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first signature to it was that of the noble marquis (Downshire)
on the cross-bench. That noble marquis had constantly sup-
ported the claims of the Roman catholics, but when he found
that the proceedings of that body were fraught with mischief to
Ireland, when he found that they endangered the protestant re-
ligion, he stepped forward boldly and said " The existence of
the protestant religion is at stake, and I will exert myself to pre-
vent the evil which threatens it from extending further." 'f he
consequence of the conduct of the noble marquis was, that a
letter was addressed by (we believe) Mr. Shell to the then
Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland (the Marquis Wellesley,) calling
on him to dismiss the noble marquis from his office of Lord-
Lieutenant of Downshire. The tone and manner in which that
letter was written were violent in the extreme. The writer asked
the lord-lieutenant " whether, by permitting Lord Downshire to
retain an office of so much importance, you and your friends do
not expose yourselves to the ill-feeling and opposition of the
people, upon whom the reform bill has made you entirely de-
pendent? Recollect, you have left yourselves no choice but
obedience. If you take any other course, you expose your-
selves to the inevitable consequences of that legislation, which
it is not now in your power to alter." Happily, however, the
lord-lieutenant did not remove the noble marquis frOm the situ-
ation for expressing his conscientious protestant opinions. yhe
noble marquis was not removed; and what did the party then
do to show their spleen and malice? Why, vengeance was in
the next place hurled at the humble individual who then ad-
dressed their lordships. Through the course which was pur-
sued, he bad been mainly deprived of the situation to which he
bad been appointed. He thought that he was called on to bow
to the decision or feeling of the other house, and he resigned;
but what was the charge made against hint? Why, truly, that
he was the orator of the Orange party. Now, he should be glad
to know how that assertion was proved? he next signature
to the petition was that of Colonel Ford, an excellent man and
a most estimable landlord. That fact he conceived pretty
plainly showed what was the opinion of the reformers of Down-
shire upon thieSubject. A Very great sttempt had been made
to run down the meeting at which the petition was agreed to.
It was asserted that the landlords coerced their tenants, and
drove them to the meeting like sheep. He would say, " Would
to God that all Ireland could exhibit such a scene as was exhi-
bited in Down on the day of the meeting." There was no part
of the world where a more complete agreement prevailed be-
tween the landlord and tenant than in Downshire, and it would
be a proud day for Ireland if the same thing could be said for
every county in it. At ,that great meeting they had no banners,
no mottoes, no party inscriptions, no colours; neither were any
exciting tunes allowed to be played. He wished that he could
say the same thing of a recent procession which hail been got
up for the reception of the Lord-lieutenant of Ireland; and with
refbrence to which he would observe, that the noble viscount
opposite had not satisfied him as to whether the noble viscount
considered the prOCession to be legal or illegal. Here he must
say, that he did most conscientiously hope that his noble friend
(the Earl of Roden) would use his well-known power and in-
fluence, on the approaching 12th of July, with the loyal pro-
testantsl of Ireland, to induce them to refrain from taking
leaf out of the disgraceful book which was exhibited by a
lord-lieutenant and a collected party. (Hear, hear, hear.)
He had been taunted with having this petition for six months in
his possession, and it was said that he had kept it back on ac-
count or certain motives. Now, he would tell the truth; he was
too honest not to tell the truth; lie had a motive for keeping it
back. That motive was, to show to Ireland and this country
what he conceived to be a most unnatural coalition between the
noble viscount and the faction on whom his government de-
pended. This petition was got up when the noble viscount was
at the head of a former administration : but its object was, in a
great measure, effected by the dethronement of the noble
viscount, by his retreat from office. The ministers who suc-
ceeded him expressed a desire as far as possible to remove the
Irievances and attend to the complaints of the protestants of
reland. He; therefore, was not called upon to embarrass them
by a discussion on this subject, when he placed confidence in
their professions. If the noble viscount doubted him upon that
point, he could prove it. [Viscount MELBOURNE.—" Oh, not
in the least.") But what was the case now? The conduceof
ministers, instead of being as bad as before, was infinitely worse.
(Hear, hear.) When he looked to the persons who were nomi-
nated to fill the law appointments in Ireland—when he saw
Mr. O'Connell speaking from his treasury bench, and saving,
"We are going to do so and so"—when he marked these thins,
had he not a right to conclude that the noble viscount and Mr.
O'Connell were one and the same ? (Laughter.) Did not the
noble viscount know that the stability of his administration
rested and depended on Mr. O'Connell's no 4 ? Was not the
noble viscount aware, that lie and his friends must resign if Mr.
O'Connell and his party opposed them? With these facts full
before him, could the noble viscount recollect the King's
speech in 1834, and reconcile his conduct to consistency ?
The noble marquis then read the passage from the King's
speech in 1834 which was considered to contain a personal allu-
sion to Mr. O'Connell. He would ask the nobie viscount to
answer him this question—whether this passage did not refer
to Mr. O'Connell and his party—he would not say his tail,
(laughter,) though he believed that he was proud of having a
tail? (Laughter.) He did not mean in the slightest degree to
offend by using that word, for Lord Stanley had a tail, (laugh-
ter,) and he believed that other parties had also tails. (Laugh-
ter.) Now did the noble viscount recollect what the opinion of
Mr. O'Connell was with respect to him and his friends? He
had chanced casually to cast his eyes, which he was not much
in the habit of doing, over some extracts taken from letters writ-
ten by Mr. O'Connell, and there the noble viscount would see
what that individual's sentiments were. With respect to him-
self, Mr. O'Connell said, "In truth, my lord, it is quite manifest
that Lord Melbourne is wholly incompetent, and it is lamenta-
ble to think that the destinies of Ireland should depend on such
a person." Again, Mr. O'Connell observed, " Lord Lans-
downe is decidedly hostile to Ireland. His hatred is the more
rabid and persevering, because he is bound by every tie to act
in another manner." Mr. O'Connell also mentioned Lord
Brougham; but of that noble and learned lord, whose great
abilities be fully admitted, but who, singularly enough, was not
connected with the aoministration, he should not say a single
word. He ought to be allowed, however, to observe, that the
public would be much better satisfied, anti the business would
be more properly done, if a chancellor were appointed, instead
of that olla podricla sort of a woolsack absurdity to which minis-
ters had had recourse. (Laughter.) Mr. O'Connell also no-
ticed the noble lord at the head of the woods and forests. He said,
" The people may despair of Lord Duncan non and the whigs ever
doing any thing in accordance with common sense. Their whole
career is marked by drivelling fatuity and disgraceful folly."
The noble viscount, he was aware, came down. one- evening in
the present session, and declared that he had no connexion or
communication with Mr. O'Connell—that, in fact, he did not
know whether Mr. O'Connell would support him or not. He
(the Marquis of Londonderry) was bound to believe the state-
ment of the noble viscount. But what did their lordships
discover? Why, that at the very moment when this decla-
ration was made in that house, new writs were moved fur in
the other on account of the appointment of the Attorney and
Solicitor-General for Ireland ; and it was well known, that
though Mr. O'Connell himself took no office under the Go-
vernment, vet that he had counselled these appointments,
and carried them in his pocket at the time that all
connexion with him was disclaimed. This placed the
matter clearly before their lordships. That all these law
appointments had been agreed to under the dictation of
Mr. O'Connell he had heard, and that it was true he firmly
believed. (Hear, hear.) The noble viscount might cheer,
hut such was the general impression, and he certainly had
heard it front persons of high respectability. Now, in his
opinion, the permitting Mr. O'Connell, without any respon-
sibility, to direct measures behind the scenes, was likely to be
infinitely more fatal to Ireland than if he had been made At-
torney-General. To show the apprehensions which were en-
tertained in consequence of these proceedings, lie would read
a few lines from a letter written to him by a very acute ob-
server in Ireland. He said, " Since the change in the Govern-
ment I see no prospect of any improvement with respect to
Ireland. I entertain greater fears of the destructive powers
which O'Connell now possesses, and which he will assuredly
exercise, than I do from any direct acts of the Legislature.
Every office will hereafter be filled by the nominees of that in-
dividual. The justice-seat, and the constabulary force, will be
filled from his ranks. This is not an exaggerated picture. Nay,
the question of forfeited estates is already publicly discussed.
Such is the alarming situation of the country." " The noble
marquis then called the attention of their lordships to one of the
resolutions on which the petition was founded. In that resolu-
tion a strong representation was made for such measures as
would effectually remove the alarm of the protestant population.
The noble marquis next adverted to the scurrilous abuse which
had been cast by certain parties on himself and others. He
would say that those who indulged in such language disgraced
themselves and not the objects of their abuse. For his own part,
he treated such attacks " like the idle wind, which he respected
not," or as he would do the barking and yelping of a dog. In
some of the speeches of Mr. O'Connell he had seen the English
Roman catholics designated in language not fit to be repeated.
They, like others, appeared to be brought under the wanton lash
of that individual equally with all those who acted contrary to
his wishes. The other day a most worthy and excellent man,
Mr. Henry Alexander, who had been a member of the Irish
Parliament, but who had long ceased to exist, was attacked by
Mr. O'Connell, whose wrath was not confined to the living, but
was extended to the dead. Such conduct was unworthy .of any
man ; and, as Mr. O'Connell was so fond of using the magic
word." Reform," he would hint to him, that it. would be as well
if he would set about reforming himself. (Hear.)

The petition, which was from the protestants of the county of
Down, and prayed for the protectio❑ of the protestant religion,
was then read at length.
Viscount MELBOURNE complained that this petition voted to
their lordships so long ago as last 'October, had been kept
back until the 2d June—the petition might have expressed the
feelings of the meeting at that time, but it might not do so now.
The noble lord said that he had kept the petition in his pocket
because he had a motive for it. Kept it in his pocket! (Hear,
hear.) Whose petition, he would ask, was it? (Hear, bear )
Was it the noble
,latirs, or that of the meeting front which it
proceeded ? Was the noble lord" invested with discretion to
retain it or present it as he pleased? (Hear, hear.) Was be
not requested, he might even sat ordered, by the meeting to
present it to the House of Lords? Who, then, gave the neble
lord authority and control over it? (Hear, hear.) If the noble
lord were the organ of the meeting, why had he not presented
the petition according to its directions? (Hear, bear.) If he
had exercised control over those directions, whence had he
derived the power of exercising it ? (Cheers from the ministerial
side.) When the meeting dispersed, it was fanctus
occupation was gone, its
.powers of delegation were at an end.
The order which it had given the noble lord was to present the
petition; and whatever private intimations might have been
given to the noble lord, he had no right to withhold the petition.
(Hear, hear.) The house did not know whether, under the
altered circumstances, this petition contained the expression of
the present opinion of the petitioners. (Ironical cheers from
Lord Londonderry.) The house collected that it did so; the
house presumed that it did so; but the house did not know that
it contained the opinion of the petitioners now, (Hear.) He
should have been better satisfied, if the noble lord had persevered
iu the prudent course which be had followed for the last three
mouths (a laugh), and had abstained from presenting it at all,
for the noble lord bad now compelled him to go into the circum-
stances of that meeting. It was a meeting which had been
viewed with great anxiety and solicitude by the government of
the day. It had been convened by the Lord-Lieutenant of the
county of Down, on a requisition signed by seine of the noble
lords opposite, and by a number of magistrates charged with
the preservation of the public peace, calling on his lordship
to assemble an exclusive meeting of protestants. (Hear, hear.)
He did not wish to use the language of bitterness and asperity ;
but he put it to the noble lords op:osite whether they deemed
this to be consistent with the duty of the noble marquis op-
posite (the Marquis of Downshire), considering the high public
situation which he held in the county, as the representative of
his Sovereign ; and above all, he put it to the noble earl on the
hack bench (we believe the Earl of Wicklow was the nobleman
alluded to), who brought it as a strong charge against the as-
semblage at Dublin, of which their lordships had recently
heard so much, that it was an exclusive Roman Catholic assem-
bly, whether he deemed it wise and prudent in persons so si-
tuate as those requisitionists were to tall a meeting at that time,
and in that county, of parties exclusively Protestant ? ( Hear,
hear.) Let the house consider what the consequences would
have been if this example had been followed and adopted by
others. (Heaf, hear.) Let the house consider what they
would have been if the Roman Catholics in those parts of the
country where the Roman Catholic religion prevailed had also
called exclusive meetings of persons belonging to their religious
creed. (Hear, bear.) Let the house consider to shut discord

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and animosity it must necessarily have led. (Hear, hear.)
That example, he was happy to say, had not been followed by
the Roman Catholics in any part of Ireland (ironical cheering
from the Marquis of Londonderry and the Earl of Roden,) and
as it had net been followed, he would say nothing further ou
the subject, except to express a strong opinion of the impru-
dence, he would not use a haisher teim, of the noble lords op-
posite on that occasion. The meeting was avowedly convened
to oppose the Governmentof that day, and against a strong and
decided opinion of its propriety given by the Lord-Lieutenant
of Ireland—a nobleman who bad received a justnieed of praise
and admiration from the noble earl opposite [The Marquis of
LoNnoNDERRY.—" As far as it goes, as far as it goes."] Yes,
a [need of praise and admiration which he had no doubt would
have just weight with their lordships. (Hear, hear.)
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY again repeated, "As far as
it goes, as far as it goes."
Viscount MELBOURNE proceeded. In all the praise which
has been bestowed upon Inv noble friend the late Lord Lieu-
tenant of Ireland I joyfully and entirely concur. It is nothing
more—nay, it is not so mach as he deserves. (Hear, hear.)
I only object to the time which the noble earl selects for be-
stowing it. (Hear.) I wish that it had been bestowed when
it might have been of some use and service to its object—
when it would have supported my noble friend's govern-
ment, if his government needed the support of the noble
earl—when it would have assisted his character, if his cha-
racter could receive any assistance from the noble earl.
(A laugh.) Ido not approve of the practice of delaying the
delivery of praise to pu,blic men to a period when it is of no
service to them, and I think that a little support rendered to a
public man in office is worth more than lOU speeches made in
his praise when out of office. (Cheers and laughter.) The
noble viscount then proceeded to observe, that the noble earl,
in the end of his speech, had adverted to the present state of
this government and of the government of Iceland, and had
frequently mentioned the name of an hon. and learned gen-
tlenuen who had great weight in the other house of parliament.
He (Lord Melbourne) well recollected the tune when the noble
earl on the back bench said in that house, that by perpetually
introducing the name of that hon. and learned gentleman into
the debates of their lordships, they were giving him an influ-
ence in the country which he would not otherwise possess.
(Hear.) He thought that there was considerable force in that
observation, and he was only surprised that the noble earl and
his friends near him hail forgotten the efficacy of it themselves.
(Hear.) He denied all that the noble earl had said about his
identity with the hon. and learned gentleman whose name he
had mentioned; and as to the speeches and letters of that hon.
and learned gentleman, from wnich the noble earl had quoted
so many extracts against the members of the present government,
he had only to say, that it was for that hurl. and learned gentle-
man, and not for him, to reconcile those speeches and those
letters with his support of the presentgovernment. (Hear, hear.)
That, however, was not a matter on which he was called upon
to observe further. As to what the noble earl had said respect-
ing the law appointments under the Irish government, he had
only to did once more what he had already done before, and that
was to deny utterly that the hon. and learned gentleman refer-
red to had any part in making them. (Hear, hear.) With re-
gard to the Attorney-General and the Solicitor-General, he was
sure that the house would recollect that the present Solicitor-
General for Ireland was appointed to his present office at the
very time when the hon. and learned gentleman was writing the
letters to which the noble earl adverted. The present Solicitor-
General was Solicitor-General when he (Lord Melbourne) was
last in power, and it was well known that he and his colleagues
had at that time been desirous, if circumstances had permitted,
to advance the present Attorney-General for Ireland to the office
which he held at
.present. Both those learned personages were
designated to their present situation by the rank which they had
obtained and the talent which they had displayed in their pro-
fession, and by the honest and conscientious support which they
had given to his majesty's government. (Hear, hear.) He de-
nied that their appointments were the appointments of the hon.
and learned gentleman so often mentioned by the noble lords
opposite, as he denied all the other imputations cast upon the
government by the noble earl. (Hear, hear.)
The Marquis of DOWNSIIIRE did not regret the step he had
taken in calling the meeting; at the time be did so, and now, he
was ready to abide the consequences. He had supported eman-
cipation because he considered it necessary to the tranquillity of
the country, but in 1831 he found all his expectations of benefit
from that measure totally frustrated. He had in consequence'
in August last attended a meeting at Dublin, where he had ex-
pressed the same sentiments. He considered that unless the
protestant church establishment in Ifeland was supported with
fairness, the continuance of the connexion of that country with
'England would be seriously endangered. (Cheers from the
Duke of Cumberland.) As a proof of the great respectability
of the meeting, he stated that though many of those who at-
tended it had to travel thirty miles front the place of their meet-
ing to their homes, there had not been a single breach of the
peace brought before any of the magistrates of the county of
Down arising out of the events of the day. (Hear, hear.) He
thought it right to inform their lordships that those who differed
from the petitioners in their religious creed had not offered to
them any insult either as they went to or returned front the
place of meeting. (Hear, hear.) They had attended without
banners, and he mentioned it, to do honour to the Roman ca-
tholics of the county of Down, that there had been no insult
offered by them to any protestants. The noble marquis also
spoke of the mutual good feeling which prevailed between the
landlords and' tenantry in the county of Down, and said that it
had arisen from the good conduct of the landlords on the one
side, and from the conviction which experience had stamped
upon the minds of the tenantry that the landlords were most
anxious to promote their happiness He made several other
observations, but we regret to state that they did not reach the
gallery.
The debate continued for a considerable length of time, and
was carried on with great animation by Lord Duncan non, the
Duke of Wellington, Earl Fitzwilliam, Lord Farnham, the
Marquis of Westmeath, Lord Hatherton, the Archbishop of
Canterbury, the Earls of Wicklow Roden, Haddington, and
Gosford. The petition was then laid upon the table.
The Islington Market bill was read a second time, and or-
dered to he committed on Thursday se'nnight.
Adjourned at balf-past eight.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY.
The ballot for the Monmouth borough election petition occu
pied the house until four o'clock.

SUNDAY TRAVELLING.
Mr. P. HOWARD moved the third reading of the Newcastle
and Carlisle railway hill. - • - ---
Sir A. AGNEW presented a petition from Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, praying the insertion of a clause iu the bill to prevent
travelling on the railway ou Sundays. (Laughter, and cries
of "Oh!")
On the motion being put,
Sir A. AGNEW rose to move the bringing up of a clause to
prevent Sunday travelling.
The SPEAK Ell, interrupting the hon. member, observed that
the clause could not now be brought up. (Much cheering.)
Sir A. AG NEW regretted that he was prevented by form from
bringing it up. (A laugh.)
The SPEAKER said that the practice of the house was that
notice should be given of clauses to be proposed to be inserted
on the third reading or passing of bills, and no notice had been
given of the preienf clause. (Hear.)
Sir A. AGNEW sat down amidst much laughter. He imme-
diately, however, rose, and moved as an amendment that the
bill be read a third time that day six months. (Cries of "Oh!")
On the question being put, the hon. baronet alone cried out
"The Noes have it." (General cries of "Divide, divide.")
The gallery was about being cleared for a division, but none
took place, and the bill was read a third time and passed.
Lord BRUDENELL presented two petitions from Northamp-
tonshire complaining of agricultural distress.

EAST INDIA SUGARS.
On Mr. C. Fergusson's name being called,
Mr. S. Rick rose and said that he hoped his right hon. friend
would postpone the
_presentation of a petition from the East
India Company praying for a reduction of the duties on sugar
and other articles the produce and manufacture of the British
possessions in India. As it would be his (Mr. Rice's) business
in a few days to give notice of the annual resolutions on the
sugar duties, if the subject were to be discussed now its discus-
sion would inevitably be renewed on that occasion, whilst any
debate upon it to-night must necessarily lead to nothing. He
therefore suggested to his hon. friend to postpone the petition
until then, as the interests of the petitioners would be in no
respect sacrificed by so doing.
Mr. C. FERGUSSON said the subject was of very great im-
portance, and he felt extremely desirous to bring it before the
house, but as the interests of the petitioners would not suffer,
but on the contrary would be bettered, by his acceding to the
suggestion of his hon. friend, he had no objection to postpone
the petition to the period mentioned.
Mr. A. TnEvoil presented a petition from Durham in layout
of the Irish church establishment.
Mr. PEASE, referting -to the petition presented by the hon.
member on the same subject from Durham on a former night,
said that he (Mr. Pease) would not continue to retain his seat a
moment in that house if he held it in opposition to the feelings
and opinions of the majority of his constituents. He was there-
fore naturally anxious to ascertain the nature and the circum-
stances under which that petition was got up, a petition which,
to his astonishment, charged a body of men in that house with
perjury, and absolutely declared that the majority of its mem-
bers had been guilty of high treason. ( Hear, hear.) With a
view, therefore, to ascertain what were the feelings of his con-
stituents on the subject, he wrote a letter to them respecting it,
and he would now read the reply to the house. The letter stat-
ed that the petition was handed round from house to house for
signature, and that many who signed it did not know the mean-
ing of the petition, having never read it, and in fact they would
be now ready to sign a counter petition. It was added that the
petition did not speak the sentiments of the majority of the in-
habitants of Durham, and to this statement he was willing to
unite his own opinion, that the greater part of the people of that
county were anxious to see the appropriation clause passed, in-
asmuch as they valued the peace of Ireland, and thought such a
measure calculated to promote it.
Mr. A. TREVOR had been given to understand that not one of
the individuals who signed the petition was ignorant of its
nature. He felt satisfied that thioughout the whole of the
county of Durham there existed a strong feeling against the
proposed interference with the Irish church. He had 10 other
petitions of a similar nature to present, but would not bring
them up till he saw some hon. member opposed to him in opi-
nion present. He took this course, because lie did not wish to
do anything in an underhand way.

YOUGHAL ELECTION.
Mr. S. MACKENZIE. reported from the committee appointed
to try the Youghal election petition, that John O'Connell, Esq.,
was duly elected for the borough of Youghal, and that neither
the petition against the sitting member, nor the opposition
thereto, was frivolous or vexatious.
Mr. W. ItoAct' presented a petition from the city of Lime-
rick, for a reduction of the duty on glass; and a- petition from
spirit dealers of the same place, complaining of alterations
made last year in the spirit duties.
Mr. D. Roach and Mr. W. S. O'Brien supported the petition.
Mr. S. RICE said that he could not bold out any hope of the
remission of the duties in question.
Mr. CLIVE presented a petition from Hereford, praying that
landlords of houses of the value of £lO should be obliged to
contribute to the poor-rates, instead of their tenants.
Mr. PEASE presented a petition from a parish in the county
of Durham, complaining of agricultural distress. •
Colonel LYGON presented a petition from a parish in the
county of Worcester against the alienation of the Irish church
property from ecclesiastical uses.
Mr. D. JACKSON presented several petitions from the
county of Cork for the better observance of the Sabbath.

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Petitions in favour of vote by ballot were presented by Mr.
Hutt, from Kingston-on-Hull (signed by 3,000 persons); by
Colonel Evans, from Rye; by an hon. Member, from Dart-
mouth; by Mr. Grote, from Honiton, Sidmouth, and Melcombe
Regis; by Lord Ebriugton, from East Budleigh, and another
place in Devonshire, complaining of undue influence at the
late election for the Southern Division of that county, and pray-
ing for vote by ballot ; similar petitions by Mr. Divett, from
Bewley, and by an hon. member, from Brigham, in the same
county.
The lion Member moved that the last named petition be•_re-
ferred to the Intimidation Committee
Grum: then brought forward hismotion—" That it is the
opinion of this house, that the votes at elections for members of
parliament should be taken by way of secret ballot." (Cheers.)
[The report of the debate which ensued on this motion occu-
pies fifteen columns of The Times newspaper;- we must, there-

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fore, content ourselves with giving the names of the speakers :
this we consider sufficient to enable our readers to form an esti-
mate of what was said on both sides of the question.]
Sir WILLIAM MotEswourn seconded the motion ; the other
speakers were Mr. Gisborne, Mr. Strutt, Mr. Williams, Mr.
C. Russell, Mr. Ward, Lord Flowick, Mr. C. Buller, Mr.
Gaskell, Mr. Richards, Lord John Russell, Lord Stanley, Sir
Francis Burdett, Mr. O'Connell, and Sir Robert Peel.
On a division, the numbers were
For the motion LIG
Against it

Majority against the motion
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the
house adjourned at two o'clock.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—WEDNESDAY.
After some petitions had been presented, Lord Brougham
brought in a bill to amend the law relative to patents, which was
read a first time.

The Leeds and Selby rail-road bill, awl several other bills,
were brought up from the House of Commons, and read a first
time.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY.
A great number of private bills were forwarded a stage, and
several petitions were presented on various subjects—among the
petitions

Mr. EWART presented a petition from Liverpool praying for
a repeal of the stamp duties ou receipts.
Lord SANDON SOpk)Orted the prayer of the petition.
The ATTORNEY-UENalt AL presented three petitions from
Edinburgh on the same subject.

BREACH OF PRIVILEGE.
Mr. HUME called the attention of the house to a breach of
privilege which occurred on Tuesday night, in which he was
personally concerned. Towards the close of the debate on Mr.
Grote's motion respecting the ballot the hon. member for Lud-
low (Mr. L. Charlton) persisted in addressing the house, al-
though contrary to what appeared to be the wish of the house.
He (Mr. Hume) was conversing with an hon. friend (Mr. Roe-
buck), and with reference to what had fallen from the
,noble
lord, the member for Lancashire, respecting the operation of
the ballot in America, he (Mr. Hume) had said, in scarcely an
audible voice, "Such a thing is not true." The hon. member
for Ludlow, who was behind him speaking, stopped and undressed
himself to him (Mr. Hume), saying " Hold your tongue, sir."
He told him that he was not speaking to him, upon which he
replied again—" Wont you hold your tongue, sir? then I'll
make You." (Laughter.) He continued " You are an imper-
tinent-fellow and we don't want republicanism here." (Laugh-
ter.) He (Mr. Hume) replied " You are an impertinent fellow,"
but refrained from using his hands out of respect to the house.
After the debate had closed he (Mr. Hume) having some re-
turns to move for, remained in the house until he was called out
by another hon. member, who handed him a note from the hon.
member for Ludlow, which was as follows:—" Ilmise of Com-
mons, Tuesday evening—I heard you make use of the words
impertinent fellow' while I was speaking. Believing that you
meant to apply them to me, lam desirous to know immediately you did so or not?" He told the hon. member who
conveyed the note that he did use the words, in answer to the
gross attack made upon him, and that he thought it was the
duty of that hon. gentleman to make an apology to him (Mr.
Hume). This morning he received the following note, which
had been published in the evening papers :
" Sir,—f have just been informed by my friend, G. W.
Forrester, that you refused to give any answer to my letter, or
to enter into any explanation, or name a friend to whom he
might refer. Under these circumstances, I regret that I am
reduced to the necessity of publicly declaring that you have
shown yourself wholly unworthy of the title of a gentleman.
" L. CHARLTON."
Thinking that he might possibly have made some mistake,
and said something wrong, he wrote a letter to his friend, the
hon. and learned member for Bath, who had heard_all that
passed between them, determined, if he were satisfied that he had
committed a mistake, that he should not hesitate in making
reparation. (Loud cheers.) He received from his friend an
answer fully corroborating the view he (Mr. Horne) had taken
of the subject. (Hear.) Such being the facts, he put it to the
house in what situation an hon. member would be placed, who
was liable for such an interruption to be told by an honourable
member, either in a passion, or for the purpose of notoriety, that
he was to be called out, and liable either to have a ball sent
through his own body, or to send it through the other's. (Hear,
hear.) He considered he hada just ground of complaint against
the hon. member who published the correspondence that ensued,
and he thought it better, and it was the course he always pur-
sued, to settle disputes in the house that originated in the house.
He said he had no intention of offending the hon. member.
Mr. CHARLTON did not feel himself prepared to bring his case
before the house in the same way as the hon. member. It wus
sufficient for him to say upon the honour of a gentleman, and
in the strongest language the rules of the house permitted, that
what the hon. member had stated was not true. On the honour
of a gentleman, he repeated, he never used the expression " im-
pertinent." The hon. member (Mr. Hume) did not deny that
he employed the expression " impertinent." The least that can
be expected from gentlemen in that house was that courtesy
should be extended to them, and no interruption should at all
events be given by those who would not be amenable for it.
Before Heaven he (Mr. C.) swore that the only words he used
to the hon. member (Mr. Hume) were—" Hold your tongue."
This he was able to prove by some of his hon. friends whom he
did not see then in their places. If that were the case; he thought
the house would agree with him that the hon. member (Mr.
Hume) was the first aggressor. (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. C.)
admitted that he wrote the note in question. But as that was 41
private dispute, carried on without the walls of the house, he did
not know what was the motion before it. That was the first time
he had ever taken such a step, but he would tather lose his right
hand than retract one word of what the note contained.
The house was engaged in discussing the merits of this affair
when the last report of its proceedings was closed.

THE COURT, &c.
Wirinsoa, TuEsm.—Yesterday their Majesties, with the
whole of their royal suite, after spending the day at Kew
palace, returned to the castle at half-past eleven o'clock.
The King rode out in the park this morning, and again in
the afternoon.

The Queen rode to Virginia water this afternoon on horse-
back, attended by tadyClinton, Miss Hudson, Lord Frederick
Fitzclarence, Colonel Taylor, (wild- arrived yesterday,) Sir
Andrew Barnard, Colonel Sir Charles Thornton, Mr. Davies,
and Mr. Shiffner.

To-►norrow his Majesty goes to town to hold a levee, and
will return in the evening_to dinner.

Colonel, Mrs., and Miss Clitheroe paid a visit to their
Majesties this morning, and left after luncheon.
The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, Earl and Countess
Cawdor, and several other distinguished visitors are expected
to arrive at the castle to-morrow and on the following day.
Their Majesties intend to honour with their presence the
Eton regatta, which takes place on Thursday next.
Prince George is also expected to arrive, and will accompany
the young gentlemen to Surley-bill.

TILE LATE ELOPEMENT.—We have authority to state, with
refereice to that part of Sir ColquhOun Grant's letter to NordSeymour, of the 28th of May, in which Colonel and Miss Ann-
strong's names are mentioned as having been present at Lord
Seymour's when Sir Robert M'Farlane arrived, that he (Sir
Robert) did not find Colonel and Miss Armstrong there, he having
accompanied them, in Colonel Armstrong's carriage, from Sir
C. Grant's house in Grosvenor-square, where they had met,
having been seat to by the servants there on the discovery of
Miss Grant's elopement.—Morning Post.
APPROACHING MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE.—The sister of
the Duke de Bordeaux is said to be on the point of contracting
a marriage with a Russian prince; and our correspondent at
Constantinople informs us that M,ustapha, Pacha of Adrianople,
is about to be united to the second daughter of the Sultan. A
treaty of marriage has, we understand, been concluded between
the Princess Clementina, third daughter of the King of the
French, and the Prince of Syracuse.—Court Journal.

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Preparations are now making
at Knowsley Hall for the marriage of Lady Eleanor Stanley,
daughter of the present Earl of Derby, with the Rev. Nfr.
Hopwood, of Hopwood Hall, near Blanchester. The happy
event is expected to take place the first week in June. Ihe
present marrage will still further connect the noble families of
Derby, Sefton, and Skelmersdale.—Preston Pilot.

JUNE 5, 1835.

THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL.

The new Comic PANTOMIME having been received on eat*
representation with the loudest testimonies of approbation,
will be repeated every evening until further notice.
The last night but one of Mr. KEAN'S engagement, and his
second appearance io the character of MACBETH.
ril HIS present FRIDAY, the sth instant, will be per-
il. formed Shakspeare's Tragedy of