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London, England, 1838-08-14 00:00:00

mission, and because a foreign trade would give th snit that
and a home trade does not, they would let all the et:pit:ll
and all the productive labour employed in agriculture.
to ruin, only considering themselves, their profitable spsel-
lations, their country houses, and their per tentage..
Therefore it is—and not from any abstract, love of addieg
to the manufactures of the country—that they are at pre-
sent so largely engaged in the manufacture of lies concern-
ing the crops and the prospects of famine, and other non-
sense of the same disinterested description.—Mern. Post.
The Canada Indemnity Bill tvas read a thiid time less
night in the House of Lords. Oa this occaSieri 1-orti
Denman delivered his sentiments on the measure. Ile
bad attended, he said, with the utmost interest to the s'ie-
bates which had taken place on this subject, and to tine
question which arose out of the ordinance of LOrd Durham
of the 28th of June, and he must confess that he came to
a clear and decided opinion that the ordinance was per-
fectly indefensible in point of principle. But he was by
no means satisfied ti,at Lord Durham was not justified in
ordering the prisoners to be transported to the Bermudas,
and be could not make up hismind on the point mita he kid
an opportunity of searching the Acts of Parliament. With
respect to Bills of indemnity he was opposed to them
on principle ; and he had been recently locking
to the debates in 1818, and he there found trsat
when a Bill of indemnity was introduced to meet
the case of the suspension of the Habeas Corpus
Act, one of its foremost opponents was Mr. Lambton. He
had not the least doubt that if Lord Durham were now in
the House, he would object to the present Bill. Toe ob-
jection taken by Lord Denman on principle to Bills of in-
demnity seems just and reasonable. If a wrong has been
done to individuals in consequence of a violation of the law,
they ought not to be deprived of their remedy. In the case
of a criminal prosecution, the Crown may stup it in limine
by a noli prosequi, and in case of conviction, pardon the
transgressor. But where a civil action is instituted, the
officer who has violated the law in the discharge of his duty
ought to receive compensation from the public. To deprive
tr,e-suffereessoftlderstdratirtrtrfofv-on I,i in exclusively a
burden which ought to be borne by the community. Lord
Denman is clearly right in principle. Pubic servants must
be protected when acting in the discharge of a duty which
they dare not refuse ; but there is an evident distinction
between securing public servants againd. loss for acts done
in the discharge of their duty, and depriving the indivi-
duals wronged by such acts of the redress to which they
are entitled. The public, in its abstract capacity, has no
right to profit by demanding sacrifices from individuals.
This would be reprehensible on the ground that has made
whatever savours of confiscation unpalatable in our times.
But the question, however interesting generally, is Of no
importance with reference to Lord Durham ; for if the
maxim quoted by Lord Brougham holds good, volenti non
fit injuria, then the individuals who petitioned for the very
course which Lord Durham adopted towards them are ne-
cessarily precluded from complaining of injury. But the
measure is now out of the hands of the Lords, whatever
may be its fate elSewhere.—Morning C'hronicle.
The surprise, to call it by no stronger name, which was
practised by the Ministers in the sudden smothering of the
Irish Municipal Corporation Bill, and which one of their
organs, in a paroxysm of abusive rage, struggled yesterday
in vain to disprove, had led us to apprehend that sonic
equally foul blow might be intended for the Tithe Bill.
But the exposure of the stratagem against the former mea-
sure had probably its effect in protecting the present. This
time notice was duly given. This time, in the Orders of
the Day,• there stood the regular notification—. Tithes
(Ireland) Bill: consideration of Lords' amendments."
When we saw these words in that printed list of business,
our minds were at ease, and we were then satisfied that the
same discreditable artifice was not to be attempted a second
time. Accordingly, the Lords' amendments were accepted,
with no other debate than a few verbal suggestions and ex-
planations given in a conversational tone across the table :
and thus, at length, after four years of trouble to Ire-
land, distress to her clergy, and disgrace toher Government,
the Tithe Bill proposed by Sir Robert Peel in 1835 has
been passed into a law by the opponents who turned him
e'nt of office for urging it. After the acceptance of these
amei,Aments, the House was occupied in unimportant con-
versations, and in arranging the details of some otber Mat-
ters, until atom: six o'clock, when the Canada Bill was
brought down tram the House of Lords. Lord John Rus.
sell then proposed, wish reference to the lateness of the
season, and to the desrableness of a speedy prorogation,
that the Bill should be allow:d to take two stages imme-
diately—those of its first and m its second reading ; that
it should be printed and delivered ie Members this morn-
ing ; and that any debate which itti frov:siont might be
thought to require should take place tb:: day, on the mo-
tion for going into Committee on its clauses • Upon this,
Mr. Leader observed, that the course pr,:posed was
rather summary, and that, before he could consent
to so unusnal a step as the taking two stages in one night,
he should like to know what the Ministers meant—whether
they adopted the Bill ; whether they designed to make
amendments in it ; and whether any despatches had arrived
with the ordinances of Lord Durham; of which ordinances
he thought the Bermudean portion by no means the most
objectionable ; the other denunciation being in his mind,
incomparably more atrocious. He alluded, also, to an ex-
tract which had got int) circulation from a private letter of
Mr. C. Buller,. the . Governor's chief secretary, and which
he characterized in terms of strong distaste. " I enclose
you,' writes Mr. C. Bailer to his friend, " our fiat great
act about the prisoners." An imposing commencement, no
doubt, and, as Macbeth with equal elation expresses it, a
.ppy prolokue to the swelling act
Of the imperial theme.'
Bat Mr. C. Buller's mind tniseave him as he wrote on.
It will appear to you horribly unconstitutional and despo-
tic," says he. " Yes, indeed," says Mr. Leader," " I think
so too." But Mr. Buller is ready with a vindication ; and
such a vindication as he himself, if lie were in his place in
the House of Co: uions this night, and opposed to the Go-
vernment, would handle with no sparing pleasantry. Every
line of it, as was said of the Statute of Frauds, is worth a
subidy. "It (our first great act) will appear to you hor-
ribly unconstitutional and despotic ; but it is really mild."
And he adds, " We were obliged to include a great many
in our provision (in conformity to a general rule laid
down in each ease) whom we do not wish and do not in-
tend to treat harshly. This is rathev an advantage, as
it will enable us immediately to briqg the pardoning
power into operation." We have read of some waggish
(Mental tyrant who was wont to amuse bimself with
frightening people almost to death, for the sAp of the
drollery of their faces when they found they were • to be
kept alive after-all. If the elaief Secretary's merry vein
shall continue to give out such jocularities as these, sot
only the Canadian people, but even their Governor him-
self will be seduced into good humour. Lord John Rus-
sell's answer was according to the most approved fashion
of the Government, being en avoidance of all the material
questions asked. He, would not say that the Bill. might
not require amendments, but he was not aware that it
would require any, or, if it should, what they would be.
Such is the state of the Ministerial mind, after a
week's discussion in one House of Parliament, and
within feur-and-twenty hours of the debate in the
other ; and this upon a leg.,islative measure which the
Government at all events so far adopt that they permit—
nay, anxiously accel, rate, the second reading—that .teare
which is u,ually regarded as carrying the principle of a Bill.
As to despatches, Lord John sail that Lord Durham had
sent home with this ordinance some communications which
had already been furnished to the Lords, and should be laid
on the table of this House. Sir Charles Grey was about to
enter at large into the whole subject. of Canada ; but, on
the interposition of Lord John, he was induced to keep his
speech for this evening's debate. Lord Stanley assented to
the taking the two stages at once; but he desired to be un-
derstood as reserving himself on the questions whether the
idemnit y w, s necessary at all, to what amount the ordinance
had been ill-gal, and what was the extent of the colonial
authority to alter the laws of Great Britain. To these se-
v.:ral topics Lord Julia Russell promised that he would ad-
dress himself this morning.—'Tidies.

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A fatal accident occurred in the neighbourhood of
Brighton List Wednesday. As Mr and Mrs. Co of the Tiger Inn,
Essttlean, were returning from Lewes to their residence in a gig, in
crossing the causeway near Eseat-bridge, the vehicle came in contact
wait a dray, and both its occupants were thrown out. Mrs. Co/will.
•et to state, was killed on the spot, and Mr. Colwill escarEd with
were bruises.

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On Saturday morning, just before day break, as a
labouring man, named James, was walking along the road at North-end.
Hampstead, he discovered William Davison, one of the mounted patrol
attached to the S division of police, lying by the side of the footpath,
blraiing profusely from a dreadful wound in the head, and, to all appear-
ance, in a dying state. The psor follow was at once conveyed to the
ttation.house, at Mill.hill, where he was immediately examined by a
surgeon. It w.;s ascertained that in addition to the injury above re-
ferred to, one of his e) es had been forced out, and several of his ribs
brAen. He received all postitite attentiop, but expired at noon.
The horse, which had evidently thrown its rider, and then kicked or
trampled upon him. was found grazing by the read side half a mile bir

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An attempt at murder was recently perpetrated- on
the person of a fisherman nateed Fougue, in his boat, while lying in the
harbour of Toulon, in company with his son and several sailors. To.
wardsmidnight ore of the latter, a Genoese, named 13aptiste, seized a
small hatchet, and whilst his intended victim and the rest of the crew
v. ere aslt ep, struck Fougue repeatedly on the head. The sots, awakentd
by the cries of his dying father, attempted to ttize the assass:n who
Plonzect into the sea, followed by the young man. The crew of some
other boats then came to his assistance, and dragged both of the swim.
mess Into FougtWs boat. The assassin was conveyed to the village of
La Scyne, and ultimately lodged for safe custody in the Palais de Justice
conveyed to the hospital at Toulon, its a atate ‘vl • citf-P1 ecltules all4las'ope.as
at 'lonic'''. The elder Fougur, wt ois the father of 'nit e childrt
st
of his recovery.

All theatrical property can scarcely be said to be
disastrous and in the tiliude, if the report be true that one massager of a
legitimate English theatre in L.CaltiOil has, during the present season,
already invested in the funds nearly threo thousand pounds, as a persitya
os.ly 4;1 ins refit rtault4, frela the sut.c4ss of this year.