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EVENING EDITION. desirous of speaking,. and the Neble Lord having obtained yre- eedence for to-morrow, he thought irit any :Ale to foi on the debate at such au Lou; than any motives of adjournment. —( Cheers and counter cheers. ) Lord STANLEY said, that, as far as he was concerned, hosing obtained precedence for to-morrow, he had no desire to divide against the proposition for the adjournment cf the debate.—( Cheers. ) The question of the adjournment of the debate till to-morrow was then put and agreed to. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the Rouse adjourned at a Quarter to Three o'Clock. HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 19. The LORD CHANCELLOR, the Earl Of CLARENDON, and the Earl of SHAFTESBURY took their seats at Four n'Clock, as Commissioners to give the Royal Assent to the several Bills that had passed since the date of the lest Commission. The Usher of the Black Rod having been directed to summon the Commons, the Speaker, accompanied by se veral members, shortly afterwards appeared at the Bar. The Royal Assent was then given in the usual form to the following Bills :—Tbe Exchequer Bills (11,(•00,000) Bill, Lord Seaton's Annuity Bill, Tithes Composition; (Ireland) Bill, Insolvent Debtors (Ireland) Bill, South Eastern Railway Deviation 13111, Bristol and Exeter Rail- Way Bill, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and North Shields Rail- Way Bill, Chester and Crewe and Grand Junction Rail- Ways Consolidation Bill, Workington Harbour Bill, Work. ington Improvement Bill, Taunton Markets Bill, Dews bury Gas Bill, Barkston Ash, &c. Court of Requests Bill, Scottish Widows Fund Bill, Torquay and Dartmouth Roads Bill, Taunton Roads Bill, Honiton and Ilminster Roads Bill, Banbury and Lutterworth Road Bill, Sarum and Ealing Road Bill, Ochil (Clackmannanshire) Roads Bill, Clackmannan and Perthshire Roads Bill, Trinity College (Wordsworth's) Estate Bill, Whittlesca Inclo sure Bill, Thriplow Inclosure Bill, Schultze's Naturaliza tion Bill, Wolff's Naturalization Bill. Their Lordships then adjourned during pleasure. At Five ','Clock the House resumed. A message from the House of Commons brought up Certain Private Bills. Lord PRUDHOE presented petitions from medical practitioners of Newcastle-upon-Tyne; and other places in the North of England, for medical reform. The Bishop of WINCHESTER presented a number of petitions from parishes in his diocese, in favour of Church Extension in the Canadas. The Earl of RADNOR presented petitions from places itt Yorkshire against the Corn.lavi - s. The Earl of WINCHILSEA presented a number of Petitions from various parts of England and Scotland, against the grant to the College of Maynootb. The Noble Lord presented also petitions from Gainsborough, Hertford, and other places, praying for the exclusion of Roman Catholics from Parliament; and a petition from a place in Shropshire, against the 'lrish Municipal Reform Bill. PERSECUTION OFTHE JEWS AT DAMASCUS. The Marquis of WESTMEATH said, a rather seri ous mistake had found its way into the public papers as to the answers which the Noble Viscount opposite (Lord Melbourne) had made to a question which he, on a former night had put to the Noble Viscount respecting the interfe rence of her Majesty's Government with the Pacha for the protection of the Jews. The Noble Viscount was repre sented to have answered in the negative, whereas be un derstood the Noble Viscount to say that her Majesty's :VI:- Waters had interfered. He (Lord Westmeath) thought it but justice to the Noble Viscount to mention the matter, and he thought it was important to the persecuted Jews themselves, that a wrong impression of her Majesty's feel nags on the subject should not go abroad, lest it might have the effect of influencing other Powers to withhold their Interposition to put a stop to the persecution. Lord MELBOURNE was obliged to the Noble Mar quis for having mentioned the subject. Certainly what Was reported in the public journals as his answer to the Noble Marquis was directly contrary to what he did say. What he said was, that he did not know whether instruc tions had actually gone to her Majesty's Consul at Damas cus; but he believed they bad gone, as he knew that it Was intended to send them. He begged leave now to say, that the instructions had actually been sent out at the time. THE SCOTCH CHURCH. The Earl of ABERDEEN, in presenting a petition from Dumfries, in favour of the Bill, which he had intro duced for the settlement of the difference which dis tracted the Church of Scotland, took that opportunity of of making one or two observations upon the manner in which his measure had been spoken of by some members of the General Assembly. One gentleman, in a Speech which had been published, denounced the interfe rence of the State in this question as a national Si,,, and said that the object of the Bill was to pull down the Redeemer from his throne, and trample on his glories. He was, however, happy to say, the reception of the Bill in general had exceeded his most sanguine ex pectations. He daily received representations from all classes in Scotland, expressing their approbation of the measure. And if the approaching Assembly would discuss the matter ca l m l y and fairly, h trusted it would be re ceived and attended with the benefits he was desirous it should produce. The Noble Earl then presented a pe tition from the synod of Dumfries in favour of his Bill. IRISH CORPORATION BILL Lord MELBOURNE said in consequence of the enurse of business in another place he found there was no ebance of the Bill, which was expected on this subject, coming up to their Lordships before Friday next, and be would therefore poseleane their going into Cenimittee en th e Bill until Tuesday, June 2 The Bishop of LL A NDA FF gyve notice that on Monday next, be should present an important petition T iom aierther Tydvil, relative to Church affairs REGISTRATION OF ARMS.—(IRELAND. In answer to questions from the Earl of G L ENG AL L, which were inaudible is the Gallery, The Marquis of NORMANBY said he had not the slightest hesitation in saying that the Government had no knowledge whatever of the intention to murder Mr. West, nor heard of it until that lamentable event had occurred. The Noble Earl must be aware that every report was not true that Was circulated in the papers in Ireland. With respect to the other question he was in com munication with his Noble Friend at the head of the Government in Ireland, who was at this moment prepared to make a most vigorous search for arms in the disturbed districts. But without pledging himself for a fu ture period, his Noble Friend was not prepared to press a measure en the eubject at present. The Marquis of WESTMEATH asked if the Noble Marquis was aware that the Act expired at the end of the present Session ? The Earl of CHARLE VILLE said that parts of Ire land were at present in a very dangerous state. He had Leen informed by a Mag istrate of information which he bad felt it his duty to sel to the Government, referring to arms being kept by improper parties, which information was accompanied by a letter, stating his knowledge of those parties and their characters, and offered his ser vices to the Government in making the search required. To which the Government answered that the Crown Counsel bad inquired if the persons named in the in formation had registered their arms, and if not, that the tact should be stated in the information, and also the grounds for the informant's belief that they bad arms illegally in their possession. But the Government never could get such an information since it would be at the peril of life to give it.—( Hear, hear.) Me thought a heavy responsibility rested upon the Minis ters fur refusing assistance in search for arms which had been required. The Noble Earl went on to detail a num ber of outrages which had taken place in Ireland ; and said that within six months there had been twenty-two eases within the county of Limerick, for which only two Persons had been brought to trial. He also complained of the police, who appeared to think their promotion depended rather on their inactivity than on their vigilant services. The Earl of DEVON said, from the information he Possessed, he did not think the Noble Earl was warranted in saying that, because there were disturbances in a parti cular part, they were general throughout the country. That part of the county of Limerick with which he was :connected, had become progressively more and more cietiet. The people were now well ordered and well con dueeed, and he thought. to show a want of confidence in them woulia have a prejudicial effect in the neighbourhood. He thought it his duty to a large population and to his own feelings to Lear this testimony. The Marquis of NORMANBY said it was not the in tention of the Government to leave Ireland without an Arms Act, still he believed his Noble Friend was misin formed as to the expiration of the Act. He was very glad that he had given way to the Noble Earl. He could not but contrast the mariner in which the inquiry was made, with the tone in which the Noble Earl opposite thought proper to vent his temper, and to take upon himself, on the strength of the rumours which he bad heard, to throw imputations on his Noble Friend at the head of the Irish Government, and which he was sure the Noble Earl would be glad to have an opportu nity of retracting. The Noble Earl (Charleville) said that the police throughout the country thought that their promotion depended not on the activity, in the discharge of their duty, but on the neglect of it. Did the Noble Earl know the extent of that accusation ? Did he know that the whole of the evi dence on the inquiry into the state of Ireland was against that statement, and that the tranquillity of the country Was declared in the Report to have been owing to the man ner in which that maligned force performed its duty ? Lard CHARLEVIL LE said that if the Noble Viscount would move for a Committee to inquire into the facts he would second the motion.—(Laughter.) The Noble Lord would find that the place where 200 men Met in arms was between three police stations, and that th e police could not but have heard the shots which bad been fired on the occasion. He could produce evidence that the police did not do their duty. He could Prove that the police were paralysed and pre vented from doing their duty under the local Magistrates. Was the Noble Marquis aware that even in cases of murder ; the police having a warrant Placed in their hands, dare not execute it without going to their snperiors. He maintained that the police bad neglected their duty ; and he repeated, that if the Noble Marquis would move for a Committ ee to inquire, he would second the motion.—( Laughter. ) The Marquis of NORMANB Y said the Noble Earl had brou g h t an accusation against the Irish Government and against the distinguished officer (Col. Magregor) who was at the head of the police force in Ireland, and stated that the force was paralysed in its duty by the hope of obtaining rewards, not for the performance of their duty, but for the neglect of it. When the Noble Earl made the charge it was to him the responsibility was attached of proving ie and it was not for him ( Lord Norman b y ) to call for a Committee to disprove it.—( Ikea, hear.) If the Noble Earl brought any prcof before him that the police refused to act upon the warrant of a local Magis trate, then he would say not that the whole police force was paralysed, but that that policeman had not done his Atty. The Marquis of WESTMEATH said notwithstanding th e teiumpliant tone of the Noble Marquis, he believed it would el found that the police generally had not done their elute; It was his intention in a very few days to mo v e for the various orders and directions given to the police in Ireland, and it would then be seen THE SUN, LONDON WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1840. whether his Noble Friend's assertion was well founded or not. f_.‘vi;-7-,;t,tb Coc• int(l-estg of the MA people :vero the I.Tarcizis had stated that the 'Arms Act expired this Session. The Marquis of NORAIANBY—That was my im pression. The Marquis of WESTMEATH said the Noble Mar quis had distinctly stated that it was not the intention of the Government to bring in an Act to renew it. The Marquis of NORMANBY had stated distinctly that his Noble Friend was not at that moment prepared (and these were his words) to recommend an alteration in the Arms Act, but he had not pledged himself to the course his Noble Friend would take. The Maiquis of WESTMEATH thought that was a dereliction of duty, because the real state of the question should have been in the knowledge of the Executive Go vernment ; it showed how much those who were obliged to live in that country were left to take care of themselves by the Government. The Earl of CHARLEVIL LE must reply to the assertion of the Noble Marquis. that he had merely stated vague rumours. On the contrary, his information was perived from communication with the Magistrates. Tire Noble Marquis must have been aware that a meet ing had taken place in that district, and the result fully bore out his assertion. Lord MONTE AG I.E said the meeting to which the Noble Earl alluded, had taken place in that part of the country where his own property was situated. The rest)• lutions had been communicated to him, and he felt it his duty, although he could not conceive anything more in convenient, or prejudicial to the interests of Ireland, than these desultory conversations taking place night after night, without any sort of notice—he repeated, although the system was very inconvenient, he felt it his duty to set the House right. It would appear, from what had been stated by the Noble Earl, that his assertions were borne ont by the resolutions adopted at the meeting. The main charge of the Noble Earl was, that the police were en couraged to neglect their duty, by reason of the supposed impunity they received from the Irish Government ; and then the . Noble Earl said be made that charge, not upon vague rumour, but upon the autho rity of Magistrates. Now, he (Lord Montragle) had received the resolutions, and there was no possible coun tenance given to the Noble Earl's statement. It was, therefore, the mere unsupported statement of the Noble Earl himself against the whole of the Irish Government, and casting imputations upon a most useful body of men, the police force of that country, who should be supported by all parties. He complained of the Noble Earl making loose statements, which he doubted whether he could sup port, and which he had not the generosity to retract ; and a new element was thus thrown in the way of the execu tion of their duties by the police in Ireland. With respect to the disturbed state of the county of Limerick, he begged leave to bear his testimony to the fact, that it never was in a state of more entire and complete tranqaillity.— ( Hear, hear.) The Noble Earl must also be aware that there was a groat difference of opinion as to the pro ceedings of the Magistrates, and that they were considered by many premature and incinsiderate, and some of the largest landed proprietors in that part of the country declared they would have nothing to do with them. lie trusted that in future those who had the means would have an op portunity afforded them of answering the questions pro posed to them ;_but let them not lose the public time by desultory conversations, and let them not Inflict injury on the public service by placing credence in general ru mour, which ought to have no weight in that House or elsewhere. The Earl of CHARLEVILLE explained. fle un derstood that it was intended to put a question to the Noble Marquis relative to the Registration of Arms Bill. After a ft;ty words from Lord AIONTRAGLE and the Earl of GLENGALL, the conversation dropped. CHURCH OF SCOiLAND. The Earl of ROSEBERY laid on the table the Report of the Select Committee upon the Church of Scotland. The Earl of SCARBOROUGH presented several pe titions from parishes in the North of England against any alteration in the Corn-laws. The Entail Relief (Scotland) Bill passed through Committee. CHURCH-RATES. The Bishop of NORWICH presented a petition from the town of Norwich on the subject of Church-rates, and in doing so lie wished to call the attention of the House to the Church-rate question. He wished that that question should be settled, ;or until it was settled there would, he was sure, be constant bickerings and altercations on the subject, and whatever party might fail or triumph the cause of religion must necessarily suffer. He therefore agreed with the petitioners in thinking that the question of Church rates should be finally and speedily settled. In the next place, he agreed with the petitioners that a Dissenter was not bound to support the Established Church or a clergy to which he was adverse in all those luxuries and those variety of circumstances included under Church rates.—( Hear.) But he did not agree with the petitioners in saying the Dissenters should be altogether excluded from the payment of Church-rates, because he conceived that those ancient edifices of the country should not be neglected. Every person who was in possession of property, whether by inheritance—whether by purchase, or in land, should consent to have that property taxed ; as he could not but have obtained it subject to such a tax, and he (the Bishop of Norwich) thought it extremely unfair that such a person should now draw b Lck and be excluded from the pay ment of rates which went to support those ancient edi fices, of which, whether he be Churchman orDissenter, he ought to feel proud. For his part, if he were living in a country in which the religion of the State was different from that which he professed, and if he had purchased land under a liability to a certain tax, he should think it his duty to pay that tax, and he considered it unfair and dis crcditabe to petition to be absolved from the payment of it. The Right ILv. Prelate then laid the petition on the table of the House. The Bishop of EXETER said he was sure there was none of their Lordships but would approve of the senti ments expressed by the Right Rev. Prelate, and would not only not think the attempt fair, but on the contrary, to be reprobated to fix on the Dissenters the charge of the lux uries, as they were called, for which Church-rates were paid. He rejoiced these Dissenters had put their petition in the hands of the Right Rev. Prelate, who had done them and himself justice in the observations which he had made. On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, the Tithe Commutation Act was read a third time aild passed. PUNISHMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. The Archbishop of DUBLIN said he bad a petition to present, containing 225 signatures, of residents in London and Westminster, praying for the entire abolition of the punishment of transportation, and among them were the names of five or six respectable merchants, trading to New South Wales. He could not but regret this great subject had not fallen into the hands of some more practised de bater than himself. It was a subject of much importance, and in many respects, of peculiar difficulty, but he did net consider it difficult with respect to the main question before the House, but difficult in overceinieg hostile pre judices, and calling attention so the subject. lie had been for many years engaged upon it, having had it, in the first instance, forced upon his attention, and had been sometimes inclined to regret the advantage it possessed in not being a party question, for, not being so, it had met with almost entire indifference from all parties. Many had told him they had not thought much about the subject ; but when he had iuduced them to do so, they shrunk from the foul and loathsome details necessary to go through, and said it was a question of great difficulty and they had rather not meddle with it. Difficulties, of course, there must be, in legislating on any important subject, the more particularly on one which had been so long the subject of unwise legislation. Difficulties there must be in providing good measures for the country, still more in undoing unwise measures, ani they were pleaded with good reason in this case—the slothful man said there was a lion in the way. lie had, howevery to congratulate the country that more attention had of late been called to it. Perhaps some persons might think he ought to rest satisfied with the intention of the Government, which had been elicited in another place, but he was convinced so little would be done if the proposed modifications were carried into effect, and also that Ministers were not so convinced of the sufficiency of their own modifica tions, that he could not but hope the expression of the opi nion of the House might induce and enable them to go further. He wished to remind their Lordships, the scheme of transportation as it at present existed was most strongly protested against by Howard, and, further, by Lord Bacon ; and he was contented to be censured, as he had been, in the company of Howard and Bacon. He bad had his attention first called to the subject when he held a living in Suffolk ; and, from his observations then, he was convinced that if fifty persons were transported, and five returned, the five would come back with more vice than the fifty carried out with them. He was convinced none of the clergy who had advocated the abolition cf slavery, but must wish the abolition of the system of as signment of convicts to a master, which was a worse system of slavery, and productive of worse effects. And when it was seen what inducements were held out to them to commit crimes, as was proved, he could not honestly pray to be preserved from temptation, and remain silent on the system which led our brethren into it. In the answers which his publications on the subject had elicited, he had never heard any reason to any argument or refutation of any fact he had advanced which did not attribute to him something quite different from what he said. The Right Rev. Prelate then alluded to his writing on the subject in reviews, and his letters to Earl Grey, and his refutation of the opinions of various persons, among others of Sir George Arthur, and the present Bishop of Australia, and said he was accused of taking his arguments all from one side, and he had done so, but it was not his own side, for he was anxious that he might not be misled. In most cases he found that the reply to his statements was whether he had any substitutes of his own to propose. Now the fact was he never proposed any substitutes. He had thrown out suggestions of many. He only endeavoured to prove that the present system was tiny worst that could possibly be in existence. In order to get rid of that most obnoxious sys tem he had proposed the formation of a Commission to take evidence both in this country and foreign countries, in order to find out, not the best punishment that could be awarded, but the best means of preventing crime, which was the object of all punishment. He was so far gratified that a Commission was appointed to report upon the neces sity of a rural police. The Report made by that Commission was a most important one, and though not pleasant reading, was most interesting, and they trusted that the number of criminals would be diminished by the establishment of improved rural as well as town police. It was impossible to read the Report without seeing that means might easily be adopted for s uppressing crime, and that it was in vain to hope that punishment, however severe or cruel—it was impossible to read it without seeing that no punishment could strike at the root of the disease. If the state of the preventive police was such that persons of notoriously bad habits—that per sons having appetites larger than they had the means o f supplying, had a prospect of running their career with im punity for a few years, many would be found to follow it in the same manner as persons were found to follow the trades of house-pointers and needle-4rinCers—when they had a moral certainty that this career would be closed by the age of 36. The mode of answering him was by rc presenting him as proposing some specific system which e - outoi seta bounty upca crime, and ae the same time prove a source of great expeese to the country. That line of argument was taken by Colonel now Sir George Arthur, but he would not then combat anything said or written by him (the Archbishop of Dublin). But he was combating a pure chimera of his own. It was also reported and be lieved in many places, that his plan was to provide a criminal with an outfit; that his passage was to be paid to some colony, where he was to be set up in business, and was not only to go without punishment hut to be rewarded. This was most justly represented as a bounty on crime. But this was far from what he had given to the public. What he had said was that persons released from peniten tiaries or the like, after expiration of the punishment— that such as had indicated any disposition to reform, should, at their own desire, be furnished with means to take them selves to the colonies, either British or Foreign. That was a very different matter to what was represented of him. If he was holding out any bounty on crime, it was after that crime bad been atoned for by the parties suffering the punishment showing some symptoms of amendment, and expressing a desire to get to some place where it would not be known that they had suffered the punishment of the law. It was only because the whole subject was so hor rifying and disgusting that such flimsy answers could be given, not only to his statements, but to volumes upon that subject. If any of their Lordships would not read through that volume he held in his hands, but open it at any pas sage, he would see such a system of horrors Volt he would be no party to the continuance of that system for even one year longer,—( Hear, hear, hear.) It was worse than the system of Negro Slavery which this country had so gloriously put an end to. The master of the slave had an interest in the welfare of the slime, as much as he had for his cattle ; but if t he master of an as signed servant was of a brutal disposition, he had no such check upon him. On the other hand, if the master were of a timorous disposition, or lived in a remote part of the country, and the servant, as was to be expected, was of a depraved habit, then the master lived under the slavery of his slave. No slavery, however, was so bad as a nation consisting,wholly of gaolers and prisoners, of hardened offenders, and executioners and their posterity. What could be worse than such a nation? Had there been an example of it, not only in Christian but in Pagan times? A few years ago the population of New South Wales amounted to somewhere about 77,000. Almost one-third of those were actual convicts, and one-half of the remainder emancipists; that left about 30,000, a large portion of whom wore the children of convicts and emancipists. All the truly respectable colonists of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, he believed, would be very much obliged to him for what he was about. Of course he would be pleased that it were so ; but if all mankind were against him, still he would do that which he conceived to be his duty, but the clue he had alluded to would thank him ; fot what could be a greater impediment to the emi gration of free labour than, as he world call it, the So dom and Gomorrah state of those countries? What they wanted was a free, an honest, and industrious population. But how could that be introduced among a population where vice was virtue, and virtue vice? He had incurred much blame for having discouraged the emigration of those free and independent labourers. Most undoubtedly he bad done so, and would continue to give such advice to any one who honoured him by asking it so long as the transportation system was continued. It had been said that the only way to purify such a nation was to send out large numbers of free and honest labourers. They might as well try to purify the worst sewer in London by pour ing a few cups of water into it as hi.pe to altar the system of society in those colonies while transportation continued. The system had been tried sometime ago A large number of women, who were then virtuous, were sent out, but they had turned out as he had propesied at the time, nineteen .twentieths of them, almost as a matter of course, had become profligates of the vary worst character.—( Hear.) Stop the colonization by convicts sitogether, and then send out large bodies of free and honest labourers, not by scores or hundreds, but by thou sands and tens of thousands, and then they might hope to swamp the evil, just as they might hope to quench a fire by throwing a quantity of green twigs, which, if thrown on singly or in small quantities, would have fed the flame. The keeping up of Norfolk Island as a penal settlement would please neither parties. It would not please the nirers of labourers in the colony, because they would be compelled to seek them amongst the emancipists from Go vernment gangs of the very worst character, neither would it please those who thought with him (the Archbishop of Dublin) to make that island a sort of house of correction at the antipodes. It would require much time and patience to undo the evils already done. The fact, how ever, of continuing to pour fresh streams of pollution into Norfolk Island, could not but tend to keep up in that society such a state of things as, he believed, had never existed before since the world began. Of that So ciety he could convey no adequate description. He would, however, allude to one fact—that of there being among the convicts six men to one woman, and in the more remote settlements the proportion of men to women was seventeen to One. No idea could reach the reality of the licentious ness to which such a state of things gave rise. They could, therefore, resort to no worse measure than that of overpowering a young colony with such an enormous proportion of vice. He believed, too, that the system was attended with greater expenses than were generally ima eined. The total expense of keeping prisoners for four years in Norfolk Island amounted, he believed, to 1451. each. The building of prisons in this country would, he bslieved, amoent to about 1201. for each man ; and the Governor of the gaol of Glasgow had informed him that the expenses of each of his prisoners amounted only to 5/. a year, which for four years would make 20/. I n Eng land the expense might be greater, but it would be still far less than the system of transportation to the colonies— ( Hear, hear.) It might be said, however, that those dis. tant colonies afforded greater security for the detention of prisoners; but, in his opinion, that advantage might be easily obtained elsewhere. He remembered a conversation he had on that subject with his lamented friend, Mr. Drummond, who suggested to him Dorking- Island as a substitute for Norfolk Island. Nothing, he added, re quired greater vigilance than a penitentiary, and yet their penitentiary was placed at a distance of 16,000 miles. But if convicts were not to be imprisoned in distant peni tentiaries, it was asked whether they could be allowed to remain in the country and be let loose at home. It was forgotten, however, that there must be some place of con finement, and it certainly could not be better to throw them among a comparatively limited population rather than in a more crowded one. In large communities convicts, after their release, would probably remove to seine part of the country where they were unknown; but in such a settle ment as Norfolk Island each convict knows the other, and they met together and declined villainy through all its moods and tenses.—( Laughter.) He trusted that the Government would receive from the officers of the consta bulary such reports as wculd enable them to take the means for the preventing of crime and restraining those who might be let loose on society. Some system might be devised which would take away from criminals the prospect of a long ca reer of criminal indulgence, and it should be their object to turn their attention to that subject. If (which he hoped would be the case) penitentiaries were erected on the separate system, and it the present system were abolished, he believed that though they would not have obtained all that they might desire, that they would have done all that, under present circumstances, could be effected for removing half a century's duration of the most unwise, rash, and perverse legislation, which the history of any nation could afford. He had often dissuaded parties from going nut to our penal colonies ; and though he had been censured for taking such a course, he could not regret his having done so. He should continue too to have done so till the system of transportation was abolished. His opinion on the subject might be ridiculed, but let their Lerdships consider the matter calmly, and he would ask them if they would not be ready to coincide with him. Wou'd any of them wish that their friends, or even their servants, should be exposed to the pollution of the society of those !colonies ? What then could he have done but pursue the course he had followed? Ha had trespassed very long on their Lordship? attention, but not longer, he way sure, than it would be allowed that its im portance fully demanded.—(Hear, hear.) After all, what were Governments instituted for? and what was the use of laws, constitutions, or Parliaments, if not to secure per sons and property, with peace, good order, and the mora lity of communities ? It seemed to him most preposterous that they should devote their time to the dis:ussion of par ticular laws—to the rights of electors—to the sending of Members to Parliament, and all the accessories of Govern ment, and yet that they should consider it as an inferior matter whether the very ends of Government were attained or not. He had strong hopes that a strong expression of opinion from their Lordships would enable her Ma jesty's Ministers to take sorre sure and effectual means for the real and bona fide abolition of our present criminal system. He would ask their Lordships whether they would abandon the cons dcration of such a question merely because it did not relate to a party or political contest ? He would most earnestly re commend to their Lordships to pay their hest attention to the evidence furnished them on the subject then under consideration. He would call upon them to take some effectual means for removing great evils, both in this country and the colonies. He would call on them to save those colonies from the greatest curse that could possibly be laid on them, and to remove from the whole civilised world one of the most mischievous systems that ever existed, and to remove from this country one of the foulest stains on its character. The Most Rev. Prelate then concluded by moving that the eunishment of trans portation should be immediately completely and finally abolished. The Marquis of NORM ANB Y said the Most Rev. Prelate had commenced his address to the House by apo logising to their Lordships for pressing on them a sub ject possessing such few attractions, but he (the Marquis of Normanby) was sure that any one who had listened to the Most Rev. Prelate, and had wiinessed the talent and research he had displayed on that subject, would be sa tisfied that if there were any want of attraction in the matter, that want of attraction did not arise from the mode in which the Right Rev. Prelate had treated it. He did not, however, agree in ali the sentiments of the Right Rev. Prelate. The Most Rev. Prelate had also stated that he doubted whether the introduction of such a sub jeet ,was suited to his character and station, but he (the Marquis of Normanby) thought that it certainly became the Most Revere n d P re l ate to lend the weight of his station and abilities to the consi deration of a subject of so grave and important a nature. It was now many years, he believed, since the Most Rev. Prelate had first turned his attention to the matter, but he (the Marquis of Normanby) could not help thinking that the speech they had just heard related to rFtrospective e:r cumstances, and had lift out of consideration the improve ments which had of late been effected in our p ena l settle ments. The Report of toe Committee of Inq u i ry h a d led to the cor rec tio n of many of the evils which the M o - t R ev. Prelat e comp l a i ne d of. He believed that that improve ment was not merely confined to the physical state of the convicts, but extended to their moral conditi on , and that there were no longer such attractive accounts sent from convicts to this country as were formerly the case, —( Hear, hear.) With regard to the plan pro posed by the Most Rev. Prelate, he thought that it was liable to most serious objection. That objection was this, . that if penal settlements were to be abolished, they could find no substitutes in their place, The Most Rev. Pre late had siasi tlins ae had arara p 7 a-s of which he thousahe better than the present syFtetn, though be could nut cheeae between them. The Most Rev. ,Pre late had not been able to state any definite substitute which could induce their Lordships to consent to the total abo lition of transportation. He wished, therefore, to call their Lordships' attention to the inevitable consequence which would folio* from their taking any rash step upon the subject. lie held it to be utterly impossible that they could go on beneficially, as they were now doing, with the gradual abrogation of the punish ment of death, unless they substituted some punish went for life. He considered that it would be impossible, with the feelings of Englishmen, that any punishment would be endured in this country under the eye of its inhabitants, which would continue for life; and far less would Englishmen endure the sub stitution for the punishment of death, which bad been adopted on the Continent; namely, the plan of working convicts as galley-slaves. Then came the question of a penitentiary. He should say that the experiment made of that system had not succeeded. He did not think the Most Rev. Prelate bad treated the subject of the expense of Penitentiaries with his usual clearness. The estimates of those expenses were very various. A gentleman of his acquaintance had informed him that the first expense of erecting penitentiaries would amount to 25,000,0001., and that the animal expense of maintaining them would be 1,500,000/. Ho made the statement merely to show what a variety of opinions might exist on the subject. There was another question of great importance, and that was the health of the pri ssners. He believed that though a limited confinement might not injure their health, a permanent one would very seriously impair it'. In his resolution the Most Reve rend Prelate contended for an immediate abolition of transportation, and if their Lordshirs Adopted his views the change should be Immediate. That would be very dif ferent from that gradual change which he (the Marquis of Normanby) was prepared to carry out as far as he could consider it expedient.. He would next come to some data for the purpose of allowing their Lordships how impossible it would be to abolish the transportation of convicts for the present year. If that abolition took place there wouid be 2,330 convicts thrown on their hands every year, for whom could they provide no accommodation.—( Hear, hear.) Even when the model prisons would be complete they would only have accommodation for 5,000, while there were yearly more than 7,000 sentenced to transportation. He urged these considerations on their Lordships, in order they might not proceed rashly in the course recommended by the Most Rev. Prelate. There was another considera tion, on account of which he would particularly request them to pause, and that was the state of the public mind on the euhjeet of a gradual abolition of capital punish ments. He held that that feeling had been a progressive one for many years, and he honoured those who encouraged it. He had himself voted with Sir James Macintosh on the subject, and he was ready to give every credit to a Right Hon. Baronet ( Sir Robert Peel) a distinguished Member of the otker House, who had carried out those principles when hahtld the office which he (the Marquis of Norinanbyr 'hild the honour of filling. They should, however, be careful, how they dealt with the public feeling on thteoubject. He was convinced that in many of those it - Aeneas in which the punishment of death had been ahalishett, or rarely exercised, the feeling of the public was that in those cases death should not ensue, but that life, as a separate and independent existence, should cease. Tile public did not wish that blood should flow, but that the career of the criminal should be ended. That was the public feeling with regard to the abolition of the punishment of death, but if they abolish transpor tation as a secondary punishment, he thought that they should beware of thus throwing on the community at large a number of evil doers. He therefore felt that the Most Reverend Prelate, by devoting his labour to the sub ject, had done most essenti rl good, bat he regretted the most Rev. P re late bad taken the mode he had done of im pressing that qnsstion on their Lordships' consideration. fie could, however, assure the. Most Rev. Prelate that at all times he should be most anxious to receive from him any representatasens which might lessen the evil s o f the existing system.—(Hear.) He assured the Most Rev. Prelate of the siocere respect he felt for him ; he would not, therefore, call upon their Lordships to give this metier) a direct negative, but feeling it to be one it would be most eiurious to adopt, be would move the previous question. The Bishop of EXETER hoped he might be permit ted to offer his sincere thanks to the Most Rev. Prelate for havin g brought forward this important question. He did not know coy subject on Which that great mind could be more worthily employed ; and yet he must be permitted to say the Most Rev. Prelate had somewhat disappointed him in the mode in which he had treated it. The Most Rev. Prelate appeared to confine himself almost entirely to facts connected with transportation to the colony of New South Wales. He seemed to think the only mode in which transportation could be conducted was that in which it had bees hitherto conducted by this country, and did not appear to him to have taken so extensive a view of this subject as be should have expected. That the evils which had resulted from the system adopted in 1787 were most numerous, it was impossible to deny ; but were these cohsequences necessary to transportation in itself ?—( Hear, hear.) Lot it be remembered that when this plan was adopted of colonising with convicts, its failure was ea manifest, that the amazement was, that the great intellects then employed in the Government of the country should have ventured upon it ; but was it a matter sufficiently plain that the same consequences would have ensued if New South Wales had been colonized be fore it was made a penal colony ?—might they not hope a very different result would have taken place? What was the state of the facts relative to the colonization of New South Wales? laire sent forth at once 1,200 convicts, and what steps were taken to ensure their moral and re ligious instruction ? It was notorious that at first no thoughts were entertained of sending a single chaplain, but some benevolent persons interposed, and at the last I moment obtained one chaplain to be sent forth with them. For the first sevoil years one:person only was so employed ; for the next serion years we sent two only. He knew that at that period die Government and the country were employed in that Feat contest which lasted so long, and engrossed the minds of ail ; and he wished when that struggle was over, some appearance of attention had been exhibited to this great subject ; but many years elapsed, and was there ever yet due regard that the convicts sent out should have the means of reformation ? It might surprise some of their Lordships, though not her Majesty's Government, who must be aware of it, that at the present t'me while thego were no less than 4,000 convicts in chained page, and scattered through several districts, not one single person was appointed by Government to be chaplain over ars) , aae of the jails in which these pcor wretches were conffired. Could it astonish us, therefore, that a comma,' thus abandoned, should produce the harvest of corruption such seed must peteloce ? There were, how ever, small bowies given to ono or two persons to look after one or two of these jails in Sydney. The Government gave no less a snraythan 50/. to the Rev, Wm. Cooper to look after the smile of thee • confined in the jail there; but this Rev. Gentleman was also Minister of St. Philip's pa rish, Sydney, end had the care of the souls of 5 or 6 000 parishioners. He was, however, happy to state that the same sum was given to a Roman Catholic Minister to at. tend to the religious instruction of the convicts of that persuasion, and he was also informed that they had now the assistance of a clergyman, who, having gone out with out any specific deity, had been employed for that purpose. In January, 1838, a representation was made to 'he Go vernor, Sir G. Gipps, by three Judges, deploring the defi e i e ney of spiritnei instruction. 'Their Lordships might expect that would have occasioned the promise of an alte ration, but it Wail not so—that year passed without an an swer, and the year 1839 parsed also without an answer.— ( Hear, hear.)" He did sincerely believe that if the Gover nor-General made no representation to the Government at home, or the Government, if he did, had neglected to at tend to it, he or they had incurred a tremendous responsi. bility. He did not want to go more at length than was necessary into the subject. He admitted, while he ho noured the Most kci. Prelate for the motives which had induced him to bring forward this motion, he did yet think he had failed to establish a claim for support to it in the terms in which it was expressed. The Most Rev. Prelate bad made a representation of the state of morals is New South Wales, and that he believed them to be true there could be no deubt. He spoke of them as the most corrupt nation that ever the snn ehone on, and as worse than pagans, but bud we no authorities on the other side? He (the Bi shop of Exeter) did not assert that statements from the colony itself must be a partial statement. He would read a statement on the subject by the Bishop of Australia in a Report which he bad made to the Diocesan Committee of Education in New South Wales in 1837.—( Hear, hear.) the Right Rev. Prelate then read an extract, and proceeded. But this did not rest upon the averment of any individual, however respectable. Mr. Justice Burton stated, in a work he had recently published on the state of education and morals in New South Wales, that in six years he had tried about 800 or 900 persons. The population of that place was about 110,000, of whom no less than 30,000 were natives. Supposing the other Judges to h ave tr i e d as many, there would have been only ninety of the native population tried by all the Judges in six years. Their Lordships would see this was but 1, in 2,000 of the this to be considered a proof of population, Now was not,because, so, it proved the state of morals in England was incalculably worse, depraved morals? He hoped proportion Was about one in 800. forHe thought la it nd the w asp putting it rather too strong when he said it was a country of the worst criminals that disgrace He, a l ong with the Most Rev. P re l ate re gretteda country. out an importati on o f fe - the failure o f sending Not Rev. Prelate had said they all went out males. Th e with certificates of c h a racter from the mini s te rs o f t h e i r parishes. He could only regret that the ministers had been to facile in granting these certificates, for he was informed by an cyc witness of their proceedings at the Cape, and he staid that anything more depraved or horrible than their conduct at th&e port he had never seen. The Areldreliop of DUBLIN said he spoke altogether of another ship load. The Bishop of EXETER had only heard of the one he spoke of, anal it was as he said. The Most Rev. Prelate had also amid that the most respectable part of the popu lation aretd hi s views—in that h e was in error, . for the a o vernor'i Council, among whore were the mast respectable inhabitants of the colony w ith his views, for they, op the had no .sv empathy contrary, e at ,' the colony was now in a fit state for carrying out, the enlightened views of those who first established the transportation system, and that a well regulated system of assignment was the best calculated for the interests of the coln.3y. After condemning the Go vernment for withdrawing the Land Fund from the pur poses of free immigration, in order to support the police of the colony, a iystetr; which he depre4ated much, he hoped that part of the policy cf the Government would be re considered, and that means would be taken to supply spi ! ritual instruction to those unhappy beings who stood so peculiarly in need of it. The Earl of WICKLOW had been very happy to hear that all the improvements which were contemplated were the result of the exertions of the Most Rev. Prelate. They fully deserved the eulogium cf the Noble Marquis. Considering theovidence taken before the Committee of the other House, he was astonished to hear what had fal len from the Rev. Prelate who had spoken last, and he •,, , tca he would sin give oi.i alter 1 to the book he ld in hi; hand. He had been 1 - painted that the Noble '':larquiS had rot stag:;) to w l za . 1 t was in• tended to carry the improt ements. They were told that the system of assignment was to be put an end to. Now, Sir George Arthur said the expense of an assigned con t was 4/., while his expense under any other system would cost 141. Now he was afraid that this and Lord John Russell's system, if carried into effect, would imnose an expense upon this country which it was ill able to bear, and would not be disposed to put up with. How ever, the Noble Marquis had not told them how much of Lord John Russell's system was immediately to be car ried into effect, and Lord John Russell, in a note in the book, had himself stated that the expense of his own plan would be enormous, and could not be borne—so that they were left in a state of uncer tainty as to the intentions of he Government further than that they were opposing the plan of the Most Rev. Prelate. He thought the Government intended to adopt the plan of the Most Rev. Prelave nearly in all its integrity, and that it was now merely a question of time ; and, if so, then all that had fallen from the Rev. Prelate who spoke last fell to the ground. Those to whom the Rev. Prelate alluded as being anxious to keep up the present system, were no doubt good men, but they dii not speak of the morality of transportation, but spoke of it as persons who were in want of labour at other t'..an an enormous price. As far as morality went, it was impossible that the state of things could be otherwise in any place where the inequality in numbers between the sexes was so great, and that was a state of things which no Government in a moral country could longer tolerate. They did not want to say that they ought to put an end to transportation at once, but they ought to come to a resolution saying it should cease as soon as possible. There were the Bermudas to which convicts might now be sent, and so relieve New South Wales ; at all events, it was very important that the country should know what new and settled plan was to be adopted by the Government. At all events, he hoped that it would go forth to the country that transportation would not hereafter be a boon. The Bishop of EXETER explained. He had not yet made up his mind upon the subject. He had, there fore, not given any opinion as to the expediency or in expediency of transportation. The Bishop of NORWICH said, the country and the Ilouse were greatly indebted to the Most Rev. Prelate for bringing that most religious subject under consideration, and also to the Noble Marquis for the statement he had made. He thought it was very desirable indeed that transportation should cease, but not until the people were educated ; and he was most happy that her Majesty's Go vernment had turned their attention to that important subject. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE agreed with the Rev. Prelate that the thanks of the House and country were due to his Most Rev. Friend. At that hour he would not have risen in the debate, had it not been for some misrepresentations of the intentions of Govern ment, which had been made in the course of the evening. The Noble Earl opposite had said he knew not what was the intention of Government from the state. ments of Lord J. Russell. He (the Marquis of Lans downe) had no hesitation in stating that it was the in tention of the Government to advise her Majesty to dis. continue in a great many cases in which it was the prac tice now to transport offenders. It was a dangerous word to use, " immediate," in the consideration of a question of such magnitude, but it was the full intention of the Government gradually to diminish the number of transports, so that they might be brought within the limits of the expenditure of the present time. With regard to an observation which had fallen from the Rev. Prelate (the Bishop of Exeter) respecting the necessity of ex icnsive emigration, and the appropriation of the land fund, he entirely agreed ,with him that it was to the extensive emigration of a superior class of persons from this country that the colony had a right to look for some reparation for the enormous evils which we had inflicted upon her by our system of transportation. With respect to the land fund, no doubt it had increased beyond all hopes or calculations, but while there had been a grow ing necessity for funds for the due administration of justice and the spiritual care of the colony, there had been also a growing indisposition on the part of the co lonial authorities to provide for such important purposes, and that fund was happily at hand to provide far that which was absslutely necessary for the welfare of the colony. He considered that the present unfortunate state of the colony was in a great measure owing to the want of spi ritual care. Much had been done to remedy this defect. The subject bad occupied the attention of several succes sive Governments, and every year several additional clergymen had been sent out. He knew the subject had occupied the anxious attention of his Noble Friend near him at the time he was at the head of the Colonial De partment; and also that during the short time that his Noble Friend in the other House had been at the head of that department, be had also sent out several additional clerg) man to attend to the spiritual wants of the popula tion; but in order to do this he had found it necessary to have recourse to the fund which had been alluded to by his Noble Friend. Yet notwithstanding all this, the supply granted for the promotion of emigration had not been stopped. Thousands had been sent out last year. and thou sands would be sent out during the course of the present year. He entirely agreed with the Right Rev. ,Prelate as to the general question. He entirely agreed with the Report of the Committee of the House of Commons, to which it was the intention of the Government to adhere. lie begged to call the attention of the Noble Earl to the tact that that Committee had not recommended the total abolition of the punishment of transportation, but only the limitation of it. He believed great good would he effected both here and in the colony, by adhering to the recommen dations of that Report. The law was now in a state of transition as regarded capital punishments, and such being the case, he could not think it advisable to give up any punishment whatever, and least of all should he be inclined to part with the punishment of transportation for life in cer tain cases. Ho believed it was necessary to have the fear of some other punishment, instead of the fear of death, to work upon the apprehensions of mankind. He did not think it right that punishments should be left without de gree ; and he believed there was a class of persons who were more deterred from the commission of crime by the apprehension of being sent to suffer in a remote part of the globe than by any other punishment ; and although he would admit that the punishment was attended with more expense, yet it was attended with great advantages, and persons who had conducted themselves properly at the expiration of their punishment found themselves located in a society in %Inch they were capable of obtaining employ ment, and of getting the full value for their labour, which they would not be able to do in this country He thought it, therefore, desirable that the punishment .of transporta tion should be continued. But he agreed with the Right Rev. Prelate. that crime would be but imperfectly re prc • r b ed unless care were provided for the ed uca ti on o f the people at home, so as to cut off the supply of crimi nals to our Courts of Justice. He was anxious that this motion should not be agreed to, as he was not prepared to early the immediate abolition of transportation into effect. But no person could be more anxious to carry into full and immediate effect the penetentiary system than her Majesty's Government. He had listened with great satisfaction to the debate, which he thought would tend to enlighten the mind of the public on the subject, and he should Wait have troubled their Lordships at such length, had he rot thought it his duty to state what were the views of her Majesty's Government ou the subj2et. The Bishop of EXETER explained that he had not intended to say that the iron-gangs were totally devoid of spiritual instruction, but that no chaplains were appointed for that purpose specially. The Marquis of NORMANBY explained, and said that the subject had attracted the most anxious attention of the Government, and he stated that during the time he had been in office, no subject had attracted his more anxious attention than the spiritual wants of the Australian Colonies. The Archbishop of DUBLIN in reply stated, that all that he had asserted with regard to the moral state of the Australian Colonies, was borne out by the evidence taken before the two Committees of the House of Commons, which had never been rebutted by the colonists, although they had had ample time to do so. That there were some splendid exceptions he did not deny, and they were the more meritorious on account of the atmosphere of crime by which they were surrounded, and as long as the colony was exposed to the influx of criminals, such must necessarily be the case. It was at present the place in which those who had undergone the punishment at Norfolk Island or Tasman's Peninsula were located ; and Sir Edward Parry had told him only a few days ago that it was impossible for any man to go through the Pc. niteutiary at Norfolk Island without turning out a double distilled villain. Under these circumstances a moral re formation was totally impossible. To effect that not only should no more criminals be sent out, but thousands of honest settlers should be sent out in order to produce a new standard of public opinion. He knew that peniten tiaries could not be built all at once, but when he proposed the abolition of transportation he merely wished to move the penitentiaries sixteen thousand miles nearer home, to Dorking Island or Lundy Island, for instance where prisoners cou'd be guarded and superintended until these Penitentiaries could be built. Send an army abroad —send a school abroad—but do not send a Penitentiaay to the antipodes, as that requires the greatest possible vigilance. With regard to the Penitentiary system, Mr. Bruce, the Governor of the Glsagow Penitentiary, had said that during four years the mortality in the Penitentiary had been less than the average mortality in the towns. He would detain the House no longer by pressing his resolution, but he was glad to hear that the subject had attracted the attention of the Government, snd he hoped they would follow up the curse they had begun, and that the sugges tion of the Committee of the House of Commons would be adopted. The previous question was then agreed to without a division, and the House adjourned at Tea o'Clock. CHURCH OF ENGLAND ASSURANCE AND TRUST INsTlTuTiox.—lt must greatly gratify the friends of the Church to find that such has been the distinguished suc cess of this very valuable Institution, that the Shares are to be allotted on Monday, the Ist of June next, after which, the business will commence in all its branches. There is little doubt that this Institution, while it will be the most benevo lent of the insurance offices, will also be the most profitable to its shareholders. MR. BURKE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE FOR 1840.—0 f all the Peerages this new edition of Mr. Burke's will doubtless be considered the best, as it is decidedly the most comprehensive and complete. It conta ns all the new creations, and being corrected throughout from the personal connexions andns of fntthe ecommunications of the nobility, the authenticity of its details may be relied on ; while the vast quantity yof cariousco resting i n formation respecting the collateral Peers and Baronets, which its voluminous pages contain, give it an interest of an historical and biographical character, which imparts a great charm to the otherwise dry genealogical par. titulars. In this point of view, Mr. Burke's volum e is emi nently distinguished from all works of a similar kind—his researches in furtherance of his " History of the Lanced of Gentry " having opened new sources of informati on to 11. of which he has amply availed himself in this new edition the Peerage and Baronetage. There will be no brevet on the occasion of her Majesty's birth. day, as some of our military friends appear to have expected.— United Service Gazette. A DUEL. GIBRALTAT;„ meeting' took place beyond tin:: Spanish Linn on the 2d instant, between Captain the Hon, Dudley Pelham, R.N., of the Wasp, stationed here, and Lieutenant-Colonel Gore Browne, of the Royal Artillery. The former attended by Major Garrett, K. H., command ing the 46:h regiment in this garrison; and the latter by Lieutenant Rowan, of the Artillery. The cause of dis pute was, Captain Pelham having withdrawn his acquain tance from Colonel Browne, in cons equence of a com plaint made of him (Colonel Browne) by an officer of his corps. Captain Pelham disavowing any intentional offence in his manner of withdrawing, and offering to express his regret if be had, without meaning it, done so in an insult ing manner, but maintaining his right otherwise to act as he had done, and to continue to do so, if he thought fit under the circumstances alluded to. This not being con sidered sufficient by Colonel Browne, who still demansed personal satisfaction, the meeting took place as already stated ; and after a shot being fired on each side (Captain Pelham having fired in the air), Colonel Browne stated he was satisfied, and the parties h!ft the ground without other retraction, apology, or reconciliation. This affair, from the peculiar circumstances cf the occurrence and the cha racter of the parties, has created much sensation here amongst all classes. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 6, 1840. Tile Queen his been graciously pleased to appoint John Turnbull, Esq. to be her Majesty's Consul at Granville. DOWNING-STREET, MAY lb. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Carr, Esq. to be her Majesty's Advocate at the Settlement of Sierra Leone. WHITEHALL, MAY 13. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Stock Barnes, of Colchester, in the County of Essex, Gent., to be a Master Ex traordinary in the High Court of Chancery WHITEHALL, MAY 14. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Gingell, of Hen bury, in the County of Gloucester, Gent., to be a Master Ex traordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Somersetshire. West Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—J. C. Ord, Gent., to be Lieutenant, May 12. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. HENRY WEBSTER, surgical instrument maker, Bed ford-street, Covent-garden. BENJAMIN BARKER SMARK, scrivener, Honiton, Devonshire. JOHN MALLEY and JOHN ASPINAL, corn-merchants, Liverpool. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. WILLIAM FLETCHER, grocer, Cann-lane, Sedgley, Staffordshire. BANKRUPTS. ARTHUR REDFORD, printer, London-road, South wark, to surrender May 26 and June 30, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Abbott, official assignee ; Harman, Bennett street, Blackfriars. HENRY REINECKER, wine -merchant, Great Tower street, London, May 26 and June 30, a t t we l ve , at t h e C ourt o f Bankruptcy. Penuell, official assignee ; Venning and Naylor, Tokenhouse yard. MATTHEW CASE and WILLIAM HODGSON, mer chants, Manchester, June 3, at four, and June 30, at two, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Smith, Chancery lane, London; Shuttleworth, Holgate, and Roberts, Rochdale. WILLIAM ELDER, grocer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, June 4 and 30, at eleven, at the Bankrupt Commission Room, New castle-upon-Tyne. Aleggison, Pringle, end Manisty, King's road, Bedford-row, London ; Hoyle, Grey-street, Newcastle upon- Ty ne. JAMES YOUENS, grocer, Ludgate-bill, May 26, at twelve, and June 30, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Amory and Co., Throgmorton-street. WILLIAM KELLY, bookseller, Liverpool, May 29, and Juno 30, at one, at the Clarendo n -roo ms , Li verpoo l. P e dd er , Liverpool; Willis, Bower, and Willis, Tokenheuse-yard, Lothbury, London. JOHN CATON, cotton-spinner, Preston, June 5 and 30, at eleven, at the Town-hall, Preston. Wiglemorth, Ridsdale, and Craddock, Gray's-inn-square, London; Gorst and Bir chall, Preston. THOMAS WASHER GIBBS, soap-maker, Cathay, Bris tol, May 28, and June 30, at twelve, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. Makinson and Sanders, Middle-temple, London; Haber field, Bristol. CALEB ASHWORTH TATE, tea-dealer, Liverpool, June 4 and 30, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Vincent and Sherwood, Temple, London ; Littledale and Bards well, Liverpool. HARRY FRY, surgeon, Newport, Monmouthshire, June 10 and 30, at eleven, at the Tredegar Arms Inn, Newport. Crosby, Bristol ; Bicknell, Roberts, Finch, and Neste, Lin coln's-inu-fields, London. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Henley, rectifier of spirits, Sols-row, Hampstead-road, June 11, at half-past twelve—J. Clark, dentist, Keppel-street, Bloomsbury, June 11, at eleven—lL Parker, harness maker, Rupert-street, Havmarket, June 10, at twelve—J. Richardson, cutler, New Bond-street, June 10, at eleven. In the Country. E. Blundell, innkeeper, Samlesbury, Lancashire, June 19, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Preston—N. Phillips, banker, Ha verfordwest, June 15, at eleven, at the Castle Inn, Haverford west—J. Brodrick, merchant, Plymouth, June 17, at twelve, at the Royal Hotel, Plymouth —R. and T. Otley, manufacturers of Britannia metal wares, Sheffield, June 10, at one, at the Town-hall, Sheffield--R. Cawood, woollen cloth manufacturer, Leeds, June 20, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms Leeds —J. Burr, baker, Wells, Somersetshire, June 10, at ten, at the Mitre Inn, Wells—W. Marsh, hosier, Wolverhampton, June 9, at one, at the Swan Inn, Wolverhampton —R. J. Tomlinson, oil manufacturer, Bristol, June 16, at two, at the Commercial rooms, Bristol—T. Rees, shopkeeper, Crumlin, Monmouth shire, June 13, at two, at the Commercial- rooms , B r i s t o l—C. J. Wrigley, chemi s t, Doncaster, June 13, at twelve, at the Guildhall, Doncaster—T. Willacy, corn dealer, Windle, Lan shire, June 10, at two, a t th e Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. CERTIFICATES.—Juxe 9. J. and S. Lodge, manufacturers of fancy cloths, Salford, Yorkshire—D. King, surgeon, Eltham, Kent—J. W. Web ster, currier, Salford. Lancashire—R. and W. Bowie, surgeons, Burr-street, Lower East Smithfield—W. Blundell and R. Falk, merchants, Liverpool—J. A. Griffin, merchant, Liverpool—B. R. Pemberton, wool broker, Basinghall-street. PARTNERSHIPS BISSOL VED. 31. Howe and C. Baines, wine merchants, Sheffield—W. and C. Lloyd, wool merchants, Newtown, Montgomeryshire—W. and C. Cole, bottle merchants, Bath—J. Sanderson and T. Red fearn, joiners, Kingston -upon-Hull—J. Allen and S. Dungey, lime burners, Veryan, Cornwall—J. Taylor, J. Taylor, and A. Clegg, nurserymen, Prestwich and Crumpsall, Lancashire (so far as regards A. Clegg)—J. Redhead and R. M. Cartwright, surgeons, Cartmel, Lancashire—C. S. R. Sandford and J. Yates, ironfounders, Rotherham, Yorkshire—NV. V. Toney and T. F. Jones, steel manufacturers, Soho, Hansworth, Stafford shire—H. Mann and J. Thompson, linen drapers, Kirkgate, Leeds—W. J. Clement and H. Keate, surgeons, Shrewsbury-- J. and J. Crowther, corn millers, Huddersfield, Yorkshire—J. G. Collins, W. H. Collins, and P. Mann, common brewers, Richmond, Yorkshire (as far as regards J. G. Collins)—T. M. Woodyatt, M. Piper, T. Boswell, E. Crannage, W. Austin, and T. Edwards, wood screw manufacturers, Cookley, Worces ter—J. Culdbeck and C. H. Andrews, drysalters, Leeds—K. and I. Grundy, woollen manufacturers, Bury, Lancashire—C. and J. Campbell, cotton brokers, Liverpool—T. Waddington and J. Ilanson, stock manufacturers, Manchester—J. Jones and G. Cowen, cabinet makers, Manchester—T. Overton and J. Overton, jun„ wine merchants, Liverpool —W. Clark, J. Clark, J. Clark, and T. Skirrow, atone merchants, Binglev, York shire (so far as regards T. Skirrow)—J. Edwards and W. Drummond, wholesale tea dealers, Liverpool—C. A. Latcbam and J. Anderson, attorneys-at-law, Bristol—R. M. Hume and W. W. Gunaton, solicitors, Great Winchester -street, City-- W. K. Griffith and E. Duncan, surgeons, Leadenhall-street, City—J. Archer and T. Hustwick, attorneys, Cambridge—G. and J. S. Smallfield, booksellers, Newgate-street—S. D. Moss and J. COWNII, tailors, Wigan, Lancashire—D. Hesse and R. Slaepheard, manufacturers of stocks, Manchester. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JOHN COWPER, baker, Glasgow, May 19 and June 9, at twelve, at the office of J. Monteith, writer, Glasgow. FRANCIS DAVIDSON, merchant, Middlefield, Edin burgh, May 20 a.-. 11 June 10, at two, at the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh. ARCHIBALD WRIGHT M'INTYRE, merchant, Fort William, May 21 and June 12, at one, at the George Hotel, Fort William. ALEXANDER KENNEDY, Writer to the Signet, Edin burgh, May 20 and June 24, at two, at the Old Signet Hall, Edinburgh. JOHICI LOW, jun., wood merchant, Dundee, May 20 and June 9, at one, at the Royal Hotel, Dundee. JAMES HALKET, manufacturer, Dundee, May 21 and June 11, at tw2lve, at the Royal Hotel, Dundee. WILLIAM AITKEN, merchant, Glasgow, May 23 and June 12, at twelve, at W. Roxburgh's, Gallowgate-street, Glasgow. JAMES LAWSON, merchant tailor, Edinburgh, May 27 and June 24. at two, at the Royal Exchange, Edinburgh. GEORGE NICOL, jun., grocer, Dundee, May 23 and June 13, at twelve, at W. Denham's, Murrygate, Dundee. ARCH:BALD ALLARDICE, bookseller, Dundee, May 26 and June 16, at twelve, at the British Hotel, Dundee. KENTISH HOP INTELLIGENCE. MAIDSTONE.—A few days since what is generally termed in the hop districts " a few fly" were seen in some of the grounds of this neighbourhood, and as many as three might, in some instances, be counted upon a leaf. During the last two days, however, these have nearly all disappeared, ar.d there is now scarcely a fly to be seen. The bine is progressing with unabated vigour, and in some instances has been known to grow a foot in twenty-four hours. Mr. Corrall's celebrated ground, the " flower of Kent," has a most luxuriant appearacce. A labourer who has known the ground for sixty years past, declares he never knew it to grow so fast, or to have looked so well, as within the last fortnight. Generally speaking, this is the character of all the grounds in this neighbourhood, al though we have heard of one instance in which the planter, finding his bines infested with the floss, had them all cut off. Even in this case, however, the new shoots are fast growing to the poles. WATERINGIWRY.—The hops still continue to flourish , and the rain appears t o h ave g i ven a greater impul se to , their gioyeth. The r e i s some fl y in many of the gro unds, and their number appears to increase, as is generally the case in damp weather. BRESCHLEY. —The hops continue to flourish and app ear to be doing w e ll. Th ere is great talk of fly ; some say they have seen ten on a leaf, but our correspondent has not seen so many. As many as seven may be found, but not generally. The late showers have been very beneficial to the hop grounds, and render a very favourable oppor tunity of chopping round the hills, which appears to be very generally taken advantage of by the farmers. TICEUCRST ---,The hop plantations in this and the ad- Joining parishes still continue to make rapid progress in furnishing the poles, excepting some old grounds, which are rather baeltv..ard ; but we have neither flea nor fly of any consequence. GOUDIIURST, LLMBETUIDUST, HEADCOItN, AND ST:ME- M:EST.—The bine cannot appear more flourishing. We have had some fi ne showers, which have caused hops and other Vegetables v:ry materially to improve. CRANBSOOK. —The hop bine in this neighbourhood is looking very healthy, but we have a few fly. The Autograph Letters of Royal, noble, and distinguished persons, announced for publication in the Argus newspaper, will, no doubt, create a great sensation, as the edi tor, Mr. \Vestmac)tt, is known to have had access to very im portant secrets and documents. EVENING EDITION. METROPOLITA.N VE ITE N the Morning Advertiser. Our readers roust have seen in our Paper yesterchiy advertisement from a Company whose, claims upon pul.,;:c Attention we have not hitherto noticed, and did not notie , , first, because we doubted, along with many others, equal!! sceptical with ourselves, the soundness of the principles its operations ; and, secondly, because wo looked upon as an ephemeral project, like the asphalte and biture-e bubbles, which would have its day, and burst, as they when attempted to be applied to practical ptr . poses—.ee mean the Metropolitan Wood Pavement Company. Compan; has been in existence, we believe, during the last twelve months ; and experience, as far as it has go•,e. proves that we were mistaken in our anticipations. Tlio pavements laid down by the Company are to be seen is almost every part of the metropolis, and have fully ve r ifi e d almostevery exp4 , et at i on he:d out by its Directors. blocks are so firmly united together as to be rendered i• ;- movable, except by the application of mechanical power_ all noise and dust are avoided ; and farther—what was first apprehended would not be the case—tbe pavement not slippery. These facts arc borne witness to, not only two eminent surveyors of favements who have thorougi*r examined there, but by the Commissioners of Woods cld Forests, with whose approbation a splendid specimen of the works of the Company has been laid down in Whiteh, Whether it will he equally permanent with stone pave ment remains to be seen ; and we should also like to knote whether, as the public are greatly interested in the result ' of the experiment, the charring and pitching of the under port;ons of the blocks would not contribute to hair durability ? MONEY MARKET and CITY NEW (TUESDAY EVENING.) TIME S.—By the advises from Hamburgh the pries of gold is 429 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. lOid. the ounce for standard gold, gives an ea_ change of 13.7, and the course of exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.51, it follows that gob. is 0.59 per cent. dearer at Hamburgh than in London. The prerniumlon gold at Paris is 9 per mille, which, ct the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 100. the ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.39, and the change at Paris on London at short being 25.27 k, it fol. lows that gold is 0.46 per cent. dearer at Paris than London. The course of exchange at New York on London iz 108 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 1.57 per cent, against England. By the usual official return published by the Customs. the exportation of the precious metals to foreign and colonial ports for the week ending the 14th inst. is as under . Oune(s. Silver bars, Harnburgb 6h,958 Silver bars, Rotterdam 5,000 Silver coin, 1 - 12mburgli 30,000 Silver coin, Rotterdam 5,000 Gold bars, Rotterdam POST.—The transactions in the Englab Funds %Nero large to•day. Those who bad previously been going for the rise were not sanguine as to the issue of the debate brought on in the [louse of Commons last night by Lard Stanley, and have accordingly proceeded to realize. A decline in prices to the extent of from f to I par unt. was the consequence. The Foreign Market was nearly neglectttd, the English funds and shares engrossing the almost undisided attention of speculators. In Shares there was a very extensive tra the ways being still the favourite objects of spec alation. The wild" work of which a contemporary spea ks, in allusion to these interests, is fostered and promoted toy the low rate of discount adopted by the money hou s es in Losol-srd street. They continue to do business at beast 3 to 1 per cent. below the rate charged by the Baria cf England. We think it the more important to fix attention to this di:- parity of the rates, and to the abundant supply of c4pital that is afforded for improvident purposes, ras the continen tal exchanges are yet weak. There ca.: Toe no doubt that we shall have a large amount of foreign !Ninds of diffcrent kinds sent over for the purpose of being sold at the Lite advance, in which case they (the excha abet?) will again go lower. SUN.—The excitement kept alive lsy the debate in the House of Commons, has had an injurious effect on the Funds to day, but prices did not leave off this after noon quite so low as they were at one part of the morn ing. Consols for immediate transfer were last mai keti 921 to t, and for time the same. For the July ac count the quotation was about 92-4 to 93. Excheqner Bills receded slightly, namely, to 255. 275., but India Bonds realised 45.. to 6s. premium. Bank Stock ;a mained firm at 176 k. There was not a brisk market for the Foreign secu rities this afternoon, and the decline of the morning was not recovered. Spanish Active Bonds were nez done higher than 28i- to ; Portuguese New Five par Cents. were dull at 351; Mexi can dropped from i.;:2 to 31 ; and the other securitieslvere without alter. The Share Market was again very brisk, but in instances lower prices were submitted to, thoulao marked fall can be said to hare occurred. The Great Western Railway Shares left off at 2Si, the New at 14 ; the Birmingham New at 26 ; the South es tern at 133- ; the Manchester and Leeds at 21k, the New at 11 ; the North Midland at 6, the New at i ; and the York and North Midlana at 21 pramium ; Birmingham and Derby Shares were at 11 ; the Great North of England at 6 ; the Hull and Selby at ; the Manchester and Birmingham at 5i ; the Midland Counties at 6i ; the Northern and Eastern at ; and the Brighton at 3-5- discount. The rates of the Foreign Exchanges were this a:, e-- noon much the same es on last post day. Bills on P;u-i,z were at 25f. 52ie. to 5.5 e. ; on Hamburgh at 13 8:„.; 9 ; on Amsterdam at 12 11 ; on Antwerp at 12 1 "i• ; on Rotterdam at 12 1i ; and on Frankfort at 11 to -4. Attention in the City is now turned to the expected arrival of the Great Western steamer from New York, whence same interesting news is expected relativ,.: to commercial affairs, and probably we may receive fqrther information on the subject of the boundary question. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNA FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OP THIS DAY. (From the Morning Herald.) At half-past two o'clock this morning, the debate on tot' Irish Registration Bill was again adjourned by means of one of those factious and cowardly manoeuvres with whirl: O'Connell and his Tail arc conversant. The big beTrgar.. man himself has not, as Lord Stanley observed, matte an attempt to speak, during; the debate, extending as it 'nits done through two %%hole evenings ; yet the adjou,ntrier,t always :moved on the pretext that some Irish Memb!ir or other is anxious to deliver his sentiments on this •‘ tital question." Tho object of course is to prevent the fhiuse coming to any decision at all on the subject of that s!steru of electoral perjury which places O'Connell and his crew of mercinaries in Parliament. (From the Morning Advertiser.) If the Tories imagine that by Lord Stanley's .: 4 0.1ti- Irish Registration Bill Mr. O'Connell's influence in Ire land would be impaired, they miserably deceive ti!ern selves. The enactment of the Bill would immediately place at Mr. O'Connell's disposal a greater power in Ire land than be ever wielded in the whole course of Hi; poli tical life. Mr. O'Connell, no doubt, exercises great in. licence with the Liberal Irish Members, as well fr intellectual ability as from the deference which the irloh constituencies pay to his advice ; but it is in tbri millions that Mr. O'Connell's chief power centrwT. awl this power will ever incroase in the direct ratio of th , .l wrongs which the Legislature may -inflict upon thoie in whom it is vested. (Frcm the Morning Post.) The present Government, bad as it has ever been, never descended to a course so completely factious as that Whielt it has taken upon Lord Stanley's Registration Bill. What would they have said—what would their journxis have said—if the Conservative party resisted the toctin for go;ni. into Committee upon a Bill, the second rez. - tig of which had been carried in a full House after a long -.A anxious debate? What epithet of abusiveness is that would not have been lavished upon the faetiou3 .'.•,- strusiveness" of such a course ? The principle k, all was affirmed upon the question of the second re. It then remained to eiscuss the details, and the emu as every one knows, is the proper place for such cussion. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The speech of Lord Stanley on Monday night is p74. , - fessedly a disproof, but virtually a confession, th at hi s Friais what its opponews describ e it to be—a measure of re. , - striction and disfranchisement. Every argument of 1-. in testy oration confirms the charge. His Lordship seems to have been so blinded by irritation as to be utterly uncon scious of the tendency and bearing of the various topes to which he h a d recourse. His dialectics are like the pugilism of an angry boy: he knocks about furiously till he cuts a most pitiful figure. NOTICE.—Never prepay your letters to Totic, they complain of cheap postage. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON' AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—An inquest was held J: 7 ,1 Monday at Worth, near Winchester, on the bodies of the engtt..e man and his assistant, who had been thrown off the engine, which had gut offthe rails, and killed. Several servants of the Coin persons, gave evidence very fully, th e in the mind either of the Cor oner resultpa o as t which wellas lefto th no other or the Jury, that though the precise cause of the accident coat not be ascertained, no blame whatever attached to the Com ny or their servants. A v erdict was returned of Accidental DDeath, with a deodand of Is. THE LATE 'MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT Al' ETON.—On Monday an inquest was held at Eton on th? tarty of the young gentleman named Montague, the particulars of whose death have been previously published. The evideiie, given was corroboratory of our ac coun t , an d t h e Jury returm.d the following verdict —" Accidental death by drowning ; deo dand Is. on the I,arge, rope, and horses. Tho Jury are sat e,f, that every precaution is used by the College to prevent dents of this nature, and that every means was used bv medical gentlemeii to restore animation. Their thanks are d:l7 to the Huinana Society, to the lad who went in the boat. and more especially to Captain Inane, for his humane efforts to re cover he body." Imes has been in the habit, for a consi• derable time past, of admittinerlletters from Scotland, advocating the b•trusion policy in the Church. Some of these comreuni cationi hare been exceedingly intemperate, and have dealt freely in coarse personal allusions. One in Thursday's paper of last week contained a disgraceful and unmanly attack on Dr. Chalmers It was sirrned, "An Elder of the Church' of Scotland," but was headed, in large caiiitals, evidently inulv . !:::- tently, with the nam e of " Professor .tiun'aar to ithe or inburgh." It appears a s if this had been appended l parr as a private memorandum, but, by an " it,' printer, had been emblazoned at the head of acky the Scottish Gum dian. .~ I 1 4