The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

'> HOUSE OF LOllDS-Tuuitsn.YY. J The ot ROiJLN moved for some returns rala- five to Education in Ireland, particn e.riv w ith relerence to tiie report of the Coinin ssioiiers poinied on the subject last Session; also tii.* rein tive number of Protestant and Catholic chibuen attending the new schools. The Marquis of L.il):,)W' was sorry t t it was no: in his p-nver, or in that of the Government, io grant hi in his Srst request. Tiie No'me Ear! then proceeded to contend that the now sy-tem it ad w. irked el; in Ire I a d. A conversation ot some sength hen 'ensued, in which the Bidiop Mf Exeter a distinguished part, when the subject dr ipped, and their Lord- ships adjoenv-d. OF C' iiO.Ns TsruUsfAy. Captain i-caus I/uudas, the lie for Devizes, was introduced by MrAngerstein, and took the oaths aud ins seat. Mr BENINEIT presented a petition from the Cen- tral Agricultural Association oi' England and ire- land. he Association had been established for the,protection of agricultural interests,.and to repre- sent their grievances to i'arliame.-t. That was the sole object of ihe society. Thev p ayed for a full and fair investigation into the causes of the distr.'ss which affected the agricnlturi-is, and fi,, trusted the house would take tiie praytr of the petitioueis into its consideration. Various petitions were presented from Dissenters praying for relief- THE CA:;LO\V ELECTION JOB. Mr H ARDY said he rose to ask leave to forward a case to the attention of the Hons"1, wh cii involved, as it appeared to him, paints of the great- est iiiii)(,raii, C-P(:illl which, in his opinion, en- titled it to the preteienee of the notices of motion before the House. He adopted the present course because it involved an attack upon a Member of that House, accusing t:im of traflicking with seats in that House, and w hich if proved would certainly involve that ron. and (.earned Member in consi- derable difficulty. All that be at present a-ked from the House ",was that lie might have leave to bring it forward before any of the other subjects that st' od for deliberation Lord John RUSSELL said he had no wish what- ever to stop the Hon. Member in bringing forward his motion. After some remarks from Mr. Hume relative to there being no petition before the House, and sug- gesting delay, Colonel BRUEN rose to present a petition with which be had been entrusted. This set forth the facts which are already familiar to the public. The petitioners sabmitted that such conduct was in violation ot their rights as electors, and of the privileges of that House. Col. Brnen merely characterised the proceedings as monstrous." Mr HA.UDY then rose to present the petition lie had been entrusted with, but was interrupted by Mr O'CONNELL, who said he rose to interfere between the two petitions. He admitted there were grounds for an enquiry in the petition which had been read. On the present occasion, continued Mr O'Connell, as far as I all, concerned myself I shall not complain of the unusual-l will u ,t call it a monstrous proceeding —but the unusual pro- ceeding that such a petition should be in the hands ot any Member without giving a copy of it, or an intimation of its contents, l'or myself 1 scorn to complain, but I apneal to every man of good feel- ing—I appeal to every father in this House— whetherit was right to introducexthe name of Mr John O'Connell ? (Cries of "Ye-s.") I don't say introducing his name,-but without giving him notice? (Hear) How could the Hou. Member- is be a lather!—how could he think of bringing forward an allegation against the integrity, upon oath, of .Mr Juhn O'Connell, without giving him an intimation of the charger (Loud cries of I'lleitr," and cheering.) Party spidt is bad, bllt it is infernal when it tears up by the roofs every kindly and generous,and honourable leeling of our nature, and indulges in an imputation of what ? Perjury! and against, before God, as pllre a crea- ture as ever breathed-the Member for Youghall. If the Hon. and Gallant Member h id in his coin- position anything of humanity; if he were not i JIL, person whose desolated villages—(Tremeindous cheering, which lested for soine titile, and drowned what the [Ion. NJ einber said,) 11 he were not the person against whose tyranny the widowed mother raised the voice of complaint—(Renewed cheering) --if he were not of such a nature, he would not have made this attack without giving notice to the Member far Youghall, in order that he might throw back into the foul den the cal unny. (Loud cries of "Ort!r- and great cheering. The cries of "Order" from the Opposition were so Iuud that Mr O'Connell was compelled to sit down. The all, sure that the lioii. aiid Learned Member will moderate the exp:essions he has used Mr O'CONNl LL Sir, I "as carried away by iiiy feel in, btit of eoui»e, I at once submit to the Chair. But 1 might have been excused if 1 spoke of the petitioners. I^said^that I cast back to their den-(Loud cries of Oh, and tremendous cheer- ing.) 1 was understood otherwise it seems, ( ries of 1011, oli," and still IOllder cheering, in the midst of which, some Member near Mr O'Connell — we believe it 11 r H. Grattan, cried out, "The Orangemen. Are there no Orangemen ?- (Pointing towards the Opposition.) (Loud cheers.) I admit that I have been carried away. But 1 will goon. Mr O'Conneil t len proceeded with great violence to vindicate the motives of his son, Mr John O'Connell, and after some abuse of the Tury Newspapers," said, 1-,iit I am consoled for all these attacks by my consciousness of my son's integrity, and I bless my Gol tha a mother never had a iiio. e dutiful or respeetlul c nldI than he who is the sub- ject of your accusal ion.—Y es, the character of his son would come pure and IIIISlIllied through the ordeal. (Loud.cheers) Col. BRUEN replied to Mr O'Conr.ell's attack, and g,lid. with respect 11° I against him uf having depopulated vil affes, he could only say that it was just as true as ihe gen, ndj.y of hi", atc„sa- lions. (Loud fi-om the opposiiion.) The gallant Member then teterred to tlie iulimulation practised by illr party oil the electors ill lreiaud. Mr J. O'CONNELL very adverted to the .charge which had bcei^made}igajllst |,jmj and stated that that charge had been made lor the purpose of I injuring the Metnbei fo> Duuli^ Mr HARDY had ai-o a | eiition to present from I Bath, "incd by tlie Inhabl/Ullts, who were friellds to I)ui-ity of* ati(i Clietll;es of' col'i-ii i,t toil (Laughter.) \Vith respect, o the charl,!C of his not having-presented the I eiiij()ll (0 ,|i(. Member for Dublin, he would o 11■ > say, that on the very day 1 he Petition had been delivered to him, he had seeii ;I printed copy sent Irom Laih in jile t)all,;s 0f'a friend ofthpHo)).atidi.carned.Me)),ber,ai)dhccons)dere() lhat that rendered his pi eventing a copy totally un- necessary. (Hear, hear.) l)e (]jt| uo( j,„|)U|e ally blame to Mr John O ( ouneil. He did not look on the conduct of that young gentleman to be otherwise ihan under the influence ot his father. (Clieei-s, ati(I cries of "Shame.") K the Hon. Member had done anything wrong, when acting in obedience to the directions of his father, lie (Mr Hardy) could impute not.tame to him. All he would ask of the House was, !let her or not it was a fit subject for cnqniiy. Lord J. Rl'sSELL requested the HOII. Member to read Ihe prayer of t!.e Petition. Mr HAKDY said that the prayer of the Petition was that the principles of Reform should be fully and fairly carried iuto dfccl. (i lemendous cheer- ing.) Mr O'CONNELL again rose and defen I ed his son with the greatest vehemence. He concluded witli proposing Ihat Ihe Petitions should be printed, and taken into consideraiion on 1 uesduy next. Sir G. CLERK, (we understood) said, that as a charge had been made at]-ectllig ['test sci-iou,ly I, character of the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin, which it was most itiipot- taiit and necessary tor thc House thoroughly «° investigate at i|le earliest possible time, there could be 110 wtsh but to afford him every indulgence in their pbwer, In- fixing on either day he thought would be most con- venient tor the discussion. Mr O'CONNELL said, H»e reason he preferred Tuesday was, that he regarded the whole charge as a mock solemnity. (Cnee.s and laughter.) The Noble Lord (Stanley) niigbt dnler from him. He wished lor Tuesday, because there were two portant questions tlxed for -Monday, in the discussion of which he wished to take a pait. ntsday would he quite time enough (hear, hear,) and he could t assure the House he should icpose with th,' utmost nonchalance under all the anxieties ot this mighty and weighty accusation, in regai' to w ica he had already been acquitted of all pecuniary turpitude by the Hon. Member for Bradford (Loud cheers from the Ministerial benches, and cries of No, no," j,. which Lord Stanley's voice was distinctly audible.) He did not mean the l-ol( ttU1 he did not say the Noble Lord had acquitted him oh no, he knew too well the delicacy <1t las enmity- (ioutf cheers from the Ministerial benche-,) he had ex- perienced it too often already btat he understood the HOII. Member for Bradford to acquit him of ny iiecuiiiary turpitude in I he matter, (( heeis.) Lord STANLEY could asstue the House that, as he had never shrunk from .the discharging of any -P- part <ot'- hi* [lublij duty, eo he never would shrink t'ro-!i meeting any charge made against hi-.u by tlie II ii. Member, or am one else. (Oncers.) It was a ■na'ier of perfect hidilferc- «ce to hitn whether the. Motion o'' the Hon. Memo r for Bath Olt iVIon- '••y or any other day and it was cqmi'lv indu/creat. to hhti. as I'm* as he was persona' 1 concern' h. th.T the mo'ion relative 1 o the conduct eT the M M. a.1 L am; d Mem er t'i r w.is hxed S'-r Tirv't'a-, or .sot. Wliuiewr tha' H-'O. au-i Lea; .1 o," bv' which his (Lord S! «ul<\v's) eiituiiy towards hi,a wa> chare.cterised in that House or elsw!;e:e, he t.a'' 1 it would 'ever lead fin to lake an •, step •v '• ie'a would be disg, ace;'ul to bis feelings as a <»en- mail a->d as a Memi-er <»f t'lat House, (Lnt1 c-t 'i coaside-. ed it b r 's p-'bti. al ch.ai ler H .d po;ii ieal p. tioo f. aught \»iii» d 1 .'j<'r !<> tiie uioir:' at 'arge. (Con- tinued cheers.) i'; lit teal 'y he had aiways opposed him, and he hanked his candour vv'ien he declared it was a high gra'ideation to hear the expression oi his be ief', that duriti; (he administration ot Lord Grey be (Lord .Stanley) had e.-senttaily served w, thwart that Hon. and Learned Member's political -chen.es, (Loud ehce.isv But political grounds of hostility he would never suffer (o ilito personal v indiciiyeaess. (Cheers.) He never would sit 011 such a Committee as that to be moved for by tlie Hon. Member for Bradford, bccause he should distrust his own judgement in a case where he sat on (he character of ihe H«n. and Learned Member. (Loud cheers ) If, thcrcfoie, he were nominated on the Coiiin.ittec, he should at once decline serving on it. He never had made an attack on Ihe Hon. and Learned Member—he never would do so in his ab- sence, when it was impossible for the Hon. and Learned Member to answer for himself j but he was b mod to say, when the Hon. nii;! Learned Member appealed lo him, that he was already exempted from any cli<ir'»e oi ptT.-onal corruption, whatever tni^h' be hi. (Lord .¡jj¡¡iuu as to the justice of the charge; thai charge did hang over his head, and answer it he musi ill that House and before ibis country. (Loud and continued cheeis.) Whatever application the Hon. 'Old Learned Member was pre- pared to make oi that money which it was alleged he had received, dIe allegation that he did receive it, and lhat for MM;ti a sum he contracted that a Member shonid nave a seat iti that House, fixed him distinctly and substantially with the charge (loud cheers) whether he meant to apply it personally to his pri- vate advantage, (if- politically as a meallS of public corruption (cheeis), it was equally discreditable to Into as a charge of petsonal or pecuniary corruption. lie iia,i not i,.tended to say one word on this subject. (Ironical cheers from Ihe Ministerial Benches.) He declared on his honor as a Gentleman he bad no such intention, but the Learned .Member provoked iiiii, to di) so (Loud cheers.) lie (julliei4 that lie considered him exempted froej the charge of cor- ruption. (Cheers.) He pi onouneed 110 opinion as to whether he w.is guilty or riot, but this he would lie wotil(i say, that the Hon. and Learned Member was not justified in repi eseuUnu__atid -nuch had he been a-tonished in seeing ills Kigut Hon, Friend opposite (.Sir ,J. C. Hobhoiise, as we understand) intimating his assent to the statement by a loud aud vociferous cheer-a,. if so ,ri-a%,e iiii imputations) the character and conduct of any Hon. Member of that House should ralher be laughed away and treated as a tiling too ridiculous to demand the serious alld deliberate invesiigation of thai Parliament, which had already proved itse'f leiermined to do away with the cor- ruptions which subsisted under a former system and which, most of all, was bound consistently to ascertain aud punish the delinquency of those who had been the foremost in denouncing and the readiest in determining and in inflicting- the punish- ment of others (Loud cheers.) Sir J. C HOBHOUsE here said something across the table, whicii was not heard. Lord STANLEY continued—He hoped he had misunderstood his Rig-ht HOII. Friend, and, yet his iiiiiiii.et, %ias si tij,i:ked that he could not persuade hunse f thai he had been mistaken he heard him so loud y cheer the assertion winch fell from the Hon. and L anted Member for Dublin, that this Vvas a charge so utterly ridiculous lhat it should be treated altogether with contempt (cheers) lhat it was one • which that House was taking up as a matter of mock solemnity (cheers), and tor that reason it was m liter of indifference on which day it should be brought forward. (Cheers.) He thought it could be no matter of mock solemnity to that House, w hich had already instituted so iiziiiy proccedillgs into cases of iu various low us and boroughs such as York, Ipswich, Yarmouth, aud even the alleged case of Chatham. (Hear.) It must be a matter of deep importance to the iMembers of that House whether there was or not an individual in it capable ot exercisinjj such influence as to introduce such as to iiitr(,du,,e into a county of Ireland a person utterly unknown to the constituency, of whom he expressed the lowest and the meanest opinion (cheers), and who possessing that iiiflucnc; was prepaied for its ex ercise to receive oil whatever pretence, the sum of (Loud cheers.) If there was anything in Reform, if there was any desire to support the pui ily of (.iecli"lJ, if there was any desire really 10 maintain those principles to which he ever had been, and now was sincerely attached, the last thing lhat should be urged oil such all occasion as the present would be, that this was a mere matter of mock so'cinnily, and on that account it was quite indifferent whether brought forward on one day or another. (Cheers.) As he said before, he cared 1,ot on what day it was brought forward if the Hon. and Learned Member preferred Tuesday, Tuesday let it he. He knew lIot why it should IIOt be proceeded with at once. (Hear, hear.) The Hon. and Learned Member confessed that he Jiou .lit it filling lor inquiry before a Committee—the Hon. Member for Bradford only moved for a Committee — nothing more yet, said the Hon. aud Learned Member, give us three days between thciiti.e of giving notice and the moving tor that Commit ee. (Hea>. hear.) It was not foi 0'" him to say how (hat time was to be employed. (Cheers.) Ii was not for bi n to say whetheV a de ay of ihree days was necessary or desirable tor Ihe Hon. and Learned Member he freely confessed he could not enter into his feelings; be did not understand the 11—he never participated in them (loud cheers); but this he knew, thai if he sal in that House under such a c harge—a charge repeated over and over again —a charge supported t.y documents, detailing tacts, some denied, much admitted on both sides a ch itge I'nai tie obtained money corruptly, to procuie au in- dividual a seat in that House, Z4 liolil., stiotild not have elapsed from the meeting of Parliament, without he himself moving 101' the appointment of a Com- mittee. (Loudeheert..) He remembered one oc- casion on which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman found it convenient to take some days to allswcr a e!ia. ge w hich had been made against him; he never as iiiucti litile as liL, considered necessary to enable him to answer any of his observations lie did not complain of his re- questing till Tuesday on the present occasion but, (-i-c it his (L, j-d 'Stanley,) c,t,;e, i.al).ei, iliaii tioll, move for the pospouemeiit of one single hour, it the matter had not been investigated sooner, he should have called on the. lioue at once to express its judgment. (Loud aud continued cheers.) This ca'/ed up Mr O'Connell, and a violent debate, iu which Mr Hum" and others took part, ensued. After some further discussion, Tuesday was fixed. "##1' HOUSE OF LORDS—FRIDAY. The .Marquis of LONDONDERRY, after a speech in w hich he look a review ot the conduct of this Go- sernmeut with respect to the affairs of Spain, and strongly disapproved ot the course which his Ma- jesty's Ministers had taken, concluded by movinu — "That there be laid before this House returns of all the warlike stores, clothing, arm", amunilion, and artillery, furnished to the Government of the Queen of Spam by the British Government likewise all account of (it'! naval slon's (so furllisited), fogelher with the va ne oi ihe same, stilting if any payment has been made; likewise a return of the names of all officers 011 halt-pay at present serving in the Queen's arm)." Lord M ELBOl R NE did hot object to the motion, but entered into a defence of the Government, which had acted, as he maintained, in conformity with the engagements of treaties, and upon the principles recognised by the Duke of Wellington. The Earl of Aberdeen expressed his dissent from the course pursued by the present Government. He charged ith having carried their interference beyond tt.etiniits prescribed by the treaty, aud de- clared his abhorrence also of the murders committed in :,paill. Lord MELBOURNE, in reply to a question from a Noble Lord, said lhat though he had received no offi- cial communication of the fact, he had no doubt but the six British subjects reported to have been shot had actually sutiercd. The moliou was agreed to. Lord DLNMAN presented a petition from the Isle oi Wighi, iu lav our of Mr Buckingham's claims. The LORD CHANCELLOR brought forward his Bill for consolidating aud better regulating the Ec- clesiastic al Courts. Lord LYN DUCKS I' expressed his approbation of the measure, aud promised 10 give it his best support. —Adjourned. IlOLSE OF DAY. RAILWAYS. On the motion of Mi- ALSTON the London and Blackwail Railway Bill was re.id a first lime; as J were also the 14oudon and Brighton Railway Bill, —1 "11 p ZL m.. —•■_ ":¡;íJ:4:î{:r; via Nhoreham, on the motion of Lord GcT.rge Lennox aml^ihe Birmingham and Gloucester Railway C'.il^ Oil the motion of Lord Granville Somerset. F r o i no llouso then weei into Committee on the J) .;>•> c Bill. Ml' HUME begged to know what was ihe "Sp-m-e ■> h< Coin, oss; w1 e. ei-o ;'« ,>(!P;i r!> y • wo,i, w;e t!e:n- sa'.i:iei, and w'ie;h >h y had ar. nn.^ .s 1,) per: (L lau.:ui- r. • 'C GORD! 5N, made so'ny observations in rei' which we could, not e c' We understood hiin lo nay thai one of the officers was a deerkeeper. Mr HUME—Then I shall submit amotion to do it!-o a a t' 'te; ;i of how ihe d"er w 0-diMp.r-.ed of. En lighter.) (t v:!r<,t 'h u t'e H n-,e -h n' kiio.v w 11: • tIe" died er were dit, ibuicd (Vii ng.t tiie geoM men ii, L"! d J. RU.SsJi'i.L e ell a -sure ;i;e H.ai. Geu'b- eian uiat since «».- h I h in oihee h • h id received none ot (he deer, but he did not mean to say that none i.ad been offered to him. (Laughter.) -Mi l lNiS moved a resolution against Orange Lodges, tiie deha'e on which, on the suggestion of Lord John Russell, was postponed until the 23d inl. ill order that the whole subject might be diR- posed of in one discussion. He would then be pre- pared to state the course Government meant to pursue in the matter. Mr HUME moved for a return of Officers not oil full pay, or liable to trial by court martial, who have been dismissed from the Army for attending Orange Lodges; which, after a little discussion, w«»s dropped .\Ir HA RVE Y moved (or the appoil1tmellt of a Selpct Comllli'tpC', to which al' Railway Bills, having a termination wiihin seven miles of the Royal Ex- change, should he referred but it was withdrawn, on Ihe understanding that for this Session a sugges- tillll heretofore ma le by Mr Gnulbui n should he adopted. Ihe suggestion was# se,,ei-al Railways were projected, 'hev should b • referred to one Committee to determine Ihe best line. it MGISTIt ATIO.N OV BIRTHS JHUTllS, .1 X D MAR- llIAGES, Lord J. nt'SvELL moved for leave to bring in Bills tor the registration of birth-, deaths, and mar- r'age*, and to amend the law- regarding the celebra- tion of marrhtge. ,s t„ the registration, h;» did not g'o into full details—he left them to Ihe Bill but 0:1 the subject of the marriage ceieinony, he proposed that there should be no liberation of the Established Church—that Dissenters should have the opportu- I, ity ()fb,,i I, iii it, their o%vik places of %voi-,s[ii I), and that it- t) ti")s" w[IO viewed marriage as a civil contract they could be married after entering* their names for a cei lain number of days in a prescribed register, to he certified by certificate. The Bill would provide for a general registration ofmarriages, and detail the sums for entering names, examining registers, &c. A." to burials he had no plan at pre- sent on the subject, hut he hoped to produce a measure that would give general satisfaction, aud enable Dissenters to have their deceased brethren buried in ihe gtounds attached to their own chapels. Wiih respect to degrees at the Universities, there was no prospect of (retting Oxford or Cambridge to concede degiees to Dissenters; but the Chancellor of the Exchequer was preparing a Bill for a Univer- sity that would concede degrees, and which it is hoped WOUI(I I-eillove thejust compIaintsofDissenters. Sir R. PEEL said if the Dissenters were satisfied he should IIOt conlplain j but if this Bill gate satis- faction, then he should he astonished that his mea- sure had not been approved. Mr* BARING said that the Right Hon. Baronet's Bill was good, but this was much belter it removed the greatest objections. Lord J. RUSSELL expressed his satisfaction at the matinei in which his motion had been received, and said that it did not deteiiorate the Right Hon. Baronet's Bill. wSir H. PEEL hoped that the Bill would not pre- clude Dissenters from being married in the Es- tablished Church if they so pleased.—Motion agreed to. Mr EWART brought up the prisoner's Counsel Bill, which was read a first time. The House adjourned at half-past eleven. "#-Ø'I' HOUSE OF LORES-MONDAY. Lord WYNFOnD presented a petition, very numerously signed, for inquiry into the causes of ;:¡gTicul:ltn>1 d; s 11" c s s. A conference was held with the Commons on the manner of Bills before Parliament; and Ihe Earl of Shaftesbury, who managed the con- ference on the part of the Lords, gave notice that he would shortly move that the subject be referred to a Select Committee. Lord WHAHXCLIFFE presented two petitions complaining of Agricultural distress; and post- poned till Monday next his motion relative to the recently-appointed Magistrates for boroughs. Lord WYNFORD having postponed his promised motion on agricultural distress from this daT to Ihiirsduy, their Lordships adjourned. .1<#,#1" HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. • e'et,d petitions were presented and reports on privste Bills brought up. Mi L.UASON gave notice that this day, on the (Typ" 'K'ing madP for a Select Committee! on the onneli and Raphael affair,'1 he would move as ^ra,mfl,;dmont the petit ions on the subject he red io a Committee of the whole House, and evidence heard at the bar. T< nk'^ ('lsc"s*i"n took place on amotion by Mr to t>v'ery Divorce Bill shou t! be referred lie 3 L'ornmitlee, in place of Counsel being Hon a" NV'esseH examined at the bar of the se- I he Hon. Member ultimately withdrew his motion. Colonel PhRCKVAL moved for a return of the Parlies recommended iu the usual way to C Loi d lieutenant of Ireland as High Sheriffs of counties, 01 sucb persons as have since been appointed by Gov eminent without having been so recommended. A wish wasj expressed by Mr OCONNLLL that the ict'.n-u might embrace the same particulars for •he last five years. r ROEBUCK moved for a copy of ihe inslruc- Iions given to Lord Gosfoid and the other Com- niissioiieis for inquiring into the state of Lower Canada. G. GUEY objected to the motion. He fell a delicacy at furnishi.'g such informaiion here, when il had not yet been communicated to the Canadian House of Assembly. -Mr ROEBUCK, after having, in a few words, at- tributed the conduct of ihe Legislature of Canada to 'he moral influence'' ot oil' O'ContielJ, consented to withdraw his moiion. The same Hon. M em her then rose to propose the appointment of a Select Commitiee 10 inquire into 'he administration of justice in the Mauritius. jje piefuccd his observations by a remark that seemed 10 create no surprise "Thai he was not then about l>r«-ve all that he'asscrlcd;" aud al considerable | length proceeded through all the details that for the last three or four years have been so fainilicr to the public, with reference to the conduct and treatment ot Mr Jereniie and other individuals who have beeu more or less mixed up with the political transactions in the colony. All attack upon the Secretaries of State for Colonial Alfa''s f°'' some years past, espe- cially Lord Stauley, alld upon ail the local authorities, formed a large portion of the Hon. Member's speech. Sir GEORGE GREY rep ied but his low lone of voice and rapid mode of speaking rendered it impos- sible to follow him through all the statements thai occurred in his speech, which occupied three hours iu the delivery. Enough, however, was occasionally gathered to show that he refuted Mr Roe&uck. The Hon. Baronet opposed the appointment of a Com- mittee. Dr LUSHINGTON spoke in favour of Mr Roe- buck's motion, and apparently under peculiar excite- ment. Mr C. BULLEli followed on the same side. The Hon. Member seemed disposed to go at some length into the question; but the impatience of the House expressed in no unintelligible manner, had the effect of somewhat abridging his observations. A few words from Mr Bonhwick, and a digression on the subjcct of ihe slave trade by Mr Fowell Bux- ton,-were succeeded hy a reply from Mr Roebuck, and the House divided— For the motion (jg Against it 037 On the motion ot AI,• PoyLETT THOMSON, a Select Committee was appointed, to consider the existing laws and regulations relating to the port ol" London. A C' n,ma'so granted, bavirtg been moved by Mt i St, lor inqniry inlo_the state of diocesan, Ivoya audt other foundation schools iu Ireland. Mr P. SCROPE obtained leave to bring in a Bill to provide lor the relieve of the Irish poor. A motion by Mr HUML, Oil the subject of sur- charges on the assessed taxes, was .vitlidrawn by that gentlemuu, on au assurance from the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer that he had it in contein- pl.ition to biing foi ward a measure 1 elating to those taxes. Mr C. BULLER then presented a petition from Mr \rgois, pray .tig for inquiry into the late election proceedings 111 the county of Ca, lo,, It was re- ceived, and ordered 10 be printed; and the House then, at half-past tw. he o'clock, adjourned. C lor Continuation of Parliament see Second Page) day, r Ai.ts. — At Shrcivsbury fair, on 'i'l,eS prime small sheep averaged G^d. per lb. lar=^, animals from 6d. to fild. Fat pigs soLd at frolll to 1^1. and others advanced in price. At Heading Fair, on Tuesday, superior 1'°^ realized high price < in one instance, fine IsO horse 'eiched :•> i guineas. Good milch co^s obtained high prices -A person in the ds eoti, the trived to ease him o.% under pretence of plac»'fe s. 'ket" noney saf#y in his pocket for fear of picUpoo At firnt ce.sler February Market, on Mo'jiep there was an unusually small supply both ot *1!^ and beasts, and the tarn was ail in favour ot feeder; mutton, especi.i!ly, was on very ready j Irom (5 £ d. to 7d. All prim^beef was soon i tie celebrated '• Madd; esiieid Belter) '/I bougui. iu on Monday, for £ 54. In the manufacture of Dutch cheese, intir'a acid is employed instead of rennet, w hich) l', said, its pungency and freedom from mites are referred.

LOCAL MAHKETS. CARDIFF. t fr' VVIient It)*. 0,ilol6s. 61. L .ml), prr [(>> j^l- itarley 0,1. y.s. mi. Butter l3l'. 13* °ati 2*. Od. 2a. 9 1. Sail do Vi asi* ISeet', per llj. Oi. 5.pi. On. (i.i. J Fowls,pr couplers OJ w. 6i- P rk Us 4J,1. Us. 5,1. ( Dii ks U 2>1 l" )0* .'iuttiin Us. 5.1,1 Us- lid. | Kugu .cloz M Eii l'llYR.$ 3. d. i. d. s. d- I'ine Flmir — uto4 1) Beef, per fb 0 i B t liesl Seconds 0 0 4 U Mutlon # t llutter, t'resli, per lb 1 113 Veal.— Otto, salt 0 ii i u Pork, per "lb" « f Fuv, ls, per couple 2 ti 0 H Lamb, per lb — 0 j Uucks, ditto 3 0 4 "0, Cheese 0 KgS», per hundred -) 2toU 0 iiacou pel score..<> NEW tilUDUE. Nnv llltlDGE, Wednesday, Feb. Wiie.it 5s lid 10 ti* tJ-hU¿Jrl.dl,Û:j Barley 3, 61 dill" 0 ,ls. 2s 2 to 2s 41 dlt'O 0 Fies.li Biu;e, (,.er 1!>).1. Id Beet' IIDIH S-.ll iti,, 1, o Malum Gnee e fp -r to) ti to 7u | Many live Pigs—these were at an advance- 2s. 111 W. COW BRIDGE. Wheat 4s (ill 5i (I.I. Veal (Is Barley .3s. 3.1 .is. 6ii.. Pork 0». 0J llfc O'lis 2s. 2a. tii. j Lamb Vs. ud* jg Mutton (perab.) Us 5,1. os 0.1. I Fresh butter.. I4- ,W<1* Beet Us. OU. os. Od. j t £ ggs (per du £ y s. SWANSEA. o 'Vhfit 5s. 9.1. | Outs Barley 3s. 0.1. | Boaus .«. JIONMDUTH. ø. Wheat 39a. S.i. | Beana (I iiarley 29s. 0- I Pease Oats. as. M. | A JiEliGA VEN N Y. f Wheat £ -2 4 II H,wley .tl G,/JI 0 (1 0 Pease II II 0 I CHEPSTOW. t* 4.1,1 Outs .«• ,.1 oai'hy 2ys. Ud. | Beans ,;arl,'y :!Ys. hI, ü,, BRECON. a Wheat — to7s. Ud. Beef (per lb.J .•• Barley 3s. lid. 4s. Ud. Oats.. Is. Od. 4s. 3d. I Veal. Malt ys. Ud. Us. Ud. I Fork 4 Pease 0a. Ud. 0s. Od* | Fine Flour • CRICKliOWEL. Waeat fs. fid. I Vetches •••• Barley 4s. 6d. Pease •• .ajt*1* Oats 3s. 9.1. j Butler, per lb BRISTOL CORN EXCHANGE. i s. d. d. d. Wheat,- Red 33 0 to 38 o Kye — 0 3* White 40 «> to 42 o iicaus 36 44 # lUirleyd to Vi u lu a 44$ Miiltiiif; iiO 0 to 'A'S o IVas, White 4^ Oats, Feed. J5 o to Iti o AJuii ^4 0 Potatoe.. IS 0to 210 Flour, Fine 34 o to 35 0 :iu o to 32 41 Thirds 22 oto 2 r- ] Pollard, per ton 7.5 oto !II) (\ Bran 6"; o to 7'J PillCE OF LEATHER. AT UitlS I 7 ] *■ <■- ii Crop Hides, lIer Ib. I Iktoli lIors 1hilt3. 2' Foiiiirn -il les II 1:1 Calt Skiusxliest.. •••• \K ,j ) 12 13^ Cut Skins, cojunio" /leavi diilo 13 14 Iri-h Skins •* j3 .» E..uli-h Butts 14^ 20 Welsh Skins. |4 Fitun Butts 13^ 1/ Kips. Eng'.ish&WeIs gl •BeslS^ddlers'Hides.. 14 15 Foreiirn Kips, Pctei* • 0 Common ditto 12 13 .4 Shaved ditto 14 17" Fo.e.gn Kips, JO .jf Shoe hides 12 13 Inni.-i }& Common ditto 12 l-.J Small Seal Skins -•* 1 Welsh Hides 12 13 Mm-.lir-g uitto \'J ,j B st Bull ditto 11 12 Larue ui:to \l C mail 11 ditto— 10 11 Basils. f Horse d (Knglisli).. 15 ISj OPFAI>. • .j W. lsli .lino 15 17 Foreign Bellies 8 Germanditio It) 21 Shoulders •••* fi | Spanish ditto. IS 23 Dressing Hide,Bel'1' jl Shaved do. without —Shoulders* butts, 12s. to 17s. 0d. each. butts, 12s. to 17s. 0d. each.

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RE \DIXG 5:1 XSR~AN:—2Y T. VTU-AT. Far 1 a wood's sad solitary FLRXIM, I A •> maidens sat beneat:1 AN a e,i TRPN. IN 1 e:ify SU.iiaiei's s.veot expandiug bloom A broi k rolled by in mournful minstrels;, Bord«>I3D with sweetest FI rvrrs, and RA^SSCI cur'ed :— Tnerc they coajaa'ftned with HIUI WHOSE ;'AUIC yet li'.U the world. And as the stream stole murmu.-iniily alonir, Til L;r kiaiiled fancie* with US music rose Aud their ears CAUGHT Ophelia's dyuv: song, DOVN the I!?ej. WATERS sir.kii.SJ to a cios» A PUIIJIVE waloiv, DROOPING I'rutn the LAUD. Lower appeared to BEND, £ R*<JJ«:D by her PNL- LAIN liaad. And huge fantastic, trunks,'charted old, an* srey, A" uir.ed th" heaih-hv.r t'orins in that dim scone J tie Mending boa_jhs,tiiS while, shutout tie Ar. A formed a cave, here HPS of IN id green — Such seemed the le<lvc,were muttering mystic tones; 'lue pj'OBI.id brook, too, mocked tlis cauluioa's bubbling groans. And fairy visions floated gentlv by,-— A merry train, that haunted greenwood dells or. ;3 they w.tl;t,d it, swept through earth and skv Or made their homes within the wild flower lelii Or down the silvery star-beams loved to glide Or oil the moonlight-waves in water lilies ride. And ^;ant shadows past in 1011; array, The mihtv phantoms of a thousand years;— Spirits that filled the globe with nale dismay. And deluded cities deep in blood and tears t^ypt, and Troy, and scenes of early ages, "Ilia; will outlive ail time in his immortal pages. Battles and banners before their eyes, And many a sceptered king and stately queen; Sorrow, and care, and tears, and heavy sigh: B neath the itnperial purple robes were seen; And lovely nvmr}¡, with gems and roses crowned, To dmeet music moired, in Inany a mazy round. And mask, and revel glided through the wood, Aad slow c along the gladell; And the tall dowers that bent across the flood Where changed to waving plumes and gleaming blades And shout, and drum, and trumpet's fearful cIang, Rett the still air, and through the echoing forest rang. iin:oc.eci hea:t, I:titi a ,orld, D.s'uled lifetimes and beauties, and then flew To ins o..n migluy mind, and from it hurled A new creation; forms that never grew Bet; "ath a mother's eye, before him moved, .Ann, as he chose, they lived, and wept, and laughed, and loved. "I"#I'

I:uic.vs LITANY.* In the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress, And when I my sins confess, Sweet Spirit, comfort me TVhm I lie with,in my bed, Sa"; in h art and sick in head, A.id with C. ,tihts discomforted. Sweet Spirit, comfort me! \V!n the house doth sigh and weep. And the world is drowned in sleep, Yet mine eyes the watch do kpep, Sweet Spirit, comfort ire TVhcn the Tricot his last hath prayed, And I nod to what is said, 'Cuu~e my snnech is now decayed, S Ncct Spirit, comfort ine When the judgment is revealed, And -hat opened which WM sealed, W nen to :h"p I have appealed, Sweet Spirit, comfort III, Fiom the works of Robert Herrick, a Feet of the time ot Caarles the Frst.

SCiilPI URE 1 LI. USTRA TIOXS.—No. 126. 'IARK ix, 13-1-Aiid straightway all the people, WHEN they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and RUNNING- to hi HI, saluted him. it is strange tint so few critics should haze Said anything concerning the reason of the multitude being "tir.js amazed, 1t C'ould not be, as xJr. Clarke supposes, iiis coming down from the mountain the day after lie went tip; lor they \vere gathered round it in expectation of his descent- and I do not remember that he ever continued more than one vight ill such a retire-. ment. -Nor is it easy to imagine the multitude were under any apprehension, after he had been no longer absent, that they never should be aide to finù h:m again. I therefore follow Dr. W nitby s natural conjecture in his Paraphrase, wi-leii is agreeable to what we read of Moses, THAT (lie skin of his jace shone, when he came clown the mount. (Compare Exod. xxxiv. *29, 30. and 2 Cot. iii. 7.)—One would indeed have ex- pected that who has nieri ioned the Lustre on /S;q.he:i s countenance, when pleading his causer-fore the Sanhedrim, (Jets vi. 15.) sh,u.u nave tnxen some notice of the fact here supposed: but it is observable, Mark tells the s:c,; y btvore 1:5, far more circumstantially than eitaer of the other Evangelist*; which, by the w<-y, is another most convincing proof, that his <>spel was not (as loff JVhizton supposes,) all alrid^oment of Jttathem. DODDRIDGE.

C2IIT CHAT. 1110 Earl of Thunet hqs arrived in Conuaught- p ace, IIOAI a Continental tour. The Noble Ear) BEING unmarried, MR Bartiaiii, the Member for Ken- d al, who man ied a datig! ter of I he Earl of Verulam, it. pre.,uqliii% e to the extensive estates of his Lordship in ti e North of England. Lady of the Eai-I of Romney, is A'L'JIIT to G.RE her hand to Henry Hoare, I £ SQ.; ""P,ie%,v to Lot-d Barham. A sistei- of the bridegroom will shortly BEV married to the Hun. Peter John Lake I1 in, brother to Lord King. The Menai Bridge, DURING the late storms, vibrated twelve feet, which had AU awful appearance, at;d attracted fhe notice of a considerable number of persons who assembled on ti e occasion. It is two hundred and twenty feet A K>ve the level of the sea, and did not suffer the least irrjury fr(lffi the VIBRATION.™——CTITT^WORTH —The I-like of D<ivo;ishire has ordered at this his Grace's favourite residence, the construction of a new Conservatory, hot-houses, &c., upon an ex ten- SIVE scale, at a COST of £ 50,000, and which, when c mpleted. will be THE most unique thing of the kind it" th Sfiie ROYAL ELOPE>IENT. ")Ies aid the belle Irlandoi,ve,Miss Smith, have been traced as far as ice, whence it is believed they have proceeded to England, travel- ling with IAISO PASSPORTS under the name of Mr and Irs il-eyare accompanied by a Gen. tlemun of that name, A Scotchman, servant, and ENGLISH maid.— IT is said that the chair occupied by Morey during the present trial in Paris, is the same on whicn Jjarras sat when installed in the Directory at the Luxembourgh. This arm-chair, rescued from the Republic, has led both to the throne and the seauo'.d.- The Chancellor of the Ex- chequer has assured Nli- Bariieby, M. P. who was deputed at the iccent Bromyard meeting to present A TUI inoria! oa the SUBJECT, that it is not the inten- tion of gjverninent to make any alteration in the hop duty.-ficl-e,"or(I Journal. It is rumoured tllut the PI incess Llrip, the King's second daughter, is shortly to be ied to the hymeneal altar by a young prince of the house of Au,;tria.- Paris Adver- i ser. The Marquis of Louie has officially announced ihu the friendly relations with the Court of Sardinia have been re-established ihrough the Jriendly mediation of Great Britain, the old and Porttimal, and the i-e,ctioits oil the mercantile intercourse between the two countries liave consequently been removed -The King has been pleased to confer the Guelpbic Order of Hanover upon Colonel Parry, M. P. for Carnarvon. -Mr l'oley, M. P. for Herefordshire, has, in consequence of indisposition, paired off with his COI.eague, Sir LI. p, ICE, Bart, for the first fortnight the session Mr Grantley Berkeley has newed his motion tor the admission of ladies into the S¡J al'els O'allf'ry. It IS fixed to come on ou ed P ^R• Hampden is to be appoint- P''UTE?SOR of Divinity in the University (I X "JL 1 he Dublin Election Committee are TH/F^I L° 1 G"A!ISCRI)ble on the 29th instant.- §» P_ OWIP,^ IS NIE RE_U|[ A P0N of the parish of George In the J' AST>DLESEX, for a Church-rate I'O'I L'LE L,0LL!)(J:—For the rate 526 against of Frid' vJ0n,y/Or the rate- 223 The Gazette suance o*f THE ORDER OF the Speaker, in pur- ELECTS,; 1AC;1 °F THE 42 «EO. 111. that the Dublin THE 29th inst S-'A" 'E"ASSEMB|E ON Monday, OF THE CLRNIN: S "N° CONSIDERA<'on the Report IN IRELANH ''S"'0'1 appointed to examine evidence ™ously RE-ELECTEFU0! J .9-RTMT!EY ^LAS BEEN ULIALLI" OF Gtiildford bv TH F Steward of the borough AI'»ost wholly of f "7 C°UUCI'' WHICH IS composed tords-.ii, £ '"d The KIN- I,IHI I Y C°NSENLED TO ACCEPF- and owing toth» npJ- ">>eeeh was made to say— «ho, as THEJOIE'rs FIRR 7 °f Ministers, Slajesty in the dark upon qH n l° keeP his occasions, made to say of the Poor LAWS',6 COMPLLmentary to the

j1 j. J ± 1 J1 C 17: — — The following extracts from the vol. of Reairrer, are takers from the Alliencean. An e 'i),j o-,I t "I- in a few days- It may do us all good to know what a (-"Ic "oo, of I1S-0:lf insti;¡¡ljo;:s-o:¡r manners-and onr politics—an I our extracts are given without re- ference j>r.r'v feelings of ;inv kind. March 30.—"Lord J. R. [Jolui Russell] having m.ade some ir.quin-s reiative to our Prussian laws, ili ecclesiastical a Hairs, was referred to me lor inforuiar tion, and this was the occasion of my waiting on iiini yesterday. From ids portrait I had expected to find a tail, spare man, whereas he is very sma"; a short, polished, and i;:tdligent looking man, without any- thing striking in his appearance. 1 communicated to him what you all know, and observed, th;it, in my opinion, the only means ot establishing tranquillity opi¡:i'H;, tll,,> '1i:;Y Ul:íiIS °,\ eshLlislliu?{ tl'alltllli\lity was tolontion, Illul ami equal treatment of all parties, so that all might live in friendship together. Extermination, exile, ar.d^lorciblc conversion, are the three great resources whaai Used to be employed to attain the object. But who would now venture plainly to recommend either of these ? and what avail all the pretexts and evasions which are used to cover and conceal intolerance and self-interest ] The Holv Alliance, which has been so much decried, ex- presses itself much more wisely on tnis subject than Sir K, Knatcbbuil or tne Liishop of Exeter. Let me tpeak of Ireland, It remained in part Catholic and royalist, because the hated English became Protestant and Republican; it was Conser- vative, as Wellington and tuose who think as he does, require. On this account it was ill-treated by the republican military tyrant Cromwell; private property and C.lurch property were unjustifiably confiscated, and that not on religious grounds, but on political pretexts. Cnarles II. did notning to repair this injustice, and tne triumph of William III., advantageous as it was to the freedom of all Europe, laid Ireland alone (Conservative, Tory Ireland) in chains.. The struggle continued for a century; Eng- land granted tardily and uiiwillinglv what was nrt- tura! and just; and every step of this kind was stig- matized as an unhappy innovation, as tnc ruin of the state, the Church, and religion. On every occa- sion it was said, far too inilt!ij had already been con- ceded and granted. Too ? I low, ilicii, could a man like O'Contiell be I)ossiL)te ?-a position and influence like tLat of O'Connell a demagogue of such a description as history cannot produce. Op- posed to the most powerful Government in the world, a single individual becomes the counsellor, the con- fidant, the ruler of a people. The poor, the oppressed, voluntarily give to their advocate a salary greater than the King of England can offer to bis Ministers. This, say some, is merely a consequence of the mild- ness and revolutionary tendency of our times. But is that really a satisfactory answer ? Whence comes then that madness and that tendency, unless there were political quacks who first produce the madness and then complain of it ? Wisdom, justice, and mo- deration alone can cure it, lIot awkward, arbitrary, and violent measures. Treat the Irish like the Prus- sian Catholics, and O'Connell's revolutionary tire is at once extinguished; instead of flames, you find ashes, and insubordination gives way to order and tran- quillity. In the demagogical spirit there is something irre- gular, lawless, and illegal; therefore, it is the most important business of Governments to check it, and lead it into the right course. Such partial, nay, con- demnable measures, as have been regularly employed against it from the time of Elizabeth till tne present, could not fail to produce O'Neils and O'Conneils. Do you tiiink, because I highly esteem Elizabeth, I cannbt understand O'Nei,, ? that because I honor Wellington I must look upon O Council as a devil incarnate? By no means, These things have two sides; it was the same in the days of the Gracchi and of the Consul Opimius." May 2S.—I send you so much news, that I need make but a few remarks. Firstly, Lord J. Russell's failure in Devonshire has caused the question of voting by ballot at elections to be again brought for- ward. It is warmly discussed in letterswind discourses of various kinds, and none of the llerects or advantages remain uncanvassed. This is an advantageof England • but. would the censorship anow a refutation of the Wochcnb'atf, in another journal, that truth might be elicited from the twofold investigation? <') Secondly, Peel's ministerial defence of an untena- ble position was more distinguished than the com- mencement of his opposition campaign, in which he reproached the Ministers with not having proposed enough innovations for this session, and appeared as the advocate of the Dissenters, after having for years been their opponent, and, with respect to the inevit- able Marriage Bill, only adopted and worked up Whig principles us lie had done before in the emanci- pation of the Roman Catholics. In fact, all the Dis- senters in Parliament declared, they were willing to wait under this Ministry, and Spring Rice answered and refuted, with plain arguments, the artful attack. "Third!y, Wellington (much more of an old Tory than Peel), the steadfast defender of Oxford against all attacks, however natural and just, has recom- mended to the venerable Senate, and all persons hav- ing a vote, not to make the subscription to the thirty-nine complex, dogmatic articles, a condition to the reception of young men, but to substitute tor them a sensible, sufficient declaration, perlectsy secur- ing the Church and religion, and thus to comply, 111 one point at least, with the popular wishes; but his proposal was rejected by 459 votes against 57. This is one of the remarkable signs of the times, that reform, progressive reform, appears necessary, even to tiiose who have long considered, or wished to con- 's sider, that which was intended for a tittie, perfect for eternitv. What gradations of the Tories from the Duke of Cumberland to Peel and Stanley fbey are, in truth, as little agreed among themselves as their opponents. Far from reproaching them all on this account, I consider it as a subject of congratula- tion, that a few abstract principles do not suffice to do bind together a great number of men, like a bundle; of laths; nay, that beyond the affinities of external objects and interests, that which is individual and intellectual manifests itself, and a richer organism of individual and public developement reveals itselt. As the Elector of Hesse persisted in retaining the name when there was nothing more to elect, so will Oxford, in perpctuam yet memoriam, represent the stationary high Tories, or consider a centripetal force sufficient without a centrilugai power. But the earth has turned round, and will continue to do so, however obstinately its motion may be denied. And not only the earth and planets move, but the sun and the fixed stars are drawn into this danyc of the spheres so also must Oxford, however it may persist in turning its back upon the rest of the world, be, in the sequel, compelled to join in the movement. It is remark- able, that the English Universities are so tardy in their progress, while the German Luiversities are reproach- ed with "running upon stilts." This reproach may be well founded with respect to some of them, but, on the whole, the German Universities have still some idols before which they bow, and to worship which is the duty of every well-meaning Professor. Fourthly, Lord Brouguam, on bringing forward many proposals for the improvement of the defective English system of education, said, that it was pro- hibited on the continent to teach civil history," to which he added a great panegyric upon history and a violent philippic upon the tyranny of foreign govern- ments. I will not ask like the Greek, on hearing the panegyric upon Hercules, 'who blamed him?' but we are perfectly justified in inquiring, where the the teaching of history is prohibited, and where Lord Brougham found the material for his blame and his praise ? At all events he should not have made all Europe the subject of his attack—not have shot his arrows at random; but lie should have distinctly pointed out those, which, as an unerring Appollo, he intended to slay. J believe that there must be some clerical or. typographical error. Lord Brougham insisted on the improvement of the British establish- ments for education, and adduced as one of the most remarkable deficiencies of them, that neither in Eton nor Oxford, neither in King's College, nor in the bantling of his fancv or bis wisdom, the London University,—that, properly speaking, nowhere is history taught as it ought to be. For professors who are not Yet appointed, or may be appointed, will be taken into the account, as "little as professors who would willingly read lectures, but have none to hear them and least of all is Lord Brougham's panegyric on history applicable to thefragments of the Assyrians and Babylonians, or the poor analysis of Greek and Roman history, which is now and then annexed in England to the philological exercises. We will there- fore hope, that Lord Brougham's eloquence will soon conjure up here, what Germany has long had the happiness to possess. cl National Belt and Finance If this bugbear, the national debt, has lost much of its terrors on closer examination, does not the other face of this Janus-head appear the more ruin- ous? Whatever complaints and prophecies are now uttered in this respect, cannot surpass what was said ell, byDavenant on the same subject, more than a hun- dred years ago. Like him, many political econo- mists, looking only at the naked figures, assert that England is taxed ten times as high as Poland for in- stance, because every tax-payer has to pay a sum ten times as large. But if the Englishman in spite of his iioiiiiiialiy tenfold amount of his taxes, eats, drinks, lodges, and is clothed better, obtains more S, enjoyments for the mind and body, and in the end, jjs 1 :.tr morc left than the Pole, where is the taxation highest aud most oppressive." j,izc 2D.—Yesterday, in company witii Air i). I and several other persons, I visited Buckingham House, ttie King's new palace in St. Park. Many objections miht be made to the exter-lal rangements and proportion, thou rh its extent, and tho it all ;iir of Hut what shall I say of the interior? I have never seen anything that m; liht he pronounced, in every respect, more of a totai lai ure in fact, it is said that the King, thousfii immense sums have been expended, is so ill- satisfied with it, that he has no mind ta take up his residence in it when the unhappy edifice shall bo finished—and the dislike appears to me to be very nat'.na'. 1 my sell should not care to have a free residence in it, for I should vex mvse'f a'! the day long at<ftij £ fautasuc mixture of every style of tecture and decorations —tne absence of all pure taste—the total want of an eye for mesure and pro- portion. Even the great entrance.hail does not answer its oi>ject, because iho principal staircase is on OlU' side, and <Jfl ImnIe!lse sp::el', whid1 Ius :w::r,iy any light, seems to extend before you at tne entrance, to no purpose whatever. The grand apartments 0:1 the principal story are adorned with pillars; but what kind of pillars are tiiey ? Partly led, like raw sau- sages; partly blue, like blue starth ;-bad imitations of marble, of wmch there is none standing upon blocks such as art rejects, to support one hardly knows what. Then, in the next apartment, no pi liars, but pilasters these pilasters, witnout base or capita!, and those with a capital, and the basis fooiisaly cut away. In the same apartment fragments of Egvpt, Greece, Etruria, Rome, and the middle ages" all coulusedly mingled together; the doors, windows, and chimney-pieces, in such incorrect proportions, that even the most unpractised eye must be of- fended. The spaces uliskilt-tilly divided, broken, itisnulted the doors sometimes in the centre, sometimes in the corner—nay, in one room there are three doors, difiering in height and breadth; over the doors in some apartments bas reliefs and sculptures, where pigmies and Brobdidnagians pell mell together—people^ from 2 to 6 feet high live admirably together. The smaller figures, especially, have such miserable spider legs and arms, that one would fancy they had been starved in a time of scarcity, and were now come to the king's palace to fatten themselves. Tiie picture-gallery is highly spoken of-I anow it is large, and tile Gokie brandies, depending from the half-vaulted ceilings, make a certain impression. On tiie hand, this imita- tion of Henry V lI.'s dlLipd is out of its place nere. The doors and windows, ag-ain, are in no proper proportion to the whole; the immensely high wall cannot be hung witli paintings; and the light, eoming from above from two sides, is false, in- sutficient, at ill broken by the architectural decora- tions. 1 hus the palace stands as a very dear proof that wealth, without knowledge of the art and taste, cannot ellect so much as moderate means supported by sound judgment—a palace, according to gen- tham s theory of art, in which the doctrine of beauty and taste is idle superstition, which vanishes before his test of utility. But of what use is tiiis palace The best thing would be for Aladdin with his magic lamp to come and remove it into an African desert. Then travellers might go in pilgrimage to it, and learned men at home mig-ht puzzle their brains over their descriptions and drawings, wondering in what a curious state of civilization and taste the unknown people who built in such a style must have lived; and how such deviations from all rule were to be ex- plained, lî these learned men entered into discus- sion on the subject, the nation would be, if not justi- fied, at least excused, and its liberal grants of money be alleged in its favour; but the King, and above all the architect, would be justly condemned for the violation of all the rules of art and taste."

NEW COURT.—LONDON. MONOMANIA.—Henry Smith, a smart lad, aged 13, was convicted of stealing a diamond, the property of his fatner. The boy has been twice convicted, aud kept solitary and whipped, bnt 011 his liberation he returned to his old habit of pilfering* The little fellow, with tears, prayed the Court to send him to tne convict ship, in order to break him of thieving. Court—Why do you tllievc !-Pi-isoiie,- I cannot help it; I must do it. "The Schoolmaster of Newgate" was consulted as to the boy's intellect, and lie was reported to be shrewd, of sound intellect, but so addicted to tiieft tliiit oniy liist night tie robbed a feilow-prisoner of a shilling. The Court complied with the prisoner's request.

ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. The ordinary meeting was held on Tuesday evening, the Rev. W.F, Hope,F.It.S., in the Chair. tiie A letter was read from M. Thibaut, at Malta, giving an account of the capture and condition of tour giraffes, which he had procured, and has nuw under his Cure for the society. lie started from (airo on the Kith of April, and arrived at Dongola on the 11th of July, from whence he pro- ceeded by the caravan to the deserts oi Cordova, these animals are principally hunted for their tiesh and the skin, which they convert into bridles and other articles. On the 16th of August the Arab hunters succeeded in tracking a full-grown t.emale. about twenty-one French feet in height, from the ears to the hoofs, accompanied by a young one. They soon succeeded in overtaxing the former on their fleet coursers, which they killed with sabre cuts. They next day proceeded in chase of the younger one, which they succeeded in capturing without any diliiiculty. It was necessary at lirst to keep it held by men at a distance from the car- avan for three or four days, in order to accustom it to their society, when it began to take food, prin- cipally of camel's milk, and then readily followed them. This animal was described as very sensible and fond of society, and was eveii seen to shed tears when it did not see its companions. It feeds on leaves from the higher branches of trees, taking them separately and delicately on its t-ongue, the mouth aiways rejecting thorns. He remained tor three months in the deserts, dtii-in-, liicii titiie lie succeeded in captiii-ilig fotir others, but the cold weather killed four of them at Dungola, when he recommenced hunting, and succeeded in obtaining three others, all of which are now in bis possession, 'bey found the greatest d i Hi cult y in transporting them to Cairo, and from thence to Malta, as they suffered considerably by sea; but since they had arrived ai the latter place every attention had been paid to them under the care of Mr Boucher, the Consul-General. He had avoided having them covered in, that they might be gradually enabled to bear the cold of this country. Three of them are male and one female, and they are all of them de- scribed as interesting and beautiful animals, in good condition and health. Mr Gould described several new species of birds, some of which he has discovered' in his recent arrangement of the Museum; and a continuation of Mr Garner's paper on cinchiferous animals was read.

THE AXWING.—There were shot at Stone- ridge, by Mr T. H. flood, oil Wednesday last, a pair of that rare and beautiful bird, the Waxwing, or Bohemian Chatterer (am pel in yurrula). This bird, which is also found in the West Indies, was regarded as the forerunner of a pestilence by the superstitious of former days. Their plumage in a mixture of chesnut, rose, ash, and yellow j and above the bill rises a conical-shaped crest, which the bird can erect oi- (epress at peaslIre. About the size of the black-bird, it is distinguished from all others of the piet kind by ihe seven lesser quills terminating in a homey substance, resembling the most glossy red sealing wax. ^—Kelso JJait. THE JLW CLOTHESMKN NUISANCE IN HOLY- WELL-STREET, STRASD.-The Israeli'i-di vendors of old clothes, betters than new," in liolywell-street, ,Iexv Strand, whose importunate mode ot soliciting custom has long been a source of annoyance to all having occasion to pas along this great thoroughfare between Temple-bar and Charing-cross, have re- cently received a check which it is «° be hoPed «dl prove a salutary restraint on their impertiuei-.ee for some time to come. It seems a few days back Ali- Justice James Parke happened to he pas-ing along this famed rendezvous of clothes marls a-tool, when some unfortunate "barker," not knowing him, slopped ai d nearly pushed hitn into his shop, and his L01 d>hip was actually forced into the dirt of the carriage-way as the only mode ot escaping the fellow's rudeuess. Mr Justice Parke caused a repre- sentation to be made 011 the subject in the proper quarter, and the Grand Inquest has in consequence taken the necessary measures for compelling an abatement of the nuisance. TRIAL OF MRS REBECCA PEAK, FOR MURDER. —The -.rial of Mrs Peak, for the alleged crime of murder, by inino-ling some arsenic in some hash, which she had administered to ihree members of her family, the result of which was the death of one of them, Mr Ephtaim Peak, commenced on Wednesday last, and terminated oil Saturday, Judge WilliaMls presiding. The Judge delivered a very clear and able charge to the Jury, and m about an hour after the ease was committed 'o them, they returned a verdict ot'Giii'tv." She was sentenced lo be hung on the 2tith day of February next, between the hours of ten o'clock a.m. aud two o clock p.m. VVe have seldom, if ever, heard of a more premeditated or aggravated case of murder.— Chelsea (Vermont) Democrat,

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