The Sun.
London, England, 1834-02-27 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN CHIC FEA. 24,
The business of the circuit commenced here to-,,ay,
The Judges, Mr. Justice Taunton and Mr. Justice Alder-
son atrived on Saturday, and this morning Mr. Justice
Taunton, who presides in the Crown Court, addressed the
Grand Jury. The calendar of this county-palatine is
rather heavy. There are two or three cites of man-
slaughter, and two or three of rape.
Thomas Davison, aged 21 years, was indicted under
Lord Ellenborough's Act with feloniously stabbing Grace
Matthewson in the left side with a knife, with intent to do
her grievous bodily harm.
The proseeutrix, who is a young WORM about 17
years of age, stated that the occurrence took place on
Sunday week last, the 16th instant. She resides with
her brother at a place called 13owsden-moor, her father
and mother being dead. She had been visiting her grand.-
mother on the day mentioned, and was returning home a
little after one o'clock in the afternoon. She had to past
a place called Barrington Lock, a kind of valley or ravine,
about two miles distant from her grandmother's. She
saw a man coming up the green, in which there are some
trees. She had got within about twenty yards of the
gate when the prisoner came up to her, put his arms
round her waist, and threw her on the ground. The
witness then described the attempts made on her person
by the prisoner, which attempts she successfully resisted.
lie then took out a knife and said lie would cut her throat
if she did not lie still. Ile stabbed her with a knife in
the side through the stays, and soon after went away. As
soon as the prosecutrix came to herself; she got up and
passed througk the gate. _ _ .

Several witnesses were called, after which
The jury found the prisoner Guilty.—Sentence not
passed.
Mr. Justice TAUNTON, who, we believe, has not been
this circuit before, seemed to_day a good deal annoyed by
the roundabout mode of answering questions which is so
characteristic of the peasantry in the north. The Learned
Judge remarked that he found it much easier to make the
Welsh people understand him than the inhabitants of this
part of the country.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.-READING, FEB. 2;3.
(Before Mr. Justice ParrEsoN.)

Aaron Liddiard and Thomas Liddiard were charged
with being armed in the preserves of John Pearse, Esq.,
the Bank Director, with intent to take game.
The jury found both the prisoners Guilty.
Wm. Williams, a middle aged man, of very respectable
appearance, was charged with having uttered a forged 10/.
bank-note, he well knowing it to be forged.
Verdict, Guilty.—Sentence, transportation for life.
. . _ .

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In the case of Wm. Jones, who was tried for horse
stealing, Mr. Justice PATTESON said that he had known
instances of two horse stealers each stealing a horse, at a
place very distant from the other, and then meeting half-
way, and exchanging horses, so that if afterwards either
of them had the horse they exchanged found in his pos-
session, and was taken up and charged with stealing it,
he set up an alibi, as he was never near the place front
which that horse was stolen.

The first half-yearly general meeting of the
proprietors of the London and Birmingham railway was
held in Birmingham on Friday last ; Isaac Solly, E.q., of
Laidon, chairman of the board of directors, presiding.
The report was read by Capt. Moorsom, one of the secre-
taries. It stated that the whole of the line from London
to Birmingham has been staked out and levelled, with the
exception of a few points, and that the plans and specifi-
cations of the works for the first '7O miles from London,
will be completed on the Ist of March, when the directors
will immediately advertise for tenders for executing such
portion of the railway. The second instalment, of 51. per
share, it was stated, had been promptly paid, and a balance
of 120,306/. is now at the disposal of the company. The
meeting was attended by ab ,ut 200 proprietors, who ex-
pressed great satisfaction at the report.
'I'IIE CELEBRATEDWOMEN OF ALL AGES.
By THE DUCHESS 01 ABRA NTES,---Tfie second part of
this charming and valuable monthly publication, to be
issued the Ist of March, will be an exceedingly rich num-
ber. The Lives and Portraits it is to contain are Cathe-
rine the First, Anna Boleyn, Beatrice Cenci, and Madame
de Stael. The sale of the folio edition of this splendid
work, at 10s. 6d. each part, we understand, almost equals
that of the octavo, at 3s. 61, in consequence of the portraits
of the firmer being so large—ei:lit times the size of the lat-
ter, and such unique and beautiful specimens of the art
as to have been eagerly sought after by numbers of the
nobility and gentry, with the view of putting them into
trames, for hanging round the walls of their salons as
pictorial ornaments.
In the parish of liillfarance, near Taunton,
within the last fifteen years, twenty small cottages with
an acre of laud attached to each, have been erected on the
side of the common, by the present occupiers, who arc
chiefly mechanics ; the soil very indifferent. The Lords
of the Manor have granted leases for tiO years at a fair
rent for the land. The rents are punctually pail,e
land is cultivated in a gardenlike manner, and r t
ops
are excellent; the occupants never apply for parochial aid,
and neither indolent nor immoral, they are neither poachers
nor smugglers,
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FIRES.

Wmcfasrift. About eight o'clock on Wednesday
evening a fire broke out at Upper Cranbourn Farm, be-
tween Winchester and Whitcburch, occupied by Mr.
Saunders, jun. It commenced in a load of straw, which
had been drawn into an open space between the wheat and
barley barns, so that the straw, when fired, spread the
conflagration on each side, and rapidly consumed the barns,
stables, cart-houses, &c. The house (owing to ite having
a tiled roof) and a small granary, were the only build-
ings saved. The corn (about 300 quarters of barley,

and between SOO and 400 sacks of wheat, mostly thrashed
out and placed in the barns) was in great part pre-
served, though very materially damaged by the smoke
penetrating the heaps. An oat rick, containing about
sixty quarters, was also consumed. The horses were let
out of the stables immediately the fire was discovered, and
only two pigs, out of a great number on the premises, were
consumed. It is calculated that not less than 1,000 per-
sons were collected before ten o'clock, nearly all of whom
rendered assistance in the most praiseworthy manner ; a
few, however, assembled at a short distance, smoking their
pipes and amusing themselves with the utmost indiffer-
ence, but manifesting their recklessness and malignity by
cheers and other tokens when any part of the buildings
fell in, or at the probability of any increased disaster. Mr.
Beckett, of this city, whose promptitude on several occa-
sions has always been of the utmost importance, was on
the spot as speedily as possible, and before five o'clock on
Thursday morning, had apprehended three persons on sus •
picion, and lodged them in the county gaol, where they
have been examined. The facts which have been elicited
lead toy confident belief that the perpetrators will not
long escape the most revere punishment.—Rampshire
Courier.

The Sunderland Herald of Friday states—" Just as
we were going to press this morning, about three o'clock,
we were alarmed by the rattles of the watchmen, the cries
of Fire,' and the rapid ringing of the fire-bells. On
inquiry, we found that the premises occupied by Mr.
Douglas Lonie and others, situated between Vine-street
and Burleigh-street, and fronting the High-street, were all
on fire. On our arrival at the spot, the devouring element
was raging with unabated fury. The several engines were
ep. edily in attendance; and we cannot too highly eulogize
the exertions made by the inhabitants to assist in sub-
duing the fire, by supplying the engines with water from
the liver. We must here express our regret that the water.
pipes in the street are not available at nighttime; had this
been otherwise, the devastation would not have been so
dreadful, nor the destruction of property so fearful. The
officers and soldiers of the Bth reeiment, stationed at the
barracks, rendered very efficient service in keeping off the
pressure of the amid, and thereby facilitating the pro-
cess of conveying water to the engines. On application,
we presume, to the manager of the water-works, the
pipes were ultimately supplied, and the flames were then
rapidly extinguished. The apartments occupied as the
Jew's Synagogue have been destroyed. We are happy
to state that the spirits contained in the cellar
occupied by R. C. Nesbitt were removed before the fire
communicated to that part of the premises. The pro-
perty belongs to Mr. John Renner, and is, we are informed,
insured. We regret to state that Mrs. Smith, occupying
apartments in the premises, in attempting to make her
escape from a window, had the misfortune to break both
her lugs. This, we are informed, is the only instance of
personal injury having been sustained by this dreadful
fire. It is worthy of notice, that the above were the pre-
mises once occupied by the famed Colonel Lilburn, and in
which Oliver Cromwell slept when he visited Sunderland."
Wednesday evening, between seven and nine, a fire
broke out at Kessingland, on the premises of the Rev. D.
G. Norris, vicar of that parish. It is supposed to be the
work of an incendiary.—Bury Herald.
A dreadful fire broke out in the Bridge-hall paper-mills,
near Bury, last week, which destroyed about 5,0001. worth
of property.—Leeds Intelligencer.

A dinner was given by Lord Erroll, at the
Clarendon, in honour of the Queen's Birthday, on Mon-
day., Feb. 24, to the following Noblemen and Gentlemen :
.The. Marquis of Clanricarde, the Marquis of Conyng.
Ism, the Marquis of Tweedale, the Earl of Albemarle, the
Earl of Belfast, the Earl of Uxbridge. Lord Adolphus
Fitzclarence, Lord Saltoun, Hon. Captain Hay, Hon. Sir
Charles Paget, Hon. Berkeley Paget, Sir George Sey-
mour, Sir J. Whatley, Sir John Conroy, Colonel Wemyss,
Colonel Bowater, Captain Pechell, Mr. Hudson, Mr.
Wombell.

The appearance of the west end on Tuesday
was most exhilarating, indicating as it did that, if not all
the world, nearly all the world wag in town, and that
the annual reign of fashion and gaiety had begun. Many
leading families, however, including the Londonderrys,
#3uccleuchs, Harewoods, Aberdeens, and Mansfields, will
tint visit the metropolis until after Easter.

CIIICHESTER.-011 Thursday morning, at a
quarter before two o'clock, a slight shock of an earth-
quake was again felt here; it was accompanied by a
rumbling noise ending in explosion. Many persons sen-
sibly felt the shock, which was confined to a smaller extent
than either of the previous one., this being the fourth ex-
perienced from the 13th September last.—Sussex Paper.
LITERARY UNION.—This club, according
t 6 a vote of a majority of the members, is to be newly
modelled and newly named, but Mr. Thomas Campbell is
still to be continued President. On Saturday next the
new club is expected to be formed, and when complete is
net to consist of more than 600 member.. A committee
bas been formed, consisting of 30, to select such ex-mem-
bers et the old club as they shall think fit as founders of
the new establishment. This schism among the parties
has given rise to much discontent, for after the committee
make their choice of the founders, the remaining members
of the old club, if they think fit, to be proposed, must
undergo the ordeal of a ballot, and pay an entrance fee,
should they be elected members of this scion of the old
institution. The old members not included in the selec-
tion of the committee will consider themselves not only
awkwardly situated, but hardly used, after having paid 15
guineas entrance-money when elected members of the Li-
terary Union, if they should not be elected into the new
club, which will hold its sittings in the same premises
now occupied by the Literary Union. The task of the
committee will be rather invidious, and certainly not very
enviable, considering all the circumstances of the case.
By the last advices from Paris the premium
on gold is 8i per mille, which, at the English Mint price
of Si. 17s. 101 d. the ounce for standard gold, gives an
exchange of 25 36. and the exchange at Paris on London
at short being 25 30, it follows that gold is 6-25 per cent.
dearer at Paris than in London.

Died, at New Orleans, on the 18th of De-
cember last, Edward Knight, Esq., formerly of London,
and recently of New York. Mr. Knight was the son of
Riward Knight, the celebrated English comedian,
sea came to this country about seven years ago, with his
lady, formerly Miss Povey, whose excellence as a vocalist
was well known to our readers. Mr. Knight was an ac-
complished musician, a good artist, and a man of exten-
sive information and acquirements. During his residence
in this country he gained many friends, by whom his early
death will be lamented. Mr. Knight was well known in
this city for his musical talents, as well as his retiring and
amiable disposition, and his loss will long be severely felt
by many of his friends.—New York Atlas.
AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.—On Tuesday
se'nnight, as one of the large wedding processions, which
are frequently seen in the streets of this town, was wend-
ing its way to church, a pensiener, named James Evans,'
who fo med one of the party, dropped down, near the
house of Mr. Hughes, hatter, and instantly expired. TWs
awful event threw a gloom over the party, and the gaiety
which exhilarated the buoyant group, a few moments
before was succeeded by a feeling of consternation. An
jnquest was held in the afternoon at the Town Hall, before
A, eon Timmins, E when the facts above stated were
profelir and a verdict returned—" That the deceased died
a oatuttl death, and by the visitation of God."—Car-
marthen Jozrnal.
HORRID MURDER AND HIGHWAY ROB-
sintY.—lnformation was conveyed at an early hour this
morning to the Metropolitan Police of the horrid murder
about six o'clock last night of Mr. John Richardson,
farmer, of Bletchingly, surrey, between Epsom and Ban-
stead, upon his return from Epsom market. He was shot
through the lungs, and death must have been almost in-
stantaneous. The inhuman wretch, or wretches, for two
are supposed to have been concerned, afterwards rifled his
pockets, and took from his person between 30/. and 40/.
in cash and Bank of England notes. It is strongly be-
lieved this foul murder was committed by two men who
were seen immediately afterwards coming from the spot,
and who are described as being, one about five feet ten
inches high, and the other half a head shorter. One had
on a dark jacket or frock, and the other a lighter one.
They are supposed to be the same men who were seen
about two hours previously on Walton Heath : the tall
one is thin, and the other had on a light smockfrock, and
a bundle under his arm ; be is a poet erful-looking man,
although thin. The other is remarkably ill-featured. A
reward of 100/. has been offered for the apprehension and
conviction of the murderers. All information on the
subject is directed to be given to Menra, Everest and
Berthas, of Epsom, Surrey.

LONDON,
THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 27, 1834.

We congratulate the country on the successful
progress of the important measures for the re-
formation of the corrupt constituencies who
have bartered their birth rights for a mess of
porridge. The Warwick Bill for the annexation
of Leamington to Warwick, was read a second
time without a division ; the Tories decently
confining themselves to a simple protest against
it, and a barefaced denial of the corruption
so distinctly proved. Mr. HALCOMB— by
common consent of all parties, even his own,
the greatest bore in Parliament—appears to be
the Solicitor-General of the rotten boroughs
but the " Honourable Member" for Dover
invariably assists the cause he endeavours to
injure. The Liverpool Freemen Disfran-
chisement Bill was also read a second time by
a triumphant majority-190 to 38; and such
a decided expression of the sense and deter-
mination of the reformed House of Commons
must insure the success of the measure in
the House of Lords. The conduct of Sir
ROBERT PEEL was the subject of much obser•
vation. The right honourable member was "in
and out" of the house the whole evening, and
" slipped" the division on the Liverpool bill.
We believe the fact to be that Sir ROBERT
PEEL could not make a " turn" on this occa-
sion, and probably could not screw up his
courage to vote against his customary political
party. Sir R. PEEL had heretofore supported
Mr. BENETT'S bill, and after the royal assen t
to the English Reform Act, viz., on the 13th
of July, 1832, recommended Mr. BENETT then
to postpone the Bill on account of the late pe-
riod of the session, and said he felt the less dif-
ficulty in advising its postponement, " as I was
a supporter of the Bill myseY."—(Mirror of
Parliament. Debates, July, 1832.) The Right
Hon. Baronet will still, however, have the op-
portunity of delivering his sentiments, and
recording his votes on the third reading,
and much curiosity, exists to know how
he will redeem his consistency, and at
the same time please his party. But the Li-
verpool Bill is now safe on its own merits and
independent support. Mr. C. P. THOMSON,
Mr. ELLICE, Mr. SPRING RICE, Mr. C.
WooD, colonel GREY, Lord J. RUSSELL,
Mr. H. T. STANLEY, the LORD ADVOCATE.
all members and immediate friends of the Go-
vernment, voted for the bill. Lord DUNCAN-
NON also paired off in its favour. The numbers
present, attracted solely by the importance of the
two Bills, speak well for the Reformed House.
The condign punishment of these venal and
despicable electors will operate not only as
a punishment of the guilty, but prevent the imi-
tation of their political crimes. It was not to
be endured that the sound constituency of the
second commercial town in the world should be
swamped in the corruption of its mis-called
" Freemen."

It has very recently been rumoured of late
that Government intended to increase the duty
on spirits. We do not know whether the pre-
sentation of the following accounts by Mr. S.
RICE has any reference to the subject. Mr.
RICE also presented a similar account of the
several articles charged with the duties of Ex-
cise. Perhaps the whole has reference to a com-
mutation or revision of our present very unequal,
and, in many respects, very oppressive system

Reform in Spain, we are afraid, is making
but slow advances. There is evidently a hang-
ing back—a slowness and irresolution on the
part of the Minister, which are incompatible
with the redress of wrongs, and the renovation
of a decayed and corrupt system of govern-
ment. After many promises and long expec-
tation, no day is yet fixed for the meeting of
the Cortes, little or nothing is done to esta-
blish public credit, and the amnesty, or rather
the amnesties, granted, lose half their effect by
the niggardly and reluctant way in which they
are doled out. From the last accounts, the
Carlists are taking advantage of such indecision,
and assembling forces and braving the consti-
tuted authorities in a way which leads to serious
apprehension. A little more indecision, or any
neglect in the payment of the troops, may give
a complete change to the whole state of affairs.
The clergy and apostolical party lack neither
money nor will, and the constitutionalists may
depend upon it the army will fight only for those
that pay them. Their first object therefore
ought to have been to assemble the Cortes—in
order to gain their sanction not only to the change
in the succession, but to some financial measures
which might in some degree re-establish the
credit of this bankrupt state. Nothing short of
this will obtain for them either the hearty sup-
port of the liberal party or the fear of the other.
Would they profit by example they have only
to look across the Pyrenees and see what
France gained by decision. In three days the
people of Paris decided the fate of the French
monarchy. Had they delayed their rising for
three weeks, a powerful army would have sur-
rounded the capital, and kept CHARLES X. on
his throne. A similar delay here may bring
Don CARLOS to Madrid. He anti his party
have not been idle since the death of the
KING. The Government will find this to their
cost by numerous risings as the season advances,
and by plots and defections partly excited by
money, and partly by the timid, wavering, and
discouraging policy of the Minister. We are
afraid, however, that all advice will be lost on
him and his colleagues. The liberal party par-
ticularly, whenever it has got into power in Spain,
have acted with all the sluggishness and blind
obstinacy of the animals with which the country
abounds. When FERDINAND returned at the
close of the war, they would not advance their
pace one jot, and he was allowed quietly to re-
sume all the absurd prerogatives and the uncon-

trolled despotism of the ancient monarchy. Ihe
same delay, the same indecision and apathy,
mixed up with a little folly, formed the bane of
the Constitutional cause in 1822, and decided

the Allied Sovereigns on sending a French
army into Spain. It is painful to think,
that with such advantages, now when France
and England will allow no foreign inter-
ference, they should be following a course
which will prolong a civil war, and possibly
delay, though it cannot finally prevent, the
regeneration of the country. These fears may
be unfounded, but no one who knows the de-
termination of the Apostolicals, their wealth,
and their influence over the country people,
can believe for a moment that they will give in
without a violent struggle.

The Paris Papers of Tuesday have been re-
ceived. The Government introduced a law
into the Chamber of Deputies, with a view to
suppress illegal associations. This will be found
more easy in theory than practice. The news
from Spain is not satisfactory. The day for
assembling the Cortes had not been decided on
so late as the 17th inst. The plague has broken

out in Jerusalem. Paris was tranquil, and so
... •
was Lyons.
FRENCH FUNDS.—PARis, FEL 25.
Five per Cents., 105 f. 65c. 75c.
Three per Cents., 76f. sc.
Bank Actions, 1,780 f
Rente de Naples, 921. sc.
Roman Five per Cents., 92M.
Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents.; 37k.
Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., P 94.
Royal Spanish Loan, 704.
Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 61.
Belgian Loan, 1831, Five per Cent., 98%.
Haytian Loan, 285 E
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25f. 25c. ; money, 25f. 25c.
Three months, paper, 25f. 12%c. ; money, 20f. 10c.
—Cours Authentigue.

Brussels papers of yesterday's date have been
received. Their contents relate principally to
the late affair of M. HANNO. Three thousand
troops were ordered to proceed towards Luxem-
burg, and other preparations were being made,
but we do not think that hostilities will ensue.
The Queen of the FRENCH and the Prin-
cesses were to leave Brussels for Paris to-morrow.

News has been received from Portugal of ra-
ther a gloomy character. We refer to our city
article for the particulars. Don PEDRO seems
to sink in the estimation of the Portuguese in
proportion as he acquires power. This is a
bad omen for the cause of freedom.

German Papers of the 21st inst., contain some
further remarks respecting the Poles in Switzer-
land and the wish of Russia that they should
be compelled to quit that territory. It appears
that the mildness of the season has extended to
Odessa, the harbour of which was open on the
20th of January, by the ice breaking up. The
fAlowing are some extracts :

FRONTIERS OF POLAND, FEB. 6.—We learn from Warsaw
that the tribunals have within these few days pronounced
judgment upon the promoters of the revolution of 1829, and
the persons arrested at that period. Peter Wyzoski, one of
them, was condemned to death, but an appeal to the Emperor
remains open to him, and it is believed that the punishment
will be commuted. When Wyzoski was called upon to speak
in his defence, his subordinates being present, he contented him-
self with maintaining that those who acted under him only did
theirduty by obeying the rules of discipline, and declared that he
alone was guilty, and that he was ready to terminate his long suf-
ferings by the fate which he knew inevitably awaited him. We
have not yet learned what punishment will be inflicted on the
others. Public opinion at Warsaw still appears to be unsettled,
as well as in the other towns of Poland, nor does there seem to
be any tendency towards cordiality between the inhabitants and
the Russians. The taxes are very oppressive. The citizens of
Warsaw have also been compelled to furnish large sums for the
fortification of the town. Formerly the officers of the corps
that formed the garrison were rich, and spent a great
deal of money in the city; but now, though the gar-
rison is composed of thirteen regiments of infantry and
four of cavalry, amounting together to 15,000 men, the offi-
cers are all without private fortune, and their pay is so ex-
tremely scanty that they can scarcely procure the necessaries of
life, which are very dear, consequently their presence does not
give any encouragement to industry or commerce.

BERLIN, FEB. 19.—0 f the loan contracted in the year
1822 with the house of Rothschild, in London, 65,0001.
sterling are to be repaid on the Ist of July this year. The
Directors of the Society of Maritime Commerce intend,
however, by notice of the house given them, to reduce at
at that time the sum of 500,0001. sterling in the bonds of that
loan ; these will be decided by drawing lots on the 28th of this
month, and the numbers drawn will be published. Of the still
existing bonds, amounting to 1,600,000/. there will then re-
main 1,100,0001. which will remain to be reduced in future in
a similar manner.—Prussian State Gazette, Feb. 20.

We beg to direct public attention to the
report of a meeting on the tea trade in another
part of The Sun. The resolutions come to
will be found in our advertising columns.

By the Columbine, M. W., from Mexico, we
have accounts from Tampico to the 9th, and
from Havannah, to the 28th ult. The ship
Mexico sailed from Tampico for New Orleans
in April last. The crew mutinied, and killed
the captain and all the passengers. Among the
latter was the eminent merchant, Mr. MAN-
NING, Of the house Of MANNING and MAR-
SHALL. The crew afterwards took the ship to
Cape Antonia, where they landed the specie,
which was very considerable in amount, and
scuttled the vessel.

The Kentish Gazette says, "We hear that the
Rev. Mr. GLEIG, of Ash, has been appointed
Chaplain to Greenwich Hospital !" This, of
course, is a Government appointment, and we
are exceedingly desirous to know what claim a
notoriously high Tory churchman has to it.
Surely, Ministers should think of their friends
before their enemies ! Some late appointments,
however, equally inconsistent with the present
one, lead us to conclude, that the only way a
hungry expectant, whether lay or clerical, can
hope to obtain a loaf or a fish from Ministers, is
by ranking himself among their bitterest oppo-
nents, and bullying them into submissiveness.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The Fairy Queen has ;rived at Liverpool from the Mauri.
tius ; sailed on the 14th December, and from St. Helena on
the 16th January. When she left the Mauritius, everything
was tranquil; but there prevailed a considerable gloom and dis.
content through the greater part of the island, and matters
were far from being satisfactory between the government and
the inhabitants.

By the Intrepid, in thirty days, from Demerara, files of the
Bengal Gazette and the Guinea Chronicle to the 13th have
been received. Everything was quiet, both there and in
Jamaica.

INIF'ERIALPARLIAMENT

THIS DAY, THURSDAY, FEB. 27.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SrEmtaa took the chair at a quarter-past twelve.
Mr. BRINES, the new member for Leeds, took the oaths
and his seat.

Mr. JAMES OSWALD presented a petition from the
city of Glasgow, the object of which we could not learn,
from the noise in the body of the house.
Mr. BETHELL brought up the report of the committee
on the Sculcoates Small Tenements Bill, stating that the
amendments hdd been agreed to, and the bill was read a
second time.

Lord SANDON brought up the report of the commit-
tee on the amendments to the Liverpool Small Tenements
Bill. The amendments were ordered to be engrossed,
and the bill was read a second time.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL presented a petition from the
protestant dissenters of Ashburnham, Devonshire, praying
for the removal of the disabilities under which they
laboured.
Mr. HALL DARE presented petitions from Glanbury,
Essex, signed by the occupiers of 16,000 acres of land,
tpraying that the
petition,
with c oar n
similar
p mightray enr,o tbe
from
th
e hundred repealed.
Rochford, county of Essex. Another petition from the
hundred of Denby, in the same county, signed by the
occupiers of 9,815 acres of land. Another petition, with
a similar prayer, from the owners and occupiers of land
in the parish of Asheldean, in the same county. The
ppetitioners
eopsf
rt aet tshes
odi
os
en t, ht
and
nxt
de
s they,v lhi
prayed c abh ot
that
orr eet ds
pressed
ehu
den dh
moste
ornst eh e greatest
heavilyw ou
re-
peal
o
n
agricultural industry. They also prayed that the malt-
tax might be repealed, and suggested, that if the
finances of the country required any substitute,
that there should be a tax laid upon property.
The hon. member then presented another petition from
the landowners of the parish of Granwell, in the same
county with a similar prayer. The lion. member said,
that after the expression of that house regarding the dis-
tressed state of the agricultural interests, it would be un-
necessary for him to occupy the time of the house, but he
could not present these petitions without expressing a
confident hope that after the result of the motion brought
forward by the noble lord, the member for Buckingham,
on Friday night last, on the subject of agricultural dis-
tress, his Majesty's Ministers would see the necessity of
making some alteration in the financial scheme,
announced to that house a few nights since, by
the noble lord the Chancellor of the Exchequer—an
alteration not more necessary than just towards those in-
tenets which were labouring under depression.
The Marquis of CHANDOS said, he entirely con
curred in the prayer of these petitions. He hoped that_
the important motion which was to come on that night
would meet with the support of the house. He did not
think that the government would resist a motion to in-
quire into that oppressive tax the malt tax.—(Hear,
hear.) He understood that the motion was for a com-
mittee of the whole house to inquire whether this tax
could not be partially or totally repealed ; and he thought
this was a motion which the house, with any regard to the
interests of the country, and to their own character for
consistency, could not resist.
Mr. D. W. HARVEY said, that the petitions prayed two
flings, and protested against one; they prayed for the repeal
of the malt duty, and protested against the agitation of the
repeal of the corn laws; and what, in his opinion, was every
rational prayer, they prayed for a property tax. In this
respect he trusted that they would not be regarded as
supporting this measure from factious views. While they
prayed for the repeal of the malt tax, which would place
the revenue of the country in a deficiency, they suggested
a mode by which that deficiency was to be supplied. This
was a very important point for consideration. He was
not aware that all the petitions contained this prayer
for a property tax, but same of them contained that
prayer—(Mr. Hall Dare: "For the substitution of a
property tax, if necessary"). He (Mr. Harvey) took it
for granted that no one in Essex wished unnecessarily to
incur a new tax.—(A laugh.) He was well aware that
that portion of his Majesty's subjects had too much good
sense to entertain such a project. Ha would impress upon
the house that these petitions advocated the repeal of a
tax which would create a deficiency of 4,000,0001.,
when his Majesty's government announced that they had
only 1,200,0001. to deal with. He would impress this
upon them, that they might be prepared to recognise a
property tax. If he had had the good fortune to have
been in the house sufficiently early to present a petition, he
would bave had an opportunity of stating that a consider-
able number of the farmers of the county of Essex bad
intrusted him with a petition upon the same subject as the
petitions that had been presented; and their reasons for
doing so—for he (Mr. H.) was not a party connected
with the landed interests—was, that on a recent occasion
out of the ten members from the county of Essex only one
of them had voted for an inquiry into the pension list.
They found the members from that county most disinte-
restedly pressing for a repeal of the malt tax, with a nega-
tive feeling towards the house tax, whilst for the continua-
tion of pensions they were eager and uniform advocates.

Sir JOHN TYRRELL said he was one of those who
opposed the motion of the hon. member for Colchester
upon the subject of the pension list. He held in his hand
a petition upon the subject of agricultural distress, signed
by a large number of the constituents of the member for
Colchester, and he would only make one remark upon
this subject, which was worthy the attention of the house;
these petitioners did not point out the pension list as
a particular object of reduction. After the motion the
other night for an inquiry into the pension list, he would
give the hon. member fair warning that whenever the
question came before the House, he (Sir J. T.) would be
anxious to draw down upon himself all the indignation
and unpopularity that would attach to a vote in support of
the prerogatives of the Crown. His reason for not sup.
porting the hon. member for Colchester was, because he
felt that when hon. members now on the treasury bench sat
on that (the opposition side) of the house, they had taken
a very different course with respect to the pension list,
and be (Sir J. T.) was anxious to see them dragged by
their own friends through the mire, as had happened on a
late occasion. He would only add that when the question
came before the house he would not make any sacrifice
under the head of popularity, but would, as he had before
stated, maintain all the just prerogatives of the crown.
Mr. HALL DARE would not follow the example of
hon. members in alluding to topics which were not regu-
larly before the house. When hon. gentlemen spoke of
abrogating a tax which was so productive to the revenue
as the malt tax, were they prepared to look the alternative
on the face?—(Hear, hear.) During the last session,
he (Mr. H. Dare) stated that he was ready to adopt some
substitute for that tax. He would not take up the time
of the house, as so many petitions were about to be pre-
sented, further than by stating that he would vote for the
repeal of the malt tax, and likewise for such provision in
its stead as the exigencies of the revenue may demand.
Mr. ROBINSON could not refrain from remarking
nu
downepsom then
tor
repeal
p etat inconsistencysuheohus
house, and
of hatoannxdo u
ardasel
tll gentlemenhonourable!
alt
x coming
t o
yielded over four millions to the Exchequer, without con-
sidering the condition that government would be placed in
theira ri h
-
by such a large reduction of their resources. There were
ut)ve ,
trhnemdei
snit,
atsosiorneapteealreileeeerttiaoi
reflection
wdpseultloint considerg what substitute would
to. Either the government should carry on the offal's
oftmbae taxes,
:beiYisoa'odp.aerni me
sodnes nil
intielbgi ee
d‘rlss-euomuptalpodno sition of those demands being acceded
oa,etw,
iqhfpl
eoeupta
tee(
le,,hisdiecs}:..lio.yvvu,eynlai;tNnipr
dayr.oone,tnvywshs
eiut
tttarrihhxieeoees without
people.
operatedaermt? tepoesirneoe.wyf taxation,,et
hroTi
were
aneuonrcouredotinomtus
rivlmsyeel
visitedyrus e,tct
iaual tltinilahoebesrdngetuheseaeoullainsOl
voyll,ir,hllitdisauenadabod..sef
rtphaoetses.eps possessed
ey othersei
were
eobllyihtgbt
sacOworieri
el
remission
nvTaonhttdeeb
epotl lefohoit.odapauxdi
tonight
house
etcouldotouf
oldr classes,
coanihole,rtieaterene:
ernidreadcyl
endure
ielrol:deeef
members to give
.up a part of that abundant wealth they
theHe
d
He (Dl
lc; Robinson)t
best mode of commutation. He called on the wealthy
not to evade their duty in lightening taxes on the people,
and bearing them themselves. It was their interest to do
so, for their wealth would be rendered more secure, and
comforts be better diffused through the people.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL considered that the adoption
of a property tax previous to the repeal of so many other
taxes, would he the most just as well as the safest course
for the house to pursue.
Mr. A. BARING alluded to Mr. Harvey's observations
on the pension list. He (Mr. Baring) had been in the
house now near 30 years ; the uniform tenor of his con-
duct during that period was a sufficient testimony that if
he considered the inquiry into the pension list cornpatib:e
with the implied contract between the state and those who
enjoyed pensions, he would have voted for Mr. Harvey's
motion.

Mr. BOWES presented a petition from dissenters,
praying for a repeal of such laws as they considered to he
grievances. Mr. Bowes dissented from one part of the
petition, in which the connexion between church and
state was deprecated.

Mr. LEITH HAY presented petitions from Aberdeen

Patron f'
and another place in Scotland, against church
Tenements Bill.
of Awlhr.ieHh UwTeTnnpuridesentttedheaarp,etaitgiaoinnsftrotrrie
titles
' ed that the Pe
An HON. MEMBER. was surprised when the
should have been deferred till that moment,
witted.
report of the committee on the bill had beenni! ,_ and
Mr. PRYME bore testimony to the autbe tel.C:i'oYn.
respectability of the signatures attached to the P.:
~i ty of
Mr. EWING presented a petition from tb 1,
ed' to call
Glasgow against church patronage. He begg.t.
_.
that
oitcilaeiweltlnietdipooetn:seit:ryirsovna—tio
the attention of the House to the numerous pet! ;nearing
[wing) had thinet
had been lately presented upon this subject,--.ane,„oo,
180,000 signatures, another from Leeds with Di' v
presents
and the one which he was now about tor
The
have been
signed by 42,000 inhabitants of the city of Glasgow'
..0
greatest cat e had been taken with respect to the sigoi
inu...:
aSculcos DMus
proof of this, they
got up in any part of the kingdom' .
respectable, intelligent, and influential meeting coauldmTnheet
; oleo of
the church establishment, its patronage had
cised to the injury of the interests of the people, an a
complained,advertisementl honouri had
ad ecouldmt
hian t
assureant tcaneokdne
whicht fromtrthah ereye
house,
aoooa
occasion,
treshteaia publici place,not
p hdn
brP:. e ttl'enoeee e.in'en(tdx4soeniiiiii. ,
its
the act of 1712, passed in the reign of Queen(
Anne, which bad been violated to the injury °
the rights h treaty of
of the public, and contrary to t e
Union. He 0., ,
(Mr. E.) hoped that his Majesty's gayer
referred to the act of 1649, aa 1
went would accede to the committee moved for by his boo*
friend, for an inquiry into the state of church patronage '4
in
Scotland. Knowing as he did the sentiments and feel-
ings of the people upon this question, he was satisfied that 1
after parliamentary reform, the house would accede to the
prayer of the petitioners and grant a reform in the systeel '1
of church patrdnage in Scotland. The bon. gentian!'
then presented' a petition with a similar prayer from the '.;
Presbytery of Glasgow.
Mr. SINCLAIR would not let that opportunity pee* iil
without saying a few words. He rose more for the put... . I
pose of expressing the encouragement he felt from the 1
presentation of the petition, than with any view to sup-
port
its prayer. A petition so numerously and respectably.
signed, and emanating front the city of Glasgow, which :„
,
was superior almost to any other in intelligence and in.. 1,
dependence, required no support from him. There was i
no question on which the people of Scotland felt a deeper t
interest, and to which they were more opposed in consequence I
of unpopular ministers having been inducted into nutni 't
parishes. In order to show the manner in which this ey97 t,
tem of patronage affected the church of Scotland, t.e ~
hon. member referred to several unpopular anpointnleme
which had taken place, and in consequence of no redrebet
nowod fel
piva
etarrroerdniyigjeyed.
the againstT hßeis
hbi
tto,..p.
oTinfheEe:bs
eye
tsret
re:
then
enwnd
having been obtained, those who were formerly Inee t
strenuous in support of the church establishment were I
Scotland ; he would also show how it worked in Enr
land, and he would read a few words from a charge lately i
what the Right Reverend Prelate said relative to the lavr '
from the charge, in which the Right Rev. Prelate stated, l'
that he once had occasion to consult a high law authoritYs i
respecting a person who bad been presented to a living Wb° ,
was extremely deaf, and unable to move without aa"' t
sistance, yet he was of sound mind, and able
to read the service. The learned gentleman whom
he consulted, said that notwithstanding his infirmities, ",e i
astrheenayodtwaPnoecu Ind peculiar
reatro f:
should be admitted. Another instance occurred in extract
a very aged clergyman had been presented to a lotieft
although he was unable to perform any of its duties e ._.
ciently, but the lawyer told him be could not
refused. A third instance was that of a p arishin le
:which there was a large town with 400 fame
to which a superannuated clergyman had been appoiote
who was totally unable to perform the spiritual domes,
and on a remonstrance being addressed to the Bishop;
the Diocese, the Rector was permitted to retire with°, 3
full salary, leaving his house and flock to retie
care
selected
curate. In these cases the individuals bad reen aellser_.
for their unfitness, not fcr their fitness. The hoTevanew_
her concluded by expressing a hope that the grt . ce'''
eddy re"
complained of by the petitioners would be "Pe
dress Med. f
r. OSWALD most cordially supported the.Prralree rth°B

the petition, as far as it was calculated to Amelia
conditr.ioDlLLON concurred with the hon. member lib
spoke last but one, as to the strong feeling that had be%
Mli°
expressed in Scotland upon this subject, but be thougi;
the removal of church patronage would not put an endot
all the grievances of which the Dissenters comPla,:t;
Mr. CUTLAR FERGUSSON, though though it might to many of them. No doubth be v:
ea; e::::::pt
irce
.a i
entertained it was injurious to the cause of religion.
establishments either in England or Scotland,
pared to go the length of breaking down all
to
his support to the general statement, that there ought
be a change in the law on the subject of church patron.sfeei:
He thought that a measure ought to be introduced wb e,
would give parishioners not only a substantial but a Pr
such a
vailing voice ' in the election of their clergyman' declined
measure he would most heartily support ; but he I,
rc.-
heiug i party to the destruction of the established church
would give

in Scotland.
The petition was then ordered to lie on the table.
toe'
Lord MILTON presented a petition from Northileito°ble
shire, praying for the repeal of the malt tax. T,lse noble
lord stated that he rose to do so with considerable r--1 f
because he felt that lie was compelled, in cousequeli°o
the motion of the hon. member for Lincolnshire, bit
consequence of the course that had been pursued 11,00,•'
majesty's government, to withdraw his support frolg t
as he intended to do this evening. Hs regretted feelingf
compelled to do so, but he felt it to be his duty to Ile
such a course, seeing no prospect whateier of any re
being affCirLAYded b
prey hsen tis Maj
ed aestyetimt's
ioninifrom the churchytwsters.
y
dens and overseers of the hamlet of Mile End Old '
for the abolition of the house and window taxes.
. par..
petitioners contended that those taxes could be well
,73:0
without the imposition of any new burdens.--(r'fe-tbe
He begged to assure the house that the opision °
whole of the metropolitan districts was, that dog! tries
were extremely unjust, because they were unecluali° -b
operation, and that that feeling, so far from subsiding, a
in fact been all along on
Mr.the i
presented a petition from a f
gregation of dissenters in Bridgecroft, the c°untli;
Lancaster, complaining of the grievances under 'lt of
church te ras, the want of registration
they laboured, particularly in regard to the parnenniar,
ridges, and deaths, and their exclusion from the lovers
de,
The hon. member, in supporting the petition, said sr,
served the serious consideration of the house, for the paw
tioners asked for nothing but what might very safely
granted to them, namely, the same rights and privilege:ill;
those who belonged to the church of England. The
of those rights was extremely unjust, and even the bipe-
troduced by the noble lord the Paymaster of the Pr—,,rolu
admitted the grievances under which the diblea.""
of births,
ities,

laboured.
frIO
Mr. BLACKSTONE presented several petitic.o9,„i
places in Berkshire and Gloucestershire, complai,(n.""coe:
distress in the agricultural districts, and prayi°o
repeal of the malt-tax. One of them also coop rated
of the tithe system, which, the petitioners said, °P`isod..
prejudicially in preventing the improvement of ,„ of
He stated, that he knew the state:oll;l3 he
the petitioners in that part of the country svith,„`veitiog
was connected to be correct. At the public,;ll, be %fr
which one of the petition; was got uP, and Wii:lna4 ta%.
tended, a gentleman stated that the repeal
°fut that dell'
Would of necessity produce a property tax, t
ration was very oofavourably received, natiti°l3'
Mr. R. PALMER supported the prayer of tue,r ention
:,„, att •01
and contended that they required the very serious a oaf ,
of his Majesty's government. All petitions haulossatc;
to the attention of the house, but those which ed at the
from public meetings more particularly so, a° at asole!
meeting in Berkshire which he attended, the sokic
in the petition was moat calmly and dis Pass
lQ
considered.

The
pMr.seetirtgioennistwserpeAorNdeKreidEtoprleleseonntedthea tapledtei•toioldoov!
Finsbury, praying for a repeal of the house and 4r. pete
taxes. He cordially agreed with the prayer of theo
government
tion, and hoped that his Majesty's cv°ll
the subject a favourable consideration.
Mr. GILLON presented a petition very nel/ls es of
signed, from the provost, town-council, and buragbolpit,
Ayr, in the county of Ayrshire, praying for the,"tbst:'-
ot the system of church patronage in Scotlenu' del*
would not allow that opportunity to pass, witboel
oppose°
that the great body of the people of Scotland wer,enrola Pe;
to the present unjust and impolitic system of e"; but /A"
tronage ; they did not object to the establisbnio".iviler.,
the compulsory assessment of a dominant and they
sect ; as a member of the church of Scotland, be felt
were putting that church in an ambiguous el'uaepoeg;
hey were to say that it was not strong -soot/0'
to stand on its own merits, or to maintain itself oxiotig
a compulsory and obnoxious assessment. The nbelevied,
manner in which that assessment had been lately
rendered the desire f'r its repeal stronger than esre'ootre'
Mr. CUTLAR FERGUSSON would not
0, be
,:ict what the hon. member had stated, yert
would say, that hie (Mr, F,'a) iolortaatiou

di rests and that he believed it to be correct. The hon. 1
i'ealbet said he was a member of the church of Scotland,
tad yet wished for the destruction of that establishment,
thich by the universal voice of the neople succeeded the
„tlTetiarafaoreeathhealrisa, eaenlidg. which had been approved of by
tat
"vnien erated from that day to this.
Flo
desire for the destruction of that establishment was
who
g of yesterday ;
thought it there was a large body of men
in consequen.e of
necessary to separate from the establishment
Ministers If the the manner in which the
ttibbeestablishineut were appointed. But to say that a
h rof the church of Scotland wished well to that
e-titiel,h',Bati yet wished for its destruction, was language
114%gt Re each] not hear without entering his solemn
144 i agnin't it. As to the obnoxious nature of the pay-
thltitlilutried to,
.he would say, their estates had descended to
it-i 7 vcs ged with that payment, that they. had purchased
toe' estates under that charge, and that if they attempted
un.
otinPoltet that sum, it would be, in his opinion, anore_
et LiPled proceeding, as it would be robbing the c
to Pt
ior*tiand of a payment which had been allotted i
lie mould for which now they gave no consideration.
brewed tial take that opportunity to sty that there were
44% it! Scotland doctrines respecting church and
Nil • Which he for one would never give his support.
toadties were carried to an extreme that would soon put
epos 11, ta All government. The first attempt was made
)4., 4 church, the next would be an attack uplodnire-r
gie:',,,ad he hoped that Scotch members w
(ni
in any
,vi Leeir sanction to any pi °position, which . .
kr/ te.tirljrsell to the destruction of the church of Scotland.
Nits, e u/INSON was greatly surprised at the observe-
itit,-'''' the hon. member.could say, that
1,-•L
./clonter • . He (Mr' J.) in Scotland:
b e principle was not so general 2 3
tbotit ke'n asserted. Out of a population of . 0 0,000,
tiota.:ao,ooo were dissenters ; so that the majority of
lit --:l)eie a Scotland were in favour of the establishment..
illtek-im_ed that bon, gentlemen would deal with facts,he
Ise pia general assertions.. There were about three
7illdisoi;jlergYinen amongst the Seceders, and he (Mr.
i: could vouch that more than fifty of that number
krne tbe voluntary principle.
11444111_°413CKconsidered that the church was not corn-
iiiPPootZgYmen out of the congregation. It was.a mistakreinto
APIs of „--7 t the churciheewould be destroyed if the p
s rendered were to be enforced.
OtzzetistYi:agg
afor
petitioneerv•
yesterday be made
took
sameisee
144aatiti°41 as now; misapprehensions often t
Sly a ..'sme hon, entlemen, and there was. oer.capsion-
likli Teat deviation from Christian charity in the
tAlhe
%IN in an uncalled for
, ite Which were thrown out
,kt RN,
'' 11 CU was in favour of the union of church
wasand
".apobior-!. denied that the present mode of payment
t, ~ ,Illt elf
ZPItcoD.TILON considered that the property of the
fi.lattia,-;.,,4a And Presbyterian churches was that which
L'l4,p :from the Roman Catholics at Reformation;thsestili
applicable
to 'Proper
to thtetStamteig,hatnde
wonasider expedient.
thZttr tart' that the
p was making great way, both in
4 I and out of. it, and be hoped that it would
iton.4tted
He could assure the
si teol, to a fair discussion. tOietiou .)er for St. Andrew's that his (Mr. J.'s) in
,tletie iiwa, cnrrect.
ii.. 4adesrl. SHARPE presented a petition from the parish
401,...tli;tatccons, in the county of Dumfries, of which he
pp ev, 7,11
bpraying for the abrogation of church pa-
% e e on. member most heartily supported the
,ClO 44,k the petition, and was most willing to submit
ile 3' ja,quiry int ' the course he bad pursu..
geten,..,cear, hear!) The honourable membered also
, afro ."1 a similar petition from Dumfries'
tit peteitr_ ale observations from Mr. A. JOHNSTONE
Colo "as were ordered to lie on the table. . .
tte 0 ott h GORE LANGTON presented a petition from
1/4111"--ell and occupiers of land in SheptonsMellett,
kit for a revisionofthe Poor Laws.
ilithiediLl:ll,l.telersNoCflS BARING presented a petition
disabilities
Pongee for relief from the ii; Winch they laboured.
itilieo4.°RGE STAUNTON supported the petition,
latiere4a4er some observations from Mr. H. Hughes, was
mr to lie on the table.
tllste . 11`N• on presenting several petitions, appealed to ,tithelaV,tt!ainted with Ireland, whether the oppositiont to
the hie.° act commenced by a crusade on the par
i.i4l,oneigfyniotehnerLof the Established Church against the
The petitions were from the county of
'l.l
oeutlll against the tithe system.
heiaehh,Q. 13f ER'KELEY presented a petition . from
tixce. / ur 'ha repeal of the house and win
t.
tion, h ° suPporting the prayer of the pe le
'ision ~: h :stated that he was not one of those
Ititholus" -"all who imagined that the state could do
nov__ . at sufficient revenue, but be thought a less ob-
Ivioa9c,u,,, dazutbue°, uld be levied in lieu of the house and
Sir
j°llNsulipApo,t otfit
Church, in
, ill Ludlow and other pia
tto presente petitions from Whit-
tbe burs.
esta
blishment; and
vety.
cos, for the repeal of the malt
Ltifr. WARRE presented petitions from certain hand-
weavere, for relief from distress.
hand-
le LENNARD presented several petitions from Die-
sun•
0 11. 7.1 of Malden, Epping, Brentwood, Marlow, and
tiTe,l, places in the county of Essex,
praying fort
roefleofhoreh
biterapiesaticee, Particularly from the
ipaezteens.
pone llnd their exclusion from the un
mv
ent iwou He sup.
Id grant
theltheir prayer, and hoped govern
Aref they Prayed for. of the charter to
th lir' L°OKE stated that the object
%hit -niversit of London, was now before the King in
Raheijlei4 andYhe hoped the result would be favourable,
would enable Dissenters to avail themselves of
its-Taic education. If the charter should not be granted,
esseluutild feel it his duty to bring the subject under the
Ot-ssideration of the house.
117 t WILKS said that the Protestant Dissenters cf
.61and sought or
nothing more than that which the
J °tenant and Roman C
4:lloatholic Dissenters of Ireland en-
. The present Lord Chancellor of Ireland bad intro-
*hied a bill which received the sanction of Parliament, by
silo..it the Roman Catholic clergy and the Dissenting Mi- ent;ta Were enabled to officiate at the various places ofd
• did borne, a privilege which the Dissenters of Eaglan
trt enjoy.
lia ilart-dLENNARD said that, in presenting the petition,
relieved el
omitted to say that the petitioners prayed to
.0
treat fr°ol church rates, which they considered a
Pstlogrifevance. The hon.' member then presented a
'4/tettant),e r°°' a Place in Southampton for the bitter
Qui.
11,..0f the Sdbbatb.
abliio-%vn
I\'''‘'erk, uTLER presented ten petitions from Greigue,
tegretteatt °tot 'tiatnid other places in Ireland, for the totalHe
es, and signed by 5,156
.p,rsons.
ik; creta find by what fell from the right hon. the
r
i,•titenveYo f" Ireland a few nights ago, that it was not tbehi
rtopl lo„
-ft°.,. do any thing effectual for the relief of te
tanteea„..‘ Lrel
and from the payment of tithes ; on the
44t1 th": the
Were about to perpetuate the tithe system,he
theiou !le';'' tithe proctors were to act under
,"e 11 'ld
title, of tithe commissioners.—(Hear, hear.)
4Pealeni the to present seven petitions, praying for the
e°lll.A e hefte ,nion but as that question would, he hoped.
f
-Pril, hete he lions for discussion on the 15th o
Teclh44,l4hituw°tlld note then advert to. it, but would
f 4etitiA• ~ "if with simply presenting the petition.
-tut: e the ,:ho",s,.Which were from the same places as those
stable. litlon of tithes, were then ordered to lie on
4 • vo
a 1,.. "41-LACE supported the prayer of the petition.
wreteed,iZtea
ttrb! languae ad principle of the petition most
i uld a ..`" hopiet that his Majesty's Ministers
eta'
Fl.° something for
har of Tithes. the Irish people in the
iltlh4 84 p /3'CONNOR deprecated the union of Church
41tilet--; He assailed the temporalities of the church,
tites iotlitilliaPPlicationof church revenues tithes should be
,al t,i,„e Poor,
' iet;;cN still that the effect of the Coercion Bill was
liacee lieil'a ietitions and impress the feeling of grieve
h kr, 'a.' dit,"Ply on Le minds of the people. .
the been-1
'VANS concurred with the observations that
•••%_Derpioluade by the hon. member fer Carlow,_ as to
Alt t"effects of the tithe system in Ireland
more
IPeetilb;)NCH WAS fully convinced that a.
el.4ilt• ih hdy than the clergy of Ireland did not
ilelied .he Peasantry of Ireland had been greatly
ii'a ea eell-; It ve• s t• t d of them that they were
if the' itil the ddistuardbaences in Ireland.. He believed
title peoph, t.'et alone they were a most quiet and peace.
Zt al-1,-' "t theY were knocked about by priests, ahnd
wera abour 13tl'er parties, till they hardly knew what t ey
Culo •
pa old Itty,,
et.°lli i aLXR defended the course pursued by the
1:1 Alter l' "Id.
goal, ,
"u, the ~„°,l4,rvations from Mr. FINN and Mr. H.
3tullilr: EGEtfr-sodNien Was
ordered to lie on the table.
ctiuu Railway hi brought up the report on the Grand
It being IL
three ' L
to ;:A - . c!-.
_''''''ss....._....,.._el"' 0' Speaker left the chair.
, certain Person
being asked the other day
he „-,!°" a subscriber o
so,
a-,nreewitpublication, declined.
to " atiliurgea
for nothing else than
eki!atcourage literature. o,...aEencourage literature," ex-
.,.....5_.ti a our cautious friend, .. I'm doing so already ; Mr.
is and I take
,
l'"`c- • i out the penny magazine between u..'
ass cif Advertiser,

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, FEB. 26.—Wind W.B.W. light —Arrived the
Claudine, from Cape of Good Hope—sailed 28th December;
and Pursuit, from Constantinople. The Henry Davidson and
Mountaineer put back and remain, with his Majesty's brig
Jaseur.

PORTSMOUTH, Fee. 26.—Wind S.S.W. by S.E.—Passed by
the Prince George, Creed, from Bengal—sailed 20th October,
And St. Helena Bth ult. ; his Majesty's ship Columbine, from
Vera Cruz—sailed 22d December, and from Tampico and
Havannah the 28th ; his Majesty's ship Revenge, from Lisbon—
sailed the 9th inst.

FAtmOUTH, FEB. 25..—Wind S.S.W. to S. moderate.
STANGATE CREEK, FEB. 26.—Arrived the Hero, Dawle,

from Messina.

DOVER, FEB. 26.—Arrived off port the Findlater, Reid,
from Mauritius.

COWES, FEB. 26.—Arrived the George and Mary, Ashton,
and Sylph, Fox, for Rio Janeiro.
GUERNSEY, FEB. 24.—Arrived the Sophia.

LIVERPOOL, FEB. 25.—Arrived the Samuel Brown, Hard-
ing, from Bengal—sailed from the Mauritius 19th Dec., and
from St. Helena 17th ult.; the Tamerlane, Farnham, from
Savannah; the Industry, M`Neil, from Wilmington; the
Spectator, Bishop, from Malta; the Tipleys, Gallechen, from
Messina; the Brothich, Horsley, from Lisbon. Off port, the
Isaac Hicks, Ingersol, from New Orleans. Sailed, the Ranger,
Smith, for Bombay.
LIMERICK, FEB. 24.—Arrived the Preize, Gorman, from
London.

ARRIVALS AT BOMBAY.—The Earl of Eldon, and the Co-
mala, Miller, from the Clyde; the Claremont, Brown, the
Frances Heath, and William Hutchinson, from Liverpool.
ARRIVALS ►T THE MAURITIUS.—Emma Eugenia, Tilly, and
Albion, Sutherland, from London ; and Fame, Hargraves, from
Rio Janeiro. Arrived off ditto, the Justinian, from Rio Janeiro.
OFF ALGOA BAY.—Arrived the Bolton, from London.

The Earl Grey, of Dundee, on the sth instant, oft' Cape St
Vincent, passed in the Douro Passage a cask of tallow, marked
" E. 225."

The James, of Ramillon, was put on shore at Islay on the
21st instant, after breaking from both anchors and chains
during a gale, and must discharge part of the cargo before she
can be got off.