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CONTEMPORARY PRESS. WITS JUDIIP. We are blest at one and the same mo ment with the whig cabinet in England, and, the Doc trinaire cabinet of France; and it : is, as the Cockneys used to say, quite refreshing to find both these liberal and respectable bodies of men engaged in the saute occu pation. The liberal government of Louis Philippe is busily cramming into jail some hundreds of the persons who do not approve of his mode of governing by the bayonet; and the liberal and reformed House of Com mons of England, by a majority of some twenty orAlliity, embodying (as they would say themselves) in the thirty, some forty of the tail—imitates that best of all possible republics on a small scale, by sending its dozens to ten ant Newgate, for the especial benefit of Mr. Cope. At the time of the popish plot, when there was a plot, (what we have of Mr. Dens' doctrines enables us to duly appreciate the value of the evidence adduced to contra dict it), the House of Commons, justly•alarrned, ordered many persons to be arrested. The offizer of the day, im mortalized by Sir Walter Scott in "Peveril of the Peak," was named Topham; and "Take hith, Topham," was so often repeated by the Abercromby of that time, that it\ became a common expression. Sir William Gossett, kicked out most shamefully and ignominiously by Pan taloon Mulgrave, now, fills the office which in the days of Charles was filled by Tophatu; and we are sure that if the house goes on as it is now proceeding, that "Grab him, Gossett,"‘ will be as trite as the address directed to the Speaker's officer or Sheriff's officer in the times to which we refer. Gossett, the Newgate purveyor, will be as famous as any other burn in the kingdom. It is a sweet employment for a knight "girt with sword" to be a competitor with Selby, or Glowman, or Davis, or Levy, to say nothing of'Daniel Forrester, or Ruthven, or the other " active and efficient officers" attached to. Bow•street, who are so disinterestedly lauded by the penny-a-line men. But putting Bum Gossett aside, may we yet ask whe ther general warrants for searching for evidence against an unaecnsed person are'net gone by There has not been a writer in what is basely, brutally, falsely called the liberal side Col- the last seventy years, who has 'not bawled and brawled about the iniquity of the proceed ings against Wilks. Now nobody is so barefaced as to deny that Wilks (we do not mean the Tabernacle Vtrilks, but the Right Honourable John Wilks, as the Bridge street obelisk calls him) was indeed an irrecoverable scoundrel, and well deserved whipping at a cart's tail, or any punishment that could be legally awarded him ; but still there was no reason that he, or any body else, should be illegally punished; and accordingly great was the uproar, and vast the tumult, when Halifax (we be lieve, we are not quite sure, and do not think it worth while to turn over our school-boy books to ascertain whe ther we are right or not) ordered a general warrant against the squint-eyed patriot, the chosen of Middlesex. The times have come round ; % and he who now, by the strength of interest of the same kind that sent in Wilks, misrepresents Middlesex, is the most active, venomous, and vindictive, in demanding that all the inquisitorial power of the House of Commons should'be directed to perform an act ten-told more oppressive and more treach erous tharsany thing that was ever meditated by the Se cretaries of State in the early days of George the Third. Any man who will not grovel before Mr. Hume or Mr. O'Connell is booked.. " Grab him, Bum Gossett." Charming liberty this! Let it go on in .God's name, and Newgate will be the chapel of ease to St. Stephen's. The most diverting affair in the midst of these dirty pro ceedings is the claim set up by the profligate press, in the pay of the ministers of France and England, for the immense affection for liberty entertained b 3 the whigs and doctrinaires. " Cram them into St. I'elagie—itn 7 prison them twenty years—keep them untried year after year—ruin them, destroy them, mangle them." So runs the song of Tillers and the people with whom he associ ated. Why ?—Becanse newspaper men have dared to say a word against Louis Philippe. "Newgate—Newgate—Newgate! Serjeant- at-Arms —Serjeant-at-Arms—Burn Gossett!"—Howl forth Hume and O'Connell, Warburton, Broken-nosed Buller, and the rest of that wretched crew. Why ? Because the pa pist priests are not allowed, in addition to their now un disputed and unopposed domination in Ireland, to enter the houses of people living in England, to seize by vio lent force their property—by torture to compel them to afford evidence against themselves. Is this free England ? We ask every man, really de serving of the name of being free—we ask every man who is not the servile liekspittle of the government w ith which we are afflicted, who has not altogether forgotten what are the first principles of liberty, whether the 'pro ceedings of the House of Commons in the case.of little Fairman were not No! we shall not write the word. The weather is too hot to go to Newgate at the command of such things as Broken-nosed Buller. But if there be a particle of the old British vein—Persius tised a'different word;, but we cannot follow always the plain spoken pupil of Cornutus '—left in the country, the committing house will fall,•not into contempt, but into something else. It is now in its majority something almost as shabby as the Marylebone or Pancras pauper vestries. Do the people who com pose that majority not know, that,such is the estimation in which they are held ? They know it well; and the question to be asked is, not what the Tomkinses and Jenkinse,s.put into their ptiny and penny newspapers— " What is to be done witl► the Loris?" but " What, in God's name, shall be done with the people who call them selves the Commons-?" • .• • • • • We shalj, however, wait until the session is over be fore _we go mucl► farther in our remarks on what old Chaise-horse Burdett used to call the " bad house at St. Stephen'S."—Age. The baffled and craven Whigs, trembling ,at what is about to happen, talk daily of "the lords opposing them selves to the wishes of TILE PEOPLE." We wish we could induce these gentry to define what they mean by this fa vourite phrase of theirs—T[lF. PEOPLE. The King of England is the avowed leader of the conservative party— according to the whigs—who raise seditious cries in con sequence. We have upon our side also the peers of England ; we have upon our side the gentlemen of Eng land; we have upon our side the yeomanry of England ; we have upon our side their armed and gallant brethren ; we have upon our Side the universal peasantry of Eng land; we have upon our side the army and navy, the church, the learned professions to a Man, the universities, the judges, the magistrates, the. merchants, the corporate bodies of all descriptions, and a large party in every town, agricultural, commercial, even manufacturing.— What constitutes a people if these do not afford the ele ments of a great and glorious nation ? Why, to say no. thing of rank, of property, honour, intelligence, experi ence—in numbers, in sheer and very numbers, we beat these brawling braggarts. Yet the whig-radicals talk not only of the indignation and resolution, but even of the meetings, of THE PEOPLE in their favour. Where do they meet ? " Yesterday Birmin!zham met—to-day Westminster." To tell the truth, w hen Lord Ellenbo rough proposed and passed his clause for entrusting the division of the boroughs into wards to the gentlemen of England, and Pi.',-aller Parkeslost his job, we were-quite prepared fora Birmingham meeting, and meet it cer.: tainly did. A precious meeting Of THE PEoPIE! The rump of the Political Union, the debris of that " aristo cracy of blackguards," listening. to the brainless bray ings of that melancholy ass,Attwoud, over Cossacks and currency.. But for Westminster ! Why, we live in Westminster; we Ourselves are' part anti Parcel of the people of Westminster. Anit.Who doth the gentle public suppose was the great lion at the Westminster meeting of THE PEOPLE ? one Juggins, who deseribed him self as a member of " . the Annoyance Jury." Shade of Dogberry ! Spirit of. Ver,ges! are at length out done. What are ye to .Master Jeggins, of the Annoy ance Jury ! Oh, William Shakspeare I and oh , Walter. Scott !Aire most ideal creations of your choice humour must vield.to this grotesque existence ! And Ju"gins is a leader of TILE PEOPLE!. and .TUggins wishes to know what is the use of the lords ?. - - If this . be •." the people" with whom the threatened c-lhsion is to take place, we think the fray nay it to b e left to the new police-,--and with whom else is to take pince? What do the whig•radicals mean by this word " ?" Do they mean civil war? If so, we de precate, but we are prepared fair it. Fancy . John Rus sell "civil war! Our English Don Carlos would scarcely gain as many laurels ashis namesake in Na varre. Farl e y Spring Rice waving a shillelagh, or Palmerston tilting with a lady's fan ! Civil war, indeed! Why, when the last civil war took place it commenced by Hampden's green horsemen riding - up from 'Bucking hamshire, and alone overawing the king and court. Let William IV. now raise his standard in that very county, ay, the birth -place of Hampden, and the whole male po pulation, to a man, would rally round his throne. The counties within it day'sjourney of London would furnish his majesty, within a week with fifty thousand cavalry, a great portion of them already armed and trained, and led by skilful and esperienced officers. But the whigs and the whip-radicals do not mean a civil war by their wor d co lli c i on . Oh, no, they mean a row , a r i o t, a w short 'revolution, a metropolitan bang-up, raving stones. White C o nduit-house, broken windows, a fire or two, Cheapskle and Regent-street plande red, and th e p r i sons thrown open. This is what the king's ministers want. They want three days, three glorious days, three glori ous and beautiful •days, as their prescient flashman, Ma caulay, styled the bloody riot tha . t, wasthetitting precur sor of the ?ton 'despotism of Lon Philippe. Th e w hi g ministers want a revolutionary riot to consolidate their power—the power which tbey have now failed in estab lishing, although thay carried the reform act, and at tempted the corporation bill. But it wontdO. We tell these Gallomaniac apes of every thing that-is detestalle in the French character that these things will ever I ) , "managed better in France than in England." Let the collision be tried, and as soon as.the?; please. They shall have row enough!—Morning Post. •• , • 'lb", I $ t ''‘,4 , niperiat HOUSE OF LOI: DS.—TitunsrlAY. Mr. Baring, Captain Yecheli, and other inemtiers brought up a great number ,of bills froth the House of Commons, which were severally read a first time Petitions from almost every part of Ireland and from several places in England were presented to the house against the ecclesiastical revenues reiulation bill. On the motion of the Earl of Hs tmoa,_the polls at elections bill was read a third time and passed. CHURCH OF IRE!. AN D BILL/ Viscount MELBOURNE, ou moving the second reading of this' bill, said that he had it in command from his Majesty to ac quaint the house that this bill had his Majesty's sanction, and that his Majesty plaCed at the disposal of the house for the pur poses of this bill all Ins Majesty's interests in the benefices of the church, of Ireland. (Hear.) The noble viscount.then pro ceeded to state that it wit, his duty to attempt to induce tneir lordships to make another effort upon the subject of Irish tithes in Ireland—a subject wMch had produced that unfortunate regard and contempt fur law which prevailed in that unhappy country. Hr had in theattempt he was now making to remind their lordships that it was not in Ire4ind alone that at the pre sent time objections and difficulties prevailed against tithes. That epidemic, it was w e ll kn own , h a d s p rea d throughout Europe. ( H ear.) hi countries in other respects tranquil, and where tithes were in the hands of the laity, the objection pre vailed. It prevailed in Germany, in Roman catholic countries, and even in Prussia, where existed a cautious and long-sighted government. This country, therefore, was not alone in this calamity, and he mentio ne d thi s t o s h ow th a t th ere was some- thing iii the nature of , Lst impost itself, in the mode it was imposed, .and in the manner in which it was paid, which ren dered it pregnant with discord, difficulty, and dissension. (Hear.) He knew, As. it had_ been argued, that the payment of tithes was a part o f th e or i g i na l contract un d er w hi c h' lands were held; he knew that the political economist would say that the impost fell on the consumer of the produce, and not on the party paying tithes. It might be urged that the tenth part of the land was as much the property of those who were entitled to it, as was the remaining nine-tenths the property of those in possession; but the people could not be persuaded that it was an impost tiatuded on wisdom or justice. (Hear.) ,The mode of payment was peculiar to the early times, and was introduced among the Jews, a pastoral nation, from whom the tenth of the calves, cows, sheep, and other animals (?—l'igs) was -easily collected. The principle was subsequently carried to agricul tural produce, to which it was not so applicable, but still was not so cinemas as it had now become. By the power of the clergy. it was attempted. to be extended to all kinds of profits whatsoever, and kolas: length become an i impost of a most vexa tious character scarcely to be endured in any country; end when the circumstances of aggravation under which it Was col lected in Ireland were considered, it was impossible to expM that it would continue to be paid with tranquil content. In this country even such was the objection to tithestnit the sub ject called fur the early attention of the legislature. The mea sure he had now to submit their lordships were well acquainted with, for it was nearly the same in principle as that propnsed to and rejected by their lordships last year, and. nearly the same in principle as that opened in the other house of parliament by the late secretary for treland. Sir Henry ardinge. The grounds • upon which the bill had been rejected last year was, that an hon..and learned member of the other house had by his infle ence made a considerable alteration in the measure originally. propounded by government. (" Hear, bear," from the Duke of Cumberland.) The -illustrious duke admitted this; but, as those grounds were then personal and temporary, he hoped the rejection of last year would not be adopted as a precedent on the present occasion. The noble lord then proceeded to detail the provisions of the bill, with which the . public is generally conversant. In speaking of the appropriation clause, his lord ship said it would be in the recollection of the house that, when he accepted office after the change of government which fol lowed the adoption of Lord John Russell's resolution, one of their lordships asked hint whether he considered himself pledged to the adoption of that resolution, and that he had answered that he did consider himself so pledged. Their lordships had allowed his ministry to be formed; they had permitted his administration to continue iu office up, to the present day ; the government had met with sortie opposition from noble lords but on the whole they had given to it a decided support. lie would say, then, that he placed his justification for the adoption and following up . of that resolution on the course pursued by that very opposition which he saw before him. The numbers which constituted their lordships' house gave them, in some respects, the attributes of a popular assembly. They might have certaiu opinions and principles peculiar to them as a body, but they were men, and actuated by the sam., impulses which in fluences other men assembled in . considerable numbers, and he thought it was not in human nature that they (the opposition) being the majority should allow ministers to govern unless they were influenced by some over ruling necessity, and that very feeling which allowed his government to exist, though iu a minority, was his justification in proposing this measure, and that justification was as decided as if he had the majority on his side. It was on these grounds he proposed the measure, but it rested on - still broader grounds, the paradoxical state of the church of Ireland considered with relation to the population of the country. After someeeruatks upon the acts of other govern ments with respect to protestant ascendancy in Ireland. His lordship-asserted that the keeping up large protestant establish ment:where there was no protestant population was impolitic. Their lordships had been told that they ought not to direct the property of the church to other than ecclesiastical purposes, but he contended that the provisions of this bill did not divert it from but restored it to the purposes for which it was originally intended. The protestant clergyman where there were few or no protestants could not be a pastor—missionary he was not iu the sense in which that term was used—but if looked upon as a missionary, he would say much as he lamented the great errors of the catholic church and deprecated some of its doctrines, he would assert that they were fundamentally those of the church of Euglaad, and that the catholic population ought not to be treated with insult, by sending missionaries among them, as if 'they were the worshippers of the. Juggernaut. If the protest ant clergy were to be sent as missionaries he did not think that they were properly qualified fur the task, and that keeping up a body of clergymen where there was tio cure of souls was scan dalous. His loidship concluded by saying that he would com mit the bill to their lordships' hands, hoping, and he trusted it would be no vain hope, that, casting away all prejudices, they would view it with this consideration—that the great power of this country could not be kept together, except it acted with a due regard to the feelings and interests of all whom it was called oti to govern. On the question that the bill be read a second time being put — Lord FITLGERALD addressed the house at considerable length. He did not mean to oppose the second reading—he would-go into committee, not with the view of defeating the bill, hut of rendering it more efficieht for its objects—but he would ask had their lordships, in the course of the noble viscount's address, heard one word to show that the measure of appropriation and that which secured payment to the clergy were inseparable, and that they must adopt or reject both together—that they must adopt a principle of spoliation, or do an act of •gross injustice to the whole body of the lash clergy? Their lordships would conclude, from what 'he had-said, that one object of going into committee would be to - separate .those two parts of the bill, which he contended were not necessarily connected. For saying this he had the authority of some of the leading supporters of the bill—of Mr. Littleton, now Lord Hatherton, of •Lord John Russell, and of Lord Althorp, as given in their speeches last session. There were other points in the bill to which perhaps it would be necessary for him to advert in committee. At pre-. sent, he'should merely content himself with observing,. that he should certainly urge a change of that provision or regulation according to which the land-tax for the benefit of the clergy was in the first instance to pass through one of the government de-. partmeuts—that of the Woods and Forests. Now, with all the respect which he entertained for the noble lord at the head of that department, he must be permitted to say, that in his opinion it would be much better if the clergy of the established church were not to be made mere stipendiaries of the government, but rather derived their income through the hands of ecclesiastical commissioners. He concluded by expressing a hope that the house would give the bill a second reading, and proceed in COM= mittee to make such changes in the measure as would render it not unacceptable to the great body of the protestants of the empire—as would supply means to as ert those evil and dangerous consequences which would inevitably result from the bill if -it became law, in the shape iu ty hie 11 it was introduced by the noble viscount. The Marquis of CLAN RICA ROE was of opinion that the pro testant religion would have been more successful in Ireland if an attempt had not been made to force it upon the people of that country. It might be very well for noble lords to speak as if they did all that was required of them when they agreed to go into committee on the hilt, but he took the Liberia , to say, that much depended upon the manlier and temper iu which they en 'aired upon the business of that committee; he had no difficulty in saying that it would make all the difference if they went into it sincerely, earnestly, and with a genuine wish to carry rots fuJI effect the principles of the bill by improving its details. It was his settled conviction that if ttiey went into committee on theisill with the intention of so altering its provisions as to ren der it valueless in the eyes of those who now most earnestly de sired its enactment, it would have the effect of greatly checking; the respect which the people generally entertained for that house. If they sincerely desired to pass the bill, they - would- so dal with it in committee as not to render it ineffective in they of its material provisions, while - if they didotheraise, they would not only inflict a serious injury upon the church itself, but endanger its existence. (Hear,. hear.) The Earl of Iliseas s deuied that *two portions of the WO were necessarily dependent each upon the other. In his opi nion they were perfectly distinct, and be must say that the house would not. be fairly dealt with if they were railed on to p a , t o it at once; fair whilst he admitted the first part, he was strenuously opposed to the latter ; but he would rather re linquish the first altogether than give the least support to the second. Ile also denied that the measure originated with a vote or resolution of the house; for he could not consider it as having been properl; founded upon any thing of the sort, and in point of fact it would have been doing great injustice to any measure to suptiose that it had been so founded, seeing that the resolutions to which reference had been made were passed al together in the dark—they were passed without know ing that there would be any surplus at all, and it did strike him as a most extraordinary ,moile of creating a surplus to begin by effecting a deficiency. The seeoutl restitution stated, that " no measure upon the subject of tithes in Ireland can lead to a satisfactory' and final adjustment which does not embody the principle con tained in the foregoing resolution." Satisfactory! To whom satisfactory? They might remedy the acknowledged grievance of tithes, but they could give no satisfaction unless they con sented to extinguish the prdtestant church in Ireland—nothing would give satisfaction unless it satisfied- the enemies of the church, and that which satisfied the Roman catholics was pre cisely that which would alarm the protestants. Ile had listened with much attention to the speech of his noble friend, anxious to extract the motive with which the measure was brought for . ward, and the principle upon which it was founded, as Well as the mode in which it might be expected to operate on the church • in Ireland, but they were left in Cimmerian darkness with re spect to both. Ile looked in vain for these motives. There was nothing to indicate the present amount of the church revenues ' or iu their altered state to Milani the house v, hat they might be, • expected to amount to. Every one of those matters was left in a stale of the most perfect obscurity. A great. ecclesiastical re volution was to be effected, but his noble friend had not ex plained to them the stem necessitas which urged him forward to take the first step in that alarming revolution. (Hear.) The Bishop of EXETII.I2 said he would not oppose the second reading of the bill, but he felt it his duty strongly to pretest against the main part of the principles announced in its pream ble, and he was prepared rather to forfeit life itself than be a party, to the commission of the great injustice, and he would add the gross injustice, which their lordships were now called on to perpetrate. (Hear, hear.) He thought they were indebted to the noble viscount (Melbourne) who opened the bill, for the irankuess with which he told them the situation in which they were placed. He had announced that they were now iu the hands of a government who hail thrown o ff a ll r eg ard f o r . principle. (Cheers, and cries of "No, nu.") He repeated it, because a government which brought forwhrd measures which they fennel!) , declared to be indefensible in principle must be considered to have forfeited all regard fur principle. (hear, hear.) At the same time, he did not say that they were yet ready to strike down every thing which they had been accus tomed to regard with respect; lest they had announced them selves as having started in a cuurse from which nothing would .~ .~ '' 41 1 deter them, in which,nothing would atop them--in which .they weld proceed, on consideration only of their own otHcial coo 'venience, to destroy every thing' the ceputry itself roomt valued, and bad been always most honoured- for maintaining inviolate. (L-mar.) He confessed he had no hope unless that course which hail - 6een. entered upon so fearlessly that night by the noble viscount (Melbourne) were stopped either by their lordships or by the. other house of parliament, or by the 'goof' sense and principles of the people of England ; everything that was most sacred and valuable would be involved is one indiscriminate overthrow. He would not detain their lordships further at present, than merely to give notice that when the bill was in committee he should move that the 61st clause be struck out, together with all the clauses consequent upon it, to the 91st inclusive. ( clear, hear.) The bill was read a second time,•aud, on the motion of. Vis count Alawsoutora, ordered to be committed on Monday (yes terday,) MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS BILL. Viscount 11 1E6suotiNii gaVe notice that on Tuesday he should bring up the report on the municipal corpwations bill. Adjourned at half-past twelve o'clock till Friday at eleven o'clock. HOUSE OF COM lONS.—THCRSDAY. The Speaker took the chair at twelve o'clock. • Mr. F. I.3aatNo moved the third reading of the clerk of the crowh bill. THE, THAMES TUNNEL COMPANY. Mr. WALTER then moved, pursuant to ❑otice, "That a se lect committee be appointed to inquire into the circumstances atteiding the introduction of a bill, entitled ' An act to amend the acts relating to the Thames Tunnel Company,' passed in the 3d and 4th of his present Majesty's reign; and to inquire further respecting the advance of £30,000 by the Commissioners for Issuing Exchequer -bills iu Aid of Public Works, under the proiisions of the said act; whit a view to prevent the advance of public money without full ►nd adequate security fu? the repay ment of the same." A debate ensued nn this motion, in the course of which Mr. SPRING IticE assu re d th e hon. member that not an additional sixpence would be issued without a full examination of the ex penditure. On this assurance Mr. WALTER consented to, withdraw his motion, and the clerk of the crown bill was - then read a third time and passed. CARLOW ELECTION. The clerk of the crown attended at the table, and amended the return fur the county of Carlow, by insetting the names of Messrs. Kavanagh and Bruen in the place of Messrs. Raplliel and Vigurs. The Dublin police bill was read a second time, and ordered tube committed, The glass duties bill went through a committee;` and ,was ordered to be read a second time on Friday. Sir J. TY RaEll took this opportunity to complain that no relief had been*iven to agricull u re, and he asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why a portion of the malt-tax was not taken old'? • ; • • , . ?dr. S. RICE would answer the hon. member by referring him to the speech of the right boo. member for Tantworth on the debate on the malt-tax. Sir J. Tr it itEL L.-13ut I deny the conclusions of that speech. SPIRITS (SCOTLANDB In answer to a question fr o m Captain o aDON, as to whether it was the intention of government to reduce the duty on Scotch spirits, as it had been reduced on Irish, Mr. S. Rica said that his attention bad been dir - ected to the matter. The result of the experiment, in Ireland had been very satisfactory, and he would be prepared next sesssion to say what he would do in reference to Scotch spirits. The Dominica relief bill and the parochial workhouses bill were read a second time, and ordered to be printed. The house then resolved itself into a committee on the regis , tration of voters (Ireland) bill. The clauses up to the 6th were verbally amended, and agreed to. Clauses 6 to 22 were agreed to with some verbal amend ments•. Several other clauses were disposed of, after which the chair Man repotted Progress, and obtained leave to sit again. ORANGE LODG*E—COLONEL FAIRMAN. Mr. Fluiaa reported, that Colonel Pairman had that day ap peared before the committee of inquiry into Orange lodges, and that he periisted in refusing to produce the book of correspond ence relating to these lodges. In accordance with the usual course of proceeding in such a case, he moved. " That Colonel Fairinan, in refusing to cmnply with the order of the house, had been guilty of a, breach. of privilege." Mr. ZIA xwati. said that he, in company with several other gentlemen, had waited on Colonel Fairman, and had told that gentlemen that, in,his opinion, he ought to produce the book called fora He thought it his duty to those gentleman who were in the habit of acting with Colonel Fairmau to make that state ment. Mr. IL PLUNK ET thought that Colonel Fairham ought to produce the book. Mr. JACKSON thought it right to state. that a document of pre cfsely the same character as the one called fur had been pro duced before the late committee by the grand secretary to the Orange Institution in Irelatid: He was sory that Colonel Fair man had out thought proper to follow that officer's ex ample. The motion was then carried.• 111 HUME regretted to be obliged to make the motion, which necessarily followed after the resolution to which the house had just agreed. Unless the house would submit to have its in quiries stopped at the caprice of any individual, it had no option but to adopt the resolution which he should now move. It was as follows :—"Tbat Colonel Fairman be committed to His Ala- --- jesty's gaol of Newgate, and that the Speaker do forthwith issue his warrant accordingly." The motion was agreed to without discussion. r. H UWE would now put it to the house, whether measures ought not to be taken to obtain possession of the book. After so much information bad been obtained with respect to one branch of the inquiry, it would be a great misfortune if the la bours of the committee were now interrupted. In his opinion the book ought to be sent for, and he would make a motion to that effect, if he thought that the house would support him. ➢lr. WA RBURTON had no doubt of the power of the house to send for ►he book in question, and the only quest ion was whet her the house would thins proper to exercise that power in the pre sent instance. The hon. member intimated his intention of moving that the Sergeant at Arms be ordered to search Colonel Fairman's house for the book which he had refused to produce, After some conversation the further discussion of this matter was adjourned. ALLEGED BREACH OF PRIVILEGE. Mr. H. MAXWELL rose to call the attention of the house to as gross a breach of privilege as had ever been committed against a member'of that house for the last twelve years, and he should do very little more than reacithe extracts of which he complained. He disclaimed any feeling of personal mortifica tion or annoyance while he stated what he was about to lay be• fore the house. It would be remembered that in the debates which occurred on Orange lodges, he had said that he was not aware of the existence of Orange lodges in the army until he was informed of it by the bon member opposite. Now, this as sertion had since been observed upon in some of the grossest attacks that ever issued from the press in a paper which was the organ of. the Irish government—the Dublin Evening Post. He would read extracts. from the paper of Saturday and Tues day last. -The hon. member read the offensive paragraphs, in which the editor iu direct terms charged Mr. Maxwell, Colonel Verner, and Colonel Perceval with a lie in stating that they knew nothing of the existence of Orange lodges in the army be fore this inquiry took place. The hon. member concluded by tooting that Mr. Frederick Wm. Conway be ordered to attend at the bar of the house on Monday week. This proposition was negatived on a division by a majority of 40.-18 voting for and 58 against the motion. The Clandestine Marriage bill (Ireland) was thrown out on a third reading. The Marriage Amendmeht. Bill was considered in committee. GENERAL DARLING. Tooks moved that the committee of inquiry into General Darling's conduct should be empowered to send for persons, papers, and records. A spirited discussion arose on this motion, after which the question was put, on the motion that the committee have power to send for persons, papers, and records, and agreed to. On the question that ce r t a i n p a p ers specified be. laid before the committee. _ _ Mr. RICE said the course proposed to be adopted was unusual. The committee had power to call for these papers itself, it was therefore unnecessary to move for them. Mr. WARBURTON admitted that it was of no importance whe ther the papers were refused to the committee in consequence of a resolution of the house, or taken into consideration after being called for by the committee itself in the ordinary way. Mr. TooKu, yielding t o th e sugges tion of his right hon. friend, and assuming that the papers would be accessible to the committee in the usual way, withdrew his motion. Motion, by leave, withdrawn. Mr. SHEii. gave notice, that he would to-morrow, on the question' of going into committee of supply, move an amend ment relative to the affairs of the Rajah of- Tanjore. On the motion of Mr. Brotherton, the house adjourned, at a quarter to twelve, till a quarter before four o'clock to-morrow (Friday). I HOUSE OF LORDS.—FIIIDAY. The royal assent was given by commission—the commission ers were the Earl of Shaftesbury, Viscount Duncannon, and Lord Gleneh.,' , —to the tea duties' bill, the foreign post bill, the public roads' (Ireland) bill, the assizes (Ireland) bill, the sheriti's deela•ratiou bill, the voluntary enlistment bill, the cer tiorari bill:the loan soeieties' bill, the bankrupt's estates bill s the linen"arnl-•ittetup •mannfucturers' ( Ireland) bill,""MitiVery officers bill, , theilunaties' and infants' estates bill, and several private bills TaANscoaTEn FRLONS.--.-AUSTRALIA. The Duke of Rten MON D, seeing his noble friend the Secte- WI of State for the Colonies in his place, wished to ask hint. whether there was any objection to laying on the table of the house the reports received from Australia respecting the condi tion of the people transported to that colony from this country. The liarl of Ripon and Lord Stanley had_ laid such reports on the fable, and much useful information was derived froth them. Lotd GLENEt.o, in answer to the question of his noble friend, was happy to state that he had some letters on the subject, and that he should be extremely happy to lay them before the house. He had already directed that a list of these letters should be made out. TONNAGE ADMEASURNMNNT BELL. LOrd A txx.LAND moved the second reading of this bill. B y the present pl a n o f b u ilding ships, rendered necessary by the laws relating to their measurement, ships were built not of the best kind or shape. The evil would be put an end to. by this bill. _ _ The bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday. ILLEGAL. SECURITIES BILL . On the motion of the Earl of DEVON this bill was rea d a second time, and ordered to be committed on Tuesday. MILITIA STAFF BILI.. On the motion of Viscount Dora:A NNON this bill was read a third tune and passed. TITHES ON TURNIPS.. The Duke of RICHMOND moved that their lordships be sum moned on Monday, when he should propose the second reading of this bill. Lord ASHBURTON wished to suggest to the noble duke that at this late period of the session a bill upon a part of a subject should not be pressed, when it -was clearly understood that in the beginning of next session the whole subject was to be taken into consideration. The Duke of ltrcussoNn could not possibly adopt the sug gestion thus thrown out, and as be- .was requested to do so he must beg to state the reasons why he declined. This bill was was brought into parliament in consequence of a claim made for tithes for turnips pulled from the ground but left in the fields as food for sheep penned there. It had never before been considered that such turuips were titheable. A clergyman had however set up a claim. of this kind, and that claim bad been sanctioned by the decision of the court. Now these turnips were merely hood up by the farmer to assist the sheep i n gett i ng at them, but they were not carried off the field, Ad theref ore had never been-considered to be titheable, because tithes were payable on the sheep and on agistmeut, and turnips so consum ed had therefore always before been treated as grass. Thi s new claim of tithes was a great grievance on the agriculturist, and one which was likely to produce a most serious effect. As it was the wish of all their lordships that the question of tithes should be fairly considered next Year, he thought that they would agree with him that it would . be as well at once to get Ilk it I t . N it -141 • ~,~.~:~, rid of an acknowledged grimace of this sort, and not allow it to be mixed up the general question. (bear, hear.) The Earl of . RossLyN confessed that he had great jealousy of any legislati ve proceeding being thus founded upon any one ease. The decision referred to was only a holding at Nisi_ Plitts, and might therefore be questioned in the court. The Duke of - Richmond's motion was agreed to. Mr. Bernal and others brotight up the Cesaio . Banorittif bill and antither bill. The Duke of WELLINGTON presented a petition from the dean and clergy of the metropolitan church of Doblin against the Irish church bill. The .house then adjourned till Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY. The Speaker took the chair at four. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL FA IRMA N. The Sergeant -at-Arms appeared at the table, and informed the house that he had been unable to apprehend Colonel Fair man, as he had been directed to do by the house. On going to Colonel Fairman's residence for that purpose, he was told that that gentleman had lets it a quarter of an hour previously. A messenger had consequently been afterwards sent to remain on the premises, -for the purpose of arresting Colonel Fairinan. INTIMIDATION AT THE KERRY ELECTION. Mr. Scaa LETT presented a numerously-slued petition, :com plaining of the intimidation practised at the Kerry election. A more extraordinary detail than was presented by this petition he had seldom seen. The intimidation was-such as to deprive the petitioners of any remedy by an appeal to the ordinary tri bunal. The intimidation practised by the Catholic clergy was a perversion of the religion, or, as he was afraid he must say, of the superstition, by which the people were governed. lie was informed that every one of the most extraordinary - allega gations contained in this petition could be proved in the must direct and positiie manner. The hon. member then proceeded to read the petition, which contained a long and disgusting list of outrages perpetrated on all the electors who votel for Mr. Fitzgerald, and of the threats and denunciations resorted to by the catholic priests to prevent his return. The petitioners also stated that the following paper was posted against the chapel of Listowel entitled "'THE PATRIOT'S CURSE. "'Electors of Kerry.—Our county election takes place on Tuesday next, and Kerry, nay Ireland, expects that every man this day will do his duty ; and, waving all prologue, I declare at once that whatever creature clothed in human nature—what ever base wretch, political renegade, or hireling ruffian—(Oh ! weakness of human language to describe him)—should he found so vile, treacherous, and corrupt as to vote for the Knight of Kerry, or any such sham reformer—a man who circumscribed the spirit of patriotism within the wizard circle of his protestant interest—who was brought even to side with the minister by Burgundy, kind words, and closeting, or ,by bribery, intrigue,' , gtui a pension:expended ad infinitum, should never be seen in public but as a loathsome object, at which the slow turning fn 7 ger of scorn should be pointed. Amen. " May his conscience prove the worm, ever gnawing his vi tals, until he be reduced to the degree of emaciation that a sur geon might practice osteology upon his carrion frame. Amen. And may a sea of dreams tumultuous, and spectral visions, nightly fright the placidity and calm of his sleep, and may he rise to meet the sun in lassitude, confounded and oppressed. Amen. "'May his wife, if he have one, prove incontinent, being found oftener in the brothel than by his home fireside, and may he nightly repose himself in sheets contaminated and adulte rous. Amen. May his children prove undutiful and. disobedient, and, should he need a crutch, may they pluck it from their own . limping sire, and beat out his brains. Amen. "'May his daughters turn to general filth. (Here the lan guage is so revolting that it is omitted.) " In fine, may his cmintry disregard him, may his friends and neighbours despise him, may the young chidren shout at him as he moves along, may domestic strife drown him in per petual riot and confusion, and, when the angel of death shall hover over him, may the awful reflection blast him in his last hour—' I might have saved my country ; I might, but did not.' Readers, all say amen, amen, amen !' The hon. member said that to. the petition were appended the names of every protestant freeholder in the county of Kerry, and of every member of the great body of magistrates. .It was no fault of theirs that the circumstanes detailed had not been sooner stated to the house, as they, had only lately become ac quainted with the resolution of the intimidation committee to examine but two witnesses. The two witnesses, however, who appeared-before that committee substantiated several of the alle gations, and particularly the language attributed in the peti tion to the hon. member fur Dublin. He should leave the case for the present in the hands of the house, not doubting that, next session such measures would be adopted as the nature of the case imperatively demanded. The petition. having, been presented, Mr. t4CARLETT said he had another petition referring to the same subject. Mr. O ' CONNELL—Present it then. Let us have it all at once. Mr. Scan LETT then presented a petition from the Knight of Kerry, detailing the reasons why the circumstances stated in the preeeding petition had not been sooner stated to the house. When the committee declared their intention to hear only two witnesses there were twelve ready to be examined, and sixty might have been brought to give evidence. As there was no other tribunal befine which he could lay these extraordinary facts he had thought fit to call the attentiop of the house to them. Mr. ORDE moved the'adjournment of the debate to Tuesday, (This day.)—Agreed to. ORANGES LODGES—COLONEL FAIRMAN. Mr. Husia said that he had giveu notice yesterday that he wOuld submit a motion with a view of obtaining nossession of a letter-book, which the committee on orange lodges deemed of considerable importance. Understanding.that the individual in whose custody it was could not be found (cheers,) he was sorry to say, that it appeared to him that be could not with any effect or propriety proceed with his motion. It would leave every man to draw his own conclusions. (Cheers.) RECORDER OF DUBLIN. Mr. HUME presented a petition agreed to at "the great Dublin meetinv " complaining of certain expressions used by the re corder of liable, and that he was an orangeman and a political and party judge. • LIMITATION OF POLLS BILL having been sent down from the Lords with amend nieuts, it was moved that the amendments be read. Mr. Hume, Mr. Pease, and Mr. Tooke, expressed it as their opini on t h at t h ey oug h t to . b e p r i n t e d, i n order that the houie might the better judge of them. •Lord JOHN RLSSELL agreed with the honoura.lile gentlemen, that it would be the better course to print them. (Hear.) They were then ordered to be printed accordingly. CONSOLIDATED FUND DILL. The CHANelii.Lon of the EXCHEQUER said that the first of the orders of the day was the consolidated fund bill, which stood for committal. The honourable member for Lincoln (Mr. E. L. Bulwer) had given notice of a motion for this evening, on the first order of the day being moved. He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) now rose to postpone the first order till Friday next, (cheers.) therefore the honourable gentleman would make his motion on the second order being moved. Mr. Tooee said that the right honourable' gentleman having taken this course at a time when petitions were coming in from every part of the country could not fail to give great satisfaction. Mr. I - Ir'sle said that while the three great awl most important question s were pending in another place, he thought it would be highly improper in the house to pass any more money clauses. (Cheers.) He did not wish to deny to another place the free exercise of its powers, hut some discretion was required on the part of both. (Cheers.) He repeated, that the members of the House of Commons, acting on behalf of the people of the coon try, were called on at the present crisis not to agree to any more votes of money, nor to the appropriation of that already granted. (Great cheering.) They might at last - find themselves placed in a situation such as their constituents hail scarcely looked for. He hoped the tight hon. gentleman would postpone his motion .not till Friday next only, but for any further period that might be necessary to enable them, before they came to its considera tion, to see how the public business had got on elsewhere. (Much cheering.) Mr. O'CONNELL approved of the delay. If it was found that the amelioration of the abuses existing iu our institutions, and the advancement of the necessary return's, were to be impeded, the commons would exercise their constitutional control over the public excheqner, and would place it in the hands of those who bad the confidence of the people, so as to render any perse verance in a systematic opposition to the improvements re quired by the people impossible. (Cheers.) The people of England- would be slaves if they submitted to such dictation. (Continued cheers.) The monarch on the throne was irre- , sponsible, because he had his servants, and they were responsi ble to the people for the acts of the government. Would it be submitted to, that 200 or 300 individuals, in no way responsible for what they did, should wield the power of obstructing this correction of abuses and the redress of wrongs? (Great cheer ing.) That Would be a miseiable period for this country; and he only alluded to-it for the purpose of expresSing his opinion that Bic people would be successful in this struggle. (Ch eers .) Mr. W. E. GLADSTONE did not 'object to the postponement of the clause, neither did he question the power of the house to exercise its high privileges for other and ulterior objeets than the mere acceleration, or suspension, of a particular part et; a bill. But he rose to s a y that alth o ugh the hou se h a d th e, p i ofcarrying into execution the thre a t of susp e ndi ng the granti of public money for the general enter. 6 eneics of the stat e . y e t t e felt in honour and consc i ence b oun d t o statelhat there could be nothing" more indiscreet—nothing more tudecent—he- .wottiol• retraCtis word indecent, and say, nothing more indelicate, than for a minister of the crown to ground his postponement of a fivancial bill on the presumption of the conduct that anoth#r branch of the legislature would pursue respecting certain legis lative pleasures that wore sub mi tt e d to their consideration, their independent capacity— a nd th ey were as independent As this branch of the legislature, and as capable of exercising sound and useful judgment. He deplored the spirit that seemed to guide the government, and he could notsufficiently reprobate the mind that ruled the actions of these sections of various par ties that whirled the government round within the oldies of an all-absorbing agitation. It was because the boo. members opposite threatened to overawe the monarch)! and the other branch of the legislature, which was the original bander between the usurpations of the crown and the licentiousness of the people —it was because that it was useful, and wise, and just that both branches should harmonize and attune with each other, he did not then really imagine that a minister of the crown would act on such motives as the speeches of the honourable member for Middlesex and the hon. member for Dublin would seem tp show he acted on. The CuaticEt.Lott of the EXCHEQUER said he should really rise to vindicate himself froM the extraordinary imputations of the hon. member. He did not know what his notions of delicacy or decency might be, but both, if he had them, should induce hint to respect the opinions of a political adversary, and not to impute unworthv motives to him hastily, especially when the charge went to groach a great constitutional doctrine which he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) did not impug,n. Ile thought he had sufficiently g uar d e d hi mse l f i n giving the reasons for the delay, except to minds constituted as that of the hon. member seemed to have been. (" Hear, hear," from the ministerial benches.) He t o ld th e house that it was his duty as a minister of the crown, all party considerations apart (and it was impossi ble that party considerations could be mixed up with so simple a case,) to delay the appropriation clause. This delay did not originate with him, it resulted from the other house of parlia•• inent. The plain fact was this.: it was usual net to pass the appropriation clause till the militia bill had also passed. If the hon. member was more conversant with the forms of the house he would be less disposed to cavil at these apparent suspensions in the progress of certain measures. The usual practice was to pass the appropriation clause when the militia bill had passed. Now, it was only this eery night that the militia bill was sent down to that house from the lords with certain amendments which it was necessary for the house to consider and Sanction before it passed. If lie pressed the appropriation clause the consequence would be that the militia would be without pay for twelve months, and his Majesty would fur all that time be left unprovided with Fueh a strong disposable force. He did not blame the other house. No doubt it saw good reasons for alter ing and sifting the militia bill, and this process was the cause of the delay. but he stated the fact as his vindication for postponing the appropriation clause. (Cfieers.) Mr. W. E. G t. A osToNE said, he was misunderstood by the right hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He did not mean to draw the distinction which he referred to; neither did he now mean to enter into the ample. field of disquisition relative to the duties ~`> X I P% • I \- THE LIVERPOOL STANMARD. i9~=SA~Y.i~NRR!R!Y/R PPI V~j ~~71 V •1 t tb` if ministers to the croWn and to the people on which he dwelt cith so triuL:h.emphasis and so touch studied energy. (Laughter front ttte , ipp:iiition.) Ha begged t.) thank the right hanourable ;entteinan, however, for the ground on whi c h h e put t h e post ponel,nent of the clause. He was perfectly satisfied with his Ixplauation, and, having his assurance for its truth, he could out doubt it. Ii he applied unpalatable language to the hon. gentleman, supposfng that his postponement of the clause had reference to discussions pending in another place, and which a threatened vote of this house would be supposed to overawe, he oegged, after the explanation of the right hon. gentl eman , t o say that he wa s entirely content. It was his pleasure, as wellas it was his duty, to retract that language as regarded him. However, he did not retract the language as referring to the sentiments that he heard uttered on the other side of the house, and now he would transfer it from the right hon. gentleman to the two hun. members opposite (Hume and O'Connell), for 'they had advanced dangerous doctrines, tending to upset all freedom and independence of action in the other branch of the legislature, which bad as sound at constitutional right of judg ment as that house, (Cheers.) Mr. O'CoriNELL said be accepted the transfer, and returned it back with contetnpt—(a laugh)—for be loathed the slavish doctrine that would bend the people to the yoke of the crown or the aristocracy. He (Mr. O'Connell) was'not the vile traficker in politics who would run a particular course in order to run the chance of selling himself at a good price to a dominant faction. STAMP DUTY UN NEWSPAPERS. Mr. E. L. BULIKEIt rose for the purpose of impressing upon the mind of his right lion. friend, the. Chancellor of the Ex chequer, the question of some relief to the people as regarded the stamp duty on newspapers, and concluded by moving that the house do resolve itself into a committee to consider the ex pediency of reducing the stamp duty on newspapers to one penny. A t Ile close of the debate the motion was negatived without a division. On the motion of Mr. Tutx, the adjourned debate on air. Bnckingham's 'claim was resumed, and tl.e hon. gentleman ad dressed the house in support of the motion. Sir J. HOLIHOUSL regretted that the hon. member for Sheffield was present iu the house during the discussion of a question in volving, his own pecuniary claims. The claim for compensa tion had twice been brought before the court of proprietors and had been rejected, and the subject, from 1825 to 183:, had not been taken up. A committee had been granted at the latter period, and the house was now called upon to tax the people of India to the amount of £40,000. If the vote was agreed to neither the court of directors nor the court of proprietors would lose one shilling, as the interest of the company was guaranteed by act of parliament. He denied that parliament hair the right to levy a flue on the territory of India for such a purpose and in such a case as that now before the house. If there was any just ground of interference he would not have oppaiied the mo tion. He wished to know why the bill had‘been postponid till this period of the session? Why had it not been brought in before ? ,He recommended the hon. gentleman not to proceed With it. .There was no passibility, as far as he could judge, of his carrying it. He had no case at all. Mr. Buckingham's loss could not be proved, his property could not be assessed, and, he believed, no injustice was complained of. This was not a tribunal to decide such a case. He should most streuu- . ouslv oppose the motion. The SPEAKER asked whether the consent of the crown had been given? . Sir J. HoeHousE said he would waive that question. Mr. Hume was surprised at' the course taken by the right honourable baronet. Mr. Buckingham suffered great iujustice by the arbitrary conduct of the Governor. He was in India on a licence, and his newspaper was realizing him a profit of nearly £B,OOO a year, when he was banished and it was suppressed. This was for publishing an article objecting to an official ap pointxnent which the East India Company and the Government themselves sent out an order to cancel. He hoped the house would allow the bill to go into committee, where some, com promise might be effected. Perhaps they, could not ascertain the value within £lOO or even £l,OOO, but the select committee desired to make some approach to justice. Let them, grant £30,000 or £20,000, or whatever, was thought reasonable. In the committee, some compromise might be effected. Mr. ROBINSON opposed the motion. He questioned if the bill were passed, if the East India Company could be forced to pay the money. Mr. BAINES supported the motion. He was prepared to prove that the loss of Mr. Buckingham was a substantial loss. Mr. V. SMITH felt considerable embarrassment in being under the necessity of speaking on this question, in the pre sence of the hon. gentleman who was the subject of it. The proposition was not one in which he could feel disposed to con cur; and those who had supported it seemed to have lost sight of •one party who were deeply concerned in it—the natives of India. The obvious, and only course for the hon. gentleman to pursue, if he bad been wronged, was that of suing the Governor General of India. With reference to the account of the injury which had been suffered—be would observe that while the•bon. member for Middlesex had stated it to ,be *the loss of £B,oooa year, the income derived from his newspaper, Mr. Bucking ham himself had variously stated it at 1:000, £6,000, and £B.oooa . year. - ,--.. Mr. O'CoNNELL contended for the necessity of allowing the Lilt to be brought in, and leaving the details of it to the com mittee. A prima facie case had ucen established in the report of the select committee upon t he subject. Mr. WALKER supported the motion. The house then divided, when there appeared— , • For the motion Against it Majority in favour of the motion —32. • The other orders of the day were then disputed of, and the house adjourned at Two o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONSSATURDAY, AUG. 22. The house met at twelve o'clock. The Dublin police and salaries of justices' bill, the Dominica relief bill, and the stamp act bill, were severally forwarded a stage. Colonel VERNER presented a petition from Sir Harcourt Lees in favour of orange lodges. • -•- Mr. THOMAS ATTWOOD presented a petjtion from the in habitants of Birmingham. The petitioners thanked the house for having passed the municipal corporations hill; and prayed it not to receive that measure if mutilated in the oilier house. He (Mr. Attwood) had been accidentally at Biimingham when the meeting was called, but . it bad been done without his know ledge. He soon learned that though the ostensible object of the meeting was to petition that house, yet the chief object in view was to revive the political union. He told them that if the cor porations reform bill passed the other house, the corporation they would then have in Birmingham would be the best political union they could have, as that corporation would have the power of assessing the inhabitants for any purpose they might thick proper, under the sanction of the law. The meeting was chiefly composed of wings, and . yet, though he was by no means a man of .extreme moderation in his political opinions, he was was disappointed at part of their proceedings, inasmuch as 'he. thought them harsh towards one branch of the. legislature. Those who got up the meeting had determined on not petition ing tire House of Lords. Mr. Attwood concluded by saying that the municipal corporations bill cannot be mutilated with safety to the House of Lords. He thought the Lords could not be aware of the determination of the people to have this bill passed.. He conceived it right that, as the ministry were now acting in unison with the wishes of the people, the people should remain under their direction; but if ever tfie ministry gave way to the majority of the other house, the people would put them selves under the direction of other persons, and then there would be reason to tremble for the institutions of the country. He hoped that ministers would not prorogue parliament until the municipal corporations reform bill had passed unmutilated the other branch of the legislature. Lord John Russitu. was happy to hear that the lion. gentle man had advised the people of Birmingham not to revive the political union, and to petition the House of Lords in respectful language. Mr. Straw concurred with the noble lord in approvingof the advice given by the hon. member, who would find it easier to set the radical *heel a-going than to arrest its motion. • • • Mr. WA K LEY said it was clear that a great struggle had now commenced between the two branches of the legislature about the issue of which there could be nodoubt. The people were,de-. termiued that the municipal reform bill should be passed ; they were not quite satittied with the extent to which that house (the Commons) had been reformed, and he should, in a few days, have a petition to present praying for a more radical reform. tie was quite satisfied that we were progressing to a better state of things. After a few words from Mr. Ruthven and Mr. Scholefield the petition was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Tete brought up Mr. Buckingham's compensation bill, which was read a first time. Mr. M AltK PHILLIPS presented a petition from Manchester, complaining of the early hours at which beer shops .were obliged to close. - The house, on the motion of Mr. RUTH VEN, was counted out at one o'clock. PRESENTATION OF PLATE. Oil the evening of Friday last, a beautiful piece of plate, value one hundred guineas, was publicly presented by his parishion ers to the Rev. J. W. Whiteside, M. A.. Curate of Crosthwaite church, Keswick. The presentation, which took place in the commodious school-house lately erected between the church and the bridge, was altogether of the most interesting character. At five o'clock, the whole of the scholars who attend the Suutlay School, amounting to more than . two hundred . , were supplipl with tea and cake by J. Stranger,Tsq. ; 'and after the enter tainment, which the little people seemed heartily and thankfully to enjoy, they were examined by Mr. Whiteside in the .leading doctrines of 'Christianity. The answers Were chiefly given in the words of Scripture, and the general proficiency . which - the children displayed .was such as not only to afford the highest gratificatiou and delight to the numerous and respectable audience, but must be a subject of pleasing reflection to Mr. Whiteside, to whose indefatigable efforts the good work is mainly to be attributed. The examination of the scholars having been concluded, General Peachy stepped forward, and after a most imprespive address, presented to Mr. Whiteside, in the name of the parish ioners of Crosthwaite, a silver waiter of exquisite workmanship, with the following inscription engraved invic centre:—" A small offering from a grateful parish to their mnrh esteemed Curate, the liev. J. W. Whiteside, A. M." The Rev. Gentleman, w h o was much affected, returned thanks in a speech so replete with feeling, so touching and so solemn, that very few of his auditors could refrain from tears. He re ceived the present, he said, as au invalnable gift, and as an evident mark that they loved the Gospel, since they had no other reason for esteeming him than the faithfulness with which he had declared to them the whole counsel of God. Ile pathe tically alluded to the inset iption, and assured the'people that he had, and should continue to have, so long as life was spared to him, all their names written in imperishable characters on the tablet of his heart. The parting scene was deeply affecting. and will long he remembered by those who witnessed it. Amongst the numerous spectators of this interesting scene, were the lady of the Rev, Roger Pocklington, the lady of Capt. Henry the lady of 'l'. Hoskins, Esq., of High, Mis. Whiteside, Miss'erosthwaite, Mi s s Bristow,' MitiS Muckle, Miss Dair, &c.; James Stranger, Esq., General Peachy, Jos. Pocklington, Esq., Capt. Henry, apt..Bagshaw, Jos. Fisher, Esq., Sea toiler, T. Hoskins, Esq., Mr. Robert Clark, Rev: Mr. Bell, of Aspatria, &c. A great number of gentlemen from Oxford and Cambridge, no* an a visit amongst the lakes, were also present on the occasion. On Sunday morning, Mr. Whiteside preached his farewell sermon, from Acts c. 20, vs. 26, 21, and 31, and never was sci numerous a congregation known to assemble in the parish church of Crosthwaite. The pews, the aisles, even the entrance to the church was crowded to excess—the whole population of the district being a n xi ous t o h ear t h e l as t wor d s of -their depart ing minister. The sermon, as was to be expected from such a preacher on such an occasion, was impressive, appropriate, and affecting,. and produced a powerful effect upon ,the congregation. Mr. Whiteside leaves Keswick for Ripon, in Yorkshire, and will be succeeded by the Rev. W. Rush, late of Buttermere. We are informed that the Surplus of the money which was subscribed towards the plate is to be laid out on a watch and tea-set vice. _ 'This testimony or respect is equally honourable to the givers and to the receiver—to the latter who has so fully gained the esteem and affections of his parishioners by his exemplary con duct as a Christian minister, and to the former who ictiow so well how to appreciate a character so estimable.—Cumberland Parquet. Auc UST 25, 1835. TWO GRAND EVENING CONCERTS AT THE ROYAL APH ITHEATRE. - 1 HE Nobility, Gentry, Residents, and Visitors of Liverpool Jl. are respectfully inf F ormed that Modelle. GRISI, Signor LABLACHE, Signor F. LABLACUE, Signor PIO CIAN- CflErrisr, and Signor PUZZI, will give Two grand Vocal and Instrumental CONCERTS, To-sionßow, (Wednesday,) the 26th, and FRIDAY next, the 28th instant. PROGRAMME OF THE. FIRST CONCERT. Duetto—" Un Segretto,"—Sig. LABLACHE and Sig. F. LA B LAC H E—Ceuerentola—Ross tN t. Aria—" Stanco de pin combattare,"—Madelle. G I, intro duced in the Opera of Otello—RossiNt. , Fantasia Como, in which will be introduce PEITZ!. Duetto—"O quardate the figura,"—Ma e. GRISI and Sig . LABLAC itE—La prova d'un Oper eria—GuEcco. Aria—" raviso,"—Sig. F. LABLACHE—Somnambula— BawEt. Terzetto—" Numa Benefico," Madelle GRISI, Si.„ LA BLACHE, and Sig. F. LABLACHE—Gazza Ladra— ROSSINI.. avourite Airs— SECOND PART. Duetto—"ll rival salvia to del,"—Sig. LABLACHE and Sig. F. LABLACHE; Coruu Obligato, Sig. PUZZl—Puritani Polacca—" Sou vergin vezzosa,"—Madelle. GRIST, Sig. LA ..BLAC HE, and Sig. F. LAB LAC H E—Puritani. Solo, Piano-forte--Sig PIU CIANCHETTINI. Comic Song—"o Girato mezzo, it monde," —Sig, LA.- BLACHE—BAI FE. ,uartetto—" A to o earo,"—Madelle. GRIST, Sig. LA ELACIIE, and Sig. F. LABLACHE ; Corno Obligato, Sig. PUZZl—Puritani. Duetto—" Con pazienza copportiamo,"—Madele. GRISI and Sig. LABLACHE—Fanatico per la Musica—l'loita yawn. PIANO -FORTE, Sig.pio CIANCHETTINI. Boxes, ss. —Stalls, 55.—Pit, 3s.—Gallery, 2s. Doors to be opened at Seven, and the Concert to commence at Eight o'clock. Entrance to the Stalls from Roe -street. The Box Plan at Mr. W. G. Waiss's Mnsic Warehouse, where 'places may he 'secured. The Doors at the Amphitheatre every day . from Teri till Three o'clock. Tickets to be had at all the principal Music Shops. CONCERT. CONCERT ROO.ll, ADELPHI HOTEL UNDER nisriNct ISHED PATRONAGE. MR. E. BROWN b egs respectfully to infer the Amat eurs of the Flute and hi s numerous Fries, that his CON CERT of VOCAL and INSTRTJME MUSIC will take place on TUESDAY EVENING next, S tuber the Ist, on which occasion he will bq assisted by the Me bers of the Apollo Vocal Concerts, who hav'e kindly offered their servicei. Tickets, Five Shillings each, or a Family Set of Five, £l. 14., to ho had at Mr. LoNsDALE'S Music Warehouse, 80ld -street; the Adelphi Hotel; and at Mr. BitowN's' Residence, 14, Field street, William. Henry -street. LIVERPOOL ANNUAL EXHIBITION POST-OFFICE-PLACE, CHURCH-S TR T. rinHE EleventhANNUAL EXHIBITIO t h e W O R KS 31_ of MODERN ARTISTS will Ope n MONDAY next, the 31st instant, and will continue open ch day, from Nine in the Morning until Dusk. SAML. EGLINGTON, Secretary to the Academy. Admission, One Shilling; Catalogue, One Shilling. Season Tickets, Five Shillings. Exhibition-rooms, August 24, 1835. Our numerous correspondents would greatly oblige us by having a little , forbearance, and being less urgent until the assizes are over. " MuNco" is a bold man, but we cannot think of exposidg him to the myriad of wasps which would instantly assail him. Zbe Eiberpool TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 25, 1835. We have New York papers to the 2d instant. They possess- more than ordinary interest, for the whole re public is one scene of contention, Outrage, and blood shed. At a place called Jackson, in the state of Missis sippi, two white men and seven negroes have been ex- ecuted, as the papers state, " without law or gospel, judge or jury," and two preachers and ten negroes were to be hanged the next day. It appears that no form of trial was instituted ; the unfortunate wretches were sus- pected of " meditating an insurrection," and they were murdered in the face of day. From this we may infer that liberty in America is the right which the citizen has to hang his servant or slave with impunity. What a fine land this would . be for the ISAAC TOMPKINS, the _ JOSEPH HUMES, the PETER JACKSONS, the ROEBUCKS, and the WAKLEYS. But we have a still more astounding catastrophe to re late, which if it were not given in minute detail by the most respectable of the American journals, we should hesitate to believe. At the town of Wicksburg, also in , Mississipi, several persons had taken up .their residence, who, it would seem, were gamblers, men whom in this country we meet at fairs, who keep faro tables, as they •are called, and lead rather'a disreputable life. One of these men, by name CABLER, who had been insulted by. some drtinken citizen soldier on • the Jidy anniversary, threatened to be revenged, and it is alleged that he was found walking the, streets armed with a dagger. The valiant citizen who had insulted him made this alleged threat a public question, called out his heroes with their pikes and muskets, and marched against the unkrtunate and denounced CABLER. Having apprehended him, they deal• with hiM as follows, which is delectable treatment in u free country. We quote the • New York paper : "To liberate him, would hare been to devote several of the most respectable members of the company to , his vengeance, and to proceed against him at law would have been mere mockery, inas much as, not having had the opportunity of consummating his design, no adequate punishment could have been inflicted on him. Consequently it was determined to take him into the• woods and Lynch him ; -which is a mode of punisbment pro vided foi such as become obnoxious in a manner which the law cannot reach. He was immediately carried out under a guard, attended by a crowd of respectable citizens—tied to a tree, punish ed with stripes—tarred and feathered, and ordered to leave the-, city in forty-eight hours." The cowardly ruffians, who are called " respectable citizens," having thus wreaked their merciless vengeance On a single man, next proceeded to hold a council of war. They assembled in the court-house at night—the night. of the day on which they had committed the above horrible outrage, and they passed three resolutions, the most im portant of which' was, that all gamblers and persons " permitting faro dealing i❑ their• houses" be ordered to leave Vicksburg within twenty-four hours. This or-. der, it is said, was obeyed by a considerable number, which goes far to prove that the term " gambler" is assumed, in order to cover and excuse the monstrous anti infamous acts of the " respectable citizens." A man , of the name of NORTH, however, and four or five associates; refused to 'obey the order. They shut them- . selves up in a house and deterniined todefewithernielves• The result is thus given : "On the morning of the 6th, the military corps, followed by a file of several huudred - citizens, marched to each suspected house, and, sending in an examining committee, dragged oat every faro table and other gambling apparatus that could be found. At length they approached a houie which was occupied by one of the most profligate of the gang, whose name was NOrth,rindinWllivh it was understood that a garrison of armed men had been stationed. All hoped that these-wretches would be iotitnidated by the numbers of their assailauti , , and surrender themselves at discretion, rather than attempt a desperate de fence. .The house being surrounded, the back door was burst open, when four or five shuts were firfd from the interior, o ne of which instanly killed Dr. Hugh 8., Lindley, a citizen univer sally beloved and respected. The interior was so dark that the .villains could not be seen; but several of the - citizens, guided by the flash of theirguns, returned their fire. 'A yell from one of the party announced that one of these shots had been effectual; .and by this time a crowd of citizens, their indignation over coining all other feelings, burst open every door of the building, and dragged into the light those wbo had not been wounded. North, the ringleader, who had contrived this desperate pint, could not be found in the building, but was apprehended by a citizen while attempting, in company with another, to make.his escape, at a place not far distant. with the rest of the prisoners, were then conducted in silence to the staffidd. One cf them, not having been in the building before it was attacked , nor appearing to be concerned with the rest, except that he was the brother of one of them, was liberated. The remaining nunt bei• of five, among whom was the individual who had been shot, but who still lived, WERE IMMEDIATELY EXECUTED IN PRESENCE OF THE ASSEMBLED MULTITUDE. All sympathy for the wretches was completely• merged in di testation and horror of their crime. The "vvhole procession then returned to the city, collected all the faro tables into a pile, and burnt them. . "The names of the individuals who perished were as follow' —North, Hallums, Dutch Bill, Smith, and I\l l Cad. Their bo dies were cut down on the morning after the execution, AND BURIED IN A DITCH." . This is liberty in America! These men had commit ted no offence against the laws of the republic. They may have been gamblersthey may have been black legs—they may have been swindlers--but they were elv titled to the protection of the lass as muclr as any "re spectable citizen" in the United States. Gambling is a vice we admit, and these who 'lice by it are generally profligates and blackguards; but the man who keeps a faro table is surely, in a moral point of view, as honour able and respectable RS -the-citizen who sells his own children, as tie resident who puts up his coloured w e FEE tin be