The Sun.
London, England, 1837-05-11 00:00:00

BONDED CORN.

Mr. ROBINSON gave notice that he would to-mor-
row move for leave to bring in a Bill to enable foreign
corn, now in bond, to be taken out, for the purpose of be-
ing ground and worked.

Mr. TOOKE gave notice that he would on Tuesday
move for leave to bring in a Bill to prevent the sale of live
cattle in Smithfield market.

Sir J. GRAHAM presented a petition from Carlisle
for the better observance of the Sabbath.
In answer to a question from Mr. Sergeant JACK-
SON, relative to some returns connected with ecclesiasti-
cal inquiry in Ireland,
Lord MORPETH said they were not yet quite ready.
Mr. Sergeant JACKSON presented some petitions, but
in consequence of the noise in the body of the House, we
could not learn the object of them.
Sir J. GRAHAM presented a report from the Poor-
law Committee, which was laid upon the table.
The first order on the list having been moved,
Sir C. BROKE VERE hoped the House would permit

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him to take that oppOrtunity of reverting to a matter
had been the subject of observation some nights
back. He referred to an order supposed to have been
given at the time of the attack upon Buenos Ayres, di-
recting that the bayonet alone should be used, and none
spared but women and children. Since the subject bad
been before the House upon the previous occasion, he had
communicated by letter with some officers who were en-
gaged upon the occcasion, and he conversed with others.
They all concurred in saying that no such order was given.
The conclusion to which lie came, from all his correspon-
dence upon the subject, and all his inquiries was that no ge-
neral order, no brigade order, and no regimental order of the
kind alluded to by the Gallant °Meer had been given. He had
communications from officers who served in the same regiment
as the Hon. and Gallant Officer, who stated that they had
no recollection of any such order having been given. He
was bound, however, to say that one of these gentlemen
said he recollected some officer passing along the line in
which he was posted, and urging the men to use the bayo-
net, but did not know whether the officer so addressed the
troops on his own responsibility or not. He (Sir B. Vere)
saw a letter published in the True Sun upon this subject.
In this letter reference was made to the evidence taken on
the Court-martial held upon the officer, General White-
locke, who was the chief in command upon that occasion.
Lieut.-Colonel Burke (as we understood) in his evidene e
said that the second in command, General Bowes, show, ed
him the general plan of attack two days before it took place,
and in that plan was contained an order to use the gay onet.
This being remonstrated against the Lieutenant-C;:meral
said it should be left out. Now the Hon. and Gallant
Officer (Colonel Thompson) said it was not left out. His
conviction was that it had been left out, and he knew that
no unusual severity was used.—(From the low tone in which
the lion. Baronet spoke he was heard with difficulty.)
Colonel THOMPSON said the Hon. Baronet would,
not consider him discourteous if lie read again the order
as given in evidence by Lieutenant-Colonel Rorke. Tie
said he called upon General Bowes, the second in 'com-
mand, who showed him the general orders of atta..:l;, and
one of them was that no prisoners were to he mad' e. This
was two days before the attack, and wliatever ITli' gla have
been then said about leaving it out, on the remora- stran.ce of
Colonel Burke, it was not impossible that it 13 light from
some cause or from neglect have been anowedi still to re-
main. He rejoiced that what he before stp:oe was con-
firmed by one of the most loved comrades 11-.1 evo r had, who
order that he
was serving in another column, and he:-...rd the: ~very same
did. He was further
confirtned4 in this by
the United Service Journal for December, 183fij. He had
also a communication from a Gallant 00-Icer, c( .firming his
statement, but he would not mentio'n his nam as, in the
present situation of that officer, it might pro ve highly in-
convenient to his interests to tie so. The H on. Member
read an extract fl^oln this Iciter, stating that th e writer saw
one person, who was standing at a door, in whi' to robes--no
doubt a elergyrnan-....bayonnet ted, and fall forwa rd dead upon
the eavealent ; that he saw another conceal hint Wunder the

Mr. D'EYNCOURT said a few words, which, owing
to the incessant cries of " Divide," were inaudible in the
Gallery.
Mr. HUME expressed his regret at hearing the Noble
Lord make such a statement as he had just done.—( Hear.)
The motion had nothing in it which affected the principle
of the Bill. Did the Noble Lord mean to say that he
would give the people of England Reform merely for the
purpose of cheating them in this way ? He deeply regret-
ted to see a Government whose watchword was Reform
stand in the way, as they were now doing, of Reform and
improvement. If the NoYe Eord continued to refuse
household suffrage much loner, he may rely upon it that
he would drive the nation to a general 'demand for univer-
sal suffrage.--(Hear, and loud cries of " Divide.")
Mr. GROTE said if the Noble Lord had no better
arguments to urge against the motion than those he used
that night, he need not imagine that the town constituen-
cies would any longer submit with patience to the distinc-
tion in point of qualification that existed between them and
the county constituencies. _

Mr. T. DUNCO MBE was at a loss how to account for
the conduct of the Noble Lord (Russell) on the present oc-
casion.—(Hear.) That Noble Lord had once said that
he raise the constituencies of England to half a million ;
but the fact was that they did not in the aggregate amount
at the present time, owing to the vexatious operation
of these rate-paying Clauses, to upwards of 300,000.
He held in his hand a return of the present amount of dif-
ferent boroughs in England, and from this return it appeared
that 12 of them contained only 300 constituents, 25 only
600, 21 only 700, and .58 only 1,500.—( Hear.) With
regard to Westminster, where, by the Reform Bill, it was
necessary that a voter must not only pay his parochial, but
his King's taxes, it appeared that whilst, before the Reform
till, in 1820, 9,280 electors voted, in 1834 there were
9,807 on the register, but when the contest came on only
4,817 voted. The Hon. Member then read an extract
from a speech 'of Lord Durham, in 1834, in which that
Noble Lord stated that he considered the second Reform Bill
more objectionable than the first, in framing which he had
been assisted by Lord J. Russell, Sir J. Graham, and Lord
Althorp, in consequence of the 501. tenant-at-will, and the
disqualifying rate-paying clauses, and that if those clauses
should be found to have the effect of disqualifying voters
they ought as soon as possible to be amended.—(Hear.)
Now .that was all that he (Mr. Duncombe) wanted.
The House then divided, and there appeared—
For the second reading 73
Against it 165
Majority
,heref

bill was t. lore lost.
The House then resolved itself into a Committee on the
County Bridges Bill ; after which the Chairman reported
progress, and the House resumed.