The Sun. — London, England, 1840-07-14 00:00:00

EVEN lisTG EDIT I ON. --- SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOUitN ALS (71t051 THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.) (From the Globe.) The attempt to cast censure on the Governm int for undue severity to the Chartist convi:ts uas a co-11p!ete failure. It was shown that every int , rference from the Herne-office had been in relaxation of the rul ,- .s of prison discipline, and in mitigation of that punishment which tape law had sanctioned and the Judges had ordered. The allegations to the contrary were fully answered in the debate, and we feel it unnecessary to enter upon them here, but we must express our regret that a sensible and experienced politician like Mr. T. Dun coinbe should have gone so far as to say that he " en tirely ooncurred in every word of the libel for the pub lication of whieti Lovett and Collins we re found guilty ;" and to prevent the possibility of mistake he read the whole of it. In it the police are styled " a blood-thirsty and unconstitutional force from London, acting under the authority of men who, when out of office, sanc tioned and took part in the, meetings of the people, and now, when they share the public plunder, seek le keep the people in social slavesw and political degra dation." In another part of the libel it is stated that " the arrest of Dr. Taylor affords another convinc ing proof of the absence of all justice in England." We think the Honorable Member for Finsbury,on calmly reading in the morning what he is reported to have said at night, will no longer be disposed to concur in every word or even in those which we have quoted. Mr. Sturge was said to have published a report re flecting quite as strongly on the police, and it was asked, why was he not prosecuted? Something depends upon the time at which a seditious libel is issued. There is a difference betxeen throwing a match into a powder magazine, when fell, and repeating the act after the explosion—a jacobite libel which might have been very dangerous in 1745, would not call for prosecution now. (Fetim the Standard.) In the course of the debate upon Mr. T. Dun combe's motion on Friday night it was intimated that Ministers have in hand some scheme for regu lating punishmt9t—a part of which is the establish ment of a distinction between " political' and other offences. The most ordinary, if not the only, class of acts in which political can be connected with other transgressions, is that class to which the name of " libels " is indifferently given by lawyers. Now, we con have no abjection whatever to the establishment of tie broadest distinction between what are called " sedi tious libels" and what are called blasphemous libels, and libels tending to corrupt morals nn the one side, and all o..her nets called libellous on the opposite side. We agree so far in the Ministerial scheme, hut in or II it. ..1,-=er‘in;y ot a ! poni*lime:il L (oin, for theinse'ves, are lo,;,:1:4 to tent time, when, a beiore, ti.cy no;st da,atfec- tion among the people, in order to climb again into • dike ; bat a 'theory remarkably opposed to their own practice, to the first principles of legilation, to the. principles of justice, and to the fundamental principles -• of the law of England. The purpose of punishment is to deter from crimes effecting the well-beieg of society, 'and the s fete and comfott 'of its members. Punish ments ar , , therefore, properly proportioned to the temptation which may cause offences to be frequent, and to the degree of injury which the offences arc cal _ culated to infix% (From the Courier.) -- In the remarks of the limes this morning - on the •-• strange opinions rented by Lord Ellenborough during ••• -the latecliscassions'on the Canada Goverment Bill,we take Nave to express our entire concurrence. A 3 man ▪ is said to he at all times equally wise, and as moreover no man can he equally learned on all subjects so, by way of apology for his Lordship, we may assume that his Canadian studies are by no means on a par with his legal ~ 'attainments, The stronghold of his objections to the csinsists in the oppressim it is calculaud to work towards Lower Canada ; in the partiality by w hi c h 'Upper Canada i 6 endowed with an equality of votes, being numerically inferior in population. Now to our • minds, and we venture to add to thosa of all thinking - men, the injustice and the peril are both on the other side. Lower Canada, excepting for its British population, end that, we fear, inconsiderable prcportion of the French Canadians who remained loyal in the worst of times, can have no claims to the rights of a free constitution at fill, but on the reverse stands clearly disqualified for any other form of Government but that of a vigorous although not persecuting despot ism. Were it po,sible or politic to withhold for any length of time from the British of origin or bi-th, in the lower proiince, tl:c enjoyment of constitutional rights, which it is not, we should be indisposed to any change from the system by which at present ruled, and to which, as so ably *administered by Sir John Colborne, now Ler& Seaton, its preservation is solely referable. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE (LLOYD'S.) VESSRLS SPOKEN Wiru —The 'lkon(ldle, tram Liver pool to Constantinople, 26tti ult , if Cape St. Vircent ; Two Filends, of Jersey, 30th, lat. 3, ion. 71, by the Wil liam, Strong, arrived at Falmouth. Elizabeth, Moore of Whi!ohaven, for Valparaiso, 4 h ult., lat. 5, lon. 31 W. ; Victory. !tuft, Baia to Hamburg, 7th, !at 4 N., lon 33 %V., by the Dolphin, Mille, at - rived cif Falmouth. Ibeiia, 4th inst., off Cave St. Vincent, by the Royal Tar, arrived at Falmouth. Thames, of Islloa, Qm.bec to Le:.tb, 4th inst., IM. 50, lon. 35, by the Sarah Ann, T,31 ,r, a7rivi.d in the Clyde. Tam O'Sluinter, from Fri s'e, 11th ult., off Gibraltar, by the Charles Edward, arri,cd in the Clyde. Hunter, Malta to London, 99 b. off !.;ape S, artel , by t he Thornby, Foreman, artived at Gibraltar. Lady Corn call, Birnie, bound to Rio Janeiro ; 28th ult., lat. 48, 12 by the Rowoliester, Swarilr, arrived at Oporto; Exile, Patty, from Bordeaux, 14 h ult.. off Bar Is'and ; Rich 11i0n..! Castle, Rowcheater, f.ir Prince Elwarti's Island, 20th, bit 45, lon. 56, by the Ridical, Anrierson, arrivcd at Bridgewate . : ; Theron, Li,innelly to New York, 7th inst., lat. 51, lon. 9, by the Margaret, Hillrna arriv( dat Newport; 31.17 - y and Ali;7e, London to Ta:magouchc, 25th ult., la'. 47, lou. 43 ; Commedort, Hamburg to N e w. fouadland, 20th, lat. 48, lon. 40, by the British Queen, arrived at Newry. DISCOVERY OF TILE A NTA RC TI C CONTI- N Y. NT. —An interesting rather than iruportant geographical tlis covvry I as tails , year been made iu the Southern Antarctic Ocean, cf an island continent with a coast of 1,700 miles from Not to wes , , hut sit uizted so far to the south as 61 to 66; it will he unit-callable for tillage or settlement, though highly useful for 3 'al and whale fishery. The most singular coincidence th a t it ;vas discover. dby the French and Americans on the same day, January 19, 1,410, at the distance of 720 miles from h other. By refrrenco to the map, it will be seen the above discoreriro are in the longitude of New S,mth Wales, aml a e ., n tiouAtion mo,t probal,ly of the same continent ; for a series of largo islan Is nas discovered in 1530 by Mr. John Bri,eoe, of tho Navy, who, when commanding the brig Tida, on a seal ing vapige, f.ll in with the lawl in lat. (17.. long. 50. (that of the Maur ties), and coasted it for 300 miles. He was also driven off by a. rare wea.her aid Sydney Herald. - - - NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY. -- \Ve arc sorry to find that some of the shareholders of this concern have telt disappointed at •lic smlilness of the first week's traffic re turns. h they exi.cct 8,0001. or 10,09 r/. a week to flow in upon thorn at ow c, they must be very inexperionced in railway matters. Was it so In the London and Birmingham, Great. Western, Smith-Western, or any other line now possessing large tr.lfic? The lowness of the returt.s in the London and Bir mingham, and Aouih—Western, at first, was notorious, and not enough to pay the expenses. Ii the judgment of men the most eperioaced in railway matters is worth anything, this line mu , t eventually turn out one of the most valuable of the great trunk lines yet made. Onr advice to the shareholders is not to he dispirited and sell their shares in a hurry.—Raiiu,ty Maga e. WONDERFUL FECUNDITY OF TIIE Cow.— Mr. Gorge Colebrook, of Netherlands Farm, near Petworth, has a cove, which has produced him no less than five salvos within a year, having had twins about ten months ago, and a few days back producing three at one birth.— Hants Ad rertiser. STATISTICS OF MANUFACTURING AT HEY athow.—About twsnty-five years since the principal trade in • • -Hry.wood was cotton hand-loom weaving of fustians. In - • • , ' , 1817 there were 10 small cotton mills; in 1833 there were 27 ; the member at present is 34 ; steam-engines, 42 ; carding eogines, :177 ; power looms, 4,187; spindles, 236,124 ; the :amount of hands directly employed, 5,190. The description • goods manufactured are chiefly velveteens, velvets, beaver -. teens, swansdowns, pillows, moleskins, &c. About a mile and a half from Heywood, mad one mile from Bury, is a large woollen millen mill, t‘s yards i n l engt h b y 75 it:width, sup ported by 2,688 feet of shafting, and 450 gas jets. Cotton bandlo , .m weaving at H e y woo d i s a l most extinct.— Bo'fon Free Pr es 4. DUATH OF THE HON. COLONEL STOPFORD.--- Tke decease of this gallant officer took place on Sunday last, at Courtoun Castle, the seat of his brother, the Earl of Cour toun. eolonel Stopford was the second su rv i v i ng son of the late Earl of Courtonn, and cousin of the Duke of Buccleuch, the Marquis of Lothian, &c. He commanded a company in the ~W 1 or Scots Fusilier Gualrds but sold out o f th e serv i ce seve seaffears ago. tol. Stopford married, July 5, 1830, Horatio Charb‘te, relict of R. Tibbits, Esq., by whom he has left an infantion. Mr. Sirrpford is also deceased. An extraordinary mortality has prevailed in the Courtoun family. The present . ,Earl lost his lady in the dower of her youth, at Rome. She .was sister t 9 the Duke„of 13uccleuch, and since then Lady Mary Stopford, the lien. General Sir Edward Stopford, Lady Eliza Saopford, and the late Earl have dial. About three years ago two daring burglaries were osmirnittod at the residence of the Countess of Dy ',art, at Ham, near Richmond, and the robbers escaped. "'A few days ago the Honourable Mr. Tollemache, received • "' : 4 "r o ‘ . It' letter from Jorws alias Purdy, who was recognized at zo-i Chelmsford, while in custody, upon a charge of bur glary at Weldon, as ha vin g bee n one o f the me n concerned in the murde r of Mr. Harve y Combe's g amekee p er it., at Cobham, and who was convicted at the late Essex sessions, and srztented to be transported for life, in which he confessed • , that 'was concerned in both the burglaries at Lady Dysart's and entered into all the particulars of the robberies. Ile , states that on the first occasion he went in company with two others - to the house, and obtained an entrance by the kitchen window, and after having ransacked that part of • . . the house, they proceeded to the butler's pantry, where they got a quantity of plate, which they afterwards sold to a • Jew in London for 41. The real valise of the plate so disposed of was nearly 100/. He states that, on the second occasion, when he went to the house, he was alone, and he obtained ac ._ in the same way, and was going again into the butler's room, when he found that a door had been put up, which ar.. . rested his further progress, and he was compelled to retrace his steps. lie afterwards endeavoured to get into another part of the house, by one 0 the windows, but, hearing some of the - " lervatits stirring, he was obliged to relinquish the attempt. It ' is understood that no further pro cee di ngs w ill b e t a k en against • this man for his share in the murder, as his companions were only convicted of manslaughter, which would not subject him . o . rs i ti'. ;;,, to any heavier punishment than his present sentence. HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS. REPORT. THE SELECT COMMITTEE appointed to inquire into the circumstances aff2cting the HEALTH of the INHA BITANTS of LARGE TOWNS and POPULOUS DIS TRICTS, with a view to Improved Sanatory Regu lations for their benefit, and who were empowered to report their observations, together with the Mirrutes of evidence taken before them, to the House, have considered the matters to them re ferred, and have agreed to the following Report : Your Committee hare inquired carefully into the matters submitted to them, and find that sanatory re gulations in many of the principal towns of the realm are most imperfect and neglected, and that hence result great evils, suffering, and expense, to large bodies of the community. They have proposed several remedies ; viz. general Acts to facilitate regulations in budding, sewerage, and local improvements, applicable to popu lous districts ; also the establishment of boards of health and local inspectors, and have made other sug gestions detailed in their Report. Before entering into the result of their inquiries, your Committee venture to lay before the House a few preliminary observations respecting the important sub ject which has been entrusted to their consideration. By reference to the Population Returns it appears that, from the beginning of the present century, the whole population of Great Britain has increased at the rate of nearly 16 per cent. every 10 years, from 1809 to 1811, thence to 1821, and again to 1831 ; and there is every reason to believe about the same rate of increase will. be found to have taken place n e xt y ear, when the next decennial return will be made. Whilst, however, such has been the increase in the population of the kingdom at large, reference to •the same returns, shows that the augmentation of numbers in the great towns of the realm has been much more rapid ; thus, whilst the increase of population in England and Wales, in 30 years, from 1801 to 1831, has been something more than 47 per cent., the actual increase in the number of inha bitants of five of our most important provincial towns has very nearly doubled that rate ; being Manchester lO3 per cent. Glasgow lOB -- Birmingham Leeds Liverp00l giving an average increase of almost 98 per cent. in five cities, whose united population in 1831 amounted to 844,700, and at the pressent time may be calcu lated at not less than 1,126,000. Far the larger por tion of this vast body of persons arc engaged constantly in occupations connected with manufactures or com- - [ I ft , port then, aft cr referri.:g to the evidence be.,tore the Committe , rAttivis, to the prneee , is to de.,cribe the condition of fly.. large towas, beginning with Liv;..rpool.] The prevalence of fevers and others diseases arising from neglect of due sanatory regulations, is by no means confined to the populous districts of the metropolis above described ; .but the same causes appear to pro duce the same effects, in a greater or less degree, in all our great towns. In some of them these evils, and the mis::ry consequent upon them, is much increased by pe culiar faults in the form and construction of the humble dwellings of the poorer asses. This seems owing to the scant of all proper regulations in any general Build. ing Act, applicable to the poorer class of houses in these crowded districts, for preserving due space and ventilation. Thus in Liverpeol there are upwards of 7,800 ir.ha bited cellars, occupied by upwards of 39,000 persons, being one-fifth of all the working classes in that great town ; and on account of undoubted veracity states " that the great proportion of these inhabited cellars were dark, damp, confined, ill-ventilated, and dirty." In Manchester also, nearly 13,000 persons, being al most 1.3 per cent. of the working population, live in cellars ; and in the adjacent town of Salford, 3,300. • Such an habitation must almost necessarily be unhealthy as it implies the impracticability of proper drainage and ventilation. Another form of construction of houses for the work ing classes, which your Committee considers highly in jurious to the health of the inmates, prevails extensively in many large towns, and especially in Liverpool ; viz. the position of rows of small houses in close courts, • built up at the sides and end, and having only one en trance, frequently under a narrow archway. 'I he evils arising from this cause are much increased when it is found, as in Liverpool, that it is combined with another error in the construction of rows of these houses, viz. that they are placed back to back, so as to exclude the pcssibiay al thorough ventilation. It has been stated to your Committee, that there are in Liverpool about 2,400 courts, chiefly of this con struction, containing an estimated population of about 86,000 of the working classes, in addition to 38,000 living in cellars. Independent of this faulty construc tion, so injurious to the health of the inhabitants, the state of most of these courts is described as almost ut terly neglected, with no underground sewers, and no Attention to cleansing, with no inspection of any kind, and the surface gutters frequently almost choked with filth. These court; are thus described by Dr. Dancan, an intelligent. physician resident at Liverpool:—" Very few I,ave an entrance wider than four feet, and that is by an archway built over it ; the width is from 9 to 15 feet between the rows ; there is one only six feet. The backs of the houses in one court are built against the b setts of houses in another court ; at the further end there is generally an ash pit between two privies ; they are in the most abominable state of It is scarcely possible to conceit e any construction more prrjudieidl to the frea!tn of the inlet biti:fifs. " The stench arising from these causes is such, in some of tla: courts, as to render it almost impossible to remain for any time in them." The great mortality of Liverpool is noticed, and a question is asked, " Do you know whether fevers have prevailed in Liverpool ?" to which the answer is, Yes, fever i the great complaint of these people." " Does that arise in any mea,ure from the want of ventilation and cleanliness in those dwellings ?—A. There can be no doubt of that ; I found fever most prevalent in those districts where there is most neglect of cleanliness and ventillation." " Can you give any facts with respect to any particu lar localities where fever has been for a length of time, or where it frequently prevails ?—A. I can state the average number of cases of fever attended annually_ by tire dispensaries, and the proportion of those occurring in courts ; the average number during the last five years was upwards of 3,003, exclusive of the cases oc curring among the members of clubs and friendly socie tics, of which there are many is Liverpool ; th,it is about one in :35 in all classes of the population ; that in the courts is about two-fifths, and between one-half and one-quarter in the cellars." Agaio, it is said, " The proportion of cases of fever occurring among the inhabitants of ce:lars is about 35 per cent. more than it ought to be, calculating the pro portion of the inhabitants of the cellars to the whole population ; one in 33. c." It appears that this kind of property is constantly increasing ; is a very profitable and tempting investment ; is the cause of great cost to the community, but contri butes but little to the parochial burdens, as it is stated there arc 16,800 cottages in the parish of Liverpool as sessed under 121. per annum, and of that number only 900 contribute to the rates, and their contribution is 7001. on a levy of 10,0001. Your Committee would pause, from the sad state ments they have been obliged to make, to observe that it is painful to contemplate, in the midst of what appears an opulent, spirited, and flourishing community; such a vast multitude of our poorer fellow-subjects, the instru ments by whose hands these riches were created, con demned, for no fault of their own, to the evils so justly complained of, and placed in situations whore it is almost impracticable for them to preserve health or decency of deportment, or to keep themselves and their children from moral and physical contamination ; to require them to ho clean, sober,cheerful, contented, under such cir cumstances would be a vain and unreasonable expecta tion. There is no Building Act to enforce the dwel lings of these workmen being properly constructed ; no Draining Act to enforce their being efficiently drained ; no general or local regulation to enforce the commonest provisions for cleanliness and comfort. It appears to your Committee that where such evils arc fouad to follow from the neglect or inability in these respects of local authorities, that it is the duty of the Legislature to take efficient steps to protect so nume rous and valuable a portion of the community. These evils, arising from the malconstruction and crowded state of tbeir dwellings ; the absence of a good system of sewerage, and all adequate inspection and cleansing of the courts and alleys in which they reside, are found to exist in like manner in many parts of the metropolis, in Manchester, Leeds, Bradford, Glasgow, and other large towns. Thus, in Manchester, the capital as it may be called t e l o la n n st 2 an 4 t O ly ,Ot i O nh , ab n i e t a c rl e y lla l r 3 s ,.ooo of the poorer inhabitants of th e cotton tra d e, w i t h a population of not less the worki ng c l asses are described Thougha betterhe h a h a i l t a a n t i o t n h s o s o e f of Liverpool, the want of proper building regulations, and any effectual sewerwre and cleansing, as applicable to the localities inhabited by the workmen, is most justly complained of. Your Committee would here beg to quote a few lines from an able letter, which will be found in the Appen dix, written by J. Itoberton, Esq., an eminent sur geon, residing at 'Manchester, to the Chairman. After s uo g tn r u a y o f y i uml the eo a v t e e z me of ae te l not inh s et these a e u t s taain:lodvreidrt t i r e i a n s i g n i s n t , o c h a t e r h ry e b i e n f a g o r r s rn o t n e e r s t s ( i l a M l res p ec t s , " especially when it is known that no street can be paved and sewered without the consent of the owners of property, unless a certain large proportion of the land on either side is built upon. Owing to this cause, several important streets remain to this hour disgraceful nuisances. " Manchester," continues the writer," has no Building Act, and hence, with the exception of certain central streets, over which the Police Act gives the Commis- iioners power, each proprietor builds as he pleases. New cottages, with or without cellars luddled to 4ether, row behind row, may be seen springing up in many parts. With such proceedings as these the au • hontics cannot interfere. A cottage row may be badly drained, the streets may be full of pits, brimful of stagrant water, the receptaelfgs of dead dogs and cats, yet no one may find fault: " The number of the cellar residences you have pro bably learned from the pope's published by the Man chester Statistical Society, is very great in all quarters of the town ; and even in Hulme, a large portion of which consists of cottages recently erected, the same practice is continued. That it is an evil must be ob vious on the slightest consideration ; for how can a hole underground, of from 1 2 to 15 feet square, admit of ventilation, so as to fit It for a human habitation ?" " 'We have no authorised inspectors of dwellings and streets." Alter remarking that, when well fed, the families of working people maintain their health in a surprising manner, even in cellars and other close dwellings, he states, " That in 1833, 1831, 1835, and 1836 (years of prosperity), the number of fever cases admitted into the Manchester House of Recovery amounted to only 421 per annum ; whilst in two pinching years, 1838 and 1839, the number admitted was 1,207 per annum." " It is," acids this benevolent gentleman, " in such a depressed state of the manufacturing districts as at pre sent exists, that unpaved and badly sewered streets, narrow alleys, dose, unventilated courts and cellars, exhibit their malign influence in augmenting the sufferings which that greatest of all physical evils, want of sufficient food, inflicts on young and old in large towns, but espe- cially the young." " Manchester," he adds, " has no public park or other ground where the population can walk and breathe the fresh air, and, in this respect, is disgracefully defective, more so, perhaps, than any town in the empire." Your Committee have dwelt longer on the state of Nlanehester and Liverpool than they should otherwise have done, because these great towns are so much sup ported by, and connected with, the cotton manufac ture, which employs a greater amount of capital and workmen than any other in this empire, or, perhaps, in any quarter of the globe, and which is rapidly in creasing in importance, and the number of persons oc cupied in it is constantly augmenting. It seems alike a matter of duty and policy in the Legislature to take care that the industrious classes, by whose hands the great riches derived from this trade are chiefly formed, should be protected from evils (such as have been described), by the Government and the more opulent ranks, who owe zo much to their un wearied exertions. If from the fz re , q to cennected with the e ! ntton trade ,our Committee turn their attention to tho,,e vi.e:e ins popuktion chiefly e.inplo: eel in the tyoAllei, or.Enui4etures (the second in point of est Na.), they r e. gret to have to report that the evidence adduced before them shows nearly the same neglect as to any effective regulations to provide for the comfort or ensure the health of the labouring community. Thus, in Leeds, with a population of above 80,000 rrsons, the state of the streets, courts, and dwellings inhabited by the working classes appears greatly neg lected ; paving, sewerage, and cleansinc , (as applicable to the health and comfort of these workmen) seem sel dom thought of and never enforced. Your Committee are, however, happy to remark, that the great town of Birmingham, inhabited by so many industrious mechanics, so long celebrated for their skill and ingenuity, appears to form rather a favourable contrast, in several particulars, with he state of other large towns. The nature of the employment generally appears not injurious to health ; the general custom of each family living in a separate dwelling is conducive to comfort and cleanliness, and the good site of the town, and the dry and absorbent nature of the soil, arc very great natural advantages. Still there are many regulations of great consequence to the health and comfort of the in habitants which appear neglected, to some of which your Committeee will advert in the remedies they recoLi mend. Some sanatory regulations respecting the com mon lodging-houses appear absolutely necessary for the safety of the community. In addition to their inquiry into the state of many of the large towns of England, your Committee also di rected their attention to the condition of Dublin and Glasgow. With respect to the former, although many improvements may be made, and additional sanatory re gulations arc absolutely necessary, they do not think it necessary to do more than direct attention to the able evidence of Dr. Maunsell respecting it, containing many valuabie suggestions. With regard to Glasgow, however, they arc sorry to observe that the details are of the most melancholy and afflicting nature. An intelligent witness, who has bait every means of knowledge, states " that penury, dirt, misery, drunkenness, disease, and crime, culminate in Glasgow to a pitch unparalleled in Great Britain." And in another place, " I did not believe, until I vi sited the wynds of Glasgow, that so large an amount of filth, crime, misery, and disease, existed in one spot in any civilized country." The witness was eccimpanied by the magistrates and heads of the police, and describes the want of ven tilation, sewerage, cleansing, and attention to the health of the poorer inhabitants in the lower parts of the town as most grievous in its effects. The result is summed up in the fAlowing terms :—" Such being the state of things in large districts of Glasgow, it is not surprising that the number of persons who died last vpar was 10,270, lacing at the rate of one in :24 6-10 to the whole population, or that out of tl - :at number 2,180 died of typlms fever, which never leaves Glasgow." These melancholy details, which can scarcely be read without shuddering, are am ply confirmed b 3 Dr. Cowan, a physician resident in the town, whose work, called " Vital Statistics?' has been laid before yatir Committee, and its general accu racy proved. It is there stated, and confirmed in evi dence, that the rate of mortality in Glasgow has in creased most rapidly, and is thus given in round num bers :-1829, 1 in 39 ; 1831,1 in 3v ; 1835, 1 in 29 ; 1838, 1 in 26 ; thus showing the frightful increase from 1 in 39 to 1 in 26 in 17 years. And again, it is shown that the mortality in children under 10 years of age has risen from 1 in 75 in 1821 to lin4B in 1839. " Fever, it is stated, has boon gra dully increasing in the city of Glasgow, and its victims constitute within a fraction of 55 out of everyloo patients treated in our hospitals." "This increase has been during a period of great prosperity." The Report quoted goes on to say, " We may safely assume that the 12,895 individuals treated in the fever hospitals during the last seven years, all, with few exceptions, de pending on their daily labour, and extending the benefit of that labour to others, were out of employment for a period of six weeks." (TO BE CONTINUED ) THE NEW MASTER IN CHANCERY.—The Mastership in Chancery, vacant by the displacing of Lord Hen ley under the recently passed Act of Parliament, has been pre sented to John Ron - filly, Esq., the son of the late lamented Sir Samuel Romilly. EXTRAORDINARY FLEECE OF WOOL.—Mr. Wm. Bird of Sutton, a few days ago, sheared a 5-year old ram, purchased of Mr. J. Bisshopp, of Westburton, the fleece of which (being perfectly clean) weighed upwards of tredve pounds.— I,ants Advertiser. On the 12th inst., at Cumberland Lodge, the C.suntess of Uxbrid,-, of a still born son. - - - - SUSPECT - ED MURDER.—On `Wednesday morn ing last, at six o'clock, the body of a man named William Reynolds Rothery was taken out of the canal between the Wellington and the Suspension Bridges, near Wellington. road, in this town. The body contained several marks of lence—the principal of which were a gash in the throat, about two and a half inches wide and two inches deep, and a cut on the left side of the nose. The unfortunate young man, who was about twenty-one years of age, was of temperate habits and frugal disposition, and obtained his livelihood in the capacity of a dealer in rags, irons, bones, and articles of a si milar kind. His place of residence appears to have been in Ilolbeck-lane, opposite the -Volunteer public-house. In this place he resided alone. The deceased left Holbeck on Thurs day week, about twelve o'clock at noon, carrying with him some rags for sale, which he disposed of at Mr. Kirk's rag-ware house, Meadow-lane, for cash. The last. time he was seen, so far as it has been ascertained, was on 'Thursday week, six days before discovered in the canal. When he left home he was attired in a common cloth cap, lacking the neb, a checked handkerchief, ootton shirt, short blue linen smock, pair of fustian trousers, blue cotton stockings, and pair of laced boots. The height of his person was about fire feet six inches, of slender make, with light complexion, blue eyes, and light-coloured hair.—Leeds Times. GRAND ENTERTAINMENT GIVEN BY THE DIRECTORS OF THE EAST INDIA COMFANY TO LORD KEANE, LATE COMMANDER OF THE ARMY OF THE INDUS. —A most splendid banquet was given at the London Tavern, on Saturday evening, by the Directors of the East India Com pany, to Lord Keane, on his return to this country, and in ho nour of his Lordship's brilliant victories in the East Indies. There were present the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Mel bourne, the Marquis of Normanby, Lord Hill, Lord Abinger, Earl of Munster, Lord Morpeth, Lord Seaton, Sir John Ilob house, Sir George Grey, Sir James Macdonald, Lord Denman, Sir George Murray, Sir Hussey Vivian, Sir C. Dalbiac, Sir Charles Adam, the Vice Chancellor, the Attorney-General, Dr. Lushington, Mr. Sheil, Sir E. Paget, the Deputy Chair man of the Company, and many officers who have been con nected with the armies of India. About 150 Noblemen and Gentlemen sat down to a most sumptuous repast. 'rise chair was taken by Mr, Butterworth Bailey. SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—LateIy, as a lad, employed at the British Company's Wharf, in this town, was standing near the canal, a fine Newfoundland dog, which belonged to the late Mr. Elsdon, approached to caress him, in doing which the energy of his fondness was so forcible that he pushed the boy into the canal, when the sagacious animal, on perceiving the danger to which he had subjected the lad, im mediately plunges! into the water, and succeeded in bringing his friend safely to shore. —Monmouthshire Merlin. THE TURN-OUT AT STOCKPORT.—The diq pute which has now existed nearly ten weeks between the ma nufacturers and power-loom weavers of Stockport, is not yet terminated. Several mills are only partly at work. The whole number of weavers out of employ last Wednesday was 1,324 ; but some of them have since commenced work, and it is expected that the rest will not hold out any considerable time. The dispute between greats and the manufacturers apf the pear far from an e nd, and g inconvenience is felt by some o weavers, who have returned t o work.—Bolton Free Press. Fresh herrings, caught by the fishermen of Burn mouth, were yesterday sold in o ur market at Gd. p er dozen. Next week the fishing is to be commenced . by the fishermen of our port; and we are happy to hear . there is every prospect of a successful season.--Berwick 'MT; Wel., 1 1 1111 SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, ULY 14, 1840. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY 13. Their Lordships met at a Quarter before Five o Clock. Lord STRANGFORD presented a petition from the hand-loom weavers of Norwich, against any reduc tion of the duty on foreign silks. The Timber Ships Bill was read a third time and passed. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY gave notice that he would on to-morrow put a question to the No ble Viscount at tha head of her M a j es ty' s Government, in reference to a lettet which had appeared in the pub lic papers from Sir pc Lacy Evan s , on th e subject of the claims of the British Legion. THE SULPHUR TRADE. Lord LYNDHURST asked of Lord Melbourne whether any a►rarigement had been come to with the Sicilian Government on the subject of the sulphur trade? Lord MEL BOURNE had every reason to believe that an arrangement had been made to do away with the monopoly. Lord LYNDHURST—And to give compensation to British subjects ? Lord MELBOURNE—To give compensation as soon as the claims can be ascertained. On the motion of Lord ELLENBQROUGH, the Commons' amendments to the Vaccination Bili were agreed to, and the Bill was passed. MESSAGE FROM THE CROWN. THE REGENCY. Lord MELBOURNE rose, and in a low tone said, a message from her Majesty."—(Loud cries of " ) The LORD CHANCELLOR then read the mes- HLa o t r s d e s, ff.„ sage, as follows : " The uncertainty of human life, and a deep sense of my duty to my people, render it incumbent upon me to recommend to you to consider contingencies which may hereafter take place, and to make such provision. as will, in any event, secure the exercise of the Royal authority. " I shall _be prepared to concur with you in those measures which may appear best calculated to maintain unimpaired the power and dignity of the Crown, and thereby to strengthen the szcurities which protect the *ights and liberties of my people." V. R. Lord MELBOURNE then gave notice that he would to-morrow move that the message be taken into consideration. Lord BROUGHAM presented several petitions from Chester against the Weaver Churches Bill. The petition,: \% ere ord.-red to he referred to the ( - .!m)'cif tee. A rorisi*HlATloN .11 . ,STICE BILL. The j,(.1:;) ('ll.\ NI:1.1 1,1,01: moved tikt the Report of the s c i,,, t on the Administration of Justice 13111 should ho brought up. Lord BROUGHAM expressed a hope that a more comprehensive measure might yet be introduced with regard to the Appellate jurisdiction. The Noble and Learned Lord then proposed to make an addition to the Bill, to the effect that the Judges of the Court of Chancery should have the same power of arranging the practice of that Court which had been given by a former Act to the Common-law Judges, and which had met with the approbation of the profession. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the propo sition should have his entire concurrence. Lord ELLENBOROUGH thought the Bill much better now than as originally introduced. After a few words from Lord BROUGHAM, the Report was brought up, the amendments ordered to be printed, and the Bill read a third time on Thursday next. CANADA. Viscount MELBOURNE moved the third reading of the Canada Government Bill. The Duke of WELLINGTON said he still entertained the same opinion of this Bill he did on the second reading, but he would recommend their Lordships to allow the Bill to go go down for the further consideration of the other House of Parliament. With respect to what had taken place in relation to the question of a local responsible Government, in his opi nion they ought to have had, they could not have had the cpinion of the Legislature of Lower Canada, but they ought to have had the unbiassed opinion of the Legislature of tipper Canada, who had assisted her Majesty's Governor in subduing the rebellion, and driving out, what he would call, the foreign enemy. They ought to have had their opinion unbiassed by any ;nfluence, or anything that would lead to the supposition of evidence, and measures ought fairly to have been taken to make known, as early as possible, the opinion of her Majesty's Government, and that. in the most authoritative and authentic manner, on the subject of that q u e stion, which, fi it did not originate in the published report of one of her Majesty's servants, was at least consider ably excited and fomented by that report ; and it was therefore peculiarly incumbent on the successor of the Noble Lord to state the matter aright in the most authoritative manner. It appeared that some officers of the awernment in Upper Canada threw up their offices because they could nut support the measure of the Government.—(Hear.) But, after the publication in March of the despatch of the 14th of October, a contested election took place, and the Solicitor-General became a candidate for the representation of Toronto, and he claimed the sup port of the constituency on the ground of his being an advocate for the principle of local re presentative Government. He was elected, and notwithstanding the statements in the despatch of the 14th of October, he was continued in his office as Soli citor-General—that is, in fact, a member of the Ge verntnent.—(Hear, hear.) The truth was, that the principle of Local Representative Government was secre tly encouraged in Canada.—(Hear, hear.) The as amend e d. concluded mu in a e nGdilth t wa o ta n st e n h eeextaarcilityll exactly n h a oo u uf ( l i d i h t l e :o sit otherß r ( ee Rom Houseo Noble ale,ansLtoud rnod D (wi e u nEr l s : ttL e oo , LoNtv,hEili be he same opinion with the Noble Duke, and for the same reasons as those given by his Noble Friend, he wou ld not take all the means which he otherwise would to procure the rejection of the Bill. He concurred with the Noble Duke in reprehending the conduct of Mr. Thomson in not publishing the despatch al luded to. Lord MELBOURNE—With respect to the com plaints made by the Noble Duke and the Noble Baron opposite as to his Rlglit Hon. Friend's not having pub e lished yis lf4ntahndo country.fa d vlOitca was often f h must sty o the despatch of qat invya similartlia it w t cnur a se s frequently found to be difficult to know how to act when there was a feeling in the popular mind, which you do not think a correct one. It might, in some cases, be pru dent to face that feeling, and to stem the popular error. It night, on the other hand, be often prudent to wait until the feeling should die away, and the popular mind take a more wise direction. Which of those two courses you nd shhiosußldightatke Hon. Friend, mustdep tk depend intonn circum stances ; a con sideration the state of feeling in Canada, thought it most wise not to publish the despatch, in which the opinion of the Govern(); was declared, in opposition to what he knew to be the popular opinion. But, however, the opinion of the Government upon that subject was well known in Canada. It was well known that the Go vernment had net changed its opinion ; for his Noble Friend in the other House ( Lord J. Russell) had declared last Session that his opinion, and tbat of his colleagues, had undergone no change. Still his Right Hon Friend thought he had a right to use his own discretion, and he (Lord Melbourne) had seen no rerson to think that he erred in that judgment. He believed that on some points the information of the Noble Duke had been in accurate. The Solicitor-General had not left Toronto because he had disapproved of the conduct of the Go vernment, as the Noble Duke seemed to suppose. He lamented that the Noble Duke should have again ex pressed his disapprobation of the Bill, and his distrust of the effects which it would produce ; but he (Lord N th. l e elb s o e u n r se nc o ll h io e p r ed m th a jst a e tt y h ,s ose a nticipations and prophe cies would be found not to have been characterised by the Nobl e Duke s usual providence a nd sa g acit y . The Duke of WELLINGTO N thou g ht, after all that had passed, that it was indisp ensabl y necessar y that Ministry should have been made known on the subject of responsible government: Lord MELBOURNE said that it was a question of prudence and discretion. Lord ELLEN BOROUGH observed that the Governer -General had placed in office Mr. Baldwin, who had advocated the principle of local responsibility. Lord GOSFORD submitted that the qualifications carriedall no n ( t l n o doubt effect, of the Representatives, which was fixed at five hundred pounds, was too high fmustu i v t er lgl e l u t t. b em e p s l u u3 cc e c d s i s t; The Earl of RIPON. said if . the passed, they hig A h f r te e srpaonfes:vletvosituationswishthat persons who . differed from . them on great fundamental questions, it would be im possible that such could be the case.—(Hear, hear.) It was i ncum b ent u p o n the Government to require the resignation of Mr. Baldwin, or they would be sanc tioning principles which might lead to the separation of the colonies from the mother country.—(Hear.) Lord BROUGHAM said their Lordships would perhaps remember, that on a former occasion his obser vations had referred to the want of consent on the part of the coloni es , and to the nature of the measure, l bein g suc h as would lead to s e p aration, which, whatever , m bu ig t ht w be he t n h e oitpindoiidns otfaktehe pace in consequ ence of thi s measure what he w as apprehensive of was, that Noble Lords, he sho u ld not lame n t to see ta k e place at an earlier period, the parties would separate in ill-blood.—(Hear, hear.) It was not his intention to renew his arguments further than to state that he was sorry to say, having attended to the arguments and evidence on both sides, that if the consequence of the suppression of the despatch of the 14th of October was to lead the province into an error as to the opinion of her Majesty's Government and the House on the question of responsible Government .it was not much to be wondered at.—(Hear, hear,) Lord MELBOURNE wished to say, that they were distinctly given to understand that before Mr. Baldwin accepted office he had declared that he understood the words " responsible government" precisely in the sense in which they were used in the despatch of Lord John Russell, and that he did not wish for responsible go vernment in the sense put upon it by the Noble Duke, and in which it was generally understood by their Lord ships. The question was not whether by putting for ward the despatch they would have been acting pru dently or imprudently, and thereby the greatest diffe rence of opinion on the subject, as he had differed in opi nion on former times with his Hon. and Learned Friend. When his Noble and Learned Friend, with that decision which was suitable to his great and powerful talents, was always for stemming the popular current, but he (Lord Melbourne) with that policy which was perhaps more suitable to his talents, was for cutting it slip by slip.—(Laughter.) It was always a question of diffi culty, and one which depended on circumstances, to decide whether they would meet popular error in front, or allow it previously to expend its force. The Governor of Canada certainly thought that in the present circum stances of the colonies it would be better not to revive that subject, and so far he had been justified by the result, for in the last despatches of Sir George Arthur's, it was said that the cry for responsible government had died away, , and was now little heard of in the co'ony. —(Hear, hear.) With respect to the suggestions of altering the qualification, he would only say that that qualification was settled in the colony, and therefore could not be presumed to be too high, and he thought it would be in the highest degree imprudent to have a small qualification.—(Hear, hear.) The Earl of WICKLOW observed, that it would appear then that Mr. Thomson was a fit representa tive of the Noble Viscount, and not of a person of great and powerful mind.—(Laughter.) After a few words from Lord BROUGHAM, the Bill was read a third time. Upon the question that the Bill do pass, The Duke of WELLINGTON observed that the amendment Ir.) proposed, relating to taxation, was only carrying a little further the views of the House of Commons. Lord ELLENBOROUGH said it had always been admitted, that in regard to taxation in colonies, that House had equal jurisdiction with the House of Commons. The Bill was then passed. The Marquis of WESTMINSTER presented a petition against the Weaver Churches Bill. Their Lordships adjourned at Twenty Minutes to Seven o'Clock. *HOUSE OF COMMONS, JULY 13. TiV; SrEAKER took the Chit short!y bcfore Tour n'ckwrk. f lb , (notion of Mr. MORRIS, state Bill las rcad a second time, and ordered to lie committed. Mr. HODGES brought up the Report of the Com mittee on the London and Greenwich Railway Enlarge ment and Station, and the Bill was ordered to be re committed. On the motion of Mr.'OS WALD, the Lords' amend ments to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill were agreed to. On the motion of Mr. LOWTHER, the Earl of Scarborough's Estate Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. Mr. GREEN brought up the Report of the Com mittee on Angerstein's Estate, and the Bill was read third time and passed. Sir DELAaY EVANS presented a petition, signed by 400 inhabitants of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields and St. Anne's, Westminster, in favour of opening a com munication between Long-acre and Piceadilly.—Re ierred to the Committee on the Metropolitan Improve ments. Mr. VILLIERS presented petitions from Lambeth, Horsleydown, and other places, in favour of the repeal of the Corn-laws. Sir J. GRAHAM presented a petition from Messrs. Goding, of the Lion Brewery, against the proposed embankment of the Thames, as it would injure their property, and praying the House not to sanction and measure on the subject.—Referred to the Committee on the Thames Embankment. Mr. LOCH presented three petitions from different parts of Scotland against Lord Aberdeen's Scotch Church Bill. On the motion of Mr. WALLACE, Lord Douglas's Estate Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. _ Mr. MACAULEY brought up the Report of the Committee on the Militia Estimates.—Referred to the Committee of Supply. Mr. ESTCOURT brought up the Report of the Standing Orders Committee on the Metropolis Im provements Bill, authorising the parties to proceed with the Bill. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. Sir H. VIVIAN begged to call the attention of the House to the statements contained in a petition, which hal been presented on the subject of the Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the best line of railway communication between London and Dublin. That petition was signed by the Hon. Member of the county of Carnarvon, the Hon. Member for the Car narvon burghs, and others, and contained the follow ing passage :—" These opinions are strengthened by the reports of Sir Francis Smith and Professor Barlow, Sir JAMCS Gordon and Captain Beechy, R.N., docu ments which contain assertions the most -unfounded, and recommendations the most mischievous." Now, he trusted that the Hon. Member did not mean to apply these observations to the reports of these gentlemen. Mr. R. O. GORE had no hesitation in saying that it was not intended, by the parties who signed the peti tion, to cast any imputation or reflection whatever on Sir F. Smith or Professor Barlow. - Sir THOS. TROUBRIDGE wished the Hon. Member had extended his declaimer a little further, and included Sir J. Gordon and Captain_ Beechy, who had been spoken of in terms which he must call unwarrant able, and which their high characters and attainments by no means justified. Mr. R. 0. GORE was understood to say that he thought there were some assertions in the report 'whiel, were not warranted, and that these gentlemen had been misled in the statements they had made. Mr. ORMSBY GORE, sen., said the petition had been presented to him, but he had declined to sign it, although he must assert his right to affix his name to any document he thought proper. Sir T. TROUBRIDGE said it was his intention to call the attention of the House to the matter on Wednesday next. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY wished to make a few re marks, as his name was, in some degree, mixed up in the matter. The SPEAKER apprehended that the Hon. Mem ber would be more in order if he postponed his observa tions till the subject came regularly before the House. Mr. 0. STANLEY was understood to say that he would call the attention of the House to the petition at five o'clock. Mr. HUME presented a petition from. Kilwinning, complaining of the treatment of Lovett, Collins, Vin cent, F. O'Connor, and other political prisoners. Sir D. NORREYS presented a petition from me- dical practitioners in the south of Ireland, praying that Grand Juries might be empowered to grant remunera tion to medical witnesses in cases of misdemeanour as well as felony. Mr. KEMBLE presented a petition from the par;sh of St. Peter's, Wa!worth, in favour of Church Extension CANAL CARRIAGE BILL. Sir J. GRAHAM wished to ask his Hon. Friend near him (Mr. Green) if it were his intention to proceed any further with the Canal Carriage Bill ? Mr. GREEN said that as the Bill had been looked on with distrust by the carriers the Canal Company had requested him to withdraw it. He moved, therefore, that the order should be read and discharged. The order was accordingly read and discharged. Mr. COLQUHOUN presented a petition from the Port of Glasgow, praying for an efficient system of emigration ; also a petition from Glasgow against the intrusion,of Ministers in the Scottish Church. • Lord J. RUSSELL presented a petition froM the Medical Practitioners of Stroud, prayin ,, for Medical Reform ; also a petition from the Board of Guardians of Tamworth, praying for a reduction of the Assistant Poor-law C o mmissioners, and a petition from Dept ford in favour of the Poor-law Continuance Bill. Mr. SLANE Y gave notice that, on Friday next lie should move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the law relating to the building of houses below a certain value in populous towns. The Hon. Member also gave notice that he would, next Session, move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the laws relating to sewers and drainage in po pulous towns. Sir ROBERT PEEL presented a petition from a place in Scotland, in favour of Lord Aberdeen's Church of Scotland Bill. MESSAGE FROM THE CROWN. THE REGENCY. Lord JOHN RUSSELL appeared at the Bar with the following message from the Crown, which was read by the Speaker, every Member being uncovered : " Victoria Regina. The uncertainty of human life, and a deep sense of my duty to my people, render it incumbent on me to recommend to you to consider contingencies which may hereafter take place, and to make such provision as will, in any event, secure the exercise of the Royal authority. I shall be prepared to concur with you in those mea sures which may appear best calculated to maintain unimpaired the power and dignity of the Crown, and thereby to strengthen the securities which protect the ights and liberties of my people." V. R . Lord JOHN RUSSELL then rose and said,—Sir, as it is intended by her Majesty's advisers to introduce the proposed measure in the other House of Parliament, and as it would not be respectful to the Crown to delay the acknowledgment of this House of her Majesty's gracious message, I beg leave to move that an humble address bo presented to her Majesty, thanking her Ma- jesty for her most gracious Message,. and to assure her Majesty that this House will, with. the least practi cable delay, proceed to the consideration of such mea- sures as appear best calculated to rnaiutaie unimpaired the power and dignity of the Crown, and thereby strengthen the securities which protect -the rights and liberties of the people. The address was agreed to, nemine col.tradicente, and ordered to be presented to her Majesty ay those Mem bers who were of her Mjesty's Most - Honourable the Privy Council. BUSINESS OF THE I - LOUSE. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, th a t having arrived at that period of the S,ssion in which, such a course was necessary for the despatch of public business, he would propose that after that day public business-should com mence at half-past four o'clock.—Agreed to. SUPPLY. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved 'the Order of the Day for going into a Committee of Supply. Mr. HUME rose to call the attmntion of the House to a petition with which he had bcou entrusted by the Speaker of Prince Edward's Island... It was not his in- tention to make any motion on ;the subject, because he thought .it you'd be better, and more coo- sonant with the object of the House of Assembly, merely to point out their sense of their grievances, and what they asked.—(Order, order.) The SPEAKER intimated that, as the Hon. Gen tleman did not mean to make any motion on the sub- ject, he could not call the attention of the House to i on the present question. Mr. H UME submitted that, on reading the Order I of the Day for going into Committee of Supply, to make a statement of any grievances which they had to complain of, and he apprehended that such had been the invariable custom and usage of Parliament. Mr. BARNABY begged to ask the Noble Lord when it was• his intention to move the third reading of the County Constabulary Bill. Ho understood that Thursday next had beekfixed, and he wished to know whether it would be taken early in the evening. Lord J. RUSSELL intended to postpone the third reading on Monday, but it would not be in his power to propose it first, as his Right Honour able Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer in tended to brin g in the Iri s h Tith es Bill, an d i t was his (Lord John Russell's) intention to move the Report on the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill. He believed that he had not been sufficiently explicit in stating, his intention with regard to the Clergy Reserves (Canada) Bill. It stood: committed pro forma, and it was his intention to take the discus sion on Thursday, but he found the Bill would not be ready, and he should therefore postpone it till Monday. RAILWAYS. Lord S TATET‘'SFIT begged to ail; when it NVV, int , 'ndcd brio tor lid the di•cut—ion on the iteiltv4ys , 14 4rc.kt esi-tcd on the 3nhjeot Lord J. RUSSELL proposed bringing it forward on Thursday or Friday next. BIRMINGHAM CHARTER. Sir EARDLEY WILMOT wished to ask the Hon. Under-Secretary for the Home Department a question respecting the Birmingham charter. When the Birmingham Rates Bill was introduced they had been given to understand that the question of the validity of the charter would be soon set at rest. Since that period rates had been sought to be levied, and had been, in many instances, expressly refused, and not only had they been refused by many of the inhabitants of Birmingham, but the Magistrate himself, amongst the number, had received notices that they would be proceeded against by action if they signed any writ for bringing distresses for the reco very of those rates, and the consequence was that every thing was in a state of inextricable confusion. He wished to ask if it were likely that any decision would be come to with respect to the validity of the Birming ham Charter before the vacation ? Mr. FOX M AULE was not conversant with the proceedings of the Courts of Justice on this question. He was sorry that neither the Attorney-General or the Solicitor-General were present to answer the Hon. Baronet ; and he must be aware that if there was any delay it did not originate with Government. Colonel SIBTHORP wished to make a few ob servations.—(Cries of " Order.") The SPEAKER said the Hon. and Gallant Officer was clearly out of order. If he wished to ask a ques tion, he could do so. Colonel SIBTHOItP would like to know why the Attorney-General was not in his place ?—(Laughter.) That was a simple question.—(Roars of laughter.) A question had been put on an important point, and re ference had been made to the Attorney-General. He should like to know where the Attorney-General was, and why he was not in his place?.—(Laughter.) Lord J. RUSSELL—The Attorney-General has not quite so much leisure time as the Hon. and Gal lant Member.—(Laughter.) NORTH AMERICAN BOUNDARY. Sir R. PEEL said that he had asked the Noble Lord for some papers relative to the boundary question before the Easter recess. Those papers had been pro mised at an early period, and had not yet been pro duced.—( Hear, hear.) He should not think it a satis factory ans.ver to state that further papers had been since received, as the first batch ought at all events to have been laid upon the table before this. Lord PALMERSTON must take the responsi bility of the non-production of those papers upon him self. He had been anxious to lay on the table, at the same time with these papers, the Report of the Commis sioners who bad been appointed to make the survey.. These papers and that Report were now printed, and would be laid on the table in a few days. Sir R. PEEL—WiII that Report be laid upon the table in extenso Lord P A LME RSTO N—Yes . Sir ROBERT PEEL—Without omission or abridgment ? Lord PAL MESTON—Yes. There was one point of the boundary which the Commissioners had not been able to survey as minutely as could be desired, and he had since appointed two other Com missioners, who had since completed the survey. Colonel SIBTHORP—I shall object to allow the expense of those Commissioners.—(Roars oflaugbter.) Lord PALMERSTON thought it might be satis factory to state to the House that her Majesty's Go vernment, since the communication from the United States Government during the last year, had sent out to the United States for a definitive convention finally to settle the boundary question.—(Hear, hear.) Sir ROBERT PEEL—Is that proposition founded on the basis of the proposition made by the United States Government, or is it a new proposition which the Government may feel itself at liberty to accept or reject 2 Lord PALMERSTON—It is founded on the basis of the proposition made by the United States. MR. FEARGUS O'CONNOR.', Sir F. BURDETT wished to ask if any order had been sent from the Horne Department to the magistrates at York, desiring them to prevent Mr. F. O'Connor from forwarding petitions to the House. Mr. FOX MAULE knew of no such order. TRAFALGAR-SQUARE. In answer to an Hors. MEMBER, The CHANCELLOR of th 3 EXCHEQUER stated that he had no objection to postpone the vote for Trafalgar-square to the last on the list. EDUC kTION. Lord J. RUSSELL said the vote for education would be takon in its ordinary course in the Committee of Supply. He had given notice of it expressly for this day. Mr. GOULBURN said the notice had been given. he understood, the other night, for the votes in the Committee of Supply for Friday, and at the same time it had been stated that , the vote for Education would be postponed till to-day. As the Committee of Supply had not been taken on Friday he thought it was very natural to expect that the education vote would not be taken to-day. Lord J. RUSSELL thought the expectation of the Right Hon. Gentleman very unnatural. PRINCE EDWARD'S ISLAND. On the Order of the Day for the House resolving itself into a Committee of Supply being read, Mr. HUME said he wished to make a few observa tions on a petition he presented the other day from the Speaker and House of Assembly of Prince Edward's Island. It appeared that when the Colony was first settled grants of land of 20,000 acres each had been made, and if the guarantees failed in their engage ments the Government possessed a power of escheat, So early as the year 1795 the evils arising from this be came intolerable, and in 1802 the erection of a Court of Escheat was recommended. Nothing further had been done till 1832, since which time the House of Assembly had been occupied in devising measures for the reme dying of this grievance. The Legislative Assembly, however, stopped all these Bills, and they now petitioned the House to address her Majesty for the appointment of a Court of Escheat, so as to put an end to the uncer tainty of these tenures. The grievance was severe, and the remedy an easy one, but he could not at that ad vanced period of the session do more than recommend the subject to the attention of her Majesty's Government. Lord J. RUSSELL could only state generally that the grievances arose from grants from the Crown in times past. Those grants at the time they took place were very important, and had been made on the con dition that the land should be tenanted by a certain number of Protestants. He hoped in another Session some means would be found to put an end to the grie vances complained of. On the part of the Crown he could not agree to insist that the rights of property should be violated by a demand of forfeitures on the part of the Assembly. CRACOW. On the motion for the House resolving itself into a a Committee of Supply. Sir S. CANNING rose to call the attention of the House to the state of affairs at Cracow, more particu larly as it bore on commerce. Cracow had been re duced to a situation of the most painful character ; it had been occupied by Foreign troops, and re duced to submission to a foreign country. It was true that it was remote from the shores of this EVENING EDITION country, and was trifling in exec ut, but it xis important from its situation, interesting from its rank, and as km:- ing an integral part of th* kingdom of Pol.!nd• It was painful for him to state that, notwithstanding, the asNuranze he received from the opposie benches on the last occasion he brought this suljcet forward, in harmony with his own views et the subject, the occupation still remained attended with circum stances of considerable avravation. It was natural. therefore, for him, an.l in his opinion, a positive duty' to inquire into the cause of these circumstances, and to plaCe her Majesty's Ministers in a sit tuition of afford ing whatever explanation they could upon the subject. Ile was satisfied that in the circumstances to which he had alluded, there was enough to justify the appeal he in tended to the House that eveniog, - even on a Supply night. Reference had been ma le to it in the course of the Session—questions had been asked of the Noble Lord opposite—petitions had been presented, and notices had been given --and he must say ha regretted a subject so delicate and important had not fallen into abler kinds. The subject might, or [eight not, involve a charge against het Majesty's Ithei.aers, and he would not take upon himself to say, before hearing the statement of the Noble. Lord, whether it did or not. He brought forward the motion free from any party motive whatever. It appeared to him that the manner in which the affairs of the country had been conducted during the present Session, and more particularly the fo. reign policy of thq Government, were such, as would not authorize him in gie'ng his sanetic , n to the proceedings of her 11,jeste's Government. It was only necessary to point out their present relations with China,with Naples, with EuenocAyres, w idi Perei, and the United States, with which thee LOU shy h-°" on friendly terms, and, he might 'uiJ. tee, if t hey looked to the state of their affairs Washingtoo and.. Constantinople, there was some ground for .suppos ing that great apathy and neglect existed on the part of the present Government. It was, he contended, the duty of the Government to ascertain the circumstances that had led to their present position with regard to Cracow. It was not necessary for him to refer in de tail to the stipulations of the treaty of Vienna, by which the existence of Cracow was guaranteed, because the provisions of that treaty had been brought before the House on more thaw one occasion. It was enough for him to say that, by the articles of that treaty, the lode' pendence, freedom, and neutrality of Cracow had been secured. He now approached a matter much more painful, and that was the occupation of Cracow by foreign troops. The Russian troops at that time en tered suddenly into the territory of Cracow, apparently without any previous concert with the other Powers' but under an impulse that might be supposed to be right, from the peculiar circumstances of the me' meet. Tee cccupation of rnr . ,Dort slur ;tier. not exceeding, he believed, mouth,; and it 7:an bu t fair to statc diet circumstance was ,vainly brow;ht about by an amica.ble interference -oa the part of lu s ' trio. The second occupation occurred some years later, and was lees excusable, and appeared to lov e borne a more serious character. It was unnecessell for him to enter into details upon it argument, as the principal circumstances were well known, he believed' to the House. The principal circumstances of that occupation were not confined to th e m ere es t a bli s hmen t of a military authority : many of the features of that occupation were of a civil and political character. The forms of a free constitution were indeed pr es erved, be' , the*supreme conference had been vested in the Pe r ' manent authority of the three Residents.—(Hear' ) The constitution itself, as inserted in the treaty Vienna, had been completely changed ; and, not conten t with that, the new authorities had introduced arbitrary enactments calculated to remove all authority front th e j functionaries of the place. The police were place under the directions of Austrians, and all the a ppoint' ments were put under the direction of the Conference itself. A discouraging system of duties had also be en placed upon the trade of the country. This it was t t i which the petitions that had been laid on the table ° f the House had been directed, and judging from the el. respondence to which he had had access, the people ° Cracow had borne all these trials with th e g reatest fe d bearance and resignation. One of the evils that he resulted from this state of things had be e n th e r etireree n t t , of persons most likely to obtain the r es p ec t an d eon"; dense of the people. In the ensuing year, 1839, men it vials were addressed to the G overnments o f F rance '.) England claiming their production. He could not ( 11 1 miss the subject without alluding to what was conceM, would be the remedy for that state of things b e had imperfectly described. He thought the interests of tb country had been too much neglected, and it now remained for the country to afford at the present ( 13 0 ; some tardy reparation. It was difficult to P r e cure any exact statement of the commerce • Cracow with this country, or our relati e l i r with it, but be thought it would be difficult any person to cast their eyes upon the map of Eurnr to without understanding the importance of Crsoon' r , the trade of this country. Having shown the ingli tante of Cracow to the trade of this coantryle thoefi o the House would not be insensible to the advent ° . that might be deriv e d i n a commere W paint of vi e ' in placing an agent there. He h a d, th ere f ore , to e",l press a hope that whatever difficulties had Present e themselves that something would be done in th tt r e ; spect. It was impossible not to suppose, after ob B o had been stated by the Noble Lord some years eg r :, that there might be objections raised to an ag e being there ; but he thought that ought not to de" to , the Government from taking so desirable a step.' 14 1,r burgh, in point of commercial station, was not big uji than Cracow ; and there this country had not O r an agent, but it Consul. It was from these considero tions he had stated, notwithstanding the lapse of yet I; since the promise of the Noble Lord, that he lip confident hope that something would be done. re had taken up this subject fr om no p ar ty consid e . ra , tions, but from a firm belief of the n ec essity el . j o i pressing it upon the attention of the Government , il j s he trusted there were M em b ers on b ot h s id e s el "he 1 House that w ou ld a id hi m i n d o i ng so , 05 , 01 . thought it was p ar ti cu l ar l y t h e prov i nce o f t he 't a d. hers' of that Hou se t o watc h over i nterests of.that t o He had now alluded to all the points which appear s t he him to bear upon the question, and he trusted case would be found of sufficient importance T e l e , duce the H ouse to ta k e some steps i n connex i on t" I with. He felt that the nature of the subject was su cient to ex c it e t h e i nterest o f t h e House, and althoeloge he was aw are th at t h e su bj ect was a d ry an d irlts ° , lo one in its details, he felt grateful to the House fo r It attention it had b es t owe d upon his observations• Lo rcl would depend up on t h e li ne t a k en b y t h e N o ble '„;,60 (Palmerston) wheth er he should make any aP c " . motion on the subject. io Mr. GALLY KNIGHT felt much pleas nr- 0 31 supporting the observations of his Right Hon. Fri and he felt himself peculiarly qualified to address iv House on the present subject, having taken a deeP b io terest in the question of Poland. It appeared to t he this country was highly blameable for permitting l a ce scenes of atrocity and tyranny which had taken P t he towards that brave, but unfortunate people. O h 3 ,f last occasion when the que s ti on h a d b een brought m". o e4 the House, the Noble Lord had pro10:15.0 that before a month h a d e l apse d, a 13rit' e3 'Consul would be a pp o i n t e d at C racow . It 'tur n er out subsequently th a t some appre h ens i ons wer e e nt o t, twined that mi g ht di sp l ease t h e R uss i an GoyernPeol and no steps we re t a k en i n t h e matter. N ow he ` Sri' ask, was that a proper position for a country like fo r tarn to take up ? Were they sunk so low as to 00 the displeasure of the Russian Government ? trusted such was not the case, because on a nw r fidio cent occasion wh en th e p u bli ca ti on ca ll e d t h e For`L o rti was coming out, th e grea t o b jec t o f t h e N o ble s ot appeared to be t o en t er i n t o a war w ith Russia. 01 his policy would appear to be to give the Dardanl e r to Russia and Egypt to Fran c e. H e c ould not n r ! stand why, if Russia objected so str ong ly to the ' fi ai d pendence of Cracow, she had tolerated it in sat - 4 0 03 the provisions of the treaty of Vienna. In be d Russia, under the pretence of protecting Cree°%oo sent her troops, and actually taken milit ar y P°ssc-,100 of Cracow, and he b e li eve d t h a t suc h an aggc g i jc if was not paralleled i n th e anna l s o f t h e wor ld. 1 , n o trade had been t a k en f rom them, their intlepenne,",io had been c om pl e t e l y d estroye d , and yet they in * jt appealed to the British Government for pr o tection• n o appeared to him th at t h e i nscr i pt i on poeti r c t he said to have bee n wr i tten over the entrance 91,00, infernal regi ons m i g h t b e we ll applied to,, t " ,O "no hope remains for those who enter here. t he proposition which he understood had been made t° fa British Government was, that there should be a cl,ty rence of the three Po wers w h o were parties to the fr e co i of Vienna, to devise m easures f or restoring to C r a tl. those powers which were gUaranteed by that " o o' Notting could be, in his o pini on , more f a i r and re n iff able, and he merely trusted that the House would g an assent to some such proposition.—(Hear.) Cen' Lord PALMERSTON sa id th e Ri g ht Hon. ba d tleman, in the course of the sweeping attack b e ea t, made upon the conduct of . her Majesty's Govern t h ief had taken care to deprive th e m o f any hope, „or might entertain of cou n ti ng u p on hi s apprebati%ce, support—( Hear, hear)—by stating, at the coon et ment of his speech, that he e n ti re ly disappr° ve c hit their policy, foreign and d omes ti c . H e a ssured op Right Hon. Gentleman, that no such clearing w.) was necessary to set the matter right.—(A l aw ` is' He was quite aware th a t t h ey h a d i ncurr ed the 'l eg fortune of his disapprobation ; but they should en ..e, your as well as they cou ld t o reme d y t h a t misforto"ol, —(Laughter.) The Right Hon. Gentleman ha d 1 0, laded to the discussions which were going on with N 3 , 9 . 0, Buenos Ayres, Constantinople,Washington, and C ui rl y as proofs of the mistaken policy of the present On v . d e ment. They certainly did not pretend to more te"00 door than their nei g hb ours , b ut t h ey t oo k ca re at d a d to understand a subject before they talked upon it' t wit the Right H on . G ent l eman rea d t h e di scu ssions ha had lately taken place in the French Chamben ce a would have been aware th a t th e differences bel` r o e that country and Naples had, through the interfereo of France, b een h a ppily a dj us t e d ( Hear, he a ths What the discussions were with Buenos AYrc!' for to Right Hon. Gentleman had not condescended to In I I 1 ~_