The Sun.
London, England, 1834-03-26 00:00:00

NEW MONTHLY LIBRARIES OF ENTERTAIN-

AIENT.

THE APRIL NUMBER OF COL-
BURN'S MODERN NOVELISTS, a Selection
of the Best Woiks of Living Authors, will contain the
celebrated historical Romance of THE TOR HILL, by
the Author of " Brambletle House," in 3 vols.
T6e APRIL NUMBER of the LIBRARY of IRISH
ROMANCE will comprise LADY MORGAN'S
O'BRIENS and O'FLAHERTYS.
And the NEW NUMBER of the NAVAL and MI-
TAR Y LIBRARY will consist of the First Series of the
TALES of a VOYAGER to the ARCTIC OCEAN.
These interesting stories, it will be recollected, were pub-
lish, d as being narrated on board one of the ships recently
bound to the polar seas, and are connected with an account
of the actual voyage, and of the adventures and perils of
mariners in that desolate region.
Published for H. Colburn by R. Bentley, and sold by
all Booksellers in Town and Country, price 4e. per vol.
bound.

This day was published, in Bvo., price 124. boards, dedi-
cated by permission to the Count de Villele, Prime
Minister of Louis XVIII. and Charles X.,
QTATISTICS of FRANCE.—The Go-
vernment—Public Revenue from 1788 till 1832
—ll4,yal Mints—Bank—Agriculture Manufactures—
Shipping—Commerce—Royal Navy—Colones—Courts
of Law—Arrest for Debt—Jury—Crimes and Punish-
ments—Prsons—Galleys—Public Press—The Argus—
Nap,leon and Talley' and—Newspapers and Writers of the
Day—History of the National Guard—Dramatic Author-
ship—Receipts of Theatres—Gaming-houses—Weights
and Measures, eomp3red wi,h those or England.
By LEWIS GOLDSMITH,
Author of the " Crimes of Cabineti," " the Secret His-
tory of the Cabinet of Bonaparte," &c.

" We see in every page of this elaborate and curious
performance the marks of a most active• inquirer. It pre-
sents a most elaborate and accurate picture of the political,
civil, and commercial condition of France."—Monthly
Review.

" Mr. Goldsmith has collected a vast deal of curious
and useful information."—Monthly Magazine.
" This volume contains more actual information re-
specting France than all the other works treating of that
country. Mr. Goldsmith has bestowed much research,
and we have found his lucubrations entertaining and in-
structive."—London Literary Gazette.
" As the author had free access to the Government
Officrs his statistical information may be depended on,
and therefore is valuable."—Courier.
" This is one of the most useful and important statis.
tical works which has far a long time been published."—
Sun.
London: Published by Hatcbard and Son. Piccadilly.

A modern critic, praising the ingenuity of a
printer, in contriving to enlarge into three volumes
materials only adequate fur one, adds, "a cook who could
manage to spread butter over bread in the same manner,
would be an invaluable acquisition to a boarding school."
A WIND FALL.-011 Fliday morning week,
a respectable tradesman of this city, received an unex-
pected visit from a rev. gentleman, who, after taking him
pre•ented him with the sum of 141., saying he had
received it from a p..trson now in a distant part of the
glob e, hut who or what that person vas he was not at
liberty to say ; the money was his (the tralesman's), and
he begged the acceptance of it. The astonished trades-
ngo in vain entrea•ed an explanation, and be was obliged
,t) pocket the prize, without being able to gratify bis
natural curiosity.— York Courant.

The Royal assent was given by commission to the Ex-
chequer Bills Bill, the Pension Doles Bill, the emsoli-
dated Fund Bill, the Sugar Duties Bill, the Transfer-in-
Aids Bill, the Indemnity Bill, the North Ameriesr: Po-lap
Bill, the Army and Marine Mutiny Bills, the Irish„Juries
Bill, the Turnpike Continu,ince Bill, the Liverpool Gas
Light Bill, the Westmoreland Railway Bill, theßuileorn.
Gap Railway Bill, the Gosport Bridge Bill, the Seul.
costes Small Tenements Biil, •they Liverpool
Tenements Bill, the Lambeth Water Works Bill, the
Exeter M•irket Removal Bill, the o:ean Assurance Com-
pany's Hill, the Enfield and Bishop's Castle Ro,.ds Bill,
and several private bills.
The Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the
Harquis of Lansdowne, and Lord Auckland.
MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS.

Mr. NICHOLL, and other members from the commons,
brought up the Bute Ship Cant, Bill.

CORN LAWS.

The Duke of GORDON presented s;,,veral petitionc
from different parishes in the county of Elgin, against any
alteration in the corn laws.
DISSENTERS.

The Earl of MORLEY presented a petition from the
dissenters of P;ymouth, complaining of the grievances
' under which thy laboured, and praying for relief.
The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a petition most
numerously signed from the Dissenters of the city of
Edinburgh and town of Leith, complaining of the
grievances under which they laboured, and praying
the house to devote the property and revenues of
the church, to national uses, having at the same time due
regard to the claims of the present incumbents. He
(vie Lord Chancellor) felt greatly honoured in the confidence
reposed in him by the person, signing the petition,
but he considered be should ill repay that confidence if he
did not frankly itate that although be agreed with a
considerable part of the statements in the petition.
yet there were some parts in it to which he
could not subscribe, such parts more particularly were
those which set forth the very crest m sci ief resulting
from the church establishment in England and Seotlaod,
and in the statement that it was upheld at a very
extravagant experts for the benefit chiefly of the
wealthy elegies, while it added to the burthens of the
people, and comprehended among its number mere
min atity, which was daily decreasing. The state-
ment, so far from being correct in particular,
seas notoriously inconsistent with the fact.—(Hear )
Having stated thus mach, which was the foundation of
tht prayer, he !regard to state that be also differed with
that part of the prayer which called on Parliameot to take
measures to abolish the connection between church and state.
There was no doubt whatever that any part of the com-
munity, if they thought fit to maintain an establishment
on their own principles, it was perfectly competent for
them to do so. There was no illegality or impro-
pt
iety in presenting their opinions to Parliament on
the subject, if the petitions were couched in re-
specqul language, but he (the noble lord) trusted that
be was not guilty of any deteiction of his duty in pre-
tP nting the petition, when he stated respectfully those
parts of the petition upon which he could not
agree. In one important part of the petition, and of the
prayer be en irrly concurred. They stated that the Dim-
s -raters of England were subjected fry a defect of law in
the establishment of the church of England to a variety
Oi disabilities and grievances still more serious that those
which the petitioners had a right to compla•n,
because they pleased upon a numerous, enlightened,
and powerful body of men, who had done eminent
service to the cau-e of religion and morality.—( Hear.)
He entirely concurred in the expression of praise which
was here bestowed on the great body of Dissenters
and he entirely concurred in that part of the p'etition
which prayed the legislature to take sue!, steps as might
he deemed necessary for putting an end
,to all di,tinc•
titans in respi ct of civil and constitutional privileges
fiunded on religious principles. Having stated thus much
he had only to add, as regarded that part of the petition
which related to the revenues of the church, lie thought
the measure which was now in the contemplation of bis Ma-
jesty's government, would render unnecessary any further
stop being taken on that branch of the question. As
regarded tithes he also entertained a strong conviction that
those measures which were proposed, and which were
about to be immediately brought before Parliament,
with the entire concurrence of his Majesty's confidential
servants upon this subject, and which would have been
brought before the other house of parliament two days
ago, but for the indisposition of his noble friend the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, would be perfectly satis-
factory to the people of England.—( Hear, hear.)
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition
from the dissenters of Salisbury complaining of grievances
and praying for relief. The noble marquis also gave
notice th.t on the 14th of April he would move the re-
appointment of the library committee.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said he bad a bill to pre-
sent to their 'lordships, which went to put the criminal
law of the great metropolitan county on a better
footing than it stood at present. The county of Mid-
dlesex was not like any other, so far as its crimi-
nal jurisprudence went, for there were eight ses-
sions in the year ; while, as their hardships were aware, in
other counties there were goal deliveries only twice. After
showing the absurdity of the present system, by which a
person committing an offence only a foot on one
side of a line on Locdon Bridge was tried almost
immediately, while if he was one foot on the
other side, he might be kept in gaol for six months, and
taken for trial to Guildford or Kingston, be went on
to say that be proposed by the present bid to
extend the jurisdiction of the Old Bailey, where some of
the judges always sat, down to Woolwich, Greenwich, and
Deptford on the one hand, while be took in Lambeth,
Southwark and other parishes on the other.—(Hear,
hear.) He also proposed that there should be twelve
sessions in every year, in place of eight as at present.
He should propose that the jurisdiction should be ex-
tended to misdemeanors and offences tie punislimeot of
which did not exceed 7 years transportation. He was
quite aware that this was imposing an additienal
labour on the Judges of the land. It was
however to be considered, that during the periods of 1828
and 1829 the number of judges were only twelve ; since
that period, however, their numbers ned been increased
one fouth. The principal motive fur that increase being
to do away with the Weld Judges. A winter circuit bad
been established some eight or ten years ago, which had
given great discontent; that, however, had been neces-
sary, in consequence of the great increase of business
in London and its neighbourhood, but it those dis-
tricts in which that increase of business were
withdraa in, the necessity for those circuits would be tone
away with. The arrangement he proposed would not
give the judges an atom more business than they at present
had, certainly not more than they had when there were
only 12. It was evident that some such change as he
had adverted to ought to take place, especially considering
the great increase of the populatiori.,
(LEST SPEAKING.)