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SUN-OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

ROMAN CATHOLIC GRIEVANCES.
The HoN. MEMBER also pfesented a petition from
the Roman Catholics of Leicester, complaining of,
and praying to be relieved from, the peculiar bur-
dens under which Roman Catholics laboured 'n this
country, more especially in the army arid navy,
prisons, and workhouses.
NOTICES OF MOTION.
General JOHNSON gave notice that he should,
on Friday, move a clause to be inserted in the New
Poor-law Bill, to do away with the authority of the
Poor-law Commissioners, after the Union had been
established three years.

SPIRIT of the. PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROX THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAT.
GLOBE.—Sir R. Peel has told us on a recent
occasion, that he did not propose to himself the glory
of great and magnificent projects. On the conclusion
of the Committee-labours on the tariff last night, we
must confess him to be a great minister in little things.
The great bulk of the talk last night was on the
seemingly little matter of small coal. Now we ac-
knowledge at once, with Lord John Russell,
that foreign countries have no right in the world
to complain of us, if we choose to levy an ex-
port-duty, for the sake of revenue, on an ar-
ticle on which they levy import duty of three
or four times the amount. They have no right
of complaint most certainly : and France has
least right of all. At the very moment she is raising
the duties on our linens and threads, for the purpose
of creating a rival manufacture by force of protection
against ours, she would have no right to complain,
if we chose to resort to measures of retaliation. But
this is no measure of retaliation. It is a new tax on
41'u. own commerce, for the purpose of aiding our
own revenue. If the commerce can bear the tax, who
shall say we have not as much right to revenue
from Our coal shipped. as France has to revenue
from our coal landed ? It is not a question
of international equity, but of political expe-
diency, and commercial policy. And here we
confess -we cannot agree with Lord John Russell
in sanctioning the measure. We think it one of mis-
taken internal policy, and bad external example.
Surely it is no less our national interest, than
a sound deduction from our free trade principles, to
show that we ourselves set the highest possible value
on that unrestricted commerce, the value of which we
now preach to others. Here was a striking illustra-
tion of its value ready made to our hands. Here was
a trade which, merely by virtue of having been let
alone for a few years, has started into very consider-
able consequence to our commerce and navigation.
STANDARD.—The Witnesses Indemnity Bill
was, last night, read a second and third time, and
passed, in the House of Lords, the standing orders
being suspended to allow of its more rapid consumma-
tion. Lord Brougham, who took charge (of the Bill,
inade a long speech, the chief purpose of which
seemed to be to reproach the House of Commons
with manifesting an inclination to the protection
of bribery, in rejecting a Bill upon the same
subject, proposed by his Lordship, adopted in the
House of Lords, and sent down to the other House
of Parliament : to any other end the long speech of
the Noble Lord was useless, for no Peer present
hinted an objection to the Bill of last night. We have
already freely given our opinion of these indemnity
bills. We think that they do neither good nor harm.
We do not believe that a willing witness was ever re-
strained from giving testimony by
.the fear of com-
promising himself, and happily in this free country
no process exists (since the abolition of torture) by
• which a man, firmly resolved to withhold testimony
injurious or disgraceful to himself, can be com-
pelled to violate his resolution. An indemnity act
is thus useful only to the base and malignant,
who want a pretext for evading the obligations of
honour. And what is the worth of the testimony of
such persons ? It is a remarkable proof of the utter
'uselessness of these Acts, that in all our books of !no-
tlern law reports, not one case can be found in which
a party had been sued or prosecuted upon evidence
giN en by himself, as must have at least some times
happened if witnesses were really in any danger ; for
it is impossible that any amount of caution could have
protected the millions of witnesses examined in our
Courts of Justice during the last two centuries, wore
the peril of committing one's -self so great as is pre-
tendon when Bills of indemnity are asked for. How-
ever, the Bill has now passed the two Houses of Par-
liament, and the public will soon be able to judge of
its value.
COURIER.—Our opinion upon the policy and ex-
pediency of the tax first proposed to be levied on the
exportation of British coal, that is a tax of 4s. per ton,
remains unaltered by anything we have either read or
heard upon the question. We should not have been
averse indeed, but the contrary, to the imposition of a
fair discriminating duty in addition on coal
exported in foreign shipping, such as was last
evening agreed to, but we are still prepared to
:contend that the original duty of 4s. per ton
proposed was a proper, politic, and moderate use of
the natural advantages of which this country may be
said to possess a virtual monopoly, and should, there-
• Sore, exercise to national profit. It is clear, how-
- ever, that the coal owners were too strong for the
government, for one and all, of whatever party, com-
bined against the tax proposed, and some against any
tax at all. The Conservative members in the coal
proprietary interest, and themselves proprietors also,
such as MT. Bell, Mr. Liddell, and Mr. H. Hinde,
' did indeed exhibit a laudable abnegation of self
• by' Consenting to be taxed in one half of the
ministerial proposition ; but the disinterested and
patriotic Lord Howick, Mr. Lambton, and
Ilutt (of Gibside) would not be taxed at all with
their own consent. In support of their special claims
to exemption the usual proportion of free-trade slang
was evolved, although it would be difficult to show
how the principle, if the absurdity can be so denomi-
nated, of buying in the cheapest and selling in the
dearest market, can be brought to bear upon the coal
question ; for by an extraordinary perversity oric-
tion the English people, in the matter of coal pro-
duced in their own country, are compelled to buy in
the dearest market, whilst foreigners, by the con-
trivances of the coal-owners themselves, have the ex-
clusive monopoly of the cheapest market.

CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.
Sir A. L. HAY gave notice that on Friday next,
previous to going into Committee of Supply, whatever
might take place with regard to the Bill of the Hon.
Member for Argyleshire on the subject of the Church
of Scotland, that night to call the attention of the
House to the subject.
Mr. LITTON moved that Mr. Thomas Martin be
added to the Committee on the Fisheries (Ireland)
Bill. _ _

Mr. F. MAULE said he understood that some
technical objecticn to the mode of proceeding with
the Bill of his Hon. Friend the Member for Argyle-
shire that evening. Those technical objections must,
according to the forms of the House, prevent the
further progress of the Bill. In consequence of those
objections he begged to give notice that on Tuesday,
the sth of July, he should move an address to her
Majesty on this most important subject, and if
notice were given by the Right Hon. Gentleman at
the head of her Majesty's Government, to take Orders
of the Day before notices of motion on Tuesdays, he
should put it to the Right Hon. Gentleman whether,
for such an important motion, he would not give him
(Mr. F. Maule) precedence on Tuesday, and in the
event of his declining to do so, he would bring for-
ward his motion as an amendment upon the motion
for going into Committee of Supply.—(Sir R. Peel
here entered the House.) Seeing the Right Hon.
Baronet then in his place, he (Mr. F. Maule) thought
it right again to state what he had just men-
tioned to the House, and he would put that
statement in the form of a question. It had
been stated that there were technical objections to
proceeding that day with the Bill of the Hon. Mem-
ber for Angyleshire, and he believed it to be in the
power of the Right Hon. Baronet to remove those
objections, by giving the consent of the Crown, as it
was a question of Cr6wn patronage. He wished to
ask the Right Hon. Bart. whether he meant to avail
himself of those objections, or whether he would per-
mit the question to be gone into.
Sir R. PEEL (who spoke with his back to the
gallery), could assure the Right Hon. Gentleman
that he had not heard of those objections till:an hour
before. But taking a precedent which occurred in
1833, those objections were entitled to great weight.
He could not give a construction or consent on the
subject; the Right Hon. Gentleman must, therefore,
seek some other mode of bringing in the question.
The SPEAKER had thought it his duty to call
the attention of the Hon. Gentleman who had intro-
duced the Bill to the objection, as soon as he had be-
come aware of it. The Bill certainly did interfere
with the patronage of the Crown, and should not
have been introduced without the consent of the
Crown. Under these circumstances, he thought the
House of Commons could not permit the measure to
progress further.
Mr. FOX MAULE had certainly no right to
object to the course which the Right Hon. Baronet
was taking. The Right Hon. Baronet was certainly
justified in refusing to give the consent of the Crown
to a measure of this sort, merely for the purpose of
discussion, without any bona fide intention of support-
ing the proposition. Under these circumstances he
would give notice that on Tuesday, the sth Jluy, he
should move for an address to her Majesty on a subject
so important to the people of Scotland. Some time since
the House had agreed to give to her Majesty's Go-
vernment that day which had originally been set apart
for motions, but he trusted that, considering the im-
portance of the subject, the Right Hon. Baronet would
have no objection to give him (Mr. Fox Maule) pre-
cedence on that day.—(Sir R. Peel intimated his dis-
sent.) Understanding that the Right Hon. Baronet
expressed his unwillingness to accede to his (Mr. Fox
Maule's) proposition. He (Mr. Fox Manic) would
give further notice that, in case of his not being able
to bring forward his motion on Tuesday, July 5, he
would move it as an amendment on the first motion
for going into Committee of Supply, which should be
brought forward after Tuesday, July 5.
Sir R. PEEL felt that he should be placing himself
in an invidious position if he consented to the propo-
sition of the Right Hon. Gentleman, because other
gentlemen might snake similar requests. In a matter
respecting the privileges of the House, such as the
Bill of the Noble Lord for punishing bribery, and for
the trial of controverted elections, he would certainly
give precedence ; but he feared that if he gave pre-
cedence to the Right Hon. Gentleman he should have
to give way in other instances.
Mr. MACAULAY thought that considering the
importance of this question to the people of Scotland,
and flirt many gentlemen had posted up from Scot-
land for the purpose of being-present at this discus-
sion, who would now have to post down again—(A
langl)—he thought the Right Hon. Baronet might,
with propriety, have relaxed his rule.
After a few words from Mr. RUTHERFORD,
which were inaudible in the gallery,
Sir R. PEEL said, that if the Right Hon. Gentle-
man let the motion stand for Tuesday, the sth of July,
they would have time for consideration. There were
the Poor-law Bill, and other Bills of importance,
which required an early consideration, and which, if
put off, would be very inconvenient to other parties.
Mr. F. MAULE had no objection that Tuesday,
the sth of July, should be fixed.
Mr. CAMPBELL said that he could not complain
of the course taken by the Right Hon. Baronet; at
the same time he deeply regretted it. He hoped,
however, that he would have an opportunity of bring-
ing the Bill before Parliament, previous to the close
of the session, and have it fully discussed.—(Hear.)
THE BOUNDARY QUESTION.

The Queen Dowager left the Southampton station
this morning, by a special train, accompanied by her
brother, the Reigning Duke of Saxe Meiningen, and
a numerous suite, for Southampton, when her Ma-
jesty will embark on board the Black Eagle, and
after an excursion round the Isle of Wight, will sleep
at. Ryde.
'The Queen received this afternoon, at Buckingham
Palace, Addresses, on the Throne in State, from the
Corporation of the City of London and from the Uni-
versities of Oxfard and Cambridge. The Lord Mayor
and a numerous Dputation of Alderman and Com-
mon Councilmen preseilted the City Address the
Duke of Wellington, and a Deputation, presented the
Oxford Address ; and the Duke of Northumberland,
as Chancellor of the University, that from Cambridge,
congratulating the Queen on her recent providential
escape.

COAL MARKE
Ships arrived since
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New 'rangeld Moor l3 6 Walls End Whitwell .... .....
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West Wylam H 6 Walls End Heugh Hall .... 19 9
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Walls Et .d Bewicke and Cr 18 0 Walls End Brown's Deanery 17 0
Walls End Killingworth l6 11 Walls Et d Bow
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Walls End Perkins lb C Wale F.., d'l ce..
Wa Ils End Riddell's l6 Cowpcn
Walls End Haswell. •." 9.0 :.-4 Hart1ey........... ....... "18 9
Walls End Helton .....».....:0 6

Mr. DISRAELI wished to put a question to the
Right Hon. Baronet, respecting the disputed boun-
dary with America. He had seen it reported that there
was a virtual relinquishment ofthe territory in dispute,
and that the State of Maine required compensation
for the territory which was given up. He had also
seen that her Majesty's Envoy entertained a propo-
sition of this kind, and it was generally supposed that
it would be acceded to by the Commissioners of Maine.
If such an arrangement was entered into the result
would be that they would be in possession of a much
inferior boundary. He wished to know whether
there was any truth in this statement ; and also
whether the Right Hon. Gentleman had instituted
any inquiry into the reason why the solemn award of
a friendly Power for the adjudication of the question
had been set aside by her Majesty's Government ?
Sir R. PEEL thought the question of the Hon.
Member altogether premature.—(Hear, hear.) It
would be most improper to give an answer in the
present state of the negotiations, He held in his
hand a despatch from Lord Ashburton, which stated
that certain Commissioners had been appointed by
the State of Maine, but he believed that Lord Ash-
burton had had no communication with them. The
transaction rested altogether between the State of
Maine and the General Government ofthe United States.
Negotiations of the greatest importance were'diending,
but he felt it to be wholly inconsistent with his duty
to make anz statement respecting them to the House.
Mr. D'ISRAELI begged to state that the Com-
missioners of Maine are, or would be, in commu-
nication with the British envoy.
In reply to a question from Mr. H. VERNON,
Sir X. GRAHAM said it was the intention of the
Government to introduce the Ecclesiastical Courts
Bill in the course of the present session. He could
not feel any confidence that the Bill would be passed,
but he would on an early day bring it under the con-
sideration of the House.
Lord J. RUSSELL said as there was a rumour
prevailing that it was the intention of the Govern-
ment merely to pass that part of the Poor-law Act
which related to its continuance, he begged to ask
the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for
the Home Department, whether there was any truth
in the statement.
Sir J. GRAHAM said he was much obliged to the
Noble Lord for asking the question. A similar re-
port had reached him ; and he had no hesitation in
assuring the Noble Lord that it was the intention of
the Government to use their utmost endeavours to
pass the Bill as they introduced it, entire, subject
only to such alterations in its details as might be made
in the course of the discussion.—(Hear, hear.)
SOUTHAMPTON ELECTION.

C.--(THIS DAY.)
last market day, 16

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
The LORD CgAscELLoit, after hearing with the
Judges writs of error, took his seat on the Woolsack
at half-past three o'clock.
MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS.
Air. GREENE, and other Members of the House of
Commons, brought up the Sugar Duties Bill, the
Treble Costs Bill, and several Private Bills, which
were read a first, and ordered to be read a second
time to-morfow.
On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR,
`ear v. Coward's Divorce Bill was read a second time,
and ordered to be committed.
Their Lordships then adjourned to Ten o'Clock to-
morrow.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Four
o'clock.
The SPEAKER announced that a subpmona had
been served upon the Sergeant-at-Arms, for the
attendance of certain officers of the House to give
evidence on the trial of Howard v. Sir Wm. Gossett
and others, and upon motion it was orderedallow that the
Sergeant-at-Arms should be permitted to Mr.
Bellamy and other Officers of the House to attend
and give evidence.
The Sudbury Improvement Bill, the Stourbridge
Road Bill, and the Liverpool Poor Bill, were severally
read a third time, and passed.
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
Lard JOHN RUSSELL presented, pursuant to
notice, a petition from the inhabitants of the Cape of
Good Hope, prayingfor a representative Government.
'rhe petitioners stated that the improvement of the
colony had been considerably impeded for want of
such a system ; and.thevy prayed that they might have
a Governor appointed by the Crown, an Executive
Council appointed by the Crown, and a Legislative
As,ernbly fairly elected by the people.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from
800 electors of Sudbury, against the Sudbury
Dis-
franchisement Bill.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition from
Clerkenwell, praying for the opening of Vauxhall,
S'yuthwark, and Waterloo Bridges.
On the motion of Mr. SCHOLEFIELD, the Lords'
amendments to the Great North of England Railway
Bill were agreed to..
CHURCH-RATES. - .

Mr. WYNN ELLIS presented a petition from
:some place in Essex against Church-rates.

Mr. FLEMING said that the
a two gentlemen whose
tradicting the allegations of John
f
petitions he had presented on owreernnev, ewneineeg,incoant--
tendance, and ready to appear at the bar. But if a
Select Committee were appeinted to inquire into the
I would not move, as he given notich that they
shauld be called in and examined
Mr. 0. STANLEY said it would belin the recol-
lection of the House that he had moved for a Select
Committee to inquire into the bribery and other cor-
rupt practices which took place at the last
n election.
i.
He withdrew that motion at the request of the Right
Hon. Baronet opposite (Sir Robert Peel
stated that the Noble Lord (John Russell) who
was
about to bring in a Bill on the general sub-,
ject, which might, perhaps, contain provisions to
reach this case. The Noble Lord had brought for-
ward that measure, and he (Mr. Stanley) was never-
theless still of opinion that further inquiry was neces-
sary into the transactions that took place at the last
Southampton election. The very petitions which the
Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Fleming) had pre-
sented, confirmed him in that opinion. He would
igubmilit to the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel)
he might not devise• means by which an
whew.: aht ql)tained. He (Mr. Stanley)
effective inquiry

-THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 15, 1842

,might move for a Select .Committeb, mid the House
might grant it ; but without an Indemnity Act it
would be of no use. The Hon. Member for South-
ampton might again refuse to answer questions, and
so the matter would be left as it was. The best thing
that he could do was to renew his motion, and move
for a Select Committee.
Sir R. PEEL made some observations across the
table.

Mr. STANLEY said---Well. then, Sir, I shall move
it at once, if the House Will allow me, that a Select
Committee be appointed- to inquire into the cases of
bribery and corruption which took place at the last
election for the borough of Southampton.
Mr. MACKINNON said, he had consented to
postpone his motion for the issue of the writ till this
day, and he had hoped that the Hon. Gentleman
would have investigated the question ; but he had done
nothing: He wished really to understand what was
the intention of Hon. Gentlemen opposite. To move
for a Select Committee seemed to him the greatest pos.,
sible insult to the Chairman of the Southampton Com-
mittee, supposing-..that that gentleman had done
his duty. He would consent to postpone still
further his notice for AsSuing the writ, if

he had a distinct assurance friiin the Honour-
able Gentleman that he would inquire into the
circumstances of the case, and have his Committee
named, which was the day of the Member moving
for it, and not of the House of Commons. Under
these circumstances he would consent to postpone his
motion for the issue of the writ till this day fortnight.
Sir R. PEEL thou,ght it was a great advantage that
where cases were taken up, they should be so by the
Chairman, or some member of the Committee. It
was at his (Sir Robert Peel's) request that
the delay in the present instance had taken
place. If there was blame to be attached to
any one, on account of the delay, it rested with him
(Sir R. Peel), at whose request the postponement
took place, till the Noble. Lord would have an oppor-
tunity of being in the. House. He thought that in-
quiries at the bar were by ijt means satisfactory. He
must observe, too, that they were too prone to part with
their own powers in the conduct of those examinations.
However, he thought that it must be obvious to Hon.
Gentlemen that it was impossible to conduct the in-
quiry satisfactorily without, the" aid of the House of
Lords. When the inquiry had been established he
thought it would be quite time enough to ask for an
Indemnity Bill. He hoped his Hon. Friend would
suspend his motion to have the writ issued till this
day fortnight.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE believed that this investiga-
tion could be conducted without any Bill of Indemnity.
Sir ROBERT PEEL suggested that the best
course would be, first, to move that the Re-
port of the Southampton Committee be laid
on the table. Then with reference to the
subject of the petjtion presented in the case, to
move that a Select Committee be appointed to inquire
into the allegations contained in that petition.
Mr. W. 0. STANLEY said it was his intention,
to• morrow, to move for a Select Committee to in-
quire into the bribery and treating at the last election
for Southampton.
Sir R. PEEL trusted that the Hon. Member for
Leicester (Sir J. Easthope) would give the Hon.
Member precedence to-morrow.
Sir J. EASTHOPE assented, as we understood
_ _

Lord J. RUSSELL trusted that such Members
would be appointed, as would•be able to attend punc-

tually.
After a few observations from Mr. DARBY, the
motion was withdrawn.
PUBLIC HOUSES BILL.
On the motion of Captain ROUS, the Public-
houses Bill was read a third time, and passed.
MINES AND COLLIERIES BILL.

—he had since let out one field, and he (Mr.
Charles Buller) had given it as his opinion, that
the man was disqualified, inasmuch as he could not
return a satisfactory answer to the third ques-
tion, and in that opinion he (Mr. Charles
Ruller) was borne out by high legal authority.
There was no particular virtue in a 10/. occupancy—
it was merely a method by which to form an estimate
of the intelligence and social position of a man ; and
if his intelligence and social position were such as
to entitle him to vote in one October, there could
not be much harm in permitting to retain that right
for a year. He would put it to Honourable
Members who had served on Election Committees
to his Hon. Friend the Member for Lambeth, who
had served on one Committee twenty days and on
another seventeen days;
Mr. RAWES—That is under the mark.
Mr. C. BIJ LLE It;:-That, was under the mark—well/
he would ask his Hon. Friend, how much of that time
had been consumed in consequence of votes disputed,
on the ground of the improper answering to the third
question,. and then let the House calculate the enor-
mous expense incurred in investigating these questions,
which acted as a discouragement to the presentation
of petitions. He considered that it would increase
the evil to adopt the proposition of the Hon. Member
for Winchester, and for these -reasons he should

On the motion of Lord ASHLEY, the Mines and
Collieries Bill was read a second time, and was ordered
to be committed on this day week.
SUDBURY DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL.
On the motion of Mr. REDDINGTON the Sud-

support the Bill as originally introduced.
Mr. HAWES was sorry that the Right Hon.
Baronet came to the conclusion to oppose the second
reading of the Bill. He had been sitting for six
weeks on Committees, and he believed that five out of
the six were occupied with inquiries into the descrip-
tion of the cases that had been alluded to. He there-
fore did not think it too much to ask that
time may be allowed to consider whether they could
not introduce a clause into the Bill which would re-
medy the present evils, and keep clear of the objec-
tions that had been made to certain parts of the pre-
sent Bill.
Mr. CRIPPS said he entertained the greatest objec-
tion to this method of meeting the difficulties
which arose in the exercise of the franchise by
separate Bill, and as the Government had given no-
tice of their intention to introduce a measure on the
subject, he thought they should seek to remedy the
evil in question by means cf that measure.
Mr. GIBSON said the Hon. Gentleman did not
seem to be aware that it hadbeen the practice, since
the passing of the Reform Bill, to meet particular
grievances and detects by means of separate Bills.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the
House divided; when there appeared--
For the'second reading .. ..... . . .
Against it
Majority against the second reading
The Bill wss consequently lost.
(LEFT SITTING.)

Jury Disfranchisement Bill went through Committee
THE NEWFOUNDLAND BILL.

On the motion of Lord STANLEY, this Bill was
read a second time pro forma, on the understanding
that the discussion should take place on the Bill
going into Committee, which was appointed for this
day fortni3ht.
JL STICES JURIDICTION BILL.

AMERICAN PAPERS.

102
120
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A DREADFUL AFFAIR.—A schoolmistress in Lynn,

named Beckwith, we learn from a gentleman belong-
ing to that town, tied a son of Mr. Meads up by the
heels on Saturday, and whipped him, striking him
several times on his head. When the. school was out,

the lad, who was about eight years old, went home
and told - his parents that he had been punished, and
that his head ached ; but there being nothing in his
appearance to excite alarm, little notice was taken of
what he said, and he went to bed ; upon going into
his room on Sunday morning, he was found lifeless
upon his pillow.—Boston Post.:
A SHOCKING MCIIDER.--We learn from tire Sparta
( Tenn.) Gazette, that on Wednesday night, the 11th
inst., as Mrs. Mary Hunter (relict of the late Joseph
Hunter) was siiiing by her fireside, a few miles
from Sparta,. in company with two other ladies, she
was shot with krifie ball through the head by some
person unknown, out of doors,: and expired in a few
minutes. The perpetrator of this horrid deed fired
in the dark through a window,. and has thus far es-

taped detection, ,
ASSASSINATION.—MF. Petrich, the sculptor, was
assassinated at his room in Washington, on Sunday
evening, by two men with blackened faces. No cause
has been ascertained, nor are the culprits known.
Mr. Petrich has been in the employ , of the Govern-
ment for many years —'New York Paper.
REPORTED MURDER OF JOE SMITH, THE MOR-
MON PROPHET.—The St. Louis Republican of the
19th inst., has the following:-The Mormon Pro-
phet, Toseph Smith, is reported to have been killed in
a recent affray in the vicinity of Nauvoo. We are
without particulars.
STEAM-BOAT DISASTER.—LIVES LosT.—Wre have to
report the sad intelligence that the steamer Douglas.
Capt. P.iley, met with a disastrous accident in the Cana-
dian Roach, near the mouth of the Ohio, on the night of
the 16th inst. A letter froth Mr. Montgomery, the
clerk, which is before us now, says :—" About twelve
o'clock the steam pipe burst from the cylinder, raking
through the cabin floor and discharged its whole con-
tents in -the cabin, carrying with it death and destruc-
tion." I)r. Hoffmann, lady and child severely scalded
—child not expected to live. The Doctor's sister and
child also severely scalded ; Mrs. Brown their servant,
dangerovsly, not expected to recover; Mrs. Johnson
and her two children ; my wife (Mrs. Montgomery)
land three, children ' • Nickey (his child) since dead ;
W. Poste,r and Mr. Marshall scalded severely and two
others slightly. The three stewards were killed on
the spot, and the cabin boy severely scalded. Neither
Captain. Riley, nor any other of the officers were
hurt." The Douglas was not injured, and is expected
here on 'Tuesday. No blame is attached to any of
the offioers.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—We learn that an Irish-
man was killed on Monday afternoon, by jumping
from beihind one of the railroad cars, while the train
was approaching the depot in this city. It is supposed
that he got on to the car at one of the stopping places,
The cars were going at tolerable speed, and the man
struck his bead violently upon the ground, and was
almost instantly killed.—Lowell Courier.
DE/MTH OF THE VENERABLE HENRY SOUTHARD.

This Bill was read a second time and ordered to be
committed on Friday next.
ELECTORS' REMOVAL BILL.

Mr. DI. GIBSON moved the second reading of this
Bill.

Mr. HODGSON said he must oppose the motion
He should divide the House on the second reading
this Bill.
Mr. MILNER .GIRSON. thought the bes
course to pursue on that occasion would be to
read the Bill a second time, and, in Committee,
the Honourable Gentleman could introduce
any alteration in the Bill he thought proper. It was
highly desireable that this Bill should:pass,that House.
In Manchester no less than 1,770 votes were disquali-
fied, in consequence of.removal. He believed that all
parties were interested in getting rid of that
disqualification; -In -Ipswich 167 voters were dis-
qualified during the late election, and more than half
of those were Conservatives.
Mr. HODGSON said he should persevere and
divide the House on the question.
Sir G. GREY said he hoped the House would not
divide upon the question without clearly understand-
ing the true state of the case. He admitted the force
of the objection, but he thought it might easily be
obviated. The only question was, whether the voter
resided within the limits fixed by the Reform Act ;
if a clause were introduced to meet the objection,
he hoped the House would agree to pass the
measure.
Mr. ESTCOTT, thought the fact of the electors
residing within the limits of the borough or town,
should constitute the qualification. No person would
he allowed to exercise the franchise who
was .not shown, to be in possession of a ten-
pound qualification : but on the other hand, the fact
of removal should not disqualify him for voting,
He thought it would be inconsistent with the provi-
sions of the Reform Bill, if he ceased to exercise his
vote, because he continued to reside within the limits
of the town, and did not possess the right qualification.
Mr. BROTHERTON hoped that the House
would allow the Bill to be read a second time :
he believed it would tend to prevent fraud. In
consequence of the disqualification by removal
personation had increased, it being the removers who
were personated. He had no personal interest in the
matter, for he believed the effect of the evil at present
was, telling rather against the Hon. Gentleman
opposite.
Sir J. GRAHAM quite agreed with the Hon.
Gentleman that this Bill ought not to be determined
on party considerations ; nor was there any temp-
tation to do so, as it seemed -pretty clear the
effect told about equally on both parties.' He
was bound to say that, in •many cases, the ques-
tion did operate with N ery considerable hardship, and
tended to defeat the original object of the Reform
Bill, as a person occupying a 101. house might re-
move into one of greater value, and property being
the qualification, he was • even better qualified
to hold the franchise than before. The ques-
tion of . the 101. value was of course very care-
fully considered bekite the Reform Bill was sub-
mitted to Parliament. "It---was taken conjointly with
the question of the 101. qualification in reference to
change of residence. In large cities that class of per-
sons who most frequently change- their residences
from considerations of 'failure in the payment
of rent or rates comprised, generally speaking, voters
who were most open to temptation, and who were
most regardless. The Right Hon. Gentleman, the
Member for Devonport, differing from the Hon.
Member for Winchester, thought it desirable that a
tenant moving from a 10/., tenement to one of inferior
value, should have the right of voting. Those who
introduced the Reform Bill had thought otherwise,
since that question was introduced, for the purpose of
preventing that class of, persons from exercising the
privilege of the franchise. The remedy proposed by
the Hon. Gentleman would cause much inconvenience.
It would be impossible to enter into the question of
value at the poll ; an assessor, too, should
be appointed. The duration of the poll
would be prolonged, and the expenses greatly
increased. On the whole, having given his
best reflection to the subject, and with reference to
maintaining the principle of the Reform Bill, he
should give his vote against the second reading of this
Bill.•
Sir G. GREY said that the only object was to
substitute forthe question at present put to the borough
elector, the following : Do you still reside in the bo-
rough ?
Lord J. RUSSELL, looking to what had passed
since the Reform Act, and finding that the object of
preventing voters who bad changed their residence
from remaining on the register had not been effected.
But the same Revising Barristers interpreted the
meaning of the Act to be, that change of residence
did not take away the, vote,. if the claimant still held
an occupation of equal value ; whilst others de-
rided that the change absolutely took away the vote.
In this there was an injustice to one or the other;
and he thought it was, necessary to do away with the
uncertainty. For this reason, although he thought
that the Bill would require some alterations in Com-
mittee, he should give his vote for the second reading.
Mr. 0. BULLER thought the House could hardly
appreciate the difficulties attending the third question,
of merely considering the, question as it regarded
voters who had changed their residence. If a person,
occupying a house at a rent of 2001., gave up any
part of it—if he let out a single room he
was disqualified. At the Devonshire election,
in 1835, where the Noble Lord had been heat
a farmer had applied to him for his opinion as to his
right to vote under the following circumstances. He
was registeted as occupying a farm of 200 acris

—The :fathers have nearly all left us. One only here
and there remains to tell the story of our birth ; and
we are called to-day to record the departure of one of
the few who have been preserved to illustrate the vir-
tues of the heroic age of our country to the present
generation. The venerable Henry. Southard—the
father of the present distinguished President of the
United. States Senate—died at his residence in Bas-
kenridge (Somerset Co.), in this State, on Sunday
mornimg, the 2d inst., at the advanced age of 95 years,
He had enjoyed pod health, and the full possession of
his mental faculti6"up to within a few days of his
death, which occurred after only four or five days'
illness, induced by fatigue from walking.—Newark
Daily Advertiser.
Mumur.—We learn from Colonel Hatch, that a

mutiny occurred at New Bedford on Monday, on
board, the whaling bark Jasper, Captain Joseph
Bennett, jun. It will be recollected that this vessel
put back a few days since in consequence of the
small-pox having broken out on board. As she was
about to proceed to sea, nine of the Crew refused to
weigh anchor, alleging as a reason that they wished
to go ashore first. The names of the mutineers are
as follows :—John' Oaff, John Marsh, James D.
Wright, Henry Staunton, Edwin Barnes, Jose An-
tone, George Burder, Benjamin Howard, and Henry
Shipner. 'they were taken ashore by Deputy Mar-
shal Gordon' and committed to prison. They will
probably be brought to this city for examination be-
fore Judge Sprague.—Transcript.
• CASE OF KIDNAPPING.—A coloured woman, by the
name of Mary Lowding, living at the United States
Hotel, was yesterday decoyed by a stranger, to go
with him to Baltimore, where he said he would give
her a good situation and good wage.i." He put her in
a store-room during the day, and between eleven and
twelve o'clock last night he was seen in the neigh-
bourhood of Twelfth and Spruce-streets, in a carriage
with the woman. Her screams attracted a crowd,
among whom were some of her former acquaintances,
who gave chase, and pursued as far as Gray's Ferry,
but could not overtake the parties. Her husband
was ignorant of any arrangement with his wife, al-
though similar motives of removal were held out to
him to go to Baltimore. The poor fellow is in great
distress at this infamous abduction of his wife.—
Philadelphia Journal.
CoL. MONROE EDWA.RDS.—The Philadelphia cor-
respondent of the New. York Journal of Commerce
writes as follows :—" The trial of Col. Monroe Ed-
wards, which is expected to come on in your city
next week, excites considerable . interest here. His
bearing, during his arrest and examination, was of
that cool and collected character,, as to impress some
with the idea that he was either an innocent man or
a most accomplished scoundrel. His trunk, which
since his arrest has been lying at the Bank of North
-America, was yesterday examined by a specially_
commissioned agent from your city, and found to
contain sixty thousand dollars in gold and Treasury
notes:"
A horse, which had been bitten by a rabid dog, at
St. Louis, on the 16th, ran through the streets, foam-
ing at the mouth, and afterwards falling
_down, in
THE *understand that a very
great agony died.
N AV r YARD.—We
large number of workmen have recently been dis-
charged from work at the Navy YOrd at Brooklyn,
.N. -Y. The Secretary of the, Navy has felt• com-
pelled to do this, from the evident disposition of Con-
gress to cut down the 'Navy appropriations. The
persons discharged, and those dependent on them, are
put to great inconvenience by this sudden change of
policy ; and, in some instaneas, there is severe dis-
tress.—Journal of Commerce.
DEATH OF RICHARD ALSOP.—The Philadelphia
papers of Monday mention the death of Richard
Alsop, of that city, a gentleman extensively connected
with the financial and other commercial interests of
that city.
EARTIIQUARE AT PONCE.---Capt. York, of schooner
IndependenCe, states, that on the 7th the shock of an
earthquake was felt at Ponce. The houses rocked,

and so great was the motion of the earth, that casks
of sugar and molasses rolled about, making sad
havoc. The inhabitants, in great terror, rushed into
the streets, invoking their patron saints to save them
from destruction. The shock was felt at 3 P.M., and
lasted about three minutes.

REscuE or A SLAVE.—A Mrs. Burke, from New
Orleans, arrived in this city last April, with a female
slave. A few days since a writ of habeas corpus was
granted by 'Judge Oakley, to show by what right the
slave was held as property, and the girl was conveyed
to Court yesterday morning, when, after a partial
hearing, the case was adjourned until to-day. On
her return from Court, the cab in which she was
placed was stopped by a large number of blacks and
whites, and the girl carried off—whither, no one can
tell. A number of the persons engaged in the rescue
have been arrested and committed.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN NORWICIL—W e learn that
an extensive fire occurred at Grenville, a manufactur-
ing village near Norwich, on Thursday forenoon, in
the extensive cotton factory of Mr. Greene. The loss
is estimated at 100,000 dols.—insured for 75,000 dols.
TAKE WARNING.---The Philadelphia Evening Jour-
nal says that Captain A. Davis, of the ship Swatara,
from Liverpool, has been arrested on a charge of hav-
ing brought over:more passengers than the law allows,
according, to the tonnage of his ship. He was heldto
bail in the sum of 1,200 dols. to answer the charge
EMIGRANTS.—Three thousand eight hundred and
fifty passengers have arrived at this city from foreign
ports, during the week ending 28th instant.
ROYAL VISITER EXPECTED.—Extract from a letter
of an officer to his brother, in Cleveland, dated on
board U. S. ship. Vincennes, of the U. S. Exploring
Expedition :—" We have on board Vindoba, the
King of the••Fejee-Islands, as . prisoner, who killed
and eat eleven of the crew of 'a Salem vessel, in
1835. I suppose he will be shown about like Black
Hawk, and then be sent home. He says I am his
best friend, and wishes to live with me when we reach
the United States-. How would you like to have him
for a mess-mate ? He is a fine looking fellow, very
tall, and wears his hair half a yard long. He would
be worth-5,000 dols., to show about.. the country."—
New Bedford Mercury.
ENTERPRISE.—The St. Louis Journal says that four
young men recently left Independence for the Rocky
Mountains, to capture wild animals for a menagerie.
They expect to return next fall.
COMMERCE or THE LAKES.—There arrived at
Buffalo on the 23d inst., nine steamers, foUr brigs
and twenty-one schooners, principally from Cleve-
land, Ohio, all heavily laden with flour, pork, corn,
oats, barley and lumber.
TIIE IRST NEW FLOUR.—The Fayeteville
(N. C.) Observer says :—" Colonel William Han-
cock, of Munroe county, has sent us a sample of new
flour, the first we have heard of this year. The wheat
was sown on the 18th of October, 1841, cut on the
18th of May, 1842, threshed on the 21st, ground on
the 23d, and in the market on the 23d.
SATISFACTORY DEFINITIOK.-7-A little girl asked
her sister " what was chaos, that papa read about ?"
The older child replied. " why, it is a great pile of
nothing, and no place to put it in."

STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manchester Guardian.)
The depression which we noticed last week continues
unabated. The demand both for yarn and goods; espe-
cially the latter, was very limited yesterday ; and prices
of both had a downward tendency. Indeed, in most
descriptions of goods, they are quite as low as at any
former period. The prices of 'yarn are somewhat better
sustained ; but the better descriptions of mule twist are '
rather easier to buy than they were last week.
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, JUNE 13.—There has
been a brisk demand for flannels to-day ; and, in some
instances, a little advance in price has been obtained by
the manufacturers. It is pretty well understood that the
movement in the flannel market is occasioned by specu-
lators on the expected rise in price of wool. There is
not much change in the wool market ; but a general
opinion prevails that the present prices are at the lowest,
and a rise must take place.
HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, TUESDAY, JUNE 14TH.—
Unfortunately, the favourable indication in this market
for the two last weeks was not sustained to-day. For
want of avenues of trade abroad, and the immense
amount of poverty at home, in vain do the commercial
energies of this country struggle. Nothing but a sys-
tem of reciprocity between nation and nation can give
permanent relief. For want of this, notwithstanding
the high pitch of our manufactures, the low prices, and
the amazing variety of our fabrics, there is a very small
demand for any description of goods.. In the warehouses
there is an unusual dullness, and the mills are chiefly
kept at work to support the operatives.