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( Cenclude,l fiom page 307.) there or not. Ile, however, felt no unwillingness the point. ; 'fit, was anxious that his Majesty's ministers should 41 U1 and his friends to a division on this subject. The as, whether there were no means by which this im be avoided ? W ere t h ere no funds that might be the purpose which the noble lord had in view ? And, whether it was not possible immediately—that was to course of a very short time—to provide for the of the vestry cess. (Hear, hear) He conceived the would be t o t a k e a public vote for whatever might be that sum to be secured on the revenues of the church. IT.' He and his hon. friends were ready to meet the They admitted that the vestry cess to , and that something should be done with refer therevenues of the church ; but all they asked orary pause hould no danger 'se fro m a temporary s be delay : The grante noble lord might of the immediate abolition of the cess after the recess. (Hear, hear.) They admitted the pro ishing this cess—they con ce d e d the necessity of ision in lieu of it; they only asked for time, that at might be just and complete. Inoue said there would be nothing inconsistent in ' resolution now with anything that might hereafter the committee on the bill. The house had decided necessary to lay these resolutions before a commit nole house, and the passing them would not prevent being made with reference to this resolution in on the bill. This proceeding did not preclude acing alterations hereafter. le had no wish to al(l,9esion to a division; but, suppose they postponed tn, and onlpassed the first and third, still provi , made in the bill for the second resolution. That ' e to be considered by a committee of the whole house, Realer delay would take place. 4 ie l i i-Jwished th e no bl e l or d e i t h er t o a d m it the quali 'pos-ai that and his friends approved of, or to concede the he inc existing interests should be exempted. So re nelined to s ti c kl e f or forms, that he would not op agres6it'utiells, on.the understanding that the noble lord (.1. N I/ tthis alternative. rere Ca l l INN objected to the resolution as it now stood. It lae - e `l o With. vote a tax, the amount of which they 11:lilted They ought to specify in the resolu- Atr ft anlo unt of the tax would be. 'isit e : II ? said the argument of the right hon. gentle the,'elated to the difference between taxing ‘the pre iuture incumbent. On that point he did not think ag ' c ° lll d then come to a decision. The right hon. - w illing to let the resolutions . pass, p rovided he ) adulated a certain qualification which was for allieluber, if that were declined, provided that he ') of th e g O ver nment, pledge them not to bring. 4at„ ~ P c)s ition for imposing a tax on the present incum g' as he was, he could only say, that he was pre- Proposition his most serious consideration. - s ay, and. more he could not say. (Hear, hear.) ;.‘v certainly thought that, in common justice, the exr itehet of the present incumbents should not be bu - o P tax. The noble lord had greatly exaggerated i:, vestry cess that was devoted to purelyecelesias -(eNsilrvh,en he estimated it at £60,000 or £70,000 a 'eta of haw) had taken great p ains in ascertaining that it ex . cl usive vestries, andthe result of his not amount to more than £28,000 per s tate ,„ said that he had already stated all that he tat h ad to the hon. baronet, and he thought statedthe had right satisfied that right hon. gentleman. I e state of the Irish church and the amount of its townsd of opinion that the tax substituted for, and to Jaes, t h e Purposes of, this cess, should be deducted from (h e 't of the present, but of the future incumbents Qo t ar .) llu "N was ready to make a great sacrifice of indivi 'tQe t o t on this o ccas i o n , provided the noble lord would th i ' s inu. that existing in terests should not be made k ou i d lx• If the noble lord would only make that sa of t,i,;,,ue net by a large corresponding sacrifice upon Ai a .„ &Lou. Irv a .,; ° k,P was surprised that the right hon. gentleman ;' "'tun his experience of the situation in which he kor: - P) Was now laced, that it was impossible for him hea t a l t Present than he had said upon this subject.— , 4 4 , 14 ,, h, e 'llPed that after the candid statement which the 7 1 1 , made, he would refrain from pledging himself Proper time for doing so should arrive. The ~b l e easure was to reform the church of Ireland, and "" should be directed to remove this tax where there -Zion for a church, and to allow it only where a t o th e ltsted. He trusted that the noble lord would not th e e Party to which he had alluded, so as to give just When he found good reasons stated for his . doing so, '4 t i t - s aid, that when the noble lord had said . that . he urld e . Proposition the most favourable co . nsider , ation i e "hout pleuging his colleagues, he (Sir H. 1 eel), ;Leo, wold sa that it was as much as could be ex ;"' noble u lord. y is„ e ctvA L was satisfied that the noble lord had given - stance to a sense of justice, and not to any party. thi s that this measure for the reform of the church .." I ,s grand panacea for the evils of that country, , in 'e r tief only to the amount of thirty thousand pounds %bland starvin people of Ireland. There appear °th sides oft he house a rivalry as to who should de uphold the Protestant establishment in Ireland : — k i s" had been said about the distress of the Irish e rsi w, t , he w ou ld d e f y th e h on . and learned member for Ie v i.Y of Dubli n t o show that there was a year's tithe r gY tit' Ireland. It should not be forgotten, on the that at this moment there were one million of able ' w ho were willing to work, and who were not able lerteew;da• It should be also recollected that every ' that country had been latterly more or less c ircumstances. The clergy had not been, as was cots t he sole sufferers, and their interests did not demand deration. TH °ur. said, that he did not hope that this measure a Panace a for the evils of Ireland. He had brought imposition for a reform of the church in Ireland, I t mean that it should be an abolition of the church ;11 4 ? the chairman then read the second resolution; 4, °w , , Ing words which it was proposed to insert after ° „ 1 £ 20 0"—" graduated so as in no instance to ex -411,e-nt• per annum upon each." th e (I ToN was glad to find that the noble lord had hP a r pPosition of the right hon. baronet in the mam a °, member Warburton) fully agreed with the rned for Dubdn, that they should always 11 2 - with existing interests. t N , s aid, that lie would beg leave to withdraw the b which he had given notice, in order that no 4,_(e) interposed in of the measure. ra'r wished theresolutions to be agreed to without o 4 the und ers t an ding that the noble lord was to take 4 ef duration ht hon. baronet (Sir R. Peel) into his v Erii expressed a hope that existing interests would He also th o ught that the proposition, should not i l i -r gYmen who possessed small incomes. t 0 t he said, that as he did not mean to offer any or tne resolutions, he wished to guard himself against , , i nconsistency, which might hereafter be brought k i ,'„ l len the bill should proposed ntroduced. Ile approved ", ,1 8 as far as they pp to reduce the church „ 4 : In Ireland, but of the appropriating part he eri '4.°Yed• It was much to be lamented that when the , 4 ,: 4 imposing a tax upon persons, he did not appro- Cluce of that tax, not to ecclesiastical purposes, e ef of those who were groaning under intolerable r.) I°l2B were then agreed to, and the house resumed. FLOGGING IN THE ARMY. on the Mutiny Bill was brought up, and the agreed to. Arr expressed a hope that ministers would now at into effect the opinions which they had so long e u ti out of office, relative to the propriety of abo- Le h i. and degrading punishment of flogging in the I, a _u to thank - the noble lord opposite for the support 4,eften given him upon former occasions when he Id i lad brought forward motions for the abolition of therefore he hoped that as the noble lord now et ' i lxilver of carrying his wishes into effect, this bar (eh I ,`:_e ,would at length be put an end to. The argu it 4 Q usually been advanced in defence of flogging, h "as necessa to maintain the discipline of the -ever could admit •ple a . . the validity of that ln if in which there Was no flogging, the discipline not better than in regiments where the cat was ret urns which had been ordered of the number of which had occurred during the present and not yet b een ma d e. H e was aware t h at t h e pu les frequently resorted to now than formerly; rago iportant necessse •ixe, Placed ti i efit of a few from the plat( rilltee.d thueeproei rant freights f force hi}.„EL wa i is really little or `1311°,11 w,,C's and nab led to spare, ieeht bear ni, is swallol'.4 e all ° , the Pu N rl to the full e xten t t°l. of n before aCO w ‘° ll . of tit:telrs€ pears to be about ir e a d ) would 117,e ' that 0 s a nd other f II r i hear.‘ sum i get, renewing 14.1r_d half wl-1 er protection, eete o shed, and' a sil l th the ,eve what he c i l i a at a te rev , e 4aarti•Se fori;tli!) rgument is r at :01,4ice of th ;e, it must ego ' king o f 7 , rec e , ,s to the cotton, tig pro'llhit 'l2 were there Oieng„,,niesnion fee of St. DO lll ' iti' t k ii t lltoit t. : nd the t h e :Ij:red lishresolu 1 that of the ell o ? was .' t he use and eel, a';`.loititreoatil'conheocleessh', would be req et,t7laii4teeheinl oreover, theF,‘,4 !re trll?klaa. n ' ll Il i 'a, whilst the '' .1 • 4 rep o clue making Wiles frota t ile °4 tsZtatioisi I°L ,Y 4 'ali hat b e 111 an .ot wholly) 111 0 411th r e to b ad( , ~r c ati 'ir . t. keate e r : i was stated,'" cos Which wt esented to lit Pro leh he I : wa heal that that countrl4j) els sent oat Vclajesoiaethr ed to return , o '. e e l' t o 1° : of y ey ~, • W. 14111 4 the petitioe ,ere o we r e calle r either direr LI WitlatAllaiate vith not beingto o , a A t e an lc i he ace u r aeg 9 : . . ilt and ° PPositiloßp but l a o 011:1 eo theetrela Remarks Of 0 A I,,ltieriliteetlctUr • when it is =ta ts e r d. 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'4l-I't.lillg ay" *et Z to hi m at we have lefl,', Fe, it w thi s tax thick had Do g i t ` tt l e of°t°4ld hc always read'''. iotAl.The ho' 48 IN aW -:t I prerogative' i i , Atteze, P rfluous matte' ~,.: taargerpt I.° 11','• h e : at i h w 1,! . ,iiciiir) .... r - e. h e a)r4 t h op , :NT QUBSI` 'lttrtattil had in t„uf tall the t ?RPOOL STA':,, t,: t eat„ ble i , at the discod,' .te„,e°ai°: 811 a vhich has beer' eStinitt-gati est and ivide• '4 iota theexast 1., that I fun 'o. .. i t 4l ,, A L t z lie Pe 3 c, a , be somewha,' l i t 1 1 4 ' , 1 , y wttleiap. ie us great 9 e, ilikiv ttl, 7 1 , I proclaimed e toteil the -a.. y and corrupti ielPeed wit!: -gi fro l ene inds and bla s r s e i° l ,,,t e e ' at souls ! the). :I!ltitil:it„,-( agile that their t‘Pi.! last''' fit N s a u , ether than foal , 1 14 4 , ti V (l t wr 0 am is „ barefaced hriw.,',' tr;Lttire,.,reti i )w have tbeY ''', til,;: e ilitt.h,,,q e: f this deluded i ' t t 14 ° lt a . hod ,inted against • , tailtel, :t, I p i t y the ' Ltlipe_ow, id , ti , rsit„ e .thge el J Of , have the effre' ed kid, r g . y , t As to Mr. fl.; a:en, I : h t a ,uld be roadne!io, `:;111 6 e (i • Pe - r ° , air put iu n eoi l i ( le ' ilaeltitl wi ungratefully of' il.leted, his eir, borough. A t e as i e d s e c r readers at icb,t 41'41'ov:tit, kpl citted. I triotP li'tlthi; n a Pan ors, for two tea:, el4„ i ' l , n't'.°Pe the nation 00C; ttlll-1. ' me inceive the oly It;e,folliiiAt., ti sex will be by $.O Vs ~°vvring snly one °po d ,' q,,, 1 2ent ragging to 1,0 44 ,1 th -- uoirr than the matt iid .„l'lleetpro„(i ns or managels ' t e q ll 4,llea' r 4 t: l-.' tons than their . •,64tettly weidti paragon of of i ' 0 „"eott°N sai rted down to v i , - .'y 6 ° l le, Wyberg, °I) l'llioirco-i'ate for fear, if 'elle q - e ' s ea t n j ti do ue senior partnef',o t, I , l e ~ 4 Of Igh your eoltifro, ot;uttit'vnsid aark the preseill ;t te( l. v i ii l to the evert hi ° i ..°4 eler, 00 tlr, PritbnJn 'inn CUSt0111), Ant/. A 4 ,4 t o a. uL; ,able them to "" „)trge 0 the i eealthy portiollA N tti, ll f i nc at this pr0p0572) 'li,i,e4eheu Lye already Pa r ' n, afinu, "THE Goos:;$, l's-ipat in. hemselves,.--4 oir ,' 4 t 1.4 1, 1 : re. " ( CALumfNi.4.lo ,',tle was i n ..rteN' e re t? 'l4' J: (I el , a t l', tea, „ l e ' er part 01 0, 'I), u ,. ar, inquire into tl e t be" ' , ` l ' O ns institution at.,,isi ,1150,.. are the pre' c 't t t . 'tut's' on eat increase 100 h ut agr, the present , e to ,:tt e ions adduced,,ro ~,let f arry i x iestly, either.`isis th,*liett't th becoming ''Pdt, ' li e cru e l observed, ile,;ce, i t had t l'3r, in prefere'pvt "ate,rit ad o f t red acconare°,ol, • ;!i ah e ) had limit the P°'r? 'a ti 74 th 5t an ultiniafe‘e O. I ,IIN ep o , peradded to 91 4111 th hlet!tie Iv ment, At the i ",„ 0 rat t q f h a d ors of those '''!'el),'J' t h e was ,ranches of oi,: 1- ,t,e , 4, 1 -(tiritneve has not origi,‘niitv, 1,404-uts, , charities ; with tli,,'. 5t h e 'if n o-operatew.'„o.o' 'N It o teta, ety to proviu'aty t ha ggi ll and to estelel r w et 1,1 ions.—Lirerr 48 le; THE LIVERPOOL STAN DAM). but even now he lamented to say, that there was scarcely a place where a regiment was quartered the inhabitants of which did not express their horror at the scenes which they were compelled to witness or hear of. (Hear.) He wished the experiment to be tried of endeavouring to enforce discipline without the brutal practice of flogging, and for that purpose he would propose the introduction of a ciauseinto the bill. (Hear) The hon. member concluded with moving the introduction of the following clause :—" And be it further enacted, that it shall not be lawful to inflict corporal punishment by flogging on any private soldier, corporal, or non-commissioned officer in the army or militia of the united kingdom within the united kingdom, any thing hereincontained to the contrary notwithstanding." Mr. LENNARD said that the hon. member for Middlesex had mentioned him as one of the persons who formerly voted with him for the abolition of flogging in the army, and he would be proud to vote with him again for the same object. The argu ment urged in support of flogging was, that the private soldiers were so bad a set of men that they could not be kept in order without it; but it was the punishment of flogging which deterred a better class of men from entering the army. Abolish the punishment, and that which was alleged as its cause, but was in reality its effect, would quickly disappear. (Hear, hear.) Mr. R. GRANT said, that as he had undertaken the temporary charge of the bill, he felt it necessary to make a few observa tions. If he felt himself justified in coming to a conclusion upon this question upon abstract principles, no official connexion should induce him to withhold his assent from the proposition of the hon. member for Middlesex; but, finding that the great majority of military men in whose general judgment he reposed confidence were opposed to it,-he telt it his duty to object to it. Whatever opinion he might individually entertain, he did not feel strong enough to undertake, on his own responsibility, to support the proposition of the lion. member for Middlesex. He therefore adopted the conclusion, though with reluctance, to oppose the proposition. Captain BERKELEY was aware of the opinion which prevailed amongst persons in the army that the punishment could not be abolished; he was aware likewise of the progress of a contrary opinion, not only amongst the public but amongst officers them selves. He was aware, too, that there had been practically a mitigation of the punishment, and that it was not called into practice so frequently as formerly. Under these circumstances, he thought the time had come when the punishment might, be abolished entirely. Mr. O'CONNELL congratulated the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Grant) upon the avowal of his sentiments in favour of the abolition of this punishment, though he declined supporting the motion for the reasons he mentioned. He therefore left it to the house, and if the practice was to continue it would not be t' -, fault of the government, but of a reformed House of Commons. The right hon. gentleman had taken a wise course in leaving this question to the house. He had said that he was not strong enough; then let the. house come to his assistance ; let the house back him, and he would then be strong enough. (Hear.) • Lord ALTHORP expressed his surprise that the hon. member for Middlesex should have read his name as one of the minority on this question. He did think that he had never voted on any one of the motions; he knew he had never voted against the question. He had thought, arid lie was sorry to say he still thought, that the weight of military authority was so great that it would not be prudent to take away this punishment entirely from the officer. _ _ Captain CURTEIS observed that the recent reduction of sol diers' pensions had reduced the character of the soldiery, and the mode of punishment was calculated to do the same. He was adverse to imprisoning soldiers in common gaols, which made them worse than before; but if prisons were erected in barracks, so that the men could be under the control of their officers there, he should prefer imprisonment to flogging. Mr. CURTEIS wished to seize every opportunity of recording his opposition to the practice of flogging. With respect to sub stitutes,_ it was not difficult to fiud them; the wildest animals might be tamed by starvation. (Laughter.) Major HANDLEY spoke in favour of the abolition of flogging., He admitted that it would be a dangerous experiment to abolish it at home, and to continue it in the army abroad. The. experi ment of solitary confinement had been tried with success in the lonian Islands. _ Mr. SHESinIL said that he would never ask clergymen whether a reform was necessary in the church, nor 'West India planters whether negroes should be emancipated, nor the members of his own profession whether there were abuses in the law. (Hear.) By persevering in the use of the lash, the crimes complained of in the army were perpetuated. Abolish such degrading punish ment; raise the soldier in the moral scalp; ado p( the Homan maxim: facinus est ciOesn Romanum verbeihri. (Hear.) . Mr. G. LANGTON observed that if he wished to have an ef ficient and well-disciplined army it must be relieved from cor poral punishment. Sir J. BYNG said the experiment of doing without hogging had been tried in a regiment in which (as we understood) he commanded. The trial had continued for two years, and he was bound to declare that the result had not been what was ex pected, and that they were obliged to resort to dogging, again. Sir F. BURDETT said that he had abstained from urging this subject on the attention of the house, in the hope that govern ment would take some steps consistent with the security and discipline of the army for the gradual and total abolishment of a disgraceful mode of punishment on which he could scarcely trust himself to express his own feelings. Often had he endea voured in private to impress on ministers the policy of such a course. Now, however, (though he did not admit that this was the best time for the introduction of the subject,) that it Was brought before the house, he felt bound to say what he had. always maintained, and what he was every Clay more and more convinced of, that if government did not take some . means to do away with this disgraceful punishment, they would find that it was a matter which the British public would not tolerate much longer. He would . not say, let it be abolished altogether, though he thought that would be most .desira ble, but he would be content to let it be an vitimum remedium. Such punishments should be given only in the very extreme cases. Let it not be said that the abolition of such disgraceful punishments would be ruinous to the discipline of the army.- I'he same sort of argument was used to defend punishments which no man in the army at the present day would venture to say ought to be inflicted in any case. The motion,was.now limited to England, and he hoped that hon. members would bear that limitation in mind. In conclusion, the hon. baronet ex-' pressed , his conviction that the discipline of the army would not" be impaired by the gradual abolition of the disgraceful system of corporal punishment; and he was certain that had. his right hon. friend (Sir J. Hobhouse) remained in office, that same clause—to the effect of its being inflicted only in extreme cases —would have been introduced into the bill. Lord PALMERSTON said that if hon. members were to consult their feelings only, no doubt they would consent to the abolition of corpo ral punishment. But this was a question which ought not to be dis posed of by the feelings only. It was cne which rested on grave con siderations of public interest, and should be discussed with calmness, in which the judgment and not the feelings, ought , to predominate. There was no are army which could be kept up in any state of dis cipline without the fear of punishment. This Was admitted ; but it was said that this particular kind of punishment was objected to. Hi would admit that corporal punishment was not a good in itself, and that it tended to degrade the mind of the party on whom it was inflicted. But he would ask how could it be dispensed with ? Such punishments were, in most cases, inflicted only when less severe modes had failed. It was only a play upon words to say that corpo ral punishmentswere not known in the French army. They had not our mode of punishing. lint he would appeal to those hon. members who had had opportznities of knoWing the practice of the French army, whether they had not that of corporal punishment,• and that too often inflicted without trial, and at the will of the commanding officer. They had been told that some officers had, by their kindness and perseverance, so disciplined their men that in their regiments the practice had been abolished. But, he would ask, could they have dis pensed with that punishment, if the power of inflicting it aid not ex ist 1 Instances had been known when this species of punishment had been abolished, and the men became so unmanageable that they were in the habit of knocking down the non-commissioned officers like nine-pins ; the consequence was that the old system was restored. These discussions were useful, as tending to reduce punishment to the. very smallest amount ; but to abolish the punishment altogether. would, he conceived, he a most dangerous proceeding—a proceeding of which they might repent when too late. (Hear, hear.) Sir It. FERausON said the amendment of the hon. member for Mid dlesex placed him in a very unpleasant situation ; he could not vote for it, and he would not vote against it. He was always adverse to corporal punishments when they could be avoided, but it was fre quently impossible to dispense with them. Cases often occurred which must be tried and punished summarily. Sir F. BURDETT suggested that there might be introduced in the amendment these words,—" that the Mutiny Act shall confine this punishment to open mutiny, thieving, and being drunk on guard.", M. Hum acceded to the suggestion. The house then divided, when there appeared: For the original motion .. . • .. .. 151 Against it .. • .. • . .. • . .. • • .. 140 Majority .. H The house then proceeded with the orders of the day ; after some had been disposed of, Mr. HUME said that he had given notice that after the division he would bring up a similar clause to that which he had proposed to-night upon the third reading of the Mutiny Bill to-morrow night. He now begged to say that he should not feel it necessary to do so. After the house had so strongly andSo mifficientlyexpressed its opinion upon the subject, he did not think that he should trouble it by proposing the same clause again. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at a quarter to one o'clock. WEDNESDAY. The London and Birmingham Railway Bill was read a third time and passed; and several other private bills were forwarded each a stage. HERTFORD ELECTION. The Clerk of the Committee brought up the minutes of evi dence on the Hertford election. The _house was occupied in receiving petitions until three o'clock, when the Speaker left the chair. • DOMESTIC. COURT AND FASHIONABLE WORLD. HANOVER, March 26.—Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Cambridge, unexpectedly set out yesterday afternoon for Rum pelheim, ou the receipt of the melancholy news of the illness of her father; the Laudgrave Frederick. Gi - OCCESTER, Monday.—We are happy to state that Mr. Justine Taunton is much better, although he still continues very ill. lie has been attended by Dr. Baron and Mr. Wilton of thiS city; and Mr. Salmon, the surgeon of Old Broad-street, whom the learned judge sent for from town to attend him, ar rived at a late hour last night, accompanied by Lady Taunton. Since the indisposition of Mr. Justice Taunton, Mr. Jervis,'the late Chief Justice of Chester, has presided in the Crown Court here. The new Secretary of State for the Colonial Department some years ago held a situation in the Colonial Office, where he was remarkable for his diligence and activity. A rnmour is very prevalent, that Baron Bayley is about to resigp his seat in the Court of Exchequer, and to he succeeded by Sit William Horne.—Morning Herald. _ . The keeper of the toll-bar at the Park-street Gate, Camden Town, was summoned, one day last week, before the Police Ma gistrates for having taken double toll for two zebras, belonging to the Zoological Society. Plush said. he did not consider ze bras asses, but horses. A servant to the Society referred to Dr. Johnson's Dictionary, wherein a zebra was stated to be an ass. A witness on the part of the Society stated, that the ani mals in dispute were bred in Windscir Park, out of the common ass, by a zebra, the property of his Majesty. Mr. Hoskins said ,a zebra was undoubtedly an ass • the stripes indicated only a certain breed of the ass. He ordered the defendant to refund the overcharge, and pay the costs. Lord Goderich is, we understand, to have an Earl's coronet besto'wed'upon him, in reward, no doubt, of his brilliant career as Secretary for the Colonies, and the happy termination to which he has brought all the difficulties which assailed him in that situation! Let the Government but make Lord Anglesey a'Duke for his success in governing Ireland, and the beautiful consistency. of Whig promotions in the - Peerage will be cora -I)lete—at least so it seems to our view; but we must not be too rash in placing limits to the extent of the monstrous absurdity which .Earl Grey, supernumerary Knight of the Garter; inay -discover and act upon. Perhaps he may recommend even Lord Goderich himself for the next vacant Garter! There is a sug gestion for him—let him beat that if he can.—Albion and Star. The,bills discounted by the Bank of France in 1831, amounted to £8,900,954, and the gain resulting to them was £73,825; but last 1-ear (1832) the stagnation of commercial and other tran sactions reduced the amount of discount to - 1;648,917, and of profit to the bank, to £-11,243. We reckon that Lord Grey's sapience in reform will prove just as slenderly endowed with the seeds of fructification as Louis Philippe's.—Albion and Star. • AN H AuioN lOUS CABINET.—The Lord Chancellor, the Duke .of Ilichmond; Mr. Stanley, and Sir James Graham are under stocitl to take one side; Lord Grey, Lord Althorp, and Lord John Bussed the other side. Lord Palmerston inclines towards the strongest, as a matter of course. Lord Goderich has nothing to say; Lord'Holland does not interfere ; and Lord Carlisle is not consulted. The infant daughter of Lord and Lady Ashley was christened on Tuesday evening", at the residence Of the Earl and Countess Cowper, in George-street, Hanover-square. Air. M. Attwood has postponed his currency question till Fri day, April 19—to be then moved on the proposition that the house resolve into committee of supply. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has deferred his motion for the !‘ general commutation of tithes " in England till Thursday, AprillB. , . ORAPES TWO GUINEAS PER Le.—There were some English ford&l grapdS at Covent-garden market on Monday morning, for which twenty shillings per lb. NVOTO asked. Some very tine ones were sold, on Saturday hist, as high as two guineas per , lb. HYDROPHOBIA.—On Sunday, the 24th of February last, as Mr. James Pardoc, a traveihng booksel e: of Waterloo-street, Ha - ggerstoue, was passing through a streetleadingto the Hack ney-road, he was bitten severely in the hand by a strange dog; from the appearances manifested by the animal be felt confident it was not rabid, and from this. impression, with other reasons which he gave, he refused, although strong , urged, to have the parts excised. Melancholy to relate, on 'Wednesday last, the 27th.ult., he manifested symptoms of hydrophobia, and on the following day (Thursday) the dreadful disease was fully esta blished in all its horrors, till death terminated the poor fellow's sufferings at ten.o'clock in the evening of the same day.. During the whole course of the disease the dread of swalloWing was ex cessive, both of fluids and solids; the very idea of the act, as well as even,the breath of a bystander, threw him into the most vio lenkcOnvulsions; altogether it was one of the most marked and terilfic cases of this dreadful malady ever witnessed. Dr. Cobb, of the Loudon Hospital, with Mr. Robinson, of Kingsland, and Mr. Welch, of ShOreditch, surgeons, gave the most unremitting attention, but nothing could be done to stop the rapid progress of •:the disease. It canna lie too strongly impressed on the pub lic that those rules and cautions respecting dogs which are eon sidt,red to apply to them only in hot weather and the "dog-days" is so far erroneous, as experience and observation prove that the disease is equally prevalent in other seasons of the year.—The Standard. ~Mr. Wm. Young Ottley, author of " A History on Engrav ing upon Copper and •in Wood," has been appointed by the Lord Chancellor, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Speaker, successor to the late Mr. Smith, as superintendent of. the prints and drawings in the British Museum. There were many competitors for this situation.—Morning Herald. WESTMINSTER ELECTION.-The election for a member of par liament to serve for Westminster, in the room of Sir J. C. Hobhouse; in consequence of his accepting the office of Secre tary . for Ireland, was fixed to commence yesterday ; when the nomination was to take place. ELOPEMENL IN HIGH LIFE.—On Monday morning last, one of the most opulent and respectable families residing in our immediate neighbourhood, was thrown into great consternation by the discovery that their eldest daughter, a young lady of great beauty and, accomplishments had eloped during the night. On inquiry, it appeared she had left the paternal roof during the absence of her father, shortly after midnight, accompanied by a lady and gentleman, with her lover, a young gentleman, rank and fortune. A carriage and four, which was in readi ness to receive them at a short distance, immediately started with the party at a rapid rate for the north, and as we under stand relays of horses had been prepared on the whole line of road to Gretna, there could have been but little chance of the happy pair being overtaken, before the hymeneal knot was tied. The affair has, however created a great sensation here, both pitrties being of the highest respectability, and moving in ou r faShionable circles.-044d Journal. In consequence of the duty upon Baltic timber being so much higher than that imposed in. our American colonies, four vessels have cleared from this port within the last few days, in ballast, for Memel, and from thence to Halifax, no doubt with the intention of loading timber at the former place, landing it at the. latter, and again reloading, the same for England, in order to save the difference of dutv.—Newcastle Courant. The trumpery petition "from Chester," respecting the Church Establishment in 'Wales, the handy-work of two or three busy-bodies, was introduced to the House of Lords, by the Marquess of Westminster, on Friday last, 'and formed a topic of conversation, a report of which may be read in another column. This petition, as we have before stated, is the handy work of two or three busy-bodies, who after some weeks of meritorious exertion, prevailed upon about eighty good-natufed individuals to honour it with their signatures; and is it not a little too had that these two or three industrious gentlemen, to WhoM politics and church reform are a portion of their stock-in trade, should tike upon themselves the task of imputing to the ihhabitants of - Wales, the high crime and misdemeanor of not attending to their own affairs?—Chester Courant. Dr. Antommarchi landed at Calais a few days ago from Lon don, bringing with him the original, and only cast in plaster taken from the face of the Emperor Napoleon after his death. On its being opened at the Customhouse, a considerable crowd pressed to see it; and when it was again inclosed in its case, a contest arose as to who should have the honour of carrying it to the doctor's hotel. _ _ _ The Duke d'Orleans, it is rumoured, will pay a visit to this country about the middle of the present month. Adelung, the German philologist, has calculated that the number of languages spoken in Europe is 587 ; in Asia, 937 ; in Africa, 276; and in America, 1,064. The general result is, that, at this day, the human race speak no fewer than 3,064 lan guages.—.4Thion and Star. The receipt stamp duties for 1832, amounted to, on two-penny stamps, £23,932 9s. 11d.; on three-penny, £28,359 7s. ld.; on six-penny, £38,324135. 3d. • and, £49,585165. on one shilling stamps.—A total of £145,2C0 Os. 3d. PRESTON TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.—On Tuesday evening last, the members of this society held their first anniversary. The meeting took place in the theatre, and the house was crowded to excess on the occasion; a considerable portion of the boxes being occupied by some of the most respectable inhabitants. Charles Swainson, Esq. presided, and after that gentleman had briefly addiessed the meeting, a report was read settinc , forth the prosperous conditiotiof the institution.. S u b sequent t , Mr. Grundy,- Mr.. Livesey, Mr. John Walke r , M r . Threlfall, and others spoke in succession, as movers and seconders of reso lutions, and, lastly, the meeting was addressed by one Swindle hurst and others, who appeared in the characters of "reformed • drunkards." We do not enter into details, because we . are of opinion that in doing so we should but indifferently consult the interests of the society. • In the sequel, a collection was made amounting to £l4 16s. (ht—Preston Pilot. TESTIMONY \ TO THE LATE EARL FITZWILLIAM.—OR Tues day, a public Meeting was held at Doncaster, for, the purpose of expressing the esteem and respect of the inhabitants,ter, the de ceased Earl Fitzwilliam. The mayor, Josh. Lockwood, Esq. presided, and announced that the corporation had that morning agreed to an address of condolence to the present Earl, and had further resolved to present him with the freedom of the borough in a gold box. Mr. Fisher, the town clerk, read the address of the corporation, after which Mr. Branson moved and Mr.. Beckett Denison seconded one to the same purport- - The ad-. dress was supported by the Rev. John Platts, Mr. P. Bright, Sir Wm. B. Cooke, Bart., the Rev. Dr. Sharpe, the Vicar, and Mr. Baxter. It was carried unanimously.—Leeds Intelligencer. • Government have remitted the fine of £2OO imposed.upon Mr. Lysaght Pennefather, and on that gentleman being apprised of the fact by Mr. Duckett, the sub-sheriff in Clonmelt, he re plied, " For this last act I shall never feel myself in any way thankful, or under any compliment. Government are, in my opinion, the same gang of Algerine despots, and unworthy the confidence of any Irishman!" SHEFFIELD TKADE.—lnquiries are making, under the direc tion of the Board of Trade, respecting the state of our various home manufactures, for the fnformation of Government, in re ference to a commercial treaty, now arranging, on the basis of mutual concession, between this country rnd France. The Mas ter Cutler has, for this purpose, been recently making inquiries of several of the principal manufacture's of our town. 1 ranee has displayed a disposition to receive Sheffield goods—cutlery and plated ware—on very favourable terms, as being kdescrip tion of articles less likely than many others to interfere with the profits of their own manufactures. If this be effected, Sheffield may reasonably calculate upon very important results, as it will be in the recollection of many persons how excel!ent a market France was for our goods!previous to the war, when Sheffield houses had resident agents in Paris.—Sliqffield Courant. SHREWSBURY.—At these assizes a singular special jury cause was tried at the Nisi Prins, in which the question turned upon the identity of a horse,`valued at £2O. The plaintiff obtained a verdict for that sum. • The law charges are, expected to amount to between £5OO and £6OO. Mi. Justice Taunton, in addressing the jury, congratulated the county of Salop on the extraordinary wealth it possessed, Ichich permitted it, whilst other parts of the country were complaining of, destitution ai d embarrassment, to throw away vast sums in bringing a host oe witnesses to decide a matter of -£2O. The horse was brought into court, and underwent a careful examination by the jury ! A zealous reformer, in a certain populous village within the range of our circulation, lately had an addition made to his family by . the birth of a boy. To testify the father's respect for liberal principles, and as a tribute of admiration to the inde pendence and undeviating consistency of a certain reforming Parliamentary representative, he had his infant duly baptized by the Christian and surname of his favourite M.P. Unfortu nately, however, soon after the honest man had thus got planted around his hearth a remembrancer of the hon. representative's political integrity and disinterested advocacy of the people's rights, the favourite member's vote on a recent occasion brought about a change of sentiment in the mind of his previous ad mirer, who, in consequence—and that he might not De com pelled to look on his offspring, in future years, as a memento of what he now considers political tergiversation—waited on his minister, anxiously making the inquiry, whether he could not obtain a revocation of the chosen name, and the substitution of one more congenial to his now altered feelings. We have not been told the result, but we rather suspect that the rev. gentle man would decline interference between the hon. member and the dissatisfied father.—Stirling Advertiser. PAISLEY POLITICS.—A number of our pledged members are sadly pestered with the remonstrances of their enlightened con stituents. None has been more so than the honourable mem ber for Paisley, Sir John Maxwell. The Political Union of that town, a very rift-raff concern at the best, has been thunder ing into the venerable baronet's ears, a large store of"wise saws and modern instances, as well as chiding him, in no very cour teous phrase, for departing from its instructions, and ventur ing to vote according . to his own notions of propriety and means of knowledge. In consequence of this species of persecution, " our good country gentleman" has sent a letter'to Mr. Robert Muir, baker, under cover to Mr. Barr, claiming the right of a British subject, to think and act according to his conscience.— This announcement has given dire offence to the liberals of Paisley. What the consequence may be is not known. Some of the leaders of the movement in tliat town, however, say he has no right to act for himself but for them, as he bargai ne d t o do ,so !—Glasgow Courier. IRON TRADE.--Sevetal of our contemporariei have lately inserted p'aragraphs announcing advances in the price of iron, which, having sources of accurate infor mation, we are enabled to state are in some instances in correct. Taking an average of the different kinds of iron, the total amount of the advances is about twenty shillings a ton, and the reasonable prospects of the trade are such as to afford pleasing expectations of improve ment in the condition of Merthyr and its numerous popu lation. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.--A MAN 'AND Two HORSES KILLED BY LIGHTNING.—On Thursday afternoon, Ro bert Walker, farmer, in the neighbourhood of Renton, Dumbartonshire„after working all day in a field at the plough, and while in the act of mounting bne of the horses, for the .purpose of proceeding homewards, was struck by a Hash of lightning, which not only killed him on the spot, but the two animals under his charge. The dreadful occurrence was witnessed by a servant, who at the moment was but a few yards distant from the scene of the accident, and who, but for the fact of his having been desired to perform some necessary operation about the plough after the horses had been unyoked, must in evitably have shared the lamentable fate of his master. The deceased, we understand, has left a family. On Thursday, a good deal of rain and hail fell in the quar ter alluded to, accompanied by loud peals of thunder, and vivid lightning. FASHIONS FOR APRIL. (From the Lady's Magazine.) WALIUNG DRESs.—Hat of white satin, lined with white or mauve crape, surrounded by a ruche of tulle, and trimmed with satin Aged with ruches of tulle and cut gauze ribands. , The front much thrown, up, and the crown high and pointed. The pelisse of emerald-green satin, is cut with a reverse, turned back with velvet of a darker shade ; the reverse is formed into lappets, and is edged with dents. The sleeves are very full : they slope from the shoulders, and the plaits are gathered under a pipe, which forms an epaulette. The corsage is cut slightly en point, but finished with a pointed band and enamelled lozenge buckle-. The skirt is closed in front and tripple dents inter changed ; they are edged with velvet. This dress is worn with a che misette, finished at the throat with two double rows of tulle. • (From the World of Fashion.) MORNING AND CARRIAGE DaEss.—A pelisse composed of Bros deg Indes, lilac AO with blue corsage a 1' Amazone, trimmed en cceur. with demi-lozenge dents, to each of which a brandebourg is attached Ama lis sleeves. The skirt is trimmed en tablier with dents to corres pond with the corsage. Bonnet of emerald green satin, a bibi shape, but more off' the face than they are in general . ; it is trimmed with knots of pale rose-coloured gause riband, and worn over a bonnet cap, the border of which is a double ruche of tulle. A corresponding niche ehcircles the throat. DII4NER DRE9B.—A demi redingote of canary-coloured Bros de Tours ; it is trimmed down the front with a row of blond lace, and knots of gauze riband to correspond. The corsage is plain, moder ately low, and trimmed with a round pelerine of the same material bordered with blond lace, as is also the breast knot. The sleeves are a la Arnadis at the lower part of the arm, and a double bouffant at the top. The head-dress is a blue velvet beret, trimmed with gauze ri bands, and long ostrich feathers to correspond. EVENINQ DRESS.—A robe ala Pontagne of white Bros de Naples painted in a Grecian pattern, in columns of azure blue. A pointed corsage trimmed with blue silk fancy buttons. Long sleeves, the lower part made exactly to fit the arm, slashed in front, and trimmed with knots of gause riband, corresponding with the colours of the dress. The upper part of the sleeve forms a bouffant of au entirely new kind. The front of the skirt is ornamented en tablier in the same stile as the sleeve. Head-dress, an Italian turban, trimmed with two membranes of a bird of Paradise. Necklace and ear-rings dia monds. The gentlemen as well as the ladies, seem ineHned to revive the old fashions ; several have appeared lately at grand balls in frock coats of violet velvet, trimmed with dead gold buttons very finely wrou.ht • waistcoats and knee breechl's of white sitirt " • - '