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London, England, 1833-04-03 00:00:00

CARRICKFERGUS ELECTION.

House informed, that it appeared to the Committee that Sir
George Rich, a witness under examination before them, had
been served with the Speaker's warrant to produce certain do.
cuments specified therein, and which are now in the city of
Dublin, where such warrant was served, but these documents
have been withheld in that city by the intervention of other
persons; and that it appears to the Committee that these do-
cuments are essentially necessary to be produced for the pur.
poses of justice, but that it will be advisable to adjourn the
sittings of the Committee until Tuesday, the 9th of April in-
stant, to give time for the production of the documents in
question. Leave given to Committee to adjourn till Tuesday
next.

New writ for Dundee, in the room of George Kinloch, Esq,
deceased.

Viscount DUNCAN, eldest son of the Earl
of CAMYEILDOWN, bec.ime of age on the 25th ult. His
Lordship, before the elevaion of his Noble Father to an
Earldom, was the Hon. Admiral Durrcan, so named after
his illustrious grandfather, the hero of Camperdown.
The LORD CHANCELLOR and Lady
BROUGHAM gave sumptuous entertainments, on Saturday
and Sunday, at their residence in Berkeley-square.
Among the company at the first were the Duke of NOR-
FOLK, the Duke of DEVONSHIRE, the Duchess of SUTHER-
LAND, the Earl Of UXBRIDGE, Viscount MELBOURNE,
Lord PLUNKET, Lord AUCKLAND and the Hon. Miss
EDEN, Lord MOLYNEUX, and Mr. and Mrs. STANLEY.--
The party on Sunday included the Earl of ESSEX. Lord
JOHN RUSSELL, Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, the SOLICITOR.
GENERAL, and the Hon. JAMES ABERCROMBY.

DOVER.—Some sensation was created here
on Saturday evening by the arrival of an order from the
Mayor of Canterbury for a detachment of soldiers from
this place, in consequence of threats having been made, and
industriously circulated, of pulling down the gaol of that
city, to which the celebrated Sir WILLIAM PERCY
HoNEYWOOD COURTNEY, Knight of Malta, &c., had 'he
previous day been committed for a debt of 2501., with
the view of effecting his liberation. About sixty of the
2d battalion of the rifle brigade were immediately de-
spatched by four coaches, and everything has, in conse•
quence, remained quiet.

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 1833.

The House of Lords, last night, were en-
gaged in the discussion of a Bill of considerable
importance—the introduction of a Jury Bill
into Ireland, intended to assimilate, as far as
possible, the law of Ireland, in this respect, to
the law which has been enjoyed by England
since the passing of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Bill,
some seven years back. The Earl of WICKLOW
opposed it on the very grounds which form its
chief merit, in our_ eyes ; namely, that it is a
measure of conciliation to Ireland. This was
sufficient to make the Learned Lord WYNFORD
also oppose it. Ireland, said his Lordship, has been
long disturbed, and is therefore unfit to receive the
institutions of a country which has been long
peaceable, which amounts to saying, in this in•
stance, that Ireland has been so long tormented
by injustice, that she really would not know
what to do if justly dealt by. All his Lord-
ship's arguments were much of the same cast.
" Before," said Lord WYNFORD, " they at-
tempted to assimilate the laws of two countries,
they should first assimilate their condition and
their habits of thought and feeling. An insti-
tution like that of trial by jury might be a curse
i►► Ireland, though a long-felt blessing in Eng-
land." We wonder if his Lordship has ever
taken the trouble to consider what has been the
effect of our institutions upon the national
character. Does he forget that the mass
of the English population was at one time
far less fit, according to his -estimate, to
exercise the rights and powers of jury-
men than the Irish now are, and yet they
possessed them ? They have since become more
enlightened and better able to appreciate the in-
fluence which the privileges they hare exercised
have had in forming their character. Away with
the argument that the Bill will make juries in Ire-
land " more democratic than they are." The day
is gone by, my Lord WYNFORD, for such an ar-
gument to have much weight even in the House of
Lords. The Bill was read a second time. The only
other matters of interest that took place in the
Upper House, was the giving the Royal Assent
to the Irish Disturbances Bill. We pray Heaven
it may not deserve its name in more senses
than one !

In the House of Commons, the adjourned
debate on Lord A LTBORP'S resolutions wa,
closed. His Lordship evidently feels the force
of the argument against taxing the present in-
cumbents, and quoted the following sentence fur-
nished him by Mr. STANLEY, not yet re-elected,
as the justification of the Government for
making the proposition at all. " In all the
conversations which I have had with the pri-
mates and the clergy, there never was any objec-
tion taken to the principle of taxing the present
incumbents. Many of them expressed an anxious
wi,h to me that no difference should be nrale
between them and their successors." We grant
that if the whole clerical body of Ireland had
ielded the assent to such a tax, the objection
would at once have been put an end to ; but
that general assent is now acknowledged not to
have been given. Indeed, Mr. STANLEY ought
to have felt that the portion of the clergy, with
which he was in communication, was that the least
likely to furnish him with satisfactory information
upon that point. The Primates feel how much
public odium would have rested upon them,
if, out of their tens of thousands, they had refused
to give up anything—for the principle is as much
involved in a tax of one as of fifteen per cent.—
to ward ofFithe danger in which the Church at

present stands. Their assent, therefore, affordel
no indication of the opinions or feelings of the
body of the clergy. Then with respect to the
rectors, curates, &c., from whom Mr. STANLEY
received the statement he did, they were, we would
venture to say, nineteen out of twenty of them,
men who had been unable to get their tithes for
some time past, and were therefore willing to
agree to any terms. But neither did they speak
the sentiments of that portion of the clergy who
were not in immediate danger, and who, up to
the present time, perhaps, are more impressed
with the inconveniences they would personally
suffer from a reduction of income. The argu-
ment founded on the general assent of the clergy,
hid, we trust, therefore, no foundation from
the beginning. As, however, Lord ALTHORP
now acknowledges not only the hardship, but
the injustice, of the impost on present incum-
bents, if it can be avoided, we shall at present say
no more upon the subject, not doubting that
some plan will be devised for removing the diffi-
culty at present in the way of reconciling justice
with expediency.

The men of Essex, who proverbially, and
not without reason, pride themselves on the
superior growth and excellence of their calves,
may well shout for joy in having such a fine
sample of the breed to represent them as Sir
JOHN TYR R ELL. A finer was never yet exhibited
in Smithfield. He is thorough bred, even Li
the bleat. Those who may be inclined to think
this description overcharged, have only to turn
to our Parliamentary report of last night to be-
come convinced. They will there find a ques-
tion or two asked by the Hon. Baronet of Mi-
nisters, which, in point of dull, impenetrable ob-
tuseness, might put even a prize-ox to the blush.
Were Sir JOHN at all addicted to the facetious,
we might be apt to imagine that his interroga-
tories were hazarded by way of joke. But the
general style and quality of his speeches for-
bids the rash supposition.

The West India Proprietors and others, who
are interested in the Colonies, have received an
intimation of the determination of Mr. STANLEY
to carry into effect the leading points of the plan
of his predecessor, for the abolition of Negro
Slavery. There is not, we believe, any ground
for expecting greater concessions from Mr.
STANLEY than were expected from Lord
GODERICH.

We stated a few days ago, that it was in the
contemplation of some of the Liberal Members
of the House of Commons to establish a Club,
independent of BROOK Es's, at which they
might meet and organize their plans. Great
George-street, Westminster, wa's mentioned as
the locality of this Club, but several of the per-
sons who took an interest in the affair, objected
to this situation as not being sufficiently central,
and the whole plan is, we believe, abandoned
for the present. Of the importance of such a
Club, in a political point of view, there can be
no doubt. The Liberals are only weak, as com-
pared with the Ministerial Whigs, from want of
organization ; and if they were to be organized
properly, they would become a formidable body
in the House of Commons.

No further information has been received at
the Portuguese embassy relative to the dispute
between Admiral SARTORIUS and the Minis-
ters of Don PEDRO ; but little doubt is enter-
tained as to the amicable arrangement of that af-
fair. It appears that Don PEDRO, who made
no allowance for the bad condition of his
fleet, had listened to the insinuations of the ene-
mies of SARTORIUS, and imagined that the Ad-
miral had not done so much as he ought to have
done with the force under his command. Thus
prejudiced against SARTORIUS, he had long
since determined to remove him, and was only
waiting for a favourable opportunity. We un-
derstand from two officers who have served
under SA Wro RI us that no man could have effected
more for Don PEDRO, with the limited means
at his disposal, than he has done ; and of his
personal energy they speak in the highest terms.
For a period of three weeks SARTORIUS, whilst
watching the enemy, was not once in bed.

Mr. ATTWOOD, the Member for Birming-
ham, and his brother MATTHIAS, are indefa-
tigable in their efforts to obtain converts to their
plan for a change in the currency ; and they
have not been unsuccessful, for they have not
only the support of those who think that a
change of the currency would improve the con•
dition of the industrious classes, but also that
of the numerous Members on both sides of the
House of Commons, who imagine that it would
have the effect of raising their rents. The
Member for Birmingham, however, disdains all
personal considerations; and, as a proof of his
sincerity, refers to the plan which be proposed
to the Earl of LIVERPOOL in or about the year
1816. Mr. ATTWOOD at that time recom-
mended that the Government should take the
entire paper circulation of the country into its
own hands, and apply the annual profits, which
he estimated at nearly three millions, to the re-
demption of the national debt, thus getting rid
of the curse which paralyzes our energies, with-
out even a temporary sacrifice on the part of the
country at large.

It will be seen that the flogging clause of the
Army Mutiny Bill was last night only carried
b„, a majority of eleven over Mr. HumE's
amendment. That amendment originally pro-
posed the entire abolition of flogging in the army
when at home, but was afterwards altered at the
suggestion of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, by mak-
ing Open mutiny, thieving, and drunkenness on
guard, still punishable by flogging. After the
division, which was received with loud cheers by
the Abolitionists," Mr. HuME announced
his intention of proposing the amendment
again on the third reading ; but afterwards with-
drew his notice. We have reason to believe
that his Majesty's Ministers intend, in conse-
quence of the feeling expressed by the House,
themselves to propose some modification of the
punishment of flogging, but not exactly that
moved by the Hon. Member for Middlesex.

COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)

The LORD CHANCELLOR stated that he would sit to-
morrow morning at ten o'clock.

Sir E. SUGDEN observed, that it had been most distinctly
understood the Court would not sit after to-day.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said he should be bound to sit
to-morrow, as he must get through more of the petitions than
it would be possible for him to get through to-day.
Sir E. SUGDEN said there might have been a mistake
about it; but it had been so clearly stated and understood that
his Lordship would not come down to-morrow, that arrange-
ments had been made at the Bar which would prevent the
attendance of almost all the Counsel if the Court did sit.

The LORD CHANCELLOR referred to the Registrar's
book, and found that it had been agreed that he should not
sit after to-day. Being afraid, therefore, that he could not
go against the record, it was arranged that he should not sit
to.morrow.