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HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAT

In answer to a question from Lord MONTEAGLE,
The Earl of ABERDEEN said that he could not lay before
the house the papers relating to the present negotiations with
the Brazilian government; for. although Mr. Ellis had re-
turned home, still the negotiations could scarcely be consi-
dered as concluded, because the Brazilian government sent a
diplomatic agent to this country to renew them. The cause
of breaking off• the negotiations he had no difficulty in
stating. It was because the Brazilian government had re-
quired that the produce of that country should be•admitted
on a differential duty, as compared with our colonial pro-
duce, of only 10 per cent., a proposition to which Mr. Ellis
had no power to assent.

Earl STANHOPE presented petitions against the repeal of
the corn laws, and against the Canadian Corn Bill, from
Berkshire and from the Penenden Heath meeting.
Some bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and their
lordships adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY

In reply to several questions from Lord PALNIERSTON,
Dr. BOWLIING; and:Mr. HUTT, relative to the Stade duties
and the state of our negotiations with Hanover,
Sir R. PEEL replied that matters were still unsettled and
undefined, but he believed the British government would
very shortly make up its mind as to the course to be pursued
on those subjects.

Lord 11oA;icx, on the second reading of the Princess Au-
gusta's Annuity Bill. suggested the propriety of providing
for the family of the late Duke of Sussex, but intimated that
he expected no immediate answer to the suggestion.
Mr. I-ItimE divided the house against the bill, but the se-
cond reading was carried by a majority of 141 to 37.
The adjourned debate on the Irish Arms Bill was then re-
sumed by

Mr. S. CRAWFORD, who contended that the discontent of
the Irish tenantry was to be attributed to the treatment they
experienced from their landlords, and that the government
should take steps to redress the wrongs and sufferings of the
former.

Mr. Sergeant MURPIIY contended that the cause of the
agitation was to be traced to the real and substantial wrongs
which Ireland was suffering, coupled with the dismissal of
those magistrates in whom they placed the greatest reliance.
lie believed the bill would very -much tend to arm the Pro-
testants and disarm the Catholics, and he should oppose this
or any other similar measure at a time when it was proved
that crime in Ireland was steadily-decreasing. The hon. and
learned gentleman referred to a case in which a woman was
transported, because, in the absence of her husband, con-
cealed arms were found in the house, in order to show that
such powers as were given to the magistracy were liable to
abuse. The husband was driven to vengeance, or, as it was
called, wild justice of revenge, and the result was the sa-
crifice of the life of the committing magistrate, and also his
own.

Colonel CONOLLY thought that the repeal agitation was
nothing less than a crusade against property, and he was
decidedly of opinion that the circumstances of Ireland called
imperatively for some such measure as the present.
Mr. Turn; was willing .to admit the necessity of an arms
bill for Ireland, but could not support a measure with so
many penal clauses as the one before the house. There was
much exaggeration in the accounts of the numbers of people
attending the repeal meetings. It was said that nearly 200,000
persons attended the meeting at Mullingar ; but he could
say, from his own knowledge, that the numbers did not ex-
ceed 12,000.

Sir R. PEEL said that the case referred to by Mr. Sergeant
Murphy had occurred no less than twenty-eight years ago,
while he was chief secretary for Ireland. The facts were
these :—A magistrate, who had taken a very active share in
bringing parties to justice who had been guilty of a gross
outrage. was murdered in consequence of a conspiracy against
him. A reward of £5,000 was offered for the apprehension
of thi, perpetrators, and the very individual who had organised
the conspiracy became the betrayer of his companions in the
crime. He (Sir R. Peel) paid him £2,000, and he was con-
sequently threatened with an action for refusing to pay the
remainder. In his opinion, eases of this description strength-
ened the arguments in favour of the bill, which was intended
not for any political purpose, hut simply to protect the peace-
able portion of the Irish community.
Mr. RoEnucx contended that the present state of Ireland
did not justify any extraordinary measure like the one before
the house ; and the bill was therefore simply pernicious. A
man might get his arrns branded with the name of his un-
suspicious neighbour, and having subsequently committed
murder, manage su that the imputation should necessarily
fix itself upon his innocent victim. They were turning Ire-
land into one vast garrison, and the people felt they were op-
pressed by measures which were both insulting and injurious
The Established Church was the abomination, the cancerou
sore of Ireland, and though the country was excited by dema,
gogues, who converted public wrong into private advantage

yet the wracks of the: birth people were rata and aubctantiat.
He contended that Sir R. PEPlhad been dragged into a blun-
der in the war which had.been commenced against the Irish
magistracy for attending public meetings to discuss a matter
which they bad a legal right to discuss, He stood there upon
the floor of the House of Commons, to declare in language
not to be mistaken, that he wished for the downfall of the
Established Church of Ireland, but that was no reason why
he should be deprived of any honour which he possessed, or
why his rights should be interfered with.
Sir J. GRAHAM said that the destruction of the Established
Church of Ireland was not only advocated in that house, but
it was also enforced in Ireland at public meetings, with all
the accompaniments of martial preparation. The right lion..
baronet referred to some returns, in order to show that, in
proportion to the population of the two countries, crime was
greater in Ireland than in England, and contended that the
present state of Ireland was a bad return for the spirit of
concession which had been displayed towards it since the
passing of the Emancipation Act, which it was said would
quiet and conciliate the people of that country. The ques-
tions of the " maintenance of the Protestant Church" and of
" fixity of tenure" were much too important to be incident-
ally discussed on such a measure as the present; and he
must add that when he supported the Emancipation Bill he
was under the impression that by so doing he rendered the
Established Church more secure. Yet now it was said that
peace in Ireland was imcompatible with the maintenance of
the Established Church. With respect to the bill before the
house, he anticipated that under all the circumstances it
would be carried by a large majority. _
Lord J. RUSSELL said, that as a member of the late Go-
vernment he had felt an Arms Bill to be necessary, and he
was not therefore prepared to refuse a similar bill to the pre-
sent Administration, but he could not see the necessity of
giving new and extraordinary powers, such as were con-
tained in the bill upon the table. Be was of opinion that
the speech of the right hon. baronet would create a deep im-
pression in Ireland, for it went the length of declaring that,
in his opinion the catholics of Ireland were not sufficiently
grateful for the concessions which had been made to them.
The noble lord then proceeded to contend that the present
Government in its legislation had not treated Ireland as if it
had a right to be placed upon a footing of equality with Eng-
land. With respect to the Established Church of Ireland,
which was the church of the small minority in Ireland, he
would say that if they suffered that to be done away with,
they could scarcely hope to maintain the established churches
of England and Scotland. The course he would suggest to
be pursued was, that instead of depressing the Established
Church, they should seek to raise the Catholic Church,
which was the church of the majority. At all events, the
present state of the ecclesiastical establishments in Ireland
could not be presumed to rest upon a permanent basis, and
they should, therefore, alter the whole state of the law, with
a view to conciliation, and with an absence of everything like
prejudice. They had no doubt made many concessions to
Ireland, but that was because the debt was so large ; and
they might as well expect gratitude from a man unjustly con-
fined in a dungeon, because they transferred him to a lighter
apartment, where, however, he was still a prisoner. He
trusted that whoever was to have the government of Ireland,
would not act in the spirit of the Lord Chancellor of England,
or in that of the Secretary of State for the Home Depart-

went.
Lord STANLEY said he had hoped to be spared the pain of
taking part in a discussion in which he was not officially con-
nected, but he was compelled to rise in consequence of the
invective and not the argument which Lord John Russell
had indulged in against the present Government. He believed
the noble lord well knew how critical was the present state
of Ireland, and yet in the face of that knowledge he did riot
hesitate with all the weight of his character to come forward,
and without venturin., to suggest a remedy, speak of every
topic which would inflame to madness the people of Ireland
against a Government to which he was opposed for not re-
dressing.evils which the noble lord himself while in office had
never attempted to abate. The noble lord (Stanley) then
proceeded to contend that if the Irish people were not treated
in the same spirit of equality as the people of England, Lord
John Russell should take a large share of the blame to him-.
self, for when the Irish. Reform Bill was under discussion
the noble lord had steadfastly resisted every attempt made by
hon. members to induce the Government of that day to assent
to an extension of the franchise in Ireland. Notwithstanding
all that had fallen from the noble lord respecting the Estab-
lished Church of Ireland, yet if the hon. member for bath
were to make a motion for doing away with that church, the
noble lord, so far from supporting would find himself com-
pelled by a sense of shame, and by a sense of duty, to oppose
it. He admitted that the numerical mass of the people of
Ireland were opposed to the present Administration, and he
felt the difficulties which that fact devolved, but on the other
hand the wealth, and property, and intelligence of the whole
empire were in favour of the present Government, and he
would ask the house which of these should be most consulted
by the legislature? The noble lord had made many charges
against the Government, but though he had indulged in much
invective, he had substantiated nothing.
Mr. M. O'FERRALL strongly deprecated the language used
by Sir James Graham, conveying as it did imputations against
the Catholics of Ireland, and reminded the house that it was
not Catholics who had in the course of that debate advocated
the necessity of destroying the Established Church of Ire-
land. _ _ _ _ .

After several other members had spoken, the house ad-
journed.

THE COURT.

Sir Charles Wetherell, Bart., has invited a party to meet
the King of Hanover at the Hall, in the Inner Temple, on
the sth of July. The Duke of Wellington and other distin-
guished personages, have accepted the invitation.
On Tuesday night Lord and Lady Brougham had a soiree
at their mansion in Grafton-street, when the King of Han-
over was pleased to honour the noble and learned lord with
his company, Her ladyship had "a reception," the visitors
being expressly invited to meet his Majesty.—Standard.

APPROACHING MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS AUGUSTA
OF CAMBRIDGE.—On Saturday last invitations were issued
from the Lord Chamberlain's office for those distinguished
personages connected with the government and the immedi-
ate friends of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge who were
expressly selected to be present at the nuptial ceremony.on
Wednesday week, the 28th inst.
The Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent. the
ladies and gentlemen of the royal suite, the lady in waiting
ou the royal duchess, and the household, attended Divine
service on Sunday morning, in the Chapel Royal, Bucking-
ham Palace. The Bishop of Chester preached the sermon,
taking his text from Romans, chapter xv., verse 13. The
prayers were read by the Hon. and Rev. Charles Leslie
Courtenay.
APPROACHING MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE.-We hear.
that a marriage is on the tapis between the accomplished
Lady Jane Grant, eldest daughter of the Earl of Seatield,
and Captain Walker, of the Scots fusilier guards. The ce-
remony is expected to take place at Castle Cullen, the noble
earl's seat in Banffshire, early in the ensuing month. The
contemplated marriage between the Hon. Francis Charteris,
M.P. and Lady Anne Anson, daughter of the Earl of Lich.
field, is not expected to be solemnised until the close of the
ensuing month, in consequence of the recent demise of the
Dowager Lady Anson.
The QUEEN DOWAGER'S VISIT TO THE SURREY
ZooLo.Glc4t, GARDENS.—Her Majesty the Queen Dowager,
attended by Earl Howe and a large party, honoured the
Surrey Zoological Gardens with a visit on Saturday after-
noon, for the purpose of viewing the giraffe's and the new
panorama of Elora, of the novel and striking effect of which
her Majesty expressed the warmest admiration. The Queen
remained a considerable time, witnessing the evening recast
of the lions and tigers, and admiring the graceful motions of
the giraffe'F as they galloped about their spacious parks,
and appear 1, much interested in their black keepers, who
seemed fully to understand the honour they were enjoying of
addressing royalty. The party continued in the gardens
about two hours, and left in three carriages, escorted by a
large cortege of horsemen.

THE KING OF HANOVER.—niS Majesty presents the
same extraordinary appearance as ever, and considering his
advanced age, 72, he is even wonderful ; he is still perfectly
upright ; there is not, even the slightest approach to de-
crepitude; if there is any difference in his appearance, it is
that he is slightly thinner, and in his gait it revires a very
close observer iddeed to detect any alteration. If his step
has- lost any degree of that vigorous firmness of stride for
which he was so remarkable, there is certainly nothing to
indicate the slightest evidence of feebleness. No one could
ever fancy they were looking upon one who had passed the
allotted period of man's existence, when they regard the
King of Hanover. His Majesty dresses in black, and walks
about a great deal ; sometimes he takes the arm of Count
Kilmansegge, his representative at this court, and sometimes
that of Sir Frederick Watson, an old attach 6 to the house-
holds of his yothers, the two deceased sovereigns; and
sometimes the'King walks out quite alone. In his unpre-
tending style his Majesty pays many of his visits. One of
his first was to Sir Robert Peel in Whitehall Gardens. There
was a long nonsensical account of the manlier in which he
was received by the crowd on his arrival, in one of the
morning papers, which was certainly untrue in a great many
particulars. If his Majesty did not receive a very enthu-
siastic welcome, he certainly had a most respectful reception ;
and on the ohcasion of his visit to the Queen Dowager's
entertainment, he was late and a considerable crowd was
collected, who actually got up a cheer in his honour. The
King has altered the style of his liveries to that of the time
of George the Third, with -the broad gold lace round each
button-hole; the epaulettes are dismissed of course. The
equipage is a very splendid affair, with a magnificent pair
of grays.—Crhelleahant Looker-on.

The sate of household furniture, plate, and part of the li-
brary of the late Dr. Southey, took place last week at his late
residence, Greta-hall, and was very numerously and respec-
tably attended. In the course of the sale many Very spirited
competitions took place. In one instance, an old screen,
used by the late Laureate at College, which was not worth
more than a few shillings, became an object of keen compe-
tition between two, members of the deceased's family, and
was eventually knocked down at eleven guineas.

A reversion of property of some magnitude is announced
and subject to very pecular contingencies. The Right lion.
Sir John Cam Hobhouse, M.P., it is known, is a widower
without male issue. His brother, the banker at Bath, (who
unfortunately became a bankrupt a year or two ago,) will be
entitled not only to the baronetcy, but sums of money and
estates approaching in value to £70,000, Provided he sur-
vives the hon. member, and the latter dies without male
issue; and the assignees of Messrs. Hobhouse have instructed
Mr. George Robins to sell this valuable contingency to the
best bidder next month.

IMPORTANT TO COUNTY VOTERS.—It may not be amiss
at this time to remind those tenants at will who have recently
changed their farms, that under the new Registration Act
the lands and tenements in respz,.ct of the accupation of
which, at a yearly rent of £5O, &c., they are entitled to be
registered, arc not now required to be the same lands and
tenements, but may be different, if rented and occupied in
immediate succession during the twelve months next previ-
ous to the last day of July, in the year in which the claim is
made. The following is a copy of the enactment; it will be
found in the 73rd section of the act :—" And whereas by the
said first-recited act it is enacted, that every male person of
full age, and not subject to any legal incapacity, who shall
occupy as tenant any lands or tenements for which he shall
be bona fide liable to a yearly rent of not less than fifty
pounds, shall be entitled to vote in the election of a knight
or knights of the shire, to serve in any future parliament of
the county, or for the riding, parts or division of the county
in which such lands or tenements shall be respectively
situate.' And whereas it is also thereby enacted, that no
person shall be so registered in any year in respect of any
lands or tenements held by him as such occupier and tenant
as aforesaid, unless he shall have been in the actual posses-
sion thereof for twelve calendar months next previous to the
last day of July in such year ;' be it declared and enacted,
that the lands and tenements in respect of the occupation of
which, at a yearly rent of not less than fifty pounds, any
person shall be so entitled to be registered in any year, and
to vote in the election of any knight or knights of the shire
as aforesaid, shall not be requirod to be the same lands and
tenements, but may be different lands and tenements, rented
and occupied as aforesaid, in immediate succession by such
person during the twelve calendar months next previous to
the last stday of July in such year ; and that where any such
lands and tenements shall be jointly rented and occupied by
more persons than one, each of
such joint occupiers shall be
entitled to be registered and vote in such election as last
aforesaid in respect of the lands and tenements so jointed
rented and occupied; in ease of the yearly rent for which
they shall be bone fide liable in respect of such lands and
tenements shall be an amount which, when divided by the
number of such occupiers, shall give a•bona fide rent of not
less than fifty pounds for each and every such occupier, but
not otherwise."

ROTICE TO CONSERVA.TIVSS. .
rONSERVA.TIVES entitled to COUNTY VCYrEnSelig
4,...1 respectfully informed that a COPY of the REV1°7,,,,,
LIST of VOTERS for the HUNT/RED of WEeT Diaill
lies for Inspection at the OFFICE OF THE CONSERVATT
ASSOCIATION, No, 24, HARRINGTON-STREET. AO all
.1
Persona who, under the New Registration Act, are eaut ear
tho
to be upon the Register, and all who have Changed
Places of Abode within the last twelve niontlis, they be for'
nislied with proper Notices of Claim, or have thew filled UP'
on application at the said Office.
By order,
ARRW, Secretary
N.B.—The last day for M
making Claims isO the 20th JOY

GRAND CONCERT.
ROYAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS.
GREAT GEORGE-STREET. t
?THIS EVENING,the 20th oh
ins all_oe
.1- GRAND CONCERTue will take place at the w
Rooms, when the celebrated
HERR STAUDIGL
"
will sing " REVENGE," " DER MONCKI
The following will also appear :
Miss JOSEPH,
Mademoiselle PAULINE LANG,
(from the Grand Opera, Vienna,)
Mrs. ST. ALBIN,
Mr. F.
CONDUCTOR-Mr. G. EYT 0 N.
Tickets to be had at the principal Musicsellers.
Body of the Room, ss. ; Gallery,2s• 6d. o
ni
Early application is requested, as only a limited nuber
Tickets will be issued.

TO MERCHANTS, BROKERS, AND al"-

The largely increased and most respectable circutaiw,
which the Tuesday's Edition of the LIVERPOOL
STANDARD has now obtained amongst the mercantile
body in Manchester affords its proprietors the grail:
mg power of urging this, amongst the other undento
claims which it possesses, upon the favor of that portion
of the mercantile community of Liverpool who desire t 0
bring their advertisements before the notice of buyers in.
the neighbouring manufacturing districts. In most ot
the surrounding towns of Lancashire the circun °I
latio
the STANDARD is steadily increasing. In Manchester,
however, the centre of the manufacturing district, 0.0
publication of Tuesday—occurring upon the most IT"
portant market day of the Cotton Trade, when its
Exchange and Hotels are thronged with country WWI-
facturers, spinners, and calico printers—is firmly
tablished in circulation, and is perused with increase

and increasing interest.
Under these encouraging circumstances, we trust 1°
receive an increased measure of support from the
fner:
chants and brokers of the town generally ; and it affora;
us great pleasure to assure those of our friends aniang
those classes, who have hitherto bestowed their adver:
l"
tising favours liberally upon us, of our increased a
to do justice to the interests committed to their care.