The Sun. — London, England, 1840-04-15 00:00:00

i:VEN ENG EDITION. .-~ A PPOMiSING BOROUGH. BRIDGE WATER, TO WIT. A very curious specimen of Tory trickery was at tempted to be perpetrated at the borough of Bridge water, in Somcrsetshire, last week—and we take notice of it the rather, to point out the horror in which Con servatism, as it is called, holds all manner of amend ment or reform. The following requisition was sent to the Alayor:-- " \re, the undersigned inhabitant rate-payers of this borough, request that you will be pleased to convene a meeting of the inhabitants, to consider the propriety of Petitioning the proper authorities to relieve them from Vie severe pressure of the Municipal Corporation , 13orough Sessions, and Borough-rate." Who ever heard of severe pressure, in the palmy old times of the ancient Corporation ? The man who had ) dared to breathe such words, would have been reviled as a traitor and an infidel. They were men of dignity, from the Mayor to the Mace-Bearer. They cared not for the people, and had no business to do so, for they elected each other from father to son, so that the body almost beeline hereditary in a few families. A large property, aueh as would have been sufficient, properly taken care of, to have rendered Bridgewater one of the handsomest Provincial towns in England, has been wasted from cen tury to century, no man knows bow, and no man knows When, for their books were sealed, their meetings pri vate, and into their accounts (if they had any), no one had a right to inquire. Their plan of operation was to bind themselves, body and soul, to their one or two Tory Members for the borough, who, on their parts, had Paid the same devotion to the Minister of the day. The member's business, besides being the Minister's t ool, was to look out for every possible place and ap- Peiutment he or they could find, which was to be placed at the disposal of !Ate said Corporation. The minor gifts, such as icianships and India Cade, so metimes found ‘, their way to a favoured few of the tships out of-door friends ; but the fatter bits generally stuck by the way, and either wets held by the worthies them 11,elyes, o r th e i r i mme di ate families. Thus Receiver -s,"iPs-General, S tamp- Di str i butorships, Collector and I `. -44 optroller s hip s o f t h e C ustoms, and a few Crown livings amou n ti ng to some t h ousands per annum, w ere generally shared by them. The service they Wer e to render for these favours, was to use all their Pciwer us corporators, magistrates, and trustees, for party ' "rPos es . A s M ag i strates they bad the power of naming the overseers, which in a borough voting by scot and 1 't. is a great power . If t h e rate were appealed against, Ine legality came to be tried at the Bough Session u efore those very Magistrates who made the appoint s trie nt• Then the Mayor was the returning officer. 13ut the world was grown tired and weary of such loquities, for such were the old Corporations throughout t he land, an d a mighty voice, from Inverness to Land's. ud, swept such corruptions like a torrent before it. Truste es peopl e were once more allowed to choose their and their Magistrates. And such Trustees and 'Magist ra t es must g i ve a regular and yearly open ` 1 Clear account of their stewardships, or they may be s peedily u ngowne d , an d p i tched from their high places. t It may be u rge d t h at muc h useless waste and ex- A rava ganee has accrue d un d er t h e new system. rhteyn men are foolish and wicked enough to allow base spirit to run away with their judgments and feel ings,t th ey h as e always done and will always do wrong ti ! l ugs. W e talk not of men, but of systems. U n d er the O ld system the evil, when it took place (and that was always) was irremediable : under the present, the remedy is obvious and at hand. „ Put it seems that now the people have the right in their own hands, and can place over them those who will e , :t duct their a ff a i rs w i t h i mpart i ality and integrity, and ; u na , t ..... th e M un i c i pal Corporation is become a severe Pres- Proh p u d or ! in We almost forg o t to men t; on t h e resu l t o f t h e meet leg' For t h e honour of. the place, when the moti on wha MU, it was negatived by a majority of thirty to one. o this be a IeSQCI to them to rally round the friends "0 have fought hard to liberate them, and shake off s ' e nr f incub us which centuries has cursed them with—a -ele cted, h9ereditary, old, end corrupt Corporation. LITERATURE. 1 )11V BURGH REVIEW—No. CILIII. Lonynictn, London, 1840. Ip ur English annals, with great ri lee crowded as they are e; can boast of few more illustrious than that of i' . Walter Raleigh, whose capacity was only equalled by 4"3 ambition, and whose illegal execution reflects eternal di g ee e.ace on the mernory of James the First. Of this d ce ier lebrated man, who was at once an a ccom pli s h e d sol historiannd, a an enterp r i s i ng sa il or,—a w i t, a scholar, an et as philosoph er , an d, to a certa i n extent, a El eaman ; wh ose a d dress made him the favourite of izaheth, as his knowledge ensured bins the respe c t and the soc i ety o f I 3acon,—we have a clever biographi cal a ccount, drawn up m i nute l y and i mpartially, in the P , re sent number of the Edinburghßeview. Hi s a d- LentUrous expeditions to the New World, where (such the infatuation of those times) his fellow voyagers aoe.cted to fi n d c i t i es p ave d w i t h go ld, an d r i vers Wi ng over sands of the same precious metal ; these sid t e r r i n e b g i :Pieodes in Raleigh's life are entered into at con e; leneth ; while his earlier career in Ireland, first formed an acquaintance with the poet t 'eri3er * just briefly glanced at, which is to be ree retted. for the materials are abundant, and might have keen turned to excellent account. Raleigh, it is ve of t , owed his rise in life to the personal favour p s i v z :, b etb ; but this he lost for a time, owing to his e • Private marriage with one of her maids of honour,. .an e'dent which will remind the reader of that striking ce!in Kenilworth, where the Queen detects in the uLs ed. Amy Robsart the wife of her favourite Lei- It a ,, c : r • The Reviewer has described this episode in " fi'lgit's chequered career with much animation. jeeett't,,eueY, I,Vyndham, Bolingbroke," is, if we may It e r, rorn the choice of subject, and the historical kr eve l‘ etelneg a e ‘ 4o .. ugh4 to its elucidation—from the pen of a thoro u It is full of readable matter ; displays tray s . acquaintance with the characters it pour writ49 an tis in point of style, is less . showy than the rally, 8 earlier articles, which, speaking of them gene ar w ere too lavishly decked out with the spangle is embroidery of trope and metaphor. Mr. Macaulay th e eld(k entle a warm admirer of Sir Robert Walpole, ese.,..": re at peace minister of England ; but we arc not ,pathat he sacrifices truth to panegyric. Walpole tin adroit and sagacious, if not a first-rate, states- It aec e ' 'lnd w hen We add, th a t f or a l ong term o f years h e ded in k eeping England tranquil, notwithstand "(l th "g the fre quent troubl es th a t convu l se d t h e Co n ti ne nt, th e e hercul ean e ff orts of the Jacobites to restore t i oe d etuart dynasty ; and that he maintain e d t'eis na vio',tell tran quillity without h av i ng recourse to any enough nt stretch of' the prer oga ti ve ; — we h ave sa id qu i te r an k to show that he deserves to take a foremost v et „ ,aateng second-rate British statesmen. H s pri -rvenaracter is thus pourtrayed : tact" The Private character of 'Walpole is familiarly known ; press:l:l c ontemporary writers join in giving the same irn kito—Qn a it. Open, honest, unaff eted, abounding in fete", overflowin g with good-humour, generous to_pro s - s ,!°ll, hospitable to a fault, easy in his manne_rs to av e e ..c w e on wonder that the ruler of the country should h d4 c arts, f which would have m th a e d se e a m p e r r i gentleman the h - owever, were j a l , itltin cide o fec s ts c o e r tY w . eakness e s, which broke in somewhat I ra the respect that severe judges require a great . states- t: 11 to be compassed with, round about. His mirth was - e r e elshat free, and alit to be coarse; and he patronised ki'aterous hilarity in the society which he frequented, and h his i t he m erry meet i ngs which were the relaxation of 11-u , regarded not th e d ecorum w hi c h sober habits r athe r , and h e f o ll owed, in respect of convivial enjoyments, tq the fashion of his own day than of ours. He in lesged, too, in gallantry more than bescemed his station or le, gear too, ; and he had, like a celebrated contemporary of thi s `aa Weakness of affecting to be less strictly virtuous in is iji r s e sPect than he was, and considerably more successful of Pursuit of such recreations." th, I ,,tbe cel e b rated Pulteney, afterwards Earl of Bath, hi, 17viewer o b serves, that the " principal cause of ' Ste, °s '2,l3 at onc e a ll his power, was his ill- counse ll e d e t clr takkg an Earldom." This is perfectly true, en 4 l . M acaulay should have alluded also—by way th e luling us to form a fairer estimate of the man—to thi s 3 p in gt ll 4r wart of political sagacity he displayed , on 114 a l, -"si ° o • The peerage was a trap dug for I ulte heYsh-Y Walpole, into which he fell, as it was intended Peri - "„ n , ldd fail• He himself' seems to have had an im eneee,;,` consciousness of this, but he had not boldness dee to r esistthecommands of the King, and the preiclietful advice of others ; nor foresight enough to e c o o o rn es - Of suc , a h ti , in their full effect, the inevita . h . le . consequences broke St ep. Of the oratorical abilities of liit Ise,: the Reviewer speaks in the warmest terms of ° l'ere rtlli "• His Tic however, we apprehend, °" . ""c" ranks St. John as a lleak er , especially when he l / tede abo ve Chatham. No British statesman ever ci der e r ,el l a the senate such electrical effects as the he ii t rl tt• As was observed of the Athenian Pericles, tiv es - er dlY " thundered and lightened." Ms Of h i ' s enforced by his fine voice, and the piercing glanceca_ f h4wk e3'e, were irresistible ; he was ever r • dy cer ed Tile in argument, though he knew little, end ci et little fo r the stricter forms of logic ; and if de he% to the al luring graces of persuasion, lie well knew in g ° enchain the attention of his audience by excit heeisi% the ease needed, their passions or their appre quit n i l Now we have no authentic records to prove 'tlate°"°,r.broke ever succeeded to this extent in the tarn ent 'Ve know that he was eloquent, graceful, ar tele a tive, and spoke from the promptings of a full ter,„por out we have merely the partial testimony . of (:on- Pro ve ta„Tlea that lie was—what undeniable facts clor 'uathein to have been—unrivalled in the effect he e"I Plrliarnent. We see the force of the latter's alo e e e in th e support he received frem the Corn whi4: ?lid the inflexible determination of purpose with the, n tte wielded th e powers of Government, despite rlee aled hatred of his colleagues, and the distrust of 1,920/., of which 1,632/. has been applied to the building fund, and the remainder would be distributed amongst such deserving objects as might apply for assistance. After the adoption of the report, and the election of officers for the ensuing year, thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting broke up. THE LATE LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR WM. THORNTON.—In the account of the funeral of the late Lieutenant-General Sir Wm. Thornton it was erroneously stated that that late lamented officer had, at one period, been tried by a court-martial. We have been assured, on the best authority, that no such thing ever took place during the course of his military career. At the depot of the Bth Light Infantry, of which regiment he was Colonel, the following order has just been issued :—" It is with the deepest regret the commanding officer has to announce to the officers and men of the depOt the death of their Colonel, Lieutenant-General Sir William Thornton. This gallant and distinguished officer commanded the regiment in the army under the Duke of Wellington, and subsequently in the campaigns of 1814 and 1815, on the conti nent of America; and it is to his unremitted zeal and noble example the regiment is principally indebted for that high cha racter which it has ever sine 2 maintained. The officers, as a mark of re=pect to their lamented chief, will wear crape on the left arm (luring this month." No officer was ever more de servedly successful in securing the love and respect of his comrades in arms than the late gallant Sir Wm. Thornton. The village of Tunstall, in the Plomesgate Union, with a population something above seven hundred, has, at the present time, fifty-one persons in the receipt of parish relief. The united ages of twenty-five of them amounti ng to 1,888, being a n averag of 784 years, none of whom rre within the Union House. On Tuesday last, Mrs. Parker, widow of the cele brated Richard Parker, often called Admiral Parker, from the part he took in the mutiny at the Nore, and for which he was executed in June 1797, arrived in this city, by the Victoria coach, and proceeded with it on her way to Edinburgh. The old lady is blind, and we understand that through the benevo lence of a kind lady she is forwarded to the metropolis of the north, to find a brief haven of rest, after being so long buffeted by the storms of this changeful life, before her eventful voyage is finally terminated.— York Herald. NAPOLEON'S REGARD FOR k,OMNIERCE.--In all his treaties, the Emperor sought to secure advantages for French commerce. In 1808, he opened a market in Spain for the produce of national industry by causing the prehibi tion of the silks of Lyons, Tours, and Turin to be abo lished. He secured the same advantages to the hardwares of France, to the cloths of Carcassone, to the linens of Bretagne. It was his wish that French merchants should establish houses at St. Petersburg for the sale of French merchandize, and for the conveya nce o f R uss i an merc h an dise to France ; and it is to a treaty concluded by the Emperor with Russia that France is even now indebted for her supply of timber requisite for ship building.— Opinions of Nap o l eon , b 1 Pr i nce Louis. the aristocratic body. The showy, unprincipled Boling broke has no decisive proofs of this sort to allege in favour of his claims to unequalled influence in the senate ; while, as regards his statesmanship, it is impossible to think too meanly of it. He betrayed both the parties to whom, in succession, he attached himself ; had no sense of national honour ; and was moved by no springs of action but those of self-interest. His own personal ag grandisement was all he ever looked to ; his ambition was of so poor a character—though the Reviewer says otherwise—that he felt deeply aggrieved by the loss of a blue riband ; and to revenge this slight to his vanity— we cannot call it ambition—be did not hesitate to run the chance o f pl ung i ng E ng l an d i n t o a p ro tracted civil war. As a writer, we agree with Mr. Macaulay that he showed much acuteness of thought and flowing natural eloquence, though at times his style is by no means devoid of inflation. One of his most brilliant passages, as respects both expression and conception, may be found in his " Reflections on Exile," where he enumerates the sources of pleasure which an intellectual being may derive, even in banishment and solitude, from the daily and nightly con templation of the heavens and the earth. We are sur prised that, in giving specimens of Bolingbroke's man ner, the Reviewer did not select this passage, for it is infinitely more striking than any that he has quoted. " Works of the Author of the Natural History of En thusiasm," is a clever metal- hysical essay ; in places, however, a little vague and cloudy. In the article headed " Present State and Conduct of Parties," there is no want of sound, temperate reasoning. The Re viewer well says—" Public confidence in the Queen's Government must increase daily. But, to insure this result, the political friends of the party must act with discretion and forbearance." Of the remaining articles, the most entertaining is the notice of Mr. Cooper's late one-sided history (as was to be expected) of the Ame rican navy. THE PSYCHE. No. 111. Smallwood, London, 1840. A light, readable periodical, in the present Number of which there is a curious and instructive essay on the suppoed destruction of the Ptolemean Library at Alex andria, by the Saracens ; wherein the author endeavours to show, and, we think, he makes good his case, that the magnificent Library in question was not destroyed by the followers of the Prophet. " Eutychius," he ob serves, " the Patriarch of Alexandria, a native of Egypt and born in the nireh century, when the triumphs of the Saracens must have been well remembered, is totally silent on the subject of the conflagration, though he has inserted in his annals a minute account of the siege and capture of the city. George Elmacin, the chronicler of the Saracens, a native of Egypt also, and who lived at the commencement of the twe►fth century, makes not the slightest allusion to so important and so fatal a transaction. The geographer, Abulfeda, in his learned treatise, is also silent on the subject, while from the fact of his having composed a life of Mahomet, we should conclude that he was interested in. and acquainted with, the conquests and actions of the Arabian warriors. Murtadi, and many less conspicuous among the Sara cenic writers, offer by their silence strong opposition to the unsupported evidence of the primate of the Jaco bites." Among the more sprightly articles in the Number is a graphic little sketch under the seasonable title of " An April Fool." AI?UNDEL. 3 Vols. Saunders and (Vey, London, 1840. The most spirited and readable portion of this tale is that wherein the author introduces us to Napoleon Bonaparte, at the period of his appointment, in 1796, to the situation of Commander-in-Chief of the army of Italy. The great Captain's campaigns in this demora lized country, which constitute his proudest title to im mortality—for here he was fighting on behalf of free dom. not against her--are sketched off with much vigour and vivacity of manner, and in all the leading points ad here scrupulously to historical truth. The scene of the talc is laid for the most part in France ; and the period is the close of the last century, when Paris was convulsed with factions, whom the summoning of the States-Gene ral in 1789 had called into active existence. At this momentous epoch, a young Englishman named Arundel, who has been expelled from Cambridge for being engaged in a d ue l, fi n di ng hi s h opes o f rising in life thereby blasted, go es over t o th e C on tinent w . th the intention of offering his services to that party in the capital, whose political opinions he should most approve. Having procured from some of his friends in England, letters of introduction to the British Ambassador, he is presented at Court, where he falls in love with a young lady, Gertrude De Romainville, to whom he is ulti mately married, though not before he has gone through a world of adventures and hardships, while serving with Lafayette on the frontiers, and with Napoleon in the army of Italy. The author's chief object in this story seems to have been, to make us acquainted with the great political characters who figured in Paris, both before and subsequent to the death of Mirabeau ; but we cannot compliment him on his success, for his Lafayette, and Marat, and Robespierre have scarcely any one feature in their idiosyncrasy to distin guish them the one from the other. They all want " mark and likelihood." That the author has a sort of sneaking partiality for Robespierre is manifest from the care and skill with which lie keeps all his most revolting peculiarities out of sight. Indeed, he goes the extreme lergth of saying, in a note, that " France owes Robespierre a vast debt of gratitude, for in all hu man pro b ab i l i ty he saved her from conquest and dismemberme n t." Now this is not the ease. It was not Robespierre, but Carnot, who, in his capacity of War Minister, saved France from dismemberment ; and had it not been for his acknowledged efficiency in this department, he would, like many another patriot, have lost his life by the guillotine ; for his colleagues disliked him, especially Robespierre, who was only prevented, by his sense of Carnot's valuable public services, from consigning him to the tender merits of Fouquir Tinville and the Revolutionary Tri bunal. It is to Carnot, therefore, that his country's gra titude is chiefly due, for he it was, and not Robespierre, who organized the fourteen revolutionary armies that struck a panic through Europe and saved France. The author's character of Arundel is consistently main tained throughout, and, indeed, it is the redeeming fea ture of his story. The lady of C. G. Round, Esq., met with a narrow escape ft Om serious accident on Saturday last. As Mrs. R., in company with another lady, was driving along Crotch-street, Colchester, in a four-wheel chaise, when near the Bull Inn, the wheel of the vehicle came in contact with a cart that was: passing, which so fr'ghtened the pony Mrs. R. was driving, that it set off at full speed and drew the chais upon the curb of the foot pavement opposide to the shop of Mr. Stone, grocer, when, owing to the violence of the concussion, both lashes were thrown out with considerable violence. Both were very much alarmed, but we are happy to add, they escaped without serious injury. NAPOLEON THE FRIEND OF LIBERTY.- No one more than the Emperor Napoleon has contributed to accelerate the reign of liberty, by rescuing the moral influence of the revolution, and by assuaging the fears which she in spired. Ilad it not been for the Consulate and the Empire, the revolution would have been but a mighty drama that leaves glorious recollections, but few traces. The revolution would have been swallowed up by the counter-revolution. Napoleon, on the contrary, planted in France and disseminated through c,,t Europe the most important benefits of the great crisis of '69, and, to use his own words, he "purified the revolution, strengthened thrones, and ennobled the nations." He purified the revolution by separating the truths which it had made triumphant from the passions that obscured them ; he strength ened thrones by making authority honoured and respected ; he ennobled the nations by giving them a consciousness of their own force, and by conferring on them institutions which ele vate man in his own eyes.— Opinions of Napoleon, by Prince Louis. SINGULAR FOOT RACE —On Monday, the 6th instant, Robert Bennett, who bore upon his back the heavy weight of 85 years, undertook to run thirty yards while another man, with the quickning blood of youth in his veins, and his limbs unstiffened by rheumatics and all the other ailments which old age is heir t;', ran the distance of 100. Galleywood Com mon was the ground selected, and there a considerable number of persons were congregated, various bets depending on the re sult ; but youth prevailed, and twenty tripped over his hundred yards, before eighty could measure out his thirty. The spirit of the venerable pedestrian, however, was not broken, and he has offered to back himself for 5/. against any man of his age in the count y.—Essex Herald. The new Easter spectacle at Covent-garden Theatre has been read for the first time, and wonderful to say, on the distribution of parts, none concerned expressed dis satisfaction at those assigned them. The piece is sail to be founded on the story of " The Sleeping Beauty," in the pe rusal of which, doubtless, all who read this have heretofore ex perienced delight. The subject is a very pleasing one, and well calculated to call forth all the powers of the painter, machinist, and decorater, directed, as they ❑o doubt will be, by the fine taste which is known to preside over this establishment. To afford agreeable mirth, as well as show, the dramatic portion is said to be treated burlesquely, after the manner of " Rivet with the Tuft ;"and the present adaptation is said to be not less abundant in gaiety and fun than its predecessor. Monday evening the annual general meeting of the members of the Boot and Shoemakers' Benevolent and Provident Institution er as held at the Crown and Anchor Ta vern, Strand; Mr. Greeves, President, in the chair. Mr. O'Hara, the secretary, read the report. It stated that the late dinner, steam-boat excursion, and ball at Willis's, retunged 2371. Since the last meeting fifty-three donors and subscribers had added their names to the list, which accession made the total number of 573 members. The Directors had funded TnE St , N, LONDON, WEONESDAY, APRIL l5, 1846 CAMBRIDGE ELF,TTION COM- MITTEE. Continued front The San of yesterday. Mr. Cannon (by Mr. COCKBURN) --1 am a solicitor practising at Cambridge, and took an active part at the last election for Mr. Gibson. I remember Mr. Long being examined at the last election on a charge of bribery, and he was held to bail. The indictment was removed by certiorari to the Queen's Bench by the defendants. I know a person named Scott. A communication was made to me through my clerk from a Mr. Brown, on the part of Scott. It was on Mondav,iMarch 2 Scott then made a communication to us which he said he was authorized to do by Long. I had not desired him to communicate with Long. I knew nothing of Scott be fore. He stated Long was dissati s fi e d w i t h hi s treatment by the Tory party, and was afraid of imprisonment. A very long discussion ensued as to the a lmissibility of this evidence, and the room was cleared. On our return, witness was stating__ I explained to him it was impossible to abandon the prose cution then, and the best plan would be for Mr. Long to withdraw his plea of Not Guilty, and then he should not be brought up for judgment. Mr. Richard Foster, then Mayor of Cambridge, is the prosecutor, and I am his attorney. I told him if he would agree with such an ar rangement I would communicate vvi:h the prosecutor and en de,t vour to obtain his consent. Scott said at the outset, if they disclosed the information he was in possession of, he would be obliged to leave Cambridge. I told him I could not make any engagement on that subject. I said I had no objection to see him, and he came again. He said he had seen Long, and thought he would consent to the engagement, but he could not give information respecting Mr. W. Swan. I told Scott I had seen 11r. Foster, and had his sanction for the arrangement. We then spoke of his temporary absence, and he said Long was in very poor circumstances, and it would be ne cessary fur him to leave Cambridge a!ler giving his information. I asserted the, and it was agreed Scott should accompany him. I agreed to pay the ex penses. I did not at that time agree to support his wife, but it was done afterwards. I did not know Mr. Bigg had any communication with Camb ridge. I went to Portsmouth. Long made a third statement there. I took the book and papers with me, and he gave explanations. After the examinations I wrote down his statement, and read it to him, and he said it was correct. I have lost it. I supplied these persons with about 351. altogether. Scott was purse-holder. I have not directly or indirectly given or held out to him the ex pectation of other pecuniary remunerations than his ex penses. I expressed an opinion that if he suffered any loss he should be protected. By Mr. ANDREWS —I understood the sort of injury alluded to was that he would ba obliged to leave Cam bridge, and would require assistance to do so. I did not understand what kind of assistance was meant, whether a situation, or that he would require money. It was assistance suited to the injury that accrued to him. I did not sai he should be, but that he ought to be protected. When Scott said he thought Long should have an assurance from me that he should be indemnified, I stated that if one shilling would purchase his testimony it would not be given. When I said protection should be afforded to him, in point of fact I bad no meaning at all. I had no precise meaning in my own mind as to the protection that would be required. It was such as would relieve him from that injury. If the injury were such as would require pecuniary assistance, I meant that such ought to be afforded. I never said such protection wou'd be afforded to him, nor did I tell him there was no chance of it. Scott said he thought he should be entitled to something for loss of time, and I said it should be given him. I am not sure any sum was mentioned, but the sum I had fixed in my own mind was two guineas a week. I thought it expedient that some one should be with Long, and I proposed to pay him for doing so. He has never been paid anything yet, but for expenses. I never promised Scott 1001. for his share in the business, nor any sum whatever, except this remune ration. Was not to be paid for looking after Long, or communicatiog with me. I know no thing whatever of Long, and had no confidence in him. I inquired of Brown whether Scott could be trusted, and lie said he thought he could. I wished to prevent Long's communicating with the other party. This was to be kept a dead transaction. In such a case, I did not think it necessary Long should consult his own attorney. I had a strong conviction he would be convicted, and thought he was justified in trying to escape from it. Long stated he should not communicate with his attorney, and I sanctioned it. I sanctioned his withdrawal of his plea of Not Guilty, vrithout communicating with his attorney. During these preliminaries I communicated them only to Mr. Foster and Mr. Cooper, my clerk. Mr. Foster was Chairman of Mr. Gibson's Com mittee. None of the petitioners were aware of what was going on until after the interview at the Craven. I communicated it soon after to Mr. Ebenezer Foster. I won't swear it was not the next day. I then became the petitioner's agent. I fixed the Crown Hotel for " Shaw and Leicester." I had been at the Crown Hotel several times before, but I went on this occasion in consequence of the recommendation of a gentleman at Cambridge, a friend of the proprietor. It was in consequence of Long's wish we came to London. It was partly for his sake and partly for the sake of privacy. They had beer and cold meat, wine, and brandy and water. They might have had what they called for. In the course of the evening and during tea conversation went on. I asked him to make the statement before the wine came, but he wished it to be postponed. I then recommended him to take the night to deliberate upon it. I first asked him to communicate his statement about ten minutes after he came in, and we continued conversing on the subject. The next morning I gave him an undertaking that judg ment should not be entered up. He then authorisedMessrs. Parkes to withdraw his plea. I did not attend the Judge's Chamber. Having got this authority, Mr. Cooper at tended for Messrs. Parkes to get the order. He had an authority from them to do so. Mr. Cooper brought the order to me by my directions to indorse the consent. I was at Peel's Coffee-house having some broth. I conceived I had Mr. Parker's authority for sending my clerk to act on his behalf.. The Speaker vas then announced to be at prayers, and the Committee adjourned until to-morrow (this day). SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY TAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) When Lord Melbourne was :-.sked whether, in the event of the House of Lords voting an Address to her M. , jsty against the Canada Bill, he would advise her to withhold the Royal Assent, he declined to answer the question. For this the Post charges him with cruelty, " in tormenting the Archbishop of Can terbury with a very great and pressing addition to the anxieties which belong to the position of that excellent and venerable ma❑ in such times as the present." It, is truly doleful that the Premier should keep the Primate on the rack (of suspense) by not going out of his way to answer that which, in ordinary times, and from an ordinary man, would have been reputed an impertinent question. Why was Lord Melbourne to assume that the House of Lords would do so foolish and mischievous an act as to endanger the peace of the empire, and risk the loss of a large portion of it, merely to provide for churches without congregations ? These, however, are " times to try men's souls." The Church is und•:r persecution. People in this country meet in large bodies, and express their opinion that its endow ments are already sufficient ; and, notwithstanding the opposition of the Bishop of Exeter, they are hardy enough to declare that the Kirk of Scotland is Pro testant. (From the Standard.) In the House of Lords last night, upon the pre sentation of some petitions against the Irish Muni cipal Corporations 1301, Lord Melbourne showed a disposition to back out of his promise to acquiesce in the hearing of counsel and witnesses at the bar in behalf of the Corporation of the City of Dublin. The promise was, however, given to Lord Kenyon, and he is not a nobleman likely to subtrit to the violation of it. It was distinctly given by the head of the Administration in the name of the Government, and a grosser case of breach of faith than a violation of it cannot be conceived. It may be true, as Lord Melbourne said, that the question, whether counsel and witnesses shall be heard, is an open question for the House when the Bill shall come regularly before it ; but it is no longer an open question for Lord Melbourne and his Colleagues—they are bound by his Lordship's pledge. How the House will act, if unaffected by any sinister influence, it is impossible to doubt. All the precedents run in favour of hearing counsel and witnesses against a 13d1 tending to the privation of property, rights, or pri vilege ; the latest is that of Mr. Stockdale upon the Printed Papers Bill—surely the Corporation of Dublin is entitled to equal favour with Mr. Stockdale. (From the Courier.) The C'hroniele this morning returns to its " agitation" about the Corn-law question, on which the last even ing's slip-slop of the Foreign-office also contained some curious twaddle. The former gives a table of exports to Russia, Germany, and Prussia, which it calls the great " corn-growing countries," although the Corn•law Solomon would be puzzled to show from what part of Germany corn could flow, or has flowed into this country, supplied to no inconsiderable extent as certain parts of the German League are themselves with that necessary through Holland. But let that pass as one other only among the heaps of blunders and want of the commonest information exhibited by the same scribe whenever he pretends to handle the subject. lie is clearly of the class of writers, if not of orators, advertised for by the Corn-law con federacy, in whom a knowledge of farming or of the corn-trade is stated to be desirable but not at all indis pensable. Provided that a mortal column can be filled, or a three hours' lecture be mouthed, of most outrageous trash and impudent perversion of facts, the end is an swered, and the qualifications of the writer and spouter become indisputable. PRICES OF CANAL,DOCK, ASSUR ANCE COMPANY SHARES &c. &c. 9co• LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 14. Number Dividend Price d 1 pet C A N . A I.e. pet Shares. Annum Paid. Snare 1,766 7 pet cent. Ashton and Oldhent.Average97l.lBs.sh. Ile ~082 41. 4, hbr-e-le-Zum.h ......A••arage 1131.5 h 72 1,260 Basingstoke lOOl sh. 5 1,005 51. Brecknock and Aber gavenny 150 i. sh. - /3,0001- 10th. 91 Os. Bi rm i ngham, 1-16th share sv. & 711. 219 a 000 Ditto and Liverpool Junctiv9/ sh.lo o 9d 26 600 31. Bridgewater and Taunton .100/ sh. all pd - 400 4/. Chelmer and Blackwater ............ lON. sh. 101 500 411. Coventry 1001 sh. 630 ,545 Croydon .. Average 311.2 s 10d. 2,0601 41. 10s. Dudley 600 131. D er b y -. lO3l sh 1:8 10,000 4 per cent. Danube and Mayne 411.135. 4 d .pd 28 3,5751 41. Ellesta..rreand Chester... Average 1331.5 h. 89 231 621. Ercwasn y . . .. tool.Bn. Bto 1,297 301. Forth ~ nd Clyde ....Averave 1401.165. th. 615 ,600 10 G rand ~ unction . ItrOl.sh 161 2 , 04 91 11. Grand U n i on 1001. sh 24 :1,500 .... ..... Grand Surrey 0,000/ 4./. per cent. Dit to (optional) Loan 1001• 63 4 3 b 96 600 13/.125. od. Glamorganshire, Aver. cost 17::1. 13s. 4d. 220 749 10r. Grantham 150/.sh. 203 6,238 21. Os. Hudd ersfield Average 5 71 . 6 s . 6d. sh. 35 1 100 Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 10 5.328 I/. ss. Kennet end Avon, Aver. 39/. 18s .10d . sh. 26 2,8971 301. Leeds and Liverpool .................. 100/.sh. 750 5451 1511. Leic es t er l4O/. sh. 201: 1 , 8 97 M. Ids. Leicester and Northampton Aver 13/.108. 81 2.400 11)1. Mo nmout h s h ire - lOO/ .sh. 1 8 150 10/. Melton Mowbray 100/ eh. 200 500 251. M ersey and Irwell ...... .- . . lOOl. sh. 565 3,000 It. 10s. Alacclesfield " ... 100/. Li. all pd 46 217 171. Neath 1001.56. 325 2,400 41. Peak Forest Avei..ge about 781. sh. 91 1,118 12s. Regent's (or London) Av. 33/.165. ed. sh. 12 5,669 61, per cent. Rochdale Average 84 1 .6 11 . :931 500 8/. Shropshire .1251. sh. 138 800 9/. 10s. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 150 3,60111. 41 pt.! . cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock ......... 121 10s. sh. 11 700 40/. Stafford and Worcester ......... l4O/.sh. 675 500 16/. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 280} 300 Pl. Stourbridge .. -.....- ....... .. 1451. sh. 396 3,647 21. Os. S tratfor d-on-A{7ol Average 791. .... od. sh. 44 533 16/. Sw ansea 100/ sh. 265 :1,762 I/. 15s. S evern and Wve and Railway A Y . 35/. sh. 42 1,60015 h. 32/. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 1 share .. . lOO/. sh. COO 8,149 1,0005h.1 16i. 4000ish.j Warwiek and Birmingham.... 100/.sh 268 950 15s. Warwick and .siapi.sn ..... . ....... 100/. sh. 195 6,01)0 41.05. Worcester and Birmingh a mAv.7B/.Bs. sh. 68 5, , '00 25s Wilts aid Berke Average 07/. 10s. Bd. sh. 281 000 6s. Iv's - ie. , and Essington ............... 1251. sh 74 :26 IN:eneticn My It. Wey and Arun llOl. h. 221 HOCKS. " 0" 3n c Commerc Al ..!001.5h. 66 1,4/65ish. .' C. East and West India Stock 106 1,235,31011. 60s. p.ct. London _ Stock Chi Ditto Bonds lOl 2,209 3/. 6 , . sd, Bristol 68,324/. W. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lOB .352,752 5 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 991 500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds -, lOll 400.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years lOO 1.500 ..... Deptford Pier 2Ol. sh. 20/. pd 10 BRIDGES. 1,600 les. Hammersmitl • 5O/. sh. 221 7,231 Southwark, Old . . ... . .Av. 63/. 2s Bd. sh. 21 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, of 71 Fr cent. sol.sh. 13 J,OOO .. Waterloo lOO/. sh. 3 5,000' 6,25. bZ Ditto, Old Annuities of 81. OO/. pa 21 5,000 193. 3,1. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 18 10,000/. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds 991. 5,848 17s Vauxhall Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh. 25 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3/10s Albion 500/. sh. 501. pd 73 ~, €b per cent . Allianceßritisn &Foreign 1004 sh. 11/. pd 141 5° .""" f and 151.1 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. sh. 5/. pd 51 24,000 11. per sh. Ada. 5O/. sh. 51. pc! 15 1,9.00 ish. 5/. Birmingham I' ire ..• 5Ol. sh. 55/. pd 1071 20,000 41. per cent. British Fire 2504 sh. 50/. pd 40 12,000 61. percent. British Commercial 5O/, oh. 5/. pd 51 5,000 5/. per cent. Clerical & Medi .11 Life, ICO/.sli. 2110 s pd 44 4,000 21 15s County 100!. sh. 10/. pd 42; 20,000 ss. Eagle 501. sh. 5!. pd sg ~,,,, r 5 per cent./ "'"' / and 301 bs. Economic Life lOOO/. sh. 250/. pd 400 2,271 225. per cent. European Li: • 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 2O!. sh. 2/. pd 11 ,000,000/. 6/.per ct Globe Stock 128 20,000 51* Guardian lOOl. sh. 271/ pd 33 'O,OOO a. S. Hope 2,400 51. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 500/. sh. 50/. pd 131 7,500 Os. Imperial Life lOU sh. 10/. pd 101 13,459 4!. per cent. Indemnity Marine 1001. sh. 8/. pd 25; 2,020 31 10a Kent Fire 50/. sh. all pd 92 3/. Ditto Life. 50/. pd 79 10,000 16s. Law Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 30 s,oooLondon,los pd 191 3,900 10s. London, Ship . ........... 25/. eh. 12/. 10s.. pd 191 ,000,000/. ... ..... Minerva Life 1001. sh. 500,000/. 30,000 5/. per cent. Palladium Life 50/. sh. 2!. pd 217 s 50,000 4/. per cent. Protector Fire 2Ol. sh. 2/. pd 19b Od 10,010 4 per cent. Pr.,te.tant Dissenters 12,0/. sh. Si. pd 51 2.500 U. Provident Life lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 18 00,000 ss. Rock Life . 0/. sh. I/. pd 61 89,220/ 5/. percent . Royal Exchange Stock.. 203 * 6,000 5 per cent. University Life lOO/. sh. 51. id 54 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 1001. eh. 51. pd 71 JOINT STOCK BANKS. 15,001 6 per cent. Agric. and Cum. of Ireland 25/. sh. 101. pd 5,000 Australwia 4O/. sh. 401. pd 57; 10000 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham 5Ol. sh. 10/. pd 13i1 (0,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 50!. sh. In!. pd 231 31.000 spercent. London and Westminsterlool sh. 201. pd 221 , 60,000 51. London Joint Stock 50/. o h . 1 0/. pd 12i 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 100/. sh. 204 pd 50 25,000 Liverpool 100/ sh. 101. pd 211 50p00 71 per sent. Manchester and Liver./ 50h.h. 151 pool Distrizt ' Pd 12 20,000 7 per cent. Manchester 1001. sh. 251. pd 27 20,000 Provincial Bank of Irelandloo/. sh. 251. p 4 43.1 50,410 National Bank of Ireland 504 sh. 174!. pd 161 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. 100/, sh. 351. pd 35 10,000 ...... .. Ditto New lO/. oh. 101 pd 101 10,000 Gloucestershire 50/. sh. 10/. pd 30 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 50/. sh. 5/. pd 9 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 14. Mr. Speaker reported the Royal Assent to Exche quer Bills (Public Works) Bill, Printed Papers Bill, Birmingham and Wyrley C trials Union Bill, Crown Point (Leeds) Bridge and Road Bill, Greenock Im provement Bill, Glasgow Bridesvell Bill, Calton of Glas gow :Police Bill, Tweeddale Patent Drain Tile and Brick Company Bill, General Steam Navigation Com pany Bill, Newton Abbot, &c. Small Debts Bill, An dover Road Bill, Macclesfield and Congleton Road liagbourne Inclosure Bill, Allerton Inclosure Bill. Trio LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'Clock. On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, the Taunton Market, Shrewsbury Roads, and other Bills were read a third time and passed. The Marquis of WESTMINSTER presented a pe tition from Poole in favour of Church Extension. The E IA of CHARLEVILLE presented a petition from the Coroners of the county of Clare for an amend ment of the law relating to the office of coroner. The Earl of ROSE BERY brought in a Bill to enable the heirs of entail in Scotland to grant perpe tual leases for the building of churches. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY presented several petitions against the Canada Reserves Bill. The Bishop of LONDON presented petitions from several Clergymen against the Canada Reserves Bill. Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from Carlisle in favour of medical reform ; and a petition from Norwich, praying for a measure to prevent piracy of patterns. The Duke of WELLINGTON presented petitions from several parishes in the county of Southampton, against any alteration of the Corn-laws. The Earl of CHARLEVILLE inquired . if the No ble Marquis (the Marquis of Normanby) had received any information respecting the disturbed state of the county of Limerick, and the outrages committed upon a gentleman of the name of Hill, to which he (Lord C.) took the liberty of directing the attention of the Noble Marquis on the 30th of last month ? The Marquis of NORMAN BY said that, having perused all the accounts which had been published re specting the occurrences to which the Noble Earl had drawn his attention, and having compared them with the constabulary reports—making allowance for some de gree of exaggeration—he must say that the statements of the Noble Earl were well-founded. Some outrages of an agrarian character had taken place in two parishes of the county of Limerick—land had been turned up—and a threatening letter of a very atrocious character had been sent to Mr. Hill, reminding him of the death of Mr. Fox. But as the event which was so alluded to by way of threat h a d taken place four years ago, he (the Marquis of Normanby was inclined to believe that the county had been in a peaceable state since that time. As soon as the reports of the outrages in January last reached the Irish Government, rewards were offered and an increased constabulary force was sent to Limerick, and peace had since been effectually maintained.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He had come down to the House several evenings, with the intention of giving the Noble Earl (Charleville) that explanation, but he was prevented from doing so by the whole of the early part of the evening being occupied by the di. - -- adt• oy t.. iscussions introduced by the Noble Marquis opposite ( Westmeath).—( Hear, and a laugh.) Whenever similar accounts reached the Irish Government, every exertion would promptly be made in all cases to repress disorder, and bring the delinquents to punishment. The Earl of CHAALEVILLE said he had re ceived a letter from Mr. Hill after lie left the House last night, in which he complained that although the Government had granted him the protection of the police, he could not obtain it unless he took and paid for four or five men. He was informed, upon the best authority, that such a demand was altogether new and unheard of, at all events, until the time the Noble Mar quis filled the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He would ask what the police was intended for, and if it was not the first duty of the Government to afford protection to respectable and loyal men. Such a pro tection might be paid for by landed proprietors or wealthy individuals, but to a farmer even farming his own land it amounted to an impossibility and a denial of all protection. He trusted that it the statement proved correct, adequate protection would be afforded without such a penalty being attached to it. The Marquis of NORMANBY said that the Noble Earl acted under a misapprehension. The general rule was, that persons could not claim the exc:usive service of the police, without remunerating them for the period in which they were at their command. That force was established for maintaining the general peace of the country, and not for the peculiar protection of any individual who might fancy that such protection was necessary. Lord ASHBURTON presented a petition in favour of Church Extension. The Earl of FINGALL begged leave to correct an error which had crept into the report of what he said last night. He was made to say, that out of thirty-two guardians in the %illage of Kells. fifteen were ex officio guardians. Their Lord ships were aware that only one-third of the guardians could hold office ex officio, therefore the number of ex officio guardians could only amount to ten. What he had stated was, that in thirteen electoral districts there had been no contest, thereby showing the good feeling which prevailed, and that seventeen of the guardians were Catholics, which he did not consider an unfair proportion. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY was most anxious not to consume the time of their Lordships on the last night of sitting ; he would, therefore, content himself with putting those questions to the Noble Vis count, a copy of which he handed to him last night. The Noble Marquis then read the questions, which re lated to the conduct of Lord John flay respecting the Convention of Bergara. Lord MELBOURNE said Lord John flay had no precise instructions to act in the manner he did, but he acted on the knowledge he had of the views and inten tions of her Majesty's Government. The British Go vernment were no parties to the treaty of Bergara, and though they had no doubt the Spanish Government would perform that treaty, they were not bound to see that they did so. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented peti tions from Protestant Dissenters, praying for the abo lition of Church-rates, and of Ecclesiastical Courts, and that no further grant should be made for the purpose of education in the State religion. The Marquis of BUTE presented several petitions from Scotland, in favour of non-intrusion ; also a peti tion from the Presbytery of Ayr, stating the Licencing Spirit Act 9 George IV., which prevented the sale of liquors during divine service, was then construed not to prevent it at any other time, which they considered illegal, and prayed the House to prevent. The Duke of NEWCASTLE presented two peti tions from a place in Derby, one against any alteration in the Corn-laws, and another praying that workhouses might be exempted from the payment of rates. The Earl of CLARENDON laid on the table of the House a paper relating to the Spanish Legion. The Marquis of WESTMEATH moved for copies of any evidence taken with regard to the Corporation of Dublin by the Commissioners of Inquiry. Lord MELBOURNE thought that the Noble Marquis was not sufficiently definite as to the nature of the papers for which he wished to move. The Marquis of WESTMEATH said that was not his fault. No papers had been laid on the subject be fore the House, a-id he could not determine the spe cific nature of the evidence which he was anxious to ob tain.—(A laugh.) Lord DUNCANNON.—To what period does it refer ? GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES, 20/ sh 16/. pd 22 2,500 16506 Bath - -. - - 5,000 British 4Ol. sh. 16/. pd 21 1,000 rs l. percent.l Ditto Provincial 201. sh. 19 pd 25 and Bs. Cs. 928 51 lOs Birmingham 5Ol. sh. 93 1,250 2/ Os Bristol 2O! sh. 36j 2,250 31 lOs Brighton 2O/. sh. 11 750 31 les Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. IS/. pd 9 2,471 4* per cent. Brighton General 20/. sh. all pd 9 1,000 6/.los. Continental Consolidated 75/. 6211. pd HO 1,000 101. City of London lOO/. sh. all pd 195 1,000 61. Ditto, New 4,000 3/.08. Equitable 50/. pd 26 10,000 21 per cent. Imperial 800 5/. per cent. Isle of Thanet ... ............... 251. sh 2O/. pd 18 2,350 6/. per cant. Independent .....................30/. ah. all pd 50 0,000 41. per cent. Phoenix 50/. ah. 39/. pd 301 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratcli ft' 100/. sh. 801. pd 60 4,000 South Platropolitan 5O/. sh. 19/. pd 17 8,200 41. per cent. United General ......,,,, :50/. sh. 461. pd 321 240 51. per c,nt. Warwick ..................................:.501. sh. 50 400 51. per cent Wakefield . ............. 251. sh. 22 2,000 1, Westminster Chartered ••••••• 5O/. sh. 56 6,0110 12'1. Ditto New ......... -. ........ 51/. sh 10/. pd 11 760 par cent. Yarmouth ........................201. sh. 181. pd WATER Won K s. 1,800 fps. Birmingham .................. 251. sh. 25/. pd 20 4,434 01. East London ...... . WO/• sh. 164 .................. .• 5,500 2.10. Grand Junction Average 41/ 13s. 4d. sh. 661 2,000 2/. Kent ........................................ 100 sh. 44 372 10!. Liverpool Bootle 220/. sh. 327 1,500 2110 s New River London Bridge Water Ann .. . . 6 91 6,486 21 Ins Manchester and S alford .lOO/. s h . 57e 1,000 4 per cent. South London 100/. sh. 104 e 8,294 4/. West Middlesex Average 63/. 12s. 9d. sh. 9 0 1,360 11 14s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS, 6,300 Birmingham and Derby W. pd 651 9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester 15,000 Bristol and Exeter 100/. sh. 40 pd ii 660 Calcutta and Saugur 501. sh. 2/. pd 0 7,500 ...... ... Cheltenham and G.Western 100/. sh. 45/. 14 3,009 Clarence . , .... ......... .. ....100 /. sh. 100/ pd 951 12,000 8,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. sh. 51. pd 60,000 Eastern Counties 25/. sh. 256 pd 9 Grand Junction . ....... . . 100/. sh. 1001. pd 231 Great North of England 55/. pd 39 5,000 Great Western .............. 1001. sh 654 pd 75 2,000 Hartlepool .. . .' . ..................... 50. 1004 pd 21 8,000 Hull and S el b y 501. sh. 354, pd 26 2,100 3/.per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 65 1,500 11.55. Leicester and Swannington .50!. sh. all pd 751 5,108 10 percent. Liverpool and 51 anchester10( Lab. 1001. pd 195 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 251. pd 61 30,000 ... ...... London and Brighton 5O/. sh. 351 pd 23i 19,1100 London and Blackmail 50/. sh.l7e/. pd 15. 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 2O/. sh. 20/. pd AI 25,000 London and Birmingham 100/. sh. 901. pd 160 Ditto Quarter Shares 5/. pd 251 36,090 ... London and Southampton Av. 38/, 17s. H. 43} 11,000 London and Croydon Trunk 19/. pd 99 6,000 Ditto New Scrip 6l/. pd 8 12,000 ... ...... London Grand Junction... . ,. 50/. sh. 5/. pd 2 13,000 Manchester and Leeds ~.1001. sh. 601. pd 741 ... 13,010 .. ...... Ditto Half Shares 'V/. It/. pd 241 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 70/. sh. '251. 121 Ditto Extension 7l. pd 3 North Midland 100/. sh. 100/ pd 97 Northern and Eastern 100/. sh. 251. pd 121 1,600 Preston and Wyre 'O/. sh. 30/. pd 36e 28,000 South Eastern and Dover l5!. pd 11 1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh. 2409 9,003 Thames Haven . ..- ....... 50/. sh 21. 10s. pd 0 1,400 Westminster and .............. sh. 21. pd 6,000 York and North Midland 50 . eh. 40/. pd 52 MINES. - - 8,000 Albion Copper 5/. s` , . FT. pd 12 4,000 1/. ss. Alten 15/. sh. 121. It spd 11 iO,OOO ... ..... Anglo Mexican, iss. Si. pm.lool. sh. al ' d 1 Ditto Subscription 1 95/. in, S 2,000 V/. BoUnos l5O/. sh all p.l 38 10,000 11. lOs Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm 35/. sh. SOL pd 17 6,000 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Hey 201. sh. 141 pd 2 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company, 20/. sh. 20/. pd I 10,000 Ditto Scrip 10/. sh. 10!. psi 0 20.000 British Iron 50/. sh. 501 pd 50i n.,000 Brl'.isli Copper 5l. sb. 421. pd If Cli . , r....nca6,11. pd 8/ Candonga .. . 10,000 is Copiapo 0,500 ... Columbian, iss..se. p . in.- 55/,, sh. 551. pd 3 - 2,850 3!. English 20,000 General Mining A ssociation2o/. sh. 18/. pd 8 8,155 Mexican Company 100/. sh. 551/. pd 4 3,000 Pulberou Consols .. lO/. oh. 8/. pd 4 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered Ditto Loan Notes .... ............ ...1501. pd 160 30,800 ...... ... United Mexican, iss. 2 pm.. 401. sh. all pd 3 Dittt. Scrip 4l Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd 6 West Cork 50/. sh 50/, pd 36 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket......7sgs. sh. 19 1,500 London University 1001. sh. all pd 8 790 King' College 100/, 1 9 MISCELLANEOUS. ' 10,000 15e. Australian Agricultural.loo/. sh. 28/, pd 44 6,000 4!. per cent. British American Land .C.oneany 234 N I 10 10,000 61. per cost. Canada C om p an y ......... ."I s h. 301 . pd 34 100,000 51. per cent. Uppe r CanaAa Loan City Bonds, 4 per cent 20,000 it. 6s. General Ste am Navigatien 151. sh, IQ . pd 1 2 (10 51 10/.per cent. Hudson's Bay S tock 254 2.000 IL London Com. Sale Rooms A v. 751 . sh. 19! 8,000 ..., ..... Caoutchouc CompanY_ 121!. pd 12 New Brunswick Land Co m p an y ...50/. pd N I 2,754 5/. per cent. Reversionary Int. 50c....100 . /. sh. 100/. pd 1:14 2,633 5/. per cent. Ditto No w ............... 100 r. eh. 100/. pd 117 4,000 Thames Tunnel,. ............... 50/. sh. all FE' pe Van Diemen's Land ...... 100/. sh. 171/ pd Al •• ...... f 0,000 Gs. LIST of SCOTTISH M C 30 0 , MPANIES' IaRICEs, ARCH lB4O. 174/. BANKS. t i soo,ooty. p. et. Bank of Scotland ...811. Gs. Bd. sh, all Pd 2 . 000 , 00 C 1 . 51 p. ct. yal of Scotland 100/. sh. all pd 10i, 500,00e1. 8 p. ct. British Linen Company 100/.5h. all 500,0001. Gt. p. ct. Commercial ............... 5001.1 h. t 00/. pa 17 4 500,000 t. sn. ct. National .................... .10C/. pd 15 510,000/. p. et. Glasgow Union ............ 2501. sh. 50/. H) 1 . 800,0Q0/. t 6 p. ct. Western of Scotland ....2001. sh 40/. N I ge INSUItANCE COMPANIES. 250.0005 h. G 1 p. ct. Scottish Union 2 O l. sh. p d 27 , 3 7,500 GI p. ct. Hercules .. . ...... . ..... . 100/. sh. 101. p a i ' • 100,000 sp. ct. Insurance of . ........10/. sh. all pd 155 50,000 p. ct. North ...... 200/. eh. 10/. pd ip. 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire ............ 1001. sh. 10/ . IA I ,' " 5,000 6p. ct. Edinburgh Lire............ 100/. sh. 10/. Pei lhiz 101,000 31 p. c Wu tot Scotland lO/. pd 08 MISCELLANEOU S.' 4,918 Edin. and Glas. Un. Carialso/. sh. all pd f i x Ditto Allocated .. . ........... 96/. sh. all pd 471, 5,480 5 ,Cr cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water.Qs/. sh. all pd 351. Carron Iron Company ...2501. sh. all pd 44/. 2,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery ...... 50/ sh 49/. p s i 511. 10,000 3 per mat_ F,dinburgh & Leith lass.2o/.sh. 101. pd 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Ga 5......... 2 , 51. sh. all pd 504 ' 4,450 10 per cant. Glasgow Gas .................. 251. sh. all pd 521. 7/51 '7l per cant, Leith Coal Gas ............... 291.5 h. all pd 5 , 4 1,200 ...... Edi n burgh and Dalkeith RaC.wayso/. sh neL 21,000 5 ner cent. Equitable Loan Company "Si. Lb. pd 9.. 1t i . f ie i t t h b re a e d th b re e e en dl i y n 's to w n o d u e ld d be a good eleetiO u n u . se 'l l i u te ' ref i b y re, to render the election invalid, or if there had been a The Morquis of WESTMEATH said he believed it . i g lp re p a r t ob d o e n r d el e i d ctio t n ba o t f du H ty ou o s n o the Corporation bound de t()visit was to the year 1835. The Noble Marquis afterwards . moved for any evidence taken on the subject of the .onday after the reeesz. him with serious punishment. Since that Corporation of Dublin from 1830 to 1840. The Rating of Inhabitants Bill was also passed :Mayor, he After some further desuhoty conversation across the pe table, in which the Marquis of WESTM E ATH , L ord D through a Committee. UN- Their Lordships adjourned at Seven o Clock, to ian tition had bee n 1 d •ed to him it had been CANNON, and Lord M ELBOURNE t oo k part, an d wh i c h Thursday, 30th inst. ' stated that the Mayor had arrived at Totnes on --....---- although not quite intelrgible in the gallery, appeared HOUSE OF COMMONS, ArniL 14. the very thi r d d a y, b ut t h ere was no Sheriffs' officer to afford s ome amusement to t h e i r L ordships, and was who could serve the precept. Under these circurn attended with considerable laughter in the House, es- The SPEAKER took the Chair at Tcn minutes before stances he did not think it would be right for him to pccially on the Ministerial side, Four. submit any motion to the House to-day. But he hoped The Marquis of WESTMEATH was un d erstoo d Th e G en tleman Usher of the Black Rod summoned th e H ouse wou ld th i nk sufficient raison . had been to move for returns of certain c orres p on d ence w i t h th e th e House to attend the House of L ords , to hear the stated for th e rece pti on o f th e p e tition and the printing Poor-law Commissioners for Ireland. Royalassent given by Commission to certain Bills, of it, and if it appeared there had been an inadvertence Lord MELBOURNE tho ug ht th e corres p on dence The. SPEAKER again took the Chair at a few on th e p ar t o f t h e Mayor, h e would he happy to give was not such as the House ought to ask for. Their minutes after Four. him the benefit of it, and would make no motion on Lordships might as well ask f or a re t urn o f the corres- BIRMINGHAM CANAL NAVIGATION, t h e su bj ect . If , h owever , he found the Mayor had been p o r u o s c e e , e in d - . pondence between her M a j es ty' s Mi n i s ters and the An HON. MEMBER moved the third readi ng o f t h e gu il ty o f a neglect o f d u ty he would then be prepared Board of Excise or Customs. Birmingham Navigations Bill, with the addition of a with a motion for the consideration of the House The Duke of WELLINGTON understood the new clause. motion to be for a return of correspondence o f w hich Mr. GREENE opposed the introduction of the clause istnotge the Poor-law Commissioners were required, by a clause on the third reading of the Bill.'that precept, which might be which he (the Duke of Wellington bad introduced), Mr.ma ti f oo r r af o n w. PEASE was unacquainted with even the name of illegal that they would issue a supetre tas, or a fresh ~' for the Borough of Tattles. He to keep co pi es f or t h e express purpose o f t h e i r b e i ng t h e Bill, but he understood the question to be whether a writ for Lb. election, putting parties t o h t o h w e e i v n e c r On t v i e ja n t ien th c e e o h i l move that the petition be brought up. laid bef ore Parliament. He wou ld suppor t hi s N o bl e c l a use should be brought in at the third reading without begged leave to: been , read, Friend in pressing for the correspondence, because he the assent or knowledge of the Committee Ile The petition lia` n i , was d e t erm i ne d to fi n d ou t, if possible, why the objet- thought such a proceeding was unfair to the House . and The ATTORNE ri -GENERAL said he did not election lie hoped, . d . tionable amen d me nt was introduced.--(Hear, hear.) the public, and he would oppose i t. see t h a t even a prima fact , : ease was made out against an d it was most unfair now wa s negat i ve d , when the Bill, as it came from the Corn- ( tight to have notice. — (Hear.) Surely the Hon. The manner in which that amendment was passed , was After a few words fro m M. EsTcoußT ' the c l am th e Alayor—(Hearo hear)—ah:l even if there were, he most unfair to the llouse ; to refuse every information as to the grounds on which tnittee, was read a third time and passed. Gentleman would not criminate the Mayor in his ab it was introduced. Sir C. DOUGLAS brought u the Report on the sence , and with a p ossi bi l ity of his attending to - morrow. Lord MELBOURNE said that the amendme nt was Birmingham and W arw i c k !unction Railway Bill., Sir J . FRE M ANTLE said the course which he p certainly introduced on the third reading of the Bill, On the motion of Mr. GIBSON CRAIG, the should propose to-morrow would be, he trusted, con but that was not an unusual proceeding. Fisherr ow (Edinb urg h) Harbour Bill was lead a seeor.d sistent with fairness and justice. The Duke of WELLINGTON had seen many in- time. Petition ordered to be printed. stances of suprise upon his side of the House, in the Mr, SHIEL o b serve d t h at a c l aus e which imposed Mr. AGLIONBY wished to put a question or two l ast fi ve years, but never saw so flagrant a case of sur- unequal dues—that is requiring l ess to be paid by "la; I to . the Noble Lord the Secretary of State for the Colo prise he (the Duke as would also as the inttroduction of the obnoxious clause.-- bitants o f t h e town than i,y, others—would be opposed, mes, connected with the Ecclesiastical Duties and Re pp February, r o b a t• in , ayinterfered with venues Bill. It must be known to Hon. Members that o a clause which some Si ion of the amend- the authority of the Trinity House. some time since a plan had been maturely considered meats as they were explained by the o ( f l ' le Wellington) a r Oexnptrheess2edsthhisoaf Noble Marquis On the motion of Mr. GIBSON CRAIG the Lords' by the Committee on Deans and Chapters, relative to (Normanby). On the 26th he was obliged to be eh -. amendments to the Scottish Widows' Funds Bill were i the subject, and he wished to know whether there se nt, attending the Judges in his capacity of Lord- I agreed to. would be any objection to lay that plan on the table Lieutenant of the eaun , t Y of Hampshire, ,, and he never Lord LOWTHER brought up the Report on the of the House. He also wished to know whether the was ansento "yePt wee" prevent' by indisposition Workington Harbour BPI. The Noble Lord also' , Noble Lord had any intention to propose a scheme for relative to the —which reldoni happened to him—or by pub i s d u ty.— { noug ht up the Report upon the IVorkington Improve- the adoption of the House re enfranchise ( Hear, hear,) On the '2Bth the amendment was intro- orients Bill. ment of Ecclesiastical leaseholds duced, without any notice whatever, and was passed Mr. E. J. STANLEY moved that it be an i n - Lord J. RUSSELL observed, that he had before upon the third reading of the Bill, without his know ledge, or that of other Noble Lords who had taken an interest in the amendments previously introduced.— (Hear, hear.) Was the amendment founded on the recommendation of Mr. Nicol, or upon any other cor respondence ? It could not be said that it was founded upon some suggestions given in the lobby.—(Cheers.) Lord MELBOURNE made some observation whi c h was not heard. The Duke of WELLINGTON (warmly)—The Noble Lord need not tell me.—(Hear, hear.) He speaks across the House to a man who knows better. —(Hear, hear.) It is the duty of the House to sift this matter to the bottom. I am determined to sift it to the bottom.—(Cheers.) I do not care if the re turn be n►il. But if it be, I say the Commissioners have not done their duty—(Hear)—for I brought in the clause myself requiring them to keep copies of all correspondence.—( Hear, hear.) The Earl of WICKLOW said when his Noble Friend introduced the Bill he stated it was merely formal anl could not meet with opposition, and there fore he had paid no attention to the third reading, not thinking an important amendment would be introduced. He was sure his Noble Friend thought he was not doing anything contrary to the forms of the House, but it showed the necessity of making some regulation on the subject, for he conceived nothing could he more inexpedient than introducing these amendments without notice. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said he could only say, as he stated last night, that he believed it was ab solutely necessary the Bill should have passed before a certain time, and that was the reason he had asked the Noble Lord to allow him from day to day to go on with it. On the third reading one of the Poor-law Commissioners put the amendment into his hands and stated it was absolutely necessary for the working of the Bill, and that it did not alter its provisions, and hoped he would therefore put it in. He thought in doing so he was doing what was quite usual, or he should not have done it. The Marquis of NO RNIANBY said there would be no objection to produce the correspondence required by the Noble Marquis in the enlarged sense put upon it by the Noble Duke. After a few words from the Earl of WINCHILSEA and the Earl of CHARLEVILLE, The Marquis of NORMANBY said he hid no objcction to the returns being made, but he thought some of them were totally unnecessary. The returns were thrn ordered. REGISTRATION OF ARMS (IRELAND). The Earl of GLENG A LL said he brought forward the motion of which he had given notice in the hopes of being able to draw a declaration of the intention of the Government with iespect to the registration of arms in Ireland. lie was not anxious to get up a debate upon the question ; he would, therefore, tontine himself to a few facts relative to the possession of arms by improper characters. The fact that great quantities of arms were possessed by the eery low;_st persons was notorious, and was admitted by Magistrates, Stipendiary Magistrates, and gentlemen be fore the Committee of last session, and it was also noto rious that all the offences which had startled the people of Ireland during the last few years had been committed by persons having arms in their possession. All classes were liable to attack from them, but more especially the lower class of farmers, who were more subject to the aggressions of such people than any other. Many Go vernments had considered the question, and in the time of Lord Stanley a Bill had been introduced for the Re gistration of Arms, but in consequence of a dissolution of Parliament, or some other cause, the Bill was dropped, and nothing had been done further until three or four years ago, since which time returns had been made upon the subject. He would only refer to the return for the last fourteen months—from the Ist of January, 1839, to the Ist March, 1840—and the num ber of offences committed with arms were, in the whole country, 707 ; during the same period in the county of Tipperary the number of aggressive acts with arms was 185, and in Limerick and other places the number had been very numerous, and the peaceable and loyal inha bitants were placed in much fear and jeopardy. If these persons assembled by night they were liable to transportation under the Whiteboy Act, and therefore they worked by day, and the Magistrates knew not how to act with them. On one occasion the Judge told the policemen and others who had captured some of them, it was fortunate they were not themselves in the dock,-because they should have ascertained who those parties were and summoned them instead of apprehend ing them. The Noble Earl then referred to several in stances of outrages that had been perpetrated, and con cluded by stating his belief that there really existed the strongest ground for altering the Act, and thereby giving security to the well-disposed inhabitants of Ireland, and moved for returns of the number of persons indicted at the Petty Sessions in 1539, fur unlawfully having arms in their possession. He also wished to know whether it was the intention of Government to bring in a Bill upon the subject. ' The Marquis of NORMANBY said that there would be no objection to making the returns moved for by the Noble Earl. The subject had engaged the se rious attention of the Government, but he could not say that it was their intention at present to introduce a Bill on the subject in the present Session. At the same time he would state thot he was in communication with a Learned Gentleman and his Noble Friend the Lord Lieu tenant, and would give a positive answer after the recess. The Noble Earl had said he would not enter at length into the subject of armed proces sions, and, therefore, he should not do ; but, at the same time, he could not but say it was satisfactory as far as the county of Tipperary was concerned, that he was obliged to go back for his instances as far as the month of July ; and also that another Noble Lord, on a former occasion, in alluding to the disturbed state of Ireland, had been obliged to resort to another county than his own for his illustrations. With respect to Tipperary, he was sure it would be satisfactory to the Noble Earl to know there had been this year but two convictions for homicide. On referring to the returns relating to the seizure of arms, he found that, during the first three months of 1838, there had been one hundred and twenty-two robberies of arms ; during the same period of 1839 the number was reduced to seventy-three ; and in the same period for 1840 to only sixty-one, being exactly one-half of the number there had been two years previously. The Earl of WICKLOW asked why the Govern ment had introduced a Bill eel this subject, and after wards abandoned it ? If it were not necessary they should not have introduced it, but, if it were, having introduced it, they should not have abandoned it. The Marquis of WESTAIEATH suggested to the Noble Marquis to consider, during the recess, the pro priety of bringing in an Act to prevent the outrages which accompanied the seizure of arms, and which, although diminished lately, were still appalling to those who were exposed to them. Lord - MON TEAGLE said that very often the regis tration of arms served only as an advertisement, pointing out to the evil-disposed where they could direct their marauding attacks. Many attempts had been made to provide a remedy, but without success. The• Earl of GLENGALL, in reply, read several extracts from constabulary reports, to show that the northern parts of the county of Tipperary were in a very disturbed state. The Returns were ordered. Lord DUNCANNON laid on the table certain papers respecting education in Ireland. _ _ 'Lord GLENGALL then moved for a Return of the rewards offered by the Lord Lieutenant of [rebind for the discovery of murderers, and of the number of rewards paid in consequence. The Marquis of NORMANBY laid on the table the Report of the Inspectors of Prisons in Ireland. FRIVOLOUS SUITS BILL. The Frivolous Suits Bill passed through Committee, and the Report was ordered to be received the first .r; EVENING EDITION. 1 struction to the Committee on the Cheshire Coroners' I Bill, to make provision for compensating the present Coroners of the county for any loss they may sustain I by any new appointments of Coroners under such Bill. I Mr. ESTCQURT o pp ose d the moti o n, on th e i ground that it had not been introduced under the sanc tion of the Standing Orders Committee. Mr. T. EGERTON believed that giving the Coro ner compensation instead of entailing expense on the people of Chester, would effect a great saving. He trusted, therefore, that his Hon. Friend would withdraw his oppositi on to the motion. Mr. HIND LEY would join in that request, believing that the motion, if acquiesced in, would be productive of great good. Mr. GREENE would support the proposition of his Hon. Friend the Member for the University of Oxford. Mr. STANLEY trusted the House would grant the permission sought, otherwise it would be useless to proceed with the Bill. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared— For the motion 39 Against it 23 Majority in favour of the motion --16 On the motion of Lord SANDON tae Liverpool Dock Bills (Harrington and Herculaneum) were read a second time, after an observation from Mr. Shiel the 1 1 purport of which was, we believe, that there existed some objections to the Bills, which Lord Sandon re. plied might be considered in Committee. Mr. GROTE preiented a petition from the mer chants of London complaining of the want of protec tion for our commerce with Cracow. Mr. VILLIERS presented several petitions against the Corn-laws. Mr. PLUMPTRE presented a petition against further grants to May nooth. Mr. EWART presented a petition against Church Extension. Mr. H UME presented three petitions from Glas gow and Springfield, praying for Universal Suffrage and the Vote by Ballot. Mr. HA WES presented a petition from the Dissenting Ministers of the metropolis, complaining of the grievances under which the Dissenters laboured, and the jurisdic tion of the Ecclesiastical Courts, and praying the House to adopt some legislative measure on the subject. Mr. C. LUS H I NGTON presented several petitions from Protestant Dissenters of the Isle-of-Wight, Cam- bridgeshire, Kent, and Wiltshire, against any further grant of public money for Church Extension. Mr. PLUMPTRE gave' notice that, after Easter, he should move that no further grants should be made to the College of Maynooth. Mr. E WART gave notice that, after Easter, he should move an address to the Crown praying that subordinate offices in Government appointments may be awarded on the principle of public competition. Mr. HUME gave notice that immediately after Easter he would move an Address to her Majesty, pray ing that her M jesty would be graciously pleased to order that there should be laid before the House a copy - of the correspondence which had taken pl ace between Lord Poesonhy, the British Ambassador at Constantinople, and Lord Viscount Palmerston. Mr. HA WES gave notice that he would imme diately after Easter introduce a Bill for the purpose of establishing general affirmations instead of oaths in Courts of Law. Sir CHARLES GREY begged leave to ask the Hon. and Learned Member, the Attorney-General, what was the reason which had induced her Majesty's Privy Council to advise her Majesty, for the present, not to grant any Charters to Corporations under the English Municipal Reform Act, and what period was likely to elapse till such grants might be made. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that charters had been prepared, under the Act, for Manchester and Birmingham. Objections, however, had been taken to those charters, which it was of course necessary to de cide on judicially. These cases would be settled after Easter, and he hoped the new Charters would be found capable of forming precedents for other Char ters under similar circumstances. DISCHARGE OF HOWARD AND PEARCE. S:r R. INtiLIS gave notice that to-morrow he should move that the several persons who had been committed to the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms for contempt of the privileges of that House should be forthwith discharged. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he would now state that it was his intention to move to-morrow that Mr. Howard, jun. and Mr. Pearce be discharged, and that the order for the attendance of the Sheriffs at the bar, on the 6th of May, be also discharged. Mr. W AIIBU RTON moved for a return of the conviction of certain officers for riot at Wigan ; and for a statement of the treatment to which they were subjected in the gaol of Lancaster. His object was to ascertain whether their treatment differed from that of other persons confined for misdemeanours. Mr. FOX MAULE suggested that it would be better to move for a return of the rules and regula tions observed towards prisoners convicted of mis demeanou rs. Mr. WARBURTON said that would answer his purpose ; and the amended return was ordered. NORTH AMERICAN BOUNDARY LINE. On the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL an ad dress was moved to the Crown for copies or extracts of all correspondence between the American Ministers and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs with respect to the North American boundary. TOTNES ELECTION. Sir T. FREMANTLE said, before they proceeded to the business of the day, he wished to bring before the House a matter that seriously affected their privileges, and which involved a charge against the returning officer to whom the writ was directed. A petition had been presented from certain electors of the borough of Totnes, and it would lie in the recollection of 'the House that, on Wednesday last, the Committee reported that the election was void, and the Chairman moved that a new writ be issued. It appears that the writ was received on Friday hist, by the Sheriff of Exeter, who immediately despatched a special messenger to Totnes, and, in the afternoon of the same day, he en deavoured to serve the precept on the returning officer ; that he then went to the house of the Mayor, and afterwards to the lic,use of the Town Clerk, but found that neither of them was in town ; that he then made inquiries of their respective wives, but they said they knew nothing about them, and could not say when they were expected home—(Laughter)—that he was told by the wife of the Town-Clerk, that her husband would come by that day's mail, but he did not arrive ; that on Saturday he left duplicate copies of the precept at the houses of the Mayor and Town-Clerk, and that be then returned with the original precept to the Sheriff at Exeter. He thereby acted very properly, for the Act of Parliament required that he should not only serve the pre cept on the officer entitled to hold the election, but that he should obtain his endorsement of the due receipt of the paper. Now the statement of the parties in the petition was, that the Mayor, the Deputy Mayor appointed to officiate in his absence, the Town-Clerk, and also another gen tleman previously Mayor, were absent with the inten tion of avoiding the service. He (Sir T. Fremantle) was.not prepared to say he could prove that fact, but he could prove that they were in London at the time the Election Committee were sitting, and he believed two of them were in the room when the decision of the Committee was announced to the parties. There could be no &Jobe, therefore, that they were quite aware of the issuing of the new writ. The importance of the evidence did not turn upon the misconduct of the Mayor in reference to gaining time, but it had reference to the validity of any election which might take place under these circumstances, because the Sheriff was bound, within three days, to serve his precept on the Mayor, and if the precept was not served on the Mayor within three days a grave question would arise whether the election upon that precept received by him subsequently to th hr S I =~'Ta .I•V'ff.t!*-4--',t;4! :?c! - .~ y i F 4 h t ; i " , .