The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

TITITIA TURE. Master Humphrey Clock. Part XIII. Chapman and Hall. The story of" Barnaby Riidqe" goes on and gains interest as it proceeds, but still it is not sufficiency developed to enable the reader to form any precise idea of the nature of the plot or characters. The rollowing" pictnre of London," as it icas, must dissi- pate all feelings of respect for the good old times," as far as London is concerned, in those who knolv it a it is and those who look upon it no™ as the Devil's Drawing Room," must own that whatever it is, it is vastly improved from what it was when its inha- bitants were, like Milton, with darkness and with dangers compass d round." A series of pictures representing the streets of London in the night, even at the comparatively recent date of this tale, would present to the eye something so very different in character from the reality which is witnessed in these limes that it would be difficult for the beholder to recognise his most familiar walks in the altered aspect of little more than half a century ago. "They were, one and all, from the broadest and bst to the narrowest and least frequented, very dark. The oil and cotton lamps, though regularly trimmed twice or thrice in the long "inter nights, burnt feebly at the best and at a late hour, when they wore unassisted by the lamps and candles in the shops, cast but a narrow track of doubtful light upon the footway, leaving the projecting doors and house fronts in the deepest gloom. Many of the courts and lanes were left in total darkness; those of the meaner wrt, where one glimmering light twinkled for a score of houses, being favoured in no slight degree. Even in these places, the inhabi- tants had often good reason for extinguishing their lamp as soon as it was lighted and the watch being utterly inefficient and powerless to prevent them, they did so at their pleasiire. Thu«,in the lightest thoroughfares, there was at every turn somp obscure and dangerous spot whither a thief might fly for shelter, and few would care to follow and the city being belted round by fields, green lanes, waste grounds, and lonely roads, dividing it at that time from the suburbs that have joined it since, escape, even where the pursuit was hot, was rendered easy. It is no wonder that with these favouring cir- cumstances in full and constant operation, street robberies, often accompanied by cruel wounds, and not (infrequently by loss of life. should have been of nightly occurrence in the very heart of London, or that quiet folks should have had great diead of traversing its streets after the shops were closed. It was not unusual for those who wended home alone at midnight, to keep the middle of the road, the better to guard against surprise from lurking footpads few would venture to repair at a late hour to Kentish Town or Hampstead, or even to Ken- sington or Chelsea, unarmed and unattended while he who had been loudest and most valiant at the supper table or the tavern, and had but a mile or so to go, was glad to fee a link boy to escort him home. "There were many other characteristics—not quite so disagreeable—about the thoroughfares of London then, with which they had been long fami- liar. Some of the shops, especially those to the eastward of Temple Bar, still adhered to the o'd practice of hanging out a sign and the creaking and swinging of these boards in their iron frames on windy night, formed a strange and mournful concert for the ears of those who lay awake in bed or hurried through the streets. Long stands of hackney chairs and groups of chairmen, compared with whom the coachmen of our day are gentle and polite, obstructed the way and filled the air with clamour; night cellars, indicated by a little stream of light crossing the pavement, and stretching out halfway into the road, and by the stifled roar of voices from below, yawned for the reception and entertainment of t he most abandoned of both sexes; under every shed and bulk small groups of link boys gamed away the earnings of the day or one more weary than the rest, gave way to sleep, and let the fragment of his torch fall hissing on the puddled ground. "Then there was the watch with staff and lanthorn crying the hour, and thekind of weather; and thoe who woke up at hi voice and tllrned them round in bed, were glad to hear it rained, or snowed,or blew, or froze, for very comfort's sake. The solitary pas- senger was startled by the chairmen's cry of I By your leave there!' as two came trotting past him with their empty vehicle — carried backwards to show its being disengaged and hurried to the nearest stand. Many a private chair too, inclosing some fine lady, monstrously hooped and furbelowed, and preceded by running footmen bearing flambeaux —for which extinguishers are yet suspended before the doors of a few houses of the better sort—made the Ivay gay and light as it danced along, and darker and more dismal when it bad passed. It was not unusual for these running gentry, who carried it with a very hi:;h hand, to quarrel in the servants' hall while waiting for their masters and mistresses anr), falling to blows either there or in the street without,to strew the place of skirmish with hair powder, fragments of bag wigs, and scattered nose- gays. Gaming, the vice which ran so high among all classes (the fashion being of course set by the upper), was generally the cause of these dis- putes for cards and dice were as openly used, and worked as much mischief, and yielded as much excitement below stairs, as above. While incidents like tliese, arising out of drums and masquerades and parties at qtiadrille, were passin, at the west end of the town, heavy stage coaches and scarce heavier waggons were lumbering slowly towards thecily, the coachmen, guard,and passengers, armed to the teeth, and the coach-a day or so, perhaps, behind its time. but that was not li i,ig:deipoi led by highwayman who trade no scruple to attack, alone and single handed, a whole caravan of goods and men, and sometimes shot a passenger or two and were sometimes shot themselves, just as the case might be. on Elie inorrow, rilmoiirq of tljis new act of daring on the road yielded matter for a few hours1 conversation through the town, and a Public Pro- gress of some fine gentleman (half drunk) to Tyburn, dressed in the newest fashion and damning the ordi- nary with unspeakable gallantry and gracp, fur- nished to the populace, nt once a pleasant excite- ment and a wholesome and profound einirple." The plates for character and spirit in d^si^n.and excellence of execution, are deserving of all praise. The Parliamentary Guide, a Concise Hingrnphy of the JICIlI!Jrr,f of bJfh House* of Parliament, their Connexions. SfC, IJy It. B. Alosse, Esq. Simpkin, Marshall, ard Co. The object of t ie author of this very useful, and to some indispensable book, is set forth so fu'ly in the preface th;it we cannot do better than present that preface to our readers, adding our pinion thaI in executing the work the author has faithfully performed all that he promised, and haR not only made it a desirable acquisition to those who pur- chae it as a book of reference, but even to many who feel a natural anxiety to know something of the families and ancestry of those who figure 111 the great arena of political life, and upon whose fiat depends so much of the weal or \Voe" of our country. "The object of this work is to supply a concise history of the members of both Houses of Parlia- ment showing, by means of a description of their connexions and pursuit*, the respective cla%s in society to which each member belongs. To ensure the accuracy of the details, the groatest care and diligence have been used by the compiler in col- lecting an,] arranging various valuable communica- tions, of which e great portion has proceeded from members themselves, in either House of Parliament. To render this work a complete Manual for the public as well as the members, a synoptical table of the votes on important question*, in both Houses of Parliamen from the division on the Heform Hill in 1S32 to the present period, has been carefully arranged, and submitted as the best test of political prills pies. To this bave been added, particulars of the elections from 1S35, and a statement of the gross number pnlied on each day at the several contests in Ireland; ulio a summary of tlie number of members returned in each county, an abstract of the gradual alteration in the representation of the House of Commons from the reizn of Edward the First, and the duration of Parliaments from Henry I the Eighth. Besides the loral Iln personal information con- tained iti this compilation, there will be found a return of the number of voters in the United King- dom, including those for the present year, the numner of free burgesses, and other electors of boroughs « hose rights have been r?served and protected by the Reform Act; a table of the probable strength of the twugreat politioal parties in the House ofCommons, Conservatives and Whigs;' "ithalist of the bor- oughs enfranchised and disfranchised by the Reform Bill; and the names of those ministers who have filled the principal Ministerial Appointments, and the Right Rev the Bishopsof the different dioceses, for the lost centurytile whole being a collection of the statistics of representation, in which will be seen, at a glance, a mass of most valuable informa- tion which has hitherto been scattered in different publications, and therefore inaccessible to all not possessing a library and even to those possessing one, affording the great convenience and utility of a portable book on the subject.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF COMMONS—WEDNESDAY, AMIL 28- Lord J. RUSSELL in moving the order of the day for the House resolving itself into committee on the Parliamentary Voters (Ireland) Bill, ex- plained the course which government intended to pursue with respect to it I!e said it was the opinion of the ministry that the vote of Monday night could not The considered us conclusive on a question of such importance. The second reading of the bill, containing as it did the proposal for a £ 5 franchise, had been affirmed by no less than 301 members of that house and the amendment which had been carried on Monday night was not moved with the view of negativing any franchise proposed by the bill, but was moved by his noble friend (Lord Howick) as a kind of franchise which he thought good, and which he proposed as an addition to the franchise proposed by the bill. It would be perfectly consistent if the house should adopt the franchise proposed by government, that it should also adopt the franchise of his noble friend as an addition to it. He should therefore proceed with the hill, and ask the sense of the house upon the franchise proposed by his noble friend (Lord Morpeth). Lord 110 WICK said he still continued or opinion that the county franchise should be settled upon the piinciple lie had proposed, retaining the ex- isting franchise of beneficial interests, and opening up a further franchise by means of occupation. The house had affirmed the principle ofa property qualification, and he wou'd say in reference to what had fallen from his noble friend (Lord J. Russell), that he never would have dreamed of proposing his amendment, except as an addition tosome other franchise. Sir R. PEEL felt it necessary to explain the course he had thought it right to take in the debate of Monday, and the position in which the question now stood. He understood that her Majesty's government had undertaken to settle the great question of defining the franchise, and I correcting the abuses of the registration systc-m. Instead, however, of defining the franchise, the government had brought forward a proposition for totally subverting the franchise, at-d for sub- stituting another in his room- a franchise founded upon occupancy as tested by rating for counties, and a ofùj franchise for boroughs. This he under- stood the noble lord (Howick) to obj'ct to, and to propose in lieu of it the principle of the beneficial interest. Under these circumstances they ap- proached the discussion, and he for one certainly thought they were discussing the great principle of the bill. Now, however, the liable lord oppo- site (Lord J. Russell) stated that, as it was only proposed as an additional franchise, there would be no inconsistency in admitting it, not as a substi ute, but as a supplemental franchise. The noble lord (Howick) had stated to be so in the first instance, and the lion, member for Halifax had explained it very clearly, and said they would never have dreamed of bringing it forward except to supply a defect in, and to add to another mode of franchise. Yet the noble lord then opposed most strenuously the amendment so f, amed, wh ch he was now willing to adopt. He thought the noble lord, in bringing forward a bill of such importance as thU, should be able to give to the hou-c an assurance that there was reasonable gTound for supposing that it would pass in the other house of parliament. Lord MOR PETH defended the course pursued by the government,and said that though goverument was prepared to admit the amendment of Lord Howick as an addition to the franchise, yEt they still insisted on the alternative condition of a rating to the annual vallie of £8, and upon this £ 8 rating they were determined to take the sense of the house. The house then went into committee, and the first clause as amended was agreed to, When the second clause wis proposed, Mr HUME moved an amendment, the effect of which would be to render leases unnecessary to qualify parties to vote, and to substitute a simple occupancy. This amendment was negatived on a division by a majority of 513 to 47. Mr HUME then moved that the blank in the clause for the rating should be filled up with the words "five pounds," instead of "eight pounds, as proposed by the sovernment. Lord MORPETH said the sum of eight pounds was fixed upon in order to conciliate as large a number a possible of the friends of Ireland, and he saw nothing to be ashamed of in adopting such a course. Mr O'CONNELL supported the proposition of Mr Hume. The committee anain divided, and the motion of Mr Hume was defeated by a majority of 434 to 121. Mr BROTHERTON moved that the chairman should report progress, it being past twelve o'clock but the motion was defeated by a majority of 428 to 98. Mr O'CONNELL moved that the chairman should leave the chair. The honourable and learned gentleman, finding that if his motion were carried the bill would he lost, wished to with- draw it, but would not be allowed to do so by the opposition benches. Mr C. WOOD said he was oppole-I to the claume, but could be no party to defeating the bill by dividing on such an amendment as this. Sir R. PEEL thought it would be more satis- factory to take the decision upon the merits of the clause itself rather than by taking advantage of a motion inadvertently eiade by a friend of the bill. H, however, they waived the advantage thus given them, it shoutd be on the understanding that to- morrow they should resume the bill, and coaie 10 a decision upon the merits. This arrangement was agreed to by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and the house resumed, when the other orders of the day were disposed of. "I. "1- HOUSE OF LORDS,—Thurso.*y, APRII, 29. On the motion of Viscount DUNCANNON, the Indemnity Bill and the Metropolis Improvement Bill were read a third time. The Bishop of LONDON, in moving the second reading of the Wingfield Rectory Bill, said lb it he could not allow the opportunity to pass without recording his lIense of the noble example which had been set by the patron and incumbent of this living in dividing lhis iinmicid) and wealthy living intoseveral smaller and more manageable, and, consequently, more useful, benefices. On the presentation of a petition from the mer- cliantst of Bombay, by Lord EHenhorough, Lord ASH BUR TON a,ked if Government had received any further information from China, and whether they had come to "ny decision on the pre- liminary articles of the treaty as transmitted by Captain Elliot ? Viscount MELBOURNE Maid that ministers were not in possession ot anything beyond those pre- 'iniiii(i,-y articles, and had not come to any conclu- sion upon them. The Duke of WELLINGTON c.tiled attention to the warning he had uiven in 1837, of the danger ikply to ensue from the reduced establishments of the country, \1 hen circumstances existed In several quarters that might at any moment lead to war. His grace feared this state of things would be found to have had a prejudicial effect in China. The Earl of GLENGALL laid on the table a resolution, which he would move on Monday next, to the efreel that Mr Stanley, Secretary to the Irish Poor Law Commissioners, had been ffuiliy of a breach of privilege, in furnishing a fa sified return to an order of the llou*e. The Marquess of NORMANRY "aid that govern- ment ha<l felt so strongly the impropriety of Mr Stanley's conduct that they had dismissed him from his office; and that he had simultaneously resigned his appointment from a lee'dmr tliiit under the cir- cumstances lie had no alternative. The nob'e mar- quess added that, as Mr Stanley's previous character had been unexceptionable, he hoped the noble earl would not press for ultimate measures. The-object then dropped. The Earl FITZ WILLI AM availed himself of the presentation of some petitions on the Corn Laws to enter into an incidental disquisition on the com- mercial and financial state of the country and was ably auswere,! by Lord AsllBURTON, who deprecated the con- tinued alteration of our commercial policy upon repre- sentations of isolated cases of distress. The noble 'ord repeated the opinion he had formerly given, ot the report of the Committee of the House of Com- mons on Import Dutic*. Than this report his lord- ship declared that "nothing more unfair, shallow, vain, or unfounded, had ever proceeded from a committee of either fl,u-e ot Parliament." The Ptirl STANHOPE gave notice that if the Poor Law Amendment Act should find its way to that House, he would on the mo'ion for the secoud reading, move that it be read a second time that day six months. On the motion of Viscount DTJNCANNON, the bill for a grant to the colony of Australia was read a secoud time, and the committee fixed for the next day. HOeSE OF COMMONS—THURSDAY, APRIL 29. Mr WALTER took hia seat as member for Not. tingham, amidst mnch cheering. In answer to a question of Mr Georg-e Palmer, Lord J. stated that he did not prow pose to go on- vyith the New Poor Law Bill next Monday, but on the Mopday fgllgwidg. ,l:' I ¡ At five o'clock there was full muster, and the Speaker in a few minutes afterwards left the chair: the ques'ion being then put in committee, whether the sccond clause of the new Irish Reform measure the question being then put in committee, whether the sccond clause of the new Irish Reform measure should stand part of the bill, Lord MORPETH rose. There had been no objection on the part of the Conservatives, he said, against the test of rating, when it was to he applied to the municipal corporations, where it was thought likely to be a restrictive test but now, when it was expected to have all enlarging operation, the Con- servatives were zealous in their opposition to it. He had proved on a former evening that a test of profit, beyond rent and charges, would leave scarce any constituency at all. The joint test proposed by Lord Howick would be equally objectionable; it would exclude all voters rated at iB and upwards, who had not a clear profit of jfS, beyond all charges. The only course, then, for the government was to adopt the principle worked out in the present bill. Lord STANLEY said that, notwithstanding the sneers of Lord Morpeth, he would tell him that in the opinion of a vast majority of the people the course of the government respecting Ireland had been characterised by a rashness and want of states- manship which had disentitled them to the con- fidence of the House, and shaken them in one of their last holds upon the confidcnce of the country. The Conservatives were williug to take the rating as the test of value but not to give the franchise Oil the ,,I-o,s valiie, without deduction of the out- goings and encumbrances. With respect to the question of leases, his own opinion was, that a lease- holder in arrear was more dependent on his landlord than an occupier of equal amount without a lease. Afier some observations from Mr C. W ood and Mr Hume, Mr O'CONNELL said the irritation of Ireland was but too likely to be increased by the conduct of these who ollght to be her friends, but who were about to act upon (heir own crotcheMy notions for the purpoe of puttin her cause i-i a He demanded for Ireland complete equality with England. Mr H. GRATTAN and Mr FIELDEN then spoke amidst a very great impatience for a division, which then followed, when the numbers were— For the Clause 289 Against it 300 I- Majority against Ministers 11 -1 After the division. Lord J. RUSSELL said he ceinplained not that the clause had been rejected, but that the roulld of the rejection had lIot been made intelligible to the government or the country. He was satisfied that 110 future bill would be useful which should not be based 011 a definition of the franchise; but he thought it could answer no wise or concilitatory purpose, to keep up the discussion of the present measure. He moved that the chair- man do now quit the chair. Sir R. PEEL concurred in the opinion that it would answer no goofl purpose to go on with this bill. The government had very little ground for complaining of its opponents, who had taken a straightforward and manly cours". They had stated throughout that they objected to the new leasehold franchise proposed in this bill. And, in answer to the qupstion, what they (the Conservatives) desired to see done, they had declared that it was not for them, but only lor the ministers themselves, to originate a measure on such a subject. He paid no regard to intimations intended to raise dissension among his own friends, in whose ranks the most perfect union prevailed -(pi-odizious cheering) — and he would not retort them on L"rd Morpeth, so much did he feel for the painful situation of that noble lord, deserted as he was by his own partisans. But he must condemn the changfS made by govern- ment, without reason, an1 merely in the hope of conciliating two or three votes -ihoti-,I), in fact, they hid gained, by all their sacrifices only one single vote, the vote of Mr Slaney, of Shrewsbury. If the Conservatives had proposed the change from f5 to XS, how loudly would they have been abused as enemies of Ireland At the conclusion of this speech, a great majority of the rllembers quilted the House, leaving a com- paratively small audience for Lord Howick, who briefly attempted to justify his own course. Mr SLANEY said a few words, and Mr Bernal left the chair. The House then adjonrned. .#11'# HOUSE OF LORDS,—Fiuday, APRIL 30. On the motion of the Marquess of LA NSDOVVNK, the conveyance of Sites for Schools Bill was read a second time. The repnrt of the Comrnillec on the Drainage of Towns Bill was then further considered Several amendments were proposed and agreed to the report was received and the third reading of the bill was fixed for Tuesday next. The report on the Buildings Regulation Bill was received, After a few words from Lord ELLEN BOROUGH, stating that there was not sufficient secu, ity against fire in the present system of building li-use, and the bill was oidered to be rpad a third time on Tuesday. The report of the Borough Improvement Bill wa# next considered. T he report was ultimately received, and the second reading of the bill ap pointed for Tuesday. Viscount DUNCANNON having moved that the House do go into Committee on the Australian Grant Bill, The Duke of WELLINGTON protested against ifie sy-iteiii of goveriiinm the colony through the medium of commissioners, and stated his decidcd opinion that it ought to be placed, like the other colonies, under the direct superintendence of the Colonial Secretary. The bill was then committed, and the third reading ordered for Monday, till which -d,iy their lordships adjourned. .1'###11 HOUSE OF COMMONS,—FRIDAY, APRIL 30. The Chairman of the Committee on the King's County Election reported that Mr Armstrong had been duly elected as member for that county. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice thnt, on the first order day after the 31st of May, he would inove that the House should resolve itself into committee of the who'e House, to consider the laws relating <0 the trade in corn. This announcement was fol- lowed by repeated burst of exultation on oue side, and indignation 011 the other. At a few minutes after five, the House having resolved ifself into of a" d The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose to open what is commonly calbd the Pudget. U began by admitting that there had been a considei- able dcftcienev in the income of the last year as compared %viti) the I)en,iiiiii,e. The question would narurally be asked when this deifciency had ai-is,l) ? Ttie answer was, fiom a falling ofF in the sources of reventie-pai-ticularly on cur- rallt, moiasses, spirits, sugar, tea, wine, aud sheep s wool. There had been some increase on butter, cheese, coffee, olive oil, pepper, raw silk, cotton wool, arid one ortwi) oiher articles. The diminution on tea, sugar, molas-es, and spirits had arisen, nor from disinclination 10 consume those article-, but from the itiereii-e of tti-ir i,r!ce. There had been a considerable diminution of the Excise duty on spirit in Ireland; but this he mentioned with sincere pleasure, because it arose from the improvement of (he people in point of temperance. He enumerated several other items also, of smaller amount, in respect of which the Excise duty bad fallen off. There had been likewise a great disappointment in the revenue hoped for from the Pom Offi"? not in consequence of the number of letter* proving smaller than it had been calculated, hut by reason of the unexpected expense, lie would now state the esti- I mated expentiiture of lIexl Jeur:- Interest of debt and other charges 011 A the Consolidated Fund 31,820,000 Army 6.5*7.1)00 Navy 6,806,000 Or(.iiiaiice 2,075,000 Miscellaneous 2.935.000 Canada 108.000 China.. 400,000 ,roiai He would now state bis estimates of the revenue for mectin.- (lie l'oregoing cliAr,,e- Customs £ 2%.000,000 Excise 14,000/100 Stamps 7,130,000 Taxes 4,300,000 Post Office, Crown Lands, and Miscel- laneous 880,000 Total 4S.310.000 Deficiency 2,421,000 The expenses of China, and some of the naval charges of a nature not likely to be per- manent he would make no permanent provision as to those expenses, which he would lake at £ 60,000, to be deducted from the £ 50,731,000, but he thought ii would be requisite to make up the permanent revenue to ^50,000,000 sterling per annum. Last year he had been obi iged to propose new taxes and, if it were necessary, he should not shrink from proposing Still further imposts: for he thought there was no taxation so injurious as the continuance of a disordered revenue. Now, as he was anxious to oToid adding to the burdens of the people, he would propose, as the House might per- haps have anticipated, to raise his revenue mainly by a modification of the duties on timber and on sugar. The duty on colouial timber was 10s per load: on Baltic, 55s, being a protecting duty of 450 per cent. He proposed to reduce the Baltic duty to M", and raise the colonial duty to 20s, iu ,4" consonance with an intention formerly announced by- Lord Althoi-p, and sanctioned by a rommittee. This would leave a protection of 30s, and he expected from that change an additional revenue of £ 600,030. No, is to sugar. For the last two years the lower classes had suffered severely from the high price of this article, now almost a necessary of life, certainly one of the most important of the pool- mail's com- forts. lIe proposed to leave the duty on colollial sugar, as now, at 2 Is per c%vt.; and to reduce the duty on foreign sugar trom £3 3-1 per cwt. to 36<, retaining in both ca^es the 5 per cent. added last year. He estimated his gain from this change at £ 700,000, which with the £ 000,000 from the tim- ber, would give a total of xi,soo,ooo. The duties attaching upon corn, if the measures contemplated by government, were effected, would provide for any remaining defalcation; but at all events he was de ermined to make up the deficiency of the revenue from sotne quarter or othei. He then passed to the subject of foreign trade, and made some general declamations on the benefils of liberality in commerce, Mr GOULBUUN reviewed the conduct of the Government since the year 1835, showing that they have been every year adding to the expenditure of the country, while its income had been constantly diminishing, until they at length crowned i:s embar- rassments, by (he delusive institution of the penny postage. Mr HUME regretted that not one word had been said that could 'ead him to lioiie that there was to be any reduction in the heavy expenditure which had led to this great deficiency. Several hon members 011 the ministeri »1 side expressed their concurrence in the views of the Chancellor of the Exchequer respecting the duties on corn; after which 40 MrW. E. GLADSTONE a-ked what the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer calculated would be the product of sugar from the British possessions in the East Indies, the West Indies, and the Mauritius'; — what he calculated would be the consumption of the United Kiii,(Iont ? and on what day he would bring forward his measure on this part of the subject The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re- quested time to answer all these questions. This produced ironical cheers from the Conservatives, who appeared to think that he ought to have been fully informed on these points before he proposed his plan. Mr WARD exp es-er1 his satisfaction al the gene- ral principles laid down by the Government. Lord F. EGEHTO: said he rose to express his astonishment,notthatthe Corn Laws were about to be invaded by a Ministry whose chief had but lately declared such a step to he insanity, for he had lived too long in Parliament to be surprised at such things -but that so momentous a matter should be post- poned for five mortal weeks, instead flfbein brOIlht on, a-; it ou-,Iit to have been, at five o'clock next Monday. Lord J. RUSSELL said he could not tell what might be passing in the noble lord's imagination but there was other business before the lIouse, ptlr- ticularly the Porr Law, which it would be very inconvenient to lpave half fillished for the purpose of opening new topics. Lord SANDON censured the intended delay of the Government motion on the Corn Laws. Lord J. RUSSELL said that the proposition he intended to bring forward upon the subject of the Corn Laws would embody the principle of a moderate fixed duty, and the question would be brought for. ward by the Government as one upon which the Cabinet was united. Sir R. PEEL was surprised that the noble lord should have postponed his motion on the subject of the Corn Laws for five weeks, more particularly as he connected the subject with the financial circum- stances of the country. The right box baronet defended his side of the house for the course they had pursued in supporting the foreign policy of goverument although it necessarily led to a very considerable expense. Lo d J. RUSSELL said that owing to the im- portant measures before the House, he did not see any possibility of biinging the question of the Corn Laws before the House sooner than the period he had named. Sir R, PEEL said, it was the bounden duty of the noble lord to fix an early day for the discussion he had annouced. No man could tell what was meant by a -6 moderate duty;" and to leave that anxious mat er in doubt for five weeks was wanton and un- justifiable. The right hon baronet then addressed himself to the peech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, commencing upon its insufficient data, and exposing the enormous deficiency of £ 7,500,000 incurred during the last five years of the present Administration,witharevenue,too,which had been throughout improving Lord J. RUSSELLstated that he meant to propose a moderate fixed duty; hut that he would probably make a more explicit statement in the course of next week. After some further discussion, the motion of the Chancellor of theExchequer,which was one of mere form, was agreed to, and the House resumed. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the Housp adjourned. #IØ>#I-I-#" HOUSE OF LORDS, —MONDAY, MAY 3. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM, after presenting petitions from a vast number of places against any alteration in the existing com laws, brought to Lord Melbourne's recollection the veiy decidcd opinion he had expressed last year upon this question, from which he had been led to hope that StIch a measure as that announced in the other House could not have met the noble lord's sanction. He had then most feelingly depicted the violent struggle between the different classes of society which the removal of protection from the agricultural interest would oceisioil and it was to prevent this struggle and the irremediable con- fusion which would result from it, that the petitioners now came forward to deprecate, as they did most earnestly, the proposed measure. Lord MHLBOURNK said that his opposition to the reconsideration of the corn laws had always been based upon particular and temporary grounds, and not on the intrinsic merits of the question. It was a point of circumstances, and he now thought 'hat the exigen- cies of the country required such a measure, although he still held his former opinion as to the expediency of legislatiiiir at that rrfcisl period. Lord R I PO regretted deeply that his lordship had not assigned more intelligible aud satisfactory grounds for his Of opinion, Ile tvislic-ti to kt)o%v if, lie proposed measure would be framed on the principle of protection ? Lord MELBOURNE having answered in the affirmative, Lord VVINCHILSEA declared his conviction that the hill would be one not of protection, but of taxation. J'hp conversation then dropped. Lord DUNFERMLINE presented a petition, pur- suant to notice, from lie seven suspended ministers of the Presbytery of Strathbogie, and moved for a copy of the charge that had been preferred against them by the Commission of the General Assembly. If is lordship stated at, length the ease of the petitioners, and after a discussion, in which Lord Melbourne, Lord Aberdeen, and several other nohle lords took a part, the petition was laid on the table. Lord CLENG ALL's motion with reference to the conduct of Mr Stanley, the secretary of the Poor Liw Commissioners in Ireland, then oc-'upied their lordships until the adjournment. .## HOUSE OF COMMONS—MONDAY, MAY 3. A new writ was ordered for the borough of Sand- wich to return a member iu the room of the late Sir Rufane Donkin. The order of the day, which first occupied the House last night, was for the committee or. the Punishment of Death Bill but lie excitement of last Friday was still running so high, and so many loud and eager conversations were going forward among knots of members, tint the early part of the discussion was quite inaudible, and the committee was successively addressed, in dumb alio*, by Sir R. Inglis, Mr Kelly, and Lord John RusSell, on the clause removing tiiti punishment of death from the offence of tiring dock yards, ships, and naval stores. Lord DUNG ANN ON was adverse to this exemp- tion. Mr HUME contended that capital punishment does not deter from such offences. Mr O'CONNELL took the siine view, and in- sisted on the fallibility of nil human tribunals, and the irrevocability ot capital punishment. lie was horrified at the infliction of death in -t recent case, when thf-condemnc-d man, under an apparently sin- cere sense of his state, died solemnly persisting in the declaration of his innocence. Mr Sergeant TA LFOUitD observed, that Such de clarations, if suffered to weigh down cvidonce and 9 ward off punishment, would soon become common in the mouths of malefactors. Mr EW ART argued that crime was rather in- I creased than diminished by capital punishment. Lord DUNGANNON opposed, and Mr EWART supported, the clause i which, upon a division, was expunged. On the clause for abolishing the capital penalty of rape, Sir C. DOUGLAS proposed to retain the extreme punishment, wherever an offence of the kind should be committed by two or more persotit. This suggestion was opposed by tho ATTORNEY GENERAL, who, under the many difficulties of the case, considered it most reasonable to abolish the capital puuishment in nil instances of rape. Sir II. INGLIS could not consent to giv-' up he existing law without belter experience than yet ex- isted of any eflectual secondary punishment. Lord DUNGANNON also held it safest to pre- serve the existing it to the judge's dis- erelion to mitigate the sentence in particular cases. Mr O'CONNELL thought the main objects were —to make the punishment a certain one, and to ex- clude conspiracies for the purpose of extortion. Imprisonment, indeed, if long continued, would amount to death; but before that could happen, then was time for the detection of perjury or mistake. Lord DARLINGTON wished to leave a discretion with the judge. Mr lioBHOVSr advocated the principle of secondary punishments, as diminishing the tcni. ta on to the victim, for the sake ot destroying her testimony. Mr GODSON argued for a milder punishment than death, grounding himself upon some instances in which juries had acquitted men really and clearly guilty, from unwillingness that they should be visited with capital punishment. Lord .I. RUSSELL on the salllc ground, opposed Sir C. Douglas's amendment. 'Is's ;I Sir It. wis of opinion that it would not be expedient to abolish capital punishment in cases of rape. Mr C. BULLER was for mitigation of the law affecting the crime. It was one whereof the proof was suspicious; and public opinion was much divided as to the expediency of the punishment now annexed to it. Captain POLmLL recommended it to Sir C. Douglas to withdraw the amendment, and divide upon the main clause; to which Sir C. Douglas agreed; and after a word or two from Mr Kelly, the committee dividing, aiiiiined the exemption of rape from the punishment of death. Tim clause abolishing capital punishment for the offences of poisoning and wounding with intent to murder was briefly opposed by Lord JollII Russell. Mr KELLY answered, that so long as lkath was retained as the puuishrrent of actual murder, there was no occasion to retain that punishment for the mere at tempt; for he w ho wounded with the intent to murder intended to succeed, and showed, therefore, that the fear of capital punishment was ineffectual to (lotei, liiffi fioiii tljo attempt. To retain the capital punishment for the attempt was to check all remorse between the commencement and completion of the offence- Of late, in ten malefactors convicted of this crime, only one 0:1 an average, had been executed. This uncertainty was itself a great encouragement to (Timr. And jurors were now become less and less willing to convict for the capital crime, their practice being to find the prisoner guilty of the minor offence, the wounding with intent to do some grievous bodily harm Lord Dungannon and Sir n. Inglis opposed tlio clause, as did the Recorder, who placed little value 011 the chance of repentance after the blow first inflicted. lie thought tlmt the filial result miht be safely entrusted to the existing law, and the discretion of the existing judges. After a little further discussion the committee divided, rejecting the clause. Lord J. RUSSELL opposed the clause for abolish- illSt capital punishment in cases of burglary accom- panied by assault with intent to murder. Juries were not found ullwillin he said, to convict for this offence; and he had heard nothing to persuade him that death was not a powerful motive in deterring from heinous crimes. Mr KELLY insisted that the country in general was desirous of these mitigations, and that tiie teti. dency of public opinion migitt be seen from the smallness of the majorities by which some of the preceding clauses had been rejected. Mr EWART supported the clause. it was opposed by Lord DUNGANNON, who regretted all this mistaken humanity toward a class of reckless and wicked offenders. Mr HUME desired to remind Lord J. Russell, that until to-night his arguments had alwavs bpclI directed to show the contrary of what he now main- tained. By nceiistoininir men to scenes of blood we made them brutes, and then we wondered that they w ere so. Mr P. HOWARD supported the relaxation, which was opposed by Sir R. INGLIS, and, on a division, rejected. Mr KELLY, after these defeats, proposed to for- bear from proceeding with his bill, until after the government should Ilave dealt with their ovti I)ill-,q on the same subject. It was only the resistance of government, he sai,), trliieli had prevented his success. Lord J. RUSSELL justified the course he had taken, and declared his intention to proceed with the government bills. Sir R. INGLIS said that this bill had been dis- cussed with a total absence of party feeling. The Chairman then left the chair. I:> Next followed the Committee on the Criminal Justice Bill, of which the interest was chiefly local, arising out of the circumstances of some of the newly chartered boroughs. HOUSE OF LORDS,—TUESDAY, MAY 4. Upon Lord NORMANBY'S motion that the Drainage of Towns Bill -lioul(I be reif] a tliird time, The Duke of WELLINGTON required that the city of Oxford should be exempted from the operation of the measure, as its i)rovisiotis could be carried into effect by the civic authorities under a local act as well as by flip commissioners to be appointed under the bill. Lord LYNDHURST claimed a similar exemption in behalf of Cambridge, as did also Lord Ripou in Iwhalf of Birmingham and although Lord Nor- mallby at first strenuousiy resisted, a clause was ultimately introduced to exclude such towns as had already local nets from the operation of the bill. One or two ot her amendments were afterwards made, and the bill was then read a third time and passed. Similar amendments were made in the Boroughs Improvement Bill, which was also passed, and the House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS,—TursnAY, MAY 4. There being only 34 members present at four o'clock, the Speaker did not take the chair. +_1

LIST OF NEW PATENTS—APtiiL 1811. 0- (From the List published by Newlon and Berry, Chancery Lane, London. Joseph Gaury, of Watling Street, warehouseman, for a parachure, to preserve all sot ts of carriages, using axletiees, from falling or injury, upon the breaking of their axletrecs, — being a communica- tion.-—Scaled 31t March—0 months for inrolment. Jolul George Bodmer, of Manchester, engineer, for certdin improvements in the construction of scre" jog- stocks, tap". and dies, and ce'ta'ii other tools or apparatus, or machinery, for cutting and working in iiiet air, Sealed 3d April- ti months for in<°olment. Zachariah Bryant, of the town of Nottingham, machinist, for an improved method of manufacturing cloth and other fabrics, troin woollen, COHOII, flax, silk, and other %iibstat-)ces.-St-aled 3d April-6 months fur inrolment. James Anderson, of Newcastle upon Tyue, en- gineer, for improvements in windlasses. Sealed 5th April — G mouths [or inrolment. William James Barsham, of Bow, gentleman, for improvements in fastening buttons and other arti- c'es on to wearing apparel, and other descriptions of goods or manufactures. — Sealed 5:h April-6 months for inrolment. Henry i\lc Evoy, of Graham Street, Biimingham, hook and eye maker, for improvements ill fastenings for bands, straps, and parts of wearing apparel.— Se,,ile(i 51 li Aiii-il- 6 iiionths for itirolftietil. Joseph Apsev, of Cornwall Road, Lambeth, en. gineer, for improvements in the construction of flues for steam boilers and other fui-iiaces.-Sealed 6ih April — & months for Inrolment. Christopher Edward Datnpier, of Ware, gentle- man, for improvements in weighing machines — Sealed 15th April-G mouths for inrolment. Henry Augustus Wells, of Sl John's IVood, gen- tleman, for certain improvements in the manufac- ture of woollen cloths,-Scllled 17th April--6 months for inrolment. Peter Kendalf, of Gifford s Hall, Suffolk, Ekq-, for an improved method or methods of conoeclintf: and disconnecting locomotive engines and railway carriages.— Sealed 17111 April-6 iiionitis for inrol- ment. Henry Brown,of Codnor Park Iron Work-, Derby, iron manufacturer, tor improvement-' in the manu- facture of sicel.-Sealed 22d Aplil-6 months for inrolment. Humphrey JefTenes, of Birmingham, cotton maker for improvements in the manufacture of buttons.— Sealed 22 I April —6 months for inrolment. F'oride Heindryckx, of Fenchurch Street, eil- gineer, for certain improvements in the construction and arrangement of fire places and furnaces, appli. cable to various useful purposes.—-Sealed 24th April --6 months for inrolment. William Petrie, of Croydon, in the county of Surrey, gentleman, fur a new mode of obtaining a inotive power hy voltaic electricity, applicable to eii,-itie.- and other cases where a motive power is required.—Sealed 27th April-6 months !or inrol- ment.

THE EXECUTIOSER ANTICIPATED—Edward Chubb, upon whom sentence "f leitli was passvd at t i last [tutliiii Assiz,-s, f,)i tije murder of Eviin Ev;-oi, a gamekeeper, Iws eXI bed in gaol.

THE CORN TRADE. I At Mark Lane, during the early part of ll'e j present week, very moderate supplies of Engli*'1 Wheat came to hand froin Kent and Suffolk, an<^ I scarcely so much as usual from E<sex. The cond'" » lion of the samples being tolerably good, rathef I higher prices were demanded, w ith which, however I the millers would not comply, and ultimately it ■ became difficult to realise previous prices. The I anticipated payment of the present high duty upon | many of the recent importations of Foreign Wheat I continues to exercise a preponderating influence over the operations of buyers, and the expectation of further arrivals causes purchases to be made 1 with caution. We hear great complaints respect- ) ing the condition of many of the samples of Foreig" • Wheat recently arrived, and more firmness is con* I sequently evinced in th" sales of fine qualities of » Dantzic. The Malting season being now nearly I over, much difficulty is experienced in effecting I Pales of Ilaltin,,r Barley at anything like adequate prices, and the distillers are at present almost the only buyers of this article. A considerable reduc- I lion has consequently occurred in the value, »nJ » still lower prices seein anticipated. In the value I of good English or Foreign Barley for Grinding, no material change has occurred, but the demand J is very slow. Beans continue to arrive in tolerably | large quantities from Essex and Kent, and in 1 consequence of recent Foreign arrivals, which are I offered either free or in bond, the prices of this I article have still a tendency to decline the con- | sumption also, lately, has been less than usual at | this season of ihe year. Very few Hog Pease come 1 to hand, and prices continue very steady, with a f tolerably fair demand. In White Pease, although there have been a few occasional fliietitations, we cannot report much demand at present, but there i* no reduction in prices. The Malt trade lias n't undergone any material change since our last report, but sales are far from lively. For Flonr there is a fair sale, but the gieat competition that exists in the trade occasions very inadequate prices I to be obtained. We continue well supplied with Irish and English Oats, and should imagine the prices recently obtained, in many instances, must I be very unsatisfactory to the shippers,higher rates in proportion being obtained both in Ireland and Scotland. Several parcels of Foreign Feed, and I Poland, have recently arrived, for which there is I at present a fuir demand for shipping. Consider- 1 able losses must have been sustained by the late shipments of Foreign Spring Tares to this country, w hich were worth not long ago about 8s. per bushel* and are now to be purchased for less than 5s.— I John Bull.

BANK OF ENGLAND. ( Quarterly Average of the Weekly Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of England, from Feb. 2 j to April 27, 1841, both inclusive, published pur- | suant to the Act 3 and 4 of Wm. IV., c. 98. I LIABILITIES. ASSETS. Circulation £ 16,537,0^0 Securities £ 22,082 000 Deposits. £ 7,22.3,000 Bullion. 4I638,'(X)0 £ 23,812,000 £ 26,720.000 Downing Street, April 21, 1841.

rROM THE LONDON GAZHTTBF* t London, Friday, Ap il 30. ( INSOLVENTS. [ H. and J. Wilkir.s, London Wall, wool merchants# 1 H. \V. Fcrnhough, Reading, Berkshire, bookseller. I BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. j J. Bobbins, Wednssbury, Staffordshire, iron master. | J. Wyie and J. Davics, Newton, Chester, IION» k founders. I BANKRUPTS. I C. Dunnit, jun., Talbot Inn Yard, Soutbwark, bop merchant. J. Ramsey, High Wycombe, money scrivener. H. Wall, Mark Lane, wine merchant. M. More, King's Road, Chelsea, florist. H. Wall, Mark Lane, wine merchant. M. More, King's Road, Chelsea, florist. )! B. Bates, Kobinhood Lane, Blackwall, grocer. t T. Lcftwitch, Warrington, Lancaster, victualler. t W. Dixon, Walsall, brass and cock founder. < W. Lorraine, Newcastle upon Tyne, banker. | P. W. Smith, Bristol, tanner. I C. F. Skurrav. Swindon, Wilts, ironmonger. I J. E. Carr. Kingsnorton, Worcestershire. } J. Satinkers, Cambridge, miller. I T. Roe, Whitley, Coventry, miller. | CERTIFICATE. I D. Storm, Cardiff, builder. London, Tuesday, May 4. I INSOLVENTS. I W. and T. Day, Graccchurcb Street, oil warehousemen J. Andrews, Marden Ash, near Ongar, Essex, school' master. }• BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. I M. Chitty, Farnham, Surrey, auctioneer. f BANKRUPTS. t C. Dannit, jun, Talbot Inn Yard, Southwark, hop I merchant. k J. Topley. Greenwich, grocer. I C. W. Taylor, Kpping, draper. W. !C)cavc, London Road, linen draper. | J. B.Davis, Tottenham Court Road, ironmorjeer. 1 M. W. Vardy, Newbury, Berkshire, booksel'er. j J. Chrshire, Upper Street, Islington, linen draper. I J. Bitrileit. Shepton Mullet, Somersetshire, grocer. J. ivsey. Bury, Lancashire, cotton spinner. | J. B. Pricliard and J, R. Croft, Liveipool, oil mer- I chants. | J. Barker, Pres'on, Lancashire, cotton spinner. I R. Griffiths, Newport, Sluopshire, mercer. F. Spink, Bridlington, Yorkshire, miller. | A. and J. Wetzlar, Nottingham, lace manufacturers. I DIVIDENDS. I May 26, W. M. Roberts, Pembroke, innneeper. Jane 1, E. Jones, Wrexham, Denbighshire, iron- monger, CERTIFICATES. CERTIFICATES. E. Edwards, Menai Foundry, Anglcsea, irnnfounder. E. Griffith, Tremadoc, Carnarvonshire, skinner. J. Gisb irne. Brinderri. Monmouthshire,cattle salesman.

HIGH WATER AT BRISTOL, &c. (Fro>n Runt's Tide Table.J moil u-ATI-.tt.l Cuinb! Bathursl DA^S' Morn. Even.1 Gates. Gates. MAY. II. M II. M FT. I NC. FT. ISr. Sunday 9 8 58 9 H1 27 4 16 I Monday 10 9 32 9 50 25 fi 14 3 Tuesday .II 10 6 10 22j 23 9 12 t> Wednesday 12 10 3S I 0 22 0 10 9 Thursday 13 II '28 2 0 20 1 8 10 Friday 14 j— — 0 351 >0 4 9 I Saturday 15 I 18 1 58'. 20 7| 9 4 KQCVrtON OF THE TIDES. These Equations, applied lo the above Table, will qtve the Approximate l'i?nes of High Wafer, at the following Places on the Coasts of England and Wales. H. M. N. M Aberystwith. add 0 15 Liverpoot. add 4 < Caernarvon add 1 45 Newport, Mon.. sub 0 Cardiff t'oad sub 0 55 Portsmouth add 4 30 Cardigan liar sub. 0 15 Swansea Bar sub 1 14 Carmarthen I3ay sub I 5 Thames' Mouth sub 5 45 Chepstow. sub. 0 13

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