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THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD /raper tat Parliament. HOUSE OF LORDS. —MONDAY. The royal assent was given to the Bristol railway and sonic other bills. The stamp duties' bill was brought up from the commons and read a first time. The lords' amendments to the Islington market hill,. the tonnage admeasuremeut bill, the sheriff's (Ireland) bill, and the savings banks (Scotland) bill, having been agreed to by the commons, these bills were also returned to the lords. , DUBLIN POLICE BILL. Lord DUNGANNON moved the second reading of this bill. In the course of the debate on this measure, the Marquis of LONDONDERRY said that another question was involved In this bill besides the in.proieinent of the Dublin police, namely, the question of patronage to an, individual whose : iower was pre dominant in Ireland, and, he was sorry to add, in this country also. Lord DUNCANNON wished to know whether the noble mar quis thought that the bill was introduced merely for the purpose of placing patronage at the disposal of Mr. O'Connell? The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said he did not hesitate to declare his belief that Mr. O'Connell had the dispensation of the greater part of the patronage of Ireland. The bill was read a second time. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT BILL. Lord LYNDHURST presented a petition from the prisoners confined for debt in Horsemonger-lane prison, praying the house to pass the bill for the abolition of imprisonment for debt during the present session. He was sorry that he could not support the prayer of those unfortunate persons. Their lord ships would be surprised to hear the amount of patronage which this bill placed at the disposal of ministers. In the first place, it authorised the crown to appoint a number of commissioners ; then fifty other officers, to be called registrars for life; - then fifty other officers, called ushers, besides various other officers. He ventured to hope that their lordships would think that a bill which would place such a considerable amount of patronage , and throw so great an additional burthen on the country, and which would vary the law of debt& and creditor, required more consideration than certain gentlemen who were urging the house to pass it seemed to think necessary. It had been inti mated that the late attorney-general approved of the bill. He (Lord Lyndhurst) had taken the trouble of ascertaining Sir F. Pollock's opinion on it, and he was authorised to state, al though he thought some alterations of the law of debtor and creditor necessary, he did not approve of the provisions of the bill. The manner in which the bill had been passed through the other house was not such as to justify their. lordships in passing it without the strictest examination. Lord fitment-last said that he, and not ;any member of the government, had c h a r ge o f th e bill, and his learned friend would do him the justice to remember that the first time it was pro posed; he candidly admitted that, although a very fit thing to be done, he did not think the matter was one which called for im mediate decision in the present session. Ile had expressed his regret that it had been sent up at so late a period of the session, and that it was absolutely impossible that &measure of so com plicated and important a nature could could have justicedone to rt. When the subject should he examined, he pledged hithself to show that the bill would prevent the property of debtors and creditors from being squandered, and would effect a saving of between £200,000 and £300,000 a-year. Lord Lrsintionsr did not accuse any persons in their lord- I ships' house of urging the bill forward—indeed, no member of government had-said a word about it. He, however, saw by the votes of the other house that their lordships' journals were to be searched. ( ear, hear.) At whose instance? At the instance of his majesty's attorney-general, and fir the purpose of found ing a charge against the House of Lords for not haying passed the bill, which his noble friend now admitted to be of such a complicated nature that it ought not to pass. (Cheers.) The attorney-general who had thought proper to adopt this proceed ing was one of the ministers of the crown, though not a cabinet minister. He it was who made it a ground of accusation against the [ - louse of Lords that they had not passed a measure which his noble and learned friend, who he supposed he must call the associate of government, admitted could not with pro priety be passed. (Hear.) Lord BROUGHAM was ready when their lordships were un justly attacked—which sometimes happened though not often— to defend them. He thought that their lordships very much improved bills, which were frequently hastily passed by the other house. He repeated, he did not think their lordships could have passed the bill which hail given rise to this conversation. • Lord ASHBURTON thought it extremely unbecoming a person filling the situation of his Majesty's Attorney-General to in dulge in insinuations against the House of Lords. (Hear, hear.) That learned gentleman had thought proper to say that no persons who were not i nf l uenced by low attorneys and bum bailiffs could for a moment hesitate to pass the bill. He ap proved of the course taken by the House of Lords, that of taking time to consider the provisions of the bill. The petitions pre sented from a great number of persons interested in and capable of informing the house on the subject were against, and not in favour of the measure. The bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and the house adjourned at half-past seven o'clock. • HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. Mr. Evvater reported from the committee appointed to search the lords' journals, to find what had been done with - the prison ers' counsel and capital punishment bills. The lords h a d deter mined to hear evidenc e i n the cases of those bills, thus introduc ing a bad precedent, and rendering it impossible that the.bills could pass this session. Hitherto it had been usual to hear evidence only in the cases of private bills. • CORPORATIONS BILL—LORDS' AMENDMRNTS. A great number of petitions, praying for the rejection of the lords' amendments, and others prayi ng th a t t h e hill might not be passed without these alterations, were presented to the house, after which, Lord JOHN Russc Le moved that the house should proceed to take these amendments into consideration. [As his lordship's speech, and indeed the whole debate, is much too long fur con densation, with effect, into our limited space, we transcribe au article from The Times of Tuesday which more effectually ems bodies what was said by Lord John Russell and Sir Robert - Peel, who were the principal speakere.l Lord John Russell com menced his speech by an allusion to vast irritation and excite ment which somebody seems to have persuaded his lordship prevails in the country on this subject, to such a n ex t ent t h a t it is actually d rea d e d, that by assenting' to any alterations in the bill, the commons will be supposed to have forfeited their cha racter as representatives of the people. We beg to assure his lordship, that no such excitement or irritation exists, except in a few radical coteries, and iu the ministerial prints, that neither is any more in posse than it is in ease elsewhere, and that his lordship has been quite right, though he believes that such feel ings really exist, to disregard them altogether, and show that the dread of which he spoke is as unreal as the bugbears that have. or are supposed to have, caused it. It would, of course, be idle to say a word about what Lord John Russell supposes to be the chief cause.of this supposed excitement and irritation, and consequent dread. The manner of the lords' amendments, not the matter of them, is, according to 4eoril John Russell, that cause; and, what is more extraordinary stilt, the most objec tionable_part of that matt er was rece i v i ng evidence and allowing Sir C. Wetherell to utter at the bar of the House of Lords what his lordship considers to have been language insulting' to the House of Commons. Lord J. Russell having declared that he thought itnecessary to notice these things in vindicatiou of the character and dignity of the House of Commons (they seem to be both mightily easy satisfied,) proceeded to state how he pro posed to deal with the amendments. He said, we think truly, that their main object should be to get, for the future, a good governing body in the corporations; and he added, that to this end, and for the sake of peace and quiet to the country, and in order to avoid contention with the other branch of the legisla lature, he was willing to forget and to forego all his arguments in support of the original bill.. Without a governing body of this character, however, no measure on the subject would be worth having. In the first place, then, he objected to'keeping up in any way, or by any title, the old aldermen. He objected also to retain ing the town-clerks and the justices for life in the manner pro posed. if the councils chose to retain them, they were at per fect liberty to do so by electing them, but be did not think they should be forced upon the councils by any legislative enact ment. Another amendment proposed to make a part of the council aldermen for life. It was his intention to suggest as an amendment upon this amendment, that a similar body as to number should he elected by the council for a period of six years,—one-half or them to go out at the end of every three years. With regard to the division of boroughs into wards, Lord Stanley proposed during the progress of the measure through the commons, that boroughs with 10,000 inhabitants should be so divided, but ministers in the house of commons had compromised the matter with Lord Stanley and fixed the num ber at 12.000. The house of lords has rediked it to 6,0(X). Lord John Russell intends to propose a second compromise, and, dis senting from the arrangement of the lords; to make the huniber 10.001) or 9,000 as a minimum. The bill, as sent up to the lords, authorized the council to recommend a certain number of per suns to the crown, out of which the crown was to select the ma gistrates fur the borough. The lords have struck out this.clause, and the crown therefore will nominate the justices without any recommendation from the council. To this onlieslon Loid John Russell proposes t o di sagrees a l toget h er. Th e arneadmeets of the lords relative to the boundaries of the towns would, Lord John '-lussell thought, be inconvenient only, and therefore he would not resist those amendments The lords, howevee, had committed the' division of towns into wards to the revising barristers. This 'he thought was giving too much power to oung and inexperienced men, for such the revising barristers might be, and be would propose that they should not make the divisions therreselves, but report to the crown what that divi sion should be, Their report would,-tit course, be acted upon, uniesiu'ujected to. The important emetidrueut of the lords re lative to the qualification, Lord J. Russell, though still of opinion that there should be no qualification, does not propose to resist. But the machinery of the proceeding he will alter. As the clause now stands, the persons having £l,OOO or £5OO must claim to be registered, and any one may object to them. The examination of the claimant as to the state of his circum stances, the amount uf hie debts, &sc., might be exceedingly dis agreeable, and even injurious to parties engaged in trade. Re taining,. therefore, the qualificatiou, Lord John. Russell will amend the. manner of arrivin g a t its establishment in order to obviate otheee objections. The amendments of the lords, which .reserveeo freemen their rights of property, will riot be resisted by Lierd John Russell, except so far as they give hereditary sights to exemption from tolls, Which lie Will object to. At . the' same time he complained of, as an unuecessary and wanton re. election upon the house of commons, the introduction of the word " uniuet" into the preamble of the bill in reference to de priving the freemen ,uf their rights of prOperty, which, in its original state, however, Lord J. Russell must aemit it did most sweepingly. The lords have, by another clause, continued to the freemen their right to vote for members of parliament. Lord john Russell is disposed to coucede this point. Lastly, the lords hive inserted a clause to %be effect that none of the _members of the governing body in boroughs shall present to livings,onlese they be members Of the church of England. To this Lord John Russell decidedly objects, and will nut agree to the clause. Sir It. Pete.e followed Lord John Russell (who concluded with exhortations eo concession and eoMpeeinise on' the part of the Commons) o .auel compliniented the,noble "lord upon the general tone of his speech. , He, regretted, however, th a t one or two passages of it should have been so completely out of harmony with thereat., For instance—as to the hearing of counsel at the bar of the House, of.. lcidi,; Lordßrongliamhad strongly ad vocated that course—nay, 'Lord Brougham had al.:1411i selected' the counsel. If once counsel were permitted to be heard 'oh.lie; half of parties, he thought that nothing hot a oensorship could lie so bad; as denying, them perfect fresdom ef'ipeeele...lndeed, how cottlel this be denied them? .. Lord Joh u Russell Must very. well recoiled that mined hadappeared at the bap fifths House' or Lordsagainst certain hilli—sey hilli,ef ;paitisp 4etel • soCnaltieil, —and even Lord John Russell"'waulel have found it'. very difficult to make such cuuneel.employ moderate lanenate e e in speaking of those measures oind diger auth ors . W hat t t e noble lord had said relative to the intros of the word "un just" into the preamble appeased tti hirrieto savou r of awed mhj. vellous sensitiveness. He (Sir lt; Pi4l e l however, sumo:geed that the noble lord had thought it'necelis i er'y to direct a few hard words against the House of Lords', for the sake of soothing the more ardent of his supporters, and had considered that the address of Sir C. Wetherell, and the word "unjust" iu the pre amble, would furnish the least inappropriate pegs to bang them upon. We are very much inclined to concur in this view of Sir R. Peel, especially as we well resaullect that Lord J. Russell on more than one occasion, ont, of the liouse as well as in it, was betrayed into some not very good jokes respecting the speech at which he now finds himselt most seriously shocked. As to the course which Lord John Russell proposes to adopt with reference to the lords' amendments, Sir R. Peel, it will be seen, concurs with them in the main. He agrees that it is not an improve.-- meet to introduce the old aldermen into the governing body, and he considers Lord John Russell's proposal of electing a part of the body for six years an amendment upon the lords' , amendment, which creates aldermen for life. As to retaining the town-clerks, Sir R. Peel thought, that as - compensation must be given them, it would be better to retain . them than pay them fur doing nothing. This course was adopted in the Scotch Bill; but he attached no importance to this point. He thought the lords' amendment, as to the appointment of justices, an im provement. The bill originally imposed upon the crown the invidious task of selecting from a list nominated by the council a certain number to be magistrates. tie thought it much .bet ter that the whole responsibility of the appointments of these magistrates should rest Kith the ministers. He saw no objec tion to Lord John Russell's proposition relative to the division of boroughs into wards. With regard to the qualification clause if that qualification were retained, as Lord John Russell hail agreed it should be, he should have no objection to making a solemn declaration as to the amount of property sufficient, and so getting rid of the incouveniencies that might result from ex• amination into the fact. He agreed with Lord John , Russell that exemption from tolls ought not to be.pespetuated, Sir ROBERT PEEL, however, totally differed from Lord John Russell's view as to the propriety of allowing dissenters to pre sent to livings of the church of England. It was imposing no civil, no secular disability, t o sav - that_as dissenters were not likely to be good j . udges . of the qualifications of ministers of the church of England, so they should not be allowed to decide upon those . qualifications. There was a vast deal of talk about tolera tion in that house, but in practice their toleration seemed to be altogether unilateral. Why not have a little toleration for the church as well as f o r th e di ssen t ers ? Wh a t wou ld th e dissen ters say if it were proposed that he or any other churchman should judge who was tit to be minister for one of their chapels? He made this objection before, and Mr. o.!Connell agreed that it was quite reasonable. Indeed, the lion. and learned member had even said that he would support any amendment in the sense of his (Sir It. Peel's) objection. He, therefore, should certainly support against Lord John Russell this amendment of the Lords. , F rum this description of last night's proceedings in the House of Commons, it will be perceived that the lords are practically admitted by ministers to have done.the state some service by the larger portion of their amendments upon the municipal reform bill. Of all the rouitifarthus alterations which 'their lordships had introduced into that measure, and of which the most jut portant—viz. the tiaitintenatice of the rights of freemen, and the property qualifications affixed to, members of the council—ap peered to us from the first to be solid improvements in its pro visions, three only of any magnitude have been now finally ob jected to by his Majesty's ministers—namely, the retention of the old aldermen and town-clerks for life, and the election of others for the same period; 2dly, the debarring dissenters from any share in the - election of ministers to serve such benefices of the established church as might be in the gift of corporations; ally, the perpetuating of the right - of exemption from toll now enjoyed by the freemen of certain boroughs. All others of the lords' amendments exclaimed against by the revolutionists as innumerable and intolerable—as destructive of the Dill—as an insult to the House of Commons—and such an outrage upon the march of mind and of the Movement as would not merely justify the stoppage of the supplies for this current session, but the abolition of the House of Lords for ever and ever—all.have been favourably received by Lord J. Russell and his brother ministers; and so the supplies will be voted, and the House of Lords will, according to all present appearances, have no worse a chance than the commons themselves of hearing the King's speech at the opening of the sessi in 1836. At the close of the debate, the order of the day was read and the house proceeded to consider the clauses of the - bill. Lord J. RUSSELL, for the reasons which he had already stated, proposed, in page 18, to leave out the words " aldermen for life." When this was acceded 1,9, he would move the insertion of "aldermen for six years," and other verbal amendments, in accordance with the objects and intentions which he had already declared. He trusted there Would be a general concurrence iu these amendments. After a few observations from Mr. Scarlett, Mr. Law, Sir Robert Peel, and Mr. L. Charlton, the amendment was agreed Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in the clause relating to town council lors fur life, moved that half the town councitiors elected for six years should go out at the end of each three years. The amendment was agreed to. Lord „louts RUSSELL also proposed an amendment in page 34, thinking it was a very absurd thing to acknowledge that every right and title in existing aldermen should continue. There were now about 4,0(10 aldermen. The bill only contem plated the existence of I,IW. He disagreed altogether with this clause, and was understood to move that it be omitted. Agreed to: Ou the noble lord's motion some verbal amendments in clause 8 were agreed to. Mr. SCA a LETT thought that at least a portion of the body of aldermen should be retained. He believed that corporations generally bad been well governed, and remarked that few com plaints against them had been made to the Court of King's Bench. If appeals to that tribunal were too expensive, a bill might be brought in to diminish them, and this would, in his opinion, have worked a safe and gradual and satisfactory reform lin corporations. A revolution had, he insisted, begun in this bill. which could only have been carried under a revolutionary government. Colonel SIBTHORP quite agreed wi►h the hon. member, and regretted that their lordships' amendments bad not that support in the house which they su amply deserved. Agreed to. Lord Jou ts RUSSELL, in consequence of suggestions made by Mr. Wilks respecting the injustice which would be done to lay preachers of the Wesleyan methodists, postponed some verbal amendments which he had proposed in passages of a clause re lating to dissenting triinistets. Mr. WtLE s :vas of opinion that clergymen were properly ex cluded, and thought that dissenting ministers should be excluded also. Some verbal amendments, fozsavring up the principle of those already made, were then agreed to without discussion. Lord JO HN RUSSELL, in that clause which related to justices being appointed for life, as the Lords' amendment made it, moved, that instead of "for life," the justices should be con tinued till the Ist of May, 1836. Agreed to. The next amendment proposed by the noble lord was in the clause relating to the division of towns into wards. By the clause, as it stood when the bill went from the House of Com mons up to the Lords, the division into wards was to be decided by commissioners appointed by the crown, but, as amended by the Lords, the settlement of the wards was to be a ranged by the revising barristers. The noble lord now proposed; as an amendment, that these barristers should report in the first place to one of the Secretaries of State, who was to lay the report before the King in council, and if approved of, the decision to be final. An hon. Member asked if the council should disapprove of the decision of the revising barrister, what would be the result? Lord JOHN RUSS-ELL said, in that case it would be sent back to the barrister for revision. - Mr. C. But.ceit objeeted to the revising barristers being ap pointed to this duty. They had already more than they could do in the time fixed. They had to revise the lists for the coun ties and the lists fur boroughs, and also the burgess lists in towns, and this in six weeks. This in some counties where, as in the case of Middlesex, there were two objections entered to almost every elector, would be no slight labour, even if the bar rister had nothing else to do. He would as soon leave the mat ter to the bishop of the diocess or the exciseman. Mr. JEuvis concurred in the objection to the revising bar risters, as the persons least fit for that duty. They would have to revise maps and plans which would occupy much of their time. If, however, it was necessary to have a lawyer, he ought to be assisted by an engineer. The gallery was cleared for a division on this amendment, upon which, however, the hous e did no t di v id e. Other amendments were proposed and withdrawn. The fur ther consideration of the bill was then adjourned to the follow ing day (Tuesday). • TITHES INSTALMENT SUSPENSION (IRELAND) Btu.. On the motion of Mr. Spring Rice, this bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. On the motion of Mr. F. Baring, a new writ was ordered to issue for the election of a knight of the shire for the county of Waterford, in the room of It. Power, Esq., deceased. The other orders of the day were then disposed of; on the motion of Mr. Brotherton, the house adjourned at a quarter to one &clock. HOUSE OF LORDS,—Tvasonv. On the motion of the Duke of IticitsioNo, the tithe recovery bill was passed. The capital punishment bill, the cruelty to animals bill, the Sardinia slave treaty bill, and the Denmark slave treaty bill were forwarded a stage. THE SPANISH TREATY. The Marquis of LorsnoNnEnar asked Lord Melbourne whether he had any objection to lay before their lordships a copy, in the Spanish language, of the convention negotiated by Lord Eliot ? Viscount Ms:Luouttivs; said there was no Spanish copy of the treaty. A translation had been sent tJnie. Lord BROUGHAM moved the second reading of the music and dancing bill: Agreed to. Lord Mint:Gl-last, after detailing the objects of the measure and the alterations w hi c h -i t st ill requ i re d , moved a-conference with the commons on the letters patent tact amendment bill. THE DUBLIN POLICE BILL. The Marquis of LON . HON DEI: Y rose to set himself and their lordships right resiiecting an observation which he had used on a previous evening addressed to the noble lord opposite relative to the Dublin police bill, which he was now prepared to reiterate. He had seen the Irish constabulary bill and other measures re lating to Ireland on their lordships' table, and, when he ex amined them, the great object of all those bills appeared to him unequivocally to be to increase the power of that man to whom he had yesterday alluded, a n d o f t h e party to wh i c h h e was attached. Perhaps the noble viscount would set him right if he were wrong, andlarove that he had taken an improper view of the matter. He Mould ask, what was the language of that gentleman on the 26th of August last, in answer to an invitation made to him to dine at Glasgow? That language was of a most decided character. If their lord Ships would read the statement made by that individual—if they would consider that every thing in Ireland appeared to be under his influence, they would see good reason for minutely scrutinising every measure that was introduced with respect to that country. For himself, so long as he had a voice in that house he could neverrefrain from using it, in order to prevent any further influence from being extended to an individu a l who already possessed so much power over the catholic' of Ireland. His lordship then read two para graphs from the letter to which he had alluded ; they were as follows: " We'can 'lever remove the taxes off the labmirer and place them upon property selely until the franchise, the parliamenta ry franchise, is extended beyond its present limits, and until the house, now of hereditary legislators, is so altered in its own con stitution and component parts, as toplace it under the fair and reasonable influence'of popular opinioi, and until the meinbeis of that house are made to sympathise with the wants and wishes of the people at large, instead, as at present, factitiously and opposing.cvery amelioration of our iastitutions—ame •lioraons which would 'enable the people to have the control and 4sanagement of theif own affairs. , . • " •ylki -Perceive,. ra. . the conduct of a selfish majority of, Mel-rause-of 'fortis a nd;in,nieetingthepeopleof Glasgow, it • will be my bilisineis to initigate them to a co-operation with all .sinCete reformers in the peaceable and legal, but determined mnitartiite ; stiuggle in which we are about to be engaged, to re fOrresthe House of Lords, and identify that branch of the legis lature With the interests of the people at large. " Until tha.treform,shall take place, no hope can he rationally entertained of diminishing the burthens which now press so severely on the operative classes. " I am, sir, very faithfully-, your obedient servant, " DANIEL O'CONNELL." Such were the opinions, promulgated by this. individual; and this formed one of the many reasons that ioticed him, as an Irishman and a lover of his country, - neiier:to 'afford his'support to any bill in that house . the tendency of which was to give power to the individual to whom he had referred, and .viLio was at the,head of a political party. He- should look with great suspicionlu every bill introduced by that party, or under their auspices, in the House of Commons. Their connexion with that party was j. , ,reapest, if not the only stain of the present government. Viscount DUNCANNON denied that the person alluded to had any thing to do with the introduction a the bill in question, al though he believed he had suggested an alteration in the Regis tration 13ill. He could riot understood the grounds upon which the noble Marquis came to the 'conclusion that those measures were brought forward to confer power on Mr. O'Connell. There was no foundation for such an apprehension. The country re quired those measures, which would have been brought forward if Mr. O'Connell had not been in existence. He could not un derstand why the noble-Marquis, upon such a supposition as be had stated, should determine to oppose the bills, the object.' of which were to s.cure peace and tranquillity to Ireland. Mr. O'Connell had not, he repeated, interfered in any way with those bills. At the close of the conversation, the Earl of Glengall pre sented a petition from Ireland against the Irish Corporat►on Bill. On the motion of the Duke of Richmond, the Commons' amendments, to the oaths abolition bill were agreed o. The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. TuRsoAY. • A great number of petitions reipecting the mun,cipal corpo rations bill were pi*seuted to the house. SCOTTISH CHURCH COMMISSION. Mr. Stsict.AtaVouglil ihiilsullecT;;;Ferthe consideration of the house, and concluded by asking Lord John Russell first —Whether he could have any objection to lay before the house a copy of the remonstrance which, by an overwhelming majority of 90 to 3, had been addressed by the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland upon this subject to his :Majesty's govern ment ; and, secondly, whether in consequence of the objections urged against the terms of the commission, and the names of those appointed to conduct the inquiry, it was the intention of the noble lord in either of these particulars to defer to the wishes and consult the feelings expressed from so respectable a quarter? Lord JOHN Rossal.t. said he had received the remonstrance from the General Assembly of the church of Scotland, but must also state that he had received another remonstrance from the central body of the Dissenters of Scotland. who thought the commission too favourable to the church.. He was not disposed to alter the commission upon either of these representations. He thought no candid person could find fault with the compo sition of the cominissiou. The only powers given to the com missioners were to inquire into the religious instruction and pastoral superintendence afforded by the church. They were to make the' same inquiries respecting dissenting congregations, but were not in either case to interfere with doctrine,. discipline, or ecclesiastical arrangements. The terms of the commission had been misunderstood. It would be his duty to address a letter to the Earl of Minto, who was .at the head of the commis sion, pointing out. the duties of the commissioners, and stating what were the intentions of government in appointing them. He should have no objection to lay a copy .of that ietter, to gether with the remonstrances he had received from the church and from the Dissenters of Scotland, before the house. He hoped to have them ready before the last day of the session. CORPORATIONS BILL-LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The anienrl;neit proposed by Mr. JEttvis, respecting the re vising barristers was agreed to. Lord JOHN ltossEtt. then stated the course he intended to pursue respecting the qualification clause. He was disposed to take £l,OOO as the qualification for counsellors in boroughs with four wards, end £5OO in boroughs with less wards than tau. He should propose no other security than that contemplated in the original bill, viz.—that the person should make a declaration that he possessed such a qualifiqation, and that he should be subject to a penalty if he acted without possessing it: He thought it a great advantage to get rid of the list of one-sixth of the highest rate-payers, and the counsellors' roll. Sir ROBERT PEEL did not think that the selection of one sixth 10 rt of the highest rate-pavers was a good test. He would propose to superadd to the test of possession of property rating to a certain value or amount. He would propose that in the first class of terin9, parties rated at £39, and in the second class, parties rated a't £l5 a year should be eligible as town coun sellors. _ _ Before coming to a decision on this clause, Lord J. RUSSELL went back to the 25th clause, and proposed substituting for the words " preacher or teacher in any dissenting congregation"-- " regular minister iu any way." Mr. SPRING R lc); observed, that the clause as it now stood would exclude quakers, who were all preachers, but none of them devoted themselves exclusively to the duties of the ministry. The amendment was also put and agreed to. QUALIFICATION CLAUSE. Lord Joins RUSSELL moved " that no burgess shall' be eligible as town counsellor, unless he shall be possessed of a real or personal estate to the amonnt of £l,OOO, in towns divided into four wards, or of £5OO in towns having less than four, or which have no wards." This amendment did not include the suggestion of Sir Robert Peel, but he would leave him to add it if be considered it best. Some discussion as to the amount of qualification, and whe therany qualificati , ;n was necessary, then ensued. Eventua►ly Sir Robert Peel added his amendment to Lord John Russell's, upon which the house divided. For the amendment proposed by Lord John Russell and Sir Robert Peel . 273 For the £lO qualification proposed by another member .. 37 Majority The declaration as to qualification was then agreed to. On' the 47th clause, which enacts a penalty against those who should take office in any borough without a qualification, The ATTORNEY-GENERA I. moved an amendment to the effect that the penalty should not be sued fur, provided the party was qualified at the time of making the declaration. The further consideration of this amendment was postponed. The discussion on various amendments made by the lords was continued for some time, and several verbal and other altera tions were proposed and carried. By one of these, town-clerks will hold office "during pleasure," instead of "during good be haviour." The clause restricting dissenters who may be mem bers of a corporate body from interfering in its church patronage was postponed. Mr. Spring Rice proposed that all church pa tronage of this description should be sold, the proceeds appiied for the benefit of the town: in that ease the patronage mould be exercised in the usual manner. Sir Robert Peel undertook to prepare a more unobjectionable proviso. MILITIA PAY BILL. On the motion of Lord HovrtcK this bill was passed through commit tee. The Shannon navigation bill was read a third time and pas:ed. TITHES INSTALMENT SUSPENSION BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. Before the bill was read an animated discussion arose of a personal character between Sir Henn. Hardinge and Mr. Spying Rice. In the course of it Mr. H. Grattan said that Sir H. Hardinge was an instance of the absurdity of the notion that good soldiers make good statesmen. Sir Henry replied that it. was not necessary to defend himself from the charge of absurdity made in a speech so truly absurd. To whi c h M r :G ra ttan replied that he might be absurd—but for his pa r t h e pre f erre d b e ing polite rather than impertinent.. Mr. Bernal, the chairman ' c alled upon Mr. Grat- tan to explam,—he bad used l a n guage which he could not justify as consistent with parliamentary usage or the ordinary customs of society. He hoped be would say that lie did not mean to use an offensive expression. Several members spoke on this sub jeet, which ended in mutual explanations.' The bill was then passed through committee. APPROPRIATION CLAUSE. Mr. S. RICE moved that the report on the consolidated rand bill be brought up. Mr. Hound objected to the motion, and hoped that the recep tion of the report would be postponed until to-morrow. He had understood that the appropriation clause was not to be brought in until Wednesday, and yet he found that at a late hour last night the appropriation clause had been introduced and considered in committee_ He conceived that such a step ought not to have been taken without notice. Mr. S. Rica would not object to the motion for postponing the receptiod of this report, in case any hon. member had nuy objections to urge to it. The bringing up of the report was accordingly postponed un til to-morrow. GENERAL DARLING'S CONDUCT. Mr. TOOKE brought up the report of the select committee ap• pointed to inquire into the conduct of General Darling. Sir H. HaantNoE moved that it be read by the clerk at the table.—Ordered accordingly. The clerk then read the report of the select committee, which was of considerable length. We understood it to contain. a statement that, upon the examination of evidence tendered them, the committee were of opinion, that under the existing circumstances of the c o l ony of New South Wales, the conduct of General Darling towards the two soldiers ( Sudds and ThotnP" son) was entirely free from blame, and that in his report. of that transaction to the government at home he had not misrepre sented the circumstances under which they were punished. The committee also stated that Lis evidence had been tendered to them in support of the other charges contained iu the peti tion referred to their investigation. Sir H. H A [MINCE hoped that this report would be printed and circulated with the votes, as General Darling's conduct had been exposed to the most severe imputations, and it was now declared by is committee of the house to be entirely free from blame. It must be highly satisfactory to the friends of that gallant officer to know that he had done nothing incunsist ent wi:h his character as a soldier and a man of honour during his administration in New South Wales. It was only en aerof justice towards GenerUl Darling that the imputations cast upon him in that house should, if possible, be obliterated; and the best mode of obliterating those imputations, as it appeared to him (Sir H. Hardinge), was to print this report along with the votes. He concluded by making a motion to that effect. The Serie K s:a said that the course proposed by the right hou. and gallant officer was a deviation from the general practice of the house. lie would give orders that this report should be printed as speedily as possible : when printed it would b e easy to circulate it in the usual mann er . He saw no reason for de parting from their ordinary course and for putting the report on the votes of the house. Sir 11. 11 A RDI NGE did not wish the report to be inserted in . the votes; lie only wished it to be printed separately and circu lated with the vote. The SPEAt(E;,.- -- The ordinary course would secure that point. Sir H. HAN DING E.—Th'en throbject will - be attained. The house adjourned at twelve o'clock. HOUSE Or• LORDS. -WEDNESDAY. On the motion of Lord BROX:6 II Am, the arrestthent of wages (Scotland) bill was read a third time. PRI‘ON DI3CIPLINE. The Duke of ItictrmoNobioU;hi,4te fifth report of the committee on prison discipline. The repor; was ordered to he printed, and sent to the keepers of the various prisons of the metropolis. OHANGELOUGES. Lord PLUNKETT, seeing an illustrious duke. in his place, begged to allude to a report of a statement attributed to the illustrious duke (Cumberland) in a newspaper of yesterday, at an orange lodge at which the illustrious duke bad presided. The statement attributed to the illustrious duke was, that he had been subjected to attacks of the most violent and virulent chatacter, and that a noble and learned lord, meaning himself, had taken the liberty on the occasion of a petiti on h aving been presented from the University of Dublin to charge hint (the Duke of Cumberland) with tampering with the heads of .the University, and establishing an orange lodge therein. The `reporeport ftirther stated that the illustrious duke sa id he:shoed rt with contempt, that'the conduct of the , noble and' leained lord :was Ungentlemanly, and that he (the Duke of. Cumberland), would not submit to be bullied, if s uc h statenlents were .made lie .regretted the noble nuke had nit made it before his (Lor , d'P.'s) face in that house, and however great the-difference of their respective ranks might be, neither that illustrious duke, nor any man'alive, had a right to state that he had been actuated by violent or malignant feelings— that his couduct was ungentlemanlike—or that he aas autho rised to treat him with contempt. The Duke of CUMDERLAND.—I never said so. (Hear, hear.) If' the noble and learned lord will allow me, 1 shall state llhut did say. Lord PLUNKETT.-With the greatest pleasure. The Duke of CUMBILL LAND proceeded to state what bad occurred on the occasion of his presenting a petition from the Unii - ersity of Dublin. lie had felt it his duty to call a meeting .01'4Ise grand orange lodge a few days ago, and had then alluded to the charge brought against him, of haring established an orange lodge in the • University of Dubliu. He stated there might or might not be a lodge, but he was not aware of it. He then stated, and he appealed to the noble and learned lord if I such was not the fact, that he had been most cruelly maligned and attacked. That statement had been made generally, but without any reference to the noble and learned lord, (hear,) aud-no one could deny that he had not been so abused, because t,he.hadi, adhered to Ins principles firmly, manfully, and boldly. I (Hear) Ile had further said, that no man, whoever he was, should attempt to bully him (the Duke of Cumberland.) That statement had no reference to the noble and learned lord, (hear, hear,) but it was a geoerarstateinent with respect to his determined adherence to those principles which he believed to be the salvation ot the country and the support of the protestant religion. (Hear, hear.) He had never said anything of any man- behind his back that he should not be ready to say to his face. ( Hear.) Lord PLuNKErr expressed himself perfectly satisfied with I the statement of the illustrious duke, and should be sorry that an erroneous impression should be abroad of his having made 1 so improper and unjustifiable an attack upon the illustrious duke. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS (IRELAND.) Viscount DUNCANNON, in bringing up this bill, entered ilsto some details of the measure, which, he observed, would tend to assimilate the Irish to the existing English system. The Earl of LIMERICK opposed the introduction of the bill at so late a period of the session. It was full of novel legislation and difficulties, which he feared could not be got over in the short inns that- remained to their lordships fur the despatch of publichusiness. Lord PLoN KETT defended the bill, and urged the propriety of allowing it to go into committee, unless their lordships wished to thiow out the bill altogether. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDA Y. The speaker took the Cllairat four o'clock. Lord iNfoaPaTit presented a petition from the freeholders and others of the West Riding . of Yorkshire, praying that the amended corporations bill might pass. A similar petition was presented by Mr. CLAY, from the Tower Hamlets. Both petitions were ordered to lie on the table. REMOVAL OF THE BISHOPS FROM THE HOUSE OF LORDS Mr.:C. ave notice that early in the next session he should move for leave to bring in a bill to remove the arch bishops and bishops from the House of Lords; and also a reso lution that deans and chapters were useless, and that it was proper to place the property of such bodies in the hands of commissioners, regard being had to existing rights and in terests. ' ".. V 1 TO OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS Mr. ROEBUCK gave notic.e of his intention, next session, to move for leave to Wing, in a bill to take away the veto of the House of Lords, and to provide, in, the event of a bill passing the House of Commons being rejected by the House of Lords, and again passing the House of Commons in the same session, it should be in the power of the king to make that bill law. (Cheers.) Mr.',Humc also gave notice of his intention in the next ses sion to move for the appointment of a select committee to in quire into the number of peers, their privileges, and how they had performed their dtity as legislators. CORPQKATJON BILL On the motion of Lard JOHN RUSSELL, the consideration of the lords' amendments to this' bill was resumed. The house was left discussing the qualification clause when he last reports were wade up. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE. On Saturday last, Mr. Elward Jackson, of the firm of Jack son and 'Switzer, saddlers, Market-street, Manchester, put period to his existence by cutting his throat, under circum stances of a most distressing nature. It appears that the unfor tunate young man about the middleof April last because subject to depression of spirits fur which no adequate cause could be assigned by his friends. He was carrying on an excellent and flourishing business, was blessed in the affections of an amiable wife and three lovely children, the eldest of .vrhom is only three years of age, and in short he possessed every comfort that could make life desirable to a young man who had just commenced in the world; but uotwithitanding all these things, for some months he has entertained an opinion that he should b.ecoine insane, and has frequently expressed the horror he felt at the idea of being confined in a lunatic asylum, avowing his determi nation that before such an 'event should happen be would take a pistol and blow his brains out. The best medical advice was obtained for him, and the most anxious exertions of his friends, Were employed to rally his spirits: at times he appeared to have perfectly recovered from the malady and joined his friends in ' condemning the use of such expressions as he bad given vent to, and it is remarkable that on all occasions even up to the day of his death he had kept the books of the concern with the greatest regularity and precision. On Saturday morning he complained of great oppression at his chest, and'Mrs. Jackson being alarmed by his repeated exclamations that it was all over with him, and that "he felt it coming upon' him," called in a friend of the family and his medical attendant. The latter gen tleman recommended that he should go to his business, and en deavour to shake off the feeling of depression which he had fre quently done before, and he accordingly -left his house Quay street and proceeded to the shop, his friend having, as he thought, succeeded in rallying him. At the usual hour he went to dinner, but could eat nothing, and on his return to the shop at two o'clock he walked direct into the cutting room, and deliberately inflicted two deep gashes in his throat, which caused his death in little more than an 'hour. lie was found by the workmen on their return from dinner, lying on the floor covered with blood, and two surgeons were sent for; but although they succeeded with great exertion in sewing up the wounds, their assistance was too late. The unfortunate man was only 29 years of age. An inquest was held over the body ou Monday, when the jury returned a verdict of " Insanity. --- ----- MURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND. On Monday morning a young womannatned Catherine Green was murdered by her husband, Joseph Green, at the house of a person named Ogden, in , Back Biackley-street, in this town: The parties, we, understand. were monied in November last, since which time they have lived in a most miserable state, in consequence of the female's irregular habits. Two or three times they have been separated, and on one occasion the deceas ed employed a number of men to way-lay and beat her husband. On Sunday they met in the street, after a separation of some weeks, and on the female promising to be more circumspect in her conduct it was arranged that they should again live together. After passing .the night together in a double bedded room at Ogden's, about six o'clock on Monday morning, Honoria Ro gers, a sister of the deceased, called her up to.get to work. She refused to get up, saying that she did feel inclined to work, and she sh o uld not go to the factory that day. As soon as the sister was gone, she got out of bed, and leaving her husband, went and laid herself down on the other bed. Her husband was of fended at this and upbraided her with her conduct, telling her that he supposed she was going to do as she had done before, run away from him. Her only reply to him was " Let me alone, I want to go to sleep." The husband's rage now became un governable., He jumped out of bed, and seizing a rave- which he had bought on the Saturday night previous, with one stroke inflicted a wound on the left side of the neck and throat which divided all the vessels, with the exception of the carrotid artery. he unfortunate woman sprang from tbe bed, and thrusting the blanket into the gash prevented the blood from flowing for the moment. Her strength enabled her to reach the winduW when she cried out, "Murder, Mrs. Ogden, help me to cry murder ?" She then removed the blanket Irons her throat, arid instantly fell to the floor covered with blood, and in twenty minutes she was a corpse. Mrs. Ogden hearing the alarm ran upstairs, and found the deceased on the floor, her husband kneeling over her on one knee. As soon as he saw Mrs. Ogden,. he said " l have done the deed and I know I must die ; but her mother has been the author of it all, and our blood will be upon her head." To another woman who came into the room, alarmed by the noise, he said " Send for a runner, I don't care if I die now," The•alarm was speedily spread over the neighbourhood, and, 'before a police officer could be fetched, Austin one of the watch men who lived nearly opposite, secured the prisoner, and he was conveyed i n custody - to the New Bailey. Mr. Rutter held an' inquest on the body on Monday evening, when a verrliCt of " Wilful murder" was returned, and the prisoner was commit ted to Kirkdale gaol, to await his trial at the assizes. The pri soner and the deceased, we understand, were both about 21 years of age. The prisoner is a. Roman Catholic, and about ten weeks ago he made a vow, which he says he has religiously ob served, not to taste intoxicating liquors. He is by trade a spin ner, and we believe he bears a good character amongst his neighbours —Manchester paper. :0 • THE COMET. ROYAL OBSERVATORY, GREENWICH, AUG. 28.—At 14h. 17m. 35.65. mean time, the light ascension of the comet was observed by the five f ee t equatorial to be sh. 47m. 42.15., and de c linati on 21 deg. 25M. 3.35. north. It appealed very faint. We are indebted to Professor Airy for the following interest ing account of this body;.—The time of perihelion passage cal culated by M. de Pontecoulant is November 7; the observa tions of right ascension would Correspond better with the time of perihelion passage November 10, and those of declination would be best represented by.supposing the time of perihelion passage November.l6. The latter determination is liable to a much smaller error than the former; and we may probably, with much • confidence, fix on November 15th asibealay when the comet will be nearest to the sun. On that supposition the comet will. be neatest to..the earth about October 11, gad its distance will then be less than one-fourth of the sun's distance, For the first tan days of October the comet will not set to this country; and on the . fith or 7th of October it will probably be seen within the square formed by the four principal stars of the Great Bear, or Charles's Wain. The vet imperfect observations make it impossible to predict its place at present with greater accuracy. It is remarkable that, from the accounts of all the observers, the comet at present exhibits no tail; in all its former appearances it is described as having a tail of considerable length. There is, however, reason to believe that all comets diminish in splendour on each successive appearance. The comet is only visible at present with a telescope of at least six inches aperture. The near agreement of the observed time of re-appearance with the predicted time (the error not exceeding nine days in seventy five years) must be considered an astonishing proof of the accu racy which has been introduced into astronomical calculations. The neglect of the most trifling disturbing cause would have many tunes' increased this error, as is evident from the circum stance that the periodic time .of this comet has once been in-, creased more than a year by the attraction of the planets. The next inquiry among astronomers will b e, w h a t i s th e cau se or the trifling disagreement which exists ? It is probable that it is entirely due to small errors in the observations at former ap pearances.—Cambridge Chronicle. Rica BREAD.—Bread made out of wheat flour, whets first taken not of the oven or skillet, is unprepared for the stomach. It should go through a change, or ripen before it. is eaten. — Young persons, or persons in the enjoyment of vigorous health, may eat bread iminediately after it is baked, without any sensi ble injury fro m it, but weakly aid aged persons cannot; and no tine can eat such without doing harm to the digestive organs. Bread, after being baked, goes through a change similar to the change in newly brewed beer, or newly churned butter-milk— neither being health y until after the change. During the change in bread it sends off a large portion of carbon, or unhealthy gas, and imbibes a large portion of oxygen, or healthy gas.—Bread has, according to the coinputation of the physicians in London, one-filth moteknutriment. in it when ripe, than it has when just out of the oven. It not only has snore nutriment, but inipartsa. ssideli greater degree of cheerfulness. lie that eats old ripe bread will have a ninth greaten flow of animal spirits than he would have if he were to eiiitatiripe bread... 'Bread, as before obseryed,..dischargef carbon and imbibes oxygen. One thing in connexion with this thought "shoillil be particularly noticed by till houaewives. It is, to let tke bread riperi where it can in hale the oxygen in a pure state. Bread will always taste of the air which surrounds it whik. ripening ; hence it should ripen where the air is pure. It should never ripen in the cellar, nor in a close cupboard, or in a bed-roo t a. The noxious vapours of a cellar or a cupboard never should enter into and bona a part of the bread we eat. The writer of this at ticle hats often eaten bread of this kind, and has felt strongly disposed to lecture the mistress of the house on the subject of keeping bread in a pure atmosphere. Every man and woman ought to know, that much of health and comfort depends upon the method of preparint , their food. Bread should be light, well baked, and properly ripened, before it is eaten. —Natural Repository. DEATH OF PRIEST WALSH- FOUL CONSPIRACY AGAINST THREE PROTESTANTS-THEIR ACCUSER CONVICTED OF PERJURY. On Tuesday last the inhabitants of this town and count were in the highest degree excited, owing to the arrest of three respectable protestants, named Sly, Styles, and Wynne, and charged on the evidence of a notorious vagabond with the murder of the Rev. John Walsh. A woman named Anne - Rupney had previously given infor. !nation of the alleged murder to Mr. Malony, C.M., and he reported the circumstance to government, when Mr. , Tickel, K.C., was sent down to Bagenalstown, to make. the necessary inquiries. There were several magistrates in attendance, among whom were Messrs. Haughton and Moore, well known as (what is. termed) the liberal ma gistrates of the county. During the entire of Tuesday the road leading from this town to Bagenalstown was crowded with dense masses of the populace, in expecta tion of the arrival of the prisoners, whom they enter. tained no doubt would be fully committed for the murder, and by way of preparation for their reception, some fran• tic women were seen collecting stones, and supplying their friends with ammunition_ fur the occasion. At live o'clock there could not be less than three thousand peo- . ple congregated on the road to Bagenalstown—but much to their disappointment the inquiry terminated in the conviction of the vagrant, Anne Rooney, of wilful per jury, and no doubt instigated to the foul deed by some of the sacerdotal desperadoes who are anxious to keep up excitement fur political purposes,. by inducing a belief that the deceased had been murdered by protestants. This unfortunate victim of ignorance and blind supersition swore that she had slept on the night of Mr. Walsh's death in the house of a herdsman named Hawley, in •the employment of Edward Butler, Esq.—that she and the . family were alarmed by noise on the road—thet she pro ceeded to the bridge of Kilgreany, accompanied by the. daughters of the herdsman, and stood under the arch, and that they saw the prisoners knock deceased down and break his skull with a hammer. The herd and his daugh ters on being examined, declared "that they never saw Anne Rooney before ; that she never slept in their house; and finally, that the whole story was a fabrication, for , that the daughters were neither oat on that night, nor tveresever under the bridge! These facts were Corrobo-; rated by several witnesses. When asked -to -identify Archbold Sly, whom she said she saw give the blow, she hesitated for some time and placed the rod " on the head of Martin Nolan," brother to the priest of Bagenalstown!! to the astonishment of the whole, court. On being ques tioned as to her place of residence, she stated that she was . born in James's -street, in Carlow; that her father lived there; and on being actually brought to this town, accompanied - by - the police and Mr. Moore, they dis covered than no such street was ever in Carlow; and on being brought to the place where she described as the residence of her father, she altered her tack, and declared he lived in the Queen's County. On being asked rbether she knew any person in Carlow, she stated she was acquainted with a woman from Graigue, whose name she mentioned. This woman on being sent for declared she had never seen Anne Rooney before; she then turned round and stated she was not acquainted with the woman, "but with her husband! !" .The woman quickly reoliJd that she had stated a falsehood, for that "her husband was dead upwards Of two years 11 , The whole plot was now fully developed, and it was clear that the wretch hid been the dupe of some designing knaves who were ' anxious to stigmatise the character of the protestants Of the county, and to make it appear that a death which was purely accidental, was the result of a murderous conspi racy against the deceased, wild, in Net, on the night of his death drank freely and, as is given in evidence, rode an ungovernable horse (that had frequently thrown him before) at a furious pace, from Bagenalstown. The. prisoners were honourably acquitted, and their abandoned accuser was detained in custody to await the Measure of his Majesty's government, whether she . should be com mitted to'stand her trial for deliberate and gross perjury. But still the wretch has succeeded ia lioldiritup three in nocent men to the notice of a blind, bigotted, and blood thirsty populace, who are ever ready to credit any story, no matter how false or infamous the base fabricator. We hope, whether the government interfere or not, that the magistrates will prosecute thjivagrant for perjury, and we are firmly of opinion the real c onspiratOrs•against the lives of innocent men will yet be disco% ered. We shall make no comment on the atrocious article that appeared in the revolutionary organ of the priests on the subject of Mr: Walsh's death; I.4ut if they persevere in publish ing lying statements tading to excite the populace to commit murder, we shall be more explicit touching tire death of Father: Walsh in our next, and publish ionic statements respecting the proceedings of that unfortunate man from the time he left this town till he reached Bagenalstown on the evening of his death—and by way of giving circumstantial proof, we shall publish the names of the. parties who had been in his company.—Carlow Sentinel. RETIREMENT OF MR. DUNLOP FROM PARLIAMENT. The Constitutional, - A - new - Gtagow paper of conserv ative and - Constitutional principles, says—We: have heard from scurces.on which the utmost reliance can be placed, that the clique, since the: announcement of Mr. Dunlop's intention to resign his seat,..have arranged with Lord William Bentinck to come forward under their auspices as a candidate for the representation of Glas 7 g_ow, either in the event of Mr. Dunlop accepting the Chiltern Hundreds at the commencement of another ses sion, or immediate dissolution of parliament and a new general election taking place. 1 - Tow so stolid a body as the clique, stumbled on an idea of such. happiness 'and brilliancy, and how so eminent and able a man as Lord William Bentinck, could consent to have the brightness of his orientiat'star placed under the shadow of the pa tron's of Mr. Crawford, of Singapore, we know not ; but that such an engagement has been entered into we haYe the 13, , 5t reasons for believing, and we strongly • suspect that Mr. Oswald, and some members of the government, have got the whole matter adjusted with two or three prip cipal- heads of the therberus up in London. _How will a gentleman who once anxiously shunned them, but on whom they lately pretended to have fixed, religh this mode of giV ing him the go-by ? But this is a mere personal matter, with- which the citizens of Glasgow have no cause to concernthemselves. What more concerns .them, and the honour of the city,. is, this mode of privately bartering away their franchises to suit personal and party arrange ments, without ever once consulting them in the matter, as if they were a flock of mere slaves or simpletons, to be driven to the hustings to vote as their good lords and masters of the clique will have them. Are the independ eracitizens of Glasgow come to this pass ? ,And exists there in Glasgow a party that presumes they are so, and, on the ground of that presumption, .proceeds to barter them to the ministry of thellay, in exchange for points conceded in furtherance of theie, own. views of interest and aggrandizement ? At! who remember the first elec tion here, need not to be told that there doesexist a party in Glasgow, presumptuous enough to venture. on all this, and a great deal more ;' and - the question, then, • comes to be, shall Glasgow, through the agency:of such a party, become. mere nomination burgh of the govern ment like Edinburgh, ready at any time to receive, with all meekness and submission, whatever rejected or other nominee may be sent down for its - acceptance. THE SPANISH EXPEDITION During the whole of Saturday night and yesterday, our city , was thrown into the greatest disorder, occasioned. by the tumultuous and insubordinate conduct of those troops raised for Donna Isabella's service. Between eight and nine: o'clock on Saturday eveningi-ttre Mayor,'Sheriff, anti a party of the city constabulary surrounded the Waterloo Glass Manufactot v, in which they had been lodged, in consequence of the riotous manner in which they were conducting themselves inside, and they had no sooner ar rived on the ground than they commenced smashing the windows, and never ceased until not a single whole pane of glass could be distinguished in the entire building, which is exceedingly spatious and roomy. During the entire night, numbers of theta were to be seen in a beastly state of intoxication in different parts of our streets, shouting, and making the most hideous noises. Oa yes terday evening , three companies 'of them were mar c hed to the Earl of Fingal steamer, then lying at Patrick's quay,. for embarkation, and it was with considerable ditti culty that they were conveyed on board. We understand that'Six of them leapt overboard into the river, and made their escape—some of them were to be seen fighting and boxing each other-,--some heaving coal into the river and at the spectators on the quay, and others in a state of nudity, marching about the deck of the vessel. At length, after sonic delay, the steamer gut off, and was proceeding • at a rapid rate down the river, when she grounded near the end of the new wall, opposite Penrose's-quay. The troops had then to be disembarked, and put on board one of the river steamers, the Waterloo, which reached Cove,. last night, and there wait s th e arr ival of the Earl of:Fingal next tide, to convey them out td Spain. We this day visited the Waterloo Glass Manufactory, where the bat talion raised by Captain Galway lies, and although it is stated that this is the most pliable of any yet raised in Cork, still we never witnessed any troop, destined so shortly to enter upon the arduous duties connected with, immediate warlike service, in such .an awful state of. in, subtfrdination and want of all necessary disciplipe. Thet ; are 101 extremely disaffected, and coniOain' fondly of a non gulfiltnent s of the promiAe made, when they were. en ' of a bOuniy of £2. This Is now pturjijsed them, wlie)ii they shall • have embarked, taut with this promise, they-are dissatisfied, and seem to consider it as a fraud • on the part of the Queen's ambassadors here, and in con sequience they on Saturday sold their clothing on the Coatquay, and surcharged themselves with ardent spirits . with thearext proceeds of the same. In the,secretarv'S office, this day, they were boxing one another; while a bugler, in a state of intoxication, wag bellowing final some discordant notes upon his bugle. On the whole, they are the most awkward, undisciplined, and disaffected squad we ever beheld ; and we wish the Queen many thousand.. more of those Irish patriots, to grace the triumphs of her . train.—Cork Herald. SEPTEMBER 4, 18:35. FOREIGN INTELLIGEArCE. An article, apparently official, dated "From the fron tiers of Poland, Aug. 14," contradicts the statement which appeared lately in the German papers relative to the discovery of a plot to assassinate the Emperor Ni birolas at Kalisch. The misapprehension is said to have. iirisen from the strict order s g i ven t o th e p o li ce t o be closely observant of certain individuals against whom ther- are grounds of general suspicion. As for the dis affection which was, on the same authority, alleged to prevail in the Polish army, this article contradicts it in the most summary manner by stating, that, " as every body knows no, such army f.xists, no reliance can placed on its support or seduction." Charles X. and his family have gone to Toplitz. He always leaves Prague whenever a reigning sovereign is expected there. The life he leads in that city is described as being very retired. The Duke of Bordeaux is stated to be in excellent health, in spite of the assertions to the . contrary which have appeared in the French newspapers. His sister is educated under the strict 'superintendence 4 " of the Duche ss Of A ngou l eme , w h o h as b een so t 'ed. in the 4 school of misfortune, and wh o m us t b e cons ' d as a model if not of mildn ess y e t o f th e p urest % „ «e, and it is therefore probable she will be safe from the er rors which have cast so many shades on the character of her royal parent." The Duchess of Berri has left Brandeis forGratz. It appears that, as is usual in such cases, .the little courts of the ex-King and the Duchess were not. on amicable terms. " The En fans de France," says a German paper, - " were seldom allowed to see'their mother, and" whoever fell into disgrace with Charles X. was sure of a -favourable reception with the Duchess of Berri. . The Chevalier Hardivilliers, painter t o the cour t, was dis missed on suspicion of being the go•between of the Duchess and her children. M. de Barente, whose re moval from - the office that he held on the system of edu cation of the Duke of Bordeaux is much to be.. regretted, Was the intimate friend of the Duchess of Berri while he was here." - The King of the Belgians is about to pay a visit to. France. The Chambers at Brussels are discussing- the law relative to foreigners, the final vote on which was to have been taken on Monday last. It is certain that.it will be carried. LIVERPOOL ANNUAL EXHIBITION, POST-OFFICE-PLACE. CHUBC MEET. THE kle yr nth ANNUAL EXHIBI ' Nof the WORKS I of MODERN ARTISTS is no OPEN; and will con finite each day, from Nine in the Morning until Dusk. ; -' • SAM L. EGLINGION. Secretary to the Academy; Admission, One Shilling; Catalogue, One Shilling. Season Ticketi, Five Shillings. 12xl,ibition-r owns, August 21 , 18,35.‘ CONCERT AT THE ADELPI HOTEL R. fl ENS H ALL begs to anneuieto his Fri..nds and• al: . the Public that he i n tends g ivi ng CONCERT at the. A ORLPHI HOTEL, on WEDNESDAY, the 16th September instant particulars of whieh will be announced in future advertise.- meats. Ebt lifberpool f,:tanDarb. FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1835.. In the Morning Chronicie of Wednesday we find a. letter . purporting to have been written by a private ,correspondent who dates from Santander, in Spain; but the probability is that it was nutuufartuKed in London. But . no matter ; the facts it communicates bear all the marks of truth, and probably emanated from a certain office for the .purpose of aiding some honest speculation. - . Loid John Hay and the other naval commanders on this sta... tiun have certainly got directions to aid and assist in every way posiible the liberal party—to give antis, ammunition. guns. provisions, and their men whenever required; at the same time they are ordered not to fire a shot; except in self-defence ; ac cordingly, the men-of- war boats catty up and down the river all dispatches, mails, letters, * Ste., under the protection ,of the English flag, and consequently render them very great assist ance, otherwise these things would never reach their destination. The contents of the last dispatches are, that the Carlists are coming in great force upon the river below Bilboa, and aie building a fort to command the river, and prevent all passing-. The schooner has orders to proceed to Bilboa, and if she meet with any interruption to fire upon the enemy, and to land the marines and clear the banks. For this purpose the 7th Iristr regiment here in barracks will leave in steamers to-morrow; and, although ostensibly embarked for San Sebastian, will land at Portayalette, and will take the felt now building, atul•driee away the enemy. Lord John Hay is likewise going in the steamer to ;uperintend some of these movements and give his advice. He is 'a fine bray, officer, perfectly devoted to his profession, and`, has espoused the Queen's cause with,all his heart. It is sup posed that the English troops will not take the field before October, by which time they will have arrived; and although must of them raw men, will, by good drilling, become effective soldiers. Is this the way that England, once the mistress of the seas and the arbiter of the world, makes war, like a land thief or a- sea pirate, upon an independent state with which, she professes to be in amity, and against which, most un- . questionably, she has not issued any declaration of war ? How are - the mighty fallen ! We find the following in the Times : The expenses already incurred by the " Poor in Ireland Commission" for seven quarters amount to £11,847. This is independent of £2,800 for 14 assistant commissioners not:yet paid, making a total of £14,647. The return contains an esti mate of the sum which may yet be required before the comple tion of the inquiry. The secretary supposes this to be £3,740, but the reasons given for supposing that the inquiry will soon be terminated, and at no greater additional cost, are not , stated. We suspect that the result will be very different. This smells rank of whiggery ! It is as pretty a bit of jobbing as any we have seen since THOMAS MACAULAY introduced into his own dear India bill a provision in favour of himself, and gained by the trick TEN THOUSAND A YEAR, and .£1;500 as an outfit. What in the name of decency are these commissioners doing in Ireland •We are told that ,one of their chief objects is to ascertain if there be any pour in Ireland ! Are there any coals in Newcastle ? Are there any bogs in Connaught ? Are there any cotton mills in Manchester ? We can bat:dry supptise there is any doubt on these points ; and yet a number of : idle, useless, and unknown lawyets are ctn ployed to investigate a fact which is notorious, at vast expense to the public. But we shall -perhaps be told that the commissioners are empowered to ascertain in what way a modified system of poor laws in Ireland would operate upon All classes .of the population. Unquestionably they will do this to the entire satisfaction of his Majesty's ministers• They will prolong the inquiry to the utmost latitude of endurance. - They will gift the thing with the most fastidious induStry, and after they have sucked the coun try of some ten or twenty thousands more, they will pre sint:a report as bulky as.l.arcl.Nneel•er;and asnnintelli; gible as Mis'ter RuTtivest, which ,few persons Will read, and fewer understand, after which it will be flung into the lumber•room, or trash house . - of the House of Com mons, there to lie until it can be conveniently appropri ated to'the lining of trunks, or the wrapping of dog's meat sausages. We appeal to all our readers, who have paid any at tention to the subject, whether this has not been the fate of the labours of almost every commission which has emanated from the whigs. Who, except JOSEPH Paavts; ever saw the masses of stuff' collected by the municipal commissioners ? Who would have read even a mil lionth part of it had it been printed ? Not .ten men or women in the whole of the king's dominions. In short, these inquiries serve no good purpose whatever ; they supply no information that can be depended upon ; they lead to no satisfactory results. If the adherents Oe ministers must be maintained at the public expense , some more useful employment 'should.be found for them. This "Poor in Ireland Commission" is one of the most objectionable, .simply because nb measure of relief in the shape of poor laws is intended to be founded upon it. It is said that O'CONNELL is favourable to poor laws; we do . not believe it, because O'CONNELL is sat the man to tax himself. Who ever heard of him giving a shilling to his starving countrymen—to poor families who, owe much- of their misery to him ? He has con curred in the object of the commission, but that is merely to obtain . delay, and procure employpu.W,for his political agents. Two years have been, wasted . unnecessarily , and . 7.wesbelieve we are as far from the settlement of the question as ever. There will never , he any poer laws introduced into Ireland so long us O'CoNNELk, and his tail can prevent it. The ministry which shall confer this blessing upon that country must be a truly English and independent administ ration. Oh, S4NOIIO PANZA prince; of squires! if thou had.st been in'the House of Cotutuous thi Monday ; ldsc, aDd had thy "trusty and well glove D •p_,let beau wi•b thee, how must you both hare been delighted by tha