The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MoitNING, AUGUST le, 164.1.

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plated on account of the Government project; and 1 r 'T
P. .
CLOSE' 0 H SESSION... "r PARLIAMENT' AltY PAPERS, -
would the Corporation be justified in incurring an (Proin the
:Times.) . . :. First Report from the Select Committee of the House
•
expense of 9,0001. and 10,0001., Pending the plan of , The session which has now virtually closed will f .of Lords appointed to inquire into the laws respect-
embankment and the question of their privileges in not add much to the national revel-eve and affection !: in " Gaining," with-- minutes of evidence, &c.
the soil of the river ? (Hear, hear.) tie agreed wi-h for our ancient • Parliament, It hes • barely half ful- ; - (Brought from the Lords, • July 8• •• Ordered:by
Mr. Anderton as to the necessity .of having competi- - filled the, premises of an opening speech which pro- I the Commons to be printed, July O.) 's'
tion. lie contended that to go hastily to work in so ' inised .very little indeed. In the midst of great : This Blue Book contains no repoittrom the Lords
complicate I and confused a matter would be highly__ essents, great distresses, and great disorders, it has Committee on the subject of their appointment, or of
reprehensible, and that -it policemen had been sta- cherished the apathetic virtues of. the counting-house their opinions upon the evidence adduced. It; coots
tioned on the pier at Blackfriars-hridge nothing,' or of the study, • The..world has been doing and suf- - prises the several' depositions of Mr. Edward Savage
of the kind would have occurred. lie concluded by f, irrg as
,much as ...ever ; but Parliament could 1.3016 y, a solicitor; .H. Mayne,. Esq., ;the Cnnareis-
deprecating a headlong rush into expense. . _
:. scarcely have tione less had the world been standing. sioner of Police; Mr. T. Baker, one. of :the superin-
Mr. HICKS said that; ..the Committee having ma- : still —bed ill the ffoodgates
_Of- misery and passion tendents of that force ; the. Lord Strafford;.. G.C.:8.,
turely considered the qUestion, thOught.. the .safes,_ been_sectirelY and final closed-,-had the universal": &c. Mr. Weatherby, publisher of the Racing Ca-
course .`would be to apply to m.r. '
Walker, -on whose , nice-of man rWained to the cold perfection which the , leisdar ; Mr. Vincent Dowling, editor of "Ben Life
skill and ability they had great reliance, and show ietonsie ia fonetiy 14,,g416A. ' ' - : . lin London;' Captain Brabazon Higgins, Mr.- Hib-
him the plans. They had acted accordingly, and they 1 •SOine' things, were inevitahle.. Routine cannot be., Bert, Mr. Richard Tattetsal), Mr. !fide, Mr. Rich-
decided that he should furnish a plan of a pi,r, and. (,avoided without a peskiye, effert,.. special obligations ! ardson, and the late Mr. O'Hanlon The great point
that it should be left to competition to furnish that become due; appointed 'periods. return, and events L Which the evidence of theca. individuals principally
pier.--41-lear, hear.) As to the objection of the em- -are sotnetimft :too pliitnorous to be , quite neglected tends to, establish is- .that if 'betting were legalized,
hankment, it was not supposed that that Project would The banking question came uncalled for, and could Isoas to make sporting wagers recoverable like other
be at all likely to interfere with the positive necess not he put off. The ' principles ' and authorities on debts ; the effect . would
..be two-fold :-Ist, to save
situ which existed for the-speedy erection of a subatan- which it was met were almost too recognised to. be parties aho mean to pay from the imprudence they at
alai pier. He . did not like to hear the Corporation matters of choice. .The Three and-a-Half per Cents. present commit by betting with utter strangers who
taxed with supineness on such an occasion. , After were -ripe ' for reduction. A Budget inspired by all do not intend to pay, if they-lose ; but who insist on
the earnest expressions 'uSed in the Court a feW dayi the liberality of a sUrphis;,.and all the .wisdom taught being paid if they win;-2d, to put, an end to
ago, he was. convinced they ought' to do all they -hi long defalcation, could. not but he,assented to in the system at present notoriously pursued by men
could to give adequate protection to the. public, the main. There: were some Smaller matters of the -of straw, who, having betted very largely at Tatter-
Mr. BURN ,said it seemed to have been admitted on -same- triad.; but very-soon that list :begins to flag, sail's or elsewhere, with sporting character of known
on all sides that something. sholiid be done:to relieve
_and it is difficult. .to diaeaver from results what substance and honour, -stand to win enormously if the
the minds of the public from apprehensions such as. 'Parliameot, has . been doing these,. six months or events they back come off •in their favour, but who
those which had been so lately excited. N6w, he more, even of the most oeceesary and common-place levant without scruple if these events come-off against
thought the Court would act wisely in entrusting to character. , - • . them. They either disappear, in such a case, en-
the Lord Mayor, the power of carrying into effect the And now. for matters a shade less unavoidable. tit ely from the turf and the-betting-ring, or, having
plan of which the Committee approved. There would, Something-was to be done for Ireland. A Commis- the effrontery to re-appear, set the.persons to whom
it such course were adopted, be the mpst unquestionable sion and the liiis, of Royalty Pledged the Legislature they have lost at defiance under the present law, as
certainty of speedy execution.—(Hear, hear.) Such "to interpose between the poSe*sors and the occupiers, laid down in 16 Car. 11., cap' 7, and 9 Anne, cap. 14.
a course would be quickly followed by imProyements 'of that miserable country. ~ The pledge stands over Mr.. Bailey'S evidence. is arm admirable summary of
in other piers. He wished to know "whether the' for another, perhaps- •not ,torSe,prepitious,, year. . A decided •cases, with arguments of counsel and inter-
Court was in a situation to delegate such a power to'{
:reformof. the Irish,: registratien, sweetened by an locutoriea of judges on, suits arising out of foot and
the Lord afayor ? , - ' extension of the franchise, has-beeri,debated—but no, horse rapes, &c.. The extent to which levanting, or
• Mr. R. L. JONES said the Court had not any 'more. Nearer :home another class ,of relations, as defaulting, has been carried within the last • two or
authority.to vest such a power in his Lordship. liable to abuse, required amendment. Some hundred three years, is almost incredible. Ma•DoWring.states
Mr. HARRISON said the object they all wished Up, thousand Women- and young persons asked the com • as follows : .
accomplish was to give to the public safe means of mon- patron to befriend•their weakness in the crowded Have you lost any money yourself' 'or for any of your
embarking and disembarking, and at the last Court a market of labour. The' Commons struggled hard correspondents, to any defaulter ?--In one particular en-
list of most salutary regulations had been read, from and long to 'he just and kind, but ultimately stance. I paid a bet to a levanteroehieb bet I should
which it appeared that DO pier could be used without yielded, not without dishonour, to ' the claims of riot have paid if I had been informed of his intention to
having been first examined by the Clerk of the Works capital and party. -The New Poorslaw.could not be levant.. It was a - bet made on commission. Had he
and sanctioned by the Lord Mayor. Now, he cell- maintained as it was., Some ...of its enormities had piid, according to the rules of the turf, he would, have
sidered that such regulations were security enough. become the:plague-spots • and scandals, of the nation. been entitled to My bet. I paid hies 20/., which was
He, therefore, thought it would be' injudicious ' to ,They have been salved oVer.• Verbal !amendes have money lost for a -person for whom I betted on commis-
proceed with ai:ygreat haste. ' been lavished, substantial' remedies' scarcely and trih.
dIl paid.irnsing he was about to pay the bets
icium he did not do: Had I been aware of
As it was intimated that there was no question sparingly' allowed. The ,Wealthier class has betrayed his intention
before the Court, an adjournment was agreed to.aot' which
need not have paid him that 201.
its prejudices in the cause of the poor, the stronger What is his name 7—Mr. . . •
-We understand that the subject will come on for sex its jealousies • in.. the ,eause of the Weaker. :As Was he capable •of paying ?—He was not, probably,
discussion • again before the Court breaks up for the little change, as possible has been allowed in the law ; capable of paying to the extent he had lost.. He lost, I
holidays. and if Ministemhave made any real 'concessions, it believe, to the extent of 22,000/. I have heard he ofe
has been avowedly to the-organs of public opinion, fered a compromise.. ' . • .
not to their own sense of necessity, nor yet to the- Is that man in England ?—Lbelieve he is now betting
wishes of-the Conimens.- •--- -- • !--:- - ' sub rosa, but I cannot state that of my own knowledge.
Our inveterate and-irremediable quarrel with the There is no doubt he can pay a portion of that which
pa '
- where. it is. A • t ornal he lost 7-Ifour
believe he has offered to pay shillings
Colonial Assembly is left
in the pbund
Legislature is contented to hope for present peace,
Mr. gentleman of fortune, gives two or
and anticipate a final separation. _
In its religious aspect the -.session is, to say the
least, equivocal. The Dissenters' Chapels Bill acci- three remarkable cases, in which he has been vie-
least;
timised after the same fashion.
dentally , legalizes what _successive generations of Did you lose for Mr. _---
good men have felt to be the worst kind of sacrilege..
so much, but several thousands. _ i
d Church has met with rather indif-
-
ferent usage. To suppress a bishopric, against the Did he ever pay you any part
some
t ?—Never.
The • Esteblishe
iah-Vas it above 8.0.00/ ?-1 had _me other transactions
unanimous remonstrance of Churchinen, has him, and know that altogether he owed me
all but unanimous vilot,ooo/ ' -
been declared a. sacred-part of - the royal preroe a- Did yon ever apply -to him to pay the sum which you
tive. It has -been considered.. politic to allow more had-lost for him ?,--Over and over again.
than. a hundred union workhouses 'to remain, as .• You gained no benefit by having been his commis.
now' without any' regglar religious service and at- siorer 7—Not the least in the world.
tetitlance,' though into each of these buildings are Had you to pay the bets which. you had lost for him ?
,
accumulated from a dozen or more parishes, him- —Yes. • •
deeds of poor creatures in • especial, need spiritual
—He is a very p
What did he say when you asked
t him for the money?
. of
plausible sort of a gentleman ; he put me
care. The clergy are not reinstated in any of their
off from time to time, saying that
.he would do .so and
ancient. presidency in the administration of °parochial
. . so, arid gave me a bond for something of the kind, but
relief. To other religious hOdies some loons are begged: me never' to enter it up. -I think I had two
given, some promised. • Penalties, disabilities, and bonds on his part,Wlich, with the betting upon that day,
anomalies are cleared . away to their taste. A hint is mixed up witb• other transactions, amounted altogether
given and received that Maynooth is soon to receive tOIO,OOO/. ' ' . .
an- augmentation of rank and means—a. measure, .Do you know-what has become of him 7—The last I
however politic; so- hazardous to the credit of an heard of him was that he used to go to Liverspool a good
English - Minister, that he may possibly find it ne- deaf • and then I heard that he was at the Isle- of -Man.
ceasary to vindicate his Protestant principles at the
The last thing I heard was that he was upon the Welsh
expense of his own church... • . • .. coast. -
It, must be confessed that .neither the poor nor the Mr. R. Tattersall's evidence .is very characteristic.
clergy ,have much voice in the Legislature. The nu-Ile speaks withlAbsolute enthusiasm abOut racing and
merous bits of universal suffrage in the old borough horses;. on betting, he, delivers himself with all the
syitem, cOrrupt as they Were, seem -to have effected saga-Oita'
that - virtual representation:, of. the t very ..,poorest cited at end clearness which have long been domi-
the corner of Grosvenor-place. Touching the
which -the theory as well ,as practice sof our mixed latter, for example—.
constitution requires. The lowest unit .of. the pre- • It is my opinion that all laws as to penalties,- &c.,
sent political system. is..a 1.0/1 householder ;- all be-. should be repealed which would enable a loser to recover
low are nullities. ;We are living under a timocracy. by law the sums' he has betted and lost, he being equally
guilty of breaking the- law. Those who bring qur tam
Parliament shoWs they-result. It is losing year by year
actions have -a double-chance. If. they win, all right; if
all that is pious, generous, and sympathetic ; and adopt- t,,bienyloseii brlimitheirir
stuiella
aasnd recover
. .govuoldileno; thus
n
ing more and. more the instiocts of a millionaire, the
policy of a soldier, and the methods of a policeman. is safe.gTLre arge. many men nowy
living ogia at their countryma
On the plea of being. a
.perfect
_representative system, houses who owe thousands, which if they were honest
it 'is rejecting - that paternal character which pro- men they could pay; but no law can make them, and
ceeded on the fact that . the mass of the people could they laugh at you.
not speak or act for -themselves. It supposes all You know that —has bought horses since he has
people competent to prptect-their own rights and in- been a defaulter?—Yes ; I have beard so. But I am
terests. The Premier " has an eye for a man;" but convinced, from what I see of betting, as to young men,
then .he must be at least S.lO/. householder. He has it would be the saying of thousands, because young gen-
ing, beyond the walls of been charged with not look Veinal) who bet,-and. cannot afford -to -pay, compromise
Parliament. :This:, IS "riot.-strictly true. . Witness hiS with those beating nen,te pay hereafter, an
go on upon
the chance of winning again If you could get the money
celebrated dicturn that-- the battle of the ,Constitution of them by process of law' it would prevent half the
must be fought in the registratien courts..-. - , - betting that- now *ekes place,-which would -be a great.
Tux-Suing the inquiry into the -doings of the session, thing, and save thousands from ruin. •
we porno to , the annual motions. These are little You think it would be very desirable that the amount
more than the anniversaries of the respective subjects, of money betted should not be so large as it is now ?
or the holy days of their, regular. movers. The feasts —No doubt about :it. It -is the 'worst thing that can
-of S. Villiers, St. Ward, St: Cobden, St. Brotherton, happen to betting. If it were made legal, people would
and Some others, have almost their day in the Parlia. he afraid bet; they would go only , upon what they
stakes TPA t
mentary almanack. Lord John Russell, in virtue of
csu°c'isifello:s! and;
at that man; -- n
v; what
fatie had won
his place in the Whig hagiology, enjoyed more than t
man went for ! eight
bad as it was, butket ten thousand L
an octave of discussion on Irish -affairs in general. :here would have beenor It is not quite ao,
The House celebrated him in a debate as lengthy and no end to It.
siisd:se:y.pbesodpineow:uld, not
a:eta
I wish we could
circuitous as. the Toile- de St. Jean, though without alter it by law.
much of the interest or unity of that remarkable relic. You think it has seen its worst ?—I think it his. •
But ,the• session has not been without its-Godsends What do you attribute that to ? People are getting
in the way of diScussion. 'Nothing so precious to a more careful ; they are afraid of one another. it is in
Minister as a succession of- topics, wive], personal, cowequence of men levanting, and, having got t.lem-
misleading, tending to no kind of practical result, selves into
Even in,,my little way, •1 sa-
a " you must put down your
and wasting in void indignation the dangerous ones*.. money. If those men could forced to pay, it would
gies,,of the ,fiery-Commons., Such :were-the thousand
be the best thing that. , cou be
scrapes, -gentlemen will not bet with them.
and one slips, bungles, and mischances' of the Irish -
even amongst the middlin p There are
:
State Trials-,-the peppery A.ttOrnyy-General—" the little tradesmen that bet g c
outsidea.6° bPettirs. Those men
great Mott case •"—Messrs. Heathcote and O'Driscoll
.e quid go and mind their business if they kneW they
could happen
etoo Tee. community,
—and a dozen of other topics as good for the. time as were obliged to pAy by law;
. men that bet ; I have had twbeinttyt
Alcibiades! tail-less dog: Some of them,'to be sure, of, winning 251 or 501, because they-know they can-
were damaging, or at least would be so with a less not be made teps,:y if they lose, and it is the same even in
h eoyrg. o4tuipritiyn the
lettcehrsanfocer
obsequious House. Such, -for example, were the the lower class. There are a great many little trades-
men
to come into
Post-office discoveries.
Something remains to be-told of a more than nega-.
Those are. he, sort of Peolo
Pnow, except u
titie '6l. a Merely frivolous' character. The Commons .1
traoesmenwriPitotin atreference. I have had many
t little
having suddenly 'to make its election between the
that. I should ngot cletinth: and have written. o_them
_
my room. . I do not let any one in
My advice is, if they
Ministry and the West Indian, planters, with a very have, a little money, to keeepin' i,ll. tto engage in betting.
illsgrace gave their vote and --their honour to the
former.' They have rejected some, pet Bills of an en itching forit; and they go, who
to win 201, or 301,
experimental
,character, one of them the semi-Minis- or 501., but never meaning t - 1 they lose, as no law
u pay i
trial attempt to tighten the' legal relation of roaster can make, them.
, .
re it
ruined ; they have
and servant. They have disfranchised Sudbury, made We shall need no apology with the reader for quote
gentlemen.of the turf wards in Chancery, adopted a ing
.this interesting notice of English horses and
fraction of a strangely ill-concocted Railkosid Bill, foreign purchasers : . „ . s ,
postponed to 'next session the Bill fur appeal in crimi- ' Ate not the 'Germans most anxious to promote racing,
nal cases, 'the Bill for facilitating inclositres, and how
believing that by doing so the
many more we cannot 'atsthe' mornehof their-horses ?.-suew y .will improve the breed
t call to mind. • s ards of thirty yearss ago, when I
sent horses to first 4.
ertnany, - to my friend Baron Biel,
the: great breeder, and the man whose horses won all the
races, was Count Plessen of Ivenacks, His blood. was so
valued that a statnp
was put upon every horse bred by
much him, and they sold for a m higher • price than any
.
others, and won most of the races. I then
:sent Baron,
Biel over a few thoroughbred mares and a stallion. At
first no one would buy . his stock, se he was obliged to
train them, and they won everything.- They then disco-
vered a thorough-bred English horse was better- than is
native German, and Baron Biel sold -his produce at very
timers oatthehrigGherpmraienesn,o,balnedmeonf sentlate
latorge Pr
me for
maress- A
andfter a
horses
years still higher, I sold, of my own, the Colonel for
1,9001, and Glaucus, last year, for 4000/. ; I also sold
(not my own) Grey Momus for 1;200 guineas. Taurus
'was-sold for,' I believe, 1,000, and, lam told,
Rockingi
ham for 3,4300 guineas. All these to noblemen who keep
studs of their own. They are still buying,
A friend of
mine-last year bought horses and stallions to the value
of
8;50
themselves they
would
have
not
fe t
e hthesethirddistinguished
ofit.ln Germany they
run for good stakes, or they could not afford to give such
prices. In America they run for larger sums than we-
-04
t
do. This year a produce stakes came off of 1,0001. (not
dollars), each 2251., thirty subscribers. -I sent a mare
over to a friend, her produce was second. ' The winner
was by an English stallion. They have given very large
, sums of money for stallioni that have won great races.
I gave for Priam, to go to America; 3,600 guineas ; and
Mr: Batson refused, at -my table, 5,000 guineas for Ple-
nipotentiary, or 1;0001 a-year as loug as the horse lived,
Which he nobly refused, not fur fear-of the money, for I
'would havebeen answerable: At that time one firm in
America owed -me upwards of 8,0001, I -paid for the
same people more than 2,0001. for insurance of horses
sikine. Would they have done this unlessihe horse had
distinguished himself ? They *ere most noble buyers.
My Orders werealmost unlimited. They trusted to me.
And all the bait' race-horses now
.in AmeriCa are by
Engliih horses. Whenever racing- is- done away with,
there is an end to the noble animal,. and the Manly sport,
and to yOur bubble servant. •- . , .. .
Are not many thotough-bred horses and mares every
year exported tee nearly every part of - the world, to im-
, prove the breed of horses in those countries 7—To every
part of the known world, excepting to Chins, I have sent
horses ; and always such as have distinguished them-
selves fetch the highest prices. I 'sent three • lately to
Ibrahim nom, to Egypt, for the first time ; • they were
stallions, and to improve the Arabian blood, 'which they
will do very much, they being very small, but handsome,
but not within two stone of our horses of the same age.
Many hundreds go to France every year i and the French
dealers attend all our - large fairs,- and for well-bred
hories give More than our own dealers ; they have
bought more the last two years and at higher prices than
former years. A.great many of our first-rate stallions-
are now covering in France. for which the French Go-
vernment gave very . large- prices ; all distinguished,
horses. The. foreigners will. . buy cone but what have
won large stow* ; nor will they:-now.. buy mares unless
.winners of, good stakes ; ands the:-.more they have won
the higher price they _gin!_-! -.: - „:
,:
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DINNER TO HER MAJESTY'S MI-
.- NISTERS -13 Y THE, CLOTH-WORKERS' COM-
PANY.
On Thursday a splendid entertainment was given to
Sir Robert Peel and others of her Majesty's Minis-
ters, by the Cloth-workers` Company, at their hall,•
which was fitted up for the occasion with great mag-
nificence.
Amongst the company were Sir R. Peel, the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, Lord Granville Somerset,
the Earl of Lincoln. Sir George Murray, the 'SOlici=
tor-General, Lord Eliot, Mr. J. M. Ga..skell, and Mr.
A. Pringle, Lords of the Treasury, Viscount Can-
ning, Mr. G W. Hope, Mr. Emerson Tennent, Cap-
tain Fremantle, Mr. J. R. Bonham, Sir Knight
Bruce, the Attorney-General for Ireland, Commis
sinners Fane and Goulburn, Mr. J. Young, M.P.,
Mr. T. Green, M.P., Mr. J. Masterman, M.P., Mr.
G. Lyall, M.P., Mr. H. Keinbie, M.P., Mr. J. Trots
ter, M.P., Mr. John Waiter, the Right lion. the
Lord Mayor, Mr. Sheriff Moon, Aldermen Lucas,
Brown, Sir Peter Laurie, Sir John Pirie, Farebrt.
ther, Humphery, Farncomb ; the Governor and the
Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England, the Chair-
man and the Deputy-Chairman of the East India
Company, Sir F. Trench, Colonel Gurwood, Captain
Peel, Archdeacon Hollingsworth, Sir G. De H Lar-
.
pent, Mr. B. Dobree, Mr. J. C. Bever, Mr. Under
sheriff Anderton, the Master of the Merchant Tailors'
Company, Mr. R. L. Jones, &c.
Mr. Sheriff MusGeove. the Master of the Company,
presided. The health of the Queen was proposed, and
drank with an enthusiasm which it was impossible to
exceed, and the Master congratulated the country
upon the promise of a long succession of the descens
dants of the present Royal Family.
The usual loyal toasts, " the Queen Dowager and
Prince Albert and the rest of the Royal Family,"
were also distinguished by great applause.
The MASTER, in proposing "-the Army and Navy,"
stated that he and his brethren were honoured by
the company of Sir George Murray, a gallant veteran
of the first of those services, and by the company of
Lieut. Peel, a distinguished young officer in the naval
service of her Majesty.—(Loud cheers.)
Sir GEORGE MURRAY returned thanks for the army,
and said it was exceedingly gratifying to him to he
associated with his young friend, who would no doubt
in .due time realise the high expectations entertained
of him in the important branch of service to which he
belonged.—(Loud cheers.) He - was convinced that,
never at any time was the army better prepared, or
more determined to keep up the character which it,
had achieved, by so many victories.—(Cheers.) He
was sure it would never lose that character, or the
efficiency for which it had been celebrated, so long as
it continued under the superintendence of the illus-
trious chief who was so deservedly at its head—
(Great cheering)—and who had no less claim upon
his country for the patriotic virtues he had exercised
in peace, than for those military, achievements which
had shed so great a lustre on his name.—(Cheers.)
Lieutenant Peen rose amidst great applause, and
said, I am too young to say much, but I hope my
conduct will justify that which has been said of me,
and I thank you heartily for having drank my health
in so enthusiastic a manner.—(Cheers.)
The MASTER, in a brief speech, proposed the health
of Sir Robert Peel, and the rest of her Majesty's
Ministers.
Sir ROBERT PEEL said it was his duty, on the part
of his colleagues and himself, to return their most
grateful acknowledgments for the kind and fla•tering
manner in which the company had received the pro-
posal from the chair. Many of his colleagues were
absent, deeply to their regret, but they, were detained
by the necessities imposed upon them by their duties
in. both Houses of Parliament.—(Cheers.) The
Master had said that in entertaining her Majesty's
Ministers they were reverting to their former con-
dition. He trusted that they would long persevere
in that good old habit—(Laughter)—that after the
revival of that excellent custom they would continue
to entertain the Ministers of the Sovereign, and that
the present Ministers would long continue to meet
them at their annual festival, and profit by the hos-
pitality of which they had that day witnessed so
magnificent a specitnen.—(Laughter and cheers.)
It happened that the first day on which he
and his colleagues enjoyed the pleasure of meet-
ing the Ciothworkrs' Company was the last day
of the session, and he was therefore exempted from
the necessity of making along- speech ; but he cauld
not refrain from returning his and his colleagues'acs
knowledgments to a Company so remarkable for high
standing, and so conspicuous amongst the great
Companies for the appli :talon of its ffinds to purpose's
.of benevolence and charity.—(Loud cheers.) The
Master had done no more than justice to her Majesty's
Ministers in attributing to them the endeavour to
accomplish good. They had endeavoured to maintain
peace, without compromising the hanour or sacrificing
the interests of the country.—(Cheers.) They had
attempted to uphold the high character which the
British army had achieved, and to repair the disasters
in the eastern hemisphere. They hail endeavoured
to maintain tranquillity, without having recourse to
the harsh enforcement of the existing laws, or requir-
ing new enactments.--(Applause.) If they had made
these efforts—if they had endeavoured to succeed in
maintaining the public credit, and in averting the evil
of an increasing debt in times of peace, it would be
for that company to judgewhether the result was wor-
thy of their intentions. It was now three years since
the present Administration had been appointed. It
was for those whom he addressed to say, if, during
that period, the law had not been vindicated and sus-
tained, if-commerce had not been extended, if manu-
facturing prosperity had not been restored, if the re-
ventue had not been increased, if there did not exist a
prospect that the currency would be henceforth placed
on a safe and permanent basis.—(Hear, hear.) If
such were the impressions of the company, their ap-
probation conveyed to her Majesty's Ministers a feel-
ing which, next to that of the honest approval of their
own consciences and of her Majesty,, was, the highest
encouragement to them to Continue their exertions kir
the public good.—(Cheers.) •
The MASTER next proposed " Prosperity to Ire:.
land," a toast which the Clothworkers' Company hid,
been always in the habit of drinking. They felt
deep interest in the good of Ireland, as well on account
of the people, as on account of the large froperty
owned by the Company there.—(Cheers.). The Master
then spoke at some length of the labours of the Com-
pany for the good of their-Irish tenantry.
Lord ELIOT, in responding to the toast, said he was
sure the time was not far distant when the people of
Ireland would learn to value the motives and inten-
tions of his Right Hon. Friend.—(Cheers.)
Several other toasts were proposed and drunk, and
the evening was spent with real civic hilarity.

nearly 10,0001. 2—Not

THE AFFAIItI:4T. OTAHEITE.

All tilef;)ll.,wing are all unpublished proclamations of
the French Commandant. !'ThoY Were a few of the ori-
ginal drafts from which lie:Coneoeted the documents that
were actually issued.
NO. I.—A French sentinel , has :had his nose pulled in
the night ; perfidious Alhion.his hada finger in it. The
inhabitants are .v rued against having lights in their
houses after dirk. All'eandies.inust' be extinguished at
three o'el4.,ek in the afternoon ; and any stranger found
in any" house after gun" fire, Will'subject the landlord to
death,.ind all the lodgers' to'hanishnient.
No. 2.—A French sentinel has been insulted. A
blatking-bottle has • been 'thrOWn at hitn; and one
Pritchard is believed to have been • at the' bottom of it.
The inhabitants must hold: no communication, with each
other after twilight. If Anybody: causes disturbances,
everybody is subject; not only to be' shot dead, but to be
arrested.
. No. 3.—Pritchard is taken. Perfidious Albion is in
the station-house, in the person of her consul.
NO.. 4.-711 e inhabitants are prohibited froM setting
light to anything—even a cigar—after gun-fire.
No. s—Pritchard is to be ataited'uPon by one servant,
who is not to speak to him. Clean clothes are to be
conveyed to him once a week, and his washing4aill is to
be ikamined by the getidailtiebn duty, and countersigned
by the the corporal. Pritchtitli is to be putout his candle
at gun-fire, and he must.'islso put out his boots, so that
they may be returned to litmeleanat sunrise.
—Punch. , (Signed) s. . D'Aunicriv.

. . . .
. A correspondent "on-whom we place relialice assures
us that land .is certainly in • the ascendant. The other
day a farm near to Hemel Hempstead was sold, and by
country practitioner, at nearforty years' purchase. There
is a property 'contiguous:to it, which was -.announced
in our columns yesterday; by Mr. George Robins.
It includes an ancient mansion and 300 acres of land,
with a tenant whose family have numbered one whole
century upon, it;-there are ornamental, woods, extending
to 50 acres ; and our friend the knight of the hammer
facetiously observes.m.bmannouneement, that it will be
in accordance with good judgment to have them grubbed
up, and substitute crops of, wheat and barley, concluding
thus—“ A farmer does not need the luxury of woodland
scenery to interfere with his more. important diveations."
. We, regret to announce that Ben Morgan, the
celebrated Irish vocalist, expired oh the 4th inst., at King-.
Stott, in Surrey, after a long and psinfaillness._ Perhaps nu
• man ever enjoyed a hitcher reputation as a singer of Irish
comic songs than poor:Morgan. He possessed a rich brogue,
and a vein of quiet humour, .which imparted 'an especial'
charm to all his efforts. We are sorry `to hear that Morgan
has lift a widow totally improvided for.
THE CONVICT' DALmits;--The convict .Dalmas has
been removed; by order of the Secretary of State for the
';Home Departreenti-from,.the Alillhank Penitentiary to
theinvane Ward of•Bethlem Hospital; there to. be con-
fined: during. her Majesty's 'pleasure as a lunatic. The
reports. of the .medicalgentlemen.who haVe daily visited
Dahlias since his incarceration in the Penitentiary, leave
~•bitt.iittleviany doubt-of-11s iassaiw. .1

- „
FAITNPUL LABOURERS REWARDED.--at the aeatn
of Mr. Lawrence Wilkin, a wealthy farmer, of Barrow-
upon-Humber, his property was left to his sister, a
maiden Litly, who is lately dead—and by her-will, to
thirteen of her brother's farm labourers she has le:t four
acres (to some seven) of most excellent land, adj9inmg
the road from New Holland Ferry, to Thornton °Lulls,
and Boston. On those allotments the lab,‘urers are
building very neat and tiled cottages,
adding to each an
extensive garden. The rest of the inclosure,is m a very
high-btitt Af 'Clatiiiiii9nelNDPliffifta GOAlttx.

IMPEitiAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, August 9.
The House sat to-day at Four o'clock.
ROYAL ASSENT.

The Royal Assent was given by Commission to the
Consolidated Fund Apptopriation Bill, the Church En-
dowment Bill, the Poor-law Amendment Bill, the
Counties and•-Boroughs -Bill, the Duchy of Cornwall
Assessionable Manors Bill, the Roman Catholics Penal
Acts Repeal Bill, the Metropolitan Buildings 13i11; the
Piccadilly Improvenient Bill, the Insolvent Debtors? Bill,
the Railways Bill, Turnpike Trusts (South'Walesyßill,
the Controverted Eluctions Bill, the Woods and Forests
Bill; the COUnty Coroners' Bill, the Smith Sea Company's
'Bill, the,Savings' Batiks Bill, the Slaughtering of Horses
Bill, the Clerks to Attorneys Bill, the Tralee Harbour
Bill, the Salthon FiSheries (Scotland) Bill, the Mar-
riages (Scotland) Bill, the Spirit Licenses Bill, the
Grand Canal (Ireland) Bill, the Arms (Ireland) Regis-
tration Bill, the Protection of Purchasers (Ireland) Bill,"
the Charitable Donations and BequeSts (Ireland) Bill,
the Grand Jury Presentment (Dublin) Bill, the Middle
Level Drainage Bill, and several other private Bills.
The Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the
Earl of Shaftesbury, and the Earl of Dalhousie.

Their Lordships resumed business at Five o'clock. .
The BishOp of LONDON presented a petition from
the Protestant Operatives Society of Dublin,: against the
repeal of the penal laws affecting Roman Catholics. - •
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE.presented s peti-
,tion from: Newcastle, complaining of:. the present law
of settlement as affecting' Irish persons . settled' in
England. The petition set forth • the: 'case of an:
Irish/Von:ism, Who was "-married at Newcastle to -a
native of the' same .part of . the United. Kingdom,
and .who having _lived with her husband seventeen
Years, was deserted by him.. .The parish authorities
transported hi.T and her four children (the latter having
been born in Newcastle), to 'lreland as Irish paupers.—
(Heir, hear.) The Noble Marquis hoped•that the mea-
sure announced in. the other. House. by the. Secretary of
of State fOr the Home Department, respecting the law of
settleinent; would extend to such caseA'as.this.—(Hear.)
COMMON-LAW COURTS (IRELAND) BILL.
LOrd WHARNCLIFFE called the :attention .of the
House.. to the ComMons',,amendments on this Bill; to
which he recommended their Lordships to agree.
The LOR D'CHANCELLOR said, that by the com-
mon law, the appointment of ;the pro'thonatarles and
other officers was vested in the judges. In some cases
in England and Ireland, prescription had superseded the
common' law. Some office in the courts of: law in Eng-
land were held by women.—(Hear,„hear, and -a laugh.)
It would. be most- unwise and unjust to deprive the
Irish judged, of a patronage which was possessed, by
the English judges.—(Hear, hear.) He would oppose
the recommendationof his Noble Friend (Lord Wharn-
cliffe), and would vote that, the. House should not agree
to the amendments of the Commons, which would -give
the appointrneet of those .offices to-the Lord Lieutenant.
Lord CAMP.BE,LLtwas greatly.plessed with the ob-
servations ...of Noble; and .I,earnedaFrjerul-ip .the
woolsack. He (Lord-Campbell) had, moved.- an amend-
ment on the third reading of .the to which their
LOrdshipi-aireed without the slightest oppositiOn. The
Lord Chencellor.gave the amendment his most strenuous
support. The Lord President tf the Council -did not
oppose it; but he asked their Lordships to give him
time to consult the law officers of the Crown, as to

the effect of the amendment. The Bill was I
sent back from the Commons with amendments,
which superseded his amendment, and gave the patron-
age of those offices to the Lord-Lieutenant and not to
the judges, who ought to possess it-making thus a de-
grading distinction between the Irish judges and the
English. He put it to their Lordships whether the
judges or the Lord-Lieutenant were best qualified to
determine who was the fittest person to fill an adminis-
trative office in the courts of law ? In this case he had
the support of the Lord Chancellor, who was
looked up to by the Government and Noble Lords oppo-
site as a sort of oracle.—(A laugh.) It was very well
that this was not a Bill of his (Lord Campbell's). If it
had been, he could not have expected the same sup-
port.--(Great laughter.)
The Earl of WICKLOW thought that their Lord-
ships ought on such a question to be -governed by the
opinion of the Lord Chancellor, although the representa-
tives of the Government were professedly opposed
to it. The President of the , Council recom-
mended the House to agree to the amendments
of the Commons, from respect to that House.
'He wished to treat that House with all possible
respect ; but he must in this case put it to their Lord-
shipsl to consider that the House of Commons now—at
' this moment—was merely an assemblage of a few sup-
porters of the Government, who remained in town for
the dispatch of Goresinmerit business.--,-(Hear. and a
laugh.) The present period warnot one in which It would
be wise to aggrieve the Irish judges, or to give the
Irish people any reason to think that the united Parlia-
ment was not disposed to de justice to•lreland.
The Earl of HADDINGTON said, that to hear the
speech of his Noble Friend (Lord Wicklow) any one might
think that the amendments of the Commons affected
vitally all the great questions at issue between the
parties which distracted Ireland ; but in fact there was
no discussion' raised upon the subject by the Irish Mem-
bers in the other House. -

case of Mr. O'Connell. The Right Hon. Gentle- I metuure, it would have been • dealing only with the
'man -had, doubtless, • felt that it would be .a great symptoms of the disease ; but if they had followed up a,
injusticeifesix months hence, it-should be announced by measure .as,,erting and vindicating the law by a measure
'fife Judges that the imprisonment of. Mr. O'Connell had of conciliation _and improvement, they would -then have
been illegal—that he would- have been illegally impri- ' laid a foundation for the futureprosperityof Ireland. The
Boned for this long period. It seemed to him to followcourse that had been taken, however, was very different.
as an irresistible inference, that though the -injustice Mr OVeneellendotherpopulerleaders werealowed to et;
might be less, it" would still be most signal, if his impri- on for seven or eight months without interruption, their
:sonmentshould have • continued for three mouths from language unchecked: their meetings uninterrupted, • and
-the.3oth of last May, and it should appear that the- ver- the only 'declarations which they had had—one from the
diet had been unfairly obtained from ajury both sectarian ' Secretary of State fur the Home Depaitment and an-
sad hostile,, Under, these circumstances he ventured to 'other from the Lord Chancellor of Ireland—had led hips
submit to the consideration of the Right Hon. Gentle- to the inference, not as a lawyer, but a constitutional
man whether, as :he had hiinself admitted that . the politician, that these meetings were legal. No wonder
-matter was one of great importancerand must be treated that they continued to such an extent as to
as one of no ordinary doubt and of, some difficulty—it menace the peace of the country. At • length,
would not be the best. policy, at all ` events whether it after that six or eight months of Impunity, they
•
would not show more generosity and wisdom; instead of were interrupted, and the chief leaders of them
'waiting to- ascertain whether the lawyers should have were brought to trial, not for the last of their- proceed-
succeeded in picking the lock of the Richmond Peniten- ings, not for any one particular meeting that had 'just
tiary, at . once to unbar the prison doors and give taken place, nor for any seditious language which' had
back Mr. O'Connell to . the Irish people ? Convicted lately ken uttered, but for the whole course of eight or
a; he had been .by--a sectarian jury, he thought nine months of a popular agitation, which was qualified
the matter called > for _consideration. The Right by the legal advisers of the Crown as conspiracy. Such
Honourable Baronet had introduced au Act for re- a proceeding was entirely contrary to that -rule which
?elating the management of Roman Catholic charitable was laid down with truth and justide by Mr. Erskine in
bequesta_and donations. -He thought the.. measure a -his celebrated defence of Hardy. On that occasion Mr.
great improvement on. the old system ; it substituted a Erskine declared that if there were a particular act- of a
much better board of management for the old one ; it man's life which was criminal he should- be brought to
mitigated the old principle of ascendancy. But mark 1 trial, but that otiose at his conduct for two years, and
the Right Hon. Baronet had introduced into that board • from that, combined with his conversation, to endeavour
five Roman Catholics. and he had done se on the special to drag out an -imputation of guilt, was not justice but
grounds that a mixed jury of Catholics and Protestants tyranny. The bringing of these persons to trial
-ought- to administer the charitable bequests in Ireland. was so contrived that there being eleven Roman
_Did it not appear to follow from hence, that in all ques- Catholics among the persons who might have
tions where the feelings of Catholics and Protestants been on the jury, those &even Catholics were struck out
-were concerned, the jury should be a mixed one ? by the Crown, and there remained a jury of twelve Pro-
(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord, the Member for the testants, several of whom -were known to he parti-
City of London, had solemnly declared, in his place as zans—(4‘ Hear, hear," from Mr. Sheil)—pursuing a line
leader of the Opposition, that the trial of Mr. O'Connell of politics the opposite of those of Mr. • ('Connell,
was an unfair onee—e declaration from which he had He would ask, could the internal peace of Ireland be
never receded. That he thought a reaene why the subject secured by those means ?—(Hear, hear.) In the first
should be considered. The Right Hon. Bart. appreciated place, was it just to leave these persons to pursue their
fame; he was sensible. of .thevalue of true renown, he course for eight months without any notice that they
passed every 'day. the. statue of Canning, • and were bringing themselves within the meshes of the law?
looked upon Westminster Abbey, .and he. must know .—(Hear, hear.) In the next place, having determined
that a time would come :when his merit .in the great to bring them to trial, was that trial lik. ly to produce
transactions in , which he tiore so, conspicuous a part . the effect which an impartial trial always produced,
would be tried, not by the Members of the ,old lobby or even upon those who wt re the sufferers from it—
the new one, bat .by a- different teet-e"--when it should be when it was known that the prosecutors bad cautiously
saidthat his great political antagonist, the great leader excluded from the jury every man who was of the same
of the Catholic people of Ireland, Was convicted by a religion as Mr. O'Connell—(Hear, hear)—that religion
jury exclusively composed of Protestants, under circum- being the religion-of the great majority of the people of
stances the most suspicious—when it shoeld be said Ireianci?—(Hear. hear.) lie would not have said any-
that he still by force kept him in gaol, notwithstatid- thing on this subject if he had thought the evil beyond
ing those circumstances. , Whatever other materials the hope of remedy—if he had thought that Govern-
the commentator or historian might find in the conduct ment had taken a step which it was impossible for them to
of the Right Hon. Baronet for commendation, history in retrieve.—(Hear, hear.) But he thought that altogether
this particular part of his conduct would pronounce him . the Government had been for so long a time ignorant of
guilty of a great contradiction. But he sill had it in the real state of Ireland—(Hear, hear)—or, if not igno-
his power.to furnish history with a lesson of generosity rant of the real state, at least regardless of the people .of
and magnanimity, by, throwing aside all feelings of vin- the country.—(llear, hear.,) He thought that he had •
dictiveness, teed healing the, wound with the same weapon of 'late observed symptoms, on the part of the. Govern-
with which itwaiemede. Whet had theyegained by Daniel trent tq pay more iegard to the feelings of the people of
imprisonmeet?„ The peeclametion suppressed. that country—(Hear, hear)—and he hoped, that before
the monster meetings : after the verdict the repeal, rent. the next session the Goverment would fully consider
fell • but' from the moment sentence:was pronounced the' the question that they would look . to the
rent rose,'and that great national contribution increased hopes which had been held out, and to
almost every day in amount. They had put three editors the promises which had been made at the time
of newspapers in prison, and at the present moment the of the union, that Ireland should be placed up' n
press-was more exciting than ever. The Nation newspaper,' an equality with England—(Hear, hear)—that she shou:d •
whoSe editor was imprisoned, circulated eleven thousand be governed upon the same principles—(Hear, hear)
copies ; that paper Won written with distinguished ability, arid should enjoy the same rights and 'privileges,—
appealing, perhaps, rather too strongly O the spirit (Cheers.) Let them show to the Iriskpeople that it was
of nationality in the Irish people ; and the Catholic their determination to redeem the pledges. given at the
clergy, thoie great representatives of the feelings of the time'of the union. Such a plan would • not - assist the
Catholic people, were, almost to a man, against them. cause of the repeal of the union ;on the contrary, he
Ireland was said-te be eranqui), but he, who knew the thought it would give a deathblow to that agitation
people of Ireland,, who 'was well acquainted, by a pains to give the people of Ireland fully, fairly, and entirely,
'ful experience with their wretched condition, he, who was those privileges which they themselves had solemnly
interested in the maintenance of the
.public peace, and promised to theme—. (Cheers.) If such were their deter-
who took no sort of share, direct or indirect, in the agi- urination, whatever opinion might be given by the House
tation pervading Ireland. told them that the state of the of Lords, or the Judges, on the judicial questions which'
country was -not safe ; that there prevailed a deep anti- had been placed before them, her Majesty's Government
pathy towards this country—an antipathy which at all could exhibit no better symptom of their policy, could give
times was to be deprecated. But they were now placed no better evidence of their intention to carry those en-
in a position whichmade it matter, he would not say of larged views into effect, than by using the prerogative of
alarm, but, at all events, of deep and meditative forecast, the Crown for the purpose of at once discharging Mr.
how they shotild act towards Ireland. They had taken O'Connell and his fellow-prisoners.—(Loud cheers,
a position which he for one commended, which became which drowned the remainder of the sentence.) Sup-
theta .as a . great nation to take— which proved posing the Government to be legally right as they
they! were determined that England should hold said they were, still, as a question of State
the noble position she ought to occupy; but he told them policy, no better step could be taken. (Loud
that, poesessed of the affections of Ireland, with Ireland cheers.) It would be well for them to reflect _what
united and reconciled, they 'would have a far better view was taken by the people of Ireland with re-
muniments than_ the :Martell° towers round her coast. spect.to the course of Mr. O'Connell during the last few
Mr. WYSE said. he begged to add a few words to years.. They should remember that he was the man
the energetic appeal made by his Right Hon. Friend to who bad by great exertions obtained for his fellow-sub-
the House, and through the House to the country. Mr. jects those constitutional rights and privileges which
O'Connell had not appealed either to the Government or they now enjoyed, and that he had by those exertions
to. that House by petition for the slightest remission of earned their gratitude and confidence—(" Hear, hear,"
his sentence; nor he'd any of the other. prisoners; but from Mr. Sheil)—which he would continue to enjoy as
'the people -of Ireland were deeply impressed with the long as he lived—(Loud cheers)—that he ,was
belief that the trial had, not been one calculated to vindi- now sixty-nine years of age and must be ap-
cate the majesty..of the law, or to give a fair and just proaching to the close of his political career.
means of ascertaining either their guilt or innocence. They had declared their wish to vindicate the law—the
The people of 'lreland would not forget that law had decided in their favour. They should not seek
they had been convicted by a jury of twelve anything like a vindictive punishment.—(Loud cheers.)
Protestants. But to that House an appeal was By discharging Mr. O'Connell they would not be show-
made to investigate the facts connected with that trial, ing any weakness; they would not even be deserting the
which the judges on the bench_ had declared were at least policy which they themselves had pursued, but they
liable to suspicion, and that appeal was refused by a would be showing to the people of Ireland a disposition to
majority of that
,House. He entreated of them, what- govern them in a proper- spirit. If they wished the
ever their politics or their, religion might be, not to allow measures which they intended to propose for the benefit •
the impression to go abroad that all justice was to be of Ireland to be received favourably, they should not
denied them. He begged of them to be wise in time, only have the laws appearing upon the statute-book,
because the people of 'lreland had not worn out their but they should endeavour, as a matter of paramount
patience.
,They came not to that House itt the yoice of importance, to secure the affections of the Irish people.
supplication.- They were silent, but they waited only —(Cheers.) The opportunity of doing that was new in
, the time when they could wound England in the hour of their hands, and although by doing that they would lose
her distress. He implored them not in the language of the support of persons who could hardly now be called
terror, but in the voice of advice and warning, that they their supporters, but who when they first came into
would think of the words which they heard from the power had supported them in the hope that the oppres-
repreientatives of Ireland before they returned to their sions of the olden time might be revived, yet he would
homes. He beseeched of them, not with, feelings of not think so meanly of the Hight Hon. Gentleman—he
anger, but in the spirit of kindness, if they intended to would not entertain so low au opinion o' him as to
do anything in the. way of conciliation, to do it in time. imagine that for the sake of their support he would do
Lord J. RUSSELL said that, during the time the late anything that was unju,t, or abstain from doing anything
Administration were in office; it was the custom to dis- which he thought was just.—(Loud ('beers.) Then
perse throughout the country in the summer and autumn, with regard to our foreign relations, he knew that was a
a pamphlet purporting to be a speech of Lord Lyndhurst delicate subjectesand he hoped that nothing he should
—(Laughter)—pointing out in what manner the various say would deprive the Government of any means of
Bills had been introduced into Parliament, when they negotiation which they had in their hands. :The
were adjourned, hOw often they were postponed, and conduct of those negotiations required the union of great
which of them had not arrived at the consummation of firmness with great moderation. He did not impute to the
becoming Acts of Parliament. He never had considered Government that theywould be wanting in either of those
that course a just or a fair one. He did not consider it qualifications. The utmost exercises of both those quali-
so in the first plaee, because the Houses of Parliament fications was required. He had heard with satisfaction
themselves, however well they might be disposed to what had fallen from the Right Hon. Gentlemen with re-
consider measures, yet in the course of discussion inter- glad to the hostilities in Morocco—that be was inclined
posed so many obstacles to their becoming law, that an to follew up the policy of the late Government, t hich,
Administration could not be justly chargeable with all while it admitted the settlement of France in t
Algiers,
the legislative measures which might occur during the protested against her being permitted to extend
session. •He thought it an . unfair course, because it was her possessions either in Tunis 'or Morocco.
notorious that one of the Houses of Parliament was The Right Hon. Gentleman had stated that he was
Chiefly composed of Mew rs behinging to one political aware that British interests were involved in the welfare
party. It was notorious that that party, having been in of an ally that had always been faithful to us, and whose
power during a long period of years, had placed in that
.country bordered on our own possessions. The Right
House of Parliament shout two hundred Members of 'Hon. Gentleman had also alluded to another subject—a
their own party ; and of the four hundred Members subject of great importance, which, although it affected
Of which that House consisted, about two hundred had only a mail portion of .the globe, affected Our tia-
been placed there by the advice of the Ministers of that tional honour. The Right. Honourable Gentleman
party during those years. It was natural that those declared that a gross outrage had been offered to a
who
:entertained those politics, who had entered into British subject, and that he expected the French Go- .
Parliament with strong prejudices t4f that kind, should vernment would give that reparation which -he thought
be adverse to the Ministers of a different political party. this country was entitled to require. Be would not ask
It was not difficult, therefore, for persons who had for a word more on the subject. He was satisfied with
authority with that Parliament, to secure the rejection those pledges which when Parliament met again he
of Bills, however useful, which were promoted by a should expect to see fulfilled. But at the same
Ministry with whom they did not concur. But no time, he must say, that with the exception of the
doubt that mode of proceeding made its impression. It autumn 0f,1830, just after the French and Belgian revo-
was considered by many 'persons that the Ministry lutions, and the autumn of 1840, just after the opera-
must have failed in'its duty-when so many of itteßills tions in. Syria, since the peace of 1815 our foreign re-
had not obtained the sanction of the Legisliture. lations had never been in a state to require so much .
'That course he (Lord J. Russell) had never followed ; anxiety. . But if such were the case. it _ was _
•it was not a course which he was then about to follow. the there- necessary that we should have every
If he were 'about to do so, he thought that he should element of strength 'for the defence of the
have fir more reason to object to the Ministry then in country completely at our disposal.— (Cheers.) He was
'power. In the first place it was notorious, and had been not now alluding to the state of the navy, in which be
proclaimed by themselves, that the present Ministry had retained the opinions which he had formerly ex-
a majority having confidence in their administration in pressed, neither was he alluding to the military
both 'Houses of Parliament ; in the next place, forces; but he thought that there was another
the present Ministry had • had the greatest element of strength which ought not to be ne-
difficulty placed in the way of their legislation. But he glected—internal union.—(Loud cheers) The people of
'did not see any public advantage which could be derived the three kingdoms ought to be bound together by bonds
'from tracing the history of the different Bills, and point- of affection, and whatever might be the means used to
ing out that many of them had failed.—(Hear, hear.) obtain that desirable object, no time ought to be lost in
But-he had, at the close of another session, called the increasing that union—(Cheers)—and in strength' ning
attention of the House when it was about to separate, to that affection—(Cheers)—so as to make this country,
the existing state of the-country. while she is an object of respect to all men, whose
The Usher of the Black Rod here summoned the opinion was worth having in every part of Europe, like-
House to hear the Royal assent given to certain Bills wise an, object of fear to all those ill disposed spirits who
'(forewhich see Lords' report.) sought in war a vent to their evil feelings and bad passions.
On the return of the SPEAKER,, There was another topic on which he wished to say a
Lord JOHN RUSSELL revealed—He said he had few words—that was the condition of' the people of Eng-
already stated -that he thought it might not be without' land. He heard from day to day, and from time to time,
its use, at the close of the session, to consider what was of the inadequate means the people had to support them-
the present' tate of the 'country, and how they might be selves. If they took a general view of the subject, it was
enabled to, consult its welfare when they were next' impossible not to see that the labouring classes had not
called 'by her'Majesty to meet for the dispatch of busi- advanced in proportion to other classes. The higher
mess, - In speaking last year of the affairs of the coun- class and the middle class had increased, hut the labour-
try, he had entered at' considerable length into the state ing classes had not done so. 'Unless the Go-
otlrelande , His Right Hon. Friend, who- had spoken vernment, next session, should propose . some
un that occasion had alluded to part of- that great sub- comprehensive measure, he should feel it
'ject. The Right lion. Gentleman, when, in 1839, he to be his imperative duty to ask the House to consent
was speaking of the formation of a Government under. to some measure, or to go into a Committee with respect
his auspices, stated, or rather confessed, that his chief to the condition of the middle classes. It was ho use
difficulty was Ireland. He was surprised that with the attempting to give alms : what they should du was to
exception of one circumstance to which he then alluded do all in their power to give to the working classes
—a circumstance that, he considered so trifling, that he a • fair day's wages for a fair day's work. In the
'should , not -then advert to it—the present Government agricultural districts there had been a great in-
after that announcement by their head, bad never taken crease of the County rates Since the war, in dealing
seriously into their consideration the state of Ireland, with any surplus revenue, he thought the 'Goveinment
.with a view toots amelioration. It was true, that when might give the agriculturists relief 'in this dieedien.
last year they were considering this subject, there were There was another subject 'which bad been discussed
meetings held, and that those meetings no longer took last session, but had not bsen brought forward in the
:place ;' it was true, that there was language of menace present one by his Hon. and Learned Friend the Member
used by some of the principal speakers, and that they for Liskeard—that was the question of emigration
did not-bear that language at present. But they would There were difficulties connected with this subject, but
be very much mistaken indeed if they supposedconsidered with regard to certain localities,
the affections of Ireland had been won by the hegratin, promoted by the Government;. • intb t some
proceedings which had since taken place. In his view instances, in conjunction
.with the companies. - al-
of the circumstances as they stood last year, he thought
that thiGoverument would have been justified in issuig f essential service
a proclamation the
_commencement of those meetings to the '
at.ready formed; in others, in c_oreunction with the
large proprietors of land, would be o
forbidding any' further 'assemblages of the same kind which would not escape the attention of her Majesty's
wonting classes. He trusted this was a subject
and in following up that announcement by declaration' Government ;he did not think that the present system
of their intention to take all the grievancesa and corn- was all that could he desired on this subject; much re-
plaints of Ireland into consideration, with a view mained still to be done. He had thus mentioned some
to their adjustmeet. ' That Mr. O'Connell would of the topics which, in the present state of the country,
have obeyed..
such ,
fa preclamation -he thought he thought were well deserving the consideration
they could not doubt
for on-the very first occasion on of that House. Ht. had already said he would not refer
which-the advisers of the Lord Lieutenant thought he to the various measures which had 'been brought for-
ehettld'cleclare that a meeting was illeeal the declaration ward during the present session; a great number of
wait followed not merely by instant obedience, nor hy w hieh had been withdrawn. But there was one sub-
sullen- acqulesence, but by the most active 'measures for jest which ought • PIA not to be omitted from their
the prevention of a Meeting which had' been'asenounced. consideration that was, the length of time that
He thought, thereforeett was impossible to 'doubt that if was sutfered to elapse at the commencement
at the eteuimeteemient'of those meetings a similar course 'of the session without fowarding measures at all,
had been :taken, a ainatat. obedience would have which were afterwards passed in a greathurryat the end
beeiv:Paid. He confessed that the stoppage of these of it. If the House were to attend to measures of Le-
caeocuaga,..by itaelf, _would lee been- 5.m0.0 a useless gislatiou/sttrel. 'same lama might be found of bringing

—The LORD CHANCELLOR— There were few of
hem there since the Bill went back.—(A laugh.)
The Earl of HADDINGTON said that there were

Members for Ireland in the House quite enough to raise
debates, if they thought the people of Ireland cared a
straw whether the Judges or the Lord-Lieuteaant should
have the patronage.
The !,larquis of CLANRICARDE considered the
question of great importance, as was every question re
specting the administration a justice in Ireland ' • and it
would be,exceed,hgly-mischievous to place the Judges
of Ireland in a worse position, than those of England.
Their Lordships then divided, when there app eared—
Contents
' Non-contents
• • ,
The amendment of . the Commons was accordingly
agreed to, and the Bill was passed.
COMMON LAW PROCESS BILL.

On the order of the day for the further consideration
of the Commons' amendments upon this Bill being read,
Lord CAMPBELL opposed the amendments, and
moved that they be taken into consideration that day
three months.
After a few words from Lord WHARNCLIFFE, the
motion of the Noble and Learned Lord was agreed to,
and the Commons' amendments were rejected.
THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.

The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved.an address
to her Majesty,. praying . that her Majesty would
take measures for carrying into effect the recommenda-
tions of their Lordships' Committee respecting the
progress of the building of the Houses of Parliament.
Lord CAMPBELL ,hoped that the address would be
as stringent as possible' otherwise the House.would not
be ready for: their Lordships within seven years.—
(Hear, and a laugh.) Their Lordships would be con-
demned to do their work in " this miserable dungeon,"
whereas the Commons had as good a house as could be
desired for space. ventilation, and every accommodation.
The Earl of BESBOROUGH said that it was only
justice to Mr. •Barry to say that, when that architect
prothised that the House of Lords could be completed in
two years, he expressly stated that he meant two years
from the formation of the coffer-dam.
The Earl of Vicitiow and Lord SITDELEY agreed
with the Marquis.of Clanricarde, that the delay of the
buildings was inexcusable.
Lord MONTEAGLE thought their Lordships ought
to insist 'upon the building being completed without
delay. He did not think that it was pecessary (with the
simple habits of this country) that the buildings should
be delayed' until our artists learned. fresco-painting.` •
Lord WHARNCLIFFE said that it could not be de-
nied that the last exhibition in fresco-painting had been
very unsatisfactory, and that their Lordships could not
wait until our artists acquired perfection, in that depart-
inent.—The motion was then agreed to.
POST-OFEICE INQUIRY.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE asked tOether or
not the
.Government- had come to a determin tieri as to
altering the law respecting the opening of letters in the
Post-otfice? .
Lord WHARNCLIFFE said that her' Majesty's Go-
vernment had not yet had time to onsider the report of
the Committee.on this subject.. . - • .
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented a peti-
tion from hawkers and pedlars in the county of Durham,
complaining of the tax upon their licensee.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said
,that the petition
could not be received by their Lordships, as it related to
L a tax.

MERCHANT SEAMEN'S BILL.
The Duke of BUCCLEUCH and other.Lorda brought
up, from a conference, the Commons' reasons for dis-
sent to the Lords' amendments on thiseßill.
Other. Peers brought up, from conference, the Com-
ruens'igreement to the Lords' 'amendments on the Irish
Fisheries Bill and the Art-Unions Bill.
ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE.
Lord,CAMPBELL begged to ask of the Noble Duke,
or the Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack— •
The LORD CHANCELLOR—I.never answer ques-
tions..-(Laughter.)
. Lord CAMPBELL only asked a .question as to the
adjournment of House. , •
The LORD CHANCELLOR—If you ask that ques-
tion it will get up a debate.—(A laugh.)
LOi'd WHARNCLIFFE said it Was his intention to
move the adjournment of the House till the 2d of Sep=
teipber: -• • • ••- • • ' • •
The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the adjourn-
ment to that day was resolved upon, because Mr. Justice
Pattison, a judge of ' great learning and experience.,
could not be in town before the 28th of August, and the
next earliest day that could be fixed was Monday, the
2d SepteMber.
Messengers from the Commons brought up'the Joint
Stock Company's Bill, and the Joint-Stock' Banks'
Regulations Bill, with. their Lordships' amendments
agreed to. • •
Their Lordships adjourned at Eight o'Clock till Mon-
day, the -2d of September.

• HOUSE OF COMMONS, August 9. •
The SPEAKER took the Chair at a Quarter to Four
o'clock.'
THE RAJA OF SATTARAIL
A messenger from the East India House appeared at
the. bar with certain correspondence relating to the Raja
of Sattaiah."--Ordered to he on the table. .
ADJQCRNMENT OF THE HOUSE.
Sir R. PEEL said—l rise, according to notice, to move
the adjotirmnt:rit the House. •I • propose .that the
adjournment shall be to a somewhat distant day, and
therefore, move •that this House, at its rising, do adjourn
till I hursday, the sth of September.
lir. S HEIL said be presumed the Right Ron. Baronet,
instead of proioguing Parliaraent, had moved the
wouniment.-ailJ that ,day, •iu - oterisaoe ilx,