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EVENING EDITION. PUBLIC MEETING IN THE CITY OF CORK, TO ERECT A MONUMENT TO RECORD THE PUBLIC SERVICES AND PRIVATE WORTH OF THE LATE WILLIAM CRAWFORD, ESQ , A PHILANTHROPIC AND PATRIOTIC CITIZEN. CORK, JUNE 9. A proceeding, highly creditable to our city, took place yesterday, in the unanimous response of all classes, high and low, of all parties and creeds, to the requisition call. lag on them to consider the propriety of erecting a monument suitable to record their estimation of the public and pris ate virtues of William Crawford, Esq., the best Of citizens and the best of men. His Worship the MAYOR presided, and in opening the proceedings of the day, expressed his satisfaction (though it was a melancholy one, when he reflected on the loss he and the city had sustained in the premature demise of his respected friend) in being the medium of congregating so large, so respectable, and so influential a meeting of his fellow-citizens in so necessary a purpose. After feelingly alluding to Mr. Crawford's benevolence of disposition, his unbounded charity, his usefulness as an enlightened citizen, his Worship was addressed by the respective movers and seconders of propositions, and those gentlemen who pre sented themselves in such capacity were of the highest weight and consideration in our locality. Mr. S. LANE, the eminent brewer, who proposed the first resolution, highly c:implimentary to the memory of the deceased, described him as a gentleman by practice and principle, a patron of talent, and the unswerving friend of the destitute and distressed. The High Sheriff, HORACE TOWNSEND, Esq., followed, and was deeply affected, in alluding to the amiable traits of disposition of his departed frien I and relative, but ex. pressed great pleasure and satisfaction in witnessing, in•the crowded assemblage before him, the unanimous regard and veneration of his fellow-citizens for the man who was the friend and adviser of them all. The second resolution, pledging the meeting to erect a suitable monument, was proposed by John Moore Travers, Esq., and seconded by Godfrey Baker, Esq. Alderman WESTROPP, in proposing the third resolution, alluded to the difficulties which he laboured under during his mayoralty, in providing for the support of the destitute port pending the preliminaries for the opening of the workhouse by the Board of Poor-law Guardians, and to the generous conduct of William Crawford, who, on appli cation, at once relieved them. PEFROTT, Esq., of Fermoy, bore testimony to the warm appreciation of Mr. Craw ford's character through the county of Cork. That gentleman, in the course of his observations, happily said, that, although the venerated deceased had only, like the good Samaritan, done his duty to his neighbour in distress, yet when it was considered how few acted up to the Divine injunctions, his fellow_ citizens were right in marking their sense of the bright example he afforded in the full and perfect fulfilment of it. Dr. WOODROFFE hoped that the intended monument to be raised would be a worthy testimonial to record the virtues and high talents of their deceased friend, and that the place selected for its position would be suited to it. W. FaoaN, Esq. (the resolution having been passed pledging the meeting to erect the monument) presented the draft of an inscription for it, which nad, he said, been approved of by several citizens to whom he showed it. It met with a ready acceptance by the meeting, and was to the effect that the deceased was "one of Ireland's worthiest sons, and from his youth upwards his heart had throbbed for the prosperity, union, advancement, and contentment of her people ; that he was a genuine Christian ; his principles embraced liberty of conscience, charity, a lo.e for all mankind, without reference to sect, creed, or party ; the leading characteristic of his benevolence was its uni versality, and the energies of his cultivated and enlightened mind were directed to the public good. He died in the prime of life. amidst the regrets of the whole community, and men of all parties, forgetful of their differences, united in providing this monument, perpetuating the memory of set much worth and excellence." Amongst the succeeding speakers Sir Thomas Deane, after relating some instances of the amiability of the de ceased, expressed a hope that the monument which his admiring fellow-citizens were about to erect to his memory, would be in every respect worthy of him and creditable to them ; for which purpose he should suggest that its execu tion should be entrusted to their eminent fellow-citizen Hogan, the sculptor, whose previous works had well en titled him to rank amongst the highest of his noble art in Europe, and whose late admission as a member of the Pantheon, at Rome, had confirmed his high character as an artist. The suggestion was warmly received by the meeting, which soon after wards separated, having been previously apprised by the Rev. W. O'Connor, who represented the Roman Catholic Priesthood of the diocese, that the amount from that body towards the intended testimony of respect and es teem to Mr. Crawford would he 60/ , a sum which might, be increased if required. The announcement was received with loud cheers. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. -- The second fete given during the season by this Society, took place on Saturday in their grounds at Chiswick. The assemblage of the patrons of horticulture was unusually great, amounting, we believe, to nearly 10,000 persons, and including much fashionable company. Previous to the opening of the gardens for the admission of the sub scribers and their friends, his Royal Highness Prince Al best, attended by his suite, honoured the exhibition with his presence. The Prince arrived a little after twelve o'clock, and was conducted through the grounds by the principal officers of the Society. His Royal Highness, we were informed, expressed bitnself much delighted with the taste and elegance exhibited in the arrangement of the gardens, and with the beauty of the fruit and flowers ex hibited for the prizes. The exhibition was generally ex cellent, and the cacti especially attracted admiration. The Duke of S. Albans, the► Earl of Delawarr, and many other members of the fashionable world, were present. The following is a list of the prizes awarded, and the Eames of the successful competitors:— AWARD OF THE JUDGES.—NO. I. PrmAnnoNtums.—Gold Banksian, Mr. Cock; Large Silver, Mr. Lawrence; Gold Banksian, Mr. Caticugh; Large Silver, Mr. Gaines. HERBACEOUS CALCEOLARIAS.—Large Silver, Mr. Barnes; Silver Knightian, Mr. Green ; Large Silver, Mr. Catleugh. SHRUBBERY CALCEOLARIAS.—Large Silver, Mr. Green ; Silver Knightian, Mr. Gaines. MISCELLANEOUS SEEDLING PELAKGONIUMS.— Silver Knightian, E. Fester, Esq. ; Silver Banksian, Rev, Mr. Smith ; Silver Banksian, Mr. Alexander. AWARD OF THE JUDGES.—No. 11. LARGE COLLECTION OF STOVE AND GREEN - HOUSE 'PLANTS.— GoId Knightian, Mr. Lawrence; Gold Knight- Ilan, Mr. Green; Gold Banksian, Mr. Redding. SMALL COLLECTION OF STOVE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS.—GoId Banksian, Mr. Green ; Gold Banksian, Mr. Bruce; Large Silver, Mr. J. Barnes; Large Silver, Mr. Falconer; Large Silver, Mr. W. Barnes ; Silver Knightian, Mr. Pratt ; Silver Knightian, Mr. Watson. • CAPE HEATHS, THIRTY SPECIES.—GoId Knightian, Mr. W. Barnes; Large Silver, Mr. Lawrence ; Gold Knightian, Mr. Pampltn ; Large Silver, Mr. Jackson. Care HEATHS, SIX SPECIES.— Gold Banksian, Mr. R. May ; Large Silver, Mr. Allnutt ; Large Silver, Mr. Pratt. AWARD OF THE JUDGES —No. 111. FRUIT, MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION OF.—Gold Knigh tian, Mr. J. Davis, gardener to Sir S. Clarke, Bart. ; Gold Banksian, Mr. Davis, gardener to Lord Boston; Gold Banksian, Mr. Vane, gardener to 0. Meyrick, Esq. GRAPES.—Large Silver, Mr. Thos. Silhos; Silver Knightian, Mr. Chapman. PINE APPLES.—Large Silver, Sir John Guest, Bart., Mr. Mann, Mr. Davis, Mr. M`Mann, Mr. Varc. PEACHES OR NECTARINES IN DISHES OF SIX SPECIMENS, --Silver Knightian, Mr. Vare. MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES.—SiIver Knightian, R. Brook, Esq., Mr. Lister, Mr. Macott, Mr. Batt. AWARD OF THE JUDGES.—No. IV. MELON SHAPED CACTI, WHETHER IN PLOWER OR NOT.— Large Silver, Mr. Palmer. TALI, CACTI IN FLOWER. —Large Silver, Mr. Falconer. RHODODENDRONS IN PuTs,---Silver Knightian, Mr. Smith. ROSES IN COLLECTIONS. —Gold Banksian, Mr. Milne; Large Silver, it. Alston, Esq. ; Silver Knightian, Mr. Leslie ; Si:ver Banksian, A. Rowland, Esq. ; Gold Bank stan, Messrs. Lane; Large Silver, Mr. Ward; Large Slyer, Mr. Cobbett; Silver Knightian, Mr. Dennis ; Large Silver, Mr. Hcrton ; Large Silver, Messrs. Paul. AWARD OF THE JUDGES.—No. V. COLLECTIONS OF EXOTIC ORCIIIDA CUE. —Gold Knight ian, Mr. Mylan ; Largo Silver, Mr. Clarke; Gold Knightian, Mr. Rollin:. EX TIC ORCIIIDACEA: OF THREE SPECIES.—GeId Banksiun, Mr. Mylan; Latge Silver, Mr. Dunsford; Sil ver Knightian, Mr. Barnes. EXOTIC ORCHIDACE,E, SINGLE SPECIMENS OF NEW AND HANDSOME SPECIES.—Large Silver, Mr. Mylan ; Silver Knightian, Mr. Clarke. EXOTIC ORCIIIDACE.E ; SINGLE SPECIMENS.—Large Silver, Lady Rolle; Silver Knightian, Mr. Dunsford; Sil- Banksian, Mr. Brine. SINGI.F. PLANTS NOT IN FLOWER.—Large Silver, Mr, F. Barnes; Silver Kuightian, Mr. Dunsford. ORNAMENTAL PLANTS, WIIF.TIIER OLO OR NEW, IN 1 . 'FLOUR. —Large Silver, Mr Lawrence; Silver Knightian, :c! Mr. Cock ; Silver Banksian, Mr. May ; Silver Bank ▪ sian, Mr. Clarke; Silver Banksian, Mr. Mountjoy ; Silver ▪ Banksian, Mr. Smith ; Silver Banksian, Mr. Barnes; Silver Banksian, Mr. Gunner. NEW ORNAMENTAL PLANTS, SINGLE SPECIMENS.— Silver Banksian, Mr. Standish; Silver Knightian, Mr. Scott. MISCELLANOU3 SUBJECT.—SiIver Knightian, Mr. Barnes. The late genial weather, in every respect so pro pitious to vegetation, has rapidly forwarded the growth of wheat In this district of West Norfolk. Many fields are already full in the ear, others are fast bursting from the stem, and, in the course of a few days the whole of the wheat sown in the autumn will have completed the progress of shaoting the ear, and, as far as relates to this part of the country, we are happy to sav there is every appearance of an abundant crop.—Nor i Chronicle. Mr. Clayton, of Princes-street, one of the pi.in eipal witnesses against Oxford , was a g ain very fully exam ned yesterday at the Home-office by the Hon. F. Maule. This step was taken, as it was considered that his former evidence had not been gone into sufficiently in detail. It is intended on the trial, at least such is the information which has reached us, to confine the examination to as few witnesses as possible, merely proving the facts of the case, without a n y unnecessary delays in attaining the ends of justice. FAIRLoP FAIR.—The Ilford Magistrates yes terday, after hearing evidence, declared that the holding of the fair called Fairlop Fair, on Saturday and Sunday, after the first Friday in July, was illegal, and communicated their decision to the Commissioners of Police, who will direct the necessary notices and other proceedings to be taken to prevent the fair from being held on those days in future. GROUSE SHoOTTNG.—There is every prospect of r. excellent grans:: 7 , thi- year. We La). e eotiversed wa h ;,etttlenien from Badenoeh and • Lochaber, who state that they Lever saw a finer season. The dryness of the spring was Litaly favourable for the game.--Inverness Courier. THE COURT OF CHANCERY. The Court of Chancery is said to be a Court of Equity, that is, a tribunal intended to provide law remedies in all such new kinds of cases as have not previously been provided for, by either the Legislature or the Courts of Common Law. Judging by the prin ciples of right, it ought to secure justice, expedition, cheapness, certainty, and finality. It is notorious from the very constitution and prac tice of the Court, that justice can no more be ensured there than could the finding of a stone again that has been cast into the sea. It is notorious that expedition is there looked upon as a mere farce. Bentham asks, " Why is it that in a Court, called a Court of Equity, they keep a man his whole life in hot water, while they are stripping him of his fortune ? Ten appointments have I known for so many distant days before a Judge they call a Master, before one of them has been kept. Three is the common course ; and, as soon as everybody is there, the hour is at an end, and away they go again. Why ?—Because for every appointment the Master has his fee." It is notorious that cheapness would be the death of nine-tenths of the harpies of the Court, the proceedings often costing more than the value of the property in liti gation. " Many," says Mr. Parkes, " silently bear wrong from the want of power to pursue their right; that is to say, who prefer the evils of enduring injustice to the aggravated evils of seeking redress!" It is notorious that certainty is never known there ; for, though a cause be gained, even with trial by jury, means are taken to obtain (by quibble and quirk), through the Chancellor, a new trial ; so that causes are bandied backwards and forwards between the Court of Chancery and the Courts of Common Law, like foot balls, alternately making the defendant plaintiff, and the plaintiff defendant ; and as often transferring the pro perty in dispute from the hands of one to those of the other, and back again. Meanwhile, the spirits of this Pandemonium are pocketing fees and gratuities in con sequence of all this, so as to keep folly in countenance, by associating it with law-sanctioned robbery. It is notorious that finality of decision is not to be obtained from even this, the highest court in the king dom :—a court of equity, not bound by rule and writ ten law, but which, professing to judge according to common sense and natural right, ought emphatically to decide beyond the possibility of all after-quibble and frivolous or vindictive litigation renewed. It is notorious that many, " worn out by long pro tracted suits, arc induced, by the present state of Chan cery procedure, to compromise : which, being inter preted, means a submission to a denial of justice. By the terrors of Remanetcy (the postponement of a cause) the plaintiff consents to accept a part of what is his due, giving up the rest : by consent the traveller gives up to the unlicensed plunderer what money he has about him, in order to save his life." It is notorious that custom, without law, " compels suitors in this Court to pay for office copies which they do not want or require." Thus adding direct fraud to all the other legalised modes of scraping suitors to the bone. • is notorious that, " for want of the means of con :ending against an unjust but rich adversary, or from ignorance of the established forms, many a poor man has been incarcerated for years, for contempt of Court." It is notorious that the most lying and nonsensical formalities are prescribed, disgraceful to common-sense, and ludicrously inefficient for their ostensible purpose ; though well adapted to that more valuable end, the multiplying of fees. "If you are a defendant and tell lies, you are punished for it ; if you are a plaintiff and will not tell lies, you lose your cause." It is notorious that a suitor must in some cases either tell a lie or act illegally. " They won't so much as send a question to be tried by a jury, till they have made you say you have laid a wager about it ; though wagers, they tell you, are illegal." It is notorious that the harpies who people this Court get a great deal more by its corruptions and delays than by anything else,. Hence it offers direct rewards for doing wrong. The men who receive re peatedly, and much more frequently, the same fees for doing nothing as they would for :Tulin a cause, have an immediate interest in prolonging the period of delay to its utmost possible limits. It is notorious that the patronage in the Court is in famous. " Some of these law places are too good to be left to the gift even of Judges ; of these, which bring in thousands upon thousands a year, the plunder goes to Dukes, and Earls, and Viscounts, whose only trouble is to receive it." It is notorious (such is the infamy of the practice of this Court) that causes have been compelled to a set tlement at a specified time on the part of the suitor, by threats to the Chancellor of public exposure, in default of such settlement being made !! It is notorious, lastly, that Equity (of which the above affords a fine specimen) " is a distinction as un• heard of out of England, as it is useless here to every purpose but that of delaying justice, and plundering those who sue for it."—lVooha ek. A. BREAKFAST IN BRITTAN We entered the only cabaret in the place, which had the smallest external promise of being anything better than a cider-shop. * On the fire, which blazed and crackled on the capacious hearth, was an enormous brazen cauldron, containing, I should think, about four gallons of liquid grease, which was simmer ing, bubbling, and hissing, in the most cheerful and agreeable manner possible. Seated on the benches, within the jambs on either side, were two old crones— inimitable personifications of Macbeth's witches—who were, with double toil and trouble, stirring up the mighty pool from its lowest depths, collecting the gross scum which rose to the surface. and fllnging it over the brim on to the hissing fire, which, shooting up in bright jets of flame to lick the edge of the cauldron, seemed waiting with eagerness to lap up its share of the unclean nutri ment. The old hags engaged in this pleasing office, with their long, shrivelled arms, and sharp, grinning jaws, shown to the most, witchlike advantage in the dark ingle-nook, by the red light of the fire, seemed to snuff up, with m easureless content,' the savoury odour which their occupation excited. Thane whole of e r thom was crowded with women , young d old, engaged in o various preparatory cares, all tending to the same great object. Some were twisting the cotton wicks, some splitting rushes, and some arranging various vessels in readiness to receive their portions of the contents of the cauldron, so that the process of dipping might proceed in sundry parts of the room at the same time. I felt inclined to give up all purpose of breakfast in such a place, and at such a time, as neither desirable nor possible. Contrary to my expectations, however, the hostess made no dif ficulties when we said that we were in search of breakfast, but, on the contrary, remarked that we were in good time, for the pot was ready to come off the fire directly, and that then she would get us some break fast forthwith. So saying, she opened the door at the foot of the staircase, and motioned us to mount to the room above. I felt some curiosity to stay and see the great moment—the taking off the cauldron from the fire—for it rather puzzled me to conceive how the women would be able to manage it. But the odour of the boiling rancid fat was so thick and heavy throughout the room, as to be, without exaggeration, insupportable even to the blunted olfactory sensi bilities of an old traveller. The vapour seemed to be almost palpable. I felt greasy all over ; and had a sensation in the mouth and throat which felt as if it could only have been produced by swallowing tallow till I was full to the gorge. I bolted up the open staircase, therefore, with very little inclination, as it may be easily conceived, for the promised break fast, yet, thinking that a cup of coffee, however bad, might serve to wash the tallow from my throat. Up stairs we found a large room with a bed in each cor ner, and a very heterogeneous and extensive assortment of attire, male and female, occupying every chair, table, and peg, and most part of the floor. Some, also, hung trom the ceiling. We both rushed to the one window, and there, - , with our beads stretched out as far into the open air as the smallness of the aperture would permit, we awaited the arrival of breakfast. That this was to be prepared in that apartment from which we had just escaped was a painful consideration upon which I resolved not to permit my mind to dwell: They could not have dipped candles in their coffee-pot ; and I permitted myself rather to enjoy the anticipation of that part of the breakfast. I will leave it to the reader to con ceive what, under these circumstances, my feelings must have been when the door opened, and I saw on turning round, as the sole preparation of the promised repast, an enormous deep dish of fried sausages. The family stores had been robbed of at least two pounds of dips, to supply the ocean of grease in which the sa turated sops of sausage floated. A hunch of sandy bread and a jug of abominable cider were the only other constituent parts of this breakfast.' Carefully turn ing our backs upon the hateful sausages, and resolutely endeavouring not to smell them, we swallowed hastily a portion of the bread, washed it down with a draught of cider, whose vinegar-like properties acted at least as a corrective to the oilyness of every thing around us, and prepared to leave the house without delay. But for this purpose it was necessary once again to traverse the intolerable atmosphere of the room below. We passed with a rapid step, and without drawing breath. But things had decidedly become worse ; for instead of the one great reservoir on the fire, a hasty glance showed a dozen different vessels of different descriptions, distri buted in every possible corner of the space, from which every member of the family, and the neighbours who apparently had come in to help and enjoy the fun, were engaged hot, fast, and furious in dipping, soma two, some three, some four, wicks at a time, and with drawing the embryo candles reeking from each dip with a fresh streaming supply of the odious material."—. Trollope's Brittany. A reprieve n as been reeetvea at Newgate on be half of the convict Samuel Bayley, echo waq respited about fortnight since. Robot lioiges Evrc, EsT, tic pleat :of the' Tories of the county Cork ; die )rcsterday week at :A.tacroule THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1840. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, _TUNE 15. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'Clock. The Earl of STANHOPE presented petitions on the subject of the Poor-laws and against the trade in opium. The Earl of HA DDINGTON presented petitions a L s.ainst the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill. The Customs' Duties Bill went through a Committee, and was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The Earl of REDESDALE presented a petition from a Board of Guardians of a Poor Law Union in Worces• ter, praying that the services of Assistant Commissioners might be dispensed with. The Bishop of WINCHESTER presented a petition against the National System of Education in Ireland. The Earl of C HARLE VILLE presented a petition from the Coroners of Ireland, praying for an increase of their salaries. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (IRELAND). Lord LYNDHURST begged to ask whether it was intended to introduce any measure for the purpose of cor recting the errors in the Bouniary Clauses of the Irish Municipal Bill ? Viscount MELBOURNE replied in the negative. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the city of Nirwich, praying for an alleviation of the punishment of Mr. F. O'Connor, and of the other persons convicted of political offences. From the Chairman of the Universal Suffrage Association of Glasgow, praying for an extension of the suffrage. Also a petition from another Radical As sociation of Glasgow, praying for thedismissal of her Ma jesty's present Administration. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY thought the pre sent was a good opportunity of ascertaining from the Noble Viscount on what principle he intended to conduct the affairs of the country. Within the last four weeks they had sustained not less than half a dozen defeats, and two in the House of Commons, including the defeat on the question of Corn, when the Noble Viscount was deserted by all his colleagues, and even by his right-hand friend, the woods and forests.—(Great laughter.) In the unex ampled crisis in which the country was placed, he thought there should be some explanation given. Viscount MELBOURNE said it could not be expected that he should enter into the wide field of discussion which the Noble Marquis had opened. He should be very happy to answer any specific question put to him; but, with all due courtesy to the Noble Marquis, he most de cline answering the question. The Earl of GLENG A L moved for several returns relative to the state of Crime in Ireland, which were agreed to. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented a peti tion from Hartlepool in Durham aginst the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill. PRISONS. _ . The Marquis of NORM AN BY moved the further con sideration of the amendments of the Commons to the Prisons Acts Amendment Bill. He had prepared an amendment which he felt satisfied would meet the views of their Lordships, as they had been stated in the recent discussion. Lord BROUGHAM was not inclined to offer any op pesition to the clause, although he again repeated that he did not think the present the proper course of proceeding which should have been adopted by a Bill regularly intro duced and Cully discussed. The amendment was then agreed to, and the Bill was read a third time, and passed. ' The LORD CHANCELLOR presented several peti tions in favour of the Administration of Justice Bill, from Bristol, Leicester, Wakefield, Chester, and other places. The Marquis of WE ST NIB ATH suggested an im provement in the examination of witnesses before Com. missions issued from the Courts of Chancery in that country or Ireland; by which the civil proceedings would be placed upon the same footing as criminal ones. There were strong objections to the mode of taking the deposi• tons of witnesses, instead of compelling them to appear personally before the Court. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNE 15. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. Divers Divorce Bills were read a second time. On the motion of Mr. BA RNEBY, the it't. Harman Enclosure Bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion of Mr. H. BERKELEY, the Lords' Amendments to the Bristol Building and Improvement Bill were agreed to. On the motion of Mr. WALLACE, the Lords' amendments to the West Ferry Bill were agreed to. The Taffvale Railway Bill was read a third time on the motion of Lord G. Somerset. Mr. GREENE presented petitions in favour of Church Extension, as also did Sir R. INGLIS, from a great number of places. Mr. D. BROWNE presented twenty petitions from Ireland against Lord Stanley's Registration Bill, describ ing it as atrocious, malicious, and malignant.—(Laughter from the Opposition.) Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD presented various peti tions for inquiring into t , e treatment of political offenders, and in favour of Henry Vincent, for Universal Suffrage, &c. Several petitions were presented against Church Ex tension. Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition from a great number of medical men, praying for speedy Medical Re form. An HON. MEMBER presented a petition against further grants to May:tooth College, where, it stated, the instruc tion was, that oaths to heretics should be disregarded, and that their lives might be takes away. Mr. WALLACE presented a petition from an attorney complaining of the perplexities of the law, and praying for consolidation of Acts of Parliament.—( Hear.) Also a pe tition from Leic,ster, complaining of the want of facilities for %ending letters by post—( Loud laughter from the Op position)—and stating that spite of the penny post, they now were obliged to resort to all sorts of byeways and side ways to send letters-( Laughter)—and paid, in fact, dearer than they used to do.—( Loud Opposition cheers.) He moved that the petition be printed, and he would bring it before the House to-morrow fortnight.—(H: Also a petition against further grants for Church Extension. Mr. LOCK H RT presented a petition praying for Universil Suffrage, &c., for a political amnesty, and the restoration o: Junes, Frost, and Williams to their sorrow ing familiei.—( A laugh.) Mr. DAR B Y presented a petition against tlic bastardy clauses of the Poor-law Act : also from the Archdeacon and clergy of Lewes against the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill. _ Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from Bristol, and Mr. PEASE from Yorkshire, against Church Ex tension. SLANEY presented a petition against the opium raffle. - Lord GEORGE SOMERSET presented a petition against further grants to Maynooth. Mr. T. DLTNCOMBE presented petitions praying for an amnesty to political offenders, end especially the par don of Frost, Williams, Jones, Vincent, and O'Connor; from public meetings at Edinburgh ; from the Stafford Potteries; from Norwich; from Glasgow; from Dundee; Working men of Glasgow ; and the Association of " Odd Fellows'" Democratic Society" of Dundee.—( A laugh,) DANISH CLAIMS.—STRIKING CASE. The Hos. MEMBER then presented a petition from T. Heywood, Stepney, Middle ex, stating that he was one of the Danish claimants, and that his claims were reported on by the Commissioners appointed to investigate the claims, by whom a Report had been made to the Treasury, who had not, however, produced the Report to that House ; and the petitioner prayed that the House would make an inquiry into the cause of this delay on the part of the Treasury, and call upon the Lords Commissioners of that Board to produce the Report, in order that he might ob tain that redress to which he had already been declared justly entitled, but for the want of which he had been compelled to seek workhouse relief, so reduced had his circumstances become 1 Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from the Temperance Society of Kinross against the Opium Trade with China ; also a petition from the Medical practitioners of Nottingham, against the Vaccination Bill. Mr. SANFORD presented several petitions from Baptists and other Dissenting Congregations in Somerset, against any further grant for the purpose of Church Ex tension ; also a petition from the grocers of a place in So merset, praying that the House would admit for home consumption free-labour sugar on the payment of a rea sonable duty. Lord BARRINGTON presented a petition from the Guardians of a Union in Berks, praying that Union-work houses might be exempted from the payment of rates; also a petition from Berks against any further grant for the purpose of Church Extension. Mr. BAINE S presented several petitions from Dissent ' log congregations in Northampton, Middlesex, and Lon don, against any further grant for the purpose of Church Extension. Mr. DA SHWOOD presented a petition from a place in Berks, to the same effect. Mr. ALSTON presented a petition from a place in Norfolk, to the same effect. Mr. BRISCOE presented two petitions from places in Wiltshire, with a similar prayer. Mr. E. J. STANLEY presented a petition from per sons employed on the river Weaver, against the Weaver Churches Bill. Sir GEORGE CLERK presented two petitions from the General Assembly of Scotland—one against the running of mails on the Lord's-day, and the other against the opening of houses for the sale of ardent spirits on the fromSab s b i r a t t h h Ge . E D GEORGE r s o S f Tt e U a m N i n T g O t o N n , i i p l r H e s a e m n t p e s d h i r a e, petition against Church Extension, and for the abolition of Church-rates. Mr. MORRIS presented a petition from the Dissenters of Caermarthen, praying for the release of John Thoro good, and the abolition of Church-rates. Mr. HUME presented a great number of petitions from Birmingham, Stockport, Barton, Nottingham, and places in the county of Durham, praying for Universal Suffrage, and the release of Mr. Feargus O'Connor. Mr. F. FRENCH and the ATTORNEY-GENERAL presented several petitions from members of the medical profession in Ireland, complaining of the injurious privileges possessed by the Apothecaries Company, and praying for protection against the usurpations of that body. CHURCH EXTENSION. Sir R. INGLIS rose and said, Sir, I beg to give no tice, that to-morrow I shall move that the House resolve itself, on Wednesday, the PA of July, into a Committee to consider an address to her Majesty, in the terms of the former address I gave notice :of. The discussion can, therefore, be taken to-morrow. Mr. HUME—I will not enter into the novelty of the thing-4 A laugh)—but I shall move as an amendment that before her Majesty recommends to the House any fur. ther grant to the Church she will direct our attention to (tic hear. that ) to-morrow he wo u ld the rich possessions of th e Church and the lar g e g rants already made to He ar, it.--( n) he Sir F. TRENC II gave move the r<:! , tufaton ° tiro V.." n g ilt 5....... ( it OarS of EMBANIOILNf OF THE THAMES. Sir F. TRENCH also gave notice of a motion for moa. sures to secure the reservation of terraces along the shores to the Noble Lord, which I will by no means counten of the Thames for public recreation. ance.—( Hear, hear.) REGISTRATION OF VOTERS (IRELAND) Mr. O'CONNELL—I understand the Noble BILL. Lord's request to apply to me, and I certainly On the Order of the Day being read that the House shall not stand in the way of the arrangement. should go into Committee on the Clergy Reserves Bill, —( Hear, hear)—but I beg to say that Iby no means wish Lord JOHN RUSSELL.—Sir, I should now take to compromise thereby my extreme right—l use the the ordinary mode of moving the order of the day Noble Lord's phrase—but I shall take every op for this day, but that the Noble Lord opposite ( Lord p o rtunity to oppose a measure calculated, and I believe Stanley) having stated on Thursday evening that heended, not only to injure, but to insult the Irish people. it was his intention to move the consideration of ( Ironical cheers, and counter cheering.) the Irish Registration on this day, in preference to any Lord STANLEY then said—l will now move, therefore, measure or any Bill the consideration of which might be what I dare say none of us expected the Noble Lord would moved by a Member of the Government, I think it no- accede to, that the Order be now read and fixed for Friday. cessary to trouble the House with a few words, and my This was accordingly done, and the immense body of reasons for taking the usual course on this occasion. 1 Members who had evidently collected in artieipation of a believe the course proposed by the Noble Lord op- division, suddenly broke up. posite is entirely unusual.—( Hear, hear, hear.) CANADA CLERGY RESERVES BILL. For my own part I consider that that is a Lord J. RUSSELL then moved the second reading most useful and convenient mode of transacting the of the Clergy Reser ves ( Canada) Bill. business of this House, and one which has been generally Mr. PA K INGTON presented petitions from the coon acquiesced in, that on certain days the measures proposed tics of York and Worceater; also from Kingston, Upper by the Government should be taken into consideration on Canada. the proposal of some Member of the Government holding Mr. G 0 ULBURN wished to state to the House such a situation as I have now the honour to fill, the course he intended to pursue, and which, he and that such a proposition should be agreed to was happy to say, would prevent his entering at by the • House.—( Hear, hear, hear.) I believe that any length into the details of that measure. has been the usual course, and as I have said before I ' It was not his intention to oppose the Bill going through think it is the most convenient one, because those measures its present stage. He should not, however, be acting fairly which are brought forward by the Government, are many by the House, if he did not say that he had not arriv d e of them measures which do not belong specially to any at that conclusion, of allowing the second readin , particular Administration which might happen to be in office without a division, without having doubts as to the most at that time, but they are measures which it is thought expedient course to be adopted. Ile had only agreed to necessary to bring forward, in order to promote the busi- permit the second reeding of the Bill, because ness of the country, and they are frequently measures he was unwilling . to have it supposed that on a which any party entrusted with the confidence of the measure which was to be contemporaneous with the Crown would be obliged to bring forward in order to union of the provinces, the House of Commons had not carry on the business of the country. The Noble Lord, been unanimous. Entering his protest therefore against the however, has proposed another course. lie has stated principle of the Bill, he would content himself with ex his intention of setting aside the usual and ordi- pressing a hope that the Government would see the neces nary mode of proceeding—( Hear, hear)---in order sity of altering seme of its provisions in Committee. to substitute the consideration of a Bill which he hes Mr. G ALLY KNIGHT was opposed to the second brought into this House. I submit to the [louse, and Ido reading of the Bill ; and he had certainly thought that it to the whole House, that this is a proceeding unusual, the Noble Lord would have availed himself of the delay inconvenient, violent, I should say—( Loud cries of Hear, and the opportunity he had had for making the Bill less hear)—but which at least lam quite sure is a mode of objectionable than it was. lie thought the income pro proceeding which is not Conservative—( Hear, hear, and posed was a very small one to be divided between the laughter)—and that if such a precedent were to obtain, clergy of the Church of England and the Church of Scot and if the usual course of proceeding should be interrupted land, over such an immense empire. It was said they by the motion cf an individual Member, himself be- ought to give satisfaction to the Canadians; now it was longing to the party in opposition in this House, there impossible to give satisfaction to every one, and he did would be no surer mode of embarrassing, not this Go not see they were bound to give satisfaction to those who vernment, not the Government that might exist this year had so recently been in arms against this country. Front or the next year, but any Government which might be these considerations he thought the better plan would have entrusted with the confidence of the Crown—( Hear) been to have adopted the resolutions which had been agreed I must therefore declare that I will persist in moving the to a year ago, by the Assembly of Canada, as the basis of Order of the Day—(Ministerial cheers)—and that the present measure; that resolution proposed the sale of I will resist any motion for the substitution of the Clergy Reserves, the investment of the proceeds, and another Order of the Day. But, Sir, I have seriously that from the interest of such investment 100/. considered what is my duty to the House on the present a year should be paid to every clergyman of the Church occasion, having referred to the votes of the House as they of England, or of the Church of Scotland, or of the Wesleyan have been declared in divisions on this question.—( Hear, Methodists, and the surplus should be expended in the hear, hear.) The Noble Lord first brought in erection of places of worship. A number of Irish Catho his Bill without any division ; it was afterwards car- lies had emigrated to Upper Canada, and in his opinion tied on the second reading, the House having agreed they ought not to be left in a state of spiritual destitution, that the Bill should go into Committee ; and, lastly, only they ought not to be provided for out of a fund set when an Hon. Friend of mine, the Member for Halifax, ' apart for Protestant clergy ; but he would be perfectly on grounds w hich I think perfectly fair.--( Hear, hear, and ready to accede to any proposition for providing for the a 1augh).....1 say, on grounds which I think most just, Catholic clergy out of the territorial revenues. moved that the Registration Bill for England should be Sir IL ING LIS thought it was due to the importance considered previously to the Bill of the Noble Lord, the of the subject that it should not pass through the House House decided in favour of considering the Bill relating to without discussion, whether it did without division or not. Irish Regi s tration. I see there has been some intimation of He thought that if Hon. Members had been aware of the doubt as to the propriety of the course pursued by my Hon. importance of the subject they would not have left the Friend, and I therefore declare again that I believe the House in the manner they had done. There had hardly intention of the Hon. Gentlemen was perfectly fair towards ever existed greater excitement on any subject than on the the House and towards those measures, and I can say for present, when it was first broached. The opinions of the myself, that though I have waived what I thought would Judges had been asked, and yet here was a Bill diametri be the most convenient course of proceeding, in cally opposed to their opinions. The clergy reserves compliance with the wish of the house, I have had always been considered as vested in the Protestant still supported the proposal of my Hon. Friend clergy, and the only dispute was whether the clergy of thinking it would be better for the consideration of the Church of Scotland were entitled to share with the those questions that the English Registration Bill Church of England ; but by this Bill —the absurdity of should have precedence of that wh ich related t o Ireland. which could only be equalled by its atrocity—not only all The House upon that occasion came t o a different con- denominations of Protestants, but members of the Church elusion, and I had then to consider the c i rcum stances in of Rome also, were admitted to share in these reserves. which we were placed. I told my H onoura ble Friend lie held that the alienation of Church property was not only the Member for Halifax, that if he succeeded in car- a crime, but a needless robbery of the clergy. The wise tying his motion, and I should succeed in getting principle which the Crown should have adopted with the English Registration hill read a s econ d t i me , I pre- respect to Church land in the colonies would have been, posed to proceed in Committee with that Bill on Thursday. not to sell these lands, but to have made leases of 99 years. The House having decided in favour of the Irish Regis- The result of that arrangement would have been, that at the tratiou Bill, I think it but fair that that Bill should end of the period the lands would have been in a highly im be place d in the same position as my Bill would have proved and much more valuable state to the Crown. If in been ; and I therefore propose, that as Thursday is stead of selling the clergy reserves in Canada they were now a motion day, he should proceed with that Bill on let for a term of seven years. and by degrees these lands Friday or Monday next. If the Noble Lord agrees to were brought into cultivation, under the terms of the that course, I will then be ready to go into the: Bill. leases, they would at the end of 0 1 years have obtained a I voted against any instruction to the Committee on higher suns than they could now procure for the fee a former occasion, and if the Noble Lord adopts my plan, simple. Ile contended that they might just as well seize I will do so again. I will then be ready t o go the property of any public body as the clergy reserves. into Committee on the Bill, and there dis cuss it on The opinion of the House of Lords and of the Judges was its merits. It is for the Noble Lord to take his decidedly against the present measure, and yet they were own course. I consider it a fair proposition to the called upon now to give their assent to the second reading. House, but if the Noble Lord shall decline the p ro Regarding the Bill in the light in which he had just t posal, and shall proceed as ho stated his intention of described it, as a Bill of gratuitous robbery, and an inter doing the other evening, to thwart and obstruct the usual ference with the vested rights of parties, he trusted the course of business, I must oppose him. The Noble Lord House would not sanction the principle of the Bill. concluded by moving the second reading of the C:ergy Mr. HUME was also opposed to the Bill; Reserves (Canada) Bill. but for very different reasons to those which had Lord STANLEY said he thought the House would do 'u ,t been stated by the Right Honourable Baronet. him the justise to acknowledge that nothing of violence The Bill contained two parts—the one for the sale, and had characterized the manner in which he had etideavoured the other for the distribution of the clergy reserves. He to conduct that Bill, whatever violence might have charac- was of opinion that the sale of the property in question terised the opponents to it.—(Hear, hear.) That the Vasa wise measure. As regarded the proposed distrilm. course which he had proposed to pursue was an unusual tion, however, he was decidedly opposed to it ; and he course he was ready to admit.—( Ministerial cheers.) was persuaded that that distribution would not be in ac li.' was ready to admit to the Noble Lord, the Member cordancc with the wishes of the people of Canada. The for Stroud, that in ordinary circumstances it was on every wishes of that people were that the clergy reserves account desirable that the person, whoever he might hap- should be sold and appropriated to some national purpose, pen to be, VI ho stood in the situation of the Noble Lord, of and to the establishment of any religious sect whatever. conducting on the part of the Crown the business of They have recorded that opinion through the medium of the country in that House, should have precedence .ix or seven Parliaments. The people of Canada were of other measures on the days allotted for the advocates for the voluntary principle; and he believed that public business; but he asked the House with con- if the House of Commons ran counter to their wishes on fidence if the circumstances were not unusual in which he the subject, they would promote discontent and ill-will i n was placed?—(Great cheers.) And when lie said the that country. He therefore protested against the pre_ circumstances in which he was placed, he might be allowed posed appropriation of the clergy reserves, and he wished to disclaim for himself personally any preference whatever that part of the Bill shou'd be left to the Parliament of the for his own measure upon his own account—(Cheers) wo Canada?, who were the most likely to come to a wise —but he asked the House if the circumstances decision on the subject. in which he was placed were not only unusual, hut u n p r e - Sir G EORG E C LERK was opposed to a great cedented ?--(Cheers.) He asked if the circumstances in m any details of the Bill ; but he was not opposed which the House was placed in this important measure, to its second reading, as lie thought it important touching the registration of voters in Ireland, were not un usual aal wholly unprecedented ? He asked , were t h e cir cumstancs usual that, three times on a single Bill , t he of Scotland , such benefits should be confined to those who .. that that a the s the que s tion Bill included i finally a itslly settled. benefits thelle thought Church utmost efforts of t a le G overnmen t had been defeated, s trictly belonged to that Chu r c h . That, however, was and that against the express sense of the majority of the not the case, and under the present Bill parties were House, the Members of her Majesty's Government should treated as members of the Church of Scotland who differed rep escnt themselves as conducting the affairs of the front it in many important respects. He hoped the Noble country—(Cheers)—and should not only abstain from Lord would take that part of. the Bill into his serious con entire opposition to the measure so decisively supported sideration. —(Cheers)—but should also put it to the ember . M Mr. KEMBLE was opposed, not to the details of the who bad undertaken to conduct that measure, Bill, but to its principles, and if such a Bill were p asted to take his chance of those three days of ea ch he did not see on what grounds they could maintain an week which might be left open to him by the ot her business of the House. If the course which he took was Established Church either in England or i n Scotland. unusual, the circumstances which enforced that course Lord J. RUSSELL said that the Hon. Gentleman were not only unusual, but unprecedented—unknown to who had preceded him had argued on the grounds that the the practice of that House, and altogether unparliamen- object of the Bill was to explain the Act of 1791. That, tar Great cheering.) His object was not to obstruct however, was not the case. The real object of the Bill the public business—( to give the House MIS the settlement of a question which had been an opportunity of saying what business it would a source of great dissension in Canada. The 13i1, of 1791, therefore, which bad been appealed to' take in precedence. The Government had no claim of right to precedence—their only cl aim was one of courtesy lost, ou the present occasion, all the force which 1. might otherwise have. The property in questio n had fort and expediency. They could cla im nothin g of right, and meily, with very few exceptions, been left totally he must be excused for saying that in a question of courtesy unproductive, and the revenues derived from it had never on any occasion had one side of the House less claim been mismanaged or entirely lost. That property had upon the courtesy of the other.—( Loud Opposition cheers.) He would say that the course of whic h he had been in Canada a source of much distract ion and dissen sion ; and it was therefore desirable not so much to ex given notice was strictly Parliamentary , and in strict ac lain the intentions of the Act of 1791 as to settle the cordance with the Standing Orders wh ich were a g reed to P by the House at the commencement of every session. entire question in such a manner as might permanently There was a time when it was found that amendments were terminate all discussion with regard to it. The present moved to the Orders of the Day, which had the effect of Governor-General had stated, and he (Lord J. Russell) obstructing the public business. On the orders of the day thought he was justified in stating, that if the English Par being read M e mbers were in the habit of moving questions liament did not settle the question, the consequence would as amendments which had nothing whatever to do with the be that whenever a general election came on in Upper Ca subject of the Order of the Day, which they had no right nada, the subject would again become a source of much to bring forward in such a manner. Now, what had been contention, and candidates who would not otherwise be the remedy applied, and how had it been limited? Three chosen, might, lay stating their accordance with the views years ago a standing order had been a greed to, of the people., and by declaring themselves ready to take which was repeated every year, that ono amend- away the cler g from y any other sect whatever, be elected on reserves not only from the Church of meat, and one amendment only, should be moved England, but to the order of the day—.( Hear, hear) —and that those grounds, and the first meeting of the Legislature that amendment should be, either that the other would be disturbed by irr . tating discussions. The ques- Orders of the Day be now read, or that some par. tion was not in reality whether the Church of England titular Order of the Day should be taken into consideration, was to have one portion of these revenues and the in order to bring the subject fairly before the House, Church of Scotland or Dissenters another, but the whether or not they would proceed to the consideration of question was whether the Legislature of the United the Order of the Day, which had been moved in prefe. Provinces would countenance any plan which would allow rence to any other. So far, therefore, from the course of a provision for any Church whatever. Was it not which he was pursuing being unparliamentary or un- desirable to prevent discussion on such a subject? Was it constitutional, it was the course expressly pointed out by not desirable to remove the possibility of the question the Orders of the House. His simple and only object was being decided on by the United Legislature, in a manner to obtain for the measure which he had introduced a full, a of which the Imperial Parliament could not approve ? Was it not desirable that the wishes of a co l o n y of fair, and a delibera te consideration for its details, and he 1,200,000 inhabitants should not be rejected by the B ritish must do his utmo st to obtain that consideration for it, and not have it pushed oiffrom day to day, and from weekto House of Commons? He thought that so far from that week, by the moving one instruction after another, and one it was their duty to settle the question in a way not re amendment after another, whenever it was proposed that pugnant to the great majority of the people of Canada. the Speaker should leave the Ch . air, for the . House to re- If they attempted to settle it in any other way, they would solve itself into Committee. Hie only wish was that the merely create a new source of dissension, of discontent and motion should pass. Further than that be had no wish to complaint against the mother country, which the people o as if he were to go further he should be placing him- of C a nada would say had attempted to impose on them a g , n hu o r d sd iffi ay eu t l h ti e es NinobtlheeL%ovardy which, according to their conscientious views of public self in the wrong before the House.—(Loud cheers.) statutary provision, inconsistent with their welfare, and to policy they could not assent. Those were the general of the Bill being fairly considered on some proximate day, reasons on which he proposed to introduce the present he (Lord Stanley) would then have at once been satii. Bill, Its object was first to settle the question by disposing fied.—( Cheers.) But the Noble Lord had given no such of the c.ergy reserves by sale, and in the second place to a t t h e ho divisionw ou ld th o r n ow T assurance. On the contcary another notice to obstruct the effect that sale as nearly as possible in accordance with had d e ven statedafttehr Bill had been given by the Hon. Member or Dublin to repeat the Principles which the Legislature of Upper Canada and an instruction that had been again and again defeated.— the Legislative Council, consisting in a great part of mem- I (Hear, h ear .) Under these circumstances he should hers of the Church of England, had laid down. They had f have been allowing himself to be trifled with, the Bill, and that sound basis for the present Act. The people of thee House, not to throw himself upon his extreme right, if Canada would adopt the present Bill, while they would he did not declare that the Bill should not be shelved_ never, on the other hand, assent to any measure which should not be put off day after day.—( Cheers.) Even now, would apportion those lands to any particular Church. if the Noble Lord would fix an open and an early day for the cos House of Commons had thus an opportunity of di'acussion his (Lord Stanley's) object would be reasonably dispng of the question before the United in Le satisfied, if the Noble Lord would promise to discou n t eno gislature might meet, and of disposing of it a 1 et cins—(Hear)___ manner in which the majority of that Legislature might d h details of the Bill, and and not afford them even a passive acquiescence.—( Loud acquiesce. W ith regar to t e . Member cheers.) Perhaps Thursday, for many reasons, would be rd to anything which the Right Hon. ante any vexatious and factious . obstru i Members, might propose in rankly to the whether Noble Lord to say it should be Friday he did not think the time for discussing an inconvenient day—(Laughter)—but he would leave it for Cambridge, or other [lon. ~ . . tilos subjects y had yet come. He should merely say that for Monday—he would then be perfectly content. —Ohs near.) All he wanted was not to obstruct the business of when the Bill went he had j ust into Committee down. he should be guided tite country, but t o obtain a fair o pp ortunit y for di s cussion. by the principles laid P A KINGTON could not coincide in the views Noble Lord. He was opp osed to the Bill on prin. That opportunity he was determined to obtain, and to use Mr. all legitimate an d Parliamentary means to get the sanction , of the of Parliament fo r a measure which he believed essential to cile ; and he thou ht that any Govern ment of this countr y p the welfare of th e em p ire.—(Tremendous cheering. ) was bound to provide for the es tablishment of the En g_ JOHN R USSELL after a pause of some lish Church in every colony under its rule. He would moments rose, and said—After what has bee n said I will i strongly. object to the principle of appropriating any part say that I am a nxious to give the Noble Lord tbe car- of the property which was peculiarly a Protestant Best eonveeient day--thet I am w i lli ng to fix Friday I propeety for. the Li oefit of the Roman Cath.lit• Cburch, for - this tinm.....and that as far as depends upou 1 Ile el etc'd to the forced sale. of this immeeme pre , J t ,, me—and 1 Ait 't use all the ibiluenee that my eapes.elly at the present price of l au d in the c olony. He re q uest will carry to others, to prevent any obstruction I also objected to the investment of the proceeds of these ._ . . r i 3 sales in local securities, where they must be exposed to r On the motion that the Speaker do leave the Chair, --V; s s...' - -e'ea,.,- - ' -- "e the chances of any political convulsions which might arise. '\ Ilr. GLADSTONE again pressed upon the NOlie `; t4' ,"- . ~,,s a ' The consequences of this measure must be productive of I Lord the propriety of postponing the Bill, if net , be 'VI" , ~. - 4,ses" great injustice to the Church of England. The Bishop I would be met with a general discussion upon the ieit • so': ss -i•i :c e of Toronto said the whole property would produce 600,0001. i occasion of going into Committee upon it,—( Criss ' ' -e s z —Capt Pringle, 1,000,000/. The highest inccmc that !of Go on.") could, therefore, be hoped for from it, would be 15,0001. \ The House then went into Committee, Mr. Bernal per annum. The Bishop of Montreal had stated that in 'in the Chair. two different tracts, one of sixty m iles and another of 1 Mr. GOULBURN said he intended to propose some fifty miles, there was not a s ingle clergyman, and that 180 i amendments to clause 1, b ut he wa s n o, then p re p ared clergyman would be required for the s p iritual destitution with them. Would the Noble Lord consent to postpone of the Canadas at present. The provision proposed was it at present ? utterly insufficient for the present wants of Canada, and Mr. /I UM E wished to know why the Chapter in they were bound also to provide for the prospective wants Christchurch in Oxford, had been excluded from the Bill. of the colonies, and the highest amount they could hope Lord J. RUSSELL said it was because of the pecu• to get from the sale of these reserves was inadequate to the liar manner in which it was connected with the Univer. present wants of Canada. The Members of the Church city. It was a college as well as a cathedral. of England at present in C anada amounted to 80,000, Mr. A G LIONBY said the reason given fcr the exclu while all the Presbyterians only amounted to 70,000. sion of Christchurch was not a good one. He believed Such a provision, therefore was unjust, in dividing halt of that the power of Christchurch had more to do with it than the fund equally between two,—all the other sects, in- anything else. eluding Methodists and Roman Catholics were to be pro- Sir R. INGLIS said it was to be considered that the vided for out of the other half, and among these sects college being also a cathedral obtained its property in the were all sorts of denominations, including every sect of former character. Ile had a very decided objection to the wild error that could be conceived, at the will of the Go- Bill, and would take the sense of the House upon it in a vernor. Now he wished to know if all those sects were f u ture stage. He would not, therefore, object to the to have a slice. All these sects were collectively inferior in clause, but he would vote with any one who moved its ex number to the Churches of England and Scotland, and if pulsion. He thought the cathedral establishment ought it were intended to restrict assistance to the Methodists, to be mainthined inviolate; he could not, therefore, origi- Baptists, and Catholics the injustice would be greater. nate any measure for impairing it at all, even although he The pers e cuted Church was the Church of England. might think any amendment would improve the Bill. 35,000 persons had returned themselves as belonging to no Lord ELIOT complained of the operation which the sect. This showed the neglect of the Government, and Bill as it now stood would have upon the chapter of Exe the impolicy of withdrawing the grant of 16,0001. in 1832. ter. The present canons were very old, and, practically, If they endowed the Church of England properly, how did the Bill would reduce the Chapter virtually to one canon. they know but that every roan of them might have been Lord J. RUSSELL did not think the reasons were of members of the Church of England ? There were in these s o peculiar a nature es to require him to agree to the pro returns 67,000 persons unaccounted for—how did they position of the Noble Lord. The wants of parochial know bus that these might be members of the Church of Church accommodation were so urgent that he thought it England ? He wanted nothing intolerant, but the Govern- was necessary to give up some of the splendour of these ment was bound to endow and support a sufficient Church establishments for providing it. for the wants of the colonies. The Church of England After a few words from Sir T. ACLAND and Mr. S. was the immense majority in the mother country, and in HERBERT, any emigration which might take place they had a right to Lord TEIGNMOUTH moved the insertion of the expect that the majority of emigrants would be of that re- words, "subject to the conditions hereinafter mentioned" ligion. He knew it had been said that the air of America in the clause. was unfavourable to the Eseabliahed Church. Mr. H. LAMBTON recommended the Noble Lord to Mr. HUM E—So it is. —( Cheers.) withdraw his amendment. Mr. PA KINGTON—The Noble Lord had even corn- After a desultory conversation, in which Mr. Hume, mitted himself to the expression of a dominant Church. Mr. Aglionby, Sir R. Inglis, and Mr. Acland took part, It might as well be said that the air of America was unfa- the amendment was negatived without a divisioe. vourable to monarchy ; and yet, in Canada during the last The amendment was then agreed to. two years the most noble stand had been made on behalf The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and obtai'ned of monarchy. It was utterly absurd to call the Church of leave to sit again. England in Canada a dominant Church. It neither col- The House having resumed, the resolution on th'b lected tithes nor exercised exclusive privileges ; therefore Sugar Duties was reported and agreed to. it could not be called a dominant Church. He did not On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX believe that the country would tolerate this measure. It CHEQUER, the Timber Duties Bill was read a second was too bad that the expiring efforts of a Government time, and ordered to he committed on Thursday next. out-voted in Parliament, and afraid to appeal to the:people, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER hay yet still clinging to powerless office, should be directed ing moved the third reading of the Tobacco Regulations to giving a heavy blow and great discouragement to the Bill, Protestant religion in Canada. In refusing to divide the INIr. GOULBURN objected to the principle of the House against the Bill, ho was only acting in deference to Bill. He thought some further precautions should be the advice of friends in whom he bad confidence.— taken against the adulteration of tobacco. (Cheers.) He was most anxious that this should not be After a few words from Mr. Wallace, the Chancellor of sent back to Canada, as he was convinced that there they the Exchequer, and Mr. Hume, in support of the measure, should have no satisfactory settlement, and he wished to and deprecating any unnecessary interference with trades see it settled by the Imperial Parliament. Under these m en, the Bill was read a third time, and passed. circumstances he would go into Committee, because he GLASS DUTIES BILL. was willing to consent to the distribution of this property, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER having although he objected to giving any portion to the Church moved that the House should go into Committee on this of Rome; and if he failed in his object ie Committee, Bill, even if he went out alone, be would divide on the third Sir ROBERT PEEL wished to offer a suggestion to reading.—(Cheers,) the Right lion. Gentleman connected with the Bill. Mr. L ABOUC HE RE would not follow the example There was a strong impression in the scientific world that of the Hon. Gentlemen in going into details, which, how- the regulations of the excise in regard to the article of ever exciting they might be, had nothing to do with the g l a ss prevented the improvement of its manufacture,. Bill. He agreed that it was most important that this Glass was now subject to a new duty every time it was re question should be settled by the Imperial Parliament. It melted, and that was felt by scientific men as a great in would be most calamitous to :send out this measure to convenience. He thought that the excise-laws on the be discussed in Canada, but it would be still more cala- subject should not be enforced in cases such as that to mitous to come to a decision likely to raise a universal which he had referred. opposition in that colony. The feeling against a domi- The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said nant Church there was universal; and he agreed with the that the law on the subject had already undergone a Hon. Member for Kilkenny that it was surprising a Bill change, at least in the manner in which it was enforced. so favourable to the Church of England should be sent He believed that the duty was no longer levied when glass from Canada. All of all parties whom he had consulted was remelted for merely scientific purposes. from Canada on this subject had besought him to look Mr. WALLACE entirely agreed in the sentiments at the Church question, not with English but Cana- e xpressed by the Right Honourable Gentleman opposite, dian eyes, and not to shock the feelin g s of the colonists. and wished that the sam e sentiments were entertained The present Bill was the result o f a com p romise, which, with reg ard to the Corn-laws.—(Cheers and laughter.) while it did not please the extreme of either parties, Sir R. PEEL wished the Right Honourable Gentle pleased the great majority of the colonists, and the mode- man would enter into communication with the public scion rate men of all parties. As a member of the Church of tific bodies on the subject, and that he would empower England, he felt that this Bill gave it advantages which the Treasury to make any regulations that might be ne he never expected to see from Canada, and which it would cessary. be exceedingly unwise in the House to reject. As they The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought were agreed upon the principle of this Bill, he should not the power at present possessed was sufficient. go at great length into details, but he would admit that Th e House then resolved itself into a Committee on those Who contended on principle that, without any regard the Bill, and the various clauses were agreed to with a few to circumstances, the State was bound to maintain the verbal amendments. Church of England exclusively in all the British colonies, Th e CHANCE LL 0 R ith aof o the EXCHEQUER were right in their oppos ition ; but he would warn the moved two new clauses, wiew to make Certain por- House that these were not principles that could be acted tions of glass, which were now considered as refuse, liable on, or that any nation possessing a large empire had ever to duty in case they should be subsequently worked up, dared to act upon.—( Cheers.) ThLse narrow and con- and to prevent fraud in the manufacture. tracted notions might do for petty states, but were utterly The clauses were agreed to. unadapted to a large or extensive empire.—( Loud cheers. ) Mr. ANDREW WHITE moved a new clause pro- He had frequently read the debate on the introduction of viding for the return of the duty to the owners of glass Mr. Pitt's Canada Bill, and always with increased delight. lost by shipwreck, if such owners were the manufacturers That debate was conducted by Mr. Pitt, Mr. Fox, and thereof. Mr. Burke, men of large and enlightened views. It was The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought at a time when the French Revolution had just broke out, the clause objectionable ; its only effret would be to throw and he could not but observe with admiration how those the insurance upon the Government. If glass were lost men, differing as they did in political views, when they came by fire, no duty would be returned, and he could not see to discuss such a topic as this, did so on enlightened views, why it should be returned if the loss took place by water. and not on mean and petty topics, as was now done. Mr. If it were right, every other article ought to have the Wee Burke who could not be suspected of any great favour to advantage as glass. democratic institutions, warned the House in legislating The clause was then put, and negatived without a diasS• for the Canadians not to give them an opportunity of look- sion. jag across the border at anything with a feeling of envy ? The House resumed, the Report was received, and —( Cheers.) This was a measure not proposed theoretically, ordered to be further considered on Thursday week. but one which had come from Canada, as a measure in The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, accordance with their wishes. The effect of the ordinance and the House adjourned at Half-past Twelve. with regard to the seminary of St. Sulpice was not to give them additional property, but merely to enable them to deal with their property in a manner advantageous to the community. The Hon. Gentleman expressed his alarm at s eeing the Catholics put on the same footing as the Pro testants in the colony. He confessed he should be sorry not to see this the case. The principle had been acted on in other colonies with good effect. hi Upper Canada not one Roman Catholic, send in Lower Canada not one Irish Catholic, had joined the rebels ; on the contrary, they had always given their support to the m other countr y , and he should be sorry to see any insult offered to such a loyal portion of her Msjcsty's subjects.—(Lod cheers.) 'Mr. PAKINGTON explained. .. Mr. E sTcouRT complained of the Noble Lora :.'n' putitig to Members on that side the House a disinclina tion to settle the question, because they differed from bins as to the details of the Bill. He was anxious for a settle. ment of the question, but for a settlement on the principles of justice ; and it was an act of injustice to introduce a persuasion for which it was never intended to provide in 1791. It would be more agreeable to him to have divided against the Bill, than to trouble the House with any ob servations. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON said he must, on a division, vote against the Bill, for it would give the opponents of the Church a handle of which they would not fail to avail themselves. Mr. PRINGLE objected to the Bill, particularly com plaining of the clause forcing the Church of Scotland in Canada to form a General Assembly with the United Synod in Upper Canada. Lord J. RUSSELL said the object was not for spiritual but temporal purposes—merely to distribute the funds. Lord TEIGNNIOUTH felt great objection to the mea sure, but yet did not feel prepared to oppose the second reading of the Bill. As to the sale of the reserves he agreed in its propriety. As to the distribution of the funds, he would not agree to the division of it among more than the two Churches of England and Scotland. Mr. GLADSTONE said he did not think the objection of the Hon. Member for Selkirk had been answered. However he was sure of this, that the Assembly provided for by this Bill would never assemble. Now, as to the general principle of the Bill, the Noble Lord was deeply impressed with the necessity of not passing a measure op posed to the opinions of the province. But there was a worse thing than that in the passing of a Bill involving a breach of faith—involving too, false and fatal principles..—( Hear, hear.) However, he did not wish to obstruct from consideration in Committee a mea sure deemed essential to the completion of the plan of the Union. He entreated his Hon. Friends not to divide, as it would only compromise their cause. He begged to know from the Noble Lord the propositions understood to have been made on the subject by the Primate of England and the Bishop of London, who had authority to act for the Canadian Church ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that proposition was, that a fourth of the reserves already sold should be given entirely to the Church of England, and the h.if of the re mainder—(Hear)—the rest to be appropriated as the Go vernment thought fit. He felt this strongly, that we must either definitively settle the question satisfactorily to the colony, or leave it to the Colonial Legislature.—(Hear.) The House divided, when the numbers were— For the Bill Against it • • Majority for the second reading of the Bill ECCLESIASTICAL DUTIES AND REVENUES 81. On our re-admission, we found that Lord JOHN RUS SEL bad moved that the House should go into Commit tee on the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues B 11; and Mr. GLADSTONE complaining that those on his side of the House had been taken by surprise. On former occasions they had been assured that this Bill would be brought on as the business of a night. They were not Q ed U iti E en !lir f then prepared for the discussion. Lord J. RUSSELL had great difficulty in acceding to any further delay. He had given every possible notice of AND PRINCE ALTSERT. .5.; ATTEMPT TO _AoS.SATShSuIriNdATIEast aTHlaEte Sun brought a tis . the news that a diao the intention to proceed with the Bill, and there was then the preceding eve n ing's iyunsuccessful, attempt to murder the Queen plenty of time for taking a discussion.—(Cries of Go Albert, had been committed about . half-past six on.") o'clock en Wednesday. This alarming intelligence spread Mr. J. JARVIS presented a petition against the Bill with the greatest rapidity through the city, and soon reached from the Dean of Westminster (as we understood)." abnodlictribnuctehappi the surrounding country. Yesterday the arrival of the London Mr, ACLAND also presented a petition from the Mail was expected with inte nse anxiet y , and when, on o p enin g clergy of Bath against the Bill, the n ewspapers, it was found that the report was true, it was Mr. PRYME presented a petition from the Minor gratifying to notice the mingled feelings ofjoy andhorrer mani fested by all . ranks and conditions of persons—joy, that oar bee Canons of Windsor, also one from the Minor Canons of loved and interesting young Queen should have escaped the Canterbury, praying for an augmentation of their s ti p ends. aim of the atrocious traitor , a n d horror, that th e nation should Sir R. H. INGLIS did not think that his Noble contain a person fiendish enough to make so daring an attempt Friend had an swere d th e o bjections of his H on. Friend on the life o f her Ma j est y and her Ro y al Consort.—Here f o rd (Mr. Gladstone). Who, at five o'clock, when they saw the Times. vast assemblage then congregate& _ The Archimedes screw steamer left Liverpool on expected that this Bill would have been called on to-night'?—(Hear, hear.) Thursday for the Isle of Mau and a letter which we have Many Members Members had gone away fully expecting that it eeived from Mr. Smith, dated Douglas June 12, furnishes the would not be brought on then. , following particulars of the voyage thither :—'s I beg to inform Mr. AGLIONI3Y said the Hon. Baronet had answered aou that the Archimedes performed the run from Liverpoo l to himself. It was the duty of lion. M e mbers to be present. this place in the short space of seven hours and twenty-five Upon looking at the Votes, they would see that the Bill minutes, which, lam informed, is an unusually qu ick p assa g e. pected the us_ i The Mona' s Isle was fully two hours longer do , ng the same u• stood second on t he list, and no one ex nada Clergy Reeerves Bill vosuhl have occupied half the . stance, on the same slay, starting about half an hour later than tiice.it had dente. , i the Archimedes.. no \lutia , te,h., power more than the ' ti i 'S ' - , ' . ma. I;O l . l trES Led .nir .I . Is GLI.e pt Atelt m ntedes, with touskierable less tonnage, and drawing two pet i t i o ns agaiast the Bills `feet less water."—Liverpool Albion. ! EVENING EDITION: GRAND JURY CESS BILL. DIVISION in the HOUSE of LORDS on FRIDAY NIGHT. MAJORITY. DUKES. Marlborough Rutland Newcastle Buckuigharn ' EARLS. 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