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London, England, 1834-03-27 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARCH 26.

The Sr&Aces took the chair at ten minutes past five
o'clock,
Mr. Preston brought up certain papers from the East
ludio House.
Mr. HUGHES HUGHES presented a petition, under
`the common seal of the company of proprietors of the
Lambeth water works, complaining of the South London
water works, praying that the bill might not pass_ during
the present session, and that they might be heard against
certain clauses in it.
The house was summoned to attend the Lords, to hear
the royal assent given to various- bills.
Mr. J. SMITH presented petitions from Dissenters of
Aylesbury, Stony Stratford, North Crawley, Buckingham.
and various other parts in Buckingloamshire,complaining;of
grievances, and praying for redress. They were oppressed
in four or five different ways. They complained that they
had not a mode of Registry of births, deaths, and mar-
riages; that they were not permitted to send their
children to the Universities, and of what they c died
the alliance of the church and state. He had no difficulty
in saying in his place in that house that the church had
been injured by its alliance with the state; but he could
not support any measure that would have for its effect a dis•
severance of that alliance in existing circumstances. Public
opinion, all powerful, would, doubtless, before many years
passed away, remedy the grievance.
The Hoy. Mamma presented another petition from
another parish in the county of Buckingham, relative to
the poor laws, and praying that they might be revised, as
they effected that part of the country. He fully • con •
curred in the prayer. Allusion was made in the
petition to certain magistrates, of the facts of which he
knew nothing, but he believed the magistrate principally
hinted at was one of the most honourable and able magis-
trates of the county of Buckingham.
Mr. TANCRED presented a petition from the members
of the Royal College of Surgeons in Banbury, c }mplaining
of the state of the medical law, and praying for an altera
tion to he made in it. The hon. member presented a
petition from the dissenters of Banbury, praying that they
might be relieved from their grievances.
Mr. WILKS gave notice, that on an early day he
should move for leave to bring in a bill relative to friendly
societies.
The HON. Maxima gave notice that he would take an
early opportunity of presenting 12 petitions from dis-
senters in Wales, explanatory of the grievances under
which they laboured, and praying for relief, upon which
he would take an opportunity of discussing the question.
The Hos. MEMIER, presented two petitions from the
dissenters of Boston, and one from the independent dis-
senters and primitive methodists of the same place, I,r the
redress of their grievances. He had also a petition from
tie dissenters of the inhabitants of Burnham, in the
county of Backs, of Chipping Norton, in the county of
Oxford, of Zion chapel, Dartford, in the county of Kent,
of Swanige, in the county of Dorset, of Waltham Abbey,
Essex, of Wilton, Wilts, and of Hythe, in the county of
Kent, to the same effect.
Mr. V. SMITH presented two petitions front congre-
gations of Protestant Dissenters at Northallerton, praying
for relief.
Mr. LABOUCHERE presented a petition from the
inhabitants of Taunton against the practice of employing
children to sweep chimneys.
Mr. CRAWLEY presented a petition from certain
Dissenters of the town of Bedford, praying for redress of

grievances.
Mr. G. W. WOOD presented three similar pe-
titions : one of them from a Dissenting congregation
at Bury (Lancashire), and the other two from Warring-
ton in the same county. He also presented a petition
from the hand loom-weavers of Chowbent, in that county,
for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into
the practicability of having a board of trade to regulate
the price of wages.
Sir. 0. MOSLEY presented a petition from the
bailiffs and other inhabitants of Burton-on-Trent in the
coon y of Stafford, praying for ecclesiastical reform. The
petitioners stated they were sensible of the necessity of
supporting the church of England, and they deprecated the
diversion of the property of that church to any other
object, than for the support of the church and its mini-
sters, for which purpose they were of opinion that
property was not more than sufficient. The lion.
member also presented a petition from Totness (as tsar
understood), signed by 600 farmers, praying that the tolls
payable on lime used for the cultivation of the land might
be taken off.
THE SOUTHAMPTON AND LONDON RAILWAY.
Mr. Alderman WOOD moved for a return of all sums
received by the customs at Southampton for the last five
years, specifying the amount of each, the names of the
officers employed there, hc.
Mr. S. RICE, in alluding to the time and expense
of producing such returns, unless it was intended to in-
troduce some measure upon them, wished to know from
thehon.rnernber what aim. his objection making the motion
Mr. Alderman WOOD said the house was aware that
a committee was sitting upon the Southampton Rsilway
Bill, and it was solely in order to obtain information
as to the quantity of business done at that port
that be wished to have the returns.—(Hear, hear.)
Hilltettghtlffatltison was a very strong one.—(Hear.)
,' <lSar.--B.,,lTlCErtniia that was precisely what he wanted
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(.1../tEkeiwt.) He did itot„:eppose the motion.
/ -:. The returns werelbo ordered. . .
..:1 11.4. TOLLEMACHpresented a petition f min the dis-
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eentere of Grimetone, praying to be relieved fron* th
rievances under which they laboured.
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POOR LAWS.
Sir J. GRAHAM, on the part of Lord Althorp, save
notice, that on Thursday, the 17th of April, he (Lord
Althorp) would introthace a bill to alter and amend the
poor laws.
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Mr. STANLEY presented a petition from Bolton in
Cheshire, praying that some measiire might be introduced
for the betterlobservaiice of the S.dibath. Thehon. member
presented a petition from the dissenters of the same place,
praying to be relieved from their grievances.
Lord G. BENTINCK presented a petition from the
dissenters of King's Lynn, praying to be relieved from
their grievances. The petitioners stated that they had
not the slightest desire to partfaipate in church property.
Mr. O'CONNELL presented two petitions—one from
the butcher', and another from the operative hatters; of
Dublin, praying for a repeal of the Legislative Union,
The HoN. and LEARNED MEAGER presented petitions
from the pari,hes of Boher, Kilraore, Kenturk, and
Caste Islani, praying for the total abolition of tithes.
TEA DUTIES.

Mr. O'CONNELL also presented a petition from the
Vice-President of the Chamber of Commerce in Dublin,
complaining of the tea duties, and praying that the clause
relating to the valuation of tens should be referred to a
committee.

KINGSTOWN RAILWAY.
Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from the
corporation of joiners, of Dublin, praying that the
house would take measures for the construction of a rail-
way from Dublin to Kingstown.
RUSSIA AND TURKEY.
Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from Newcas-
tle-upon-Tyne, complaining of the designs of Russia, and
praying that the house would take measures to prevent
the subjugation of the Turkish provinces by Russia.
The LORD ADVOCATE moved for certain returns
connected with the Court of Session in Scotland, which
were ordered.
Mr. HALCO%IB said he had some information to
convey to the house, which he thought would be important.
It would be recollected he asked the hon. and gallant member
who was chairman of the Warwickshire election com.
mines., who drew up the report of that committee, and
that the honourable and gallant member, in the
course of his reply, had told him that he was
as ignorant upon that as be was upon all other subjects.—
(Laughter.) Certainly after such an observation he was
not disposed to earry on his inquiries in that way, and
therefore he went up stairs and searched the records,
among which be found a draft of the report, drawn up
partly in the hand- writing of a law stationer.—
(Hear, hear.) He then proceeded to a law-stationer's
shop) and asked him if he knew any thing of the report of
the Warwickshire Election Committee.—(Cries of Oh,
oh, oh.") The law-stationer replied, "Do you mean
the report of Mr. Joseph Parkes, the solicitor ?" He
answered in the affirmative, although be did not
know who Mr. Joseph Parkes was, and on further
inquiry he found that four copies were charged to Mr.
P.rkes, and paid for by him. He should say nothing
upon it, but merely content himself with stating the fact ;
it did, however, show the animus with which the report
was drawn up, and, therefore, the great impropriety
of trusting any person but a member of the committee
to draw up the report, especially an agent of the borough,
because there was a clause in that report reflecting upon
the Earl of Warwick, which had been negatived by the
committee.
Mr. ROBINSON rose to order, and wished to know
if there was any motion before the house.—( Hear.)
The SPEAKER said certainly there was no motion
before the house, although it might indeed be proper for
an hon. member to inquire how a report was drawn up ;
at the same time the house always felt its security in the
responsibility of the committee.
Mr HALCOMB should be sorry if he had given the
house any unnecessary trouble ; but as he felt it his duty
to introduce the matter before it, he should not flinch from
that duty. The committee was not like any other
election committee, at which members were com-
pelled to attend day after day._(Hear, bear.) It was
necessary that a report which was drawn up, containing
a mass of evidence, should be found worthy of the con-
fidence of the house. He (Mr. H.) was made the in-
strument of an attack upon Mr. Joseph Parkes. Me
was anxious to hear whatever explanation the gallant
officer as chairman could give. The hon. member then
proceeded to read a motion " That an inquiry should be
made by a committee or otherwise—(Loud laughter)—
to ascertain who was the agent of the petitioner." (Con-
siderable confusion prevailed during the last sentence.
We cannot vouch for its accuracy.)
The SPEAKER put the question whether there was any
hon. member to second the motion, but no one was found
to do so; upon which loud and continued laughter ensued
fur some moments.
Colonel WOOD moved for certain returns, showing the
calculations that had been made for the commutation of
tithes in the different parishes in England and Wales.
Lord HOWICK brought up various returns from the
Home Secretary's Office.
Mr. SPRING RICE moved for a copy of Mr. Tel-
ford's report rel rtiee to the supply of pure water to the
metropolis ; also returns relative to the amount of moneys
lodged in the Exchequer ; and a return of the amount of
the different kinds of grain entered for home consumption,
with the average price in each quarter.
HIGHWAYS BILL.

The order of the day for the second reading of the
Highways Bill having been read,
Mr. LEWIS rose and said that he did not intend

to oppose the second reading of the bill, but he wished
to know whether it was the intention of the
right honourable secretary to press that bill during
the present session, becau-e, if so, he hoped that some
means would be adopted of drawing the attention of
the house to the provisions of that bill, which were in
many respects objectionable, and would make a total
change in tie laws relating to highways.
Mr. S. LEFEVRE said that the principle had been
tried in many parishes in England, and found efficient.
He believed the bill would he a great relief to the agricul-
tural interest.
The bill was then read a second time.
FELONS' PROPERTY BILL.
Mr. ROTCH said, in moving the second reading of
the Felons' Property Bill, it would not be necessary for
him to enter into :soy lengthened discussion on that occasion,
but as observations had been made on the other side which
were of considerable weight, he felt it his duty to make
some answer to those observations. It was observed, and
very truly, that by returns presented to that house, the
property of felons was as well disposed of by the
present system as was necessary.—(Hear, hear, hear.)
The returns already before the house showed that the
money was paid over, resulting from the properties of
felons, into time hands of the sheriffs of the counties.
The whole sum paid to them for the last ten
years was 3,1921. ; out of that 2,5331. came from
one individual ; so that, in the course of eight
years, the whole sum accounted for by the she-
riffs only amounted to about 6001., whereas
it must be evident to all who knew anything about
the proceedings at the criminal sessions, that scarcely a
day passed, on which there was not some property
passed into some hands or other, which had belonged to
felons, and who, therefore, either did not know what to do
with it, or who misapplied it. In the great city of Lin-
coln for the space of ten years the sheriffs had actually
only accounted for 7s. 3d. In nine years not a farthing
had been accounted for in the city of York. In Wilts and
Worcestershire in 10 years only five shillings had been
accounted for. Were not these facts sufficient to show
the necessity of such a bill as this ? and yet the
hon. member on the other side of the house relied on those
very returns as a proof of the non necessity for the bill.
He did not mean to say that property of this kind was
improperly dealt with by Government, but the object of
his Bill was to prevent officets and constables from having
any control over it. The bill had another important
object. When it was so much the fashion to preach
against county rates he thought that a person found guilty
of felony, who had 1,000/. in his pocket, ought to be
obliged to pay the expenses of the prosecution, and in
that way relieve the county in which he was convicted to
that amount. There was a great anomaly in the law
upon this subject. The owner of a landed estate con-
victed of felony could leave his estate to his child, whereas
the man whose wealth consisted of a different species of
property, take Mr. Rothschild, for instance, if convicted
of felony, would lose all his money, and his child be left a
pauper. He should be willing to adopt any suggestion

which was likely to improve his bill. He would leave
the bill in the hands of the house, trusting that they

would allow it to be read a second time.

Mr. ROEBUCK was adverse to the bill going into
committee. It was a piece.tneal measure ; and he thought
when there was a commission sitting on the criminal law,
it would be better to suspend further proceedings in it till
they had carefully perused the report of the gentlemen who

were such competent judges on this important subject.
But he objected to this bill chiefly because it inflicted an

unequal punishment—falling lightly on some, and heavily

on others.

Mr. O'CONNELL hoped his hon. and learned friend
(Mr. Roebuck) would allow the bill to go into committee,
on the ground that the present law caused a great differ-

ence in the apportionment of punishment. In every othe
country, a felon's property went to pay the expenses of his
?wn prosecution ; but under our system, the innocent
inhabitanTs of the county, in having to pay the costs of
conviction, and of the. keep of the criminal, were punished
to a great degree—indeed, generally speaking, in.re than
the person robbed.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. HARDY wished the bill to go into committee for
the reasons stated by the last speaker.
Mr. CHARLES WYNN was of opinion that the bill
required great consideration. In the case of felons, when
property was found on them which bad been acquired by
robbery, be considered it should form a fund, out of which
those who had been plundered ought to lie reimbursed in
ratio to the amount of the property abstracted.
Sir SAMUEL WHALLEY would place the property of
felons in the same condition as the assets of bankrupts, and
entirely abolish the pretence and principle of forfeiture.
Mr. AGLIONBY fully agreed with hon. members
that the bill should be allowed to go before a committee,
but he was decidedly opposed to the proposition of the
hon. member for Maryl,bone, fur placing felons' and
.bankrupts' property upon the same footing, inasmuch as
it woull be an inducement for prosecutors to pros evi-
dence in order to secure a conviction.
Mr. HUGHES HUGHES considered the bill should
be referred to a select committee up stairs.
Mr. HALCOMB spoke to the general question, and
was for considering the case of prisoners after their period
of punishment had expired. He felt they were better
entitled to what property was left than their next of kin.
Mr. EWART hoped the Government would not de.
lay in themselves giving the fullest consideration to the
subject.
The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to
be committed on the 16th of April.
BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS BILL.

The house then went into a committee on the Bribery
at Elections Bill, and the report was ordered to be brought
up on Monday the 14th April.
ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE.

Sir J. GRAHAM said, that before going into the
orders of the day, he would beg leave to move that the
house, on its rising, do stand adjourned to Monday the
14th of April.—Carried.
HERTFORD BOROUGH BILL.

Mr. BERNAL moved that the amendments of the
Hertford Borough Bill be then read, with the view of
further considering the bill on Wednesday, the 16th of
April.

Mr. TENNYSON feared the landed interest in the
vicinity would influence and absorb constituencies similar
to those in Hertford.
Mr. BERNAL would reserve any observations he had
to make till the next discussion of the questian.
The amendments were then agreed to, and the bill or-
dered to be engrossed and read a third time on the 16th
of April.
The Hemp and Flax Bounties Bill was read a second
time, and ordered to he committed on the 14th of April.
EXCHEQUER OF RECEIPT BILL.

Mr. GROTE regretted that in this bill a clause was
not introduced prohibitory of the practice of discontinu•
ing the banking business of the Exchequer two hours
before the ordinary period when the banks closed.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM said, the reason why such a
clause was not introduced, was in consequence of the very
onerous duties to be performed, which demanded the
hours which the hon. member wculd desire to have dif
ferently appropriated. Nothing could exceed the diligence
of the clerks, and be trusted the bill would be allowed to
pass in its present form.
The bill was then read a third time and passed.
Mr. EWART moved for returns relating to the official
document entitled the Customs' Bill of Entry.—Carried.
ABOLITION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN
CASES OF LETTER STEALING, &c.
Mr. EWART, in rising to make bis promised motion
for abolishing capital punishment in cases of letter stealing,
&c., went into details respecting the number of convic-
tions and executions within the last few years, and con•
tended that by official returns, it was clearly manifest that
a diminution of capital punishment had nut been followed
by an increase of crime. He concluded by moving for
leave to bring in a bill fur abolishing capital punishment
in cases of letter stealing and returning from transporta-
tion ; and in certain cases of burglary.
Mr. AGLIONBY seconded the motion.

Lord HOWICK felt unwilling to oppose a motion like
the present, but hoped that the hon. member for Liver-
pool, when he considered the circumstances under which
his motion was brought forward, would consent to with.
draw it for the present. The hon. member had himself
adverted to the fact, that the state of our criminal laws
was at present under the consideration of commissioners
appointed for that purpose, and he (Lord Howick) could
add, that those commissioners would, within a very short
space, be prepared to submit their report to the house.
He admitted that the crime of returning from transporta-
tion, and stealing letters, and some kinds of burglary,
ought not to be punishable with death; but the hon.
member and the country knew, that though these crimes

were, by the terms of the statutes, capital, yet, in point of
fact, criminals were never now executed for these offences.
He (Lord Howick) observe I that another hon. member
had a motion on the order book for the abolition of the
puni,hment of death for another offence, and a third hon.

member had another motion for the abolition of the pu.
nishment of death in cases of crimes different from either,

Was that the manner in which they ought to legislate on
the
_subject ? Ought they thus to take the different
offences, and legislate separately for them, or ought they
to act under a regular system, and upon principle ?
(Hear, hear.) He did not ask the hon. member to
abandon his bill altogether, or even to delay it indefinitely,
hut he asked him to delay it for a abort time, in expecta-
tion—and he (Lord Howick) thought the well-grounded
expectation—that the report of the commissioners would
soon appear.

Mr: LENNARD was surpri,ed to bear the statement
of the noble lord, that none had been executed for these
offences fur years. He (Mr. L.) believed that a person
had been executed for letter stealing within the last year.
—(Hear, hear.) It was very difficult for gentlemen
bringing forward motions on the subject of the criminal
law to know how to proceed. In former times, when Sir
J. Mackintosh and others brought down long bills on the
subject, they were told that that was wholesale legisla-
tion, that it was dangerous, and that they ought to pause
before they ventured to upset the whole system of criminal
law in the country : and now that hon. members came
with measures which liaJ reference to particular crimes,
they were told that it was improper to legislate without
reference to the whole system of the criminal code. He
hoped that the hon. member for Liverpool would perse.
vere with his bill.

Mr. RUTH YEN hoped that the noble lord would re-
consider his opposition to this bill ; for, if he did not, he
could not expect a reformed bonse to go along with him
in his opposition.
Mr. SPRING RICE denied the assertion made by the
hon. member behind him (Mr. Leonard), that the go-
v.rnment had neglected the state of the criminal law.
The question of punishment of death in cases of forgery,

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was one of those most fought for by Sir James Mackin-
tosh and all those who sought the amelioration of our
criminal code, and it was the present government who had
abolished that punishment in such cases. The hon. mem-
ber had also forgotten that the bill, abolishing the punish-
ment of death in all offences against the coin, was intro-
duced by the present Lord Chief Justice. He thought

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the government ought to get the credit of introducing
these measures.

Lord HOWICK explained. He did not mean the hon.
member to abandon his measure, but merely to post-
pone it.

Mr. PEASE thought the question, as met by the go-
vernment, was merely one of time. He himself thought
that the t unishinent of death should be abolished altogether.
Mr. PHILIP HOWARD thought the house ought to
be careful, in repealing the act which awarded the punish-
ment of death for the crime of stealing letters.
Mr. ROBINSON hoped the noble lord would not op-
pose the bringing in of the bill.

- Mr. HUGHES HUGHES was happy, for the sake of
humanity, to observe that the corporation of London,
which had formerly found it necessary to maintain two
salaried hangmen, had been able of lite to dispense with
one of them.

Mr. HARDY thought it was a disgrace to a Christian
legislature, to visit burglary, especially constructive bur-
glary, with the punishment of death. Entertaining this
conviction, he would vote for the bringing in of the bill of
his ban, friend.

Sir S. WHALLEY complained of the undue severity
of our criminal code. His impression was, that the most
advisable course for the house to pursue would be to pro•
ceed with case atter case unit' they gained greater experi-
ence in such matters.

Mr. EWART said a few words in reply.
Leave was then given to bring in the bill.
Mr. S. RICE, in the absence of Dr. LuNhington,moved
for a return of the number of fines assessed by the Leet
Jury, or respective Leet Juries acting in and for the ma-
nor of S ebenheath, otherwise Stepney, in the county of
Middlesex; the amount at which such fines were affixed,
and the amount of such fines received, and how disposed
of; and the amount in value of weights, measures, and
balances seized and taken away by such Jury, or respec-
tive Juries, and how disposed of, from 1827 to 1833,

both inclusive, distinguishing the fines, assessments, an d
amounts received and disposed oC for each year.
Agreed to.
Mr. wAttßewros moved for (as we understood)
certain returns from the overseers of the diferent perishes
in England and Wales relative to the medical treatment
provided for such parishes.
Mr. RU'I HVEN moved that Ireland be added to Eng-
land and Wales.
After a short desultory conversation, the motion was
agreed to in its original state.
GLASGOW LOTTERY.

Mr. Alderman WOOD moved that the petition of Mr.
Swift on the subject of the Glasgow lottery, be referred to
the select committee.—Agreed to.
The IIoN. IVlEstlian. then moved that Mr O'CONN ELL
and Mr. H. B. CURTEIM, be added to the GI isgow Lot-
tery Committee.
Sir R. INGLIS opposed the motion.
Mr. BISH said that the right hon. baronet the member
for Oxford, claimed to himself the merit of great libera•
lity in the line of conduct he had pursued on the occasion
of the Glasgow Lottery. He (Mr. Bish) denied that his
conduct was characterised by liberality. On the contrary,
it had been most harsh to the parties more immediately
concerned. The committee appointed to investigate the
matter was a packed committee. He would have no ob-
jections to the gentlemen constituting that committee if
they could come to the consideration of the subject with
their minds divested of all prejudice, and with a proper
knowledge of its details ; but the fact was, that they knew
nothing at all of the matter.—(Laughter.) He trusted,
however, they would, notwithstanding, teach the right
hon. baronet a lesson very different from what be expected.
He had, in the discussion the other evening on the sub-
ject, thrown some atrocious aspersions on his (Mr. Bish's)
character.—(Loud cries of " Oh, oh," and "No, no.")
The SPEAKER hoped the hon. member would not,
in the warmth of debate, forget what was due to the right
hon. baronet referred to as an individual and to the house
of which he was a member.
Mr. SINCLAIR would vote with his right lion. friend
(Sir R. Inglis) against the motion.
Sir T. FREMANTLE defended the character of the
committee already appointed.
Sir SAMUEL WHALLEY would vote for the motion.
Mr. SPRING RICE, though he might be said to be,
in one sense, personally interested in the matter—inas•
much as, if the third drawing of the Glasgow Lottery did
not take place, the revenue would be deprived of some
20,0001. or 30,0001.—would vote against the motion.
His objection was to the principle involved in the motion.
Mr. Alderman WOOD would feel it his duty to divide
the house on the question. He knew, from experience,
that the formation of committees of the house was a mere
humbug—a gross delusion of the public.
Sir J. GRAHAM had had somewhat longer experience
in the house than the hon. member, and he knew that
committees were not nominated by Ministers, but by the
house. He would oppose the motion, as he thought it
went to establish a bad precedent.
Sir R. INGLIS also opposed the motion.
The gallery was cleared for a division, but none took
place, the motion being withdrawn.
Colonel EVANS postponed his motion with reference
to the working of the Reform Bill till after Eater. '
Mr. GRO'I'E presented several petitions in favour of
the Dissenters ; one against the Islington market, and one
against hanging criminals in chains.
Sir H. VERNEY presented a petition from Bucking-
ham, complaining that a large landed proprietor of that
borough, who held not less than 5,000 acres of the 18,000
which composed the borough, bad built a number of small
houses of 101. yearly value, for the purpose of conferring
votes upon his tenants, and by the undue influence thus
obtained, swamping the borough, and making it a mere
nomination borough. The petitioners prayed that the
defect in the Reform Bill, which enabled the individual in
question to effect this, might be remedied.
Sir T. FREMANTLE was sorry that the Reform Bill
turned out so little to the tastes of those who had so loudly
raved for it. There certainly had been a few such votes
created, but the tenantcies were not new tenantcies, being
situate in one or two of the parishes which had been added
to Buckingham by the Reform Bill.
Mr. TENNYSON had always protested against that
part of the Reform Bill which added considerab e districts
to smaller towns. It was evident that the effect of such
an arrangement must be to overwhelm the towns with the
constituency of the neighbouring districts. Ira his opinion
in every case in which there c.,uld not be found in the
borough a sufficient number to form a town constituency,
the boroughs so deficient ought to have been put into
Schedule A. In the else now before the house, it ap-
peared that there were 18,000 acres in the immediate
neighbourhood of Buckingham that belonged to a noble
duke, against whom it was alleged that he had caused
certain buildings to be erected on this his property, for
the purpose of creating votes. That such advantages
would be taken might have been expected. He bad no
doubt it would be discovered that this was a practice
which had been resorted to to a very great extent through-
out the country. He might even say that the Reform
Bill, by adding the large districts to the towns, intenqed
such an increase of the constituency. What other effect
could it be said to contemplate, when, according to i s
provisions, the erection of any cow-house or other ignob

building on ptoperty of a certain value, would give the
occupi:r the tualificatioo necessary to constitute him an
elector? The effect of the bill was an increase of the con-
stituency precisely in the way described by the hon. bart.
(Sir T. Fremantle); if one individual made votes on the one
side, some other individual would make them on the other,
The Reform Bill was to his mind far from effecting all
that it ought ; and many who were its supporters com-
promised their opinions, anxious to secure a measure
from which, at all events, a great deal of good was natu-
rally expected. He, with such a view, bad, be must de-
clare, compromised his opinions with regard to the voters'
qualification, that of scot and lot appearing to him to be
the simplest, and the freest from objection. He was for-
merly opposed to the ballot; but more recent exFerience
had made a convert of him to the principle of ballot;
and be 114 d reason to believe that he was but one of many
others who had been similarly converted...—( Hear, hear.)
Mr. EL BULWER really did nut see bow the house
could possibly interfere, by way of enactment, to prevent
persons from erecting buildings upon their land.—(Hear,
hear.) The only way in which the house could coun'eract
the evil of a creation of dependent constituencies was, by
Passing a measure to establish the vote by ballot. This

was the sure method of getting rid of all the improperly
preponderating influences.—(Hear.)
Colonel EVANS admitted that the mere fact of build-
ing houses on property was what could nut be objected to;
but the building of houses for the express purpose of
creating votes was as certainly a deviation from the object
and spirit of the Reform Bill, and a revival, to that ex-
t-nt, of a species of the ancient corruption.—(Hear, hear.)
This petition he held to be a very important one. It was
the first, he dered to say, of several that would be brought
before the house on similar grounds. In many cases, the
addition of a large district, in which one or two indivi-
duals hid considerable possessions, to the town constitu-
encies, bad been attended with the most injurious conse-
quences. The borough for which he had formerly been
returned (Rye) used to be an open borough ; had it not
been, he woul,l never have been its member, for he pos-
.

sessed no influence there derived from property; but six
or seven parishes having been added to the town by the
Reform Act, it ceased to be free, as it was previous'y,
and he had, consequently, been sent to the right about.
He repeated, that the only effectual mode of counteracting
such improper influences was to apply the ballot.
The petition was then ordered to lie on the table.
TRADES' UNIONS.

Mr. HUGHES presented a petition from the city of
Oxford, praying the house to address the crown to induce
it to review the very rigorous and horrible sentence of

seven years' transportation passed recently on some agri-
cultural labourers, at the Dorchester Assizes, for having
administered illegal oaths. In presenting this petition, be
thought it was due to his constituents to state that they
bad not any political unions or trade unions in their town,
and that they had not ever held even a politic il meeting
on the subject of parliamentary reform.—(Hear, hear.)
This petition was not thought of till yesterday morning
and then the inhabitants of Oxford were informed by a
handbill of its existence, and where it was lying for sig-
nature. The signatures were received from nine o'clock in

the morning until eight o'clock in the evening; and in the
course of those eleven hours, so strong was the feeling on
the subject, 1,563 mines were appended. He must say,
that he thought he had perceived of late a great tendency
,•n the part of the judges, in sentencing prisoners for their
offences, instead of judging of the nature of the crime, and
apportioning the punishment to that, to be guided rather
by the extent to which the particular crime existed. Now,
he must say, that this appeared to him unfair.
Mr. H. BULWER said, if he had seen any member of
the government present, to whose peculiar department
such business belonged, he would have asked a question on
the subject which he did not know that he should be jus-
tified in putting to the right hon. baronet opposite, the
First Lord of the Admiralty (Sir J. Graham). What he
desired to know was whether it was the intention of his
Majesty's government that the sentence of the agricultural
labourers, convicted at Dorchester of administering un-
lawful oaths, should be mitigated ? They ought to bear
in mind that the act tinder which the prisoners were con-

victed was not passed with a view to such offences as had
on this occasion been [trough': under it. He (Mr. Bal.
wer) gave notice of a motion for leave to bring in a bill to
amend the act, it being evident that some alteration was
essentially necessary.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM did not believe it was the
intention of his Majesty's government to recomtnend the
crown to mitigate the sentence.
Mr. HARDY hoped it was not the intention of his
Majesty's government to mitigate the sentence in this in-
stance. He was not in the least surprised at this petition
emanating from Oxford, if that were true which the hon.
member who presented the petition had asserted, viz.,
that they knew nothing of trades' unions in their town.—
(Hear, hear.) If they had unfortunately possessed any
such knowledge, he felt convinced that they would not
have forwarded any such petition ; for of all the curses in
any town or district, that of trades' unions was the
worst--(Hear, hear)—and in so saying, he did not speak
as to their effect on masters in particular, but included the
poor unfortunate creatures who were compelled—he had
himself been witness of the fact—a ho were compelled by
the most foul tyranny that could be exercised, to join
unions that they were most averse to, and who were
called on to subscribe towards them sums of money, pre.
viously to themselves spending a shilling, amounting to
one•fifth part of their whole earnings. To these unions
were they obliged to pay an amount, which, if they had
been required to piy to the government, they would have
considered to be the grossest possible extortion.—(Hear,
hear.) He knew instances in which the men out of 255.
per week, pail se. per week under the compulsion of These
trades' unions, to whose put poses the money was appl'ed.
They were governed, too, by a comparatively small num-
ber—by a body of delegates, who, for the purpose of
shrouding their operations in secrecy swore the parti- s,
administering horrid oaths to them to alarm their con-
sciences,and thus prevent them from divulging the acts by
which the destructive influence was obtained. He had
lately received an application from some individuals in the
county of Durham, with whom he had not the least
connection. They inquired of him whether such and
such things could be dune consistently with the law, their
object being obviously the same as was that of the persons
who had been convicted at Dorchester, viz , to compel
those who had not joined their union willingly, to join
under compulsion. He told them that they were certainly
at liberty to Cell their labour at the highest price that
they could obtain for it, and even to associate to con-
sult as to the best means of inducing their masters to give
higher prices to themselves ; but it was obviously their
intention to act against others, and not to confine their
efforts to their own trade, but to force men connected with
other trades to act with them. The house was perhaps
not aware that these unions exis'ed not in one place alone,
but in every part of the kingdom, spreading from town
to town and from place to place, and exercising a univer-
sal influence. There was a case of the masons having
contributed to enable the carpenters to strike, and when
the latter had effected their object, they, in their turn,
contributed to enable the masons to strike and effect
theirs.—(Hear.) It was not as it used to be, branches
of trade confining themselves to their particular locality.
They had now one trade striking at one time, and another
at another, and throughout the kingdom, to force a
certain amount of wages—without any foundation for
their so doing—without any reason for it—•they so acted
at a time when, in fact, they were receiving a greater
amount of wages, on a fair comparison of the wages with
the prices of provisions formerly, than they ever received
b-fore._-(Hear, hear.) As regarded the learned baron
(Williams) who had passed the sentence, every man who
knew his liberal principle—(Hear, hear)—every man
who knew his character, must feel convinced that he
would do all he could do to protect these misguided men
from the effects of their• own conduct. No individual
would be more disposed than he would be to act with all
possible lenity ; yet when he saw the state in which the
country was as regarded these unions, and when, after
due deliberation, he found that he was compelled to put a
certain construction on the provisions of the law (not
having time doubt on the subject that was suggested by the
hon. member for Lincoln), he would have failed in his
duty, if, instead of looking forward, he had been diverted
from giving effect to the law, the great object of which
was to pt obibit the administering of illegal oaths.—(Hear.)
After a few words from Mr. BULWER,
Mr. BOTCH thought it evident, from all the circum-
stances, the petition had been got up in a moment of p
•-
collar feeling—he would even say of popular frenzy. He
would put it to the house whether it was not apparent the
learned judge had been actuated by the soundest feelings,
and he brought his best judgment to bear on the subject,
when they bore in mind that the sentence was not passed,
until after two days' deliberation ?—(Hear, hear.) The
petitioners, he believed, would have thought there was
little occasion for the petition which had been presented to
the house, if they had been aware of the wretchedness
occasioned by these unions—disunions be would call them.
He could not sit down without giving notice that, after the
recess, he would move for leave to bring in a bill to pre-
vent the combinations of trades' unions, as they affected
the bee trade of the country.
Mr. WARBURTON could not concur in the suggestio❑
that, in looking at the punishment, they were not to con-
sider the t fleet of example; that, in his opinion, ought to
be the great aim of punishing. But if there was not a
law applicable to a particular offence, and it was desirable

there should be, he would say make one—do not, on any
consideration, let particular parties be the means of putting
a forced construction on the statutes. He contended that
the existing law was not sufficiently clear, and whatever
other expedient they might have recourse to for putting
down oaths, which were directly prejudicial to the free
intercourse of trading, let them not resort to a forced
interpretation. It would be much better to get a statute

for the express purpose desired.
Sir J. GRAHAM thought what had fallen from the
hon. member for Bridport required one word from him in
explanation. He had said the learned baron took two days
to determine whether the law applied. The hon. gentleman
was the last person, he (Sir J. Graham) believed, who
would wish to misrepresent a fact, yet, unintentionally,
he had done so. The facts were these :—The learned
baron, after hearing the case summed up to the jury, de-
clared, without the least hesitation, the statute did apply
to the case in question. He (Sir J. Graham) was given
to understand, there was not the slightest hesitation in
this case; but the learned baron did that which, as a mu-
nicipal judge, lie was bound to do ; after he had laid down
the law as applicable to the facts, the jury, having heard
the facts, and heard the law, give their verdict of guilty.
The learned baron then did not hesitate as to the applica-
tion of the law, but did hesitate in mercy—(Hear, hear)—
as respected the sentence to be passed for the commission
of an offence at this moment of considerable importance.
—(Hear, hear.) He was sorry any question had been
asked in the house which he was not better prepared to
answer ; but he felt bound to say, that as at present ad•
vised, looking at the existing circumstances of the country,
with respect to this question, agreeing with the lion.
member for Bridport, and not with the hon. member for
Oxford, as regarded punishment, which he (Sir J. Gra-
ham) thought ought not to be for vengeance, but for ex-
ample—(Hear, hear)—for example, that it might deter,
that being the object of all punishment, and the only jus-
tification of punishment that was severe—as at present
advised, then, and under these circumstances, he did not

de e any ground on which to tender advice to his Ilidje,ty
to mitigate this sentence.—(Hear, hear.)
Colonel EVANS thought they ought to admit the right
of trade unions to associate for the purposes of trade, but
they might mark out the limits, and whenever they re-
sorted to any intimidation, they might be subjected to
punishment. As to the alarm about unions, expressed by
many hon. members, he thought it in a grerit degree
visionary.

Mr. SHAW said the house ought not to encourage pe-
titions cal ling on the house to reverse sentences passed by
the Judges. If parties had objections to the law, it was
quite free to them to deprecate that; but it must be most
inconvenient for the judicial acts of Judges to be brought
before this house as a sort of court of appeal. No less
objectionable would it be for the prerogative of mercy
possessed by the crown to be interfered with by the house.
On the other hand, he should be sorry if people suffered
undeservedly, because the injudiciousness of certain incon-
siderate petitioners might make it necessary to discourage
petitions on such subjects by a direct negative. He thought
the better course for the right bon. baronet (Sir J. Gra-
ham) to have pursued would have been, to have declined
giving any answer to the qu-scion put.
Sir J GRAHAM—I on'y said, "As at present ad-
vised."

Mr. HUGHES explained. His constituency did not
justify the conduct of the men who had been convicted.
AU they submitted was, the punishment was ilispropm-
tionate to the offence.

The petition was ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. HOOD presented a petition from some licentiate
of the College of Physicians in London, praying for an

investigation iuto certain matters connected with that Co'.

lege.—Referred to the committee.

Mr.. HOOD also presented a petition from some dissen-
ters of Willow, in the Isle of Wight, praying for relit I
from church rates and all other ecclesiastical charges.
Mr. FLEETWOOD presented a petition from the
church and congregation of Enawick, and another from
Churchtown, Lancashire, in favour of the dissenters. He

also presented a petition from the friends of the reformed

Episcopal Church, Vauxhall road, Preston, to the eani°
..pffrocpte.„ t y
,L ick,,,,i,i,i wiset i
no
inneg
of fromd ais
tbrot.dssy, ofan %Iv
p- arvieyrins
go 7, hisev
i:runn
of the corn laws.
placeo f
,CRmelisonnsnt,
leDsl,
ei Egi 1
nanVenesadA, ,
prayingNbp ySr
A )2,i presented,gof:r t
he petitionap
c abolitiono
fifarti o:mei
:g theousfe rata:tie:
pvera of Sr. Mtt tin's-in-the-Fields, complaining of the
extremecl expense of the police force ; and another from St;
window taxes.
Mr. WATKINS preented a petition from the count/
division of tle county. persons,
P
Mr. H. I3ULWER presented a petition from the Dia-
house adjourned, akaf'4.
centers of the county of Wat wick, ra int: for relief'
Mr. E. RUTHVEN presented aP rYetition from son!
qtilliaertaebro.
repeal of the Union.
Toe
to Mond iy, the 14th of April. pliatisotoeleovfentithoe,scloacnk:

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BRu,issErp.sr,o3.lrleassßicvetily24g.e—ttiTnghebleiuttleler, no more tinoftllis mernieg
of the health of the Prince Royal, announces that, as the
Prince
bulletin,
will bs issued. has e
it will be fodoweel by troops from Hainault, and from the
province
M. Weston,amur jun., hanker of this city, returned seater,
day from London, whither he went to arrest the pre:end( d
Viscount de Alartigny, who swindled him out of 10,000
francs. This individual W 43 seen in London at the begin'
Waterlo o
it,
i.
thoughtpas
si a
;sing of this month, but having doubtless learned that
persons were in pursuit of bins, he has left it, and it is
not known in what direction.
The French Ambassador at Brussels has just purchased .
in'. gd
sfr Antwerp;
several shares in one of the principal coal mines of Hainsult,
BRUSSELS, MARCH 25.—1 n the Chamber of Represen-
tatives yesterday, the President said that M. Frison bad
proposed the day before that the Ministers should be re•
quested to come to the Chamber, and wished to knot'
whether the Chamber would wait till the Minister of War'
should arrive. This was resolved on, and all the ministere
soon after arriving, M. Frison asked the Minister of War
for some explanation relative to the movements of the '
Dutch army, and the measures which he intended to Or! 1
to repel any act of violence that the enemy
may commit u i
on the terri ory, and to oppose an invasion if it :haul
take place.
M. de Renesse pointed out to the Minister of War What
passes about Maestricht, and asked what reeasures be ,
would take to prevent any further violation of our territory.
The Minister of War—The recent information I
have received from North Brabant enables me w
occupiedfb e
ed grantedllast
nto on
tethahere
s iy, that the cantonments of the Dutch army are
the same as at the time of the breaking up of the
corps at Ryen and Oidschot. Yet it is certain that
the army is increased by the return of the men who were
absent on furlough, and that the furloughs; which were to
On our side, relying on the treaty of 21st May, we have
not, however, ceased to hold ourselves in readin-ss to meet
events.,r Thus we have ordered the camps which were
have bees taken are not such as can be divulged
tls tob
spring.ef
p March
resTerhvehe adcr, ehaanbaledebntehrge ryemawill
ir,
eebseat re isacugtmaddo.
that the Government is on its guard ; the measures thel
you may be certain that we are prepared against everyt
event. As to the second question put to me, it i'i true that
General Dibbets has thought fit to make excursions to n
pretty considerable distance from the fortress of Maestricht.
General Hurd has written to him to signify that these ot;
it he Mu t
cursions were opposed to the status quo, and th
' not continue them. General Dinbets, On his side, sr
peals to the status quo, preteneing that previously to t‘ees
treaty of 21st May he made the same military promenadvi
that be does now. This has obliged us to think of Im
sures to put an end to this state of things. I shall shard
y.
measures attics)
be able, gentlemen, to inform you what these
M. de 11,,,baulx thought the reply of the minister
~
vague. He wished that it might be stated whether !:
Dutch army was on the war establishment, and whet' 7
field •
it had received every thing requisite to take the
ken
He would wish to know what measures have been la
the
here, but
against an-invasion, which is very possible? Before s.
disasters of the month of August, he said the same
.(10.e..re
tions had been put to the ministers, and the same an were
tions had been put to the ministers, and the sa War de-
given ; besides M. Du Failly, then Minister of War
were founded or not an invasion was
(dared that we hail 60,000 men under arms, and We bad
enly 28,000.
idea°
M. Devaux said that whether the reports in circ .
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such pu.sihility the govenummt ought to be on Its gu b .
M. de Broukete said that one ti ' which gave Pia ' f
bility to the reports in circul tiu ung
s that the king 0
Holland had lately made nuMernousWaproinotion's in the
army, in which the Belgian officers in the enemy's service .
had had a large share. He would have the minister'
prepared not only to repel invasion, but to hinder t 7
enemy from passing a single foot beyond the frontier. 1
faint
in spite of the armistice, Holland should break the 0
twice given, we ought to take the offensive, and %op.
4•--(Very well, vell
off the insults that have been put on u •
well.) i be '
The Minister for Foreign Afflirs said it wnehne
ridiculous to alarm the country little aPrarj- 6
ry ; there was
of war when we see the public funds at par. ow
After some further observations the Alinister of
to
fieingtn b
BELGIANpe
proposed
proceededose d a nt.
.1
ut t
s'NedeDios
snc .
seconded,
discuss
a the
ut
shseay
declared that he would engage to do all in his power .
repel any invasion, in ease one should take place. d the
lawc ,i Se
relativey r l members bet se
railroad declared
;t hebtuntselsvePevs°e'sr"aai Bible,
satisfied, eailn: diirit'n'tgoat:rbongcll7
Jroel3" •
referred to the central section, for a further rep
r,
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. .................... ~,,
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent ................... v's
Loan of the City, 1832, 4 per Cent. ...••••• 941
—Brussets Papers, March G. of
1
t 600
MUNICH, MARCH 17.—Yesterday the depo.3" 0 the
the two Chambers, with the addresses in anasver rasli-
speech from the Throne, bad the honour of a sole m! --rely
, rep 1Y
erce, at which they delivered their addresses. .lu was
to that of the Chamber of Deputies, his ilfar,.,sber
pleased to express his satisfaction with what the sfe_test
had said, and the manna in which it was said, and reip :lit.
is
his expectation that this Diet would be honnurairlYiit 10 i
tingu.shed. The Chamber, said his Majesty, h"beiCOUle
continue as it has begun, and the Constitution will become
upper ii
still further consolidated. The address of the that ot th'
Chamber, which Was equally satisfactory with
Ft ranhfsti
Deputies, was also most graciously received.
Papers, March 20. - sw, articles
er e:loct rho( the
:51eiler:e 's
'
he
that a part of t
ROME, MARCH $.--We bear
a Pe'
Catholic Priesthood in Ss itzerland have presented L.,
. • an Arc.
titian to the Pope relative to the notninatwn of i.,
..
bishop or Metropolitian not to be in future insinetb!teLlie .-
dissaedevao,
rrnefsotrly Spaindeman
demanded
it can take place.
dependant upon the court of Rome. The seat 0.10;.
Bishopric is left entirely to the decision of his 101; will
of the chief
The request has been made known to the Council, 30' the
probably be granted. Switzerland will then be fn„ 9:
(EXTRACT OS' A PRIVATE LETTER.)
same footing as France. The rece t• of the -'3"-b; d •
with many obstacles which must be removed "t-irles
The recognition Queen olf ere.
of
• I e without restriction the diplomatist who, for
her -well, '•
supporters
tzh e d CeCoi Cut rtea,at:pt briaui( f:licsraeni still
ntehme alteliosf°(.;:
asp red to the office of Secretary to that assembly 1a rio
and 1808 ? General Buckner is appointed successor
of -,
General Hrabowski, in Bologna. The Queen Dower
_,,,
Naples arrived here to day with her suite ; it is sat., '1.4
will remain till Easter. Should this be the case,re
he last '
charge of fire.works has not been displayed for t
~
a"
Full
three years. The diligence between &visa and ,_„ed :.:..
stopped lately near Cosinsa by eight brigands, who reu'A,
people hope to see again their tamed Garandola, which di ,
the passengers of all their effects, and 3,000 dollars. ..4,
~
Faces i there has been a skirmish between the volunre`,o
osaue ' ti
and the revolutionists. One of the latter, consp•e-oleies 1,
former disturbances, was mortally wounded.--Allge
I.

Zeitung, March 21.
(EXTRACT OF A LETTER.)
oEfgCyspOy
Egyptian fleets
AfloNesTe
sNa OnwPeLriEe:a
eFi
hnEa B
sight.w 2a6s .o—sf u
eachsWp et icet Lie
other
thboee; Thou:yr ki,aii64b,coo3ir,t
fully suffered to escape him several opportuthel.eved
bringing to action the enem)'s ship, which w'rhe-gl ft"
ciao
be unable to resist with effect an attack frotti the
equi-
u squadron. Ibrahim pasha, irritat d aad'
vocal conduct, wrote severa! times to his fathers "e' the
ins the head tif the 'Grand Admiral, or, at le teni
he would inflict on him some exemplary pant
but,
M,hemet did not comply !vith these doll igbl
after the conclusion of peace, when Osman Pilau' wra-ii-ottl
back his squadron to Alexandria, the Viceroy receive; re,
ye, y coldly, and expressed his dissatisfaction in
tb
stf
sense of witnesses. He remained in disgrace tor 06
months, after which he reappeared at the Pat3' else
festival of the Beiram, but Ibraliam thougn 10
what harmonised by his sojourn in Greece, conginu.:oo
slimy his hatred against the Admiral, and to 103" - •ii
with insults. However, Osman Pact's, upon wbotiool,,
some degre; the fate of Egypt depended, c rut nuei
copy himself at one time with military operations, at Ltriso
with the administration of affairs, and at other tin.°

imPrneill2 the navy, The disturhancet which broke out
in Candia rompe'lril Piei.a to seril Ii s A Irn ral there'
left d
orde ha m w
le ards ,vent him., If. On his diparture he
ers fir Ruch barb:l66e, t•r ire inflicted, that Osrnln
disgusted' and suffered such expressions garnet the
injustice of Ibrahim towards him to esclpe, that he was
iskorrsaidh that on his return to Egypt he would in.vitahly
I is head. Ahnut the 15th
of December, Osman re-
ceived orders to leave Candia, but his fleet was not in a
cin.s argon to pot to sea, and his fears increased. He left
17shtP, shifted his flag to a small brig of war, and set
'ail to t A
of -Ylilene his native island, in pursuance, be said,
iNtructions t:e bad 'received. On his arrival, he landed
his Imo.
bgage, and a sum of money. amounting, it is. be-
„ved, r
,4ioeo piastres, and then sent his brig to
Alexandria. This is the fifth departure from the Pasha
of iiv,„ .
—3'PE since the commencement of the war, and the
cod since the peace. Re will feel this as sensibly as
lie did that of Selim Bev, his son-in_law, and Private
''cretatv, who quitted him, and neat to settle at Con
e•

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MARCH 27, 1834.

I: The anomalies and abuses in the administra-
;'°n of criminal justice in the metropolis have
40ng formed just subjects of complaint. N o.
tiling, in fact, could be more absurd than some
o 1 the anomalies. Though London, ,Westrr n-
er, and Southwark have long been regarded
48. the constituent parts of London, and so inti-
mately blended that they ought to be under
le jurisdiction, whether as regards the police or
the trial of offenders, yet they are under sepa-
ate
inmagistrates--vary in police regulations,
s.nd deed have scarcely any community
1,1: the administration or execution of the law.
endr criminal for instance, arrested on the Surrey
Oof Blackfriars-bridge is not carried for trial
the Old Bailey, where possibly he may be
-ed and receive his sentence in a
week or a day,
tbhUt is first
committed to the Southwark prison,
en ennfined for three or four months—con-
yheYrontightthillart ckY miles for trial to Guildford, and
to the same prison to undergo the
sentence of the law. The expense, inconvenience,
r 7
d delay of justice caused by such practices are
that° reat and
palpable that the only wonder is
they have been allowed to exist for one yar jurisdic-
ear.
the same may be said of the
peculi tion given to the Middlesex
magist
140de of finding bills against
persons to b rates e
tithe
41 the Old Bailey, the vast
increase of
criminal business at the Quarter Sessions, and
offences
the power given to magistrates of trying
which should be left to the judges of the land.
:Ile bill introduced by the LORD CHANCELLOR
;7 evening, has for its object the abolition
es of
y' anomalies and abuses. Its chief pro-
Clr visions are to discontinue the Winter Rome
euit'to try all serious offences corn-
'idled within a prescribed inetr • line around the
1:°polls before the Judges at the Old Bailey
--to hold the sessions every month, and
.tno.
(•itnnten a grand jury to consider bills of 1
tilietrnent in the immediate neighbourhood. of
!nntirt where prisoners are tried. That line
Ni.4cildinclude the principal places in Surrey, Kent,
mi; lesex, and Essex, within eight or ten
of ses fr°4l the °it! Bailey; such as the boroughs
and uthwark, Lambeth, Greenwich, Woolwich,
E:sexa
;number of smaller towns in Kent and
a populea,lprehending, with the metropolis,
non
811 eighth of nearly two millions, or
As Pairut_.of the whole of England.
Lancespeedy
iii J Klee is of the first impor-
vEanstoi
ainur?t,hortrieoPtiressing crime, and such a
of the offences committed in
this
n take place within the proposed limits,
s meas
th
cieNY ore, together with the admitted e-
of' the new police, may be regarded as

one great step towards a rational and efficient ad-
ministration of the criminal law. It will be effected,
too, without any additional expense, or imposing
more labour on the Judges. But v h3t is of more
importance, it will hold out to the guilty a cer.
taro prospect of quick punishment, and subject
those unjustly accused to almost the shortest
possible period of confircment.
Mr. EWART has also obtained leave to bring
in a bill to abolish the absurd practice of passing
sentence of death for numerous offences seldom
or nevcr capitally punished—namely, returning
from transportation, letter-stealing, and various
cases of burglary. Such a practice cannot be
too soon abolished ; but we hope the law officers
of the Crown, by a timely intimation of their
intention, will relieve the hon. member of a task
for which they ought to be better qualified.

We wonder that among the numerous peti-
tions in favour of new improvements, Scc., that
are in daily course of presentation to the House
of Commons, none have been presented on the
subject of the Thames Tunnel. This magnifi-
cent work which once bid fair to be the glory of
the nation, is now its shame and reproach.
Though the question of its practicability has
been long since set at rest ; though it is already,
and has been for some time, nearly half com-
pleted, yet, from lack of proper encouragement,
it remains in precisely the same state that it was
in two years since. We wish some active,
influential member would bring the question fully
and fairly before the House of CommonS. It is
positively a reflection on the national enterprise,
that the most stupendous project of modern times,
to which, on their arrival in the metropolis, all
foreigners make a point of paying their first visit,
should be the only one left in a state of utter
neglect. We will do the Duke of WELLING-
TON the justice to say, that he was perfectly
alive to the paramount importance and utility of
the undertaking ; and, when in power, did his
best to get it completed, in a spirit worthy of
the nation. A party of scientific gentlemen,
among whom were several foreigners of distinc-
tion, visited the Tunnel yesterday ; and, among
them all, there was but one opinion, namely,
that " it was an imputation on the country that
the requisite funds for completing the work
should have been so long withheld."

In the House of Commons last night, Sir
JAMES GRAHAM gave notice, on the part of
Lord ALTHORP, that his Lordship would, on
the 17th of April, move for leave to bring in a
bill for the amendment of the present poor laws.
This announcement is not made before its time,
for not a day passes but the evils of the present
system of poor laws make themselves sensibly
felt by the community.

The House of Commons on its rising last
night adjourned to Monday the 14th April.

The French papers of Tuesday contain little
or no foreign or domestic news of importance.
The discussions on the law against Associations
was not yet brought to a close. A letter from
Bayonne, dated the 21st inst., mentions that
the Carlists had not succeeded in making
themselves masters of Vittoria, though they
had been cruel enough to massacre one hun-
dred and nineteen prisoners whom they had
taken in the environs of the town. To aggravate
this case of atrocity the prisoners were taken,
unarmed, while attending mass at Gamara. It
was rumoured that the Carlists had lost a
thous3nd men in an engagement, which was
said to have taken place at Ruante-la-Reyna.
FRENCH FUNDS.—Pmus, mutes 25.
Five per Cents., 104 f. 50c. 45c.
Three per Cents., 7Sf. 30c.
Bank Actions, 1,797 f. 50c.
Rente de Naples, 945. 20c.
Roman Five per Cents., 95.
Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 26%.
Itente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 40%.
Royal Spanish Loan, 81%.
Bente Perpet. d'E,pagne, Five per Cents., (WA
Belgian:Loan, 1531, Five per Cents , 99%.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25f. ; money:2sf. 25c.
Three months, paper, 25f. 17%c. ; money, 25f. 15c.
—Co.rrs Authentique.

Easter Week has arrived, and very little
public business has yet been done in either
house of Parliament. Ministers, in order to
relieve themselves from responsibility in this
respect, have obtained the appointment of a
select committee " to inquire into the best mode
of expediting the business of the house." We
find this subject adverted to in a publication•
which has just reached us, intituled, " The
Philosophy of Legislation," by ALEXANDER
MUNDELL, Esq., and we beg leave to lay some
extracts from it before our readers :
" The proceedings of a session of parliament are like
the plan of a campaign : they should be considered and
settled before the season for operation begins.
" Every measure to Ira brought forward by the govern-
ment should be matured, and every bill to be brought in
by it should be prepared during the vacation; and the
whole should be propounded immediately after the address
is voted, and the necessary resolutions should be proposed,
and the necessary bills should be presented forthwith
thereafter.

" The ground would he thus pre-occupied, and the mi
nisters of the government should not suffer themselves to
be driven from it.

" The country would thus also come to know every
measure by which it was to be affected, in time to enable
every interest in it to take care of itself. The interests of
this great country are so numerous, and so various, thst
no public measure can come before parliament, which will
not affect them in some way or other. It is from the
persons whose interests are to be affected, that the govern-
ment or the legislature can receive the details necessary to
the right consideration of any measure whatever ; and if
bills are neither announced nor brought in until the close
of the aessi,w, how can these details be afforded, or how
can those interests be protected ? The instances of suf-
fering thus brought upon the country have been almost as
numerous as the bills of
ismost importance that have been
passed. One instancequiteai sufficient to demonstrate
the consequences ; the bil to
thethe duties on tea was not
brought in until the very close ofand received
the royal assent among the last of setshseionbills that were
passed ; nsmely, on the 29th of August. It was a conse-
quence of the bill, which received the royal
assent onlythe day before, to give effect to the arrangement
with the East India Company. Both bills should mhaadvee
been introduced at the commencement of the session ; but
the second should, at all events, have been brought in as
soon as the first. The trade to China, the opening up of
which had been a favourite object with the public many
years before, was no longer to be carried on by the East
India Comploy,—because that company could not carry
it on in competition with the country at large,—but was
thereafter to be carried on by individuals, who c.uld sue
tain a competition with each other. By the one bill the
trade was thrown open, and by the other it has again been
shut. The East India Company can no longer carry it
on, and others in the country cannot embark in it, because
the duties they are to pay are so contrived as to peril the
whole capital which any one may embark in the trade.
a Need a word more be said, to show, not merely the
propriety, but the necessity of introducing all public bill-

'nt the commeneetrient of the beetion ? This Wia the an-
cient and the right course Of proceeding, the mernor;al or
which remains, of every bill hearing to he pAseted as on the
first day of the session, until the hill brotr2r,.,t in by the Tate
ord Stanhope, requirinz all bills to hear date on the dty
on which they received the royal assent. (33 Geo. M.,
c. IS.) . _

" The ground is not only not preoccupied by the go-
vernment at the comrneircem“nt of a ses,ion of parliament,
but it is preoccupied by others. Sixty-Lne notices of
motions were given on the first day of the present session."
After some further remarks on this head, Mr.
AIuNDELL proceeds to observe, that
" Every legislative net proceeds best from the govern-
ment, with whom the responsibility of every legislative
measure rests. Still there is no reason, but the contr try,
why legislative acts should not be proposed by any mem-
ber of the legislature.
" But they should not be rashly or crudely brought
forward. The course which has been taken with regard
to private bills suggests a wholesome course in this
respect. Every private bid is sent to a committee up
stairs. Every public bill, brought in by any individual
member of Parliament, should be sent to a committee up
stairs also. If that committee does not think fit to repot,
the bill to the house, then there is an end of it, at least
tir that session. If the committee to whom any such bill
shall be referred shall report it to the house, then, and
then only, it comes to be discussed by either house of
p Lrliament, upon the report, or upon the third reading of
the bill ; whereas, at present, either house has a debate
trponthe motion to bring in 4 bill, which it may negative,
or upon the bill itself, when it shall be brought in, which
it may throw out; or upon clauses in it, which can be
much better discussed, at lest, in the first instance, in a
committee up stairs.
" Neither house of parliament would, in this way, part
with any sound discussion upon, or any deliberate consi-
deration, which it ought to give to, every legislative mea
sure. But both houses would be saved long speeches
upon motions which fall to the ground, and discussions
which lead to no result. The measure, whatever it might
be, if it was fit to be discussed and deliberated upon by
4he whole house, would thus be matured, and put in a
proper shape for its consideration.
" But the constitution of committees up stairs ought
to be altered, both with reference to public and to pri-
vate hills."

After adverting to the constitution of com-
mittees on private bills, Mr. MUNDELL suggests
that—

" As private bills are sent to committees up stairs for
examination and consideration, so any public bill, that is
proposed to be brought in by a member not of the go-
vernment, should be sent to a committee up stairs also.
There will then be this distinction between bills brought
in by the government and bills brought in by members
not of the government, that bills brought in by the go.
vernment may be considered and discussed, in all their
stages, in the house, but other public bills will be die.
cussed and considered in a committee up stairs, before
they shall be discussed and considered by the house. The
government ought to mature every measure and prepare
every bill in the vacation ; and the house has the sane ion
of the responsibility of the members of the government,
not only for character, but for place, that the measure
has been matured, and that the bill is well prep tred. But
there is no such sanction, in the case of an individual
member, who may, moreover, be under the influence of
excitement, from which the government ought at all
tunes to be free, or of the influence of his constituents,
or under the feeling of a false popularity : against all
which it is fit that the house should be guarded by the
intervention of a committee, to whom the bill should be
referred as a matter of course. The member who pro•
poses it will thus obtain his object, if the bill is what it
ought to be; and the house will be saved from the loss
of much time and interrurion to the public business, if
it be not what it ought to be.
" When any public committee is now appointed, some
twenty or thirty members are selected, upon the sugges-
tion of the mover. Such committees are not fitted either
for inquiry or consideration. It can hardly be expected
that any twenty or thirty persons will agree as to the
course to be pursued in any inquiry, or submit to the re-
gularity necessary to the elucidation of truth in the ex-
amination of evidence. The course of inquiry followed
is thus either that proposed by the mover of the com-
mittee or a sort of compromise among its members ; all '
of whom are entitled to put questions _during the course
of the proceeding, often to the disturbance of the regu-
larity of its proceedings, and the expiscation of the truth.
Numbers in this way only serve to perplex and confound
the proceeding, and remove the responsibility which ought
always to belong to it.
" Whether for the purposes of inquiry, or for the pur-
pose of considering and reporting upon a bill, a committee
should never consist of more than five members. Here
the chairman, who will be either the mover of the com-
mittee, or some member of his suggestion, should have a
vote, as well as every other member. The measure is a
public one, and should be free from the local bias or pre-
judice, which should supersede the vote of the chairman
of a private committee. The naming of the committee
may be given to the member who moves the inquiry, or
proposes the bill.*
" But in moving for an inquiry, the member who
moves it should state the ulterior measure of which it is
meant to form the foundation. Without an ulterior
measure, which is fit to be adopted, there should be no
inquiry. In all cases, therefore, before a committee of
inquiry is appointed, the ulterior measure, as stated by
the mover, must undergo discussion and consideration ;
and if the ulterior measure shall not be approved of, 'then
no committee should be appointed.
"As soon as conveniently may be, after its appoint.
ment, every committee of inquiry should draw up a plan
of its intended proceedings, which should be reported-to
the house, and printed; whereby every stibject of the
realm, in the case of an inquiry, as well as in the case
of a bill (which should also be printed before being re-
ferred to a committee), would learn the subject-matter to
which the labours of the committee were to be directed ;
and it should be allowed to any of the subjects of the
realm to petition the house in behalf of their interests, if
they are prepared to show that they will suffer, either by
any bill referred to a committee, or by any ulterior mea-
sure which is to be founded upon its report; and all such
petitions should be referred to the committee, whether it
be appointed to consider and report upon a bill, or to
make an inquiry and report with reference to any ul-
terior measure, in order that it may hear the parties by
themselves (if not by their counsel or agents), and any
witnesses who may come before it. in support of any such
petition.

" By this, or some such course of procedure, both
houses of Parliament will be enabled to devote their time
and attention to the public business of the country, and
the government will be freed from much interruption at
present given to it, without depriving the country of any
benefit it may derive from the labour. of individual mem-
bers, or preventing individual members from bringing
forward and carrying, if they be right and fitting, any
measure calculated to promote its welfare. There will
only be cast upon them, and those whom they themselves
may choose to associate with them in their labours, the
duty of maturing every such measure before the time of
the house is occupied in discussing it."

• In the case of a select committee, it was determined by
the house, " that at the examination of witnesses any member
of the house may be present, but the select committee only are
to send for the witnessses and examine them ;" and it was
ordered, " that no member of the house shall be present at the
debate, disposition, or penning of the business by the select
committee, but only to be present at the examination, and that
without interposition." (Hatsell, vol. iv. p. 135. Note.)
According to this resolution, any member who chooses may
attend a select committee, though he is not allowed to interfere
with its proceedings. If many members were so to choose to
be present at a select committee, the attendance might be in.
convenient to it. But supposing the number of a select com-
mittee to be limited to five members as here suggested, it may
deserve consideration, whether any member or members, with
the permission, may not be allowed to attend a select com-
mittee in the way of assistants to it in its proceedings.

[The following was omitted yesterday in consequence o
the length of the morning debate on the Cambridge petition.]

Buneos Ayres Papers have been received to
the 21st of December inclusive, by which we are
happy to learn that tranquillity prevailed
throughout that country. The Dictator o
Paraguay was giving some annoyance in a
section of the frontiers, but nothing serious was
apprehended. h appears by the following
correspondence that the Representative of this
country has officially notified the intention of
our Government to keep possession of the Falk-
land Islands :--

" BUENOS Allies, Nov OFFlClAL.compliance with the orders
of his Court, the undersigned, his Britannic Majesty's Charge
d'Affaires, has the honour to notify to the Govern
ment of Buenos Ayres that the Rear-Admiral Commander in
Chief of his Majesty's naval forces in South America, has been
direetecil to appoint a Lieutenant from under his command,

with a certain number.of men to reside at the ralkland Islands,
for the protection of his Majesty's rights in those islands
" The undersigned, in making this communication to his
Excellency General Guido, minister for Foreign Relations,
avails himself, with much satisfaction, of the opportunity to
offer him the assurance of his high and distinguished consi-
deration. (Signed)
" PHILIP F. GORE.

" His Excellency Gen. Guido."
" BUENOS AYRES, I? Ott; 11, 1833-24th year of the liberty
and 18th of the indepen tD :a of the republic.
" To the Charge d'Atia,res of his Britannic Majesty, Philip
Y. Gore, Esq.
" The undersigned minister of Foreign Affairs has received
and laid before his government the note of the charge d'affairs,
ad interim, of his Britannic Majesty, in this city, dated the
91th instant, notifying that the rear admiral, commander-
in-chief of his Majesty's naval forces in South America, has
heen directed to appoint a lieutenant from under his command,
with a certain number of men, to reside at the Malvina Islands,
for the protection ofhis Majesty's rights.

" The undersigned r.cquaints the charge d'affaires whom he
addresses, that his government, adhering to the protest which
it has made to the government of his Britannic Majesty,
through the agency of its minister at the court of Lon-
don, in reclamation of the positive tights of the republic
to the aforementioned Malvina Islands, confines itself for
the present to state that it has informed itself of the contents of
the note which the undersigned has now the honour to answer.
"The Charge d'Affaires will please to accept the assurances
of the most perfect consideration with which the undersigned
salutes him. " TOMAS GUIDO."

The House of Representatives, after a long
discussion upon the liberty of the press, came
to a resolution ►o revoke the decrees of the 15th
October and the 2d November, which imposed
restrictions thereon.
The accounts from Chili come down to the
2d of December, at which period tranquillity
prevailed in that republic, but not in Peru and
Montonera, where dissatisfaction existed to such
an extent in some departments that it even
reached to the gates of Lima.
The intelligence from Rio de Janeiro is to
the 13th January. There also tranquillity pre-
vailed, and addresses from various parts of the
empire assured the Regency that the inhabitants
were firmly resolved to defend the throne of the
young Emperor Don PEDRO 11. and the poli-
tical constitution of the empire.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY)

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, MARCH 26. Wind N.N. W., moderate.—Arrived the
Britannia, from the South Seas. Toe outward-bound sailed at
10 p.m., with a moderate breeze from N.N.E., which has since
shifted to N.N. W.

PonTsmourn, MARCO 26.—Wind N N.E. to W., light airs.

FALMOUTH, MARCH 25.—Wind N.N. W. to N.E., strong
breezes.—Arrived the Lady Mary Pelham packet, from Vera
Cruz—sailed from Tampic-i the 12th January, Vera Cruz the
18th, and Havannah the 6th ult., with about 1,000,000 of dol.
lars on freight. Sailed the City of Pembroke, for Lisbon ;
Treasurer, Lowrie, for Port-au-Prince; Levant packet, Da-
niel, for Galipoli ; and Elizabeth, Tonkin, for Lisbon.
DOVER, MARCH 26.—Arrived off port the Royal Adelaide,
Westbold, from Westport.
TORBAY, MARCH 25.—Arrived the Orange Branch, Adams,
from Terceira; and William, Cobley, from St. Michael's.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 25.—Arrived the Incomparable, Via-
nello, from Venice; I'eg-a-Ramsey, Vibber, from Marseilles;
and Acorn, Christie, from Tarragona. Ofrport the :Northum-
brian, from Savannah.

GREENOCK, MARCH 24.—Arrived the Jean Hastie, Robert-
son, from Demerara.
DARTMOUTH, MARCH 2.s.—Arrived off port the Fair Arca-
dian, Tanner, Cabel Angas, Whittle, and Elizabeth and Jane,
from Honduras.

HULL, MARCH 25.—Arrived the Oswy, Fairburn, from
Gottenburg.

" Ship Ealing Grove, Woodbridge Bay, Feb. I

" According to your honour's request, I have, in company
with your harbourmaster, Mr. Rand, and Captain Coltbrd, of
the barque Jane Lockhart, carefully surveyed the shoal on
which the brig Mary Anne was wrecked last June, and all the
other dangers round Scott's Head.
" The N. end of the above shoal lies from the flagstaff, or
middle of the Bluff of Scott's Head, N. 66. 30 W. and S.,
and N. 72. 30 W., per compass, at the distance of 160 fa.
thorns from the beach. It is a flat coral reef, lying N.N.W.
and S.S.E., about 150 feet, with from 6 to 10 feet water on
it, and 12 to 16 fathoms all round and close to it,

" There are also several other shoals round the Head, in a
southwesterly direction from the above flagstaff, at the dis-
tance of full half a cable's length from the shore. Therefore,
ships approaching from the eastward and southward, ought to
give the Head a berth of at least two cables' length, until the
flagstaff or middle of the Bluf bears S.E. per compass; when
they can then haul up for either of the bays, giving lackpoint
a berth of one cabel's length.
" I have the honour to be
" Your honour's obedient humble servant,
"JAMES FALCONER., Master of the Ealing Grove.
" To his Honour Sir Charles Schoenberg, &c. &c."

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY,)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

New York Papers to the sth, and Philadelphia to the 3d
March, Montreal papers to the 26th and Quebec to the 22d Fe.
bruary, and Bombay to the 7th November, have been received
this morning at the North and South American Coffee House.
The New York papers do not contain any information of
consequence. A Baltimore paper of the Ist March states that
a revolution had broken out in Guayaguil, and Rocafourte, with
about 1,000 men, was besieging that city, and many of the
inhabitants who were banished from it had arrived at Payta ;
but a counter revolution is said to have taken place more re-
cently by General Mena, who had been shot by order of Roca.
fourte. The disturbances in Peru had not terminated. General
Salavere entered Truxillo with 300 troops, but the Prefect soon
after collected some troops and retook the city.

A New York paper of the 3d March confirms the former
intelligence received from Mexico of the 28th January, and
from Vera Cruz of the sth February, that tranquillity prevailed
in the whole of the Republic, with the exception of two or
three small bands which deserted Bravo, and were plundering
the inhabitants. The New Tariff was under discussion.
The Quebec papers state that a bill for securing the inde-
pendence of the Council was read a second time.

- The Montreal papers mention that a most respectable meet-
ing was held in Quebec, for the purpose of appointing delegates
to attend the Convention in the city of Montreal.

The Upper Canada papers are void of interest.

The Bombay Gazette of the 6th Nov. states, with regret,
that accounts of the most gloomy nature had been received
from Guzerat—a succession of burning winds had destroyed the
whole of the Goware crops of the season. Heat, scarcity, and
distress prevailed in that province ; and the civil authorities
Thehav
e applied
to the government to strengthen their power.
Calcutta steam fund is still on the increase.