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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDA% MORNING, JUNE 4, 1842

L{ We are conscious that the best and most efficient made
of applying these ample means to give permanent relief to
the population, without temporary evil to any portion of it,
is not yet fully known either to the Government or the
people, or it would be immediately adopted.
44 We believe that a discovery has been made of the means
and mode of applying them to extensive practice, even to the
empire, wide az, are its limits in the four quarters of the world;
and we desire to be aided by the Government to effect, in the
shortest time, this great good for our country ; and that it may
become a beneficial and glorious example to the world.
44 We therefore beseech your Majesty to overcome all the
obstacles of form or prejudice, which may otherwise intervene
to prevent your Majesty from giving such directions to your
Ministers as will effect this most to be desired result, for the
permanent happiness of all your Majesty's subjects, and of all
the nations of the world.

" For and on behalf of the Meeting,
" ROBERT OWEN, Chairman."
These having been seconded were carried unanimously.
It was then agreed that the documents should be signed by
the Chairman on behalf of the meeting, and that the movers
and seconders of the resolutions should form a Committee to
secure the presentation of the Memorial, Petition, and Address.
.51r. FINCH was then moved to the chair, and the thanks of
the meeting having been given by acclamation to Mr. Owen,
that gentleman expressed his great gratification at the very
patient and orderly conduct of the assembly, and their disposi-
tion to listen to the truth ; after which the meeting separated,
at half-past eleven o'clock.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
GLOBE.—In the House of Lords, last night, Lord
Kinnaird forced upon the attention of a reluctant audi-
tory the subject ;.,f national distress. The refusal of
their Lordships to consent to the appointment of a Com-
inittee, for the purpose of investigating the causes which
have conspired to produce this calamitous state of
things, was to be expected. The inquiry would, neces-
sarily, be long and laborious, without having an object
sufficiently interesting to repay the sacrifice of time
which must be taken from aristocratic pursuits ; and
the application to which would be at once fatiguing and
futile. If the cause of faction could have been served,
or the prospect of obtaining a paltry party gratification
been held out—as in the Committee appointed by their
Lordships to inquire into the administration of the
Irish Government by Lord Normanby—there would
have been sufficient motive to stimulate exertion, and
sufficient advantage to reward it: But to inquire into
the distress of the country—to investigate its origin,
e:ith a view to applying relief adequate to its ex-
tent and severity, and with the ultimate design
of providing a suitable remedy—who would be so
unreasonable as to expect anything of the kind ? The
idea was preposterous, as the Duke of Welling-
ton pretty plainly intimated. If Parliamentary decorum,
maintained in their Lordships' House to the verge of
frigid etiquette, would have tolerated the use of terms
so vulgar, the motion, if not its originator, would have
been voted a grievous bore ! With whatever inattention
the facts brought before the House of Lords by Lord
Kinnaird might be treated in that assembly, those facts,
with the statements bv which the terrible distress of the
country was illustrated and proved, will make their due
impression out of doors. Though the sufferers, spread
over the face of the country, but congregated in masses
in the manufacturing districts, fail to obtain the ear
of the Lords—though, under the leadership of a Wel-
lington, and countenanced by a Richmond, the Member of
the Peerage who brings the lamentable tale of public
suffering before their Lordships fails to obtain an atten-
tive hearing, and is compelled to withdraw his motion in
sheer despair of taking anything by pressing it to a divi-
sion—the effect upon the country is nut lost. When we
find this determined disposition shown to refuse inquiry,
and so much soreness displayed lest the exclusive in-
terests of the landowners should be brought in question
by the inquiry asked for, or even alluded to, however
incidentally, in the course of a speech in which the dis-
tresses of the manufacturing population are exhibited,
we cannot help suspecting that there is a secret mis-
giving as to the possibility of much longer preserving,
fer the doubtful advantage of a class. a policy which
works certain and incalculable mischief's to the com-
munity.
STANDARD.—The House of Commons did not sit
last night, and for anything useful that passed in the
higher House of Parliament, that noble assembly might
as well have given itself a similar relaxation. Lord
Kinnaird moved for. a Committee to inquire into the
causes of the present distress, with the expectation of
withdrawing his motion, which expectation was of course
realised ; but also with the purpose of making a long
speech, which his Lordship had the power to execute.
Ile made his speech, in which he condemned the Queen's
letter—condemned the relief given by the Government to
the sufferers a t Paisley—condemned the Corn-laws—con-
demned the patience of the people—in short., condemned
everything of which wise and good men approve. He
was answered at some length by the Duke of Wellington,
who defended all that the Nillble Lord denounced. Lord
Radnor consistently supported his friend Lord Kinnaird's
motion. A short debate followed, in which the Duke
of Richmond, Lord Western, Lord Clanricarde, Lord
Monteagle, Lord Brougham, and Lord Fitzgerald
took part ; • hut Lord Kinnaird and Lord Radnor
found themselves unsupported by any one, and the
motion having served its purpose, was, as we have
said, withdrawn. Some speeches deserve attention from
their eloquence, or from the ingenuity, the force, or novelty-
of their arguments. Lord Kinnaird's speech challenges
notice by the opposite qualities in all respects—it was
not eloquent, as all who know his Lordship will easily
believe, and its arguments were a hash of the thousand-
times refuted common-places of the Anti-Corn-law
League, put so unhappily together as to expose
altogether ludicrously• their weakness and inconse-
quence. The -Noble Lord's quarrel with the Queen's
letter is curious. It is not addressed to the teachers of
dissenting congregations. We know not how these
teachers will receive the complaint that they are not
placed under the authority of the executive ; but such a
complaint is strongly at variance with their professed ab-
horrence of a connexion with the State. What has the
Queen to. do with the teachers of dissenting congrega-
tions as such ? As Queen, she owes protection to all
her subjects, whatever their religious professions; but
she can exercise specific authority only over those over
whom the laws have given her authority. .

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MONEY MARKET-and CITY NEWS.
CHRONICLE.--It appears by the American papers lately
received there is an impression in the United States that the
leading European capitalists have come to the determination
not to enter into any contract for a loan to the United States,
or a state government, until effectual measures shall have been
adopted for the restoration of state credit ; and we are informed
that declarations to that effect have been made by houses here
of great influence. If the capitalists referred to did make any
suit contract, it does not seem probable that the English
public would take the loan from them for investment. Stock
issued by American states, whose resources are beyond ques.
tion, is at present without demand; which we can only ac-
count for, in the situation of our Money Market, by the exist-
ence of an apprehension that the principles of repudiation, in
respect to public engage ments, evinced in some of the states,
pervade the whole country. Danish Three per Cents. and New
York Fives are at about the same rate; the Threes very cur-
rent and the Fives unsaleable. There can be no doubt, how•.
ever, that in population and wealth New York very much sur-
passes Denmark. While the United States Government is un-
able to raise money in London, it is currently reported that the
Government of Mexico have been offered an advance of
15,000,000 of dollars by the British merchants in Mexico, tna
condition that Santa Anna brings forward a liberal tariff.

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MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in
the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes
Registered in the week ending May 28, 1842." The Table is
issued from the Office of the Registrar-General :

Weekly
Average
1838-9-40.1
Total, r
Four I Four
Springs IYear*
Epidemic, Endemic, & Contagious Diseases 147 183 190
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 154 147 149
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration
Oi,seases of the Heart and Blood-vessels
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other
Organs of Digestion ... .. 51 56 61
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c
Cbildbed, Diseases of the Uterus, Sec.-- 9 9 10
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 3 6 6
Diseases of the Skin, &c
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
01. d Age, or Natural Decay 62 63 69
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intem-
perance
Causes not specified 2 6 7
Deaths from all causes.
833
Average Weekly Deaths B7l 912
Population Average Death
enu. Weekly in
merated Deaths the
1641. 1839-9-4 C-1. Week.
West—Kensington, St. George
( Hanover-square),Westmin- Four Four
ster, St. Martin in the Fields, Ye •rs-I springs-
St. James 300,705 135 136 148
North—St. Mary-le-bone, St
Pancras, Islington, Hackney 365,660 162 156 153
Central—Saint Giles and Saint
George, Strand, Clerkenwell,
Holborn, St. Luke, East Lon-
don, West London, City of
London 373,806 188 179 169
East—Shoreditch,Whitechapel,
Bethnal Green, St. George
in the East, Stepney, Poplar 392,491 206 190 165
South—St Saviour, St. Olave,
St. George( Southwark),Ber-
mondsey, Newington, Lam-
beth, Camberw.ll, Rothe',
hitke, Greenwich .. . ... -.438,060 221 210 198

CAUSES OF DEATH.

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Total 1,870,727 912 871 833
It is stated that under the term Metropolis are comprised the
32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of Lon.
don with and without the walls, the City and Liberties of
Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bills of Mortality_.
and the parishes of St..%Ltrylebone, St. Pancras, Kensington,
Fulham, Hammersmith C,hapelry), St. Luke (Chelsea), Pad-
dington, St. Mary (Stoke Newington), St. Leonard_(Brom-
ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camberwell, Greenwich, St. Nicholas
and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, as
enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890, and in June 1841, was
1,870,727. The weekly average for 1838, 1839, 1840, and
1841, was obtained by dividing the deaths in the four years by
208, and the deaths in the four winters by 52.
TEMEEILATUKE IN THE WEEKS ENDING
May 21.. May 5..3.
70D 75-
48 48
s'-i 59
2, 1812.

iiighest

Luw. est

Daily Mean .
General Register Office, June

The Einelie and Felix, Captain 13cl-rho, which ar-
rived on the 29th at Havre, from Martinique, brings us details
of the effects produced in that colony by the news of the ad-
.journment of the debate on the sugar question. The accounts
given by the Captain represent the alarm as general, and busi-
peas completely at a stand.—Commerce.
' On Sunday afternoon last a man who was. lying
,asleep on the parapet (,f the Qusi de ]'Hotel Dieu fell suddenly
into the river. The immersion awoke him, and .his cries
being heard he was rescued by two persons of the hospital,
into which he was conveyed, and he was soon perfectly re:.
stored.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, June :3.
The Loan CumicEnott took his seat on the Wool-
sack, at Five o'Clock.
A number of Bills upon the table were advanced a
stage.
CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION.--111AYNOOTH.
Lord KENYON presented several petitions against
the College of Maynooth—for an inquiry into the sys-
tem of education pursued there—for the exclusion of
Roman Catholics from Parliament—and for the repeal
of the Act of 1829, called the Catholic Relief Act.
CASE OF MR. BIDDULPII.
The Marquis of NORMANBY wished to correct a
misapprehension which had gone abroad as to what
he had said last evening on the subject of
Mr. Biddulph's case. It was supposed that he
had expressed himself as satisfied that no blame
attached to the Lord Chancellor, or the Lord (Thief
Justice, nor either to the Noble Lord at the head of the
Irish Government. What he had said was, that no
blame could attach to either of those Judges, and that
whilst he did not blame his Noble Friend, the Lord
Lieutenant, yet he regretted that his Noble Friend should
not blame the Attorney and Solicitor-Generals for leav-
ing him in ignorance; but he also said that he hoped
that what had occurred would prevent his Noble Friend
from allowing himself to be kept in ignorance in future.
The Earl of RIPON had understood his Noble Friend
to say that he entirely acquitted the Lord Chief Justice,
the Lord Chancellor, and the Lord Lieutenant, but that
the whole blame lay with the Law Officers of the. Crown.
The Marquis of NORMANBY had said more than
simply that, for ho had expressed his regret that his
Noble Friend did not blame the Attorney -General for
keeping him in ignorance, whereas he had expected his
Noble Friend to express great indignation on the subject.
.The Earl of CLARENDON gave notice, that on Mon.
day next he would present an important petition from
the Cape of Good Hope.
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POOR-LAWS.
Earl STANHOPE presented numerous petitions from
Oldham and other places, against the existing Poor-laws.
LIVERPOOL COURTS.
A Message from the Commons brought up the Bo-
rough Courts of Liverpool Bill.
INCOME. TAX.
The Earl of ROSEBERY presented petitions from
Market Deerham, Nerfidlc, against the Income-tax.
FACTORY BILL.
The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition from
the clergymen of Leeds, and from seventy other clergy-
men in various parts of Yorkshire, Lancashire, &c.,
against the employment of children in factories. and in
favour of a Ten Hours' Bill. He concurred in
the prayer of the petition, which he considered
was entitled to their Lordships' grave attention,
as it came from persons who were altogether disin-
terested, and who had the best opportunities of forming
a correct estimate of the effect of the present system.
The Law of Evidence Improvement Bill, and the
Fines and Recovery (Wales and Chester) Bill, were
each read a third time and passed.
The Australia and New Zealand Land Bill went
through Committee.
AFFAIRS IN AFGHANISTAN.
Lord BEAUMONT rose, pursuant to notice, to pre-
sent a petition from the Indial Committee of the Colonial
Society, praying for the production of documents re-
lating to the origin of the war in Affghanistan.
The petitioners expressed their deep regret, that the
boundary between the dominions of Russia, and the ter-
ritories of Great Britain in the East, had been
thrown open ; when they had already seen Turkey
made war upon, and left without assistance, until
she was completely broken down beneath the
power of Russia ; they saw the Caspian swept of
the flag of Persia, and the influence of Russia so es-
tablished as to be able to turn attention to Persia
as a part of her hereditary territory, and to
cause a second attack to be made upon He-
rat, in spite of the remonstrances of England.
If the papers which he had seen were correct, their in-
formation went to confirm the supposition that there had
been a willingness on the part of Dost Mahommed to
form an alliance with the British Government ; but that
the Russian Envoy arrived before communications could
be received, and the consequence was, that Dost Ma-
hommed entered into communication with St. Peters-
burgh, and an alliance was formed with Runjeet Sing,
who was to attack Shah Soojah, and commence • the
war in Afighanistan. The result of this had been but
too disastrous. The production of those papers would
prove whether the English had lost all their influence in
Affghanistan. He believed that the English had ample
means of repelling the attacks, and preventing the in-
juries which had occurred. But this part of the war he
would not dwell upon; it was to the commencement of the
war that the prayer of the petition referred. It prayed
for the production of documents relative to Runjeet
Sing and Shah Soojah. It might be said that it was
not usual to produce to Parliament these documents, but
it must be remembered that an immense power was de-
legated to the President of the Board of Con-
trol, and therefore the Parliament had a right to ask
some explanation of the line of conduct which
he had pursued. He had the power of making peace or
declaring war in India, and therefore it was but right
that lie should be called upon to give an explanation
when it was required by Parliament. The war in
India was set forward as a kind of gilding to the pill of
the Income-tax, and the people of England hacl.kor this
reason also a right to an' answer. He thought': he had
stated enough to justify the petition, but if it Was found
inconvenient for any reasons to give those despatches, ho
would abstain from asking for them, at the•sarne time
holding himself disengaged to renew the subject when
those reasons ceased. He should, therefore, move that
the petition be laid on the table.
ORMSBY INCLOSURE BILL.
A Conference was appointed by the House to meet the
Conference of the House of Commons, to discuss the
amendments on this Bill.
AFFGHANISTAN.
Lord FITZGERALD said that he did not think their
Lordships would wish, or the Noble Lord himself
expect, that he should follow the Noble Lord into the
various topics which he introduced in the course
of his speech, especially as the petition he had
presented only came from the Secretary of a Society
of which their Lordships had heard but little—(Hear,
hear)--and on which he did not propose to fonnd
any motion. It would be unbecoming and unfair
in him (Lord F.), holding the position lie did, were
he induced, in the present imperfect state of their in-
formation-from India, and of the position of their army
there, to enter into a discussion so premature and ill-
timed. It was not for him (Lord F.) to defend the
policy of the measures the Noble Lord complained-
of. When that policy came under discussion, he
would not hesitate to express his opinion of it,
but it would be enough for him to defend the
policy which the present Government would in future
recommend.—(Hear, hear.) Yet he hardly thought the
Noble Lord did justice to those who recommended
the course of policy he complained of, when he stated
that Parliament and the country were ignorant of the
motives upon which the late Government acted.
He was not giving any Opinion, but viith the
volume he held in his hand, he thought the
Noble Lord could hardly make that statement.
The Noble Lord had, in the course of his observations,
laid too broad a foundation for the superstructure that
he had afterwards raised ; for in presenting a petition
from a private society he had not prepared a foun-
dation for the discussion of a proposition relative
to the whole of the policy of England as connected
with Russia, Turkey, and Central Asia. He must say
that' the feelings which the Noble Lord had expressed
relative to the hostility of Russia to this country were
feelings which her Majesty's Government did not
share with the Noble Lord. There never was
a period at which, in the relations subsisting
between Russia and Great Britain. with respect to
Turkey and the East, there existed more confidence and
more amicable feeling, and there was no country in the
world in which the diplomatic agents of both countries had
been acting with more cordiality and success than had
the agents of those countries lately at the Court of Te-
heran. This much he (Lord Fitzgerald) thought it
necessary to say, for the purpose of allaying those ap-,
prehensions, from whatever quarter they might
come, which seemed to be entertained by
some parties with respect to Russia.—(Hear, hear.)
Having stated so much, he did not think it necessary to
advert further to -the various points referred to by the
Noble Lord in his speech. Discussions of this
kind could be but prejudicial to the government of
affairs in India. No information could be elicitesl
by such discussions, inasmuch as, in the present state of
our information on the subject, no responsible ser-
vants of the Government were competent to throw
much light on the state of the matter ; therefore
it was that he deprecated any discussion on these
topics. If papers had ibeen withheld by Govern-
ment, it was because the exigency of the public service
required it. If the Noble Lord had moved for
the production of papers on the subject, he
(Lord Fitzgerald) -should have been prepared to resist
the motion. He would content himself, in conclusion,
with observing that he trusted the Noble Lord would not
think it necessary tb renew this discussion, which it was
most desirable should be avoided.
Lord BEAUMONT explained. He bad merely stated
that he believed that certain papers had been withheld
alacycuthraetGe
informationove
Government,
on
t, withthoeutsuthb
subject couldeprodu be obtained.
production ofstsaiiiniced.hno
Lord FITZGERALD was not able to give the Noble
Lord the satisfaction which he desired, of hearing that
there was a likelihood of a war with Russia.
The petition was then ordered to lie on the table as
the petition of Mr. Whitt-.
The House then adjourned till Monday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 3.
The SPEAKER took his seat at the usual hour.
BOROUGH Or BELFAST.
Mr. HAY TER brought up the Report of the Belfast
Committee. The Report stated that James Emerson
'ferment and William Johnson,- Esqrs., were not duly
elected to serve as Members for the borough of Belfast,
and that the election was void. •
Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice that he • would, on
Monday, move for the suspension of -the writ, and for
an inquiry into the corrupt compromise by which gross
bribery, multiplied perjury, and personation to a great ex-
tent, were prevented from being investigated.
LEEDS IMPROVEMENT -BILL
Mr. G. KNIGHT moved that the Committee on this
Bill have leave to make a special Report.
DEPTFORD PIER BILL.
Sir J. HANMER brought up the Report on this Bill,
which was ordered to be engrossed.
On the motion of Captain WENIYSS, the Burntisland
and Granton Pier Bill was read a third time and passed.
On the motion of Sir _HOWARD DOUGLAS, the
Liverpool Borough Court Bill was read a third time, and •
passed.
On the motion of Mr. MILES, the Lords' amendments
to the B;istol. and Gloucester Railway Bill,were agreed to.

LONDON AND CROYDON RAILWAY (GRANGE-
ROAD) APPROACHES.
The Report on this Bill was brought up, and ordered
to be engrossed.
Mr. CLIVE moved the consideration of the Report on
the London and Croydon Railway (Grange-road) Ap-
proaches Bill.
Sir E. KNATCHBULL opposed the bringing up of
the Report, and moved as an amendment that it should
be taken into furtlier consideration that day three months.
Lord MARSHAM seconded the motion of the Right
Hon. Baronet.
Mr. KEMBLE said he had heard a great deal about a
breach of faith on the part of the Croydon Com-
pany, and a variety of other charges against them ;
but he should not occupy the attention of the
House by alluding to them now, as the question to
be considered was, whether the forms of the House
had been complied with. He thought that consistently
with the forms of the House, if the Bill had not passed
through the requisite forms, it could not now be
in its present shape.—(Hear, hear.) The facts were
those :—The Croydon Railway originally petitioned
for leave to bring in a Bill, for the purpose of
forming a road. lie (Mr. Kemble) was on that Com-
mittee, and the Committee was of opinion that the
question they had to consider was, whether this was
to be a common Road Bill em'a Railway Bill ; if a Rail-
way Bill, then the fortes of the House had net been com-
plied with ; and they considered, inasmuch as the word
depot had been introduced, it must be a railway. The
Croydon Company appealed, to' the Committee of Stand-
ing; Orders, when the former' decision was confirmed.
He then brought in another Bill—that Bill had
been acceded to, and was now in the condition in
which it appeared before the House. From a paper
which he held in his hand, it appeared that the Green-
wich Railway Company were of opinion that it was
the intention, and within the power of this Com-
pany, to use the land they required under the
Bill for a railway or a depot, but as they said it was
only for a road that they went before the Committee,
the Greenwich Company did not see any grounds for op-
posing them there. He should like to know what
grounds they had now ? It was the instruction
of his Hon. Friend on his right, at the third
reading of the Bill, to introduce a clause to pre-
vent them making this road into a railway. They
had been told by eminent counsel that they could not
make it into a railroad, and they had no intention of
doing so ; they had no objection, therefore, to the intro-
duction of a clause to let the house understand that they
had no, power or desire to make anything but a road.
Under these circumstances he should certainly oppose the
motion of the Right Hon. Gentleman. He trusted the
House would support the Bill, and, if a division took
place, that a large majority would appear in its favour.
Mr. STRUTT said, that as Chairman of the Com-
mittee which recommended the House to grant per-
mission to the Committee to introduce their Bill,
he wished to say a few
.words. If the Com-
mittee had supposed that such clauses as appeared
in the Bill were intended to have been introduced,
they never would have, recommended the House to
grant permission for its introduction. It was under-
stood that this was to be a mere Road Bill for the access
of carriages and carts to the terminus of the railway,
but as clauses were proposed to erect bridges, and
otherwise level the roads, it appeared that a railway
was contemplated. Had the Committee been aware of
this they certainly would'not have made the recommen-
dation they did. If , the House allowed this Bill
to pass, it would be setting a dangerous precedent in
allowing el:fuses to be introduced into a Road Bill for the
construction of a railway. lie must say that it appeared
to him that these parties had,spot adhered to the original
Bill for which alone they received the indulgence of the
House in being allowed to introduce it. Under these
circumstances, he felt it his duty to support the motion
of the Right Hon. Baronet.
Mr. DARBY considered that the opposition to this
Bill by the Greenwich Railway Company, was for the
purpose of establishing a monopoly on their own parts.
If the House rejected this Bill, it would in fact be decid-
ing that no person should come to London by railway
from Dover, Tunbridge, Croydon, or Brighton, except
by the Greenwich line.
Mr:WILSON PATTEN would, on the third reading
of the Bill, move the insertion of a clause prohibiting•
the Company from laying down rails on this line of road
without again applying to Parliament.
Mr. CHILDERS objected to the introduction of any
provisions into this Bill, enabling the Company to make
preparations for turning it into a railroad at some future
period. If a west-end terminus for the Croydon Rail-
way were desirable, let the Company bring in a Bill for
that purpose ; but the terminus of the proposed road
was quite as far from Westminster Bridge as the pre-
sent terminus.
WATERFORD ELECTION COMMITTEE.
It being now nearly five o'clock the names of the
Members chosen to serve on the Waterford Election
Committee were called over as follows :—J. Jervis, Esq.,
Captain Boldero,'Admiral Deans Dundas, E. H. A'Court,
Esq., J. H. Vivian, Esq., Viscount Somerton, J, W.
Hogg, Esq., Chairman.
When the Hon. Members came. to the table to be
sworn, it was discovered that Viscount Somerton was
absent. The other Members then withdrew from the
table.

ATHLONE ELECTION COMMITTEE.
The following Members were then called to the table,
to be sworn in, to serve on the Athlone Election Com-
mittee :—the Hon. G. C. Forester, Sir B. Hall, B.
Bottield, Esq., Captain Pechell, J.llornby, Esq., Sir
James Duke, E. Divett, Esq., Chairman.
Sir James Duke not appearing to answer to his came,
Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET said, he under-
stood that Sir James Duke was suffering from severe
indisposition, and that his medical man was in attendance
to be examined. He therefore moved that the medical
man be called in.—Agreed to.
The motion having been agreed to, Mr. J. Bainbridge,
the medical gentleman in attendance on Sir J. Duke,.
was then called in, and in answer to questions from the
SPEAKER, stated that Sir J. Duke was at present very
ill, though not dangerously so; that he thought it would
be dangerous for him to atted an Election Committee,
as he was suffering from a sore throat, which he was ap-
prehensive might turn into scarlet fever. He had gone
out of doors yesterday, but he was not so well to-day.
The witness was ordered to withdraw, and
On the motion of Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET,
the order for the Committee was discharged, to be re-
ferrEd back to the ComMittee of Selection, on their first
day of meeting (Monday next).
WATERFORD COMMITTEE.
The
.Members composing the Waterford Committee
were
.again called to the table, and Viscount Somerton
being still absent,

Ljrd G. SOMERSET moved, that the Sergeant-at-
Arms be ordered to take the Noble Viscount into
custody.—Agreed to.
CROYDON RAILWAY BILL.
The debate on the Croydon Railway was then re-
sumed.

Mr. ESCOTT complained that the Standing Orders
were not complied with in the present case.
Mr. RICE said that the main object for which the
House had to consult, was the convenience of the public.
That was an object much more important than the
squabbles of railroad companies.
Mr. ATTWOOD would vote forstopping the further
progress of the Bill.

Mr. LABOUCHERE would vote against the further
progress of the Bill, in consequence of the Standing
Orders of the House not being comlSlied with.
Mr. GREENE opposed the Bill.
The House then divided, when there appeared,—
For the reception of the Report BB
For the amendment
Majority for the amendment —6o
ORMSBY INCLOSURE BILL.
A Conference was appointed to consult with the Lords
respecting certain amendments introduced by their
Lordships on the Ormsby Inclosure Bill. Mr. Hume,
who conducted the Conference on the part of the Com-
mons, informed the House that the other House of Par-
liament insisted on the amendments which they had
adopted. •

SUNDERLAND ELECTION

The SPEAKER informed the House that he had re-
ceived a notice from- the agent on behalf of the peti-
tioners against the return for Sunderland, that it was not
their intention to proceed with the petition.
DROPPED ORDERS.
The dropped Notices of Motion and Orders of the
Day were re- appointed.
NOTICES OF MOTION.
Mr. G. KNIGHT gave notice of his intention to move
for .certain.ukases issued by-Russia relative to Poland.
Mr. HODGSON HINDE gave notice that he should,
on Monday, present a petition from the shipowners of
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, praying for the appointment of a
Committee .to inquire into the operation of the recipro-
city system. .
Afr. O'CONNELL gave.notice that when the second
reading of the Newfoundland Bill should be moved,
he should move as an amendment that the second
reading be postponed until the colony should have
had time to consider the . The Right Hon. and
Learned Gentleman also la
Learned that, on Mon-
day, he shOuld move for the Appointment of a Se-
lect Committee to inquire juto the, corrupt compromise
which had taken place to prevent the investigation of
the gross bribery, personation, and intimidation which
had been practised at the last Belfast-Election Commit-
tee. He would now move that the issue of the new writ
for Belfast be suspended to Monday next.—Agreed to.

THE BISHOP OF QUEBEC.
Mr. W. O. STANLEY said that he understood that
when a brother officer of his died in Canada during the
course of last year, the officers of his regiment had re-
quested permission to erect a tablet to his memory,
in the Cathedral of Quebec, which permission had
been refused by the Bishop. He wished to ask
the Noble' Lord, the Secretary for the Colonies, if he had
heard of any refusal on the part of the Bishop of Quebec
to permit the erection of a tablet to the memory of an
officer of the 2d Regiment of Foot Guards, in the Cathedral
Church of Quebec, and if he had seen copies of any cor-
respondence between the Bishop of Quebec and the
officer commanding the troops in Canada on the subject.
Lord STANLEY said the only information he had
rzecived on the subject was from common report upon
what had passed elsewhere on the subject ; and with re-
gard to the correspondence, he was not swam of its ex-
istence until that Hon. Gentleman had informed him
of it. •

Mr. W. 0. STANLEY would on Monday repeat the
question to the Secretary at War, as he was aware there
was a correspondence on the subject at the Horse
Guards.

DECIMAL CURRENCY.
Dr. BOWRING gave notice that :zs soon as the state
of the public business would permit, he should move the
tTpointment of a Committee to consider the question of
the currency, with a view to the adoption of the decimal
standard.—*(Roars orlaughter.)
bi 11E6.
W. P. N. STEWART gave notice that in the Com-
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