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LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 31, 1833.

We have just received a communication from
our Falmouth correspondent, by vdiich it will
be seen that Marshal BOURMONT had made an
unsuccessful attack on Oporto, and was about
to renew the assault. The Lisbon papers,
which also will be found below, contain much
exaggerated information, respecting the recent
transactions in that quarter.
(FROM OUR. CORRESPONDENT.)
FALMOUTH, TUESDAY, JULY 30, TWO A.M.
His Majesty's steamer African has just arrived from
Lisbon and Oporto, and brings intelligence that she arrived
at the latter place on the 24th, and was detained for the
purpose of bringing intelligence of the result of the attac
attack
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which was expected an the following day, which
commenced accordingly at day-break, and was continued
with great vigour up till twelve o'clock, when M tshal
Bourmont finding the defence stronger than he antics •
pated, drew off his forces, with the view, it was supposed,
of making fresh arrangements for renewing the bomb ird-
ment. The Pedroites nobly sustained the contest against
superior and well-directed troops. At every point thy
met the assailants with unflinching bravery; no where craild
their opponents succeed against them, and great was the
slaughter on both sides. No doubt was entertained of the
recommencement of the attack on the following day. The
Royalist had sailed two days previ, usly to the African,
with the mails on board, consequently the latter vessel has
brought very few letters.
From Lisbon I learn that St. Dies had declared for
Donna Maria, and that Rear-Admiral, the Viscount of
Cape St. Vincent, had arrived off the Tagus, where he
was lying at anchor, and had not, up to the time
of the sailing of the African, made any movement
with the view of entering the river, although it
was understood that the greater portion of :Miguel's
troops had left Lisbon to oppose the progress of
the Duke of Terceira towards the city. It was not,
however, known at Lisbon, what progress he had made
towards that place, but reports prevailed that the cause of
Donna Maria was proceeding favourably throughout the
south of Portugal, which may be inferred from the decla-
ration of the inhabitants of St. Übes in her favour. In
the north it does not appear that any demonstration has
yet taken place in favour of the Constitutionalists, but
should Don Miguel be compelled to withdraw from before
Oporto, there is no doubt that a favourable movement
would be the immediate consequence.
LISBON, JULY 21.—His Majesty's Government has to-day
received official despatches from Quinta da Pedra, which an-
nounce that his Majesty happily continues to enjoy good health.
The rebels, implacable enemies to the tranquillity of their
kingdoms, of its, independence, and its glory, having brought
into them devastation, war, and pestilence—in a word, all the
scourges that afflict humanity, attacking their kingdoms in a
crusade, which in its essence and elements is without a prece-
dent in the history of civilized nations, having experienced a
resistance on the part of the nation as heroic as brave,
finding themselves (though more than twenty thousand
foreigners have joined in their nefarious projects), obliged
to confine themselves within the walls of one city, where they
have been besieged for snore than a year, during which all the
sympathies and all the support, moral and substantial, given
them by the revolutionists of Europe, have been unable to place
them in a situation to obtain the smallest triumph over the
Portuguese nation, which, during that long period, has given
new proofs that it will not suffer itself to be subjugated, nor
consent that its religion, its fundamental laws and institutions,
and its Monarch, should be attacked with impunity by Foreign
vagabonds and adventurers from all countries ; they resolved
to organize in a foreign country another expedition, to attack
another part of the territory, there to pursue the same system
of devastation and rapine.
This second expedition was one of the most rash attempts
that the rebels have made. It was prepared with a previous
combination of a raising of Guerillas, of infamous wretches, in
different parts of the kingdom ; and, according to their custom
of dividing the world, and making a jest of Europe, they pro_
mised they should be attended by the sympathy
21stf the people.
The Expedition accordingly left Oporto on the oflast month,
and proceeded to Algarves, where it arrived on the 24th,
The General of the Fifth Division was at that moment with
a very small force, and that divided in many and various
points of that province, and at s'...ch distances, that it was im-
possible to hinder a landing in force, protected by men-of-war.
On the 24th, the expedition of the rebels approached the
shore of Costella, and, under the protection of their squadron,
effected the landing of 2,500 men on that undefended coast ;
two small forts there, which were garrisoned by a few
artillerymen, and some Royalist volunteers, kept up a con-
siderable fire on them, and even succeeded in sinking two boats
with troops of the rebels ; but it being impossible to succour
them, they spiked the guns, and retreated into the Serra d
.
The rebels then proceeded to Tavira where they were oppose

to commit similar excesses.
On the 25th the Governor of Abrantes ordered 300 men to
march to annihilate them, and his Majesty's Government re-
ceived on the 27th intelligence that tranquillity was restord at
Thomar, and that the Corregido, who had gone to assemble
the militia, had resumed his authority, the inhabitants of all
the country manifesting the greatest loyalty to the King our
Sovereign. The country people were everywhere taking the
prisoners whom they had released, and at the same time a body
of cavalry, infantry, and militia marched from Coimbra in
pursuit of them. Being thus pursued, these wretches were
obliged to pass the Tagus, and on the 27th they attacked the
little town of Chamusca, where they committed similar ex-
cesses; thence they proceeded to Almeirim, Arviz, Ervedal,
Franteira, Souzel, Cabeco de Vide, Portalegre, and some other
small places, where having plundered the public coffers, and
the houses of individuals, they caused acts of rebellion to be
drawn up, supported by force and the terror which they inspired
in the people who remained tranquil. But as soon as these
adventurers left the places which they had invaded, the people
tore to pieces the revolutionary acts, and renewed their ac-
knowledgment of the ligitimate government of the King our
Sovereign, and their protestations of allegiance to his august
person, all which they did spontaneously and with every ma-
nifestation of joy, and of hatred and indignation towards the
band of rebels that had attacked them. Being thus pursued in
all directions, they were obliged to fly from Portalegre on the
Bth, where Brigadier-General Raymundo Jon Pinheiro entered
that place with his troops, and taking the road of Marvao,
they entered Valenca d'Alcantara, in Spain, where they were
disarmed. On their whole retreat they were continually pur-
sued by the people, and the royalist guerillas who voluntarily
assembled in great numbers, and having killed many of these
robbers, took others, whom they delivered up to the authorities.
A great number have been shot at Portalegre. Every day the
inhabitants take some of them, who had concealed themselves.
Such is the peace, such is the prosperity which the enemies
of the nation bring to Portugal. They repeat in Algarves and
Alemtejo the same predatory incursions as they did in the pro-
vince of blinho, when they entered Oporto a year ago.
The excellent military force of the faithful brave army of
the King our Sovereign, already assembled in the city of Beja,
which now forms the sth division, is on the point of taking
offensive measures against the rebels, speedily to deliver
the brave population of Algarves from the terrible invasion
of the rebels—a population, among whom the first cry of inde-
pendence was raised with heroic bravery at the time of the
French invasion of 1808, who first proclaimed the King our
Sovereign in 1826, when those who now invade them held them
in subjection—who, lastly, in 1828, when the rebels rose in
Oporto, and in the kingdom of Algarves itself, defeated, pur-
sued, and killed them, with their accustomed valour, intrepi.
dity, and resolution.
Commis, JULY 16.—a letter from Rio Santo of the 14th
says, " General Count Bourmont has been engaged since his
arrival in examining the enemy's works and ours, as well on
the North as the south side."
A letter from the battery of Don Miguel I. of the same date
says, " Yesterday we had the pleasure of seeing the conqueror
of Algiers. He went to observe on this side all the city of
Oporto, and principal points that command it; he had with
him two of his sons and other officers. The whole army is
delighted at the arrival of this distinguished general.—Correio
do Porto.
His Majesty, in a letter dated the 14th of July from the
Palace of Leca de Balio to Count Bourmont, thanks him foe
having accepted his invitation to enter his service, and appoints
him Marshal of the Royal Armies, and Chief of his Majesty's
Staff'.

A decree of the same date contains the nomination of Mar.
shal Bourmont, and the discharge of the Conde de Barbacena
from the post of Chief of his Majesty's Staff, he still retain-
ing the office ad interim of Minister of War.
Another decree, in consideration of the valour and military
talents of the Conde de Barbacena, promotes him to the rank
of Marshal of the Royal Armies, with all the prerogatives and
advantages attached to that rank.
On account of the calamitous epidemic which has at-
tacked the city of Lisbon and other parts of the kingdom,
the Senate of Lisbon has proposed (and this proposal has been
approved by his Majesty) to make a solemn penitential proces.
sion to the miraculous image of the Virgin called of the Rock.
I —Lisbon Gazette, July 22.

The Marquis of LONDONDERRY figured
again last night in the House of Lords, on the
subject of Portuguese affairs. It was a great
treat to see this pugnacious Peer laying lustily
about him on all sides, and even bespattering a
certain Royal Duke with filth and dirt picked
up from the Tory dung-heap. As usual, how-
ever, he was worsted in the skirmish. His Royal
Highness retorted with temper and dignity—
but in a spirit which left his antagonist
no resource but silence. The Duke of
BUCKINGHAM was (considering his circum-
ference), singularly testy and sensitive. Had he
even been as " lean as CAPros," he could not
have displayed more waspishness. It is not often
that men, weighing upwards of twenty stone, are
thus overpowered by their sensibilities. Who
could fancy Falstaff' splenetic ? After a brief
discussion, the Gallant Marquis's motion was
withdrawn. Earl GREY then moved the third
reading of the Irish Church Temporalities Bill,
which was carried by a majori'y of 54—the
numbers for it being 135 ; against it, 81.

Up to two o'clock this afternoon, no further
accounts from Portugal had been received at the
Portuguese Embassy. We may therefore assume
that, up to the 24th inst., nothing of importance
had transpired, either in favour of or against the
cause of Donna MARIA. Many persons, who
mistake the character of Admiral NAPIER, and
imagine that he is as rash as he is courageous, ex-
' press surprise that he did not attempt to force the
passage of the Tagus immediately after the cap-
ture of the Miguelite fleet. We have a better
opinion, however, of this gallant sailor, than to
believe that he will hazard his reputation and the
safety of the Constitutional cause by any act of
imprudent impetuosity, whilst there is a prospect
of success by tardier means, without the risk of
discomfiture. In his attack upon the fleet, pe-
rilous as it was, he was nevertheless influenced
by prudential considerations, because he knew
that the only way of defeating or capturing it
was by a coup de main, the relative forces rot the
combatants being too disproportionate, as had
been shown by SARTORIUS, who did all that a
brave man could do, short of such a mode
of attack, for any other species of combat.
An attack upon Lisbon, however, is a dif-
ferent affair. The Tagus is protected by
forts which, although not in the best possible
state, are sufficiently strong, if garrisoned by
faithful and determined troops, to oppose a
vigorous resistance ; and it is therefore important
that the admiral should be seconded either by
a land demonstration on the part of the con-
stitutionalists under VILLA FLOR, or by a
rising of the inhabitants. His fleet,
if even in
a better condition, and more fully manned than
it is, ought not to be unnecessarily exposed ;
and he must have known that if only half the
energy
displayed by him in his rencontre with
the fleet were to be shown by VILLA FLOR,
that officer could not be long in bringing his
forces into the immediate vicinity of the capital,
and thus affording a point d'appui to the inha-
bitants. The situation of Oporto, menaced by

The second reading of the Bank Charter Bii
stands for to-night. Some weeks ago we ex-
pressed our .apprehension that this Bill, crude
and ill-considered as it is, would pass in the
present session. The repeated postponements
to which it has been subject have begun to re-
vive our old hopes, that further consideration
would be bestowed upon a measure which so
vitally affects the interests of the people. Mr.
POULETT SCROPE, whose near relationship to
one of his Majesty's Ministers has, once or
twice we think we have observed, induced him
to support them, when what we should have
thought a proper following out of his principles
would have thrown him into opposition, and
who, we hence conclude, would not gratuitously
do anything very disagreeable to them, has given
notice that he shall move as an amendment to
the second reading of the Bill these words :
" That considering the present advanced period
of the session; and the number of other measures
more urgently demanding the immediate decision
of Parliament,—considering, likewise, that the
present Charter of the Bank of England renews
itself from year to year, so that if no notice be
served upon the Bank before the Ist day of
August next, the existing Charter will necessarily
be in force up to the Ist of August, 1835, or,
for two entire years from the present time,—it
is the opinio.i of this House, that no no ice as
to the termination of the Charter should be
served upon the Bank before the Ist of August
next ; and that the further consideration or the
Bank Charter Bill be postponed to the next ses-
sion." From the peculiar position in which
Mr. SCROPE is placed, we have hopes, we say,
that this motion will not be very disagreeable to
Lord ALTHORP ; and that if the House ex-
presses its opinion in a marked manner in favour
of it, he will yield a coy assent. Supposing,
however, that he should persevere in pressing
the second reading of the Bill, we have no hesi-
tation in saying, that it is so contrary to princi-
ple that the most strenuous exertions ought to
be made to defeat it. Such a Bill can admit of
no effectual amendment. What does it in plain
English amount to ? TO placing the command
of the circulation of the country at the mercy of
a private Corporation, whose interest is to make
as much out of their monopoly as they can. They
have hitherto done so, at an immense sacrifice of
the public interest. If the motive be continued
to them, and the power be continued to them,
is it too much to suppose that the one will
operate upon the other in the same way it has
done before ? Indeed the motive to abuse their
trust and the power to abuse it being increased,
the only difference we can expect between the
past and future is that the future will witness
effects ten times more direful than even those
which have already been occasioned by the
existence of the Bank monopoly. With the
experience we have of the safety resulting from
competition in Scotland, and with the experience
we have of the restrictive system in England, it
is wonderful that any man should think of ex-
tending the latter. We know Sir ROBERT
PEEL and Lord ALTHORP say that the
Scotch system owes its safety to the existence
of the reserve of gold in England, and the know:
ledge possessed by the people of that country,
that their bankers could come upon that reserve.
AF all the bullionists in the House cheered this
sentiment when it was uttered, it may be worth
while to show its fallacy. It is an admitted fact,
that the Scotch bankers have never experienced a
panic ; that amidst the greatest public disasters,
their credit has been unimpaired ; that even in
the midst of rebellions their notes retained public
confidence, and never came pouring in upon
them, as is the case in England upon a
mere rumour of a shock or failure in a neigh-
bouring country. This could not be in conse-
quence of the confidence felt in the reserve of
gold kept in England, for on such occasions
that reserve has been found insufficient to meet
the native demand. To talk of the Scotch
looking up to the Bank of England with con-
fidence, when it has notoriously been making
enormous exertions to maintain its own credit,
would be ludicrous were not the consequences
of error so serious. Why should we make the
Scotch lean upon a reed when they have a staff
in their hands? The Scotch know that their banks
are supported by the unlimited responsibility
of two or three hundred men of property, per-
haps a thousand or two. The property of a
country, its land alone, is surely a sufficient cause
of confidence in the notes for which it is an-
swerable, without making it necessary to seek
that confidence in a quarter which has proved
itself unworthy of it. In short, the position
of Sir ROBERT PEEL and Lord ALTHORP
will not hold for a moment, and the great
principle of competition must, and always
will, remain unassailable. Thus much for
the main point of the circulation, which
concerns every man equally ; but there is another
which concerns the inhabitants of the metropolis
especially,—we mean that of the number of par-
hi banks of deposit in London. The City
article of this morning's Times contains the
following paragraph upon the subject :
"TUESDAY EVENING.-A discovery seems to have been made
on the subject of private banking which has hitherto escaped
attention, which is, that the Acts of the 39th and 40th of George
e
111,, by which the exclusive privileges of the Bank of Engn
are defined, contains nothing to prevent the formation of banks
of deposit, with more than six partners in any part of England.
Those Acts simply declare, that no other bank shall be esta-
blished by Parliament, and that no partnership consisting of
more than six persons shall borrow, owe, or take up any sum
or sums of money on their bills or notes payable at demand, or
at any time less than six months from the borrowing thereof.'
In this clause it is quite evident that no reference whatever is
made to banks of mere deposit, and those who contend for the

A Special General Meeting of the Proprietors of India
Stock was held at the India House this morning, in order to
consider of their affairs relative to the Bill now before the
House of Lords, called the East India Regulation Bill.
At tw clue o'clock, C. Marjoribanks, Esq., Chairman, with
most of the Directors, entered the Court, when the minutes of
the last Court were read and confirmed.
The CHAIRMAN said, the Court had been called for the
purpose of hearing a petition to the House of Lords, laid
before it for their approval, against the Bill—that to the Com-
mons having been of no use.
The petition was then read, and was merely a copy of that
which appeared in The Sun a few days ago, as being pre-
sented to the House of Commons.
The CHAIRMAN moved that the petition be adopted.
Mr. R. JACKSON said that it was with sorrow he spoke on
the present occasion, because their late petition had been
treated with such contumely by the House of Commons, and
they having been refused to be heard at the bar by their counsel
upon one of the most important matters that had ever engaged
their attention. They were now to consider the state of the Bill
as it had been sent up to the House of Lords, upon which de-
pended not only the fate of India, but that of the united kingdom,
so far as its being connected with India depended. Some of the
clauses had been commented upon in the petition, but there
were others, such as the third, which stated that after a certain
time the whole of the commercial assets should be sold.
If this was done so hurriedly, what was to become of
a very large class of persons who must be thrown out
of employment? He trusted the Directors would, so
long as they were able, protest against that change
being carried into effect. Mr. Macaulay had before declared
that the people of India were the most overtaxed on the face
of the earth. Then let him take care how he supported a mea-
sure which would add more taxes to that burden ; for the
human race were most fearful, when driven to despair. Mr.
Grant, at the outset, said that the dividend would be received
by the uncontrolled power given to the Board—yet, in the
very same Bill there was a clause which made them nothing
but the mere puppets in the bands of the Commissioners for
the affairs of India. The security was to be upon the econo-
my pursued by the Court, yet in this Bill there were clauses
making new offices,which at the outset would add to the expendi-
ture of the Government upwards of 100,000/. per annum. The
Government, in common honesty, were bound either to give up
that unnecessary expenditure, or increase the guarantee fund
to three millions. Then the 10th clause gave them the power
to vote by proxy, putting them who were King de facto of one
of the greatest empires in the world on a level with
the Blind School and other pauper establishments.
He would hope that the Court would respectfully press upon
Government to withdraw that clause altogether. The 25th
clause stated that a defaulter in the Directory was eligible
again in two years. Surely that was not proper. He be.
lieved it was not intended that such should be the case, but
it was not clear. lie could not at all agree with that clause
which gave supreme power to the Governor-General, which
would, if carried, effect a complete revolution in India. He
trusted the Company would insist upon the appointment of
the Commissioners to inquire into the law being only for a li.
mited time, otherwise it would be a complete job. The with-
drawal of the Councils from Madras and Bombay was a most
unwise .nurse—they were the best checks upon an
ignorant Governor. All those alterations had been made
since the Company had agreed upon the basis of the agree-
ment, therefore he trusted it was not too much to ask for some
more time for their consideration. As to the appointment of
two new Bishops, they were intended for one of two pur.
poses, either to superintend the Established Church
there, or they were intended for the purposes of con.
version.—(Hear, hear.) As to the first, it was almost
laughable, only it was too grave a subject, to suppose that so
many Bishops were necessary for the handful of Europeans
who were in India. As to the last, if that was the object,
India would be lost to us if the natives were once led to believe
that all that almost Royal splendour was for such a purposld be e. If
a Resident was told to look after Agra, the business wou
better done, and at a tithe of the expense than with a lieutenant.
governor. He then lastly came to the question of the College
of Hay. lebur y. He had long ago moved that it should be abolished
and he was still of the same way of thinking. The Company
should not despair for they had there many friends.
Mr. POYNDER was sorry to be opposed to any of the senti.
ments of the Hon. Proprietor who usually spoke in that
Court with so much power, but he could not agree with all that
tell from him. He would contend that the appointment of the
Bishop had the double effect mentioned by the Hon. Proprietor.
CLEFT SPEAKING.

M P E MAL PA RIAAM
THIS DAY, WEDNESDAY, JULY 31.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at twenty minutes past twelve
o'clock,

SLAVERY.
On the motion of Lord A LTHORP, the dropped order for
the Committee on the Slave Bill was ordered to be taken into

consideration this evening,
THELLUSON WILL.
Sir JAMES SCARLETT presented a petition from Lori
Rendlesham in favour of the Thelluson Will Bill.
The Marquis of CH ANDOS presented a petition from Mr.
Charles Flent, one of the trustees under Mr. Thelluson's will,
praying to be heard by Counsel, against certain parts of the Bill.
Sir JAMES SCARLETT then rose to move the second
reading of the Bill, in doing which the Learned Member went
in detail into all the circumstances connected with the case,
which were stated by Lord Lyndhurst in introducing the Bill
in the House of Lords. The Hon. Member proposed to com-
bine two objects, first the securing the accumulation in the
same manner as directed by the will, and also to leave the pro-
perty to those whose descendants would eventually beeome en-
titled to it. With the exception of Lord Rendlesham the per-
sons whose children would inherit this vast property were
totally unable to educate them in a suitable manner for the
enjoyment of so great an income. The Hon. and Learned
Member concluded the statement by expressing a hope that the
House would pass the Bill :is an act of equity and justice, which
was only opposed by ono of the trustees.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL seconded the motion, and
argued that neither the present nor the future generations of
the family could be injured by the arrangement. The private
interest of the opposing trustee ought to have no weight with

the House.
Mr. D. W. HARVEY rose, as he said, not to oppose the
Bi, but to make some comments upon it in connection
the courts of law alluded to by the Hon. and Learned Gentle
man, who had preceded him. It appeared that this estate
produced an income of about 25,000/. a year, 16,0001. of which
went into the Court of Chancery, and the remaining amount
of 9,0001. fell into the hands of parties so peculiarly eulogised
by the Hon. and Learned Member.—(Hear, hear.) If by
this Bill the estate was to be reserved from the Is igs of
the law, he would ask whether that was the only estate
under the sweating operation of the Court of Chancery? Or was
it that there was little sympathy for small sums, which could
not expect to be aided by the accidental weight of great names,
and great men ? He thought the principle was in all cases the
same—that the smaller as well as the larger sums—the humble
as well as the noble among men—had equal claims to legisla-
tive consideration—(Hear, hear)—had equal claims to be re-
lieved from this sweating systeHear, hear.) It would
have been better if this estate had been made an illustration
of the general hardship, upon a measure of comprehensive
extent, and not as an exception to a general rule.—(Hear,
hear, hear.) Time enough had been afforded for this ;
for, from the death of the testator of this extraordinary
will, up to the present day, motions "in the matter of
Thelluson came on as regular, term after term, as if the
case were part and parcel of the Court of Chancery.—(Hear.)
The mere mention of the name was sure to produce the
bobbing up of twenty learned wigs, who were engaged pro or
con in this endless case. It was singular, then, that the
estate had not been snatched before this from the hands of the
sweating lawyers, as the Solicitor General had baptised them.
—(Laughter.) The law might be said to sling to this estate,
as the hungry sloth clings to a luxuriant tree, and after bat-
tening upon it until scarcely a leaf was left, had fallen upon
the grass in a bloated state of repletion, there to lie for a short
period, until its huge mass of food was digested, and then to
look about for another Thelluson tree, upon which to make a
similar gluttonous repast.—(Cheers and laughter.) lie trusted
that the reformed House of Commons would direct its atten-
tion to the laws of this country, for of all the mat-
ters to which its attention had been directed, the state
of the Court of Chancery was uppermost.—(Hear, hear.)
It had been said the public would not be benefitted by this
property. Now speaking as one of the guardians of the public
purse, he would just point out how the public might be be-
nefitted. This estate produced '25,000/. a year, 5,0001. of which
had been consumed through the agency of that profession he
had alluded to. Now how did the public interest stand?
There were two families of great grandchildren of the Thel-
luson family, in number ten or twelve, therefore it was to be
conceded that the chance was very remote of any ultimate be-
nefit accruing to the public, but in the event of the family
being swept away by death, this estate, now amounting to
25,000/. a year, but whose accumulation would make it consider.
ably more, would then become public property. Now it was
said that contingency was provided for—so it was but nut to
the full amount. If the House were prepared to receive peti-
tions from persons complaining of not having justice dont
them in the wills of their relatives, it would entail upol
them a large and inconvenient accession of business.
His object, however, was chiefly to call attention to the state of

the testator.
Sir R. PEEL said that if this was an ordinary case, he should
certainly not gisTe his assent to any interference with the ma-
nagement of the Court of Chancery ; but as this was not an
ordinary case, as it was a case where there was so capricious
an exercise of power that it called loudly for the interference
of the House, he should support the Bill.
Mr. M. A. TAYLOR wondered how the enormous ex-
penses connected with the Court of Chancery had been tolera-
ted for so long a period. The Court of Chancery instead of
protecting the estates of infants, in law, promoted the utmost
robbery upon them.
Sir ROBERT INGLIS, after some observations which
were but imperfectly heard in the gallery, said it was too late,
after a period of 36 years had elapsed, to bring in such a Bill as
the present. He was of opinion that the Bill ought to have
been brought under the notice of the House, like all other
Bills, at an early period of the session.
Mr. W. TOOKE said that the single point the House hail
to decide upon was, whether they should revoke the will of the
testator, and make those persons objects of bounty whom lir•
was expressly desi taus of excluding from it. On all oc-
casions of the purchase of estates the comfort and
convenience of this family had been consulted ; they had uni-
formly been the directors of all the proceedings under it, and
though the aggregate amount of costs was very considerable,
yet it was to be remembered that this suit had spread over a
period of thirty-six years, and that a great part of this ex-
penditure had been Oi r buted amongst the persons most
interested.—(Hear.) The House might reform the Courts
as much as they pleased; but as long as the Court remained
constituted as it was, and as long as those faults remained, it
did appear to him unjust to be constantly refei ring to abuses
which they took no pains themselves to remedy.— (Hear.)
Dr. LUSHINGTON said, he did not think it was for this
House, agreeable to its usual form of proceeding, to take cog-
nizance of what the House of Lords might have done in the
exercise of their own discretion. Now with respect to the Bill
itself, he would state honestly what his feeling upon it was.
If he could agree with his Hon. Friend the Member for Truro,
that this was a Bill to revoke a will made by a testator, he con-
fessed he should have great doubts as to whether the House
could entertain any such subject. But the measure
now proposed was a Bill to execute the will of
the testator to the utmost extent, which the power
and assistance of the Court of Chancery had hitherto been un-
able to execute. There was no deviation from the intention
of the testator—there was no attempt to destroy or over-
turn those objects he intended to execute.—(Hear, hear.)
This Bill was only for the purpose of taking the money out of
Chancery, and giving it to those who were entitled to it, and
Cur that reason he would support the Bill.
After a few observations from Mr. ROLFE,
The Bill was read a second time.
CHURCH TEMPORALITIES (IRELAND) BILL.
A message from the Lords brought in the Church Tempora-
lities (Ireland) Bill, with amendments, to which their Lord-
ships desired the concurrence of that House.
Mr. ROOPER presented petitions from St. Neotts, and from
a place in the county of Northampton, praying for an altera-
tion in the Abolition of Slavery Bill, particularly the abolition
of that part relating to the grant of twenty millions.
Mr. PEASE presented petitions from Mr. John Henry
Stanton, a clerk In the Chancery Report Office, against the
Register in Chancery Office Bill; from 10,000 inhabitants of
Bristol against the grant of 20 millions to the planters while
the negroes were to be continued in a state of servility; and
from a synod in Scotland rececting the national system of
education in that country.
Mr. WILKS presented a petition from certain Friendly
Societies in the Metropolis, praying Parliament to enact some
law to improve and encourage Benefit Societies.
DUBLIN SHIP CANAL. •
Mr. O'CONNELL wished to know from the Right Hon.
Gentleman opposite whether the witness who had attended
the Committee on the Bill were to be paid. In a private com-
munication it had been stated to him that they were, but he
wished officially to know the fact.
Mr. SPRING RICE wished to put the House in possession
of what the understanding on the subject was. That
understanding was that the proceedings that had been taken
upon the Bill should not be at the expense of the public,
and notice had been given to that effect. He wished that the
Chairmen of Committees would take a little more care to
inquire into the nature of evidence to be given by witnesses
before they summoned them, by which the country would be
saved considerable expense, and the table of that House light-
ened of a great deal of trash in the shape of evidence.
Mr. O'CONNELL said, that since the issuing of the notice,
he had not signed any order for summoning witnesses.
Mr. METHUEN supported the prayer of the petition, and
instanced a case in which, by the present system, three Ma-
gistrates were subjected to actions, and to pay about 600/. in
costs, for supporting an old man against the injustice exercised
towards him by a benefit society.
Lord DALMENY presented .1 petition from S .rling, against
the Scotch Bankruptcy Bill.
Captain DUNDAS presented a petition from Woolwich in
favour of poor laws for Ireland,
Mr. O'CONNELL said that poor laws would done good for
Ireland.
Captain DUNDAS was convinced that a majority of the
independe..t landowners and residents of Ireland we e in
favour of poor laws.
Sir ED WARD KNATCHBULL was of opinion that if
poor laws could not be advantageously adopted, at least there
should be some provision made for the poor by law.
Mr. SPRING RICE could not admit either of the Hon.
and Gal'antMumbet's statements. The introduction of poor-laws
into Ireland would be more likely to perpetuate agitation than
suppress it ; and he was convinced that the majority of the
landed proprietors and resident gentry of Ireland were totally
averse to the framing of poor laws for Ireland. Much
as he usually differed from the Hon. and Learned
Member for Dublin, they agreed in this particular. Before
recommending the adoption of poor laws in Ireland, the
Hon. Member for Kent, and those Gentlemen who thought
with him, had better set about the correction of the system of
poor laws in England, and then propose the adoption of their
improved plan in Ireland.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. FINN said it should be remembered that five millions
if ;he rental of Ireland were spe-at in England, and of course
contributed to the support of the English poor ; that seven
Bishops of Ireland spent all their income in England,
and that all the Excise and Customs offices were occupied
by Englishmer.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He would not, object
to a tax on land, for the purpose of employing the poor of Ire.
land in public works, but as for introducing the English system
of poor laws, iri spite of the prosperity in England, they had
produced a great increase of crime.
Mr. O'REILLY said some provision ought to be speedily
and effectually made for the relief of the starving population
of Ireland. It would have been better if the Irish gentry,
instead of waiting to see how the English poor laws were to
be amended, had brought in some provision for the
poor of Ireland.—(Hear.) One great cause of the distress
in Ireland was the consolidation of farms, by winch teat
numbers of persons were thrown out of their farms, and out
of their cabins and potatoe grounds, and left to starve. He
promised next session to bring forward some measure for the
relief of the Irish poor, and then ha trusted that ha. should
have the support of every friend to the true interests of Ireland.
After a few further observations from Mr. Ruthven, Mr.
Clay, and Mr. Shaw, the petition was laid on the table.
A few other petitions were then presented, and the House
adjourned.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

GOODWOOD RACES, JULY 30.
Match, 100 sovs., h. ft., mile.—Lord Exeter's Cactus beat
Lord Conyngliam's brother to Blythe, by twenty lengths. 7 to
4 on the winner.
The Levant Stakes of 50 sovs. each, 30 ft., for colts and fillies ;
half-a-mile. 16 subs
Lord Exeter's Sister tu Cactus (Conolly) I
Lord Egremont's f. by Skim—Caroline '2
Duke of Richmond's Gulistan, by Whalebone 3
The following also started—Mr. Cosby's Stradbally, General
Grosvenor's Pigeon, Mr. Greville's Kislar Aga, General Grosve-
nor's c. by Stainborough—Twatty, Mr. Forth's Robinson
Crusoe, and Mr. Grant's f. by Blacklock—Duckling.
'The Drawing-room Stakes of 25 sovs. each, with a bonus of 10
sovs. each, for colts and fillies. Second horse to receive 100
sovs. Once round. Value of stakes 1,1951.
Mr. Rawlinson's Revenge (J. Day) I
Lord Exeter's Cactus
Colonel Peel's Young Rapid 3
The following also started—Mr. Cosby's The Bravo, Gen.
Grosvenor's Falernia, Lord Warwick's Trepidation, Lord
Egremont's Brother to Spermaceti, and Mr. Gardnor's Myrrhang
sto 4 on Revenge, 4to 1 agst Trepidation, 4to 1 agst You a
dapid, Bto 1 agst Cactus, 10 to 1 agst any other. Won by
length cleverly.
The Cup.—Camarine is declared not to start.
.

BETTING AT GOODWOOD LAST NIGHT.
GOoDWOOD STAKES, P.P.
M
sto 2 agst r. Biggs' onLittle Red _overmver
4 to I agst Mr. Robinss Wind la
coon
( ur, P.P.
to 2 agst Lord Exeter's Beiram (taken)
7 to 1 agst Mr. Cosby's Gatorade (taken)
noNcavrEn. ST. LEGER.
20 to 1 agst Mr. Bawlinson's Revenge (ofrered)