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TITHE SYSTEM.

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE then moved that the
first report of the Tithe Committee be reid. _ _

The report having been read by one of the clerks of the
House,

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE rose—The report
which their Lordships had just heard read at the table,
together with the evidence on which the repeal of the Com-
mittee was lounded, having heen4now very many days in
their Lordships' hands, he thought himself right in con-
cluding that the time had arrived, when, with pro-
priety, their Lordships might he invited to accede
to the principles stated in that report. In submitting
the resolutions, strictly founded, and in accordance with
that report, for the approbation of their Lordships, he
felt considerably relieved from the difficulties under which
he should consider himself placed, if called on, on his own
authority, and in consequence of any opinion entertained by
himself, to ask the concurrence of their Lordships to re-
commendations so important. The recommendations were not
founded solely on opinions of his own, but on the opinions
of the Committee of their Lordships' House, selected from
among them, and composed of Peers whose authority was
cinch greater than his own. In moving the present
resolutions, it would be necessary for him shortly to call
the attention of their Lord.hips to the three prominent fea-
tures of the report, viz., the circumstances connected with
the opposition to the execution of the law in Ireland,
with respect to the collection of tithes; to the effect of the
opposition to the law upon the fortunes and circum-
stanced of individuals; and, finally, to those general con-
siderations which arise out of those circumstances, and of
the state of the property which had been effected. It was no
difficult task for him to satisfy their Lordships of the
existence of the facts to which he had alluded. Syste-
matic resistance had prevailed, indeed by open outrage
and illegal opposition to the law itself, and more frequently
it was accompanied by combinations, the object of
the parties so combining being to avail themselves
of legal technicalities and difficulties, to resist the
payment of tithes. That such a systematic opposition,
whether founded upon open outraee or an evasion of
the law itself, had prevailed for a considerable time,
and was now increasing in its violence through
several of the counties of Ireland, no individual
could deny. The result of that opposition had been the
placing of the clergy of those districts in a most unfortu-
nate, and certainly a very unjust, situation. Now the
result must be and was, that the parochial clergy of Ireland
throughout those districts had been deprived of the means
of existence, having made most unsuccessful efforts by
means of the law, and having failed in obtaining the object
which was their just due. It was true that some
portion of the clergy had, in some degree succeeded
in obtaining that to which they were lawfully entitled,
but they had only been enabled to do so, by means
which it would be most desirable that the clergy should
never be compelled to have recourse to. A third description
of persons were those who, in the present state of things,
fearful of compromising the sanctity of their character,
and of losing that influence which justly belonged to them,
had abstained from making such efforts altogether,
leaving it to the justice of their Lordships, and to the wis-
dom of the Legislature to make provision for them,
being unwilling to place themselves in the situation
of using any harsh means to recover that to which they
were so justly entitled. That was the state of things
which their Lordships were called upon to take into their
serious consideration, and to provide a remedy for.
--(Hear, hear.) Their Lordships were so well
acquainted with the disturbances that had taken
place in Ireland with reference to the collection
of tithes, and the extent to which that resistance had
gone, that it was almost unnecessary for him to advert
further to the subject, but he felt it his duty
to call the attention of their Lordships to the fact
that the Committee had examined clergyman after
clergyman, and Magistrate after Magistrate, who
all concurred in the statement that they were un-
able to procure payment of their tithes, and that
the power vested in the Magistrates was completely
incompetent, as the law at present stood, to aid
them, and compel the payment. Mr. Roberts, of Kilkenny,
had stated before the Committee that the combination
which existed in different parts of Ireland was totally
without precedent, and had been the means of intimi-
dating the whole country. He stated, that the tithes had
not been paid in that district, and that it was now utterly
impessible, in consequence of the systematic opposition, to
obtain payment. Mr•. Cotton, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Fitz-
gerald, and Mr. R. Butler, had given similar testimony.
Among the Magistrates who were examined was Col. Sir
I. Harvey, who stated that the clergy were unable to collect
their tithes, and, as it appeared to him, the Government
were perfectly incapable, as the law at present stood, to assist
in obtaining payment. Mr. Green, the resident Magistrate of
Tipperary, had also been examined, and stated that nothing
could be worse than the collection of tithes, and that in
almost every barony in that county the payment of them
was most strenuously resisted. Major Stanley hael stated
that the resistance to the payment of tithes was
general, and that the process servers, in consequence of the
combination which existed, were afraid to proceed, and, in
consequence thereof, the attempt to enforce the payment
of tithes to the amount of 1061. had fallen to the ground.
He (the Marquis of Lansdowne) could multiply these
facts to an enormous extent upon the evidence now
before their Lordships; and he could increase it still fur-
ther, were he permitted regularly to refer their Lord-
ships to other evidence which had been received
by the Committee since the portion of the evidence to
which he had alluded had been laid on their Lordships'
table. He thought, however, it was unnecessary for
him to dwell longer on the character of those
illegal resistances and combinations which had taken
place, as in his opinion enough had been stated to impose
the great duty on their Lordships of affording some
means with which assistance might be given to
those most respectable and honourable individuals, who bad
suffered so much from the outrages committed, and
which had arisen from no fault of their own ; to
afford them that relief was not only a matter
of Christianity, hut of strict justice ; and he had no
doebt when their Lordships considered that those respect.
able individuals had been placed in the situations
which they held, under the expectation of re-
ceiving certain of the emoluments of which they
had been deprived, they would have no hesitation at
(ewe to adopt the recommendation of the Committee,
which proposed that Government should be enabled to
give them relief according to their circumstances, giving
greater relief to the poorer clergy, and a smaller
aid to those whose emoluments were of a much
more extended nature. The Committee were of opinion
that Government would be enabled, in just vindication
of the law, and for the purpose of procuring repay.
inent of those advances which had been made, to
resort to those measures which would effectually put
a stop to the resistance which existed to the payment
of tithes, and break up that organised system of
combination which at present existed. Here, then, he
(night leave the subject, as far as the opposition to
the payment of the tithes, and the effects of that op-
position, and the measures incumbent on them to adopt,
in common justice to the clergy, were concerned• But
.
although the Committee bad not thought it uectimitry in

this report to enter at length upon the discussion of some
very importantyoints connected with the subject before
them, yet, in examining the specks of opposition here
proved to have been offered to the payment of tithes, one
could not overlook certain circumstances connected with
this species of property which had a strung tendency to
produce that opposition, and to engender broils, and tu-
tnults, and breaches of the peace, when its collection was
rigidly enforced. This species of opposition bad often
arisen in a greeter or less degree, and although put down
and kept dormant for a time, it had always again arisen,
and had formed the reedy scurce of broils and disturb-
ance in the hands of agitators, when it suited their pur-
pose to weaken the prejudices of ignorant people. It
could not have escaped their Lordships, in reflect-
ing upon the nature of this speciee of property, that,
however recommended by its antiquity, and however
extensively it had prevailed in different states, and
however sanctioned by law and supported by Government,
it yet had always contained in itself the seeds of discon-
tent and disorder, and that it was very difficult to collect
without encountering considerable opposition, sometimes
amounting to open outrage and breaches of the peace. It
was hardly necessary for him to say, when addressing their
Lordships, what was the cause of this. It was hardly ne-
cessary for him to say that tithes operated as a tax upon
industry, and that it had often been mooted (although he
did not at present mean to enter into the discussion) whe-
ther it operated most on the landlord, the tenant, or the
community. His own opinion certainly was, that the
tithe operated either directly or remotely on the interests of
the landlord. He would at present throw out of view the
opportunities which landlords might have, by means of Corn
Laws or other legislative enactments, to remove the
burden from themselves; but, generally speaking, it
appeared to him to be clear, that when leases were
to be renewed, the rent to be paid to the land-
lord must, cn account of the tithes, be dimi-
nished pro tunlo. But besides this, it appeared to him
etc ir that tithes operated as a serious tax on the occupier
of land, for there was no one who took a lease of land
that did not contemplate some advantages to be derived
from improvements and labour ; and then consider the
bearing of such a tax on the capital which he would have
to lay out, and on the whole machinery which it would be
necessary for him to put in motion in order to effect such
improvements. The consequence must be to render the
whole of his capital and means so employed less produc-
tive by one-tenth than it otherwise would he, and to that
extent they were deterred from embarking in improve-
tnents. The tax prevented them from bringing under cul-
tivation certain inferior lands which might otherwise he
cultivated with profit; and not only so, but it often pre-
vented him from laying out capital in the additional im-
provement of lands before under cultivation. The t ix ope-
rated also on the community in general, as well as on the
landlord and the occupier of land ; for the consequence of its
effect on the occupier was that the supply was dimin-
ished, and this of course raised its price to the con-
sumer. In consequence of its being a tax to such an ex-
tent on all the productive classes of the community,
it had in all countries undergone some essential modifica-
tion. Far be it from him to approve of die mode
adopted in some countries of getting rid of tithes
by spoliation. He mentioned it only for the purpose
of showing that in every country where the tax had been
felt as a grievance, alterations had been made by spoliation ;
in others some substitute, some mitigation in the shape of
improvement, had been made. In some instances tithes li
had been farmed, and in all these the mode of raising
them had become a great grievance. For instead of
their being levied with a universal steady hand, that mode
of collection was adopted which suited the views of the
farmers, from which a series of petty annoyances had resulted,
which gave rise to universal discontent. In one parish a
man might be disposed to take six-tenths, or seven-
tenths; in the next parish a different amount was collected
which produced a sense of injustice, and tended to
engender those incessant feuds which it should be
the object of every wise legislator to remedy.—
(Hear.) He asked how those inconveniences had
been met in Ireland ? The Legislature had been
repeatedly called on to remedy the evils daily grow-
ing up. He would not refer to the various Acts of
Parliament, some of which were passed before and
some since the Union, in which the Government were
obliged to adopt certain measures. But under the
auspices of a Noble Friend of his, Parliament had
been called on to effect a composition of tithes. And
he lamented exceedingly that that composition had not been
made compulsory.—(Hear.) If it had been so made they
would have advanced one step further in that progress
of concili ition which they must now effect by substituting
a better system. He need not tell the House how indispen-
sable it was that the tithe laws should be put to rest.
He might appeal to the Committee, and to the evidence
of the persons examined, hardly one of whom had
not stated that a settlement of this question
was absolutely necessary to ensure the tranquillity of
the country. He would first call their attention to
one or two witnesses who had been examined. He
would first allude to the evidence of the Archbishop of
Dublin. But he would not rely on that alone. He begged to
read a few emphatic words at page 137, to the following
effect :—" But as for a continuance of the tithe system, it
must be at the point of the bayonet—it must be through a
sort of civil war. The ill-feelings so long kept up against
it have been embodied in so organized a manner that
there would he continual breakings out which would
always require to be kept down by violence, such
as a Government might resort to for once, if necessary,
but would be unwilling to continue; and the most ex-
perienced persons do think with me, that nothing
can secure the payment of tithe under the existing
system." Now he certainly would not trouble the
House with the number of similar statements made
by clergymen, but lie would refer to the opinions
of Jurymen who were connected with the Church.
The Noble Lord then read a portion of the evi-
dence of Mr. Place, the registrar of the Consistorial
Court of Dublin. That person had stater: his opinion that
the making a composition compulsory would be highly
beneficial, and he was asked in what respect it would be
beneficial ? His reply was, that it would be beneficial
merely as a preparatory step towards commutation.
That it would be impossible to arrive at any satisfactory
arrangement by compulsory composition only, but that
that would be the basis of a future commutation. That be
had reason to believe such a plan would be approved by the
clergy, and till that was accomplished, Ireland would never
he at peace. The Noble Lord observed that he had only
selected these opinions from a mass of others in the evi-
dence given before the Committee. When he called to
their Lordships' recollection, the extraordinary state in
which the tithe system was, when to collect tithes, they
were asked to arm Government with extraordinary powers,
was it not fair, looking at all the circumstances, if they
were really convinced tiott a change in the system was
necessary for the tranquillity of Ireland, not to hesitate
to declare that to be their opinion ? The House would
see from the evidence before the Committee that in legal
proceedings, attorneys were not to be found to conduct
them. Arid that even the tithe-proctors rejected the
bribes offered them to carry the law into effect.—( Hear.)
Ile was not prepared now to discuss various plans
that bad been submitted to the Committee by which
the commutation for tithe should be effected, whe-
ther through the medium of a rent charge,
through the medium of an exchange for land, or
through the medium of money, to be raised by Govern-
ment and invested in land, further than tee observe that
although all these were attended by difficulties, not of an
insurmountable character, yet there existed in Ireland a
great facility for the investment of money, and that
if it was proposed to make a levy in the form of a rent-
charge on land, the mode of raising provincial
taxes there would likewise afford great facilities. He would
not institute a comparison between these various modes,
the single question was, whether, contemplating all the
evils which have accrued, the uncertainty to the
clergymen, the disturbance prevailing under the present
system, their Lordships were willing to exercise their
power as a Legislature by some proposition to pro-
vide for nine hundred parochial clergymen, a measure
which, if not perfect in itself, would at least be free from
all the objections attending the system now prevailing
by law. He could not but conceive that their
Lordships would be able to prescribe some remedy better
than that crowd of civil processes and of distraints that
now irritated and oppressed Ireland. It would be
well if they could simplify that system, but, above all,
if by distinct legislation they could provide a remedy.
Unfortunately, in Ireland the flock did not think
that they received an equivalent from the clergyman
to whom they paid tithes, though from what had
been seen of the Irish clergy, and their just influence in
all parts of the country, respect might well be attached
to their conduct, and confidence placed in their actions,
were it not for the unhappy recurrence of that system
by which the cultivator of land was reminded that he was
taxed for the immediate benefit of the clergy from whom he
did not consider himself to obtain any equivalent. It was of
great importance to place the clergy free from those per-
petual vexations which flowed from such a system, and
place them in the situation of a man dependant on land for
his support, receiving from that land a compensation proper,
adequate, and respectable.—(Hear, hear.) If their Lord-
ships could accomplish thin, they would effect what the
scotch Parliament had effected—for which they gave
el edit to themselves, and to Charles 1., in whose reign
it was accomplished.—a most glorious work, and which

would be instrumental in promoting the prosperity and
industry of the country. Thus they would contribute
to the security of the clergy—the improvement, the pros-
perity, and the tranquillity of Ireland—and would lay
the foundation of that excitement to industry which
the state of Ireland most loudly called for. Thus also
an end would be put to those irritating circum-
stances which attended the present tythe system. The
collection of tithes in that country was now a great
evil—it was an uncertain, a provoking, an irritating thing;
it was an evil constantly repeated; and yet the tithes, be
admitted, were not received to their fell extent, far, to the
credit of the clergy, he was bound to state that there was
no evidence of the disposition of the clergy to exact more
than was their due—and, indeed, they often contented
themselves with less ; so that all the trains of evil which
the evidence had shown to exist, did not arise from the ex-
orbitaney of their demands, hut from the radical defects of
the tithe system itself, which, if the Parliament were now
to abolish, they would deserve for themselves the gratitude
of that country and of posterity.—(Hear.) In times of
great difference of feeling such as these—in times ofgreat
heat, arising from the difference of party—he brought for-
ward the present motion ; but yet he looked for an absence
of that party-feeling which had heretofore often unhappily
tinctured their debates upon questions connected with Ire-
land, and be expected with confidence that the House
would look only to the question of the permanent benefit of
Ireland. He fi?gged to move the following resolutions
l)ie Jovis, So. Martii, 1532..
"That it appears to this House that in several parts of Ireland
an organised and systematic opposition has been made to the pay-
ment of tithes, by which the law has been rendered unavailing,
and many of the clergymen of the Established Church have been
reduced to great pecuniary distress.
" That, in order to afford relief to this distress, it is expedient
that his Majesty should be empowered, upon application to the
Lord-Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ire-
land, to direct that there be issued from the Consolidated Fund
such sums as may be required for this purpose.
" That the sums so issued shall be distributed by the Lord_
Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, by
and with the advice of the Privy Council, in advances propor-
tioned to the incomes of the incumbents of benefices, wherein
the tithes or tithe composition lawfully due may have been with-
held, according to a scale diminishing as the incomes of such in-
cumbents increase.

" That, for the more effectual vindication of the authority of
the law, and as a security for the repayment of the sums so to
be advanced, his Majesty be empowered-to levy, under the autho-
rity of an Act to be passed for the purpose, the amount of ar-
rears for the tithes or tithe composition of the whole or any part
of the year 1831, without prejudice to the claims of the clergy
for any arrear which may be due for a longer period; reserving,
in the first instance, the amount of such advances, and paying
over the remaining balance to the legal claimants.
" That it is the opinion of this House that, with a view to se-
cure both the interests of the Church and the lasting welfare of
Ireland, a permanent change of system will be required ; and that
such a change, to be satisfactory and secure, must involve a com-
plete extinction of tithes, including those belonging to lay im.
propriators, by commuting them for a charge upon land, or an
exchange for or investment in land."

The resolution having been read by the Loan CHAN-
CELLOR, from the Woolsack,

The Earl of WICKLOW rose, not, he said, to object
to the resolution which had just been read, on the contrary,
he considered it was a proper mode of doing a great good
All he would at present say was, that when be loooked
at the state of Ireland, he could see no plan so likely
to be for the benefit of the clergy as the one now pro-
posed. He hoped that Parliament would soon find out
and adopt some more permanent plan for settling this
great question. When he came down to the House, he
expected to have heard what the plans of the Government
were for such settlement, and lie had been very much dis-
appointed when the Noble Marquis sat down without sav-
ing a single word upon the subject. The Committee, or he
should say Government, had advised the abolition of tithes
altogether as such, but as yet the House was left in total
darkness of what the measure would be that was to fol-
low this. He said that it was the recommendation of the
Government, because he considered it so, the report
of both Committees having been so much alike. He
considered that the great and most difficult question
which the Committee bad to deal with, was the final
settlement of the question, and he could not express
the extent of his disappointment at the manner in which
that had been stated in the report of the Committee,
and the resolution of the Noble Marquis. The present
resolution merely recommends that Government should
collect the tithes for one year, but he hoped that they
would re-consider the subject, for in his opinion it would
be better that such power should be continued to them
until the final settlement of the question. They had it
now from the Government themselves, that the clergy had
been reduced to a state bordering upon starvation ; the
one year's tithes would certainly be a great boon, but it
would not give any permanent relief; therefore he would
strenuously recommend the Noble Marquis to introduce
such a clause as would empower the Government to levy
the tithes till the final measure was part of the law of the
land. He was happy to be enabled to give his support to
this act of Government, and it had given him plea-
sure, because it would afford great relief to that class
which the NubleMarquis had so highly eulogised—the clergy.
The suggestion which the Noule Earl threw out for the
consideration of the Noble Marquis, he (the Noble Earl)
thought would have a double effect—it would se-
cure to the clergy their income till a new and better
system came into operation, and it would show the
people who resisted the law, that they could not do so
with impunity. It was well known that the general feel
ing among persons in the lower walks of society was, that
sums of money could be collected by the Crown with much
more facility than by individuals. The Noble Earl, how-
ever, could not but he apprehensive that in the result,
Government would not be disposed to enforce'the payment
of the arrear of tithes at all. —(Hear, bear.) He thought
Government would reason thus—that it would be better
to commence the system in concord with the feelings of the
people, and allow all agitation tosubside, by abstaining from
enforcing the payment of arrears at all. No doubt such
reasoning, and such a proposition, would be met by the
individuals who had refused to pay tithes, and by the agi-
tators of Ireland, with the greatest warmth ; but the result
would be seriously detrimental, not only to all property in
Ireland, but to the Established Church property in Eng-
land. The Noble Earl begged to call the attention of
the House to the evidence of the Archbishop of Dublin,
given before the Committee of that House. From that evi-
dence it might appear the Magistracy were to blame—no
doubt the evidence wore that aspect ; but it was to be re-
colleeted that the Magistrates in Ireland were placed in
most difficult and unfortunate situations. As regarded, for
instance, that which could not as yet have been forgotten,
the calling out last year of the yeomanry at Newtonbarry ;
there was a great doubt for a long time whether the
Magistrate who principally acted on that occasion, was or
was not correct ; and he (the Noble Earl) found that that
very Magistrate had been dismissed from the Commission
of the Peace.—(Cries of " No, no," from the Ministerial
side.) At all events, his. name was now left out of the
Commission, and the newspapers of this very day had
brought the information of an indictment for murder
against Captain Graham having been ignored, and
of some other person who acted with him having
been acquitted upon his trial for murder at
the Assiz:s, in consequence of what took place at Newton-
in z). Ile (the Noble Earl) knew not Captain Graham
personal'y, but he stood forward to defend the
Magistracy of Ireland in general. His persuasion
was, that the Magistrates and police of Ireland bad
been e:ipple.l by an apprehension in their minds
that what they thought right to do was contrary to the
feelings of his Majesty's Government. He had only this
very evening heard, on good authority, that if, in a cer-
tain parish, where a general stand had been made against
the payment of tithes, a little vigour had been shown,
every man in that parish would have paid his tithes.
With respect to a suggestion of the Noble Marquis oppo-
site, of making the landlords the proctors of the Church
property, in his opinion there could not be in the present
state of Ireland a more injurious system thought of—
a system more likely to be destructive to the country, or
more likely to carry into effect the views of the great
agitators and demagogues of Ireland ; a system which he
hoped the gentry of Ireland would to a man oppose.
The commutation of land for tithe did not seem to him
to be so impracticable; and the apparent difficulties in the
way of that might be got rid of ; but whatever arrange-
ment might be proposed, be trusted that every care
would be taken to preserve inviolate the rightful property
of the Church.

The Bishop of LONDON felt compelled to say a word
ass member of the Committee, in consequence of an obser-
vation made by the Noble Earl who had just sat down.
As one of the Members of the Committee which had been
appointed by this House, upon this subject, he disclaimed
the imputation for imputation it was—of having sub
[flitted to the dictates of the Government with respect to
anything that appeared in that report.—(Cheers.) Neither
o❑ this nor on any other occasion would he consent to
give the sanction of his humble name to the report
of any Committee with which, in his conscience, he did
not heartily concur•. This report he most cordially did
support.—(Cheers.) There might be a word or two in it
which he thought would be better altered, but with
the substance of the report, and the report generally, he
perfectly agreed. He could satisfy the House, were it
necessary, that the report had been any thing but sub-
mitted to without consideration and full discussion.
The very words which bad excited the Noble Earl's
observations were not originally in the report, but
subsequently introduced into it at the suggestion
of an individual, not a Member of his Majesty's Govern-
ment.—(Hear, hear.) It did not seem to the Right Rev.
Prelate that there would be any very decided opposi-
tion to this measure, and it did not appear to him
that this was the proper time for entering - into

full discussion of it. He thought that the Noble
Earl had hardly done justice either to the report, or
the speech of the Noble Marquis, which he had
heard, in alike accusing the one and the other of
vagueness, and in stating that neither the one nor
the other pointed nut a remedy for the present
evil. As precise a remedy as could be pointed out,
was chalked out by the report, and with more parti-
cularity by the Noble Marquis, and. with as much par-
ticularity as it was possible to be stated by the Noble
Earl. The principle was to transfer the payment of
tithe from the land-bolder to the land- owner ; how that
was to be done was of course a question of con-
siderable difficulty, but involving no difficulties in which
it was any thing like impossible to get over. He was
•ur e there could be no intention of extinguishing the pay-
ment of tithes altogether, and he had no doubt that,
at the proper time, whatever difficulties existed in intro-
(toeing a proper system, they would be got over.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH requested their Lordships
to recollect that whatever principles were adopted with
respect to the Church of Ireland, must also be adopted
with respect to the Church of England, and, therefore, in
whatever measure their Lordships might concur, they would
be deciding equally on the principles of the Church
of England as that of Ireland. He understood the present
resolution to be the redemption of that pledge which had
been given some time ago to vindicate the law. He was
surprised at not hearing a single word on that subject from
the Noble Marquis. He thought the necessity of vindicating
the law in Ireland, ought to have been placed in the fore-
ground, and ought to have been the basis of the resolu-
tion. But their Lordships were called upon to adopt a
measure which, whatever might be the state of Ireland,
no Government had, before the present period, called on
their Lordships to adopt. They were now called upon
to give to the Government itself the collection of the
tithes of Ireland. The state of things which required such
a remedy had grown up since the administration of the
Noble Lord opposite (Grey).—(Cheers from the Ministerial
benches.) Noble Lords might think of it as they pleased
hut every passage in the report with respect to the out-
rages and combinations, showed clearly that they were of
a character entirely different to any thing that had hitherto
existed in Ireland—that combination had arisen in the
short space of a few days after the Noble Earl bad
taken office. Did Ministers, immediately on receiving
information of the resistance to the payment of tithes, come
down to that House, as they ought to have done, for the
purpose of investing themselves with power to vindicate
the law ? Their Lordships must be perfectly aware
they bad done no such thing.—(Hear, hear.) If, how-
ever, the total inadequacy of the law to enforce the
payment of tithes was not sufficient to induce Ministers,
to resort to such a course, surely the information they had
further received, called loudly on them to adopt it.
There was no evidence on which the present re-
solutions were founded, which his Majesty's Govern-
ment might not have obtained previous to the month
of December, and instead of then moving for the ap-
pointment of a Committee, they ought to have come down
to Parliament and have demanded that measure which
they now called for. More than that, it appeared from the
papers laid before their Lordships, that as early as last
July there was an opinion prevalent among the people
of Ireland, that his Majesty's Government did not view
with disfavour the resistance made to the payment of
tithes. As far as the present resolutions went to vindi-
cate the law, they had his entire concurrence. The
Noble Lord contended that if Government had adopted
proper measures in April last, the House would not now
have been called on to make Government the collectors of
tithes. He was afraid that by agreeing to the proposed
resolutions, they would hold out hopes to the public, which
might prove delusive.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in explanation, de-
nied that he bad ever designated tidies as a tax upon the
land. He had always assumed tithes to be the property of
the clergy.
Lord MELBOURNE said, that if the proposed mea-
sures were merely to indicate the authority of the law, aed
to enforce the claims of the clergy, Government could
have effected that on their own responsibility. They
had only come down to the House to ask for ex.
traordinary power, after all the ordinary means of the law
had proved insufficient.
The Duke of WELLINGTON thought that the House
might derive much advantage from the labours of the
Committee. For himself, however, he would have
addressed their Lordships with much more confidence--
knowing the importance of the subject to the Church of
England here and in Ireland—if he had previously heard
the opinions of those distinguished Prelates opposite.
But having understood from the Right Rev. Prelate who
had made some observations to the House that he approved
of the plan, and not having heard any dissent from the
Right Rev. Bench to this approval, he concluded that this
plan met the approbation of the Right Rev. Bench; and
that the House, in taking it into its consideration, was act-
ing in conformity with their wish. He contended that the
mischief attributed to not making the composition for tithes
compulsory was not well founded. The present unfortunate
state of things proceeded from agitation—(Hear)—and the
agitators would never leave Ireland quiet as long as the
Noble Earl allowed them to agitate.—(Cheers.) The
system of agitation and combination which prevailed in
Ireland had been conducted in a most artful manner, and
with a perseverance which was quite unequalled ; and de-
cidedly it would pervade Ireland, even after the adoption of
this system, unless some effectual pleasure to suppress it
were brought forward: He wished that a resolution to
put an end to agitation had been proposed by Government
at the same time that they proposed the abolition of
tithes. It was well to say that they were anxious to vin-
dicate the authority of the law ; but they should either
prevent or punish the breakers of the law. He objected to
the propositions made by Ministers, as not sufficiently ex-
plicit; and protested against the last resolution. Was it
fair or right to impose upon the landlord those payments
without insuring to him the means of recovering
them from the under-tenants. This system might do well
as to future leases, but it would be decidedly unjust in
reference to those now existing. He hoped the House
would not now be called upon to vote with respect to
that resolution. He thought they might go as far as the
first part of the Noble Marquis's revolutions ; but be did
not believe they should concur in the last resolution, as it
would only tend to encourage agitation, and increase the
dissatisfaction which prevailed in the country.
Lord TEYNHAM objected to that part of the plan
whieh made Government the collectors of tithes. It was
well, he observed, to vindicate the authority of the law,
but when a whole nation resisted a law, it could only be
re-established by conquest. He thought, however, that
some definite plan ought to have been brought forward by
Ministers at the same time that it was declared tithes were
to be abolished.
The Earl of ELDON maintained that tithes were in
every respect property, and could not be fairly represented as
a tax upon the land. He would not be led by the conduct of
any individuals, ecclesiastical or lay, to give his consent to
a proposition which went to deprive the Ministers of the
Church of England in Ireland of that property to which
they were as well entitled as any layman was to his property.
He had read all the evidence, and he was really astonished
at the deductions which had been made from it. It was
perfectly absurd to suppose that the tithes in Ireland could
be destroyed without involving the destruction of the
tithes in England. It was a most extraordinary proposi-
tion to recommend the destruction of the Church pro-
perty in Ireland, without at least giving their Lordships
the satisfaction of knowing what it was intended to substi-
tute. He had sincerely hoped that, in the first place,
some proposition would have been submitted to Parlia-
' ment which would have secured to the Established Church
in Ireland something in lieu of that property to which it
was as much entitled as any other proprietor was to the
property which he possessed. He bad sincerely hoped
that some such proposition would have been made by
those to whom the interests of the Church were peculiarly
intrusted. But he now so utterly despaired of any as-
sistance in defending the Church on the part of those to
whom the Church was peculiarly entitled for defence
and protection, that he could assure their Lordships that
the humble individual who addressed them would give
himself no further trouble on the subject. .
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY had always felt
the obligations which the Church was under to the No-
ble and Learned Lord who had just spoken, and regretted,
therefore, that in a speech professing to serve the Church,
the Noble and Learned Lord had made an attack on those
who were its representatives in that House, which attack
was totally unfounded. lie would briefly state the mo-
tives by which he was actuated in not objecting to the re-
solutions which had been proposed by the Noble Marquis.
He perfectly agreed with the Noble Duke, that the imme-
diate cause of the present resistance to the payment of
tithes in Ireland was a combination which the state of the
law in Ireland did not afford the means of putting down.
One of the strongest proofs of this fact was, that the re-
sistance in
remained in the greatest strength in those pa-
rishes which it originated. But, undoubtedly, it ap-
peared from the report of their Lordships' Committee, that
the existing mode of collecting the tithes in Ireland
was a great grievance. For although not more than
half of the tithes collected reached the clergy, yet
the mode of collecting was vexatious and harassing
in the extreme to the tithe payer. Perhaps one cause
of the existing evil was the difficulty which s'ood
ter the way of enforcing the law with respect
I to, the recovery of tithes; for it watt well known that

wires there was a certain mode of recovering any just de-
mand, there it was not probable that the payment of it would
he resisted. He apprehended, from all the evidence which had
been taken before the Committee, that the Tithe Composition
Act had been received as a great benefit by the people of
Ireland generally. Although tome resistance had been
inade to it by some of the landed proprietor', yet it ap-
peared to have been received as a great benefit, and to
have had a very soothing effect on the peasantry of Ire-
land. He could not bring himself to speak of the conduct
of many of those from whern a different course might have
been peculiarly expected, but who had contributed to pre.
vent the beneficial effects of that Act. It was clear that
the Composition Act would have answered every purpose
for which it was framed if it had been universally adopted
throughout Ireland. The state to which it appeared that
many of the clergy of the Established Church in Ireland
Lad been reduced was almost beyond expression. Many
who depended solely on the emoluments of their livings
had been reduced to a want of the absolute necessaries of
life. Many had been obliged to part with their house-
hold goods, and were left in a condition of utter destitu-
tion. It was true that some had been relieved by the
kindness of friends, and that others had been enabled to
raise money on the hope of recovering at least a por.
tion of the proceeds of their respective benefices.
gretting, as he did, the declaration of the Noble and
Learned Earl, to whom the Church was ender so much
obligation, that he would never more interfere in its
behalf, and acknowledging, with the Noble Duke, that
the recent determination to resist the payment of tithes in
Ireland was the result of conspiracy, he must still say
that, seeing that whenever any disturbance or insurrection
took place in Ireland, the first object of attack had always
been the tithes, he was convinced that to place that sub-
ject in a state of comparative tranquiloty, ttould be to
consult not only the good of Ireland generally, but the
good of the Church of Ireland in particular.—( Hear, hear. )
The first thing he looked to was that which was also first
considered in the resolution, namely the adoption of some
measure which would make the composition for tithes uni-
versal in Ireland. At present not more thin three-fifths
of the parishes of Ireland were under the op ration of the
Composition Act. It was highly desirable that the re,
maining two fifths should he also brought under its opera-
tion. That was the first step which ought to ba takehd
There could, then, be no objection to ihe adoption of some
plan by which a charge should be imposed on tae laud in
lieu of tithes. If, upon consideration, the mode proposed
of effecting this object should be deemed inconvenient
either to the clergy or to the landed proprietors, soma other
might, no doubt, be devised. He should certainly support
the Noble Marquis's motion. It had not been his inten-
tion to say a single word on the question ; but the repre-
sentatives of the Church in that House bud been so
pointedly alluded to by the Noble and Learned Lord, that,
he had felt it impossible to refrain from troubling their
Lordships with a few observations. In doing se, he
trusted he had not departed from the respect which was
Cue to the Noble and Learned Lord, whose opinion on all
subjects was entitled to so much deference, and to whole
the Church in particular was under so niany obligations.
Tee Eal of CALEDON spoke from she cross bench,
and was scarcely audible in the pllery. We understood
the Noble Earl to say that their Lordships' Committee, of
which he had been a member, was wholly uninfluenced in
their decision by his Majesty's Ministers, and did not know
what was the ultimate intention of Ministers on the subject.
The Earl of WICKLOW observed, that a large propor-
tion of the Members of the ComMittee were the friends of
his Majesty's Government, and remarked, as a strange
circumstance, that the term " abolition of tithes" was to
be found in the reports of the Committees of both Houses.
He also wished for some explanation as to the insinuation
which had been thrown out by the Most Reverend Prelate
with respect to the conduct of the clergy of Ireland with
reference to the Composition Act.

The Earl of CALI:DON said that the introduction of
the word " abolition," in the report of their Lordships'
Committee, had been proposed by the Earl of ii rrowby.
The Earl of ABERDEEN thou-ht that the resolution
proposed by the Noble Marquis s lid either too much
or two little. He understood that the proposition
of the Noble Marquis went to the extinction of
tithes in Ireland, or to their commutation on one of two
plans. Now, now member of their Lordships' Committee
had made up his mind as to the plan which it would be
beneficial to adopt. Under those circumstances, it would
have been whimsical indeed, if the Committee had offered
any recommendation on the subject to their Lordships.
But when no member of the Committee professed to have
made up his mind with respect to any particular pl in, was
it not an unprecedented proceeding, for the Noble Marquis
to propose the extinction of tithes by one of two plans,
neither of which the Committee had recommended? Now,
was it not possible, that in the course of their further in-
vestigation, a third plan might offer itself to the minds of
the Committee; and that, by that third plan, the re-
solution now proposed by the Noble Marquis might be
stultified ?

The Archbishop of CANTERBUR Y, in reference to
what had fallen from a Noble Earl, disclaimed throwing
any imputation on the clergy of the Established Church in
Ireland, as having been instrumental in getting np a con-
spiracy against the Composition Act.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE replied. It was evi-
dently impossible that the Most Reverend Prelate could
have meant to attribute any portion of the resistance to
the composition for tithes to the clergy of the Established
Church in Ireland. He (the Marquis of Lansdowne)
con-
firmed the statement which had been made by a Noble
Earl, a member of the Committee, that the resolutions
did not emanate from the King's Government. The
Committee was composed of individuals of all parties ;
and, ho repeated, the resolutions were not proposed by his
Majesty's Government. He perfectly agreed with the
Noble Duke, that itswould be exceedingly unjust to lay
any infliction on the landlord, without some previous
arrangement for a better and a cheaper mode of collecting
the tithes. He would fairly state to the Noble Duke,
that if it were not necessary immediately to legis-
late on the subject—if there was not a pressing ne-
cessity on the part of the clergy in Ireland for some
legislation—he should be slow to ask their Lordships
to adopt any future arrangement on the subject;
but such a necessity existing, and called upon to
propose a new measure for the collection of the tithes by
Government, he thought it was rignt also to require the
country to look at ulterior measures, with a view to the
equitable adjustment of the question. With respect to the
Noble Earl's apprehension that some subsequent plan might
stultify the present, it should be recollected that every plan
roust embrace some mode of taking the tithes out of the
land ; for it was on the land alone that they could be se-
cured. It would have been exceedingly rash if the Com-
mittee, before they had investigated all the details, bad
stated to their Lordships what plan they preferred. All
that they asked was the adoption of some measure which
should prevent that collision into which the respective
parties in Ireland onght never to be allowed to come.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said a few words in
explanation.
The resolutions were then agreed to, and their Lord-
ships adjourned.

DARING ROBBERY.—Yesterday forenoon,
a young man, of fashionable appearance, wearing spectacles, a
foreigner, called at Blackwell's, 3, Bedford-court, Covent.
garden, surgeon's instrument-maker, and after looking and
selecting a pocket and dissecting cases of instruments, razors,
penknife, and a handsome silver embossed lancet case, stated
that he should send them as a present to a friend's at Ham.
burg. Having watched an opportunity, while the daughter of
Mr. B. was engaged with another customer, he decamped with
the articles without paying for them. Since which it has been
discovered that the fellow had the assurance to offer them to
pledge in tfie immediate vicinity, within a few minutes after
the robbery. It is believed that the knave is one of the swell
mob from Brighton.
Oil Saturday morning, at nine o'clock, a troop
of the 17th Lancers left Limerick to attend the execution of
Patrick Barry (found guilty of the murder of Michael Maloney)
at Cratloe, followed by a strong division of the 92,1 Highlanders.
The convict was removed from Ennis gaol at seven o'clock,
under a strong guard of horse and foot, to the place of execu-
tion. Barry was attended from Ennis to Cratloe by the Rev,
Mr. Fitzgerald, P.P. of Cratloe. At three o'clock Barry eras
executed within view of his own house, and the site of the
murder. It is-A
gratification to say, that he fully acknowledged
the justice of hisisentence, and died penitent. A great number
of country people 'assembled to witness his awful exit. His
body was taken back to Ennis for dissection in the county in.
firmary. lie has left a wife and four children.—Pilot.
GLOUCESTERSIIIRE.---TIIC Assizes for this
county will commence on Wednesday, the 528th instant, before
Mr. Justice Littledale and Mr. Justice Taunton, when the per-
sons in custody for destroying Lawlord's Gate Prison, and for
other outrages connected with the late riots in this city, will
be tried. We understand that all the men convicted at Glou-
cester of being concerned in the late riots in the Forest of
Dean have been restored to their families, with the exception
of Warren James, and it is said that even he will be set at
liberty.—Bath Chronicle,
Wm. Grant, convicted of the murder of Mary
Wright, his sweetheart, at the Northampton Assizes, was exe-
cuted on Monday.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT) MARCH 7.
—Mary Dorothea Cowling, an elderly female, described as late
of York.cottage, Old Brompton, spinster, was opposed by Mr.
Cooke, on the part of Messrs. Ayling and Peck, upholsterers,
of Knightsbridge, Messrs. Erard, harp-manufacturers, and
other creditors, end was supported by Mr. Woodrofre. The
•c. 4%.,... occupied the Court a confiderabla time, and juclgnieia
was &Wed..

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) 'TITHES IN IRELAND. ,
irtue of the treaties of 1815 are to be demolished ; and the other
---sebee- places that the treaties have put under foreign influence, are in h.!? Lordship was not bred a churchman instead SHIPPI GINTELLIGENCE.-(THISDAY.)
-......--
The House sat on a Cetalraittee of Privileges this morning LIST OF THE McP.I-O:RITY future, like the Belgian territory, to be free from all influence 01
other than that of protection and neutrality, It was to a pru. a lawyer ! He has a fine conception of Plu- FROM LLOYD'S.
at ten o'clock ; the Lords in attendance were the Lord Chan- ON THE TfitlE QUESTION, dent andmoderate policy that the obtaining tills result is to be ralities, with a genius for Episcopacy'that we have DEAL, Memo 8,-Wind N.W. to W.N. W., moderate.-
Arrived from the River, and sailed with the rest of the outward
eellor, the Duke of Norfolk, Earls ShafteekurY, Shrewsbury, Bainbridge, T. .-Taunton Killeen, Lord-Co. of Meath attributed. The Gevernmeate did not act upon each other ex-
Bellew, Sit la-staiuth County Lambert, H.-Wexford Co.bound, the Ferguson, Young, and Palraira, Loader, for Bengal;
Meath, Albemarte, and Fingal, and Lords; Suffield and Hood. cep' be wars or aersuasione and it, is consistent alike With their rarely seen equalled.
Blackrrete ara-Co. of Carlow Lambert, J. &-Galway interests and their dignitY to give those examples to the people
TRIMLESTON 'PEERAGE Bodkin, J. J.-Gals-ay Leader, N. PoaKilkeithy of the world. But alas ! whether as churchman or lawyer, it
• PORTSMOUTH, MA Rex 8.-Wind N.E.-Arrived the Cygnet
arrived the Diana, from Africa.
The Committee, after hearing evidence on this Peerage, re- Btabazon, Visc.-Dublin Co. MacnaMeras W. Na-Clare Co. Market,ac from Gibraltar ; H.M.S. Leveret, from Plymouth. Off
"In conclusion, gentlemen, tire assurances that reach us give is neither to .be concealed nor denied that the
h Sovereign, Champlin, front New York. Sailed, the
eolved that Lord Trimleston had made out his auto to `vet at Brownlow, C.-Co. of Armagh O'C'ealiell M. D.-Co. of Clare confidence that these amicable explanations will be shortly fol.
Burke, Sir J.-Galway Cn tiTonnorbon•a-Rokom. Co. lowed by a complete adhesion on the part of all the Powers to Noble Ex:Chancellor's day is gone. One by
the election of Remsentative Peers for Ireland. Chapman al.-WeetMetath CO. O'Fereall, 11.-SL-Co. of Kildare an united act, which tends solely to reunite the diseositions to one his old hobbies slip from under him ; his FALMOUTH. MARCH 7 -Wind W:s. W:1 fresh. breezes, and
WATERFORD PEERAteP, Doyle, Sir J. M.-Carlow Co. !Parnell, sir at, 8.--Queen's Co. which they have already given their assent. we await with con.
as.aninh, Jackson, for Bombay.
Counsel were further heard On Ws -Claim of the Earl of Duncombe, T. S.-Hertfolal VoweV, It•-• "a aterford County fidence the accomplishment cf those concluding formalities.- old principles pass to the tomb of the Capulets, 26th ult. ; the Goldfinch paeket, from Carthagena-sailed the
French A -RottcomMen 'Co ea•Thven, E. S.-Downpatrick and . g_a.. have exchanged of3th December, from Jamaica 17th January ; the Helicon, Ball,
Shrewsbury to the Earlelom of Waterford. After which, the In all
.cases, France a'n 4 ea their .
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or wino, their way to the Limbo of Vanity. His last from Leghorn.
Committee, under the advice Of the LORD CHANCELLOR and Grattan, J.-rO. of Wicklow Torrens, R,-Ashburton Arrived off port the Fanny, Fennell,
consummated ; public impatience may be dissatisfied with
Lord PLUNKET, declared that his Lordship had made good his Hort, Sir J, W.-Co. of Kildare Wa'ker, C.11A.-Wexford some delays; but. as they are merely of congruity, they cannot, effort has been in favour of the Irish tith,e from
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claim to the Earldom of Waterford, and wes consequently en- Hue% Henry-Preston Wallace, T,--Dretaheele
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titled to vote at the election of Representative Peers for Ireland, • - 'C. ' '-'What has been already completed in this affair suffices at a gua. WiliCh has the Cassandra, Dave•nport, and the Planter, Purdy-, from
the Minerva, Rice, and the William and John,
ranee against all new complications, as,far as we are concerned, now the assurance to tell the 0
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M'lsellen, from Savannah. .
Mr. PEMBERTON appeored on behalf of Robert Wilson, cannot too °Rea repeat It, inzit which man that it can henceforth dispense with his ser- DUBLIN, MARCH 7.-Arrived the Tres Amegos, Nunez, from
Esq., who, as the representative of the eldest of the co-heirs of
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the claimant, and was proceeding with the examination Of hie :ego Red.
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esteem; it were better to have SHIELDS, MARCH 7.-The Antelope, Bell, from London,
ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Rank Lang Aim. toese.alise Ditto.. ....Net 8 7 prn, same terms as we In this Chamber; and if thea have spoken o was towed in here yesterday with damage.
Jan. 5, Ifklas - Ditto Small 9 Pan the tfaaertsity now more thah ever felt of a sincere alliance be.. . . • SCARBOROUGH, MARCH 7-the Ann's Resolution, Blain,
-.......--. Oct. 10, 1859 Ditto Commercial ea pin. tween France and England, we can aisle /speak of its efficacy. ELDON against, than for, them.
The tithe system is indeed virtually a dead letter, has put in here with damage, having been in contact with a
:an. 5, 1860
SHERRATT v. SHERRATT. Jan, 5, 1880 - i Bank Or aseedlint ••=--produced long, bloody, and comvalsivand, at this time, it
and nothing short of its entire abolition can pro- YARMOUTH, Metro' 8.-The Telemachus, Fairbrother,
His Honour the MASTER of the ROLLS gave judgehent e wars;
April 5, 1880 ..... -., ........11.rd. ea for Account . -is fit that Eutape should :earn that their union can give Iran . after being on the beach ; and the Westley, Hall, from Newcastle
this morning in this case, declatibg that the five writs mention- Jan. 5, 1871
..._. t this for April 1 I
duce tra illity in Ireland. l'he proposition of
eel were charged as well Upon the freehold and leasehold as , which is founded in each country and for each people only on in. lioVernment. therefore, though plausible enough, to Plymouth, with loss of windlass.
PRICES Or FilittiGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOr.K. _____-_-.....------
upon the personal estate. The parttees would, therefore, be Austraries_Bende ablutions truly national. of Waterford, was driven on the Bur-
rowunder the necessity of presenting a petition to the Court to have Been Bonds Peruvian Bonds ..... ..........1014
' Ditto 'aecount glories of theßevolution
"It would be one of the of July to so far as it goes, is yet merely a preface to the The Cornwallis, Reed,
of Feathard, during a heavy gale, on the 6th inst., but ex-
- have obtained this result, by substituting to the old diplomacy, g at work of improvement. To remodel the tax ;to peered to be got off.
the funds arranged according to the judgment of the-Court Ditto Scrip Om, (14, , l'ortuguese Bonds .......»... - which rested on pretended natural hatredseand On systematic ore
HART V. ADAMS. Ditto Account. Ote Ss dis. 1 Ditto Account , 491 i jealousies, the noble policy of the intetests of mankind and the shift it from the shoulders of one party to those The Premier, of London, was totally wrecked near Rio Volta,
7th Nov. Crew saved.
Brazilian Bonds ..-,«........ - , Regency Scrip a,'i dis• pacific malt-lei Gr eilelilation. Thus, Gentlemen, you will
of
His HONOUR also gave judgment in this case, the facts of Ditto Ateasint 45te ' Ditto Account
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par „eepase . hew • .
4proaciiing ihtimacy of two great nations--of two enlightened
the Court, from the letters which passed between Good air! chlNitatno Accountn • Ditto Account ,a . - Goverrimente. Those ate the alliances Which can be proclaimed ~ .
wholly abolished. But for this consummation CHOLERA MORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT.
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the letter written after Turner's absence that he received the Ditto Bonds, 1824 ...o.a. - Ditto Account •
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the Upper House, and consigned (among other
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of anti-social factions, because they offer to all correct minds to arithmeticians to lasting oblivion. ..
could charge the trustee with rieseligence to which he was a Ditto Account -ISpnish Bonds, 11 l4le every generous heart, satisfaction and security. The English 'set': c`i .0, e , ....; 2 .
party. The order, therefore, 'which the Court would make Greek Bonds ........ ....... -.. e-e Ditto Account 14141 a
a Ministers, we haveetoaeclare it before our country, have entered aglie =a g -
would be, that the dividends, during the life of Hart, or till the Ditto Bonds, 1f125 ...-..,..V.5-43.c,; Dittoeßonds, Istel fla honestly and hanbeeabry on the line of conduct, in which the In the Lower House last night, Sir M. W. Places and Date. -e* a Q e . ,-)4E 4./1
71
further order of the Court, should be paid to Adams. Ditto Account .25 French Rentes, sp. c. 971' 50c. Revolution of July, properly understood and properly applied, re • • -;a
g,e e 1 ee .l §`a-. §
Mexican Hoed's, 5 per cent. - ! --s- Exchange ...... 29f. 40c• ha: engaged France, and invites every State. La those two It ID LEY moved for leave to bring in a Bill to G., ; .9....
.?, . ~ ~. . .... ,
MN es le se cs• a -`' .El
The Court did not think itself justifsed in giving any party e •
Dicta !account 9534 ---3 per cent,' -f -c. Powers persevere therein, and the repose of the world is assured ; • • se
costs. • Ina., 6 per cent. 31% 1-- Pechareee - I_ - -I- -
13LAQUIRE a. HUTCHINSON. Ditto Account ••••• i Pet& rip 41.34 2 as the emulation will add thereto of two people, who have, up to :
pay sixpence per month to the Greenwich chest, Newcastle, March 7
The Court then proceeded with this part-heard mat, which Neapolitan.
-.ad - French Scrip this day, contributed most to the progress of eiviligation, the sixpence per
had not concluded when our reporter left true end of liberty, and the natural fruit of peace and liberty, of but eventually withdrew his motlon. Mr. North Shields, &c Mar. 728 0 0 226 337 98
T e nit SUBSCRIBERS OF THE SUN, which the Alliance rests also on that of the two countries who es
)(heat best how to comprehend the one, and to profit by the OTANL EY then proposed that the House re- South Shields, March 7... 2 0 0 0 2 14 6
VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (;!'
OiS Misrepresentations having beers recently cirailetZeil b
- Y other." 1 •
solve into Committee on the Sub set of the
certain individuals, it is possible.tAa same fraudulent The Minister next proceeded to discuss the question of Poland West Pans, March 5, 3 0 0 0 3 8 5
---seedlate----. , .P
. attempts may be made to sUsinrite other Papers for and Italy. tithe question, which occasioned a very animated
His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR was set led the " A single political question starts up at the close of these. division • Preston Pans, March 5 6 0 1 4 1 125 24
THE SUN Preen this be the case we shall thank and protracted debate. A afterwards
whole morning with the argumepts in the part.heard case of • • • , events,-that of the nationality of Poland. That Is a question
such of enr Subscribers as may be so imposed OU, to which turns on the maintenance of existing treaties, and France Garrald, March 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
Rowe and Bourdieu, which came before thet.Court upon excep- took place, when the numbers were, Ayes 341 ;
fer Ward complaints to the Sun Office, 112, Strand, in is no mete inclined to give up her obligations on that point under
tions to the Master's report. Kirkintilloch, March 6 1 0 0 1 0 87 32
order to insure an instant remedy. those treaties, than she is to disavow them upon others. In con- Noes 31. The Committee was ultimately
GERMAN v. FISHER AND OTHERS. sequence of late events, Poland is still under a Provisional
• -
'ln this case, which had not concluded yesterday when our Government : but she has not lost the rights which she derives postponed. Greenock, March 6 ...... 5 0 0 0 5 11 5
• from treaties. These rights the Court of Russia does not dispute, ______--eaose.-
reporter left, his HONOUR dismissed the application, as far as ea4a• 0 eel'" 0,. -Glasgow, &c., March 6 ... f.',6 9 3 8 24 230 103
2d •
6-11, arid tureepe has already received a solemn assurance that the basis
German Papers of the inst. contain news
regarded the injunction, ordering the plaintiff to pay all the clic ~...k, ,-..,_..... ~..„... of those treaties shall be respected."
costs, his conduct being, in the opinion of the Court, highly eseeless.se: Sesseeee.),,es „ea • A *tin. In relation to Italy, the Minister stated the efforts which had f Vienna, of the 24th February. Prince Goren,' March 6 l2lO 2 7 3
ate,* .res , oe-. eteevatl,e'e* from
been made by France to induce the Papal Government to grant'
censurable. 112 18 10 124 j 156 82
replaced under its authority, and thereby prevent the recur- e
BANKRUPTCY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, rence of fresh disturbances. Unfortunately this object had not LAMB had arrived there from Lon . don The "
Bailbston, March 6 1 0 0 1 0 12 4
been attained' on the contrary fresh disturbances broke out,the progress of the French I n
__.....-0.-____ FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1832. and the Austrian troops, for the second time, entered the Ro- remarks respecting
..Falkirk, Feb.2o, Marche 4 3 1 1 5e 14 6
MR. MABERLY'S (M.P.) BANKRUPTCY. Yenta States. The French Government, supported by the repre. expedition are anticipated by the news already
----.8.----__
The seceond meeting of the creditors under the commission sentatives of other Courts, endeavoured to persuade the Holy Total llO
.27 1131 27 g 5 111970 672
that t landin Total from places where the disease has ceased
h against Mr. Maberly, banker, &c., was held this mooning An express from Paris has brought important See to observe its promises, and also to warn the people of the in- received. It is evident 0
evitable consequences of new disorders. Unfortunately the f a French force is not palatable to the and from which no returns have been this day
before Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE. • •
intelligence-the Speech of the Prime Minister, voice of reason was not heard. "Faithful to the policy which o • . received 4005 1134
Mr. Maberly appeared to surrender. I have just described. the Government, acting with a view to Austrian Cabinet. It is said, on the au- ---
. .
A claim was made on behalf of aMt Knight for 7,200/. NI. C. PERIER) in the Chamber of Deputies on its own interests as well as those of the Holy See, and always re- , iGrand Total. :876 1806
London, " Lord
garding the interests of peace, of which the maintenance requires moray of letters from that
Mr. MONTAGU, on behalf of Mr. Maberly, denied that he
. Wednesday. It is entirely pacific, and fully that every cause of collision should be removed with religious GREY will not venture to create new Peers to LONDON -MARCH 8, FIVE P.M.
owed any such money. . care, the Government, preserving its leading idea of resting the •a •
Mr. Wingfield, the solicitor for Mr. Knight, said, in a pri. bears out the President of the Council in safety of the Holy Sce upon means more permanent than those of carry the Reform Bill, and that it is not proba-
Tate Meeting he would endeavour to substantiate the claim, a periodical repression ofinsurrection,-the Government believed • w re4l 1 I 1. 1I HI i'll
.e &
A private meeting was appointed. the propriety of his measures. He jus- ittobeitsduty to take a determination which, far from being an ot- ble that he will be able, without that measure,
• Districte. IA 0
shade to the solution of the difficulties which it was necessary to - ..e _ a,-4 , a e,
to vanquish the opposition which is daily growing s ill I R 8
Mr. Maberly was then sworn, and Mr. Chardon, the solicitor tifies the policy of sending the expe- remove, appeared on the contrary to render it more easy. It was
!..!1 A a cit lot ;411:74g f
This • • • e
to the estate, put several questions to the Hon. Member rela- for this object that our troops landed at Ancona on the tlld of stronger." is pretty signincant of the
live to his books, &c. dition to Italy, on the ground that it would February " • - - ---.---
\lr. Moberly Maberly replied that all his books had not been given prevent the return of those periodical disturb- The Minister then said, that having explained the principles
on which France had acted, he should hasten to declare that •
feeling entertained by the Ultras. After
. • Afloat in the River 3 3 1 0 5 26 17
up, and that if they were placed in the hands of the assignees, this, can Lord GREY hesitate in his course ?
• • • there was nothing in the proceeding which should give the2ooo2 g 1
be could not inspect them to make out his balance sheet. He ances and collisions between the POPE and his slightest uneasiness to the friends of peace, or that could occa. A creation of Peers is the only thing needed, and Poplar
i
declared that he had given a full account of his property, and people. It would render the of
irruption the
sion any interruption of the harmony which subsisted among the . , . . Sandwell 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
that he would be ready with his balance sheet as soon as possible. different Powers, who would act upon this question, as upon all witnout that, it is mockery to attempt
carrying
The COMMISSIONER said the beaks must be delivered Austrians unnecessary, and compel the POPE to' others, with a view to the common - good. The expedition to the Reform measure as it ought to be carried- Limehouse 4 1 3 1 1 16 13
Ancona, like that to Belgium, was conceived in the general .
up to the official assignee. He asked Mr. Maberly if he sp_ fulfil I•
his engagements to the people e ; while it .., •
spirit of peace. ' • • • •
unimpaired in all its great principles. Ratcliff
perred to surrender and claim protection ?-3fr. Maberly an. I hus, gentlemen, (said M. eerier,) the presence of our soldiers
awered in the affirmative, would protect the authority of his HOLINESS in Italy will produce the effect-an effect of which we can have .----etaiSme•--_____
Rotherhithc 2 0 0 0 2 7 5
no doubt -of contributing to protect that part of Europe against A Lisbon Hail has brought Papers to the
After some other business had been disposed of, the meeting from insult and revolution, any collision, by strengthening the Holy See, by procuring real Southwark 46 30 12 16 48 185 88
was adjourned, and certain Llvanta es to the population of Italy, and by terrni- g
2,,th February, but as the press is so completely
That part of the speech which refers to Eng- misting thoseperiodigal interferences which are so troublesome to Newington Butts lO 3 3 1 9 41 18
GUILDHALL-(THIS DAY.) •
land is highly complimentary. "The English Mi-which
are engaged in them, and which might become the Powers „
the constant subject of apprehension for the repose of Europe.
under censorship of MIGUEL,
.iNe cannot
the
• fl • • expect much news. From the continued pre- Limbeth
---....-___. nistry, said M. PERIER, " have entered "In our proceedings there has been neither routine nor mute-
John Collins, alias Diego, who waft befbie Mr. Alderman honestly and honourably the line of conduct
onhanged, a .
lion. The eans, the forms, or the names, may not be . le rations
which it was necessary to alter after the Revolution of ' to repel invasion, we may, however, in-
Christchurch 4 0 0 1 3 18 11
ATKINS on Tuesday, was brought up for further examination. • Jul was the end of them and it has been. fer that the tyrant does not feel much at his ease.
The case of this prisoner Is somewhat singular. On the pre. in which the Revolution of July, properly „yi ' - November,
call to witness that treaty of the Lath which. Westminster 1 I 1 0 1 6 3
• • The fourth aniversary of his usurpation was kept sa
ceding day he was held to bail for an assault conarnitted upon applied, has engaged France, and invites every sanctioned by all Government, will speedily found for Europe Marylebone
a new system of public rights, having for its origin the oil the 221, with what 13 termed great splendour.
his wife, and it is said that while he was maltreating her she State. Let these two Powers (England and France) cause of the independence of a nation ; I call to- witness I 0 I 0 0 4 4
threw out acanethreat or hint that she meld ruin him, and thiswhit` h exeists between the different Powers, We sincerely trust it is the last display of the St- Pancras
caused the former suspicious TWO* neighbours to be confirmed, Ts vre therein and the repose of the world is thateec. concord c •.
pe e e ,which is proved by the conformity of the sentiments •
kind which the unfortunate people of Portugal st.ailes.s 4 o 1 0 3 18 8
and the prisoner was detained until his premises were searched, assured !" This has always been our firm con-of the Parliaments of France and England: I call to
into
ideas t .
witness that relapse peaceful of commerce and n- mayhave to witness:- Whitechapel ....... ....... ... 3 11 1 0 3 12 7
when a vast quantity of picklock keys and other burglarious viction, and most happy are we that the French dually which has been established between the nations-that
LISBON, Fee. 19-On the 14th inst. his Majesty received
instruments were fbund In his possession, and two pictures and • emulation which alone is worthy of the age which has pro- 301 0 0 3 6 3
Ministry and ours so perfectly agree. the two brigades of infantry of the 3d division of the army of St. Georges's East
other articles, which were immediately owned by the porter of claimed itself the age of civilization. I call to witness .the flying andcavalry of the ef •
*rations and artillery
Christ's Hospital, as having been stolen from his lodge. Since we received the French Papers by ex- the moral influence •
which the Revolution of July has the 131 , Serra de .
non on the border of the Serra de Cintra. Bethnal Green 1 0 0 1 0 3 2
more readily acquired over Europe, since it has been regu-
[Here follows a very long description of the review, which is
Martin, an active officer of the City, requested that the pri' press, a Second Edition of the Times has sup- tally organ zed, and which instead of alarming the Go.
represented to have been extremely brilliant.] His Majesty was St. Luke's 2 2 2 0 2 6 4
stoner might be remanded, as from the number of duplicates he i: A vernments by its arms, reassures Europe by the gradual .clay being fine
accompanied by the Infantas, his sisters; and the
found, he had no doubt but he should be able to find out other p''eu us •
with the following abstract of the most • -callwitness
la developement of its -Institutions. I to the
those there was an immense concourse of spectators fn carriages, on Total ll4 143 28 193 106
•415 212
• • change of opinion which has manifested itself even amongst
stolen property. interesting particulars in them :- horseback, and on foot, from the capital and the whole sur. Cases from places before reported
This day the officer brought down a trunk load of goods, con.. who were inclined for war, and who are now brought to declare
M. Pozzo de Burgo is dangerously ill of the gout :it ie feared in the face of the country that they never desired it. Lastly, I rounding country.
time visited
. _ _
On the 16th, his Majesty, for the first tune, visited the fort of Grand Total
441 234
seating of valuable books, elothee, china, glass, &c., and said that the late contrarieties in his politics will cause it:to mount in call to witness the noble confidence of France, who, whilst
Almada, where he was received with a royal salute. His (Signed) WM. MACLEAN, Secretary.
that he had nearly thirty applicants, his stomach and carry him oft: she acts with perfect good faith, never forgets, or
Majesty examined with teat attention, and in the minutest
Thepremature death of the Countess Emily de Plater, the allows others to forget, that her hand is on the guard •s - • . . e
The prisoner is a " known" character, and has been called
Polish heroine, is much regrettedby her exiled countrymen, and of her sword -(Bravo, bravo.) Rely then on peace, on iTHE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.)
the "flash erackstnan." He has once been tried at the Old must be so by all the lovers of freedom over the world. as you do on the glory of France. Rely on peace as you rely of defence, and his judicious and striking observations proved
that is ' dl skilled ' the science artiller and versed
Bailey, and several other times been "in trouble."-The pri- Some trifling disturbance took place at one of the manufacto- on justice ; the justice of our cause makes us confident. It would .. he protoun y in
__ of . t
Y' atedl no- __-........-_
goner was committed for trial. ries at Bernay, in Normandy, which has been put down, have made us strong had there been any necessity for the em- to meaxims of the best_engieeeers.H h
is
of thee' yforretlf Aliaiada, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The removal of the Commodore of the squadron at Ancona, ployment of strength. But we shall not be under the necessity 'iced the and the
ti relative goodness
that so stron ai, to be capable of re- At length the Jamaica mail is arrived (salted on the 17th c
Captain Gallois, is said to be effected at his own request, in con- of using arms to support it, and if prudence has not hitherto which, the same . timeis
' situated as to command January), but later information by way of America, of the29th c
HUNTINGDON ASSIZES, MARCH 8. sequence of some difference between him and Colonel Combs of allowed O 8 to effect the disarming of the Powers, we firmly listing any attack,
d is so
t advantageouslyf
isbon
January, was received two days ago, and published in the Morn
the 66th Regiment. The removal of a oionei combo. with whose trust that the moment for doing so is not far dist int. '"! Fars an secure he flan o L
leans lo • d f the 22d of ing Journals, therefore it is of an old date, but for the inform.
____-,....____ conduct the Government is fully satisfied, will not, it is affirmed, Our security proceeds in a great measure trom the assistance LISBON
, FEB 22.-The memorahappy day o
Lion of the public, who are concerned with the above island, 4
The Assizes commenced here to-day, take place. you have lent to the Government. It is to you that chiefly be- Feb. will always be gratefully commemorated by th Portugueselc
ive an extract of the latest official accounts publishedthere.
Letters from Madrid state, that Ferdinand eon persists in the longs the glory of the present peace •to you and this long and nation. It is now four years since Portugal saw the iappy a - g
About half-past twelve o'clock their Lordships (Baronscomplishment of its dearest hopes by the auspicious return of the (From the Jamaica Courant of the 16th of January.)
intention of sending his troops into Portugal. A curious mice- memorable Session is due the Honour having caused the revo-
r of
VAUGHAN and OtAtNey) entered the Court and took their seats. dote is current on this subject. Ferdinand latelytold his Foreign lution of July to triumph. magnanimous King, on whose august presence the most impor- Despatches were received last evening from Major-Genera
'Though the Calendar is heavier than usual, there is no case of Minister, ths Conde de Alcuslia-" When the Eritish Ambaeia. eAt home we are free from reactions, free from disturbances taut i •of this kingdom, its independence, and its honour, Cotton, dated Garland Grove, near Latium, stating his Navin
interests
• importance upon it but that of the late gaoler, who is dor and the charge d'Affaires inquire of you where the Spanish --abroad, free from war, free from concessions-your task was a essentially depend. from a ride round returned various properties, where he was ii
troops arc going, tell them to Ancona.'' great one-nobly have you fulfilled it" On the occasion of this happy anniversary, his Majesty was formed that the slaves had either remained or had come in withi
charged with murder.ions of the last few days, in
Thus it is th it Ferdinand declares his meaning of " inter- FREXcH FuNDs, p„,s, Mm 7.-nee tee. Cents., get 75c. pleased to receive at the palace of Quelue the congratulations
There being no civil causes entered, both Judges sat for the vention." 95f. esec. Tea goa 70c. go, goe, gee. eee. see. ga-a. go,. 961':95f. gsa. , the Foreign Ministers at this • Court, and of agreat concourse of slaves were partially working on all the properties except c
had the honour Windsor Mount.
disposing of criminal eases. It is thought that this Session will be soon over, and that the Four per Cents., 80e 79f. 80c. 80e; Three per Cents., 67f. 80c, the
kiss distinguished persons of all classes, who
A few minutes before the rising of the Court the Grand Jury Chambers will meet soon again. The Minister of Finance 67f. 73c. 70c. 65e. 6ne. 65c. 75c. era. eec. eac. eke. eec. ; Bank Stock, ofi,etrirg his Majesty h . Sir Willoughby Cotton addressed them in a kind manner; an
was cel bra'tsedaon•lith the greatest rejoicing, and the city it is to be hoped, with some effete, as they promised him on eve
returned a true Bill against Henry Russell, the late gaoler of b-ought forward yesterday a motion to have a provisional vote for 1,630; Rente de Naples, 78f. 75c. 80c. 85c. 80c. 90c. ; Royal Spanish
v was splenaydidly illueminai ed in theevening. t '
property, that they would go to heir work, as usual, at Winds
the next three months of the taxes, as the Chambers have Loan, 76 76ta tS, ; Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 534 %44 ea
Huntingdon, for being accessary to the death of Sarah Wo s- FEB. 24. -A person worthy of credit, lately arrived from the ae
i ount. Very few hart come in, and that few promised to bring
not yet passed the financial budget. Ihe funds continue Exchange on London, one month, paper, 25f. 50c. ; money,
ley, The
. • trial is appointed to come on to-morrow morning at to preserve their prices, particularly as it is reported that there 2ef. 45c. ; three months, paper, 2M. 35c. ; money, 25f. 30c.- Azores, informs us of the atrocious proceedings of which the re.
uilty in
7 all to-morrow from every quarter, except about Struar and tl
I,;nemia rOalfv.L. wilt he no necessity for a loan. Cours Asothentique. bele, issuing from their retreat at Terceira, have been guilty nei hbo '
g urhood. The accounts were good ;on the estates, whe
ed th
these islands: it is especially St. Michael's. that hal ink geatest outrages had been committed, the negroes had n
have 2GI ..e
vat...v.., . •i... vs vvith % r.ortv nrrifiaman wore. htt

About half-past twelve o'clock their Lordships (Barons
VAIKMAN and GURNEY) entered the Court and took their seats.
Though the Calendar is heavier than usual, there is no case of
any importance upon it but that of the late gaoler, who is
charged with murder.
There being no civil causes entered, both Judges sat for the
disposing of criminal cases.
A few minutes before the rising of the Court the Grand Jury
returned a true Bill against Henry Russell, the late gaoler of
Huntingdon, for being accessary to the death of Sarah Worms-
ley. The trial is appointed to come on to-morrow morning at
nine o'clock.

LANCASTER ASSIZES, MARCH 7.

That part of the speech which refers to Eng-
land is highly complimentary. "The English Mi-
nistry,,, said M. PERIER, " have entered
honestly and honourably on the line of conduct
in which the Revolution of July, properly
applied, has engaged France, and invites every
State. Let these two Powers ( England and France)
persevere therein, and the repose of the world is
assured !" This has always been our firm con-
viction, and most happy are we that the French
Ministry and ours so perfectly agree.
Since we received the French Papers by ex-
press, a Second Edition of the Times has sup-
plied us with the following abstract of the most
interesting particulars in them :
M. Pozzo de Burgo is dangerously ill of the gout : it is feared
that the late contrarieties in his politics will cause it:to mount in
his stomach and carry him off.
The premature death of the Countess Emily de Plater, the
Polish heroine, is much regrettcdby her exiled countrymen, and
must be so by all the lovers of freedom over the world.
Some trifling disturbance took place at one of the manufacto-
ries at Bernay, in Normandy, which has been put down.
The removal of the Commodore of the squadron at Ancona,
Captain Gallois, is said to be effiected at his own request, in con-
sequonce of some diffi:rence between him and Colonel Combe of
the Gfith Regiment. The removal of ColonebCombe, with whose
conduct the Government is fully satisfied, will not, it is affirmed,
take place.
Letters from Madrid state, that Ferdinand still persists in the
intention of sending his troops into Portugal. A curious anec-
dote Is current on this subject. Ferdinand latclytold his Foreign
Minister, the Conde de Alcuslia--" When the Critish Ambassa-
dor and the Chargé d'Affaires inquire of you where the Spanish
troops are going, tell them to Ancona."
Thus it is ari Ferdinand declares his meaning of " inter-
vention."
It is thought that this Session will be goon over, and that the
Chambers will meet soon again. '1 he Minister of Finance
bought forward yesterday a motion to have a provisional vote for
the next three months of the taxes, as the Chambers have
not yet passed the financial budget. '1 he funds continue
to preserve their prices, particularly as it is reported that there
will be no necessity for a loan.
The Gazette de France has published the protest of the
Pope, which is dated the 25th of February, in which his
Holiness complains of the violation of his territories, of the
breaking of the gates of the city, of the seizure of his Governor,
and of the compulsion exercised on him to oblige him to sign an
order for the surrender of the keys of the citadel, although he
declared that he had neither orders nor instructions from his
Government on the subject. The protest concludes with a de-
mand for the withdrawal altogether of the French troops from
the Papal states.
" It is worthy of remark, that some of the high diplomatists—
such as the Ambassador of Austria—still state their belief that
the Grey Administration cannot continue in power in England.

THE EXTENSIVE AND MALICIOUS DESTRUCTION
OF PROPERTY OF MESSRS. HORROCKS AND CO.,
OF RATCLIFFE-13RIDGE.
Thomas Allee, aged 35, and Robert Kay, aged 22, were in-
dicted for having unlawfully and maliciously destroyed and
damaged, at Ratcliffe, by the application of oil of vitriol, 2,000
pieces of cotton materials, consisting of calicoes and carnbrics,
the property of Messrs. Squire Horrocks and Co., of Ratcliffe-
bridge, in this county, calico-printers.
This case excited considerable interest, in consequence of
the damage being so extensive, and having been perpetrated by
operatives, who had turned out of the employ of Messrs. Hor-
rocks for wages. The prisoners were committed for trial en-
tirely upon circumstantial evidence.
Mr. PEEL stated the case for the prosecution, and after-
wards called Richard Hardman, a watchman, in the service of
the prosecutors, who stated that on the morning of the 14th of
February, he was going his rounds at the works of the prose-
cutors, when he smelt burning upon the premises, which zip_
peared to be like the burning of paper. He went into the
works to search whether any thing was on fire, but did not
perceive a burning, and he gave up the search.
Mr. J. Anderton, a partner in the house, deposed to having
discovered, on the morning subsequent to the watchman smell-
ing the burning, a quantity of property destroyed ',which was
in the course of preparation for bleaching), to the amount of
:2,500 pieces. They were saturated with vitriol, and a carboy,
which contained on the day previous 1501bs. of vitriol, was
empty, The prisoners at the bar were once in the employ of
Messrs. Horrocks.
The principal part of the evidence adduced was precisely
similar to what appeared in the public papers at the time of the
prisoners' examination before the Magistrates, which was to
the effect that they were seen near the premises of Messrs.
Horrocks on the night the offence was committed, and that
Is hen in prison their clothes, which were whole at their first
incarceration, dropped into holes, from the sprinkling of vitriol
supposed to haN e accidentally dropped upon them when en-
gaged in their work of destruction.
A great deal of lengthy, though uninteresting, facts were
Mated in evidence, which went to show that none but the pri.
.ioners could have committed the deed, and the Jury found the
prisoners Guilty.
The Learned JUDGE, in passing sentence, told the pri-
soners that they stood there miserable spectacles of the malice
inherent in the mind of man—a case of more enormity he never
recollected. He then sentenced them to be transported for the
tzrin of their natural lives.
Moses Barnes was indicted for having forged and uttered a
promissory note of the value of 51., purporting to be of the Bank
of Rochdale, of Messrs. Fenton, Robe, and Co., to John Rigg,
a flannel dealer, residing at Little lidrough, near Rochdale,
in payment for a piece of flannel. The prisoner produced three
witnesses, of apparent respectability, to swear that he was at
Howarth Market on the day laid in the indictment, and was ac-
quitted. He was afterwards arraigned for having uttered a 51.
note, a forgery upon the bank of Messrs. Royd and Co., two
years ago, for which he will be tried to-morrow.
John Morgan, aged
and S'arnuel Stavin, 3''2, were con-
victed of having robbed William Chorlton, on the highway of
Ashton-under-Line, and stealing from him his watch and
other property. The Judge sentenced them to be transported
For 14 years.
THE MANCHESTER AGITATORS.
True bills have been found by the Grand Jury against Gil-
arts:, Broadhurst, .4;hmore Curran, and others of the Min-
t took an active part in the late Sunday meetings in
tall. trial is fixed for Monday next, by which time
ri tiOliePleeted,. ,that Lord Melbourne, who has been subp(Pnaed
lOyeeilsience, will have arrived.

.4 t 7? •* 4
LO 4i g Asz
Places and Date. c Q o •F. 4 =),5E4,.,1
zit c
_l_ll_
Newcastle, March 7
North Shields, &c Mar. 7 28 0 0 2 26 337 98
South Shields, March 7 2 0 0 0 2 14 I 6
West Pans, March 5 3 0 0 0 3 8 5
Preston Pans, March 5 6 0 1 4 1 125 24
Garrald, March 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
Kirkintilloch, March 6 1 0 0 1 0 87 32
Greenock, March 6
5
Glasgow, &c., March 6 I f.-. 6 1 9 3 8 94 230 103
Goran; March 6 1 2 lI
1 0 2 7 3
Paisley, March 6 1 30 112 1 8 10 24 \ 156 82
Bailliston, March 6 1 0 0 1 0 12 4
Falkirk, Feb.2o, March 6 4 3 I 1 1 5 II 14 6
- -
Total llO 27 1 13 27 95 111970 672
Total from places where the disease has ceased,
and from which no returns have been this day
received 11400 1134

A Lisbon Nlail has brought Papers to the
26th February, but as the press is so completely
under the censorship of MIGUEL, we cannot
expect much news. From the continued pre-
parations to repel invasion, we may, however, in-
fer that the tyrant does not feel much at his ease.
The fourth aniversary of his usurpation was kept
on the 22d, with what 1.3 termed great splendour.
We sincerely trust it is the last display of the
kind which the unfortunate people of Portugal
may have to witness:—
LISBON, FEB. 111 —On the 14th inst. his Majesty received
the two brigades of infantry of the :1,1 division of the army of
operations, and the flying artillery and cavalry of the :me divi-
sion on the border of the Serra de Cintra.
[Here follows a very long description of the review, which is
represented to have been extremely brilliant.] His Majesty was
accompanied by the Infantas, his sisters; and the day being tine
there was an immense concourse of spectators in carriages, on
horseback, and on foot, from the capital and the whole cur.
rounding country.
On the 16th, his Majesty, for the first time, visited the fort of
Almada, where he was received with a royal salute. His
Majesty examined with great attention, and in the minutest
detail, every thing relative to the state of the fort, and its means
of defence, and his judicious and striking observations proved
that he is profoundly skilled in the science of artillery,and versed
in the maxims of the best engineers. His Majesty repeatedly no-
ticed the real and the relative; goodness of the fort of Almada,
which, at the same time that it is so strong as to be capable of re-
sisting any attack, is so advantageously situated as to command
the Tagus and secure the tranquillity of Lisbon.
LISBON, FEB 22.—The mt inorable and happy day of the 2`2,1 of
Feb. will always be gratefully commemorated by the Portuguese
nation. It is now four years since Portugal saw the happy ac-
complishment of its dearest hopes by the auspicious return of the
magnanimous King, on whose august presence the most impor-
tant interests of this kingdom, its independence, and its honour,
essentially depend.
On the occasion of this happy anniversary, his Majesty was
pleased to receive at the palace of Oueluz the congratulations of
the Foreign Ministers at this Court, and of a great concourse of
the most distinguished persons of all classes, who had the honour
of kissing his Majesty's hand.
The day was celebrated with the greatest rejoicing, and the city
was splendidly Blunt-Unwed in the evening.
FEB. 24. -- A person worthy of credit, lately arrived from the
Azores, informs us of the atrocious proceedings of V. hiCll the re-
bels, issuing from their retreat at Terceira, have been guilty in
these islands: it is especially St. Michael's that has suffered by
their barbarous conduct and scandalous rapine. The monks have
been obliged to give up their convents for the use of the rebels.
Enormous requisitions have been made on the principal proprie-
tors, who are thrown into prison if they represent their inability to
comply with them. A levy of 1,600 men has been ordered. and
carried into effect with the most barbarous rigour. All the cattle
and the plate of the churches has been taken on account and for
the use of the rebels ; in short, the islands are represented as be-
ing reduced to extreme misery and distress.

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE brought for-
ward his promised motion on the subject of
Irish tithes last night in the House of Lords
In doing so,the Noble Marquis took the oppor.
tunity of commenting at length on the open
outrages, daring system of insubordination, and
persevering hostility to the Protestant Church,
that this vexatious tax had for years been the
means of fostering in Ireland, and concluded by
moving a series of resolutions which comprised
the substance of the Report of the Lords' Tithe
Committee. One part of the Noble Lord's
speech deserves particular attention ; that, we
mean, where he alludes to the " emphatic" evidence
of the Archbishop of DUBLIN. " That distin-
guished Prelate had observed, as for the con-
tinuance of the tithe system, it seems to the that
it must be at the point of the bayonet ; that it
must be through a sort of chronic civil war.'
This was the evidence of an eminent Prelate,
who could not have any prejudice against the
Established Church, and who not only gave his
own opinion, but that of many other intelligent
persons with whom he had intercourse."
When the avowed head of an establish-
ment is thus himself among the foremost to come
forward and declare, not vaguely or indirectly,
hut explicitly and without reserve, that the sys-
tem on which that establishment has been for
years conducted, is defective and requires amend-
ment, it must be, pretty evident that the declara-
tion of such a deeply-interested individual is the
result of a stern conviction, wrung from him
by the most inexorable necessity.
We look on the evidence of the Archbishop of
DUBLIN to be decisive of the question of tithes.
On Lord ELDON, however, his Grace's testi-
mony seems to have made no impression. Even
the similar admissions of the Bishop of LONDON,
reluctant as they were, were listened to by his
Lordship with incredulity. But there are some
individuals on whom all experience is lost, and in
whose minds time in his flight matures nothing
but cant and bigotry. Poor Lord ELDON ! It
is amusing, though at the same time pitiable, to
see him with the snows of eighty winters on
his head, waxing daily more episcopal than
even the Episcopal Bench itself. Surely that
sacred Bench may
.be safely entrusted with the
charge of its own interests ! Yet the venerable
Ex-Chancellor says no, and actually twits it with
a propensity to disinterestedness I What a pity

We have much pleasure in publishing the
following correspondence between the authorities
at Boulogne and our Consul there, respecting
some further arrangements made for the benefit
and accommodation of our countrymen visiting
France. This is a further proof of the ready
disposition of our polite neighbours to testify
their respect for England. Long, very long,
may both countries continue to cultivate thus
arts that " humanize mankind" :

Extracts from the speech of the President of the Council
" BELGIAN QUESTION.
" I shall continue faithful to the order of events, by commen.
sing with calling to your attention the Belgian question.
" It is useless to enter into a detail of the negotiations, and of
the decisions which have brought about by turns the recognition
of the principle of the separation of the two states, and the de-
marcation of their frontiers ' • the adoption of a form of govern.
ment by the Belgians ; the choice of a sovereign after a refusal,
and some exclusions on honourable motives ; and the pre-
ference given to a Prince whose prudence and popula-
rity falsify in so striking a manner numberless blind
prejudices—and finally the recognition of the neutrality of Bel-
gium. All those points have been long exhausted, and are re-
sumed in the twenty-four Articles, and in the treaty of the 15th
of November The Belgian Conference having adhered to the
twenty-four Articles, the Conference did not hesitate to convert
it into a treaty between the Five Powers and the King of the
Belgians. This is the treaty of the 15th of November, of which
the last articles contain, at the same time, the guarantee of the
Five Courts, and the formal recognition of the King selected by
Belgium.
" A clause of the treaty of the 15th of November had fixed the
exchange of the ratifications of this act on the 15th of January,
last, In the interval the King of Holland addressed to the Con-
ference a memorial, in which, rejecting the most essential clauses
of the treaty, he demanded modifications, which had formed the
object of the serious attention and of a long answer from the Con-
ference.
" This Prince addressed at the same time representations in the
same sense to the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh. Those proceedings,
and in particular the appeal made to the family affections, as well
as to the friendly sentiments of the Emperor Nicholas, induced
this Monarch to suspend the sending of his ratifications ; and,
out of consideration for Russia, the Courts of Vienna and
Berlin have adopted the same course. It was that the Confe-
rence of London, in order to give an opportunity for all the
ratifications to arrive, prolonged to the 31st January, the period
tin the exchange. But on that day the Plenipotentiaries of Aus-
tria, Prussia, and Russia, not having received the orders of
their Courts, the Plenipotentiaries of France and England, con-
formably to the determination taken by their Governments,
exchanged their ratification of the treaty with the Belgian
Plenipotentiaries. But the Ministers of Austria, of Prussia, and
of Russia having demanded that the protocol should remain
open until they should have received new orders, the Plenipo-
tentiaries of France and England, and also of Belgium, assented
to this proposition. It is a new pledge of the spirit of prudenet
and conciliation that has not ceased to animate the members of
the Conference •, and the firm resolution observed by the Powers
to accomplish the work of peace, to which their united effiirts
have been consecrated, ought completely to satisfy all respecting
any difference which leads definitively to nothing else than a
question of term and form.
" Such is the actual state of the important affair confided du-
ring fifteen months to the prudence of the Representatives of the
great Powers in London. The character of rectitude and of im-
partiality, of which all their conduct bears the stamp, has not
however placed it beyond the attacks of some critics more pas-
sionate than reflecting, to whom the spirit of justice which they
have brought to their decision is a sufficient answer.
"The Powers, after having placed Belgium and Holland in
their respective ancient limits, have obeyed another principle of
fitness and equity, by arranging, so as to balance fairly, by mu-
tual compensations, the concessions which each of those parties
must necessarily make to the other, in order to conciliate, under
other respects, diverging pretensions and interests.
"'this testimony, which the Government of the King is
pleased to render to the representatives of the Great Powers, it
may with confidence invoke on its own account, certain that it
never lost sight, during the course of a long and thorny affair,
of what the true interests and dignity of France required. It is
thus that the question of the fortresses has never, in the thoughts
and in the proceedings of the Government, been separated from
those which concerned Belgiam and Holland. The question of
the fortresses touched not less than that of Belgium the security
and honour o ifFrance.
" Several° principal fortresses erected on our frontiers by

" BRITISH CONSULATE.
BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, MARCH 3, 1832.
"Stn,—l have honour to transmit to you a copy of a letter I have
just received from the President of the Board of Health at this
place, for the information of his Majesty's subjects within your
district.
•' I am, Sir, your obedient humble servant.
(Signed,) " W. HAMILTON.
" J. Ward, Esq. Custom-house, Dover."
" BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, 'MARCH, 2, 1832.
" DEPARTMENT OF THE PAS DE CALAIS.
" Mayor's Office, Bolougne-sur-Mer.
NO, 382, SANATORY POLICE.
"SIR,—In its sittings of yesterday and to-day, the Board of
Health, impressed with the necessity of rendering as little bur-
densome as possible to travellers in the execution of the measures
prescribed with respect to arrivals from England, has granted to
the keepers of hotels permission to have erected, in the place of
quarantine, extensive wooden barracks. It has at the same time
given permission to convert into a temporary lazaretto the town
prison at Capecure, by the name of the Chateau Chaulaire, and
which was occupied two yeers ago by the King of Wirtemburg.
" I shall be very much obliged to you, Sir, to make these regu-
AL.
Majestyßritannic Majesty at
Boulogne."

We refer to our City Report for news from
Jamaica. We have, however, already received
news from that quarter a fortnight later.

THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.
There are bountiful arrivals of all kinds of grain this week,
chiefly from Ireland. The Wheat trade remains very dull at the
terms of Monday. Barley, Beans, and Pease continue to meet a
slack trade at last quotations. Oats find buyers slowly, but prices
remain firm. Flour unaltered.

At length the Jamaica mail is arrived (sailed on the 17th of
January), but later information by way of America, of the 29th of
January, was received two days ago, and published in the Morn-
ing Journals,.therefore it is of an old date, but for the informa-
tion of the public, who are concerned with the above island, we
give an extract of the latest official accounts published there.
(From the Jamaica Courant of the 16th of January.)
Despatches were received last evening from Major-General
Cotton, dated Garland Grove, near Latium, stating his having
returned from a ride round various properties, where he was in-
formed that the slaves had either remained or had come in within
the last few days, in consequence of the proclamation. The
slaves were partially working on all the properties except on
Windsor Mount.

Sir Willoughby Cotton addressed them in a kind manner ; and,
it is to be hoped, with some effect, as they promised him on every
property, that they would go to their work, as usual, at Windsor
Mount. Very few had come in, and that few promised to bring in
all to-morrow from every quarter, except about Struar and the
neighbourhood. The accounts were good '• on the estates, where
the greatest outrages had been committed, the negroes had not
as yet returned ; the Maroons, with a party of riflemen, were busy
in driving out the rebels from the mountains.
His Majesty's ship Hyacinth, from Port Royal, with arms and
ammunition, and money, arrived at Montego Bay on the morning
of the 11th inst.
Extract of a letter from an oflicer of rank, Montego Bay, Jan.
11 We have returned from the Interior, and met with little
opposition ; at a place called Hazelymth, the rebels might have
bothered us much, having a capital position with a bridge be-
tween us, but they fired a few shots and ran away like devils.
Up to the 16th, it appears that the negroes were still making
some resistance in various parts of the island, but the private ac-
counts state, that by the position of the troops they were nearly
surrounded, and must either surrender or be made prisoners.
On the 3d inst. 300 surrendered at Latium estate ; en the 4th
800 came in from the properties ; therefore we may conclude on
the arrival of the next packet that general order will be
restored again."
Buenos Ayres Papers to Dec. 15, have been received at the
North and South American Coffee-house ; they are not of much
importance. The British Ambassador, Sir. Fox, has been
publicly received by the Government with great pomp. In the
Papers there is a long detail from General Quiroga, of his hav-
ing obtained some advantages over the party against the Govern-
ment, on the plain of Cuidadela.
American Papers have also been received at the above Coffee-
house to the 18th of February, but they are without the least
interest,
A Lisbon mail has also arrived, which sailed on the 26th of
February. As yet we do not hear that it brings any news of im-
portance.
The following letter is posted at the North and South Ameri-
can Coffee-house, dated Falmouth, March 7
I beg to inform you that the Goldjlnch packet is arrived from
Jamaica. The news brought by her is, that the Governor will
not allow any of the white people to leave the island, and that
about 15,000 blacks were within ten miles of Kingston. The
passengers on board say they could see the flames from the
packet, and that all was owing to the missionaries."
The latter part of the above letter we do not give any credit
to, as we have ten days later accounts, which do not say a word
about it.

THE FUNDS.
Consols opened at the same price they left off yesterday, ed
with little or nothing doing as yet.
HALF PAST ONE;
The protest of the Pope against the French expedition ha,.
arrived at Paris. It consists of a note, dated Feb. '25, acktretTii
by Cardinal Bernetti to the French Ambassador at Rome. u:0,
_,
Pope complains of the violation of his territory in full peace, but
hopes it is without the consent of the King of the French.e
The estafette from Paris brings the Rentes higherdfriienth y
oa,re,,
at 68f This is owing to the pacific speech of the Pros to
wils;il;p`
Council in the Chamber of Deputies, and the g°°`-uence of
which prevails between England and France; in con.eq
which our Funds have rather improved—they are'63,1to 4`l
Inon thesolsl. Foreignss Market the FRuEndEs baove.gcoLt uocx
Consols p

Despatches were received this morning at the
Colonial Office from the Earl of Belmore, the Governor of
Jamaica, dated January 17.
The Marquis of Waterford, who has been
staying during the last week with his uncle, the Archbishop of
Armagh, in Charles-street, St. James's, has again left town for
Oxfordshire. The Noble Marquis, with Sir Frederick George
Johnstone and Sir William Powlett Geary, has taken possession
of a hunting lodge near Bicester, where they give a succession
of splendid dinner entertainments to the Noblemen and gentle-
men composing the 13icester Hunt.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.--Yesterday the
marriage ceremony was solemnized in Stratford-place, between
Mr. Des Voeux, son of Sir Charles Des Voeux, to the Hon.
Miss Law, daughter of Dowager Lady Ellenborough. An enter.
tainment to a select party of friends was given on the occasion.
Lord Sandon has already tasted some of the
passed against hit Lordship, for
fiwtasto pursue in the House of Com-
(rot, of his behaviour towards hit constituents at Liverpool.
At meeting of the Reform interest on Wednesday last, a
the tactics INi'eotheaso ft clic, ssuhrte
mons within the hot few weekc—Timo.
unanimous