The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-25 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

(Frain the Manchester Guardian.):
HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, MARCII 23.—This was an
overage market, much the same as last week; but still
there is not that freedom of demand which was anticipated
some time age'. N( vertheless, the sales in light fancy
g..iods ad fancy woollens indict to a pretty general demand
a .
m some qua-ters. P ices rennin firm, but wools are rather
lac .vy of sale. W( ea is plentiful, and business in the
warehouses is s'eady.
ROCIIDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, MARCH 22.
—We have had a very quiet market to-day, and goods
have gene off heavily at low prices. A Government con-
t tor eleven thousand pieces has been made within
these-few days ; and, what is riot very unusual, it has
been divided amongst about eight inanufa turers. it is said
to have been taker at extremely low prices.. The wool
ma •Ret c rAinees about the same as that of last week.
MANCIIESTER.—ThCIe is co maaerial, change sa the
state v f the n.reke , as compared with that which ha; ex-
ist( d for some days post. Perhaps, on the whole, there
va,,s railer more inquiry yesterday thin on the preceding
Tuesday. Prices, hone cg,, have shown no tendency to
advance, but to her the contrary ; and, as the demand
is Tito ins.uffi :ient to meet the production, stocks are
acaumt.lati-g fast, sod the attention of spinners and
maa uf:cturars he, °rots more and mo.e directed towards
the necessity of ti ni.ing the li)urs of la'3our. As we
stated List week, a Dumber of individuals, in different
parts of the neghl,ourhood, have commenced short time,
but netting has been done in this way to any consider-
able extent, excepting at Stockport, where a meeting was
it LI en Monday la,t ; the resolutions of which are ad-
vor•ised in our present publication. It will be seen
that tl e meeti, g resv lved to work only four days per
werk for four weeks, commencing on Monday next;
and, unit as some change should take place in the
market, we have no doubt the example will be very
ge ,erally flowvd. It may, probably, be recollected
hr' those of our reade s who pay attention to the sub-
ject, that, in 1839, the working of short time coma
mancA about Vic same period of the year, arid that, for
slatccn wicks (from the 29th of March to the 12th of
Juiy), the sales of cotton at Liverpool, after deductiag
what was sold on speculation and for export, amounted
only to 194,255 bales, being an average of no more
than 12,141 bales per week. Whether the present
year is destired to witness an equally serious diminu-
trail of consul-, p.i n, with a correspondi-A abridg-
ment of the means of the working, classes, remains
to be proved. So far as the condition of the Man-
cl,eser imeact is cencerned, the prospect is ex-
ceedingly i3eoniy ; but, we hope that the appearances
of improvement to the money market, and the foreign ex-
changes, to wtwhich we alluded last week, and which have
he,:tome rime decided, will shortly begin to exercise
some influence on the cotton trade, and prevent the neces-
sity. fur a racist!: e which cannot be adopted without great
loss both to the manufacturers and to theta whom they
employ.

PERRYAN FILTER INKSTAND.—We called
at cation more tipn a yca, ago to an inkst ind of this de-
soiptiee, fiough he,uufully executed and useful in
preset vieg ink in a fit state for writing, was deficient in
si:nplieity, and the More inconvenient for daily use. The
p,t.7nt ei hite since ma.le a decided improvement on the
origin,il invention. The inkstand now is extremely simple.
It sur;,lies the iek for use by merely raising the cover of
the di; •ping placr, and by doting it down the ink returns into
the inl land, wham it is hermetically sealed and pr.( vented
from r vapersting or thickening.. Tha peas in general has
given favourable accounts of this useful invention, the
most flittering of which is the following, from a witty
Con: e pro*
the New Sporting World:—" For our-
selves we feel indebted to the philanthropy wheil
sug.g; !ted the improvement for kt is scarcely a figuravve
pi,rptory coacnin editor to ineite latest intelti-
. deeply
gene,' with thick ink and a had pen, and the DEVIL waiting
QUO .e
the door 'oaring for coPY."

(From Tuesday night's Gazette.)
TREASURY WARRANT.
Whereas by an Act passed in the last Session of
Parliament, intituled " An Act for the regulation
of the duties of postage," power is given to the
Cemmissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, from
time to time, by warrant under their hands, to deer
and fix any of the rates of British postage or hilind post-
age payalele by law on the transmission by the post of
foreign or colonial lelers or newspaeere, or of any °the,
printed papers, and to subject the same to rates of
postage according to the nit ight thereof, and a scale of
Weight to be contained in such warrant ; and, from
time to time by warrant as aforesaid, to alter or repeal
any such altered rates, and make and estatnlisli any new
or ether rate; in lieu thereof ; and, from time to time
by warrant as aforesaid to appoint at what time the
rates that may be payable are to be raid and it is
provide? that, the power thereby given should extend
to any increase or reduction or remission of postage.
And vitm-eas by a warrant, dated the Ist day of
Sefeember last, under the hinds of three of the Com-
inissioaers of her Majesty's Treasury, the said Corn-
missior.ere, in exercise of the poker for such purpose
vested in them by the said A.ct, directol (amongst other
things) that on every letter, not exceeding half an
ounce in wc.ght, transmitted by the post, passing be-
tween Germany (not via France), Denmark, Sweden,
or other parts of' the north of Europe, or any coun-
try through Belgium, or Hollaed, or Germany, and
any of the countries or places met tioned in the
third schedule thereto, through the United King-
doh) there should be charged and taken the rate
of British postage set opposite the name of every
such com,try or place in such schedule ; and further,
that on every letter, not exceeding half .an ounce
in weight, passing through the United Kingdom
between foreign countries, or between any foreign coon-
iey..eend her ?,lejesty's colonies, which should he for-
warded to the • united Kin4dor.l by pxeket-boa, and
from the United Kin:zdorn by private ship, or for-
warded to the United Kingdom by private ship, and from
the United Kirgdorn b paeket-:)oat, there should be
charged and taken for the conveyance of every
such letter by private ship an uniform rate of
eigitpence ; and for the conveyance thereof
by packet-boat the rate payable on such letter
under the said Act ; and further, that on every
letter, transmitted as mentioned in such warrant, ex-
ceeding half an ounce in weight, there should be
charged and taken progressive and additional rates
of postage, according to the scale of weight and
number of rates in the said Act cant tined as to
Ltters, in estimating and charging each additional rate
at the sum which any such letter would be charged
with under the same warrant, if not exceeding half
an ounce in weight ; and power was thereby reserved to
the Commissioners, for the time Leine, of her Majesty's
T,easury, or any three of them, by warrant under their
hands, at, any time thereafter, to alter or repeal any of
the rates thereby altered, or the regulations thereby
made, and to make and cstahl'sh any new or other rates
or regulations in lieu thereof : and from time to t:me to
appoint at what time the rates that might be pa) able
were to be paid.
And whereas, in consequence of communications
opened with the Post-offices at Hamburgh and Lubeck,
it is considered expedient to alter the rate of postage
payable under the said Act on letters passing direct
between the United Kingdom and Hamburgh, and on
letters passing either direct or via Hamburgh, between
the United Kingdom and Lubeck ; and else the rates
payable unier the said warrant on letters posted in or
addressed to Hamburgh et-Lubeck conveyed direct, or,
as to Lubeck, letters conveyed via Hamburgh by
packet-boat or private ship, and passing through the
United Kingdom to or from the British colonies or
fort ign countries.
Now we, the undersigned, being three of the Com-
missioners of her Majesty's Treasury, do, in exercise of
the power or authority in us for such purpose vested in
and by the said recited Act and warrant, direct that on
every letter, not exceeding half an ounce in weight,
piisted in or addressed to Hamburgh, transmitted by the
post between any part of the United Kingdom and
Hambureh direct by packet boat or priv ate ship, there
sh di be charged and taken, in lieu of the rates of postage
payable on such' letters under the said Ac., an uniform
rete of British postage of sixpence.
And that on every letter, not exceeding half an
ounce in weight, posted in or addressed to Hamburgb,
transmitted by the pest, and passing b tween Hamburgh
and any of the countries or places mentione i in tee
schedule hereto, through the Umaited Kingdom (con-
vele 1 between Hamburgh anti the Ual.:(1 Kingdom
direct by packet-boat or private ship), there shall be
charge-1 and taken, in lieu of the rates of postage pay-
al)le on such letters wader the said recited warrant, the
rate of British postage set opposite the name of every
such country or place in such schedule.
And that on every I,:ttc-, not exceeding half an ounce
in weight, posted in or addressed to Hamburgh, and
passing between Hamburgh and army other country or
place beyond the seas, through the United Kingdom,
conveyed between Hamburgh and the United Kingdom
direct by packet-boat or private ship, arid conveyed
from or to the United Kingdom to or from any such
country or place beyond theseas by private ship,there shall
be 'charged and taken an uniform rate of British postage
of Is. 2d.
And we farther direct that on every letter, not ex-
ceeding half an ounce in weight posted in or addressed
to Lubeck, transmitted by time post between any part of
the United Kingdom and Lubeck (either direct or via
Hamburgh), by packet-boat or private ship, there shall
be charged and taken, in lieu of the rates of postage
paya`de on such letters under the said Act, an uniform
rate of British postage of 6d.
And that on every letter, not exceeding half an ounce
in weight, posted in or addressed to Lubeck, transmitted
by the post, and passing. (either direct nr via Ham-
burgh) between Lubeck and any of the countries or
places mentioned in the schedule hereto, through the
United Kingdom (conveyed between Lubeck or Ham-
burgh and the United Kingdom direct :by packet-boat
or private ship), there shall be ch •.rged and taken, in
lieu of the rates of postage payable on such letters under
the said recited warrant, the rate of British postage set
opposite the name of every such country or place in
such schedule.
And that on every letter, not exceeding half an ounce
in weight, posted in or addressed to Lubeck, and pass.
ing between Lubeck and any other country or place
beyond the seas, through the United Kingdom, con-
veyed between Lubeck aed the United Kingdom (either
direct or via Hamburgh) by packet-boat or private
ship, and conveyed from or to the United Kingdom, to
or from any such other country or place beyond the
therepr,itish posshtaalgl
ebeolhaorngeedshairilidingtakanend sets by private -
art uniform rate osfhßi

twopence.
And we further direct that on every letter trans-
mitted as is mer.tioned in this warrant, exceeding half
an ounce in weight, there shall be charged and taken
progressive and additional rates of postage, according
to the scale of weight and number of rates in the said
Act contained as to letters estimating and charging
each additional rate at the sum which any such letter
would he charged with under this warrant, if not ex-
ceeding half an ounce in weight.
And we further direct that the terms and expresSions
used in this present warrant stn,ll be construed to have
the like meaning, in all respects, as they would have had
if inserted in the said Act.
And we further direct that this warrant shall come
into operation on the 6,h day of April, 1841.
Provided lastly, and we hereby declare and direct,
that it shall be lawful for the Commissioners, for ele
of her Majesty's Treasury, or any three of
of the rates hereby altered,
ymraatedee'or regulations in lieu
ttlimieemb:biyngw,arrant under their hands, at any time here-
and to make and esta-
aou Fri ,
the tonr
eyagl
ut
new
ear
wt. oi
or
on tsre
hp
other
tarhel
ebar:
thereof, and, from time to time, to appoint at what time
the rates that may be payable are to be paid.
SCHEDULE.

s. d.
Sp;i (via Falmouth) • 2 8
Upper and Lower Cana-,a7, New 7 Brunswick, prince
E th‘ar,l Wand, and Nova Scotia (tbe port and
town of Halitlx excepted)
1 8
Nen foundland, Birainda, the port and town of Ha-
liNx (in Nora Scotia), and the United States of
Ato,r ca ..........................................
louian Hands, and EAF I.

.....
Gd,ral ar, Malta, - -st Indies
Oa Falmouth) ..............
. ........... 1 6
Gicee,., Syria, and Egypt (via Falmouth)
Portugal
Mat-kit a

Braz ......................P,. ru .
.........................
..
meeiil 2 11
...................... 3 1
S.. Domingo end Foreign West India Islands.-- 1 9
Butcoos,
Jam ica and Bri ish West Indies ................. 1 6
_ .
Cuba ........................ 2 7

France .................................................... 1 4
- -

Spain (via France) ...... .. 2 1
Malta, lonian Islands, Gr ee,., S3ria, and Egypt
(via France) ..... . ................ ....
Italy, Si-ily, Veretiin Lotnbar.y, Turkey, the Le-
vant, and the Archipelago (vla France) 2 1
Switzzrland (via France)
East Indies (via France)
Whitehall Treasury Chambers, dated this 19th day of
March, 1841. E. HORSMAN.
H. TUFNELL.
J. PARKER.

Baron Bulow is suffering from
His Excellency
severe indisposition. A surgical operation was performed
on M.lnday night by Mr. Belinaye, in the presence of Sir
Benjamin Brodie, from which his Excellency has derived
some relief to his sufferings.

The Committee assembled yesterday at 10 o'clock to hear
the reply of
himself
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of cross-examination
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ttdohir him. Mr. Sergeant Wrangham, he thought, had
admitted that the law, as cited by
_him (Mr. Sergeant
Merewether) was very strong, but had endeavoured
to show that it did not bear upon the pre:sent ease. The whole
of the present question depended upon the fact whether or not
the election was over. 1-1 s Learned Friend see Led to admit
that the law was against him if the election was pending, but
contended that in point of fact it MI over. His Learned
Friend then appeared to bim to abandon his legal
argument, and to rely upon the evidence of the
Mayor to contradict that of Mr. Acland. He (Mr.
Sergeant Merewether) had only called Mr. Arland
to prove a conversation which he had had with the Mayor.
He thought Mr. Spooner's evidence was very unsatisfactory
and contra lictory, as he should be able to show the Committee.
Mr. Spooner, in reply to a question from his Learned Fi iend,
had said positively there was no such conversation; but when
cross-examined his evidence was a direct abandonment of that
statement. Then with respect to a conversation about Mr.
Bagshaw, he stated that he had had no conversation with Mr.
Acland on the subject, but it turned out afterwards that he
had held such a conversation, and that it was begun by himself.
He also said that no person was dissatisfied with his conduct but
Mr. Acland, but he afterwards said that there was ge-
neral dissatisfaction, and cries of " Bagshaw, Bagshaw."
He hoped he did not exceed his duty in saying that at best tl.e
Mayor's memory was very imperfect, that he was very con-
fused at the time, and that for some reason or other ha had
given his evidence before the Committee in such a manner as
could not stand. His Learned Friend had said that he would
not condescend to hold the balance between Mr. Spooner and
Mr. Acland, but the Committee, he was assured, would do
justice, and would do so ; and if such were the case he (Mr.
Sergeant Merewether) did not fear the result. With respect
to the Nottingham case that had been cited, he contended that
it distinctly pro. ed that whether the election was continued
legally or illegally, during its continuance any person might
propose another candidate. The question in this case was
-whethor..,Mr. Tonthsse was so unanimously elected. that ne, person
by fact, deed, or itord, proposed another candidate, and if,
therefore, it had been proved that any electors, by any means,
had signified to the Mayor their desire to nominate Mr. Bag-
shaw, the Committee, he thought, must be clearly of opinion
that Mr. Tom!ine was not duly returned. Could the itlayor
by his conduct defeat the voice of the freemen ? A more im-
portant constitutional point could scarcely be conceived. Was
there any doubt that the freemen wished to nominate Mr.
Bagshaw ? Was there not a general cry in the Hall of
" Bagshaw, Bagshaw ?" and, if so, was not the election of
Mr. loutline without a poll palpably a bad election ? His
Learned Friend said it was a merely technical point,
but he thought a more substantial one could not possibly occur.
With these observations, which he had made within the time
allowed him, he should leave the case in the hands of the Com-
mittee. _ . .

The room was then cleared while the Committee deliberated.
After about an hour and a half's consultation, the Commit-
tee announced that the return of Mr. Tomline was a good re
turn ; and that the petition of Thomas Fryer and others of the
electors of Sudbui y could not be maintained.

WALSALL ELECTION COM-

MITTEE.

The Committee met yesterday at eleven o'clock ; Lord Eliot
in the chlir.

Mr. Cockburn, Mr. Austin, and Mr Sergeant Merewether,
appeared for the petitioners ; and Mr. Sergeant Wrangham
and Mr. Talbot for the sitting Members.
The Committee having cleared the mem in order to come to
some resolutions, as to the order of the proceedings, counsel
and agents were called in, and
Mr. AUSTIN then proceeded to state the case fur the peti-
tioners. It complained of the return of Mr Gladstone for the
borough of Wassail, by reason of his having been guilty by
himself or his agents of bribery and treating, and there was
also a charge of general bribery and corruption during the
election. A writ hiving been issued shortly after the
sitting of Parliament in consequence of a vacancy for
that borough, the election took place on the Ist of
February, and the polling took place on Tuesday, the 2nd
of February. The candidates were Mr. Gladstone, who polled
362 votes, and Mr. Smith, who polled 325, leaving Mr. Glad-
stone a majority of 27. Mr. Gladstone was proposed by Mr.
Forger, and seconded by Mr. Samuel Perks. The acting
agent for Mr. Gladstone was Mr. Barnet, who now appeared
before the Committee to defend his return. Mr. Gladstone's
place of residence, before and during the election was at
the George Hotel in Walsall, and he occupied the room No.
13, which is on the first floor. Further on on the same floor was
No. 10, where a private Committee, who conducted the business
of the election for Mr. Gladstone, assembled. Mr. Forster,
Mr. Perks, Mr. Barnet, and other gentlemen, were members of
that Committee, and besides that Committee there was a public
or general Committee, which sat in the assembly-room of the
Hotel, and where the public had more immediate access. He
could prove to the Committee that the treating was practised at
the Turk's Head, the Rising Sun, the Stork, the Bull's Head, the
White Hart, the Hare and Hounds, the Spread Eagle, and other
inns and taverns—he would show that that treating took place
by the friends and agents of Mr. Gladstone, and he should
connect these parties with Mr. bla•lstone. There was one spe-
cific charge of treating which he should show had taken place
at the New Inn. It appeared that shortly before the nomma •
hen day Mr. Glalstone and his friends became somewhat ap-
prehensive of the result, and they got a number of the lower
class of voters, who, he regretted to say, were more liable to be
inflienerd by such a species of bribery than any other, to
the New Inn—they kept them there all the nomination
day, plying them with those stimulants which were so
will calculated to obscure their judgments. lie should
show that these incentives were kept up during the night, and
continued the following morning. wl-Hi was the polling day,
and all those who were not dead asleep or insensible, after
having received an additional supply in meat and drink, were
taken in that state to the poll. He would riot go into the de=
tails of the scenes of corruption and drunkenness that had taken
place, the Committee would hoar these from the evidence of
the witnesses. These he had no doubt he should be able to
trace to Mr. Bernet and the other members of Mr. Gladstone's
Committee, and he would, he was satisfied, prove such a case
before the Committee, of general treating and bribery as would
void the election. He would now refer the Committee to the
Common law of Parliament, as it bore won ow case
before them. The Learned Counsel having referred
to several authorities which bore npon cases of treat-
. ing and bribing, and among others to the oelebrated
election for Southwark, which was contested by
Mr.. Tierney and Mr. Thelluson, observed that if there was
any single well authenticated case of bribery proved on the part
of the sitting Member or his agents, it was the wellestablashed
rule of law that that case was as conclusive against the Member
as a thousand. If there was shown to be a general system of
bribery and drinking carried on, which in its result was calcu-
lated to affect the election, then the Committee could not affirm
the election, which must be declared void, He should now call
witnesses to prove the general system of treating that had been
carried on during the election.
The CHAIRMAN inquired whether it was the intention of
Mr: Austin to state the names of the parties who had been so
treated ?
_ _ _

Mr. AUSTIN said he could not do that, because the parties
were so numerous, and it would be impossible to specify all
persons who went in and out of these places during the f•lection.
Mr. TamtoT hoped the Committee would require Mr.
Austin to state the names of the parties.

The room was then ordered to be cleared, and after the ab-
sence of about an hour Counsel was called in, and
The CHAIRMAN inquired whether it was intended to prove
any. case of bribery in the ordinary meaning of the term ?
Mr. Ausnx said he meant to confine himself to that species
of bribery termed treating.
The CHAIRMAN said in that case the Committee was of
opinion that the Learned Counsel might examine witnesses
without giving in their names, but they expected that it should
be proved that some of the parties so treated were electors.
James Richard Nayer, from the Crown-office, was then
called, and produced the writ, precept, and return, from the
last Walsall election. _

John Whitgreave, Mayor of Walsall, produced the poll books.
Cross examined by Mr. TALBOT .1 have not kept them in
my possession ; they were left after the election unsealed in the
custody of the Town-clerk. I have examined them, and there
has been no alteration or erasure since I saw them.
Re-examined by Mr. Sergeant MEREWEATHER—I had the
arrangement of the poll-booths. It was settled that some
Mewls of both the candidates shauld meet me for that purpose.
Mr. Lesson and Mr. Barnet, two professional gentlemen, and
Mr. Oerton, a malts!er, attended on behalf of Mr, Glad-
stone. I heard that from the Town-clerk, On behalf
of Mr. Smith, the other candidate, there were Mr. Kettle,
a professional man, and Mr. Eglinton, a builder. I directed
the town-clerk to say I should be glad to meet a few Of Mr.
Gladstone's and Mr. Smith's ft fend to make the necessary ar-
rangements. I have no doubt whatever that' these gentlemen
appeared in behalf of the two candidates. Mr. Barnet requested
me on behalf of Mr. Gladstone, to have an additional booth at

tiloxwich. I required a written authority from Alr, Barnet,
and be wrote it, but it was not given to me. Mr. Wm. Cot-
terell is the town-clerk, and I believe he acted as one of the
agents of Mr. Smith.
Mr. TALBOT said he should reserve his cross-examination
of the witness till a future period.
Mr. AUSTIN objected to the witness being detained in town
unless the other party paid his expenses.
Mr. TALBOT contended that the course he proposed to
adopt was that usually followed,
After some discussion the Committee ordered the room to
be cleared.

On the re-admission of strangers,
The CHAIRMAN said, the Committee were of opinion that
if the cross-examination of the witnesses was not now proceeded
with, he must be detained in town at the expense of the op-
posite party.
One of the servants employed at the George Hotel was then
examined to prove the selection of the rooms, and their oc-
cupation, by the friends and agents of Mr. Gladstone.
After the examination of one or two other witnesses to esta-
blish the agency of Mr. Barnet, Mr. Jessen, and other parties,
the Committee adjourned till eleven o'clock to-morrow.

ABORIGINES PROTECTION SOCIETY.
meeting of the Tower Hamlets' Auxiliary to this Society
was held on Tuesday, in the Fiends' Meeting-house,
Kate specially to call the attention of masters of ves-
sels, crews, and others connected with the shipping in-
terest of this country and the colonies, to the condiion
of the aborigines, to their claims to humane and just
treatment. The meeting was respectably attended, and
was addressed by Dr. Hodgkin, Mr. King, naturalist in
Captain Back's expedition, Dr. Beale, some time resi-
dent among the islanders of the South Seas, by the Se-
cretary of the Parent Society, and by other speakers.
The cause of the benighted and oppressed aborigines of
our colonies is awakening unprecedented interest in the
country, from which benefits of a permanent nature, it is
hoped, will result.
Viscount and Viscountess Alford do not intend
to take their departure for the Continent until tho close of
the season, his Lordship having taken the Earl of Ripon's
mansion on Carlton House-terrace for six months.
The Marquis of Westminster has arrived at Ea-
ton Hall, Cheshire, where the Marchioness has been resid,
ing during the Noble Marquis's absence in town. The
Marquis and Marchioness are not expected at Groavecor
House until the close of the ensuial mouth.

The C:iillreittee appointed to try the merits of the petition
agiinst site return of the Earl of Listovrell for the above bo-
mill commenced yesterday. Mr. SANFORD, Chairman.
Mr. Talbot and Mr. Hilyard appeared for the petitioner.
Mr. Austin, Mr. Cockburn, and Mr. Leahy, were Counsel
for the Sitting Member.
Before the case was opened, the Chairman desired the room
to be cleared. After an absence of half on hour, Counsel, par-
ties, and agents, were called in, and informed that the Corn-
mi:tee begged to direct the attention of Counsel on both sides
to the clauses regulating the costs under the new law of elections,
for the Committee would feel it their duty to look closely
at that point. 'The Committee would also consider the Coun-
sel for the petitioner bound by‘lis opening, and not be al-
lowed to enter into any fresh matter. The Committee had
also come to a resolution to the effect that as bribery formed
a prominent feature in the petition, they thought it right to
say they expected of the Counsel for the petitioner to state
now, the names of the parties. charged to have been bribed
or treated • and also the names of the parties charged with
the offence ; but they might at once proceed with any charge
tending to inculpate the siting Member or any of his agents.
Mr.IIILYARD hoped he would not be call, d upon to state
the names of 200 or 300 parties whom they charged with ac-
cepting bribes. As in the Cambridge case, they were pre-
pared to state the houses where the treating, &c., took place,
and he trusted that would be enough.
After a few words from Mr. AUSTIN the Committee struck
out the word " treating." They would require the Counsel
to state all eves of treating tending to inculpate the sitting
Member or his agents, so far as places were concerned.
Mr. TALBOT applied to the Chairman to write to Mr.
Musket for the books of his bank at St. Alban's. He being a
Member of the House, the Speaker or the-Chairman's warrant
did not run.

An arrangement was entered into that a list of the books re-
quired should be furnished, andadav fixed for their production.
Mr. lll',man then opened the ease for the petitioners.
From the petition they would have seen that they did not pro-
pose any scrutiny in this case, they only sought. to vacate the
seat on the ground of treating and bribery. They would re.
collect that Mr. Grimstone vacated his seat for St. Alban's
early in February ; that a new writ was issued on the 3d of
February. Up to this moment the Earl of Listowell was
wholly unknown to the electors of the borough—that was not
,lbe an* with Mr. B. C-sla.ll. In 1133.; Inewas a candida.cand
although successfully opposed by Mr. Musket, a large banker in
the borough, still his good-humoured conduct at his defeat
had obtained him many friends. He seemed to have
been aware of the intention of Mr Grimston, far he was on
the spot, and on the receipt of the writ commenced what ap-
peared to be a successful unopposed canvass. It appeared to
him and his friends that his return was eel tain. But on the
Thursday Lord Listowell arrived, and then commenced a series
of the most disgraceful proceedings, which materially altered
the state of affairs. It appeared that in St. Alban's there were
two persons of cor.siderable activity in election matters—one
was an apothecary, .but he would be generally called Dr.
Webster by the witnesses—he would therefore give him his
diploma and name him so—the other was a Mr. Edwards, a
clerk in the bank of Mr. Musket; he was not a voter, but
had been a prominent actor in the election of the
borough. On the Thursday morning these two gen.
tlemen drove in a chaise and four to London ; they
alighted at a short distance from, and entered the office of Mr.
Coppock, in Cleveland-row ; they afterwards went to the
Treasury, where they staid ten minutes, and then ordered the
chaise to wait for them at an inn in Oxford-street. What
took place at the Treasury it was impossible for him to say ;
he might form a conjecture, but he could net prove or explain
it. His Learned Friend had the means of doing so, and he
trusted that he would do so, for if he did not, he publicly told
him that after the scandalous practices which had taken place
after that interview by those gentlemen, he would lead the public
to put the most unfavourahle construction upon that interview
and its results. About six o'clock that evening they got to
their chaise, and ordered the post-boy to drive quick in
order to allow them to order four horses Joe a chaise which
would follow them. They drove nu to the " George Inn," in
St. Albans, which afterwards became the head-quarters of
Lord Listowell. :hey then drove back on the London. road_
met Lord Listowell's carriage, on the rumble of which they
both got, and drove to the house of Dr. Webster. They all
entered the house, and Dr. Webster addressed the people, sav-
ing—" I have got you a candidate—it is the twelfth ; lia;e
brought you, and he is a good one, I can assure you." These
were words which had a peculiar meaning with many of the
electors of St. Alban's. From that:day to the day of polling
was spent in gross acts of bribery on the part of the Doctor,
and he would be proved to have been in close connexion with
Lord Listowell during the wl•o!e time—he proposed hire
at the election, and, in fact, was his principal agent for the
elections. There were two voters named Robert Adams and
John Stebbings, the first a man of some property, who had
always belonged to the Blue, or Conservative party. After the
former election he quarrelled with a principal agent on that
side, and it was thought he might be induced to give a vote
for the other side. Dr. Webster on two occasions pressed him
to do so, and said—" You know we don't stand foe money."
He refused, but spoke of the offer, which came to the ears of
Mr. Quin, the agent of Mr, Cabbell. That gentleman had
found that foul practices were going on, he therefore directed
Adams to throw himself in Dr. Webster's way, and accept his
offer. He did so, and on the way met Stebbings, who went
with him. Webster saw them, and said—" I cannot speak to,
you in the street." He took them into a back-room separately
and asked Adams what he expected. Af:er some hwrgaining,
Webster went out, and returned shortly with two 5/. notes, (if
Muskett's Bank, and two sovereigns„ which he gave Adams for
a vote to Lord Listowell, and the same sum was given to Str:_o_
bitigs, fur abstaining to vote for Mr. Calbell. The parties et
a Man named Howie, who advised them to seal tin ,remoney.
Adams was recommended to proceed to the give
the
money into the hands of the Mayor, and t/...en vote for Cabbell.
This he did. Stebbings, being 01 in!emed, got
excited
and alarmed ; he demanded the m.:snev, and returned it to Dr.
Webster with A note dictated by Lord Grimstone. The
note was delivered by the Noble Lord and Mr. M'Ken-
sic, M.P. At the proper time he hoped to put
that note in evidence, He had no doubt but that
they would easily :lid clearly prove agency on the put of
Dr. Webatimt, and if so, he would also prove that that gentle-
map had been guilty' of bribing the two voters named. It ap-
peted also that Edwards had been largely mixed up in the
bribery. Ho sat in the house of a person named Mayland, in a
Tom up stairs ; the door was kept by a man named Spicer,
whose orders were to admit voters, but only one at a time.
He was a very unwilling witness, but he was honest, and
would prove the entrance of many voters, to whom he saw
Edwartfs give money, One case that would be proved was
that of a policeman with whom Edwards bet 101. that. he would
not dare to vote for Lord Listowell. That wss clearly only
a nominal wager, and for the purposes of a bribe. Ile would
es° prove treating to a great extent at the George, which was
Lord Listowell's head quarters, and of which he must have
been cognisant, He would prove also, that many voters were
treated from the Friday up to the time of polling, in the
tr 13e11," and the " Red Lion." The Learned Gentleman cited

Same oases respecting agency in order to show that Com-
mitteeshad al'owed the bribery to be proved before the agency.
He called upon the Committee to hear the whole case before
deciding upon any one point, and he submitted that if he
made out the statement he had been instructed to make, then it
must be the duty of the Committee to declare the return
of Lord Listowell to be void. Great public scandal had been
created by the circumstances of the election, and he trusted
that his Learned Friends would on-operate with him in having
a full and searching inquiry—if there was no foundation for the
scandal they would do so.
The poll-books were produced by the Mayor, who was re-
turning officer at the election, and the Town Clerk, in who.e
custody they now were.
Mr. AUSTIN was proceeding to cross-examine the latter
relative to some bribery transactions, but
Mr TALBOT objected ; and the Committee decided that the
Learned Counsel must confine himself in the cross-exami-
nation at present to the poll-books, the witness to be again
produced by the petitioners. The post-boys who drove Dr.
Webster and Mr. Andrews to London, proved the visit of
those gentlemen to Cleveland-row and the Treasury.
Wm. Galer, a cabinet-maker, John Brooks, assistant grocer,
and Jeremiah Bayhon, all inhabitants of St. Alban's, proved
the return of the Dr. along with Lord Listowell, and their
canvassing together.
The Committee, at Four o'clock, adjourned till to-morrow
at Eleven o'clock.

THE GUNNERY PRACTICE ON
BOARD HER MAJESTY'S SHIP ASIA.

On Saturday, the 2Qth instant, her Majesty's ship Asia was
inspected at Spithead by Admiral Sir E. Codrington, and
when it is mentioned that this ship had been in commission
fl }ears and two days, and under the command of zealous
and able officers, nothing need be said of her general discip-
line, except that it was in all respects perfect. `h he chief ob-
ject of the inspection, however, was the efficiency of the gun-
neryand department ; l certainly nothing could exceed the
precision of the firing. A target, consisting of three small
flags on different staves, and about a foot and a half apart,
was placed at seven hundred yards distance, and it was not
one or two shots which either struck it or went near,
but the whole, from whatever part of the ship fired, went with
almost the same precision. It was not broadsides that were
discharged, but single guns deliberately and carefully directed,
and the triggers pulled only when the captains of the guns felt
certain of their arm. With the exception of a single shot,
every one either struck the flags or went between them, or
fell within three feet on either side, cr passed above them at
no greater distance. The only shot which did not pass within
a yard or two, at most, of the centre of the target, must have
been accidentally misdirected. It was the last fired but one,
at a moment when the target was all but. demolished, and the
sea round it looked like a huge bed of cauliflower, from the
splashing of the other shot, so that it was not wonderful the
seaman's aim might have been a little disturbed.
Sir Edward Codrington, than whom no officer in the ser-
vice has seen more shot fired, either for practice or in glorious
earnest, was so much gratified by this remarkable exhibition of
skill, that he considered it his duty to express himself in strong
terms of approbation. In a short, but pithy, address, during
which, with much feeling and good taste, he alluded to his hav-
ing formerly carried his flag in battle on board this very ship,
he strongly advised the crew, who, by long habit, had brcome
such thorough-bred men-of-war's. men, and who had shown
how well they could work their guns, to continue in the public
service of her Majesty.
It is greatly to be hoped that this excellent advice of the
gallant Admiral may be followed bythe highly-disciplined crewe
part
of the Asia, and that the ships now fitting out may enio&tn
benefit of so much well-directed attention on theof Pt.
Fisher, who has, for a series of years, so ably commanded tnii
perfect model of a man-of-war.

----
KING'S LYNN.—At a meeting of the inhabi-
tants of this borough held lately, and consisting of mem-
hers of the E-tablished Church, Protestant Dissenters, and
namely, a petition
Irish
others, three petitions to the House of Commons were
agreed to and numerously signed,
a'so for an improved ma-
against Church-rates, praying
and introduced
extend t ihnet o
jurisdictiont h the
o
nagement of Church property to be presented by Mr.
Easthope; a second in favour of Lord Morpethis
Registration Bill, to be presented by Mr. O'Connell, and
Com-
mons othnisrdtoinimfapvreouver etfhethe
practicetwo billg
of County Courts, to be presented by Mr, i-1
"tune.
The Marquis of Conyngham is expected
don [-louse, near Southampton, this week, at Win-
don
and family, the Noble Marquis h with the Mar-
mansion for a term. We understand . haying taken that
purchased the Flower of Yarrow, his Lordship has
, e
of Boooleuoh, utter yacht, of the Duke

(From the Morning Herald.) 1
T West-end of the town appears in great perturbation
jus ow, to cause being an inundatisn of hosts of Man-
che co-printers, who having for time past been extremely
npisterous about and in advancement ortheir own rights polls
lEal and corporate, are now; by way of changing the scene.
crusading against the .copyrights claimed in bchoof of their
humbler brethren of the att., whose cause, however, it is only
fair to add, has been manfully taken up by those chiefs of the
eraft, to whose higher order of genius, talent, and enterprise,
the country stands indebted for such most advanced positlon as
it has been enabled to take and maintain in that ingenious
branch of cotton-manufactures, known as calico-printing. the
subject of debate has been considerably narrows 1, since, set
fourteen or fifteen days ago, its more salient points were presented
under this head. On the debate immedia'ely following the
remarks then made, Sir Robert Peel took the position which
became him perhaps above alnmen ; be threw his weight into
the scale of protection for copyright cf &Biota for printed fa-
brics, as might naturally be expected from one possessed with
a refined taste fore andleing a lover of, the arts, and there-
fore the friend and patron of artists. The &stint being ice an
extension of the term of copyright in de sins fom th, ee
months to twelve, and the President of the Board of Tr de
having courageously intimated his Willing ,ses to ein
thirthy-three and a fraction per cene of this " justice" for
pattern designers, Sir Robert came forward to propose a com-
promise for splitting the oifferenee, by which two thirds on she
claim should be awarded, and the remaining third waived in
the spirit of conciliation between the contending parties. His
proposition was to extend the copy right from three
months to nine, add tomorrow comes on the decision, in
the Commons' House between the short length of Mr. La-
bouchere, the better measure of Sir Robert, and the full ar I
required by those calico printers, who neither roach in gen.
neighbaurs' lands nor pirate pat tertu from his print grounds.
Great, however, was the dismay caused by the unanticieved
movement of S r Robert in advance; all Mekenstrest, Man-
chester, was up in arms, and Car.non-s reet in oxpinion.
Railways were put in requisition fonnwith; w rshipfu s2d ro
men that hope to he, " pitchforked rebels rates that are,
and very common councilors and callt o printers that carnin'y
be, have h ther sped, and here they are es:nvassii g votes, 416
earnestly as if orders for printed calicos, snit lesiegins Parlia-
ment men in their houses with as much I:Hennas:le as if touting
buyers come to tewa in their taverns. One cannot call ma a
M Lister without encountering a deputation of the Messieurs
Ulna is possession of his bureau, nor attempt to ran one's
morning's respects to a fri end and niemb hout fiuding hi at
a prisoner in his own premises, among a p(SSJ if pee; le all
piping about prints, and choking Inns with converse about
chintzes. The business of the cation is trought to a stand-
still until the vital question be decided whether oac set if ler-
sons, lacking the endowment therm elves, may not Lilly he
entitled to live and grow fat by stealing the trains of another
set ; upon the special and very plausible argument of a vested
interest in the right to illicit pelf of scores of years' enjoyment.
The claim by vested interest and long possession might hold
good, only that neither law nor logic recognize the quality of nen
property in a title founded in fraud, and thou contra bones:
puore,T, . .
Trish argument:lasi-been slated berme on Mete in SNOWS tllan ,
one, and, it is hoped, so intelligibly, that it is not eeereary to
reproduce it here, further than may be necessary to cern cc tee
claim of the ingenious pattern eeSigner and the fir trnelingsen-
lico-printer to a twelvemonths' copyright, because the-abbre-
viation to nine n ontes is less than justice, whilst the euttir g
dorm to six months is a denial of justice altos ether. :I he. its-
vention of a diensn for calico-prints is a combination of litour
and talent, as is, though is may be allowed, superior de-
gree, the discovery of a new principle in inoolianies, of a unw
agent in chemistry, or an iinprovement in o7d processes by the
adaptation of quasi inventions. If the latter be, as they justly
are, entitled to patent protection for a term of years, surely the
former cannot be denisd a copyright security for a term of
months. The protection for copyright in designs is now limited
to three month', which far from In:tilling its ofnoe acts but as a
premium upon greater effrontery in fraud. To bring out, a
a new design, it takes ths. calico printer, in the engraving of
his rollers, the cutting of his blocks, the ereparation of bis co-
lours, and the ereliminary prossenes of preparing his sloth,
some six weeks or two nneens for the more approve.] styles
(not six months as a, Ministerial evening print hos it), at the
expiration of which periott he begins to be en :bled to bring •
his finished goods to market. ho moment they make their
appearance, or even before, for the regular eiriting trader
will bribe his workmen for an early pattern it is seen will suit
the public taste, the unpriscipled ealico printer sets to won't,
approprietes the pattern, and is able to, produce it in lees, time,
because he prepares it on itenrior etoth, pretends not ,to
the same tinny of finish, and as the design costs Mm
I nothing however dearly paid for ne the accredited calico
printer, he is enabled to bring to ma: ket a showy tut nes sub-
stantial article cf the same design at a much lower rate of vice,
precisely at the moment when a ready See was beginning to
remote rate his snore ingenious sun enterp. :sine neighbour,
I who had ion ell the risk and incurred all the preliminary ex-
pewee Inds, for connection's sake,-is briefly the main feature
of the issue to be tried, er iather which has beets tried so far
I as the principle, the only question being the assessment of the
Period of time the which injunction shall be screed on the un.
serepulous pirate.
This is one of the points to be determined to-morrow, but
there is another also, which concerns the mode of registration of
the new eesign, wbiob will be adverted- to by-and-bye. Now
in respect of the extent of protection as to time, it must be
remembered that the calico printer, who itiveats, purchases
the inventions of others, and therefore produces from his own
design only, trades with other mat kets besides his' own. His
wares have to be purchased, and timely despatched, to
mce. senems of foreign eonsemptiou, and this must be his first
Ole for reasons which will be obvious. Thee, to narrow the
subject to ore point of view, the printer :nay be supposed to
deal with the United States, nhcre seasens and fashions rule
pretty much the same as in this
Country. He has to surely,
say, his spring styles and deseens. He will therefore, having
seeolgecratevsoldbiaso designs
iro
esi,gnos4ni ....itter end of September, got them
goods by the printing so as to be ready with his
Ininsting or middle of November. leis first care
then Inuit be-no ship for the spring season in Ametica, which
eoternenetss a., Isere, about the end of Febt uary r r beginning of
March, era be must despatch quantities successively, so that
to mens this first branch of his ttaffic he is fully occupied till
..te end of the year, when already three ranters of his pro-
tections—from the period of registration, when first his
designs arc seiceted—are expired. He is then as sedulously at
work to provide for his home sluing trade, which brings him
to Marsh before any real demand can be felt, or public taste
has decided in favour of certain special designs. Six months
of his copyright are stow gone, and the moment hai only jest
anived ellen he can be said to have a prospect, a prospect
only, of remm.eration for his labours. Surely, theref re, he is
entitled to the other six months' exclusive light in his own
prop. rty, tot the value of which he has hitherto known nothing
but the large outlay and risk.
The question of legistration seems hardly to admit of a dis-
pute. It must he close and not noble to inspection, or it sill
not be of the slightest service. If open, a calico printer of the
slightest tact and experience, would easily, and at a glance, be
able to detect both design, style, and colours, so as to imitate
with such divergences as to escape the letter of the nev. The
change of one flower for another, for example, might suffice
to hear him harmless of piracy. And the registration should
be kept close for the vs brie term of the twelve months, although
when the printed de ions protected are exposed for sale the
precaution would seem so far useless, because under pretence
of examining, one design already publicly in the market, the
calculating pirate would have the opportunity of examining, and
becoming acquainted with, a score more of newer inventions,
which lie would forthwith proceed to imitate.
There is no occasion to pursue further truths so simple and
easily comprehensible. its concluding, however, it may be
well to show what is the opinion in other countries of reflect-
ing men, as to the most durable and desirable kind of manu-
facture for a nation. It is etident that excellence, and the
reputation of excellence, in any branch of industry or manu-
facture, must be more conducive to its permanence and pros-
rerity, even if less quantities be produced, than the production
Of immense manes, where the object is not the highest order
of finish, substance and quality of material, but the mere su-
periority in cheapness of price for the poorest, and therefore
the least secure, of consumers abroad. Without enlarging es,
this head at present it may be e ell to look to the opinions of
judicious foreigners on the subject. M. Ed. Collomb, an in-
telligent miter, in an articleenti led, Exposition des produits
d'industrie Alsacienne a ltialhouse en 1836, contained in the
Revue d'Alsace for June of that year, a clever publication now
uitfortueately discontinued, has the following observations,
well worthy of attention, on the relative merits of the different
systems acted upon by the calico printers of Al ace and gene-
rally elsewhere in France, and in Great Britai t.
" The English, with whom printing by rollers is so lergely
in use, seek to produce masses of printed fabrics at the lowest
late possible, without troubling thcmrelves to aim at perfec-
tion in the art. The Alsaciaes have sought success by other
means; they produce less, but a severe taste presides in the
choice of their deslgns, their colours are more solid, and the
quality of the cloth superior. In foreign marts we find the
stores encumbered with English goods ; at first sight it would
seem as if we should be overwhelmed by their masses; that we
should nut be able to make salts except at enormous sacrifices,
Fortunattly their wares are not intended for the same
destination in the end as ours; they are calculated for the con-
sumer of small means (a petite bourse) ; this is the numerous
class, it may be said; and it is thus that business is raultiplied
and extended. But our products are preferentially sought
after by the higher class of consumers (classes aises), and the
dealings are all the more sure and satisfactory on that account.
Taking all things into consideration the position of the English
is not to be envied ; ours presents more certain guarantees of
stability."
M Niel]. Kcechlin (Enquete sur divers prohibitions) has
the following scrim ks on the comparative degrees of excellence
of Alsacian and English cotton prints and fabrics, and of the
successful race of competition run with us :
" Naguere les moussclines Anglaises
fraude et trouvaient chez nous un debouchi impiortantt;
on
prime's entraient en
n'en volt plus paraitre aujourtlitui. 1117ge:nacetedeesmednesslinnns
l'avance sur ce genre d'impression par
par la nettete d'impression,
mousselines imprimnes sons rech r
par lao s o
hli tse:duers
tcooousle
itterss,mquo o
marches
ngleeterre. La Russie, l'Allee
du monde, y compris ceux de
eoestxtt
weer•hne teal. en
cheeirechpeLt
deenoAhilmsaieseteslesoeihdie-
magne, la Suisse, l'AneleterrreA
metes, les coloristos, et je ne conne._
fa
li ofn
falling
eroofqdruueienntei
coloristes Anglais venue
e and quality more. The
It would be well if
more finished fabrics, and re-.
I advanced in manufactures is more
competition of countries
less looked to and superweernseiyF•
u• r (tar than
supply or
the
ess liable of occurrence,
is adapted
qeanttityroafonremt:Mtr
to be apprehended in
verses of trade,
demand from
and less extensively- prejudicialiy in their cons
ant • of the commodity•
they do occur,
of the easy classes only.
tionThose demands
for the consumption
adverse circumstance but
be decreased by anot absolutely may whatever
ror °tee rcq t,
where from
_ the case some sudden revolution
stopred, A' es of cheap and inferior de
abroad the ma•S goo may chance t.
asses of non-consuming paupers. A
find Y
"1- of the choicer fabrics would • much smaller
production
with the employ at home too art
ber of hands
an equal num r four or fivefold
ty article sineproportion
of the loiter (me e a test deal more time is re-
quired for working out an equal number of yards or pieces of
the pi-nee than of the common run of Moods_ The sd t f
nations can weave common calicos, y - ru es e
and do weave them, as in
Peru and India, but :ages may inter veneiliefore they could pro-
duce a French muslin print of the _ first order.

THE LARGESt •
The Mammoth, building by the Great Wgifern Ship Coome-
pany, at Bristol, will exceed 3,600 toarfeibottt 6000 f
roots
than any other ship in existence). The /jr4ving
coals
by her being built of iron will admit of bbr
carryingLttr of much
for bah the outward and home voy g 6.
SHIP IN LE WORLD.
imPertare^, from the inferior 1
She will
qua,:ietyeCe9f,lnvrtehre. American
coal). Her engices are of 1,000 horse P
, titv of canvass, and is
be etahled ta carry an utmost 'lf utre Atlantic in ten days:
expected to make the passage 0
—Bristol Paper. J ~1
72,, B*RIES.---It would appear
PbsT-OrFicz ..
:sters'have proclaimed open war
;consequence of the charges
that the provincial poi,.
for this morning's post has
lakt fresh complaints of the abstraction of
augeaihriasytetbhreoEugvhetn,nolinsitallitLeimn
brought us
Wescver
tell the gentlemen that, although they
v:gilanee for a time, we will catch some of
And we pledge ourselves, though the proseco,
them yet ; AT?
Involve'in outlay of a.
f each individual case us an
ti°n.ic d Pounds, to carry it to the completion, and to in.
hundred ,
aid, and to the fullest extent, the penalties whiolt. the
imposer.—Dublin Evening Nail.
newspapers.n,a elude
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