The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-08-09 00:00:00

SCOTT':i BIBLE WITH ILLUSTBATIONS , lied, No. 111., price I. sewed, of the - Ev. ,COTI"S FAMILY BIBLE; 'a Tea t- a edition, in i.iiperi..ll octavo, with Maps and other S , encry, i'.otigaities, &c. To be co, .eted in Eivlitv \Vet Nu.nbors, price One Shilling each n. ber, einbellLitea with aai Engraving. Prwied tor L. B. Seeley and Sons Hatchard and Son; &nd Craddock; and - It. 13. Seeley and W. Eurnside. STA MAERING AND 17,IPEDIMENTS IN UTTERANCE EFFECTUALLY REMOVED. . STAFFORD embraces this opportunity of stating to .IV.l_ the Public, that after a very extensive and successful Practice of twelve years, he has established a System for the' removal o r cure of DEFECTIVE UTTERANCE or STAM MERING, upon the genuine principles of Persynal Experience; those, therefore, labouring under such a iction, may rest assured of deriving the utmost possible enefit by applica tion to Mr. 'afford. Should the ca )e beyond the reach of Art, ( which very rarely happens, Mr. S. will candidly state that hopeless, and wilt un ertake no case without the ~ - r *rfl. e z!t of complete success. Mr. SialTard's terms are varied according to the circumstances , of the parties.—Applications by letter to ue post paid. 12, Great Newton-itreet, Liverpool. "AIAIN OF COCKS, LIVERPOOL AINTREg RACE COURSE. 1 Ai MAIN of COCKS will be FOU /HT on Monda:4 the ll_ 19th of Aur•ust, at the new Coc it, at Aintree, between the Gentlemen oi . LiverpoOl (Potter 'eerier, ) and the Gentle men of Manchester .(Woodcock, f er,) for Five Guineas a Ba!tle, and One aundred Guinea the Main. Twenty-one Alains. Two ingoes. Morning at Half-past Ten o'clock; Anerneon at Four o'clock. An OR,DINARY will be provided at the Sefton Arms Ho tel, at Two o'clock. , Liverpool, July 3Jth, 1833. . . , • ONE THOUSAND POUNDS to i biLENT, at 5 per Cent. VI on respectable Mortgage SecurK of ample value. Apply to R. FOSTER, 2, - Exchange-street East. A FAMILY may be a Ccommodateeith a Suit of ROOMS ..1.11. at Roach's, Sefton Arms' Hotel, Aintree Race Course, on reasonable terms. August 8.1, 1833. r"Vbilc Lobito. TO .THE PARISHIONERS OF LIVERPOOL. LADIES AND GF.NfT.ENIEN, Ir BEG most respectfully to offer m/ys if to your notice as a J 1 CANDIDATE for the Office of CO LECTOR of TAXES, cacariL by the death of Mr. Dowdall Trusting the good cha racter I have maintained during pas years of services, and the efficient references I can give, will entitle me to your patronage and choice, which it shall ever be my most ardent care and stuly to merit and preserve. • I am, Lades and Gentlemen, Your most obedient Servant, 95, OUlial,P-R tree. THOMAS PENNELL. TO THE PARISHIONERS OF LIVERPOOL. LAtms AND GENTLEMEN, A VACANCY having occurred in the , ffice of COLLEC. .11k... TOR for the Parish, by the deaf of the. late Mr. P. S. Dow:loll, I beg leave to offer myself a a CANDIDATE for the same, and most respectfully soli your favour on the day of Election, assuring you that, shoo Ibe so fortunate as to be appointed to the situation, every exertion will be made by me to discharge the important duties of the same, so as to ()kaki your approbation. I am, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, THOMAS MUIR. 63, Great Newton-street. LIVERPOOL. TO THE PA.RISHIONE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TBEG to offer myself as a CANDIDATE for the Situation of COLLECTOR of ASSESSED and, PARISH TAXES, vacant by the death of Mr. P. S. Dowd . I have hail the f ho nour of holding the office of Deputy I ceiver General of this co unty for more than twenty-five year , with satisfaction to the Receivers General, whose testimoni s of my character and 'integrity will, I hope, gain me your Vote and Interest, which I most respectfully solicit. • The flattering success I have met with during my canvass, encourages me in the expectation that I may not be deemed unworthy of ywir suffrages. I am, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, JAMES ROWE. 59, Wood-street. Manta. 1/$7 -ANTED, a good FAMILY HOI E, in the neighbour hood of Aberero:nhy-square o 'pper Duke-street; to contain at least four or five good ed-rooms, with Servants' Rooms.—App!y - to S. FRANCEYS, Liverpool Standard-office. W ct l ANTED, immediately . a MIS T RESS for the Girls' Day School of ST. MARK''' in this Town. , Testimonials respecting character d competency to be left .at the TREASURER'S, No. 2'2, St. James's-street, on or before MONDAY, the 19th instant. . 7th Augast, 183.3. • y AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN, cently returned from Russia, where he has resided ny years as Agent for an extensive business, and who poss .ses an intimate know ledge of that Market, joined to a eral acquaintance with foreign trade, wishes to form a connection with any respectable house to go out as Agent or on Commission, to that or any other quarter.—The most unexceptionable references will be giver..—Address A. 8., at the Standard Office. rat aub AanufacturtO, In the matter of Smith and Gamble, of the city of Dublin, Gold and SElrersmiths and Jewellers, Bankrupts. PLATE, PLATED WARE, AND JEWELLERY, TO BE DISPOSED OF BY PRIVATE CONTRACT. TH E Assignees of the Bankrupts in thii matter will receive Proposals for the Purchase of the R "inainder of the Bank rupts' Stock of PLATE, PLATED ARE and JEWEL -1 i LERY, in one or more Lots, to suit pu hasers. Such Proposals to he made in writing, on or before t Oth day of August' inst., addressed " To the Assignees of Smil and Gamble, Bankrupts, Nos. 31 and 32, Exchequer-street, Dublin," post-paid. Any further particulars required may be had by applying as above. There are persons in the Warerooms to show the Goods. 432 . The above is particularly deserving tae notice of the Tr 1 TEA, SPICE, ITALIAN, AND FOREIGN FRUIT WAREHOUSE, 58, CHURCH-STREET. NEAR W;T .. / FtLOO-PLACE. QAMUEL SUDLOW, in acknowledf , ng the kind patronage / i 7 of his Friends since his comment era in business, begs very r2spectfrilly to inform them and he Public, that he' has just received direct from Russia, an sortment of Bear HAMS', Caviane, Rein Deer, Antelope and x TONGUES, which to gether with every article in the various branches of the trade, be cAntinues to o'er on the lowest possible terms. Teas direct from•the India House, and Coffee roasted daily. An APPaENTICE wanted.—Apply as above.' FULLER'S FREEZING MACHINE, - ---.. ......._ • By which different Ices, from one to ten quarts, and of the smoothest quality, can be made in a few minutes. I" HE F:IEEZING APPARATUS, by which Cream and I Water Ices can be made without ce. Also, the ICE-PRESERVER, in w ich Ice can he kept for --three weeks, in the warmest season, t prevent the necessity of opening the ice-house, except occasi alit. ICE-PAILS for icing Wine, Water, Fruit, and Butter ; and -FREEZING POWDER of matchless quality. FULLER'S SPARE BED-AIRER: this vessel will re taro its heat, with once filling. for sixty hours. CARRIAGE and BED-FEET WARMERS, upon the same principle. The above articles of scientific discovery may be seen only at the Manufactory, Jermyn-street, six doors from • St. James's-street, London. N . B . F amili es supplied with Ice upon reasonable terms. 17 ,i MO FAMILIES ABOUT TO FURNISH.— _ll_ Messrs. VENABLES and Co. spectfully inform the ,Nobility and Gentry, that they had, eviously to the recent great advance on Wool, purchased a very extensive STOCK 4,t , BRUSSELS, KIDDERMIN ' ER, and VENETIAN CARPETS ; also, a splendid Ass. meat of MERINO DA MASK, MOREENS, &c., which they intend to dispose of at prices unprecedentelly low; specimens of the various _articles necessary for FURNISHING, with appropriate and novel De signs, sent to any part of the Kingdom on aeprntral_ An early application is strongly recommended. NAVARINO llousE, No. 75 and 76, Lamb's Conduit-street, London. NEW FERRY HOTEL, CHESHIRE; One Mile from Bebbington, and the nearest Ferry to Nestun, Park y ate, and Bales. rI . IIIE abov e H o tel has been lately new furnished, and is _lt ready for the reception of Company. It is situated oppo site to the ihrculaneum Pottery, 'loxteth Park. from which place a new Boat, built for the accomyitodation of the inhabi tants of the south end of the town, plies every Sunday to the Ferry, and oth3r Boats sail reguly/o , every day to and from George's Parade. Cars may beVred, and there is a good beach for Bathing, with the advantage of Machines. For farther particulars inquire of Mrs. PETERS, at the Hotel, or Mr. HENRY CHATTERTON, Superintendent of the boats at the New Ferry Pier-house. N.B.—Should any of the inhabitants of Toxteth Park, Har rington, and their neighbourhoods, require a boat from the Pottery on any other day than the one specified, they can be accommodated at a short notice by repairing to the spot. PARISH OF LIVERPOOL. TO STONEMASONS AND OTHERS. PERSONS Willin7: to Contract with the Commissioners for the better PAVING and SEWS CAGE of the Town of FLiverpool, for the PREPARING • ni LAYING DOWN FLAGS on the Footways; of the S ets, are requested to send sealed Tenders, addressed to e Chairman, on or before NVEDNEsnAY, the 14th instant. Particulars as to the manner in which the work is to be per formed may be known, and any further information had, on ap qilication to Mr. Kii.suAw, Treasurer, at their Office, Wasou's- Ittildings, Ilarrington-Street. By order, E. G. DEANE, C'erk to the Commissioners. Parish4?ffice, 31 August, 1833. EXTRA ACCOMMODATION, and UNPRECEDENTED 1 ) LOW FARES, by the ,' BANG-U ," LIVERPOOL and CHELTENHAM DAY COACH Inside, El 18s.-0 ide, 19s. TN compliance with the numerou and repeated applications it for a.conveyance upon the ab ;- line of road, on Sundays, the Proprietors of the - BANG-UI web beg most respectfully to inform the Public, that in future it will be despatched every Morning, at a quarter-past Six o'clock, from the White Horse, Angel, and Saracen's Head Inn Coach Offices, Dale-street. Route.—Prescot, Kputsford, Newcastle, Wolves hampton, D u dley, Stourbridue, Kidderminster, Worcester, az.:l Tewks bury, to the York Hotel, Cheltenham, where it arrivv at half . past Seven o'clock in the Evening. BRETHERTON, EVANS, REEVES, GODFREY and Co., •• . - , Prof ,ietors. *** Obforve. the "BANG-UP" is the oily Cor is on the above route )n Sundays. THE LIVERPQQL STANDARD. 3lnzpzriai ADVERTISEMENT. TO THE EDITOR OP GORE'S ADVERT:SPR. Sir,—l have read in the Liverpool Times of this day a. letter signed " ltichard Rathboue," adaressed to the Editor, in which HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, AUGUST 5. is .quoted, from the published reports of my observations at the The Ilow4...lting-house Robbery bin was read a third time and meeting of Thursday last, at the Golden Lion, the following passed, with amendments. • passage:— The SOLICITOR-GENERAL and others from the Commons Could they forget that Mr. Rathhone was the individual broeght up the Lamv Amendment Bib, with amnendmeiits to woo fiat thfut his beau fiat into the carriage of their old and Carat- which the Cominuns requested their iordships' concurrences` flit servant, General Gascovne, who had so far forgot himself as On the motion of the Earl of Rossiya, the Burghs Poiiee to insult age and respectabliity.by hooting in his race?" . (Scotland) Bill was read a third time. Mr. Eathbone, in a letter to me, dated - 2d August, uses the ' THE LITURGY. following words : The Earl of GosFoan presented a petition from Charles N. " This statement is, within my Personal knowledge, abso.. Wolehouse, Preliendary of Norwich, praying for an alteration lutely, entirely, and in every part of it, FALSE." In dr. it. 's in the Liturgy of the church of England. published letter of this day, fie further says— Earl GREY moved that their lordships agree to an amend " Now you are probably aware that this assertion is utterly menill t made by the Commons in the Irish Church Tem p oralities false; but as this might not be the case with every one, I wrote D on Ftiday to Mr. tiolme, to demand his authority for making ' 'lhe motion was agreed to after some r emarks b y the Earl such a statement. Instead of giving it , Mr. Holine, in his third of Wicklow, Earl Grey, and Lord Plunkett. note to me on the subject, says— ram in possession of docu- ! EAST INDIA BILL. ments from gentlemen of the highest respectability ( who .were The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved that the India Bill be eye-witnesses of the circumstance), which not only attest the committed. truth of my statement, but offer to verify it upon oath, if neces- The house, after a short discussion , we nt into committee on sary.' In reply to these gentlemen of the highest respectability, the bill. • I assert, for roysell; and in the name and with the authority of ; The preamble of the.bill was postponed. my brother William, in the most unqualified manner, that every Clauses Ito 48 were agreed to, with a few verbal amend part of this statement, is untrue,—that ' Mr. Rathbone,' my ments. brother, - did not `thrust his head into the carriage of General . The house resumed, and the bill was ordered to be reconsi- Gascoyne,'—and that lie did riot • hoot in General Gascoyne's dered in committee on Wednesday. la,:e ' " I Adjourned at a quarter past twelve o'clock. not feel it necessary to occupy either your space, or the I .e of the public, in discussions upon a matter of such gene fill notoriety, at the moment of its occurrence, as this extra ordinary pruceeding. I shall, therefore, content myself with giving the three following letters from gentlemen who were " eye-witnes:, , es" of the fact; and which bear out, to the fullest extent, the assertion which I then made. " Walton, 2d Aug. 1833. " DEAR beg to return you Mr.,Rathbone's letter herewith. I have not the slightest hesitation in saying that I must distinctly saw Mr. Wiliatn Rathbone insult General Gas covne, as he was getting into his carriage, at the Townhall door. heard him hoot, saw him point his finger and spit at him. If it is necessary, I am ready to verify this statement UPON OATH. —I am, dear sir, yours very truly, "S. IloLmE, Esq." A. S. WOODWARD. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MONDAY. AUGUST 5. The Speaker took the chair at the usual hoar. After which, the house WAS occupied in receiving petitions, none of which were of particular importance. Sir 0. Munn' gave notice, that in the neat session of Par liatirmt he should bring in a bill for an alteration in the laws relating to parish apprentices. Adjourned at three o'clock. The Speaker resumed the chair soon after five o'clock. Mr. BISH gave notice, that, on the house going into com mittee on the Bank Charter, he should move for a return of the number of forged notes presented for payment at the Bank of England since the last renewal of the charter, with the number of prosecutions commenced and convictions obtained thereupon. PORTUGAL.. " King -street, 3d Aug. 183.3. "DEAR SlR.—Having heard that Mr. Richard Rad:hone has denied the truth of your statement at the meeting on Thursday respecting the. insult offered to General Gascoyne by his bro ther, Mr7.William .Rathbone, I beg to state, that I was my self a witncs3 of his ungentlemanly conduct upon that, and also upon a sulisquent occasion, upon the hustings, which state ment I am prepai.ed to confirm in any way that vou may thinl: proper.—lam. dear sir, you:s, truly, J. C. nORRALL. `'SzmuLt. sq." Mr. O'CONNELL wished to know whether, in consequence of the recent events which had taken place in the kingdom of Portugal, it was the intention of his Majesty's government that Donna Maria da Gloria should be recognized .by this country as the legitimate sovereign of 'Portugal? Lord ALTiIORP said that the events to which the hon. and learned member alluded undoubtedly proved that the people of Portugal were not so much attached to the government of Doti Mignet as had been supposed; but as to the q uestion he had asked, he (Lord Althorp) hoped that the hon. and learned member wool] see the expediency of postponing it. Sir IL PEEL said that he also had an inquiry to make as to another branch of the foreign policy of the country. He wish ed to be informed as to the present state of the discussion be. tween the United States and the North American colonies, which had been retrred to the Ti ing of the Netherlands. Lcrd ALTLiolie said that it '*as a matter not yet decided, and the inquiry of the right honourable baronet had been so unex pected that he was unprepared to give a specific answer. REPORTING. Mr. O'CONNELL 'rave notice, that early next session he should move to rescind the standing order that the publication of the debates in the house is a breach of privilege ;_ as also that any partial or unfair report o f the p roceedin g s be declared a breach of privilege. (corY.) "Evertor, August 6th, 1533. "DEAR STR,—In consequence of a letter that has made its appearance in the Liverpool Times of this day, signed 'Richard iischboae,' contradicting the statement you made at the Gottlen Lion, and impugning the veracity of those gentlemen who, you said, were wilting, if requisite, to come forward noon oath to testify to the truth of what vou said relative to the ungentle man.y conduct of Mr. William Rathbone towards our late and worthy representative, General Gascoyne; I feei myself called upon, having been an eye-witness of the whole affair, to permit you to make use of my testimony ; particularly as you are pub licly called upon to remove from your shoulders the falsity charged upon you in that letter. I, therefore, beg now to de clare, what I am equally willing to state upon oath, that Mr. William Rathbone di,l , at the time in question, behave himself towards General GaAcoyne in a most ungentlemanly manner, by raising . himself up and placing his face so near the window or the carriage as almost to be within it; at the same time using such violent language that many. even of the very lowest class of spectators cried shame upon him. In short, his whole de meanour was like that of a lunatic. The precise words I can not now call to mind ;_ but I well remember they were of the very foulest stamp. I was so near him, as both to hear and see his ungentlemanly conduct. I, therefore, deny the truth of Mr. Richard Rathbone's statement in the Liverpool Times.—l re main, yours, very respectfully, (Signed) "Mr. SAMUEL HOLME." "JOHN SIIAND." Several evidences of the` same natnre, and to the same extent, are in my possession, which, at the moment, I am not permitted to publish ; but they will be made available, if needful, on a fu ture occasion. I am content that Mr. William Rathbone should take all the credit which the injudicious conduct of his brother, in thus re agitating this question, will yield him.—l am, Sir, Your most obedient servant, SAML. IIOLME. Liverpool August 611 t, 1833. TO THE EDITOR OF GORE'S ADVERTISER. Sir,—l am sorry that my Brother has thought it necessary to notice Mr. Holine's statement, as I have already had experience of and am fully aware of the tactics of the enraged and opposing party. My brother has, however, undertaken my defence, and called forth three respectable eye witnesses to circumstances, which had never any existence. I am determined not to be drawn into newspaper controversy. I shall therefore only for the first and last time publicly state, that I did not directly or indirectly, or in any other way, do more than join others in hissing General Gascoyne previous to the election, opposite the eastern door of the Town-hall. Any other accusation is totally without foundation in fact. Mr. Edward Dearman, who was with me the whole of the time, confirms the accuracy of my re collections. Let that portion of the public, to whom my cha racter is not in itself a sufficient refutation of the absurdity of the charge, judge which party is most likely to he correct. !The opinion of those who seek to serve their own cause by indulg ing in groundless accusations of their neighbours is to me a matter of most perfect inditTerenee.—Yours respectfully, • WILLIAM RATHBONE. List of cabin passengers in the South America, Charles - H. •Marshall, for New York ;—Mr. Benson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Wood and servant, Messrs. Meader, Penson, E. L. Hunt, Henry, 'l'. C. Cardwell, Jas. Taylor, MHoaine, Saydam, At kinson, Price, Graham, Heard, Patton, Addoms, Horne, David Wood, and Alex. S. Ryley. SINGULAR GOOD FORTUNE.—WiIIiam Hepplewhite, an ap prentice on board the Indian, belonging to Shields, last year purchased an old clothes chest for 35., which on being examined by the Custom-house officers in Cork, where the vessel is now delivering a cargo, was discovered to have a false bottom, under which were found upwards of £2ooo.—Durham Chronicle. The half-yearly general meeting of the proprieters of the General Steam Navigation Company took place the 6th of August, at the office of the company, in Lombard-street, (Wol verly Attvvood, Esq.. in the chair.) The usual repdrt of the proceedings of the company fur the half-year, ending June 30, was read, and appeared to give general satisfaction, and the di vidend for that period was declared. The thanks of the pro prietors were voted to J. G. Doran, Esq., one of the directors - , for his attention to the interests of the company; and, after the usual votes to the chairman and directors llaerbeen passed, the meeting separated. • LORD MANSFIELD AND A JENF.—"Mr. Abraham," said Lord Mansfield, "this is your son, and cannot go in the same bail. bond." "I-He ish not my son, my Lord." "Why, Abraham, here are twenty in court will prove it." " I will shwear, my Lord, he ish not." "Take care Abraham, or I will send you to the King's Bench." " Now, my Lord, if your Lordship pleases, I wilt tell you the truth." "Well, I shall he glad to hear the truth from a Jew." "My Lord, I wash in Amsterdam two years an' three quarters; when I came home I findish this lad; ' now, the lad obliges me to maintain him • and, consequently, my Lord, he ish but my son-in-law." "Well, Moses," rejoined Lord Mansfield, " tais is the best definition of a son-in-law I ever heard." NEW S - ransx CARRIAGE.-At twelve o'clock on Tuesday a new steam carriage, built, as we understand, by the direction and at the expense of Sir Charles Dance, started faun Lam beth for the town of Croydon. The vehicle was constructed on the premises of Messrs. Maudslay, the eminent engineers of Lambeth, under the superintendence of Mr. Field, and is in tended to run on a common turnpike road. The carriage, which assumes the appearance of an omnibus, and which will contain fourteen persons, is attached to the engine by a pole. On this occasion six gentlemen and the engineer, Mr. Field, occupied seats in it. It proceeded to a distance of about three miles beyond Croydon, and then returned to town, travelling at the rate of twelve miles per; hour. Ihe noise and excitement which it created as it passed through the narrow streets of Croydon obliged the judges to suspend the proceedings of the Assize Courts fur the time. It will shortly , we understand, make a second experimental journey, when Brighten will be the place of its destination. — London paper. THE GERMAN WOOL FA I RS—LEIPSIC, Julya 13a3.—The re sult of the German wool fairs has proved more advantageous to the growers than could have been anticipated, though it was generally expected that prices would be considerably higher than last year. The first viz. Breslow - , Sze. were compara tively the cheapest, but the more it was manifested decidedly that the actual want of wool did rather surmount the quantity produced. Prices went higher, so that at the last fairs , a rise of - 3J.to 40 per cent. on last year's prices took place. This pre sent moment there is scarce:y any thing left in the first hand, aramaeu. thasaock in the hands of the dealers is much smaller than we recollect having seen it at any former period. Ta tact the flower of the wool has already found its way either to the hands of our manufacturers, or is gone to the English market, so that very little good wool can be farther expected from this quarter. The consumption of svool in Germany and the Ne therlands has increased amazingly, and we safely say, .that at the very utmost, only one-fourth of the wool prodUced in Ger many is exported to England. The German manufacturers go on very briskly, the number of looms increases daily, and if they continue to proceed so for a few years, they will be able to eonsanie the whole produce of German wool, without being obliged to have recourse to the English market. The manufac ture of woollen yarn had been quite neglected, but within the last few years it has been very much cultivated, and has made such a rapid progress, that there are now worsted yarn spinners in Germany, who consume 30 to 40,000 cwt. a-year ; combing wool is therefore very much looked after, and there will he a deficiency in the quantity imported into England. Things have changed now, and instead, as at former times, the English bring the rulers at the German wool fairs, the German and Bel gian manufacturers are now predominant, and pick the flower of the wool, as they are able to afford higher prices than the English buyers. FARTHER 'MANIFESTATIONS OF THE Serena—After the re cent proceedings at the meetings of Presbytery, it might have been supposed that the religious extravagancies which have of late been too frequently exhibited in the College Church, would have ceased ; but so far from this being the case, they were on Sunday repeated with all their usual fervour, and in a strain of fanatical excitement as inconsistent with decency as with the spirit of true piety. Surely no one could have possibly believed that in an age which boasts of being peculiarly enlightened, men of ethreation and character should be so far influenced by the power of delusion as to imagine that, by uttering frantic outcries, and committing other extravagancrea in a place of worship, they should give any other manifestation than of their own folly. It is lamentable to see respectable men acting on such misguided fancies, and, under the vain idea of an imagi nary inspiration, choosing a place Of worship for the scene of their fanatical excesses. Immediate steps should be taken to pet an end to these absurd and revolting exhibitions, by which all sober persons are deeply scandalised. We understand, that both last Sunday and the Sunday preceding, in the interval be tween the forenoon and afternoon services, during a prayer meet in g, Mr. Carlyle screamed and uttered incoherent sentences in a state of great excitement. Several women who were pre sent were so alarmed that they ran out of the church, and one or two fainted when they got to the street. In the afternoon, a new actor appeared on the scene: A young - gentleman of the name of Anderson, •a writer, as Mr. Tait was about to conclude his discourse, rose up in his seat, and exclaimed, in a loud, but certainly not supernatural tone of voice, "I came not to send peace on earth, but a sword." Dining this ebullition Mr. Tait paused, and, at the conclusion, distinctly avowed his belief that this was the Spirit of God. Most of the congregation rose from their seats.cn the occasion, but instances of - this kind have un fortunatelysbeen too frequent there of late to cause any further disorder. provided he was a contractor, he had incurred, of being prose cuted for the penalties to which every contractor was snaject who presumed to sit and vote in Parliament, and that it would not pace him in any better position than that which he occupied at the present moment. On the best consideration, then, that he (Lord Althorp) could give to the matter,—and the house would recollect that he had not any long 'time given him for consideration,—he was of opinion that no harm could accrue from giving to the hon. baronet the appointment which had enabled him to vacate his seat. Now, the right hon. baronet had attacked his Majesty's government as it they had know ingly given this appointment of storekeeper to a young gentle man of the age of onl y 18 years and a half. Sir R. Peaele—No, l said that the comptroller ought to have reported to the government the age of the person appointed to the situation, and that the government ought to have remon strated against the order making the appointment, which it did not appear that they had done. Lord ALTHORP said that he did not rise to defend the comp troller, but the government, for the imputation which the two hon. gentlemen had cast was cast upon the government, and was cast upon the government on this ground—that it had ap pointed a young boy to a place, where he was placed iu direct connexion with the contractor. He had not stated that the contractor had said that the young man's age was twenty-two. That representation had been made to Earl Grey when appli cation had been made to him for this appointment. 'What he (Lord Althorp) had said was, that the comptroller had not stated what the age of the young man was, and had not men tioned that he was in any way connected with the contractor. The comptroller made the appointment without any communi cation with the Treasury, (hear,) fdr no person connected with the Treasury was aware that the contract was where it was, or that the young man was connected with the contractor. (Hear.) Mr. O'CONNELL said that the assent.which the noble lord had just given to the appointment of the committee was the very best answer the noble lord could have given to the motion. There was no reason why Sir John Key, because he shrunk from Parliament, should be allowed to get rid of the prosecution for penalties to which he had laid himself open by siting and voting. in Parliament after he had become a contractor. It was singular that this first trait of a reformed Parliament, — namely, that the brother of a member of Parliament should get a contract from the government, and then that contractor's nephew, the son of the member of Parliament, should get a place where he had to judge of the mdde in which the contract was performed, not for his merits, for they were unknown, but for his demerits, he being only 18 years old, and without ex perience. How was it, he would ask, that this young man had got the place? Sir John Key had voted for the coercion bill, and for the resolution which rescinded the vote of the house re pealing the malt tax, and. for those votes his son was rewarded with a place of £4OO a.year. This was a very extraordinary way for the son of a member of Parliament, representing a popular constituency like the city of Dublin, to get a place. (Laughter.) He had made a mistake—he did ndt think that the sons of the member for the city of Dublin had any great chance to get a place. (" Hear," from some Irish members.) The son of the member for the city of London had, however, got a place. lie contended at some length that the present was a monstrous case, calling for examination and decided censure on Somebody, and he was glad that. the house was now going to examine who the parties were that deserved it. Mr. STANLEY was exceedingly gratified that his noble friend had given his assent to a - committee of inquiry (hear,) for sure he was that the more inquiry was made into the circumstances of this case, the more would it contradict and refine the insinua tions of the' two honourab7e, gentlemen. He thought that the vindication of his noble friend, and of the gove rnment with which he was connected, was now complete. -- (Cheers.) It was not for the government to say that gross misconduct had not taken place s omewhere (hear, hear,) and he (Mr. Stanley) was exceedingly gratified that by the inquiry which was now to he in stituted that misconduct would soon be laid bare and open. Lord STotimoisr asked whether Earl Grey, when he gave this place to the young man, was aware that the uncle of this young man was the person who had taken the contract? Lord ALTHORP replied in the negative. The petition was then laid on the table. Sir H. HA anuccE declared that it was not his intention to do anything by which Sir John Key could be placed in a more prejudicial situation than that in which he had placed himself at present. He should be extremely sorry that any inquiry in the committee should bring before the public such proof as would be necessary to support a prosecution against Sir John Key for the penalties to which he had rendered himself subject if he had sat and voted in Parliament after he had become a contractor. His object was to do justice, and if blame attached to any quarter, to let that blame fall where it was deserved. Whilst he was anxious to appear to do nothing vindictive against Sir John Key, he still felt that he had a duty to perform towards the petitioners ; and that duty he must perform by moving for a select committee to examine into the allegations of their petition. The motion having been seconded, a select committee was appointed. The members chosen by Sir H. Harclinge were appointed members of the committee. When Sir Henry's list was gone through, Lord ALTHORP moved that Sir R. Peel, and Mr. HumE that Mr. D. W. Harvey should be added to the said committee. These motions were agreed to. Mr. BERNAL brought up the report of the resolution on the £20,000,000, colonial slavery. The report was agreed to. On the motion of Lord AI,THORP, THE SLAVERY ABOLITION BILL was recommitted. On the committee coming to clause 10, Mr. BUXTON proposed an amendment, which was negatived. The original clause was agreed to. Mr. STANLEY moved to strike out the 53d clause, in order to substitute a provision extendingthe s'2d George 111. to colonies wherein acts repealed by that statute were still in force. In al, other cases he was willing to leave matters as they stood. The effect of the change would be in favour of Dissenters. Motion agreed to. Lord ALTHORP brought up four clauses providing for the raising of the grant of £20,000,000. He observed that it had been suggested by the right hon. member for Harwich to intro duce a proviso enacting that no money should be raised under the act except during the sitting of Parliament; and, further, that the terms of the contract should be laid on the table. Ile saw no objection to this. It was understood that the legislature was pledged that the loan should be positively raised, but it was right that Parliament should have an 'immediate check upon upon the government as to the terms of the contract. Three clauses empowering the commissioners for the manage ment of the national debt to raise the loan in question in the shape of annuities, and specifying the manner in which the operation was to be conducted, were brought up, read, and agreed to. The house then resumed.—Report on Tuesday. IRISH TITHES. On the motion of Mr. Littleton, the order of the day was read for the house going into committee on the Tithes Arrear (Ireland) Bill. In the committee, Mr. LITTLETON moved that his Majesty be enabled to direct Exchequer-bills to an amount not exceeding £1,000,000 to be issued for the purpose of advancing, under cer tain mnditions, the arrears of tithes due for 1831 and 1832, sub ject to a deduction of 25 per cent.; and the value of the tithes for 183.3, subject to a deduction of 15 per cent., to such persons as may be entitled to such arrears or such tithes, and as may be desirous of receiving such advances, and that the amount ad vanced shall be included in the tithe composition, so as to be repaid in the course of five years, being payable by half-yearly instalments. When the committee-divided on this resolution,the numbers were— For the resolution Against it Majority The report was ordered to be received on Tuesday, Mr. BERNAL brought up the report of the committee of sup ply on the militia estimates. IlemE objected to the bringing up of the report. The staff of the militia had cost £5,000,000 since the peace. It was all money thrown away, and we had no money to throw away. (Hear.) Mr. ELLicE justified the resolution. The sums now granted were not to pay the existing staff, but the pensions and the half-pay of officers formerly on the staff. Sir lt. PEEL availed himself of the present opportunity to ob ject to the system of balloting for the militia. The law re garding substitutes required change. It was different in its operation in large towns and in rural districts. Looking to a state either of peace or of war, it required change. The resolutions were then agreed to. BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS' BILL. Lord J. RUSSELL moved that the order of the day be dis charged for the house resolving itself into a committee on this bill, which was agreed to. ASSESSED TAXES ' REDUCTION BILL. The report on this bill was received, the amendments were agreed to, and the bill was ordered to be read a third time on Tuesday. SIR JOHN KEY. Mr. D. W. Heavnv moved for a new writ for the election of a member to serve in Parliament for the city of London in the room of Sir John Key, Bart., who had accepted the steward ship of the Chiltern hundreds. (Hear, hear.) Ordered. Sir H. HARDINGE said that the motion which had just been made by his hon. friend rendered it unnecessary for him, in presenting the petition as to the connexion of Sir John Key with a contract to supply the government with stationery, of which he had given notice, to press his remarks upon that part e of it which related to Sir John Key as a member of that house, seeing that be had vacated his seat by accepting the Chiltern Hundreds. But the petition related not only to a breach of privilege, but also to the conduct of the government in having appointed the son of Sir J. Key to the office of storekeeper and superintendent of the stationery in his Majesty's Stationery office; and he (Sir H. Hardinge) was glad to have been re lieved (by the vacation of his seat on the part of Sir J. Key), from making those remarks upon the subject matter of a part of the petition which he should have thought it his duty to mike had Sir J. Key been still a member of the house. Passing over, however, that portion of the petition, he would observe upon those which related to the appointment of Sir John Key's son, and which stated that it had been made without a sufficient competition having been allowed with a view to procuring a person fitted for the office, which was one requiring experience, discretion, and ability. The petitioners alleged that Sir John Key himself was virtually the contractor for stationery, and that the duties of the office to which the son was appointed were such that he would actually have the superintendence and inspection of the paper sent in by the father. (Hear, hear.) He (Sir H. Hardinge) did not apply his remarks to the indie vidual case of Sir John Key, but to the principle upon which a government could sanction such an appointment, and he put it to the house to say whetherthe inspector in such a case could be impartial? and whether the public could, in such a case, be faithfully served? (Hear, hear.) He bad made inquiries of the noble lord opposite, and he was informed that neither he nor the prime minister had at the time been aware of this ap pointment, and that the . individual had since been dismissed. He did not, therefore, mean to say that the government were aware of the peculiar circumstances attending - this appointment, but he trusted that by whatever authority it was made, that person believed that Master Key had attained his majority, and was not aware of the fact that he was only between 18 and 19 years of age. The case, however, was one which showed that the interests of the public required that there should be• some precautions .taken to prevent a recurrence of such circum , stances, and that was the effect of the concluding prayer of these petitioners.. The present government. when they entered upon office, had made professions to the effect that they would not govern by influence and patronage, and he therefore thought that the best course would be for the house to entertain the prayer of the petitioners and institute an inquiry into the sub ject. He should therefore consider it as his duty to move for the appointment of a committee of inquiry. The petition was then read. Lord ALTHORP thought that this was a subject on which spree explanation was certainly required. He had made inquiries on the subject, and he found that the custom had always been that the person who was appointed to the situation lately held by the son of Sir John Key must be one who had been engaged in the stationery trade, as it was thought that such a person would be the most likely to have the necessary experience and knowledge. On the death of the late storekeeper application was made to fill up the vacancy by appointing the son of Sir J. Key, who was stated to be in his 22d year. and the comptroller of the department, on whose authority the appointment was made, did not communicate to the goverament that the young man was a connexion of the contractor for stationery, but took upon himself to make an arrangement by which - the paper sent in by the uncle of the young man (the government con tractor) should not be inspected by him, but by another per son, selected for his competence to the task. • The treasury, therethre, were not aware that the contract for stationery was in the hands of the uncle of the young man appointed, and he (Lord Althorp) was only made aware of the circumstances on Saturday se'nnighm, when, on a representation by him to Lord Grey, an inquiry was instituted, the result of which was, that the appointment was cancelled. (Heal', hear.) He (Lord Althorp) need not say that it' it had been known to the government that the person appointed was a connexion of the stationery contractor, that appointment would not have been allowed to continue, but the fact was, as he had stated, that the comptroller was the person who made it, on being informed that Master Key was of age; indeed, the comptroller had since ex pressed a wish that when the appointment should be hereafter filled up, the person appointed should not be younger at least than 2.b or 30, as it was desirable that a person at all events not below that age should be appointed. With respect to the fact that it was required that the person appointed should have been engaged in the stationery business, as such a person was likely to be a better judge of the articles sent in, he had no further re mark to make upon it, as he bad already said that the govern ment were not aware of the circumstances attending the ap pointment. If Sir John Key had been both nominally and really the government contractor, then he (Lord Althorp) con sidered that it would have been worth while to inquire into the circumstances with a view to the question whether he could sit in the house, hut he thought that such an inquiry would be wholly inexpedient, as Sir John Key had now, by accepting the office (laughter) alluded to, vacated his seat in parliament. Sir R. PEEL regretted extremely that Sir John Key had been allowed to withdraw himself (hear, hear)—that the exe cutive department of the government had thus interfered to prevent an inquiry like the one proposed on the part of the House of Commons. (Hear.) He (Sir R. Peel) would ven ture to say that in an unreformed House of Commons no go_ vermnent would have attempted such a proceeding; and he would also venture to acid, that if a government had pursued such a course by an unreformed house, no unreformed house would have sanctioned it. (Hear, hear.) Why was, it that the provisions of the act of Parliament passed for the express purpose of limiting the influence of the Crown in matters of deaeriptio. had Le.. neglected in the present case ? That act provided that no member of Parliament could at the sand time that he served in Parliament hold a government contract, and that no person holding, such a contract was eligible to be elected to Parliament; and its provisions extended not only to those nominally holding the contract, but also to members bene fiting in any way by such contract. Ile (Sir IL Peel) wished to know whether, in the case of Sir John Key, any such condition as this had been complied with? ( Hear, hear.) And if so, how was it that Sir John Key was evidently the vir tual contractor? It was necessary that the house should know whether this act, passed fur a specific purpose, had been in the present instance evaded, and whether a contract had been nee niinally entered into with one person, while, in truth, it was his brother who was the real contractor? (Hear.) Let the house know that such a transaction could take place; but let it be met by a legislative remedy, and not by withdrawing a member from time house and giving him the stewardship of the Chiltern Hun dreds. (hear.) The petition stated as a fact capable of proof, that Sir John Key was virtually a contractor to the amount of, fe6O,(XX), for that although his 'brother was nominally the con tractor, yet the fact was, that he had retired fromhusiness, and that Sir John Key was daily and hourly engaged in conducting the business! That was a statement, the truth of which ought to be ascertained, so that a remedy might be provided. It also further appeared that Sir John Key had obtained the appoint ment of his son, a youth of eighteen, to the office, the duties of which would make the latter in the course of their performance the inspector of the paper sent in by his father, the person upon whose decision the contract was to be suttained. The noble lord had said that the real age_ of the youth had not been stated , but surely it was the duty of the stationery department. not to allow such an appointment as this without making a representa tion to the Treasury ; for although the young man was the eon of a stationer, vet his age alone was sufficient to preclude a satisfactory discharge of the duties of the cffice, from the ap pointment to which that circumstance alone ought to have been sufficient to disqualify him. ( Hear, hear.) A bond also was required from the person appointed, and how could a youth of eighteen and a half enter into an en g a g ement of that•driscrip tion? In conalusiate, he (Sir - R. Peel) thought that this was a euestion most important to the house, and one which required inquiry, hot so much for the purpose of inflicting any penalties on SUJ. Key personally, as with a view to ascertain how such a transaction could hate been allowed to occur, and how a me currence of it was to be prevented. Lord Aternoep trusted that, though he had already addressed the house, be might be permitted, after the attack which had been made upon the government generally, and upon himself personally, to address the house again, and to explain the cir cumstances under which Sir John Key had obtained the office which had enabled him to vacate his seat. He would state the grounds under which Sir John Key had been permitted to ac cept the stewardship of the Chiltein Hundreds. He admitted that, under existing en cuinstancee, he did not view the granting of Sir John Key's application for that office quite as a matter of course; but he likewise felt that the effect of giving that °frit e to Sir John Key would not withdraw him from the liability which, . -36 LABOUR RATE BILL. Sir C. BURRELL moved the second reading of this bill. On this motion the house divided, when there appeared— For the second reading 17 Against it 29 Al a j oi ity The bill was consequeiitly lost. On our return to the gallery we found the house going through he other orders of the day, which having disposed of, it ad ourned at a quarter past two o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 6. Lord LOWTHER and others from the Commons brought up the Privy Council bill. Thp .etch and Irish vagrants' bill went through a com mittee. On the motion of the Lord CHANCELLOR, the Commons , amendments to the Thellusson estate bill were agreed to. The Marquis of WESTMINSTER gave notice, that he sh9uld in the next session of Parliament, unless the subject were taken up in the other house, or by some noble lord in that, move for leave to bring in a bill to. remove the civil disabilities of the Jews. Adj ourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 6. The gallery was opened at a quarter past twelve o'clock. GRAND JURIES (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion• of Lord Duncannon, the house resolved itself into a committee on the Grand Juries Bill. Th^•committee proceeded as far as the 58th clause without anv material alteration, clause 50 being postponed, and clauses . 51 - and 57 being withdrawn. The Chairman then reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again. Adjourned at three o'clock. The Speaker resumed the chair shortly after five o'c'.ock. Mr. HU ME presented a petition from numerous persons resi dent in and near London against the restriction of t)5 miles pro posed by the Bank Charter Bill. Lord ALTtionr took that opportunity of informing the house, that in consequence of a communication he had had with the Bank yesterday and to-day, it became necessary to postpone the committee on the bill until Thursday next. POPAY THE POLICEMAN. Air. COnOETT brought up the report of the select committee appointed to inquire into this subject, and moved thatit be read. Ihe report was accordingly read, and contained the forlowing resolutiOns:— " Resolved,—l. That it is the opinion of this committee, that the conduct of the policeman Popay has been highly reprehen sible, inasmuch as he appears to - have taken an active personal part in the proceedings which his duty only required him to observe, and to have carried concealment and deceit into the intercourse of private life; and, although the committee are in clined to hope that he was not influenced by any malignity of disposition, but by a mistaken view of his - instructions, and a misjudging zeal in the execution of them, they cannot forbear to mark his course of behaviour with their most grave and de cided censure. " Resolved,-2. That it is the opinion of this committee, that while it cannot be supposed that authority was given for the foregoing conduct, there is reason to apprehend that sufficient caution was not always exercised by those to whom Popay's re ports were submitted, in checking the occasional diffuseness of their contents, and in warning him against having recourse to undue means for supplying them. " Resolved,-3. That it is the opinion of this committee, that with respect to the occasional employment of policemen in plain clothes, the system, as laid down by the heads of the po lice department, affords no just matter of complaint, while ittictiv confined to detect breaches of the law, and to pi event breaches of the peace, should these ends appear otherwise unat tainah.e ; at tue same time the committee would strong.y urge the most cautious maintenance of those limits, and sotemoiy deprecate any alyroach to the employment of spies in the or dinary acceptance of the term, as a practice most abhorent to the fcctings of the people, and most alien to the spirit of the constitution." STAFFORD BOROUGH DISFRANCHISEMENT. Sir T. FREMANTLE moved for and obtained leave to bring in a bill for the disfranchisement of this borough. POST OFFICE lEREGULA Mr. R. WALLACE commenced his address by saying that the Postmaster-General, or some one on his behalf, bad, in order to discover a fraud, committed a felon , / in the opening of letters. He should prove this before he sat down. lie had had two interviews oo the subject of his motion with the Postmaster- General, who had received him with great kindness, but he found that no adequate remedy was proposed for the evil of which he complained. There were some means adopted at present of get ting at the contents of letters, a practice which, if sanctioned or continued, must violate that secrecy and that confidence on which the public retied in placing their letters in the Postoffiee. He would read to the house some extracts from the volume which was before him. It was a report from the commissioners of revenue in 1829. It was an able and searching report, and made many very use ful suggestions as to the Postoffice, but, so far as he could learn, they had not been attended with any effect; neither had the previous recommendations Made in the reports of 1783 and 1i97, though very wise and salutary. The report spoke of the facility of the great and quick communication afforded by the Postoffice, which it said might be classed amongst the elements of profitable commerce. It also referred to the Postoflice as of importance as a branch of the public revenue. He admitted that if well managed it would be a profitable branch of revenue; but he contended that it was managed with meanness and par simony, which greatly diminished the revenue that would accrue under a better management. The whole establishment should be placed on a different footing. The house had in the presence of the First Lord of the Admiralty, of the Secretary to the Treasury, and other individuals connected with many public departments, the advantage / of making inquiries on the spot as to matters connected with those departments; but with respect to the Postoffice they had no such advantage, as . there was no public officer in that house who represented it. The hon. mem• bar next adverted to the great powers vested in the Postmaster- General, as stated in the report to which he had before referred, and contended that such extensive powers. ought not to be vested in any one in idual. No individual ought to have the power of arranging Tr i psts at his discretion, and of employing or dismissing public servants at his pleasure. (Hear, hear.) It further appeared that among his other extensive powers the Postmaster-General had authority even to regulate the amount of postago on letters. The next department he should mention was the secretary's office. The salary of the secretary was £3OO • a-year—a sum, however, which was raised by various Compen sations, fees, and emoluments, to £4,565. The _duties of the secretary's ce comprised almost an entire delegation of the powers of the Postmaster-General. The hon. member pro ceeded with his extracts from the report of 1829 . By that it ap peared that the remuneration of the clerks of the Postoffice consisted partly of salaries and in part of allowances and emolu ments of a different description. One of these sources of emo lument was the secretary's fund, of which £750 a-year was paid to the revenue and the surplus to the secretary's clerks. The amount of emoluments connected with the Postoffice in Eng ' I land and Wales, and derived from various sources, was £39,000 a-vear. In some departments the remuneration was very cola siderable, while. in others it was trilling. Such irregularities and such a system of extra remuneration ought not to be per mitted. In his opinion, the whole system of the Postoffice required revision. The charges of solicitors connected with the Postoffice were not governed by any known table of tees. The hon. member deprecated in strong terms, as improper and unconstitutional, the practice of Post-office solicitors requiring the private correspondence of gentlemen to be submitted to them for the purpose of prosecuting the writers. In such cases the authority of the Postmaster-General was made subservient to the interests of the solicitor, who took on himself to institute proceedings when he saw fit. The result of this was, that the public purse was brought to bear against individuals under the exercise of an irresponsible power; notwithstanding which, however, the penalties recovered were trifling, probably because proceedings were frequently brought against poor persons. The hon. member next adverted to the inland office, in which there were six clerks of the roads, paid by salaries and perquisites arising out of the sale of newspapers and from other sources. A petition which could not be received had been that day brought before the house, complaining of grievous exactions on the part of the clerks of the roads in Ireland in the exercise of the powers intrusted to them. The report stated, and every thing he had heard or seen confirmed the opinion, that the Postoffice ought to be conducted on more liberal principles. The hon. member next alluded to the parsimony of the Postoffice in not sending expresses, on the arrival of the J amaica and Oporto packets at Falmouth, after the despatch of the regular mail. It was not expecting too much to require that the Postoffice should, upon such occasions, imitate the conduct of the newspapers, and despatch the intelligence. by post chaise. The conductors of the public journals displayed no such parsimony as the Postoffice. .The hon. member then referred to the allegations abroad that parcels were broken open by the Postoffice, to the manifest inconvenience and injury of the mercantile community. To mention no other inconvenience, the mixing up of samples, which might thus occur, might occasion the most serious conse quences. He believed the law was clear that such parcels should not be opened, and he had been informed that the great est commercial establishment in the city had bearded the secre tary and solicitor of the Postoffice, by declaring that they would continue to send letters in boxes, leaving it to the Post office to prosecute if it pleased. The next point he should men tion related to ship letters. In 1815 it was found impossible for the Postoffice to collect a revenue from the home postage of letters going to the colonies; and there . was an understand ing that in future such letters should be sent out of the country free of postage, on the proviso that letters coining from the colonies should pay . 2d. a piece more than formerly; or Bd. instead of 6c1., which latter was the old charge. The practice was pursued up to a recent period with advan tage; but it was now broken in upon, and letters could not be sent with the same ease and frequency as heretofore. One of the reasons for objecting to letters - being sent by private opportunities arose out of packets having been provided to con ' vey communications to America and the colonies. But the provision-was very inadequate ; the worst class of vessels in the known world were his Majesty's packet-ships. (Hear.) They were dangerous, slow, and unsatisfactory. - The speed of the American packets was much greater. It was not uncommon for the sailing of the packet from Jamaica to be announced here via New York, in consequence of the slosimes of the one, and the speed of the other conteyance. The same defective and mischievous Postoffice system prevailed in the colonies as in the mother country—a system of sponging upon the commercial community by ,unfair charges of commission and exchange upon newspapers and letters. He objected to the mode of charging on double letters, which was infinitely inferior to the Frenc h system of charging by weight. The latter practice avoided all pretence for scrutiny and examination, winch were the grand mischiefs of the English system. He was satisfied that it was utterly impossible for anyparty to express his sentiments by single letters so as to be secure from observation in the Postoffice,where an effsctual method of examining the contents of letters existed b y means of strong gas-lights,and a particular description of shade. Ile had thought till recently that an unsealed letter would have been as safe from inspection in the Postoffice as upon the table of any member of that house. Now, however, he was of a dif ferent opinion. He held in his hand copies of acorrespondence between the noble Postmaster-General and himself, in which the noble duke declared that he would do his utmost to put an end to the evils complained of. He believed that the noble duke had been to a certain extent successful, but he complained of the system, which allowed such proceedings to be repeated at any time under the noble duke, or any other Postmaster-Generals He had received a communication from the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce of Greenock, c o mplaining of the abuses of the Postoffice, and a memorial had been forwarded on the subject. In consequence of this he communicated with the Postoffice, and the representative of the Postmaster-General at Edinburgh distinctly avowed that there was "a necessity for examining every letter that passed through the Postoffice," and that " each postmaster had printed instructions directing him to ascertain whether letters had been legally conveyed, or whether any attempt had been made to evade the postage." A letter was sent to Mr Ayton, a banker of Greenock, by the Postoffice solicitor, requiring him to give up a certain letter. That letter he (Mr. Wallace) now held in his hand; it was written by a parish clerk from a place about ten miles from Greenock, summoning Mr. Ayton to a meetines • the clerk car ried the letter in his pocket to Greenock , acid it into the Postoilice, and it was delivered and a penny postage charged for it. Upon this transaction it was that the solicitor of the Postoffice sought to inflict a penalty on Mr. Ayton. There was another letter from Glasgow, upon which penalties to the amount of £570 were sought to be recovered against J. Reed and Co., simply in consequence of the clerks of the Postoffice having examined and discovered the contents of the let ter. Mr. STANLEY asked whether the right of examining letters was not expressly disavowed by the noble Postmaster-General, and whether the hon. member did not, say that he was satisfied with that? Mr. WALLACE had told the Postmaster-General that he should be satisfied if a stop were put to the practices complained of, at the same time he thought that as the law now stood the Post-master-General did not possess sufficient power to do so. The next letter he should refer to was addressed to James Scott and Co., wine-merchants, and it was folded in that sort of man ner that it was absolutely impossible its contents should be known (as they were known at the post-office,) unless the seal had been violated. In conclusion, he thought it necessary to state, that unless he ieceived an assurance from government of their intention to take the subject up, he should in the next session move for a select committee to inquire into the state of the post-offices of Great Britain and Ireland. The honourable member then moved for returns of all instructions or directions from lawful authority under which postmasters were authorized to open or unfold teams, or apply strong lamp lights for the purpose of ascertaining or reading the contents of letters fastened by wafer or wax, or unfastened; for returns of all informations laid by the Postoffice in Great Britain or Ireland against I:er sons for having illegally conveyed letters from the sth of July, 183'2, to the sth of July, 1833; the dates of all such informa tions; the prosecutions commenced in consequence of them; the names of the parties prosecuted, or threatened with prose cution; the names of the persons to whom letters had been written by solicitors of the Postoffice on the subject of such in formations; the amount of money paid under the proceedings; the expense of prosecutions; the amount received by solicitors of the Postoffice on their own behoof; the slims charged to the public; the names of the informers; the amount of flues and penalties levied, and how disposed of. Lord ALTI-lon P said that he did not mean to object to the hon. gentleman's motion ; at the seine time he must say that. a great portion of it might have been omitted, as the documents for which it called were documents that never existed.. Time hon. gentleman was aware that the Postmaster-General had disavowed ever hav ing given any authority to deputy-postmasters in the country to open letters in order to ascertain where'they were dated. But the hon. gentleman handed in in proof a letter ricross the table, and he said that it was impossible that the place froireviimence that letter was dated could be ascertained without opening the letter. Now, without breaking the seal or opening that letter, but in conseuence of the awkward manner in which it had been folded, he, (Lord Althorp) simply by looking into it, could as easily as possible read time letters "Dublin," whence the letter was dated. ( Hear.) But the Postmaster-General had, as the hon. gentleman was aware, disavowed having given to deputy-post masters authority e ven to look into letters in that way in order to discover their dates. The hon. gentleman, however, must see that the date of this letter might be discovered - without opening it. The notice which the hon. member had placed upon the paper had not certainly led hint (Lord • Althorp) to. expect such' a statement as that which he had now made to tfse house, for that notice was for " copies of the instructihns under which post masters claim a right to unfold or open letters in all or any of the postoffices of Great Britain and Ireland." It was scarcely to be supposed that in bringing forward such a motion as that the hon. member would have gone into a general statement as to the whole conduct and management of the Postoffice. There was not the slightest object to be gained in moving for such in structions, as no such instructions had ever been given by the Post master-General, seeing that they would be instructions to com mit a felony. The hon. gentleman had referred to the report of the committee of inquiry in 1829, to show the abuses that ex isted in the management of the Postoffice. Now, he believed that a large portion of this recommendations contained in than report had been since carried into effect. With reference to the complain tmade with regard to the Postoffice at Greenock, Le AUG usT 9, 183. ".. was informed that the hon. member haitexpressed himself re:' fectly satisfied with the result of his application on that point! to the postmaitor-ieneral. . The hon. gentleman was aware h ! in that instance a fraud had been, upon his own showing, cu''' mitted upon the revenue by the conveyance of the letter from Dublin to Greenock, where it was thrown into the Postottice. Mr. 000BETT said he would recommend the hon. gentleman near him (the member for Greenock) not to have rote ~hat again. They were very dangerous things. ( A laugh.) e• i he would say 'with regard to the Postotlice was this, that a tetii, had been posted in the country, addressed to him in Le % which he had never i eceived, that two witueses could sr r . _ ... d to the putting the letter into the Postotlice in the coon i_ e _ that the postmaster there was ready' to swear that he ha `, ceived it, and vet the letter in question never reached his atalfe''.. He made app.icatian to the General Postoffice in London, 1)::" .. could get no account of his letter. It was a letter of COB, lle, there, quence, too, for it was one that was to be printed. fore, had to complain against the General Postoffice. It al peered in the present case that the postmaster in Greewie. stated that he had authority to open letters. If he had not the authority,—if he had not the right to do so, he ought to ha“; been punished. Had he been punished ? There was no nwets, to that question. He would recommend all who had compla ints to make, to make theta to that house. Ile (Mr. Cohhett) 11,: lieved that the Postoffice read all the letters that it liked to rea.(: . (Cries of " Oh, oh!") He believed that every one thought t!,(,, same. (Renewed cries of "Oh l") - He wrote aecordine Let them go on ; he was of opinion that they said whatever taq liked. Mr. O'DwvErt alluied to the conduct of the clerks of, th : roads in the Dublin postotlice employing the official Priv i ` e ,k e which they possessed to circulate through the the periodicals and other publications unstamed, to the defraudill of the revenue, and also to their circulating newspapers freel postage through the penny posts, while on the papers recei',' from the regular uewsvender the postage was charged. fa Lord ALTHORP said, the clerks of the roads had no right stc, transmit newspapers free of postage through the perm) . P` ) ,, -,,, and if the hon. member would produce evidence to show t -e d had done so, the Postmaster General would put an eud to th" practice. ' a- Mr. O'DWYER engaged to. supply the noble lord with abut' ant evidence on the subject. r. WALLACE replied, and the motion was then agreed to. M . _ _ FOREIGN ENLISTMENT BILL. Mr. J. MURRAY said he rose for the purpose of moving of()t 9, leave to bring in a bill to repeal - the 59th of Geo. 111., call• tho commonly called the Foreign Enlistment Bill. Both at. o , time that bill was passed, and since, no one act of the leg' _0 ture had given greater dissatisfaction to the country, or had o.uaro considered a greater stain upon its records. He was not ' 1 %1(l that any opposition would be offered to his motion, and he u . 113 therefore, without further preface, move for leave to bring bill to repeal the Foreign Enlistment Act. rrh hO r % Mr. cOBBETT said he nose oppc.se the motion. s- e s not member was mistaken in hiS law. If the government hau,eo the power to prevent any• of its subjects engaging in war, the it had no power at all fur protectine. itself. lt had been star by the hon. and learned gentleman thatmany of the individdtri .connected with the military and naval services of this en ° r e were glad to avail themselves-of employment elsewhere to e • se, starvation, but it ought not to be forgotten that these individujeit were in receipt of half-pay from this nation in order t o s ecure l' ;on services on behalf of the people of England, should occnsitto require them, and under such circumstances he must objecia their embarking in the service of any foreign power. De u t o s. as he must the correctness of the law as laid down by the . and learned gentleman who had brought forward this oils; he must maintain that some power ought to be reser ve enable the government of this country to restrain those ree'the inn the pay of the nation from joining or embarking ju service of an foreign . Sir R. INoe y is said that state when he saw the motion brouelitrt ward by the hon. and learned gentleman opposite, a ril - 1. 0 01 was seconded by th hon. Secretary for the Admiralty, he c° d . ,- not but infer that virtually the motion was already caro e t he (Hear.) The hon. aneleained gentleman had said tii t sl Foreign Enlistment Bill was an infringement of the n"; a t rights of man, and had insisted that every man was natur ai liberty to carry his courage, his talents, and his scienc e, e t oa where, should he so think fit. He (Sir R. Inglis) must o n , of that such a proposition amounted almost to the last resoorFo'ios patriotism; and so far from concurring in it, he was of opi kid that no man ought to engage in a war, or was at liberty t° or his fellow-man, except in the cause of his family, his countritloa his religion. (Hear.) He could not but express his convic,3s that the - doctrines expressed by the hon. and learned gentle:is. were calculated to be most injurious to the morality an d C o r racter of this, cuntry nth for if those doctrines were good for t be thing, the subjects of is realm were justified in runnied., same race as the bucaniers at sea and the condotteri on la , ' be (Hear, hear.) War was not, in his judgment, a game „ t °,40 1 played at the will of any subject; it was one of the most,'„b , calamities which could befall human nature, and ought neV, l le' encouraged. flo.felt that it would be in vain to attemp t ti `otf cessfully to oppose a motion proposed and seconded as tha t t ie , before the house had been, but he should not have done j u L s eil to the full conviction of his mind if he had not thus exPf his most perfect opposition to it. • Mr. R. GRANT considered the question before the ho nsc i f e cl tirely independent either of questions of neutrality, or th e e re; of the common law, and it was practicable to vote for octet peal of the act in question without branching upon eitb It those topics which had been introduced into the debat%d9 must be in the recollection of many hon. members the gr?.., upon which then pill had been introduced by Mr. Canning:7ot, year 1814. • Mr. Canning had then stated the bill to or* l i o , in a treaty with Spain, under which the sovereign 0f, 1 0 , 0c realms had undertaken that no supply of arms, aminunit' ° „ r ic , ' men should be afforded from this country to South A'Uji tl - eo, f and that no security was afforded to the Crown for the fulfil' of this treaty without the passing of the act in question• d" e se the bill pledged the nation generally to neutrality, yet it u m t l et , was intended to pledge its subjects individually from enOe e t , if they should so think fit, in foreign services; and revert the history of this country, he felt no hesitation in now T o his support to the present . . motion, and without acceding „ r i e s' accuracy of the law laid down by . his hon. and learned who had brought forward the motion, he should reserve %% o at' self the right to discuss the provisions of the bill when it be introduced. ea ti? ' After a few words from Mr. Mea Y, the motion was ar e Boitouon. oe. L.-KU:ESTER. fOr Mr. HALFono rose to.,move the discharge of an ord er ,ter , return to that house,by the mayor and corporation of Leic,ehoi of the property vested in them in trust under the will of Si r • ha' White, in 1550, and of the names of all persons to whom te e lent, or refused, to lend, loans out of the said property. 11 " 0 1- f iihj e ar e el turn, the hon. member said, was moved for and oraered morning of the 3d May, when he was absent, otherwise he acil have opposed it.. It would be a most unconstitutional e N- (1 1 , of the authority of that house to call for such return,•, t motion originated in political motives, and he trusted trira.,oll house would not commit an act of injustice in order to k` co s' a turbulent faction in a country town. The hon. messibe, . f eluded by moving that the order should be discharged. tio,° Mr. EVANS said that the property which the corpora et,, Leicester held in their hands under the will of Si r Thos.o4 amounted to about £15,000, which they lent in loans of ,1 those whom they pleased, and the loans were to be !er w ori , l' i nine ears. His constituents wished to know how this f e , was disposed of, for it was strongly suspected that it s" 3s l lo ef available for political purposes. the Court of Chancl r ' o ef . , 4 made an order in this matter 27 years ago, but it hn ts been perfectly complied with. He thought that the retu„,-0 0 one which the house was justified in calling for, an i " er , j; therefore oppose the motion for the discharge of the or(' loc. - The gallery was cleared for a division, but none tooqe it was understood that the motion was withdrawn , with 00 tention of bringing it forward again in afortnight. •tte, Lord DUNCANNON brought up the report of the cornio l the Tithe Arrears (Ireland) Bill. 0 1 ' 6 0 Mr. LITTLETON would admit the force of the hon. nlj be objection, but he was convinced that the Treasury so u no loss by the transaction, so valid was the security. e l s Mr. RUTUVEN, the report having been brought sc a b take the sense of the house on its being received. I t trary, not only to expediency but to justice, that a bil of perpetuated the monstrous principle of taxing person'aid persuasion for the support of a religion to which thei r o f belong should be received at that late hour. He could 'ament the culpable absence, of the Irish members. The house divided : For receiving the report . Against it . .--- 4 sl9 P GU Maity . The Assessed Taxes Reduction Bil j l, or and the Suga r 0 1 Bill, were read a third time and passed. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, 6' house adjourned at half-past 2 o'clock. SERVICES OF PLATE. e l : (From a Parliamentary Return.) ibl ic l The number of services of plate provided at the P`,ll°ol, pease in the department of the Lord Chamberlain of britt le hold, which are transferred with the office of new ale' l showing the expense of each service at each place :-.."., 3 6 Embassy at the Court of the Netherlands....D 3,7 , l 4 1S I Do do' St. Petersburgh .... (5, 7 ',6 19 0 Do do Vienna Do do NI lilricl Do do . Paris K 5 6 Do do Lisbon 3-'W ) d e.' Do do Constantinople ..... 4, .. de Do do Berhn ro ba'l( 4 ); The amount paid'. for the outfit of equipage of a t. 4, i, envoys, and secretaries of legation at foreign eog th :i past five years, is as 'follows:-18:.8, -..f. 4 ...9,524; 1° - 0 /,, 18:30, f.:5575; 1831, E. 213;/; 1832 £16,570. ' af ° l e 4 The Speaker of the House of 'Commons is e ntitle d, , ATl * P . 0` appointment, to an allowance for equipage of E1,t)0 ( . ), . b - V o i vice of plate consisting of four thousand ounces, whit- 4 o 1, , of late commuted for a sum of money equal to the " ~ lo o p plate. f Ill,:3, 0 ; The three Seeirctaries of State, the Lord Steward ,?tbe,:lis,l jesty's Ilousehold,Ahe Lord Charnherlain, Groom °.: T i c r y c es Master of the Horse, Treasurer, Comptroller, and ' 00 0 y berlain of the Household, are each entitled to , 1 ( 0° , e ,0 11 / white plate from time immemorial. oio t ' o ce7 The Lord High Chancellor receives, on his alll' be tr ante sum of 1,8-13 13s. The origin of the grant cannot 0 i, 6 A.'0 1) , . The earliest record at the Treasury of this allowanof 1, - 0 , e , rant of King William the Third, directing the issu e je o . o l Sir Matthew Wright, Keeper of the Great Seal. ei tt e , e 4 The plate to the Speaker was formerly supplied fr' i , di )3 1 i41 of ice oce ; and the first record upon the subject whi c liiio'll the Treasury books is a grant by Queen Anne to l Ass CP ley; Esq., Speaker of tilt; House of Commons of 4, ( '' 01 of silver plate. It s pea : n ad 0- P!7„ . 4 4 CURIOUS ADVERTISENIENT.--The following --- . , i. • otii:4 ladies appears in the Leeds Mercury .if SuturdaY I, i .ot e oYlP f " liwporia»t to the Female Sex, with or uithout the fo r o , o l o " On Monday; the 15th instant, the members % h ers ~,0 0 1 1f, election committee for the late election of 1 11 4 h itel,';‘,,e 1 ,, borough, visited their late candidate, Mr. John Y 0 3 11 0 0 f ia and occupier of the Star Inn, in Sowerbv, near d i a te .',, the said J. W. said St( I am in iinivele onaitiooli?, real good, handsome. prime wife, and any sing , 00 0 00 11 sessed of attractive. charms, Whaling to better , p, e go tag o f° , 6 1 marriage, may find theyresent offer a most a 'Y tii ii 4 li ciPoi,4 as her only duty, in addition to the afreetionate o_ „b ilLoyt,v, will be to give oirections to servants and have riViiit,, e o,,io:,f "The Chairman then said—' Should you, lir. o .ho i' a erptP o r with a spouse as beautiful as the Goddess Dian- 3 ! eu r P°jo t o you children as the vine bringeth forth grape -c , ,i o , ii . l ei :e t real, personal, and funded in a bank at Pal,' ekc it iiivi places, are sufficiently ample forthe stipport (4 'T o ; e 010 e pears from your writings and deeds now l!ef°', e he t`ti ° , f ortt) , "The respectable meeting concurred web; t i v oi' 3 ,„`..'e,e 4 , ll , and agreed tnr .this to be published, vitle the ''''',.. e ql- , Y c ' t ti'," l viz.:.--:"l'hat privatii personal application i 5 0,10, i ;it 1 1 / made: and none hut such as can give r espeel e a 01 /i 1 of a virtuous and highly reputable character D' e o ffs er of" mrlication to he till he he suited. - ' er nal - 0 / N.B.—All letters not post paid, ct what' jsll., ' returned. fivio°,,g I 'd 1 if' "The business of the meeting having been . tli , . e ci , ii mony, 141 r. J. W. said—' I owe no T erser' '!``. o . l ' ir ri: j ro c ..nd I will keep open house the day after 1 17 1 r .,- , An ~ AMB. HILL Sowerby, July 15, ISM, A