The Sun. — London, England, 1840-02-20 00:00:00

ir,ottene, and Palfinvoher, conney Kerry, expressing +he loyalty of the Irish people, and praying her Majesty's protection. Mr. Porter, Mayor of Manchester, Mr. M. Philip., M.P., accompanied by Mr. Alderman Brooks, Mr. Alderman Neild, and Mr. Alderman Kay—From the Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors of the Borough of Manchester, of congratulation on the occasion of her Majesty's marriage. Mr. George Clarke—From 236 Magistrates, Clergy, Mer shares, and others of the parish of Manchester, of congr. tula tion, assembled for that purpose at Manchester, the day of her Majesty's marriage. Also from 8,126 other inhabitants of the borough of Manchester, of congratulation on her Majesty's marriage, Mr. Corbelly, M.P. for Meath—From the parishes of La rueor, county Meath, Moistrim, county Longford, and Errig true, county Monaghan. Alderman Cooper, late Mayor of' Canterbury, accompanied by Aldermen Plummer, Brent, and Masters—From the citi zens of Canterbury, disclaiming the sentiments exeressed to wards her Majesty at a Conservative festival held at Canter bury on the sth of November last. The Solicitor- General for Ireland—From the inhabitants of Clemmel, conveying their congratulations on her Majesty's marriage, and expressing their dutiful attachment to her Majesty's person and Government. The Mayor of Windsor, Mr.- John Ramshottom, M.P., Mr. Robert Gordon, M.P., Dr. Fergusson, M.D., the Rev. Isaac Gimlet, Vicar of Windsor, and the Rev. John Stoughton, Minister—From the borough of New Windsor, expressing their ardent, heartfelt congratulation on the marriage of her Majesty with his Royal Highness Prince Albert of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha. Mr. Frederick Howard—From the borough of Youghal, ex pressing loyal attachm en t t o h er M a j es t y, and con fi dence in her Majesty's Government. Mr. Redington, M.P.—From the borough of Dundalk, and parish of Stradbally, expressive of their loyalty and attachment to her Majesty's person and throne, and praying her Majesty not to admit to her Councils men who are the enemies of the religion andliberties of her Irish subjects. Mr. Brotherton, M.P.—From the Boroughreeve and Con stables on behalf of the inhabitants of the borough of Salford, of congratulation on the occasion of her Majesty's marriage. Mr. Blackstone, M.P.—From the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the borough of Wallingford, on the occasion of Ler Majesty's marriage. Mr. Ireland Blackburne—Front the inhabitants of the bo rough of Warrington, froin the Protestant Association in the borough of Warrington, and from the Operative Conservative Society, borough of Warringten, of congratulation on her Ma- Jest 's marriage. The Mayor of Liverpool, accompanied by Mr. Alderman Shell and Mr. Councillor Bushell—Frem the Corporation o Liverpool, of congratulation en the occasion of her Majesty's marriage. Mr. E. B. Roche—From 13 parishes in the county of Cork, expressive of loyalty and attachment to her Majesty, and of eorificlenee in her Majesty's present Ministers, especially with regard to their government of Ireland. Mr. Philip John Money, Mayor of Norwich, Mr. John Marshall, Deputy Mayor of Norwich, and Mr. Harwell, Sheriff of Norwich—From the Town-council of Norwich, of sengratulation. Mr. Henry Grimes—From the Warden and Society of the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield, Count, Warwick, of con gratulation on her Most Gracious Majesty s marriage. The Mayor of Southampton, accompanied by Mr. Burnard, the late Mayor, and Mr. Joseph Lobb--From the Corporation, of congratulation on her Majesty's marriage. Mr. Arthur W. Hereford, Mayor of Weymouth—From the Mayor, Magistrates, Aldermen, Burgesses, and Inhabitants of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, of congratulation. mThe Lord Mayor of York and Mr. J. W . Williams, Mayor of Portsmouth, presented addresses of congratulation. Mr. William Smith O'Brien, M.P., presented addresses. Scholefield and Mr. Dugdale presented a humble peti tion from the working manufacturers of jewelery ornaments at Birmingham. Mr, Roliert Hyde Greg, M.P., accompanied the address from the Mayor and Boroughreeve, &c. of Manchester. Mr. John Holmes, High Bailiff of Southwark, accompanied the address from that borough. The High Constable of Brighton and the two Members for the borough of Brighton, Captain Pechell, R.N., and Colonel Sit Adolphus Dalrymple, Bart., presented an address of con gratulation to her Majesty on her marriage, from the inhabi tants of Brighton. Colonel Thomas Woed—From the town of Brentford, to the Queen upon her marriage. The following Noblemen and Gent:emen had the honour of being presented to her Majesty : The Bishop of Lichfield, by Lord Viscount Melbourne Earl of Lucan, by the Earl of Uxbridge Earl Amherst, by the Hon. Robert Henry Clive he Rev. Dr. Tighe Gregory, Chaplain, to his Excellency the Lord Li eu t enan t o f I re l and, and Rector' and Vicar of Kil more, by the Earl of Fingall—To present his sermon on her Majesty s auspicious union with his Royal Highness Prince Albert of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha, preached by him in St. Mark's Church, Liverpool, on Sunday, 16th inst. Lord Claude Hamilton, by the Earl of Aberdeen Lord Albert Conyngham, by the Earl of Uxbridge The Hon. Charles Lennox Butler, by Viscount Grimston The Hon. Mr. Robert Forbes, on his return from India, by Mr. Hodges The Hon. Edward Butler, Lieutenant of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at -Arms, by Lord Foley Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., Ist Life Guards, on ap. pointm en t, b y C o l one l C aven di s h Sir James M'Adam, by Viscount Duncannon Sir Donald Campbell, by Mr. Campbell of Islay The Rev. Dr. Jelf, Canon of Christ Church, late Preceptor to his Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Hanover, by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbruy Dr. David Bell, by Mr. Philip Howard, M.P. Dr. Stock, M.P., Judge of the Admiralty in Ireland, by the Marquis of Normanby Dr. Bedford, by the High Bailiff of Southwark. Rev. Charles Pearson, Prebendary of Salisbury, by the Dean of Salisbury The Rev. G. R. Gleig, by the Right Hon. Sir H. Hardinge Rev. Jacob Wood, M.A. Vicar of Egham, by the Right Hon. Sir Wm. Freemantle The Rev. Mr. R. Scott, Senior Chaplain Royal Artillery, on promotion, by the Master-General of the Ordnance The Ilev. Edward Blick, by Mr. John Holmes, High Bailiff of Southwark The Rev. F. E. Tusost, M.A., on his appointment, by the Lord Chancellor, to the living of Southwick, by Lord Bloomfield Mr. Alderman Brent, by the Hon. George Byng e The Rev. Robert Knight, by the M arqu i s o f B ute air. Alderman Plummer, by the Right Hon. George Byng Mr. Alderman Cooper, by the Hon. George Byng Mr. Alderman Neild, by Viscount Melbourne Mr. Alderman Sheil, by the Marquis of Normanby 'Jr. Alderman Kay, by Viscount Melbourne Mr: Alderman Masters, by the Hon. George Byng Rev. Robert Hume, by the Earl of Erroll Mr. Robert Hunter, by the Earl of Albemarle The Rev. G. B. Tuson, B. D., on his being appointed Chap lain to the Royal Artillery, by the Master-General Alderman Magnay, by Sir Robert Peel Ire Edward Kater, by Mr. John Wm. Birch Captain Hargood, R.N., to deliver the Ensigns of tho Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, worn by his late father, Admiral Sir William Hargood, presented by Vice- AAdmiral Sir Charles Rowley, G. C. H. f r. Berna-d, by th e M arqu i s o f N ormanby fr. Joseph L o bb, b y th e M arqu i s of Normanby Idr , William Thornborrow, by Mr. David William Wire, late Al Under Sheriff Robert N. Fynn, by the Marquis of Normanby Robert Hyde Greg, M.P., by the Hon. E. J. Stanley 14 1 ,r• Potter, Mayor of Manchester, by Viscount Melbourne ; 1 4 ' : r i lei p s e t i o lier, her Majesty's Consul for Brest, by Viscount Pal m • George Clarke, by Sir George Murray W. Halkeit, by Lieut.-Col. the Hon. C. A. Wrottesley • Clay, M.P., on his appointment as Secretary to the India e Hoard, by Sir John C. Hobhouse ,pßerthwick, by Lord Palmerston . Bushell, by the Marquis of Normanby x ,he Lord Mayor of York, by Mr. Lowther, M.P. I Henry Trench, by Lord Bloomfield air. Maurice O'Connell, M.P., Deputy Lieut. County Kerry, e ,hy Lord Morpeth 'lr. Charles E. Layard, late Paymaster-General, Ceylon, after Al~6 l years' service in India, by the Lord John R usse ll. • Brooks, by iscount u 'lr. Peter Hor V rocks, Deputy Lieutenant, Lancashire, by it L ieut.-General Vincent 4 , P. Fraser Tytler, by the Hon. Charles A. Murray. Ai P. G. M oney , b y t h e M arqu i s of Normanby Ai• r. J. Q uincey Harris, by the High Bailiff o f S ou th war k Todd, by Mr. D'iyncourt I r r• William Arthur White, by Viscount Palmerston "I • T. E. Baker, on his return from India, by Sir J. C. Hob h•ouse Bart les arwell, Sheriff of Norwich, by the Marquis of Mormanby 'lr. Arthur W. Horsford, Mayor of Weymouth, by Viscount Villiers. tir• J. W. Willia ms , b y t h e C hance l lor of the Exchequer he Mayor of Liverpool, by Lord Normanby fr• Henry G r i mes , b y t h e M arqu i s of Normanby e H. John St. Leger, to ask permission to present at the next Levee three songs, written and composed expressly for her Most Gracious Majesty, and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, by his father, Mr. H. J. St. L eger , an d hi mse lf. : s ear-Admiral Steuart by the Marquis of Bute. 4 r , . Sandford Graham, Grenadier Guards, on obtaining his ucemmission, by Sir Sandford Graha m . •" I .r. Jones, 29th Regiment, by Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. C. Wrottesley. ;`,Zr- Lucas, 29th Regiment, by Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. C. • Wrottesley iIFL Estrange, 29th Regiment, by Lieut.-Col. the Hon. • A. Wrottesley. e Town rk of ork. by Mr. Lowher M.P. GordonAlr n, Secretary Y of the Trea-ury, t by ' Lord Melbourne odd, by the Ma rqu i s o f H ea df ort, K . P. k' • s. Rey no ld s S o ll y, by the Earl of Verul am r ; Wyse, M.P., on his appointment to the office of Lord of little Treasury, by Viscount Melbourne William Blount, M.P., by the Duke of Somerset ll l: Te J i s b s o e ti p r h ne fleron, Town Clerk of Manchester, by Viscount 41er-General Philpot, 11th Light Dragoons, by General Lord t"eteral W oo d , Li eutenant o f t h e T ower, by Lord Hill '''' r uten ant- G eneral Si r Andrew Barnard, on his return to C E igland tuander Chits. G. Robinson, on promotion, by Lord Minto /Pt- Dennehy R.N. ,by N. Villiers Stuart, M.P. Co ut. Henry Dennehy, R.N., by the Right Hon. Earl Minto I nlander Richard Douglas, R.N., by the Right Hon. th e tr of Mint°, G. C.B. tie t. Wolfe R.N. by Lord Minto C o ut • Charteris, R.N., by the Duke of Sutherland eotamander Alexander F. Elphinstone, by Lord Minto 4rnander Noreott, R.N., on return from Foreign Service, C see t he Earl of Minto Cnander Henry Vere Huntley, on his appointment to be ,„ieut enant-Governor of her Majesty's Settlements on the ..,)`-'itrnbie, by Lord John Russell :, 14.1a nder Frederick Hastings Glasse, R.N., on his appoint ent t o the Coast Guard, by the Ear l of Minto Earl B o t e l er , R . N ., Packet Service, Dover, b y t h e e.arl of Mint sea siri _ o rerl mender Ald r id ge, on h i s return from Foreign Service, b y d Minto I , _:: t p t t4irl la afirlainofilNYlninWtoilliams, R.N., on return from service, by S' Sidney Beckwith, by Colonel Browne THE SUN, LONDON THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1840. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND 612. J INIES MACDONELL. mom THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globs.) The time which is occupied by the discuss 7 oe of the privilege question becomes at length an import int element of that discussion. It could hardly have been anticipated that the vindication of a privilege, acknow ledged essential, from the effects of a decision, me nowledged wrong—for on those two points really there is no difference amongst those whose opinion the pub lic consider as worth any attention—would have been drawn out so much into length, and attended with such " untoward" incidents. With the experience of what has occurred, and with the avowal of Sir R. Peel that the powers of the House are imperfect, it may he, we think, regretted that recourse to a declara tory act was not taken at the outset. This is however the lesson of experience ; and the eminent leaders of both parties have declared their aversion to compro mising the privileges of the House by referring them to the extraneous, possibly hostile, jurisdiction of another assembly. (From the United Service Gazette.) A friend has related to tie an anecdote illustrative not Dilly of the high opinion entertained by his grace of this distinguished general, but of the delicate genero sity displayed by Sir James to a non-commissioned efiter of his regiment. Some three years ego, the Duke of Wellington was waited upon at Apsley House by two gentlemen, who announced to him that, as executors of the will of a deceased friend of ec centric habits, who had left .500/. to the bravest man in the British army, they called for the purpose of h nailing to his Grace a check for that amount ; being fully satisfi,d, that in so doing they should religiously fulfil the duty imposed upon them by the tes tator. The Duke thanked them for the compliment they had paid him, but resolutely declined to receive the money ; alleging that the British army contained many as brave men as himself. After several pressing remonstrances, his Grace's visitors earnestly requested that he would consent to become arbitrator in the mat ter, and indicate the individual on whom the bequest should be conferred. To this appeal he acceded, pro mising, in the course of two or three days, to give the matter his consideration, and report to them the result. At the appointed time they again made their appearance at Apsley House. The Duke received them with great courtesy, but assured them that he had found the task a great deal more difficult than he had anticipated. After enumerating. to them the various battles in which he had been engaged, and some of the most striking feats of heroism he had witnessed, he suggested, that if they had no objection, he would make his selection from the battle of Waterloo ; that being the last, the greatest, and most important, action of the war. This point being adjusted, his Grace proceeded to state, that Huguemont having been the key to his en tire position, and that post having been defended not only with the most complete success, but with the most chivalrous bravery, by Major-General Sir James Macdonell, who commanded there, he could point out no one so fully entitled to the legacy as that officer. The executors repaired accordingly to Sir James Macdonell, and having acquainted him with the deci sion of the Duke of Wellington, tendered him the money. Sir James expressed himself highly flattered by so distinguished a mark of his Grace's approval, and observed, that although he should not attempt to dispute altogether the propriety of his decision, yet, as he knew a clan who had conducted himself with at least equal gallantry in the same battle, he must insist on sharing the prize with him. He then went on to say, that at one period of the day the French troops rushed upon Huguemont with such irresistible force, that the gates of the farm were burst open, and, for a moment, the fate of the position appeared doubtful ; when a powerful Serjeant-Major of the Coldstream Guards, of the name of Fraser, assisted him in closing the gates, which they did, by dint of sheer physical strength, upon the enemy. Shortly afterwards the French were driven back with great slaughter, and the fate of Huguemont was decided. Sir James added, that the Duke of Wellington had evidently selected him be cause he was able to make good a post which was a key to his p os i t i on ; an d h e cou ld not, on the same principle, withhold from the gallant soldier who assisted him at so critical a moment in forcing out the enemy, his pro per share of the reward. He would, therefore, accept the 5001., and divide it with Sergeant-Major Fraser, to wheat he accordingly paid 2501. of the money. (From the Standard ) We are never so much gratified as when we have to publish good news ; and the pleasure is proportionably enhanced when our good news respects any matter upon which alarm has been excited. The Mornino. ' Chronicle a few weeks ago c o mplained that th e Corr.-laws were undermining the constitutions of the people —not our pOlitical constitution, but the phy sical constitution of each of her Majesty's subjects. The bad Irish wheat brought into the market must, our Contemporary assured the public, most seriously impair the public health. We ventured to hint that the bread of this year is exceedingly good bread ; but we were met by a very ill-directed allu sion to the supposed affluence of the Editor of the Standard, and a much better founded compliment to the merits of his baker. Still we were obsti nate in the opinion that the bread of the year generally is good bread ; and we bethought us lately of referring to the best test of its effect upon the public health, namely, the comparative mortality of the metropolis. Now, looking to this test, what do we find according to the official registry ? Why, that the present is a season of remarkable, we might say of unexampled, healthiness, notwithstanding a state of weather which seems to promise anything but sa lubrity : take the last weekly return that has been pub lished, that for the week ending February 8. The deaths for that week are but 818, whereas the weekly average for 183 S was 1,013, or according to the proper sugges tion of the General Registrar, adding, a 27th for the difference of population 371--1,054 Here, then, we have a diminution of considerably more than 20 per cent. upon the mortality of the metropolis in two years. If this be the effect of bad Irish wheat, in ten years more, if the same commodity be supplied in equal abun dance as at present, there can be no mortality at all. (From the Courier.) Tne .Elliots again. It has been determined, we learn, to promote Admiral Elliot, the brother of Lord Minto, to the Command-in-Chief of the Indian station, including of course the Chinese Seas. Thus one Elliot is to be sent to repair the blunders and vacilla tion of another Elliot, upon the principle, we sup pose, of the Telephean theory, that the wound is best cured by the weapon which made it—that the bane itself is the very best of antidotes. Of the achievements of the Gallant Admiral in his professional career we are almost as unconscious as of those of Admiral Fleming ; ..... „ , but if he be a brave as fierce and fire-cating in naval conflict, as he was furious even to ferocity in elec tioneerin-, warfare, the great Commissioner Lin and the Chinese ' Admiral Kwan, lineally descended from the Chinese Mars, as he says, with three hundred war junks and tens of thousands of petticoated seamen, may well quail at his approach. ROBBERY BY A GRANDSON.—A robbery was cemmitted ors Tuesday on an old man nearly eighty, of the name of Wakeling, a coal carter, who was returning from Grays to Brentwood with a load of coal. He was coming up the hill near the wood at Combe-g•een, when his grandson, a youth about seventeen years of age, jumped over the hedge, and struck him across the face with a bludgeon, and beat him in a savage manlier, after which he robbed him of his purse, which contained a considerable sum of money ; he then decamped, but he was pursued and overtaken at Little Warley. The old man's house was broken into about a fortnight since; his grandson then went to him and told him that a person some distance off wanted some coal, and on his return he found all his drawers ransacked, and the con tents about the room; there is strong suspicion this was the act of the same party. Nothing was th en t a k en, as W akeling generally carried his money about with him.—Essex Times. PRINCE ALBERT.—The Frankfort Journal of the 13th states, that the law faculty of the University of Bonn, in Rhenish Prussia, had sent a diploma of Doctor to Prints Albert of Saxe Coburg, who was for several years a student of that University. A Mail Cart is now employed between South ampton and Romsey, to convey the London and other bags, -leaving SoLthanapton at half-past five in the morning, and Romsey at half-past nine at night. The arrangement proposed by a Baronet in a neighbouring county for the liquidation of his engagements has met the entire concurrence of his creditors, who have expressed their readiness to acquiesce in any measures which will prevent a forced sale of any part of his estates. At the meetings held last week at Pembroke and Haverfordwest, the trustees declared their intention of effecting considerable sales at a very early period ; but the feeling of the creditors was unanimous, that the sales should not be precipitate, and they cheerfully consented to allow live years to accomplish such as might be rendered necessary.— Carmarthen Journal. THE FLOODS.-- The continuance of the wet weather has caused all the cellars situated in the central part of Winchester to be inundated with water, in many instances to the depth of three or four feet. Two troops of the Queen's 9th Royal Lancers marched from the Barracks, in Ipswich, on Tuesday, en route for Norwich, where part of the regiment is quartered. They have been succeeded by two troops from the latter place. The exchange took place agreeably to the usual order from the Horse Guards. ELECTION OF CIII1?F CONSTABLE. On Tuesday last, at a Special Meeting of the Magistracy of the W• county, Captain M'Hardy wa s e l ected by a large majority. There were ie other candidat es . M r. G. Day, Mr. Fordo, Cap- P but ir t s he Y ihad . withdrawn.onius, E sq ., an d Li eutenant May -Esse.r Herald. ELOPEMENT OF A BR ID EGROOM.—Mr. Fox, n t a a i r n d, I chemist, of St. Neots, was to have been married on Wednesday week to a young lady of Eaton Socon. A bridal feast was ac cordingly prepared at Eaton, and a couple of chaises sent to fetch the bridegroom and his friends, but upon their arriving at his residence he was ne where to be found, and has not since been heard of. The Registrar-General has appointed Mr. Knight, Borough Treasurer and Receiver of Police at Bir mingham, to the office of Su p eri ntendent-Registrar for the dis trict of Birmingham, vacant by the res i gnat i on of Mr. Pare. LORD ELDON ON HIS DEATH-BE).—.When re replied l of his g rea t po li t i cal consistency, Say no more t o me, Si r, of consistency. I have either been &cidedl7 right or d ec id e d ly wrong. " And, in truth, I believe be began to sus p ec t t h at he had been " de cidedly wrong." hea few dace vs b :_bYe some his one, decease, (with th e ki n d est intentions, no doubt,) D R OIVNING.—On M on d ay l ast, an inquest was held at Thoydon Mount, on the body of Bridget Neal, wife of a labourer of that parish, who was found drowned in the river, by the side of the road from Epping. It appeared that she and her mother were addicted to drinking, and were returning home in a state of intoxication, when the deceased by some means fell into the river and was drowned. Verdict "Accidental Death." MR. NORRIS-A LDERSGITE- WARD. (From the Morning Advertiser.) Such is the violent state of party desperation to which some of the most obdurate of the old Tory faction are now driven by continued disappointments, that neither public services nor private worth are con sidered, if the disregard of the one or sacrifice of the other can in any way serve the purposes or inspire the hopes of their disappointed malignity. We make alit observation from the circumstance that the consistent advocacy of sound Reform policy and Corn-law repeal in the Court of Common Council has been deemed a heinous crime in one of its most influential and respectable members, and has given rise to pro ceedings equally extraordinary and disgraceful. We allude to the petition against the return of Mr. Norris to the Court of Common Council for the ward of Al. dersgate ; and when we tell our readers that the dis cussion of its merits was conducted by the Court of Aldermen with closed doors, we hardly need add that the well-known political predilections of that Court preclude an influential and sterling Reformer like Mr. Norris from the least chance before such a tribunal. The proceedings now going on in the ward of Al dersgate to prevent Mr. Norris's rs-election would dis grace the worst times of the most dishonoured party England was ever disgraced w;th—intimidation, in every shape, threats, bullying, cajolings of every kind, all law of honour and gentlemanly decorum is abandoned, and every tie of social affection is polluted by the infusion of party bitterness or personal slanders, to keep out of the council of the City. of of the best men in it, and whose power, talent, and influence the Tories have so often felt. If tb.e Reformers of Alderszate do not stand by their own cause, and re-elect Mr. Nor. ris, the Corn.law repealera will lose a most zealous and able advocate ; and the Tories will, by foul and corrupt means, obtain a triumph in getting rid for a season ofone whom all men of sound judgment in the Corporation acknowledge to be the best man in it. We call on the friends of reform and of cheap bread to persevere. RECEIPT FROM SUNDAY TRAVELLING ON THE GRA ND JUNCTION R A ILWAT.—Accorcling to the report of the Directors, presenled to the half-yearly meeting on Friday last, the receipt from Sunday travelling on the Grand Junction Railway is equal to 9s. 10d. per share and 3s. per half-share. VAN AMBURGII.—We regret to learn from a Paris letter that this intrepid man, after recovering from a long and severe illness from a wound in his leg caused by a tiger, has been again bitten in the arm by a li on , an d w il l be unable for some ti me to per f orm 'at Rouen, where he was to have exhibited his beasts. Van Amburgh's courage in hitting the lion on the nose to make it loose its hold is much spoken of. There is at this time in the possession of a res pectable farmer at Fenny Stratford, Bucks, a very fine sow, of the Berkshire breed, which has produced within fourteen months two litters of pigs, which pigs have been sold and fetched the extraordinary stun of 891. Is. 2 1 / 2 (1. ; and, what is more surprising, the same sow has now a litter of nine Pi g s by her side, worth at least three pounds.—Northampton Herald. THE STOCKPORT VIADUCT. —This wonderful undertaking of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Corn. pany, in this borough, is proceeding sufficiently fast to realize the perfection of it within the term of the contract, not withstanding the difficulties which have twice attended the progress of the river arch. All the arches, except one, on the Lancashire side are turned, so that ten o f t h e 63-feet arches may be said to be almost completed ; whilst the stone piers for two others, on the Cheshire side, are ready to receive the superstructure; and the brick -work for the two small arches at the extremity of the viaduct, like those at the Lancashire end, is rapidly proceeding to a termination. Twelve of the twenty-six arches may therefore be said to be pretty well out of the hands of the workmen, an d another six m onths will see the perfection of one of the most gigantic pro ductions of art of a similar character in this kingdom.—Stoch port Advertiser. STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE OF FIVE BOYS a i i n tn to arsh. the FROM READING. —On Friday mor n i ng, t h e 7th instant, a boy m antghleeyd. went lie as then far as fell j3 name d Lunner, whose parents are lab our i ng people, residing at No. 3, Eldon-place, in this tow n , was sent by his mother with s ome clothes icioenalph, company of where they were seen pl ay i ng ; and between five and four u r whichth sheother rb o l y t, a s, d and s ix o'clock the boy Lunner was seen near the Marquis of Granby, whatev er h as b een heard of his fate. He etas a very pale child, a b out eight years of age,—liis hair o f very red col our; h is dress consisted of a rnei od shalt a qua r t er o f a m il e from his home, since which °thing cap, a dirty brown fro c k, an d green striped trowsers. any informati on respecting him will b e th an kf u ll y received by his parents, who are, as m ay be well imagi ne d, i n th e most dis tressed state of mend at their loss. We d o no t k now the names of the four other boys' parents, b u t we understand one of them is s shopkeeper in t he King's-road. They , were missed a b out the same time, or within a day or two. We have since learned that one of the boys sold water -tresses in the streets ; the others are from eight to twelve years of age; and the very sin gular disappearance of several at the same time has given rise to horrible suspicions and reports that they have been "bucked," Sic. At present the case is involved in great mystery, but the police are endeavouring to discover some traces of the lot children,—,Berkshire Chronicle, Captain: Aleieb e R.N., late or .he Talavera. neon his return from Foreign Service, by the Earl of Minn) Captain Moresby, R.N., C. 8., K.M. T., on his return from Foreign Service, by the Earl of Minto Captain Breton, Mayor of Southampton, by the Marquis of Normanby Captain Edward Purcell, R.N., by the Earl of Mints* Lieutenant Mervin Proxer, 67th Regiment, by the Adjutant- General Lieutenant Henry Bremer, R.M., cn his return from Foreign Service, by Sir J. Savage Captain Cookes, Q. 0. Worcester Yeomanry, by Lieutenant Colonel R. H. Clive Captain W. L. O'Halloran, 38th Regiment, by his father, Sir J. O'Halloran Captain Davies, 67th Regiment, by the Adjutant-General Captain Mac Bean, Royal Horse Artillery, by Sir W. Mae Bean Captain Greathed, Bth, the King's Regiment, by Sir H. Bayley Captain Lowth, 86th Regiment, by Sir A. Brooke Lieutenant-Colonel Crichton, by Viscount Cole Major Law, 83d Regiment, on returning from Canada, by General Lord Hill Major Henry Davis, 52d Regiment, by General Lord Hill Ensign and Lieut. Cavendish, on his appointment to the Scots Fusilier Guards, by Colonel Aitchinson. Ensign F. Desho n , 56th R eg i men t, on j o i n i ng hi s R eg i ment, pilby Lieut.-General Anderson. C. B. oenet W. Faber, 14th Light Dragoons, by Major-General J. W. Sleigh, C. B. Lieut. Sir Archibald Keppel Macdonald, Scots Fusilier Guards, by the Earl of Albemarle Lieutenant Henry Paget, 43d Light Infantry, by General Sir Edward Paget Captain Freeman Murray, 60th Royal Rifles, on his appoint ment as Aide de Camp to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, by Viscount Morpeth Lieutenant-Colonel Paget, Coldstream Guards, on his promo tion, by Colonel T,VaLon Captain John W. Reynolds, 11th Light Dragoons, on his pro motion, by Colonel the Earl of Cardigan Lieutenant Cathcart, 10th Hussars, by Sir A. Brookel Lieutenant Reginald Brett, Bombay Artillery, by Sir J. M. Wilson Lieutenant ti'hadavell, Rifle Brigade, on his appointment, by Lieutenant General Anderson Lieutenant Remmett, Ceylon Rifle Regiment, by Lord Denman Lieutenant Brooke, 23d Fusiliers, by Sir A. Brooke Lieutenant Grassett, 7th Hussars, by the Marquis of Anglesey Lieut. George Abercromby Robertson, 15th King's Hussars, by Sir R. Wilson Lieutenant Hastings Russell, on being appointed to the Fusilier Guards, by Lord W. Russell Lieut.-Colonel W. T. Baker, Hon. East Company's Service, on returning from abroad, by General Sir Robert Barton, K C. H. Lieut.-Colonel Barnard, Grenadier Guards, on his return from Canada, by Colonel Lambert Colonel Parker, Royal Horse Artillery, on promotion, by the Master-General of the Ordnance. Colonel Aliened, by Lord Lurgan. - Colonel Scott, Royal Artillery, on his return from Gibraltar. by Lieut.-General Lord Bloomfield Colonel Leehmere Russell, Bombay Horse Artillery, on his appointment as Companion of the Bath, by Sir J. C. Hob house, Bart. Lieut.-Colonel Bush, K. H., Ist Wost India Regiment, on his return from the West Indies, on leave, by the Right Hon. Gen. Lord Hill, G. C. B. Gen. Sir Frederick Wetherell, on his appointment to the 17th Regiment. Lieut. Inglis, 32d Regiment, on his arrival from Canada, by his father the Bishop of Nova Scotia Lieut.-Col. Nicolls, 2d West India Regiment, by Lord Hill Col. Sir Alexander A n d erson , on h av i ng o b ta i ne d her Majes ty's permission to accept and wear the insignia of a Knight Commander of the Royal Portuguese Order of St. Benito al'Avis, by Sir A. Campbell Lieut.-Col. Alonins, 69th Regiment, by Lord Hill Lieut.-Colonel Gurwood, on appointment as Deputy-Lieute nant of the Tower of London, by the Lieutt nant of the Tower Lieut.-General Sir Robert Wilson, Colonel 15th King's Hus sain, on return from abroad, by Lord Hill Lieut. J. B. Wilson, of the New Brunswick Company, by Lord John Russell Lieut. Gordon Cumming, 71st Light Infantry, by the Earl of Charleville Lieut. Mulock, 77th Regiment, on promotion, by Sir A. Camp bell Lieut.-Colonel Ratcliffe, K. H., on promotion and appointment to the command of the Enniskillen Dragoons, by the Duke of Somerset Major Harold, 74th Regiment, on return from foreign service, by Sir J. Macdonald Lieut.-Colonel Story, R. A., on return from abroad; by Lord Bloomfield Lieut.. Colonel Dyneley, C. 8., on his appointment to the Royal Horse Artillery, by ' the Master-General Lieut.-Colonel St. Quentin 17th Lancers, on promotion, by Lieut.-Ge nera l Si r C. Dalbiae Her Majesty gave audience in the Royal Closet to Captain Sir George Seymour,: R.N., to return the Ribbon and Badge of the Order of the Bath of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas 31. Hardy, G. C B. Mr. Henry Robinson was presented to her Majesty, at an audience in the Royal Closet, to kiss hands on being appointed Standard-bearer of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at- Arms, and to receive from the Queen his Silver Stick of office. Mr. Robinson was presented by Lord Foley, Captain of the Honourable Corps. Her Majesty and Prince Albert returned after the Levee to Buckingham Palace. Prince George of Cambridge arrived in town yesterday from Brighton to attend her - Majesty's Levee. Prince Ernest of Saxe Coburg Gotha sat for his portrait to Mr. Ross, A.R.A., yesterday morning, at Buckingham Palace. Lord and Lady Thomas Cecil have arrived at Farrance's Hotel, from Burghley, near Stamford. 11 A SMONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Countess and the Ladies Cadogan, at Queensberry House, from the Continent; Lord and Lady Charles Fitz roy, and Mr. and Lady Catherine Cavendish, at Burling ton House, Piccadilly ; Colonel Sibthorp, at the Burling ton Hotel, Cork -street, from Lincolnshire ; Mr Grey, M. P., at ditto; Mrs. and the Misses Broadhead, in Berkeley-square, from Slindon House, the scat of the Countess of Newburgh; Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone, in Carlton-gardens; General Sir William and Lady Lum ley, in Green -street ; Colonel Sir Robert, Lady, and Miss Gardiner, in St. James's Park; the Hon. Hugh Cholmondeley, at Mr. Grenville's, in Hamilton-place ; Lord John Manners, at the Albany Chambers; Lord Wil liam Lennox, in Regent -street ; Lady Theresa and Miss Lister, at Kent House, Knightsbridge ; Lord and Lady Dunfermline, in Lower Brook -street : the Honour able Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Phipps, in Mount street; Lord Dunally, from Leamington Spa; the Honourable W. H. Irby, in South-street, Park-lane; Sir Charles and Lady Morgan, and Mrs. Lawrence, in William-street, Belgrave-square ; Baron de Bertouch, in Portland-place; Lieutenant-General Sir Robert and Miss Jemima Wilson, in Chapel street; Viscountess and the Misses Gage, in Whitehall-yard ; Colonel Wildman, in Eator,place, from Newstead Abbey ; Honourable Captain George and Mrs. Campbell, in Hertford-street; the Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel Wrottesley, in Pali-mall, from Staf fordshire; the Dowager Lady Clarendon, in North Audley-street ; Mr. and Mrs. Cooper, in Belgrave-street ; Lord and Lady Oranmore and the Hon. Miss Browne, in St. James's-place; the Earl and Countess of Lisburne, in Great Stanhope-street; Colonel Jones, at Cambridge House; Sir Alexander Gord'n, in Hertford-street; Hon. Mr. Liddell, in St. James's-plaee. DEPARTURES. Colonel Lord Howden, from Hereford-street, for Paris, the Misses Tylney Long, and Miss Victoria Long Welles., ley, for Waterloo -crescent, Dover; the Hon. Mr. Forbes, for ditto ; the Hon. Mrs. and the Misses Gardner, for ditto; the Hon. Captain Howard, R.N., from Grosvenor place, for Morpeth ; Earl Waldegrave, for Melton Mow bray; the Rev. Cholmely Doring, for Dover; Colonel Groves and family, for Dover; Mr. Fector, M. P., for Kersney Abbey, Kent ; the Hon, Edward Leveson Gower, for Oxford ; Earl and Lady Canning, for High Cliff, near Christchurch ; Sir Charles Lamb and Lady Montgomerie, from the Clarendon Hotel, for Beaufort Castle, near Battle, Sussex; the Hon. and Rev. Edward Moore and family, from Crawley's Hotel, for Paris ; the Hon. Major Massey, for Bath ; the Marquis of Granby, from the Bur `ington Hotel, for Belvoir Castle. Th - Leed _ ..e -eeds Times, a journal which we appre hend may be called republican without any very palpable mis nomer, in allusion to the gaieties and gratulations of the past week, says—" For our own part, we cannot look upon this idol worship of Kings and Princes without pity, not unmingled with eontempt. There is nothing rational in it—nothing calculated to improve the mind or pur fy the heart; while it exhibits men, the tip-top nothings, perched on their pedestals of vanity, blown up by applause, the creatures of pride, and pomp, and empty circumstance— ;" - lording it o'er their fellow-men With moat prevailing tinsel ; while they unpen Their basing vanities, to browse away The comfortable green and juicy hay From human pastures.' " COURT OF ALDERMEN.--A Court was sum moned to meet yesterday, for the purpose of addressing the Queen en her marriage. At half past three only nine Alder men were present, and on the entrance of Sir Peter Laurie, a eon7ersation commenced. Sir Peter objected most strenu ously to any address, as the Coart of Common Council had come to a resolution not to go to the foot of the throne without the Sheriffs. Sir William Heygate could not see why on earth the Court of Aldermen should not go up with their address, or what connection there was between the Royal marriage and the incarceration of the Sheriffs. Mr. Ald erman F are b rot h er ex pressed the same opinion. Sir Peter Laurie said there was no precedent for the Court of Aldermen going up, without the Court of Common Council. Sir William Heygate and Sir Claudius Hunter said they knew several in stances in which the Court of Aldermen had gone up to the foot of the throne separately. Alderman White said that a manoeuvre had taken place at the last Court. When that Court had a number of Aldermen present the resolution to address her Majesty was unanimously agreed to, but after the majority had left the Guilthall, and five Aldermen only remained, a short resolution was tacked t r the other, to the ef fect that the Lord Mayor and Aldermen should be attended by the Sheriffs. He considered that proceeding an extremely un fair and uncandid piece of trickery. Sir Peter Laurie remained inexorable, and the Lord Mayor and Aldermen departed as they entered, there not being a sufficient number of members to form a Court. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT._A sailor, nam( d John M'Dowell, belonging to the steamer Mercury, while as sisting in getting up the top-sail yard as the vessel was entering the harbour on yesterday mcrning, slipped from his elevated position, fell head foremost on the top of a carriage that was placed on the deck, and suffered a severe compound fracture of the frontal bone. He was rem ove d to the Hospital, and for a considerable time resisted the efforts of Dr. D. B. Bullen, the medical gentleman there, to examine his head. This obstinacy was the result of mental aberration,— Cork Standard. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCHESTER. The improvement which mani fested itself in this market on Thursday and Friday last (which was slighter and more partial than we were then led to believe), has since entirely died away ; and the market yesterday was quite as bad in every respect as on the preceding Tuesday. What little business was done, whether i❑ goods or yarn, was in mast cases at reduced rates ; and the accounts from the principal markets on the Continent are represented as being ♦ery unfavourable, so that no very striking or rapid improvement can be reasonably anticipated. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, FEE. 17. —There is a slight change in the flannel market to-day for the worse ; the demand for goods has been ex tremely limited, but prices are about the same as on last Monday. If some improvement do not speedily take place, it is feared that many hands will soon be un employed. The wool market has been also dull ; but the former prices have been obtained. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, FEE. 18.—There was a general complaint of comparatively little being done to-day in this market, either in wools or manufactured goods. The late partial improvement was by no means sustained, there being few buyers and less disposition to purchase. Most that was done was in low fancy woollens for summer wear, and other goods of a light texture at former prices. Orders for waistcoatings and goods generally in demand at this season, were seldom known to be fewer. Nor can we notice any improve ment in the warehouses for a week or two ; a sort of incubus hangs over trade, which prevents that buoyancy which might be expected at this season. INUNDATION OF THE VISTULA.—We ar3 favoured with the following interesting information from Messrs. Gibsone and Co. of Danzig, through the medium of their friends in Leith, Messrs. Maxwell, Marshall, and Co.:—" Dan zig, Feb. 5, 1840.—A circumstance has occurred . which may derange the corn trade this year, and put all parties interested in it in very unlooked-for positions. In our last we referred to the dangerous appearance of our river (the Vistula). The re sult has been such as no one ever contemplated, and which, at first, none but eye-witnesses would have believed. The Vis tula, from the mild weather and the heavy floods from Poland, had partially broken up, and came down with great force, com mitting frequent damage to the dykes, bursting the sluice, and overflowing a district called the 4 13innen Neyrung.' About four miles from Danzig, at a spot called 4 Neufehr,' a stoppage of ice occurred, which diverted the water from the channel. At this point the Vistula runs near the sea, being separated by only one-half to three-quarters of a mile (English) of land, from which it, however, again diverges, and proceeds on to Danzig. The channel being blocked up, the river, bursting across the country, flowed on to the sea ; the intervening sand-hills, of 70 and 80 and even 100 feet high, formed no opposition ; they were speedily undermined, and the river rolled on, seemingly regardless of a lower channel on both sides, inwards of the downs or sand-hills. In a few hours, the cut through the sand hills was 1,000 feet wide, and the b rea dth o f the river at the sea three times that width. Since then the opening is 2,000 feet, and the hills fall hourly down, as if cut with a knife. The river rushes fiercely through, making, hi g h er up, t h e most fearful ravages in the dike. The inhabitants of the populous district of Werder are hourly in danger of being inundated. By this cut the river saves a distance of about ten English miles. What effect this strange work of nature will have on the navi gation of the river, the supplies of corn, &c.. no one can tell. What the human hand can do in it, 'tis impossible to say; the dd bed of the Vistula lies fast with ice hillocks, and it may be months ere they melt."—Edinburgh Courant. A young man at Perth was recently sentenced to ten days' imprisonment for having sent a forged d ea th t o one o f the newspapers there; the Sheriff, in passing sen t ence, sa id he Lad no doubt it woz an indictable offence; IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. sicn. Sir H. PARNELL presented a petition from For far, praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws. Sir GEORGE SINCLAIR presented numerous petitions from Dumfriesshire against the intrusion of ministers into parishes without the consent of the pa rishioners. On the motion of Col. ANSON, the Birmingham and Wyrley Canal Union Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. Lord ALBERT CONYNGHAM presented a petition from Canterbury;compl a i n i n e• b that the Standing Orders had n o t b een comp li e d within respect to the Canterbury Pavement Bill. Mr. GROTE presented petitions from two congre gations of Dissenters in Northampton, praying for the abolition of Church -rates, and for the release of John Thorogood. Lord Ingestrie, Mr. Duffield, Mr. Dimsdale, and other Members, presented numerous petitions in favour of Church Extension. THE CASE OF PRIVILEGE. Lord ALBERT CONYNGHAM presented a , petition from Canterbury, praying the House to vin dicate its own privileges in the case of the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, and to extend the Municipal Reform Bill to the City of Lonlon. Mr. D'ISRAELI presented a petition from John Joseph Stockdale, which, he said, had been put into his hands, complainingof the treatment which the petitioner had received, and praying that be might be permitted to plead his own cause and that of the Sheriffs at the bar of the Housa on Thursday next (this day). The petition was ordered to be laid on the table. CO RN-LAWS.Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND presented several petitions from places in the West Riding of Yorkshire, praying for the abolition of the Corn-laws. CASE OF FROST. Mr. DENISON presented a petition from Glasgow, numerously signed, in favour of John Frost. Lord HENNIKER presented petitions in favour of Church Extension. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from Clerkenwell, praying a free pardon to Frost, Williams, and Jones. . Mr. LITTON presented a petlion from some officers of the Dublin corporation, praying for compensation, in case the Municipal Bill passed. On the motion of Mr. S. HERBERT, the Ames bury and Kennett Road Bill was read a second time. Mr. CO LQUHO UN presented several petitions for Dundee and other places, against the intrusion of ministers into the Church of Scotland. Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY presented a petition from Aldgate, praying for the liberation of Mr. Sheriff Evans. The ATTORNEY -GENERAL presented a peti tion from Eilnburgb, signed by the Lord Provost, Dr. Chalmers, and upwards of 13,000 of the inhabitants of Edinburgh, against the intrusion of ministers, and pray ing that some legislative measure might be introduced for the purpose of asserting the rights of the Church of Scotland, and restoring that harmony which had hitherto existed in it. PRINCE ALBERT'S ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS. Lord SEYNIOUR brought up the Answer of Prince Albert to the Message of Congratulation delivered to his Royal Highness yesterday from the House of Com mons. The Answer was as follows :—" I return the House of Commons my warmest thanks for the Mes sage which you have now delivered. I learn with lively satisfaction their approbation of the choice her Mijesty has made, and it will be the study of my life to justify the favourable opinion which you have ex pressed." - Sir E. SUGDEN presented petitions from the dio cese of Ripon, from North Staveley, Chergood, and Boroughbridge, in favour of Church Extension. ----------- COPYRIGHT BILL. Mr. Sergeant TA LFOURD presented a petition in favour of the Copyright Bill, signed by several eminent authors, and also the principal publishers in the metropolis, including Mr. Croley, Horne, Thomas Moore, Milman, Sir Francis Palgrave, Lockhart, Sa muel Lover, Charles Dickens, and Rogers, and among the publishers, it contained the names of Longman, Moxon, Fraser, Colburn, Bentley, and others. Leave of absence was granted to Mr. Charles Coote until the Bth March, to Sir George Crewe and to Lord George Cavendish for one month, and to Mr. Robert Ingham to go the circuit. Mr. E WART gave notice, that on Thursday, the 27th inst., he should move for a Select Committee on the School of Designs Bill. Mr. LIDDELL gave notice, that on the same day he should move for certain returns relating to Sir John Newport. Mr. ORD moved that all Members contained in the panels on Election Committees, do attend on Thurs day, the 19th of March, the day fixed for the Corn rnittees for the boroughs of Ludlow and Ipswich. Lord G. SOMERSET was willing to agree to the resolutions of the Hon. Member, in order that they might see how they worked ; it would by no means form a binding precedent. Suppose a Member were absent was he liable to be taken into custody at once, or would his absence be reported to the House ? Mr. ORD said if a Member were absent for one hour he would be liable to be taken into custody ; if absent for three hours, then his absence must be re ported to the House. Sir T. FREMANTLE thought it absolutely ne cessary to have all the Members of thel panel present on the Wednesday ; the House would then know whe ther any Member wished to be excused, and might judge of the reason. Mr. SANFORD said the resolution was to be printed with the Votes, but Hon. Gentlemen were not to attend for about, three weeks. In the multiplicity of business in the House, it might readily escape their memory. He thought means ought to be taken far re freshing their memory, nearer the time they were to attend. Sir. E. KNATCHBULL thought a more conve nient day might be appointed, on which the attendance of Members would be required. Sir HENRY HARDINGE thought that one mode of securing attendance on the Friday would be, that on the Thursday the whole of the panel should attend, and the names be called over, in order that it might be clearly ascertained whether they would be present or not. Sir E. SUGDEN observed that if the House issued an order for their attendance, it would be imperative, and those Hon. Members would be compelled to at tend on the Friday. If any accident occurred before the Frid a y b y w hi ch they would be prevented attend ing, common sense would tell them to send to the House before that day, begging to be excused attending. Mr. ORDE said he intended to propose that notice should be issued with the Votes on Monday 24th Febru ary, Monday 2d March, and Monday 9th March. Mr. GOULBURN thought it would be advisable that the Members should attend on Thursday. The whole Committee might otherwise be obliged to put off its proceedings. That would be a very great incon venience, while there would be very little in Members coming up on Thursday. • Sir THOMAS FREMANTLE thought that Thursday should be appointed as the latest day. He should even have preferred Wednesday for the attend. ante of Members, if th e H ouse were o f ,th a t opinion. Dr. LUS,HINGTON sa id th a t it a pp eare d to him that they could not make Friday the time for the at tendance of Members, while they should have to ex cuse themselves, if they found it necessary, by one o'clock on that day. Mr. BARNEBY said that he also thou tt ht it neces sary that Members should attend on Thursday. Mr. MILES did not agree with the Hon. Member who had just sat down. Tic question was at last agreed to thus :—" That ih; Members on each panel attend on the 12th and HOUSE OF COMMONS, FBA. 19. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. The annual returns from the Court of Bankruptcy were presented at the bar. The Garboldisham (Norfolk) Inclosure Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. Mr. MAUNSELL presented a petition from a parish in Middlesex, in favour of the liberation of the Sheriffs ; a!so a petition from 13rompton, and other parishes in the same county, in favour of Church Extension. Colonel CONOLLY presented a petition from the presbytery of Raphoe, complaining of the present'state of Church patronage, and praying for its alteration. Sir EDWARD PHILIMORE presented a peti tion from a parish in Kent, in favour of Church Eaten- Mr. FITZPATRICK presented a petition from a parish in the Queen's County, praying for Municipal Reform, and an extension of the franchise in Ireland. Lord COLE presented a petition from Middlewick, praying for a withdrawal of the grant to Maynooth. Mr. BRUGES presented a petition from a parish in Somerset, in favour of Church Extension. Mr. STRUTT presented a petition from a parish in Derby, to the same effect. Mr. PLUM PTRE presented a petition from Cran brooke, and two other parishes in Kent, to the same effect. 15th of March, respectively, and be in attendance till the Committees are sworn." BEER BILL. Mr. PAKINGTON moved the second reading 0 the Sale of Beer Act Amendment Bill. In doing so, he was bound to state the views which he entertained upon the subject ; and he hoped the House would be lieve, that in again pressing upon Parliament the consider ation of that subject, he was act uated only by a sincere de sire to provide a check to the unfortunate and pernicious system, which, most notoriously, and i n t h e s i ght all, in every town and county, was undermining the morals and sapping the virtue of the artisans and labourers throughout the country. He agreed with what had been said by an Honourable Member opposite, that the Bill was one which ought to be in the hands of the Government. He was convinced that its importance was such that it could not be carried with advantage in the hands of a private Member, and especially of one so humble as himself. He had endea voured to persuade the Government to take it up. He had requested the Right Hon. Gentleman (the Chan cellor of the Exchequer) to take the matter into his own hands ; but the Right Honourable Gentleman declined to do so, and lie professed to hold dif ferent views upon the subject from those which he (Mr. Pakington) entertained. He therefore had no alternative, but to undertake this measure himself, with the determination to do his best with it, relying upon Hon. Members on both sides of the House to give it due consideration, and to assist him in providing a remedy for evils, the extent of which was not to be disputed. He would not, on this occa sion, detain the House by • going into any extended proofs of the crying necessity that existed for legislating on the subject. He had detailed those proofs at some length last Session, and he thought it unnecessary to do so again, after what oc curred in the House on that occasion. He had then also stated Icily the reasons which induced him to pro pose that measure, and the occurrences which bad since taken place throughout the country rendered it need less to occupy any time with the repetition of them. The Bill of which he now proposed the second reading, was in most respects the same with that which be had introduced last year. He did not succeed last year in carrying the Bill he had brought forward—he was obliged to withdraw it ; but although he did not succeed, he considered the result of what had taken place in that House and another place, had placed the present question in a very different position than when it was brought forward last session, because both Houses of Parliament had admitted that the evils of the beer-shops were great, and that some legislative measure was necessary. In that House the principle of the measure he had introduced was ad mitted on both sides, as well as by her Ma jesty's Ministers, but they could not concede the details. These reasons induced him not to enter so fully into the subject as he had done on a for mer occasion ; but there were two points connected with the subject which had arisen since last Session, which he wished to allude to, and which would go far to strengthen the case be had to maintain before the House. Those two points were, first, the circumstance of the late rebellion in Monmouthshire, and how far the beer houses had been the cause of it ; and next, certain ob servations and opinions of the Noble Lord the Secre tary of State for the Colonies. In consequence of the disturbances that had taken place in Monmouth shire, he had thought it his duty to obtain cer tein returns with respect to public and beer-houses, in that county, and from those returns he found that in Abergavcnny, containing the large district of Nan tyglo, pith a population of 6,000, there were 41 beer houses in addition to the regular licenced houses. In Pontypool, in which there were nine parishes, and 14,000 inhabitants, there was no less than 229 houses for the sale of intoxicating liquors ; and in Duke's Town, which had been the chief sea; of Chartism, the results were nearly the same. He did not know the population of that town, but the number of houses altogether was 151, and of these 151 there were five public houses and 28 beer-shops, making 33 houses for the sale of intoxicating liquors, or one house in every five being either a public-house or a beer shop. No doubt he might be told that if the people were disposed to rebel, whether there were beer shops or not these disturbances would have taken place, but no man could deny that they held out great temptations and opportunities, and he wou'd add that, with two exceptions, all the Chartist meetings and lodges had been held in beer•shops. He would ask whether it could be considered essential to the comfort, the wel fare, and the rational enjoyment of the working elaqaps that every fifth house should he a beer-shop or a pub lic-house ? The second point to which he wished to allude was the statement made by the Noble Lord, the Secretary for the Colonies, viz., that the present system of beer-shops was injurious to the in terests of the country, and that he looked for a remedy, not to legislation, but to an improved system of police. --(Hear, bear.) He had stated on a former occasion that he thought the Government bad conferred a great benefit en the country by the improved police system which they had introduced ; but lie warned them, and he warned the Noble Lord not to elpeet from that improved system of police a degree of benefit it was never likely to confer. It was absurd to place the youth of both sexes in positions a here their minds would be contaminated, and where they would be brought into daily and hourly intimacy with poachers, drunkards, prostitutes, and thieves,and then to say if they transgressed the law, there was a police to punish them. In his opinion, prevention was better than cure. He would now proce, d to ment:on the provisions of his Bill. lie had been strongly urged by many persons to bring forward a measure for the total repeal of the existing Beer-laws. Others had urged him to do that of which his Noble Friend the Member for Liver pool had given notice on a future stage of that Bill, namely, to prohibit totally the sale of beer for con sumption on the premises. He had refused to do either. He had no wish to restore the monopoly of the brewers, nor to return to the exclusive licensing system which was in existence before the passing of the Beer Act. He thought it would be better to get rid of the worst part of the present system with• out returning to the old one. Tho principle on which he proposed to proceed was, that no one should be allowed to sell intoxicating liquors, unless they were pos sessed of a property qualification sufficient to guarantee in most cases their respectability.— ( Hear, hear.) He had last year proposed two classes of ratings for qualification. The first class of rating was 181. for large towns, and 101. for the country dis tricts. It had been objected to this proposition that 101. was too high a rating for the country districts. He had admitted that it might appear high for some country districts, but over and above the city districts there were large populations —as, for instance, in Monmouth shire where there were no large towns and no municipal authorities. In these districts he did not think 101. too high a qualification. In the present Bill he should propose three classes of qualifications instead of two, and he thought he had reason to complain of the conduct of the Government last year, when they pro posed certain amendments to his measure, that those amendments had been proposed without any knowledge whatsoever of the subject. A qualification cf 151. had been proposed for the metropolis ; they ought to have known that that would hardly have touched a single beer-house ; 101. had been proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer as the qua lification for cities and towns. The Right Honourable Gentleman was unaware that that had been the law of England for five years, and had been found totally inefficient. He had pro posed, in the third place, a qualification of 5/ for the rural districts ; such a qualification was a mockery, and worse. than useless. He should now propose three classes, which he did with reference to the parish to which he had alluded, for he had no hesitation in sayin g he had drawn this part of the case with special reference to the distur bances in Monmouthshire—the first, that in parishes eon. taining not more than 2,500 inhabitants, no man should keep a beer-house who was not rated at 111. per annum, t middle class in country districts 81. per annum, and addition to that, he proposed that no man should sell on the premises who did not pay five guineas for his license; this was part of his proposition last year, and was adopted by the Government. The only further alteration was that persons called on to c( rtify to the respectability of the arties, instead of b e i ng rated at 6/. as now, which as found w ould be ratedii.operative, at 121. per annum. Having this explained the provisions of the Bill, he should reserve his further observations to his reply to the objections that might be offered. He would only beg in conclusion to remind the House that this was e,o party measure, that ho looked to both sides of the House for support ; be hoped to receive it from the Hon. Member for Finsbury, on ac count of some circumstances that had come under his knowledge. He thought he could not give a stronger proof that it was not a party meaure than that the Honourable Member for Sorriersetshire was' the seconder of the Bill, and he was most happy to have the benefit the weight of his name would give. Ho would further remind the House, that he was supported by magistrates of all classes and parties, Whig and Tory, county and city, from those of the ancient courts of quar ter sessions, and also of the new system of municipal cor porations, who prayed with one consent the Legislature would devise some method to remedy the evils of the apt tern ; and he implored the House, not to pass his Bill—let that stand upon its merits—but to give the subject that at tention it deserved. He then moved the second reading of the Bill. Mr. WARBURTON said it a; peared to Lim the course ta . (Ln ort ti at Bid was hale to a primary oh*. WT. A 1 P 4- 1. akin' kini, I. R. Anne, lead, ield, ard, one, ockip ettt, 3ts ace,