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b ee f lii y qt,brought up the report of the cole e l a tice i the resolution agreed to last night, j r t he e 9 if men to be einployed the arrol 1° he report was agreed to. was then given to bring in the bill. ASSIZES FOR LANCASHIRE. the go WART, after presenting a petition from ve t° n the borough of Liverpool, moved for let hi r e adjourn the summer assizes for Laee— rto Liver and Manchester. the flail /LICITOR• IirENERAi Oppose b t ot e but thought that it would be better to re' i n 0 It of Charles 11., which ga ve t o the i" e ach CI of fixing the place where the assizes for eto inn held. He thought that the house ought n°t .he s of this sort, as they rather belonged Crown. • h t be l ANDON said, that though he agreed wi t b e fe t , hat had fallen from the S - olicitor-Genera l L he ~e; d, in consequence of the petitions whiem 0 0 8 ' his constitutents, who were obliged te p 'sur,,e,' izes, to support the introduction of this I n-a c irev WAsoN said that he had also a bill Of, a ," be itroduce on behalf of his constituents, e°"b r iog it if the Solicitor-General would at oac i e / :et the- rostpration of the act of Charles I'l to ready alluded. PEEL said that there was so much ge° a se t ns b l- a of the last speaker, that he thoug ht s tha r ' l vl uld act wisely to withdraw the bill. 'P o ,' 1 0 1 e" ranch better tribunal than the House 0 1 'i j at , a what place in a county the assizes fer.,tratw, held most conveniently for the He hoped that the house would not kw °. lof this kind to pass in future. , tigk7,l LTHORP was inclined to accede to 1- 9115 1' : 0 1 I not, however, pledge himself on beh e abe tb 1 to acquiesce in the course proposed; be A le that the introduction of the bill sh e i ti ,. the `", order that he might have Wile to consi ue " • (I W. ought to pu. W RIDLEY rsue also suggested the propriety of Wit) s 3 ° 11 for the present. the THOMSON thought it better to w ithdrov A 40 04, ', ti subject to the consideration of the re °' 3eneral to introduce some general reea" eI V RING said that the house ought not to b .d be uction of motions of this kind. It W G'' LA me general measure on the subject. be , t 0; o a ti P ; LTHORP would not ask the hon. mein , but he would suggest that he should 3d of it to a future day. d• ART consented to postpone the further legal ecess, (as wo understand,) with the r ee interim some general measure might be Y . :ILIPLOTMENT OF CHILDREN IN F ACT 01 412 .13 35 ber iIILET wished to know from the hon. In big° LI whether it was his intention to bring 0 , 0 ,, f eh aission to collect evidence on the subj ee keare in factories. In the votes of this day it a y in was postponed to the 3rd of April, e " al l ,,aed V any hon. members were absent who lu p ost PATTEN said, that it was by a mistake t h n e f the 1 ared in the votes. He was in the band s ;cede" anxious that his motion should take Prbieet. reading of the noble lord's bill on the o su T ort ,hort conversation ou the subject, Mr• tl3' notion till Tuesday, with the understate joilg ling of the noble lord's bill would not be day. GAME ACT. .11 hieb to' a bi w NARD moved for leave, to bring in Bth sections of the Ist of Wilnam 1 bi j oats from shooting game on the lands r„-jlolv n agreement to that effect with the J 5 art wish to include in his bill the repeal of I goo' i of the same act. The act, a s it aq v e ., / 00 . ou the tenants, and he thought that tP • s vi i ts ' from the pressure of those clauses. It d thel house that such clauses were introdgeepa 0 1 . e bill in the other house, and he lool' el L to disgusting the house with the bill, Poist- toe landon it; but the house had thougpa o l atb e objectionable clauses rather than aban NATCHRLLL seconded the motion. LAW OF LIBEL • pill, .NCENT rose to move for leave to brill., ai d it nend,the law respecting libel." 1- I, e . S t P rt ie y the proposed measure, to repeal tu t !' the :d ad of a bill afterwards brought in Norwich, which compelled individl.l2?tt, ccr' t newspapers, pamphlets; &c., to enter2, ll o -ai° s , o neet any action that might be brougln e ery oIINEY-GENERAL said lie should b e ol eo b impediment in the way of any holi. fl ibel• ward a measure for altering the law ° given to bring in the bill. c O! REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, B:C.. tte e to re , Ks rose to move for " a select cool° lairs state of parochial registries, and theb,,,,tist,',.lh istries, and the registration of birt hs . , hs, and burials, in England and W 4l ficikr! as a subject of importance to every 03 ., 600 5 t was worthy the. consideration of Ve t : t bolic,,,, , ' , rsuasion, whether Protestant or , .yst e ,„' - 0 1 ehed to the established church. it:ration commenced in 1497; whel l • su" c e this - pia nany . regulations to be made on births,„ro .stration was a civil matter, all f being registered before the mar rs d' b' r '-te Its ' a good system of registration eX IS r itbin three days of their occurrence. . e o l e o , the priests IZept the registries, slit,il cu re t !re required to send returns to th e c c ierig months. In Austria the Catholic ter ea s D rom the Protestant ministers, and e l by thf cb marriages in a proper register. , o hts o; be lerty was endangered, and the, ri ti o reli c t r es / 1. Lord Eldon had frequently eV a s r registrations, and the conimissie ll t - e ta.,_„,l ggested the adoption of a better FYs to guvvi iy i it the subject, he thought it bette i r, e lost ids ittee than to bring in a bill in t itutlt of enter into the details of a pla° , .,,ilar a of civil registration somewhat st: a cloPY„giii ,ime of the protectorate ought to embrace a registry of all baptisra_ s joit t TrO :oncluded by moving for a sclect L y . a i r egi;sj Hirt on the general state of parool l , reek acing to those registries, and al(' . 0 Vc 3111 S, marriages, deaths, and burials' • iti 3 J STE seconded the motion. ape , a . RNEY-GENERAL thought thn n,V e eu ttr e ,oo-, d friend for having brought ag j l oth iis opinion, looking at the inatteT; he ai ply. affecting succession to prepetil, boa' deserving the consideration of ___..... - 0 , ovc d f t It ITOR-GENERAL said that an " 9-2r stat e 0 .: of vas necessary : from the defecuevre,oo year' was easier to trace a pedigree °l.' iratively modern date. or e our re . vot e 'NTE said that having the 11 °,1 2 , o f Dl' vistO Lich there was a very large h°"J• t o th e ' in an opportunity of congratulaner 161, le' of England upon the libel's! P gaieStY c o . Ids 11106011 . had been met by W s at ieutli e i '?) . The Dissenters had loug..ll:d that as v ces, arid now he was glad t° .11:000 1111%tivi icipated from a reformed Pa l-11 ;1ot lie b el 'oil he felt him Self bound to saYi re d, or wl' et ii irsons in the country more tore worthy Of, the boon that q i c ar.) ted them than the Dissenters• k u was then put and carried; s s' dele fed assar CATHOLIC Ikl AR ItIA,O ritraSted with'egi ,TTEN said*that he had boa c a i n g fOr a ' i Catholics in LaneashireJr ‘),,,„ c lergY e rod Ender the marriages by thotiii.: L i st , he 1“ . ! ..00 . 1 however, stood's° low o'l • us , and 1 1 ° ; ',': v ie] .y of presenting those Pei,t!tals°ter he wluatli°l o give notice that after ....• a ..it ,„ 9 of ~. in a bill to , le gaze them ri 5 . _.„ e pS,l rgymen. of the retiru_''''othe, moved for a "returi..l, and the the c l to D'Arcy Mahon, IrelandsJ up on hich 1 nissioners of stamPs in years for 07 1 - ,. / ..• boards ; of the number of . _ _ the r eve a l _ . t i t c , rnissioners was emploed:0110 w a tt a c rl .o vhich said retirement all°% a. hi to sc. --e ite 4l or °the" • ires el and of the . places been si nce I tal commissioners have . the yearly finoluments theeretioo.n. h e m i, E had no o b je ction to t .. 'ttee. - was then pu t and carried cordh 3i Mutiny Bill went through a w......._-- ......_.— .. ...., .., t'. was tried, or where a blind man, or a deaf and dumb to put on hi s defence against a criminal charge, gross in ,ei. as don e b y not allowing their d e f ence t o b e ma d e by r. 8. Rica obtained leave to bring in the Army Munity 11S(dij..w,:on account of the absence of the right hpn.pn P9h i r• Nanley) from the house, postponed to Tuesdayt.e orgootion for a pyof the correspondence between .. Gorman and bir W. Gossett, relative to the with . t a police guard from the residence of a Mr. Synge. half- moved for a return of the number of persons to lent Vearly dividends were due at the last half-yearly a ` u er,eof, of each description of public stock, and ter. ,4, hnuities, d istinguishin g the amounts of the said divi i „Ploto £5 tipwards.—Ordeed. itiry e o l4°tinnßaring, a return was ordered of the ~ I, cli gold, silver, and bunion imported into, and exported ktiv e l a ,and China, to and from Europe and America larliesi, to.stinguishing gold and silver in each year, from 1,.,g Period up to the present time. !t o TTwoon gave notice, that after Easter be woul o d . rt tr r le ,_ l'eturn of the names of persons holding £lO, a l, iBDA stock on the Ist of March, 1819, and on the letof , . the . MINISTERIAT CHANGES. eieketoi(tloll of Mr. Rice, new writs were ordered .. to issue iirae,iii ett‘'oeofmanitptehneibiteirghfot rnthe Hon. . ;i u o d rt w h a e r r d n ~d ie v e i f fs iroynsotaf Stanley, nn ari`e7e)ofed the office of one of his Majesty's Principal t ti,: °ol.Sfate ; and for Westminster, in the room ii - e tti o _ to . m. oir j. c . Hobhouse who had accepted the o c I for Ireland. ' .tart o tint, , Itpresented ten petitions from different places in ~ LIV Waterford, against the Irish Disturbances Act; h w as :;141;13 brought in a bill for amending the Game . tv: read a first time, rtiistihousstuprbreasneenetedell petition from Leicester in favour of 11_ , pray n . P Q-elles et the t d b Mr.C.W. Wynn, .szhfshortthihe adoption of measures for the better -van s, mr Tenn - a- ande presen e y ' . y ouvG • ett, other members. of INiev;_ presented a petition from 516 mariners of the . I vork f'oarstle, stating that they had not been able to pro „ th„ a Ogle day during the last three months, 114oati-ty°e house would adopt measures for the relief be to 0 1,,,! e marine of the nation, by which they wouldb tio rt 741 eltployment. The hon. member also presented on tt!o4B;fioraUltieSeh.Orthara, praying for the repeal of the duty o ett ita out, presented a petition from Plymouth praying p . t„. ,pdinet of the law of arrest. Ifisl i j;Ltis presented a petition from Leicester . against e i to at°efeien Bill. He observed that this petition house eeive, imeeting. It lay for two days at a_ 'Ned b' IMO signature The petition which had been ,.. e saineV,is. colleague in favour Of the bill lay for two da}S uhich were°use and did not receive one sigtTture . and the !fohouset attached were obtained by having it. , carried e oth ° ouse. welocietr petitions were presented, and the house adjourned Pe S pf , ,_ , e p_ xer took FRIDAY. and m i i. 'lse t ook „ e the chair soon after 12 o'clock, r. Ir. s L _. Ln oaths and his seat for the borough of Car ;eore g n , e ff Hu m li 8 —6 ualt Phery presented a petition from the master I,, ,, 4t ° e l lthw r Y k, l °Zin . g the corporation of St. Thomas's Hos ,b ertal, clauses! ug to be heard by counsel and witnesses . e o l , ooluse when th o : \ 4 efe rred , of the London and Greenwich Railway . C ommittee on the bill. o'clock when lupied in receiving other . petitions until the Speaker vacated the chair. is 1,,, _ IR v," ll se niet t e he o' r e n l y o a ck i , n a ss n e d nt im g m iv e e d n i b ately afte.sr yi s l ee - Illit021.111"4t1111es unlniitra°s u re nae t e ti gd° r atti 11 : L ha o te r afi d rl s r to several bills lad be L put a qu t . Ite r v er es ion to Lord Althorp, to which he said Pi ' Did ) convenient if the noble lord would return an sPeetnatcrheble lord intend to . proceed with his resolu i:ulaitlistieto.:::niaewnatdr,eform of the Irish church on Monday Lto iert; 4 t t_ eace of , 00serih a u w een ar e e e o f f b th r e in v g •a in lu g ab e l n e h a is ss r is e t s a n n ln e t e ie w n h s in i h n titutailieve• the late and ° present Secretary for Ireland, fllees of 'ld Sir J. C. Hobhouse); - ' but in the present cir . - 11, 4 4 p i . a Vote on thought it so desirable that the house his resolutions, that he should un „ a oL,teP°se them in e s mittee on Monday. ?li h`lni r „I Nua.i. mm laid u_pon the table a bill to t al s ki 7 . 141 70x - i ia Le e law respecting debtor and creditor, and to h e , li ts er a for debt. 1 1 a Potil4l,.gave n tic, that shortly after the holy. 41 40 1 ; i l ltni h — ,, ° l r e lor leave to e b bring in a bill for the preven eughss. -. lnt ef bribery at elections for counties, cities, Pa t o b l `` . ear.) p t -11 At, s'uannti ES (IRELAND) BILL. ' . 111 ' 4 1. 1 AR °1 1.11„ 11 10 e Villg that the order of the day for the ; lao AT ' "ul be now ead, i 'dist; 4 for a e °° n Mid that he r should postpone till Monday i t tihe oepe; diize,r.initte i e to inquire how far the s n ta e te ee o as f r ened b i it oil a„tion Of ), ant embarrassment had been a v oll, a,,,,Lnat da y ur present monetary system. He would t‘ .lll R it.'" that th a s an amendment upon the noble lord's 1 1, - Nr on7 a el f int o ' : or an of the day be . read for the house re -1'4514 Ai 4 the c ommittee to consider of resolutions for , k uo eh of Ireland. (Loud cries of No, no.) i\ i i ),l iti tt Purs t . ll , P ti ,d ; id not mean to deny the right of the hon t . 1 .4 ' 4 -l eg th e .. " 8 C ourse; at the same time he could no .Y, t ui k r , r e propriety of exercising it ittilletr4e_llllotthie ate,,,,woetieernstsaanidd.th e would fix his motion for Mon bl e c tlu i to e l l l zr e d rB , :trieosnod l u i4 o)lpltd a: he would not let it interfere L II R in L AY 11, and the order of the day was le clietes TheseAy the to enter his protest against the_ bill pa . s i. - i 'l h,, eB w as d pinion of the great majority of .the ,h r „ed, i:i Ill inist e .eeidely opposed to this bill. (llear hear, e i ii"!rot tl inig it b'lal b nches.) If any proof of this were r - ~Ite';, l ) r th e e f ound in the late election for Marylebone— kia'Rea,ly4tely i e h r entibn of government itself, and in which, e . -tea of ;e . fact of a candidate being the advocate of N. W iT ° lernment would render him decidedly po -4 0 fo r ', B , 4 4li k ~. le Ott - ~ e s ee r '' Leh that some coercive measure was ne • k l ,, 4 'eluag hetirity of person and property in Ireland, and ~ q h not tag hats • . 'e of the bill : but , itil A N IN , ,e sa in „, supported the principi ti mej),-.nic fro conviction as to the court-martial clause, i r „' U - , rt b l ire i• - „, -1 ~_he responsibility of establishing such a 'lp - i g th 7- Tr iti () „ - t he constitution. ite "4t o I s bill t h -v ed an amendment, " That this house, see -4:llostt of j ut' e substitution of military courts for courts Pt tL l Y th Pre cioli s ges 44,1 jurors, —seeing in tan abrogation of Pob r - AtOt it s Th e! all the institutions of the country,—seeing P a r,y N i ' l stot., -.‘" 1M11:104 is keep in the hands of the , ~ es t h , ,e to . he}' -4 ) "le a' plunder of the ancient church and the liittB4dpnehalllcestors of that aristocracy obtained by apos- L tek ti lisiL,, , lg of as b een retained by cruel penal laws, and e by °lt t i ti4 s ' ,4 is in —n °cent blood,—and suspecting, mor?ov . _ r.. `k ti e q , tended as a prelude to the adoption of similar 4 1. ; :It il o 4 (Lil t .P ri taio"— ^ this house will read this bill a Lk - , Ip z kri 4 'lx months. . _______ _ d l tito of ti:kiztecconded the amendment. I ..l ekl i eu or r e lizoNe.bserved, that it was not according to the thr te lltit u -e 'cti„ - te state on its journals any reasons for the bk r d th' - ii ° l thaef auy bill. He apprehended that it wa ti;lo l eMb o ,:" f at Eti," o .n. member to move that the bill be read the 4e of 0 - t f l et tl4t''x months. The reasons assigned by the ii , k ho use iers; bNotion were his own opinions, and might e tit "ers very" be h could not, according to the usag `be vet • "' t c omo re tt as those of the house, for other 119. miniki.% 4 , l4 etut iff- ,, t e r ,, the conclusion of rejecting the bill, k i , • k it t Aim s t r i t 'e ll ir i l l ' i l i ) ;: i rt sa jea m i th e en put from the chair, when 41 „ . 0 , .„ c ould '7 words in support of it, but beyond lelat Ll'xit op po 4 0t be collected in the gallery. oisk on. ded the I ters ' 43 irni Ille lnbe ks „I , e amendment, and rejected the no- A ri• °I th - ' 411(1 . „"0 voted in favour of the bill wished to BNss'e eleasnre - stleb y et°. io u of soln , feeling existed amongst the sup l'`l P o the eri i e l ength ensue d . O n a di v i s i on t h e num ' e ataeliditt nal qu urtion 11, '‘3l,llWas 4 eclsego„,, Majority • • • • 259 httl.ll.L, sTApptY read a third time and passed. , 111, NITI eßrooYed th °4 " B RIBERY BILL. P,..4i t4:X.OhjeCted t : third reading of this bill. e t Zd o , 'light (it wa Proceeding with the bill at so late an r 4 o ,i s l as col° t o ' , 1 , 48 t, 12 o'clock), especially as an un :re'l.n--..-11°11:yeeri;ilt(tlioLz:0 tile t. Et ae c -be irlirovo3 a ':: B aid, that bringing up of the report that as o ll i a l , 7 h ls s e p d o a in t t r early hour. etijeoit ie o '._ u ladetst aroin the honourable ge . ntleman t. stated It t. o t o p _rt at a il eariierg that the discussion on had h b 1 th n 111,4„"pone the thi rd hour "se wh o - "°Ped th e h - re ading. e. he, Wl.hed to , 'nelirable gentleman would not yield of the night, he , no ob 'elaY the bill. (Rear.) When he ob. . 345 . 86 i TIIF, LIVERPOOL STANDARD. jected, two nights ago, to proceeding with the army estimates at the same hour, his objections were overruled and he was surprised to hear those honourable gentlemen who considered that hour early enough for the discussion of the Army Estimates now declare it to be too late for the consideration of the Staf ford Bribery Bill. After some further conversation, the house agreed to go to the third reading then. Mr. C. W. WYNN objected to the principle of the bill, on the ground that it was essentially different from that for which leave had been given. Mr. ELLICE defended the bill as necessary to get evidence of the transactions at the last election. It could be proved that 524 out of 526 voters had been bribed; but their evidence could not be got at unless they were indemnified beforehand. Mr. SHAW contended that this bill would tend to defeat its own object, for if it were to pass it would enable the bribing candidate to secure himself by giving evidence of bribery, and then being indemnified to get the whole borough disfranchised. He might well say, if you are disposed to give evidence against me, I will turn and give evidence against you, and get your borough disfranchised. How could this be prevented by this bill ? Mr. HUME supported the bill. Mr. CHETWYND, on behalf of his constituents, challenged the fullest investigation into the proceedings of the election for Stafford, confident that the result would show that a report which had gone abroad to the effect that a majority of those electors were obnoxious to the cbarge of bribery was the very opposite of the fact. The bill was then read a third time. On the question that it do pass. Mr. WYNN moved, as an amendment, that it be inserted in the preamble that the bill was founded solely on the allegations of the Right Honourable Edward Ellice. He had in vain sought for proofs of the allegations of the bill, and therefore. thought it but just that the fact should be recorded in the pre amble. Mr. HUME said proofs would be superfluous of facts so not°, rious as bribery and corruption at Stafford. Lord SANDON said that the result of the Liverpool election committee would show how little reliance was to be placed on " notorious" newspaper fact. Mr. ELLICE was sure that his right honourable friend (Mr. Wynn) was not serious in his amendment. It would he evidently but a discourteous mode of throwing ridicule, which might easily be retorted upon any measure that his right hon. friend might hereafter bring forward himself. Mr. WYNN would never bring forward a bill of which the al legations did not bear out the preamble. If this bill passed as it stood, it would be a disgrace to the house. After a protracted discussion, Mr. Wynn withdrew his amendment, and the bill passed. The house adjourned at 2 o'clock. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. EXTRACT FROM THE FOURTH REPORT OF THE COMMON LAW COMMISSIONERS, DATED MARCH 1, 1832. By the common law of England, the right to arrest in the first instance was confined to injuries committed with force. The process of execution against the goods was, and still re mains, very imperfect; nothing can be taken under it but goods or chattels, properly so called, which do not include hank-notes, bills, book-debts, money in the funds, annuities, pensions, or sums secured by contract or agreement. From the unrestrained power of arrest, facility of credit, crowded gaols, and a court of discharge, are successive and necessary consequences. The public are injured by the burden of maintaining debtors and their families, by the loss of productive labourers, and by the contamination of morals, which arises from confining great numbers of debtors in common gaols. When a debtor is so destitute of means as to be unable to find bail, and is sent to gaol, the creditor usually concerns himself no further in the matter. He considers the object of arrest to be frustrated, and leaves the defendant to lie in prison to take the benefit of the Insolvent Act, without opposition. The im prisonment of the debtor, therefore, under such circumstances, is of no advantige to the creditor, and is a great evil to the defendant, who is necessarily deprived of his liberty, and left often without means sufficient to enable him to recover it, whilst to the public mishief is occasioned by filling the 'gaols with prisoners, to many of whom misfortune only, and not guilt, is imputable. Another evil to the public is the burden of maintaining debtors, and the families not only of such debtors as are con fined in gaol, but of those who are induced to abscond from the fear of arrest. To presume fraud is contrary to one of the most just as well as humane principles known to the laws, and to imprison a debtor where-no fraud or dishonesty is imputable is to inflict punishment which is neither warranted by any precedent offence, nor useful by way of future example. It appears to us, that the law is defective (among other things) in making the imprisonment a condition precedent to the personal discharge of a debtor who surrenders his property without fraud, and in not compelling . the debtor to discover and surrender his property when he is in custody, and in not pro viding means for making all his property available when he absconds. The alteration, therefore, (in one respect,) which we pro pose, consists principally in this—that the debtor who is willing to surrender the whole of his property for the benefit of his cre ditors shall, in the absence of traud, obtain the benefit of a , concession of his property, without suffering previous impri sonment. _ _ A power should be bestowed on the Commissioners of the In solvent Debtors' Court of adding, in case of remand for mis conduct, the punishment of hard labour to that of simple impri sonment. The average amount of the expense of an insolvent debtor applying to be discharged under the Insolvent Debtors' Act is £lO. The bulk of this is incurred in sending the necessary notice to each of the creditors; and although the insolvent, upon his commitment to prison, generally takes care to retain in his power money sufficient for the purpose, yet in some few instances it happens that he is unprovided with it, and unable to raise it by friendly or charitable assistance, and that he re mains in custody from inability to defray the expense of his discharge. Number of Persons in Prison under Writs of Execution from the Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exche slue!, for Debt, Damages, and Costs, in England and Wales, in 1831, extracted from the fourth Report of the Common Law Commissioners:— Not exceeding £2O • • • • .. .. 369 Exceeding 20 and not exceeding £3O .. .. 268 30 • • .. 40 .. .. 181 -- 2 -- 40 .. .. 60 .. .. 209 60 .. .. 80 .. .. 94 80 .. .. 100 .. .. 61 100 .. .. 150 .. .. 69 150 .. 200 • • .. 3(X) • . .. 14 300 .. .. 400 .. •• 9 400 • • .. 500 .. .. 10 500 • • . • 1 , 000 .. .. 6 1,000 • • •• •• •• .• 9 Total number .. 1,341 More than 25 per cent. under £2O 369 More than 45 per cent. under £3O Total .. .. • • . • 637 Report dated the Ist of March, 1832, and nothing yet done. HOUSE OF LORDS—TuunsDAY. COMMITTEE OF PRIVILEGES. Their Lordships assembled to-day shortly after three ' and went into a Committee of Privileges on the claim of Lord Rendlesham, to vote for the Representative Peers for Ireland. Mr. KIN DERSLEY appeared ou behalf of the claimant, and after stating the facts of the case, called witnesses to substanti ate it:— _ _ _ The patent of creation was _produced and put in, and the marriage of the late lord, in 1783, was proved by the production of the parish register where the marriage was celebrated. The death of the first Lady Rendlesham was proved by a witness named Bolton, a gentleman who married his lordship's sister. The register of the parish where she was interred, viz. Rendlesham, was produced, and an entry read from it, showing that she was buried in the vault. There was no issue• by that marriage. The lute Lord Rendlesham was again married on the 26th of •March, 1816, at St. George's, Hanover-square, to Miss Ann Tatanell, the proOf of which was shown by the production of the register, and the signature of the parties to the union. John Jennings, the coachman to the late lord, stated that he was at Florence with the noble lord acid his lady in 1821. The latter was brought to bed of a son (named after his royal high ness the Duke of Cambridge, Adolphus Frederick) ; during their residence at. Florence, and on the Bth of July, 1821, the child died. Witness sat up in the room with the corpse for two nights, and went with it to Leghorn, where the body was in terred. Witness drove his master's carriage to' Leghorn. . Mr. Bolton was again called. He stated that there was no other issue by the second lady than that child. He likewise said that the present Lady Rendlesham recognised the title of the claimant. He is brother of the deceased lord. The claim ant had succeeded to the family estates. Proof was given that the late lord established his claim to vote for the representative peers for Ireland, and also proof of his death in the month of July, 1832. The committee decided that the claimant had made out his claim, and so directed the case to be reported by the noble chairman, the Earl of Shaftesbury, to the house. • LANCASTER ASSIZES. THE ELECTION RIOTS AT CLITHERO. Three bills of indictment having been found at the sessions, on the prosecution of the Tory party in . that borough, against a number of persons charged by them with being concerned in the riots which took place on the occasion of Mr. Irving's mak ing a public entry into the town for the purpose of ad.dressing , and canvassing the electors, they were removed by writ of cer tiorari to the Court of King's Bench, and thence sent down for trial at these assizes. One of the indictments charged the par ties with a conspiracy; the other two were for riotously assem bling and disturbing the public peace. On Friday, Mr. Sergeant JONES, who conducts the case for the prosecution, applied to have the case which stood the last of the three in the Cause Paper—one of the indictments •for riot—tried first. But the ATTORNEY-GENERAL (Mr. Willi ams) and Mr. POLLOCK, who appeared for the defendants, would not consent to the cases being tried out of the order in which they had been entered. Mr. Sergeant JONES then declined offering any evidence upon the charge of conspiraoy, which stood first, and the parties were in consequence, under the direction of the judge, acquit ted. THE KING V. GREENALGII AND OTHERS. This was an indictment against William Greenalgh, William Bulcock, Thomas Prior, Joseph Parkinson, James Lawton, jun., Robert Morley, and Thomas Garnett, for riotously assem bling and disturbing the public peace, at Clithero, on the 31st of July last. :The counsel for the prosecution were Mr s . Serjeaut Jones, Dr. Brown, Mr. L. Peel, and Mr. Brandt; for the defendants ap peared the Attorney-General (Mr. Williams), Mr. Pollock, Mr. Coltman, and Mr. Seagar. Mr: Sergeant JONES stated the case for the prosecution. The transaction ou which the charge was founded was connected with the election for that borough. and arose oat of party feel ing, but on that subject he should not say anything. The learned serjeant then proceeded to state, in minute detail; the circumstances of the disturbance which took place On the occa sion of Mr. Irving entering the town of Clithero, with a large party of his friends, on the 31st of July last, the particulars of which, no doubt, are fresh in the recollection of our readers. A very great number of witnesses were then called,—magis trates, gentlemen, their tenants, and others, electors of the bo rough,—who formed part of the cavalcade which accompanied Mr. Irving from Whalley Abbey to Clithero on the 31st of July. The substance of their testimony was, that, on the road to that town, they were assailed with stones and other missiles, and, on arriving at Clithero, they found in the streets a dense mass of people , who saluted them with cries of " Barkers !" " Boroughmouger ?" "slave-drivers !" &c., and hurled stones at the carriage and horsemen. Several of the latter were struck with stones, others had their hats knocked off, and one gentle man was pulled off his horse, but was rescued from the crowd by the constable of Clithero. Mr. Irving, finding that it. was impossible to alight at the Swan Inn, from a window of which he had purposed addressing the electors, proceeded onward through the town, as far as the Bellman public-house, where se veral magistrates, who had accompanied him and had witnessed the state of the town, and had also been urged by several inha-• bitants to call in the .aid of the military, despatched a messen ger to Burnley. Two troops of the 15th hussars, amounting to sixty-four men, soon afterwards arrived, and Mr. Irving was by them escorted back to the Swan Inn, one troop preceding and the other following his carriage. He attempted, without suc cess, to address the people, who seemed infuriated, and threw a' great many stones, wounding a number of the soldiers. These merely used the backs and flat sides of their sabres in dispersing' parties of men engaged in commiting these outrages, and, in about an hour after they had arrived in' the town, they again quitted it, escorting Mr. - Irving and his friends to Whalley .Ab bey, where one troop remained all night, and the other returned to Clitheroe. The Rev. Richard Noble, one of the magistrates who had sent for the military, as well as two lieutenants of the hussars, and several ether gentlemen, expressed their con viction that, if Mr. Irving had attempted to'return through the" town without the escort of military, his life would have been en dangered. Some of the defendants were identified by one or more wit nesses as having mixed with the crowd, used threatening lan guage, thrown stones, or encouraged others to do the same. About seven o'clock the case closed for the prosecution, and the Court adjourned to the following Morning, at nine o'clock. At nine o'clock on Saturday morning the defence was en tered upon, in this case, by the ATLORNEY-GENERAL, (Mr. Williams,) in a speech of above two hours' duration. The de fendants he said, were not men of desperate fortunes and of stained lives, but men who, up to that moment of time, stood as well before the Jury as any persons then in that court. The learned counsel commented, at great length, on the evidence for the prosecution, from which, as well as trom that of the wit nesses whom he proposed to call, he Contended that it would clearly appear, that there had been no such thing as a riot, pro perly so called, in the town of Clithero on the day in question, and that much of the excitement which had prevailed arose out of the military being unnecessarily called in by the magistrates, who were themselves partisans of : Mr. Irving, in meter that, however unacceptable to the people, their favourite candidate might be delivered of his speech, with the unanswerable com mentary of the sabres of the Hussars to enforce his arguments. On the conclusion of the Attorney-General's speech, Mr. PoLLocx, who was specially retained for Mr. Garnett, was about to address the Jury in defence of that gentleman, when, in compliance with a gldggestion from the learned Judge as to the absence of any evidence to sustain the charge as against him, Mr. Sergeant JONES consented to a verdict of acquittal being taken as to the defendant, Thomas Garnett. Between thirty and forty witnesses were then examined for the defence, their testimony going principally to prove, that the workmen employed at Low Moor and Primrose-hill proceeded from those works in regular order, having persons with staves or wands,,after the manner of stewards or marshal's men, ap pointed to superintend them and their movements; that the ef forts of those persons were directed and exerted to the suppres sion and prevention of outrages, particularly of the attempt made by some strangers to overturn Mr. Irving's carriage--- that the defendants west especially exerted themselves in order to preserve the peace; that, from the time when Mr. Irving's carriage passed through the town to the Bellman public-house until the arrival of the military in the evening; the town was in a qiiiet state, and the numbers of the people very considerably reduced ; that about a dozen persons received sabre-wounds, or were bruised by the horses' hoofs, one of whom was said to have died iu consequence of the injuries he received ; that to the presence of the military alone was to be attributed all the ill feeling manifested in the evening when the soldiers were pelted with stones; and that when they quitted the town, to escort Mr. Irving back to Whalley Abbey, general order and tran quillity again prevailed. Mr. Sergeant JONES then proceeded to address the jury in reply. ..He commenced his observations with stating, that it should be his endeavour to preserve to the conclusion of the responsible duty which had been cast i upon him, the same spirit and tone as"he had set out with; its opening the case for the pro secution. The question for them to try was one, not of party, or of po litical:dispute, but simply of fact; and they were called upon to decide first, whether there had been a riot or not in the town of Clithero on the 31st of July last, and, secondly, whether, if there had been such a. riot, all or any of the defend ants had taken any part therein. He had consented to a ver dict of acquittal in favour of the defendant Garnett, immediately upon the suggestion of his . lordship, because, as it often hap pened that individuals were included in an indictment in order to•deprive other parties of the benefit of their testimony, he was desirous, if Mr. Garnett had any evidence to offer, that it should be open to him to do so. He would also say the same with re spect to Bulcock and Moreley. He should, therefore, in draw ing theirattention to the case as it now• stood; confine his ob servations to the other three defendants—Greenhalgh, Lawton, and. Prior. The learned sergeant then commented upon the evidence. for the defence, contrasting it with• that which had been given in support of the case for the proseciitibn, and con tending, that nothing had been brought forward to shake - the testimony of the witnesses he had called.; and that, in point of fact, though many of the witnesses on the other side stated that they had no apprehension of danger to themselves, to their fa milies,• or •to their •property,--while they,' being of the same party . with those by whom the outrages were committed, were not, indeed, likely toleel,—yet they admitted that stones were thrown, and that other acts of violence were attempted and' done. Then, as to. he magistrates : their situation was a very trying one. They had to act on the sudden, or not at all. If they did not act promptly, in preservatimi of the, public peace, there were persons ready, not only to accuse them, but also to try them : and, if they did act, it was said, " Why did you 'call in the military ? It is they who have done all the mischief." ;It was, however, in consequence of, and in compliance with, the earnest entreaties of many of the most respectable .inhabit ants of tlte town, that the magistrates called in the. military. He concluded with saving, that, it' the jury entertained any rea-. sonable doubt of the defendants having, taken any part in the riot which had, undoubtedly, taken place, they would give them the benefit of such doubt. To them he would then leave the case, asking only, at their hands, for what was due to public justice. The learned JUDGE then commenced his charge,_ Observing, that the attention of the jury need not b e extended to all the defendants,—three, at the most; and he thought, when they came to look into the evidence, even two, rather than three, would be found to requite their. consideration;-he' referred to the defendants Greenhalgh and Lawton, The learned judge then proceeded to sum up the evidence on both Sides in refe rence to these two defendants, examining and contrasting that of the witnesses for the prosecution with that of the persons who had been examined for the defence; and, in conclusion, his lordship told the jury, that, if they were of opinion that the evi dence in their favour repelled that which related to their al leged participation in the acts of violence that were said to have been committed, then these men would be entitled to their ver dict of acquittal. The Jury retired, and, after an hour's absence, returned into court wrth a verdict of Nut guilty, as regarded all the seven de fendants. The learned JUDGE then said, that he should take the re maining indictment in reference to these transactions the last thing at these Assizes. It being within a few minutes of six o' c l oc k w h en thi s tr i a l terminated, the Court adjourned till nine o'clock on Monday morning. SWIFT V. MILLER AND OTHERs.—This was an action to ro cover damages for the illegal removal of a quantity of manure from a • Win ocenpied by the plaintiff, at Fulwoa, as tenant Of Mr. Pedder, on the 14th of January last. The case was only remarkable for the circumstance of the defendants, through their counsel, frequently, during the progress of the trial, offer ing to settle the case elsewhere to save the time of the Court in trying such an issue, offers which the Juhge recommended the plaintiff to accept but which were declined. • Mr.' Barmy GvaisTrY, in . summing - ap - the - evidence; said, it ap peared to him, that the action was that of the attorney, and not of the nominal plaintiff. If the Jury were of opinion, that ccv trespass had been committed, the smallest coin on earth would be sufficient to meet the justice of case; whilst, if they thought, that, under the circunistanc es , th e dfendants wer;. justified in what they did, and that, in fact, there had been no trespass, the defendants were entitled to a verdict. The Jury accordingly found for the defendants. ASSAULT AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT. GALLON V. POSTLETHWAITE.—This was an action brought by a labouring man, residing at Ulverston, against the defend ant, who is an attorney, living at the same place, to recover da mages for an alleged assault and false imprisonment. The July found for the plaintiff, diunages, one farthing. CHES7';':It ASSIZES; MARCH 26. IIEADOWS V. PARRY. Mr. JERVIS opened the pleadings, and Mr. TEMPLE stated the case, by which it appeared, that the action was brought to recover a sum of £146 odd for wages from the year 1824 to 1830, at 9s. a week. The defendant, Mr. Parry, is the proprietor of the Seacombe Hotel, and the plaintiff is Mrs. Parry's sister, rind, was received into the defendant's seriice in 1824, to make herself generally useful. The first witness swore to an agreement made by Mrs. Parry, in 1824, to allow the plaintiff 9s. a week, upon which she went into the defendant's service; and other witnesses. proved the performance of Work by the plaintiff in various departments in the hotel during the six-years. The defence was conducted by Mr. CorriNGnioti, (assisted by Mr. LLOYD.) fromwhose. statement it appeared, that the plaintiff was taken into the defendant's house as one of the fa mily, and treated as such, receiving money and clothes as she wanted them, arid being compelled to perform no -particular services, and perthitted to associate with the family when she pleased. And, further, that, in May, 1831, an agreement - was entered into with her to take a particular department in the management of the hotel, and receivel:2o per annum. Of this salary"she soon afterwards received £l3 on account, and, in less than six months after the agreement was made, she left the de fendant's house altogether, and afterwaidS peisiMally .nil then by note demanded £5, as the balance of her wages; upon whick 10 £5 (though one pound more than due) was paid to her, and the note burned. This statement was fully proved by:respectable witnesses, and Mr. TEMPLE replied. Mr. Baron BAYLEY, in summing up, observed to the jury, that the main point to be considered was, whether the plaintiff was received into the defendant's house as one of the family or as a servant. The plaintiff had proved her services (luring the six years, and, also, a contract for 9s. a week, which did not appear too high a tate of wages from the evidence given; and, if they found for the plaintiff, perhaps they would h ave no dif fieulty in finding for the amount claimed. But the witness who spoke to this contract may have been mistaken, as, it appeared, he did not name it until a day or two back. And a strong point in the defendant's favour was, that no claim had ever been made by the plaintiff for these wages until after she had' left the de fendant's service in October, 1831, and, also, that no account had ever been kept by the defendant of money paid front time to time to her, and that the circumstances of the note demand ing £5 tended strongly to show, that the plaintiff could not con sider any other wages due to her. The Jury found a verdict for the defendant. IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDSOR CASTLE. Since our last notice of the progress of the repairs at the Castle; the Waterloo Chamber has been nearly completed. A large number of old carvings, supposed to be the work of the celebrated Gibbons, and which had - been in store for some years, have been repaired and introduced into this room with very great advantage. The Throne Room is in a forward state. We' observed seve ral nautical emblems introduced into the ornamental ceiling, in compliment, we presume, to his Majesty; and true blue Is intended: to be the coloursof the' hangings. The very elegant and elaborately-carved chimney-piece in this room attracted our particular attention. Above the cornice is a dial-case, and beneath it is the following inscription : " Q U C Lenta Accedit Quam Velox Prieterit Hora At Capias, Patiens Esto, Sed Esto Vigil." We understand that this magnificent work of art has been brought from the saloon of old Buckingham Palace, and was executed by the celebrated J. Beacon. It bears the date of 1789. The new Grand Staircase is progressing, and' is to occupy the whole of that part of the Castle formerly known by the name of Brick-court; the length being about .16, and the width 37 feet. The angles project inwards, thus forming a sort of recess on each side; and at the two ends are large Gothic arches. Through that at the cast cud is the approach to the present staircase and the Waterloo Gallery. The new staircase is to commence at the east end, and to- proceed in a straight direction towards the west, where a•statue of his Majesty is in tended' to be placed; then diverging to the right and left, it will agaiu'return towards the east, having a clear width of about feet. QUEEN ELIZABETH'S BUILDING S.—The whole of that por tion of Windsor Castle known by the name of Queen Enka beth's Buildings ' has been restored, as nearly as possible, t o it s original state. The gallery named after the maiden Queen is in a very forward state ; and in a circular ornament on the ceiling, at the end next the bow window, are the words— " Queen 'Elizabeth's Gallery, restored by King William IV, 1832." The whole of this neat and elegant ceiling was exe cuted by our townsman, Mr. Foster. The interior of the Round Tower is now ready. for the up holsterer. The workmen are engaged in casing the old 14 bite washed walls, at the approach .up the. steps,•with Bath fume, which is, of course, a great improvement, although it may anni hilate many a youthful aspiration, after fame, in erasing the multitude of names .and dates which were inscribed on the old brickwork. The lodges at the entrance to the Long Walk are now com plete, and have a very neat effect, corresponding with thy Gothic architecture of the Castle, and we hope soon to tee an approach' on the• opposite side of the way,- in a similar std k, as a large sweep of ground has been already laid open. We undeittand that some of those unsightly huthses at the entrance of the town are shortly to be done away with.— Ilindso. Expres,. • STATE OF. TRADE.—We regret to have to notice a sensible declension in the sales of woollen cloths in the market of the West Riding. At Leeds,_ on Tuesday, very little business was done, particularly in the Coloured Hall; indeed, it was admitted on all hands, that slack as some-of the recent sales have been. it was the worst market during the present year. Very fen' new goods had been introduced into the Hall since the previous market, and where the description of the articles was suitable to the demand, the merchants refused to give the advanced Rice required 'by the increased value of wool.