The Sun.
London, England, 1839-07-03 00:00:00

MR. HUME AND THE BANK.

Our readers will perceive that the House of Commons
was yesterday counted out between four and five o'clock, in
order to prevent the exposure of the Bank of England,
which was anticipated from Mr. Hume's motion. We must
say that this dirty artifice reflects great discredit on
those who had recourse to it. After a House has
be en. made, it is well known to be unusual for business
of importance to commence before five o'clock ; and
SO vven is this understood, that Ministers never at-
'.end till five o'clock. In the intervening time, Members
do -not consider themselves under the necessity of being
Pr esrnt ; and as Committees are usually sitting till the
*:hair is taken, if the Members of them were not allowed
to partake of some refreshment, then they must afterwards
withdraw from the debate of the evening.
The parties interested in screening the Bank watched their
opportunity, and when they judged that the Members honestly
desirous of doing their duty to the country with regard to that
corporation were reduced below forty in number, went out in
a large body, leaving one of their party behind to move that
the House be counted out. This was too bad. There
are occasions when Members, interested in seeing that a
measure is discussed on a decent attendance, very properly
more tha: the House be counted out, with the view of se-
curing a fair consideration on a future day. But the at-
tempt of yesterday had no such justification. It was a
paltry attempt to steal an advantage contrary to the usages
and understanding of the House. It is for the conve-
nience of all parties that attempts of this kind should
be discouraged. We do not see the necessity of com-
pelling Members to a rigorous attendance from the
taking of the Chair, in order to prevent sur-
prises of this nature. And we de think that
when it is obvious that a surprise of this kind has been
concerted by parties of some consequence, in the House,
Members ought to resent it, by availing themselves of all
the liberty allowed them by the forms of the House, to
force on a discussion. There can be no business of more
importance at this time than an inquiry into the conduct of
the Bank of England; and we would therefore recommend
to Mr. Hume, and those who think with him, that that
conduct ought not to be screened from investigation, to
fcrce on a discussion. We have no idea of allowing a
trick like that resorted to yesterday to be successful.—
Morning Chronicle.

CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN
MR. J. P. STEPHENS AND MR. S\VYNFEN
JERVIS, M.P.

Bridport, June 26, 1839.
SIR,—On looking over the division on the educa-
tional, grant proposed by Ministers, I was surprised at see-
ing sour name in the minority against it. As this vote is
ens.irely opposed to the principles on which you claimed
tlie suffrages of the electors of Bridport, I cannot but think
there must be a mistake in the report of that division; and
my obje'.n in now writing is to request you will have the
goodness to satisfy me on the subject by return of post, if
conveuient to yourself. Having proposed you at the hust-
ings, as a fit and proper person to represent us in Par.'..ia-
ment, you will not, I am sure, consider that I am now re.
cluiring more at sour bands than what is right or courteous,
It is a subject, on which individually I feel de'Jply
;rested. Waiting your reply, I remain, yours Svvynfen Jervis, Esq., M. P. J. P. i'...I72PHENS.

Dear Sir.-- - Whitehall-placr.„ June 28, 1839.
one of
In consequence of tly:, very severe illness of
m
London-1130a'.ildren, which obli sea me to be absent from
whole of yestr.rday, I have been unable to
reply to
yi ,ur letter of the 26th, so soon as I could have
fed. I trust you will consider this a sufficient apology
or t hhe delay.
W'.f.ti regard to my vote on the education question, of
whie.t , you complain, I can only say that it was given by
me V iith a thorough and firm conviction of its propriety,
core ,idering, as I do, the proposed grant and the mode of
aP vlying it, as laid down by Lord John Russell, utterly in-
a'
!equate to the wants of the country. Had the Govern..
tent persevered, as I fully expected they would have done,
In bringing forward their original measure, I should have
had much pleasure (though I thought even that measure
insufficient), in recording my vote in its favour ; but when I
saw them resigning tamely, and without a struggle, the best
parts of their plan to quiet the visionary fears and hypo-
critical pretences of their oppononts—forsaking, as. Gold-
smith says, the right to pursue the expedient—my indig-
nation, I acknowledge, was roused, and I resolved, what-
ewer the consequences might be, not to make myself a party
to the miserable and disgraceful compromise.
serious If you consider that I have by this solitary vote of mine
ly compromised my principles as a Reformer, I am
Nrry for it.
I can nevertheless assure you, that lam
quite as friernity at heart to the great cause of education
and national ir. aprovement (as I shall be ready to prove,
whenever a large, liberal, and comprehensive measure
shall be subeaitted to Parliament), and as much opposed
to Tory bigvtry and intolerance as yeurself, or any other
of my oons'Atueats.
I may ) rave judged erroneously in this matter. Perhaps
I did. •
t3ut I do most conscientiously aver that, in giving
my vote against Ministers upon this occasion, I acted as I
thoug,fit for the best.
11, ave only farther to odd, that I entirely acquit you
of arq want of courtesy in making this demand upon me.
Y.:0.41 have surely a perfect right as one of my constitu-
et ts, to require of me such explanation as I can give of
ray conduct in Parliament, and to call upon me to justify it,
as far as I can.
I write in great haste, which must be my excuse for any
inacuraeies of expression that may have crept into this
totter ; and trusting this explanation will be deemed satis-
factory, once more subscribe myself, dear sir,
Your truly obliged and faithful,
SWYNFEN JERVIS.
To Mr. J P. Stephens, Bridport.
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TRi fies.L of the PARIS PRISONERS.

C:OURT OF JUNE 30.
Eugene Marjolin, a youth only 13 years of age, was
call'A to prove the attack on the post of the Palais de
Jvstice. The witness stated that he was on the spot when
the insurgents came up. The officer having refused to
F xtrrender, he was shot dead. The witness being desired
t.c‘ explain the manner in which the murder had taken
pl ace, said, " When Barbes had approached the officer, the
1 s tier turned away the gun with his sword." (Great sur-
pqrise appeared to be excited in the Court by the mention
oc: the name of Barbes.)
The President—Marjolin, should you be able to recog-
nise those who were concerned in the attack ?
The witness having replied in the affirmative, the ac-
e' used were all desired to stand •dp, and the witness, after a
p ause, having pointed at Del Fade, who sits behind Barbe 4,
scud, " I recognise that person in the blue blouse."
The President inquired if that was the person:vale fired
-upon the officer?
The witness said, " I think not," and, after another
pause, pointed at Bar:bfs and said, " I think it was that
gentleman."

- Martin, one of f.ll e accused, who sits behind Delsade,
here rose and wit:n some emotion said—" M. le President,
I have an obserta.tion to make to you—the Brigadier de
Gendarmerie iilio is placed by the side of Delsade and
behinde Barl-,0% designated Barbes to the witness with his
finger-4.G teat sensation)—and it was not until then that
the witness recognised him." Pointing to the persons
who sit 'eehind the accused, the witness said--" Ask those
gentle,men if what I say be not true."—( Increased agita-
tior, in every part of the Court.)
f-lere a voice, either from the body of the Court or one
of the tribunes, exclaimed, " It is true, I saw it."
The brigadier said it was true that he had raised his
band to his chin, but not for the purpose of making a sign.
The President —Who, then, made the sign?
The Lieutenant of Gendarmerie replied, " It was my
brigadier."
Barbes_-Yes; and what is more, the Lieutenant twice
ordered h;.m not to make signs.—( Sensation.)
The w itness now declared that it was trae the gendarme
had mae.e signs to him, but that he had recognised Barbes
bef°re 'that by his long beard.
The President—What I he really made a sign to you ?
M arjolin—Yes, he seemed to ask me if that WAS the
Per son I meant to point out as Barbes.
The Procureur-General—The sign of the gendarme is
'easily to be explained—as the child did not clearly desig-
nate the perso'a whom he had fixed upon, tie gendarme by
his sign inep.nt to say, " Is it this one or that one ?
This rernark of the Procureur-General excited a pro-
found sensation. There were many exclamations of dis-
satisfac..ion, and M. de Montalivat, one of the Peers,
said, "` M. le Procureur-General, do not justify it—Do
not ju.stify it 1"
Thle President here suspended the sitting for a quarter
of un hour.

On the resumption of the sitting,
The President proceeded to the interrogatory of the
prisoner Bonnet, but nothing of consequence was elicited.
The Court then rose, it being half-past five o'clock.
FIFTH DAY.—SIONDAY, JULY L.
The preliminary proceedings were the same as yesterday
and the preceding days.
The prisoner Roudil, a young man aged 20, wan the
first prisoner examined.--He was seized in the act of dis-
ehrzging his piece. The
.prisoner attempted to deny
n'iving had any participation, in the insurrection, but this
',ilea he soon abandoned. His examination was quite
uninteresting.
Guilbert, the net prisoner examined, said that he left
his shop accornranied by one of his apprentices about half-
past two o'clr:K. He then met a large crowd of insur-
gents, who breed a
gun into his hands, and the several
g bullets, &c. That he protested against joining
them, tint they insisted upon it.
Tdrcheret, the next witrsess, deposed that he seized
Guilbert's gun. On being questioned as to the dress worn
by Guilbert, the witness declared that he wore a blouse.
Shortly after be declared_No ; he had on a waistcoat
~
with sleeves." (This created fresh sensation.)
Mallet, a currier, Guilbert's master, said that Guilbert
was an honest, industrious workman ; that he had worked
for him duriug the last twelve years ; that, instead of being
unfavourable to the Government, he frequently had alter-
cations with the workmen professing republican principles;
that he left the house at two o'clock, and was rather in-
toxicated.
The prisoner, Mialon, by profession a ropemaker, was
next examined. The prisoner's appearance bespoke an
habitual intercourse with vice and poverty.
The President observed that several respectable wit-
nesses had seen him kill Jonas, a Marcchal de Logis of the
Municipal Guard.
An old woman said that Mialon went out between four
and five, and returned about seven o'clock.
Witness on being asked if be was a foolish idiotic fellow ?
She replied— Ccrtainement it n'a pas couche dans
l'Eglise ; it n'a pas vole he Saint Esprit. (A French ex-
pression for a person whose intellects are not far removed
from idiotcy. )
Louis Meneau, a musical instrument maker in the Rue
aux Ours, said that be saw the tsan who shot Jonas.
Witness declared that Minion was the man.

Monsieur Rag-on, Professor of History, also declared
that he saw Jonas shot by a man in a velve tjacket.
The prisoners were ordered to stand up, and witness
(then pointing out Mialori), exclaimed "T leis the man."
The Peers retired to deliberate, aad o returned
when our express lfet.