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lIARLIAMEN TAR Y DIVISIONS.

the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.

FRIDAY, JULY 31.
It STOCKPORT IMPROVEMENT (No. 2) BILL.
I,t_illner)°r:t larch 26) from Select Committee on Petitions for Private
r re' ; Motion made, and Question put, " That leave be gives
uoreu,, in a Bill for the better regulation and improvement of the
"of StockpGrt." The House divided :
MINORITY—AYES, 32.
Bar eil„
Sort `,, David Forster, Mathew Strutt, Edward
ho ilwick p Gibson, T. M. Thornely, Thomas
lir'xilig, f)r." Ilastie, A. Tufnell, Henry
11, ght, John
„ lig ,-, Hawes, B. Villiers, Charles
i,olth, s.. S. llill, Lord Marcus Wall, C. B.
Cra'oke, Sir T. Nutt, William Wilshere, W.
b Wford W. s
en,, . S. Mostyn, E. M. L. Wrightson, W. B.
uitg:.°44l-rt, J. O'Connell, Daniel
N,r, , ,
0ti0.., 5 Gorge Philips, Mark TELLEWL
t,''''rao,7l,Admir al Ricardo, J. L. Marsland, Henry
`4(g.,..' Mr De Lacy Shell, R. L. Brotherton, Joseph
'. William Stanley, W. 0.

kiix , MAJORITY—NOES, 40.
Arku;.• I'. Gore, W. 0. Repton, G. W.
Illagetr,lE:',l't, George Ilatton, Captain Sheridan, R. B.
hailpv "Plrintri Hay, Sir A. Smith, Vernon
.4r4" "(lel dr Ilayter W. G. Somerset, Lord 0,
1114011 r d, Ed ward G. Henley, J. W. Spooner, Richard
tiro .4,llrne . d I
Ittaivilie, m.,,, .I. Horsman, E. Wakley, T.
Hume, Joseph Wawn, J T.
=nippy VP.
Inglis, Sir R. White, Samuel
bou Ps, w.
James, William Wodehouse, E.
tiplPB, Sir C. Wood, Colonel T.
tt,ottesli,ile
~.
H. 3311aasethkinnoann, W.
1'44 t' Ilicil;ani'ir Miles, P. W. S. TELLEES.
l'orb'''' 11 ear: 7. Osborne, Ralph Duncombe, Thomas
04,.,!,, Wiz Plumridge, Captain Estcourt, T. (I.
-',er, J. D.
Reid, Colonel

ILFRACOMBE.
f
1,4 a he OiIONV ing petition has been extensively signed (up-
Arst ,of 700) in this spirited and liberal town, which is the
Le ktnat we have seen) to set an example that deserves to
,reoxtensivel y followed:—
, Tits Iv-MOM:AISLE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN PAR-
LIAMENT ASSEMBLED.
tc; The Petition of the undersigned inhabitants of the
rcHigh an d parish of Ilfracombe, Devon,
" Hr His mbly showed:,
That IA ing deeply convinced of the importance to this
rat empir e of the army and navy, for its peace, order, and
rbtection •9 and that whatever lowers the self-esteem or alie-
7Aes the p. itriotism of the soldier or sailor, tends to weaken
,„,%11r defenc. 3 and peril our safety, your petitioners are
Zqicted to 1 ram that the barbarous practice of flogging is still
'4intained as a mode of punishment.
Tour p etitioners, moreover, being deeply convinced that
tobPde of mnishmeut so unmanly, savage, and unchristian,
1611sultin[ ; to our common humanity, and so alien to our re-
ar and mr age, may exasperate and degrade, but never
tkerld the offenders,
D humbly beseech your Honourable
,Pse to ix move the raconic stain from the British name.
yo ur petitioners will ever pray," &c.—North Devon

Apt -11 --Tt:PtI4AND OF TROOPS FOR, IRELAND.—The
I,th I it4,goe a Guards, now stationed at It anchester, and the
ragoo "
n. now stationed at Norwich, under
.orders
not te 'ado tion at Liverpool by steam-vessel to Dublin, are
el)„r t eed thither, the order for embarkation having
:te rman(led.
Nest Cr- A BSURDITY.—It will readily be admitted by
could iel4dlrs.thatAhe following scene of ht uamnoroabsurdity
Irish court of
tetty aredy have :occurred in any bu
thelv :4glb.ms because no other country would be at all
present plaintiff
'errle"b° l")eaess such a character as the
1` ettx Sessions, July 23.—A Matrimonial Ambassador.
4iierZtl. 'Sullivan, a man whose appearance indicated con-
Sqrn '• Intelligence, summoned a man named Pat Trite for
the lee 17s 6d„ for work executed. The bench inquired of
tkiliv,44tiff when and how he had_ ea_ rn..iedd
my
ye money?
business,
41t1b, 411---Last Shrovetide and well 1.
a-4it'ugh that epalpeen has failed to fulfil his contract ; but
b9has a fe.w more such cattle en his hands, and may
eY won't find a ready market. Bench—What are you?
your
lio`fig cattle do you allude to ? Sullivan—Why, please
d lau h-
ter '3'4V am a-a, matrimonial ambassador."—(Los g.
e-
Rcrjilti lieneli--Perhaps you would favour us
.with aced_
(Laep,°, ef the duties appertaining to this high Dffi
4re '""r.) Sullivan—Why, please your honour, I. obtainas
a-6Vectable livelihood by match-making, and time
elehin'aietas profitable.—(Laughter.) I engaged withe was
to eo a husband for his Cathine ,
t 043 more of thecure me mat ho. The cattle Idaughter was speaking of
ra,l° honey/ rs, was the other unmarried daughters I was
o .ttr
Well now ; proceeding on rny embassy to W. Wsll,
oftelasaaugl ita, by dint of argument, backed by the smiles
theyei,l'dY rself, I succeeded in making the
.match, and
6,1%. ere aanaiel On closing the bargain, Tuite gave me
111teefe„_; he had promised me tne pound if I succeeded;
toe 1, ''',acca,rding to Cackee,he o ;cos me( they te . )
t a eocu dammed to the " ambassador" thawere
orlia,twar,4 „f
any law to authorise them to order the ayment
pcci,`"ou, but advised him to make a surer bargain in future,
liak,:-“'ting his fee before the marriage contract was entered
43ent;'.. Sulli-van seemed thunderstruck, says the Ca,low
e°lllitre at this announcement ! From the laws of his
he which were said to be the perfection of all wisdom,
and ';ll'...pacted an immediate decision in his favour; truth,
Ire ",c'e, and fair dealing being manifestly on his side.
shoul,f'd on his heel, declaring that. in future, the money
(1/ItiZ_Dt paid down before he undertook to perform the
froe;°:illnertaining to a matrimonial embassage; and retired
ttcjiy4"lrt indignant at the scurvy treatment hehad

THE MAGAZINES.
BLACK WOOD.

Honour to old Maga ! Honour to Christopher North!
Notwithstanding all the wit, wisdom, drollery, senti-
Mont, " peptic precept,, and dietetic instruction "
lavished upon their readers during three hundred and

sixty-ninenumbers of the former, under the supervision
of the latter, the wit,is not less piquant, the wisdom less
mellow, the drollery more resistible, the peptic precepts
less digestible, or t :e dietetic instruction less palatable,
as the pages of the old Edinburgh magazine accumulate
in hulk. Blackwood for August, 1346, is scarcely in-
ferior in intrinsic merit or extrinsic attraction to any
preceding number. We are not, unquestionably, treated
with a revival of the "Noctes Ambrosianm"—•as Glorious
Nights as the famous One Thousand and One. We miss
the crutchet-stick of Christopher, the familiar patois of
O'Doherty, and the interjectional pithiness of Tickler.
•' Ten Thousand a Yesr " tells us no longer of the

machinations of Oily Gammon, or of the 'gentle and

beautiful Kate Aubrey. Jerrold no longer presents us
with the "Peregrinations of the Man of Wax, or of any

other specimen of the genus holm. Sir Frizzle Pumpkiii
hath no more Adventures, and the lyre of B. Simmons
is silent. Yet. despite all these deficiencies of our old
favourites, Blackwood is Blackwood still ; and from
the perusal of this present number, we cannot think
any one can rise without haying derived both
information and amusement. What we welcome so
heartily in this number for August is the purpose which
is traceable in almost every individual article. Generous
principles are inculcate l—principles both mornland utili
tarian, and we are the more rejoiced at this circum-
stance because of the frivolity which has been latterly
the most striking characteristic of so many periodicals.
Maga is not, this month, without his political article ;
and, bearing in mind the extraordinary measures of
commercial reform, which have s ) recently been
carried through Parliament, the singular vieissi
Ludes which have in consequence befallen the dif-
ferent legislative parties, and more especially the
"strong party" of Conservatism, advisedly so called.
we turned with peculiar interest to the lucubrations of
old Ebony. Our curiosity was excited by the mere
heading of the essay, a suggestive one under present
circumstances—" The Late and the Present Ministry."
That we can have but little sympathy with the views
entertained by Blackwood with reference to the most
advisable movements of the legislature, we presume, our
readers—we readily comprzlend, and fancy that Chris-
topher himself, could not scruple to admit. Our opinion
upon this point cannot therefore be tinged with any-
thing approaching to partiality. Yet we are so eminently
satisfied with the pervading tune of the political article
before us that we commend it most seriously to the atten-
irn of all sticklers for protection. Although the writer
thinks infinitely wrong, to our mind, as to the probability
of the Russell administration, and mistakes the prudent
and circumspect phrases of the Premier for hesitation and
premeditated obscurity, we admire the spirit of the
strictures upon the illustrious statesman who so re-
cently and so gloriously retired from the office of
First Lord of the Treasury. There is none of that
vulgar acerbity in Blackwood which has lately been in-
dulged in so lavishly ; there is no gratuitous abuse or
supplementary sarcasm—yet Blackwood is not one jot
less devoted to the cause of protection then my Lord
George Bentinek himself. When we find so much earnest-

ness and so much gentlemanly toleration linked together,
wo are compelled to attribute the leaning towards
the protective system to a conscientious conviction.
Though, at the same time, be it obsorved, we are at a

loss to comprehend the adhercnce of such talents to
such an exploded system. Thus spcaketh Blackwood:—
We cannot join with the more violent of the protec-

tionists in their virulent denunciations of Sir Robert
Peel." Again: "as the financial reformer of the whole
national system, .he (Sir Robert). may, though at heavy
risk, .become a public benefactor." Again, say we, ho-
nour to Maga I Such language is most graceful after
the coarse and revengeful epithets cast by others upon
that same extraordinary statesman. Time, we feel sa
tisfied, will ,alter the writer's preconceptions as to the

intended policy of the new cabinet ; and he possesses so
much fairness that ho will not then shrink from con-
fessing his misapprehensions of Lord John Russell.
"The Array," is a courageous and stirring appeal in be-
half of a very noble and a very neglected class—the
soldiery. Recent occurrences have tended to display the
lamentable state of mismanagement into which the cor-
respondents of the Horse Guards have fallen, or rather
in what a degraded condition they are allowed to con-
tinue. We have ourselves represented the brutality,
and indecency, and immorality, and impolicy of that ex-
ecrable system of military flogging which only a few
days ago deprived a fellow creature of life at Hounslow,
and deprived him of life moreover, through supertluous
c:uelty, hurrying him to a premature death in the most
excruciating agony. A system that permits such exhi-
bitions of barbarity is one which calls very loudly
for reform ; and calls for a reform, moreover,
of the most comprehensive character. Black-
wood recommends the substitution of rewards
.for
punishments ; rewards to lure good to conduct, not
punishments to awe into subordination ; ribbons to ex-
cite a wholesome spirit of emulation, not scourges to
goad into drunkenness and to debase. The writer re-
commends likewise a material alteration in the plan of
enlistment ; condeming on very adequate grounds the
enlistment for life, and proposing in its place an enlist-
ment for a limited period ; namely—for seven or five
years. He observes, " Let the lash, at once and totally
disappear ; replace torture by instruction, hold out ju-
dicious rewards instead of disgraceful punishment • ap-
peal to the sense of honour of the man, instead of the
sense of pain of the brute." We cordially coincide in
these very admirable views; we would gladly know our
soldiery to be properly educated, properly stimulated to
exertion by medals or other recompenses, properly
allowed an opportunity of rising in their profession, and
that not merely to the post of non-commissioned officers,
hut to the, highest and noblest ranks.. Surely,there
would beno degradatiOn to the service in such an ar
rangement; premising that the privates of each regiMent
were prepared by tuition. Surely, Ney, Massena, and
Murat, and Junot, were no discredit to the Gallic
legions ! Surely the father of Lady Peel was no dis-
grace to the mess-rooms of the British army ! Were
such a system as this introduced our soldiers would be
morally and socially elevated ; they would be enabled,
like the veterans of Napoleon, to beautify their native
country during the continuance of peace, as well as to
defend it during the period of war • their leisure hours
would not, as now, be irksome and wearisome ; they
would no longer be the drones of the national hive, but
would tend to the improvement as well as to the glory
of the empi: e. Blackwood has come forward nobly
for the vindication of these enlightened principles ;
and if its fellow labourers of the press join
in the like spirit of independence and benevolence, the
boon will be achieved, and our army will be most ma-
terially benefited. Well may the writer repeat that
excellent old adage, " Kis est ab poste doceri 1" The
military syst, m pursued on the continent is not wholly
unworthy of imitation. Another admirable article is
intitled, " Mesmeric Mountebanks." It is a delicious
bit of irony : overwhelming the followers of Mesmer
by an adroit and capital satire. " Moriamur pro Rcge
Nostro," is likewise a delightful and enthralling story.
It reminds one of the best fictions which have appeared
in this magazine. The characters are cleverly grouped,
the incidents vividly coloured, and the plot ingeniously
constructed. Although we are by no means inclined to
agree with the writer of the paper on the " Romantic

Drama," in his admiration fo'r 'the old unities, we must
nevertheless confess that his arguments in favour of a
revival of those unities, as a means of reviving a love for
dramatic entertainments, are singularly striking, and
deserve a trial. "My College Friends," is the fourth
continuation of an agreeable series, and one which
promises an unlimited source of entertainment. The
article suggested by Dr. Tschudi's " Peru," and the re-
view of M. Soyer's " Gastronomic Regenerator," are
conceived in admirable spirit. They revive our re-
membrance of the pungent criticisms indulged in of yore
by Maga, while they improve both our taste for litera-
ture and dietetics. With an assortment of papers thus
varied, sparkling, and serious, Blackwood cannot fail to
increase its popularity, and to perpetuate its supremacy.