The Sun. — London, England, 1840-03-26 00:00:00

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SIR—We find that in the Police Report in your Paper of last night (the 25th), we are stated to have been fined by a Magistrate tor disorderly conduct. We beg most positively to assure you that there is no foundation what ever for such an assertion. Your obedient servants, GRIMSTON. HENRY FITZROY. 9. South Audley-street, March 26. I From this letter we are confident our reporter must have been misinformed, and, therefore, we readily publish it, to remove the unjust imputation. ] CORN-LAWS. TO THE EDITOl? OF THE SUN. Norwich, March 25, 1834. Sin—The Town Connell of this city and borough met yesterday, for the purpose of considering the question of the Corn -laws. The discussion commenced at a quarter past twelve, and lasted newly four o'clock in the afternoon. It was moved and wconded that a petition from the Council be presented to Parliament, the prayer of which was (in sub stance) that the .present system of Corn-laws should be abolished, and a duty substituted on Foreign Coln, for the protection of the farmer, graduating down till it would eventually cease. Tk's was sttongly opposed by all the Tories, and one Whig gentleman, who called himself the " Pool Man's Friend," and was met by a negative motion. Upon a division, there appeared— For the Petition Against it, and any alteration 2O Of these twenty who had thus voted for the continuance of the Starvation-laws. seventeen were Tories and three Whigs. YOUR CONSTANT READER. THE MUIthER AT ISLINGTON. (Fa)NI A CORRESPONDENT ) As several reports relative to the former life and habits of the unfortunate Mr. Templeman have appeared in se veral of the newspaper prints, we have endeavoured to col lect a few particulars respecting him whilst residing is the city of Lincoln. To the best of the belief of persons who knew him about 40 years ago, he went to reside at that time at Lincoln, where he followed, as journeyman, the trade of a weaver ; he had; however, previous to this time, served in the army, having entered it whilst in his native country (Scotland). Having imbibed the principles of Jacobin'am, he was not scrupulous, when enjoying his pot and his pipe, of giving vent to his thoughts and feelings respecting the acts and conduct of the different political parties in those troublesome times of war. On one occa sion he was drinking at the Recruiting Sergeant public house, with several other persons, when a discussion en. sued on the affairs of the country; a warm debate followed, the majority of the company justifying the condu t of the King and Government, whilst Templeman was as warm in deprecating their acts; it was during this dehate that he indiscreetly damned the King—the compani; knowing the penalty for such language, one of them seized the op portunity of causing him to be apprehended. On being tried he was found guilty, and sentenced to one year's imprisonment in the City Goal. Whilst in the gaol the keeper (Mr. Tuke) had a daughter whose name was Peacock (a widow), living at the gaol with him, and who frequently assisted her father by wait ing upon the prisoners. Templeman whilst in prison was waited upon by Mrs. Peacock, and during his confinement an attachment grew up between them, so much so that on his release they were married. After their marriage they proceeded to Boston, where they lived several years, Mr. Templeman still following his trade. Mrs. Peacock by her first husband had some children, and amongst them a daughter, who gave birth to an illegitimate child, and this child, ors its mother's death in 1809, was brought up by Mr. Templeman and his wife, who paid every attention to its wants and comfort, being remunerated handsomely for the support of the little William Herbert Coates Temple man by its reputed father, who was an officer in the army. Mr. Tuke (who, as before stated, kept the House of Cor rection) was at the same time Master of the Jersey School, at length died, and the latter situation was then filled by Mr. Templeman, in 1815. In 1825 he lost his wife at the age of 65. The Jersey School, of which he continued master until about the }ear 1828, was established during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, called the Grey Friars, at the charge of the corporation, for setting the poor to work, and teaching them to knit and spin Jerseys ; but, in conse quence of the improvements in machinery, the spinning yarn by hand became totally unprofitable, and therefore the teaching children to spin useless. The Jersey School was, therefore, given up. Mr. Templeman, during his resi dence at the Jersey School, became much sought after by the inhabitants and visiters to Lincoln, he being very clever at weaving the model of Lincoln Minster upon different descrip tions of linen, &c. He was particularly fond of birds, and bred constantly a great number of canaries. He was very partial to his glass, and most of the publicans in the city were visited by him. His charge, Wm. Herbert Coates Templeman, on arriving at a suitable age, was placed in, an attorney's office at Lincoln, and after being some time in that situation, he left for London, when he became pos sessed of some considerable property by the death of his near relative. On Mr. Templeman's being discharged from the Jersey School, Mr. W. H. C. Templeman sent for him to London, and provided for him sufficient to keep him comfortably. Previous to leaving the Jersey School, an attempt was made by Mr. W. H. C. Templeman, who is a scholar, to obtain some compensation for his aged relative from the Corporation of Lincoln, but without suc cess. FRAN CB. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. Tuesday being the day appointed for the debate upon the Secret Service Money Bill, the vote on which would decide the fate of the new Ministry, the entrance to the Chamber was surrounded by a dense crowd, notwith- standing a heavy fall of snow, and the interior was thronged at an early hour. The public galleries were filled with persons of distinction, several members of the diplomatic corps, and a number of ladies in the moat fashionable attire ; indeed, the privileged boxes, from their gay and animated appearance, reminded one of the opera upon the representation of some favourite piece. The deputies arrived in considerable numbers, but in stead of taking their places they assembled in groups in front and at the side of the tribune, and were soon engaged in earnest conversation. The President, M. Sauzet, took his seat at one o'clock, and shortly after that hour the ministerial benches were fully occupied, M. Thiers being the first who made his appearance; he was surrounded by several deputies, who seemed anxious to encourage him by a cordial shake of the hand, The following is a list of the members inscribed on the President's list to speak for and trz,ainst the project of law :—ln favour of the project—M M. Dubois, Delacroix, Gaugier, Garnon de Sade, Vavire, and Ganneron. Against the bill—M M. Desmousseaux de Givre, Bechard, INLr- milliod, Pages, Roul, Harli, and Janvier. The President having intimated that the order of the day was the debate upon the secret service money, M. Thiers, President of the Council, ascended the tri bune. The Chamber was aware that he had remained for some years out of the Administration, solely on the ground that his convictions were not approved of in a certain high quarter ; but lately, when his Majesty did him the honour to call on him for his counsel, he had the satisfaction to find that there now existed no difference of opinion be tween this illustrious personage and himself. The various questions which had heretofore kept him aloof from the Administration had been disposed of—for instance, those of Belgium, Ancona, and Spain, and, therefore, he was at liberty to take office without swerving from his poli tical faith. —( Approbation.) He. was always ready to serve the Crown on this condition, and lie should con sider it weakness to shrink from his duty from any per sonal feeling,.—( Hear, hear.) He, therefore, undertook the task of forming a Cabinet, for this purpose: three combinations presented themselves—first, that with the late Cabinet of the 12th of May ; secondly, with the members of that of the 11th of October ; and thirdly, with those of April 15. He had to choose between these various elements, and try to select a Cabinet from them if possible. He declared to his Majesty that he had no objection to enter a Cabinet with Marshal Soult, even yielding to him the Presidency of the Council, and also include any of his colleagues who might think proper to join them. This proposition was not agreeable to the parties to whom it was addressed, and be was obliged to have recourse to Members of the Cabinet of the 11th October. He should have been most happy to have se cured the aid of the Duke de Broglie, not only as an inti mate friend, but from the fortunate union of their opinions upon questions of foreign policy. There was but a triiing difference between them—namely, upon the Sep tember laws. On applying to the Duke de Broglie, that Noble Peer expressed his repugnance to re-entering public affairs, and for reasons which ought to be respected. Thus there only remained the Cabinet of the 15th April, the chief of which, Count Mole, bad been opposed to him on important questions for more than two years ; however, he forgot all former differences, and even offered to give up the Presidency of the Council to M. Mole, but this combi nation having been also rejected, he (M. Thiers) found it necessary to present to the King the list of a Cabi net composed of the intermediate parties in the Chamber, as it was impossible to form any other. In this endeavour he had the support of conscientious men of different shades of opinion, who were ready to sacrifice trifling dif. ferences for the general good. His Majesty said he was convinced the Cabinet of the 12th of May would not re turn to the Administration, and that a junction with that of the 15th of April would be equally fruitless. Thus no othet Cabinet but the present could be formed, and his Majesty, after a cc: tale interval, gave his consent to its installation. The Chamber was composed of three prin cipal divisions, and the object of the Ministry was to con tent the most numerous, for otherwise there could be no majority, and consequently no Ministry could stand. A transaction (they would excuse the expression) was abso lutely necessary, but certainly not one that could infringe principles. The position of parties in the Chamber was no longer the same, and those questions which for merly presented an insurmountable barrier, no longer existed ; all that was required was to sacrifice shades of opinion, and mere personal motives ought never to prevent men from giving their aid to carry on the Government. There could, therefore, be no dishonour in a transaction founded upon such a bask and particu larly when every combination was impossible without the sacrifice of personal feelings.—( Approbation.) There were no advocates at present in the Chamber to call for " repressi v e lavas or measures of exception or disjunction." Those times had fortunately passed by and given place to a tendency to an amalgamation of opinions. When laws were required for the maintenance of order, there was but one opinion in the Chamber. When public order was threatened, the general voice was, " Order must be up held."_( General approbation.) The difference which now existed was more theoretical than real and almost en tirely con fi ne d t o f ore i gn po li cy. It was said that the pre . fert Cabinet cave no pl e d ge w i t h respect to electoral re sorm; but this was not a question before the Chamber, and the law as it now existed was in accordance with the charter. Electoral reform was a question for the fu ture, and no one in the Chamber was ready to say "yes" upon that point at the present hour. The serious ques tions which might cause a difference of opinion were those upon foreign policy, but the principles of the Chamber upon such points were well established. The part which France would, in future, have to act with re gard to Europe was strictly defined, and could not be safely departed from. The Revolution of July had placed France in a new qed imposing position, principles had arisen at that memorable pericd, which France would now support with vigour and perseverance.—( Approbation). By timidity or want of confidence in herself she would lose ground, and the respect of surrounding nations. He was one of the most humble children of that Revolution, but he:should always elevate his voice for the maintenance of its principles. —( General approbation.) A system of propa ganda in France was altogether impossible as long as they adhered to the institutions of 1830, and he need not as sure them that he would use his utmost endeavours for their permanency.—( Applause.) There was one " im mense question" of foreign policy which attracted the at tention of the country —namely, the affairs of the East; but happily that question would be decided without any inter ruption of the peace of Europe. He was proud to say that no one in the Chamber would vote for the destruction of the Turkish Empire, in order to found a rival power in Egypt, or any one who would consent to sacrifice the rights acquired by Mehemet Ali. In fact, all were agreed upon these important points., or at least they bad an im mense majority. The President of the Council, after en tering into some details as to the line of conduct followed by previous Administrations, added, that he showed no re luctance to return to office the moment he found that he could act up to his convictions. He knew that the diffe rent parties in the Chamber all advocated order, but they differed merely in the mode of carr 3 ing out their systems ; the principle was the same, and, therefor e, he saw no reason for a decided separation between men who were actuated by the same object. The victim of such preme ditated hostility would be the illustrious personage who had done him the honour to confide in his humble abilities.— (Hear, hear.) The sincere friends of the Constitution of July would not act upon a system of exclusion, as they must be well aware that it must entail the ruin of the country ; the Members of the present Cabinet being determined to do every thing in their power for the interests and glory of France, would rely upon the rupport of all true patriots. He must add one word of excuse for himself and his colleagues for having made use of the word " transaction," which seemed to have given umbrage. It would indeed be unfortunate that the pro nunciation of a single word, authorised by circumstances, should have the effect of defeating a Cabinet which had not as yet been heard nor had time to be judged by its acts, and it would be still more strange if this blow were to come from those who had a new Ministry ready for the next day. The President of the Council, at the conclusion of his discourse, was greeted with general and continued ap. plause, end it was some time before the noise of private conversation allowed an opportunity for the first orator in scribed on the President's list to address the Chamber. The sitting was suspended for hail an hour, and was resumed by M. Desmousseaux de Givre, one of the " 221," who protested against the supposition that that party was at all divided. In the coarse of his speech he asked who would be the chief of the opposition, when M. Wilton Barrot quitted that post? He was answered by cries of, " Gamier Pages and yourself," M Odillon Barrot " Yount least have no party." M. Abraham Dubois fol toe ed, and contended that M. Thiers's speech had not been refuted ; but, having spoken out of his turn, sat down. M. Lacroix supported the Ministry because he thought it was a Parliamentary one, and beempe it belonged neither to the 213 (Coalition) or 221 (Mole.) This was received with roars of laughter. M. Bechard (Legitimist) said he would neither systematically support nor oppose the Mi nistry. He approved of its origin because it was Parlia mentary ; but the terms of his alliance with the Left were not known, as he had neither alluded in his speech to the September Press Laws nor to electoral reform. M. Be chard insisted upon Court influence being destroyed. He would not give his confidence to the Cabinet unless it frankly explained its policy on education, commerce, and the affairs of Africa. He contended that electoral reform was necessary ; and was left speaking at post hour. BOURSE.—PeeIs, TUESDAY, MARCH 24. Yirst Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price rench 5 per Cents ll3 5 ... 113 25 ... 113 5 ... 1.3 25 4 per Cents lO2 ... f 2 ... 102 ... 102 3 per Cents B3 25 . 83 50 ... 82 20 ... 83 30 Bank of trance 3170 ...oi7o ...3155 ...3155 Latfitte Bank I,ooof. 101 , 5 ...1065 —lO6O ...I 60 5,000 f. Sb 5195 ...5195 ...5195 ...5195 Belgian Bank 895 ... 815 890 590 5 I,er Cents 3 per Cents 74 50 ... 74 50 ..." 74 40 ... 74 40 United States Bank Loan 99 9 % ... 99% ... 9A. ... 994, Spanish Ac,ive 284 2854 ... 2854 ... 2854 P ass i ve 7% ... 7 /'s New Deferred Portuguese 3 per Cents 24 ... 24 ... 24 Neapolitan ' Roman lO4 104 ... 104 ... 104 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain 650 ... 650 ... 650 ... 550 Versailles, R. B 548 75 ... 54S 75 ... 515 ... 547 50 L.B. 355 ... 257 355 net 25 Orleans .. Strasburg to Bale .. 358 75 ... 360 ... 1 . 155 75 ... 550 Niulhausen to 'Diann ...... 4'25 4310 ... 420 ... 430 BRUSSELS AND GERMAN PAPERS ( From the Austro-Turkish Frontier, March 5.) The bad consequences of the want of vigorous hands of Milosch begin to be more and more sensibly felt in Survia. The moral influence of the present Government becomes thily less, and the dissensions between the persons in power contribute to undermine their authority. The disagree ment between them prevents them from taking a very vigorous resolution, because the most important and urgent affairs of Government must be delayed till the anxiously expected arrival of the young Prince. In some places the discontent has manifested itself in direct opposition to the Government. A body guard of 150 men for the young Prince was formed by the Government, of soldiers of the disbanded corps of Milosch ; eighty of these men have already deserted, with arms and baggage, intending, it is said, to seize on the person of the young Prince, and to take him back to the formor residence at Kragujewata. BRUSSELS, Marten 23.—Yesterday the King transacted business with the Minister of the Interior, and cf Foreign Affairs. His Majesty attended Divine Service in the Chapel of the Palace, and gave audience to M. Van de Weyer, his Minister Plenipotentiary at London. The Court of Assize of the province of West Flanders has just sentenced Joseph Charlier and Sophie Scaron to death, for forgery of notes of the General Society for the promotion of the National Manufactures. It is with regret we publish this sentence. We know that the penalty which i t now passed with great reserve,even for the greatest crimes, came first to be commuted by the Sovereign who now governs us. We certainly have no doubt on this point : but we would also hope that hard labour for life will not be inflicted. M. de Behr Ven, PresArlent of the Chamber of Repre sentatives, left Liege on the 21st, to repair to the Palace, having been sent for by his Majesty. It is supposed that this visit is connected with the formation of a Cabinet. I.36ussELs, MAncn 24.—The sitting of the Senate, which was announced for to-day, could not take place, only two members being present. Several Belgian officers, authorized to take part in the expedition in Africa, received orders to depart yesterday evening. BELGIAN I. U NGS—Bnuams, :qAucit 24. Acti.lllezt, 21 , 4 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 ocr Cwnt Loan of Thirty Millicins, 4 per Cent. -- ----- 3 per Cent. Loan of City, 1532, 4 per Cent O5 Society of Commerce, 4 ',per Cent lO9 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent ii.l4 National Society Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, March 26. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Marten 16 five per Cents. 111,:talliques • lo9y, Fox r per Cents. Sheen par Cents. Bank Shares ....... '837 —Alliteineine Zeitung, March '2l .PRUSSI AN FUNDS.— I.32lthiri, MAkcir 20. Bills. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4 1 v por cent. - 1041,4; 103 , , Prussian English Loan, 1530, 4 per cent. 10:341 . 102% Exchange on London, three months —.6 30% —Prussian Slate Gazette. March 21. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY DEAL, MARCH 25.—Wind squally.—Sailed the Islanta, Fow ell, fur Barbadocs ; Comet, Saunderson, Sant PonTsmouTii, MARCH 25.—Wind E. toN. N. B.squally— Arrived the Adler. Diereks, from Rio Janeiro, sailed the 6th of January. The Dove, Fitzgerald, bound to South ampton, got on the Arrow's bank, but came off and pro ceeded without apparent damage. FALMOUTH, MARcit 24.—Wind N.E. to N. N.E., fresh breezes, and squally.—Arrived the Star packet, from Bar badoes, left the 24th of January, Tobago 25, Trinidad F e b. 1, Granada 4, St. Kitts 9, Tortola 10, St. Thomas 13, Porto Rico 14, and Cape Ilayte 18; Derby, Russel, Odessa; Collision, Gergenti. LIVERPOOL, INlAncit 25.-IVind N. E.—Arrived the William Atkins, Whiteside, from Singapore ; Champ'.ori, Hall,a Rio Janeiro; Aurora, Havannah ; Calder, Turner, St. Thomas's; Margaret Forbes, King, New Orleans; Vis tula, Sullivan, ditto ; Marquis Bute, M`Lellan, Montreal ; Mersey, Edwards, ditto ; George Washington, Burrowes, New York; W. Parker, Montreal ; Integrity, Watson, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Mearns, Allen, ditto ; Edgar, Campbell, Newfoundland ; Dash, lienehess, ditto. Off-port, John o'Gaunt, Robertson, from China, left Tongkog Bay, Dec. 9, and St. Helen a , F e b. 5 ; Sterling, Havannah. COVE OF COM-A/taxi! 2t.—Arrived the Cunning, ham, Gladstones, from Odessa. GUERNSEY, MARCH 21.—Sailed the St. George, More, for the Havanna. RAMSGATE, MARCH 25. —Artived the Hope, Webster, from Newcastle, leaky, and with loss of bulwarks, bound to Amsterdam. A vessel, reported to be a galtiot, is riding at anchor near the Kentish Knock, dismasted ; and a loaded schooner is aground on the lower part of the Knaplin Sand. SALCOMBE, MARCO 24.—Off port, the Harmonic, Gar.- Ben, from Surinam. POOLE, MARCH 25. Sailed the Janus, Ford, Figuera, 13aisTor„ MAncit 25 —Arrived the Harebell, Chud leigh, from Odessa. Sailed the Rokelcy, Goltell, Quebec. DUBLIN, MARCH 23.—Arrived the Helen and Elizabeth All u, , from St. John's, New Brunswick. KINGSTOWN, NIABCH 24. --Arrived the Sauria Welch from Prince Ed war d' s I s l an d . , , Coax, MARCII 23.—Off port, the Cambrian, Lee, from the Mauritius, sailed 11th December. VESSELS SPOKEN %VIM-The Act ive, Brooks, 13th July, in Kinor Straits, out 32 months, with 690 barrels Argus, Barkiy, out 15 months, with 500 barrels; Des patch, out 7 months, with 130 barrels; Vigilant, out 4 months, clean; Restitution, and Kitty, by the Alto (whaler), arrived at the Cape of Good Ilopo. Derby, Renewal, Ambassador, Skipton, Pomona, Dahlia, Hannah ( and Athol (of Dund ee ), a ll f or Cork or 1,?al i lino P u ''s)' t y ll ic , b sthinst., iu the Gut of Gibraltar, by the Cun ningham, arrived at Cork : Crest, London to Sydney, Jan. 8, off the Canary Islands. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1840. CORN LAWS: GLORIOUS TRIUMPH OF THE CAUSE IN THE HOT-BED OF TORYISM. One of the proudest, if not the greatest, victories of free trade over landowners' monopoly, that has yet oc curred in this kingdom, was on Saturday,'the 14th inst., achieved in the village of Cuckney, Nottinghamshire, which redounds to the immortal honour of the " free and unshackled" individuals, who bore a part on that glorious occasion. The facts are as follow :—Sisee the period of Mr. Acland's visit to Cockney, on the 29th ult., to deliver a lecture upon the Corn-laws, the agents of the Aris tocracy have been observed to be exceedingly an noyed, and it was plainly perceptible that the mountain was in labour." The public anxiously awaited the result, and on the 11th inst. their expecta tions were gratified by the appearance of the following splendid specimen of literary humbug, in the form of a hand-bill, which was widely circulated : " CORN-LAWS. " It being the opinion of a very great majority of the " TREE AND UNSHACKLED Inhabitants of the parish of Cuckney, that the present Corn-laws ought not to be repealed, it is intended that a meeting shall be held at the Green-dale Oak Inn, Cuckney, on Saturday next, the 14th March, at half past Five o'Clock in the evening, preparatory to draw ing up a petition to the Legislature, praying the con tinuance of the present Corn-laws; and all persons inte rested therein are requested to attend. " March 18, 1840." All who are acquainted with the locality of Cuckney, and the arbitrary power exercised over the tenantry by those " dressed in a little brief authority," whenever an opportunity occurs of attacking popular measures, or popular rights,—whether at an election for Members of Parliament or parish meeting—know full well that such a hand-bill was a direct insult to the feelings of the much-to-be-pitied but dependent tenantry of the neigh bourhood. From the ambiguity of this remarkable production it was thought advisable to write to Mr. Haskins, the agent of Earl Bathurst, requesting to be informed whether the intended meeting was to be a public or private one, as the members of the Anti-Corn-law As sociation and their friends disputed the inference,and were desirous of meeting their opponents in open discussion. It was naturallyexpected from a gentleman that a gentlemanly answer would be returned, but it was simply this, that he would not satisfy the querist, and wondered at his im pertinence !! Thus left in some uncertainty, the friends of repeal obtained a legal opinion, which was, that the intended meeting would be a public parish one. Know ing the natural cunning of their opponents, it was de termined not to be outmanceuvred, and the " free and unshackled" (I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word) inhabitants of the parish collected in great num bers at the intended scene of action, two hours previous to the opening of the business. Already had the sup porters of things as they are, and their dependents, mustered in considerable force ; but what could ex ceed our surprise to witness, at this parish meeti n g, magistrates, landowners, officers in the army, lawyers, farmers and their retainers, arrising from Bothamsall, Warsop, Shirebrook, Worksop, Patterton, Scarcliffe, Whaley, Sulkholme, Bolsover, Carlton, anti various other places in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. By this irruption of the Goths, it was evidently in tended to swamp the opinion of the parish. But mark the result ! Confident of victory, the grandees assem bled at the house of Mr, Haskins, and appointed, as report says, Francis Hall, Esq., a Magistrate, residing near Mansfield, as Chairman, previous to the meeting ! After keeping the public waiting considerably beyond the time appointed, the door of the room in which the meeting was to be held was unlocked, and Mr. Has kins with a huge petition under his arnt—(mark this ! the bill expressly stated that the meeting was to be held preparatory to the drawing of it up)—walked in, uttering very ungentlemanly language to Mr. Hol lins (who attempted to follow him), and ordered the door to be again forcibly closed against the public. A call was then made by some of the pro Corn-law party, for the Chairman, but this oeing ridiculed by the asssembly, no Chairman having been appointed, Mr. Haskins issued from the room, having consulted the chairs'amf tables on the matter, and declared the meeting to be adjourned to a private house. The landlord of the inn immediately insultingly ordered the assembly to quit his premises, to which his party had so recently invited them ; but the " free and unshackled" were not thus to be driven from their ob ject; they knew their advantage too well for that, and assembling in the room where the meeting was called, unanimously voted Henry Hollins, jun., Esq., of Lang with Lodge, in the parish of Cuckney, to the Chair ; and notwi!hstanding the insulting behaviour of the land lord and landlady of the inn, in attempting to pi event the proceedings, the following resolutions were pro. posed, seconded, and unanimously carried, amidst the deafening cheers of the crowded assembly, composed of not only manufacturers and artizans, hut of numbers of tradesmen and labourers, who, disgusted with the trickery attempted to be practised, declared they were determined to act for themselves, being tow " free and unshackled :"- 1. That the Corn-laws are based upon selfishness, impolicy, and injustice, and that we will do all in our power to procure their total and immediate repeal. 2. That they are equally injurious to the manufac turers, agriculturist, and labourer, and therefore can only be advantageous to a very smalal portion of the community. 3. That the greatest happiness to the greatest num ber is involved in the immediate and total repeal of the Corn-laws, and we will not be satisfied until it is ob tained. A petition founded upon those resolutions was pre pared, numerously signed, and has been transmitted for presentation. The thanks of the meeting having been voted by ac. clamation to the worthy Chairman for his urbanity, manly and independent conduct in the Chair, the as sembly peaceably retired, highly gratified with the sig nal victory they had obtained. The County pro Corn-law party, who ran away from the field of battle they themselves had chosen, held their meeting (if so it may be called) upon the grass plot in front of Mr. Haskins's door, and doubtless passed their resolutions unanimously, admittance to the ground being denied to all but those who were well known to be fa7ourable to the continuance of the unchristian Corn-law, by men armed with staves placed at the gate. MURDER AT ISLINGTON. HATTON-GARDEN POLICE COURT. The examination of Richard Gould alias Arthur Ni cholson, and May:y Anne Jarvis, charged with the wilful murder of Mr. J. Templemon, was yesterday resumed at two o'clock. The female prisoner, who appeared rather depressed, had not her child with her as on former occa sions. The following additional evidence was then gone into : John Bush, 3, Goodwin -street, Barnsbury-park, is a carter. Knew the late Mr. Temp!curial), who wished to purchase witness's cottage about seven months ego. He offered him 25/. for it. The cottage he wished to pur chase is situati'd in Pocock's-fields, and is the next cottage to Allen's. Witness wanted 30/. for it, and he said he would give no more than 25/. This conversation took place in the morning at Mr: Templeman's own gate. Does not recollect seeing any woman by at the time. He did not slow any money, nor ever said he had got any. He made the offer twice in the same day, which witness refused. Witness has never :.een the female prisoner ; has seen Gould going round with beer. This offer was nothing of any secret between the deceased and witness. The prisoner Gould said this evidence could not affect him, as he was a hundred miles away, at Norwich, seven months ago. Richard Bradshaw, policeman, No. 20—On Tuesday the 17th instant, about a quarter before three in the afternoon, vi:tness• was standing near Jarvis's cottage door, and saw Mrs. Jarvis come home. She came from the direction of the Barnsbury Castle, from town. There were a great number of people assembled about. Saw her enter her cottage. Witness went to the door. She came out, and was cutting some wood to light her fire. Witness asked her if she knew any thing of the old gentleman who was murdered ; and she said " Yes ; it was a very shockintr.thing, and she had seen him last night, and he told her he had been collecting rents ; and was very tired, and would go to bed early." Wit ness said the old man must have had money ; she said, Yes ;*this cottage (meanin g c , her own) was his , and he sold it f or 134 She heard he was going to buy it back again. She said she knew nothing of the murder until she came home, for she had been out with her sister to borrow a screw. The prisoner said the words she used were, to fetch a screw. Witness continued—About four o'clock the same afternoon she went from the cottage in the direction of town, passi g by •Capriani's cottage in her way ; witness watched her as far as he could ; she was ab sent about three-quarters of an hour ; she had no one but her child with her on either occasion. Gould said that if he were not at Norwich seven months ago, he was at Clerkenwell ; at all events he was not at Barnsbury-park. The female prisoner said nothing. Gould asked if he could not have his shoes given him, which were taken from him ? Mr. COMBE said he could not have them. Gould—Then I suppose I must put up with the old oats I have got (alluding to the shoes he wore, which had been lent him by the officers of the prison.) Mr. CWII3E—You say you got. these shoes from your cousin ; you can send there for your old ones. Gould—lt is nothing to nobody where 1 got them. 1 am not bound to answer any idle questions which may be asked me. 1 may say I got them where I like, and nobody has any right to say anything to mu about it if I said I picked them off a dunghill. The prisoners were then removed, but after the lapse of some considerable time were again brought back, for the purpose of hearing further evidence which had in the meantime been discovered. On their being brought back Gould cast a look of the most intense anxiety round the Court, and for a moment evened his head, and bit his lip, but almost in stantly resumed his firmness. Mr. Inspector Miller produced the boots that he took from the feet of the prisoner Gould, on Wednesday morning. There is a mark 8 with 92 below it on the sole of the boot. John Walter is fourteen years of age ; sees the marks on the boot, 8 and 92. The marks are in wit ness's hand-writing ; he thinks they are. Gould—You must not think now. . Witness—Can't be positive, but believes it to be his writing. Witness lives with Mr. Wilcox, who keeps a boot and shoe shop at No. 92, Tottenham-court-road. The figure 8 signifies the size, and the 92 is the private mark, and refers to the cost price. The strings were like his master's strings. Mr. Wilcox, the master of the last witness, recol lected a half-sovereign being brought him up-stairs on Tuesday, the 17th. He did not recollect what change he gave out of it ; he believed his daugh ter, who was 11 years of age, brought it to him. The prisoners were then remanded to Tuesday, when Mr. Wilcox's daughter will be in attendance. Several workmen in the employ of Mr. Wilcox were in attendance, who all stated their belief that the boots were part of his stock ; but none of them. recognized either of the prisoners. In answer to a question from Gould as to whether it was not usual to give strings with boots whenever they were sol'3, one of theta stated that the generality of shoe shops gave leather strings with such a description of boots, but Mr. Wilcox always gave cotton laces similar to those in the boots produced. Mr. COMBE said that great credit was due to Mr. Wilcox, who had come forward immediately on being sent for, bringing with him all his shopmen, and leaving his shop nearly unprotected, in order to forward the ends of justice. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. 110 USE OF COMMONS, Meißm . 25. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four °Tie& Sir J. Y. BULLER brought up the Report of the Committee or. the Taunton Road Bill. MI. BERNAL postponed the second reading of the Strood Church Bill till Tuesday, the 7th of April. ()a the motion of Mr. BETHEL the Barkston Ash Court of Requests Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. On the motion of Mr. LOCKHART the Wil son's Towns Road Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. On the motion of Admiral ADAMS, the Ochil Roads and •the Clackmannan and Perthshire Roads Bilis were several) , read a second time, and ordered to be committed. Sir J. WALSH presented a petition from a parish in Radnorshire, against any further grant to the College of Maynooth. Mr. GISBORNE presented a petition from Carlow against the Corn-laws. Major AGLIONBY presented four petitions from parishes in Cumberland,. praying for a repeal of the Corn•laws. Petitions for a repeal of the Corn-laws were presented by Mr. Walker, from Roxburgh ; by Mr. Muntz, from two parishes iu Dorsetshire ; by Capt. Wemyss, from Norfolk ; by Mr. James, from four agricultural parishes in East Cumberland ; by Sir Wm. Somerville, from two parishes in Drogheda ; and by Mr. Easthope, from the town of Leicester signed by 14,402, from Lutterwortla signed by 13,000, and from about forty other parishes in Leicestershire. Petitions against the repeal of the Corn-laws were presented by Sir E. FILMER, from twenty-four parishes in Kent, and by Sir J. Y. BULLER, from three parishes in Devon. Mr. MUNTZ presented five petitions from the operatives of Glasgow, Praying for Universal Suffrage and Vote by Ballot. Capt. NVEMYSS presented eleven petitions in fa vour of Non-intrusion, and for the release of John Thorogomi. Mr. HANDLEY presented a petition from 22 places in the county of Lincoln against the repeal of the Corn laws. Mr. PACKE presented a petition from 109 places in the county of Leicester against the Corn-laws. Mr. TADCASTER presented a petition from the county of York against any alteration of the Corn laws. Mr. HODGES presented a similar petition from the county of Kent. Mr. AV. DUNCOMBE presented 65 similar peti tions from the county of York. Sir H. PARNELL presented 7t petition from Framp ton Cotterel, in the county of Gloucester, praying for the repeal of the Corn-laws. Sir 'F. ACLAND presented petitions from 26 pa rishes in North Devon, against any alteration in the Corn-laws. Sir CHARLES GREY presented a petition from the Anti-Slavery Society of North Shields, against the importation of Hill Coolies. Mr. ELLIOTT presented petitions from places in Fife, in favour of Universal Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, and Annual Parliaments. Mr. -MACKENZIE presented petitions from places in Peeblesshire, in favour of the principle of Non-in trusion. Mr. GRO T E presented three petitions from places in Lancashire, Dumbartonshire, and a place near Glasgow, praying for a total repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. KEMBLE presented a petition from the Guardians of a Poor-law Union (we did not hear where) against any alteration in the Corn-laws ; also a petition from a parish in London, praying for Church Extension. Mr. HAWES presented a petition from the Three Denominations of Dissenters in London against any grant for tke purpose of Church Extension ; also a peti tion to the same, effect from a congregation in Oxford. Mr. BROTHERTON presented seven petitions for the tota:i repeal of the Corn-laws, viz. from Salford, Manches'..cr, and Entwistle, in the county of Lancaster, and He veraharn, in the county of Westmorland ; also a petitie, n from the widows and starving mothers of starving famAies in Salford. This last petition was read at length by the Clerk from the table of the House, and was as follows : " That your petitioners are widows, and starving mothers of starving children, and cannot tell how to live from one day to another, it being almost impossible to obtain any work, and the price of bread being so very high. "That your petitioners place a humble but trembling trust in the providence of a gracious God, who cares for the cry of the widow and orphan, and listens to the cry of the poor and needs- ; but at the same time are much moved with grief and astonishment, not to say in dignation, on learning that the rich and great have made a law to tax the bread of the poor, which appears to your petitioners so hard-hearted and unjust an enactment, that they venture to appeal to those feelings of huma nity of which it is hoped your Hon. House is suscep tible, and they earnestly implore your Hon. House to abolish this cruel law." Mr. HARL AND presented three petitions against any alteration in the Corn-laws. Mr. WAKLEY presented thirteen petitions from Glasgow and v_ariaus places in Scotland, praying for Universal Suff•age. Sir G. STRICKLAND presented four petitions from Kirkby Lonsdale and three other places in the County of York, in favour of the repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. REDINGTON presented a petition from Gal way, praying the House to adopt measures for the introduction of railways into Ireland. Mr. ELLIS presented a petition from Armagh, against intrusion of ministers. Mr. EWART presented petitions from various dis tricts in the metropolis, in favour of a repeal of the Corn-laws. Also similar petitions from parishes in Derby. The Hon. Member also presented a petition from the retailers of beer of Stockport, praying to be placed on the same footing as the Licensed Victuallers. The Hon. Member also presented a petition in favour of Vote by Ballot. Mr. PATTISON presented petitions from Norton Foigate and other places, in favour of a repeal of the Corn-laws. Sir R. PEEL presented a petition from Rippington, in Staffordshire, against any alteration in the Corn laws. METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS. Mr. WAKLEY presented a petition from the Jus tices of the county of Middlesex, praying that a cum munication might be opened between Paddington-street and the Sessions House, Clerkenwell. On the motion of Mr. W. Attwood,. the London and Greenwich Railway Station Bill was read a second time. Captain PECHELL presented a petition from Mr. Matthew Phillipeographical Engineer, begging for bread and beef for the nation, and stating that he knew the House would supply beer and bacon, and hoping that, instead of A's and No's, B's would prevail namely, bread, beef, beer, and bacon, and begging the House to refer to the Journals of the House-ot Lords, for the evidence he had given on the 4th of July, 1814. The Hon. Member stated he believed the object of the petitioner, who was a very scientific but eccentric gentleman, was the better em ployment of the poor. Mr. G. W. WOOD presented petitions from the County of Worcester, praying for the repeal of the Corn laws, and free trade in all the necessaries of life. Mr. PEMBERTON presented several petitions from the county of York, praying for Church Extension. Mr. L A AIBTON presented, a petition against the Corn-laws. CORN.LAW DELEGATES,. The Delegates met yesterday in much greater num bers than Tuesday, in their Rooms, in Brown's Hotel, Palace yard. The business was still of a preliminary nature—making preparations for waiting upon the M.P.'s for their respective districts. Some business of much importance will be brought on to-morrow. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the • Globe.) The Tories, it must be admitted, deserve the praise of perseverance. They are not deterred by failure, nor confounded by exposure. One refuge of lies after another in which they trusted is swept away ; and still they return to the work of fabricating falsehood, to be again demolished as before by the exhibition of truth. The labour of Sisyphus is theirs. With immense toil they succeed in rolling their stony mass to the summit of the hill, when it recoils and precipitates them to the plain, overwhelming them with confusion, and covering them with disgrace. Thus their sin works their punish ment. The exposure of their unprincipled falsehoods follows closely on the heels of the mendacious creations of their brain. The public, warned against putting the slightest confidence in their unsupported statements, read with necessary incredulity the pompous allegations against the Government, and calmly wait the confuta tion which is to manifest their deformity and destroy their very being. (From the Standard.) The Ministerial Journals are indulging at this mo ment in loud Io Paans in behalf of Mr. Poulett Thomson, because, in spite of his accession to the Go. vernor-Generalship of Canada, that country does not happen to be in a state of open tumult and rebellion overlooking the fact that be arrived at the seat of his government just in time to reap the full benefit of the wise, firm, and precautionary measures which had been adopted by his predecessor, Lord Seaton. Beyond the merit of quietly awaiting the results of these measures, we really know of no peculiar credit to which the Honourable Gentleman can lay claim. The union of the two provinces proposed by Lord John Russell to the House of Commons on Monday, had been rendered inevitable by the absurd and impolitic admission, that Lower Canada ought to have a Representative Govern ment, and was suggested by Lord Durham for the pur pose of mitigating, in some degree, the evil of entrusting with political power a race of people who have shown themselves so entirely unfitted to exercise it. (From the Courier.) Lord Ashburton complained the other day in the House of Lords of the " intense system of agitation" un remittingly followed up by the Anti-Corn-law people ; and he further intimated that the passive abstinence of the agriculturists from meetings and petitions was attri butable to the perfect reliance they reposed in the jus tice and good faith of the Government. This sort of language sounds somewhat strangely in our ears, for all past experience has shown that no interest, how. ever national or high of import, has ever yet been allowed to interfere with considerations of quarter-day, but one by one each has been surrendered as the pres sure from without became urgent, and ejection from office imminent. We are far, therefore, from thinking with Lord Ashburton, that agricultural supineness is and has been, referable ja the smallest degree to any confidence in the promises and palaver of Ministers, for the very extravagance of Lord Melbourne's hyperbole, when " protesting to God" that the man must be " road" who should dream of modification or abolition of the Corn-laws, was of itself conclusive evidence of insin cerity and hypocrisy. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE• HOME CIRCUIT.--.LEWRS, .31412 CH 23. FAWCETT V. HAULTAIT. This was an action brought by the plaintiff for an assault committed by the defendant upon him. Messrs. C. Jones and James conducted the plain tiff's case, and Mr. Platt the defence. Mr. 'F. ROBERTS, the attorney to the plaintiff, stated that he resides in Red-lion square. On the evening of the 30th of January he and the plaintiff, with both their wives, were returning on foot from Greenwich to London. The latter walked together first with the largest umbrella, it being a wet night. Witness had oe, casion to be in the rear of his friend for a short time, and when he overtook him he found him conversing with the defendant, to whom he said, " Do you want anything of those ladies you jest met ?" " Ladies," replied the de fendant," I met no ladies, I met two women a little time ago." " Weinen," said the plaintiff, " I'd have you to kow, sir, they are two wives."—(Laughter.) Mr. Fawcett accused him of rudeness to them, when the defendant gave him " the lie," and Mr. F. said, " if either of us lie it's you." The defendant then struck him a blow with his walking stick, and was about to re peat it when witness interposed, and received a blow on his own arm. In order to prevent any further attack witness then took hold of the defendant by the collar, and a struggle ensued, and they both fell. By Mr. PLATT.--1 am attorney in this case. I ; jointly with my wife, am plaintiff in the next, against the same defendant, and arising out of the same cause. I did not bluster on the night of the assault, and say, " I'm an attorney, Sir', and you shall see what an at torney can do." I did not hear the plaintiff give the lie first. I never saw him strike the defendant with an umbrella, but he said it was broken, as he supposed, by parrying off the blows aimed by the defendant. I re ceived one blow on my head, but I do not know on which side. He also tore some of my hair off my head, Mr. Pr. ATT.-Really--you don't say so !—(The peculiar manner in which the Learned Gentleman ut tered these words set the Court in a roar of laughter, in which his Lordship joined.) Witness (in continua tion) —The defendant was requested to give his ad dress, but he obstinately refuse;', until a policeman came up and interfered. His wife is not here to-day ; he never takes her on business. Joseph Bailey, police constable R 127, stated that it was not till he threatened that he would take Mr. Haultain to the station, that he could be prevailed upon to give his address. lie gave it to me, and said he was not bound to give it to every blackguard he met in the road. The parties then separated. Did not hear either of the females complain that they had been molested. Mr. Roberts recalled by Mr. Platt—l have since found that the defendant was nine years in the Secon daries Office as Bail Clerk, but I believe that he does not hold that situation now. Mr. PLATT addressed the Jury for the defence in a very facetious strain, and submitted that there was not the shadoW of a proof that the " ladies" were insulted, and that, therefore, there was no cause for remonstrance. The plaintiff and his attorney appeared to be offended, because their wives ware called " women ;" if they were not such what in the name of wonder could they he ? (Laughter.) The real fact was, that the parties had t r umped up t w o actions, in order to put money i n t o t h e pocket of one of them (Mr. Roberts) in the shape of costs. Lord ABINGER,._iP summing up, said that, supposing an assault had been committed, it was of a trivial nature, therefore it was a case that did not call for he av y damages, as no g reat personal injury had been sus tained. The Learned Counsel had remarked upon the fact of two actions having been brought arising out of the same cause. This reminded him (Lord Abinger) of a case where a lawyer's clerk, when serving a copy of a writ, got assaulted in some way, and he brought home with him two more actions for his employer. The Jury without hesitation found for the plaintiff, damages One Farthing. Mr. JONES withdrew the record in the case of Ro berts and wife v. the same defendant. Some time after the case was over, the Foreman of the Jury complained to his Lordship that Mr. Roberts, who had three actions that day, had departed the Court without leaving their fee, and the Judge's Clerk said he had served ,him in the same way, Lord ABINGER—He likes to do business cheap ; to prevent this it would be well if the fees were deposited when the records are filed. Gentlemen, I have no power to assist you, and I wish I had. CRACOW. Mr. J. ELLIS postponed the motion about Cra• pow till after Easter. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS (IRELAND BILL. Lord STANLEY moved the Order of the Day for the second reading of this Bill. Mr. F. FRENCH said, this Bill being professedly to assimilate the law as to registration in England and Ireland, it was important to see whether the law in England bad worked well. He believed it had not. Objections had been. urged against it so strongly and frequently that measures had been brought in for amending the law in 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838. In 1836 a measure had passed this House; and had gained the sanction of the Upoer House, with some alterations introduced by Lord Wharneliffe, which had not met the concurrenceof the proposers, so that it did not pass into a law. The Noble Lord, in his objection to the Bill of 1837, said that the system of registration in England was insufficient, and did not provide for a prevention of the evils, which,' were well known and under stood in England. The Noble Lord proposed to legislate for Ireland upon principles suited to that country, but he was now attempting to assimilate the system of registration in Ire land with that which he had himself condemned as having entirely failed in England. In another House a Noble Duke had objected to an inconsiderate and precipitate proceeding with Bills sent up from this House, and although there was little connection be tween the two subjects, there was certainly a decided parallel ; and before they came to any discussion on the registration, they ought to consider the modes of tenure. But what he considered a most important objection re lated to the mode of estimating the beneficial interests which persons claiming to register out of 101. freeholds had in their premises. The House must be aware that persons claiming to register 10/. freeholds had been called upon to prove that a responsible and solvent tenant could afford to pay them as additional rent 10/. over the sum for which they were liable. Now, it must be obvious that no responsible tenant would pay the utmost value of the land, leaving no profit to him. self for his time and labour. It appeared to him, therefore ' that the Bill of the Noble Lord th e M em b er f or Lan cashire would be a measure for curtailing the elective franch;se instead of extending it. There were numerous other objections to the Bill—such, for instance, as the onus being thrown on the elector, twice every year, of defending his franchise ; another objection was, the large amount of costs to which a freeholder was liable who was unsuccessful in establishing his franchise. He thought the Bill also would produce a clashing with the present October Quarter Sessions, particularly if the Noble Lord adhered to his plan of placing the revision of the lists in the hands of the Assistant-barrister, at the October Registration Sessions. The Hon. Member proceeded to say that he should protest roost earnestly against the onerous and objec tionable duties of deciding in disputed cases, which it was proposed to give the judges by the new law—duties so objectionable that no person ever thought of subjecting the judges in this country to them ; on the contrary, they were prepared to establish at a considerable annual expense a Court of Appeal in order to provide a g ainst the necessity of Judges being so called on. He believed that it would be impossible for the Judges to dischaigc those duties, as they would come before them at the Spring Assizes, when they could not be supposel to have sufficient time at their disposal to perform such a task. He would read extracts from a letter which he had received from a friend in Sligo, in proof of the assertion he had made. The Honourable Member read extracts from the lettcrrs in quction, stating that the time at the disposal of the Judges in Sligo was insufficient fOr the duties they had to discharge, and that for the last three years two-thirds of the registry cases which came before them remained untried, If they now gave them, the Judges, the power of a double appeal, they would in effect quadruple their duties, and render it impossible for them to. attend to them in any way. He would briefly recapitulate his objections .to the present Bill. He seas opposed to it, first, because it proposed to assimilate the Re gistry Laws in Ireland to an EngliSh enactment which had been almost unanimously condemned. Secondly, lie was opposed to the measure because he believed that under the plea of regulating the Registry Laws in Ire land, it would be found materially to limit the elective franchise in a country where that franchise was already too small. And thirdly, he was - opposed to the measure because it would throw upon the Judges duties which it was physically impossible they could discharge, and which it was politically objectionable that they should undertake. For these reasons he begged to more as an amendment that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. 'Mr. HAWES seconded the amendment. The SPEAKER having put the question, Mr. SHAW said that he could not conceive how it was possible that Gentlemen opposite, should oppose the second reading of this Bill consistently with their former declaration. He believed they had selected his Hon. Friend the Member for Roscommon (Mr. French) be cause his name was not to be found on a Bill similar to the present, but he. believed that Hon. Gentleman had supported such Bills. In some of the details objections might be made, but bow Hon. Gentlemen opposite could oppose the principle of the Bill he was at a loss to conceive. In 1835 he (Sir M. O'Loghlen) and Sergeant Perrin introduced a Bill containing pre cisely the same principle. In 1836, Sir M. O'Loghlen and the Noble Lord the Secretary for Ireland, intro duced a similar Bill, as did Mi. Woulfe and the same Noble Lord in 1838. Li 1839, the Hon. Member for Limerick (Mr. Wyse) i,troduced a similar Bill. The Hon Member for Limerick's Bill, was as like the Bill then before the House, as it was possible two Bills could be.' It contained all this Bill did, but nothing more. Some of the Bills that had been introduced, did contain more, but they did . not all contain all those provisions, which the Hon. Member for Roscommon thought essential to ensure the second reading. He thOught his Hon. Friend, in the objections he had made to this Bill, had gone upon most mistaken notions. His Hon. Friend had said that this Bill did not contain any reference to corporate rights, neither did the Bills introduced by Sir M. O'Loghlen or Mr. Justice Perrin. Then as to the beneficial interest, that was a great object in other Bills, but it was omitted in (Cheers from Mr. O'Connell.) He (Mr. Shaw) would, from the w.rds used 'by the Honourable Member for Dublin in 1835, show that at that time he was favourable to a Bill like the present, for, according to the Mirror of Parliament, that Ho nourable and Learned Member said that such a Bill as _ . . the present would be not only beneficial, but absolutely necessary, because it provided for an annual revision. That was what the present Bill did. The present Bill provided for all those things which the Hon. and Learned Member extolled at one time. but which he now deprecated. The Hon. and Learned Gen tleman, in 183.5, supported the Bill, because it gave an appeal to the Judges; but he objected to the present measure because it did se. As the principle of the Bill bad been apptoved of by both sides of the House, the Bill ought to be allowed to go into Committee. The iarne reasons which carried the former — Bill to its second reading —• were precisely applicable to this. The great objection which the' Honourable and Learned Member for Dublin made in his late speeches in Ireland to this Bill was, that it originated with " Stanley," with whom everything, since the accession of the Nhig Ministry, that was at all mischievous to Ireland bad originated. The Hon. and • Learned Gentleman (Mr. Shaw) then read extracts from a news paper report of Mr. O'Connell's speech at the Corn Exchange, Dublin, in which Mr. O'Cor.- nell was reported to say that he was wrong in advocating an appeal to both sides,—that he had originally thought thought that both parties ought to haye an appeal, but from what he had observed. in the practice of the House and Commit tees, he was convinced there ought to be no such appeal. The Hon: and Learned Gentleman (Mr. O'Connell) in that speech strongly reprobated the motives of Lord Stanley, and condemned his measure— nor did he spare the House of Commons. He said, "I dare them to pass such a measure."—(Cheers.) The Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin might say " Hear, hear," and others might echo the cheer ; but he (Mr. Shaw) would recommend the Noble Lord who was now Secretary for Ireland to listen and to hear. The Honourable and Learned Member said, " They dare not pass such a Bill ; if they attempt it, I shall more that' it be read a second time that day six months ; and if that fails, I shall then use every means which the forms of the House of Commons allow me, to prevent the . Irish people from being crushed"—(Hear, and a laugh)—and that was by a mea sure which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman bad himself advocated. The Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin went on, accordik to the same report, to say : If fail in that I shall then restore the Repeal Association (Cheers) —and then (said Mr. Shaw) the Hon. Gentle man went on to revert to the old bugbear, exhibited only to women and children, of the repeal of the union . . Could any person doubt there were a great number of fraudulent voters on the registry, or that great perjury was resorted to to place them there ? o put an end to this and to the vexatious opposition to the bona fide voter, was the object of his Noble Friend's Bill. He sincerely believed his Noble Friend had no other object. Let it be recollected that whenever a fraudulent vote was established, it remained for a period of eight years, after which a certificate might be obtained, perpetuating it for eight years longer, with no other remedy, however fraudulent it might be proved to be, than the very tedious and expensive one of applying to a Committee of the House, and then the forgery of certificates, of which duplicates were frequently given, since at the end of seven years it was necessary to renew the registry, or the party would not be entitled to vote. Ho would repeat that objections might be urged to details in the Bill, which Hon. Members might make in Committee ; but, as regarded the. principle of the measure, which had been already so frequently contained in Bills brought forward by Honour able Members opposite, sad which had so often received their support, he did net see any principle of fairness or consistency on which lion. Members oppo site could oppose it. Under those circumstances he confidently hoped the House rveuld consent to the se cond reading of the Bill. Mr. S. O'BRIEN said that he could not support the present measure. He agreed with the Noble Lord that the present system of registration ill Ireland was a very imperfect one, and he regretted that Govern ment had not hitherto been able to bring forward an y measure for its remedy. The objects of a system of registration should be to determine who were the persons qualified to vote q a u t alit e l i c e a c t t i i° oi t :. and to protect those who p ossessed such Ho believed that the Bill of the Noble Lord would fulfil the first of his conditions, but he was persuaded that it would only tend to the subversion of the other. He could well conceive the reason why the N o bl e L or d . did not attempt to legislate for amending the Regis tration of England. The Noble Lord fou d that the system in England was advantageous to his l twhereas the system prevailing i n I re l an d was P adverse to it. It was entirely unnecessary for the Liberal party in Ireland to have recourse to fictitious rotes, because if every freeholder in the country were at liberty to give his vote accordin g t o hi s consc i ence, the Liberal ma jority would be much greater.—(Cheers.) Every one was partial to his own ; probably h e wa s so, for he thought th e Bill introduced by himself gave facilities to the acquisition of the Franchise, while it would effec tually prevent the manufacture of fictitious votes. On the contrary, the Bill of the Noble Lord had broken, if not the letter, at all events the spirit of the promise made at the passing of the Re form Bill, for undoubtedly it imposed upon the person wishing to acquire the franchise many more difficulties than existed at present.—(Hear, hear.) There was another point with regard to which the Noble Lord had not kept the promise he had made to the House. The Noble Lord had stated that the t • measure would not be one of ex post facto legis lation—that he would maintain the rights .of exist ing electors, and allow their claims to remain un questioned. Now the Bi ll appeared to require a n ew system of regulation altogether, because the new corm of registry required a greater number of particulars than were contained in the schedule of the Reform Bill. The Noble Lord adopted the system of annual EVENING EDITION, revision ; and to that, provided proper protection were given to the elector, he (Mr. O'Brien) could have no objection ; although, if it was intended to carry . . out the English system of revision, he should de - . cidedly oppose it. The English system was one of great vexation and expense to all parties, and the Noble Lord had certainly got rid of one of its most objectionable features, inasmuch as he threw upon the party objecting to the vote the onus of making good his objection. But, in getting rid of that, he had intro duced another objection, which was most absurd and un justifiable namely, the imposing a penalty upon a man for seeking a constitutional right.—(Hear.) The Noble Lord bad been so good as to say that he ap proved of his (Mr. O'Brien'sY Bill. But it did somehow happen that the Noble Lord had altered or"omitted some very important provisions in that. Bill. For instance, the Noble Lo:d had not copied the provision for protecting voters who bad once acquired the franchise from ob jections upon it. As the law stood, the Irish voter was liable, at any revision, to be called on to make out his distinct title to the franchise. Nothing could be more vexatious, than that a man who had registered for a 101. house in 1840, should be liable to be called on in 1841 to prove that the house was worth that sum yearly. And therefore he (Mr. O'Brien) had introduced a. clause enacting that when a man continued in the same prelnises, and in the same;occupation as he had before, he need not support his franchise again at subsequent revisions. 1 . 14 is assent to the principle of an annual revision was grounded entirely on an admission of that proviso. Again, his (Mr. O'Brien's) Bill enacted that the registry should not be more than len miles from any freeholder. The Noble Lord by his Biil proposed to ad o pt a form of appeal, which he must know the p eo pl e o f Ireland had grc.at objections to. It would be at tended wth enormous expgnse, trouble, and vexation. He could not understand how, with the present number of Judges, it would be possible for them to hear the ap peals contemplated by the Bill. He could not sit down without expressinr , a hope that her Majesty's Govern ment would not despair in bringing forward a measure on this subject at some future period. His opinion was that her Majesty's Government was quite right in re sisting this measure, which was apparently shaped for the purpose of limiting the franchise. As to the Noble Lord, he thought they might safely consign him to his own constituents, because if he was prepared to apply himself to the subject of registration, he thought h.: ought first to grapple with the English rogistra tion.' Let him do that, and then let him extend to Ireland the same principles of legislation which he had found effective in this country. Lord G. SOMERSET thought the latter observa- tiona of the Honourable Member opposite totally uncalled for. English Members had often been reproached for not taking su ffi c i en t i n t eres t i n th e affairs of Ireland, and now they were to be blamed for interfering with them, and told to look to Eng land before they attempted to legislate for Ireland. He had found that there was but one opinion upon the Commiitee, that the irregularity in the registration re quired some immediate and stringent remedy, and he thought that the gentlemen connected with Ireland, so far from complaining of the measure, ought to be grate ful to his Noble Friend, the Member for Lancashire, for bring ing the subject under the conside ra ti on of the H ouse, and giving the Legislature an opportuity of correcting any practical defects in the 'exist ing system. It might be a very good argurrient for the Hon.and Learned Member for Dublin, to s a y that the name of the Noble Lord , the Member for Lancashire, on the back of the Bill was suf ficient to condemn it ; but the House was to consider whether the Hon. and Learned Member himself had correctly stated the fact, when he said that the present mode of registration was bad. and whether it was necessary to adopt some means for remedying the evil. The present question did not impli cate the House in an approval of the details of the Bill. wo uld only the motion was agreed to the House only pledge itself that the present mode of registration was defective, and required alteration. The Hon. Member for Roscommon said he objected to the Bill, because it assimilated the system of Ire, • land with that of England. Bat this was not the case ; but it was no reason because the system in England was not always applicable to Ireland, that there might not be cases in which it might be beneficially assimilated. The Hon. Member taunted Hon. Members on that side of the House for not applying themselves to the improvement of the English registration. Did he recollect that two or three Sessions ago a Committee was appointed, composed equally of Members on each side of the House, to consider the system of English registration, and to propose alterations in it, and that they had instructed the Chairman to bring in a Bill, but it was abandoned by Gentlemen on that side of the House because it was sought to be the medium of fur thering party objects? The Hon. Member objected that persons should vote who had not a certain qualification. That was the object of the persons who supported this Bill, and a great advantage was introduced in it by pro viding that, instead of dragging persons before a Com mittee of the House, means should be taken to prevent. improper persons being placed upon the registry; but, when they were so inserted under legal authority th e y should not be impugned by a Committee of that P °use. The Hon. Member stated great objections ' te, the ap pellate jurisdiction of tte Judges, because. they would not have time sufficient for the purpose ; but he 'hoped care would be taken to allow suffl'Cient time, and if' it should be found the number we so great that it was impossible for them to discharge their duties, the House would, doubtless, as in other similar cases, provide a reme dy. He ob jecte d to t h e i r go i ng into these minor - matters of detail on. the second reading' of the Bill, because when they went into Commit tee. there could b e no o bj ection to the modifi cation of these points. There was one principle of the Bill which had been approved of by all, namely making the revision annual instead of four times a year. The Hon. Me . mber for Roscommon admitted that some change in the registration was necessary, and therefore he and all those who thought with him were bound to go into Committee. It was on these grounds that he should give his decided. support to the second reading. Mr. M. BELLEW thought that the Noble Lord, in his anxiety to effect a uniformity in the franchise of the two countries, 'would not produed the same results, but would materially injure the franchise of the Irish constituency. A degree of ingenuity had been em ployed upon the Bill, that would, under one or other of its clauses, render popular election in Ireland a perfect farce.—(Hear.) The Noble Lord, in his anxiety to legislate for Ireland, proposed to give them the ma chinery of the English Reform Bill, but had omitted to give them the English franchise.—(Hear, hear) As to the annual revision proposed by the Bill, he would ask, was an annual revision found so bene field, even in this country—or was it not very justly complained of on account of the great expense, and the inconvenience to which voters were put ? But in Ireland objections existed to an annual revision totally apart from the question of expense. Even now, when the re-registering took place only once in eight years, the hardship and difficulty which the Liberal voter had to endure was of the most frightful description. It was the practice among Tory landlords not to grant the renewal of a lease to a tenant who dared even to register his vote. It had been the prac tice to dispossess Catholic tenants ever since the Re form Bill. That system was still acted on, and was productive of the most serious injury. The present Bill would very materially aggravate the differences that already existed. It would encumber the franchise with embirrassina ° forms and delays, and it appeared to him, (Mr. Bellew) that the rejection and not the admission of voters had been the great object of the legislative care of the Noble Lord.—(Hear, hear.) Both in its general principles and details the Bill evinced that hostility to the rights of the Irish people which was to be expected from the quarter from whence it ema nated.—( Cheers.) Mr. ItEDINGTON thought that a Bill more stu diously invented to impede and obstruct the franchise of Ireland had never been brought forward, even by the Noble Lord himself.—(Hear, hear.) It was anything but a Bill to amend the system of registration of voters in Ireland. He (Mr. R.) was opposed to an annual registration in Ireland, and he did not conceive that the Noble Lord himself could say the system of annual re gistration had worked well in England. Every election, under tne present system, had to pass through a very severoordeal. The Noble Lord had disclaimed any intention of interfering with the franchise, and yet, on referring to one clause of the Bill, it would be found that the Nolk Lord had distinctly declared there was to be more than one Act by which the franchise was to he regulated. The Noble Lord the Member for Mon mouthshire (Lord G. Somerset) had said it was an un fair argument to say that the individual support of of therid yet it was pretty we Members was g k r t a io u w ad n f t o l r ia r t ej t .e h e e tin s g up a po ß rt ill o , a made use of as an argumen t for its re j ection.— (Hear , liear, and laughter.) nd Learned Member for D ublin to a Bill was o ften He would tell the Noble Lord the Member for Lancashire (Lord Stanley), th a t th e Irish people had neve r ex p ected anything from him that would tend to their advantage , and in this instance th e y bad certainly not be en d is appointed. — (Hear.) Mr. LUCAS understood the usual course in that House was, when no objection was made to the principle of a Bill, to allow it to go into C omm itt ee , i n order that they might be better able to consider and agree upon its details. Now no objection had been taken to the principle of the present Bill, and, indeed, from the objections dot had been made on the other side of the House, he doubted whether any two of the Hon. Members who opposed it could state what the principle of the Bill was. It was distinctly stated by a Noble Lord, formerly a Member of that House, that one-third of the votes standing on the Registry in Ire land were fraudulent. Now the present Bill sought to apply a remedy to the evil, an evil which all would att; mit to be of_ very great magnitude. If Hon. Members objected to a scrutiny into the claims of voters in their own parishes or districts, where they had' all the mi.' deuce at hand which might be required to Isutbrs stantiatc their votes, how much more "obk.se tionable must the present system be_ under ~~• 'a .~~~. Ali- la in great alrle 9 npOS• great hope Dung, Suab tened iated, oung ae had