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    Ik THE ~ WiTBS . kxcvssiok of Prince Albert , in the gardens of Buckingham Palace , the other daj , the Qjreen is said to We * man-ifested the ur «* te » t courage , and to have acted with the aost intrepid eool-* ess . " This , we think , is rendered Klf-endent by her ^ ratting forth strength enough to " drag the Priace to tee shore / ' » nd as regard * her " ooolnew " no one can doubt that , who reflects for one moment on the half-frozen condition of " Field Marshal , His Rival Highness the Prince Consort . " Oh , This Lots !— " Lore ! " observed Venerable Jbe | sarcastically— " Joke ' s a himpoiition . There ' s been more people imposed upon by that air vord than by ill the perfesrional swindlers in nator . It ' s a

    Ifro-s , a aniwersal hhnpo « iti « n ; and it ' 3 on'y werry wonderful to me that it ain't Jocg ago been bexpuBRod . A fal says she lores yer . Werrj well ; bat * re yon conEeqnentially obligated for to make a fool o' yerself 1 No ; yon ' ve only jf « t her hipsy dix « y , » nd vot ' s the good o' that f Marry her , and you'll werry soon Bee' ' ow sweet ' s the loveasmeetireturn . ' But aroat that , look ' ear on ' y jist for hinrtanee : a gal loTes a Boger—vicb they all do ; it ' i reg'l&r : he ' s a private : still she loves 1 m—oh 1 'hout an' boat . ' "Werry well ; don ' t yer think Bhe'd give 'im up for sn h -fficer ? In eoarse she Toodi And why J Why , cos it ' ud be a better chance . Has for love , it's the rickedest , the swindlinest himposition as is . The chances is vot zals look ont for . The on ' y

    question with them is , 'Is it a good chance 1 ' If it is , they'll have it ; if it ain't , they von't onless they tan't get notnink better . It ' s the deadest take in is that love eTerheered on ; a deader never vos hinwenied . You take ray adwioe , and dont be foozled Vencvsr you ' ear the rord love , always wiew it as a gross aimposition . Hif yer don ' t you'll be done , aud od't Sad out the _ difference ven it ' s too late . Look &t me jist for binstance . I was sixty-two in Janneiwerry last ; look at that ! Sixty-jwo , and I ain't doce yet . I'm inwitedto all the parties . I'm never forgot ! There ' s the old unsas is single a-hoglin' on

    me reglar ; and the old uns ai is married a-settin ' their dartera upon me ; h ' ud be Bich a chance ! and all , in course , cos I ' m single . Why , d ' yer think they'd care about my company perwided I tos martied ! Does it stand at ail to reason they'd invite me as they do , hif they didn ' t believe I vos yet to be done ! Not a bit of it ! not if I vos worth a matter © ' fif : y times as much as I ham . But , as it is—as X ' ve alias escaped the iumposhion—there am I , sever missed , allus thought on , looked up to and respected : vich , let me tell you , is a werry great fcdwanUge . "—Stanley Thorn , inBenHey * Mitcellany for October .

    THE A . CCTDBKT which befel Prince Albert , the other day , in the gardens of Bnckin ^ ham Palace , in the presence of the Queen and Misa Murray , was an exemplification of the nursery ditty , commensing H Tkree children sliding on dry ground upon a summer ' s day , " for it amounted to nothing more than a " dnckins" up to the middle 1 How much can sometimes be made of nothing ; The -wits about the Court say that Prince Albert , wLen he fell into the water , -was within an act of being drowned , but that luckily , the Queen was in kaiid , or bis game would have been lost I The adage sats , " a great fortane is a great alavery , " Prince Albert did not think this before ommg to iMb country .

    Nor Lost . —A gentleman , whose house was repairing , went one day to Bee how the job was progressing , and , obsernng a quantity of nails lying about , said to the carpeDter , " Why don ' t yon take eare of these nails ! They'll certainly be lost-• No , " replied the carpenter , " you'll find them all JothebilL " Religions Wabmisg-pah . —To pntpiou ? mottoes upon w&rming-pans is a device quaint enough . Charles the Second , however , had it so done to those that probably warmed the beds of Ms mistresses , with this inscription ; " Serve God , and live for erer . "— Wat-pole .

    Hot A 5 D Colb . —An Irishman discovered a part Of the wood-work of a chimney-piece on fire , that endangered the whole bouse . He rushed up- * tairi to his master , and announced the alarming intelligence . Down he rushed with him . A large kettle of boiling water was on the fire . " Well , why don ' t yoa ' pnt ont the fire * " — " I can't , surr . " "Why , you fool I pcur the water upon it . "— " Sure it ' s hot water , suit . " Odd Titles to Books . —Among the French de-Tot . ioi . al piece * , burlesque has ever reigned in the titles of their books of piety ; as , " The Snuffers of Divine Love f " The Spiritual Mustard-Pet , to make the Soul sneeze with Devotion ; " " The Capnpfrin ., booted and sourred for Paradise . "

    Evils op Pofclaritt . —Raines , that lie upon the grovmd . are not easily set on fire by the torch of envy , bnt those quickly catch it which are raised up by " fame , or wave to the breeze of posterity . Every © oe ibaA . passes is ready to give them a shake or a lip j for , there are few either so busy or idle a 3 not to lend a hand at undoing . CcKiotrs ADVEBTEHaterr . — At the end of the * Jsiv . h Collection of Papers relative to the present Juncture of Affairs in Esgland , quarto , 1589 , " t ' nere is this curious advertisement : —** Lately published

    the trial of Mr . PapHlion ; by which it is manifest that- ( the then ) Lord Chief Justice Jefferies had meitber learning , law , ncr good manners , but more impudence than ten carted whores , (« was B&id of him by King Charles the second , ) in abusing all those worthy ciriiens who roted for Mr . Papillon and Mr . Dubois , calling them a parcel of factious , pragmatical , sneaking , whoring , canting , snivelling , prick-eared , ¦ rop-eared , atheistical fellows , rascab and scoundreli , as m page nineteen of that trial may be seen . Sold bj Michael Janeway , and most booksellers . "

    A VEHDICT . Lord Cardigan shot Tuckett , it is true , Whose face in consequence look'd rather wanner ; Is Cardigan a felon , then ! " Pooh J pooh ! Not gallty—hffoUy—upon my honrur ' . V APeeeL The people , Polly , owe me a deep debt of gratede , " remarked her most gracious Majesty to the favonrite parrot . " Indeed I" exclaimed the Poll , •* I ihoughi the credit wa 3 on the other side the book !" u Pollt , dear , " exclaimed Victoria , addressing ihe wouder / ul parrot , " do you know " yerily I do , " interrupted the impudent bird , " that you are the dearai in the proportion of a million to one . " Vieiona was silent .

    Thb Q . CKE 5 , in the due exercise of her divine attribute , immediately after the accident to Prince Albert , gave orders thai the sheet of water-in Buckingham Gardens must never again freeas !

    THE S 0 LEK 5 FABCB . "Whilst only one had the slightest doubt In their lordships' House , and not one orr ; Thongh conscience whispered to each ( on the Ely ) , As •* No ; Guilty" b . B said , my lord , you lie And they almost blushed at the farcical part Each noble lord played , with his hand on his heart . * It is a msTAKB to assert that the water used at the baptismal font of the Princess Royal , was brought from the river Jordan . We are credibly informed it came from the ** wandering Po . " The Fact of the Qaeen helping Prince Albert out of the pond , by extending her hand to him , is only a repetition or a former act of kindness , when "by giving him her hand , she helped him out of oifncolties c-f tenfold danger to that he was in when he iLpped through the ice in Buckingham Gardens !

    A Yankee , on his return to his native country , wa& questioned by an American as to the thickness and dangers of the London fog ; to which he m > lied r ** Thick , I ' ve some how a notion they were thick ; Lor * I you couldn ' t get thro' ' em unle ? s you first tut ' em ' thro with a knife , and then , I ' ve an idea , that if you didn ' t make nation good use o' your legs , couidnVmuch reckon on bodily safety . Why bless joti ^ I lost my best friend in a fog ! he was hacking away at it , but I calculate he was rather too Blow in his movement , for afore he'd time to squeeze thro , ' it closed to again , and crushed bis two sides as fiat aa pancake I "

    Steikixg akd Uhepcl Rexakk . — After all , the great error in human judgment is not so much wilful poBse&oii t xs that we judge according to sitnation , and always make that situation our own , while , the chances are that we really have not one thought , feeling , or habit , in common with those on whom we yet thiiak ouxsslves qualified to decide . —Fraficesca Carrara . . A TBSDSB-HXABTKD hangman , when adjusting the noose on a young woman's neck , observed her to ¦ hrifik . ** Don ' t » e frightened , my dear , " said the hangman , " 111 be as easy with you as ever I can . "

    A " kebchasi having just concluded a letter adttacsed to one of his correspondents , suddenly dropped dowp -dead . Bis partner , bj way of postscript , added , " anoe . jay letter was written I died this morning at ten o ' clock . " Another merchant , the ¦ enier partner in a firm , wbMft wife h * d presented him wrb twins , wrote to inform Ms friends of the fact , and signed the letter , " Smith , Tonkins & Co . V Wht dos't yon get married 1 " mischievously asked a yotmg lidy of rather an elderly t > achelor friend , the other day , " I have for the last ten years beefl-trying'to fimr some one "who would be silly etongb to have me , " was the reply . ** I guess you havinH tieennp our way , " was the insinuating and keart-flattarmg rejoinder .

    A . . coT 3 rs 2 Xiux , seeing a ship very heavy laden , and " scarcely above the water ' s edge , exclaimed , * Mj . word ] if the rirer was bnt a bit higher , the aolp . wqald go to the-bottom , " , ? The seat ^ qf honour in Peers . Pity that such an imposing ceremony is not practised ih other Courts of Justice Whit a sublime spectacle , to see each jnijmxa lapping a band to htt seat of honour , "when giving his fstdictl

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    HOUSE OF LORDS . —Fbidat , Fkb . 1 P . The Earl of Shaftesbuet moved that the Lord Speaker do give orders for printing and publishing the proceedings * t the trial ot £ h » Earl « f Cardigan . Toe Earl of Eldon complained that the Mactenin Chineerj , who were considered the messengers of the House , bad been refused admission oa lie day of ths triiL He also adverted to the Attorney-General having stated tint there was bo moral deliaqoencr in the coadact of tbe Earl of Cardigan . It could not be supposed that the Right Rev . Prelates , who had retired before

    the proceedings had commenced , would concur in such a statement , and he thought the high feelings of the Attorney-General bad carried him * oo far in making it Tbe Bishop of Lonbok apprehended the Bight Bev , Prelates w » uld not have been implicated even had they been present , as it was distinctly stated that they attended there merely u peers . He thought the Attorney-G « neral was not justified in acqaittlng the o » ble earl of all moral guilt , and be trusted something would be done to pat an end to a custom which had originated in a barbarous are .

    Lord Ellenbobough said the Bishop * were not obliged to leave the Boom , and although their attendance could be compelled , they could not be compelled to vote . The Earl of Rodbs gave notice that on Monday he shontd mjve for copies of the correspondence that had Uken place on tbe subject of recent transaction ! between that country and the court of Persia . The Earl of Mou * tcashel wished to kn » w it it was the intention of the Government to introduce any measure for the more effectual prevention of duelling ? Be coh 14 assure them that if they allowed the subject to remain as it a . t present was , they would become itlll more unpoptriar with the country . Lard Melbourne admitted the importance of the ¦ abject , but said the Government was not prepared to introduce any measure ¦ with reference to duelling . Public opinion was fast putting dowa the practice . In answer to the Earl of Glengall ,

    The Marquis of NormaNBT nid it was intended aa an experiment to devolve npon the clerki of Unions in Ireland ths duty of returning officers , in order t * check tbe abuses that bad been complained ef under tbe present system . It appeared , however , that these evil * had been very much exaggerated . The Noble Lord also stated that two barristers had been directed by tbe Irish Government to ascertain tbe cuaber and description of rate-payers entered on the Union valuation-booka , and to compare them with the number of connty voters oa the registry . The object was to obtain duta on which to found the Bill introduced In tlie other House , but he dfcnibd that there fna an / idea of usinj the Poor Law Commiasiosen for political purposes .

    Lord Bbocghajc moved that the return of the number of appeals disposed of and for hearing before the Privy Council be printed ; and in doing so wished to eorrect very grots errors which bad been fallen into In tbe other House , In stating the number of causts in arxear . The fact was , th * t on the 1 st of November last there were only eighteen appeals ready for bearing , and all these bad since been disposed of . He thought that statement was due to tbe Learned Judges who devoted so large a portion ot their time to the public Bervice without tbe iligatest remuneration . The Earl of Devo * obtained leave to bring ia a Bill tor tbe speedy and more effectual administration of justice , and tbe trial and conviction of minor offences . He should postpone any statement of tbe details of the measure till tbe Becond reading on Thursday next . Adjourn&d . ¦»

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    result would attend their Befistratton BUL He bad brought in bU owm Registration Bill I&st year , on learning from the Government that they ( who in several preceding Sessions bad introduced registration bills of their own ) did not contemplate the introduction , of any such measure then . But , after bis Bill had been sanctioned by tbe House , the Ministers , in order to defeat it , bad now come forward with a Bill of their own , containing a definition of the franchise . Was a definition of the franchise their present object ? Instead of denning tbe franchise , their BUI went wholly to change it . Be knew not how long Lord Morpeth bad entertained this view . On a motion of Mr . O'Connell , in 1839 , for an extension of tbe franchise , Lord Morpeth bad opposed that Member—at first in a faltering voice , bat , towards the end of bis

    speech , as bis courage swelled , in a firm and decisive tone . A similar declaration bad been repeated by Lord Morpeth in 1810 , and now , in 1841 , that declaration was wholly repudiated . Mr . O'Con-Bell's proposal had been to lower the franchise beth in Ireland and in England . Lord Stanley would not say that Mr . O'Connell ' s view bad influenced Lord Morpetn ' s ; bat if each had arrived at the same point by bis own separate reflection , it was still more alarming to see such a coincidence between Mr . O'Connell and the Irish Minister . If Government now thought that enactment & unjust one , which at tbe time of tbe relief bill excluded the 40 s . freeholders , why was not that boldly avowed ? Bat the leaseholders now proposed to be let in were a class of people far lower and far more liable to influence than those excluded freeholders , a class very much lower than tbe lowest voters for the English counties ; and be would be glad . to know

    -whether ta « English counties were to be treated in tbe same way ? There were disputable questions npon the requisite value , and the remedy proposed was , to require no value at all . Estimates as to poor-rate had been made , we were told , by two Irish barristers ; he would like to see their instructions—to see them , for of course such instructions could never bave been merely oral . In all Ireland , these gentlemen had visited ten unions , out of 140—how selected did not appear ; but it did appear that their visit had been a most hasty ono . On the reports of this visit , which bad been delivered but with the ParfeTne ^ ary papers of that very morniog . tho Bill of Lortl M orpeth was founded . He would admit that a eorrect valuation of property in Ireland might be a highly us-fui document ; but it should be impartial , legal , accurate , uniform , in all which particulars the valuation nuw in progress was defective . The Poor Taw Bill had endrmouK difficulties to

    encounter ; if to those you euperadded political partiality in theTAlmticn , you would render ft a corse indeed ; &nd this most be the necessary consequence of the cou » e now pursued . Aa to legality , the law required that regard should ba strictly bad to tbe letting value . But tbe report just published showed that the valuators wholly- departed from this criterion ; and to that effect the Noble Lord cited various passages from it Hitherto , perhaps , tbe fault of the ! valuation had been in assessing too low , and so far it would ba said that the argument would be against him ; but be was not content with a valuation which was untrue , whether too high or too low : and if too low , he knew not whether too low by 50 or by 100 per cent So much for the accuracy of these barristers ; and , as to their uniformity , it was to

    be found only in their systematic departure from the l&w . He could not understand the ground on which a small iniuority of the Irish judges bad raised a doubt about the construction of the beneficial interest ; and , in order to elucidate the argument in favour of the " solvent tenant" test , he cited passages from the statutes in p * ri maieriafor England and Scotland , and from speeches made by Mr . O'Connell while the Reform Bill was in discussion ; particularly some which exposed tbe absurdity of basing a man ' s franchise , as was now proposed , not on the profit which ha received , but on tbe rent which be bad to pay . If the value of the property fell , the rate-payer would not lose his franchise ; tbe candidate would take care to keep him still on the register , and get the rate paid for him—thus buying votfi by wholesale , » t sixpeooe s >

    year per vote . And now be wished to ask the ground on which Ministers thought themselves justified in proposing this great extension of the elective franchisefor a great extension they admitted It to be- Why , their argument was that of Mr , O'ConneH , that tbe Irish counties had fewer electors than the English , in proportion to their retpective populations . Would yon say , then , that tbe franchise of St Giles ' s , in Westminster , ought to be lower than the franchise of St George ' s , because the former parish bad more poor ? It was true that in Ireland tbe proportion of voters was generally smaller , because there were fewer men of property and solvency . The landholders in Ireland were nearly twice as numerous as in England , though they occupied an area of land amounting to only about two-flftbs of the English ares : and about five-sixths o '

    all tbe Irish holders cultivated their land without the employment of labourers , simply by the work of th « mselves and their families . The number of enfranchised leaseholders was diminishing also , from the indisposition of the landlords to renew leases . In England it was otherwise ; the legitimate influence of the landlord was still prevalent . If i » wtre otherwise—if a systematic and extraneous attack were made and kept up against his iifluecce and interest here , be would perhaps seek , not unnaturally , to get tenants of bis own way of thinking ; but at all events he would let his property from year to year , and grant no more of those leases which , by constituting a franchise , made a bone of contention . If such a system were to become so far prevalent in Ireland as to reduce tbe const !* tuency below the fair mark of the Reform Bill , be

    himself would be willing to discuss the remedy for such a state of things . At the time of the Reform Bill , he had calculated the county c . in * tituency of Ireland at 02 , 400 . Mr . O'Connell at that time had fixed his utmost wishes at 90 , 000 . List ytar ' s return showed it to be 39 , 127 . Th » borough constituencies exhibited a similar result . It might be said , these returns showed too large a constituency , by reason of the double entries and other errors in the registry ; bat hi 3 answer was , amend the system of the registry , that you may know the real amount of the constituency , before you act en this supposed necessity of incrtiuini it His last objection ¦ would t > e , that even if all other arguments were cleared a-way , the £ 5 proposed Was too small an amount . la Eugland and in Scotland , and , for municipal purposes , in Ireland too , the household qualification waa £ 10 .

    Why was it to b « made £ 5 for the Irish Parliamentary fi&nchise ? Every poor labourer , with a mud cottage and an acre or two of land , would be rated at £ 5 ; and you would have a class of voters greatly below the common day labourers in . England . A farmer of 16 acres , at 20 s . ot 30 % . an acre , which was about tb « usual amount and valoe of land farmed in Ireland , was in a miserable condition during the period from April to September , living on dry potatoes , except for a little milk from the cow . And yet this poor farmer was a person rated three times as high as the wretched labourer whom this Bill proposed to invest with the right of voting , and to whom it offered that right as a remedy for his distresses ! The 40 s . freeholders were disfranchised , not because they were Roman Catholics , but because they were not in a station of life to be independent- These 40 s . freeholders , however , had really a beneflciil intertst ; the now proposed yotera

    had none ; they could risist neither the influence of the landlord nor tbe intimidation of the mob . A beneficial lease tives a property to the tenant ; but a lease at a rack rent gives him nothing at all . If this Bill could be carried f » r Ireland , it would be impossible to abstain from , applying its principle to England and Scotland also . The next cry would be , "justice to England . " Government would be bound to tell th » Huuse in this debate what their intention with respect to EnglaDd was . Lord Morpeth might dtlay the redress of abuses a little longer—he might again excite and unsettle a part of the publie—he might again throw the elements of discord , as Lord John Russell had said , into the political cauldron—but he trusted that the House would resist this measure , and he was assured that in that resistance they would be supported by the people of England . He moved that the Bill be rea'l a second time on that , dny six months .

    Sir . C . Wood desired to record his approval of the Bill , and of tbe course pursued by the Government . There was no very wide difference as to the registration remedies between Lord Stanley ' s Bill and Lord Morpeth ' s ; bat the hitter wxs objected to , for that which was really it * great merit , that it removed the whole evil , that of tbe franchise , as well as that of the registration . If the suggested amount of £ 6 W 6 re unsatisfactory , gentlemen might vote in committee for a larger sum . He then entered into some details of numbers and value ; and urged the necessity of a state of things under which a set of constituencies chiefly

    Catholic returned representatives cbitfly Protestants ; especially when almost all the material questions of the day were questions connected with the religion of the people . He assumed an air of surprise at what Lord Stanley had said » bout tbe relations of landlord and tenant , and did not see , for his twi part , why tbe landlord should ever know what the politics of his tenant were . He was a friond to the great settlement of tbe Reform Bill ; but be would not tie himself down to every word of it , nor adhere to the letter in opposition to tbe spirit . The House should not try to legislate against the feeling of a whole nation .

    Mr . Litton said , be opposed the Bill , as being a repeal of tbe Reform Act . He gave a succinct history of the former proceedings of Government respecting registration , into none of which bad they thought it allowable to introduce a proposal like that of tbe £ 5 rating . Bui they now avowed that they wonld not consent to part with frand and perjury in the registration , unless they got a quid pro quo for themselves . If a rating were proposed on a value to be taken clear of rent and taxes , he should be glad to adopt such a test ; bnt it was idle to take a £ 5 rating as a test of beneficial interest , where tbe tenant might be paying twice that amount of rent for the occupation . He condemned the conduct of tbe Government , who , be was persuaded , bad introduced this proposal of a £ 5 franchise by way of a new agit&tUu in lieu of tbe agitations for tithe and for repeal : . and be ridiculed tbe notion that England bad anything to fear from acting firmly in Irish afikirs .

    Mr . Fitzpatbick was favourable to the second reading . Mr . Lucas explained the views' % y which he bad been actuated hist year , in advancing the principle of rating as a test fot franchise . His view bad been that the party should be rated tor £ 8 5 s . over and above his rest What resemblance bad that to tbe preseat Bil

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    which wqnlred a rating of only £ S in all , without any reduction whatever tor rentf The prewrnt Bill put matter * in s > much worse atate than they were in when tbe 40 s . freeholder ! had the franchtoe ; for tho «» freeholders possessed something , but the men rated occupier possesses nothing . ' ¦ ¦ « : ' ¦ . ' „ . Lord Mokpeth began fcy retorting on Bora Stanley the charge of excitement and disturbance . Lord Stanley had said the nilng clause was but « tack and * postscript ; for himself , he regarded it as tiie preface , nay ; as part of the text itself , a main part too , and one without which the rest would have no cfcance of being brought to a satisfactory issue . Ministers were twitted with an excessive partiality for Ireland ; £ ut it should be remembered that there the 40 s . freehold era

    could not vote . The 40 s . freeholder * were disfranchist- 'd at the time of the Relief Bill , to tbe amount of 191 , 000 voters . He insisted on the authority of Mr . Lucas and Sir D . J . Norreys , as favourable to the principle of the rating test : and as to the amount , that question waa for the Committee . He should rather have waited till the experiment of the Poor Law bad been furtbe * ripened : but Lord Stanley ' s legislation bad forced Ministers forward . It had become quite necessary to take some step j for almost all the litigation , whether in tbe registration court * or before committee * of this house , now turned upon this one question of value ; and tke Irish bench themselves were divided in-opinion . Lord Stanley's bill , while it would drive away dishonest claimants , would be still more likely to drive away

    quiet well-meaning persons . The Poor Law rating , on the contrary , combined most of the advantages of a test ; though certainly it would not be an exact measure for each particular case . The question of amount belonged more property to the committee than to the second reading ; but he would not shrink from , dealing with it now . Ministers , on looking into the facts , were satisfied that even a £ 5 net rating would exclude many voters of the kind which the Reform Bill meant to admit , and they considered that by fixing the amount at a £ 5 gross rating they were adopting a liberal test , but not an inordinate one . The document which Lord Stanley had relied on , as showing a constituency of 91 , 000 voters , had been made out before the registration of last autumn , at which time all franchises registered in 183 * 2 would have expired , unless previously renewed : but , at all events , there would soon be a

    fresh return , giving the numbers now actually in existence . Towns as well as counties were included in this arrangement , for it was desirable to take the opportunity of settling the whole subject at tbe same time . He vindicated tbe provision for quarterly registration , and the restriction upon appeals touching matter of fact . He trusted that the House , inCuOOSiflg between the two Bills before them , would act in tho spirit of the Reform BUI—that they would shut out the many difficulties devised by Lord Stanley against the honest voter , and that they would rather adopt a measure conciliatory to the great body ot our Irish fellow-subjects . He alluded mysteriously to the state of our foreign relations , as an inducement for keeping tbe Irish in good humour , and concluded with a peroration about the Repeal of the Unien . The debate was then adjourned till Tuesday .

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    Tub average rate of wages in Hants is 15 s . a-week . Thebb will bb a great increaie in the number of steamers on the Thamei during the ensuing season . Tuehk is to be a regular line of sailing packets between Antwerp , Rio Janeiro , and Valparaiso . A * AUOMKNTATION OP THK ARHY Will take Place within a very short period . The increase will not exceed from two to three thousand men . Measures are being taken by the Government to ascertain the number of Jesuits located throughout Ireland . A great number of horses are now weekly imported into Ireland from different parts of Wales . Formerly the importation was reversed . It is said that Mr . Barry is to receive the sum of . £ 25 , 000 for designing , superintending , and completing the new House * of Parliament .

    On Wednesday , the 17 th instant , the Coroner held so fewer than six inquests in the London Hospital . They were principally "accident cases . " Precious Metals . —Silver coin and bullion shipped at Dover , from Feb . 1 st to Ufch—30 , 450 oa . oi silver ; 389 oa . of gold . A letter from Treves eays that tho King of Prussia has remitted tho whole of the duty on wine for the year 1840 . It is Lirrr . B advantage to the traveller that the sun sets not till very late , if the day has been all passed in clouds . Tub Trade of hany Ports in Scotland seems to be steadily advancing . An instance of this is sees in the shipping returns of Greeuock and Glasgow . There are 35 , # 00 Persons at Liverpool , and 15 , tl ) 0 at Manchester , now living in cellars of the most unhealthy description .

    At Bow-street , ow Satubdat week , Jehn Harrington , a letter-carrier , was committed for trial for stealing a £ 10 note out of a letter . Br ax awful Fire in a Sax-mill , near Kilmacrenan , in Ireland , two lives were lost , and several persons severely injured . The AnciwvKE Frederick , who distinguished hinuelf in the campaign in Syria , has just returned to Vienua . Tub Nkwcastle Commercial Banking Compant , at their half-yearly meeting , declared a dividend after the rate of six par cent , per annum . Sir John Harvey , Governor of New Brunswick , has been recalled , and will be succeeded by Sir Win . Colebrooke . The Sixty-seventh Anniversary Festival of the Royal Humane Society was celebrated at the Freemasons' Hall by upwards of three-hundred gentlemen .

    Typhus Fever IS spreading among the poor in Edinburgh . The whole wards of tba Royal Infirmary have been thrown open , and almost every bed is occupied . The Rom aw Academy of St . Luke has conferred the title of honorary member on the Queen Dowager of Spain " who , it is well known , is a fine artist in oil coIoutb . " A Marriage is contemplated between Prince Charles Ferdinand , son of the Archduke of Modena , and the eldest daughter of the Grand Duke of Tuscany . The Queen of the French has united with the Queen Dowager of Naples to effect a reconciliation between the King of Naples and his brother , the Prince of Capua .

    Some disorders occurred in the veterinary school at Alfert , near Paris , on Sunday week , which ended in the withdrawal of the 260 students who paid for their education . The British Legion . —The last remnant of Ihs British Legion , numbering one hundred and fifty , arrived in Waterford on Wednesday , the 17 th instant , from Santander . The appointment of a Select Committee to investigate «• the present state of the Companies for effecting assurances on lives , and for granting anuuities , " will be proposed in Parliament . FLOGGiNa at Sea . —In the Court of Queen ' s Bench , on Saturday , the master of the ship , Greyhound , was ordered to pay £ 100 damages , to hia boatswaiu , for ill-usage of him , whilst at sea .

    The Marquise de St . Cyr , whose husband died in the service of Charles X ., was found dead in her hotel at Cherbourg , on the 3 Qth ult ., having hung herself in a fie of insanity . Among the intelligence recently brought from China , is a rumour that the crews of two American ships , the Panama and Kosciusko , had deserted and entered into the service of the Chinese . A Russian , M . Weschniakoff , is said to have discovered a new material for heating steam-engines , which takes less space and produces a greater heat than the best sea coal . The inventor calls this substance carbolein . Sugar . —Papers to the 13 th of January , from Barbadoes , state that sugar-making had commenced in the island . The crop was expected to be in quantity about the same as 1 ast year . Ground provisions were everywhere scarce .

    A Letter from Borne states that tbe feast of languages was celebrated on the 12 th ult ., at the college of Propaganda . Cardinal Mezzofcuitt presided at the solemnity , unique in its way . There seems to have been orations in every mentionable language . In the Coubt of Queen's Bench , on the 18 th instant , a verdict , with £ 200 damages , was given apainBt Mr . Goldie , a distiller , for naving driven his gig over an old womvi in Whitcchapel , by which her thigh-bone was broken . We understand that the New Zealand Company intend to ooutide the command of the preliminary expedition of their Second Colony , and the duty of establishing the new settlement , to Captain Arthur Wakefieldof the Navy . —Spectator .

    Thkbb is such a scarcity of hands to man the codfishing ships of Dieppe , which ought soon to be Bailing for Newfoundland , that the traders have addressed two successive petitions to the Minister of M-atine , praying for aid . The Rev . Geo . G . Cookmam , of the Methodist Episcopal Church in America , and son of George Cookman , Esq . of Hull , has been eleoted for the second time , by a large majority , chaplain to the Senate of the United States . . . Thb Property op Ghbat Britain . —Ricardo estimates the whole ptoperty of Great Britain at £ 3 , 000 , 000 , 000 ; and , according to Sir G . R . Porter ' s tables of 1833 , the property of the empire is estimated at £ 3 , 663 , 0 # 0 , flOO , and the gross income at not less than £ 514 , 0 » 0 , 000 .

    Rottsn Boroughs . —Nearly all the small places in Cornwall that were disfranchised Have materially improved since they were placed in Schedule A ; but the most striking instance is Callington , which appears to improve in appearance and prosperity every day .

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    The Lobds of the AdmiraKty hav * directed that troop ships wear the colours worn by her Majesty 8 ships on the stations that they may be from time to time employed . : Air Eupxr Tbbasurt . —A Bill ka « been introduced into the Virginia Legislature , to authorise the banks of that State to loan tho commonwealth 100 , 000 dollars . It is stated that there is not enough money in the treasury to pay the Member' wages . Iti / NKSs in the Abhy . —Illn « ss to » great extent prevails amongst the privates and some of the noncommissioned officers in the 60 th Rifles . There are now upwards of seventy sick in the hospital , and mostly young men uuder twenty-two years of age .

    1 Whilb in England coal and iron are always found together , in France no such coincidence occurs . The iron-masters of France are , in consequence , obliged to bring from a distance the coal necessary i , - > r their furnaces . Mb . O'Connell has written to the Belfast Cha mber of Commerce , advising them that the Fren an Government are about to lay an import duty of twt lT « per cent , on linen yarn , which , as Belfast carries on an immense tramo with France , would lead to i wipiw detriment . ArTHi * Court op Bankruptcy , on Saturday , a meeting oi * the oreditors of Mr . C . J . Carter , the coroner for Kent , took place . Th « bankrupt ' s liabilities exce 9 d £ 10 , 0 * 0 ; and amongst the creditors

    , who proved * vere tne wh ° ' ° * the servants , consisting of a foo , tman » a gardener , cook , housemaid , needlewoman , nurserymaid , and governess . Charge op \ ' iolation . —At Guildhall , on Friday , Henry Biss , the keeper of a china and glass shop , in Farringdoh-stfee , *•» *** k « M to bail , himself m £ 500 , and three sureties . ' ? £ 590-mare , oa a charge of vio ^ lating his servant g * ' * ' The sea is becedi . *» so rapidly from the bay of BourgNeuf , that the . remains of an ^ English ship of war , mounting sixty- ! , our guns , which was lest on an oyster-bank , whilst in pursuit of a French ship in 1752 , are now to be foon <* » n the midst of a cultivated plain .

    Effects of Cold on Old Persons . —The effect of cold on the aged i » strife ngly evinced by the tables of mortality for 1838 , as the following statement will show , of deaths in the i letropolis : — Winter . Spri ag . Summer . Autumn . Total deaths 15 , 611 13 . N , 9 13 , 379 12 , 581 Old age ...... 1 , 383 96 k ' 778 m Insane Motheb , and Child .- -Op lhe „ £ " * , »»* -i one Mrs . M * ir , of Freedom , Ohu » .- «[ * , ° / - nity , threw her own ohild into tl « ore and burnt ifc alive .-On the same day , six It dl » nB . w"lle > na state of intoxication , were froaen to « deata on Bewtie s Prairie , in Arkansas . Dublin . —A great sensation hag i een created in the mercantil « circles here by the sv ld « en nightof a member of tbe Board of Aldermen . leaving behind him defalcations to the enormoui ! . amount of £ 60 , 000 . No reason has been as yet assi , ? ned » s the cause of failure .

    A Case of considerable importance U , ' sea captains was brought before the notice of t * ™ , ljOrd Mayor , on Saturday . A druggist had been ei ¦ iployed to supply medicines for a ship on her voyage t 0 toe coast of Africa ; but the drug 3 were so much a * tult « - rated as to be utterly worthless . The captain ft ' the ship said , all hia crew died on the voyage : i Qe / were so obstinate , they would take no other mi oxcine but salts ; but if they had been so inclitu ' "» there were no medicines in the chest fit for then *• The druggist had been summoned to attend , but hv 1 did not appear to answer the charge : his name was not mentioned .

    A Duel took place on Thursday morning , the 18 th instant , between Col . Patterson , of the East India Company ' s service , and Mr . Robert Marsden , of Park Lodge , Regent's Park . The parties met at daybreak , at the back of the Eyre Arms Tavern ; and at the second tire Colonel Patterson was severely wounded in the wrist . It is said that tho misunderstanding arose from a political dispute between the parties ; tho Colonel having asserted at a dinner party , in the presence of Mr . Marsden , that the supporters of Mr . O'Connell were ** political scoundrels ; " and Mr . Marsden , who is a warm advocate of Mr . O'Connell , applying the term to himself , called upon the Colonel to apologise , which was refused .

    Suicide . —An inquest was held on the I 8 fch inst ., at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , on the body of Thomas Henman , a compositor , who jumped from Blackfriars Bridge on Monday . The deceased , when walking on the Bridge , tapped a gentleman on the shoulder , and telling him to follow , ran across the road , got on to the balustrade , and threw himself into the river . He was taken out by a waterman , in a state of insensibility ; but wna restored to animation after all pulsation had ceased . It was found , however , that he had received severe contusions in his fall : he was taken to the Hospital , and died on Wednesday . The Jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity . "

    A " respectable coal-merchant , " as he is termed by the reporter , named Margery , was charged , on Wednesday , at the Mansion-house , with cheating the poor by giving short weight . What made the matter worse wa ? , that he was supplying coala in the cause of charity , the inquest of the Billingsgate Ward having made arrangements with him to sell to the poor at a much lower rate than usual . H e did accordingly sell to the poor , but the latter had no cauae to congratulate themselves oa their bargain , on finding a few pounds , more or less , deficient in each sack . The defence was of the usual" black diamond" order .

    Thb Longest Winter . —This is the longest winter that has been felt in the southern parts of England for many years past , and it has been only partially broken since tho 13 th of December , by westerly winds and rain for eleven or twelre d » ye in January . The brightest side of the picture ( saya Dr . Burney , of the Royal Academy , Goeport ) , is the beneficial effect the enow , which lay long on the ground , will unquestionably have on the arable lands , which fortunately were sown with wheat last autumn more extensively than for many years past . Be assured that the winter is not yet over , for the planetary aspects with the sun on the 19 : h of February , the 12 th and 23 rd of March , indicate a remission of temperature , frost , and probably snow .

    Curious Consanguinity . —A short time Bince , at James ' s Church , Poole , a father married his son ' s wife ' s aunt . The son married his father ' s wife ' s sister . Consequently one son is brother-in-law to his father , and the father brother-in-law to his son . The other son is nephew and son-in-law to his father ' s wife , and his wife is niece and daughter-inlaw to her husband ' s father , niece and sister-in-law to her husband ' s brother , and niece and sister-in-law to her husband ' s brother ' s wife . It would be difficult to find a parallel instance of such intricate relationship . —Salisbury Herald .

    A few nights sinck , two English sailorB , according to the Semaphore , of Marseilles , who had taken too much grog on board , picked a quarrel in that town with some Frenchmen . Words ran high ^ and blows soon ensued . In the conflict one of the tars caught the leg of an adversary in his teeth , and held Has in a vice , till obliged to relinquish his hold by the overwhelming power of numbers ; and not then , till so beaten that not a feature in his face could be recognised . His brother blue jacket , indignant at hia unfair treatment , interposed , and , determining to display all his skill and strength in the science ul ' boxing , rushed into tbe centre of at least twenty of

    the assailants of his messmate , and delivered his blows with such force , that he soon made a circle round him , the diameter of which was at least the length of his own arms . Jack cleared his way out , and made towards the canal , but was followed by so many adversaries , that he was at last knocked down . He lay tor some time , perhaps not stunued , but only to recover his breath , and then , suddenly springing up , fought his way through a whole phalanx , till some police-officers took , him under their protection , and placed him in safety . The Semaphore concludes its account with blaming the conduce of ita fellow-citizaus .

    Dreadful Shipwreck . —One Hundred and Thirty-two Lives Lost . —Liverpool , Suwday . — It is our painful duty to record one of the most distressing accidents at sea ever remembered by the oldest navigators . The Governor Fenner , Captain Andrews , sailed from Liverpool for New York , on Friday last , with afull cargo of miscellaneous goods and IIS passengers : she arrived off Holyhead ea Saturday { naming , and when about twenty miles west of that point of the Welsh coast ran foul of the steamer Nottingham , a vessel belonging to the City of Dublin Company , trading between Liverpool and Dublin . At the time of the melancholy accident the wind was blowing fresh from the south-west , with a heavy swell , and weather very hazy . Upon the

    two vessels meeting ( two o'clock , a . m . ) , it appears that the Governor Fenner struck the Nottingham steamer on her starboard side , snd in less than ten minutes the American ship had sank , and 116 passengers and sixteen of her crew were almost instantly passed into eternity . The captain and mate were the only two lives saved , the former by catching hold of a rope belonging to the steamer , and the latter by jumping off the fore-yard of the ship on to the steamer as the Governor Fenner was going down . At the time this melancholy catastrophe occurred all the passengers were in their berths asleep , and could not have any idea of their situation

    perilous . The Steamer Nottingham sustained great damage , having lost her chimney and starboard paddle-box , and being otherwise so disabled aa to render it difficult for her to make her passage to Liverpool , during which she threw overboard 200 head of cattle . The Governor Fenner is ah American Vessel of 380 fconB burden ; she was buili in Massachusetts in 1827 , is therefore fourteen years old , and is considered here by experienced men quite unqualified to convey 1 lo souls to a distant land . Thes j unfortunate people consisted of emigrants of tbe better class from various parts of England , Ireland , and Scotland , whose names , it being Sunday , we are unable to obtain . —London Patur .

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    Rotatobt Steam Engine . —Messrs . Perry B , rett , and Exall , irtnfounderB , Reading , il * Tt their manufactory , a working model of a rotated steam engine , on the wheelracket principle whifl will make a thousand revolutions in a minuta , T * engine , with sufficient power , on that prineuir would progress on , a railroad seven thoaaand iiS ? in a minute , or two hundred and thirty eight £ & ? an hoar ; it appears from the simplicity of foa »? straotion to be admirably adapted for agricqlfewj purposes . .. . ^^ . Breach of Promise op Mabriage . —In the ( W of Queen ' s Bench , on the 17 th mat ., ia the caT 2 Grunsted v . North ; the former the daughter « f widow vrho kept a publio house—the latter a yomt man , surveyor to the eastern division of Southwtrtr a verdict waa found for plaintiff—damages ftoi ' The plaintiff bad had a child by defendant . '

    Blasphemous Prosecutions . The prosewitMi , against the great booksellers , Moxoh , Fraser 3 Otley , for blasphemy , will be entered on n « t ten » It will then be seen whether such works as Shellert —works accessible only to the rich , on acconnj J their price—aro to be openly sold , and Hasl » m Penny Letters prohibited .- The matter ciwl great interest . The following extract from " c ^ Mab , " will be adduced to « how the manner Smlli . has alluded to the Deity : — ^

    • God , hell and heaven , A vengeful , pitiless , and almighty fiend , Whose mercy is a nickname tor the rage Of tameless tigers , hungering for blood . And , again : — There is no God ; but human pride Is skilful to invent most serious names To hide its ignorance . Suicide . —On Friday , the body of a gentleum named Smith , residing at 15 , St . James ' s-pluJ Hampstead-road , was found by a man named < W fiths , near the Meetwater-bridge , which crosses the Regent ' s Canal . The deceased must have walked direct from his residence to the Canal aud wm nittei the tush act . Mr . Smith was of eccentric habiu . and wealthy , but never betrayed the slightest sjaj toms of insanity . '

    A Great Brute . —At the Thames Police-office , on Saturday , a fellow named Thomas Hosemaa / 2 omnibus conductor , was charged with brutally in . treating his wife . It appeared that , while in a sUw of drunkenness , he knocked tbe poor creature down , and swore he would do for , and as fast aa she goto » he then "floored" her again ; and , after nearly exhausting the poor woman , he forced her head through a pane of glass , which cut her face severely , jnj then beat her about the ribs , to the tune of" J ^ along Josey . " The magistrates fined the brute £ 6 and in default of payment committed him to prison for two months .

    Illicit Still . —In the Court of Excise on S » tm . day , Patrick Laley was charged with working an illicit still . The detection wa ? made by Mr . Whig . ken , the officer , in King ' s-court , Old Bailey . Tfo place was fitted up in an extensive way and upwsnfr of thirty gallons of spirits were found ( herein Fined , £ 100 . Benjamin Brittle , of Crown-gteeet , St . Giles ' s , was heard on a similar information , which was supported by Whisken , and a fine of £ 109 was imposed . BBUTALITr OP A HUSBAND TOWARDS HIS Wffg . — On Friday , at the Middlesex adjourned Sessions , James Ranis was indieted for assaulting Ann Elizabeth ^ his wife , on the 29 th of December , 1840 . It appeared the brute had broken two of his wife ' s ribs on one occasion . He was fined 20 s . and ordered to enter into recognizances to keep the peace for twelvemonths , himself in £ 40 , and two sureties in S 20 each .

    Suicide of a Y « ung Ladt at London-bbidgb . — On Sunday , the 14 th inst ., at seven o ' clock , a lady , app . trently seventeen years of age , fashion *^ attirx 'd in black satin , was seen standing uponow oftht' seats within a recesa on London-bridge , her face bt ' lng towards the water . Her strange aimtion afr / racted the notice of the persons passing ; but befoi ' e any measures were taken towards ranoring her , a be climbed over the wall on to the parapet , and then plunged into the stream . The shouts of the personi who witnessed the occurrence , caused the boatmen to pull out to her assistance ; but u she had thro \ vn herself off the centre axeh , and consequently som s distance from tho shore , they were unable to reach her , and , after struggling for a few seconds , she sa » ik , and was earned away by tin tide .

    Separation of Man akd Wife under the Basiei System . —At Union Hail Police Oface , on Toesdiy week , . some very painful circumstances relating to the . system of separation of man and wife wen brought out . An elderly man named Gibson , i » ih& workhouse for the parish of St . George the Martyr , Southwark , having heard that the parochial autherities intended to remove his wife , who was quite soft for the journey , to Canterbury , determined to pt + vent it if he could , and endeavoured to sctle the workhouse wall , to apprise his friend * outside tn » house of hia wife ' s removal . He scaled the wall , but

    fell a great distance and very severely hurt himself . and was found there by some persons who carried him to a place of shelter . The poor old man bid first endeavoured to communicate with the master of the workhouse , but that individual took no notice of the note sent to him . At the instance of Mr . Day , formerly a guardian , the relieving officer , Carslake , undertook that Gibson should be re-admitted into the workhouse , and that the suspended order , as to the removal of his wife , should not b « carried into effect until she was pronounced to be sufficiently recovered to be passed to her natiw settlement .

    Origin of Whig Antipathy to the Chinese . — Much meditating , we have at last discovered , though mope by accident than meditation , why the preseat Ministers of this country hate the Chinese . Confucius is held in universal veneration throughout China , and shrines and temples are erected to bis worship . Now , ia the Lun-yu , or conversations of Confucius , recorded by his disciples , he is represented to have said— " How can a mean man serve hia prince ! When out of office , his sole object is to attain it ; and when he has attained it , his only anxiety is to keep it . In his unprincipled dread of losing , his place , he will readily go all lengths . Kow can the Melbourne Ministry be otherwise than hostilely disposed towards a people whose state religion is a standing impeachment of them!—Spectator .

    Another Affrat with Poachers , —The ganja preserves of the Marquis of Hastings , about Castle Donington Park and Isley Walton , having of lat « been much intruded upon , by a gang of noted poachers , from the neighbourhood of Breedon ana Worthington , a watch has for some time been placed upon their Steps ; and on Saturday evening tie gamekeepers of the Marquis of Hastings and Richard Cheslyn , Esq ., with one or two watchmen , came up with a gang of four poachers , when a desperate scuffle ensued . The poachers were armed with loaded cuns and bludeeona . and after tne

    example of their brethren at Bretby Park , 1 »» week , seemed determined to resist unto death , loe gun , fortunately , was prevented from doing any injury ; but the bludgeon conflict was sharp au * severe . The keepers , however , were ultimately successful , and secured three of the four poachers who , we are led to understand , are now committed to take their trials at the approaching adjourned sessions for Leicestershire . The poachers had a lurcher dog with them , and a game net seventy yards losg 1 A very pretty instrument for clearing ) after a few nights practice , the preserves of any gentleman . —Nottingham Review .

    Second . Colony in New Zealand . —A second colony is about to be formed in New Zealand , on a still grander plan than that of the first colony . From a correspondence which has been published between Mr . Bryan Duppa , one of the emigrants withjae oroposed colony , and the Secretary of the New Zealand Company , it appears that the project originated with a body of gentlemen who mean w engage personally in the undertaking . Mr . Duppa sets out with explaining that , so far from desiring to rival the first settlement , his coadjutors considered that it would benefit by the establishment of » second colony . The structure of the New Zeajana islands , without navigable rivers , properly so called , but with a very extensive seabord , and numerous nn » settlemen

    harbours , indicates that its-process of * must be , like that of Sicily , by separate town s on the coast , with a maritime intercommunication . Ana the advancement of Port Nicholson must depend in a great degree upon the popularity of New Zealana as an emigration-field , and the general emigration to that country , which will be promoted by every thing that increases the importance of the islanos and their pointB of attraction . The scheme suggested inMr . Duppa ' s letter has been adopted , wiw some immaterial modification , by the Compapy * Highly practical in its construction , it Kay , at w » same time , be called magnificent in its scope * * tract of land , comprising 221 , 000 acres , is to ¦¦«» devoted to the purposes of the settlement , and to w disposed of in the following manner : —1 , 0 ( 50 a " ** ments , of 201 acres each , are to be offered for purchase by the settlers , each allotment being sudoivided into three sections , consisting of loO acres w

    rural land , 50 acres of " accommodation" ° * *™ 2 L ban land , and one acre of town land ; and 4 Vw acres will be reserved , like the tithe of land in M » first settlement , for the use and advantage ofW » aborigines of the district . The price charged wr each allotment of 201 ajres will be £ 300 ; »« HS aggregate sum realised by the sales , £ 300 , 000 , « m be thus laid out :- £ l 50 , 000 will be expended m emigration to the new settlement ; £ 50 , 000 wm 8 " to defray the expenses of the Company in estabnau ing the new colony ; £ 50 , 000 , together with anj surplus from the previous item , will be aPPro ?" , " ! S to public purposes , "for rendering the seWemeu * commodious and attractive , " namely , * ¥ ' , L £ religious uses and endowments forall denonunaiw ) £ 15 , 008 to the establishment of a college , au * £ 20 , 000 to the encouragement of fiteam n » TJ £ a" 0 " I and £ 50 , 000 will be set aside for the reimburseau «" and profit of the Compauy . —London Paper .

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    HOUSE OF COMM-OKS . —Friday , Feb . IP . Colonel Clements took tbe oatba and bis seat for Cavan . Several railway and other private Bill * were advanced a stage . Petitions were presented agahut certain clauses in tbe Poor Law Amendment Act ; in f » Tour of Lord Marpetlrt Irish Registration Bill ; in favonr of Church Extension ; * od for the Release of all Political Offenders a * present in confinement Mr . Hawes ( at the suggfstion of the Speaker ) would , in consequence or an informality in tho Medical Practitioners Bill , withdraw it for the present Hr . V . Smith taid tbe Government had received no official information that the Bishop of Quebec bad reftued to allow 5 tablet to be placed In tbe Church to tee memory of Lient-Col . Lester , because be had not been a re « rnl&r communicant

    3 Ir . Ewakt gave notice of a motion on Thursday next , fer tbe appeintment ot a public prosecutor in criuilnol cases . Mr . Hcme moved for returns ( in continuation ) of the half-pay and superannuated allowance ! to officers in tbe military , naval , and civil services . —Ordered .

    &EG 1 STBO . T 103 OP VOTERS ( EMGLAKD . ) On tbe motion for tbe second reading of tbi * Bill , Sir Edward Sitgde * # aid Hon . Members on his side of the House vrere equally anxious with the Noble Lv-rd ( J . Russell 1 and hia supporters to agree to the details of any measure which would prereot fraud , and facilitate the registration of bona fide voters . There ¦ w ere certainly some things in tbe present system which required amendment , more especially the publication of tbe lista , and the mode in which objections were made . With these exceptions , he thought the present plan bad worked well , and it was his intention to move the introduction ot certain clanses in committee , which would correct thesa defects . He should also move tbe rejection ot the clause which conferred upon the Speaker of tbe House the power of appointing barristers , as -it would be most Injudicious to give him appointments in which political bias could have any share

    Mr . GiSBoasE denied that the present system bad worked well , because so much uncertainty existed that it waa not unusual to find revising barristers sitting under the s&me roof deciding in totally different ways . He was glad to find so little objection raised to the Bill on the other side of the House . With respect to the objection that had been raised to tho selection of k&rriste * £ btiny nested in Uie Speaker , the same principle hid been adopted in the Right Hon . Bart ( SirR Peel ' s ) election committees , and no practical inconvenience had resulted tnerefrom . Mr . Hvhr thought they ought to assimilate the system in England to that in Ireland , and introduce a clause for denning the franchise , which would put an end to litigation on the subject Col Sibthobpe wished to know what the salaries of the barristers would be , as be should take tbe sense of the House npon that point

    Lord J . Rcssell could not state the precise amonnt of the salary till he "went into committee ; bnt he might say generally that there would be a reduction of £ 15 , 000 or £ 16 , 000 of the present expenditure . ( Hear , hear . ) It was his intention to introduce a modification of the present test of the payment of rates and taxes , and also aa to the change ot occupation , as it had led to the disfranchisement of a large number of voters who wera otherwise lolly entitled to the franchise . The Bin waa then read a second time , and erdered td be committed that dsy se * nnight On the motion of Mr . Iaboi'CHEBE , the East India Bum Bill was read a second time , and ordered'to be committed on Monday . The Tithe Composition ( Ireland ) Bill was read s third time and passed . On the motion of Mr . Bbotherton the Committee on the exportation of machinery was appointed .

    Mr . Hche inquired when the Uoble Lord would lay on the table tbe papers relative to the Syrian war ? Lord Palmeksto * said the delay was occasioned by the great mass of papers to be arranged and printed , but he noped they would be ready in a week or ten days . In answer to questions from Sir B . Peel , Lord Palmeestox said that no commission of survey had been appointed , jointly by the English and American Governments . The survey of Mr . Featherstonhangb was merely ex-parte , and could not be binding on the British Government With regard to the

    conventions that had taken place , propositions bad been made by the respective governments which had been reciprocally rejecUd , but the governments had now agreed upon a convention containing an arrangement for an arbitration . The difference between them now was not one of principle , but as to the mode in which it waa to be carried out In answer to Mr . Hawes , Lord J . Russell said it was the intention of tbe Government to introduce a measure for the regulation of Ecclesiastical Court * In the House of Lords . Adjourned .

    Monday , Feb . 22 . The debate on the second reading of tbe Government Registration Bill for Ireland was begun by Lord Starlet , who said that if the question had been merely on details , he should have exercised more forbearance to this Bill tb&n bad b&en extended t # bis own ; bnt there was matter here which he should think that not a few eves of tbe Ministerialists must oppose—matter which went wholly to break np the great settlement of tbe Reform Act Something had , indeed , been conceded by Government ; for instance , the annual revbdon ; but they bad tacked to it a quarterly registration , keeping up a fever throughout the year , and whenever tbe voter bad once been registered , npon however fraudulent a qualification , this Bill preclnded all proof of that fraud . It proposed a tribunal of appeal , but it gave the constitution of

    that tribunal to tbe Speaker ; and hu high respect for tbe Speaker now in tbe chair , 51 well as bis general consideration for j art ice , must determine aim to object against granting a power which , however impartially exercised in fact , would sevez be regarded by partisans as haying been so exercised . After a few obasrvations npon tbe authority to give costs on appeal , and upon the clause making certificates conclusive evidence for certain purposes , Lord Stanley passed on from tbe registry jjroTJsioDS to tae new feature , tbe new tack now added to tbs Bill This , be said , was & repetition of a trick of tbe appropriate clause , which these same Ministers tacked to the Iriih Tithe Bill , for the purpose of displacing Sir B . PeeL They had been obliged at last to abandon that tack , and had themselves , as Ministers , carried the Tithe Bill without it ; and be trusted that tbe same

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  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 27, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct538/page/6/