The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-03-24 00:00:00

AYR. HUMPRAYS, Professor of Dancing, sefpectfully a ~, Ail_ .quaints his Friends, that his SPRIN QUAit'VER conationees tin TH unsnAr next, the `26th in t. Academy, Palkner-street, corner al St. ride's-street. 15, 14,0,,,,,0-,trect March 23. 183.5. PROTECTOR FIRE'INSURANCE COMPANY, 25, Oin JEWRY, `ißegent-street,conavr of ittlayn-strct!,, -London, and High- Southward.. tAPurAL, £5,000m0. NOTICE IS - HEREBY GIVEN, that Insurances which expire at LADY DAY should- be renewed within fifteen days thereafter, or they will becr,ne Void. Receipts fur such Renewals are now ready at the above Offices, , and with the respective Age.nts to the Company throughout the .United Kingdom. WILMER H Alt RIS, Secretary. WIDOW SUTTON and SONS. Agents for Liverpool, Office, 17, Exchange-street East. PHOENIX F.l ESTAIMS • H E BOARD of DIRECT 11 give notice, that Renew -due at LA or DAY are now in t 1 RE OFFICE. RED 1781 'ORS of this Office do hereby ral Receipts for Policies falling► he hands of the several Agents. i free of Duty. for the Coup/Aof Lancaster are, • Geo. Greet Liverpool. Win. Tate, Manchester. ilenry Sharpies, Ormskirk. T. T. & J. B. Jickson, Prescot. Rd. Newshatn, jun., Preston. . James Woods, Rochdale. , Mrs. Tyson, Ulverstone. Edward Bolton, Warrington. . hunes Baneks, Wigan. FARMING STOCK insured The Agents for this Company "Mr. Thos. Hill, Ashton & Stay-1 lev Bridge. 'William Townley, Blaelcimrn. John 'Aloud4ley & S,m, Bolton. Benjamin Townson, Burnley. in°. & Benj. Crompton, Bury. Swainson, Gregson, and Marr,l Lancaster. T. and 'l'. A: Crook, LiverpoolH Henry Glynn, ditto. THE m,B,NCIIESTER ASSURANCE COMPANY,' Opplce, No. 33, KING -STREET, MANCHESTER. CAPITAL.—Two MILLIONS. Established March, 1824. FIRE DEPARTMENT. ` 'THE Assured are entitled to one-third of the Profits, without liability . on their part to the loes. Parties intending to continue their Policies, falling due at L•DY DAY, must renew them within fifteen ,days of that time, or they will become void. FARMING STOCK. • Now EXEMPT from DU riz,is iiter?e'd bap this Company at 25.. per cent. per annum; and Wl' TOUT Ttiu AVER AGE CLAUSE'. • • - • • LIFE DEPAJITMENT, The Assured are entitled to boo-thirds of Elie Profits, without arty liability on their part to the losset. The Premiums charged are lower than those of the majority or other Offices. The business of the Life Department is kept quite distinct from that of Fire, and its accumulations are not liable to make Band any losses arising therefrom. . The Rates of Premium. and all other particulars, may be ohtuiued on application ,te RICHARD DAWSON, 'Agent, Exchange-Alley, Liverpool. Empowered h.st .Aet of Parliament, 3d William IV. ECONONM - *LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, ►..34,4ridge-street, Blackfriars, Loudon. ESTAISLISHKD 1823. DIRECTORS. - The Right Hon. T. FRAN KLAND LEWIS, CHAIRMAN, HENRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Resident Director, —Jolty Kslowt.Es, Esti., F. .S. Agent for Liverpool, T. 0. COOPER 1" Medical Referee for Do., Dr. ROBERTS ,04• F. 111. D. { - rill IS Society has for its basis ECONOMY COMBINED JL WITII S EC URI IT—the terms of 4Arances, for young and middle-aged lives being much. low er Kan those of any other Oilice which gives a Bonus to the Assured; and a full statement of its affairs is annually made to the Shareholders and Policy holders, who have a control over the Society. Three-fourths of the profits are now divided among those Assured on an equitable scale, for the whole term of life after Policies shall have been iu force four years, and eventually the whole of the profits will be so divided. Endowments for Children are granted, and Assurances on Joint Lives, Survivorships, Survivorship Annuities, as well as every species of Life coutingency, at rates proportional to the nature of the risks, which are as low as possible compatible with security to the Assured. Assurances are also effected, either by paying small Premiums at tint, and increasing them every five ears; or by paying a high Premium at first, subject to periodical abatements, and ultimately the payments to cease altogether. In fine, persons may be assured in any way which may be best adapted to their circumstances or wishes. Medical Referees are appointed in most cities and large towns, and a ents in many, from whom information may be obtained and Prospectuses had. By order of the Board of Directors, T. 0. COOPER, Agent. .REDUCTION OF FIRE PREMIUMS. YORK AND NORTH OF ENGLAND ASSURANCE COMPANY, 14.Gu OUSEGATIC, YORK. , Alder/ma , Chairman. . Deput hairunun. WILL M HARGROVE, Esq. ItosERT HumoN, Esq.. THOMAS MASON, Esq. WILLIAM MATTERSON, Esq. Jou:. URu, ei, RALPH Ouo. Esq. CUT/111E11T Ittepotc, Esq. GLORGE WuouALt, Esq. DW, Actuary and Secretary. CArtrAl £500,000. WILLIAM COOPER, Esq. THOMAS GREGORY, Esq JOHN AGAR, Es i . JAMES AUDI'S, JOHN BARSTOW, 1.6 q. MATTHEW CARR Esq. EN. JAMES GADSDEN, Esq. IioRERTWARDGLEADow,Esq. CLiAs. JAMES HANSON, Esq. EDMUND EARL( COMMITTEE FOR LIVERI , James Bateson, Esq. Thomas Bolton, Esq. James Jackson, Esq. DuL AVID ITS VICINITY. Thomas Jenkinson, Esq. Bikii. W. Preston, Esq. Geo. Wainwright, Esq. FIRE INSURANCES. V ill E Directors of this OtliCetaklng intoconsideration the 1 strong and well-directed Engine and Pike Police Esta blishment which has been brought into operation iu Liverpool, and the great attention which is paid, in the construction of . new Wareb , ,uses, to security against Fire, have determined to a lopt the following reduced rate of Premium : On Floating Policies On specific Insurances, with warranty against hazardous trades and hazardous goods 6s. „ Warranty against harirdous trades omitted 7s. „ Warranty against hazardous goods also omitted 81. „ No warranty against plurality of occupation required. Policies for short periods will be charged the usual propor tions of the above rates. SPECIAL BASKS 011 the most moderate terms. 'The following Rates of Premium are charged fur ordinary Risks : Quality, First • Not Hazardous. Secoud..... Hazardous . Third. I Doubly Hazardous....., Per Cent. 2s. 6d. FARMING STOCK. is ranked by this Company m the First Class of Risks, and the Premium is therefore only ls. (id. per cent. LIFE ASSURANCE. The followintt are the Rates per Cent. upon the life of ahealthy Person, of the undermentioned ages : Ays. Prem. per Ann. Aye. Prem. per. Ann. V. 13s. 9d. 50.,„,E4 Os. 7d. 2 3 6 3 11 • 2 17 3 67 .... 812 0 Joint Lives and Survivorships also Assured by this Company, the Rates for which are equally favourable to the Assured. Alt Further information can be obtained on application at the Agent for. Liverpool M WOTIIERSPOON,' India-buildings, Fenwick-street. TILE sTANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, ESTABLISHED IN 1.825, • And Constituted by Act of Parliament, For Assurance on Lives and Survivorships, Endowments for Children. Immediate, Deferred, and Survivorship Annuities, and fur the Purchase of Reversions and Annuities. Ilia Grace the DUKE (11 BUCC &H and QUEENSBURY. IMPUTY.GtiertMolt. The Most Noble the MARQUIS of LOTHIAN EXTRAoRDINART DittEcTOns. The Hon. Captain Anthony Maitland,.B.N. • . Henry H. Drummond, Esq., of Blaidruntmond. Samuel Laing, Esq., of Papdale. - - •; •; • • Ge l iege 'Mercer, Esq., - of Gurthy, Hobert Jameson, Esq.. Advocate. ' Alexander Connei, Esq:, North Charlotte-street. , : •, James Wyld, Esq., of Glisten. .. Stewart Solder, Esq., of Nleirese. , ORDINARY DIRECTORS. D u o s m ith, E sq ., W.S. I A. Rolland, jun., Esq., W.S W. Wyld, Esq., Sterchant, Alexander Ciappertou Esq. I Leith. Merchant. Andrew Mason, Esq., W.S. Thomas Blackwood, Esq., George Bit Ale, Esq., W.S. Merchant. R. , 13...rt Haig, E sq Lothriu. Walter Adam , Esq. , M.D. H James ay, Esq... Leith.. .isierchant, IG. Patton, Esq., Advocate. I Ad. Patterson, Esq., W.S. •W. Fraser, Esq., Merchant. Henry George Watson, Esq. Thomas Duncan, Esq., 78, Accouutaut. Great King -street. ADITRS. Wm. Wallace, P.sq , U Pro O fessor of Mathematics. Henry George Wats . on, Esq., Accountant. 4 SSC RA NCES may be effected with this Company on ttv o 11 plans. By one o f th ese, part i es assuring fur the whole term of life have it in their power to participate very largely in the profits of the Company, and, although paying only the .or dinary rate of pr em i um , to secure advantages not inf erior to 'those accruing under a system of Mutual Assurance without in •dtiirring any risk or responsibility whatever; au undoubted . guarantee for the fulfilment of the Company's engagement' l'P ing provided by the subscribed Capital of the Company, which has been established under the authority of an Act of Parlia ment. By the other plan, parties who may desire to secure at the lowest rate of premium only a certain fixed sum; payable upon their own decease, or upon the death of any other person in whose life they may hive an interest. without any periodical additions to their policies, have an opportunity of transacting on very favourable terms with the Company, the Directors having allowed considerabl e modi fi cations of t h e R ates of pro mium applicable to this species of business. The Company also grant Assurances for limited periods, and on the various combinations of Joint Lives and Survivorship. as well as Immediate and Deferred Annuities, and Endowments, on moderate lerms.. No charge'is made on parties assuring, under the head of entry money. admission fee, or otherwise.. ersons cm th e i r own Onerous assignees to policies opened by p lives, when duly admitted by the Company, as the holders mill be considered to stand in en equally . favourable situation as if they had been the nri ,, inal assurers. Tables of the Bates of Premium's, and every other informs . tion connected with the business of Life Assurance and Annu ities. may be had at the Cf, P N r's OFFics . ., No. 21. South St. Andrew-street, Edinburgh or from TH ON! A S M. M AC. KA Y, India Buildings, Water-street, their Agent in Liverpool. JAMBS A.CHEYNE. Manager. WM. THOS. THOMSON, Seer t cry, *EJinbur9A, 21, South Si. Andrew-street, 171 h 11:areh, 1835. Imprrial Vatliarant. HOUSE OF CO MMONS.—WEDNESDA Y. (Concluded from the LIVEIfPoOL STANDAR D of Friday.) IMPatsox MEN T FOR DEBT BILL. This bill, on the motion of Sir John Campbell, was, after a shoit debate, read a sectm.l time and referred tto a select coin mittee. COURT OF SKSSION BILL (SCOTLAND.) The lord Advocate moved the second rearlitw of this The bill was read a second titne cud referred to a select cont. inittee. IMPItrSONMENTPOR bEitT BILL (scoil.Argo.) This bill was read a second time, and, nu the trwtion of the Lord Advocate was referred to the same committee as the court of session bill. INTIMIDATION AT ELECTIoNS. Poruree, in moving for leave W 'mug in a bill to pro tect the free exercise of the political franchise, said he was awate that a committee had been appointed on the subject of bribery and corruption, and also of intimidation at 'elections, vet, nevertheless, he should wish to bring in his bill, but w -o:t1 suspend its progress until he saw what the committee would do. The legislature having conferred the 'elective franchise on a . large portion of the community, was bound to protect them in its exercise. It was well known that many men could not ex- - . ercise this rig,ht without great risk. The evil of intimidation lay chiefly with the.agents of candidates, who, behind the backs of their principals, used threats of loss of custom and patronage, so as to prevent many from giving a conscientious vote. The great object of his bill was to prevent this species of intimida tion. This was not a new principle. The confession of a pri soner was not held to he good against him if given under any threat or promise, and though this was carried sometimes to an absurd extent, y et the principle was a good one. The act of 5 Geo. IV., cap.9s, gave a power to artisans to concert and com bine as to their wages; but they were prevented from using in timidation. 'Now, his object was to give to .ju lges a discretion ary power to punish any attempts at intimidation, and to have. Ate punishment increased for the second offence, and that it should be followed by the loss of the right of voting. He also. proposed that there should be an oath, which might be admiuis tered to the voter at the desire of the candidate or any two elec tors, as to whether any threat or intimidation had been held out to him. Unless some measure of this kind were adopted it would be inipssible to guard against intimidation. Be the m o de of voting as secret as they might wish, still the wanly feelings of Eoglishmen could not he prevented from avowing the party for whom they intended to vote, and with such avowals they ought to be protected in the exercise of their franchise. One great object of his bill would be to give full force to the ex ercise of moral influence, and to put a stop to every thing which would destroy that moral influence. fie would now move for leave to bring in a hill to protect the free exercise of the politi cal franchise-1n England and Wales. Leave waS given to soiogin the WEIGHTS AND 31EASIIRES. On the motion of Lord Ebriugton, idler a short conversation between Mr. Wallace, Captain Pechell, Mr. Angerstein, Sir T. Freemantle, and Sir G. Clerk, a select committee was appoint ed' to examine into. the provisions of the act of last session for establishing uniformity of weights and measures, and to con sider of such amendments in that act as may be calculated to carry its-objects more fully and sati4tetorilv into effect. Mr. SHAW LEFEVRE obtained leave to brill , in a bill for the amendment and consolidation of the laws relating to the high ways in. England and Wales. I•AW OF LIBEL BILL O'CorixEm., in moving for leave to bring in this bill, shortly addressed the house. He did nut, he said, intend tog.) into .the details, but merely meant to initiate the measure, leaving tlfe responsibility of it entirely to the law officers of the crown. At present nothing could be more anomalous than our law of libel. There were three different modes of proceeding. The first was.an action for damages, and the law on this head was this—that if the publisher of the words, it was immaterial how malicious they were, or what injury they inflicted, could prove them to be true, it was a perfect ilefence, and the plain tiff was not only deprived of any compensation for the injury, but was saddled with the costs of the action. On the other hand, if the truth could not be proved•p•ocisely in all respects, all that the ,fury could do was to give small damages ; but the defendant was severely punished by the costs, though the judge had a power in England,• but not in Ireland, to certify away the costs —a power,.however, which was seldom exercised. there were familiar instances of actions for libel, in which there had been no expectation of getting more than 6d. damages, but newspapers had actually been mulcted in costs to the amount of £3l)', L-100, and in one instance LW), where the damages had been only 6d. - .(Hear.) The next proceeding was a criminal Prosecution. In this there were two courses, one by information in the Court of Kipg's Bench ; but no man could apply to the Court of King's Bench for a criminal information, unless he negatived what was imputed to him iu . the publication ; but if the alle g ed libel is substantially true,. he was not at liberty to proceed by information, but must proceed by action o r iby n dietment. If a person took the third course, and if any word of the libel should be true, if the subject had been fairly brought before the tribunal of public opinion, but the plaintiff chose to proceed, not by - action or by criminal information, but by in dictment before a jury, the truth was not listened to, although, in fact, every word of the alleged libel might be - true. Such was the state of the law of libel, and he was couviuced that the house would acknowledge that it demanded an alteration. The jury were told by the judge—by the common law—for there was no statute, though the principles of the common law were nut applicable to such a subject as this—that they were to con sider whether the publication was intended to be malicious and criminal ; yet: they kept from the jury the best evidence as to whether the publication was criminal and malicious or not— namely, the truth; for surely.there'could not be a better cri terion whether a publication was innocent or malicious than its truth. It was not an infallible criterion, but it was one of the best materials for judging of the iniocencr or malice of a pub lication, cod. this was rejected by the ,courts of criminal law. Ile had stated .sufficient to show that. the crown officers, in not opposing the introduction of the bid, had not neglected their duty, especially as they intended to watch the progress of the bill. The hod. and learned member then moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the law of libel. Leave was.then given to bring in the bill. • On the_motion of Mr. Brotherton, the house' adjourned at natf-past twelve o clock. HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY. The Duke of RicomoNn gave notice that ou Tuesday next, (this day,) he would move for returns respecting gaols in Etlg. land and Wales. The newspaper regulation bill, the transfer of aids bill, and the exchequer bills bill, were read a third time and passed. The Duke of - WELLINGrorr moved fur a copy of certain letters from the poor-law cu►uurissioners respecting the parish of Stoke Poges.—Oi dered. Duke of WELLINGTON laid on the table, pursuant to. order, copies and translations of all oaths, excepting► the oaths of allegiance, supremacy, and abjuration, taken by members of the University of Oxford. • The Earl of RonKN moved for additional papers relative to the national system of education in Ireland.--Ordered. The Loa D CHANCELLOR laid on the table the report of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the state of the esta blished church. - CANA DA. Lord BROITG HA NI presented a petition from this colony, Qb serving in the first place, that the petitioners formed a verytou sideruble .inajtoity of the representative body constituting the House of - Assembly of the province of Lower Canada, and of a minor number of the other house, or legislative council. Both these bodies, or a majority of the one and • a minority of the other, urge a series of minplaints, and, in the prayer of the petition, call for relief. Ilis lordship then proceeded to recapi tulate the grievances complained of by the Canadians, and concluded by saying that it appeared to him that parliamentary reform was nucessary in that colon), and he hoped that their lordships would give their •serious attention to. those com plaints. It was quite certain that matters could not go on much longer as they had done. , He feared that e v ents w hi c h wou ld be - deeply regretted were in store fur them, and at no very distant period, if they did not take some decisive steps on this subject. His opinion was, that they could not carry on a large conouial establishment—that they could notbeneficially keep up it large force by sea and land, unless it was so arranged that the colonial government should go on smoothly and quietly; and above all, if it were not so man age d, th at t h e colonies should fairly meet their own expenditu re . Th at was h i s view of the. subject, but he kneW at the saute time that i t was i mposs ibl e a ll at once to bring the colonial system lu:tuella state of perfection. After a few remarks front the Earl of Ripon,. The Earl of ABERDEEN, atter replying to the statements of Lord Brougham, said if the noble and learned lord had paid attention to this petition, it was impossible that he could have drawn the attention of the house so strongly to those grievances of which the petitioneri complamed,.seeing that he himself and his culjeagues bad been guilty of creating them. (Hear.) 'there were other tioints into which he would not at all enter, be cause he feared that a discussion of them would militate against the happy and successful termination of those disputes. If the cable and learned lord chose to make himself ih that house the organ of those grievances, he mi g h t d o so. lie might pria-.1 mute or he. might retard, as it should happen, the settlement of this important question. But. whatever course the noble awl learned lord might think proper to adopt, he felt it to her his duty not to say anything that might prejudice that delicate and difficult mission ( a nd the noble and learned lord himself must , be aware that it was a most delicate and difficult one) which had recently been intrusted to a noble friend of his. ( Hear.) Lord . Bent oast said he took no blame to himself for the part he .had attopted. He fouud in the petition charges against the goV'ei nor, but no.Charike against the government at finite, exi4prthat they had adopted. no Measure itpen the 92 resolu-' flans. His answer to that was, that the government had done that thus cOuld do up_ to the moment when the aduainistra tiun vita dissolved. 'With respect to the charge about the revenue, he had stated that he knew nothing about it. The governor might be perfectly able to justify himself—he hoped that he - would be able to X° so—but, as he had already stated, he knew nothitt of the facts beyond the statement contained in the petition., After a few .words from the Earl of Mulgrave, the Earl of Aberdeen, and Lord ,Brougaam, the petition was laid upon the table.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY. The Speaker took the chair at half-past three o'clock. The SPEAKER acquainted the house that the parties to the petitions against the returns for the boroughs of Kinsale and King's Lynn had not entered into the required recognizances. The orders fur their cuusi leration were accordingly dis charged. Sir R. MUSGHAVE, as we understood, presented a petition front the grand jury of Waterford, complaining of certain de fects in the grand jury law of Ireland, and gave notice that on A future day he would move forleave to bring in a bill to remedy the defects complained of. CIIATIIAIII ELECTION. TYlr. HODGES presented a petition from a great number of the electors and other inhabitants of the borough - of Chatham, coin plaioing that in consequence of the manner in which many of them had voted at the last election, the commanding officer at the marine barracks had inteifered in a manner wholly unpre cedented with the freedom of trade of that place. The petition was signed by 330 electors and other inhabitants of Chatham. The petitioners stated that from " time immemorial" the trades men of Chatham had been in the habit of transacting business at the mantle barracks. without let or hindrance until the 19th January last; that at the last electi,n a large portion of the slop-sellers and pawnbrokers resident in that borough had voted for Captain Bvng in opposition to the government candidate Sir John Beresford; that on the 19th January last an order was issued prohibiting the admission of pawnbrokers or slop sellers into the barracks , without a special permission from the commandant; but that some slop-sellers who had voted for admiral Sir J. Beresfi.rd had been admitted. %bile those who vote d for Captain Byng had been iefused admittance; that the petitioners think such conduct arbitrary, partial, and unjust, and intended to prevent the free exercise of the elective fran chise in that borough. After commentinz upon the allegations (lithe petition, the honourable member concluded by moving that it he.referred to the intimidation committee. Sir J. P. BEItES:FOHD had never heard of the petition until that n i ght, an d w a s certain that the charge against the gallant officer uho commanded the marine barrel ks could not be sus tained. If the house interfered with an officer in the discharge his duty, the next step wuu:d be to take the command of his ajesty!) ships. After a long discussion, Mr. Hoy°Es gave notice that he wouid, ssu 'Cues:lay-. next, (this day.) move that the petitiun be referred to a select committee. Several other petitions on various subjects were then pre sented to the house. CHURCH CammrisloN. Mr. Gour.ounN presented, by his Majesty's eommand, the firMt report of the commissioners appointed' to inquire into the state of the established church. ' _. CH tNCELLOR OF 11:ELAND, Mr. 11. GuATTAN said, that as reports were circulated re specting the resignation of the present Chancellor of Ireland, he wished to know whether it was the intention of his Majesty's ministers to recommend that a retiring pension stood i be given to that learned person after so short a period of service ? Sir It said that he did not hesitate to answer the ques tion put to him by the hon. member. ft was due, to the distin guished individual alluded to (Sir E. Sitgden) to state, twat in the only communication he (Sir R. Peel) had received from intimating an intention of relinquishing office, he begged . it to be understood•that he should prefer no claim for a retiring. pension. (Hear, hear.) BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS. Mr. HAI: rrr said that he should ri,t persevere in his intention to move for leave to bring in a bill On this subject, because, us a committee had been appointed 'to inquire into the means of preventing intimidation at elections, he thought that it wou!d ulso be advisable to leave that committee to suggest measures_ for the suppression of bribery and corruption. POOR LAWS (IRELAND). Mr. W. S. O'Be TEN. in pnrsuatice of the ❑otice which he had given, moved •" that it is expedient to make provision for the aged, helpless and infirm poor of Ireland." Sir RICHARD MusGRAvE seconded the motion. Mr. O ' CoNNELL was opposed to a legal provision for the poor of Ireland. Mr. F. O'CoNNort was confident that almost all the crimes charged upon the poor of Ireland arose from there being no legal provision for the poor in that country. Sir R. NEL objected to the resolution because it pledged the house to legislate in the absence of any.positive authen ticated information on the subject. L'oinmissioners bad been for two years employed in collecting information respecting the:. state of . the poor in Ireland, whose report might shortly be ex pected to be laid upon the table of the house. He (Sir R. thought it would he notch better fur the hon. member to bring forward a bill embodying his ideas of what could .or ought to be done than to pledge the house by the resolution before it, which if persisted in, he must negative by moving the previous . oues thin. FOr these reasons he (Sir R. P.) hoped the hon. Mem ber would withdraw his•motion. Mr. OliatE.N sincerely rejoiced at the result of •the present diseussioh, rand was delighted at the tone athipted by the right hon. baroner r at the head of his majesty's goYeinnient. hig that, under--present circumstances,' he shouul 'prejudice a cause or which he was the anxious, though humble, advocate, by pressing his motion to a- division,. he should with perfect' readiness adopt the suggestions made to him, ,antl . withdrrtreHt. • Fle dig? with . the less indisposition When he recoteete , i in a very-short time the full and detailed evidence' would most probably come before them from the commissioners; to the pub lication of whose report he looked with anxiety, at the time at which some further, and as he hoped, decisive ineasni es might be adopted. 'He looked forward, also, to the introduction of of the bill intended to be brought forward after Easter (as We understood) by his hon. friend the member fur Waterford. Motion withdrawn. ROMAN CATHOLIC MARRIAGES (IRELAND). Mr. LYNCH moved fur leave to repeal so Much of the act' of the 19th of George 11., c. 13 (Irish t as annuls and makes void all marriages celebrated by any popish priest between protest ant and catholic. Colonel l'Encivet, was resolved to offer to the proposed mea sure his decided opposition, and he felt bound at the outset to express his strong dissent. On more occasions than one he had intimated his objection to any such measure as the hon. and learned member tai Galway contemplated. To such a change in, the marriage law of Irelaul he felt persuaded he could never become a party. He never could vote for giving to the priest of the Roman Catholic persuasion a power not enjoyed by the clergyman of the established church, and he hoped that parliament would not be induced to sanction a bill, the imme diate operation of which would be to entitle a Roman Catho licpriest to celebrate a marriage without the knowledge of the family of either party. and without being under obligation to obtain a previous knowledge of whether there was, or was not, any legal or moral impediment to such marriage being 'con tracted. It was most important that the marriage law of Ire land should speedily be placed upon a proper footing —one that would give to no sect any advantage over another. With that brief remark he should for the present content himself, reserv ing his opposition fur the second reading. - Leave was given to bring in the hill. ASSIZES (IRELAND) br: Mr. 0' LOGI] LEN moved for leave to bring in a bill to extind to Ireland the power possessed by the King in council to :ap point more convenient places for holding the assizes, but - the notice was postponed to Thursday : the 26th. The hon. end learned gentleman stated that the intention was to invest-the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland with the powers iu this respect pos sessed by the crown as regarded England. Leave given. r. ORANGE SOCIETIES bREL AND). Mr. SHIM., pursuant to notice, moved fur two addresses and the answers to them. One of the addresses came from. the Orange Brotherhood Club; the other from the Orange Strad ballyLodge ; both were laid before his majesty, both related to the recent change in the administration, and both, it was nailer stood, had been most graciously received by the King. Ile presumed there would be no objection on the part of the right hon. gentleman to give the two addresses and the two answers. Mr. Gov•LBUIIN said that the addresses to which the hou. and learned gentleman referred were received by his majesty as the addresses of the individuals signing theni, and they were there fore not recognized in their collective capacity. Motion agreed to. At the request of the Marquis of Camden the Duke of Wellington postponed the third reading of the abodtion of oaths' bid until next Monday. • The Earl of it A DNUR expressed his intention of not bringing forward his measure respecting oaths at the Universities, as . he, understood the beads of colleges meant to revise these oaths. The Earl of. GALLOWAY presented - a petition from Port. patrick. expressive of attachment to the established church of Scotland, and praying fur additional places of public worship. The :Duke of SuTHERLAND presented petitions on the same subject from several places in Scotland. • THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. MISSION TO PERSIA. Mr. Hoax moved for an estimate of the expense to be in curred by the East India Company and by thel3ritish Govern ment-for the diplomatic mission to Persia. stating the names of those persons appointed, the office, and the allowance of every , kind,to,be received by each; also, an estimate of the contingent expenses of the mission. Agreed to. Mr. Hoar loosed for some returns 'respecting the consump [too At' omit, the quantity Made, and the duty paid therevn, from the 10th October, 18'32, to the 10th October, 1834;fand also. for several other returns, which were ordered. PASSENGERS IN MERCHANT VESSELS.. • Mr. W. E. GLA PsTONE moved for leave to bring, in 0411 to repeal the act 9 George IV., c. 91, for regulating the cai ridge of passengers in merchant vessels from the United Kingdom. to the continent and islands of North America, and to Make fur ther.provisiOn fur regulating the same, and explained its provi sions. Mr. Hunt expressed his anxiety that the most efficient mea sures should be taken to provide fur the comfort Linn security of the emigrants. Mr. BARING suggested that the bill-should be brought in in the first instance, and that iu committee they might consider such amendments as might be. proposed. It was quite clear, from the ill success of the system of leaving clime, ' that legi-. slation on the subject wa s absolutely necessary. One of the principal things to be regarded by this bill was the greediness of captains, which often induced them to take a greater number of passeevrs than could be conveniently or safely ~ecounnod ated in their vessels. The danger of such a practice. bad already been fatally evinced iu the sacrifice of 7l) lives in two or three vessels which went down, and from being inconveni ently crowded. A feeling of humanity atone then ought to urge the house to lose. no time in devising souse remedy for evils affecting parties who had not the means of protecting them selves. If the hon. gentleman opposite could devise any better remedy than that proposed by his hou. friend, he would; gladly support it. • . • Mr. It UTHVEN supported the bill. Lord SA NDON thought the bill was greatly wanted. Ile had a hit of 96 instances in which vessels had• left our shores• with e migrants, scandalously deficient in the means of giving due accommodatiou to the numbers of passengers they took on board. He would trouble the house with only one. In a ship which left England for Van Diemen's Land, with 130 Passen gers. there were in one part of the vessel 26 persons in , cspace not exceeding 23 feet by 11 feet 5; and in another part ,of the ship, in a space not exceeding 53 feet by 28, were stowed away 102 persons, and this during a voyage of five mouths Sir R. BATESoN said, that as a very large share of the emi gration from Ireland went from the part of Ireland with which he was connected, he begged in the name of the •inhabitants of that part to thank the hou. member fur having introduced this Mr. P. M. STEWART suggested that some arrangement ntslitrubl be made by which the sea-worthiness of vessels taking Out emi grants should be ascertained at the responsibility of th govern ment. it was well known that vessels which were hardly sea worthy for other purposes were taken to convey emigrants, and be believed that there was not a greater hindrance to emigra tion than the dread entertained of the unscaworthineas of,ttruse vessels generally. Mr. M. PHILIPS thought the proposed measure as necissary and practical an improvement as could be devised. venture to suggest, as an encouravment to parties eu i l e grret\ )ula ng, and as a means of preventing them fromsquandering by 'gaining or otherwise on the passage the little funds they had prepared. for their settlement in the colonies, that an opportunity ahnuld . be given to'them of depositing the surplus beyond the expense of the voyage in the hands of government here, they receiving an order on the government of the plane where they landed ty be paid on their arrival. 4 Mr. - BERNARD. adverting to the inferior kinds of ships he-. qiiently.tatien up for emigrants, suggested that noetl,srisshould be permitted to be engaged which were not of CIaSsNP,. anti vessel over twenty years old should on anVaccintut be'pitimitred to take out emigrants. After a few words from Mr. Ewa rt and Mr. O'Dwyer, Which' were not heard iu the reporters' gallery, leave was given to• bring iu the bill. . . Some returns were moved for and ordered respecting the con veyance of colonial newspapers. The house adjourned at eleven o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY. ROYAL COMMISSION. • The royal assent was given by commission to the following bills :—the newspapers regulation bill, the exchequer bills (E 15,000,000) bill, and the Chester criminal's execution bill. The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Itosslyn, and the Earl of Shaftesbury. THE CHURCH. • LOrd BROUGHAM presented a petition which he said was respectfully worded; but he would not name the petitioner, nor read,• nor make any cominc:'s, because he would nal he an swerable for any petition he might present to the house, The Clerk read the petition. It was from Thwn" Peter Gur ney, a clergyman of Truro, complaining that he had been thirty eight years curateof his parish, and that on a vacancy, recently, the Bishop of Exeter had conferred the living on a - cle ig ya la i i not known in the neighbourhood, wh o was v er y r i c h , and liihom the right rev. bishop had never seen. The Bishop of EXEThR c onsidered the motives w hio, ra i ghl induce patrons of livings to confer them on p trtictilar inaividu als could not he a fit subject for debate in their lordships' house. The living io question had been given to a ciliate of whom he had received it very high character. A very large proportion of livings in his diocese had fallen in within the last four years; the number of them was sixteen. Out of those sixternAvings he had given thirteen of them to citrates. all of ali iii he seteeted on the ground of merit atone. (Hear, hear.) No one of those curates was personally known to him, or cotatected by relation ship or otherwise with hint. ( Hear.) There were three livings which he hail not given to curates. One of them he had given to his son, who he was proud to say was a deserving son. Of the two other livings one was disposed of in rather a return ka bie wanner, on account of the singular scruples cf conscience of the peisiar who oecame patron of it by purchase. The natron. after hosing it. said that his conscieoce could not allow to dispose of it, and he, consequent!, refused the patronage of it. winch horn Came into his (the Bishop of Ex. ter's) hands. It was a rich living. and he wished to give it to his son, but he gave it to a meritorious clergyman in the neirhlamihood to whom th e patron intended utigiuully to give it. the ildid living, which was in a popir!ons place io Cornwall, was conferred, in order to break done a plurality, on a popuior andnieritori,,ns pi 'aches. After this explanation he did nt:t think it nsceSstry to add a word more. • . . . ---- I ord 1 EY MIA NI moved aresolution respecting the malt duty, which was negatived without a division.—Adjoarned, HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY. A great number of petitions were presented at the opening of the house by different members, but none of them possessed any peculiar feature of novelty or interest. , 71.11 i. IRISH CHURCH Lord John Russell withdrew his i;; - (1tiOn fixed for yesterday without fixing any other day in its stead. TITII hIS-1141iL .!.N • , Sir l ENRY before the resolved itself into a committee, moved that so much of his Majesty's speech at the opening of patlitiment relating to tithes in Ireland should be read by the clerk.. This having been done,.the right hon. baronet proceeded to say That the state of Ireland during the last four years rendered it impossible to collect tithes. It was well known that in Ireland the man who obeyed the laws was punished, while the most turbulent and rebellious escaped with impunity. Amongst the scatteted population of that country, threats of violence were easily put into execution and more feared by the-. people than the enforcement of the laws. Now, what was the Case as regarded the freeholders? Why, for the last four years it had been found impossible to •collect tithes • the persons,. therefore, who were entitled to tithes called on the government to vindicate the law. 'Where resistance had been offered and on the interference of the military being called in, scenes re sulted which every friend of humanity could not fail to deplore. The clergy of Ireland, although their only means of livenhood depended upon it, had acted in the collectiotiof tithes with the utmost forbearance and moderation. Out. of upwards of three hundred places where tithes could not be procured only thirty or forty applications had been made, for the aid of the military, during the period when he (Sir H. liardinge) was last in Ire land. !(Lood cries of "Hear, hear.") He would ask the house, therefore, whether, because the clergy, feeling the.vety great responsibility which attended the spilling of human blood, eh •stained•upon most occasions from calling in theasAsLiuce which the law at present allowed them, they were to be left virtually without the mean s o f receiving their rights? (Hear.) Ile felt confident the 'house Would not allow this state of things to last, but he.,felt equally satisfied that whilst they 'endeavoured to affettl ayemedy, they would also wish that such a just and satis factory at-moment should be made in future as would put an end to the present system. The right bun. baronet then 'pro seeded to explain the •operation of Mr... ( - ioulbnOn'a act, and thotie.:of Lord 'Stanley and Mr. Littleton, .cud concluded by moving two resolutions to the following effect:--First, "that tithes •should ; beabolished,' and that a rent-Charge• of £75 for every ElOO. should .be substituted . in lieu. Of tithes, atat .this refit-charge should be payable, not by the-occupying;• tenant, but by the owner of ,the first. estate of inheritance; that the rent-charge should be yedeemable; and that the , proceeds of the redemption 'should. be laid out in land or otherwise for the .kcnefit of the party entitled to the tithes. Second—That the . parties to whoin actrauces have been made under the million _act shall not be called upon to refund, and that the surplus of the Million-8Q much .as has not been already advanced—shall he devoted to the same purposes as the other part of the mil• lion." The ground of the latter resolution was, that while for mer measures have provided fur the clergy up to 1833, and the bill now about to be introduced will provide for them for the fiture, there is nothing wherewith to pay the' parties to whom tithes are due in the year 1834 but the surplus rensaining under the million act, which, amounting to between f 300,000 and £400,000, will by no means satisfy the amount •of the claims, though it may mitigate the distress of the persons entitled to tithes, andunable to colle c t them without bloodshed. Lord JOHN RUSSELL did not mean to offer any objection to the bill which it was proposed to introduce. To him it appeared to be substantially the same as the one proposed last session, which the lords had rejected. Mr.SHaw, on comparing the present with the bill of last year, thought the difference between the two bills was very striking. The first allowed the landlord 40 per cent., the present allowed only 25; the first gave the clergy one-fifth of their income out of the consolidated fund, which was to be again repaid from church property ; so that the first bill invaded the rights of the church while the present kept them inviolate.. (Hear.) It was highly to be wished that this question should be set at rest, and that the property anti rights of the Irish church should be set upon some safe footing. There was no kind of property . more assailable than church property, from the relative position of the parties and the odi um h ea p e d u p on it through the designs and misrepresentati ons o f d es i gn i ng men. If it were not speedily settled there could be n o secur i t y f or an y s p ec i e s of property In Ireland. lie had neve r objected to any change calculated to promote real good, or WhiCh it conld be shown was.likely to per fect, and not to destroy... He wished, however, that the experi ment should. originate from frietll% hands, and not from those who were known as.enemies to the institutions with which they interfered. Lord How IcK opposed the resolutions, and in the course of his speech - said that the real grievance under which the Irish people laboured originated in their being compelled to pay for a church establishment for which they had no use, and until that grievance was met all that varliament could do would prove, ineffectual. (Loud cheers.) Fur the established church, .when it answered the real purposes for which it was intended, no man could entertain a higher veneration . than he did, but when it ceased so to do he thought the sooner it was got rid of thebetter. (Hear.) Now what we►c those real purposes fin which it was intended ? lie would not quote his own opinions, but those of one of the highest oi naments the church could boast of. He need scarcely say he meant the Bishop of London. That emi nent diiine, in a work he had 'likely published, said that the question whether a church establishment should be maintained or not was best answered by another question; namely, did it, or did it not, tend to the moral improveMent of the people'.' Now, judging the question by this test, he would maintain that the church establishment was one that onotenut, to be conti nued. (Cheers.) Sir ; ROBERT Pact. said the question .was whether they should be permitiad t., prevent to the holote the hill with its details; with out which the measure would be aitogetheruuitttelhgtblr r By permitting the bill to be introducednu member would be pledged to withhold his opposition to it. in: support ; pfshis statement that no party woutd be bound,.he referred .to a: resolution moved in the early part of last year, -which formed the foundation of the bill. That restitution was to the -effert s '",that it is the opi .nitin of this house that composition for tithes in II eland should he abolished on or after the let of •Noyendoer next, in consider ation of an annual land-tax to lie grantedtu his Majesty, pay able by the persons who would have been liable to such compo sition for tithes, and of equal amount; that such land-taxshall be redeemable, and that out of the produce provision be made in land er money . for the indemnification of the persons entitled to such composition." If ever there was a question difficult of adjestinent, consistently with equitable principles, it was the tithe i;ystent At the present moment in the southern part of Ireland there had been an absolute suspension of the cotlec- • Cetn of tithes. Attempts had been made to collect them, which hail been resisted even to bloodshed, and it was owing to the patient endurance .of the clergy, who with their families were ih many places in a state of the utmost privation, that they had refused to enfolce their legal demand, About three years since iiio,ooo was advanced to the clergy, and it was provided that in respect of the tithes due to those clergymen who should avail themselves an advance out of that sum - government should have a dada for the recovery of the tithes. This claim having been given up by the clergy, an attempt was made on the part of government to levy to the extent of that £60,000. Repeated efforts were made, both• by legal process and by the application of military force, to recover paytuent. The expenses of reco very were almost in all instances, he believed, greater than the sum that could be obtained front time to time. The conse quence was; that the Chancellor of the Exchequer issued a no tice that no further attempts should be. made to recover those tittles which were due to government. Whether that proceed ing was a wise or an unwise measure it was not neeessary for the right hon. baronet to give an -opinion ; but what must the house suppose the effect of it to have been when, the government having the right to the tithes, and having the wh"le fo rc e of go vernment power at its command to enforce the payment, govern ment intimated that no further effort should be made at reco very ? A sum of a million of money was, then aPpropriated for the purpose of providing for some arrears of tittiMnsuch clergy as Were able to prefer their claims for a portimeof it. . Many of them availed themselves of this advantage, clutt they , received sums front government, absorbing a.!aint - E534,0U0 out of the £1,000,000. That was paid to the evelesiastical scud lay owners of tithes. A provision was made that those who so received advances from that fund should be liable •to repay the govern ment by, quinquennial payments. The time of payment had now arrived, and in this state of affairs what was government to do ? A sum was due from the clergy to the government, and by the same law an equivalent sum was due from the occupying tenant to the clergy. Time pressed for a decision, and the house was bound to take some particular course. What was to be done, if payment was required by the clergy and could not be obtained ? Was the house prepared , to give the clergy the power of the government--a military force to compel. payment? '(Cries of No, uo.")s Well, was it prepared to give a civil power without military f .reel (Loud .cries of " No, no."Vpell, if ) the house would n e ither give military nor a civil force then it would have to •be • guilty of tins, That hOing• - •given E 50.000 in the first. instance to • the clergy, atid government having abandoned all attempts tojecover that now that there was 1:63(1,000 date, the house would not we- • thespowerneither civil nor liftllt4k—ldl the - clergy to recover that amount ; but would denttatil thems who were in pcssetty and reduced with their fanailieS ttlthost to a state of starvation, the repayment of that large amount, without, as the right hoh. baronet had said, giving their anyassistance for enfor cing their legal claims. Was the executive government to stand by and see laws between subjscts, • between whom no difference -could be recognized, trainpled upon, and say that they would not uphold those laws? 'Could any mart advise such a course ? The house might postpone this resolutiOnfor a-couple of days, but the question it must ultimately collie to. would be this— would it release the clergy from the deimind it had - upon them individually, or would it call fur payment and enable them to recosser an equivalent sum from the occupying tenants ? Could the house with any justice impose anise arrears of tithes upon the landlords ? Could it tell the landlords that a rent-charge should be imposed utidn them, which should not only be an equivalent for future payment of tithes, but for the past? The right hon.. baronet doubted very much whether the House of Commons, with all its . power, could pass such-a law as that applicable to land proprietors: Even if it could, independently of objections to it, there would be such .difficulty in the way of . d be able to enf orce i t. I n s h ort, l the principle, that h e d ou b te d very mush whether they ever wouldthe question was, whether the house would r em it th at sum attegether as a peace-offering to a b oo n, • n o t t o th e c l ergy, b ut a boon to the. parties who certainly ought to pay it ? Thequestiou was, whether they would lentil the payment of the iustalments due from the clergy, or tak e o ne o f two c ourses--iMpose the obligation of paying on the l an dl or d , or i mpose t h e nbligat ion of paying on the occupyi ng t enant ? S i r I fo b ert th e n proceeded to ex amine the d e t a il s o f t h e propose d bill , an d co ncluded by: ex pressing a h ope that before the house involved itself in any precipitate resolution with respect to the appropriatiou of church property in Ireland, it would ascertain whether or not there was • any sot pies alter providing for the wants of the protestant church, and .before it came to any speculative conclusion' upon the subject; and that ono/ au absmute necessity would pi event hon. inewbera trout coming to a conclusion favourable to the • propysitien uow before them. Mr. O'Coistssi.t, said there was no use in trying to appease the people of Irelaud unless something was given to them. The right hon. baronet had talked of 4. surplus; and God hinted the possibility of there being no surpl us, beyond• the necessities of the protestant establishment. Why not treat the " unfortunate people of Ireland" at least with the word " appropriation." if nothing else. At the close of his speech Mr. VC. said that the present measure proposed nothing to mitigate, -nothing to soften, nothing to conciliate, nothing that cou:d by possibinty hold out a !mite of better days for his unfortutiate country; amid if the house did not wand together, anti eulorce the new priucip.e of appropriation, it would be in vain to look for the pacification and welfare of Ireland. (Hear, heat.) Col. CONOLLY approved 01 the resolution. Ile thought the present measure, if sustained by the iandlerds, as he had no doubt it would be, and if steadily and speedily brought into ae tion would take the virus out of agitation ' and the theme out or the inouth of every demagogue, (hear, hear,) and white miti gating, the burden, leave an adequate and secure income fcr the work i clergy. Mr. C. Woo') and Mr. LITTI.RTON had no objection to the 'first resolution. 1• Me. Hume insisted that nothing would give.peace to Ireland so long as the question of appropriation remained - unsettled. After attacking the mode of proceeding adopted by the govern-, went, and charging them with incoesistency on this subject, he said it was to him matter of the utmost wonder that any set of men invested with the confidence of the crown could forget the . principles for which they so strenuously contended in the last session of parliament. .The. inconsistency generally of those bun. members who supported the - resolutions did appear to him most unaccountable. Ile could not conceive how men of ho nour could contend in one year, for principles the most plain and intelligible, arid the next, without any change of circumstances, maintain the direct contrary. In justice to the character of their proceedings, and in common. fairness to such members of the present parliament as had not seats in the last; he entreated the use not to yield itself to the advice and ,rec!ntnendations of the right hon. baronet, who, in nominally obtaining half, would virtually accomplish the whole of that at Which he-aimed. On the 30th of March the question, be might add .the whale ques tion, of the church would come under the consideration of the house; the present resolutions might, he thought, he advan-,. tageously postponed till the 2.1 of April; a ballot, as he under stood, was fixed for the 3d. The question with the house now was, whether they would proceed to a division an the question before them, or would they agree to an adjournment? (Cries Of "Go on, go on.") Ile understood thet according to the forms - of parliament he could not propose an adjournment, but the proper mode of proceeding was to move that tlot chairman do report progress, an d ask leave to sit again, and a motion to that effect he then begged leave to teibmit. Sir ROBERT PEEL, said he should certainly take the sense of the house upon the first of the r solutions for the purpoSe of ob taining in that form permission to bring in the bill which his right bon. and gallant friend sought to introduce. By the affir- . !nation of that resolution the house would have an opportunity afforded it of comparing the measures of the last year and of the present, and of judging between them.. By voting for that re solution no Finn member - would - be in the least degree committed to the principle of the bill; and as to the second point to which attention had been so emphatically called, it was only necessary for him to observe, that if any gentleman complained of being taken by surprise, lie (Sir It. Peel) should feel no shame in .giving way, in order to accommodate himself is that respect. to - the feelings of members, and to remove the s,ightest shadow of ground for disapprobation. Before he sat dOwn it was oeces sary that he should ask one question of the. hon. member for Middlesex. ." Does the hon. member -(said R. 'Peel) mean to. say that my conduct in reference to this question was not that of a man of honour ?" Mr. fluste.—llad I been in the situation of the right hon. baronet (cries of ".ob, oh"), I should not have acted 'ashe has done. • According to my idea of a bran of hoa9loo,shouid no t take up and support a measure, of which,: in: seedier circum stances, he had been the strenuous oppenent 4 •. Sir ROBERT PEEL—Does the hon. - member meanlo say that I have acted in a manner inconsistent with the charactei of a Man of honour? Ile knows the . nature' of the question—he knows the course I took`on the former occaeion—that which I have pursued on the present is of course before him. Does he mean to say that I have acted in a manner inconsistent with: the character of a man of honour? Does he mean to apply the. language he has used to me? Mr. II cME. -I have no hesitation in saying that as a political man 'I should not hare adopted the seine conduct as that of the right hon. baronet. Our space is too limited to give the speeches of Mr. C. Fer guson. 'Mr. Shiel, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Harvey, Mr s Spring Rice; Lord Stanley, Mr. P. Thomson, and Sir Itobert Peel (in reply), who successively addressed the chairman on the reso lution. On a division the numbers were : For the original resolution Fur the amendment • - l9B Majority for ministers The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at a quarter-past twelve o'cloi..k. • REVENUES OF THE ENGLISH BISFIOPRICS. We take the following extract from the first report of the com missioners of church reform :—ln considering the subject of episcopal revenue s we have been materially assisted by the re turns made to the commissioners appointed under a commission issued by your majesty in the year 1832, and extended iu the years 1833 and 1834, for inquiring, amongst other things, into the ' revenues and patronage belonging to the several archepis copal and episcopal sees in England and Wales.' rbase returns generally present the average of three years, ending 31st of December, 1831 ; • but in some instances they con tain corrections to a latter date. . _ _ , As the greater part of the episcopal revenues arises from fines on the renewal of leases, of which some a. e granted for three lives, renewable when a life drops, and others for tWenty-one years, renewable every seven, and in towns for forty years, re-. uewable every "fourteen, it is manifest that a period of three years is too short,to exhibit a correct average of the annual value uf the several sees, and that an average So takeu will show an ex cess where large fines have recently accrued, and a deficit where no fine, or an unusually small amount of fines, has been received. Put as this pint has been adverted to by-the bishops in estima, tine the probable increase or diminution of the incomes of their respective sees,-we may venture to refer yOur majesty•to the fol lowing table, framed from those returns, as containing informa tion sufficiently-accurate for the purposes of this report. [ We here insert the table, omitting tile column which details the probable causes of increase or diminution.] . -Net income on 3 Estimated „Years' Avetage, future Net ending Dec. 31, 1831. Income. Ca'nterbury [gradually increasing to £20,7(X) in 1873.] ....891 12,629 10,600 DIOCESE. Benefices. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCU•STRLET. FOUR NEW PIECES. For the BENEFIT of MR. RAYMOND . ON MONDAY next, the 3Uth instant, wilt he produced a new Drama, called THE PARIA; oa, THE JUDGMENT OF TIPPOo. Serjeant Delany Mr. Raymond. Dickey Mr. W. J. Hammouil. Susan Mrs. Raymond. I Emily Miss Hamilton A new Farce, called PADDY KELLY'S BUD Paddy Kelly Mr. It mond. The popular Interlude of THE FOUR SISTERS. Singing, by Miss Hamilton, Mrs. Raymond, Mr. W. J. Ham mond, Mr. Raymond, &c. Dancing by Mademoiselles Juliette and Eloise, Miss Fanny Leclerect, and the Brothers Jackson. To conctude with a new Farce, called HOW TO GAIN £3ooti. Tickets to be had of Mr. RAymoNo, 30, Norton-street; at the Box-office; and.at the usual places. BATTY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRR. THREE' NEW PIECES.. FTIHIS present TUESDAY. the inst.int, fur • the BENEFIT of Mr. ARMISTEAD, who to-ost roped' folly solicit the patronage of his friends and th e . ruluic is general. 'flie Entertainments will commence with a new•Scottiat Melo- Drama, called THE TOWER OF HUCHLAIN; OR, THE IDIOT SON. In which the splendid Stud will ap r. A Sum!, by Miss Faufiv Egertu . • - Scenes in the Circle, by Messrs:Batty, Powell, &c. • After which. THE GOLDEN PIPPIN; OR, THE THREE WOODEN LEGS. A Comic Song, by a Gentleman. Pas .de Deux, by Miss and Master Holloway, theis first ap- pearance. To conclude with TIIE HARP OF ALTENBERG; OE. THE PHANTOM: ' • Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Tickets and Places to be had of M r. ARMISThAD, at the Theatre. APOLLO VOCAL CONCERT. THE Members of ,this Society, encoUraged by th,e , respecf able patronage e;Oended to themon lt forme, occasion, and urged by a number of :Gentlemen ,who were subscribes then, to give another set, of Concerts upon the tune plan us the last, beg leave to announce respectfully tit it is their. ia tention to have FOUR CUNCEnTs, - At the CoN • datit Roost, A okr.ent °TEL, At intervals of 'Three, Weeks, conitnencing , in Easter week. Prospectuses may. be bad, ,and Subscribers' naiues will be received at the Music Shops of Mr. WEis's, Church-street; Messrs. HIKE and SON, Church-street and Castle-street; Mr. Tnosisor4, Great George-street; and of Mr. G. HoLusx, the Conductor, at No. 44, Stafford-street. • • --- KP It will be esteemed a favour if those who are willing to patronize these Concerts would .give in their names in the course I.l* the present week. • Afarch 23, 1835. York . Lotidon • '635 13,929 12,204 rafter 18391 Durham, 146 ' 19,066' 17.8:.`,0 urio(.lO',ster - 'lfif; ' .} { ;'151..1 10,750 St. A s aph ' 131. ' ' - '6',301 ., 0,:00- , Bangor ' I'2l - ' ..4,464 3,814 Bath and Wells Bristol 234 '' 2.351 2.450 Carlisle - 127 .-.' 2,213.. • . 3.00 0 [after 1853.] Chester 551 3,261., 3:2W Chichester 267 . 4,2..9 3, 800 St. bavid's 4Q7 - 1,8W7 2 800 Ely . 149 ' - 11;105 ll 000 Exeter 6ll - 2,713. - " Glout ester 2Bl . ',282 2'2(X) Hereford 256 _,2,5162 516 Lichfield & Coventry. 606 - '3;923 4'350 Lini:oin ' 1234 . 4,542 4"200 Llandaff 192 924 1'250 Norwich 1021 - ' 5 395 4 700 Oxford [tAtii-jeet to a contingent).] Peterborough 290 .3,103., .. ...... . 3,000 Rochester 94 . 1.4,',9 1,459 Salisbury 386 3.939 5,000 Worcester 212 .... . . 6,569 6,500 • The report then proceeds : According to the foregoing table the net income of all the. bishoprics of England and Wales in the year 1831 amounted, on an average of three years, to the stun of £157,737, and may now be calculated at about £1 , 18,875. but it appearS that this amount is very unequaly distributed,-the incomes of one-half of the bishoprics falling below the stun necessary to cover the expenses to which a bishop is unavoidably subject. A different distribution of the episcopal revenues it the natural remedy of this inconvenience. Incomes must also be,provided for the two new sees which are to be erected. • - If the total amount of the net income of the bishoprics, as stated in the second column of the preceding table, had been liable to no further diminution, we apprehend that these objects might hove been nearly accoMplished by such a distribution, without any addition to those incomes by means of comineu dams, either with or without cure of soulS; the former of which additions we think ought tube altogether discontinued. , This might be done-by enabling the future incumbents of the richer sees either to transfer part of the estates to the poorer bishoprics, or to pay over annually a portion of 'their incomes, to the Governors of Qt3cen Ann'sllounty., to be applied to the augmentation of such bishoprics; or either of these modes might be adopted, accuiding to the particular circumstances of each ease. The total amount, as above stated, cannot be, however, con sidered as the future income, fir the reasons alleged in the third column, which shc...s a diminution of nearly £9OOO per annum; and a further diminution is also to be expected from the application, either in whole or in part, of impropriations, which form a considerable portion •of the incomes of many bi shoptics, and which in most instauces they were Compelled to accept in exchange for manors and estates, fur the improvement of populous and poorly-endowed vicarages, : and coracles con nected with them. . The total income of the bishopric's iu trig,land -and Wales will then uo longer be sufficient to.atfoid adequate income to- k ieh bishop, merely by a different distribution; and the most obvious mode of supplying the deticier.av will be per manently to annex to smoo of the...poorer'bishopcies certain ca thedral preferment; partiyuldrly.w the qn . kpters of Si. Paul's Westiaaiiioer, on account of theieir sFfitid9u , i'ke inetropo . lie. _ _ _ In considering the incomes of the archbishops and bishops it is proper to advert not only to the expense's necessarily in curred in journies forthe, purposes of contirtnatiiin, consecra tion, and other official duties, iii maintaining ancient and ex tensive houses of • residence, in 4i:eying up hospitality, and in contributing to all objects connected with religion and charity in a manner suitable to their . . station, hut to a burden which presses heavily on newly promoted bishops, who are selthim men of wealth. The unavoidable expenses. attending their ap pointment arc so considerable that they may be ealcutated 'at the income of One whole year in mii§t of the sees, and at much more than a year's income in the smaller ones. Upon the whole we are of opinion aro where the annual in come of a bishop amounts to EISA). it is. noCuecessary to make any addition; nor would we recommend any diminution, unless it exceed 5,500. But we think that the - two archbishoprics, and the bishoprics of London,- Durham, and Winchester, ought to base a larger provision thau the•rsst, These arrangements, if citified into effect, will tend to pro-- .iiititut , the desirable - object of 'dituinishit4 - -the frequency of translation. - - - MARIZIAGgS. IN.4IIERICA. (Nut rju iter colytet, T 1.•• E.) Ma - rried in the vicinity of Connersville ' Indiana, - by the Hon. J. M. 'Treadway, Mr. Isaac Ma r k,. t Miss Lavinia M'Cor wick ; and by the same, at thu saute tiMe and pace, Mr.. Muses Marts to. M'Curmack, ail Id that country. Messrs. Isaac and Moses are twin brothers; Misses Lavinia, and Titbit ha are twin sisters---The first paii are the older the second pair the . younger hiiru, The brothels were hornlin the 27th day of May, 1812; the sisters were.boin on the 27th, May, 1816; all were mat tied on the 2likday.of May, 183 L The brothers resemble each other so nearly, as also the sisters, that Judie T- says it puzzled him exceediuAly. to tell which was. which. • THE. Pooa Lew Acr.-We are considerably stinted for room to-ea), on account of a press of important political mat ter, but we ate quite sure that we can do nothing better titan strenuously advocate the came of the poor and helpless, whose right to the support of those who readily contribute to their re lict is unquestionable. It is not enough for us to tell us . that the poor taw amendment bill receivid the support of a fp eat many conservative memberS, and of members of the present government—men Should look to the working of acts of parlia ment. What alight have been the intentions of th.4..evrii con cocted this act, beyiald giving ham!tnne incomes and relit ing pensions to a certain number of commissioners and asstst..nt commissionefs,'We du m.t pretend to guess; but in its opera: tin it has proved a failure, and alailme.attended with the must distressing and heart-tending cuasrquences t —John Bull. Mluten ift`_3s. TO CORRESPONDENTS. X. Y., if "friendly," as he says, might have favoured us with the. name of the house in question. We make a rule to lend all the books. which Are replaced in the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. C. M. if possible in our next. We have not yet had time to read the rather long letter signed a "FIREMAN." Zbe Ilibcrpool g-,tanbarb? TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 24, 1835. We have received Jamaica papers to the 12th of Feb ruary. The importations of white labourers continue to increase. A ship had arrived in Annatto bay bring ing one hundred and fifty-two emigrants from Kent, among whom were carpenters, masons, ploughmen, and a number of women and children. They are distributed among the several estates, and they have expressed their entire satisfaction with the arrangements made for their residence and their employment. It is also stated that the arrival of these emigrants inthe colony had-created some alarm in the minds of the 'apprenticed negroes, and it has tended in no small degree to keep them more obedient . . and tractable. They have sense enough to perceive that their future subsistence and that of their children entirely depends upon their industry and good conduct, and that insubordination or idleness on their part would only en courage emigration and depriie them of employment and bread. The colonists, generally, exiness much dissatisfaction at the retention of Lord Situ . ° by Lord ABERDEEN, they having been indneed to believe that the noble marquis had been recalled, arid in that belief they had censured his conduct rather severely. It is much to be regretted ti6t his excellency sthould be on t bose unpleabant terms with: , ' 1 the partiesivith 'whom he must necessarily come into con tact ; but we still flatter ourselves that the conduct of Lord SLIGO will" be conciliritory and conservative, and that he will acquit himself rriore to - the satisfaction of.the planters, particularly; at his duties will in future be better defined. and his powers perhaps more enlarged. • • The whi t ; and radical factiOns were defeated in the Comthoni on Friday b) , a majority of 15, in a house cod- sistiug of 411 'members. The subject was the commuta tion of tithes in Ireland, in respect to which the follow ing resolutions, carried as above mentioned, were moved • by Sir HENRY HARDINGE "1. That tithes should be abolished, and that a rent-charge of £75 for every £lOO should be substituted in lien of tithes; that this rent-charge should bapayable, not by the occupying tenant, but by the owner of the first estate of inheritance ; that the rent-charge should be redeeMable; attd that the pro ceeds of the redemption should be laid out in land or otherwise fur the benefit of the party entated to the tithes. 2. That the parties to whom - advances have been made under the million act shall not be called upon to refund, and that the sur-7 . plus of the million—so much as has not been alre a dy advanced-- shall be devoted to the saute ptirposi , s as the other part of the The-ground of the latter resolution, it will be seem was, that while former measures have provided for the clergy HP to 1833, and the bill now about to be introduced will provide for them fur the future, there is nothing wherewith to pay the partici to whom tithes are due in the year 1831 but the surphis remain ing under the Million act, which anMunting to between £300.0 0 -/ awl E,100,000 will by no means satisfy the amount of the claims. though a't may mitigate. the distress of the persons entitled at the tithes, and unable to collect them without bloodshed." Mr. JoSEPB 1-IU4 moved that the consideration of the resolutions be adjourned, and he was baCked by a large .portion of the very consistent 'i:vbigs who approved of them; but Sir ROBERT Pram would not yield, and, as be insisted upon the sense of houSe being taken, tire result was as we have described. We take this to be tantamount .to a finial decision on the tithe question,,and a more satisfactory one could not be:devised. The, protestant clergy of_ Ireland have now the landowners for their debtors, and the land itself for their security. . They are toreceiv4 : s per cent. of their rights, which is certainly 30. per cent.., more, than -they have received for the last fre, years. The : tenant Will henceforward have nothing to . 40, with the payment of tithes, and all agitation- on this bead will of 'necessity cease. The-tenants of DANIEL.' O'COSiNELL, and of NIEL'S son's wife,lind of a femthousand persons beside, have been enabled, for wise purposes no doubt, to plun der the ministers of religion; but by the new law they are thrown into the back ground, and DANIEL himself is called upon to pay for his frolics and past frauds. Thank GOD,-this is retributive justice!. Aye, they must pay the u!.terinost. farthing! Seventy-five per cent. in hard mo neY,and no trouble, no driving, no pounding, no wait ing, no tit4q-bit payments, is as good as, if it be net better titan, the full claim under the old system? The wings last year offered 60 per cent., and that was tole rably liberal for 'them although not quite honest. Ma 75 per cent. is Sterling justice,- and the burthen of it 16 imposed upon the tight ret sons. Lord LANSDOV;NE, the Duke of DEYONsHIRE, and -others, will-find that the prompt payment of the tithes...will make a considerable hole in their annual. receipts. Witat, did they care, so long as they obtained their rents,.what snuabbling took plaice between their tenets and the clergymen. It was nothing to then, who was robbed„provided they, were paid. To hunt.a tithe-proctor or murder hint—to plan der a Clergy Man tar - shoot tritn—to starve out a parson or ' - Irurn:ont a 'magistratewars sport to them so long as theY got their eiorbitantrents. The middleman was allowed to pillage and grind the faces of the :peasantry with im punity. The poor wretches saw no evil in this. They were told, and they believed, that they owed all their mi sery, their raggedness, and their hard fare to the hereti cal parsons, and that tire tithes • were the sole grievance' Now, however, the tables are turned—the peaSant exempted frOm all landaurd must pay, an d pay -too whether he receives his rent or nat. . • O'CoNNEIA., we perceive, is half frantic at the contem plated success 011ie measure: He never dreamt that lie would be called upon .to pay for his own mischievous po' ;icy. Resistance to tithes was a delightful thing so lung as his purse could be filled with-the shillings and.pen o dtie to the protest ant chat gy ;. but it is any thing but de' lightft th e ►►: ~!nrin; Ciin z On ti' lin g reet t pell ei He m ma n R'hic r Nity. for tl .ns( porn anti