The Sun. — London, England, 1840-02-18 00:00:00

"THE ROYAL WEDDING SUN." ROYAL INIEDALLIONS.-7he Sun of Monday contains two beautiful Medallion Portraits of the Queen and Prince Albert, each eight inches in di ameter, surmounted by the Crown, with a tail-piece consisting of the Lily, Roses, and Myrtle. The resemblance of the heads is remarkable ; the con tour, not only of the features but of the profiles, corresponds so as to impress the idea of close rela tionship, or family likeness, as between a brother and sister. Those portraits are engraved by a lately invented process which takes a fac-simile of any object executed in bas relief, and is remarka ble for imitating metallic lustre, though merely consisting of a tissue of parallel lines, with inter vals, which when blank produce the effect of bright lights.—Cork Standard. The Proprietor of The Sun, with his usual spirit, has celebrated the event of, Monday last by giving, in his Paper of that dste, two Medallion Portraits of her Majesty and Prince Albert, engraved in the same style and manner with those of Soult and Wellington, which were so much and so justly admired shortly after the Coronation.—Silurian. In The Sun of last Monday, the readers of that Journal were presented with two beautiful Medal lion Portraits of her Majesty and Prince Albert. This is another instance of the enterprise of the proprietors, who, in this, as in former cases, have not spared expense to procure an effective work of art. The likenesses are faithful. At the top in the centre is the Crown of England, on the two sides of which arc written " God save Victoria and Albert." The paper contains a concise history of both the illustrious personages, and of their houses, besides a full account of the celebration of the nup • tials.—Derbyshire Courier. We have been favoured by the welcome present of a " Nuptial Sun," by Mr. Young; it contains noble portraits of the Queen and her Consort, and should be purchased by " all the world."—Mon mouth Merlin. The London Sun newspaper of Monday last has two large Medallion Likenesses of the Queen and Prince Albert, elegantly finished, accompanied with a memoir of these distinguished personages, and an account of the marriage ceremony.—Lime rick Chronicle. _ . The universal exhibition of affectionate loyalty that burst forth on Monday in every part of the kingdom is one of the most cheering signs of the times. Even the applauders of Bradshaw and Co., and their comrades in feeling, the rebellious Char tists, were obliged on that day "to assume a virtue if they had it not," and in deference to public opi nion to put on a mask of j3y and lisp the language of loyalty. We cannot close these brief remarks without expressing our obligations to the spirited proprietor of The Sun Newspaper, whose report we have adopted. On Tuesday we received a copy of his elegant Wedding Sun, containing exquisite medallion portraits of the Royal pair, with me moirs. It is worthy of note, as illustrating the extraordinary advantages of that greatest measure of modern ►imes, the Penny Postage, that so many letters, each including a shilling with an order for the Wedding Sun, were sent on Tuesday and `Wednesday, that the Post-office reused to deliver them without an order from the Proprietor, and ten clerks were employed for two days in the single occupation of opening the letters, and as many in addressing the papers to the orders. Such a demand is unparalleled in thz history of the Newspaper press, and is attributable in no small measure to the conveniences afforded by the glorious Penny Postage. Somerset Ceunty Gazette. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROII THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) The debate of Friday night on the Irish Corporations' Bill affords a satisfactlry proof of the increase of Li beral principles in the Legislature. The Papists were objected to in decent terms ; and even Sergeant Jack son was obliged to adopt Lord Gray's proposal for allowing each elector to vote for only one half of the Corporation—a plan by which its Noble author supposed each corporate body would be equally divided between Catholic and Protestant, and which would pro bably have produced an equal division upon all questions of Catholic lighting and Protestant paving, and have ulti lnatgly left every thing to the casting vote of the Mayor. Still it is satisfactory to find that a leader of the most into lerant party that this, or perhaps any other, country has known, is ready in 184) to pick up the cas'-v.vay scheme of a Liberal of 1836, and to use it as a means of keeping religious dissension. It is even more satisfacto r y that the Learned Sergeant's protege met with no favour from the House. (From the Standard ) The Dublin newspapers received this mornin , are filled with the report of proceedings held in the Irish me it.sropora, to protest against th© Munic i pal Co r p oration Bill introduced by Lord Morpeth. The meeting was not a meeting of the Corporation, or in any considerable degree composed of members of the existing mun ici p al bod y ; 1 ! Is, therefore, not open to the suspicion of selfish mo tives, even if it bad cot tended that no change should !kk(l place ; but for this it did not contend. The meet ing, consisting in the greater part of persons as much aggrieved by exclusion from the municipal franchise, 11 that is a grievance, as any Roman Catholics, confined it self to a pr o test against the erection of Roman Catholic t U orporations, leaving the Corporations that are now in ex ist- Ince to be dealt with as the Legislature shall in its wis dom think fit. Now, is not a rcmonstrance of this kind ii .eserving of serious attention? We have in it the testi !lTnony of men upon the spot as to what must be the wolk ula or Lord Althor ' p 6 Bi ll. (From the Courier.) The Ministerial organ of this morning labours hard to t Minist ers ou t o f the mess into which their defeat in the house of Commons on Thursday has plunged them. Of course the desire of the Conservative party to bring t° light the real state of the finances of the country, to understand the difficulties, and boldly to grapple with en], is attributed to Tory party tactics. If so, the party tactics of the Opposition have been eminently successful On th e present occasion, and are supported not only by ü b4 public out of doors, but by a majority of the ,',' °°& e of Commons within. The Morning Chronicle - ,i 4 P l " --- " The deficiency, whatever it may be, occasioned by Lee reduction of the postage, and the extraordiLary ex- Ponditure entailed on us by the state of Canada and our foreign relations, will be made good, if necessary , by the irriposition of fresh taxes. They (the Tories) blame . Mi nisters for not keeping up taxation, with a view to effect reduction of the national debt." The deficiency is to be t( !ade up by " a fresh imposition of taxes !" Why it is pre .?.sely this ne cess ity o f a fresh imnosition of trAcs, in the wenty-fifth year of peace, that the country complains of. CONCLUSION OF THE COMMISSION OF Lu liacy urox Jowl. PIiTER ROBINSON, ESQ. — On m orning Messrs. Phillimore. Murray ' and West, the Cosnmis linter and the ury, aembled, for the fourth tirae. at the raYs ' lnn Coffe j e-house ss , Holborn, when the inquiry into the %tate of mind of John Peter Robinson, Erg., was resumed. T h e 1 : 1 :1 , after a long inquiry, retired to consider their verdict, 7o after an absence of about a quarter of an hour they re ed into the long-room, when . R. Carpenter, Esq., the Zeraan, reported to the . Commeisioners that the jury had — „ rn e unanimous verdict that Mr. Robinson . was now of a -iinund to mind, an and incapable of taking . care of himself and his ri'llerty, and that he had been so since the Ist of July, 1839. r• Robinson, in addition to being posse h ssed o e f l s a b r a ge l . anded vst4 teS and funded property, has severalhundred shares in the Steam Navigation Company ' and the Vauxhall Bridge r° l'iny, besides being a shareholder in the Regent's Canal Cor nP a nY, the Kent Waterworks Company, and the Brighton l e ll 4 Trust. It was said that . his father, one of the most onu 14't itnssian merchants, left him at his death above 100,0001. i nvestigation lasted altogether about twenty-five hours. CHARG E OF HORSE STEALING.—On Satur -41,0ft, at the public office, Kidderminster, Edward brought_Broo.m before Henry Talbot, Esquire, ; ila a r t; r vf ge it ra h a h n a ' y' vv al as g, lst of May last, stolen a horse, ne and bridle, a cropper and . a Macintosh coat, the pro. i) 1 . 13 ' of Mr. Austin, of W . oiverley, in this county. The ' l 'oner in his defence, said that in the beginning of the rs otith () August last,. between three and four o'clock in the am di tng, he was going home from his work, and he sax the e and bridle lying near the middle of the horse road ; he ed it up and took it home ; it a all over dirt, and he got k4 e . w arna water and flannel and eras it, and got a brush O tt , 13r oslied it; he hung it up ,n the house till the month of kil t P%,''. e r , when he was at the house of the witness Bartle , and tri'm the same f or 20 s . The prisoner was committed for Tt tile next Ams:zes. 11 a SYSTEM ILLUSTRATED. tea, i PPears by the petition of the butchers . of Paris for a th a t' of the duties on the importation of foreign cattle, few trench oxen have degenerated so mucfhwithin the last meat and tallow, g m Years that they yield z 0 per cent. lesso 41z that tile high price of oxen renders . it necessary to Rliter 20 ,000 cows annually for the Paris in Paris, instead fai r fair°4lY 4 ,000 as formerly. Butcher's meal. lb., mid conse 'l444,4itY, is now from 14 to 20 sous t h is poor very few persons can tasfe er it ; yet in spite t2 o prohibitory d9ties are kept up. t ore i n i ncreasing, for there is at the same . time a wan T t h o e f p e a y s il . tre e P n ci , and a want of spirited agriculturists to im rove the 1 1 11 , or the mode of raisin , * cattle. If French corn P .t.s w se e i r d e , ped into England free of duty , it would be . easy, I or ;n i giand to send cattle into Fiance and derive a profit, for that id fit for pasture would be thrown into that culture (4`,,,!° of corn. The idea may appear extravagant , . but there 4-'tra:°Y agriculturists here who know the capabilities of both 10, , who say that it is'practicable. CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS TO HER MAJESTY. SOUTHWARK, MONDAY. A very numerously signed requisition having been pre sented to the High Bailiff (John Holmes, Esq.), calling upon him to convene a public meeting of the electors of the borough of Southwark, for the purpose of considering an Addles!, to her Majesty on her auspicious marriage, that gentleman at once complied, and called the meeting to be held in the Town Hall, at one o'clock yesterday. The High Bailiff having taken the Chair at a quarter past one, the requisition was read. The Rev. E. BLICKE then rose to move the first resolu tion. As the Addresses had passed unanimously in both }louses of Parliament, and every where else where they had been proposed, and as he had no doubt it wou!cl bo there also, it would ill become him to detain the meeting with any long heard observations. lie was exceedingly Bled that that question bad turned up, because upon it they could all agree. After the few disputes which had unfortunately taken place in the borough, he was glad that they could agree upon one subject, and he trusted that it would tend to allay all those bitter irritations and animo sities which had been engendered by the late occur rences in the borough. He was glad also, because, al though there were some in the borough who were considered to go a little too far in their political opinions, still by their unanimity on that day they would show their devoted loyalty ; and indeed the thinness of the meeting proved that the Borou g h was loj at, because, had it been thought necessary, thousands would have been there. Under cur glorious Constitution of Queen, Lords, and Commons, we enjoyed every liberty. The boasted Re public in another country did not enjoy half—nay, not one hundredth part of our liberty. In England alone was liberty —in England alone was it found that slavery had been ab)lislied. It was republican America which allowed its citizens to keep millions of their fellow-beings in slavery. He trutted that the meeting would be unanimous, and he would therefore more that a Congratulatory Address be presented to the Queen, to Prince Albert, and to the Duchess of Kent, upon the auspicious event which had taken place. The 'iron BAILIFF said that the requisition called upon him to convene a meeting for the purpose of addressing the Queen only—they could not travel out of the requisition. After an argument of some length between Mr. J. L. Ste vens and Dr. Redford, Mr. Ilumpliery, M. P., suggested that having met upon the requisition, it was qtnte compe tent for them to move other addresses of the like nature. They might pass the one, and if it were the will of the meeting, the) might agree to the other three addresses. Captairi ACIIRRLYY-Mr. Chairman, if you travel out of the requisition, how can you leave out the name of the King of 1-janov,r?.—(Laughter ) After further conversation the Rev. Mr. Blieke amended his resolution by confining the Address to her Majesty alone. _ Mr. BOXER rose to second the motion. He had not the slightest objection to a congratulatory addie ss to her Majesty, but at a period like the present, when such dis tress was abroad aoiong the community—when such heart rendieg distress was stalking throughout the land, her Majesty ought to be informed of the miserable state to which a very large proportion of her subjects was reduced; however, as it appeared to be the wish of the meeting that unanimity should prevail, he would lay aside all parry feelings and conclude by seconding the motion. The resolution was then put and carried. Dr. REDFOID then came forwerd to propose the address, and as it cuntaieed very fully his sentiments he would not detain them by making a speech. He then read the ad dress which he proposed, which after the congratulatory part respecting the marriage, went or, to c mgratulate her Majesty on the blessings which had flowed upon this country during the reigns of her ancestors, alluded to the appoint ment of Prince Albert as a Field. Marshal and Colonel, and hoped and trusted that it would all prove for the be nefit of the country.—l The reading of this address was received with loud laughter.] Mr. J. HARRIS rose to second the address. It was the first Royal marriage in this country wherein the heart bad gone along with the head. This country did not want alliances with great countries, but rather with soma petty principalities, whose interests were as nothing, and which would leave the interests of this country exactly as they were. As for the patritno nial revenues of the Prince, the electors need not fear that they would be any source of corruption.—(Laughter.) He had much pleasure in seconding the Address. Mr. J. L. STEVENS never rose to address a public meet ing under feelings of deeper regret than those which ex ci•.ed him at that moment. He was one of those who had signed the requisitien, and he had trusted that such an Address would have been drawn up as all would have agreed to. Such an Address had beer, proposed as it was it,ipossible for him to agree to without bel) ing every feel ing of his heart. lie was one of a Committee appointed to draw up the draft of an Address—he had proposed one certainly to the satisfaction of a majority of that Commit tee, but not to the satisfaction of such a majority as, in his opinion, would have justified him ill proposing his Address in preference to that of the Cheirman of the Com mittee. The Reverend Mover of the first resolution had said that the address had passed as a matter of course in the House of Commons. Na doubt it had, and the reason was that no man in the House of Commons could be found who would have dared to include in the Address —to sully the Address by introducing into it any of his.own political feelings.—(Cheers. ) He objected to the gene ral scope and tendency of the address, but he objected most especially to that part wherein they were called upon to congratulate her Majesty upon the blessings of the glorious reigns of her predecessors. Undoubtedly a glorious reign, which had left us a legacy of 800,000,000/. of debt. Yes, a glorious reign, wherein oceans of blood had flown. Cer tainly, a most glorious reign was the reign of the late George the Third. Yes, it was a glorious reign for the avaricious landlords, whose rents had been raised twenty per cent. A glorious reign for the liberty of the Press—a reign in which there were more prosecutions of the Press than in all which had ever preceded it. ( Loud and long continued cheering.) A glorious reign wherein the H tbeas Corpus had been suspended, as if it had been a common Turnpike Bill.—(Cheers and laugh ter.) Feeling deeply upon these points, it was impossible for him to agree with the Address which had been pro p ,sed. He would be most sorry should his conduct at all compromise the interest of the Borough. That was the first time the Borough had addressed the Throne ; ho would therefore be indeed sorry that there should be even the appearance of disunion among them. He would there fore propose to meet the motion with a direct negative, in the hopes of obtaining a majority to that proposition, and it would then give him much pleasure to hand over to Dr. Redford and his friends the draft of the Address which ho had prepared —(Cheers.) He then read the Address, which was merely one of congratulation, conjoined with tie hope that it would tend to the benefit of the country, by extending the blessings of religious and general know ledge.—( Mach applause.) Mr. Humenser, M.P., felt quite certain that after what had fallen from Mr. Stevens, and the unanimous approbr fiats with which his address had been received, Dr. Bed. ford would withdraw his address, and move that of Mr. Stevens, which had been so kindly offered him. Dr. MEDFORD acceded to the proposition, and Mr. Stevens's amendment was put as a substantive motion. Mr. DAY then presented himself, and was received vtith loud laughter. lie much approved of the amendment, or the address as it now stood, but in his opinion it did not go far enough. He did not see why the Borough of Southwark should take the lead of the City of London on this question.—( Laughter, and cries of " No, no.") Mr. HUMPHLRY said that both the Court of Common Councilmen and the Aldermen had agreed to addresses. Mr. DAT had not been aware of it, but at all events, a Common Hall bad not yet, nor did be believe that they would while the Site' iffs were in prison.--( Laughter.) He would read to them a frightful picture of the con dition of the working classes of Manchester. He then read an extract from a letter from Manchester, which appeared in the papers of yesterday. He went on at con,iderable length, addressing the meeting amidst much laughter and interruption. lie then moved his addition, which was to call Her Majesty's attention to the distress occasioned by the obnoxious working of the Corn Laws, the wicked and inhuman Poor Laws—( Loud laughter, "At it again, Day")—to the taxation which was not wily enormous, but bore most hardly and unequally on the working classes—it prayed that she would dismiss her pre sent Ministers from office—(Loud laughter)—and call to her Councils men who would do away IN ith all those evils, and that she would be graciously pleased to order the im mediate discharge of the sheriffs of London. (Loud laughter and cries of " Not Frost.") After a short but noisy discussion Mr. Day withdrew his amendment, saying he would take another and early opportunity of discussing the various matters he had introduced. The Address was then unanimously agreed to. On the motion of Mr. CURLING, the Members for the Borough, the High Bailiff, the Rev. Mr. Blicke, Dr. Bedford, Mr Harris, and Mr. Attwood were named as a deputation to present the Address, Mr. J. L. Stevens de clining to 'la one. Considerable confusien was created by Capt. Acherlcy insisting upon addressing the meeting as the representative of the nor-electors, but the High BAR ff refused to Lear him. On the motion of Mr. Ilumenzaa, thanks were voted to the High Bailiff, which having been acknoaledged, the meeting broke up. DEPLORABLE CASE.—On Saturday an inquest was held at the sign of the Black Horse, Kingsland.road, on the body of Richard \Vinton, aged 56 years, who is supposed to have drowned himself in consequence of his distressed cir eum,tances. Verdict—t' Found drowned." THE BARBARITIES OF THE CHINESE.—Mr. Moss, the young Englishman who was so barbarously mutilated by the Chinese in the passage 13,:at, is a nephew of Mr. Marks, of Ware. He was knocked down in the cabin, and while one man was holding his snr the other sawed it o ff w ith a blunt instrument, and then with snm3 of the s ki n o f hi s h ea d a tt ac h e d thrust it down his throat. His depo,ition, together with that of the tindle of the vessel, and certificates of f our d oc t ors , wer e sent from there to his parents. They were transmitted to Lord Palmerston, who forwarded them to the Queen, by whom they are promised every assistance to obtain ample amends. -He is a young man about five and twenty years of age; he was in pos session of considerable prop ert y belon g in g to himself, his parents, and brother. in-law, who are all dealers hi foreign curosities, be sides 14,0001. belonging to a g entleman with whom he r es i de d at Macao. —Hertford f efionier. - THE SUN, LONDON. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY IS, 1840. IMPERIAL PARLIAME N T.: HOUS.E OF LORDS, FE2. 17. Their Lordships met at Five o'Clock. The Marquis of BUTE presented petitions from numerous parishes in the counties of A 3 r, Forfar, Ross, Perth, and other places, praying for a modification of the existing law of Church patronage in Scotland. THE ADDRESS OF CONGRATULATION. The Earl of ERROL, who was dressed in the Windsor uniform, and bore his staff of office as Lord Steward of her Majesty's househo!d, informed the House that her Majesty would receive, at two o'clock to-morrow (Tuesday) the address which tliat House had voted on Friday last. CHURCH PATRONAGE (SCOTLAND.) The Earl of ERROL presented Several petitions from Aberdeen, prayin g for an alteration of the law of Church patronage in Scotland. The Earl of ABERDEEN and the Duke of SUTIIER. LAND presented several petitions to the same effect. C HURC 11-RATES. The Duke of SUTHERLAND presented a great number of petitions from places in the Staffordshire Potteries, praying for the abolition of Church-rates. INDIAN EMIGRANTS—THE WAR IN INDIA. Lord ELLENBOROUGH having understood that a Bill had been introduced into the other House of Parliament, to legalize and regulate the emigration of labourers from the E ist Indies, he thought it desirable that their Lordships should he in possession of all the information which could be obtained respecting the c in dition of those who had already emigrated : and ho the, efore would suggest to the 'Noble Viscount oppo site (Lord Melbourne) that such information might be furaished to the House. He took that opportunity of calling the attention of the House to another subject. Whin the Noble Viscount was about to move the thanks of the House to the army in India, on account of its brilliant conduct at Ghuznee, he first laid before their Lordships all the despatches relating to that achievement. But there had since arrived despatches from General Wilshire, containing an account of successes no less brilliant, and worthy of the thanks oc P..r:iament, which had taken place at Khelat. —( Hear, Lear.) He begged therefore to suggest to the Noble Viscount the expediency of laving that despatch before the House to complete their Lordships' informa tion as to recent events in India, and to enable them to judge whether the army engaged upon that oc casion did not also merit a vote of thanks. There was another point to which he wished to draw the attcn- tion of the Noble Marquis. When the ‘var with Ava was terminated the thanks of both Houses of Parlia ment were voted Ey name, not only to the Commander in-Chief and the General second in command, but to the Brigadier-General. In the present instance, however, that course had not been adopted ; rind he begged to call that fact to the attention of the Noble Viscount. Viscount MELBOURNE concurred entirely with the statement of the Noble Lord, as to the propriety of a vote of thanlrs to General Wilshire, and he thought that the rote that had already been carried in that res pect, might be amended by inserting his name. SPAIN. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY postponed his motion with respect to Spanish sffuirs till to morrow week, in consequence of the indisposition of the Duke of Wellington. SOCIALISM. The Bishop of EXETER wished to ask the Noble Viscount at the head of her Majesty's Government, whether in July last he had received a letter from the Rev. Andrew Irvine, of St. Margaret'", Leicester, to the effect he would row read :—(The Right Rev. Prelate then read the letter, which stated that Socialism was on the increase in Leicester, and expressing a hope that the Noble Viscount would take the subject into his serious consideration.) He should like to know from the Noble Viscount whether he had received the letter ? Viscount MELBOURNE—I did receive the letter. The Bishop of EXETER—Did the Noble Viscount take any steps in consequence of that letter ? Viscount M ELBOU RN E—No. The Bishop of EXETER—Did the Noble Viscount consider that any steps were or were not necessary to be taken ? Viscount MELBOURNE—Now you see this will lead to an argument on the whole subject, which I am very unwiring to enter into ; but certainly, in my opinion, it was not necessary to answer it. Indeed, I very much question the prudence of the course which this House has adopted with respect to that question. Tue Earl of ABERDEEN observed that the Noble Marquis the Secretary for the Home Department had rebuked a clergyman for not sending him information instead of favouring others with it. Viscount MELBOURNE was much obliged to the gentleman for his communication, but he had not answered it because he was desirous of avoiding a con troversy upon it ; but he was afraid the Right Rev. Prelate would frustrate his object. The Bishop of EXETER would beg leave, in pre senting a petition, so make a few remarks upon what had just fallen from the Noble Viscount. The Noble Viscount at the head of the Government, after a long debate, assented to a full inquiry being gone into upon the evils of Socialism. The Noble Viscount did not then state that he thought their Lordships were unwise in adopting that course : but he certainly wished the Noble Viscount had had the manliness to state that course was imprudent if he thought so. He was astonished that the Noble Viscount had rot thought it his duty to take immediate steps on receipt of that letter, especially as a great part of this case rested on the Noble Viscount's own act—( Hear)—an act which he himself had admitted at least %yea an indiscretion ; but that indiscretion was being followed by evils of the greatest kind, by encourage ment of doctrines which could not be entertained by any of her Majesty's subjects, without tending to the destruction of society. Therefore, he should have thought it was the Noble Viscount's duty to have in stituted inquiries. lie should have thought that it would have been but natural that he should have inquired of the Magistrates of the place whether Those evils were spreading ; the Noble Viscount would have been told that they were spreading—that they had at tracted the attention of the Magistrates, and that the Magistrates were eager some course should he taken to put them down. The Reverend Gen&eman, being rejected by the Noble Viscount, took another course.— (Hear, hear.) He applied to the office at which this lecturer of Socialists was a clerk, having seen an adver tisement in a paper for premises suitable for a school, and that application was to be made at that office. The Rev. Gentleman, in a letter written to him (the Bishop of Exeter), said it was satisfactory to him that the Clerk in the Railroad Office who tried to cor rupt the person who vaa his Sunday School teacher, was immediately examined by a Board of Directors, and, es he avowed a rigid adherence to his principles, declaring himself to be irresponsible for his conduct and that he should feel justified in robbing them if he felt inclined, lie was dismissed from his situation The Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies had, on a former occasion, stated that he thought the Clergyman then alluded to had not done hia duty by preventing him (the Marquis of Normanby) from per forming his duty, by not giving him immediate informa tion. He regretted that the Noble Viscount was not actuated by the same feelings. Trusting that the Noble Marquis would follow up the course be had promised, he would be content to present his petition, which was from Mile-end, praying the House to take steps for putting down Socialism. The Marquis of N ORM ANBY had certainly stated that in his opinion it would have been more natural, and according to his duty, if the clergyman was aware of a servant of the Government holding and counte. nancing such opinions, had he at once have communicated them to him, and not have given what he confessed was his imperfect recollection of them six months af:erwards.—( Hear, hear.) He would not have risen even to make that remark, had it not been to read to the House an extract from a letter he had received from the Mayor of Leicester, which would prevent the ill effects of the high-coloured statements made by the Rev. Prelate The Mayor said, the number of enrolled Socialists sub scribing money to the funds does not exceed 50, and in addition to that there were 200 candidates for admis sion; who were placed for three or four months in a state of probation. There is only one place for meeting, and it is only thirty feet square. Last year they held frequent meetings, which were at tended by many through curiosity. The Super intendent of Police had attended many of the meet ings, and had reported to the Magistrates that every thing was conducted in the most peaceable manner ; and he concluded by saying " the Mayor and Magis trates are watching the proceedings." The Bishop of EXETER said his Rev. Correspondent did not far differ from the numbers given by the Mayor. He put the numbers between 200 and 400. He further stated that the Town Magistrates had taken no other steps than giving instructions to the police to stop all illegal acts. Now he (the Bishop) had carefully stated that the Social ists had committed no violence physically, but that they had been guilty of gross violations of the:law—violations so serious that an ordinary riot would be as nothing compared with them ; nay, in his opinion, the most violent cutrage in the memory of man did not deserve to be mentioned in the same breath with such blasphemous, however ; eace &ble, violations of the law. lie hoped the Noble ,Marquis would tell the Mayor, as well as all other Magistrates, that they were bound to see that blasphemy was put down as well as riot.—([leer, hear.) Then as to numbers, his Rsv. Correspondent said that they were not more nume rous than Unitarians, vet they had exclusively given Mayors to Leicester under the new Municipal Act. He did not mean that as any reflection upon the Unitarians, but mentioned it merely for the purpose of showing what even such a small number might be when acting with perseverance, and for political pu-poses. Mr. BERNAL, and others from the Commons, brought up the Transfer of Aids Bill. Viscount STR ANG FOR D gave notice of a motion for Thursday next, respecting inland warehousing, and on Msnday he would call the attention of the [louse to the state of annoyance and depression under which the British tr.de labours on the coast of Sotieh America. While he was on his legs he would take the liherty of reading an extract from a letter he received from Buenos Ayres on Sa'urday last —" We have at this moment rotting here at Buenos Ayres alone, without reference to other ports, 218 cargoes, all ready for shipment fer British ports, and tie property of British subjec's—all brought down in the natural belief that we had a Government at home which w elle' and could protect us, and would at last put an end to this most illegal blockade, which is compelling us to leak at our cargoes perishing daily under our eyes " Ile letter concluded with these words—" I wish we bad Lord Palmerston here." That state of things had lasted three years. The Noble Lord opposite had said last Ses sion that it would be, remedied ; but thin Session he said no remedy could be: applied ; but he (Lord Strangford) would tell the Noble Viscount that the law of England de clared that there was no wrong without a remedy. Ho would tell him that the law of nations said the game. If the Noble Viscount would move from the lofty sphere is which he lived and moved and had his being—if he would descend to move amongst the merchants and men of business of the country, and would ask them what was their opinion of the care which his Government had taken of their interests, he would hear one universal voice of condemnation—one wide and universal opinion, that at no period had those interests been so completely neglected, or the honour of this country so lagrantly insulted. The reason of that was, that the Government was not re sdected abroad, and that was because there was no fear of English power, and consequently no respect abroad for the English name. The statement which the Noble Lord at the bead of the Admiralty made the other night, in answer to a Noble and Gallant Friend of his, had excited the astonishment of every man who was connected with the naval and military service of tho country. The Noble Lord concluded with the understanding that the Noble Viscount (Melbourne) would consent to the papers being moved for on Friday next. COSTS IN CASES OF LIBEL &c. Lord DE NM A N laid on the table a Bill to remedy an evil which had b2en felt for centuries, and which had been of late more frequoutly experienced. lle had shortly to state that the olject of his proposed Act was, that in every case where the damages were no more than 405., costs beyond that sum should not be allowed. His Nobl e Friend near him knew that there were provisions for that purpose at present, but they were not tffectual. He proposed to enact that in actions for trespass, unless fur the right, and unless the same be certified by the Judge ; and in all actions for libel and slander, unless the plaintiff recover damages in more than 403. he shall not be allowed more than 403. costs. Such actions for libel as the Bill reerred to, were, on account of their insignificance, abso lutely a nuisance. in the way of the public business, and were of no advantage to the parties themselves. The NOBLE and LEARNED LORD said that be would move the second reading on Monday next. He also laid on the table a Bill for removing doubts as to the power of rating inhabitants. Lord DENMAN, in the absence of Ldd Brougham, moved for copies of the Charters of the Universities of London and Durham, and King's College.—Ordered. The House adjourned at a Quarter to Six o'Clock. to act in strict accordance with the rules of the House, be would now withdraw his motion, its irregularity consisting, as he understood, in the fact of its referring to something which had taken place in a former debate. Mr. HERRIES hoped the House wauld, as he was in some degree personally concerned in this motion, allow him to say a few words, not on his own account, but on account of other persons who were plicated in that motion.—( Hear, hear.) Every one who had seen that notice of motion, could form their own judgment as to its propriety. If he alone were concerned he would not ask the House to listen to him for one single moment ; but there were some persons concerned, in behalf of whom he felt it his duty to beg permission to state a few words. He wished to advert to those gentlemen who had been alluded to in the notice as being the authorities at the Post-office from which he derived his information ; all those gentlemen had ch ►racters which it was of the greatest importance for them to uphold, not only in society, but in the cffices to which they were attached. Mr. WALLACE here rose to order. • Mr. HERRIES proceeded to say that it was per fectly within the rules and orders of the House that any Gentleman might ask to be heard on any question, and it was within the power of the House, if it were its pleasure, to hear him at any time, or on any occasion. If it were not the pleasure of the House to listen to his explanation, he should not ask to address them. He wished to address them on behalf of those persons on whom a reflection had been cast by implication in the notice of the Honourable Member for Greenock.—( Hear.) He wished to say that none of those persons who were engaged in the Post-office, from Lord Lichfield and Colonel Moberly, down to the very lowest person employed there, bad any communication with him direct or indirect on the subject in question. He declared on his honour as a gentleman, that he had not received from any of those persons any sort of intimation on what had been referred to as to what was going on in the Post-office. That was his statement, and he made it in order to discharge what he believed to be upright, honourable, and faithful ser vants from any suspicion of having violated their duties, or from any imputation which might be injurious to them, inasmuch as it might sow distrust between those parties and those who were at the effice.—( Hear.) Mr. WALLACE said he was exceedingly gratified by the statements of the Right Hon. Gentleman oppo site. The Hon. Gentleman was proceeding to offer some observations on his notice, when The SPEAKER rose to order, and said he thought it his duty to interfere on this occasion, becaus he was sure that if the Hon. Gentleman went on he would transgress one of the rules of the House. He should say that, when he had received notice of the lion. Gcntletnan's motion, he had intimated to him that it was irregular, and that he should withdraw it. He felt that if he now persevered in the observations he was making., he would be acting out of order. Mr. WALLACE—Then I beg to say that having heard the statement of the Right lion. Mcmber, I am quite ready to credit it—(Hear, hear) —and should be sorry to give rise to any imputation on the officers of the Post-office.—(Hear, hear.) MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (IRELAND). Mr. Sergeant JACKSON gave notice that in Com mittee on the Municipal Corporation Bid (Ireland ) he should move a clause giving the municipal fran chise to all persons exercising' tho Parliamentary. Mr. HUME gave notice f or ' Thursday, that ho would move for returns of the Legacy Duty received last year. MILITARY AND NAVAL ASYLUM SCHOOLS. Mr. LANGDALE gave notice that he would on Thursdly move an Address to her Majesty, praying that her Maj sty would be graciously pleased to direct the Commissioners of the Asylum Schools at Greenwich, Chelsea, and Southampton to make such regulations as would confer, upon the children alike of Catholics 'and of Protestants, the benefit of such institutions without prejudice to their religious principles. Mr. WALLACE begged to ask the Lord Advo cate whether (as had been stated in a petition pre sented that evening) he had received instructions to prepare a Declaratory Act to put an end to the diffe rences now prevailing between the Scotch Church and the civil power ? The LORD ADVOCATE said he was not aware on that authority that htatf.ment had been made. He had received no such instructions. At the same time the subject was well worthy of attention, and the Government had it under their consideration. ADDRESS OF CONGRATULATION TO THE QUEEN. Lnrd JOHN RUSSELL stated to the House that her Majesty, hating been waited upon, pursuant to a resolution of that House on Frid ty last, hid com manded him to acquaint the House that her Majesty would receive the Address of the House of Commons to-morrow. at half-past two o'clock. The SPEAKER said, perhaps it would be conve nient to state that be would take the Chair at a Quar ter to Two o'Clock to-morrow. THE RAJAH OF SATTARA. Mr. HUME begged to ask whether the dethrone ment of Sattara had actually taken place, or whether her Majesty's Government had confirmed the proceed ings Which had taken place at Bombay; and if so, vlictlier there was any objection to lay on the table such documents as would fully explain the proceedings ? Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE said that no decision had been come to with respect to the deposition of the Rajah of Sattara. In a matter of so much importance they were anxious to have the assistance of the East India Company. Tie had not the least objection to assure his Hon. Friend that as soon as some decision had been come to he would lay all the papers connected wi:h the subject on the table. CHINA. Sir JAMES GRA hI A M gave notice that to-morrow he would ask the Noble Lord (the Secretary for the Colonies) when he would name a day on which the pro mised papers respecting the recent occurrences in China would he laid on the table.—(llear, hear.) THE SCITA II OF PERSIA. The RIGHT HoN. GBNTLDIJAN then gave notice that he should also ask the Noble Lord whether the Government was prepared to give an account of the progres3 they bad made in pursuance of the assuran ces that had been held out for the restoration of their amicable relations with the Schah of Persia. HARBOURS OF REFUGE. Mr. M'K.IN NON begged to ask the Secretary of the Admiralty, having been requested to do s 9 by several engineers, whether lhe Commissioners appointed to exa mine and report respecting Ihrbours of Refuge on the south-eastern parts of the isiand had made any report, and also whether the Commissioners had taken into consideration the disadvantages of backwater, whereby those harbours would be rendered of no use? Mr. MORE OTERRALL said the Commissioners had made no report as yet. Their attention had been directed to the subject, bu.: not to the particular point to which the lion. Member referred to ; but as it was one of importance. he had no doubt it would receive their best attention. HOUSE OF COMAION3, FRI?. 17. A Messenger brought up a return of the surviving pensions, emoluments, and fees of the Court of Quern's li.nch. NORTH UNION RAILWAY BILL. On the motion of Lord STANLEY the North Union Railway Bill was read a second time. CHURCH EXTENSION. Sir EARDLEY WILMOT presented a petition from West Farley in favour of Church Extension, Mr. CORBALLY presented petitions from various places in Meath and Longford in favour of Mucic pal Reform is Ireland, and an extension of the franchise in that country. lord STANLEY presented petitions in favour of Church extension. _ _ Captain W INN I NGTON presented a petition for Vic abolition of Church-rates. Mr. Wynn (from ?cmbroke), Captain Polhill, Mr. Packe (from Luttet worth), and Mr. Bell (from North umberland), presented petitions in favour of Church extension. Mr. 13. WOOD presented petitions from. Yorkshire, for the abolition of Church-rates. Mr. M. PHILLIPS presented sareral petitions fit:al Dissenting congregations in Manchester, com plaining of the imprisonment of John Thorogood, and praying for the reformation of the Ec.ilesiastical Courts. Lord SANDON presented several petitions from Staffordshire, in favour of Church Extension. Mr. GREEN presented the Report on the Dublin and Drogheda Railway. E. wiLmoT presented a petition from a parish in Worcester, complaining that more than the usual number of Poor-law Guardians had been ap pointed. THE SHERIFF. Mr. Alderman WOOD presented a petition from the Mayor and T i own-council of Newcastle-under- Lyne, complaining n strong language of the treatment which the Sheriffs of London had experienced upon the contested question of privi.ege, and praying for the im mediate release of Mr. Sheriff Evans. Mr. GROTE presented a petition from Barnsley, s'gued by 1,740 persons, praying for a full pardon to Frost, Williams, and Jones. Mr. BARRY presented a petition from the millers of Bandon against the importation of Flour (Ireland) Bill ; also a petition from Cork, praying for the exten sion of the franchise. Mr. WALLACE presented a petition from Green ock signed by 684 persons regretting the differences that exiqed between the civil and ecclesiastical authori ties in Scotland, and praying for some legislative mea sure to prevent them. Lord ASHLEY presented several petitions from parishes in Samersetshire and Dorsetshire, in favour of Church Extension, and against any further grant to the College of Maynooth. Mr. ELLIS presented a petition from Newry against any alteration in the Corn-laws, Sir BENJAMIN HALL presented a petition from the inhabitants of Soho-square and its neighbourhood in favour of the metropolitan improvements. Lord G. SOMERSET presented two petitions from parishes in Monmouth, praying for further Church accommodation. Mr. BARNABY presented two petitions from Worcester, in favour of Church Extension. Mr. SHAW presented a petition from Dublin, against the Flour Importation (Ireland) Bill. General LYGON presented petitions from Worces ter, in favour of Church Extension. _ _ Sir G. STRICKLAND presented three petitions from the West Riding of the County of York, in favour of the Repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. F. KELLY presented a petition from St. Luke's, Chelsea, complaining of the detention of Mr. Sheriff Evans, and praying for his immediate discharge ; also a petition praying for a free pardon to Frost, Wil hams, and Jones. Mr. BROADWOOD presented petitions from Bridgewater against the grant to Mayneoth College, and praying for increased church accommodation. Mr. FOX MAULE presented several petitions from parishes in Scotland against the intrusion of mi nisters i:ito parishes. Petitions to the same effect were presented by the Lord ADVOCATE. S -rjeant JACKSON presented a petition from Dub lin, signed by the representatives of a million and a half of capital, praying for the immediate discharge of the Sheriff. Mr. fIUNIE presented two petitions. One signed by 308 inhabitants of Beverley, and the other by 1, 0 62 inhabitants of London and its vicinity, stating that the petitioners had seen with alarm it was intended to carry into effect the sentence on Frost, 'Ml and Jones, and stating many reasons why such should not be the case, and praying the House to interpose by addressing her Majesty, and soliciting a free pardon and the immediate release of the prisoners ; also a petition signed by 2,800 inhabitants of Bioinsgrove to the same effect ; also two petitions from the Ux bridge Operative and Mechanics' Association, and Au..hterarder, in Scotland, praying for the total repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. LITTON presented a petition from the Cor poration of Dublin, praying that their rights and privi le•ges might be protected in any Bit that might pass affecting Corporations in Ireland ; also a petition from the Boodles of the Guilds of the same city, praying for compensation in the event of the Bill for reforming the Irish Corporation passing into a law. Some proceedings then took place et the the table with regard (as we understood) to the appointment of chair men of Election Committees ; but the proceedings were quite inaudible in the gallery. POST-OFFICE OFFICERS. Mr. WALLACE having found on inquiry that a mat'o:of which he had given notice on the papers of to efly wai not strictly regular, and as he wished always CIIINA. Mr. HUME begged to ask the Secretary of the Ad miralty, whether any despatches had been received from the Commander of the Vohge, or the other ship of war on that station, with respect to the recent affray which had taken place. Mr. MORE O'FERRAL was not prepa-ed to say that any despatches had been received at the Ad miralty. PENSIONS. Sir R. PEEL gave notice that to-morrow ho should move for returns of the pensions granted from the year 1834 up to the present time. THE WAR IN SPAIN. The RIGHT HoN. BARONET gave notice that he sLould also move for a return of the number of marines ashore and afloat on the coast of Spain, and upon what service they were employed. Also a return of the amount and description of stores advanced to Spain under the provisions of the Quadrup!e Treaty, and the money received from Spain on account thereof, and also for a return of the arrangements made with Spain for the settlement of the claims of British subjects. CORN-LAWS. In answer to a question from an Hort. MosßErt, Mr. VILLIERS said that he should bring in his mo tion respecting the Corn•laws on the first day he could do so after the 20th of March. Sir E KNATCHBULL moved to refer the Tithes Commutation Acts Amendment Bill to the following Members :—Mr. Fox Maule, Sir Edward Sugden, Mr. Hayter, Mr. Darby, Mr. Hodgson llinde. Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Freshfi , 2l , l, Mr. Miles, Mr. Greene, Sir Charles Broke Vere, Colonel Wood (Middlesex), Lord Viscount Mahon. Mr. FOX MAU LE said that he should wi s h t o add some names to the C o mmittee, and also to take the opportunity of correcting an error he had made on Wed nesday evening, in stating that all the Tithe Commis sioners approved of the Bill. It had been submitted to three, and only two out of them assented to it. Messengzrs from the Lords brought down a Natu ralization Bill. PRIVILEGES OF THE lIOUSa Lord JOHN RUSSELL sad he bad another pe• Ction to present to the House from Messrs. Hansard, s;hich he moved should be read by the Clerk. F Th petition was then read by the clerk and laid on the table, it stated that a further proceeding, being a fifth action, had been brought against the petitioners in the Court of Queen's Bench by John Joseph Stockdale, for the publication of certain papers, in obedience to the orders of that House ; that a writ of summons bad been servel on them on the 14th of February, and Thomas Burton Howard was the attorney of Stock dale in that action. Sir EDWARD SUGDEN asked the Noble Lord if it were true that Mr. Ilowerd, the attorney of Stock dale, had brought an action against the son of the Ser jaant-at-Arms. Lord JOHN RUSSELL had received no official information on the subject. MESSRS. HANSARD'S PETITION. On the Order of the De!. for the further considera tion of the petition of Messrs. Hansard being read, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said the motion which he was about to make to the House was the consequence of the resolutions to which the House had come two days ago, respecting the present action. It had been deterniire d that Messrs. Hansard should be directed not to appear or plead to that action, there fore there wes no course to be pursued previous to the entering a judgment, and be would now make the House a statement of what course he thought they ought to pur sue in vindication of that privilege of publication which they had so frequently asserted. On the present occasion it would be unnecessary for him to enter into the ques tion of the possession of the privilege of publication by that House, or into the question of plear-Ting in Courts of Law. The only question to be considered now, was what course the House would take to vindicate those privileges they had so often asserted, and in order to p: event the consequences of that action being that Stockdale should receive from Messrs. Hansard any sum of money as damages, for any publication made under the authority of that House. It appeared to hire. the most proper course. to follow in the present case, was to resolve that the action was a contempt of the House, and a breach of its privileges ; and that any person who would act in pursuance of the said action, would incur the displeasure of the House. He proposed to move that resolution, having special reference to those who would have to act in prosecution of the judgment in the case, namely, the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, the Under-She riffs, and the officers, bailiffs, clerks, and others of the Court. He would move that those parties would be guilty of a breach of the privileges of the House, by aiding in the said action, and that care should be taken to inform the Sheriffs Under-Sheriffs, and others of that resolution. In a former case the information given to the Sheriffs did not come directly front the House. It had been given by a servant of the House ; but it had not come directly from the House on that particular occa sion. In the present case they had an opportunity of giving a more formal notice to the Sheriffs. He there fore thought that the proper course would be to give the Sheriffs the advantage of that information, and that they should be told of the consequences of any course they should take in violation of the privileges of the House. lie thought it necessary to say nothing more than to propose that course. as if they were deter mined on maintaining the privilege of publication ; and if they had resolved with respect to this action that they would not endeavour to maintain that privilege by pleading before the Court of Queen's Bench, it would be necessary fcr them to interfere in order to prevent the consequences which might follow from the action against Mr. Hansard for the publica tion he had issued. He would, therefore, move, that as Stockdale bad commenced an action e.g. inst Mr. Han sard, and as he had given notice of executing a writ of inquiry on the 30th of Februery instant, such action being brought against the defendant far proceeding in pursuance of an order and resolution of the House, he had been guilty of a contempt to the House, and of a violation of its privileges ; and that the Sheriffs, Under Sheriffs, and others, who would act in prosecution of the said action, would be guilty of a con tempt to the House, and of a violation of its privileges, and would thereby subject themselves to the severe censure and punishment of the House. If that reso lution were carried, he would then move that a copy of the sail resolution be given to the said Sheriffs, Under- Sheriffs, and others. Sir E. SUGDEN said he emuld fellow the Noble Lord's example of being as brief as possible, after the lengthened discussions which had taken place on the subject. He wished to call the attention of the House to the extent of the present motion. It included the Judges and Counsel—it included the Under-She riff, before whom the ease would be tried, and the Counsel who appeared before him. Now, hitherto the House had avoided coming into collision either with the Bench or the Bar, because they knew such a contest would ultimately compel them to grapple at once with the Lord Chief Justice, by whom they must eventually be defeated. Now the minority on this question, though certainly to a great degree respectable and talented, had been treated by tho Noble Lord with as little concern or regard as had ever been displayed. In fact all the courtesies of life had been disregarded.—. (Oh, oh.) Why, the Noble Lord had refused to ex plain on Friday the course he proposed now to take— not that he was unprepared—but that be feared some cavil might be raised about it. The Noble Lord had no right to imagine that the minority bad conducted themselves with great forbearance.—(No, no.) Well, he thought he had a right to say that certainly it had been his (Sir Edward's) wish so to conduct himself, He should certainly divide the House upon the impo fiey, not to say injustice, of this motion. Sir C. GREY rose (amid cries of Oh, oh, and laugh ter) and said he had witnessed from the first with great anxiety the conduct pursued by the members of the legal profession on the other side, who acknowledged they thought the House possessed the privilege contended for, but thwarted the only method by which it could be yin dicated.—( Hear, hear.) That anxiety bad been deepened into pain when he saw the Hon. Member for Exeter and the Right Hon. Member for Ripon, who were Members of the Committee. Sir E. SUG DEN—I beg the Hon. Member's par don—l was not a member of the Committee. Sir C. GREY—The papers within the two last days have stated the Right lion. Gentleman bad asked leave to he removed from the Committee. Sir E. SUGDEN—The Hon. Gentleman is con founding two Committees.—(Laughter.) Sir C. GREY—The mistake was of little import ance. The Honourable Member for Exeter was a member of the Committees from the first, and the opinions uttered by the Right Honourable Mem ber for Ripon, after he knew the resolution of the Committee, were sufficient for his purporo ; and ho thought if the Right Hon. Member had studied a course opposed to reason, he could not have adopted one more so than that he had pursued during the last fortnight. He asked the Hon. Member, who admitted the House had the privilege of publishing, how it could be maintained if they submitted it to the Courts of Law, and they decided against them.—(Hear.) He might have had no objection to taking his chance of a decision in the Exchequer Chamber, or in the House of Lords revers:og the decision of the Queen's Bench, provided they could be considered as not pre cluded from taking any further. steps in vindica tion of the privileges, should such a decision be adverse to them. But by the steps which had been subsequently taken such a course had been rendered impossible ; and he would ask those Hon. and Learned Members who acknowledged they possessed those privileges, and yet wished them to pleacl, what would they do supposing the decision was against them? If they would take no steps to vindicate them, would it not be a base abandonment of them? He thought those Hon. Members who acted in this way, did not acknowledge that the proceedings against the servants ()FUR! House were similar to a pro ceeding against the House itself, for he thought that if, before any tribunal, an attempt was ma d e . to attack the House its collecti ve capacity, i they would at once repudiate t.---( Hear, hear, hear.) Ho beseeched them before they went further to con sider a d t d o t o u se, the m th i r s e ci w il e their t proceedings t e i n d t . o ( T I o h u e b r t e , sider how much they lowered the dignity and au th or ity ed f o an f was no difference, in his opinion, between an action in the Courts of Westminster against an authorized ser vant of the House and proceedings against the House itself. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when the numbers were— For the motion ... Against it Majority —7l Sir E. SUG DEN begged to ask the Noble Lord whe ther tha words of his motion were also to include the Jury. Lord J. RUSSELL said they were not, as we under stood him. The Noar.s Loan then moved that a copy of the resolutions be served by the Sergeant-at-Arms on the Slieriffs of Middlesex, the ur.dcr Sheriffs, and their officers. Lord H OWI C K said that it appeared to him that they ought not to step where they were, considering that a con tempt of the House had been again committed by Mr. Howard and Mr. Stockdale in the present prosecution, after a declaration by the House of its privileges, and after their already being punished for that breach. It ap peared to him that they ought not to allow them to go on without visiting more severely than they had yet done—. (" Hear," from the Opposition Benches)--the conduct of Messrs. Stockdale and Howard. He tho,:ght that those parties should not be allowed to pr oceed in a course whi c h was bringing contempt on the privileges of the House. Sir E. KNATCHBULL wi s h e d the Noble Lord should state the extreme pu nishment he w ill cd to inflict. Lord 110 WICK said that it was his wish that th 1