Star.
London, England, 1827-06-14 00:00:00

CCMPORATE PUWDS HILL.

On the Order of the Day for-tbe titled reading of die Cooperate
Funds Bill being read,
The Ertl of ELDON expressed his regret that this
measure -should have reached its present rage withtnat
his being aware of its existence. Now that be was in
possessi•in of its object he felt himself bound to oppose
its further progress. The Bill, as thrir Lordships would
perceiie, proposed to make that illegal which, it was
admitted on all hands, was now perfectly legal., Cor-
porations had certain funds at their disposal, for pur-
poses specified in their Charter ; and when they had
applied their funds to those Corporate purposes, they
have a right to apply the tern tinder to what purpose
they.please. This right was clearly defined and esta-
blished by law, and was as fixed and certain as the right
of any pi ivate Gentleman in the kingdom to dispose of
Iris property. 'fhe law being so, and no evidence
being shewn to the House that any Corporation had
disposed of its funds in an illegal manner, for election
pui poses, he wished their Llrdships to say why Corpora
lions were by that Bill to be disfranchised, for it was no

thing less, quoad those funds, which apparently could be
legally used farthese purposes. Besides, by the Charters
of many Corporations, tkey were expressly called upon
to elect Members of Pariiiment, and cis defray the ex-
penses from those funds ; and he would ask, what right
hail Parliament to prevent those Corporations from u.ing
their funds for these purposes? Upon the whole, look-
ing at the perfect legality o. the right( of Corporations,,
as they were exercised in this manner, and at the total
want of the evidence of any departure from the legal
application of their fonds, he felt himself bOund to
move that the Bill be mad a third time this day *three
months.

Lord DACRE defended the principle of the• Bill,
and contended that it was intended to prevent Corpo-
rations from applying their funds to purposes adverse
to the in:erests of those from whom they were taken.
Corporations were not, in the case of elections, at all
placed in the same situ stion as an individual, because
AU iniiviJual was restrained from an invmperate and
improper waste of his property by the privations to
which he was compelled to Submit wlern he entered
ialo that expeuditure, while 0:1-potations wasted the
property of others, and were totally unrestrained by
Mose considerations which operated on the minds of
ledivi2usls. For these ressons, to prevent the improper
application of Corporate finds, and to restrain Ccopo-
rat one from extrcising the power which those fund,
gave them to destroy the and pendence of boroughs,
and to overlay the power and the influence of the voices
of the independent inhabitants, in cases where the
Corp ration had a political bias, he hoped their
,Lord-
ships would consent to allow the 801 l to pass into a law.
Lord REDESDALE contended, with the Noble Earl
(Eldon), that the Bill would be a most improper inter-
ference with an acknowledged legal right. Corporatio":
laacl, he conceived, as much interest as any inhabitant of
ti Borough, that a proper person should be returned to
represent them in Parliament, for the preservation of
their rights, and the security of their property. The
Noble Lord (Lord Were) proposed to deprive them of
this right, and to divest property of its fair influence—
that influence which he does not pretend to say is now
illegal—in operating upon the choice of those persons
who are to return Members to Parliament. Looking at
'these things, at what the Noble Earl said of the con-
struction of the Charters, and at the want of all evidence,'
he felt bound to oppose the Bill.
The Earl of LIMERICK supported the Bill, and in-
stanced the case of the Corporation of Limerick as a proof
of the right of such interference as that claimed by the
That Corporation had funds granted them for
parochial purposes—for the maintenance of roads, the
repairing of bridges, and the improvement of street‘
The roads, ho'wever, became almost impassable,—
The bridges were left in a state ofsrain, and no men
could pass through the streets withost being in danger
of his life ; and all this, while the Corporation had funds
to an immense extent at their disposal. Complaint of
this misapplication.of funds was made to Parliament&
and their Lordships had actually now before them the
evidence upon which aground of interference and re-
dress was justified in that House. -
The Earl of ELDON admitted the force of the Noble

Earl's illustration, but he seemed to forget, that the
evidence taken in that case affordedno ground for treat.
ing all the Corporations in the world in the same manner.
The LORD CHANCELLOR thought no man could
possibly have any doubt upon the law as it now affected
the applica.ion of Corporate Funds. Upon what ground,
thetefote, may it be asked, were their Lordships called
upon te pass the present Bill? He thought the best
answer was to be found in its history, or rather. in the
history of the proceedings which gave rise to its intro..
duction. An Hon. Member-in the other House of Par-
liament, thinking there had been a gross misapplication
of the funds of the Corporation.of Northaniptle, moved
for and obtained leave to take evidence upon the subject
before a Committee. The Committee sat, and the re-
sult of the proceeding was, that the evidence totally
'failed in proving the charges alleged against the Cor.
potation. What did the Hon. Member do-then ? Find-
ing he, could not get at the C.rporation in that way,
he threw overboard the Borough of Northampton, and
introduced a Bill into the House of Commons, for the
purpose of regulating the application of all the Corpo-
rate Funds of the kingdom, upon.the subject of elec-
tions. This was the tine, history of a Bid, which he
leas almost ashamed to say had already been read twice

In their Losdships' Home. He hoped, however, the
,would tSte would nowcrded, and that their [tore'sip
not. in the al:ftelice of all evidence, consist, so
deal its this manner with private funds, which were a,
, much private property as any other in the kingd,4l3_,
(Hear, hear.)
After e few words from Laud C.awaos sad Lard Curate, os
govt of the ism their Lordship divided—
Per the tided reviiiiis-..C-----
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Their Lordships then went into a Cosnakter of fie whi,
House aro the Sale of 6.lme Legalisation Bill.
&Mind rebel Amendments proposed by the Merl* ef tu..
war bologreed ard weed to. thr Hams rathineds aid the Report
tow ordered to be brought up tountorrow.—.Their Lordship, tka
adjoerral at ism, °Twos.

HOUSE OF COMMON&
Mr. POETIC A N presented several Petitions (men the Cunt'
of Somerset and Dorset, praying the repeal of the Ton An. "
&Miler Prudhoe Were presented from Devises, Preston,
Mem, and Peterbosonglt.
' Mr. fluid If presented a Petition from Richard Mania, Leg
Due o Member est the Hotrootating that in the late election for
twenty of Galway, certain Peers. the Marquises of ClerincitZ
sad sego. eitercimid an seconstitotiosal interference, and ermine to
be heard at tbe bar of the Home in proof of the soesnri...,
Ordered to be minted.
Mr. HUMBowe notievotrat on Wctleesday set be should mots
an Address midi Majesty lowa the subject of Naval Prontoei
Mr. HUME presented a Petkion from certain Spostfields
Wesvms, ?mime lot Mural Nemensbnient, and the Abolition of
Sltiomaren They also prayed for a Repletion of Wages through the
Home, upon which paint alma he deigned from the Peoitieneen
Mr. LEE famed dee Sterlerity et attending to the distressed
meatiest of tho Petitioners, in which his coustiments teidani.
oateirshared.-Itig Petudou was "dun to be rioted.
LUNATIC ASTLIItis
Mr. GORDON called the attention of the House to
the state of the various Lunatic Asylums in the county
of Middlesex, with a view to instituting an inquiry by
a Committee. His object was to bring before the H she
the state of the pauper lunatics confined in thediferent
houses for their reception. The treatment of those mi-
serable people had before received the attention of a
Parliamentary Committee, and the evidence then pro-
duced was sufficient to. prove the necessity of tome
pseisures for preventing the continuance of such shock-
jog examples of human suffering. The Hon. Member
then described the situation in which the lunatic paupers
of the parishes of St. George's (Hanover-squ re) sod
Mary-la-bonue were found, at the. White House, at
Houton, when visited by the ovens en. In a root
eighteen feet long, sixteen persons were confined is
cribs, and they were kept in that state from Saturday
evening to Monday. This was the condition in which
Lord Robert Seymour, who bad so much- to his amour
devoted a great portion of his time and labour to the sob.
jest, found the pauper lunatics generally in the houses to
which they were sent, •Those houses had certainly ben
somewhat improved in consequence of the investigs.
tions which had taken place, but no such establish.
meats could or ought to be depended upon. It had
been weertained that when their friends or the medical
men went to visit these miserable people, they woe
a out from their cribs and put into the Rinks
which was in a more decent state. Another ad
was, that the convalescent lunatics were made the
keepers of the rest, and thus their chance of mosey
was not only lessened, but they were liable to be de-
in the houses sifter they were well. The Hon.
Member stated.- if a Committee were appointed, nod
dsoy agreed wittitins; he should then tiring in a Bill to
essori the attention of anedieal man in suck eitalstisb•
mooM, the heeding of Coroner's inquests upon all per-
sonsidying in them, and the appointment of poet
keepers. He moved,
"That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire inta demi
meat of Pauper Lunatics in the diterint Asylums le the amegtf,
Middiwgz, to coasidor the propriety. of extending thebethel NO.
111. ch. 49. to Pauper Lunatics. and if consolidating all the Am
on Lunatic Asyhaensond making furtberprimisiuns relative theme
Colonel WOOD said, that the Magistrates of tie
county of Middlesex would be extremely indebted to
the Hon: Member's exertions. Lord Rosen Seymour
bad given the greatest attention to this subject; and he
intended to move, at the meeting.of the Magistrates is
July, the building of a county asylum for the receptive
of
its pauper lunatics.
Mr. Secretary BOURNE said that the exertions d
die Hon. Member and of Lord Robert Seymour were.
most praisewo. thy. He thought, however, the facts were
so clearly stated and ascertained, that it would be belle
to bring in a Bill at once, and have it
printed hit con-
sideration.

Mr. LIDDELL approved of the motion.
Mr. S. RICE said that he wished the to be anode& is
England generally.
Mr. Alderman THOMPSON said that he hoped the
inquiry would be commenced at once. A statement
had been put into his hands by his Hots. nit s& theism
Member for London, Mr. Wilson, from which it sr
peered that many of the circumstances alleged agree
Mr. Warburton's establishment were Mot true.
Mr. Secretary BOURNE admitted that mod of the stamen
relating to the M. Georges paupers was warmed.
Mr. RIDLEY COLBORNE said, that he was glad to
find the House unanimous in granting the Hoo.hlember
his Committee. In justice to Mr. Warburton, who eel
examined by him on the Committee, be was honed to
say that that Gentleman expressed himself ready to
attend to any suggestion,-and that much improvement
had since beep made in his establishment. The only
way in which the pauper lunatics could be propel,'
treated was to build a county asylem.
Mr. M. A. TAYLOR said, he bad visited all the
lunatic houses, aced he was certain that pauper lunatics
had no chance of recovery in any of them mewing
Bethlem Hospital. He was ready to give his Hon.
Friend every assistance in his inquiry, and he trusted
that the county of Middlesex would adopt Lord Robert
Seymour's humane suggestion.
Mr. ESTCOURT was of opinion that the measure
should be general, and that it would be best to proceed
at once by.. ill.
Sir. F. BURDETT said, that there was no subject
which More appealed to the best feelings of man, than
that of alleviating the greatest calamity with whitn
human nature could be afflicted. He had great saris-
faction in vincurring with the unanimous feeling of the
House. He hoped that the discussion of the subject
would have the effect of drawing the attention of Ms.
gibtrates to those unfortunate people, and produce for
them some temporary improvement of their condition
until proper measures were adopted.
After a few obeereationa from Mr. Gams mid Mr. W. Moo,
the Committee was appointed.
Sir P. BURDE pre seeks that toosonow seasight
should bring toninad his motion relative to the Insprwsamut
Seamen.

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who might be able to answer it, as to the wo.k 0

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THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 18Th

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*TACK EXdHANGE, TWELVE ticocK. • •
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' Cone WI being abandoned by Ministers, bas not bad tile
Ilan fleet on the Camel market this nesening. Consols, whirl
kiteliyesterday at seg d, opened this morsdng at S4l for the
Aeisist; dose goblet they have been alternately Myers and sellers.
.41beibrei poiesoritla Utile or no 'pulses. doing up to the pre-
, tit**

Is sbeirerilpi market nothing is doing.
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK,

The Cassel market has a aro appearance, sod lookiag up,
Conseil whirls were, is tie (seller Peet of tie inersing at 1141.•
LIS knprovid tn. eel for elk Among; The; Coassnisiloners
:pte teg for Reduced, which stack is at present seem. The
Meaty market is also geed.

It is reported la tbe French Papers, arched tWa morning, that
inseam Pura wai killed, in malting an attempt to pats the
4dia,after his total dekat on the Id of May.

_ . PRICE OF STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK.
4141110sek 404 i , India' Stock Strut
3pa Cwt. Red. 114 1161 $4l Ditto Ronde 74
Spa Can. Coos. Sibyl. South Sea Stock 113.
'Sipe Cent. 901 Old Annuities 431
se per Cent. Red. Doi I "woo itscbri. Me 43 46
111 ft Catt. New Shut. 2500 Ditto 44 47
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4-per Oat. Scrip 1
4per Get. IN6, 100 i f
Lao. Aa0.19746

Jinn and 1100 IMO 4S 47
Advertised 4S
Consols for Acct. ll4j

FORI/111N FUNDS, TWO OTIOCIL
Dims Ayres Das. 8 p C Gr.Bdalll4lp Ca Ul 17i
Dit. 41cc. 80i Do Acct. ill 17} la In
Csietikia Dyads,' pQ. , Ilea Oda 8825,44 Cc. SS`
Ile. Acct. U Da Acct. IS i
-Dias 81e,1824, 28149 isi I I Rugs. (419,1 Int•SPC 94 1.
a Atm EN i i i Ditto Acct. 92i • .
Nail Rds. Sp Ct. illi Sea 114 p 5 p li:all Isi
Do. Amnia SI t Da Ant. 121

ISSITUIR AND FOREIGN lIHARKE,. TWO O'CLOCK.
!MAIM VAIN.• .
Potosi La Pia ar•Perus. Aelo is s Ilk
AStioes British and Foreign 100 10
Beane Alliance 100 S 43
FaiNCIII From, Jura 11.—Fiee ter Cents. 1051. 113e.—Three
PT Casts. Joints. eta June. 09t. &at Stock, 11,0451.
Neapqluaa Annuities, 75f. 40e,

A short, but interesting discussion took place last
fight in the House of Lords on the subject of the New
Corn Bill. Lord Gl:meatus opened the Debate by
saying that as he considered the clause, which had twice
received the sanction of their Lordships' House, as fatal
to the principle of the Bill, he felt it his duty to state
that it was not possible for him to undertake to propose
its third reading. The Earl of MALWESURT, stress.
litany prefacing his question, asked if it were yet tiso
late to put the Act of 1822 into operation? Lard
Ettevaortouors thought that the piaci& of the Bill
of 1522 had uot been yet tried, sad that there would
he firm during the present Session to pam a short Bill
to call it into operation. Lord Gm:4mm shortly ex-
pressed his dissent from the Noble Lord's proposition.
Earl Gaze strongly vindicated the clause, whilst he
pretended that he was friendly to the principle of the
Bill. He said that the amendmeot wart aa improvement
of the Bill, and denied on his own part sad that of the
Doke of WELLINGTON, that they were wspable of
defeating indirectly that which they would net pp
Pose directly. He censured Ministers for declining
to proceed with the Bill, in acquitting them of any im
tention to excite discontent anal a feeling of hostility in
the country against the House. The Noble Earl cob.
eluded with declaring, that if there was to-be a contest
hatneen that House and a grant portion of the people,
that his put was taken, and that he would-to the last
hoot of his life maintain the privileges and independence',
4 P4Tliateent. This declaration elicited loud cheers,
as did se,t.„l parts of his Lordship's speech ; and it is
clear that the Noble Earl is now as sturdy a supporte
cf pririleie, as he WA% formerly the uncompromising

adwocate of the rights of the pe,ple. in point of feel-
ing towards the Miniitry, he hal tornpiefaly identified
himself with tl* present Opposition ; and though he is
not yet in na se the Head of that party, yet, to jusdge
at eat from appearances, there is no insurmountable

objection on either side to his taking the lead. The
Marquis of LAIPSDOWN spoke with his usual candour
and good sense, in the same tone as did Lord Got:maws ;
sod therefore it remains with the Duke of WELL' Norms
to proceed with the amended Bill, should hi► Grace
think such a step advisable.

The Corporation Funds* Regul ition Hill, which, our
Reader* will recollect, had Its origin in an alleged about of the funds
Of a certain Borough, I,o' Of. from which- had been voted by the
Corporation to pay the ezpeuses of a Candidate for t►e Represents.
don, was, on the motion of the Eni of Rums, last night, in the
House of Lords, ordered to be read a third time that day three
months. The Bill was, in consequence, lost.
The Diario of Cadiz, of the 15th May, states that
the Colombian privateer Libre, entered Gibraltar, hav-
ing on board the ciew of the Spanish frigate Andrea,
captured in sight of Cadiz.
Advice. this morning from M sdrid of the lst of June,
state that the Court was so much alarmed by the pro-
gress of the insurrection in Catalonia and Arragon,
that it was confidently expected that part of the
Army of Observation would be- ordered to proceed
to those two provinces, the troops already stationed
there being imuffitient to cope with a danger that *a.
daily increasing:

Accounts were receivel this morning from Lisbon of
the 26th ult. announcing that a vessel had arrived at
0,.0rt0 in lorry-two days from Rio de Janeiro, which
were immediately forwarded by the Governor Gene.
li
ral &mass to the seat of government. It was re-
rated that a new engagement had taken place
between the troops of Buenos Ayres and those of Bra.
at, to the advantage of the latter. It was also said, that
oegocia ions for peacehad commenced between the two
Powers.

We received this morning the Algemeine Seitwrtg to
the 7th inst. A. article under the head of-Trieste,
announces the arriv.a at that port on the day before, of
a vesselin 18 slays from Smyrna. On her passage, the
Captain heard at Syra, that the Turks' before Athens,
to revenge the massacre of their comrades, who corn.
posed the garrison of the Monastery of St. Speredion,
had put all the Greeks in their power to death. He

,also beard at the same place, that the Acropolis had
capitulated; but this statement is so unauthorised, that
in the Captain's own words, it needs confirmation.
Private accounts from Zinte give further details of

lonaHass PACHA.II expedition into the western part of
the Mace, which till then had been exempt from the
.ravages .of the Arabs. According to these accounts.

IBRAHIM PACHA, after having remounted his cavalry
with 500 horses from Rumeliadeft Modon on the 15th
of March, and proceeded by way of Navarin, against
the peaceful plains and wallies of the ancient Liss. At
his approach, the inhabit oats fl:d into the mountains,
or took refuge in some convents, which had been for-
tified in former times against the attacks of the Turks.
Several hundred of these fugitive., with their wives and
children, threw themselves into the little fortress Castel

Tornese,wii h the determination, as appears, of defending
it to the last extremity. This fort, which stands on a penin-
sula, and id sight of ZAnte, has nothing but half ruined
walls, defended by cannon without carriages, and most
'of which have remained there ever since the Venetians
had possession of the Mores. Yet the Greeks, it is said.
are ditermined to hold out; and the loss of time which'
their resistance has already occasioned IBRAHIM& PARKA,
is described as irreparable. It wai his intention when
he set out, to proceed to the assistance of the Turks be-
fore Athens ; but this unexpected stoppage will pro,
bably frustrate his intentions, as it is to be hoped that
Athens will be relieved, before he can make himself
master of Castel T'anew. The families who have
escaped to Z Ante in fishing boat., give frightful accounts
of the excesses committed by the Atabs. Above two
thousand women and children are said to have fallen
victims to their fury before the 25th of April.—
Many who fled to the sea side, were arrested in their
further flight by the armed vessel's of the enemy; so
that only a few made their escape to Zante. It is to
be hoped that these barbarities, so disgraceful to huma-
nity, will be soon stopped; and we hail with pleasure the
assurance to this effect, contained in the subjoined para-
graph, which has reached us through another channel s
BRRLIN, Jose T.
u It is reported in the circles a this capital, that t►e Rusdan
Colonel Count Balmain, whe lately passed through this city on his
way bons London to M. Petersburg's, was t►e bearer of a very
Important diplomatic document relative to the affairs of Turkey
sod Greece, the approaching publication of which will greatly re-
' joice the friends of the Greeks. Colooel B. it is added, proceeded
direct to Winona, white the Emperor Nicholas will be tin the Cid
of this knonth."

also rensiied this morning Dutch and Flanders
Pipes to the 12th inst. The former contain accounts
hfrom Batavia to the Bth of February, which as usual
Lrepresent the insurrection as rapidly approaching to its
close. There had been very heavy and continued rains
at Batavia, which had-caused the rivers to rise to such a
height, that they raserflo. the greater part of the city
and environs. In other parts of the island the rains were
equally violest, and carried away the bridges. The Go.
vernment salt warehouses at Japnon and Wallahan sus-
tained great injury; and the roads rendered wholly
saserviceable in many parts, so that the regular means
of communication were interrupted for several days.
.
We learn from the Brussels Pi

tI e , rapers that a Russian GC
distinction passed through that city on Monday last,
charged with dispatches tor London.
They also contain the substance of a letter from the
Netherlands Consul at Pernambuco, dated the 22d
April, according to which the Buenos Ayrran priva-
teers had greatly increased. The Deputies from Bahia,
who had sailed on board an American vessel for Rio de
Janeiro, were completely plundered by them. In three
days one of these vessels cruising off Pernambuco bad
already made three prises, so that the country trade was
wholly destroyed. They searched even neutral vessels,
and it was hecessary to prove by papers in due form
the neutrality of the property. Even the Portuguese
Bag did not seem to be safe.