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PART I.
Overture—" Semiramide," (Rossini).
Walta. Paulenen," (Lalsinski).
Seena-ed Aria—., Alin son tna," Luoia de Lammermoor,
(Donizetti).
Muadrille-0 "
hr) La Prineosse de Grenade," (Musard).
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Overture—" Le Philtre," (Attar).
Overture—" Zampa,"
,(Herold PART
).
Elisabethen,' (Strauss).
Quadrille—" L'Ambassadrice," Alward.
Solo. I
Coro ed Aria—" Io vo in Campo," MCA Adel (Costa).
Pas Redouble—(Brepsant).
Galop—.." Storming of Constantine," (Lanner).
The Solos will be perferreed by Mr. Lalarus Mr. Keating,
IMr. Burton, Mr. Dean, Mr. Beale, and
Mr. Handley.
Friday and Saturday, on the Clarionet, by Mr. Burton.
the doers *pen at half-past Seven. The Concert will corn-
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LONDON :
SATURDAY, APRIL 127,11310.

the second reading of the Copyrights Design Bill
postponed last night, in the House of Lords, on the
request of Lord BROUGHAM, till Monday.
_ A brief discussion took place on the state of New-
foundland, on the presentation of a petition. There
are Catholics and Protestants in the island, • and
the crimination and recrimination is a repetition of
what occurs in Ireland. Why should these reli-
gionists, by their interminable quarrels, bring religion
colon
itself into disrepute ? That there are many abuses in the
y we can readily believe, for we see plenty at home.
A discussion afterwards ensued about Lord ABINGER
discharging prisoners from the Sussex gaols, and if the
Noble Lord were now a Whig, we should expect
to see the Rodenite Journals accuse him of hunting
after popularity.
In the Commons a little discussion on the absence of
Members from the Committee on the Manchester and
Leeds Railway Bill informs the public that Hon. Members
sometimes so neglect their duties, that a quorum cannot
be formed in a Committee, and parties, with their soli-
citors and witnesses, attend the House in vain.
The principal business of the evening was Sir ROBERT
PEEL'S Bill on Controverted Elections, the motion
for going into a Committee on which occasioned
a long debate. Colonel DAVIES moved to refer the
Bill to a Select Committee, which motion nobody sup-
Ported, and it was negatived. Mr. C. BULLER
then moved that it be an instruction to the Com-
tnittee to provide for the appointment of permanent
kisessors to Election Committees, a part of his own plan
For reforming those corrupt tribunals. His proposition
was supported, but not pressed to a division. The Bill
Was committed, and 22 of the clauses were got through
and the House resumed.
In a Committee of Supply 13,000,0001. Exchequer
were voted, and the House adjourned till Monday.

We noticed in our Evening Edition of yes-
terday the great importance which the Bill
coneernr, ino• the government of Jamaica has
.
acquired from the notice given in the House
b
°I Commons the night before last, by Sir
DR? BERT PEEL, of his intention to oppose it on
going into Committee. That inipoitance is much
enhanced by what occurred last night in that House,
4141 we are induced to suppose that this Bill will
two
rise to another trial of strength between the
n parties. Last night Lord JOHN ItUSSELL,
de
tlVertina to the Right Hon. Baronet s noticei
be
his course as the most hostile that coill (
o-e taken• At the same time he stated that the
inment having re-considered the subject, felt it
be their duty to press on the House the adoption
the Bilh As we stated in our Evening Edition,
however, the Noble Lord thought that the time for
wi!ich
,iit is proposed to suspend the Constitution
tight be less than five years, perhaps only two or
Zee) but otherwise he implied he should not make
h't`hli V
N alterations in the Bill. Having stated this,
i Lord put off the Committee on the Bill,
Bch stood for Monday next, to Friday.
I Sri ROBERT PEEL considered the course of
13ierd JOHN RUSSELL unusual, and that he was
tpaced by it in an embarrassing position. He then
°ceeded to explain that he thought Parliament
fir
anould maintain the Prisons Bill, but he thought
of
Ja oPportunity ought to be given to the Assembly
m
I:li aica to re-consider their course. He did not
131irs
nk his own plan the most hostile that could be
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tion, he should not withhold any necessary power
from the Geverninent to meet any contingency which

night arise.
Mr. HUIJE beLtgctl the Government to allow

time, and said he should do all in his power to
oppose the suspension of the Constitution of
Jamaica.

Notwi'hstanding Sir ROBERT PEEL'S decla-
tion that he would not make this a patty question,
his followers are not acting on that declara-
tion, but are as zealously canvassing for sup-
port on the Jamaica debate as they can-
vassed on the Irish debate. They will
be supported, it appears, by Mr. Hums, and perhaps
by some other Liberal Members, so that the con-
test promises to be quite as serious, while it will
not be fought on such favourable grounds for the
Ministers, as the contest of last week. To prepare
for it is no doubt the reason why Lord JOHN
RUSSELL put off the Committee on the Bill; and
to prepare the public for it, who perhaps take but
little interest in the Bill itself, is our present busi-
ness.

We are by no means favourable to suspending
Constitutions ; but that of Jamaica, and something
more than the constitution—the whole frame of
society in the slave colonies, was changed by the
Act establishing the apprenticeship and the sub-
sequent emancipation. The bulk of the black
population is now free, and as yet the whole legis-
lation is in the hands of their masters. As the
planters will not, and cannot be expected to pro-
vide suitable legislation for the slaves, if the Impe-
rial Parliament does not interfere, there will be a
contest between the old and the new powers ; and
the Imperial Legislature will be disgraced should it
Izot see due provision made for the success of its
own Act of Emancipation. In fact the question
at issue is, whether emancipation shall be com-
pleted, or whether it sl:all be stifled or brought into
disrepute by the planters.
Mr. HUME and Sir ROBERT PEEL wish to
give the Assembly of Jamaica another trial ; but
already that body has been tried and it has not
redeemed its promise of making any provision
for the new state of society. It was, in fact,
the business of our Legislature to provide
for that when it passed the Emancipation
Act ; but it deferred to the Assembly, and the As-
sembly has shewn itself unworthy of this confidence.
Years passed unheeded ; the termination of the ap-
prenticeship system, though earlier than was anti-
cipated, found them wholly unprepared; and though
the prisons of the Island had been frequently brought
under notice, our Legislature was obliged last session
to pass an Act to establish them in Jamaica. Sir R.
PEEL approves of that interference with the Legisla-
ture of the Island, and to us it appears wiser wholly
to suspend the Constitution than to leave
it in existence, and continually overrule its decisions
by Acts passed at home. The Prisons Act
is highly offensive to the Assembly, ill fact it over-
turns its privileges ; but that Act Sir ROBERT
PEEL supports, and will force it on the Island,
bitter though it be, equally with the Ministers.
The only difference between him and them
seems to be, that they are ready to take the re-
sponsibility on themselves—ready to attempt to
provide for the new condition of society, while he,
equally with them, overturns the authority of the
House of Assembly, and then leaves that discre-
dited body to provide for the safety of the Island.
Sir ROBERT PEEL'S opposition to the Bill
seems to us, while he supports the Prisons Act,
very inconsistent; but it may embarrass the Govern-
ment, or even overturn it. He means to risk the
responsibility of leaving Jamaica without an
authoritative Legislature. Will the friends of
emancipation look
quietly on, and see their efforts
brought intodisrepute ? It is clear that the
House of Assembly
will not pass a suitable Poor-
law or a Vagrant Act, both of which are required ;
and will do what they can to destroy the efficacy of
emancipation. They, and those who are interested in
property in the West Indies, will probably find it
their duty to support the Ministers, and not allow
Jamaica to be embarrassed and emancipation to be
disgraced.
The Times of yesterday morning intimates that if
Sir ROBERT PEEL were to defeat the Ministers he
might carry on the Government without a dissolu-
tion, but Sir ROBERT is not likely to attempt to
carry on the Government with the present Parlia-
ment. If he be aided by any part of the Liberals
he will succeed, and if he dissolve the Parliament
while the fear of the Chartists is on the electors, he
may probably form such a House of Commons as
would secure him a long hold of office. With a
Tory House of Commons and a Tory Ministry, the
only path to Reform would be through a Revolu-
tion.
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We insert from the Chester Chronicle an account
of the recent proceedings of the Rector of Al-
derley, concerning the tithes of that parish. The
Rev. Mr. GIRDLESTONE was appointed to the

living on the preferment of the late Rector to the
see of Norwich, by Sir THOMAS STANLEY. He

has rewarded his patron by issuing an Exchequer
process against him, and, causing him to be ar-
rested in his own house in town. Mr. GIR-
DLESTONE has also caused a 'Squire DAVEN-
PORT to be arrested in his own house, and
has issued writs against several substantial
farmers. We see no reason why Mr. GIR-
DLESTONE should not enforce his legal rights
to the utmost, since legislators of the class of Sir
Trios. STANLEY and 'Squire DAVENPORT confer
such rights. He stands up for his own rights and for
the rights of the Church in after times, and is not to
be blamed for enforcing the delightful law. If he
and his co-priests were to insist on having the full
tenth of the produce—if they were to exact tithes
with the utmost rigour, we should not blame them ;
we should like, hi fact, to see them make
such a demand as that might bring their
power more speedily to an end. We should
like to see the gentlemen of England bearded by
the priests, arrested in their houses, held up to
contempt in their parishes, and exposed to all kinds
of contumely from the G IRDLESTONES of the
land, for then they would be sensible of the evils
of that grinding ecclesiastical tyranny to which
they have condemned the Dissenters, as
evinced in the case of Mr. JAMES and Mr.
JONES; the Catholics, as evinced in the persecutions
and exact;ons in Ireland ; and the bulk of the
people of England, as evinced in the restraints
placed on their amusements and relaxations. When
the gentlemen of England begin to feel the heavy
hand of the exacting and intolerant priesthood
they will become aware how severely it presses on
the rest of the community, and will assist us in
separating the Church from the State, and so
getting rid of the chief impediment to civil and
commercial freedom. The tithes, for which Sir
THOMAS STANLEY will have to render to the Fleet,
are the parents of the Corn-laws ; and the
Church which makes him its victim, is the chief
obstacle to tranquillity in Ireland, and to the ex-
tension of popular rights in England. PHILLPOTTS,
M'GHEE, O'SULLI VA N, PUSEY, MORRIS, and
their partners, have already opened the eyes of our
people. Let us hope, therefore, that Mr. GIRDLE-
STONE and his like will completely awaken them,
and restore them to their senses.
We will add to this illustration of the conduct of

the Clergy, an illustration of the utility of the Church.
We yesterday drew attention to several facts which
show that the condition of England as to crimes

is not much better than the condition of Ireland,
supposing it to be as bad as the Rodenite papers
describe it. We have before stated, on the authority

of the Constabulary Commissioners, that the num-
ber of criminal commitments to our gaols may be
stated, in round numbers, as 100,000 annually ;
and we have now to add, on the authority of the
Commissioners, that a proportion only of the offences
actually committed are discovered and prosecrited ;
the number of commitments, therefore, gives only
an inco nplete view of 'tile number of crimes
committed. Th.,z great criminality of the people of
Iretand is attributed to the use of the confes-
sional, to their belief in the real presence, and
to the influence of the Catholic priesthood.
In England the Catholics have little influ-
ence, their chapels are few, their creed is
little followed, the confessional is hardly used, and
yet our people are as criminal as the most exag-
gerated accounts describe the Irish to be. What-
ever other benefits, therefore, the Established
Church may confer on society, it is plain and pal-
pable, from the Constabulary Commissioners' Re-
port, that it does not give us. a moral and
virtuous people. It may be separated from the
State, without inflicting any moral injury on the
community ; if indeed, public morality would not
be greatly promoted, by purifying religion from the
contamination of a worldly-minded, rich, oppres-
sive, greedy priesthood, while by ceasing to use it
_ _

as a political instrument, it would probably be re.
stored to its genuine power over the heart of man

The Church-rate war goes on briskly, almost at
a " railroad" pace we should say, were
,we not afraid
of being thought capable of punning on the sacred
nick-name of that venerable Judge to whom the
Dissenters owe so much, first, for deserting from
their ranks, and next for his sharp practice—to use
an Old Bailey expressiUn—at the late Cornwall As-
sizes. The good seed which the Learned Baron
has sown in that corner of the vineyard is spring-
ing up abundantly, arid will, we have no doubt, if
duly watered, produce fruit an hundred fold. The
letter of our Truro Correspondent in this clay's
Sun will inform our readers how matters are pro-
ceeding in that quarter. It will be seen that pre-
parations on a large scale have been made to give a
triumphant reception to the victims of ecclesiastical
and judicial persecution on their liberation from
prison. Bands of music have been provided, and
parties from various parts of the country have given
notice of their intention to be present on this occasion,
in order to show theirsympathy with the sufferers, as
well as their detestation of the Church-rate abomina-
tion, and the conduct of those who countenance it
at the expense of justice and Christian principle.
May we ask Baron GURNEY, and his Tory asso-
ciates of Truro, if they calculated on such demon-
strations of public feeling against the Church as
this, when they attempted to crush, by means
which we can hardly find words to characterise, a
conscientions resistance to a most iniquitous exec
tion ? We trow not. We imagine they now see
that their too keen archery has overshot the mark.
We opine that they have, by this time, discovered ,
that zeal may be unscrupulous and yet unsuccessful.
We have now a remark or two to make on some ,

late important Church-rate proceedings at Worces-
ter, for a report of which we are indebted to the Wor-
cestershire Chronicle. Certain parties, it appears,
had been cited before the Magistrates of the city for
non-payment of Church-rates, and when the Learned
Gentleman whom the defendants had employed to
conduct their cause, began to examine the princi-
pal---we believe the only—witness on whose testi-
mony the distress warrants were applied for, up
starts a Mr. SIDEBOTTOM, a Stipendiary Magis-
trate forsooth, and forbids, on pain of his high
displeasure, all attempts to go into the merits of the
question. The moment, says this Worcestershire
SOLON, that you show the slightest intention to
dispute the validity of the rate, our jurisdiction is
at an end, " our hands are tied up." On the an-
nunciation of this piece of legal profundity, a scene
ensued between the two members of the legal pro-
fession, who seemed as unequally matched in tem-
per as in law. The worthy Magistrate, who is said
to be a barrister, though we cannot believe it, com-
pletely lost all command of himself, exhibiting a most
undignified and lamentable spectacle of magisterial
infirmity, while his opponent was no less conspicuous
for self-possession, and a cool consciousness of
superiority which seems to have nearly maddened
the occupant of the bench. In the course of the

examination, however, which SIDEBOTTOM, with all
his violence, could not altogether prevent, it came
out most unfortunately that this said Magistrate,
the identical SIDEBOTTOM, who here sat in judg-
ment on the validity of the rate, was actually, and

,n person, present at the vestry meeting at which it
was laid, and took part in the proceedings !
Is it, we ask, consistent with the generally re-
ceived notions of justice, or calculated to impress
le public with exalted notions of the integrity and
impartiality of the Bench, that a Magistrate should
decide a case in which he is himself a party ? Mr.
SIDEBOTTOM has answered the question himself,

'or, on the fact coming out, he is stated to have

said, that " he had forgotten he was present, or he
would not have taken part in these (the magiste-

rial) proceedings." Well, surely after this decla-

ration he rose from his seat and left the Court ?

Oh no, with this high-minded personage theory is
one thing and practice another. There he sat, the
most active member of the Court the whole day,
and there did he resume his seat the next day, when
he came primed with cases which the defendants'
able Counsel showed, to the satisfaction of the
Bench, corroborated his views. On this occasion

....,...
the worthy Magistrate gave a new proof of his con-
sistency. The question for the decision of the

Bench was whether there was a bona fide intention
to dispute the rate, which none of the other Magis-
trates doubted; yet this Mr. SIDEBOTTOM, whose
utmost exertions had been used to prevent the merits
of the case from being gone into, by which this in-
tention was to be proved, would not coincide in the
unanimous opinion of his brother Magistrates !
SIDEBOTTOM, it cannot be denied, is a pretty
enough name, but we would put it to this worthy
gentleman whether it might not be appropriately and
advantageously exchanged for Shifffleßovr om.

If anything done by LOUIS PHILIPPE could
now surprise us, it would be to learn from the
Paris journals of Thursday, that since the close of
the debate on the Ministerial crisis in the Chamber
of Deputies, his MAJESTY sent for M. GUIZOT,
and seriously proposed to him the formation of a
Cabinet ! M. GUIZOT, whom M. DE LANIAR-
TINE, in the name of the old Ministerial party, de-
nounced as unauthorized to stipulate for the Con-
servatives--whom M. ODILLON BARROT W.:posed
as a drag upon the progress of liberalism—whom
M. TRIERS would only admit to an office ly
administrative—M. GUIZOT, at the head
o purely
administrative__..M. GUIZOT, at the head of the
Doctrinaire phalanx, mustering at the best some
twenty-seven or thirty votes, is the last person
summoned to the Tuileries to receive the Royal
commands for the nomination of a Ministry i This
is carrying the political farce a little too far. But
to render the scene in the Royal closet as rich as
possible, who do our readers suppose the KING
invited to meet M. GUIZOT in the character of a
future colleague ? Why truly no other than the
testy and impracticable ex-President, M. DO-
- who had told the Chamber that it wos
his peculiar lot always to be consulted in des-
perate cases, and v.llO, tiroti,h admired for the
versatility of his talents, c dreaded from the hard-
ness of his temper and the bitterness of his
sarcasms, to which friends and enemies are almost
equally exposed; could not command twenty votes in
the Chambers. M. DUPIN at once declined the
honour of being derided by the country for his pre-
sumption, but not so M. GUIZOT, who treated the

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