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LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE l9, 1841

EAST INDIA HOUSE, JUNE 16, 1841.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the
1 EAST INDIA COMPANY, do hereby give notice
That a Proprietor of East India Stock has POSTPONED
until the QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of tli'v said
COMPANY, appointed to be held at their House, in aden-
hall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 23d instant, the Motion of
which he had previously given notice, viz. :
" Ist. That the Honourable Court of Directors be requested
to take into consideration the practicability and expediency of
permitting the occupier; and cu:tivators of the soil of British
India to redeem the Land lax."
"2d. That the waste lands belonging to the Government
be sold in Fee Simple, after the manner adopted in Ceylon,
and in other British Possessions."
The said COURT of DIRECTORS do also give notice,
That Another Proprietor has intimated his intention to
submit the following Motion at the said Quarterly General
Court, viz.:—
" That a copy of the Directors' late despatch to Madras,
bearing date February 1841, be immediately laid before the
Propriet.rs."
The said COURT of DIRECTORS do likewise give
notice,
That Another Proprietor has intimated his intention to
submit the following Motion at the said Quarterly General
Court, viz :
" That a copy of all correspondence between the Court of
Directors and Captain Charretie, on the subject of his appli-
cation for compensation under the Act of Parliament, and also
of all correspondence on the same subject between the
Directors and the Board of Commissioners, be laid before this
Court."
The said COURT of DIRECTORS do further give notice.
That the same Proprietor has intimated his intention to
submit the following Motion at the said Quarterly General
Court, viz.:—
" That this Court do take into their consideration the papers
laid before them in relation 'to the ease of the late Rajah of
Sattara."

JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

GENERAL ELECTON.
CIRCULAR LETTERS, CARDS., 8.,e:
(Fac-simile or not) LITHOGRAPHED in a superior
manner, at the rate of 1,000 per day, if desired, by R.
CARTWRIGHT, Warwick-placl, Bedford-row, London.
Country orders (with town reference) executed by return of
post.

FROM LAST NIGHT'S G;AZETTE,
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, JUNE 12, 1841.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to. approve of the
appointment of George Hayter, Esq., as Principal Painter in
Ordinary to her Majesty, in the room of Sir David Wilkie,
deceased.

WHITEHALL, JUNE 15.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Pinsan, of Bir-
mingham, in the county of Warwick, Gent. to be a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.

WAR-OFFICE; JUNE 18.
sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Regimental Sergeant-
Major A. Langford to be Quartermaster, vice J. Brand, who
retires upon half-pay, June 18.
7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Brevet Col. E. Cheney,
from half-pay Watteville's Corps, to be Major, without pur-
chase, vice Bolton, deceased ; Capt. R. Richardson .to be
Major, .by purchase, vice Cheney, who retires ; Lieutenant
E. Codrington to be Captain, by purchase, vice Richardson ;
Cornet the Hon. C. A. Dillon to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Codrington; Sergeant-Major A. Knight to be Cor-
net, vice Dillon, June 18.
7th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet E. Wheler, from
half-pay 20th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, without purchase ;
A. Chichester, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Wheler,
who retires, June 18.
9th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. J. C. Campbell,
from the 13th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice 'Suther-
land, appointed to the 56th Foot, June 18.
10th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet J. Dalyell, from
half-pay Ist Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet, without purchase ;
J. C. Ferrier, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Dalyell,
who retires, June 18.
13th Regiment of Light Dragoons-z. Lieut. T. Bateson, from
the 56th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Campbell, appointed to
the 9.h Light Dragoons, June 18.
15th Regiment of Light Dragoms.—Brevet Major J.
M'Queen to be Major, without purchase, vice Hake, de-
ceased ; Lieutenant J. Vernon to be Captain, vice M‘Queen ;
Cornet J. C. Jennyns to be Lieutenant, vice Vernon ;
Cornet L. E. Nolan, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice It.
V. Jocelyn, who retires, June 19; Cornet W. S. Arney, from
half-pay of the 25th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Jen-
nyns, June 18 ; A. Blandy, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase,
vice Volan, June 19; M. E. Hoare, Gent. to be Cornet, by
pnrchase, vice Arney, who retires; June 20.
6th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel C. Gascoyne,
from 94th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Sewell, who
exchanges, March 30.
18th Foot—Brevet Major Jeremiah Cowper, to be Major,
without purchase, vice Hanmill, deceased ; Lieut. J. P. Mit-
ford to be Captain, vice Cowper, Feb. a.
21st Foot—Second Lieut. C. G. Brabazon to be First Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Hutchinson, deceased, April 13 ;
Gentleman Cadet T. W. Prevost, from the Royal Military
College, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Brabazon, June 18.
26th Fr ot—Gentleman Cadet R. M. Dickens, from the
Royal Military Colege, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Byrne. deceased, June 18.
26th Foot--Sergeant-Major H. Webb to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Lake, promoted in the 31st Foot, June 18.
31st Foot—Ensign H. H. Lake, from the 28th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Mullen, appointed to the
50th Foot,, June 18.
44th Foot—J. 0. Moller, Gent. to be Ensign without pur-

chase, vice Fortye, promoted, June 18. . .
from the
St June 18.
Assistant-Surgeon,
50th Foot—Major J. Anderson to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
421,th
to Foot—Assistant-Surgeon
A—sAsissstiast'atn-
n
without purchase ; Brevet Major William Turner to be Major,
vice Anderson ; Lieutenant W. L. Tudor to be Captain, vice
Turner, June 18.
To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Lieut H. H. F.
Clarke, from 16th Foot ; Lieut. J. Allan, from the 57th Foot ;
Lieutenant H. A. O'Maloney, from the 16th Foot ; Lieute-
nant B. G. Mackenzie, from the Ist West India Regi-
ment ; Lieutenant James Brookman, from the 49th Foot ;
Lieutenant 11. W. Wily, from the Ist West India Regiment;
Lieutenant E. C. Mullen, from the 31st Foot; Lieut. W. S.
Carter, from the 16th Foot, vice Gregg, appointed Paymaster
of the 6th Drago6ns, June l 8; Ensign Arthur Bernard ;
Ensign J. J. Grimes ; Ensign J. Russell, June 19.
To be Ensigns, without purchase.—Sergeant-Nlajor
Kelly, vice Bernard, June 19 ; F. T. Lister, Gent. vice
Grimes, June 20.
To be Ensign by Purchase—C. H. Tottenham, Gent., vice
Russell, June 21.
To be Assistant-Surgeon—J. M'Bean, Cent., June 18.
56th Foot—Lieut. J. Sutherland, from the 9th Light Dra-
goons, to be Lieutenant, vice Beeson, appointed to the 13th
Light Dragoons, June 18.
57th Foot—Ensign L. Cassidy to be' Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Allan, appointed to the 50th Foot; Ensign
J. H. Chads, from the Ist West India Regiment, to be En-
sign, vice Cassidy, June 18.
79th Foot —Ensign H. Mackay, from the Ist West India
Regiment, to be Adjutant and Ensign, vice Douglas, pro-
muted, June 19.
t6th Foot—Ensign J. H. Thursby to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vide Ritleout, who retires, June 18; Lieut. G. Stoney,
front the 16th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Plunkett, aprinted
to the 95th Foot, June 19 ; Gentleman Cadet C. 0. Creagh,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Thursby, June 18.
94th Foot—Brevet Colonel W. H. Sewell, from the Gth
Foot. to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Gascoyne, who exchanges,
March 30.
95th Foot—Lieutenant S. Lawson, from the 16th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice C. P. Hamilton, who retires upon half-
pay of the 16th Foot, June 18; Lieutenant the Hon. E. S.
Plunkett, from the 86th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice I'. J.
Dobson, who retires. upon half-pay of the 16th Foot, June 19.
97h Fcot—Assistant.Surgeon J. Ewing, from the Staff, to
be Assistant-Surgeon, vice tl'Gregor, who resigns, June 18.
98th Foot—Lieut. D. 2Eneas Macdonell from the half-pay
98th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Kingsley, promoted; En-
sign C. Colby to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Macdonell,
who retires ; R. J. Viscount Suvidale to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Colby, June 18.
99th Foot—Gentleman Cadet C. E. Leigh, from the Royal
Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Price, pro-
moted, June 18.
Ist West India Regiment—To be Lieutenants without pur-
-1 chase—Ensign R. Ilughes, vice Mackenzie, appointed to the
50th Foot ; Ensign G. Jeffrey, vice Wily, appointed to the
50th Foot, June 18.
To be En,igits, tsithout purchase—Sergeant-Major H.
Mirkay, from the 79th Foot, vice Hughes, June 18; 11. T.
Coen, Gent. vice Jeffrey, June 19 ; W. Stewart, Gent.
vice Chads, appointed to the 57th Foot, June 20.
3d West India Regiment.—Ensign P. J. Macdonald to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Strange, who retires ;
11. C. Watson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mac-
donald, June 18.
STAFF.—Major 0. Felix, on half-pay Unattached, to be
Deputy Quartermaster-General to the Queen's Troops serving
in. the East Indies (with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the
Army), vice Colonel Sewell, June 18.
HosriTAL STAFF.—A. C. F. C,oltlough, Gent., tobe Assist-
ant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Ewing, appointed to the 97th
Foot; J. H. Brummell, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the
Forces, vice Gahagan, appointed to the 9th Foot, June 18.
linEvirr.—Major-General Sir Hugh Gough, K.C.B.
have the local rank of Lieutenant-General in the East ln' to
tifes
and in China, June 18, 1841.

Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire.
Derby and Chaddesden Troop of. Yeomanry Cavalr)—Cornet
F. S. Wilmot to be Lieutenant, vice N. Story, promoted
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant. of Worcestershire.
Queen's Own Worcestershire Regiment. of Yeomanry *Ca
valry—S. G. Woodroffe, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Sim:
Sim-
cox, resigned ; E G. Stone, Gent., to be Cornet, vice J.
Martin, resigned, June 12, 1841.

Hemington, Leteester
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BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
JOSEPH DICKERING, upholsterer, Bedford.
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Castle Donington, Leicestershire ; Scott, Lincoln's Inn-Gelds,
PeßmobrßokEeß;TDseapnE,
London.
N4scsEelß-s,lrsecerti'vener, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
DAVID EDWARDS, miller, Pembroke, June 26, and
July 30, at eleven, at the Dragon Inn, Pembroke. Owen,
; Bainbridge and
Barker,
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South Chiurch-
Shields.r ti ,
July 12, at eleven, and 30, at one, at the Bankrupt Com-
mission-room Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Bell, 13rodrick, and
Bell,
cotton spinner. Batings, Lancashire,
JOSEPH ASPDEN,Cheapside, London
July .3 and 30, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Man-
, ehester. Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, 'Temple, London ;
Lord, Rochdale.
EDMUND JOHN PHILLIPS, victualler. Bristol, July 0,
STONHAM, copper-n.erchant, , and 30, at the Commercia'-rooms; Bristol. White and Whit-
-1 more,
VBleDdfordthroLwA,RLyondon Arnold, jun., Bristol.
Li-
verpool, July 8 and 30, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool.
Cross, Liverpool ; Vincent and Sherwood, King's-bench-
walks, Inner-temple; London.
i RICHARD HOWARD HOSKINS, victualler, Liverpool,
July 7 and 30, at two, at the Commissorris, ioners'-rooms, M
don ;
an-
chester. Milne, Parry', Milne; and M Temple, Lon
' Crossley and Sudlow,43lanchester.
i . GtniGg STERLING, Jun., slioe-maker, Newcastle.

upon-Tyne July 12 at one, and July 30 at two, at the Bank-
rupt Commission-room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Fonters,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Battle, Fisher, and Sudlow, Chauccry-
lane, London,
JAMES HOLT HERON, JOHN SPEIR HERON,
JAMES KNIGHT HERON, and ARTHUR HERON.
cotton spinners, Manchester, July 6 and 30, at eleven, at the
Commissioncre-rooms, Manchester. Hantwon, Mtnchester ;
Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row,
London.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
J. G. P. Heytiger, silversmith, Tottenham court-road, July
9, at twelve—R. Silk and T. Brown, coach makers;Long.
acre, July 9, at eleven—T. Kirby, oilman, New .Bond-street,
July 9, at half-past one—S. King, steam-boat builder, Vaux-
hall, July 12, at half-past eleven—J. Telford and W. Arun
dell, diapers, Liverpool, July 12, at half-past ten—J. Brown,
brass founder, Little Portland-street, Marylebone, July 9, at
two—J. H. Loup and G. Godber, cotton factors, Cateaton-
street, July 10, at half-past two—J. Plummer and W. Wilson,
merchants, Fenchurch.street, July 9, at one—W. Ilashm,
draper, Epping, Essex, July 10, at eleven—G. L. Williams,
builder, Portland-road Marylebone, July 10, at twelve—S.
Pontifex, builder, Noble-street, St. Martin's-le-Grand, July
10, at two—D. King, surgeon, Eltham, Kent, July 10, at ono.

In the Country.
J. Lashmar, merchant, Brighthelmstone, Sussex, July 15, at
three, at the Town.ha/1, Brighthelmstone—J. Bolton and W.
Ireland, gingham manufacturers, Manchester, July 17, at
eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—W. Bridge,
boot maker, Deritend, Warwickshire, July 12, at twelve, atthe
Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham—M. D. Morgan, grocer, Llan-
gattock , Brecknockshire, July 14, at eleven, at the Castle
Hotel, I3recon—J. Toone, coal merchant, Leamington Priors,
Warwickshire, Aug. 24, at two, at the Lansdowne Hotel, Lea-
mington Priers—R. Reynolds, bill broker, Leeds, July. 10, at
eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds—P. C. Nicolle,
wine merchant, Southampton, July 19, at one, at the Star Inn,
Southampton—S. Bedingfield, yarn manufacturer, Needham-
market, Suffolk, Aug. 7, at one, at the Crown anti Anchor Inn,
Ipswich—R. P. and W. 'Weston, drapers, Birmingham, July
10, at eleven, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham—J. Croser,
G. Walker, and J C. Walker, ship brokers, Newcastle. upon-
Tyne, July 9, at. twelve, at the Bankrupt—Commission-room,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne—D. Nyman, furrier, Bath, April 17,
at one, at the Castle and Ball Hotel, Bath—T. Hampson,
broker, Livelpo July 14, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Li-
verpool—W. zl. Jones, letter-press printer, Manchester, July
19, at ten, at the Commissioners'-room., Manchester.
CERTIFICATES—JuLr 9. _

G. Wand, flour dealer, York—B. Pearson, woolstapler,
Wakefield, Yorkshire—B. Brooks, teazle dealer, Badgworth,
Somersetshire—J. Jardine, timber merchant, Haverfordwest—
T. Carter, tailor, Berwick-street, Soho—F. T. B. Durnelew,
coal dealer, Wednesbury, Staffordshire—J. Edwards, licensed
victualler, Salford, Lancashire—W. Murray, innkeeper, Man-
chester—H. L. Orton and E. Paxton, builders, Box, Wilt-
shire—W. Haslarn, draper, Eloping, Essex.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
T. and F. Chittenden, painters, Jermyn-street—T. Chitten•
den, F. Chittenden, and J. Arnold, painters, Jermyn-street—
S. Palmer and J. Chambers, wholesale tea dealers, St. Mary-
axe—A. J. Aikin and .1. Cowper, manufacturing chemists,
Great Totham, Essex—J. and W. S. Lawrence, plumbers,
Bristol—H. C. Millard raid T. Creed, linen drapers, South-
ampton—G. Ward and T. Morton, watch makers. Manchester
—J. Shield and T. Roberts, law stationers, Liverpool—F.
Webb and J. C. Clarke, attorneys, Newport and fredegar
Iron Works, Monmouthshire—J. Andrews and R. H. Cooper,
drapers, Cheltenham—J. and H. Farrar, hatters, Bradford,
Yorkshire—W. Howden, sen. and W. Howden, jun., en•
gineers, Boston, Lincolnshire—B. Bagnall and F. White, Man-
chester warehousemen, Manchester—F. Davis and G. Scriven,
wine merchants, Weymouth, Dorsetshire—J. Parsons and W.
Aldridge, common brewers, Shirley, Hampshire—R. Innes
and C. J. Small, Madeira—P. Maspoli, A. Monti, and V.
Maspoli, general dealers, Sandwich, Kent—G. A. Callaway
and C. B. Hellard, attorneys, Southampton—H. J. Cochrane,
J. Burrell, J. Dalton, J. Darnell, J. Dunn, W. E. Cochrane,
W. L. Smart, R. Smithson, J. Pearson, Thomas Earl of Dun-
danald, E. Richardson, R P. Philipson, A. Dunkin, N. Wood,
T. Forster A. H. Cochrane, and J. Wood, coal owners, Het-
ton-le-Hole, Durham (so far as regards J. Wood)—J. and T.
Hopper, ale merchants, Newcastle. upon-Tyne—W. Atherton
ar.d W. Laurence, cotton manufacturers, Chorlcy, Lancashire
—H. E. L. Lloyd and J. Easter, engineers, Gravel-lane,
Christchurch—T. and D. Miller, bakers, Green-street, St.
Martin's-in-the •Fields—S. Game and R. Searle, oilmen,
Firh-street-hill—W. Hebb and S. Wightmau, lace makers,
Nottingham—B. Walker, S. Walker, jun., and E. Walker,
coal masters; Clifton, Yorkshire—D. Duarte and F. C. Jack-
son, merchants, Manchester—T. and T. W. Wright. music
sellers, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham—J. Webb, E. Locke, and
A. Mills, needle manufacturers, Redditch, Worcestershire.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
WILLIAM GRAY, spirit merchant, Ayr, June 21 and
July 12, at twelve, at the Crown Inn, Ayr.
JAMES PATRICK DUGGAN, agent, Glasgow, June
18 and July 9, at one, at the Chambers of D. and 3. Wilkie,
Glasgow..
ROBERT BROUGH, merchant, Dundee, June 21 and
July 12, at one, at the British Hotel, Dundee.
J OHN WILSON, Esq., advocate, Edinburgh, June 25 and
July 14, at two, at the Old Signet Hall, Edinburgh.
JOHN SCOTT, merchant, Buckholmside. June 19 and
July 10, at twelve, at. the Bridge Inn, Galashiels.
GREER and STEELE, manufacturers, Paisley, June 21,
at one, at the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley.
WILLIAM MOCIIRIE, calenderman, Glasgow, June 25,
at two, at the Chambers of Campbell and Tennent, Glasgow.
WILLIAM CORBET, haberdasher, Glasgow, June 23, at
one, at the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow.
JOHN JARDINE, grocer, Edinburgh, June 25, at three
at Stevenson's Rooms, Old Signet-hall, Edinburgh.

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the Returns made in the week ending June 15, 18.41, is
375. 81. per hundred weight, exclusive of the duties of cus-
toms paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into
Great 13ritain.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.

CHRONICLE.—In the ensuing elections the constitu-
encies will not only have to decide for or against the Minis-
terial policy of increased revenue without new taxation, and
of the abolition of monopoly, but they will also have to
decide between the Sovereign and the Peel-majority of one
in the present Parliament. On the point of confidence
or no confidence in the anti-monopoly Ministry, her
Majesty and the Tory majority are at issue. Her Majesty's
confidence in her official advisers is undiniini•hed. This is
evinced by the fact of her dissolving the Parliament on their
advice. It is the strongest testimony that royalty can give the
public. There would have been nothing exceptionable or un-
constitutional in the dismissal of Ministers after the late vote
against them and their policy. Indeed, hail the Sovereign
coincided with the majority of one, Ministers ought to
have been dismissed. Her Majesty does no such
thing. She appeals to the people. Every loyal subject is in-
vited to aid in the resue of -his Queen from having Ministers
forced upon her who are not ent►tled to her preference, nor
posse,sed of her confidence. Had they been so, the dissolu-
tion would have been rendered wholly unnecessary ; or, at any
rate, would have been postponed until after their investment
with the powers of office. 'rhe election is a Royal appeal to
the people. It is her Majesty's protest against a Tory and Mo-
nopoly Government. With the spirit in which such a Govern-
ment, should it ever he formed, must needs be conducted, the
Queen has already had one quarrel ; and a most honourable
one for her frankness of nature, perspicacity of intellect, and in-
genousness of character. We refer to her Majesty's relusal,
two years ago, to be degraded into Sir Robert Peel's agent for
the daily assertion of a practical falsehood. Her moral being
recoiled, on that occasion, from deluding the people by a
show of confidence in the appointments of the hou'ehold,
which she did not feel ; and which, not feeling, it would have
been disingenuous so to express and affect. Whether that
public hypocrisy, so congenial with Peel policy, though so
abhorrent to a sincere nature, is to be forced upon her now,
the public have to decide ; and they will decide it, by the sort
of candidates whom they return to the next Parliament. But
this is only a portion of the great question. The Queen's
confidence is plainly, by the fact of the impending dissolution,
with the anti-monopolists. The people's cause is her cause.
Her name is in a happier combination than often happens to
royal names in popular struggles. It is, the Queen and no
monopoly ; the Queen and no fresh taxes ; the Queen and
cheap bread ; the Queen and free trade.... As in the earlier
periods of our history, as in the contests of the Plantagenets,
the Sovereign and the people have now a common cause against
an insolent and rapacious oligarchy, that would trample upon
both.

TIMES.—The crude, precipitate, and blundering measures
which Ministers have been attempting during the last fortnight
to palm upon the country as of sufficient urgency and import-
ance to justify a postponement of the promised dissolution of
Parliament, are now ander process of dis,ection in the House
of Lords. It is the usual office of that assembly to bring Whig
legislation to the test of constitutional knowledge and common
sense ; and from the discharge of that duty it is not likely to be
shaken by any indecent importunity. On Thursday the
"Bribery at Elections Bill," which, as our readers will remem-
ber, was forced by Lord John Russell through the House of
Commons, after Sir Robert Peel had left the House upon the
assurance that it should • not be proceeded with, was
most felicitously exposed, and torn to shreds and tatters by
Lord Brougham. The only part of it which Lord Normanby
could succeed in rescuing from the fate justly due to so singular
a specimen of charlatanism and imposture, was the last clause,
the object of which, (being merely to direct Election Com-
mittees how to receive evidence and frame their reports in
cases of alleged bribery), might have been quite as effectually
secured by a simple resolution of the House of Commons as by
an Act of Parliament. On the same evening Lord Abinger
and Lord Wicklow rebuked "the manifest impropriety of send-
ing up to that House the Punishment of Death BiJ, a mea-
sure requiring the most deliberate consideration, within two
days of the end of the Session ;" and the Peers of Great
Britain resolved, with dignified calmness, not to stiffer them•
selves to be betrayed into any hasty decision of so serious a
question as whether rare should continue to be punished as a
capital offence. While this measure was under discussion,
certain expressions are reported to have beet, used by Lord
Denman, which we think it is our duly to notice, if only for
the s ike of declaring our conviction that such language 'can-
not possibly have fallen from the Chief Justice of Eng-
land without some material qualification which does not
appear. What the Noble and Learned Lord is reported to
have said is this —that " he approved of the alteration of
the law, because he did not like that such cases should
come before a Jury, as they now did, in the alternative. Do
3,00 clictsc to commit perjury, or to commit what. you be-
lieve to be murder? Juries now felt horror at the id a of
depriving individuals, however guilty, of life." That senti-
ments so atrocious, sophistry so pernicious, and immorality
so shameless, should have been spoken of by the Lord Chief
'Justice, as commonly influencing English Juries, without so
much as a protest against their wickedness, and that the
prevalence of such sentiments should have been recognised in
such a quarter as a sufficient Legislative ground for lowering
the standard of punishments, is more than we are capable of
believing.
HERALD.—Lord John Russell commences his canvass for
the representation of the City of London ureter n
favourable auspices. A discarded servant " going after a ply
i
—with an introduction in his hand, which turns out to) bee ea
strong certificate of his past misconduct under the hand of an
indignant master, would cot, we may surmise, a
billet
which sorry figure
1 when informed of the contents of the
he had de-
livered into the hands of the individual whtim he had ea,i
ly
I expressed his anxiety to serve. We doubt whether the lgo'b
le
Lord feels himself under a mw:h moreaz receiving
surprise at the
significant proofs which he is every da
of the con-
• struction that the citizens of London put upon those eminent
testimonials to character, as an eligible for their
scrva: t
"situation," which be has been rash enough to deliver,
' 0,-ens to the livery, in hiS memorable eXeSC of those