useless expenses, to pro mote education, and to improve trade and intercourse be tween Ireland and the other parts of the United Kingdom ; that while in the said office he directed, and after leaving office suggested, various inquiries, which led to the adop. tion by Parliament of measures highly conducive to the better administration of the law and beneficial to the reve. nue; t hat after serving for five years in the konourable office of Comptroller of the Exchequer, being then upwards of eighty years of age and eftlicted with bodily infirmity, he withdrew from public life, respected for the unblemished integrity of his character, to pass in retirement the re mainder of his days. That, considering that Sir John Newport was not in affluent circumstances when be thus withdrew from office, this House is satisfied that a pant of a pension to a retired Comptroller of the Exchequer, in circumstances so peculiar, cannot be drawn into a precedent in favour of persons who have not " just claims on the Royal beneficence," and are not distinguished by " the performance of duties to the public." As he wished that every part of the transaction under consideration should be closely looked to, he would freely say that if any objection could be made to any part of it, it was to the period of life at which Sir .John Newport was appointed to the °rice of Comptroller of the Exchequer.--( Hear.) But that ob jection was not made in the very candid speech of the Hon. Member for Tamworth the other night.—( Hear.) No such objection was made at the time of the appointment none was made in the intervening period—and, what was more to the purpose, none was made by the Hon. Member for North Durham, and he thought he might take it for granted, with that long acquiescence, that non• could fairly be stated.—(Hear.) That Sir John Newport bad performed the duties of the office no one denied; and 110 one who witnessed the manlier in which he discharged theta up to the time when he requested to resign, could call in question his perfect competency.—( Hear, hear.) The Hen. Member had introduced into his speech, by inuendo and • with much sarcasm,: some points which he had not the ooa rage or the consistency to introduce into his resolution.-- ( Hear, hear, and a laugh)—and he agreed with the Hen. Gentleman himself, that if he had done so the courage would be very great, but he thought the Hoe. Gentleman would find the consistency quite desperate of attainment. (A laugh.) In reprobrting the circumstances under which Sir Jelin Newpert's pension had been granted, the Hen. Gentleman had attacked Lord Monteagle with much satire an some not very new quotations. The Hon. friescbst gave it to be understood that Sir John Newport resigned to make way for Lord Monteagle. Now be (Lord M.) gave that statement the most unqualified contradiction, on the part of all who were concerned..—( Hear, hear.) And , if any one disbelieved the solemn assertion of those per. sons, he would cheerfully leave to that person the full en. joyment of his scepticism, in all its latitude. —( Hear.) In 1837, Sir J. Newport expressed a wish to resign, but he was persuaded, upon the improvement of his health, to continue some time longer. But in 1639 he sought and , obtained a personal interview with the First !lord of the Treasury, on which he placed the disposal of the office in the hands of Lord Melbourne; and be (Lord Morpeth) had the most distinct assurances, that if, in May last, the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth had sue. seeded in forming a Ministry, he would have found the office of Comptroller of the Exchequer at his absolute dig. posal.—( Cheers.) It was true that on Lord Melbourne's . return to office he postponed for a time the acceptance of Sir John Newport's resignation, and the filling up of his office ; but so far from that having anything to sio with Lord Monteagle's appointment, not only was the office, in the interval, offered to another, but it was known to many Gentlemen on that (the Mi nisterial) side of the House, to many upon the opposite side—and to none more so than to the Right Hon. Speaker himself—that up to that time the views of Lord Monteagle were centered upon another, and very different office.—(Cheers ) Leaving for a time the speech of the lion. Member for North Durham, be would now turn to the resolutions. Tha Hon. Gentlemen had said that Lord Monteagle always knew bow to make the. best of a bad cause, but he (Lord Morpeth) assured the Hon. Gentleman that be could not compliment hits in the same terms—( A laugh)—and he would show how sh e Hon. Gentleman endeavoured to twist and torture the facts which were the groundwork of his resolutions. First, he (Mr. Liddell) stated that Sir J. Newport held the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer for Ireland only for thirteen months. It was not pretended that Sir John Newport had any legal claim to a retiring pension for kis official services. But he l Lord Morpeth) would presently consider whether he had a claim for such a pension for his public services in and out of office. The Hon. Member's second resolution was an answer to those who sug gested that Sir J,lin Newport could perform the duties of the office of Comptroller-General of the Exchequer by deputy, if the honourable and delicate sense of proprie.y which governed him, would allow him to retain the name and emolument of office by such an expedient. Was it to be inferred from those two resolutions, that the person who filled that office was not only to be deemed as dis entitled to any retiring allowance, or superannuation, on account of that office, but that, if circumstances should compel his retirement, by reason of his inercasing years and growing infirmities, and his conscientious sense of in capacity, then whatever might have been his public ler in other respects, and however much he might be a fit object for the bounty of the Crown, he should be , entitled t• any advantage from it?—( Hear, hear.) Ila believed that it was specifically enacted by Act of Parlia ment, that the Treasurer to the Ordnance should not be entitled to any retiring allowance by reason of that office, but that did not prevent Gentlemen opposite, when in office, from rewarding Mr. William Holmes by a pension —of course not for his services in that office—( A laugh) —nor in the way the present Government had rewarded Sir Jahn Newport, who was a man advanced in age—let by giving a pension to his son, who was in the full pos. session of youth and vigour.—( Cheers.) lie MIS not questioning the propriety of that grant—he only stated that it was made, notwithstanding an express Act of Par liament precluding the holder of the office of Treasurer to the Ordnance font any retiring allowance. The question for the House was, did the services and the circumstances of Sir John Newport warrant the Government in exorcising such discretion in his case ? It therefore was his duty to • inquire with reference to the sixth resolution, which re.. cited the terms of the well-known resolution of that House, afterwards embodied in the Civil List Act— l whether the case of Sir John Newport brought him within the conditions specified in that resolution ? in addressing himself to that part of th e quest i on, he did I not wish to appeal to the sympathies and feel ings of Hon. Gentlemen, but would deal with it only upon public consideratioas.—( Hear, beer.) He might appeal to sympathies which be thought he shared in common with the Honourable Member for North Durham. He might, for instance, go back to the early days of Sir John Newport's long and well-spent life, when he had the honour of having Lord Wellesley and Lori Grenville for his fags--( Hear, hear, and a laugh)—who.e friendship tied esteem he had ever continued to retain. Of course, he did not mention that as a ground of appeal I to sympathy in such a case as this.—( Hear, bear, and a ! laugh.) What, then, were the public services which en titled Sir John Newport to a pension from the Crown The facts spoke for themselves, and ccmment, then, we.a superfluous. He came into Parliament in 1104, and con. tinned to be a Member of the House of Commons abort thirty Years. In the first year he put an end to the Union Compensation Commission, in which the Commissioners had been accustomed to sit only one day in the week, and thee did nothing.—( Hear, and a laugh.) In 11 0 6 he held tie only Parliamentary ffice he ever held, and that was the Chancellor of the Exchequerahip for Ireland ; and in the I course of the year he carried, or put in the way of being carried, several important measures. Perhaps the moil important of these was the opening of the trade in core between Great Britain and Ireland.—( Hear, hear.) Be_ ; fore that time the restrictions upon that trade were as severe as upon the trade in corn between this kingdom and ' any foreign country. And what had been the result of that measure ? Why, Ireland had since become the gra. nary of England Hear.) The productiveness of that country had vastly increased, and was increasing every year—( Hear, hear)—in fact, every year showed a marvel lous increase of her productiveness--( Hear, hear)—and she had since that period afforded the most profitable tsar ket for the productions of English industry—(Hear, hear) . --and that measure, as much as any other, had promoted the safety, and, he might even say, had preserved the ex istence of the empire.—(Cheers.) In 1806, in conjunc tion with the father of his Noble Friend beside him (Lord ' John Russell), the Duke of Bedford being at the time Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, he took the first step towards the institution of a system of national education, by the appointment of the first Commission, upon the Fourteenth Report of which was founded, the present system of na- I tional education.—( Hear, hear.) Sir John Newport alas. I procured the abolition of sinecures in the Customs; and as a non-official Member of Parliament, he was constantly bringing in measures for the correction of abuses, at,