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Lord ALTHORP moved that the last day for petitions
for private bills, be June 27.
Mr. Alderman WOOD asked what would be the fate of
those bills previously before the House.
Lord ALTHORP said the precedent of 1807 would be
followed. (Hear, hear.) His Lordship then moved that
there be no first reading after July 4, and no report after
July 2b.—Agreed to.

azroax BILL.

Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice, that on Friday next be
should move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the tepee.
gestation of England and Wales.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. PORTMAN said he should move for leave to bring
in a Bill to amend the Acts regarding the highways in Eng-
land.—(Much laughter.)
Mr. Alderman WOOD said, on Thursday week, be
should renew his motion regarding the salaries of members
of Government. He should also renew his motion regarding
the bill for the better prevention of canine madness.—Loud
laughter.)
Mr. C. GRANT gave some notice about the India trade,
when

Sir R. PEEL stated, that on the same day be should pre.
sent a petition from the inhabitants of India, regarding the
India trade.
THE ADDRIAS ON THE ROYAL /PIECE.
The SOLARIS having read the Royal Speech,
Mr. PELHAM! (who appeared in military costume) rose
to move the address. He should propose that the house do
adopt an humble address to their Sovereign, who was so de.
serving of, and so beloved by, his people. (Cheers.) His Ma.
jesty had stated, In his most gracious speech, that his reason
for dissolving the late parliament was, •• for the purpose of
ascertaining the sense of hispeople on the expediency of a
reform in the representation., ' I think that was a good rea-
son, for when I consider that at a time when every person
out of doors was in the expectation—the legitimate expecta-
tion—of a reform in parliament, his Majesty's ministers were
defeated in this house by a majority of only one, in reference
to that LW, and afterwards on a collateral point by only a
small majority—thus defeating the measure berme it could be
discussed in committee. When I consider these things, Ido
not indeed see how his Majesty's ministers could have ad-
vised the Sovereign to take any other step. (Cheers.)—.
I will put it to the Honourable Members on the other side,
if the Ministers bad, with the sup -t of the people, with the
confidence of his Majesty, rest their office—l will put it
to them to tell me who would ve undertaken, with them-
Adam of the people's support, to conduc. the iiovemment.—
(loud cheers)--when every person out of doors was Map&
whin that the Reform Bill would be passed, and I do stir
suppose, that those hoomuable gentlemen would themselves
have brought forward the same plan. (Hear). I think the
result most triumphantly establishes the truth of whet I
have just said, and shows in • very striking light the 'Weft
of his Majesty's Ministers. Out of 82 English 01110 e,
Members t•hare been returned, 76 are pledged to sapput
the reform bill. Out of 88 members of the great towns,d sat
pledged to its support; and I may be accused of vanity wiled I
spak of myself, yet, when I moiled that althoigh I was
in this Biome repressntiag only a small borough, and was
1111=112 spin to ferment it, I was calkd'on by the her-
o( one of the largest counties isi England, to come
forward against my wish, against that of my femil , to be.
come their representsdm—in opposition to a
much private respectahlihy, whihod been a long doe OW
bet of this House, and whose father was a sesenher kr the
county before him. Ido say that my eked. Isr so pig&
ions sad influential a county Is pa mesa pent d Am=
lark of the Reform Bill. It os *he ut, too, to
the besearsble ex-member for Cfpwalls who Jew fides
that be would move an anseadment is the OK sod Abe
gallant member who did mom as anestheent. west
both rejected by a most alamphset wink, on their
appeal to their cosatinients. (Her, • both) His Ma-
jesty is next pissed to state that u the 1111=001111 d
friendly disposition which esatiane at he sesetired ism
all fore* powers, essoserge the hope that, menridt-
standing the civil oommegthe which bon dieneirst
some parts ot Hamm spd the matest now adobe Is Pa.
keg, the penal pease wM he maintained." Thee we, es..
iota in rebid I numb klerstat. The came of that war, teo,
is very dbilesethig. Hat I believe that his napiesty'sminis.
ten wadi Set bii *tilled in recomswaing Ms majesty to
follow moy other come than that aseodasha
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(beer, hies) His majesty sest inns to the
thee hem taken plan es the ankh, d Delgivm.
thew blithe have bees model with a dl adty that is as
yet ethebeded. Bet hest the pains% biseety, =API'
dad Integrity, web which they law Inn niodeeted,enew•
in the /ogre "1 usdollitsi„ debt so establidetheia peen-
mint sa they think hest Ike their innetht aid h.
tan wilibre—that I et &views, spy
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HOS not attaled to; be that a ogiedres having syrinx
balm lisharsi Obliefictila had lose telly Min gni.
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say Ike thatheemeabas not been diminished to
like this =WS tilthenanticipated. 1*
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daises raw*. There is the thing wbillt I,•
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c.,ir that that there have been these great reductions, it
:n:tifying to find that the national credit is still maintained
l'th the most scrupulous fidelity and exactness. TMs is a
principle to which, in all my political conduct, I trust I
shall ever studiously adhere, the preservation of the na-
tional faith and credit. From all 1 can collect, our maim-
!a:tures arc in a favourable state—perhaps their profits are
:lot very great—but I believe they are sufficient amply to
ray the masters ; and if wages are not high, they are, I
believe, high enough to enable the labouring classes gene-
rally to live with comfort. He then referred to that part of
Majesty's Speech which respected Ireland, and observed,
;then he contemplated the western part of it, he looked with
:nitro, to its condition, and could not imagine hoe the gen-
Iry. and those who had estates there, could keep away from
-heir estates, and from affording that relief which they ought
Efford. (Cheers.) Such was its state, that it was almost
!Jubtftil whether it belonged to a civilized country. The
li,;urbances were subsiding. In conclusion, he trusted the
'4.foritt bill would be duly considered. The people had
akcn great pains to return members, and that house ought
:aost anxiously to consider the bill. (Cheers.) He then read
Ire Address, which was the usual "echo" of the Speech.
Sir J. JOHNSTONE (who was also dressed in military
inifurm) rose to second the address. He begged to claim
Jon) the house that indulgence which had been claimed by
:he honourable member who moved the address, and which
:he house was in the habit of extending to members situated
as he was, particularly standing as he did, the representative,
of the most populous county in the kingdom. The firstplint
to which he should allude was to that part of the speech
which referred to the situation of Ireland, and he thought great
credit attached to the ministers of the Crown, for their firns
and judicious exercise of those salutary laws already to 11310,
istence, without the pain of having recourse to martial law.
The distress in Ireland was a subject of deep regret, bit
it had already awakened the sympathy of the people of
England, and he had no doubt that the House would, at an
catty period, adopt measures that should prevent Ireland in
future from suffering those periodical visitations which they
Lad for so many years experienced. In reference to other
parts of His Majesty's speech, the hon. baronet regretted
that the appearance of foreign affairs, and the outrages in
seine parts of Ireland, bad not enabled his Majesty's mi.
nistcrs to reduce the military establishment of the country ;
end he observed, with reference to the state of the revenue,
that it was satisfactory to learn, that notwithstanding the re•
mission of several duties,tlie last accounts exhibited an increase
of the Excise revenue. lie was glad to hear that the ac-
counts from the manufacturing districts showed that the eon.
dition of the labourer was improving. With reference to
our foreign relations, he hoped that his Majesty's Ministers
would continue their system of non-intervention in the af-
fairs of other States, as the best means of avoiding the
mi-
:cries of war, without compromising our dignity or our ho.
:tour. The benefits of such a position had been clearly ex-
emplified by the manner in which England bad lately en.
forced certain claims against Portugal. Poland also was
waging a just war against the gigantic power of Russia, but
the policy of England forbade us to unsheath the sword, ex-
rept in defence of our just rights. The hon. hart. then al-
luded to that part of the speech which had reference to the
cause of the dissolution of the late Partiament, and read the
passage :—" flaying had recourse to that measure fur the pur.
pose of ascertaining the sense of my people on the ex.
pediency of a reform in the representation, I have now to re-
commend that important question to your earliest and most
attentive consideration—confident that in anymeasures which

vou may prepare for its adjustment, you will carefully ad-
here to the acknowledged principles of the Constitution, by
which the prerogatives of the Crown, the authority of both
Houses of Parliament, and the rights and liberties of the
people are equally secured." These words left to the house
tae free and unfettered exercise of votes. On that impor-
tint subject his Majesty recommended the attention of the
Louse, and in agreeing to the address no hon. member would
Le considered as pledged to any particular plan of reform—
(near)--but, he observed, that if previous to the dissolution
of Parliament any doubt existed with respect to the current
of popular opinion, that doubt must now be removed on
referring to the present appearance of the house (cheers).
He repeated that on the question of reform he did not con-
sider that the address pledged that house to any particular
plan. It was, however, consolatory to know. when anti-
quated institutions were crumbling into dost—ohat they had
a Sovereign, who was desirous to obey rather than to con-
troul the public voice. (Cheers.) The King only desired
to promote the comforts of all, and the stability of the best
institutions. Nothing had been more agreeable to him than
to behold the unbroken loyalty with which all Yorkshire had
rushed to the poll. The people would receive with love and
satisfaction the measure of reform which that house in its
wisdom should adopt. They had only to ascertain what mea-
sure should best secure and five force to the virtue and pro-
perty of the country, and give stability to the throne, and
all their valuable institutions. (Cheers.) That measure be
was quite sure would be cheerfully received by the le,
and he trusted that such a measure would now ve the
sanction of Parliament. Ile most cordially seconded the
address which had been moved. _ _ _ _ _

The Address having been read by the Speaker, and the
question being about to be decided—
Sir R. PEEL rose and said, that be bad abstained from
claiming the attention of the House, expecting that some
other Member would have risen to address it. As that was
not the case, he could not lose the opportunity of saying
that he should concur in the Address. It was a source of
great satisfaction in him to be able to concur in the Address'
that had been moved, because be conceived that their pro-
ceedings should be characterized by a total abstinence from
all acrimonious spirit, and that they 'Mold be able at all
times to offer to the Sovereign Authority their assurances
of loyalty urmixed by division. It was desirable to support
the Address—to avoid, if possible, differences of opinion on
the occasion of their approaches to the Throne ; and he was
therefore the more particularly pleased that it had boon ob-
served, that agreeing is the Address would not pledge MIL
Members to any specific plan of Reform. He did net men
to complain of the modern mode of keeping these ip..st
quite secret, till they were delivered from the Threee...es
the contrary, he thought the plan a very good onet.betlts
felt quite assured that had they intended to call for any at.
plicit vote, sanctioning the adoption of any principle ore..
timent favourable to Reform, they would have allowed then%
by the reading of the speech at the Cockpit. after the geed
old fashion (a laugh)—or at some other place, to IiONOM
acquainted with its contents. He, therefore, sanadaned she
Address, because he did not consider it to pledge any Mem-
ber to any particular principle on the subject of Reform.—
As to the next point of the address, namely, die state of our
foreign re'ations, he should abstain from making any remarks
in the necessary absence of the Foreign Secretary, Lord Pal-
merston. (Hear—his lordship was not in the house.) It
would he most inconvenient to bring forward those remarks
now, but he could not here help remarking how great was the
advantage which had existed from that state of representa-
tion which would have secured the noble lord's return. Ex-
cept the noble rord came in under schedules A or 13, how
could he now secure any seat in that house ? (Cheers and
a laugh.) And if he so came into the house, was it
not some argument in favour of some part of the present
representation? (Hear, hear.) Questions on the state
of our foreign affairs were requisite, particularly after the
demands of France upon Portugal. And It was the more
important after what had been declared by France on the
subject of Intervention : the demands of France were of
the most Important character, particularly ill demanding the
release or dismissal of particular individuola. That prece-
dent was of the most dangerous tendency. As to the other
points of the speech, there was nothing to call for remark—
the only other important point was an amendment. of the
representation, on which subject the address pledged MOD.
bent to no measure or opinion. When the subject was
brought forward, he should be ready to restate his opinions ;
but be should be suppressing the truth if he said he approved
all the circumstances that bad led to the last dissolution of
parliament.—(Loud cheers.). He did not question the right,
but he did dispute the time and manner of it. His send.
meets might be adverse to the majority of tile people,
but he should not be deemed less their true fricod in avow-
ing his sentiments. He could not set the necesSlty "of
then advising the dissolution. What was the state of things ?
There had been remission of taxation—but what had pre-,
cedents said on that subject ? The duties on coal —on slate c"
—on barifla were remitted. Ponds might have' been taken '
but practically the duties had been remitted. The dissolu-
tion ought not to have been advised till the intention of ths
Treasury had been avowed, and rendered the subjects of sets:
Again, he could not understand why the parliament had been
dissolved, particularly recollecting the state of Ireland, with-
out applying for the renewal of the act regarding dangerous
associations s. (hear.) The bon. baronet had another coon-'
plaint against his majesty's government. When the gain.;
non at Issue was in their opinion depending, that of iemodelw,
ling the House of Commons, it was their peculiar locombiast
duty not to put forth any cause of excitement by represent-
ing circumstances .odierwise than they really did exist.--
(Rear, hear, front the Opposition.) It was neither politic
nor correct to state It' the cause of the dissolution of Par.
liament wag the refit of the sopplies. (Hear, hear.) One
of his Majesty's Ministers hid expressly said that his

testy was justified in dissolving Parliament, because they
had refused his supplies. (Hear, hear, particularly by the
! Attorney-General, who happened to be seated in the side
gallery.) He (Sir R. Peet had meson to doubt whether
that was the cause which had brought Ministers to that
determination :_whether it was not really in consequence
of the division on General Gascoyne's amendment, or the
majority of a previous evening. A noble lord had
stated that it was because supplies had been refused ;
but if it could appear that supplies had not been re-
fused, there was of course no reason furnished for the disso-
lution. He (Sir R. Peel) would state one reason which he
had for believing that tie supplies being refused was not the
cause ; namely, that a noble 10-d, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, than whom no better authority could be had in
such matters, had expressly informed his constituents, in
a written communication, that it was the majority of the '
previous Thursday that had caused the dissolution.—
(Hear, hear.) He (the hon. hart.) repeated, that this was
not prudent thus to add to the general excitement. The bon.
member who moved the address had dwelt upon the satisfac-
tory manner with which the dissolution had been received by ,
the country ; and the hon. member who seconded the Address
had said that there were 70 members in the house who stood
pledged to the original bill. He (Sir R. Peel) did not make
the allusion from any bitterness of party feeling, but he crust
say that he could only attribute that expression to the Hon.
seconder being a young member of the Honourable House,
or he would not have so far committed himself ; for from the
tenour and wording of the speech from the throne, these
lion. members who stood thus pledged would find themselves
placed in rather an awkward situation. By the former un-
derstanding the House of Lords had been told, in pretty un-
equivocal terms, that if they did not acquiesce in the Bill,
that the time was not far of when they would be struck off
(Hear.) The hoe. Baronet here read the speech, from which
be inferred that the ministers meant to introduce a different
Bill from what had been already submitted to the
house. The passage to which the hon. baronet most parti-
cularly adverted waa—" Having had recourse to that mea-
sure for the purpose of ascertaining the sense of my people
on the expediency of a reform in the representation, 1 have'
now to recommend that important question to your earliest
and moat attentive consideration—confident that, in any
measures which you may prepare for its adjustment.
you will carefully adhere to the acknowledged princi-
ples of the constitution, by which the prerogatives of the
I Crown, the authority of both Houses of Parliament, and
the rights and liberties of the people are equally secured."
This could not apply to the late bill ; but he hoped that the
authorities of both houses of parliament would be preserved
in the new bill that was to be produced. These authorities
had never been granted for their individual and exclusive,
hut for general interest. The hon. bart. after animadverting
on the speech shortly, expressed himself to oppose the prin.
ciple of yielding to the majority of the people, who were,
perhaps, the slaves of other's opinion. (Hear, hear.) Ile,
for himself, would always consider it his right and his para.
mount duty to express his own opinion unmindful of
what was the opinion of others. He deprecated the
indiscriminate use that had been made of one of the first
names in the nation for the purpose of intimidation. He
thought it impolitic to yield so far as to withdraw that con.
troul over the people which had been instituted for their
benefit, (bear, hear), and such yielding would only lead to
future recurrence of the same measure. He did not speak
as a disappointed politician, but he wished merely to caution
them against acting in this way. He regretted as much as
any one the long wars, and the consequent expenses that
had been entailed on the country; but he deprecated that
the spirit of the people should be transferred from objects,
such as the support of the Church, and others, which had
been instituted for their benefit. The conclusion of the
Hon. Baronet's speech we could not catch, in consequence
of a casual confusion of a stranger, who had imprudently
intruded himself.

Lord A LTHORP, in reply and explanation, said, that
the policy which his Majesty's Government had pursued was
trot only founded on fairness, but it was sound policy. The
lion. Bart. had admitted that his Majesty had the undis.
puted prerogative of dissolving Parliament; and they had
found themselves, agreeably to their principles, warranted
in the sanctioning and advising of his Majesty to dis-
solve Parliament. The remission of taxation to which
the Honourable Baronet had alluded, and which he had
said bad been done without the sanction of Parliament,
and particularly the duty on sea-borne coals, he (Lord
Abbott)) was ready to admit had been done ; but, In
point of fact. it was only a technical objection, for the
duties had been virtually removed ; and every man must have
been satisfied that In the state of that measure at the disso-
lution,the duty must be removed. His Lordship then briefly
replied to the notice taken of the omission of not having the
proclamation act renewed, to apply to Ireland. He acknow-
ledged that they had taken the responsibility on their own
shoulders. He next proceeded to reply to the charge of
assigning wrongfully as a reason for dissolution, the
stoppage of the supplies. He was ready to admit that an
adjournment at one o'clock in the morning was not singly
considered an absolute refusal of the supplies ; but he bore
in mind the aspect of the debate that had apparently been
studiedly thrown in to put off to a late hour the decision
of the question considered to be the most important before
the House. On that evening questions bad been put
to him which he refused to answer—(hear, hear)—and
the whole House must have known what he meant
when he did so : he could not have consistently answered the
questions. He was not going to state that the occurrences
of that evening were the sole cause of the dissolution; but
he would assert that they were strong justifications of the ne-
cessity of a dissolution of parliament. His lordship, in reply
to the wording of the King's speech, contended that there
was nothing in the wording of the speech which could war.
rant an opinion that any other than the bill that had been
produced would be proposed, which was strictly constitu-
tional. With regard to the effects on the minds of people,
be said that the ministry had given them hopes, and it was
that which bad called forth their feelings.
Lord MA HON spoke in reprobation of the bill, and the
conduct of ministers in dissolving Parliament. He must
avow his own coitrictioo, that' no Parliament had, for worth
and public spirit, exceeded the late House of CoMmons. He
did' not mean to cast any reflection on the present honour-
able house, but he would say, that it was not assembled
by the cool deliberate vote of the people. It was no " ap-
peal to Philip when Philip was sober." His lordship said
he lOoked round him in vain now for the exalted talents of
Sir Richard Vyvyan— (laughter, and cries of best)—and se-
vend other bon. members that were now absent, who had been
excluded by a coalition which was framed on what it was
supposed that the' King approved of. Ministers had succeed-
ed at Inc elections by the unnatural coalition of three parties
—the few partisans of the present government, those who.
deprecated the measure as too extensive but preferred some
to the absence of all Reform, and those who had formed
plans incompatible with the ancient institutions. This last
class, the Radicals, were not satisfied; they considered the
Bill a good step, but a bad measure in itself. The Mover
bad concluded by an eulogy of the King. Did not the Mari- 1
bins opposite perceive that the more justice' they did his
, Majesty, the more necessary would they find it to defend
themselves, in consequence of 'Wee measures his Kingly
power had been brought Into guidon, and canvassed in an
1
; unprecedented manner. He trusted to see soon dispelled the
illusion which Ministers had thrown over their unhallowed.
measures by the unconstitutional Introduction of the Kieg's
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Mr. HUMS was surprised to hear members complain that
the King should have thought fit to appeal to his people, to
decide a point on which the Commons were nearly divided.
The complaint was unfair, because he had beard the sato.
Illesbers due ministers to a dissolution. (Cheers) " I will'
!down to the bustinp," it had been said, " and with the
bill in my hand I shall confidently appeal to my constitu-
ents." He admired the candour of the right hon. baronet,
in admitting that he had been mistaken in his view of the
sense of the country on the reform question. The noble
Lord should have been equally =did. He (Mr. Hume)
had been anxious that the bill should proceed without a
dissolution, but the violent opposition of the anti-reform
fiction had rendered that course impracticable. He used
the word faction purposely : the vast majority ,in the late
elections—the majority of twenty to one in every place where
a fair contest was carried on, justified that repression. MU
}liters 'bad no alternative.To go on would hate lowered'
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*be (Mr. Haute) wit totes of the Radical Retention.;
whom he had anithadvireed; be 'lobed to see the.
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and the desire :f leaving ministers in a minority. Now
they were left in a minority themselves, they should put
up with it with better humour. Had they been so often
beaten by majorities as he ( Mr. Hume) they would put up
with it more easily. He would not believe as stated by the hon.
bait. that any of the great principles Of the bill had been
changed. He was uot, however, averse to ameliorations in the
details. Members complained of the use of the Eines same.
Now, that name had not been used one-tenth part so often
as on former occasions when introduced to sanction oppres-
sive measures. The conduct of his Majesty was above all
praise; he manifested a personal anxiety to meet the wants
and wishes of the community, and chewed himself better
acquainted with those wishes than many of the members.
lie (Mr. Hume) was not for destroying the monarchical in-
stitutions ; he meant merely to reform those institutions, and
thereby secure to them the affections of the people. The hon.
member concluded by again thanking ministers for the wis.
dont and decision they had shown in dissolving the late par.
!lament.

Mr. ATTWOOD said, Ministers, by the dissclution,had
prolonged the suspension of certain taxes, the repeal of which
would not have been sanctioned by parliament.
A Member said hewas satisfied the people were now 's-
houting under a delusion, from which they would soon re-
cover. In many places with which he was acquainted a re-
action had already taken place.
Mr. TRA NT rose to animadvert on the most unprece-
dented, unconstitutional, and toi.eitievotts use made of the
king's name throughout the reform proceedings. To this
circumstance Wa4 mainly owing the late success of the re-
formers. Many electors had told their friends, when ..an.
vassing them, that they would have supported them, were
they not as loyal rubjects bound not to oppose their king.
He (Mr. Trans) felt so strongly on this point, that had he
had the prospect of support from the house, he should have
embodied his opinion in an amendment : (a laugh.)
Mr. HUNT said there were two great divisions in the
speech, the foreign and the domestic policy. Ministers had
not been sufficiently explicit with respect to the foreign af-
fairs. A report, hitherto uncontradicted, has been circu-
lated in all the newspapers, that whilst Ministers were pro-
claiming the most liberal opinions and profeising not to
draw the sword, they were sanctioning the transportation of
British arms to Russia, to be used against the brave
Poles. (Hear, hear, hear.) Two hundred thousand
stand of arms were said to have been ordered by
Messrs. Rothschild for that purpose from the manufacturers
of Birmingham, and that the manufacturers being unable to
furnish such an amount, Ministers had allowed a consi.
derable quantity of arms to be sent from the Tower. He
hoped Ministers would contradict the report, for it had
caused a great sensation in the country. On our domestic
policy he should he very short. The speech alluded to the
disturbances in Ireland and 'Vales; the mover and se-
conder of the address said, they had been put down by
constitutional means. Had it come to the knowledge of
his Majesty's Ministers that twenty of the King's sub-
jects had been shot by the soldiers, and buried with-
out a Coroner's Inquest ? He did not say that the
slaughter of the people might not have been necessary ; but
if Ministers did not bring the subject before the House,
he should, for twenty of his fellow-subjects should never
be slaughtered and buried without a Coroner's Inquest;
while he had a seat in the house, without his bring-
ing it under consideration. lie was accused of baing an
enemy to the Reform Bill, though he had voted for it on
every question ; but if the thrice would bring forward a bill
that would go farther, he would vote for it (a laugh). When
the bill came into committee, he would move for the exten-
sion of the suffrage to all householders. He hoped ministers
would have no objection to state whether 200,000 stand of
arms were to be sent to Russia ; and whether government
allowed arms from the Tower to be sent there ?
Mr. LA MB said no arms had been sent to Russia at the
desire of Government, nor by any act of theirs, nor had 0a
vernment in any manner interfered, nor did he know d
any being exported. With respect to the killing of the
men in Wales, he believed the unfortunate people had not
been fired on till it was absolutely necessary for the preser-
vation of the lives of the Magistrates and soldiers. After
the people had been fired on, the military Commander was
obliged to leave the town, and the people buried the bodies
where they could not be found. One Coroner's Inquest,
however, had been held, and a verdict of justifiable homicide
bad been returned.
Mr. SADLER said he could not be satisfied with the
slight mention of Ireland in the speech. Nineteen-twentieths
of the landlords of Ireland were now absentees; and while
that was the ease, distress must afflict the labouring popula-
dam of Ireland, and must re-act on the labouring population
of Ilbgbod. The benevolent of every party should come
forward in favour of the people of Ireland with a poor law.
(Hear.) The poverty of Ireland was ravaging Zugland. The
speech only recommended deliberation, with great caution,
to ascertain whether it would be possible to improve the con-
dition of Ireland. He should certainly bring that most im.
portant question under the consideration of the house.

. _
Mr. SHE'LL thought every Irish gentleman was indebted
to the Honourable Gentleman for his peculiar attention to
the sufferings of the poor of Ireland, both for his exertions in
that House, and by his valuable compositions on the subject.
There was at present one great subject that occupied the
mind and heart of England. But the question of Patlia-
mentary Reform was linked with the state of Ireland; and
he was not calling on Ministers to turn aside from the consi-
deration of Reform, when be implored them to consider the
state of Ireland, and adapt it to a state of Reform. The Re-
peal of the Union was a subject which it was perhaps his
interest and his wish to avoid; but, he must say, it was
exciting a strong sensation in Ireland. The Catholic ques-
don was carried by the organizatiotflof the passions of the
people of Ireland, and the Great Captain granted that mea.
sure, as he would surrender a citadel to the foe. The great
patriot who had acted so distinguished a part in the attain.
meat of catholic emancipation. now sought to carry the
publle mind with him in a measure not less exciting—(hear.
hmr. The Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Sadler) had pro-
posed a poor tax for the relief of Ireland, and attributed the
sufferings of the poor to the absence of the proprietors of the
soil ; surely a tax on these persons would not be exception-
able. The Catholic priesthood of Ireland were 3,000 in
number, and possessed great influence, sod should be
brought into connection with the state, that they might be.
come its bulwarks. He would propose that funds should
be set apart for the education of the people, which might:
be committed to the disposal of the Catholic priesthood, sad
connect them with the state. He called upon the House and
the Government to remember that they were called on to le.
gislate'for siltation, not for a party: He called upon them
to give to Ireland all the advantages of English connectiow,.
and thereby render h perpetual. (hear.)
Mr. GEORGE DA WSOS begged the house to nail;
lect, that Lord Althorp, in answer to a question from Sir
Richard Vivian, at five o'clock en Thom* before the Par-
liament was dissolved, said, he would not say whether Par-
liament would be dissolved, but that Government could not,
proceed with the Reform bill in the then Parliament ; and
that the adjournment of the house, which•thoy said' delayed
the supplies, did not take place till aloe o'clock the next
morning; yet Government said it was that postponement•
caused the dissolution. (Cheers and laughter.) He thought
it was not fair to accuse the house of having caused
the dissolution. There was no refusal of the sulier. net
any intention of delay. (Hear, hear.) , He denied that the
elections had been ill in favour of Refonnedi without influ-
ence ; in many cases the grossest corruption had been used.
He was glad to learn from the'speech that relief had been
afforded to the distress of Ireland, bat he heard very - lately
that government had shored the greatest apathy to the tuf-4.
feriogs of the poor in Ireland. He was confident the house,
would have made good any assistance that Oovernment might
have given to the distress of Ireland.
Sir JA 31 ES . GRAHAM said he was happy to Owens
the altered tone of 'the right hon. bart. (Peet.) from' the kW
speech he had heard from him in that house. ( Hear, ba)'
He distinctly admitted that on the evening of Thursday, die'
conversation alluded to by the right hon. gent. did take
place; but he still Contended that the motion foe a_djoum.,
meet carried by the. opposttion, had the effect d&Maytag,
the supplies, and left no alternative but dissolving the Rand
liar:neat. He would appeal to the private WNW 111 SU
gentle Men osite, whether it was not their intends..
Ott that evenft to stop the Ordnance estimate. (Ho, no.)
At all events the delaying that report Was conclusivel
on the determination of Ministers to dibble, immesh-,
El ; and it was found that there was an expended sum of:
niece estimates which had.been sulllcient for hi supply
. lime a 'Oar, Mae.) He 'asked the boon:Whether-this
Willsootlea war not seSdmt to justify the erpteroleo, that.
tine delay of the Ordnonee sichneteslllturoed the Oleo-,
of
• • g itite(!seleti 'Iolf": llitreiblin = to
Z"
v. g, ago sent'
service, :vie:lain in tir
dleecdcsi to' nsitionnistireficeiin
relief.
was was ,this rell4.oesii‘ pot be otborwiee)
a s r 74, he had
?: waked on Govennoent is in.'
ritn
liwat dim ot do state of disable In itebalik Laid Wel.'
boom aid bin Lord Althorp would be in town the nest

day, and a day sitoall not be lost in affording relief; and
the next day he received a letter from Lord Althorp, stating
that measures were taken for the relief of the distress. The
subscription that morning amounted to 23.0001. and he be.
lieved the greatest suffering of Ireland was now relieved for
the present. If no other man in the house brought the state
of Ireland before the house, with a view to prevent the re.
currenee such distress, he should do it himself. They
were not worthy the name of Christians if they did not take
measures to avert such misery. (Hear.)
Lord STORMONT said the right hon. baronet (Sir Jas.
Graham) appeared to suppose that he had attacked his cha-
racter. The hon. baronet said, " There were some days
who pecked at characters they could not soil." He wished
to ask the right lion. baronet whether he meant that he was
that day?—(Great laughter). He had cheered the right
hon. baronet, but not to impeach his character. He would
admit that he had voted for the adjournment to delay the
supplies. (Hear, hear.) He had now given a fair and
manly answer, and he would ask ministers whether Lord
Whameliffe's notices of motion in the House of Lords wax
not the cause of the dissolution ? (hear.) He believed when
they heard of that notice they went to the King and asked hint
to dissolve. The conduct of ministers respecting the ease
of the hon. member for Waterford (Mr. O'Connell) was
highly exceptionable. That Hon. Gentleman had been
found guilty, and in consequence of the dissolution no ern-
tence could be passed on him. He wished to know from
Ministers how they meant to act where election returns
were petitioned against on account of violence. At one
election a High Sheriff gave as a toast, at a public dinner,
where the son of the Prime Minister was present, " The
sovereignty of the people," before the King's health. Ile
thought all persons at that dinner were subject to blame.
There might be some who thought the sovereignty of the
people should precede that of the Sovereign ; but that is not
our else, we, who are persons of property, and education,
and infinence—(great laughter)—are not of that opinion.
Lord HO WICK said, at a public dinner the day after his
election, the High Sheriff did give as his first toast, " The
People, the source of all legitimate power." But he did it
with the strongest expressions of loyalty to the King, whom
he highly praised as teigning only for the good of his people
hear); and when he gave the King's health, which was
the next toast, at no Pitt dinner was it given with greater
applause. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. STANLEY said his Noble Friend's explanation
must he perfectly satisfactory; but he must say that
the discussion of after.dinner toasts was not the most dig-
nified method of employing their time in • Session of un-
paralled importance--(Hear, hear, hear.) He could assure
the House, on his honour. that the prosecutirss of Mr. O'Con-
nell had nothing to do with the dissolution of Parliament,
It was the anxious wish of Government that Mr. O'Connell
should have been called up for judgment ; and it was not
till after the opinions of the Attorney and Solicitor-General
' of England had been given, that it was illegal to call up Mr.
O'Connell for judgment, it was only then the prosecution was
abandoned.—He thought it of great importance to prove to
Ireland that Mr. O'Connell was not above the law ; but the
question of a dissolution of Parliament was of too much im-
portance to be postponed for the purpose of punishing Mr.
O'Connell. (Hear, hear.) He could assure the house that
In the memory of man there never were elections in Ireland
so perfectly free from Government influence. (Hear, hear.)
With respect to the distress in Ireland,Government had hog
been causing provisions to be sold at a cheap rate, as the NW
means of relief. (Hear.)
Sir ROBERT BATESON said, he could assure the
House, that for the last 50 years in Ireland the Government
had never interfered so shamelessly as in the last elections for
Ireland. (Hear. hear).
Sir CH A R LES WETHERELL said, the King's Speech
was the longest in the records of Parliament. It Included
every thing : it begun with Parliamentary Reform, and it
ended with cholera morbus. (A great laugh). The Govern-
ment had exerted themselves to produce excitement. The
Lord Mayor of London had instigated illuminations, and also
wrote to the British Museum to illuminate • indeed he might
be called the Cabinet lamplighter. The Reform Bill was an
unworthy stratagem to irritate the already irritated feelings
of the public. He alluded to the occurrences that had taken
place at Rye at the election, and said he supposed that that
place had come under the terms of the speech, being uncon-
nected with political feeling. He supposed they might come
under the recognizance of the political lamplighter. He was
determined, so long as he was able to give expression to his
feelings, that lie would to his utmost power, to the cast of his
existence oppose in spirit, in detail, in winker In part, either
of the two bills that had been presented to that house. He
reprobated the practices of the late election generally, where be
said that narmberselected were compelled to repeat the cuckoo
note of the bill, the whole bill, and nothing but the
He said that agent implied a subordinate situation, and
he considered that the noble Lord who had brought in the
bill was no more than an agent of Lord Grey, as he (Sir
Charles Wetherell) was an agent to oppose it. He hoped
after this to hear no more of the " cuckoo note of the
reform bill," or of the clamour of members for rotten boa
roughs. He considered that the pretext alleged for the
dissolution of parliament was merely one of Lord Brough-
am's jokes. He could not for a moment suppose that the
Lord Chancellor would state what was not true—(a laugh,)
but he would class it es a parliamentary figure, similar
to that of the cholera morbus. When the bill was pro-
duced, he pledged himself to prove that the principle of
the Bill was more democratic than that law which abo-
lished feudalism in France.—(Hear, hear.) Elections
had been conducted in many places in England on the ja-
cobin principles of the sovereignty of the people. If ever
again this Jacobin bill was introduced into this House, so sub
versive of the Constitution of the country, he would oppose
it with all his might. He considered that the cry of ?Wm:.
lion of taxation was only a tool for candidates for the hus-
tings if any tax was gone some other must be borne. If
the coal tax was buried some other must be generated. He
could tell them, in attempting these measures they had
not merely introduced a cholera morbus, but they had in.
troduced a paralysis into every branch of industry, by what
he was inclined to call the humbug Bill of Reform, which
had shaken all public confidence. But it hail now fallen to a
discount, and there was good cause. Parliamentary reform
iu England required an index • in some places it meant abo-
lition of tithes, repeal of mewled taxes, or was coupled with
sonic other such measure, which bad never taken place be.
fore. He defended himself from the charge of illibetallty in
opposing the timber tax, and said that it had been de l.
berately given up by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, by a
humbug adjournment:
Mr. BROWN eulogised government for the wise manner
in which they had acted towards the disturbed districts in
Ireland.

---141aToe AIACNA MARA said the measures of government
had had the most beneficial effects in the county of Clare.
Mr. AL O'CONNELL said the disturbances had gveatly
diminished in that county.
Armes few lords from Col..nel EVANS—
The Address was reed' by the'SPRAKER, put, and agreed
to 114116 0011.
Lord ALTHORP gave notice of a resolution for Thurs.
day next, respecting private Bills. In answer to a goes.
lion from Alr. Home, he. said the House would meet to
morrow at three, and the public business collimate! at fdur.
Is answer to a qui:like from Sir R. Peel, be said the eke.
tiara etitions would be proceeded with with all possible
The House adjourned at Half-past One.

Trio CnoLa d'Vz-Ttle • ieformation obtained
from Riga to-day, respecting the 'progress of thb;
cholera 'potful' in the plate, is rather more favour-I
nble. The following is an extract of a letter from
ithence : " Rio*, JUNE 6.—We gave you to un-.
derstand by our last, that the epidemic was on the
wane, and that fewer cities of Mortality have taken
place. This we are happy to sly is now con-.
firmed on all sides, and the medical men go so:
far as to say that in two or three weeks it will
have left us altogether. One of our doctors.
(who is considered among the first in the
place) has expressed his opinion that the cholera is
likely to be the scourge of the whole of Europe. this
or next season, and that no country, not even.
Ore,t Britain. will escape. It may, therefore, .be
Well to he on your &aril.; live,temperately, avoid-.
Ing all sorts offiult,vegetalifes, or 'salted milk ahil
fish, and every thing which is acid. /Should 'the
dikease reach you, the effectual antidote agisiust the
symptoms is a wine-glass full qf geed .brandy miaid
with 40 drops of laudantim;.ithich every one onillt
to have" about them *ay to swallow' °di the fiat'
twinge of that stentach.* Neatly tray • otie held
new carries Abele thlngs dont th'eni, both 'as al
preventive and a specific."

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FROM THE RUSSIAN HEADQUARTERS AT
KI:ECZEWO, Jima IC

I am under the painful necessity of announcing
to you, that the Imperial Russian Commander-in-
Chief, General Field-Marshall Count Diebitsh Sa•
balkansky suddenly died this day, at half-past one
o'clock, at his head•qua:teri at Klecuwo, near Pul-
tusk. Until his sudden attack he had been in perfect
health, and on the preceding day, he was remark-
ably cheerful at table, when suddenly, at two
o'clock in the moruin;, he was suddenly attacked
by the destructive malady which bore the unques-
tionable symptoms of cholera ; the violent attacks
of sickness overcame his powerful constitution,
after a painful struggle ; and with rnakly compo-
sure and tranquil resignation, he closed his bril-
liant and active caroer.

The army mourns in him a distinguished general
and a kind guide, who interested himself for a!1
those under his command, treated his conquered
foe with a noble feeling peculiar to himself, and
sought to lighten the heavy burdens of war, to the
inhabitants of those districts whither his glorious
career conducted bim.

This afflicting detith }pposars toafforil an additional
proof that the abore-named malady 4evnds more
upon the state of the atmosphere sod individual
disposition, than upon contagion ; for, titherto, not
a single case of sickness had manifested itself at
head-quarters.

The General of infantry, Count Toll, iastr.ritly
mowed the command of the army.

BERLIN, JUNE 14.—According to the last se-
counts, the head-quarters of Count Diebitech were
at Pultusk, on the 9th inst. A sufficient number
of troops had been concentrated about Wilna, and
a satisfactory and speedy result was expected, from
the vigorous measures adopted to defeat the at-
tempts of the Poles against the Russian pro+. inces.
FRONTIERS Or LITHUANIA, JUNE 7.—A Pri-
vate letter from Riga, of June 6, says: The ac-
counts given in Foreign Journals, of rigorous mea-
sures against the patriots, are wholly unfounded.
Baron Pahlin has hitherto employed only mea-
sures of persuasion, has every where dispersed
the bands of patriots that he met with, and has
every where been received with unfeigned joy by
the more reasonable part of the inhabitants, who
desire nothing more ardently than the restoration
of tranquillity. Hitherto only a single Jew, who
was found to be a spy, has been hanged nt !Shut,.
Our troops are in Schawl, Roschuma, Ponioni, alid
several small towns, and are in comepunicatiun
with each other ; troops, or rather single bands of
patriots, infest the open country, and plunders
every thing that tempts their insatiable rapacity.—
Prussian State Gazette, June 16.

BRUNSWICK, JUNE 15.—A proclamation has
been issued in the name of his Highness Duke
William, convoking an assembly of the states of
the Duchy, to meet at Brunswick 30th September.

STOCKHOLM, Jurrs 10.—The King has been
so much better since the 7th, slut no more bulle-
tins have been issued. It is thought his Majesty
will go to the country seat Rosenburg, as soon as
the weather is warmer.

VIRN NA, June 9.—Twenty three Counties of
the kingdom of Hungary have sent addresses in
the Latin language to the Emperor, in favour of
the Poles : they deplore the unjust war waged
against a nation with which they are so closely
allied, which saved Vienna from the Turks, and
preserved the throne of the House of Habs-
burg : they alledge the necessity of setting
bounds to the constantly increasing power of the
Northern giant ; and beg his Majesty to consult
with them in the assembly of the States, already
announced, respecting the state of the Poles, to
whom the imperial family and their country is so
highly indebted, and who are now fighting with
incomparable valour, but with disproportioned
force. They also beg that the prohibition to ex-
port arms, ammunition, and scythes, may be re-
voked.—Hamburg/ Papers, June 18.
MANSUR°, JUN Ei7.—BORSEN HALLE, FOUR
o'CLocx.—Tbe supply of wheat during the week
has been very limited, and very little brought for
exportation. During the first seven days of June,.
194 cargoes of corn passed the Sound-80 bound
for British ports.
R D
Wheat, Sills and Bohemian ... ... 140 165
Do debt& White .. 130 150
Do Red 110 130

- -
---
Mecklenburg ... ...
... tin iii
Rye. Danslg ... .. ... lll2
Do Upland .. .. H 100
Do Mecklenburg ... .. ... 90 09
• During the week, 498 lasts of wheat havie boeu
imported, 228 exported, and theie remains stuek
on hand 3500 lasts.

Very little doing in the money market.
End of J: .
Anglo Danish Loan, Three per Cent ..... 514
Anglo Promisor .1. .1 de*
Harnburgh Coo ...
FAA Bands. ...
Ananias Bank Shares ... 1
Austrian Metalliques 4141 i
New Austrian. Pour per Cent. • • lei
The efforts of the public authorities in Dantzig
to suppress the cholera hiving Oared inethaaki,
the Prussian Government hive ordered a onion
to be drawn round the city. A part of the ad-
joining country will be included within the
coition, by which M'eat&ii the Ulation Of the
'city wilt not be atiogirtfier' tip within ifs
wills, and the population eta' the ildjOhting
country, who usually depend for the ea/wit did,
produce on the towns' people, will not be at once
tleprh;ed of their bread. In Riga, the total neni-
ber of persona attacked by titters, to the' Cult, area
about 1;300, of whom about 700 had diet]:-://iiiia..•
!burgh Reporter.
EXCHANGES ON LOiDOI.
Hamburg, June 17.-13 8; 2 m. 13 7t.
&din; Jane 11;3
Stockholm, June 10, 90 L-13 10.
Petersburg, June 3.-114.

Almnst every Wench of de Sheffield trade is
exceedingly brisk, !thigh is the more satiefactory,
is Abe present season tif,the year 'mustily veirlell,
pie 'Being orjcrs hare been eieficuled, anV Ostead
of rat tiinfilbr ii/Oot ifit‘eiWeafni *MO 'l4e-
ially oectikwif believe the shelidier tait
furors and merchants are bat bolytinhiadokblittbat
the demands for veep are so Nbuntlan.4 that *
eveat dithculty is in supylptig hhein. The
tniMbs4isges n seierallepaitmenls)weileielj 02.
ented lOWA biliNaiMai Wee
In the Oda etimeibesitiipeoftietWtilqiilutiiit-
-1 lug to from 10 to 30 per cent.—Sbefteid Irk.

ffetitotions fried of their abbess. sod, by ao eitooolve
dorm, restored to their Amour pull. Ml obit b...
Uttar u admitted by the right' boo. buouserhoebh bad,
haeo,the public peatexdture, sod use,
trialube we.
pima amid be no ro ths r Arnhem.' Sae
altas lard -.. • ills .urreligesheWll6l.llo4 kokullor
Maio an •b a tno _ Ito, tiogiy tomstri
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LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22.

of every privilege !

EVENING STAR.

ATH OF GENERAL DIEBITCSH.
he Prussian State Gazette received this
m. extracts from which we give in a pre-
we have the official account of the
'General Dir emelt by cholera ; and our
,flespondent mentions a report, conveyed in
ite letter from Hamburgh, of General
N having blown out his brains. All the
from the seat of war are favourable to the
Polish cause; and, it is added, that serious dis-
till hariccs have broken out in the interior of
Russia. At the same time, it will be observed,
that several provinces of Hungary have addressed
a memorial to the Emperor of A esva lA, in which
they express the warmest interest in the success of
the Polish nation, and call 'upon his Majesty to
interfere in their behalf.

Yesterday, a great game of Legislation was
played, and it afforded the most splendid gala which
is remembered. The popularity of the KlNG—
the opening of a New Parliament—and of such a
Parliament—and for such purposes drew together
the greatest street crowds, while all the houses,
even to the ridge tiles, were covered with anxious
spectators, the gaiety of the scene being favoured
by a splendid Midsummer sun.

The K 'NG was received with enthusiastic cheers,
and though Guards, horse and foot, kept the street-
way, and filled up the gaps in the procession, yet
a SOVEREIGN, who was going among his People,
to break the chains of a rapacious faction, needed
no protecting force. How different have we seen
the same procession !—a bullet-proof carriage,
guards on all sides, and missiles flying in sympa-
thy with the execrations of the people ! How easy
it is to be great and powerful, by only being wise
and just!
Such were the streets from St. James's to Old
Palace-yard ; but the splendid scene within the
House of Lords beggars description. The fair
sex, always the generous champions of the rights
of man, and warm-hearted in whatever cause they
espouse, had through the morning been proceeding
in their best external ornaments, in lines of car-
riages ; and when the KING took his seat on the
Throne, the assemblage was the finest and most
impressive that can be conceived. On each side of
the House were ranged in four or five dense rows,
from 600 to 800 of the loveliest women in the
world, not all equally young, nor equally attractive ;
but, taken together, such a parterre of beauty as
no other age or country could have displayed.—
Their uniform plumes of ostrich feathers, and the
blaze of superb diamonds graced the scene, if they
did not add to native charms ; and they reduced to
objects of secondary interest, the Peers, in their
scarlet and ermined robes, and all the other Mas-
querade state which is brought together on such
occasions.

Seldom has there been a greater assemblage of
Peers, and never did the gentlemen of the House
of Commons, when their door was opened, strug-
gle more mebbishly to get front places. Their
torrent actually alarmed the ladies ; and till the
cause was explained, the people's Representatives
were taken for the people themselves. In truth it
was the first appearance of at least one hundred of
the gentlemen, and they evidently desired to make
the most of their new privileges.
After the House was cleared, and their Lord-
ships had retired to take refreshments, they began
to re-assemble at five o'clock ; and by half-past five,
when the CHANcE Lton. took his seat on the Wool.
sack, there WAS a fuller attendance than has
often been witnessed. It was understood by some,
that an amendment on the Address would be
moved; and the muster of the CUMBERLAND
PARTY portended some measure of hostility.
His Grace sat in the centre on the op-
position benches, supported by the Dukes
of GLOUCESTER, NEWCASTLE, BUCKING•
HAM, MONTROSE, BEAUFORT, &C. &C. with
the known Tory phalanx of Marquesses, Earls,
Barons, &c. &c. Three :rows of them occu-
pied their side, while ELDON LYNDHURST,
and some others, sate on the cross Benches. It was
a formidable array of title and property ; and
though the Ministerial Benches were also full, yet
it was understood, that if a division were pressed,
there were 2 to I present, and a majority of 25, in-
cluding proxies. The Ministers looked thoughtful,
and the Lotto CHANCELLOR pale and very ill.
The Duke of NORFOLK moved the address like
an inexperienced speaker, and concluded by read-
ing an echo of the long speech. It was then handed
to the CHANCELLOR, and proposed to be read, but
objected to, as being in the first person instead of
the third. The Opposition chuckled at the error,
and the CH ANcELLon became angry. ELDON
FTESBURY decided against the form—
ibate ensued of an hour and a half
form, the reading, the altering, &c.
ingth the Duke of NORFOLK altered
tree pronouns, and it was then read
iy the CHANCELLOR. 'Whether it was
or third person was treated as an affair
of. solemn privilege, and stoutly maintained ; be-
cause it was said their Lordships at this time ought

RAVE, late Lord NORMANDY, then,
.speecb, enlarged on all the topics,
domestic, and dwelt with force and

eloquence on the necessity of reform, and on the
wisdom of the proposed plan.
Lord Wiscritiits followed, 'and declared him-
self in impassioned tones an opponent of the bill,
which he had at first supported, owing to the ultra
doctrines of which it had become the foundation ;
and the danger with which it threatened the Pro-
testant Church. He spoke with vehemence of the
withdrawing of the prosecution against Mr,
O'CONNELL, and of the license with which the
press assailed all the venerated institutions of the
country.

Lord GREY replied, with his usual perspicuity,
and on alluding to Lord WI sciti tsEA's accusa-
tion, that persons connected with Government
aimed at the subversion of the Constitution—the
Duke of CUMBERLAND exclaimed, Hear, hear!
Lord GREY then directed himself to the Duke,
and said he was not surprised—since the Duke
prided himself on his opposition to civil and
religious liberty. Lord LONDONDERRY here
called Lord GREY to order; and the latter
proceeded at great length to justify the Govern-
ment, but conceded to Lord WINCHILSEA, that
the Press was abused, though Ministers were in-
tent on correcting it, and should on every prac-
ticable occasion continue to do so. In fact, he in-
timated that the extent of reform planned by
Ministers must be the rule for the Press, which
may go so far, but no farther ! But the Press
may reply, that if it had always been subjugated
by the Ministerial rule, there would have been no
reform whatever.

Lord WINCIIILSEA, in reply, stated that a re-
lation of Lord GREY had been present, when a
toast had been given, " the Sovereignty of thel
People;" and a noble Lord connected with the
Government had given " the Liberal Clergy ;"
both which he regarded as dangerous to the State
and Church.

Lord GREY thought neither improper, and justi-
fied them.

The Duke of CUMBERLAND disclaimed very
emphatically the charge of Earl GREY. He and
his friends were friends to the Liberties of the
People, as secured by the Constitution of King,
Aristocracy, and Commons, with equal rights. He
opposed the present Bill ; but if another was pro-
posed, he might give it his sanction; he would not
allow himself to be held up as an enemy to the
Liberties of the People !

Lord GREY repeated that all measures tending
to improve Civil and Religious Liberty had uni-
formly met with the Duke's opposition.
Lord FALMOUTH said, that the threat made to
a Minister, " there are seven of us," alluded to an
ancestor of his, though false. He despised it in
the newspapers, but complained of it as repeated
by Lord GREY. But the latter stated he had read
it in Bubb Doddington, and not in the newspapers.
Lords WHARNCLIFFE, LANSDOWNE, and
MANSFIELD, and the CHANCELLOR and Lord
PLUNKETT, spoke afterwards at great length on
various topics : the dissolution—the illuminations—
the Lord CHANCELLOn's speech at the dissolution,
&c. &c. and at three o'clock this morning the Ad-
dress, as we had anticipated as probable three days
ago, was agreed tounanimously ; and judging from
all that passed, we think the Reform Bill will
pass in their Lordships House.

In the COMMONS, Mr. HUNT, amidst general
laughter, gave notice of a resolution, that Peers
interfering in elections, should, for the first offence,
be fined £lO,OOO, and be imprisoned one year ;
for the second £20,000, and two years ; and for
the third, be degraded and transported. He also
objected to the absurd old order, that strangers
found in the gallery should be taken into custody.

Lord Avrzioap fixed the 27th inst. as the limit
for petitions on private bills, and July 4 for reading
them the first time.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL fixed Friday for the Reform
Bill ; and Mr. PoaT at AN gave notice of a General
Road Bill.

Ald. WOOD fixed Thursday week for his very
proper resolution to reduce all salaries to their
former standard.

Mr. FRESH FIELD announced a Bill for amend-
ing the Bankrupt Laws. Alderman Wood caused
laughter by renewing his notice about Mad Dogs;
and another Member intimated an intention to cor-
rect the present absurd and cruel laws of Settle-
ment.

Mr. PELHA at moved the Address on the King's
Speech, and was seconded by Sir J. Jou N STOW C,
in strains of eulogy on Ministers and their mea-

sures.

Sir R. PEEL replied in a speech of great length,
and avowed his determination to continue to oppose
the Reform Bill, at the risk of his popularity.
Lord A LTIIO R P commented with his usual good
temper on some observations of Sir R. PEEL, re-
lative to the dissolution. But he was followed by
Lord Melton, in a strain of vituperation on
radicalism, &c. and he declared that the dissolution
was an appeal from PHILIP sober to PHILIP
drunk !

Mr. Hume was severe in reply on Lord MA HON,
but thought neither Sir R. PEEL, nor he, merited
serious reply.

Mr. ATTWOOD, Mr. TREVOR, and Mr. THANT
concurred in reprobation of the diuolution.

Mr. HUNT said he would give half of all he
was worth to have the Poles assisted, and that he
would support the Reform Bill—but
.rather any
other which went further in its objects.,
He spoke, also, of the lives sacrificed at
Merthyr Tydvil. Mr.LANIB (for the MELsouRICE

family) spoke with regret on the last subject. Mr.
SADLER urged the extension of the Poor Law
System to Ireland. Mr. SHIEL recommended
more attention to the Catholic Clergy. Mr. G.
DAWSON and Lord STORMONT arraigned the
whole conduct of Ministers; and Sir J. GRAHAM
and Mr. STANLEY replied. Mr. J. SMITH ex-
plained about the Irish Subscriptions. The Ad-
dress was then agreed to
Mr. HUME gave notice for restoring the Com-
mittee on the Knic's Printing Job.

ROYAL EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK.

Consols, which left off yesterday at 83 for
the Account, opened at the same price, with little
doing.

TWO O'CLOCK.

Up to the present hour, little or nothing is doing
in the Consol market. Consols have fluctuated in
the course of the morning from 83i down to 82f
for the Account; at present they are 83 to
Brazil Stock has improved.
THREE O'CLOCK.

STOCK Eicsawow.—Bank Stock, Three per Cent.
Red. 821 11 21 11. Three per Ct. Cons. shut. Three and
a Half per Cent. 1818, 89/. Three and a Half per Ct.
Red. 891 i 1. Three and a Half per Cent. New, shut.
Four per Ct. 1888, 881 1. Long Annuities, Jan. 1960,
16 13-16 15.16. Annuities, October, 1859, 161. India
Stock, —; ditto Bonds, par 2 prem. £lOOO Exchequer
Bills, 11 12; £5OO ditto, 11 12; £lOO and .C2OO ditto.
12 13; Advertised, Consols for Acct, 831 21 31 21 3.

We have this moment received the Constitutional
of Monday, by Express. By advice, from War-
saw, it appears, that General Gielgud has united
with General Sierakowski, and pursues General
Sacken. General Chlapowski has considerably
augmented his army.

The Gazette of Konigsberg states, that the corps
of Gen. Sacken of 5,000 men had taken a strong
position at Raygrod ; but was attacked on the 29th
May by 12,000 Patriots, and was forced to retreat
on Ostrolenka. All was perfectly quiet at Paris
when the express left the Capital.
Contrary to the general expectation in the City,
the Address last night, in the House of Lords, to
his Majesty, went off without a division, which has
given great satisfaction to the citizens.

Yesterday morning intelligence of the death of
Field-Marshal Diebitsch reached Hambro' by the
way of Berlin. The first account stated that he
had fallen under the effect of apoplexy; but this
is incorrect; and it now appears that he was car-
ried
off by cholera. Letters from Hambro' state,
that General Sacken has blown out his brains.
A private letter from Georgeburg speaks of the
fine appearance of the Polish cavalry belonging to
Gielgud's corps, which has arrived there. They
had twenty-eight pieces of artillery with them. It
is generally reported and believed, that serious dis-
turbances had broken out in the interior of Russia.
Quebec Papers to the 19th May, and Montreal
to the 20th May, have been received at the North
and South American Coffee-house; but they do
not contain any news. The Quebec Paper states,
that Lord Aylmer, with his lady, embarked on a
tour for a considerable time to the district of Mon-
treat and Soril.

In Riga, on the 4th inst. 44 persons died of the
cholera, and 308 remained ill. Of these 81 were
fresh cases. The total number of persons attacked
till the 6th were about 1300, of whom about 700
had died. The number of individuals who died in
Brody, from the sth to the 30th, 'amounted to
1335. In Limberg, according to the last accounts,
the cholera was extending its ravages. Till the
evening of the 2d inst. 357 individuals had been
attacked ; 198 died, 11 recovered.

Letters from Bahia, of the 23d April, bring
favourable news : they have acknowledged the
Government of Rio Janeiro. A new Governor
and President has arrived there from Rio, who im-
mediately went on board the ships in which the
Portuguese had embarked, telling them they might
reland ; they and their property would be safe.
Madras Gazettes of the 17th Feb. have been re-
ceived at the North and South American Coffee-
house. They do not communicate any information
of importance.

The private letters from Hamburgh mention,
that they are afraid that disturbances will take
place in Russia. The death of Diebitsch, no
doubt, will aid the cause of the Poles : it is singu-
lar that Diebitsch should be the only person at
head-quarters who died by the Cholera.

It is now said that the Chancellor's Bankrupt
Bill will be one of the few measures proposed to Parliament
during the present sitting, and that it is likely to pass with-
out any material opr!sition.
EAST INDIA HousE.—At a general Meeting of
the Proprietors of East India Stock, held this day,
at which Mr. CAMPBELL presided, the Chairman
said that the Directors had agreed to recommend a
dividend, for the half-year ending the Ist July next,
of five and one-fourth per cent. which was agreed
to. When we left the Court, a notice from the
House of Commons, respecting the charter, was
under consideration. The subject of subscribing
for the relief of the distressed Irish, is likewise to
form part of the business of the day.
Mr. W. D. SAULL, F.G.S. and F.R.A.S. of
Aldersgate-street, the most liberal and public-spi-
sited friend of science in the City of London,
'having recently become the possessor of the ex-
tensive Geological Museum of the late Mr.
Sowerby, Mud-place, Lambeth, the whole of
which has been stratigraphically arranged, with
the addition of Mr. Saull's previous collection of
fossils, and will be open for the free inspection
of scientific gentlemen and friends, every Thurs-
day morning, at his residence, as above. Geo-
logy, or Nature's own history of her own transi-
tions and improvements, is now become one of the
most popular, as well as most interesting, objects
of general pursuit, and we consider public thanks
to be due to Mr. Saull, for his liberality in thus
promoting its study. •
CONSTANTINOPLE, MAT 10.—The British
Consul-General announced, on the 26th ult. the
blockade of the coast of Albania by the Turkish
fleet. The Capoudan Pacha has hauled out of
port with all the vessels ready for sea, but it is
believed that it will yet be some days before the
squadron will be quite ready to depart. It consists
of three line-of-battle ships, several frigates, and
numerous smaller vessels.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-THIS DAY.

Their Lordships assembled this day at one
o'Clock, when, prayers having been read by the
Bishop of EXETER, the Usher of the Black Rod
was directed by the Lord CHANCELLOR to re-
quest the attendance of the Speaker of the House of
Commons. The Speaker, with several Members,
shortly appeared ; and their Lordships having ad-
journed till ten o'clock to-morrow, the Chancellor
accompanied by the following Peers, proceeded to
St. James' Palace to present the Address to His
Majesty.—Agreed to by both Houses of Parlia-
ment:

The Duke of Richmond, Duke of Norfolk, Lord Mul.
grave, Marquis Cleveland, Lord Lilford, Lord Kinnaircl,
Lord Craven, Marquis Lansdowne, Earl Grey, Marquis
Downshire, Lord Auckland, Lord Dude, the Earl of
Shaftesbury, Archbishop of Canterbury, &c.

REPORTED MASSACRE OF THE PEOPLE AT
NEWTOWNBARRY.

A letter was received in town yesterday, say,
the Morning Register of Monday, communicating
some particulars of a rencontre between the pea.
sentry and yeomanry, at Newtownbarry, county of
Wexford, on Saturday, which, as far as respects the
sanguinary determination of the military administra •
tors of the law, and the loss of human life, far sur-
passes the fatal nonilict at Castlepollard, and every
other police or military aggression in modern times
We are not disposed to exaggerate on this or any
other subject, and shall therefore mention the fact,
that have been communicated to us, without pledg-
ing ourselves for their authenticity, leaving the
public to form their opinions upon the accredited
statements which must result from the inquisition
before the coroner. The statement which has reached
us is in substance as follows :
" On Saturday some difference occurred between th,
people and the police, at Newtownbarry, respecting a du.
tress for rent. The police alleging that they were not it
sufficient strength to enforce the distress,applied for the aid of
the yeomanry. A detachment of this force, in support of
the police, was readily granted, and when they appeared at
the place where the dispute on account of the distress oc.
curved, a most sanguinary conflict between them and the
people took place, in which, it is said, six of the yeorne,
were killed, and moeral wounded, and between fifteen tout
lovingly of the people were killed, and nearly fifty wounded.'
This account, which we earnestly hope is much
exaggerated, reached a Wexford gentleman, re-
siding in Dublin, on Sunday. In the absence of
any thing like certainty regarding the details, we
refrain from observation, and we shall wait with
much anxiety for the arrivals by the next mail.

His Majesty went in state yesterday to open the
Session of Parliament. The King's Guard mounted guard
in the principal court-yard of the Palace with the band in
their state uniforms. A guard of honour, composed of the
Royal Hone Guards, was also on duty.
His Majesty and suite returned to the Palace
in the same order at eight minutes past three. The King
wore over his dress a purple velvet mantle, with a deep tr.
mine collar.

As the King passed through the Guard-room and
the Presence Chamber, the windows of which were open, his
Majesty was loudly cheered by the populate assembled in
the Park.

The Queen, the Princess Augusta, the Duchess
of Gloucester, the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, and Prince
George of Cambridge, were in the garden of the Edger, to
witness the procession.
His Majesty gave audience yesterday to the
Marquis of Winchester, the Earl of Albemarle, and the
Judge-Advocate General, whet, the latter laid before h s
Majesty the proceedings of some Courts-Martial, and took
the King's commands thereon.
DEAFNESS AND NERVOUS AFFECTONS.—We
earnestly tall the attention of our Readers to an Advertire-
ment which will be found in the colums of this Journal, the
numerous persons that have been restored to hearing, the
best delights of society, and a perfect state of health, by the
safe and effectual mode of treatment that is adopted at the
Indention, Phillip's-street, Kingsland-road, must, we pre.
same, be highly gratifying to the afflicted.

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