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Emprrial Parliament. OUSE, OF LORDS, MONDAY. Petitions in favour of the established church of Scotland were present6d from a parish in Stirlingshire, by the Earl of Shaftes bury; from a parish in Dumfries, by the Earl of . Rosebery ; and from Diindonnald, Ayrshire, by the Duke of Richmond. Lord WIIARNCLIFFE presented petitions from Halifax and other places in Yorkshire, for an alteration of the factory bill The Duke of 'WELLINGTON laid on the table copies or ex tracts of correspondence between Sir H. Hardiuge and the .board of education in Ireland. STAMP DUTY ON NEWSPAPERS. Lord BROUGHAM, onWesenling — a — Petitionon this subject, referred to the comments which had been made on his determi nation not to be held accountable for the matter contained in any petition he might present to the house, and said that as the one he was now about to present was of a different character, he had no hesitation in saying that .be entirely concurred in its prayer, and in, the reasoning which it embodied. It was signed by a great number of persons, and among them by Mr. Grote, one of the members for the city of London: The petition prayed for the remission of the, stamp duty on newspapers.. Of those publications he never would, and he never had, said anything disrespectful or disparaging. They were most useful publica tions for persons who wished to inform themselves as to what was passing in parliament, the proceedings that daily took place in courts of ,justice, or who were anxious to become acquainted with the political events of the day. Publications of such a de scription ought, therefore, to be given to the public at the cheap est possible rate. Upon this point he could cite a very high and a very.grave authority. Archdeacon Paley had laid it down that One or the asst useful ways in which a man could spend his money was in purchasing articles of this description, which arnased his mind and improved his understanding. Neverthe less, the great bulk of the people were prevented from enjoying that advantage • because 7d., the price of a daily paper, was so high a charge that a poor man, or indeed a man not in compa ratively easy circumstances, could not afford it. The conse quence of this was, that the amusement, instruction, and infor mation contained iu the newspapers were confined to a compa ratively small class of the community. The noble and learned lord then proceeded to make a lon g comparative statement of the number of newspapera published in. 1 ranee ' America, the channel islands, and other British sett lenients.where newspapers Were not taxed, to prove the necessity for the removal of this tax. The increased consumption of paper, and the charge for pustages oatiewspapers, would, he contended, inure than coun terbalance any defalcation in the revenue, while . the people would derive all the advantages to be hoped for from the diffu alvin Of cheap knowledge. The.petition was laid upon the table, actd the house. adjourned. . . HOUSE CONLNIONS,;war' . 4;ft ':' The Speaker took the hair at half-toast threo,,o!4oek. The lion. C. Law; Recorder of London; Mr.N;angles, and . 4 .2tlr.,Nicholl, took their oathiand their seats. oaf Several petitions wero • presented on: a variety of subjects t , Among them, _ _ • 1.,;Colonel VKRNCR presented one from the grand orange lodge of Ireland, on the part of the loyal orange'societiei of that coun try, and it prayed the house not to take fur granted the charges that had been made against that loyal body of men, but to ap point a select committee to make the fullest inquiry, and to exa mine, witnesses as to the origin, progress, and tendency of the institution, known by the name of the " Loyal Orange Institu tion.of Ireland," and to appoint such other means of inquiry as the •house might be pleased to direct. The petitioners also prayed that the inquiry might be extended into the circum stances that had rendered necessary the formation of such an association of the pruiestants of Ireland, as theyfelt - Cotivinced that in that case it would be shown that they had been obliged to adopt such a course for their oWn protection, and the support of Bi lush authority in Ireland. Mr. BAhirro.presented a report respecting the importation! of corn, flour, &c., from the Isles of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man. Ordered to be printed. CARLOW COUNTY ELECTION. On the motion of Mr. SPRING RICE, the deputy-clerk of the Crown and Hanaper in Ireland was called to the bar of the house. This gentleman was examined respecting an irregu larity in the receipt of a petition complaining of an undue return for the.county, an d in the course of it satisfied the house that he had not wilfully neglected his duty. The petition against the return was then received. ENNIS BOROUGH ELECTIoN. Mr. H. MAxwma. moved that the prayer of Mr. Baker's petition, that the time for justifying the recognizances with respect to the Ennis borough , clection petition might be enlarg ed, be acceded to. It appeared from a statement read by the hon. member, that the motion was rendered necessary in COnse quence of the resideuice of one of the sureties (Mr. Maclean) having been misdescribed. The individual' in question had stated that he lived at No. G, instead of No. 5, Cursitor-street. Mr. O'CONNELL opposed the motion. He said that it was rather a remarkable circumstance that the election petition related to the borough of Ennis, in the county of Clare, and the proposed surety, who had misdeseribed his residence, lived in Cursitor-street, London. Even if the misdescription were unintentional and not wilful, he still thought that the sitting member ought not tosuffer on account of an error committed by the parties opposed to him. Along. discussion ensued, which ended in granting the in dulgence prayed for. PENSION LIST. Mr. D. W. HARVEY stated, in answer to a question put by Mr. Clay, that it was his intention to proceed with the notices he bad Kiven of bringing forward the subject of the pension list on the 7th of May, and of moving a call of the house fur that day. BREACH OF PRIVILEGE. Mr. ROEBUCK called the attention of the house to the cor respondence between Sir Robert Peel and Joseph Home, Esq., the member for Middlesex. ho right hon. baronet had chosen to call his hon. friend (Mr. Hume) to account for cer tain words used in that house, which, in a minister of the crown, he contended was a breach of privilege. It was high time to put a stop to such proceedings. The hon. member's speech created a great deal of merriment, and he is reported to have eat down without having made his motion, amidst the general laughter of the house. The SPILA K ElL—What does the hon. and learned gentleman move? (Laughter.) - Mr. Ilosoccx.—l move thatit ira breach of privilege for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to call out another hon. member of this house (so we,understood.the hon. and learned member, but the laughter which prevailed id' the house prevented us distinctly hearing him.) The SPEAKgR.—That question is nut before the house. Mr. ROEBIJCK.—If that won't do, (a laugh,) I will read the right hon. baronet's letter, which he will not deny. Though couched in extremely courteous phrase, the intention of it was notoriously 'obvious. Mr. Roebuck then read the letter of Sir Robert Peel, and sail if the letter wore not disavowed he should move that it be read by the clerk of the house and declared a breach of privilege. (A laugh.) Atter a few words from Mr. Spring Rice, Sir Robert Peel, Lord John Russell, and Mr. 'l'. Attwood, Mr. Roebuck withdrew his motion. IRISH TITHES. Lord J. RUsSELI, begged to put a question to the right lion. baronet as to the coursjhe meant to follow in bringing up the report on the re so l u ti on w hi c h h a d b een agree d t o the other night, on the subject of tithes in Ireland. He believed there was no disposition to throw any impediment in the way of the introduction of the bill; but, at the seine time, there were some hon. members on that side of the house who might wish to aecompanv their vote in that respect with some explanations, in order to let it be understood that they were not pledged by that resolution to thedetails of the measure when it might be introduced. As the report could not be brought up-early to, night, he hoped sonic other evening would be set apart for its reception. Ile also took that opportunity of stating, that his wish was to bring fo. ward the whole question of the .approptia lieu of Irish church property on Monday next, according to the notice which, ho had given- and it was also his intenti o n t o enforce :9n that occasion the call of the house. He hoped that the right hon. baronet would;nut object, for the Convenience of all parties, to its being brought forward as a substantive motion: , Sir lt. PEEL was very sorry to observe that the practice was increasing every week to take the. supply days for motions. The time of tee house was absorbed with discussions, leaving no day for the transaction of the public business. Still he was very much indisposed to take anrcourse which might he against the general feeling of the house. (Hear, hear.) As far as the day was concerned on which the motion was to be brought for ward; the noble lord having given notice of it very early in the session, and as he might insist on his right, an extreme right, which on public considerations might be productive of incon venience, and especially as in consequence of the order-for the call of the }Muse many hon. members must have made their arrangements to meet it, he (Sir It. Peel) would oppose no obstacle to its being brought forward on Monday. Witt, respect, however, to the mo d e o f b r i ng i ng i t on, h e - should certainly reserve to himself any advantage which he possessed. But if there was tin understanding on the part of the house that the bill founded on the. resolution should not he read a second time till the question of appropriation was disposed of, could there be any objection, Out being committed by the resolution, to permit the bill now to be introduced ? The bill was of the utmost importance. Under preseat circumstances it was the law of the land that the clergy sheathd repay the instalments of the £1,ci119,000, and it was the duty of government to enforce' the demand in conformity with the law. But the clergy re plied, "'Although you have, a claim on me, I have a claim on another party—the occupying tenant—founded in law; enable sue to enforce my claims and recover my r i g ht s , an d th en I will . repay you." y Now, it was a very inconvenient thing fur government to take upon itself a discretionary• power, and discharge those payments which they were called on by the law to enforce. ile.therefure, hoped the house woehl ootg interpose anyeolistacle in the way of the introduction 'of 05111; the' most convenient course would be to permit the resolution to be brotight up now, and the bill, so far as it could be founded on it, to be introduced, on the understanding that they should not proceed to the second reading, when discussions ou its principle would take place, till after Monday next. (Hear, hear.) Lord .1. Itesseee had no objection to that course. Many • gentlemen, however, could Dot consent to the report without expressing their opinions with regaid to it. But he hail no wish to prevent the bill from being brought in. He thought than an hour might perhaps be all 'that would he requited for the dis cussion, if it were taken now. The report was then brought up and read by the clerk. Mr. Munr o objected to dealing with the question till the prin ciple of appropriation hail been deliberately and finally decided. Ile protested a ga i nst b eing at all comprom i se d b y th e language of the resolution. in answer to a tpiestion put by Mr. Gishorne, Sir R. Pear. observed, that the bill would be necessarily ex tremely defective if he was not allowed to introduce the clause (relative to the remission of the instalments due on the grant of 1:1,000,090, and the application of the remainder towards the arrears of last year. He hoped the house would suffer that -part of the measure also to be introduced, after notice to that effect, perhaps on Wednesday or Friday, without pledging them to any precise opinion on its merits, and on the understanding that they should not proceed to the second reading till after Monday. A long-and stormy debate ensued, in which several members indulged personal invectives to a greater degree than is usual in the House of CoMmoni, fir with a n y other deliberative body. In the course of it Mr. BARON said that there was but one way possible of ac counting for their (the niii,isters) having thus abandoned every principle, and that was their base desire of holding office—their sordid anxiety for lucre. Mr. Sn A iv was not aware of any elevation which had attended his removal from the opposite side of the house, nor of desert ing any principle which he had formerly professed. The fact was, the hon. gentleman (Mr. Baron) did not seem to know anything at all about the measure on which he had been speak ing so energetically. Sir 11. hl4 R Duque thought that the members of government would not be justified in being silent under the imputation of the hon. member (Mr. Baron), although it might he supposed they could wed suffer to pass unnoticed ecculations preterred against them in such a strain of vulgar insolence (" Older," " Chair! chair-!") Mr. BARRON said that if the gallant officer alluded to him he treated Isis observations with the utmost contempt. (" Order, order!") He threw them back in his teeth. (Loud calls for order.) Lord J. Russir.r..iose to order, and in a very weak voice addressed the house. He said that the hon. member (Mr. Bar ron) had alluded:billy:to the political conduct of the right lion. gentlemen opposite, and could not have intended to offer them any personal offence. He suggested that the hon. gentleman should explain., Sir H. lIARDINGE again rose amilst cries of " Spoke," " Order " &c. He said that he was a lways ready . to explain, but surely when honourable men were accused of having brought forward a measure from a base love of holding office, and of having for a base love of lucre abandoned every . principle they had professed on. other occasions, that coarse invective pre sented him in so unworthy a position—a position so unworthy of his station in the country, in that house, andin society—that he felt it necessary.to come forward and declare that the charge was utterly unfounded. (Loud cheers and cries of "Order.") He felt it necessary to repeat the words he had used before, that it was utterly unfounded and untrue. (Continued cheering and noise.) He might have used with, great truth much stronger words than unfounded and untrue. (Cheers.) Lie might have done so, but hmtlid not. When, however, the 'hon. member pre sumed to attribute to him base motives, it was incumbent on trim to repel that attack with contempt au.d indignatia. (Loud cheers and noise, and calls of " Chair.") Mr. BARIION.—I have only to say that I believe in my Con science that what I said is perfectly true. (Great uproar.) The SPEAKER said, that feeling the freedom of debate was best to be preserved by attention to the orders of the house, and knowing that the freedom of debate was never in greater dan ger than when hon. members permitted themselves to use such language as they had heard that night, when they used expres sions which they might have reason afterwards to repent, he felt it at length necessary to interpose. From the course which the discussion had taken he regretted, hetook.blame to himself, for not having interfered sooner, and called the hon. member to order at the moment, for using expressions that• a gentleman ought notto have used. (Hear, hear.) But he was-fearful of giving more importance to the matter by interfering than it perhaps deserved. He saw, however, from the consequences which had resulted, that he had been in error, and now felt bound in justice to come forward and say, that any member who said that any man acted basely, or from base motives, used an expression which he ought nut to have used, and that hon. member should recollect that in doing so he offended not only against , the individual member whom he so improperly assailed, but also committed a grave offence against the house. (Hear, hear.) And now he had to tell that hon. member, that having so of lie most feel it necessary to retract the offensive expressions he lied used, and to make an ample apology. .at the same time. (Rear, hear.) Mr. BARRON said•he.would apologise to thethense. He had not spoken of any individual; but if any individual had choseit to take what he said to himself, he had no apology to offer. ("Hear, hear," and " Oh, oh !") Au hon.. member appealed to the chair as teethe propriety of having this scene at once brought a close. The SPEAK Eat i nformed • the hon. memberAhat he must re tract the offensive-expressions he had used. (Cheers.) ' Mr. BARRON said, - that- conceiving that thrOmnour of every member was best placed in the hands of the Speaker, he would, underhis directions, retract the expleAsions he had used, and apologise for having used them' (Hear, hear.) Sir HENRY HA ermine; satisfied with the explanation of the hon. gentleman, expressed his regret for the warmth of his ex pressions towards the hon. member. • Colonel EVANS said that, divesting what had been said by the hon. member (Mr. Barron) of-all personality, he entirely con curred in the opinion of the present government which was en tertained by that bon. member. - The speech of the hon. mem ber was interrupted by an appeal to the Speaker, who put it to the good sense of the house whether they ought not to return to the question. Sir lioaeur PEEL deprecated the course which the debate had taken, and defended. himself and colleagues from the charges of inconsistency brought against them in a speech of great temper and judgment. At the close of the debate, the report was ordered to be re ceived, but the day fixed for its consideration, Ewing to the noise in the house, appears not to have been heard in the re porter's gallery. ORANGE LODGES IN IRELAND. On the motion that the order of the day for the house resole - ing itself into a committee of supply be read, 111 r. FINN moved;as an amendment" Theta select committee be appointed to inquire into the nature, character, extent, and tendency of ()Tanga lodges, associations, or societies in Ireland, and to report their opinion thereupon Witte house."—Agreed to. PUBLIC BUSINESS. Sir R. PEEL said, that as it was too late to proceed with the army estimates that night, they would be proposed next Friday, on which occasion he hoped that no gentleman would propose another motion on the question of going into a cointntaee of supply. (Hear, hear.) •i Mr. llumE said he would upon that occasion move that the army and ordnance-estimates should be' referred to ,a committee upstairs, with the view of carrying into effect - what was con templated by tho late governinent,—namely, the union of the two services. . . Sir IL PEEL.--Does the hon. membet really mean to do that upon the question of going into & comtnittee of supyly ? Mr. UUME.—Yes. COMMISSIONER TO CANADA. Mr. litnuE asked whether the rumour he had heard, that Viscount Canterbury had declined to proceed to Canada, was correct ? vv Sir lt. PEEL said, that owing to the serious indispositidu of part of the noblo lord's family, he might piobably decline pio ceediug on the mission to which he had been appointed, but his lordship would not decline on any public grounds. The house then, on the motion of Mr. Brotherton, adjourned at one o'clock. • HOUSE OF LORDS, TUESDAY. • Lord KENYON presented a , petition from Blackburn, against the Factory bill. • • The Earl of RADNOR moved for additional returns relative to oaths taken in the University of Oxford. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM said that affidavits had been put into his hands contradicting positively seine of the statements made by the noble and learned lord opposite on a former even ing, relative to the union of Stoke Poges. No doubt; however, the noble and learned lord had spoken from information that had been furnished to him. Those affidavits could not, of course, be produced iu that house. He, therefore, had advised the parties to draw up a petition with reference to what had -tic tmed between them and the poor law commissioners, in which they would be enabled to embody their affidavits, which might in that manner be laid before 'their lordships. - Lord BuouciiAsi said, the course pointed out by the noble duke was the best that could be put sued. The noble duke cer tainly was not answerable for the statements contained in the petition which he had formerly presented, and he had never thought that the noble duke was. On this subject.he had re ceived letters from a reverend friend of his, stating a number of particulars, and requesting him to iu'quire into them. He did make such an inquiry, and the result was, that it fully con firmed the previous statements which he had received; so much so, that he believed he Might almost Make himself responsible foi them, but he would not do so just yet. It had been stated that the expense of maintaining the poor at Stoke Poges was 4s. lid. each per week. This, however, bad been contradicted, and it was asserted that it was only 2s. lld. Now,, he had had recourse to original documentS, and he found that the first statement was correct. He had asked his informant on what he had founded his calculation, and that individual gave him the return from the parish, which made the sum 45 . . lid. This circumstance certainty gave him confidence, iu the•accuracy of the information he I?ad received. PRISON DISCIPLINR. The Duke of IttenmoNo moved for a select committee to take into consideration the system of prison discipline in the different prisons of England and Wales. After a coversation of some length between Lord Wharneliffe, Lord Brougham, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Duke of Buckingham, the Mar quis of Lansdowne, and the Duke of Wellington, the motion was agreed to. LOWER CANADA. The Earl of ABERDEEN presented a . petition from 11,000 in habitants of Montreal and its vitinity, of whom 10,000 Were the children of Biitish parents or' of - British settler. They stated that they were highly sensible of the benefitrol r 'the con nexion between this country and Canada, and that they were. particularly grateful for the constitution granted to th e - p rov i nce by his late majesty, which they were determined" to preserve. They declared that they viewed with alarm certain resolutions which had been passed by the House of Assembly, and they expressed their disapprobation of the dissemination . of the disloyal principles which had been promulgated to bring the country into contempt.• They also expresso' their apprehen sion that the projects entertained; by some persons would lead to the establishment' of a pure democracy, and the dismember= ment of the provinces. They disavow on their parts any par ticipation in such projects, and hope that if the British legisla ture should think it necessary to interfere in tho internal attairs of the province, only such mOdificatious may be effected in the provincial constitution as may be indispensably requisite, in order to afford permanent relief to the financial embarrassments of the executive, to maintain the existing connexion between, the mother country and the col o ni es, and to preserve in their proper places and liMits the rightii and privileges of all , classes of his majesty's subjects iu the province. The petition was ordered to lie on the - table, and the hous e adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS - 7 ,TuisnAY. Two committees were . balkated . : for to try the merits of the election returns. fur WindSor and Canterbury. Some petitions were then presented. to the house, and Mr. Harvey moved fOr a voluminous return of the manner in which the 1.3,000,000 voted to the Irish clergy had j been appro priated ; and the number of tithe defaulters, classifying the amounts. ' . Sir•-1. HARDINGE said the return was impracticable. How could the names of snore than 400,0t10 tithe defaulters be made Mr. HARVEY agic'eing to leave out tho objectionable part of the motion, the return was ordered. BREACH OF ,PRIVILEGE. Sir EDWARD CoDRINGToN wished to direct the attention of the house to a. question -of priyitcge. The gallant admiral then proceeded to complain. of a• . misstatement of -what. he had said in the house. on Friday last, respecting intimidation at his election for Devouport, by the Morning Post. Having made his statement, Sir - Edward read the following paragraph from the Morning Post :—" We assert, in reply to this, and shall abundantly prove, that our report of Sir ErCodrington's speech is substantially correct, and that this gentleman, in impeaching its correctness, has had recourse to direct and wilful falsehood, or to an equivocation so mean, dirty, and pitiful, that iu com parison with it, even direct and wilful falsehood becomes a respectable and manly vice." (Laughter.) [i.e was not much afraid of the effect which this charge, made by a writer in the Morn;ng Post, would have on his character, but. as he before said, he felt. it necessary to mention the matter in the house in order to protect himself from having such language again applied to him, under the idea that he was afraid to notice it publicly. He did not mean to make any motion on the. subject, but should leave,* entirely in the hands of the house. Lord CLEMENTS said, as the question of privilege was before the house, he would mention a matter personally affecting him ' self. llhe noble lord then proceeded to explain a misstatement iu the Morning Chronicle of what he had said on the previous night, on the subject of orang,eism in Ireland. Mr. H. GRATTAN begged permission to call the attention of the house to a misrepresentation of what he had said also on the same night and on the same subject, which had appeared in the Morning Herald of that clay. He denied having used the words attributed to him. Lord Jonx.llqsstu., having read the paragraph. complained of by Sir Edward. Codrington, and made some comments on the case, gave notice that he would bring, this case under the consi deration of the house to-morrow (yesterday). DUBLIN ELECTION. Sir JOHN CAMPBELL said that he had received a petition, signed by several thousand electors of the city of Dublin, im peaching the,sufficienoy of the sureties of the petitioners against the return. The hon. and learned member was not certain whether the petition could in point of order be received. Mr. W. WYNN said that the house had now no jurisdiction in the matter. . ..... Dr. LEFUOY conld i bear testimony, of his own knowledge, to the perfect solvency of the sureties, whose mere word would be taken fur twenty times the amount. One of tnem was the Lord. Alavor of Dublin. Petition withdrawn. CORPORATION INQUIRY. In answer to a question from an hon. member, Mr. GOUT BL RN said that he hid received the report of the commissioners of corporation in, niry,, but as it had been put. into hauds tints' - _en minutes before he came down to - the house, he had not had time to look into it. Mr. F O'CoNNOR wished to ask a question of the right hon. secretary for Ireland. He had been informed that the police were every night employed in servingArotiees for tithes. in the county of Cork, and, as it was stated, under the directiOn of his majesty's ministers. He was anxious to. know whether they had any authority for such proceedings from the Irisa'govern ment ? Sir H. HaautNuE, in reply, said, that from what he knew, and from what the hon. member knew, of the character of the noble person at the head of the government in Ireland, he had every confidence when he stated that he did not think the state meat made by the hon. member's informant was to be relied on. TITHES (ENGLAND) commuTATtos. On the motion of , Sir It. PEEL, that part of the King's spieeh which ielabed.to the.question of tithes having been read at the table by the clerk, the }ionic went into committee, Mr. Bernal in the chair. ,§fr ItOREET PEEL then proceeded to address the house in a slieeehi of whi c h, from its great. leogth, we are unable to give even an outline. We therefore extract from the Timers the fol lowing summary of the intended measure of the right hon. ba ronet. The house having resolved itself into a committee to take into consideration that part of the speech from the Throne whice relates to tithes in England, Sir R. Peel developed the provisions of the measure he is about to introduce on that sub ject. After dwelling on the vast importance of the subject, and upon the multitude and weight of the interests involved in it. the right boo. gentleman proceeded to dissect with a curiously searching hand the tithe measures of Lord Althorp, laying bare all their deformities and malformations, and demonstrating from their organic defects Low happy an escape the country had in never becoming subjected to the infliction of such short lived monstrosities. The agricultural committee put a stop to Lord „et..horp's measure of 183.3, and the remonstrances of all parties interested in tithes induced his lordship to abandon his revised but terribly complicated edition of Mb Before enter ing into the explanation of his own plan, Sir It. Peel observed, that this, if any question, must be wholly unmixed with party or political consideratietr; and be called upon any member who thought Lord Althorp's bills, better than that which he was about to int ro duce, t o revive - e i t he r of Lord Althorp's measures, and take the sense of the house upon them after fair discussion. The right hon, baronet then stated, that all projects, fora com pulsory. commutation of tithes had failed, and that after the best consideration he had been able to give to the matter he had conic to the conclusion that, however possible the redemption of tithe might be ultiinately, the house Must, necessarily coil fine their first step to err/weary commutation. This would give them a locus standi : commutation of titlee must be, effected be fore redemption, and the real practical question at present was hew that 'ceinmutation•coild be best effected: The principle of his measure would be to give the greatest possible encaurage meat to volti4tary commutation. Ile shnived froic returns up 9n:the table that voluntary ciiminutatiens had already taken • place by means of private acts of parliament in uo less than two thousand parishes. In many eases the expenses of it- private act for this purpose had cost :"L a looo,. and when it was considered how much labour and pains, besides money, must have been expended in such cases, he thought it only a fair presumption, that if such difficulties were removed, the house might calcu late upon the number of voluntary commutations being vastly increased. He proposed, therefore, that a commission of three persons should he appointed to sit in London—Lao to be named by the crown, and the third by the Archbishop of Canterbury. 'I hese. 'commissioners would have the power of appointing as sistant-commissioners. The tithe owners iu every parish would be incited to meet and discuss the question of commuta tion, and they Would be furnished with the assistance of au assistant commissioner, in order to advise them in reference to points of law, &c., and to facilitate an amicable agreement for commutation. The commissioner would, in tact, act at such meetings .as unticus curia. If at any such meeting the tithe owner, two-thirds in valet, of the land-owners, and the patron of the living come to an agreement, the terms of the agreement must be reduced to writing, signed by all parties, and then transmitted to the commissioners in London. The consent of the bishop of the diocese is in no case to be required, and it is to obviate the necessity of such consent that one of the. com missioners is to be appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, in order that the rights of the church may not be prejudiced. Such agreements, when confirmed by the coininissioners, are to be considered binding on the parties. The commutation is to lye a corn rent the assessment of it is to be apportioned by an assistant-commissioner on all the titheable lands, mid an appeal frogs the decision of the assistant-commissioner may be 'marle•try the quarter sessions •bv any party dissatisfied with his apportionnient. The commutatimi rent may be re covered by action or by distress, or, if below a certain amount, by summary proceeding before two magistrates. Where lands are on lease at the time of the commutation first taking place, the tenant may pay.the commutation rent, and then deduct the amount from the rent payable by him to the landlord. The amount of the commutation rent is to be determined, not by the price of wheat only, but by the average price of all kinds of corn—viz., wheat, barley, and oats; and it is to be subject to periodical revisions and readjustments, if the tithe-owners, and two-thirds of the land-owners, desire, at the end of every seven years.. It is not necessary that parties wishing to enter into agreements for commutation should have the presence of an assistant-commissioner; they may meet and make their own terms among themselves if they please; but agreements made, whether with or without the intervention of an assistant-com missioner, must be confirmed by the commissioners in London before they are binding; and every parish will be invited to meet, anti be offered the assistance of a commissioner conver sant with the subject, to advise and direct them. This course will be pursued, because what is everybody's business is no body's, and without having their attention directed to the sub ject, none of the parties concerned may, in some parishes, think proper to move in the business. In the case of acknowledged moduses or exemptions, these may be specified in the agree ment, and disputed points of that kind may be referred to the commissioners. If the parties please, these points may be sent fur trial to a jury, The operation of the bill is to be limited to five years. Sir Itobert concluded his speech by moving the .following resolutian:—‘-‘That is expedient to give facilities for the commutation of tithe in the several parishes of England and Wales, and for a payment in money in substitution thereof, to be s applotted on the titheable lands in each parish; such pay ment to be subject to variation at stated periods, according to the pricet(Of corn, or fur the allotment of land. in lieu of tithe in parishes wherein the parties concerned may consent to such allotment?' • • In answer to a queition by Mr. E. J. Stanley, Sir R. PEEL, stated, in reference to the constitution of the commission, that the Archbishop of Canterbury should have the appointment of one member, and the other two commis sioners should be nominated by the CrOwn. It was not neces sary that the memberS should be clergymen. Mr. GisuoitNiu wished to know whether the decision of the commissioners as to moduses should in all cases be conclusive, or whether, when parties wished, there might not be 4u appeal to another court ? Sir R. PEEL said that the question of moduses had been very much narrowed by the late Lord Tenterden's act. His (Sir R. Peel's) desire would be to leave the matter always to the con sent of parties. If they wished to avoid expense, he would encourage them to be guided by the judgment of the commis sion ; but if they insisted on a trial by jury, there would be no objection. • The remainder of the debate consisted almost entirely of questions as to the manner in which several parts of the mea sure were intended to operate. The answers of the right hon. baronet appeared to give general satisfaction. The resolution was agreed to. RELIEF I)F THE POOR IN IRELAND. Sir R. MusnaAyE, pursuant to his notice, rose to move for leave to bring in a bill fur the relief of the poor in Ireland in certain cases. It was not his intention to press the second read ing of this bill, supposing he got leave to bring it in, until after the evidence collected by the Irish poor law commissioners was laid upon the table; and even then, if government would intro duce a measure of its own, und.would take into its considera tion the state of the poor in Ireland,' he'would yield up his plan and give ; his assent to its measure. His object was to obtain relief hit - the poor of Ireland, and he cared not by what party it4tii . .afforded, so long as it was afforded. Nothing would haye'incliiced him to take up this subject but his strong convic tion of the necessity of affording„ them some mode of relief. It was stated in the evidence of the first medical authorities in Limerick and Tipperary, that more than a fourth of the labour ing clasSes in that part of Ireland were carried off by diseases superinduced by want. That was a sufficient ground for legi slating on this subject, nod instead of being premature, a bill. to relieve his poorer countrymen from such complicated misery. ought to have been introduced long since. The bill had.beeu drawn up with great care by an English barrister, and had been submitted to the members of the late government, and many - of their suggestions had been adopted. The object of the bill was to enable parishes in Ireland, by voluntary assessment, to grant relief to the•poor in certain cases, and to give encouragement to mendicity societies. Committees would be appointed in parishes, 'consisting of the highest rate-payers and those who contribute most largely to charitable societies in the parishes. The Conifnittee thus formed would have power to form suh-com- , mittees, and to divide the parish into sections; one member of the committee to have the superintendence of a section. This was the plan adopted when the cholera raged in Ireland, and a similar plan had been greatly approved of by Dr. Chalmers in his evidence before a committee of the House of Lords in 1830. One clause of the bill would citable grand juries to levy sums upon towns or counties for the relief of the pour in cases of extreme though temporary distress, which unfortunately were ; of frequent recurrence in Ireland. This was necessary, for though on such occasions many persons contributed to the relief of.the poor, there were others who gave nothing. The question wits one of considerable importance to the people of England,- who were deeply interested in having seine provision mad for the Irish poor, as the effects of their destitliteslin'dition reacted greatly ou the condition Of the labouring per to England. - He' then moved for leave to bring in a° bill to authorize the relief of the poor in certain cases iu Ireland." Mr. S. O'BitIEN, in seconding the motion, expressed a hope that, before long, the right hon. gentleman ( Mr. Goulburn) would be able to lay the report of the Irish poor law commis sioners before the house. Mr. Got) LawiN said that he would not oppose the motion for the introduction of the. bill, as the hon. member would not press its second reading until the evidence of the Irish poor law . commissioners was before the house. At the same time he must say he had strong objections to the principle of the bill, but he would not offer any obstacle to the motion or discuss the question it involved at present. As to the observation of the lion, member (Mr. S. O'Brien), he hoped that he should be able to lay the report of the Irish pour law commissioners on the table in a, short time. Leave Was then given • to bring in the bill. Mr. itoll(ilis moved, pursuant to notice, that the petition of certain electors and others of the borough of Chatham, pi e sented• on the 19th instant, be referred to a select committee. Sir I:ow Ann KNAT,CHBULL opposed the motion on the ground that if such a petition as •this were referred to a com mittee, there would be no end to the practice of bringing slight and trivial matters before the house. The motion was carried by a majority of 31. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. TIMBEit DC On the motion of Mr. Baring, the house went into committee. The right hon. gentleman then moved, "that timber the 1110- . duce of Europe should be subject to the same duty whether im ported from hurope or elsewhere." After 4 short discussion the resolution was agreed to. . SINECURES AND COMPENSATIONS. Mr. - F. BA RING moved the re-apporntinent of the committee on sinecures. He observed that the labours of that committee hail been satisfactory to the.public. They had not had time to eater upon the subject of compensations, which revived regu lation. There was a want of syst6W upon that rubject and an ii regularity which were productive of much inconvenience. It was necessary that parliament should lay down some rules upon this . point for the satisfaction of the public. He knew it was the intention of the bite government to act on the recom mendations of the committee, and he wished to know whether the present government had the same intention. Sir H. REEL said that he had seen the minute of the late board of the treasury . on the subject of sinecures, and he had no hesitation iu saying that it should be carried into effect. (Hear.) • The question was then put and carried, and the ccrarnittee . appointed. Mr. EWA RT then moved that the house adjourn. Mr. liol.ra lose, amidst loud cries of " Adjoutn" from the opposition,. .to -movethe recommitment of the-•illegal securities Lill. Sir R. PEEL thought, that as no opposition was intended to the proposed bill, it would not be fair to insist oa the adjourp ment of the house. (Hear.) The bill was then recommitted. The other orders of the nay having been disposed of, the house adjourned at one o'clock. .HOUSE OF LOltDS ' WEDNESDAY. The Earl of Sh a f tes b ur y pres id e d in the absence of the Lord Chancellor. The nuble earl presented the report of the committee on the Chaueery Court (Ireland) Bill. Several returns were presented from public offices. The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, WEDNESDAY. The Speaker took the chair at half-past three o'clock. Lord SA N Do . NI reported from the committee appointed to try the merits of the Droitwich Election Petition, titat the sitting member, J. Barueby, Esq., was duly elected, and that the pe tition against his return was nut frivolous or vexatious, and that the Committee had amended the poll by striking off five bad Votes. CHELSEA WATER-WORKS BILL. On the motion of lead a second time and ordered to be committed. 'IiCCLRSIASTICAL COURTS BILL. Colonel Sibthorp, Mr. M. F. Berkeley, Mr. A. TrevOr, and Mr. Wilkes, presented petitions apinst this bill. • SPIRIT LICENCES. Petitions praying for a repeal of the increased duties on spirit licences, were presented by Mr. A. Lawson, Mr. Gas tell, and Mr. Hall Dare. Several other petitions were also presented, but none of them were of any general interest. BREACH OF PRIVILEGE, Upon Lord John Russell rising to propose his motion upon this subject, Sir EnwanD CODRINGTON instantly rose, and begged to say, that in consequence of what had passed yesterday, certain ex planations had been given with which he was perfedtly satisfied. He had had an opportunity of clearing up what he did say, and he thought that what had been done would be a sufficient lesson to those persons who had rendered the course he had taken ne cessary, and hoped the noble lord would let the mutter drop. Lord J. Russsu. rose, but from the very low tone in which the noble lord spoke, and the noise occasioned by the sudden entrance of hon. members, it Vras scarcely possible to hear a Word the noble lord said. He was 'understood, to say that he :Was quitii convinced that the hon. and gallant admiral's charac ter was beyond injury from any such imputations as those that had been cast upon it. (Hear, hear.) It was, therefore, only upon public grounds that it was necessary to bring forward this ifluestiOn. If he brought it forward at all it was solely upon public grOunds. He wes certainly in the hands of 'the house, and would act as the hotise should think fit. His hon: and gal lent friend's chbracter could not suffer the least injury from an anonymous libel. (Hear, hear.) It was not, therefore. tu clear the character of the hon. and gallant admiral that he intended to bring forward the subject, but because there w<is a general opinion that the character and dignity of the house had been in sulted. Sir R. PEEL hoped the noble lord would not bring forward the subject. (Hear.) He should be sorry if a precedent were established, which would render it necessary for every public man to bring forward subjects of this nature, when imputations were cast upon them in the newspapers. If the noble lord was anxious to become the chainpiou of the house, he could supply him with a great variety of cases. (A laugh.) The hon. and gallant admiral having expressed his opinion, and having entreated the noble lord not to bring forward the• subject, he had not any doubt, therefore, but that the feeling of the house was, that they should nut establish a precedent by which every member of parliament who was attacked, and might have the grossest imputations cast upon him, would feel bound to defend himself in that house. Sir 11. HARDINGE concurred in all that had been said by his his right bon. friend (Sir Robert Peel). Had he been inclined to follow the course which had been puiitied by the noble lord (Russell), he might have conic down to that house and com plained of some very gross attacks that had been made on him within the last forty - -eight hours. (A laugh.) He thought it, however, much better to abstain from doin g so, as he thought that. the attacks w ere t oo contemptiblefo: notice—(hear, hear)--and he would not, therefore, notice them. Mr. SINCLAIR rose, but was received by a general cry of ".oh," which compl e t e ly d rowne d t h e o b serva tions of the ben t member. The conversation proceeded no further. DISSENTERS' MA Rlt (AG ES. DUNCOMBE wished to know when it would bezonfentent for the right hen. baronet to britigin his bill with respect to dissenters' mart iages. The present feeling . of anxiety out of doors had alone induced him to ask the question. Sir It. PEEL said that when he moved for leave to bring in the bill it was entirely prepared, and it was only for the pur pose of introducing some valuable suggestions that the bill had been delayed. In stating this he begged it to be understood that he did not want to invite further suggestions: No person but a chancellor of the exchequer could answer for the number of useless suggestions that were made to him, such as putting a tax on umbrellas and such things. (A laugh.) He was in hopes of being enabled, in the course of a few days, to lay the bill on the table of the house. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS. A MEMBER was heard to inquire of the noble lord the mem ber for South Devon, what course he intended to pursue with respect to the bill fur the amendment of the registration of voters ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he should move the second reading of the bill to-night, leaving it to the house to determine whether the committee should be of the whole house or not. IRISH CHURCH. Sir R. PERT. wished, to know whether the noble lord opposite would have any objection, on Friday next, to state generally the outline of the resolutions he meant to propose on Monday ? (Cries of "Oh! oh!") The adoption of such a course would be extremely convenient, he thought, to the house generally. (A laugh.) Lord JotiN RUSSELL said that as he did not expect the ques tion, he was not prepared at the present moment with an answer. (Laughter.) • NAVY ESTIMATES. Lord ASHLEY informed the house that it would be necessary to 'publish a notice in the Gazette of this ddy (Friadv), announc ing ,that the half-pay and widows' pensions would be. in the course of payment on the 10th April. Unless the house voted the ,money to-night it would be too late to do so on FridaV, and it would create great inconvenience to parties, who would sup pose that those pensions were not to be paid. The debate was proceeding when the latest reports were closed. NO decision had, at that time, been come to. EXECUTION OF JAMES_ITIRPHY, FOR THE MURDER OF LUNDY FOOT' EsQ. At an early hour on Weinesday, the prisoner, escorted from the gaol of Kilkenny by the companies of the 51st Light In fantry, and a troop of Lancers, was met at New Ross by a de tachment of Infantry. A strong police force awaited his arrival at the villiage of itosbercon. The entire was under the com mand of the Sheriff of the.county, Major Browne, R.M., and B. Keough, Esq., Vice Sovereign of New Ross. An immense concourse of people met the melancholy procession at Mount garret-bridge, within a mile or so of Ross.. The convict, a young man, aged about twenty-two, was attended by the Rev. 141 r. Greene, R. C. Chaplain to the Kilkenny gaol. His ap pearance was rather respectable in his rank of life; his stature was somewhat above the middle size; he seemed to be sensible of his awful situation, and attended to the pious exhortations of his spiritual attendant. When the procession' arrived opposite thetil.ene where he was to atone for his crime, his aged father pressed towards the carriage through the soldiers and crowd,. and obtained an interview with his unhappy son; this melan choly indulgence was permitted for a quarter of an hour. Again be was met at the Kilkenny end of the bridge by his sister, whom he tenderly embraced, and hung on her neck for a-con siderable timei he shook hand s w ith some o f hi s f r i en d s, many of whom, particularly females, were bitterly crying. He also shook hands with Mr. Ke,aigh, having formerly worked uud4r that worthy magistrate. In passing his own house, which is nearly opposite Mr. Foot's Castle, his Rev. attendant inter posed the praver-book, and thus engaged his attention. It was at first intended to have him executed opposite hi s own h ouse , b u t the authorities, not wishing to aggravate his feelings, lest his at tention should be withdrawn from the only hope ofsinners, kindly allowed the triangle to be erected farther up the street, where it could be seen from the town opposite. He ascended the lad der; supported by the clergyman, and after the usual regula tions were adjusted by the grim finisher of the law, who, by into eternity was no t mas k e d , as customary, h e was launched eternity at ten minutes after three o'clock. The rope, which was nearly three quarters of an inch in diameter, being so stiff did not allow the knot to run smoothly; the knot came under his chin, and, no pressure being agaiust the windpipe, he con tinued in struggle hard for nine minutes. Such was the untimely end of a young man, whose family were noted for honesty and hard industry, and who had himself borne an unblemished and reputable character, until actuated on by misguided feelings which he had n o t en d eavoure d t o suppress . H e did not pub licly acknowledge his guilt at the place of execution, but i t is generally und ers t o od th at he admitted it privately both at Kil kenny and at the execution.—lt has been remarked that he had attended the executions of Phillip Malone and Patrick Meany, who suffered for the murder of Mr. Leonard. • TIDE CONVICT LADY'S MAID. most singular event has occured in the family of a noble lord, which, however unpleasant to the feelings of the parties concerned, it will be imposible long to keep from the knowledge of klie public. We have,lherefore, no scruple in:IA.44N what we have heard respecting it. Lady B. baying lost some jewels last week, in tbe . same mys terious way in which other robberies of a similar kind have been committed; sent for Uvo: police officers to institute a rigorous inquiry amongst th e d o m est i cs o f th e esta blishment. 'The only individual whom her ladyship proposed to exempt from personal search was her own maid, of whose integrity and excellent qualites, although she had been with her but a few months, Lady B. entertained so high an opinion that she could not bear the idea of treating her as an object of suspicion. The officers arrived, and after a very short visit came at once to the astonished Lady 8., an d told her, " Madam not only must your maid be searched, but she is the only person here who need be searched, forthe maul has got yourjewels, and, what is moie the maid i s a man !" The fact was soon proved to the satisfaction of all. The maid was a returned convict, a young man sentenced to transportation fo r lif e f or various ingenious - robberies, but who had made his escape, and assumed female apparel, as the best mode of returning to this country with impunity. Of his extra ordinary dexterity no better proof can be given than the fact, that for eight months he had lived in Lady B.'s family, without the slightest suspicion being entertained as to his sex, and had won the confidence of his mistress by the uniform propriety of his conduct. The affair is a very awkward one, and we really do not know what precautions ladies must take in future when forced to charge their personal attendants. We pity Lady B. most sincerely for the very painful situation in which she has been placed; and wish that it were possible to guard effectually against similar imposition.—Marning Post. LORD CA STE:MICH Y.—'ire regret to learn, that owing to the precarious state of Lady Canterbury, Lord Canterbury has found it idispensable to relinbuish his appointment as Conitnis 7 sioner to Canad a It is said that Sir George Murray will pro bably be appointed in his room, but this is as yet no more than a conjecture.—Albion. PERTH.— The weather has moderated greatly this week, and the snow has all disappeared from the low wounds. In the Highlands, however, it s till s li es to a great d ep th i n many places; and in pa r ti cu l ar the Highland road betwixt Dalna cardoch and Dalwinnie is so completely blocked up, that the Inverness coach has not been able to make a passage. for ten days. The last storm having been. accompanied by high winds, the snow had drifted so much, that for sonic days there was no appearance of the toll-bar or toll house at Dalnacardoch ; both ere completely hid by snow.—Scottish Guardian. THE UNIVERSITY ADDRESS.—We understand that the num ber of students' names affixed to the loyal address from our University to the King, amounted, on Thursday, to nearly seven hundred. The address will be sent off to London some time next week.—Edinburyli Advertiser. Tif)t tibtrpool *tanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 27, 1835. 'The Londop papers of Wednesday had received intelli gence from New York to the 4th instant. In the House of Representatives the committee on foreign affairs had made a report rather favourable to the hostile spirit of the Preside'a, We take the fpllowing from the Standard. Poirhaps before many bouts elapse we shall have still laterladvices "On the 25thult. the President sent a message to both Houses of Congress, relative to the negociations with France. He transmitted to,Congress a report from the Secretary of State, with copies of all letters received from Mr. Livingston, the am bassador at PariS, since the message of the House of Repre sentatives of the 6th of February, of the instructions given to that minister, and of all the late correspondence with the French goverinnent, in Paris or in Washington. The President had requested Mr. Livingston to quit Paris with his legation, and return to the United- States, an appropriation for the ful filment of the convention shall be refused by the Chambers.' "The reading of the papers was listened to with deep atten tion. Mr. Camberling then stated that he was instructed by a majority of the council for foreign affairs, to offer certain reso lutions which he moved to be printed. "The first states that it is inconsistent with the rights and honour of .the United States further to negotiate in relation to the convention of July 4, 1831, and that its execution should be insisted upon as ratified; and that preparation ought to be made to meet anv emergency growing out of our relations with France. The third resolutimi is for the discharge of the com mittee from the further considerationof that part-of the Presi dent's message which relates to the subject of reprisals, and of commercial restrictions. These resolutions were agreed to by the committee, but the report was deferred in consequence of the receipt of news from France, on the 20th, and were to be brought up on a future clay. "The President's message was referred to the committee on foreign affairs, and ordered to he printed. The general tenor of the accounts are exceedingly warlike." • Lord BROUGHAM', on Monday last, favoured - the House of Lords with a long and ingenious speech in favour of the repeal of the newspaper stamp duty. His lordship is right in principle, but he is mistaken in his conclusions. The tax upon newspapers is an enormous one, and it is equally oppressive and unjust. It is an error in a finan cial point of view, and it is a positive fallacy with re spect to the abuses of the press and their effects upon public morals. But it does not follow that, the abolition of the present duty would enable the proprietors of news papers, as Lord BROUGHAM supposes, to sell them for twopence. • Fourpence, we calculate, would be nearer the mark; or, in other words, four shillings under the reduction might purchase a dozen copies, which now cost seven shillings. The price would be quite low enough, and it would afford an immense saving to the public. Lord BROUGHAM, we - have said, is right in principle ; as to his motives, perhaps the less we say about them the better; but we. hope they are equally pure. Unfortu nately fur this question, the parties most interested are ranged on opposite sides. The prosperous and affluent proprietors of newspapers in London are averse to any change.. The less successful and embarrassed are in fa vour of the repeal. This is always the case where pro perty is concerned, and where monopoly exists. We do not use the term monopoly in its odious sense, but sim ply in that which marks a party possessing immense wealth, who has gained celebrity, but who dreads any changes which might give facilities to an increased num ber of competitors. All this is natural, but. still no such feelings should.be allowed to influence the 'conduct of any member of thelegislature, and we are unwilling to believe that they do. Now, as we cannot be suspected of being advocates for the repeal of the stamp duty from any inadequacy of capital, from any want of success, or patronage, or pro fits, this journal being eminently fortunate and successful in every department, for which we cannot be sufficiently grateful to the public, we venture to offer a few words, first on the justice, and secondly on the policy of the measure recommended by Lord BROUGHAM. The justice of it is exceedingly obvious.. An almanac is a newspaper—a penny magazine is a newspaper—Sir ROBERT PEEL'S speech to the electors of Tamworth, printed and circulated in a cheap form, is a newspaper — Mr. BUCKINGHAM'S' circulars, sent under 'a member's frank, is a newspaper; for one and all of these contain news in which most per Sons take less or mo r e interest, and all are anxious to see and peruse. A newspaper is nothing more than a compilation of historical events, some of them near and some remote, some of them con nected with trade, others with politics and oratory, some, like the almanacs, relating to eclipses of the sun and moon, others to foreign war and family' discords, and some to matters of matrimony, prizefights, shipwrecks, music, quackery, horsestealing, and feats of love and murder. Every page, every column, every parageaph of a news paper teems with information. They contain the germs of history, science, and philosophy. They supply that which it would be difficult if not impossible to procure elsewhere. The emissaries of the press 'are'the polypi of literature. Their feelers, collecting inf9rmation, are extended in every direction. Every man of them is to general knowledge' what Sir JOSEPH BANKS was to bo tany.. It is perhaps true that they are not often found 'Trawling in ditches, dry or otherwise, in'search of blue daisies or four4eaved clover; but they-hunt hill and dale, the Holy Land and Billingsgate, the fashionatileprome nade and the blind alley, the House of Commons and the Fives Court, i earch of interesting,:Aixtraordinary, and marvellous intelligence. In the pursuit of their calling they are found at high mass in the Spanish ambassador's chapel in the morning, and at Greenwich - fair in the evening. They listen with open ears to the harangues of O'CONNELL at the Corn Exchange on a Sunday, and they are solemn witnesses of the execution of one of the agitator's most particular friends and liberal tributaries at Kilmainham gaol early on the succeeding Monday. • . In short they are at the police office at nine o clock to collect brief abstracts of a thief's history or a milliner's improvident affections—at twelve they. are sitting, but not weeping, over the remains of a beautiful female, age nineteen, who had the previous night leapt from the pa rapet of London-bridge—at two o'clock they are at court attending upon Queen ADELAIDE, counting the diamonds in a duchess's head dress, and doing honour to the exact dimensions and splendid colours of her tfain- , -at six they are in the gallery, yawning over the nauseous prose and the murdered English of HUME, or some other person equally respectable and stupid—at half-past seven they are in Drury-lane Theatre, assisting at the final doom of .DON CARLOS, calculating their time with so much nicety that they reach the House of Commons at the precise minute when Lord JOHN RUSSELL . is defeated by a ma jority of fifteen. At eleven o'clock they are at the opera in sufficient time to describe the brilliant execution of a favourite cantata which they did not hear; and at half past twelve they are eating oysters, or broiled chickens, or toasted cheese, with Alderman WOOD, Mr. O'DWYER, and a few other members of parliament, at some pet tavern near Temple-bar. But joking apart, may we be permitted to ask, is it fair, is it just, that newspapers conducted at enormous expense, and compelled to ransack the whole world by sea and land for information, should be subject to a tax NlAst clj 27, 144-I;',. which is not imposed upon any other kind of information —which is not even imposed upon useless fiction. (Wen trashy novels, immoral plays, and disgusting scenes of perfidy and assassination in rotnanee ? There are in London, publiihed daily, not less—we speak from good information—not less than a hundred books, dramas, pamphlets, and other small paper wares, which are of an admitted and notorious demoralizing tendency. These publications strike ht the very foundations of society. They lead to dishonesty, to seduction, and crime. They are powerful stimulants to vice. They are inimical to religion—they are provocatives to infidelity and atheism —they destroy all the affections, all the charms, all. the virtues of s o c i e t y . Are these publications taxed? 1 4 there any s t amp d uty upon them? No. The tax is imposed up onit h e journals Which do nothing more thanrecord the c asua lti es an d cr i mes, t h e suicides and mur ders, caused by th e un t axe d an d to l erated b oo k s o f fiction, obscenity an d bl asp h emy. Th ese are facts w hi c h we are ready t o p rove at t h e b ar o f the House. of Com mons if called up on . W e support L ord BROUGHAM ' S principle in this case, as we have already professed, bat we must not be made responsible for Lord Baouott,ol's ignorance. He left all , the important arguments in favour of his measure untouched. He might, bad he been care fully primed, and well advised, have made out a case, which would have produced a powerful effect in the House of Lords. But he only skimmed his subject, mistaking the froth for the cream, leaving all that was most valuable to those who perhaps have no wish to Collect it. WYE presume that we have proved, not the justice, but the injustice of taxing newspapers at the present exorb itant rate: There are, however, some modern states men, of extremely refined sentiments, and very inge nious principles, who contend that the policy of a measure, compared with its apparent justice, is of primary and es sentiV iMportance. Let us .. consider this novel Pro- It is policy, say our antagonists, and some of then% our most - esteemed friends, to tax the newspapers, in order that the necessity of a large capital should make the journals more select, and secure to them conductors of superior and commanding talent. This argument is specious enough, but it is a delusion. Will any man be lieve that, if the Penny, or Saturday Magazine—the last, by the way, being the best—could afford to pay tWO hundred a-year more than the editors of the Times, or Standard receive, that these gentlemen would not throw up their present engagements at the earliest opportunity, and give the benefit of their talents to the cheaper work? To suppose the contrary is to imagine that they have some sources of remuneration distinct from their salaries. This we know to be untrue. They are paid liberallY; they move in high circles; they are independent. tia independence is comparative. If they were offered higher remuneration for their" talents, they Would,. tf course, accept it. This first question only embraces the policy or the interest of the conductors of neWspapers, and it is indis putably in fa . votir of our argument. But the tax, we' -are told, makes newspapers more select and respeCiable - This curious doctrine, we know, has been taught fat some time, but it will not be difficult to show that it is a very flimsy fallacy. We never understood that the tag upon newspapers was intended to be any other than a compensation tax for the facilities which the newspapers received through the postoffice. As a source of r evenue it was beneath contempt. More money has been lost in reducing the duty on French and other wines, and on fo reign fruits, than ever was received from the stamp tas on newpapers. During the French war, when newspa .pers were conveyed to the country almost exclusively by the mail, we much question if the expense of carrying them was covered by the duty. Now, however, the times are changed, and coaches travel more rapidly and more conveniently than his majesty's mail. A large proportion of the London morning journals is sent 'to the provinceS, more than a . hundred, and some of then , two hundred miles d e istant;, by coach, at the expense Of the public. The proprietors of these papers, therefore, owe nothing to the postoffice. We are surprised that the Times does not see this. .The evening papers, of , Lon don, so far as theif country circulation is concernefl, are carried by the postoffice free of charge. But many cf these are conveyeillay expresses. The fact is, that trad-, lug enterprise has shot a-head of the postoffice speed. The mail, in most cases, lags behind the stage coaches. Manchester has acoach from LondOn in seventeen hourF, and the metropolitan mail arrives at Liverpool at half past four in the afternoon instead Of half-past two, as it ought to do. These changes in the speed of travelling have rendered useless and unavailable a considerable portion of the advantages supposed to be derivable, and formerly were derivable, froM the speed of the mail. Thesebeing lost, the political or ostensible argument Or facility fails to the ground. The tax gives no remunera tive advantages—and it is hard to pay a carriage tax, when the carriage has to be done, for the sake of speed, at a charge which falls upon the public alone. The Sa turday and Penny Magazines come to Liverpool and other places in coach parcels. The Times, the Mornirbr Post, and all the early papers come to Liverpool in par cels; and yet the latter have to pay a duty for a post office ficility which they do not enjoy ! We call the attention of the morning papers of London to this fact. But the policy of adhering to the present absurd sys tem is Supported by those who allege that a repeal of th 6. tax upon newspapers would encourage a licentious in crease of cheap, unprincipled, q.ndimmoral publications. We, as tories; have nothing to fear on this score. - The whig press has hitherto had the run and the command of the taverns, public houses, and beer shops. The tax has excluded us. Dearness has been most injurious to the conservative press. We are but partially seen in the popu lar haunts of the working classes. We have had plausi ble opponents in the shape of the keepers of these re sorts. Not liking loyal or constitutional .sentiment* themselves, they have made the expense of a conserva tive paper the excuse for excluding it. This has been proved to our entire satisfaction... Complaints have been made to us that the LIVERPOOL STANDARD has not been sent to certain taverns on the same terms that some other 'of the whig and radical papers were supplied., Our an swer was, " we sell the STANDARD at its full price, and that the do not compound with voters or publicans for a nominal charge, as Mr. EWART and his friends do." It is our duty and our interest to destroy this underhand practice: This, however, by the way. The policy of reducing the Nee is the more important question. Lord c, BROUGUA.M contends that reduction in price would not' injure the character or efficiency of the press. The Tinzes,.,the Standard, and other journals assert the con trary. Now we cannot, for the life of us, see the force of t his opposition argument. We have studied the question with great care and deliberation--combating against strong prejudices, rendered attractive by the talents and con sistency of our political friends, y' and anxious to arrive b the force of conviction to th e i r position, if a tenable one, hut we frankly avow that we see nothing in their collec tive arguments which bears Upon the point. We are sustained in our position by reflecting that the gentlemen who conduct the most able and eminent of the London journals have no copyright or life interest in theni. The)" are not the proprietors of newspapers. They have ne property in their disquisitions. Their writings and argument:. are those of acute, powerful, and zealous advocates, but nothing more. The newspapers mig, , he, sink into oblivion, they would survive, and their talents would command remuneration as before. We cannot, therefore, see how a reduction in price would injure or degrade the present condnetors of newspapers, or holy they would: lose caste in consequence of the rivalry of persons immeasurably, inferior to them in point Of experience, erudition, and political knowledge. N° doubt new journals would start up ; so much the bet ter—so much more paper would be required, and s° many more persons employed. There is room enough for us all. Cheapness would enlarge . the field of com petition, and talent and industry would have a better chance. But, say our opponents—cheapness would give en courageluent "(a low,. scurrilous, and debauched prints. Why so ? What is' the price at which sew rility ea ° and decency or respectability (begins ? At,_preseot thtl LIVER. TIIZATRE, CHURCII-STREET. Airß. : MRS., and MISS FANNY LECLERCQ b eg to I inform the Public generally, th a t th eir BENEFIT will take place this present FRIDAY. the 27th instant, when will be performed the Terrific German Legendary Melo-Drama of FAUSTUS; 7 OR, TUN BOND OF moon. In which Mr. and Miss F. Lecl,rcq will appear. . 1 2 Pas du Diable, acc om p an yin g hi self on the Violin, by Mr. Lecle q. The Brothers• Jackson in a n e w uce, "L a B a t on i ere, " as three Fa s. - " Kate Kearney." tv ss E. Hamilton. Burlesque Laughing Trio "Va da si via di qua." First Broom Girl Miss Fanny Leclercq. Second Bloom Gi ' Mr. Melvin. Chinese Droll , Mr. Leclercq. After which,The Burletta Fait. of VISIBLE AND INVISBLE. "The Groves of Blarney," by Mr. Raymond. A Comic Song, by Mr. W. J. Harciniond.. Pas de Deux, (first time,) Mr. and Miss Fanny Leclercq. New Pas d'Extravagance, by the Brothers Jackson. Fancy Grouping, by Mademoiselles Juliette and Eloise. "The Maid of Llangollen," Miss B. Hamilton. _ • 4.. Rossini's Overt'tire to . La Gazza Ladra. To conclude with the Grand Seriu-Pantomiine, entitled DON JUAN. • Scaramouch Mr Loilercq- Tickets to he had of Mr. LECLERCQ, 15, Basnett-street; and . of Mr. F. Carman, where places for the Boxes may he taken. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have seen the "faithful report" of his speech, which the Reverend Edward Hull has sent to his friends through the penny post, and which he was also condescending enough to distribute on the Exchange. Qur limits prevent us from noticing it before Tuesday.