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LONDON.

The Petition of Michael Scales, the thrice duly
elected Alderman of the Ward of Portsoken,
" Sheweth,—That a fiat for costs against him is seed
wet by this Court for 2791. si. He requests that the same
afay be held in abeyance, or that he may be allowed to
p y over the amount, as a gift, tQ Samuel 'Dalton, or if the
C ,urt should not think proper to confer the grant to Mr.
alton, that they will allow him time to bring the same
ueder toe consideration of the Court cf Common Coun-
cil ; and farther, that your petitioner may be heard in sup-
p-4-7. of his petition, for which he prays."
Alderman BROWN objected to the use of the
,rds " duly elected," as being opposed to the fact ac-
e -sing to the decision of the House of Lordst the
( Ant, he was cot-16nm', would most willingly chtertain
tE ta petition of Mr. Scales, if the proper correction %%ere
at ,d:;..—(I; ear
Alderman =IUM2HERY said it was quite evident that Mr.
E :talcs meant that he had a majority of the eenstituercy of
t e Ward ii ree titu:s in his favour. He considered that
tae petitioner had performed a very important duty to that
o nstituency in trying the question of the veto of the Court
of Aldermen on a subject of much Esterest as regarded the
ivileges of his fellow-citizens. The: he Was three times
rr earned there was not the slightest docile.
Alderman LIiCAS said nil thzt was nceesurry for Mr.
S tales to do was to omit the word "duly."--( ar.)
31r. SCALES most readily made the required alteret:on,
a upon being asked whether he wished to told anything
t, toe testernent hi his petition, addressed t ) the Court
$ ..ae very pertieent olwervatious. He said that ha hal
ceeeidsered L to be hi; duty to resist in every ptystible way,
a d to tee u:t:ost extent of his abi:ity, the power which the
C eirt of i)tderreen had exercised on tee fetestioe of his
re. urn, because he considered that it was f,:undcei or, in-
jas !let:. It was t:LnEcessary to re% el tto the particular c'te
cue ,stancee of the esise, but lie felt coavinc.:d that he was
ceenoletely justified in the course ho had aefopted, and
ti wnieb had Le..in given did net invalidate his
je:.tifiaation. He entertained no hostile feeling towards
Cots'.
" Anger !e'rren, rosy have its decent.day,
And smiling t-eason come aenin in pl te."

wiihe.l to sand rght Aid) his fellow7.o,tizens, whose
pia loges nc iia 1 dcfnioel as itrong!), he co;.1,1. The
COll 1: of Aldermen haci :tow tie poi, er t i sand their officer
in , hjs hcu.,c te:ze Lia pra,-trty by proccsi of law. If
th y ch-see to ic-,dott to that exttein,ty, ttc should order hi 3
Fa- Tants :o throw open t'-:e don:, but be was detericined
no- to pay oac farthing, of the aracust demanded of him
hor to do r any act whicit:c2rhed to countenance
as adpmval cf the coarse whi,:h had been periev..red in to-
wairis hire. He shou:i eat; the attention of tie Court to
ti• fact t.:at Mr. Dalton, to whom the pe:i.l,:n afln !ed,
wit.rmut his knowledge, but p ovieTh ai h
n'totiya toward 3 hire, re.a,(r to Site e. c in wi tdi Le
he t hewn so Inn.- involved. Now, in c.msequence of Oat
tl ?ointment: which ha sitegetner repud:.:ted, the p.or
an in arcs sabjec'ed to heavy I..eouvcnience and injury. Lie
:stel th it the Court would therefore sitlJw him to pay oser
t-a. cues u mnr_ey specified in the petition to that poor
whr,.-se circumstances, he believe!, to be very adverse,
as.l on whose wounea the consent of the Court to the
p; yet. of the petition woull operito as balm. If, Low-
e% or, the' Coot ebould deem the application unworthy of
ing ea:ectained, he truce' Ltuat they would hold the
tai tter in rh'eYanee until lie should have an cpportunity of
F Litioning the Court of Cowman Ccuncil on it.e suhj,:et
The Court w.is then cleared of strangers, cud after a
disetis.;lor, t, which we understood :he itiadca fee'.-
ii were expressed towards Mr. Seale), thrt doors were
-own open.
The Rl:coin:sr; informed Mr. SA,ales that the Court had
t mu his petition iora cons.::derat:on, and given directions
V: the City Solicitor ..-to take stew to stay p:cceedings is
th a case, and to enter ilto an arrangement with the peti•
ti user so that the matter might be brought to a satisfae-
t' ry issue._(Hear,
The unanimous daciion of the Court gave evident satis-
faction, and
air. SCALES said that he felt much obliged by the r&'
si ,t of his application to the Court.

ABANDCNMENT OF THE TOWN-HALL EY THE ALDERMEN.

Alderman BROWN stated that he hoped end believed
th tt a very 12rge majority of his brethren would agree in
tho motion he was about to make for giving up the
siftings in the Town-hall, where since the passing of the
aropo:itan Police Bill of laq Session their attendance
at Magistrates had become completely inoperative for al-
irnr,st every purpose. To be sure a petition bad been pre-
seated from some hundred of the inhabitants of
the Borough of Southwark against the report which acl-
viied the breaking up of the expensive and useless esta-
blishment, but th opinion of the most eminent counsel
st-ted that the privileges of the inhabitants would not be
aiE2cted by pitting an end to the farce, and that the Al-
dermen would not be disqualified from exercising whatever
po.ver remained to them by acting upon the reccmmenda-
tku of the Report.—(Heir, hear.) Alderman Brown then
de .ailed the precaciings cf the Committee upon the re-
fe ence, and concluded by mos ing that the Report Should
lx agreed to, and the attendance of the Aldermen at the
T.)svn-ball should be discontinued.
Alderman COPELAND seconded the motion with all his
beut. He found whenever he attended at the Town-ball

t6.1.t his time was merely to be occupied by gingsof
fc ;niers, who showed the greatest anxiety to ruelest people
inmade._( Hear, hear.)

. -
Alderman LUCAS said that h;s oppoiition to the Report
was founded upon principle. lie had, on a former occa-

*inn, suggested the propriety of ascertaining the liews of
th inhabitants of the Borough on.the question of resign-
Inv the authority of the Aldermen in that district, and the
Court were now aware that there was a repugnance
anrangst those persons, whose judgment ought to be re-
ap toted, to the discontinuance of the sittings at the Tom:-
Le I—(Hoar, hear.) The Aldermen who sat at the
,wn-ball performed duties of no ordinary importance to.
rds the poor in a population of 1.50,000, or 160,000,
anti he was convinced that their absence would be deeply
fel.:.--(1-Iear, bear.) At all events, before the Court
ca an to a resolution to abandon the Town-hall, a public
art •eting of the inhabitants ought to be called.
Sir PETER LAURIE said that the petition of the in-
lar:aitants of the Borough against the Report ought to have
b, en presented to the House of Commons, and not to that
Court. He was decidedly in favour of the Report.
Sir MATTHEW Wool) said that the Aldermen acted in
th borough until they were completely ousted, and their
ix Tors were taken away. It was true their • 1 • •d•
juris le-
tie a was untouched, but that fact did not give them duties
to perform at the Town-hall. They sat at that place as
an :omatonr, and were liable to be defied by every
Theat
attor-
ney when they attempted to act.—(Hear, hear.)
Cc tTrt of Common Council had decided that the establish.
n. mt was useless, as well as expensive, and very pro-
perly
repudiated it ; and he trusted that the Court of Aldermen
iv( uld see their way as clearly.
Alderman FAILEBROTHER said that the Aldermen re-
fs a very important power in the borough—that with
Tee pect to the Poor-laws, a subject increasing ;in interest
avi importance every day.—( Hear, hear,) li' h
di :meta of the Town Hall involved the resignation of

at 7 of the privileges, he would not advocate the Report.
Oil the contrary, if it did not, he thought it would be advis-
al to get rid of an establishment which was useless and

e pensive.

Alderman HUMPHERY said that he saw the Court was
dr tormieed to get rid of the Borough, cad he could not
be p' expressing his surpriLc and regret to see them so
11.:kless of their privileges. The fact was, they would
fr..ter away their privileges one after another, until the
aLthority of the Court would become a complete nullity.
E lamented that the appeal of the inhabitants of the Be-
rcugh 'Was treated with such disrespect and inattention;
ar.d he was sure that. the step the Court wr.s about to take
.sv,uld one day meet with general reprobation.
The Report was then agreed to by a large majority, and
the attendance of Aldermen at the Town Hall ordered to
be discovtinucd.—Adjeurned.

COURT FEET, ST. JAMES, DUKE'S
PLACE.
Oa Monday the Rigiat Hen. the Lord Mayor attended
in state, and held the annual Court Lcet, accompanied by
Bullock, the steward cf the manor. 'rho. Liberty of
Dsike's-place (on the site cf the ancient priory of Trinity
Ciristehnreh), is a tuner vested in tl.e Mayor, corn_
moonalty, and citizens of London. After the business of
tE.! Court, which consisted of appo'nting constables, and
,nting licenses to public-ticuses in the Liberty, his Lore_
p impected the City of Loudon of industry, ia
Y...:re-street, Aldgatc, and expressed tiirnseif►:i,thlye,rz-
Wed with the works of the children, f'r each cf tthorn
b left a small donation, as an cneoursge;nent. THs c x.
ct Ilent -Charity wAi instituted (in 1806) by the Rev.
Il ,etor Povab. His Grace the Duke of Wellington
pr.'sided at its anniversary in Her ..ii:jc‘A is pa-
ti-Aciess, and his Royal Highness Prince Albert,- Quern
!elei,le, her Royal Highness the Dachees of Kent, &C
patrons nod patrooesse:. The Lord Bishop of Nor-
has kindly promised to preach for its berent in !!irn,
Seti it is hoped and CY pected that tae of•
the cistin-
p Members of the Ler-islature. -,cnerousl),
au at the anniversary for the present 'reel: The insti't:-
n is highly priscd in
. . Hiohmon's on PuLhc

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
ROUSE OF COMMONS, AriuL 20.
Tho SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock.
On the motion of Mr. LOCKHART, the Glasgow and
Dundyvan Junction Bill, and the Shotts and Wilsontown
Railway Bill, ':ere read a second time.
Captain D UNCOM BE presented a petition from East
Rotford, praying for Church Extension.
The Bedingham Inclosure Bill was read a second time.
The Earl of DARLINGTON presented petitions from
the county of Surrey, praying for Church Extension.
Mr. KEMBLE presented petitions from the county of
Surrey. in favour of the County Courts Bill.
Sir R. INGLIS presented petitions from the counties
of Derby, Berks, Dorset, Wilts, and other places, praying
for Church Extension ; also petitions against any further
grant to Maynooth College.
Sir T. FREMANTLE presented a petition from the
county of Buckingham in favour of Church Extension.
Mr. F. MAUL E presented petitions from several places
in Scotland, praying for the abolition of Church Patronage.
NEW WRIT FOR NOTTINGHAM.

Mr. E. J. STANLE Y moved that a new writ be issued
for the election of a member for the borough of Notting-
ham, vacant by the death of Sir Ronald Ferguson.
Mr. HUME presented a petition from Dunfermline,
praying for a repeal of the present Corn-laws.
Mr. HAWES presented a petition from the county of
Devon, praying for the abolition of Church-rates, and the
release of those who are now imprisoned for the non-pay-
ment of them ; also for the abolition of the Ecclesiastical
Courts, and against Church Extension
Mr. HUME presented a petition from the Town-Coun-
cil of Greenock, from the trades, from Sir John Maxwell
of. Pollock, and from certain inhabitants of Govan and its
vicinity, against the Pollee and Govan Railway Bill.
POLLOC AND GOVAN RAILWAY.
Mr. ALSTON then moved that this Bill be read a
third time.
Mr. LOCKHART rose to oppose the Bill. He did
not wish to prevent it from ultimately passing into a law,
but his object was to enable many absent gentlemen,
amongst whom was the Hon. Member for the City of
Glasgow, who entertained strong views upon the subject,
to express their opinion as to the effect which the measure
would have upon the interests of Scotland. He
bad been prevented front giving notice of the clause
he intended to propose, because such notices were not
received during the recess. He trusted that under the
circumstances the Hon. Member would agree to a short
delay in the third reading of the Bill.
Mr. ALSTON did not think he could possibly accede
to the request. He was only one of the selected Mem-
bers, and the Bill bad been carried in Committee by large
majorities, in which all the selected Members were to be
found. The promoters of tin Bill had shown a most
anxious desire to do all in their power for the protection
of the pubiic. They now enjoyed the power of crossing
the road upon the level, a most improper power to be
given to any Company ; but they now had it, and the
present 13E1 did not allow them to cross it with steam. It
confined them to horse-power, as they were confined at
present. Ile thought he was compelled to persevere in
his motion.
Mr. LOCKHART had no wish to oppose the Bill.
All he asked was that it should be postponed, hi order to
give him an cppoitunity cf bringing forward his clause,
the 1.0-port of which war to limit the traffic on the rail-
nad to 339 tons a day until the road was carried over it.
HU:viE had supported the former pre-:ceilings en
the Bill, bi.t since then he had received so many commu-
nications stating the dangerous nature of the powers
given by tb' Bill, tbi.t he would move that the debate be
adjourned till that day fortnight.
Mr. J. JONES supported the Bill. and said that there
had been less accidents upon this railroad than upon any
otter, comide.iog, the time it had been opened.
Sir G. CLERK agreed with the Hon. Member for
Kilkenny, that the Bill ought not to pass without farther
consideration.
Mr. LA BOUC HERE waa inclined upon the whole to
tlit.t the best COUrn the House could adopt was, to
:o son e rritplrie.r.ent.—( Hear, hear.) 'Flint opi-
nion was grounded on the fact that there had been no time
twee Cat: recess to wake the amendments which bad
sugLe:,ted ilieswilves to sense parties.
Tile third rea-tiog was then postponed to that day

High

1,-.2rd DA LNI ENY prese-itod a petition from the Pro-
vost Town Council of Stirling, praying fir an altera-
tim is the impcirt duties.
Mr. T. DUNCO MBE presented pctiiiins rgainat the
v Bill ; from the vicinity of the metiopoli7, pray-
ing for the release of Mr. F. O'Connor ; avl from the
op,..rativ,:s cf Gliagovv, praying for the release of Robert

S:r GEORGE SINCLAIR Fe3entei petitions for
the ktr,l.ti9n of Cburcz pvtr,nPfry.... Scotian 4.
MILITAIiY FLOGGING ON SUNDAYS.

Mr. H LIME, seieg the Secret a,y at War Li his place,
begged to nek him wle.thcr the statements he had seen in
the pubic plpera were correct, that a soldier of the 11th
Hussars had been flogged on Sunday, the 11th inst., and
whether there were any reeulations at the Horse-guards
with rer.p.:ct ti rrilitery punishments on that day?
Mr. MA CA LILA Y believed he could correatly answer
the question of the lion. Gentleman, although the disci-
piir e of the army did not lie properly in his departn.ent.
Yet, as there vres no Mee.ber of the Government
immediately cennec:el with the Horse-guards in that
House, he bad always felt it his duty, where the
imerests and disciplice cf the army were concerned, to ob-
tain such information as would tmable him to answer the
questions that might be put to hire. The facts of the case
wcrc net precisely such as had Lean represented id the
public papers. It was act exactly the case t'aet
the inli:etion of the punishment had taken place under
such circumstances as to make it appear a sort
of continuation of Divine service. It had been stated that
the punishment had been icflietel while the troops re-
mained assembled for the purpose of hearing Divine ser-
vice, nay, that the soldiers of another regiment who had
gone to the riding .school to attend Divine service had he 2n
detained to witness the punishment. That was not correct.
The troops were marched out after Dhiae service, and the
'reepe of the other regiment were dismissed to their quer-
ters. Aninspection took place, which lasted half an
hour, and the cad of that time the troops were ordered
back to the riding -ehoo!' and then the punishment tookplace.
On the ground of huma...." it was impossible to throw any
'command.—(Cries of " On,
imputation upon the officer in _
oh.") He believed that the sontet....7e had been approved
of by the Horse Guards, and whatever I.7nutation might
be justly thrown upon Lord Cardigan, the ine:mta:iun of
a desire to ieflict corporeal punishment upon tL:n men
under his command, could not fairly be attributed to
him. The charge to which Lord Cardigan had rendered
himself justly liable was that of having unnecessarily in-
flicted the punishment on Sunday.—(Cries of " Hear.")
He conceived it was impossible to reconcile such a mea-
sure with the religious feelings which were generally en-
tertained in this country with regard to the Sabbath.—
( Hear, hear.) It was a measure which he could
not reconcile with either good sense or good feeling,
and it was a proceeding which he could not countenance.
At the same time such a proceedirg was not without pre-
cedent in the naval and military service of the country;
but he thought it right to say that the oldest and most
experienced officers he had consulted were unani-
mous in declaring that it was a measure which
only the extreme exigencies of the military service
could justify, and such an exigency did not exist on the
present occasion.—(Renewed cries of " Hear, hear.")
Such notice, however, had been taken, and such notice
would be taken, of the matter a 3 would be certain to

prevent a recurrence of similar cases.
MR. CANDLEISII.

Sir G. SIrtiCLAIR said he wished to inquire of the
Under Secretary fur the Home Department if the Go-
vernmeut had come to any determination with respect to the
appointment of Mr. Candltish as Professor of Biblical
Criticism in the University of Edinburgh.
Mr. FOX MAULE said he would answer the question
to-morrow.

ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE BILL.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that in conse-
quence of several Hon. Members who took an active in-
terest in the question, not being returned to town, he
should move that the Order of the Day for going into
Committee on the Administration of Justice Bill, should

stand over until to-morrow, with a view to its being post-
poned until Friday.—Agreed to.
LABOUR AND WAGES.
Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH gave notice that
ho shouldly move for a Committee to inquire into the
wages and prices of provisions of the labouring classes.
IRISH PARLIAMENTARY VOTERS BILL.
Lord HOWICK gave notice that in the Committe on
this Bill he should move as an amendment on the first and

second clauses, to substitute an occupation franchise for
that of the beneficial interest.
Mr. HUME moved for a return of the sums granted
in compensation and superannuation allowances in the
public offices during the last three years. Also for a
return of the sums disbursed by the Metropolitan Police
Commissioners in pensions.
Sir R. PEEL seeing e the Noble Lord the Secretary
ndSeincrehtiaary for place,
endobserving that the Noble
tfLoonraradil;.etWaleiether it was intended Colonies was absent, wished
tacc9rding to the promise of
ennfotrm the House this
the Noble Lord (J. Riuntaiell),
respect to meant to take on
evening what course the Government
Monday night next,the Registration of
Voters' Bill, Ireland.—(Hear, hear.)
Lord MORPETH said that in the absence
Noble Friend (Lord John Russell) he was unaholfe his
' to
ive an answer as to the views of the Government, to
which his Noble Friend's statement had reference, He
could only ray at present that it was his intention to pro-
ceed with the Bill. Whatever modifications of particular
clauses be might think it right to introduce, he should
explain to the House to-morrov. or Thursday.
Sir E. SUGDEN asked, was it intended to proceed on
Thursday with the Counties Courts Bill ?
Mr. FOX MAUL E said it was so, The Bill would
he proceeded with, and seveial modifications would be
proposed, at the suggestion of gentlemen of both sides of
I.IC 1-17:Me, %5,1)0 ha i taken great interest in the measure,
and to whof.e attention he was much indebted.
REGENT'S PARK.
Mr.",E WART rose to move an address to the Crown
for opening Regent's Park to the public. The Hon.
Member said the object he had in view was to increase
. .

tLe sources of rational ammcments which were now en-

joyed by the inhabitants of the metrepolii. At present
the park was from Portland-place almost in a direct
hoe r, th Zielogied Gardens; but if lion. Meniber3
bari e-,:tcnded tick visiou to the eastern side of the park
they could not hive failed to have cb.ierved ihit there

was about twice as large a portion from which the public
were excluded. His object was to throw open that
further portion. It had been stated as an objection
that ef!r:ain e!al: es in the leases of the villas would
ex."l".j-e the pubii:. from that portion of the park. He had
consulted Vile but autheritic,, namely, the leaseca under
those leasc:,, arid they had inft.n.m.cd him that there was no
such reseiviag clausi-. It had ne.t Len stated that
there woo rt) special elaine there was an I..;de:standing
the He against the [louse being
bound by an; thing which did not appear in the lease.
Tin:micro he bcli;ed t :at there was no legal claim that
was ta!!J againit tits motim—ou the other hand immense

public benefit would attend the accomplishment of the
object of his motion. The population around the Park
had of late, and was, greatly increasing, and the boon he
sought would be to them of immense value, and would be
attended with no detriment to any one individual. He
understood that the Government had very wisely made an
arrangement which would retain Primrose-hill—that
classical spot to all the citizens of London—to
the use of the public—that was an additional
argument in favour of his motion for the portion of the
park he wished to have thrown open was the direct road to
that spot to all coming from the City. He would ask why
the public should be shut out from the Regent's-park any
more than from Hyde-park?' However, he did not think it
was necessary for him to say more in favour of his motion the
onus probandi lay upon the Government to show why the
Park should not be opened. He would therefore conclude by
moving, That an humble address be presented to her
Majesty, praying her Majesty to cause the Regent's Park
to be thrown open to the public."
Mr. E. J. STANLEY said, in reply to the obser-
vations of the Hon. Gentleman, he could assure the
House that there was no one at all times more anxious to
do everything for the public accommodation than the
Noble Lord at the head of this department. It must
be well known to the Hon. Member that a large
portion of the Park was leased to different persons, por.
tions of it to the Toxopholite and other Societies, and
with respect to other portions, they had been let off to
persons who had expended considerable sums of money on
them, and who had entered into engagements with the
Commissioners of Woods and Forests, by which they
were guaranteed against the intrusion of the public, and
similar inconveniences. There was one portion of the
Park, however, which he agreed with his Hon. Friend
might bo extended to the public. It was that tract of
ground which extended from the gravel walk, which had
been lately made, towards Macclesfield-bridge. But at
the same time ho thought it impossible, without a large
body of police, and a great dual more expense than
it was desirable to incur, to gave the public access to those
parts in the neighbourhood of the water and the villas he
had already mentioned. His Right Hon. Friend would
do all he could to give access to the public, and he there-
fore trusted the Hon. Gentleman would not press his
motion.
Mr. lIUME said he thought the Hon. Gentleman (Mr.
Stanley), could not have understood the motion, because
the part which he stated ea about to be opened had been
open a considerable time. The part the public were
anxious for was that immediately east of Cornwall-terrace.
He understood that the large space from the Marquis of
Hertford's house to the Zoological Gardens was not leased
at present, and therefore there was no reason why it
should net he open to the public. He wished to know
whether any measures had been taken for affording similar
accommodation to the public at the north-east and east of
the City of Loader. Unless the opportunity were now
taken it would be altogether lost, and the population would
become so dense that, without such accommodation, it
would be most unhealthy to live in the neighbourhood.
Lord TE IGNMOUTH said that out of the 286 acres
cf. the Park from which the public were at present ex-
cluded, there were 200 acres that might be opened with.
out any possible objection.
S:r B. HALL would recommend his Hon. Friend not
to press his motion to a division, but to wait for further in-
formation.
Sir R. INGLIS said he so seldom agreed with the
Hon. Member for Kilkeany, that he was happy to express
his ent're concurrence in the observations which he had
made with reference to the formation of a park is the
eastern extremity of Lender. Ile (Sir R. Inglis) was not
one who attached any importance to parks as forming moral
character; but he did Lel that tleey were sources of rational
enjoyment, and menna of promoting the public health.
He trusted that if any other Member of his Majesty's Go-
vern:Peat should adthess the House on this subjec, he
would be aide to state what were the vieoes they eater-
tained, and how they proposed to carry nut the recommen-
datiaos of the Como ittee which had Leen appointed to
e into the subjcct
Sir DE LACY EVANS concurred in the motion.
Mr. E. J. STANLEY was afraid he was net em-
powered to state that the whole of the Regent's Park,
from the water to the Zoelogical Gardens, would be
thrown epee to ti al public. It ass the int:ntion of his
Noble Frielei to throw open a portion of the grasa !and
bera;ca Lard Hertfard'a viola and the Zoological Gar-
de ; bet chjeotiens were ente taincd to up -Mug the park
as far as the water at p.eEent.
Mr. WAKLEY was much obl'ged to the Hon. ?gem-
ber for W!gan for bringing forward the motion, but Le
thought they were t,eating f:e question more lightly
than they ought. The Right Honourable Baronet who
had just sat down had pointed out the importance of form-
ia,g a park in the eastern part of the town, but he bad for.
got ten to say a word on the question before the House. He
bad no: s,ii a word about a park of which the people
were 1:13 owners, and from which they were shut our. He
tie.u•,;;l,t they ought to give the 1:eople a place to which
t'-ey were entitled befo e they de,iied means of creating
otter parks-. It was a serious ground of complaint
that the people had been for some time excluded
from the greater portion of the Regent'i-park. The
Noble Lord opposite had stated that that park
had been origiaaily Marylebone fields!, and that it bad
been inclosed in order to fit it for the reception of the peo-
ple, but since these villas had been erected, certsin fa-
voured individuals had obtained leases, and were not to he
disturbed. It was clear, from the garbelled tone in which
the Hon. Under. Secretary of the Treasury had spoken,
that some obstacles still existed to making the Regent's
park what Hyde-park at present was, where the public
could enjoy therm-elves over every part r f it.—( Hear.)
He hoped that the conversation would not be allowed to
drop without any result, but that the enormous evil would
be redressed. It was quite monstrous that the fastidious
feelings of a few persons who rented dwellings round the
park should be consulted so far as to exclude the real
owners of the prepcity.
After a few words from Mr. E WART and Mr. STANLEY
in explanation, the motion was withdrawn.

Mr. E WART postponed his motion for the appoint.
ment of a public prosecutor for a fortnight.
On the motion of Mr. HUME the following were
named as the Select :Committee on National Monu-
ments and Works of Art :—Mr. Hume, Mr. Goulburn,
Mr. Esvart, Mr. Mackinnon, Mr. Cowper, Lord Francis
Egerton, Mr. Thomas Duncombe, Mr. Breadwood, Sir
De Lacy Evans, Lord Granville Somerset, Mr. E. J.
Stanley, Mr. Henry Thomas Hope, Mr. Slaney, Coloc.el
Salwey, and Mr. iMilnes.
On the motion of Mr. R. GORDON, the Dublin
Wide Streets' Bill was read a second time, and the In.
demnity Bill was read a third time and passed.
ARMS (IRELAND) BILL.
Lord MORPETH moved the second reading of the
Arms (Ireland) Bill.
Mr. HUME thought the time had now arrived for
putting an end to such Bills as the present. They might
be all very well in times of anarchy and confusion, but as
Ireland was now more free from crime than England
be thought there was no necessity for them now.
We ought to place confidence in men who behaved well.
Lord MORPETH believed that the statement of the
Honourable Gentleman, with respect to the proportion of
crime between the two countries, was correct ; but
at the same time offences of such a nature were still com-
mitted in that country, that he could not recommend to
the House to dispense with the renewal of these Bills at
present.
The Bills were then read a second time, and ordered to
be committed on Friday.
Colonel SIBTHORP inquired when the civil contin-
gencies and the miscellaneous estimates would he laid on
the table of the House. They had been promised before
the recess, and bad they been delivered there would
have been time fcr their proper examination.
It had been stated by the press that he had been at N0t-
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tingham assisting Mr. Walter, whereas he had not left
London during the recess, and he wished to have studied

the papers. He should oppose the grant to Dr. Bowr:ng.
Mr. GORDON said that the estimates would be ready
tc-day or to-morrow. This was the usual time for laying
them on the table of the House.

The House then adjourned.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS

ritOM THE EVESIN• PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
GLOBE.—The Times assures us that Mr. Walter
never was a party man ; and the Standard, that he is in-
dependent of Whig and Tory. To a certain extent this
is correct. Though receiving support from the party to
which for the time he affected to belong, we are not aware
that he was ever countenanced by the leading men of any.
Each was glad of his vote—neither cared for his com-
pany. To the world he seems to have made many
doublings in his pursuit of the phantom popularity;
but these, perhaps, are imperceptible to the Times, which
has accompanied his changes, on the same principle that
to aeronauts the earth appears to move, and the balloon to
remain stationary. In that branch of juvenile literature
which is fast gcing extinct, is a continuation of the story
of " Jack and Gill," recording, among other things, how
Jack was apprenticed to a blacksmith, and undertook to
forge a ploughshare, but having hammered away the iron
till it would not do for that, he resolved to make a spade.
The like result attended his labours, so he went on to a
horse-shoe, and finally to a nail, with equal success. Find-
ing that too much for his skill, he exclaimed—
"l know this,
If it won't make a nail it will make a good hiss,
So into the water he threw the iron smack,
Hiss,' quoth the iron. I thought so !' said Jack."
In like manner Mr. Walter has tried to make something of
himself, and has always failed. He sat in the first re-
formed Parliament as " Whig and more,"—in the second
as a Tory. Then, as he says in his pamphlet, " seeing
that no good was to be expected there, he quitted that
Seene"--.WhiZli is a delicate way of expressing his retreat
from
Berkshire, when there was no chance of his re-elec-
tion. lie does not say whether inability to do any good in
other scenes made bias seek the of l one as Tory and anti.
downtPh°erre aw t
there—Navin; vcela:Lngdr d4wrinteealr
..iirsSaouthwark ; but having failed again
Anchorp,oor masa na 'ns gt
ai
toot rr eb,
eand
brokencometo
the nail at last as Cv,n,
STANDARD.—Toe-
advocates
candidate for Nottingham.
sionF, mid i.arsher admmistra°tei:;ntesofofilteheN!
New Poor-law sorely pressed to make out a case, when they r-teanwd
that relief to ouch as can partially support themselvesypr is
an injury to those cf the labouring communay who are
in a condition to maintain their families without parochial
relief. TLe attempted sophistry scarcely demands expo_
The poor are a (hies, Lye : member cf which
will o prolllf Divine •
may,sure.
by
the
y ow, be placed
in a eonditioa f,=l supporting h;m-
scif and his family without some help. Now
let it ba said
whether the class is' more kindly treated
.by insuring that
each shall, without the necessity of incurring pain or de-
gradation, be insured a living it willing to work for it ac-
cording to his ability, or enacting that the least abatement
f, in the average capacity to labour, whether caused by
old awe, accident, disease, or any bereavement, must COO.
sign bins to an ignominious imprisonment as the alternetive
of dying of famine ? The bibouring el.:sses have indeed
nnswcrcd the question for themselves; they have de-
clared their willingness to encounter the competition
of the aged and infirm of their num,,er, as the in-
sorance tat in their own old age and infirmity they ,
shall not, while any strength remains, be condemned