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SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 7, 1838.

The doubt we expressed on Wednesday of the resigna-
ki.rf of rim „Marquis of QUEENSBURY of the Lord Lieute-
nancy of Dumfries-shire is now confirmed. The Noble
Marquis has not resigned ; and the arguments which the
Times boilt on the resignation are like too many of the
arguments .9f our Contemporary, without a foundation.
The L

'icensed Victuallers, as appears from an advertise-
ment in our paper of to-day, are resolved to strike, now
that Lord Baotrciram has heated the iron. Against the
beer-shops and those who frequent them, the Magis-
trates, the Clergy, ;.he majority of the Peers and of the Com-
mons, and all the publicans are arrayed ; and the new-
born beer-shops must have acquired wonderful strength in
the short period of eight years if they successfully resist this
fearful odds. We should like to know what the beer
shop keepers and those who use them say of the matter.
They are the persons chiefly concerned, and their voice
ought to be potential. Have they petitioned? We dis•
trust the Magistrates and the Parsons.

If the Herald meant to argue the Corn-law question
fairly with us, it would give, as we give, the entire articles
of its opponent. B ping unable to-day to insert our Con-
temporary's reply, we shall not imitate his bad example
and comment on selected passages. On Monday (if we
have room to insert our Contemporary's article), we shall
show that there are very pointed contradictions between
his own strained inferences, but none in our statements.

In the Chronicle of yesterday, there were some com-
ments on the practice of recommitting public Bills. We
fear that this is not the only part of the progress of legis-
lation which is open to improvement. The manner of
legislating in the British Senate realizes the old saying of
" What is everybody's business is nobody's." The Legis-
lature, from its numbers and from the pressure of its
manifold affairs during the very limited period of its sittings,
is obviously incapable of giving to the minute provisions
of a law, that attention and scrutiny which the subsequent
ordeal to which it is subject in the Courts of Law renders
necessary.
Litigant parties strongly interested in defeating a law which
establishes liabilities against them, or which limits or lessens
eleir rights, engage the most astute lawyers to discover de-
f. tets by which the purpose of the law may he defeated ;so
th,:t if there really be defects, there is little hope of escape
from detection. Altliough this is the universal trite of all
laws, Ole Parliament employs very slight means to rescue
them from this risk, and if it were not that the Judges
have laid Limn the rule that it is their duty to give effect to
every statute which is capable of taking effect, few would
he operative accordieg to the plain and obvious expression
Of their enactments. But this rule, which puts our laws
into operation, at the same time transfers the duty and
office of the Legislature to the Judges.
It is singular that aniung all the officers of the numerous
establishment of the House of Commons, there is none to
the uggest the defects of the Public Bills which come before
House—defects which it is no part of the business of
lhaev.mover of the law to make, but which he falls into from
it
Iv!
oguiLut a narrow expel fence in the field of legislation.
that 511,4 seem to be the most natural thing in the world,
and
asairetShould be some office or officer to render advice
their Billsaiunee to Members, that they may not produce
At one tima:lude shape.
the e Judges of the land revised, or rather
composed, the
will of the Legsatiktutes of each Session—putting tho
farm with the gen4:r'uce into a form and language uni-
law
which that practice ; but the inconveniences to
rise, led to the present
to the correction of
:method of every Mantbeg:ve
hrinng in his own Bill, subject
el gi
would not be a bad ono::_House' at large. This practice
tiians at all hands,
ig the law ample and e
and
aileurascuch as it encourages sugges-
iit
pireteprovides the means of mak-
13ouse had somebody to assist purposes—ifittiiinfortheitpserfornlanee o f ibis
'duty—to excite its attention to
ceestsi.ecessary points, and
to prevent the laws from being ex
and contradictory,
.as well as make them full and compietv:
We cannot but think that it is in
or:if.no:o look for con-
s istent, and even decent legislation—
a .nd efficient manner of doing the busines:ofh
very.
lre.gular
gis at .
ntil some arrangements are made in t establish-
public
ni tents of the two Houses, for ensuring that the
as, well as the private business of e
sl sall have the benefit of the superintendence of House
most
e onwersant with the details of law-making. persons
a ;CV@ Members have quite enough to do to ensure that

We publish to-day an instructive arithmetical comment
on the sugar bounties. What will those persons say who
have defended the bounty, on the 'principle that it tends
to give the people treacle at a low price, when these figures
prove that the: bounty enhances the price of treacle by Ps.
per cwt. ?

We copy the following article from our respected Con
temporary, the Morning Advertiser, and have to observe
that there seems to us to be some truth in the fault which
t finds as to the sort of persons sometimes chosen to repre-
sent Irish boroughs. It certainly would be preferable if
place-hunting lawyers, whether of the Whig or Tory stamp,
were thrown overboard, and in their stead men who couple
ability with singleness of motive were oftener appointed to
represent some of the liberal Irish constituencies. Dr.
STOCK may not be deficient in some of the requisites neces-
sary to form a decent legislator; but the question is, could
not a better choice have been made---could not as honest a
politician, and more active representative, been discovered
to represent the good people of Cashel ?
" The appointment of Mr. Woulfe to the situation of Chief Baron of
the Irish Exchequer has of course caused a vacancy in the borough of
Cashel, which will not, however, we are advised, lead to anything like a
sharp cor.test. Cashel is now, and has been for a length of time, what
may be called a Government borough to all intents and purposes. This
may be deemed a matter of regret or gratulation upon which we offer no
opinion, farther than that we dislike to see any place becoming a warm-
ing-pan for undisguised place-hunters. To seek a seat in Parliament,
merely for the purpose of scrambling into a place, although but too
often the game played by soi-disant patriots, is one for many rea-
sons which should be shrouded with a decent ♦eil. It was thought
that Richard Moore, Q.C., a candidate for legal promotion, would have
been the successor of Mr. Woulfe; but it appears that his courage
could not be screwed to the sticking point,' and moreover, that the
Cashel Liberal Club could not be prevailed upon to support so recent
and doubtful a proselyte. Mr. Spring Rice's son was spoken of, but he
will, we believe, succeed Sir David Roche, who will resign his legislative
functions as Representative of Limerick, and resume the guardianship
of his flour-mills. Counsellor Walsh, a ci.devant mariner and newspaper
proprietor, is in the field upon the Radical interest, but we rather think
he has no chalice. Dr. Stock, an ecclesiastical lawyer, and the defeated can.
didate at the last election for Trinity College, is likely to succeed. Now
from all we can hear we think a better, a much better man, might have
been chosen. Dr. Stock, a man, we are informed, of not very de-
cided principles, and by no means shining abilities, who has been made
Judge of the Admiralty Court, with the privilege of practising as an
ecclesiastical lawyer, is thrust forward to add the responsibility of
senatorial labours to his other important duties. This we contend is
bad taste, and not over prudent, for we should not go into the highways
to seek the halt and the blind—we should not, in a word, select the
superannuated and incapable, when we might obtain the tried, the
talented, and every way trustworthy. Have we no veteran in the ranks
of Reform who would have served his country efficiently, and honoured
the selection of the Cashel constituency by his nomination ?
Alas ! we know more than one in this country—nay, in this very metro-
polis, who could have been found, and who would have answered our
description—but aliter visum, and they were rejected to make room for
men every way their inferiors. In Ireland many could have been pro-
cured who profess liberal principles, and are neither trimmers nor place-
hunters. Why nor, for instance, put such a man as Counsellor James
Dwyer, of Dublin, in nomination, who has been used to public life, and
would have executed the trust with credit to himself, and usefulness to
the community? We are heartily sick of seeing men thrusting them-
selves into Parliament, that it may serve as an excuse to pitchfork them
into place."

Mr. WALKER, the celebrated engineer, has, at the in-
stance of the Government, made a report on that great
national work, the Thames Tunnel. He is decidedly of
opinion that it would bei mprudent to carry on the excava-
tion farther without adopting some plan for giving greater
solidity to the bottom of the river, between the Middlesex
shore and the pint which the shield has now reached.
The ground under this part of the river is composed of
materials ro loose that it would be an incalculable ex-
pense, as well as a dangerous experiment, to proceed further
with the shield, under present circumstances. Mr. WALKER
recommends that two rows of close piles should be driven
into the bed of the river, one row on each side of the line
of the tunnel, so that the tops of the piles shall be as high
as the tide at low water, and that the space between the
rows, after having been emptied of the silt, sand, &c., shall
be filled with clay. A considerable time must then be al-
lowed for solidification, after which the work may be re-
sumed with every prospect of success. The expense of the
piling Mr. WALKER estimates at 10,0001.

The excitement caused among Noble Lords and country
gentlemen by the new mode of appointing magistrates both
in this country and Ireland is highly complimentary to th
Government. In no departments was change so much
wanted as in those over which Tory Lord-Lieutenants have
so long presided. Owing to the long reign of the party,
most of the public functionaries, from the unpaid magistrate
to the meanest constable, were of the same caste, and natu-
rally acted against the Liberal party—the supporters of the
Government—at all elections, whether for Members of

Parliament, churchwardens and overseers, or parish beadles,

The Marquis of NoaNtANBY has introduced a radical
change in Ireland. The LORD CHANCELLOR has also
adopted a new plan in this country, by which men
of liberal opinions and unblemished character may
be appointed to administer justice though they havo
not the sea)mmendation of the Lord-Lieutenants
Two debates have already taken place in the Lords
on these changes, and a third is threatened by Lord
WHAENCLIFFE for Monday next. There earl be no obj,c-
tion to discuss this question on the part of the Government;
on the contrary, they ought to be grateful to Noble Lords
for pressing it on the notice of the Liberal portion of the
public, who have entertained doubts of the sincerity of both
Lord GREY'S and Lord MuLaoulisE's Administration,
when they kept public functionaries in ofEco. determined to
use every means in their power to thwart their measures.

Independent of public measures, Reformers had great re :1-
son to complain, because the system affected the Municipal
Governments of towns, and, to a certa;n extent, their own
private interests. How could the people of Leeds or Hud-

dersfield be satisfied with Magistrates nominated by the Eat 1
of HAREwoon, or recommended by Lord WHARNCLIFFE

They are both Noblemen, no doubt of excellent private
character, but they are, unfortunately, imbued with a
strong party bias ; and if party bias can exhibit such
freaks us the public have witnessed this Session in Elte_
Lion Committees, what might it not do in remote dis•riets,
or even in large provincial towns, among magistrates on
the Bench ? The people of Leeds have reason to be
pleased with the new batch of Magistrates complained of
by Lord IlAnwoop—men not "picked up in the
streets," as the Duke of WELLINGTON, not for the
first time, unfortunately expressed himself, but
men of god character, and who enjoy the confidence of
the great majority of the industrious population of that
thriving though Radical town. We rejoice, thercfore,
that there is to be another field-night on this important
subj-ct, because we wish well to the Government, and be-
cause discussion will prove that if they will not remove
obnoxious Lords-Lieutenant, they are taking the proper
means to render their influence as little injurious as.pos-
sible to the best supporters of the QUEEN'S Government.

The whole of the Paris Journals of Thursday have been
received. The National contains a letter from Alexandria,
dated the 6th ult., which states that the Consuls of Eng-
land and France had a conference with the Egyptian VICE.,
LOY on the subject of his relations with the PORTE. ME•
HEMET ALI complained of the spirit in which the SULTAN
acted towards him, and urged that it was high time for

him to secure the Sovereignty of Egypt to his successor.
His present state was an unnatural one, and his care would
be to put an end to it as soon as possible. To effect this
he sew no course so obvious as that of casting off the
Sovereignty of the Ottoman Empire ; and that would be
easy, prorided France and England, consulting their own
interests, interposed no obstacles in the way of his designs,
He would not alarm these Powers by acting precipitately.
On the contrary, he was content to await their delibera-
tions upon the subject, for which purpose he was about to
set out for Senaar, where he would remain till October. In
the meantime he wished the Consuls to lose no time
in officially communicating to their respective Courts the
substance of the disclosure he had made to them. Another
letter from St. Petersburgh of the 20th ult., states that
the EMPEROR had ordered Baron RUCKMAN, Russian
Charge d'Affaires at Constantinople, recently returned
from Bucharest, to proceed to Alexandria, where, in con-
junction with M. DE IVIEDEra, the Russian Consul, he is

good principles shall be adopted in our laws; it is a little
too inuch to ask that they should undertake the drudgery
of watching every line and word of an Act, and not of one,
but of over Act, to prevent the principle which has been
rejected in one law from finding its,way into another.
We trust that some measures will be taken to give to
all Members the requisite advice and assistance on
drawing laws, or alterations of laws ; and to save the
House of Commons from the discredit into which it has
of late years fallen, from not being sufficiently attentive to
the details of legislation. We do not ' elieve the imputa-
tion to be just ; for we believe so numerous assembly to be
competent to such a duty ; but it seems necessary that
this incompetence, which results from itsMe!nbers, and the
excitement of its proceedings, should be provided for by
competent officers acting under its controul, who are not
subject to the same inconveniences.

to counteract by fresh intrigues the influence of England
and France. This letter asserts that the EMPEROR has
charged M. DE BOUTENIEFF, the Russian Ambassador at
Constantinople, to leave no stone unturned to have his MA-
JESTY appointed sole umpire in the quarrel between the
SULTAN and the VICEROY. For this purpose the most ex-
tensive powers are given him. The diplomatic labours of
a century are suspended upon the result of this intrigue.
Unless France and England can be either excluded altoge-
ther from this negotiation, or made to play the most in-
ferior parts, there is an end to the all-subduing influence of
Russia in the East. Now is the time for the Cabinets
of London and Paris to assume a port and language wor-
thy of their rank in the scale of nations, and of the princi-
ples of which they are respectively the representatives.
FRENCH FUNDS.—PAuta, JULY 5.
Five per Cents., Illf. 15c. 20c. 30c. ,40c,
Four per Cents., 101 f. 40c.
Three per Cents. SOL 30c. 4rc, 50c. 55c.
Bank Actions, 2,6501. 2,645 f.
dente de Naples, 98f. 90c. 95c. 90c„
Roman Five percents.. 101%.
Spanish Actives, 23 22%%N,
Spanish Passives, 41.
Belgian Bank, 1,440 f.
Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents. 2114 .
Haytnin Loan, 345 E
LATEST PRICES.
Flve per Cents. 11If. 60c.
Three per Cents., 80f.
Bank Actions, 2,645 f.
Romans, 101%.
Belgian Bank, 1,440 f.
Portuguese Three per Cents.,
Spanish Actives, 22%.
Spanish Passives, 4%.
Haytian Loan, 345 f.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS..—VIENNA, Puve 26.
Five per Cents. Metaniques
Four per Cents.
10014
Three per Cents.
Bank Shares
1451
--,lllgemeine Zeitung, July 1.

THE THUNDER-STORM YESTER-
DAY.

The neighbourhood of the metropolis was yesterday morning, about
seven o'clock, visited by a most dreadful storm of thunder and light.
ning, which lasted for a considerable time, and during which, we re-
gret to state, an awful and fatal calamity occurred at Kensington,
In Leonard-place, on the left hand side of the high road, the
electric fluid struck the premises of a gentleman named Crickett,
residing at No. 12. At the moment of the visitation a boy named
Thomas Green, about fourteen years of age, was engaged i❑ the
stables attached to Mr. Crickett's coach-houses, which are situate
at the bottom of that gentleman's garden, when he was alarmed
by a loud and deafening explosion, and at the same moment the
horses becoming unmanageable, and endeavouring to break from
their stalls, he ran up stairs to the room above, in which
the coachman, named Charles Webb, and his wife, were sleep-
ing. On reaching their door, he observed smoke issuing through
the crevices, and on looking in saw Webb and his wile
lying on the bed enveloped in flames, which were fast extending them.
selves round the room. He immediately rushed down stairs, and out
of the back gate into Pembroke-place, screaming " fire." A person
named Reeve, residing at No. 3, hearing the alarm, instantly ran in,
but in his flurry shut the outer gate after him. That, although about
nine feet high, was by the assistance of a female named Collins ►oon
scaled by a man of the name of Ternan, residing in Earl.street, whose
hands and clothes have been much torn by the spikes on the top, when
the three entered the premises. On reaching the door of the room they
found it fastened on the inside ; it was however soon broken opeo,
when on entering they were nearly forced back by the dense body of
smoke and fire with which the room was filled. Their first exertions
were directed to the extinguishment of the flames, in which by the help
of police constable Swain, T 130, and other persons who had come to
their assistance, they were soon successful. An awful sight then pre-
sented itself, Webb being discovered on the bed quite dead, and
by his side his wife in apparently a dying state. They were
immediately removed into a large loft adjoining, and surgical
assistance sent for. In a few minutes Mr. Carrick, surgeon, of Bath_
place, arrived, when, on examining the body of Webb, he pronounced
his death to have been instantaneous. The right arm down to the wrist
was much scorched and contra-ted, and the fingers drawn in towards
the hand. The right side of the body from the hip to the chest and
neck was also very much excoriated. The face, although of a livid hue,
appeared uninjured, and the features were perfectly calm, as if in sleep.
His unfortunate wife, however, presented a far different and heartrend-
ing appearance. The upper part of her person was frightfully burnt
and disfigured. Over her right eye was a wound, more resembling
a pistol shot than any thing else, and the ear on that side was com.
pletely shrivelled up. Her features were much distorted, and her face,
neck, breast, and arms dreadfully burnt, it is supposed whileendeavouri
ng
to put out the burning bed-clothes. She was perfectly insensible, but Mr.
Carrick finding she was still alive, recommended her being immediately
carried to St. George's Hospital. A fly was accordingly procured, in
which accompanied by Swain and one of Mr. Crickett's female servants,
she was conveyed to the hospital, when the surgeons on examining the
injuries she had received, gave it as their opinion that she could not long
survive. Shortly after being brought to the hospital she became sensi-
ble, and in endeavouring to raise herself said, as if speaking to her hus-
band, and totally unconscious of the awful occurrence, " Charles, why do
you bold me down—why don't you let me get up ?" Her vision ap-
peared to be totally gone, and the surgeons ordered her on no account to
be disturbed. The unfortunate couple, who were about 31 years of age,
had not been married above 12 months.
The effects of the storm had nearly been attended with fatal conse.
quences at the residence of Mr. Tabout, a cabinetmaker in East.street,
Manchester-square. The family were at breakfast at the time, and the
electric fluid descended the chimney, and knocked down Mr. and Mrs.
Tabout, who for some moments lay on the floor in a state of insensibility,
but shortly afterwards recovered, not much injured. The electric fluid
escaped by the beliwires, which it melted.