The Welshman

pome N ew. V The King has been pleased to appoint the follow- ing gentlemen Commissioners fer receiving and de- termining upon the several plans which may be sent in for building the two Houses of Parliament:—C. Hanbury Tracey, Esq., M.P. the Hon. Edward Cust; the Hon. T. Liddell; Geo. Vivian, Esq.; and Samuel Rogers, Esq. We find that Lord Morpcth has published the speech delivered by him in the House of Commons on introducing the Irish Church question; and it would be well if every one who wishes to form a dis- passionate judgment, instead of trusting to comments, whether of friend or foe, were to give it a fair and honest reading sure we are, that there is a tone of conviction throughout which must strike the unpre- judiced; and even the warmest lover of abuse must feel a sort of premature satiety in contemplating the mass of all but incredible facts adduced in support of the proposed alterations in the Establishment. Several valuable notes are added, explanatory of some of the provisions most controverted. We have no inclination to increase the disgust which must be felt by every sensible man upon read- ing the narrative of the conduct of the Under-gra- duates of Cambridge, on the occasion of the Installa- tion of Lord Camden as Chancellor of that Univer- sity and, therefore, refrain from commenting there- upon. The gentlemen" of Cambridge rival the gentlemen of Oxford the behaviour of both consti- tutes a pretty picture of the young Aristocracy of England. These turbulent, frantic, roaring and ridiculous young men will, by and by, become our law-makers !-London Paper. IRISH CORPORATION BILL.-We are in a posi- tion to be be able to state almost upon authority that it is the intention of his Majesty's Government to introduce, and to pass, the Bill for the Reform of the Irish Corporations, if possible, this session. Except with regard to Dublin this will not be so difficult a measure as people a few years ago were apt to think. It is possible, indeed, that the case of Dublin, as well; as that of London, will be postponed to next year, and that these cities will be made the subject of sepa- rate Bills.-Dublin Evening Post. Mr. Lees, who has been returned for Oldham, has been pronounced a Conservative, but he is not at- tached to that party, and will enter the House of Commons on perfectly independent principles. The Tories pretend to have obtained a triumph, but this will prove not to be the fact. IPSWICH COMMITTEE.—The Select Committee appointed to inquire into the circumstances attending the Ipswich Election, have come to a resolution that they would not call upon Messrs. Booth and Bignold, the magistrates of Norwich, for any defence, as it did not appear to them that they had been guilty of any breach of the privileges of the House of Commons, in their conduct with respect to the confinement of Pilgrim. Such is the struggle now going on to get the names of all persons upon the voters' register, that the Revising Barristers to be appointed at the ensuing circuits are likely to have a much more active and responsible office than that which has devolved upon their predecessors. It is said that, through 'all the various stages of a long life, the late Mr. Cobbett never knew what it was to have been intoxicated. The question of the Tea Duties has been one which has forme d the subject of much discussion in the City, particularly within the past week, in conse- quence of the suspension of the large sales of teas announced for last Monday, owing to the Commis- sioners of Customs having directed the Congou Duty to be levied upon Fokien Boheas, which have hitherto passed at the low duty. A memorial having been sent up to the Treasury upon the subject, an Order in Council was received late this afternooon at the Custom House, which will settle the dispute in ques.. tion. The Commissioners of Customs are directed by it to pass Fokien Boheas at the low duty as here- tofore, an the sales of Free Trade Teas, amounting to very nearly 60,000 chests, will be commenced on Monday, the dispute which led to their adjournment having been now arranged. The result has given much satisfaction to the merchants and others inte- rested in the trade. STUDENTS FOR THE BAR.—The last remnant of any distinction between those who are graduates of one of the four Universities and those who are not has been swept away by the Benchers of the three Inns of Court. After Michaelmas Term, every student who is admitted will have to make a deposit of lOOt, MAGISTERIAL DINNERS.—The Middlesex Magis- trates have received an official notice from the Trea- sury, that it is intended, henceforth, instead of al- lowing, as heretofore, on each day of the Court's sitting, a sum of 4s. each, for a bench of 24 Magis- trates, by way of what was termed ?rare?.'? ex- trates, to allow for only a bench of 12 Magistrates, thus cutting down the allowance' one half. The money thus obtained, we understand, has hitherto been applied in aid of what was called the Din- ner Fund," a sumptuous dinner being provided every evening of the Court's sitting. During the past week the walls of this town were plentifully placarded with large bills, announcing the intended commencement of a new Tory coach, to be called Sir R. Peel." The Tories were in extacies at the homage thus intended to their idol, by the coach proprietors. Unlucky souls! They seem to have been boru under a most fickle planet, so liable are they to disappointment. It appears it suited not the taste of all the proprietors to give the name of "Sir R. Peel" to the new coach, seeing there was no chance of its being supported, and accordingly it was very intelligibly hinted that they should with- draw from all connection with it, if the Right Hon. Baronet's name was attached thereto.-Blackbttrn Gazette. The landlord of a large public-house, and long room" in which sailors and their trulls trip it every night to' the sound of a fiddle, not 100 miles from Shadwell, has lately launched an elegant carriage, drawn by two horses, with attendant footman, &c., in which he is every night conveyed to his country residence, a few miles from town, where lie keeps up a large establishment of servants. In the morning he rides to town in the same manner, and is set down at the door of his temple to dispense gin, grog, and beer to his customers. Occasionally he is to be seen riding on horseback attended by a groom. In East London this is called "cutting it fine." EXTRAORDINARY FACT.—The Worcester Guar- dian states that on the night of Wednesday se'nnight (Midsummer-day), several sheep perished of the cold on Welland and Little Malvern Common ROYAL ENTHUSIASM.—There is an anecdote cur- rent respecting an address of His Majesty to Sir Charles Grey, on occasion of the worthy baronet be- ing sworn in commissioner to Canada. It is said that His Majesty, on Sii Charles Grey rising from his knee, warned him against suffering Canada, through his means, to be lost or given away." The senti- ment was that of a sound and manly-hearted Briton. We trust there is no such fate in store for Canada but in all reverence and loyalty to our sovereign, we are not sure that such extra-official and irregular warnings are the best or safest modes through which a King of England with responsible advisers can communicate his commands to those by whom they are to be executed. RIOT IN BANDON ON THE FIRST OF JULY.— The Orangemen of Bandon assembled on the eve of the anniversary of the battle of the Boyne, and having procured several trees from a neighbouring demesne, planted them, as usual, in the conspicuous parts of the town. From each tree was suspended an eques- trian representation of William the Third,' surmoun- ted with devices, such as No Popery,' No Papists,' Orange Ascendancy,' &c. The town during the entire night was one scene of the greatest disorder, a crowd of Orangemen having paraded the streets, ac- companied by a band of music, whilst some of their brethren kept up a continual firing. Early in the morning the Catholic party planted a tree in opposi- tion. At half-past 5 o'clock a desperate riot commen- ced, in consequence (it is alleged) of one of the Orange party having fired a musket at the multitude, which was answered by a shower of stones. This was the signal for a general conflict, and, in an in- stant, bullets and stones were flying in all directions, and, melancholy to relate, a fine boy, named Popham, about 15 years of age, received a ball in the knee, which descended to the calf of the leg. It is thought amputation must be had recourse to, in order, if possible, to save the boy's life. Several other per- sons have been severely hurt, the windows of some houses were broken, and a great deal of injury done. THE SPANISH EXPEDITION.—The first division of the Second Regiment will sail from Portsmouth early next week, under the command of Major Ellis. The Third Regiment is commanded by Major Sloane their appointments have been changed from the line to the Fusileers. The Sixth Regiment, raising in Scotland, will be commanded by Major Beatson, under Lieutenant-Colonel Tupper: they will have a mixture of the Highland dress with their uniform. The standards of the legion, of which 24 are ordered, are of silk, a yellow horizontal stripe between two red ones, upon which are emblazoned the royal Spa- nish arm, supported by palm branches, and sur- mounted by the crown, the number of the Regiment being beneath. Motto—" Legio Britannica." It is edged round with a deep gold fringe. These stan- dards ae considerably smaller than those used in our service. A spear is affixed to the head of the pole. There are now six regiments simultaneously [preparing for departure. At the New Central Criminal Court, on Friday last, John Sevencroft Bloomfield, a respectable-look- ing man, aged 41, a clergyman, was indicted for stealing a pair of gold spectacles, the property of Charles Douglas.—Mr. Clarkson regretted that he had to appear against a member of the Church of England, a member of the English Universities, and and a no very distant relation of a dignitary of that establishment. The prosecutor resides in Claremont- square, Pentonville, and was called upon by the prisoner, who stated that he was about to publish a work, entitled "A Description of the Interior of the Cape of Good Hope," at the same time exhibiting a book, in which the names of several eminent indivi- duals appeared as subscribers. Prosecutor declined to add his name, but gave him 5s., and the prisoner left the house, when a pair of gold spectacles were found missing. The prisoner was subsequently apprehend- ed, whn he sad, that on leaving the house he found spectacles in his hat, and had pawned them. He repeated this in his defence, adding, that he did not know how they came into his hat, and that he intended to advertise them. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. Sentenced to seven years' transportation. CHURCH-RATES AT MANCHESTER.—On Wed- nesday, a meeting of rate-payers of the parish of Manchester was held in the collegiate church of that town, in conformity with an announcement from the churchwardens, for the purpose of considering tie propriety of levying a Church-rate.-Mi-. \Vank- lyn moved that a church-rate of one penny in the pound be levied for the ensuing year.—Mr. Had- field rose to move the following amendment:- That the rate-payers of this parish are decidedly opposed to the imposition of church-rate on Church- men who do not attend the parish church and on Dissenters who conscientiously object to support a Church from which they derive no benefit whatever (loud cheers) and that, in the recorded opinions of both Whig and Tory Governments, church-rates are an impolitic, an odious, and an oppressive exact- ment (cheers); therefore, that this meeting do ad- journ the consideration of this rate to this day six months" (cheers).—Some confusion ensued, and Mr. Wanklyn said it was not the intention of the church- wardens to demand a poll, which elicited vehement cheering. A vote of thanks to the churchwardens was, therefore, proposed, and most cordially carried and the meeting broke up. HYDROPHOBIA.—At Theltenham, Suffolk, two girls, aged seven and five yearo, were in their father's garden, when a large brown water spaniel, evidently labouring under the d'sease, suddenly came upon them, and beating the youngest down, inflicted a severe wound by biting her through the bridge of the nose; it then made an attempt to seize the elder child, but she escaped. The wound was of such a nature that the knife could not be used but caustics were applied, and the child appeared in its usual health and spirits till Thursday se'nnight, when about 11 o'clock the parents were alarmed by a noise proceed ing from her, as if labouring under extreme difficulty in breathing. On reaching the bed they found her in strong convulsions, with which she con- tinued to be seized, with short intervals, during the whole of Friday and the greater part of Saturday, and about 9 o'clock on the same night she died. MURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HusBAND.-The town of Plymouth has been thrown into a state of great excitement by the murder of a young married woman, named Jane Honey, who was found lying in the passage of her own house with her throat dreadfully cuf. The husband of the deceased was in the house at the time that his wife's murder was discovered, and on the poli:e taking him into cus- tody, he coolly remarked, It was I that did it." A coroner's inquest has been held upon the body. The jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder" against the husband, who has been committed to the county gaol to take his trial at the next Devon Assi- zes. CORPORATE DiG-\ ITARIE, S.-Wlicn the Commis- sioners visited Malmesbury they found the functions of chief magistrate, who is called the Alderman" (the ruling body of the corporation consisting of the Alderman and twelve burgesses) exercised by one Joseph Butler Hanks, PIG-KILLER I" This pig- killer and chief magistrate of Malmesbury, it seems, was not able to write his own name Moreover, the Alderman elect, Simon Pike, chief magistrate for the ensuing year, says the report, is a labour- ing plasterer, and can neither read nor write. Rich- ard Neate and Christopher Aaron, successively chief magistrates, were both of them unable to write, and had no other substance or calling than keeping a few cows." It is interesting to read the names and occu- pations of the capital burgesses at the time of the Commissioners' visit; they are as follows:—Simon Pike, labouring tiler and plasterer, alderman elect. William Pike, labourer, steward of the burgesses. Stephen Jacobs, labourer. Thomas Carter, plasterer. James Grant, ropemakcr. John Humphrevs, car- penter. Joseph Sparks, stay-maker. Charles Box' labourer, deputy alderman. William Robins Seale publican. Thomas Lewis, gardener. William Oven's Huse (qy. Hughes?) labourer. Thomas Paginton, labouring-thatcher. CAPTURE OF THE LAST NATIVE INHABITANTS OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.—We have been favour- ed by a gentleman with the following highly-interes- ting extract of a letter from Launceston, Van Diemen's Land, dated January 31 :— I am just returned from seeing a very interesting but melancholy sight; the last of the unfortunate native inhabitant of this is- land; the remainder of those few unhappy savages who so long kept us in terror! They were taken a few days since, to the westward, and consist of three women, one man, and some little children, called piccaninies. One of the party, an old woman, spoke pretty good English, having probably learnt it some years ago among the stock-keepers. They inform us that they are the last of their tribe, once 500 strong, which was long dreaded under the name of the llig river tribe. They say that, by innumerable affrays with the white men, they were at last reduced to three men, exclusive of women and piccaninies, and that, a few months since, they were surprised, and two of the men were killed; that they wandered all over the island, for the purpose of joining some other tribe, feeling themselves too weak to exist, and under constant dread that the remaining man would be killed and the rest, who, it appears, could not get food themselves, starved. They wandered over the island, in every direction, but found no tracts of black men they began to despond, and led a miserable existence, feeling themselves to be the last natives in the whole island, and that the white men had rooted them out. It makes my heart bleed to think of it, but they ac- knowledge having killed a great many white men, and said they were very glad when they were taken. This was effected by means of some Sydney natives. On a shot being fired they all fell ori their faces, and did not attempt to escape. They are now merry and happy, and pointed to the vessel which is to take them off their island with great glee. They are there taught gardening, agriculture, and the arts of civi- zed life. We had long believed the natives were nearly, if not quite, extinct, and have not the slight- est doubt of the truth of their simple story. To look on that ifne, tall, and somewhat solemn-looking sa- vage, the last of his tribe, filled me with emotions which it would be in vain to attempt to describe." THE SLAVE TRA DE.-It appears that the B ritish Minister in Madrid has at length succeeded in negoti- ating a treaty with Spain for the more effectual aboli- tion of the Slave Trade. The inefficacy of existing treaties for the consent of Spain, to which large sums have been paid by England, has long been notorious. Ships expressly prepared for the reception of cargoes of slaves have hitherto been able to defy the vigilance of English cruisers, by means of arrangements with their confederates on the African shore. By the new treaty, however, it is provided that ships fitted up for the reception of slaves, although there may be none on board at the time of seizure, are henceforih to be liable to condemnation, and when condemned they are to he cut up, in order to prevent their falling again, at a cheap rate, into the hands of the slavers. QUICK WORK.—On Saturday morning John Winters, of Sacombe, married a widow with four children, from an adjoining parish, applied to the overseers for work, and to the Board of Guardians for assistance, all with in the space of three hours 1- Hertford Reformer. LEEDS.-—As the first class rail y-train was pas- sing over Chat Moss at the rate of twenty miles an hoar, an adder, measuring two feet ten inches, jumped from the moss upon the tender attached to the engine, where it was killed. HOPEs FOR MAMMAS.—The Embassy to London is not yet filled up. The Duke of Nobiegas and the Duke of San Lorenzo are both spoken of, but ano- ther candidate has started up, who is likely to carry the palm. I mean the Duke of Osuna, a young man of 25, very rich, fond of English horses, Eng- lish carriages, and, I hope, destined to be fond of an English wife. I advise our young daughters of Nobility to prepare for a Spanish campaign, and arm themselves with fan, basquina, and mantilla, for this said young Duke has eighty thousand pounds a-year, and at his uncle, the Duke of Infantado's death, will hare as much more. The Duke of Osuna has no diplomatic experience, and, as he himself would say, he is an untried colt." He may have talents,— and I hope they may come to light in England; but he is a good-looking young man, unmarried, with great estates, and I am sure will make his way good in Grosvenor-square, even should he fail in Dow- ning-street.-Sr,anish Correspondent. NEW LAW FOR MEASURING SHIPS FOR To-i- NAGE.—We have great pleasure in announcing that a Bill for altering the present mode of measuring ships for tonnage, will speedily be brought into Par- 'I liament under the sanction of Government. An in- terview with Mr. Poulett Thompson, as President of the Board of Trade, was obtained by the Glasgow deputation appointed to manage this business, on Saturday last, and the result was highly satisfactory. -Scots Times.

PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. I A Bill to define and regulate the Expenses of Elections, to lhpit the duration of the Poll, and to abolish the qualification of Members of Parliament for England and Wales. This Bill, which was prepared and brought in by Mr. Nvale?. L,ord John Russell, and Mr. Aglionby, containing only 35 clauses, is perhaps one of the most important that has been before the House during the session. By the 31st clause, it is enacted that no qualification of es- tate shall be necessary to enable a man to take his seat for any place for which he may be returned as a Member of the Commons' House. » In Scotland, no property qualification is required to serve as a Member of Parliament. This Act is meant to apply to England and Wales alone, nor is it to extend to either of the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge. There are several wholesome provisions in the Bill to di, minish election expenses, and to relieve the individual from the burden that should of right he borne by the community whom he is to serve in Parliament; with certain specified limitations respecting the amount, it is provided that the Sheriff or Returning Officer shall be reimbursed for all expenses by the overseers, out of the Poor Rates. Polling is limited to one day. Many of the usnal expenses attendant on election pro- -ceedings, such, for instance, as those of conveying elec- tors to the poll, and of entertaining them, are declared illegal; penalties are fixed, and an easy mode of reco- vering them is pointed out. The various demands, too, made on candidates by Sheriffs, returning officers, asses- sors, &c., as well as any gratuity whatever, are by the Act made unlawful; and the payment ofany such expenses voids the Return. Returns not to be liable to stamp-duty. Election expenses were diminished by the Reform Bill, and if this Act pass into a jaw they will be still further diminished. Provision is made with reference to the manner in which booths (there are to beat least one for every three hundred voters) are to be paid for and also for their situation, number, and erection. In case of riot the Bill contemplates an adjournment to the following day. A 50/. penalty, in any Court of Record, is to be incurred by any person voting at an election who shall have been employed in any capacity whatever in connexion with the election, either during such election, or six months before, provided the action for recovery be commenced within 12 months after the commission of the offence. All oaths except the Bribery Oath are abidished. To some counties a separate jurisdiction is given with respect to the expenses of booths; and at Monmouth, and at some Welsh boroughs they are respectively to discharge the expenses attendant upon the contested elections, and to be repaid by the Overseers, according to the regulations provided for cities and boroughs in England. The Statute of 7 and 8 (tca. IV., against Bribery, &c., is declared to be still in force.

£ ptrtt of tDc UuDlic Ijournalo. I [FROM THE SUN.] Tne Registration of Voters is the object, the sole ob- ject to which the attention of Reformers should now be directed. This is the one thing needful, to the ac- complishment of which every energy of mind and body, every faculty physical, mental, and moral, must be called into immediate and active exertion. The man who calls himelf a Reformer, and does not now bestir him- self in favour of the great cause in which he professes to have enlisted himself, is a hypocrite, who deserves to he hooted from the society of all who love their coun- try, and have the amelioration of its institutions sin- cerely at heart. Let no man pretend to excuse himself from the performance of his duty to his country, under the plea that he has little or nothing in his power. Every man can do something. If he is qualified to vote, let him go instantly and claim to be entered on the Re- gister. If he has no vote, let him he instant in season and out of season" in urging those of his neighbours and acquaintances who have to enrol themselves. Still less let any Reformer indulge in listlessness and in- activity, under the persuasion that the cause is pros- perous enough to dispense with his aid. This is the most dangerous of all delusions. It is also, we fear, very widely disseminated. Many persons think that be- cause the Corporation Reform Bill has got safe through the House of Commons, and all seems to be going on smoothly at present, the Tories have thrown down their cards, and given up the game. No doubt this is what many of them pretend, but, it is only one of the many artifices to which they have recourse, in order to throw the Reformers off their guard, and to produce that se- curity which proved fatal in so many instances, to the cause of Reform at the last election. Let no heed be I given to their misrepresentations. The Tories are play- ing a deep game. They have been long silently, but in- defatigable. labouring at the Register. The Register they know is their only hope. and they will square their conduct by the aspect which it presents on the 20th of this month. If they find that, making a fair estimate of the number of votes to he procured by bribery, intimi- dntion.&e., they have the advantage of the Reformers, they \ViiI set the Government at defiance, and strike out all the clauses which give efficiency to the Corporation Reform Bill, in its passage through the House of Lords. They will do exactly the same thing with the Irish Tithe Bill, and every other measure that tends to di- mmish their influence. And why should they not? What, would they have to fear? Not a general election, because they would be well prepared for that, and might calculate to certainty on a much more cordial and power- fid support from the' Corporations, the Clergy, and all tvho fancy their craft is in danger, than ever they re- ceived before. Indeed, their (policy would he so to op- pose the measures of Government in the Upper House, as t,) drive the Ministers to resign, and then they would plead the impossibility of carrying on the affairs of the nation with so factious a House of Commons, as a reason for a second appeal to the country. We there- fore entreat the Reformers of England, as they value the best interests of their country, to exert themselves to the utmost during the ensuing week—to strain every nerve to defeat the plans of their enemies and to bear in mind that this object can be attained only by regis- tration. I [FROM THE MORNING CHRONICLE.) The Bill brought in by Lord Morpeth for the regula- tion of Ecelesitstical Revenues, and the promotion of Religious and Moral Instruction in Ireland i divided bto two parts—the one having reference to the adjust- ment of tithes, hy the substitution of a land-tax for the tithe co mposition and the other part providing for that appropriation, without which the House of Commons- has solemnly declared that no adjustment can lie final and satisfactory. Sir Robert Peel has given notice that on the Speaker leaving the Chair, in order that the House may resolve itself into a Committee on the Bill, he shall more that it be an instruction to the Committee to separate these two parts, and so to divide it into tw< distinct Bills. He has further (ieclai-ed that his object j in making this proposition is not that he and the House j may. with the more convenience to themselves, discuss the differeiit branches of the measure, but that he and his party may altogether defeat one of theni-namcly, that which enacts that, after amply providing for tilt. spiritual wants of the Protestants, the surplus revenues or the Church Establishment in Ireland, shall be devoted to the moral and religious education of the people of that country, without distinction of faith. Sir Robert Pee!, therefore, in effect proposes to rescind the resolution of the House of Commons. He proposes that the House shall, in the face of a former resolution, now stultify itself by passing a Bill for the adjustment of tithes in such a way as it has already pronounced can be ne ther satisfactory nor final. We can easily estimate the res- pect which the Right Hon. Baronet seems to entertain for the body from whom he expects a compliance like tliis-a compliance which would rival the most distin guished of his own tergiversations; but as all his argu- ments against the principle of appropriation have before provecfinetlecti ve, and as no attempt has yet been made to attack the measure of the Government founded upon that principle, without the most flagrant falsifications of its provisions, we deem it sufficient here to repeat most authoritativeiy. because we do so in the language of the Bill itself, a refutation of the particular objections which the enemies Of the measure have ventured to urge against it. The most important of the objections is. that it leads to the wholesale suppression of the cure of souls in no less than 860 parishes ill Ireland; and this was the one particularly relied on by Sir Robert Peel on Tuesday evening. Ochers (if the Tory party, and among them Sir H. Hardinge, objected to the .£5 clause as a positive insult to the Protestant Clergy, whilst all the Tories, would persuade us that they believe the measure must inevitably tend to diminish the influence of the Protestant religion in Ireland. We sliall therefore con- fine ourselves to these points, andshall prove that the measure does not suppress the cure of souls, that it does not degrade the Protestant Clergy, and that so far from diminishing, it is calculated greatly to increase the sphere of their action. And first, with respect to the suppression of the cure of souls, the Bill expressly pro- vides, that Whensoever there shall appear bv such Report (the Report of the Commissioners for i nstruction) to he in any parish, any members of the said Established Church, and it shall likewise appear by such Report that there is a place of worship duly conse- crated, and a resident officiating- minister in such parish. it shall not be lawful, in case the Church thereof s1¡a1J be so sequestered, to commit the ecclesiastical duties and the cure of souls within such parish to the incum- bent or officiating minister of any neighbouring parish but in every such case a separate curate shall be nomi- nated and licensed for such parish in manner hereinbe- fore provided." It is therefore clear that the resident officiating Clergyman is not to be removed from any parish in which he is now to be found; and if we fur- ther show that parishes containing but a single Protes- tant, and which have no officiating clergyman and no place of divine worship, are under this Bill to be pro- vided with both these advantages, we feel that we have I wholly disproved the allegation of Sir Robert Peel, that the BiH tends to the suppressing of the cure of souls, ihe Bill, in its 58th clause, provides that upon the void- ance of any parish, the Protestant inhabitants of which, according to the Report of the Commissioners jf Public Instruction, did not exceed fifty, the revenues of such parish are to vested in the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, as sequestrators and in a subsequent clause it is provi- ded that the ecclesiastical duties, that is to say, the cure of souls in such parish, are to be committed either to a neighbouring minister or to a separate curate, to be specially nominated by the ordinary. In cases where separate curates are appointed, they are to receive an annual stipend not exceeding lOOt. they may occupy the glebe house, and enjoy glebe lands, to fhe va'ue of 21. a year, if there be such in the parish. But should the cler- gyman of any parish have the duties of an adjoining one confided to him, he shall receive, in addition, a stipend varying from lOt. to 50/. If. however, there should be no Protestant whatever in the parish, then, with a view to keeping alive, as it were, the established religion in that parish, a neighbouring clergyman is to have ecc'esiastica! authority within it, and he is to be paid, in acknowledg- meat of his jurisdiction, a sum which the framers of t le Bill have fixed at 51. Under the Clinch Temporalities Act it was provided that if divine worship had not been performed in any parish for three years preceding Feb- ruary, 1833, the appointment of an incumbent wa. to be suspended, and the revenues of the Church sequestered, no matter how numerous the Protestant inhabitants of the parish might be. In the case of such suspension nominal sum, the sum of £4 was to be given to the cler- gyman of some adjoining parish, to do that for which this Bill, upon the same principle, gives the higher sum of X5; and it is a singular fact, that under Lord Stan- ley's Act, the Eccffeeiastical Commissione s have so sus- pended a parish containing not less than 80 Protestants. The Bill of Lord Morpeth will remove that suspension, and restore the cure of souls to a parish in which Lord Stanley had agreed to suppress it. Lord Stanley's Act provided for the sequestration of the revenue of the Church in certain parishes, hut it did not, like the mea- sure originating with his Majesty's present Ministers, take care that every parish having a single Protestant should enjoy the benefit of an officiating clergyman, and should also have a Church or some suitabte place of flivine worship within his own parish f.ir that single member of the Protestant wtilnlcnion. We cannot con- clude this hasty notice of a vital important measure, which might be described Its truly one for the extension of the Protestant religion of Ireland, without stating that if the altered circumstances of any parish shall, in the judgment of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, re- quire the renewal of the sequestration, the Lord Lieu- tenant is empowered to adopt the recommendation of the Commissioners, and carry it into full effect. These Commissioners consist of three Archbishops, three Bi- shops, of the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice, and of two Lay Members, the one appointed by the Crown, and the other chosen by the Primate a'ld the Archbishop of Dublin; and we need not add, that in such keeping the interests of the Protestant religion are not likely to he neglected. I [FROM THE MOUXING HERALD.] I T,le number of the Quarterly Review just published has an article on the subject of Municipal Reform, writ- ten in the most lugubrious and desponding tone. The writer considers this Bill as a proof that the Reform Bill was intended to cause a revolution, and observes that, so great is the stupor and apathy of the country, he can- not hope that any observations of his can influence in the slightest degree "the fate of this porte idous mea- sure." If the writer mean by this that lie does not ex- pect to convince the people of England that the principle of self-election and utter irresponsibility are better than that of election and representation, we must confess we fully agree with him or if he would fain persuade us that the restoring to the permanent and responsible resi- dents of every borough, their municipal franchises, of which they have only been deprived by a system of fraud and usurpation, amounts to robbery and revolution, we can only hope that the people will continue thus strange- ly apathetic," and the House of Caramons so blindly eager," to adapt our corporate institutions to the wants of the times, notwithstanding the ominous warnings contained in the article in question. Indeed, from the whole style of the article—from the prophetic statements with respect to the expulsion of the aristocracy," usurpation of Monarchy," and of democracy seating itself in solitary despotism on the hereditary throne of all democracies, the ruins of the cotiiiti-y"-we should have suspected the writer of being what is commonlv termed a cup too low," or that he was afflicted with the madness with which he has chosen to charge poor Cassandra, whose prophecies, by the way, were generally disregarded for a \ery different reason, had we not been able to discover that mwh was to be attributed to the effects of party feeling or lo the jaundice of disappoint- ment. We find much abuse of the Corporation Com- mission, and still more of the Corporation Commission- ers, 19 of whom out of 20, we are told, are n-eai-ly un- known in Westminster Hall, and that the advantage in selecting these unpractised hands, consisted in the fact, that none are.fonnd so fearless and so fit to sweep away all the old institutions of th-? country as those who know nothing about them." All this may be true, but still it does not at all touch the merits of the question, or enter into the expediency of amending our Corporate institutions, or at all show to the country that the pre- sent measure is wholly uncalled for. To be sure, we are informed afterwards that the only real abuse" was the practice of admitting non-residents to continue corpo- rators, which, however, we are assured was not always the fault of the Corporations, but frequently the effect of votes of the House of Commons. If this can be meant seriously, we would ask is it not an evil, and one which calls loudly for correction, that in so many boroughs the means provided by the existing Corporations for the pre- servation of the peace, for the administration of justice, are totally inadequate to these objects? Is it no objec- tion that high corporate offices should be filled by per- sons totally incompetent to discharge their duties, and who, consequently, become the mere tools, or puppets ot th." Town Clerk, or even some inferior personage ? Was it no cause of complaint that Juries were often summon- ed only from among the freemen, who were few in num- ber, and too frequently the me ife-creatures of the Corpo- ratioti ? And is it no evil that large funds, raised in some instances bv taxation of the inhabitants, by fines for not serving offices, by tolls at fairs and markets, &e., should be disbursed by a. wholly irresponsible body, for the benefit of a few favoured individuals, the public wel- fare, the prosperi-y, and convenience of the inhabitants at large being wholly unconsidered? We might multi- ply instances to a much greater length, but we think that the defects and abuses of the corporate system are far too glaring, and too generally acknowledged, to re- quire any thing further being said upon that head. The very facl of the House of Commons and the country at large receiving the principle of the measure in the way Miev have done is. we consider, conclusive upon the suhjcct. j

I SCHEDULE (A.) —BOROUGHS WiliCH ARE TO HAVE A COMMISSION OF THE PEACE. I SECTION 1.—PARLIAMENTARY BOUNDARIES TO BE TAKEN. COUNCILLORS. COUNCILLORS. BOROUGH. Notless Notmore BOROUGH. Notless Notmore than than than than ABERYSTWITH 12 18 Ludlow .12 18 Abingdon 12 18 II.Nla(-c]eSfield 30 42 .1 ndcver. 12 IS Maldon .12 18 Banourv 12 18 Monmouth .12 18 Barnstaple 18 24 NEATH 12 18 Bath. 48 54 Kcwark. 18 24 Bedford. IS 24 Newcastle —under- Beverley 24 30 Lyne 18 24 Bridgwater .18 240 Newcastle upon- !Iridl)t)i-t IS 2-1; Tyne. 48 54 Bristol .60 70 Newport, Mon- Bury St. Edmond'slS 24 Cambridge 30 35 Northampton .24 30 Canterbury 24 30 Norwich. 48 54 CARDIFF 18 24 Nottingham 48 54 Carlisle 30 36 Oxford 30 36 CARMARTHEN 18 24 PEMBROKE 18 24 CARNARVON 18 24 Penzance .18 24 Chester .30 36 Pontefract 18 24 Chichester 18 24 Pdlle.]8 24 Portsmouth. 48 54 Dartmouth 12 18 Preston .38 42 DENBIGH 18 21 R'éHHn. 24 30 Derby 33 42 Richmond 12 18 Devises 18 24 Ripou. 12 IS Dorchester 12 18 Rochester 24 30 Dover 24 30 St. Alban's 12 18 Durham 18 24 S ruro, New 18 24 Evesham 12 18 Scarborough 18 24 Exeter 3o 42 Shrewsbury 30 36 Gateshead 24 3U Southampton .30 36 Gloucester 2i 30 Stafford 18 24 Guildford .12 18 Stamford 18 24 Harwich. 12 18 Stockport 42 48 HAVERFORDWEST 12 IS Sudbury 12 18 Hereford 18 24 Sunderland 42 48 Hertford 12 18 SWANSEA 24 30 Ipswich 30 33 Tewkesbury 12 18 K(>nd,tl. 18 24 -Tiv-erton 18 24 Kidderminster 24 30 !Traro. 18 24 Ringston-on-Hull .48 54 j Warwick 18 24 King's Lynn 24 30 (Wells 12 18 Lancaster- 24 30 Weymouth & Mel- Leeds 50 72 1 24 Leicester 42 48 30 36 Leominster 12 18 [Winchester. 18 24 Lichfield 18 24 (Windsor 18 24 Liverpool 72 90 (Worcester 36 42 Lincoln 18 24 Yarmouth, Great 36 42 SEC. 2. — BOUNDARIES TO BE DECLARED BY THE KING IN COUNCIL. COUNCILLORS. COUNCILLORS. BOROUGH. Notless Notmono OOROUGH. Notiess Notmore than. tbal than than Alnwick 12 IS Liskeard.12 18 Berwick-on Twced24 3J 'jLANELLY 12 18 Bewdiey 12 18 Louth 18 24 B deford 12 18\laid:;tone. 24 30 Boston .21 30 Newbury .12 18 BnacoN 12 IS Newport (Isle of firidgenorth 18 24 Wight). 18 24 Clitheroe 18 24 Oswestry 18 24 Chesterfield 12 18 Plymouth 36 42 Congleton 18 24 Romford 18 24 Coventry 36 42 itomsey 12 18 Heal. IS 24 St. I ves 18 24 DOli caster. 18 24 Saffron Wralden. 12 18 F* ,inioutb 12 18 Walsall. 24 30 Grantham 18 21 \VELSHPOOL 12 18 Gravesend 18 24 »VENLOCK 14 30 Grimsby 18 24 .Visbeach 18 34 Hastings. 18 24 York 36 42 Kingston upon Thames 18 24

I SCHEDULE (C.) Rerwick-upon-Tweed. Northumberland. Bristol Gloucestershire. Canterbury Kent. Exeter. Devonshire. Kingston-upon-Hull Yorkshire. LicllfieJd Staffordshire. Southampton Hampshire.

SCHEDULE (B)-BOROUGHS WHICH ARE NOT TO HAVE A COMMISSION OF THE PEACE, UNLESS ON PETITION AND GRANT. (SECTION 1. — PARLIAMENTARY BOUNDARIES TO BB TAKEN. COUNCILLORS. COUNCILLORS BOROUGH. Not less Not more BOROUGH. Not less Not ciore than than than than Arundel 9 12 PWLLHELI 9 12 BEAUMARIS 9 12 RUTHIN 12 18 CARDIGAN 12 IS TENBY 9 12 LLANIDLOES 9 12 Th,:ford. 12 is MACHYNLLETH.. 12 IS Totnes 12 18 SEC. 2.—BOUNDARIES TO BE SETTLED BY THE KING IN COUNCIL. COUNCILLORS. COUNCILLORS. BOROUGH. Nutless Notmo:e 30R0UGH. Notless Notmore than than than than Basinstoke.12 18 LLANDOVERY 9 12 Beccles .12 ]8 Lyme Regis. 9 12 It (jVmington 9 12 Bodmin 12 18 Matdenhead. 9 12 Buckingham 12 18 Marlborough 12 18 9 12 Morpeth 12 18 (hrd 9 12 Peuryn. 12 18 Chippenham 12 18 'etford, East 9 12 Chipping No;ton 9 12 liye 12 18 Daventry 12 18 "andwidl. 12 18 Droitwich 9 12 Shattesbnry. 9 12 K. p. 9 12 South Wold. 9 12 Faversham .12 18 South Molton 12 18 Folkestone .12 18 Stockton 9 12 FLINT. 9 12 Stratford-on-Av >nl2 18 (ilastonbury 9 12 Sutton Coldfield 12 18 G (dalming 12 Is famwortli 12 18 Godmanehester 9 12 fenterden 12 18 Helston 12 IS Torrington 12 18 Henley-on Thames 9 12 WaJJingford. 9 12 Hunrin?doil .12 18 • Wycombe, Chip- Hythc. 9 12 -ping 12 18 Launceston 9 12 I Yeovil 9 12 SCHEDULE (D). NO. I.—THE LIST OF BCRGESSES IN THE BOROCGH OF, IN THE PARISH [OR TOWNSHIP] OF Christian Name and Name of I Street, Lane, or other place in this Surname of each the Pro- Parish lor, Township] where the Person at full perty ra- Propeity is situated for which he length. I ted. is now rated. A,hton, John I Shop. No. 2o, Chiucu-street Bates, 'itoma- House.. Brook's Farm (Singed) A. B. ? Overseer of the said Parish C. D. ? [or, Township.] NO. 2.-NOTICE OF CLAIM. To the Town-clerk of the borough of I hereby give you notice, that I claim to have my name inserted in the burgess-roll of the borough of 1 that I occupy [here describe the house, warehouse, coun- ting-house. or shop then occupied by the claimant] in the borough, and that I have been rated in the parish of Fh.-re state the parish, or several par;, bes, and the time during which the claimant has been rated in each of them within the borough, necessary for his qua- lification. ) (Signed) JOHN ALLEN, of fplace of abode.] No. 3.—NOTICE OF OBJECTION. To the Town-clerk of the borough of [or, to the person objected to a-, the ease in -iy be. ] I iierebv trive you notice, that I object to the name of Thomas Bates, of Brook's Farm, in the parish of [describe the person objected to as described in the over- seer's list] being retained on the burgess-roll of the bo- rough of ————— because [here state the grounds of objection.] Dated the day of in the year (Signed) JOHN ASHTON, of [here state the place ofabode and property for which he is said to be rated in the overseer's list.] No. 4.—LIST OF CLAIMANTS. The following persons claim to have their names in- serted on the burgess-roll of the borough of — I-Ci;i:;ti'I ] Na-r-fh;1 SitlJ-ion of Parish (or, Parishes) in Name and 1 P,.i)? ity for thePropeiV' which he has been rated Sarname of w??i,h he IS for which he as stated in the ['a,rlima"t now ratPd, iR n.w rted Claim. AUcii, Joua.. l1')ut;\ No. 17, Kaiea 111 l,JeJasl year 111 High-street St.Marv's Parish, in the Borough; and in the two preceding years in I Saint James's Parish, in the Borough. (Signed) A. B. Town Clerk. No. 5.-LIST OF PERSONS OBJECTED TO. The following persons have been objected to as not being entitled to have their names retained on the burgess- roll of the borough of Chrisfian I Nature of I Situation of the Parish in Wh!Lh ia Christian Nature of I ¡tuation of the Pari¡;h in whilh i. Name and I ?,P??p? ty Property for which the Property for Surname f, for which he is said to be now which he is now each Person I lie is HOW rated in the I said to be rated in objected to. | rated. | Overspel's List. the Overseer's List. B=ites,Thos. | Hou->e. I B\oo' Farm. [ Saint james's. (Signed) A. B«,Town Clerk^