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London, England, 1827-05-01 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

A livelier interest among political parties is
often generated by personal questions, than by
the highest concerns of the state. We are not
sure that with the immense importance of the
late or present crisis, caused by the breaking up
of an old stay-tape and buckram Administration,
which for twenty years had been employed in re-
sisting all measures of national improvement, and
by the accession of another Ministry, which had
for the same period carried on, in its character
of opposition, a strenuous but fruitless struggle
for the adoption of such measures---We are not
sure that among the majority of lookers-on, the
chief solicitude about this day's and to-morrow's
proceedings in Parliament will be half so much
to catch a glimpse at the policy or principles to
be henceforth acted on by Great Britain, as to
judge whether Mr. Canning has given the Duke
of Wellington j ust provocation to resign his appoint-
ments ; or whether his Grace has dismissed him-
self without any provocation at all. If the illus-
trious Duke finds himself in the dilemma of
having hastily thrown up his commands without
a single public ground to allege for such a va-
gary, the prudent part, undoubtedly, will be to
hold his tongue, and repent of his precipitation
as soon as the jealous ex-Chancellor Eldon will
suffer him. It certainly was a piece of ill-
humour as mischievous to the public interest as
discreditable to the judgment of the gallent Duke
himself, to send the army adrift, because, for-
sooth, a negligent expression in a hurried note
displeased him ! With any private or particular
feeling of enmity to Mr. Canning, which the
Duke of Wellington may entertain, his Grace
may assure himself that not 100 individuals in
the whole British nation will sympathise. In
that respect, therefore, his Grace may spare him-
self the trouble of a Parliamentary explanation ;
nor would it be altogether wise for his Grace to
venture upon a statement of political facts in jus-
tification of his breach with Mr. Canning. In the
first place, the Duke's supposed tendencies in po-
litics might with more advantage to his name and popu-
larity, be carefully disguised than, blazoned. In the
next place, if he seriously disapproves Mr. Canning's
measures, how comes it that he so recently assured
the House of Lords of his entire concurrence in that
great and spirited act—that which became at once
the key-stone of the entire foreign policy of the Bri-
tish Government—viz., the military defence of Por-
tugal and of her Charter; drawing after it, by an ir-
resistible moral necessity, the liberation of the whole
peninsula ? This was the grand characteristic of
Mr. Canning's policy during the past year : one
somewhat previous, and equally important, though
to a soldier's mind less striking, would be the re-
laxation of our maritime and commercial code. Did
the Duke of Wellington oppose this reform of an
obsolete system ? We take for granted not, because
he still remained in office. On the Catholic- ques-
tion, Mr. Canning, of course, would have left his
Grace as much at liberty as he_ had always been,
and not less so than Lords Lyndhurst and .Bexley,
who form two ornaments of the existing Cabinet.
Mr. Peel is likewise to give an " explanation" of
his motiYeLfor resigningis.-a step which that right
Hon. Gentleman seems to fix on different grounds
from the resignations of the other Ministers, though
what grounds, he has by no means distinctly stated.
Mr. Peel must, always be listened to with attention
and respect : we only hope, for his own sake, that
he is not going to form the nucleus of a Tory oppo-
sition, for which, after a year or two, he will he apt
to find that the country affords no richer materials
than for an anti-Catholic Ministry.—Timcs.
The foundation stone of the London Univer-
sity was yesterday laid. The day wag delightful,
and the ceremony drew an immense crowdto the
spot. This event will, in all probability, have
a powerful influence on the destinies of this coun-
try—we may say of the world. If, from the po-
sition, the activity, and power, and resources of
England, every change which materially affects
her condition is felt in the most distant parts, of
the globe, with equal truth it may be said that
the reit of England must always sympathise
greatly with every change in London, which may
be described as being to the nation what the
heart is to the body. Mr. Brougham in his
admirable speech at the dinner, very appro-
priately introduced the mention of the origin of
the project, with a tribute to the City of Lon-
don, the cradle of civil and religious liberty in
this country—of liberty which had been nur-
tured and watered by the precious blood of its
noblest citizens." To London England owes
almost all that distinguishes her—its noble river,
and happy situation, drew together, at an early
period, a large population, not dependant, like
the population of most other capitals, almost ex-
clusively on the presence of a Court and State
Functionaries, but existing by industry and com-
mercial enterprise. Man is strong only by union,
and the confidence which is the parent of civil
liberty can only exist in perfection in great cities.
Other countries had their Magna Chartai, and
their contests ketween their Kings and their
feudal Barons ; and, withput London, England
would probably, at this day,,have been like other
feudal countries. But London may be said to
have balanced the rest of the kingdom, and to
have counteracted the feudal and aristocratical
spirit which would otherwise have prostrated the
nation. We do not merely allude to the sup-
port
which liberty found in her powerful Corpo-
ration, but to the incalculable benefit which
liberty has derived fiom the existence which this
great city has been able to give to able and in-
trepid writers, who, depending on a circulation
sufficiently large for the supply of their wants,
were able to set the little tyrants of the country
at defiance. An independent Press can only
flourish in poyulous places. Long all the inde-
pendent publications of the country were con-
fined to London. Other towns have arisen of late
years sufficiently Urge to benefit by the ex-
ample set by London; but,it will he found that
in all other parts of England, the press and
public opinion are in a miserable state of pros-
tration, and the local writer's in estate of degra-
ding subserviency to the- Squirearchy. We may
truly, therefore, 'be said to owe the spirit which
characterises England to the protection afforded
to independence by this immense metropolis,
which independence has gradually penetrated
the country, and restrained and corrected by the
influence of opinion, one of the strongest and
most powerful aristocracies in Europe. If Lon-
don, then, is of so much importance to Eng-
land, every change in the character of its im-
mense population must, for good or evil, have a
prodigious, influence on the character of the
nation generally. But, though the number of
publications of merit prove that London has
always
possessed many enlightened inhabitants,
yet it is impossible to deny, that froth the want
of an institution for affording a generous educa-
tion, difficulties almost insurmountable have been
thrown in the_wa of h
knowledge by the
thY youth of n'egtis
• ition of liberal
Youth of the Metropolis.—
When we consider
of the poptil
of the
)arge is the proportion
have been -r ninth. t metropolis, which must
e stinint ui whicla
sonic id„ ofv,, .. may In able to form
the country? A*. .Yttl be given to
the Londaia reach, of
• an, • InAilutian esthat of

which the foundation was laid yesterday. We
anticipate, therefore; from this Institution incal-
culable benefit. We view it as an immense
engine for the achievement of infinite good ; and
we think Mr. Brougham was, therefore, amply
justified in declaring, that "the fabric they had
erected they all felt would be an eternal pillar,
consistent with the best interests of mankind ;
and handing down their names, would recal the
founders of the University to the gratitude of poste-
rity.•, The conquests of science are the noblest of
all conquests ; and we heartily agree with Mr. B.
in thinking that the passing events of the day are
insignificant indeed, compared with the great
work in which lie was yesterday engaged. The
laurels which Mr. Brougham will derive from
his incessant efforts to diffuse instruction and intelli-
gence among the people of England will be fresh
when those of the mere politician will have been long
faded. Mr. Brougham took occasion to give an idea
of the mode of communicating instruction, which it
was proposed to adopt. " Instead of the Lecturer
giving a single lecture of an hour each day, it was
proposed that each Professor should lecture an hour
each day, and that he should, during another hour,
examine the pupils successively, to ascertain if they
had comprehended the lecture, and if he had made
himself understood. A third hour was to be em-
ployed, at least three days each week, if not six, in
discussions, to which such pupils should have ac-
cess as chose to push their studies, and they should
attend the levees of the Professors, who would have
the power of dispensing the highest titles and
honours which a Sovereign could confer on a sub-
ject—he meant the power of helping the pupils in
in their labours, and directing the higher studies of
those who felt disposed to examine into the opera-
tion's of nature. The Professors should in these
meetings more fully explain to the ambitious stu-
dents the prodigies of science, and encourage them
not only to learn whatever was already known, but
they should put them in the proper path to become
discoverers themselves." Mr. Brougham paid a
happy compliment to Cambridge, while deprecating
the foolish attempt which had been made to cause it
to be supposed that the establishment of a Univer-
sity in London was an act of hostility to the two
existing Universities. The Marquess of Lansdown,
himself a student of Cambridge, alluded also with
great judgment and good feeling to this subject. It
is, in fact, an insult to the members of the two Uni-
versities, to suppose for a moment that they grudge
the benefit of education to a large class of their
countrymen, unable to obtain it from them. But
such mean illiberal jealousies cannot exist among
men of science and learning. Learning enlarges the
mind and purifies the heart. Besides, even in a
commercial point of view, all learned institutions
must benefit by the diffusion of the desire to obtain
liberal knowledge. It would be strange, indeed, if
a seat of learning were to suffer from the more
general diffusion of the desire to learn.—Morning
Chronicle.

We yesterday, in contrasting Sir John Leach
with Lord Eldon, observed, that his reluctance
to decide (in matters personal to himself his
Lordship is always prompt in deciding) arose in
a great measure out of his disposition to entangle
himself in the circumstances of a case, and his
inability to lay hold of any principle. In an ar-
ticle in the London Magazine for May (Diary
for the mouth of April), his Lordship's charac-
ter in this respect is very happily hit off.—
" Those persons (says the writer who wish to
understand the character of Lord Eldon, and the
principle, if we may so abuse the word, on which
he shapes his course as a legislator, should study
the following brief remark,. which he uttered in
the Spring-gun debate on the 6th, and which
will serve as a key to his views on matters of
jurisprudence The Lord Chancellor said it
was extremely dangerous to take upon themselves
to say what was the law upon such a subject (i.
e. the setting of Spring Guns). The law must
I depend entirely upon all the circumstances of the
case.' The first proposition is, that it is dange-
rous for Legislators, who make and alter the
laws, to say what the law is. The second, that the
law must depend upon the circumstances of the '
case ; or, in other words, that there is to be no
distinct rule of law stated, but that Judges are to
make it, according to the taste, fancy or whim
of the moment. This speech, containing the
very essence of the most fatal error in Jurispru-
dence, was delivered in the first Legislative As-
sembly by the highest judicial character in this
country, and passed unnoticed and unicbuked!
It has hitherto been accounted a first maxim, a
truism, that law should be a clear rule of com-
mand or prohibition, known and intelligible to
all ; but Lord Eldon, like Moliere's Quack, has
changed all this; he avers, that the law is to grow
out of the circumstances of the case; that when the
man is shot by the Spring-gun, it will be time
euough to inquire whether the engine was legally
set and he was legally killed or not. It is better to
let it then depend on the circumstances, such as the
character of the party killed, as, for instance, was he
a poacher, or the servant of the game preserver;
obnoxious to, or regarded by the superior classes of
the neighbourhood i The doctrine we have quoted
furnishes a striking illustration of the Chancellor's
ideas of law, and shows on what grounds he advo-
cates all that is vicious in our system,.and resists
every measure of wholesome reform. ' Now that John
Earl of Eldon is politically dead (we trust for ever),
and that the judgment of those who had the best
opportunities of observing him, is no longer biassed
by hopes of enjoying some of the many good things
which were at his disposal, justice will be done both
to his merits and demerits. With respect to the
former, however, we suspect his Lordship will have
very sparing mention of them in time to come.--
/bid.

If it be true, as we see it stated in a Sunday
Paper, that the Rector of Marylebone tried
and failed in precisely the same measures at Bir-
mingham, which have caused so strong a sensa-
tion in the former place, we can hardly imagine
a sensible man doing any thing more indiscreet.
What is the use of experience if it do not make
men wise—and how are we to learn wisdom
from those who do not acquire it ? It has been
the peculiar characteristic of Churchmen in all
ages (and we say it, therefore, without reference
to Dr. Spry), to be constantly acquiring wealth
and power by every means within their reach :
and if we compare the pomp. and riches of the
Church (especially the Popish Church, which
the Protestant Clergy are in this respect equally
prone to imitate as to condemn) with the sim-
plicity and pure manners of the Gospel, it is im-
possible not to see how much of the true spirit
of Christianity is lost in the worldly-mindedness
of too many of those who ought to be ,patterns
of that humility and self-denial which they
.so
zealously preach. The whole country is in-
debted to the people of Marylebone, who have,
with so much firmness and propriety, come for-
ward upon this occasion. What is every body's
business is generally nobody's ; and the conse-
Tuence of this is, that from neglect and indif7
erence, things are continually done and per-
mitted, which are not only harsh and irrational
in themselves, but are no sooner suffered to
take place than they are quoted as precedents for
similar acts of injustice. On this very occasion
we find it stated, that because something of the
kind has been smuggled into" one or two other local
acts, this populous and enlightened parish were to
be placed under the same regimen.—Mankind are
unfortunately so prone to be blinded by self-interest,
that principle is for ever lost sight of, more or less,

in all our actions ; and in the kind of transaction
we allude to, men, otherwise ♦ery exemplaiy and
praise-worthy in their lives and conduct, are, for'
the time, insensible to the injury which the cause of
religion sustains by this apparent covetousness on
the part of its ministers. The particular point in
grestion is, we should imagine, now set at rest;
and if so, the sooner the recollection of it subsides
the better; and we more especially hope that the
interests of other persons, which are liable to suffer
by the injudiciousness of those with whom this mea-
sure has originated, will not, in fact, suffer, as we
hear they will, by a step to which some, if not all
of them, have been no parties.—Morning Herald.

The recent experiments in Cabinet-making
will form a very curious epoch in the history of
this country. The result proves one thing
beyond all doubt---namely, that the Whigs of
the present day would rather get into office upon
almost any terms than desire any longer to ex-
emplify the adage, that " virtue is its own re-
ward." If we are to believe the assertions of
those journals which now affect to be their
organs, the negotiation of Mr-Canning with the
Marquis of Lansdown has terminated in an ar-
rangement by which the Noble Marquis and
several other Whig leaders are to come into
office before the close of the Session, having
declined to do so for the present, on considera-
tions of personal convenience ! Now it happens
that it was announced by one of these Journals,
in the most positive manner, on two several oc-
casions, that the Marquis of Lausdown and
other leaders of the Whigs had actually taken
office, and that their appointments were to be
forthwith Gazetted. That these statements were
not true is not at all wonderful, but that consi-
derations of personal convenience should have
any thing to do with, the matter we cannot un-
derstand. There are two motives only by which
men can be governed in the acceptance or refusal
of office—principle and expediency. If the.
Marquis of Lanadown had declined the place
offered him in the Cabinet on the- ground of
principle, it could not be said with any pro-
priety that he had declined it on. considerations
of personal convenience. What is meant, there-
fore, by the latter expression, must be nothing
but expediency ; and when we are told that it
would be an inconvenience to him to accept place
at present, we are to understand that it would be
inexpedient—for, indeed, nothing could be more
unworthy of a patriot and a statesman than to
refuse to serve his country in a difficult crisis,
because it might produce personal inconvenience
to himself—and if the flatterers of the Noble
Marquis had not more zeal than discretion they
would never have put his present line of policy
on so objectionable a ground. But what is it
that makes it inexpedient for the Marquis,or any
other Whig leader, to take office at the present
time ? Is it that they have a distrust in the
stability of Mr. Canning's Administration, arid
are afraid to commit themselves by a direct coali-
tion, until they have time to ascertain whether
it is likely to stand ? If this be the case,
it shows how much they doubt that Mr.
Canning en joys the confidence of the coun-
try. Had the negotiation between the parties
been conducted on the question of principle alone,
it would have been easily decided, and none or that
coquetry which the Premier and the Whig leaders
have amused the public with for these some weeks
past, would have taken place. The question which
the Marquis of LansdOwn would have asked Mr.
Canninc, would havelievi; Auk
that a moderate reform in Parliament, and the con-
cession of the Roman Catholic claims, should be
made Cabinet measures. If Mr. Canning answered
in the negative, as we suspect he must, then the ne-
gociation must be at an end ; for the Whigs have
repeatedly declared that they could not accept office
with a Government which did not identify- those
questions with its policy. If, on the other hand,
Mr. Canning was at liberty to declare that those
measures should be advocated by' the Cabinet,
then the avowed, full, and perfect coalition would
have no reason for being a moment delayed.,.- In
either case, there need be nothing
,of the hesitation
and temporising—the advancing and retreating-'
the breaking off and renewal of negociations which
we have witnessed. And what has all this ended
in ? Not a settled and permanent Administration,
but a sort of provisional Governments in which some
persons are accommodating enough to keep places
warm for others, who are too timid to accept office
at present, and too ambitious to refuse it altogether.
A Prime Minister, who had a spirit and decision
becoming such a station, would say to those ambi-
guous personages—" If you are unwilling to share
my difficulties, you shall not enjoy my success. If
you will not accept my invitation now, 1 will con-
sult my own dignity, not your convenience, and shut
the door of office in your face."—lbid.

It is a remarkable circumstance, that Sir John
Copley, now the Lord High Chancellor of Eng-
land, about twelve years ago, attended the Derby
Sessions as a Barrister ; and not ten years ago,
received one guinea as a fee for his opinion,
from a professional gentleman of this town.—
Sheffield Mercury.

The opening of the Gloucester 4nd Berkeley
ship canal, which was commenced in 1792, took place on
Thursday last. In the progress of forming this canal, it
has been necessary to apply for six Acts of Parliament, the
first of which was obtained in the Session of 1792-3, and
in the latter year the works were commenced. But the
expence of carrying on a design of such magnitude so tre..
mendously exceeded, the estimate, that the original capital
was speedily swallowed up,' and by,the time the locks and
basin had been formed; and about five miles of 'the canal
excavated, the design was abandoned in despair. About
12 years ago, however, the undertaking attracted the at-
tention of Mr. Pearman, of Coventry, and through his
representations, in connection with several other gentle-
men, the design was again taken up, and on the tat of
September, 1517, the works were, resumed. Since that
period, immense sums of money have been expended, and
various has been the success with which the proprietors
have been struggling on ; nor would the plan have been at
last carried into effect, had not fhe aid of Government been
repeatedly afforded; through the medium of the Exchequer
Loan Commissioners. The expenditure to the present time
has exceeded the sum of 450,0001. The canal is 16-4
miles long, and there are 15 swing-bridges over it, exclu-
sive of those over the locks at each end. It is upon one
entire level, and when full, is from 70 to 90 feet wide,
and 18 feet deep, with a spacious basin at each end for re-
ception 'of shipping. On Thursday, being the long-ex-
pected day when the opening was to take place, at an
early hour in the morning, the picturesqee scenery of
Sharpness Point was enlivened by the presence of many
hundreds of spectators, who were attracted to the spot from
all parts .of the country, and the sight was of the most
animating' description. At high water, about half-past
eight o'clock, the ship Anne, of 300 tons, Phillips,
master, belonging to Mr. Irvine, Bristol, was hauled into
the entrance lock, amidst the exulting shouts and congra-
tulations of the spectators, and the firing of guns. She
was then speedily admitted into the canal, when she hoist-
ed all her colours, manned her tops; and gave three hearty
cheers. The towing-horses were now put in reqUisition,
and without any obstruction, the Anne; with the Mere-
dith, another vessel, kept on their course to Gloucester;
and every yard in advance for the last few miles brought
an increase to the number of spectators, till, on approach-
ing the city, the crowd which lined the banks was almost
too dense to move. The grand point of attraction was at
the basin, which was surrounded by an immense mass of
people of all classes; and the warehouses of the Company,
and every other spot which could afford a view of the
scene, were filled with anxious spectators. As the vessels
entered the basin, about half-past three o'clock, the guns
were fired, and mutual congratulations exchanged by all
parties. The Meredith and Anne were then brought to
their respective mooring stations, and it was long ere the
novelty of the scene would allow tile collected assemblage
of spectators to disperse.

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSR*OPOCJOIRMONS.-kASTEIt; 1927.
NOTICES OP lioTiOigi,AltD ORDYAS•OP THE DAY, WIIICII

• STkI4D IN THE ORD/R.-BOOK!
TUESIYAIt, IRA"! 1,...-NO'CICES OF MOTIONS.

1. Mr. Stanlest—;•Select Committee, to inquire into the
state of the Church in Upper and Lower Canada, and
the expediency of explaining and revising so much of
the Act [3l Ge0..3, c. 311 as relates to the main-
tenance of a Protestant Clergy in those Provinces.
2. Lord Viscount Althorp—Bill to prevent persons em-
ployed by Candidates at Elections from voting at such
Elections.
3. Mr. Williams Wynn—Thanks to the Officers and Men
engaged in the late glorious successes in India.
4. Mr. Legh Keck—Motion founded on the Minutes of
the Penryn Election Committee.
ORDERS OF THE DAY.

1. Ludlow• Election Petition--Ballot for Committee at
three.'
2. Names of Members absent to be set aside.
3. Defaulters at Ballots L29th March, sth and 6th April]
to attend.
4. Canada Clergy Reserves Bill—Second reading.
5. Land Revenue (Ireland) Bill—Second reading.
6. Petty Sessions (Ireland) Bill—Second reading.
7. Postage Duties Bill—Third reading.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 2.---NOTICES OF ntoworzs.
1. Lord John Russell—Select Committee to inquire into
the cause of the increase of crime in England.
2. Mr. Littleton—Select Committee to consider the best
means of reducing the various charges on the renewal
of Turnpike Trusts Acts, and the procuring of cer-
tain other Bills.
ORDERS OF TYE DAY.

1. Supply—Committee.
2. Distresses (Ireland) Bill-.-Further' consideration of
Report.
3. Ways and Means—Committee.

THURSDAY, MAY 3.-NOTICES OF MOTIONS.
1. Mr. Wolryche Whitmore—Trade with India.
2. General Gascoyne—Te move for a Select Committee
to inquire into the present distressed state of the Bri-
tish Ship-owners.
3. Lord Nugent--A Return of the number of persons qua-
lified to, rote for Cities and Boroughs, respectively,
in England and Wales ; distinguishing resident from
non-resident, together with the different rights in re-
spect of which they vote.
c.R.DAR.9 Olt THE DAY.

1. Camelford Election Petition—Ballot for Committee at
half after three.
2. Defaulters-at former Ballots to attend.
3. Sussex Election Bill—Second reading.

FRIDAY, MAY 4.—ORDZIt9 OF THS DAY.
1. Land Tax Commissioners Names Bill—Committee.
2. Coventry Election Committee Report—To be consi-
dered.
3. Court of Chancery Bill—Further consideration of
Report.
4. Alehouses Licensing Bill—Further consideration of
Report.
MONDAY, MAY 7.--ORDERS OF THE DAY.

1. Larceny Laws Consolidation Bill—Further considera-
tion of Report.
2. Remedies against the Hundred Bill—Further consider-
ation of Report.
3. Malicious Injuries Bill--Further consideration of Report.
4. Larceny Laws Repeal Bill--Further consideration of
Report.
• TUESDAY,, MAT 8..--.-NOTICE OF MOTION.

Mr. Maurice Fitzgerald—Motion recommending that the
House of Commons shall,take much course as may be
best calculated to realize the policy in which the
Union of Great Britain and Ireland was recommended
to the Legislatures of taith Countries-
on.DEß or TUE DAY.

Stockbridge Election Petition—Ballot for Committee at
half after three.
WEDNESDAY, 3SAY 9...-.-NOTICES OF SIOTIONB.
1. Mr. Sykes—Select Committee to inquire into the de-
fective state of the Representation of the Freeholders
in separate Diltricth or Counties Corporate.
2. Colonel Davies—Resolution, That it is expedient that
in future the Estimates of thee. year; previously to
their being printed, be referred to a Select Committee.

THURSDAY, MAY 10.-NOTICES OF MOTLONS.
1. Mr. Michael Angelo Taylor- gotion tending to sepa-
rate the jurisdiction in all matters of Bankruptcy from
the High Court of Chancery.
A.- Mr: 'Wilmot • Itortciii3fli to amena - *be 'Memo •Trad
Consolidation Act. '
3. Mr. Macqueen—Law of Settlement.

ORDER OF TILE DAY.
Fraudulent Bankrupts (Scotland) Bill—Committee.

FRIDAY, MAY 11.-ORDERS OF THE DAY.
I. Bribery at Elections—Adjourned Debate.
2. Parochial Settlements (Scotland) Bill—Second reading.
3. General Turnpike Act Amendment Bill—Further con-
sideration of Report.
MONDAY, MAY 14.—NOTICE OF MOTION.
Sir Gerard Noel—Address to his Majesty, to appropriate
Yolk House as a Residence for the Duke of Clarence.
[Lad Day for receiving Reports of Private Bills.]
TUESDAY, MAY 15.--NOTICE OF MOTION.
Mr. Hume—Church Establishment of Ireland.

ORDER OF THE paY.
Limerick County. Election Petition—Ballot for Committee
at three.
THURSDAY, MAY 17.—NOTICES OP MOTIONS.
1. Mr. EdiVard Davenport—Select Committee to inquire
into the causes of the severe distress which has af-
flicted the Commercial and Industrious classes of the
Community during the last and present years.
2. Mr. Fowell Buxton—Select Committee on the Maori-
ritius Slave Trade.
TUESDAY, MAY 22.—NOTICE OF MOTION.

Sir Henry Parnell—Renewal of the Bank of England
Charter.
THURSDAY, MAY 24.—NOTICE OT MOTION.
Mr. Powell Buxton—To prevent the. immolation of Hin-
doo widows on the funeral piles of their husbands.
TUESDAY, MAY 29.—NOTICE OF MOTION.

Mr. Robert Gordon—Select Committee, to inquire into
the number and state of Pauper Lunatics confined
at the instance of the different parishes within the
County of Middlesex, during the last three years;
distinguishing the numbers confined in each house of
reception. ,

TII,URSDAY, JUNE 7.-NOTICE Or MOTION.
Lord Johi Russell—Repejd of the Corporation and Teat
Acta.

TUESDAY, JUNE 12.--NOTICE OF MOTION.
Dr. Lusilington—Motion respecting the people of colour
In the Wiest Indies.

NOTICES OF MOTIONS AFTER EASTER.
FOR WHICH NO PARTICULAR DAYS HAVE BEEN FIXED.
1. Sir Francis Burdett—Motion regarding the present
state of the Water Companies of the Metropolis.
2. Mr. Wilks--Select Committee to inquire into the pre-
sent state of the Laws relating to real property.
3. Mr. Lombe—Mal-administration at the Cape of Good
Hope.
4. Mr. Jepllon—To facilitate the obtaining of Replevins
upon Distresses for Rent, and to alter and amend the
Laws regulating the trial of Replevin Causes in
Ireland.
5. Mr. Alderman Thompson--Bill to amend Aet 3 Geo.
4, relating to the sale of Bread in London and the
Bills of Mortality. _
6. Lord John Russell—ln the event of the disfranchise-
ment of the Borough of Penryn, to transfer the elec-
tive franchise to Manchester.
7. Mr. Spring Rice—The Government of Ireland.
8. Mr. Hume—Number of Corporal Punishments in the
Army in each Regiment during the last two years.
9. Lord William Russell—To add Lord William Bentinck,
Lord Viscount Milton, Lord John Russell, and Lord
William Russell; to the Committee on the Nene Out-
. fall Navigation Bill.
10. Mr. Ross—Select Committee to inquire into the alle-
gations contained in the Petition from the Borough
of Northampton [presented 11th April], complaining
of the forgery of their names to former Petition.

Two covered waggons, one from Leeds and
the other from Malton, entered York city on
Tuesday morning, having snow upwards of four
inches deep on their tops.

The High Sheriff of Norfolk has received a
reprieve for all the poachers convicted of shooting
at the Hon. Mr. Edwardes, who were left for
executipn at the late assizes.

EIGHT (SON VERSIONS TO CATHOLICISM.—
On Easter Monday, two males, and one female,
embraced the Catholic religion in Ballymahon,
in the presence of the Very Rev. Dr. Magouran.
On the following Monday, three more renounced
the errors of the Protestant Religion in the same
place. During his Lordship's visitation last
week, he received two in the Parish of Kille-
nummera, and one in the Parish, of DrUnishara-
ho, into the bosom of the Catholic Church.--
Dublin, Morning Register.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, APRIL 30.

Edward Canning, a person .of respectable appear-
ance, was opposed by Mr. Cobke; on behalf of Mr.
Taylor, a creditor for 100/., money lent.
The insolvent admitted. that the aggregate amount
of the'debts in his schedule were 9,5981., but, with the
exception of about 1,000/., they were contracted pre-
vious to his bankruptcy, whichbappened several years
ago. He said that he had been engaged in exten-
sive commercial transactions, and his income averag-
ed about 3001. a year. The insolvent's balance-
sheet went back 27 years, wherein he charged him-
self with the expenditure of 3001. a year for house-
keeping, independent of rent, taxes, servants' wages,
apparel, &c. He borrowed 1001. of the opposing
creditor in 1822, who was aware that he owed Mr.
Wallis 3.501., and that he was otherwise involved.
At the time he so borrowed it, the insolvent said
that he expected an increased income; indeed be had
indulged in such a hope for 24 years; hence he Was
induced to live beyond his means.. The insolvent
negatived the allegation that he hid recently pur-
chased goods at Sheffield and Birmingham to export
to America.

In answer to questions put by his Counsel (Mr.
HEATu), the insolvent said, that Bs. in the pound
had been paid upon his. debts' under the commission
of bankruptcy; and that the loss he sustained by the
sale of his effects, which partly consisted of ma-
chinery, amounted to 5,0001., but for which he should
have nearly satisfied every legal, demand.
Mr. COOKE said he held an affidavit against the
insolvent, but as it was not properly entitled he could
not use it, as the words were " In the Insolvent
Debtors' Court," instead of " In the Court for the
Relief of Insolvent Debtors."

The CHIEF COMMISSIONER was of opinion that
no cause had been shown why the insolvent's person
should be further detained; the judgment of the.
Court therefore was, that be be discharged' forthwith.
David Price, a Cambrian cattle-dealer, was
brought up to-receive the judgment of the Court.
Mr. Commissioner Lew (before whom the insol-
vent was exareined -five weeks . ago), said that the
evidence relative to certain.bills of exchange which
it was alleged the insolvent had misappropriated, was
in some degree involved in. uncertainty ;. but one
thing, however, was quite .clear,.--viz. that the in-
solvent came from Wales to London to avoid paying
his creditors, except by the experiment of taking the
benefit of the act. A person so conducting himself
was not entitled to an immediate discharge; the
judgment of the Court therefore was, that he be re-
manded for ten calendar months.