The Sun.
London, England, 1839-07-10 00:00:00

THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR Will nothing rouse the people of this country?
Are the annual and oft-repeated insults of the Lords never
to be resented ? If tha effect expected of the Reform Bill
was, that it would restore to the people their power to
elect and fairly control their Rcprt,z,entatives—and, at the
same time, destroy the usurped and undue power of the
Aristocracy, how miserably have they been deceived I
The startling truth must force itself upon us—that the 1?e-
-form Bill is now a dead letter—its object, a delusion—its
effect, a nullity. Bribery and intimidation, more gross
and open than ever before occurred, now render the im-
partial voice of the people unattainable. The Lords, re-
senting the loss of their unjust power in the Commons,
have, in revenge, pursued a systematic course of blind and
determined opposition to every measure emanating from a
Liberal Ministry, heightened by a studied contempt for
the decisions of the House of Commons. They trust to
their obstinacy, and to their party's tactics—outcry and de-
lusion—to gain the day, and shall they succeed? Luckily
for them they live in a country possessed of more than
human patience. " They order these things better in
France"—there, half the provocation would have settled
the question long ago. " Quosque tandem abutere pati-
critic nostra? " blow long will they be suffered to pursue
their insane and reckless course? Plunging the country
into difficulty abroad, and creating distress• and distrust at
home? If the Government is at a dead lock, who is to
blame? What can the Ministry do ? flow can they act?
With a majority, overwhelming and always ready, in the
Lords—with a party nearly balanced in the Commons— '
what course is left? "To resign," say the Tories—in
other words, " reward us for having reduced the affairs of
the country to a stand still, by giving us power, and then we
will carry on the Government." Create Peers, say the
other party. Follow the example of the Tories, who first
set the example in destroying the independence of the
Lords. Creating Peers is but adding to a nuisance al-
ready too powerful an obstacle to improvement; and which
the plain, common sense of the people will yet destroy, if
their outraged patience does not.
Let us then meditate constantly, let it be for ever in our
thoughts, and in political actions let it regulate the conduct
of every Liberal, that the sole power of the State is now,
and has been for some years, centred in the Aristocracy—
our Queen is of little use, our Commons of none at all—
the Lords, the Lords only, are all powerful. If they
were destroyed politically, or made elective and responsible
somewhere, the country would then thrive. Restrictions
on trade, and consequently on industry, bigoted and anti-
quated notions in religion and politics would cease, and
prosperity and content would once more visit the country ;
but till the Lords are either destroyed or made responsible,
the boasted integrity of King, Lords, and Commons—the
often vaunted glory of the English Constitution—must
give place to a tyranny ever hated, and from the earliest
times productive of ruin and misery to that country in-
flicted with it—the detested power of an oligarchy.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant and Constant Subscriber,
London, July 4. D. D.

The will of the late Andrew Henry Poulett
Thomson of Austinfriars, and of Marlow, in the county of
Buckingham, merchant, has been just proved in the Prero-
gative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury by George
Julius Poulett Scrope, the brother of the deceased. The
personal proper:), of the deceased has been sworn under
the value of 50,0001. which he,has bequeathed to his wife
and daughter, viz. 15,0001. to Mrs. Thomson, and a legacy
of 1,000/. ; and 15,0001. to his daughter, Mrs. Weyleim ; the re-
mainder of his property, after two annuities of small amount,
together with a legacy of 5001. to his executor, is bequeathed
to the issue, should there be any, of his second wife. The
deceased was the brother of Mr. Poulett Thomson, who is
in the present Ministry, and the melancholy death of this
gentleman is, doubtless, in the fresh recollection of our
readers. He was drowned in the Weir, at Buckingham,
together with Captain Wyndham, on the 28th of April last,
on returning from church. The deceased only executed
his will on Thursday, the 25th of April last, and was
drowned on the Sunday following, the 28th. The deceased
had only been married to his second wife about two years,
who is now enceinte.—Observer.

SWIMMING FEAT OF THE DUKE OF BOR-
DEAUX.—A correspondent of the Gazette de France at
Prcaburg, in mentioning the recent visit of the Duke of
Bordeaux, states that his Hoyal Highness performed a
remarkable feat in swimming while stopping there. The
Duke had told some of his friends of his intention to swim
from the Margaret island in the Danube to the swimming
school, and, this having got rumoured abroad, a great
number of young Hungarian gentlemen went to wait for
his Royal Highness in the island in swimming costume of
brilliant colours. As soon as the Prince appeared on the
shore, a military band struck up some lively airs, and the
gentlemen advanced to pay their respects. The Duke
appeared flattered with this unexpected reception, and
shortly after, at the head of his cortege, plunged into the
stream. A boat preceded him with the Hungarian colours
flying, and several others followed the party with bands of
music. On account of the length of the traject a boat had
been stationed half-way for the Prince to rest himself in if
he pleased, hut be declined doing so, and swain on with
the greatest ease to the end of his appointed course. The
Duke of Bordeaux was still at Vienna on the 27th ult.,
but preserved the strictest incognito, and the Court has
consequently renounced the fetes prepared for him.
THE NELSON MEmmitAL.—On Monday
morning the members of the Nelson Memorial Committee
assembled at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-
street. Mr. Railton, the architect, was also in attendance.
The following is a correct list of the Noblemen and Gen-
tlemen appointed to form the sub- Committee to superin-
tend the erection of the monument :—The Duke of Wel-
lington, the Duke of Northumberland, the Marquis of
Lansdowne, Lord Colborne, Mr. Spring Rice, Mr. Herries,
Mr. Croker, Sir Robert Inglis, Sir John Barrow, Mr.
Wood, the Duke of Buccleuch, and Sir G. Cockburn.
On Monday morning the sub-Committee were occupied in
consulting Mr. Railton on his tiesign, which the general
Committee had determined should be adopted. It is un-
derstood that the cost of erection of the monument is es-
timated at 30,0001.
BOROUGH OF MARYLEBONE.—It is said to
be the intention of the Liberal electors of the parish of
St. Pancras to bring forward the Hon. Edward Bouverie,
second son of the Earl of Radnor, as a candidate for the
representation of this borough, in the event of a dissolution
of Parliament.
SEA.HORSE SHOT IN THE SEVERN.—About
three weeks since a half-grown walrus or morse, about
eight feet long, a well-known inhabitant of the polar re.
gions, but which very seldom, we believe, is seen in these
latitudes, was shot on the sands, near Purton. It was
afterwards conveyed to Berkeley Castle.--Cheltenham
Chronicle.
On Saturday, at the Insolvent Debtor's Court,
Thomas Kingston, a general shopkeeper in Kepple-mews,
Russell-square, whose debts amounted to upwards of
1,4001., was opposed by a great number of creditors who
appeared in person. On seeing the number of opposing
creditors, the insolvent refused to swear to his schedule,
and asked time of the Court to amend it. Mr. Cooke
asked him if he would give up the 2251. he had concealed
from his creditors. The insolvent replied that he could
not do so. The Court refused him leave to amend the
schedule, and discharged the order for hearing.
The Queen continues her equestrian exercise
almost daily, in which she is always attended by Miss
Quentin, the daughter of Sir George Quentin. This
young lady, though holding no specific appointment in the
Royal Household, might very properly be styled eques-
trian lady-in-waiting, as it is her duty to prepare and train
the horses destined for her Majesty's own use, assist her
Majesty in mounting and dismounting—in short, to per-
form all the petite sans usually performed by attendant
cavaliers on maidens of lesser degree. Miss Quentin is a
first-rate horsewoman, and has trained five horses for the
special use of the Queen. She rides from Kew, every
morning, to attend her Majesty.—Cheltenham Looker-on.
SEND AWAY THE PEOPLE! !—Whenever the
distress and want of employment arising front onr unnatu-
ral Corn-laws have been found to reach an intolerable
height, as in 1819, 1829, and 1839, there was never
wanted a remedy—Send away the people ! Horses, cows,
and swine still fetch a good market price, but for that
superabundant animal, man, the only question that seems
to give anxiety to Members of Parliament, is how to get
rid of him, even at a loss. A proposal is made, we see, to
ship off some human cargoes to countries on the other side
of the globe, where they may find food. It has been
somewhere observed that man is of all commodities the
most difficult to transport; would it not, therefore, be
easier to bring the food to him 7—Anti-Corn-iato Ctrcului.
The latest accounts from Birmingham enable us
to announce that the town is in a state of tranquillity, and
the excitement and anxiety are considerably allayed. Dr.
Taylor returned to Birmingham about half-past one o'clock
yesterday morning, with Mr. Feargus O'Connor, who was
one of his sureties. Several of the Chartists were severely
injured in the conflict. One surgeon stated that he at-
tended about 30, who were wounded severely or slightly.
DEATH OF A CELEBRATED CHARACTER.—
The beginning of last week an exceedingly well-known
character departed this life, namely, " Old Jack," the
gigantic and venerable swan with whom the public have
been so long acquainted, on the canal in the enclosure of
St. James's Park, at the advanced age of seventy years.
Old Jack was hatched some time about the year 1770, on
the piece of water attached to old Buckingham House,
and for many years basked in the sunshine of Royal favour,
Queen Charlotte being extremely partial to him, and fre-
quently condescending to feed him herself. When the
pleasure gardens in St. James's Park were laid out Jack
was removed there, and his immense size, sociable dispo-
sition, and undaunted courage have often excited the ad-
miration of the public. Jack's strength and courage were
indeed astonishing. Frequently has he seized an unlucky
dog, who chanced to approach to the edge of his watery
domain, and drowned him ; and on one occasion, when a
boy, about twelve years of age, had been teazing him, Jack
caught him by the leg of his trousers and dragged him into
the water up to his knees. Jack, however, never acted on,
the offensive, but always on the defensive, and if' not an-
noyed was exceedingly tractable. But the march of
modern improvement affected poor Jack as much as it has
do:le thousands of more pretending bipeds. The Ornitho-
loggners iound ica; Society was formed, and a host of feathered fo-
rei
their way into the canal, with whom Jack
and furious encounters, and invariably
Bat a legion
of Polish geese at length
hadcarrived,
offmanywho
c eecrsocsmef
successful.
u
mei hostilities with Jack. Despising
everything like even warfare, they attacked him in a body,
and then died. The body of poor old Jack is to be stuffed
and pecked him so severely that be drooped for a few days
for one of the scientific museums.
SHOWER OF ICE.--At Old Windsor, on Sun-
day night, during a violent thunder-storm, there was a
shower of ice. The pieces were of the shape, and some of
them of the size of a common hen-egg. One of them,
half an hour after it had fallen, weighed fifteen penny-
weights, and measured in the circumference of its length
five inches and a half, and of its greatest breadth four
inches. Each piece was transparent except at its centre,
which was of the purest white. While falling they were
illuminated by the lightning, and seemed like balls of fire.

IMPE RI AL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, Jur.? 9.
The Lotto CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack at Fivo

Lord LYNDHURST and Lord KENYON pre-
se,ltii petitions aga,nq the Biackwall Railway Bill.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH presented a petition
from the West India Dock Company in favour of the
Blackwall Railway Bill.
The Highways Act Amendment Bill passed through
a Committee.

The Report on the Ecclesiastical District Churches
Bill was brought up.
The Watch Rates Boroughs Bill was read a third
time and passed.
The Marquis of SALISBURY presented a variety
of petitions against clauses in the Prisons Bill.
The Duke of RICHMOND presented petitions
from Exeter and Devizes in favour of the penny post.
age. Also a petition from Inverness for Church exten
sion in Scotland ; and likewise a petition signed by 300
merchants and traders frequenting the West India
Docks in favour of the Blackwall Railway Bill.
On the motion of Lord DUNCANNON, the
Glass Duties Bill was react a second time.
_ _

BEER BILL.
Lord BROUGHAM stated that the Beer Bill stood
on the votes to be recommitted for the purpose
of being read a third time to-night. He found that
a Bill un the same subject had met with the assent
of a very considerable majority in the other House of
Parliament ; and so decided was that majority, and so
different to his Bill was the nature of that measure, that
he could entertain no hope that if their Lordships
proceeded to read the Bill a third time, and to
send it to the Ilouse of Commons, that it would be
favourably received there. What he should propose,
therefore, was to discharge the order for the second
reading of the Bill to-night, and to give notice that on Fri-
day next he should move a resolution expressive of their
Lordships'opinion upon the subject of the Beer laws that
that resolution might be communicated to the other
House. In this way he had great reason to hope that
some proceeding would be taken between the two
Houses, which would most likely be satisfactory to all,
and calculated, in a great degree, to meet the evils
of the case. He should also for this reason discharge
his order for the Education Bill that stood for Friday,
and give notice that he should bring that subject on on
Monday.
Lord KENYON thought there could not be a more
effective mode of expressing their Lordships opinion than
by passing the Bill, and he thought a more regular course
would be for the Noble and Learned Lord to have his
Bill read a third time.
Lord BROUGHAM begged to inform the Noble
Lord that passing the resolution would not be an aban-
donment of the Bill. It would only be a postponement
of the third reading, and the Bill could be treated here-
after as circumstances might require.
Lord PORTMAN thought this a very dangerous
mode of proceeding. It would be much better for his
Noble and Learned Friend to take the straightforward
course.
Lord BROUGHAM said, that generally speaking
he always preferred a straightforward to a tortuous
course, but if the Noble Lord chose to go straightfor-
ward and knock his head against a stone wall, unless his
head were very hard, he might do it a great deal of
injury, and very little harm to the wall.—(Laughter.)
In the present instance, a strong wall had been raised by
the House of Commons against his proceeding in any
other course than that of which he had given notice.
Order of the day discharged.
BLACKWALL RAILWAY.
The Marquis of SALISBURY moved the second
reading of the Blackwell Railway Bill. He said the
objections which had been made against the Bill were
altogether negatived by the Company, who had offered
to pay the costs of referring the Bill to a Committee,
in order to ascertain the truth upon the case. In con-
clusion, he moved that the Bill be read a second time.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said no one felt
more strongly than he did the propriety of referring these
questions to a Committee ; but in the present instance
an Act of Parliament had passed a few years ago, re-
stricting this very line of Railway to the Minories.
This Bill proposed, for the convenience of certain mer-
chants, to carry the Railway into the heart of the city-
The principle of the Bill therefore having been ex-
pressly negatived by Parliament already, one good
reason was worth a hundred bad ones ; and he did not
care one pin for the two and thirty which he understood
were urged in favour of the Bill—he stood on the former
Act of Parliament, and on that ground, he moved that
Bill be read a second time, that day six months.
Lord BROUGHAM said it was true one good
reason was worth a hundred bad ones , and for that reason
he did not care one pin for the reason which the Noble
Duke had given for disregarding the two-and-thirty
reasons which were given in favour of the Bill.--(A
laugh.) He never interfered with private Bills unless
they involved some important legislative principle on
some point of practice in the proceedings of the House,
and such he considered was the case in the present
instance ; for he believed the motion of the Noble Duke
if carried would involve the abrogation of those orders
referring to private Bills, which had been found so bene-
ficial in their operation. If ever, without the strongest
reasons—the most extraordinary exceptions—such Bills
were taken from the investigation of a Committee, and
decided upon at once, in the House, the effect would
be much the same as if the House of Commons were
to depart from that salutary act—the Grenville Act,
and decide upon election petitions in the whole
House. The practice on private Bills in their Lord-
ships' House had formerly been as corrupt as that of
election petitions in the other House, and to
decide such questions in the whole House would
in both cases be productive of the same
mischievous results. All the evils of canvassing would
be revived, and though the Noble Duke might not be
accessible to such acts—others, with less firmness and
perspicacity, would be influenced by them. What was
the argument of the Noble Duke for throwing the
Bill out on the second reading, without examining its
merits in a Committee—that Parliament had in 1836
passed an Act limiting the Railway to the Minories.
But would Parliament tie up its hands for ever by its
own act? Certainly not ; that was in fact the only
thing which Parliament could not do. Parliament only
legislated for the present ; not to prevent legislation for
the future. The circumstance of the prior Act having
been passed might indeed be an argument in Committee.
But unless their Lordships were prepared to say that
no explanation of the law—no statement of facts—could
ever induce them to pass such a measure it would be
highly improper and unjust without inquiry to reject
the Bill. Let it not be said that expense would he in-
curred, for the Company had most liberally offered to
pay all the charges of referring the Bill to the Commit-
tee. That such offer should have been rejected was
doubtless owing to the opponents of the Bill hoping by
their influence to defeat the Bill altogether, in which
hope he trusted they would be disappointed.
Lord ELLEN BOROUGH supported the second
reading of the Bill.
Lord W H ARNCLIFFE said he should be sorry
to see a Bill of this sort thrown out on the second
reading. After the Committee should have reported it
would be open to any Member of the House to move
the rejection of the Bill, but the House ought to be
very cautious how it threw out a Bill on the second
reading, because certain facts were disputed.
The Bishop of LONDON objected to the Bill on
the ground that it was likely to prove a public nuisance.
The proposed terminus was to be equidistant, and at a
small distance from three of the principal churches in
London, and the thousands of passengers would prove
a source of great interruption to the performance of
Divine worship, to say nothing of the noise occa-
sioned by the engines and carriages. The congregations
of these cm..-ohos had petitioned against the Bill, as
well as the Corporation of London, and he telt no
scruple in supporting the Noble Duke, because under
no circumstances whatever could the Bill be rendered
palatable to him. Without entering into the question
touched on by the Noble and Learned Lord, he rested
his objection on public expediency, as connected with
the principles of morality and order.
Lord FITZ WILLIAM said that very strong rea-
sons indeed ought to be made out for rejecting the
second reading of the Bill, and he thought it would be
unjust to these parties not to allow them to go on. The
Right Rev. Prelate had said that the effect of the Bill
would be to disturb the quiet of public worship. It
would be exceedingly unfortunate if the administration
of religious services were at all interfered with by the
railway, but he could not help considering that a rail-
way between London and the country was more likely
to take people out of London on a Sunday than to
bring them in. But his principal object in rising was
to express the regret which he always felt when a dis-
cussion arose on a Railway Bill, that some more com-
prehensive view had not been taken of the general system
of railways in this country. Every debate which
he heard convinced him more and more that
a great error had been committed in not
establishing a general system of railways over the coon.
try ; and so far from the proceedings before Commit.
tees being satisfactory, he was satisfied that individuals
whose interests were either really affected, or who fan-
cied their interests were interfered with, would be infi-
nitely more reconciled to these measures if they felt they
were part and parcel of the same general system, than
they could be in the discussion on individual measures.
Any one who imagined that the system of railroads was
in more than its infancy, took an erroneous view of the
extent to which these communications would be carried.
And if there were many lines still to be considered,
almost an infinite number in comparison with those
which had already been carried into effect, it was not
too late even now to institute some general system.
The mode of proceeding would be analagous to that
adopted in Ireland, which would be productive of very
beneficial results. It would lead to the best selection
o fthe lines which ought to be adopted, and the points
which were to be connected, and he trusted that some
such step would be taken.
Lord ASHBURTON said hp should object to
this railway coming into Fenclaurch-strret, just as

Ihe should object to the Birmingham or the I
Great Western coming up into the Haymarket.
All those railways should have their terminus at
the skirts and not in the heart of the town. He
was not prepared to state any specific mischief, but he
looked at the general injury that would result from
bringing it into the city.
Lord FA LMO UTH objected to the terminus being
brought into Fenchurch-street upon what he had heard
stated since he entered the House.
The Earl of WICKLOW did not think it fair that
Noble Lords should come into the House avowedly
ignorant of the merits of the, Bill, and upon
the statements of one or two Noble Lords
determine to vote against the measure. He really had
heard nothing whatever stated that ought not to be
brought fairly before the Committee, and therefore for
the purpose of having the measure properly considered,
he hoped their Lordships would give the Bill a second
reading.—(Cheers.)
The Marquis of SALISBURY said that the nearest
pciint of the terminus of the railway to any Church was
135 feet, and that there was a street and a row of
houses between them.—(Hear.) This would not be
the first instance of allowing the terminus of a railway
to be brought into the City, because three years ago a
Bill was passed, giving permission to bring a terminus
into Smithfield.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said that there
was an agreement here, in the Bill which had
already passed, between these parties and the public,
that the terminus should not be brought past the
Minories. He was not usually opposed to such Bills
as this going into a Committee, but this case presented
the exception of a bargain, upon which bargain he took
his stand, laying asid all minor questions of incon-

venience.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE did not apprehend that
any clause in any Act of Parliament was to take away
the power of Parliament to extend the terminus of a
railway, if upon what appeared before it it should think
proper to do so, and that was a question for the Com-
mittee. For his own part, he thought there was no
ground for throwing out this Bill at present, except
upon a feeling that there ought to be no railway brought
into the City of London.
Lord BROUGHAM said if that were to be so
he should be glad to know upon what principle it was
that the City of London was to be kept more inviolate
than any other city or town. Ile hoped their Lord-
ships were not going to lay down, by the vote they
were about to give, that the railways were very good
things for country places but very bad for towns.
The Marquis of SALISBURY wished to inform
the House that there was not one word in the Act
which the Noble Duke said contained a bargain that
pledged the Company not to come to Parliament again
for an extension of their road. He was informed that
the Company would be able to prove before a Com-
mittee that they not only did not enter into such a con-
tract, but that Parliament was told when they obtained
their Act that it would, at a subsequent time
be applied to for a further Act. He was likewise in-
formed that he should be able to prove before a Com-
mittee that the House had already passed a Bill of a
similar nature to the one now before it, so that the
principle was not new. And as to the parties who now
came forward upon their petitions to oppose this Bill,
certainly no persons ever appeared under worse colours.
Lord WILTON said he had a decided objection to
the Railway coming into the heart of the City of Lon-
don, and therefore be should vote against the second
reading.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw.
Upon our readmission we found the numbers to be—
For the second reading 33
Against it ......... 26
Majority for the second reading 7
BLOCKADE OF MEXICO.
Lord STRANGFORD said that he had given no-
tice for a motion tonight on the subject of the blockade
of Mexico, but as the Noble Lord at the head of the
Admiralty, (Minto) was not now in his place, and as the
question was one of considerable importance, he should
postpone it until Monday next.
TITHE AMENDMENT BILL.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in moving the
second reading of the Tithe Amendment Bill, said
that great progress had been made in the adjustment
of these important interests, and that principally on vo-
luntary agreements, upwards of one-third of the cases
having been already settled, with the fairest prospect
of their increasing every month. The principal objects
of the present Bill were—first, to provide in
the case of tithe having merged into the land,
for transferring any charge that previously ex-
isted on the tithe to the land ; and secondly, to en-
able the Commissioners to make supplementary awards.
Another part of the Bill related to Lammas land, and
was to enable the occupiers of it to come to an agree-
ment for commutation, without interfering with the
graziers, who turned out their cattle for part of the year.
With respect to the tithe on fruit and orchards, it had
been assented to on the part of the Commissioners, and
those who represented the fruit growers, that there
should be one tithe levied on the land generally, and a
further commutation on tithe as cont.ected with the
capital embarked in growing fruit.
Lord ASIIBURTON said that in consequence of
some recent proceedings which had taken place as to
the rating of farms, and also of crops, considerable doubt
existed as to what was really the law, and the matter
ought to be settled by Parliament.
Lord FITZ WILLIAM said the question was ono
of coosiderable importance, and rested, he understood,
on the case or the King is. Joddrell.
Lord LYNDHURST said this was a very difficult
and important question.
Lord FITZ WILLIAM had no hesitation in saying
that whatever respect he entertained for the judge, it
appeared to him that his decision had been made from
confusion of judgment on other than legal matters.
The Duke of RICHMOND said if the decision of
the Judge was to be maintained the law must be altered,
for how could the profit for a farm be rated ? If it
was, they must rate the merchant and the manufac-
turer. The land would gain a great deal by this, and
he wished it could be got at, for the land bore every
thing, and the manufacturing interest ought to bear a
little more.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, of appor-
tionments there had been 1,361-458 confirmed.
The Bill was then read a second time.
The Scotch Prisons' Bill was read a second time,
The Duke of RICHMOND observing, he was most
anxious the Bill should pass, for bad as the prisons
were in England, they were ten times worse in Scotland.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF CO-4.1101V5, JuLr 9.

The SPEAKER took the chair a few minutes before
Four o'Clock.

Lord A. LENNOX moved the second reading 01
\Veguelin's Divorce Bill. Read a second time and or.

dered to be printed.
On the motion of Mr. LASCELLES, Mellin's ll:
vorce Bill was read a third time and passed.

Mr. TURNER presented a petition from the at-
torneys of Cornwall, compliaining that by the 14th
clause of the Summary Jurisdiction Bill, improper per-
sons were allowed to practice in the Court.
Mr. CLAY presented a petition from the church-
wardens and overseers of Christ's Church, Spitalfields,
against the Bill for the Collection of Rates ; and a
similar petition from Whitechapel.
Mr. HAVES presented a petition signed by seven
hundred of the merchants, bankers, &c., of Glasgow,
whose united capital amounted to 12,000,0001., praying
for the protection and extension of British commerce on
the shores of the Black Sea and in the River Danube.
The petition was ordered to be printed with the Votes,
and the Hon. Member gave notice that he should call
the attention of the House to the subject this day week.
Captain PEC HELL presented a petition from thirty
coach Dropr;of...r. at Brighton, complaining of the de-
pression under which they were labouring in consequence
of being obliged to compete with lightly taxed railroads,
and praying the House to repeal the duties imposed on
them, or otherwise to place them on an equality with
their rivals.
Sir G. CLERK presented a petition from Stamford

to the same effect.
Mr. FOX MAULE presented a petition from Elgin
against any further grant to the Church of Scotland.
Colonel THOMAS gave notice that he should move
for sums which had been expended for repairs of bar-
racks ; and alt.°, copies of all reports that had been re-
ceived of the state of barracks, during the last five years,
on Tuesday next.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved that the considera-
tions of the Lords' amendments to the Jamaica Bill do
take precedence of the other Orders of the Day.
Lord MORPETH presented petitions from Hud-
dersfield in:favour of National Education ; from Barnsley,
in favour of a penny
postage ; from the Presbyterians of
Derbyshire and Yorkshire, in favour of a system of
general education ; from the merchants of Barnsley,
praying the House to investigate the state of the trade
with Sicily, more particularly with respect to the Sul-
phur monopoly ; and from some place in the West Riding
of Yorkshire, praying that Commissioners might be
sent to Berlin for the purpose of endeavouring to nego-
ciate a commercial treaty.
Mr. GILL
o'S gave notice that on Monday, on the
motion that the House resolve itself into a Committee
should move for a Committee of the
of Supply, he
whole House, to consider the duties levied on internal
communication.
Mr. Alderman THOMPSON moved for certain
returns respecting the expenses attendant upon emigra-
tion to Van Diemen, s Land and New South Wales, in
the year 1837, distinguishing the ports at which the
vessels were taken up, and the number of vessels,—
, Ordered.

SPAIN.
Lord MAHON wished to know from the Noble Se-
cretary for Foreign Affairs, whether any steps were
likely to be tiken for the purpose of extending the
Eliot Convention in Spain, in order to put an end to
the barbarities attendant on the civil war in that country.
He also desired to direct the Noble Lord's attention
to a passage in the despatch of Lord Clanricarde of sth
February, stating that Count Nesselrode had said to