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portion of the Irish Church Bill, and as for their
going into Committee with it, what is this but playing
over again the same juggling game that they have al-
ready played, so disastrously for themselves, with Cor-
poration Reform ?

Our readers will be glad to see that a Committee
has been appointed, on the motion of Mr. HUME, to
inquire into the Plymouth job to which we referred
yesterday. We wish Mr. DAWSON, the servant, on
whom, it seems, his master Lord ASHLEY has fixed
the responsibility in this case—rather an unusual mode
of proceeding—well out of the scrape.

Our readers will find under the head " Determined
Suicide of a Boy," some melancholy details respecting
a high-spirited youth, eleven years of age, who having
been punished by his schoolmaster on some occasion,
by a log of wood being affixed to his leg, and the in-
scription " Runaway" fastened on his back, was so
affected by a sense of his degradation that he com-
mitted suicide. It is right of course that refractory
boys should be corrected, but then the correction
should be administered with some regard to propriety,
and the character of the boy who has to endure it.
In the present instance, the poor lad was treated
just as if he were a runaway animal. Not the
slightest deference was paid to his feelings—for
had even his schoolmaster's horse run restive, he
could not have been more summarily dealt with. It is
disheartening to reflect how many vulgar, narrow-
minded bigots and pedants are entrusted with the most
momentous of all duties—that of education. A school-
master, from the very nature of his vocation, should
be endowed with a liberal and comprehensive intel-
lect ; but in far too many of our private establish-
ments, he is a mere pompous, ignorant, self-opinion-
ated tyrant.

The whole of the Paris papers of Tuesday have
been received. The Journal de Paris contains the
following official bulletin :

" Don CARLOS, on the 10th inst., marched in the
direction of Vittoria. CORDOVA, who is at Logrono,
observes all the movements of the Pretender. Three
Carlist battalions arrived on the 10th inst., at Aoyz.
They speak of entering Arragon, but IRIARTE, who
arrived the same day at Pampeluna, with his column,
and GURREA, who is at Artajona with his forces,
will be able to defeat their purpose."
In the same journal we find the heads of a plan for
the pacification of Spain, which is attributed to a no
less distinguished person than AMARILL As, a mem-
ber of the Madrid Cabinet. We learn, on the same
authority, that this plan, or project, or whatever els,•
it may be called, has found favour in the eyes of
the Citizen King, in whose august name it is to b..
submitted to the approval of the Congress of Sove-
reigns at Toplitz. The following is an outline of this
important project :-
1. That Donna ISABELLA 11. shall marry th?
eldest son of his most Catholic Majesty CHARLES, V.
who shall jointly share with her MAJEsTv in the
Government of the kingdom.

2. That CHARLES V. shall abdicate the throne
of Spain in favour of the future King and Queen.
3. That as soon as this application is formally an-
nounced by Don CA RLOS, the States of the kingdom
will proceed to revoke the law which declares that
both. himself and his posterity are for ever excluded
from the sovereignty of Spain.

4. That the three Princes, sons of Don CAR-
LOS, shall enter Spain under an escort of 25,000
troops provided by the French Government, but with
no more than one English regiment.

5. That the eldest son of Don CARLOS shall take
the name of Louis 11., and that the kingdom shall
be governed under the joint authority of himself and
his Royal Consort as united Sovereigns of Spain.
6. That the Spanish Government, so settled, shall
be recognised by the whole of the European Sovereigns.
7. That a pension of five millions of reals shall be
granted to Don CARLOS during his natural life, to be
paid out of the public Treasury.
8. That a pension of three millions of reals shall be
granted to the QUEEN REGENT for the same period,
and in the same form ; subject, however, to the pro-
viso, that her MAJESTY do not reside, for longer than
a certain number of days periodically, within fifty
leagues of the Spanish Court.
9. That the KING and QUEEN shall mutually bind
themselves to uphold and maintain the Royal Estatudo
granted to the country by the QUEEN REGENT.

10. That France and England engage themselves
to preserve inviolate the present rights, liberties, cus-
toms, and privileges, commonly called thejiteros, of the
Basques and Navarrese Provinces.

11. That an amnesty shall be proclaimed which
shall include all past political offences whatsoever.
12. That Government shall take upon itself the li-
quidation of all debts contracted since the commence-
ment of the war, including the several loans raised by
Don CARLOS.

13. That Louis 11. shall be empowered to enter
upon the functions of lawful Sovereign of Spain even
before his coronation, as far as regards the army and
the administration of justice.
14. That no English or French troops now in
Spain, or which shall enter it as an escort to Louis
11., shall leave it on any account whatever during the
pleasure of the reigning Sovereign.
15. That the Cortes shall be summoned as early as
convenient, in order that the Legislative bodies may
swear allegiance to the KING and QUEEN, and adopt
measures for the safety of the nation.

Such are the heads of a project of pacification which
is reported to have received the sanction of the Queen
Regent of SPAIN, and of TORENO. the President of
the Council. Fm our own part we believe that the
Regent of SPAIN knows nothing whatever about it ;
nay more, that neither AMARILLA.S nor TORENO ever
saw an article of it before its appearance in the demi-
official Journal de Paris. There is no person
so shallow as not to perceive from the slightest
attention to the above document that AMARILLAS
could not have penned it, and that the Madrid Cabi-
net could not have sanctioned it. Don CA.RLOS
never was King of SPAIN, and therefore the Govern-
ment could not insist on his abdication of a Throne
which he never mounted. Neither would the REGENT
consent to go into an honourable exile, having com-
mitted no crime against the State, or attempted to invade,
curtail, or abolish, the regal rights of the Constitutional
Sovereign.

The only domestic news of any importance in the
French Journals of Tuesday will be found in our ex-
tracts from them.
" PARIS, AUG. 18.—NEws OF THE MORNING.—The Go-
vernment has received several telegraphic despatches which
have not been published. We have reason to believe that
they contain details of the rapid progress of the revolution in
Spain. Notwithstanding the efforts of the Ministry, the truth
cannot long be concealed.
" No official publication has been made to confirm the news
of the death of the King of Naples.
" Marshal Soult continues to be very assiduous in his visits
to the Tuileries. It is said that he has made his peace by
means of the inheritance of the Duke of Treviso, and that
he obtains the office of Chancellor to the Legion of Honour,
establishing the precedent that this office may be enjoyed to-
gether with that of President of the Council.
" The Municipal Council of Avignon has refused to vote
an address to the King. This example has been followed by
the Municipality of Marseilles. Accordingly a serenade was
given it while sitting in the Town Hall. A great number of
citizens joined the musicians, and while they were performing
the Marseillaise shouted, The Liberty of the Press for ever—
No Censorship.
The Memorial Bordelais announces positively that the
cholera has appeared at Toulouse.
" The Indicateur speaks also, but without answering for
the fact, of the appearance of the disorder at Castelnandary.
" M. Bonourd yesterday read to the Academy of Science,

a letter from the Director of the Observatory at Rome, '
announcing that the comet of Halley had made its appearance ;
its light was very faint."-Messayer, Aug. 18.
FRENCH FUN 1/8.-l'Auls, AUGUST 18.
Five per Cents., 109 f. sc. 10c.
Four per Cents., 98f. 35c.
Three per Cents., 79f. 78f. 95c. 85c. 90c.
National Loan, 109 f.
Bank Actions, 2,025 f.
Rente de Naples, 96f. 85c. 90c. 95c. 97f. 96f. 95c.
Roman Five per Cents., 101%
Bente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 3514.
Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 24 2214 22 2214 4 23.
Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 35 35,2 36 3614
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 102.
Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 56M.
EXciIANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, -f. -c. ; money, 25k. 521;2c.
Three months, paper, -f. -c. ; money, 25f. 40c.
BOURSE, THREE O'CLOCK.-We have had a total calm to-
day, scarcely any business doing. The late news from Spain
gives a great deal of uneasiness, on account of pretended in-
formation that the Queen requires the interference of this
country. Some rumours are afloat that the law on the jury
will not be adopted if it is not materially amended.
QUARTER TO FOUR.-Five per Cents., 109 f. 10c. ; Three
per Cents., 78f. 90c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, 36-i ; Three
per Cents. Spanish, 22i ; Cortes, 35i ; Coupons, 18 ; Gueb-
hards, -; Differes, 144; New Loan, 44i- ; Actives, 43 ;
Passives, 111; Ducats, 97 10 ; Romans, 101 i ; Pedros, - ;
Belgians, 102 ; Dutch, - ; Haytians, -f. ; Brabant
Bank, -.

German, Brussels, and Dutch Papers have been
received.

BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRUSSELS, AUG. 18.
Actual Debt, 2Y2 per Cent~
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent lOO
Loan of City, 1832, Four per Cent 9854
Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent 123!,,1
Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent ll2
—Brussels Papers, Aug. 19.
DUTCH FUNDS—AmsTERDAm, AUGUST 18.
Money. Bills.
Aetual Debt, 24 per Cent. S4V 55
Loan (1830) 5 per cent.
A rort Syndic, 4 4 per cent 93% 941,4

... . ,_
Ditto, ditto, . 314 per cent 7814 78
Commercial Company, 4 , per cent lO3 !Ei IIA 3,,A
Exchange on London, One month l2 22!4.
Two months

—Dutch Papers, Aug. 19.

PARLIAMENTARY SUMMA.RY.

In the LORDS' yesterday, petitions in favour of a grant to
the Scotch Church were presented. The opinion of the
Judges on the remaining questions for their decision respecting
the Islington Market Bill was announced. The Slavery Com-
pensation Bill, the Consolidated Offices Bill, the Paymaster-
General Bill, and the Peace Preservation (Ireland) Bill went
through committee. Petitions for and against the Municipal
Corporations Bill, in favour of the Islington Market Bill, and
several against the Irish Church Bill, were presented. On the
latter some conversation took place. The subject of Orangeism
in the University of Dublin called forth some strong language.
Lord MELBOURNE, in presenting a petition from Bury in favour
of the Municipal Corporations Bill, stated that he had received
a communication from the Recorder of Newcastle, who denied
so far as he was concerned, the statements made in the " evi-
dence" recently produced at the Bar by their Lordships com-
mand. Some conversation succeeded on the subject of a vote
of the Commons for the purpose of building a new House for
the Lords. The Militia Staff Reduction Bill passed through
Committee. On the motion of Lord STRANGFORD, a message
was ordered to be sent to the House of Commons, requesting
that House to communicate to their Lordships a copy of the
evidence during the last and the present session on the subject
of the condition of the hand-loom weavers.
In the COMMONS', at the early sitting, some petitions were
presented. One presented by Mr. O'CONNELL referring to
the administration of justlee in the Colony of Newfoundland,
led to some discussion. On the re-assembling of the House in
the evening, Mr. BARCLAY brought op the Report of the Com-
mittee on the Carlow Election Petition, which stated that
Messrs. VIGORS and RAPHAEL were not duly elected, that M.
KAVANAGII and Colonel BRITEN were duly elected, and that
the petition was neither frivolous nor vexatious. The Report
of :he Constabeleev Force ( Ireland) Bill was brought up, and
the Exchequer Bills Bill passed through Committee. Mr.
THORNELEY gave notice, that on Monday he would call the
attention of the House to the evidence taken on the Wolver-
hampton inquiry. On the motion of Mr. HUME, Colonel
FAIRMAN, the Oioinge Secretary was called to the Bar, where,
(oil the plea that it was private) he still persisted in his refusal
to produce a certain letter-book, which the Committee ap-
pointed to inquire into the proceedings of Orange Lodges had
before demanded of him. Mr. WALLACE then moved to the
effect that he be token into the custody of the Sergeant-at-
Arms, who should seize the book, with such other papers as
might be found in his house, relating to Orange Lodges. After an
animated and extended discussion, for the Report of which we
refer to the debate, it was agreed, on the motion of Mr. Rice,
that Col. FAIRMAN should be called to the bar, and informed that
the House was of opinion that he was bound to produce the book.
Col. FAIRMAN having been called in, was addressed by the
SPEAKER to the effect that it was the opinion of the House that
the book in question should be produced, that it was the duty of
a witness to yield obedience to such an expression of opinion,
and that he had no doubt the Colonel would comply. The
recusant then withdrew, and the matter was dropped for the
present. SILAS PEARSE'S petition, which we noticed yester-
day, was referred to a Select Committee, on the motion of
Mr. WARBURTON, who divided the House. The Land Secu-
rities (Ireland) Bill, and the Spirit Licenses Bill, went
through Committee, and the Reports were ordered to be re-
ceived to-day. The Registration of Voters ( Ireland) Bill was
read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-day. 0:1
motion for going into Committee on the Landed Securities
(Ireland) Bill, Mr. LYNCH moved the postponement of the
Committee for six months. Upon a division there appeared
for the motion, 39 ; for the amendment, IS. The Bill then
passed through Committee. The Larceny ( Ireland) and the
Certiorari Bills passed through Committee. - The Report of
the Civil Bill Courts Bill was brought up. The Tidies on
Turnips Bill was passed.

Sl' IPPING .-(T HIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, AUG. 19.—Wind E., fine weather.—Arrived and
sailed for the River, the Diana, —, from Quebec.—Arrivcd
and remains, the Reliance, Lockie, from Demerara.—Arrived
from the River and sailed, the Columbia, Alexander, for New
York • Eve, Taite, for Rio Janeiro ; Ardent, Marker, for
Whithaven ; Zephyr, Speirs, for Exeter ; London Merchant,
Noale, for St. Sebastian's.
PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 19.—Wind N. E. to S.E., fine.
PLYMOUTH, AUG. 18.—Arrived off port, the Larkins, In-
gram, from Calcutta.
FALMOUTH, AUG. 18.—Wind E. to S., light breezes, and
fine.—Arrived the Craigwar, Kemble, rom Sidney, New
South Wales ; Hindostan, Redman, from Calcutta.
ISLE or WIGHT, AUG. 19.—Arrived off, the Hamburg
Packet, Schagen, from St. Domingo.
COWES, Ace. 18.— Arrived the Betsey Black, Anderson,
from St. Domingo.
START, AUG. 19.—Arrived off, the Socrates, Bell, from
New York.

LIVERPOOL, AUG. 18.—Arrived the Delhi, Leaton, from
Quebec ; Santa Maria, Potter, from Lisbon.
SWANSEA, AUG. 15.—Wind N.W. by W.—Arrived the
John Hardy, Carr, from St. Jago de Cuba in fifty-two days.
CLYDE, AUGUST 17.—Arrived, the Bethea, M'Neal, from
Demarara ; Buckingham, Robertson, from Trinidad ; Favour-
ite, Burns ; Dalmarnock, M'Guillan ; Betsy Miller, Allen ;
Portaferry, Poollock ; and Lady H. Ellice, —, from Quebec.
CORK, AUGUST 17.—Arrived, the Woodland Castle, —,
from Barbadoes ; Edwin, Hare, from Pugwash.
DUBLIN, AUGUST 17.—Arrived the Maria, Brown, from
Bay Chaleur.

The Antelope, Hawkson, from Guernsey to London, was
on shore at Whitstable, yesterdly afternoon, on the Middle
Sand, full of water, and most of the cargo thrown overboard.
POST OFFICE NOTICE.—His Majesty's Ship, Scorpion, with
the Lisbon Mail of the 18th inst., will sail on the arrival of the
post of the 19th at Falmouth.

The NATIONAL—And AGRICULTURAL
AND COMMERCIAL BANKS OF IRELAND.

We have received a communication from the Clerk to the
Committee of the Agricultural and Commercial Bank of Ire-
land, respecting the report of a speech of Mr. Reynolds, de-
livered at Waterford, on the subject of these Banks, and
copied into The Sun of the 10th instant, with a request to
insert a copy of an address from certain noblemen and gentle-
ment in the county of Kerry; but we conceive the answer to
that address to contain libellous matter on the National Bank
of Ireland. We cannot, therefore, give circulation to it:; but we
have no hesitation in saying that we regret being intrumental
in giving circulation to a rumour which might have been pre-
judicial to the establishment of the Agricultural Bank. We
merely copied the report of the speech in question from a Wa-
terford paper. We have been assured by the Agents in
London of the Agricultural and Commercial Bank of Ireland,
that that part of Mr. Reynolds's speech relative to the stoppage
of some of its Branch Banks is entirely without foundation.

LOOKING THROUGH A GLASS.—Mr. Spring
Rice, in taking the duty off glass, has done that which makes
it easy to see through the fallacy of his promises of retrench-
ment.—Figaro in London.

NO PROFIT.—The Duke of Newcastle is said to
have remarked that " by whatever he had done in parliament
he had never in any way profited"—Nor any one else either,
he might have added.—Figaro in London.

A STRANGE CONNECTION.---It is not generally
known that the Whig and Tory leaders frequently meet in
private, and that in social intercourse they admit the games
that they are respectively playing. The other day Wellington
(strange as it may seem) was talking to Melbourne, and the
Minister was trying to persuade the Tory Duke to renounce
his opposition, urging that they both had the same object,
namely—" to humbug the people." " Pray," said Melbourne,
" let us avoid a collision of the Houses, and settle the dif-
ference." " No, no," was the Duke's reply, " U and I (you
and I) make all the difference— U (you) for collusion, I for
collision."—Figaro in London.

REDDY WIT.--The papers are strongly opposed
to removing the taxes on knowledge, for some of them very
naturally think that if the stamp were taken off, they would
lose the only part of their publication that has the slightest
chance of being red (read).—Figaro in London.

A POOR DEBTOR.—Lyndliurst is said to have
hailed the Imprisonment for Debt Bill with the greateit
ecstacy in the Lords. He said he pitied those who could not
pay their debts. A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.—
.Figaro in London.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

THIS DAY, THURSDAY, Auo. 20.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after 12 o'clock.
THAMES TUNNEL.

On the moving of the Order of the Day upon this Bill—
Mr. WALTER rose for the purpose of moving the ap-
pointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the circum-
stances attending the introduction of a Bill, entitled, an Act
to amend the Act relating to the Thames Tunnel, passed in the
3d and 4th years of his present Majesty ; and, also, to inquire
further respecting the advance of 30,0001. by the Commissioners
for the issue of Exchequer Bills in aid of public works, under
the provisions of the Act, with a view to prevent the advance
of public money without full and adequate security for the re-
payment of the same. The Hon. Member considered that on
the present occasion the money had been advanced without any
of the preparatory steps unually adopted. The Hon. Member
who had stated himself to be one of the Directors of the Com-
pany, was in great error when he supposed that the money had
been advanced under any individual Act, framed for that pur-
pose. He had stated also that the information on which hi%
(Mr. Walter's) statement was grounded was altogether with-
out foundation. Now, if gentlemen would only look to the
minutes and documents which had been laid on the
table, they would find the direct contrary to that.—( Hear )
He was determined from the impropriety of that grant to in-
vestigate it from public sources only ; and he would also add,
without transgressing the bounds of propriety or of respect for
the Hon. Members, that it appeared singular that while one
Hon. Director of that Company was engaged in passing
through a Bill on the Ist of April, 1833, authorizing the ad-
vance of 270,0001. to the Company, another Hon. Director was
presenting a petition praying for an advance of public money ;
but which was rejected, not having received the sanction of
his Majesty's Government. The Right Hon. the Chancellor
of the Exchequer had contended in favour of the regularity
of the proceeding, but that appeared to him at least a matter
of doubt, as it was a standing rule of the House, that
no Bill whatever should be passed, involving a grant
of public money, except in a committee of the whole House.
He ( Mr. Walter) begged to ask whether this form had been
complied with? He would venture to say that not a dozen Mem-
bers were apprised of it, as, if so, the House would have instantly
rejected the grant. He did not mean to impute any impropriety
to the Right Hon. Gentleman, but the absence of the do-
cuments for which he had moved was conclusive evidence that
the money bad been advanced in the most unguarded manlier
possible. The Right Hon. Gentleman had contended that it
would be a national reproach if this work was not completed,
and had urged the propriety of completing this stupendous
work. In his (Mr. Walter's) opinion, and he was sup-
ported in it by competent authority, that it was a stu-
pendous folly. A score of floating bridges could be made
across the Thames for what had already been expended
on that work. He contended that the Commissioners for
the issue of Exchequer bills had departed from the regular
course of proceeding, and that the Bill had been passed in an
improper manner. .The Right Hon. Gentleman would pro-
bably say, that he would take care no further money should be
granted, but if the Right Hon. Gentleman extended his care
a little further, he might be able to get back a portion of the
money not yet expended; because, if the Directors were
men of integrity (as they must be aware of the absurdity of
the undertaking), they would return what had not yet been
consumed. If the Committee for which he had moved
was refused, the country would see that the Government
was throwing the broad shield of ministerial influence
over those who were their supporters. But he ( Mr. Walter)
would assert that, during the last thirty years, nothing had oc-
curred which was better entitled to investigation than the pre-
sent t-ansaction. Or. these grounds he hoped the House
would not refuse him the Committee for which he had moved,
and a few days would be sufficient to investigate the matter
fully. . .

The question having been put,
Mr. BA RING contended that there was no wish on the
part of his Majesty's Government to " throw the broad shield
of ministerial protection" over the parties concerned. The
Hon. Member enquired if, in the present case, the standing
rule of the House, that the money should have been voted in
a Committee of the whole House, had been complied with ?
But he could tell the Hon. Member that the present case did
not come under the standing rule to which he had alluded.—
( Hear, hear.) There was scarcely a private Bill that passed
through that House which did not contain a provision giving
a power to borrow money upon Exchequer Bills —( Hear. )
This very session a Bill had passed containing the same
clauses ; in point of fact there were several precedents in
which the same thing had been done, and he thought that no
one but the Hon. gentleman the Member for Berkshire could
imagine that this had been a grant of public money. The
Hon. gentleman has moved for a Committee respecting the
introduction of this Bill. He could not imagine that any
gentleman could suppose that a Committee would be granted
to inquire into the circumstances which had attended the pass-
ing of a public Act, unless, indeed, where there was shewn
some case of incorrectness, or something that raised suspicion.
He could not entertain the notion of appointing a Com-
mittee to inquire how an Act of Parliament had passed.—
( Hear, hear.) With regard to what the Hon. Member
had said relating to the Treasury, he could say, that his Noble
Friend ( Lord Spencer) felt extremely interested in this great
public undertaking—he had attended to the different deputa-
tions, and had inquired with the greatest care and zeal into
the subject. After fully examining the whole question, he
stated the result of his inquiry to the Treasury Board—a
transaction which happened every Board-day at the Treasury.
The transaction was this—the Treasury found that a Bill had
passed the House, which left to their discretion whether
they would authorize the issue of certain Exchequer Bills.
This was the usual course adopted by the House. They
considered it as a mere matter of mercantile speculation.
It gave them the usual power of raising Exchequer bills, but
they left it to the discretion of the Treasury to inquire whe-
ther there was sufficient mercantile security for the repayment
of the advance. This was a case of great public interest, in
which it was but fair that there should be an advance of public
money. It was a case in which the Treasury considered that,
though they did not make out such security as that the public
would be perfectly safe in making the advance, yet they con-
sidered that the interest attached to It was very great, that a
great interest attached to it abroad, and that as soon as a foreigner
landed, his first question was with regard to these works. He
thought that upon these grounds the Treasury had fairly aright
to advance this loan. They were to be repaid if the works an-
swered, but they considered that the risk was too much for
any private individual to undergo. This power was exercised
with a great deal of care on the part of the Treasury—they
had endeavoured to exercise this discretion in such a manner
as would give protection to the public by obtaining the best
security they could. He would say that, in this transaction
the Treasury had acted with the greatest caution. They
had advanced at first a small portion of the money
which was to be applied to the most dangerous part
of the' works, and if they succeeded, and if the engi-
neers reported favourably they were to continue to advance.
The Hon. Member has said that he does not mean to impute
improper motives to my Noble Friend. He thought he might
leave his Noble Friend's character to take care of itself—
( Loud cheers) ; and he thought, therefore, he would best
consult the feelings of the House by not paying the slightest
attention to the No insinuations of the Hon. Member.
Mr. HAWES contended that the charge now made was
essentially different from that made by the Hon. Member on a
former occasion. The Hon. Member had said that this Act
had been smuggled through that House, but why did he
bring forward no Act in support of his insinuation ? He did
not care if his public condust were compared with that of the
Hon. Member for Berkshire, and he could tell him that' this
_ _ _

Bill had taken a considerable time in passing through that
House.—( Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member said it was odd
that it should have been read on the same day that the Member
for Devonport presented a petition hi its favour. He believed
that this was a usual practice.—( A laugh.) He denied that
this Bill was to authorise an advance of public money. I. did
no such thing. It was under an Act of Parliament that the
1:1 been made, and he distinctly denied and repelled the
charge of the Bill having been smuggled through Parliament.
All the money had been up by the original subscribers, who
had not the slightest idea of making any money from the spe-
culation, but in order to support and carry through a great
national undertaking. Then as to the security—the Lord
Spencer, at the suggestion of the Duke of Wellington, and
the Proprietors of the Tunnel, made a calculation of
what the probable proceeds of the work would be, and
he reported that it would amount to 15,0001. per annum, with
which both Mr. Goulbourn and the Duke of Wellington were
well pleased. Upon the question that there had been a
union of all parties—in the deputation which waited on the
Noble Duke, there were thirty Members of that House, and
consisting of men of all parties. He did not feel it necessary
to defend himself, as he had not been attacked by name—
but he was obliged to say that the Honourable Member for
Berkshire had made charges which he could not justify and
support, and, therefore, he thought they were unworthy the
notice of Parliament.

Lord G. SOME R SET considered the question as one of
very great importance. When so large a sum of public money
as 240,0001. was at stake it well behoved the Parliament to
make some inquiry into the chances of its being repaid. The
work might be very stupendous and very noble, still it was not
one of national importance, and the public money ought
to be well secured before it was advanced. It had _ ne-
ver been shown upon what grounds the several sums
of money had been advanced, or how the interest was to be
paid. The enterprize was for a mere local advantage, and did
not bear the character of a great national concern, and there-
fore he should decidedly object to the advancement of any
further sum until some better reason for it, and security against
any further unnecessary expenditure, could be found.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had on a
former occasion opposed the motion of the Hon. Member,
because it was a proposition which ought not to be supported,
for it was such a motion for enquiry as he had never seen be-
fore. It was to move for enquiry into circumstances attending
the introduction of a Bill to amend the Thames Tunnel Act,
so as to prevent a further advance of 30,0001. If he stood
alone, he would refuse that inquiry, and any one who sup-
ported it would intimate that he believed there was some-
thing wrong in the manner in which the Bill was introduced.
The measure, in his opinion, ought to have originated in a
Committee of the whole House. With the great knowledge
the Hon. Member had displayed of the usages of Parliament,
he challenged him to produce a single instance in the annals
of Parliament, in which that course had been adopted, a de-
parture from which he had imputed to his Majesty's Ministers
as an irregularity. If such a motion had ever been made dur.
ing the time the present Speaker's predecessor was in office,
he would have checked and put an end to it at once. Now
he had got a precedent for them, and.one to which he wished
to call the particular attention of his Noble Friend opposite,

as it was a precedent introduced in good times, beciuse it Wat,
introduced at a period when the Noble Lord was connected
with the Government himself. The case he alluded to was
that of the Ulster Canal, where the Commissioners' of
Exchequer Bills were empowered to grant 120,0004
forward the completion of that work. Now, with respect to
the subject under consideration, it was clear from what had
taken place, that the Duke of Wellington himself, and the
Government of which he was the head, entertained the same
views and opinions as the present Government did of the iln"
portance of this Company. In the 22d clause of the Act,.
power was given to apply for a loan to the Commissioners of
Exchequer Bills. It gave them the power to borrow money
without personal security,'„or interest at a higher rate than 4
per cent. Why did the Government acquiesce in that ? Be"
cause it was felt to be a great national undertaking. It was
considered not only necessary that it should be completed,
but that it was a great national disgrace not to complete it.
(Loud cries of " Hear, hear," and cheers.) The course the
Government had taken, was not from precedents of their own
making, but from [those of an adverse Government. He
thought therefore that the present Government was fully jos-
tified in acting as they had done. It was however the inten-
tion of the Government to proceed with caution, and he would
not allow the use of a single sixpence without having
befo r
him such an authoritative Report as he could pledge hirnseli
to lay before the House of Commons, and it would then be
for the House to decide whether the Treasury had or had not
made the advances on adequate grounds. If it were there
found that the Government had acted improperly, it would
then be the proper time for the Hon. Member to make his
motion. He would not break faith with this individual.--;
(Great cheering.) He would not break faith under tenor of,
the Hon. Member's Committee, or his appeal to the honour of
Lord Althorp.—( Hear.) Even the Noble Lord opposite
(Granville Somerset), had stated that he did not ar
prove of taking back any portion of the money alree4
If
advanced. He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) would be
most cautious in making any grants of the public money
be
did not know whether any further grant would be required
by
that Company ; but if it was, it would not be given without
inquiry, and the most satisfactory evidence, not from the Cow-
pany alone, but from sources independent of the Compaq'
Let not the Honourable Gentleman indulge in attack!
upon Acts of Parliament, to which the House bad
given its concurrence ; but when the Honourable Mon"
ber brought forward any motion upon his (the Chancellor
of the Exchequer's) public conduct, relative to the appropriatiot!
of the public money, and he would himself be ready to second
the motion. On these grounds he did not object to the OP'
pointment of the Committee. The Hon. Member had de-
voted himself to one peculiar species of discovery, and he be-
lieved the Hon. Member was one of the most renowned of that
large class of persons who entered upon that sort of specula'
tion which related to the discovery of mare's nests—(A lane')
—and he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) never saw a fairer
specimen of a mare's nest than the present.—( Hear.)
An HON. MEMBER (name unknown) had seconded the mo-
tion of the Hon. Member for Berkshire, because he thought
the public should know upon what grounds this large granted
public money had been made. The matter, however, be.
been met so handsomely and so fairly by the members f his
Majesty's Government, that he begged to express his entire
satisfaction, and he would also hope that this great undertaking
would be successful.—( Hear.)
Sir EDWARD CODRINGTON having presented, the
petition alluded to by the Hon. Member for Berkshire, cones
tended that when the subject was then before the House would
have been the proper time to offer objections to the. intro'
duction of the Bill. He (Sir E. Codrington) had then stat`-
that if his Majesty's Government would advance a loan to the
Company, it would be received as a great boon and give veri
great satisfaction. The undertaking was one of very great It
tional importance, and with respect to the assertion that
Bill had been smuggled through Parliament, that was a
uncalled for assertion, as the subject had been for month all.;
month upon the notices, and every Member of that House O'"'
apprized of it.—( Hear.)
The motion was negatived without a division.
CARLOW ELECTION.
fhe Clerk of the Crown attended to amend the Return et
the Carlow election.

On the Order of the Day for the third reading of the COl/'
stabulary Force in Ireland Bill being read,
old
Mr. S. CRAWFORD expressed his fear that it WO
lead to considerable expense, and that without the establish'
ment of a local police it would be ineffective. With regard „,
i
the oath which police-officers were to take, swearing they rls
not members, and would not become members of any politic_t
society, while in the force, he would suggest that the iv°lw
should be " any secret or affiliated society," for he was ca'
tain that the Orange societies would change their feat's
and call themselves religious, in order to evade it.
Lord MO RPE TI-I said that the words had been altered s°
as to render the clause more comprehensive.
The Bill was then read a third time and passed.
GLASS DUTIES' BILL.

On the House going into Committee on—this Bill, pg
Sir J. TYRREL rose to present a petition, complagli
of the great distress that existed in the agricultural districOov
[The clauses were then agreed to, and the Bill was reP
ted to the House.]
The Report of the Committee upon the Exchequer —ll,ilis;
Bill, the Fines and Recoveries' Bill, and the Spirit Lica°
and Wine Permit Bill, were brought up by Mr. BERNAL. -el
The Parochial Workhouses Bill was read a second time
the motion of Mr. F. MAUL E.
The Cessio Bonorum ( Scotland) Bill was read a third tide
on the motion of the LORD ADVOCATE.
[We shall give the continuation in a Second Petition.]

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'cLoCfc
Cape of Good Hope papers to the 21st of June and Sydnet
pers to the '24th of April, have been received at the North
South American Coffee-house.

(From the Cape papers.) the
The last post brings no official news from head quartereldia
Governor was still at King William's Town, and the surron%ief,
country was still infested by the enemy. Several of our new 'l'
the Timgues had been killed.
The Graham Town journal contains a letter with further Psi.
culars of the death of Hintza.
(Latest news from the Frontier.)
" Colonial Office, June os
„ His Excellency the Governor returned to Graham's Teell.'l3,e,
the 12th inst., having left all quiet in the new pr°lltioe
where matters were proceeding to his entire satisfecvrees
The rapid and important operations of the troops bet 00
the 29th May and 7th June, along the outside of theor
border line, from the sea upwards to the Buffalo inclusive, bane reti
gether convinced those of the hostile tribes who had still 1,°P461;
there, that their stay in that country will no longer be permit
and they are now moving off beyond the Kei. ob°
" The extirpation of the small marauding parties of Caffrfs'assl
continue to infest the interior of the old border, will be the "
object of his Excellency's attention. " JOHN BEL,.,:erO,
Since the death of Hintza and the extermination of the L'lstro
numerous parties of Caffres are within the old boundary, one le
committed some additional murders, and carried off a consicir:oo,
number of cattle, reaching within a few miles of Graham's hot
an evident token that we shall be obliged to expel the enemy' ce
of
our own territory before we can drive them out of the prolix'
Adelaide. the
The Sydney papers state that a Bill had been laid before_.o
Council of Van Diemen's Land, the object of which was to Ino'
the circulation of dollars and rupees. A petition has bee!jer,',
posed against this measure to the following effect :—The,";"
signed view with alarm any interference of the Legislative %Ate
with the currency of the province. The history of every Stacie'
Europe, shows that any Government interference with the
rency of the land, had always produced evil. At present tboe
no want of specie to transact the business of this colonYt 000
Bills of Exchange of the first description on banking-ho s,
in London, during the last twelve months, have been sold iitlY
average of 24 per cent. discount. While Government le'
holds giving Treasury Bills for the currency of the colony, "as Di
gislating one law for itself and another for the people. It °Lot°
stating that these operations will lead the English mereinfir
.cr.d their goods to New South Wales, in preference to Iraji
men's land, where no different currencies exist. 0'
A very great rise has taken place in the price of flour, 04_000'0
sequently of bread ; this is the more serious, because die
crops generally have proved a failure. eOl
The schooner Allen from Swan River 2d ult., has art .'
Hobart Town. Flour was selling at Swan River 6d. 11f ib,
bread the 41b. loaf, 2s. 2d. ; Mutton, Is. 6d. per lb.; fc°l
each ; sugar, 7d. per lb. ; and potatoes, 6d. per lb.

THE FUNDS.
coUPbeti
Consols, which left off heavy yesterday at 8944 Ac for the iy -
continues with a similar appearance this morning, and 13100„;
quoted at present 894 for the Account ; O'mnium, 24 Pre°o"
Exchequer Bills, 18 20; India Bonds, 4 6; Bank Stock,
2154 ; India Stock, 2534 2544. 13,
The Foreign Market is still in a sickly state. SpanishA
which left off at 434 are at present 424 1 ; Spanish Scrip clog ,
17 164 may be quoted 174 17 discount ; Portuguese, which le 'g
xio*
at 874 are 861 87* ; Three per Cents closed at 554 56, areasole
554 1 ; Columbian, 314 32; Mexican, 36 37; Dutch TW°centlf
Half per Cents., 531 544. Prices from Paris, Five per
109 10 ; Three Per Cents., 78 90 ; Cortes Bonds, 354. Colilit:°i
HALF-PAST 1)1'1,04
We have an Express from Paris with an account of the
of the French troops from Algiers, on the 15th inst., at Tart7..e
to the number of 5,000 men.
The Mexican packet was in sight of Falmouth ; we undersotvor
she brings no news of importance. Letters will be in town t°
row.
In the early part of the morning Consols were rather hneesil;;
894 4, for the Account, since which they have improved to 0" ill*
Omnium, which was 24, is at present 24 4pm ; Excheclterstoci‘t
18 20 ; India Bonds, 46 ; India Stock, 2544 ; Bank die
2144 15.
The Foreir- Marke' *hick iad ice i!) tY

Ign Market, whicl. 14 a sickly appearam to 744
morning, is at present more healthy and improved, owing 00:
landing of the French troops in Spain. Spanish has it°lort*,
/
from 424 to 434 ; Spanish Scrip from 174 to 16 discount ; colotr
guese from 864 to 874 ; Three per Cents. from 55 to 564;
blau, 314 ; Mexican, 354 ; Dutch 24 per Cents., 4 54' lie
532
HALF-PAST TWO O'CLQc
,st.
" The Governor and Col"npßaannyk
ofo tEhengßlaanndk, 2e,03nAg:,016;t1,10::,1,
hereby give notice, that they will make advances 'upon 5"; re 'I,
approved securities, such advances to be repaid on or be.° Geo
10th of September next, 1835, at the rate of 3t. 10s. Per
annually ; and to be for sums of not less than 2,0001." C
Consols for the Account, 8941.
NEW Houses OF PARLIAMENT.—In tto:
THREE O'CLO
pr
liarnentary report of Tuesday last, we stated erroneously firs
Mr. Hawes withdrew his second resolution, and that
„pes°
and third resolutions were put and negatived ; but it 6r
that all the three resolutions were negatived.
fa
he DURHAM UNIVERSITY.—It appears bs
mentary Return, that the Dean and Chapter of Durban' 641
disposed of Church property to the amount of 43,413/. 1
toy $
to be appropr;ated to the establishment of a thliver
P4rham.