The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

THE SONS OF IRISH KINGS. (From the Dublin Evenitig Mail.) Wednesday peace officers Beatty and Montgomery brought up two coai black looking hulking fellows, with bloody visages, to the Board-room of the Police office, College street, charged with making George's quay a battle hjdd, whereon to display the pugilistic prowess of their O'dck brethren, for not merely content with fighting in their own proper persons, they had enlisted the sooty fists of all whom they could prevail on to do battle in their quarrel. When placed at thebar, they entered into ftilious criminations and recriminations. Please your Worship," exclaimed one, "this contan. ketrus fellow, who says he's decended from the O'Connells of Iveragh, and is a third cousin of Dan's, told me to my face. that all the breed, seed, and generations of the old stl(;k of the royal O'Connors, of Belinagar, were no better than saving your favour." "Aye! said the other, "but please your Worships, ax him if he didn't first aggravate me by saying that the 1nnccs of Iveragh lived at the back of God speed; that ftnnre Wa3 °lily °n0 road inco theil' kingdom, and that one oUO feet overhanging the sea; that there were only two uawny quern milts in it, and neither car or plough were eVer seen in the kingdom. You know you did, Tim u Connor I" "And you know its all true Darby O'Connell? And dIdn't you s ay that the King O'Connors paid tribute ever and aiways to the O'Connells, which is please your Worship, a b--y lie '-striking the bar, which tottered beneath his illustration, while the magistrates and officers in vain endeavoured to obtain silence. n [ Please -V0lir Works' ips," shouted the O'Connellite,— he said in Macey'g tavern, that my mother came to town with the yellow clay sticking to the soles of her feet." "And please your Workships," roared Prince Timothy O Connor, he said in Taubman's that the bars of New- gate were my father's morning spectacles." Turn the noisy blackguards out of the office," ex- claimed all the magistrates, with one accord. ^nd take care they don't tight in the passage," said Mr. Gabhett. "We must bind them strictly to keep the pure/' said Alderman Fleming, otherwise 'twill be nade a national quarrel, and the citizens be left without coals while these patriots are fighting it o'Ut." What a daily plague these O'Connors and O'Connell's are! —said Mr. Gabbett, "they should have a watch- house and police office all to themselves." THK HARVEST.—The accounts of the harvest generally continue to be of a very gratifying nature. FiillFRIES,Tlie salmon and herring fisheries 1 in Scotland have boen very productive this season. FANATICISM..—A maniac of the name of Hannah Beedham, residing at York, has latterly betaken herself to trances, and predictions, and street preachings. Last week she outdid her former fooleries by predicting her own death, which was to take place. at a certain hour on the Thursday, and for which purpose she retired to a farm house at Kei field, on the banks of the Ouse. ten miles from York. Thither thousands of fanatics repaired to witness the tulfilnient of the prophecy, but notwithstanding Hannah Beedham's incessant prayings, and shoutings, and singings, and final exhortations to her dupes for three days and nights—enough to exhaust the strength of an elephant- midnight came and the breath of life still lingered in the body of Hannah Beedham, who is yet alive and kicking, to the great mortification of herself, and the provocation of those who went inanv a weary mile to witness the fulfill ment of the prophecy.—Newcastle. Journal- INCAUTIOUS USE OF AIR GUNS,- In the after- noon of yesterday week, a gentleman, named Carr, was standing near a shop window, in London, when something whizzed past him, and, going between two gentlemen who were talking together, perforated the shop window, leaving a circular hole about the size of a halfpenny. A bullet was shortly after found in the shop, from which it was con- cluded that an air gun had been used on the occasion. An examination took place at the Mansion House, and Mr. Rates, the eminent optician, who attended, declared his opinion, that the ball had been propelled from an air pistol which was nearly in an expended condition. Ibis elucida- tion relieved the alarm that had been excited by the cir- cumstance; but the Lord Mayor and Mr. Alderman Scholey both considered it proper that a statement of the depositions of the witnesses at the examination should be ransmitted to the Secretary of State for the Home Depart- ment.

FASHIONABLES, 6iC. A deputation from the West India interest. iiielutlidg Mr. Burge, the agent from Jamaica, Messrs, Barret and Hodgson, from Jamaica, Sir Alexander Grant, Messrs. Bright and Ilhilpottt;, had an intrrview with Mr. Secretary Stanley yesterday at the Colonial Office. Mr. Stanley was accompanie d by two of his colleagues, the Duke of Richmond and tbe Earl of Ripon. The conference lasted upwards of two hours. .Married, on Monday, the 12th instant, by the James Glen, A M., minister of St. George's Hanover Square, by special License, at Crawley1.* Hotel, Albe- marle-street, the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Lake, to Aune, daughter of the Adm. Sir Richard Otis!ow, Bart., G C B and sister of the present Sir Henry Onslow, Bart. EI.OPEMKNT IN Hif.11 LIFE.-In a letter from a merchant at Pera, a suburb of Constantinople, it is said that the Grand Seignor's favourite Sultana, the Empress Enildas, has eloped from the Seraglio with youug Russian officer of the Chasseurs ofNovogorod. THE SWEETS OF PLACE.—His Majesty's Minis- j ters, bes'des the puzziing questions asked at them every hour by the Tories in Parliament, the hot lightning of the Irish Comet, with a fiery tail, the tedious colditigs of flu; moat tedious Hume, the rough curry-comb of Cobbett, and all the countless plagues that Eughsh Ministers are known to encounter, have, according to the 4< Spectator," another cause of uneasiness that is little dreamt of. Their royal master catechises, reproves, and rebukes them with such perseverance aud digni- fied loftiness, as none but Whigs would brook. POPULARITY.—At Newcastle., at a meeting of the sweet voices of the Northern Union, Mr. Lrukin, of decapitalinsr notoriety, I!( (I forth plen- tifully against the Anti-slavery Socsety, and the grant of20,000,000/. compensation to the planters, et omnia alia" the present measures of Parlia- ment. He concluded by declaring that the House of Lords is the only place to which the peoplecan now fiy for refuge, and moved a petition to their Lordships., which was adopted. He then moved that the petition be entrusted to the Duke of Wellington, which, after some opposition (con- veyed, ofcourse, in the very gracious of malluer), was agreed to. What will the Dukesay to this? What the popular candidates at the last election ? THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS —A petition very numerously and respectably signed has been pre- sented from a part of the physicians practising in London, who pray for an e"q"iry into the bye- laws of tho Royal College of 1 hysicians. They complain that by these bye-laws, which have been framed by the Fellows in contradiction to the Charter of the College, no physician can claim to be admitted as a Fellow unless he has graduated either at Oxford or at Cambridge; that the graduates of these Universities are obliged to be members of the Established Church and "that consequently all dissenters are excluded from claiming the Fellowsh;p. SPECIMENS OF MODESTY.—Sir John Key, just after accepting the Chiltern Hundreds, seated himself at the Board of the Stationer's Company, just as if nothing had happened and Sir John Scott Lillie, a Popish gentleman of the county Roscommon, with all the innate modesty of his country, offered himself to represent the City of London The two make a pair. REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF LONDON.- Another candidate has appeared for the repre- sentation of the city, in the person of Wm. Craw- ford, Esq., of the firm of Crawford and Co., East iiidit nierciiiiitq. This gentleman, in his address, pledges himself to promote the mercan- tile and commercial interests of the city and the kingdom generally, and to reform the abuses (?) of the Church, and tbe economy of the State. Of the qualifications of Mr. Crawford for the two latter purposes, we would speak with tender- ness, and therefore we say uotiiiiig: we suppose the gentleman himself brought them in for a flourish of speech. In respect to knowledge of mercantile affairs, he is Sheffield plate, all surface, compared to Mr. Kemble. Sir John Scott Lillie has resigned. THE COLLECTIVE WISDOM—The election for Coventry in December last, was marked by scenes of the most outrageous brutality that ever disgraced the English people and two Whig members were returned. Mr. Hal- comb yesterday week brought the subject under the notice of the house; as lie thought the honour of the house was concerned in it. While he was doing so, the report of guns firing on the River Thames gave notice of a boat race for a wager. Upon this there was a general rush of honourable members to the door! to the great improvement of the atmosphere of the house. -[No doubt these gentlemen, at the next elec- tion, will talk big on the hustings, of their atten- dance to parliamentary duties and very likely they will be believed.] BRISTOL AND LONDON RAILWAY.—In conse- quence of the great advantages produced by railroads, five of the public bodies of Bristol have deputed each three gentlemen to form, collectively, a provisional committee, to take into consideration the expediency of forming a rail- road from Bristol to London. These gentlemen have made their report, which sets forth at great length the utility of rail-roads, and concludes by declaring thei conviction that the proposed rail- way will be highly beneficial to Bristol and the surrounding districts, together with Wales and Ireland and that it will form a safe and profita- ble investment of capital. THE POST OFFICE.—.fjjs Majesty's Whig Ministers make a most unmerciful visitation on any poor sinner who happens to send a letter in a coach parcel, or by any other mode than their own most infallible means of transit, the General Post Oflice. When it is considered, that for any damage sustained from mistake, or any other fault on the part of the General Post Office, the poor sufferer has no redress; we think this rigid enforcement of a monopoly conferred by Act of I Parliament. is quite of a piece with the modestv of Lord Grey, Lord Brougham, and the rest of them in all titeirdoiiigs. But If the rest of the lieges have reason to complain on this subject, we of Merthyr have reason peculiarly to do so. What would be thought of a law by which, when we send a letter to Brecoii, IS miles otF, or to Neath, 22 miles off, we are forbidden to send it by any other conveyance than one which keeps our letter 20 hours and a half in transitu ? THE BISHOP OF BRISTOL'S CLAIM FOR COMPEN- SATION.—In another column of our paper we have reported at some length the case of" The Bishop of Bristol v. the Inhabitants of Bristol," being a claim on the part of his Lordship for the sum of 7,369/. for compensation for the destruction of his palace during the riots. The Commissioners under the Compensation Act had, we believe, offered him 3,7001. which his Lordship refused to take, not considering that sum adequate to rebuild the palace in such a manner as would satisfy his successor in the Bishopric, failing to do which his Lordship or his representatives would be liable to an action for damages. It will be seen that the jury gave his Lordship a verdict for 6,000Z. for the palace, his claim for furniture, &c. having been before adjusted with the Commis- sioners The public are anxious to know why Mr. John Williams (the radical candidate for Bristol at the last election) was brought down from the northern circuit, where he is considered neither the wisest man nor the best lawyer, on a special retainer of 300 guineas, to conduct the case against the Bishop ?--I Felix Farley's Bristol Journal. To so low all ebb has Whiggery fallen in the western division of the county of Worcester, that no party of the friends of Captain Wilmington, the lately returned member, has yet met, to celebrate that event except one that was held on Monday last at Staunton, at which Robert Canning, Esq 1 a Catholic gentleman' resident in Gloucestershire, presided, and about thirty- five Gloucestershire men met to celebrate the event thirteen only of whom were voters for West Worcester- shire !—Bristol Journal.

I GLEANINGS. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—To Lord CASTLE- reagh 1 expressed the pleasure I had derived fr"1" making the acquaintance of his guests among tbenJ the Duke of Wellington's. He spoke of the Duke: He said that his achievements in wtr were kuovvvt but that his ability in counsel, his caution, his con- ciliation in dealing with the complicated arrangenie01 of the continent that had followed his battles, not so much known these formed not less a part ot his character, and had gained for him, perhaps i" higher degree than centered in any other indivldtla in Europe, the confidence of its cabinets and So*e' reigns.— Rush's Residence at the Court of Grea Uritain. A SCENE IN DUBLIN.—" Patrick, is Mrs O'C. at home?" u jNo, Colonel, she's jisl gone out." "Iii Misa O'C. at home theii? I'll jist step yer honer" Mrs. O'C. from the drawiug-roo"^ door. No, Patrick, she's not at home! ANECDOTE OF LORD CLIVE.—When Clive a young man, a friend called on him one day, 8n" found him sitting with books and a pistol on the table* "Take that pistol," said Clive to his visitor, "aD fire it out at the window." He did so at once. Before- the smoke subsided, and while the room ran"- with the report, Clive sprang to his feet, exclaiming— God. h something for me to do yet—I snapped that pllto twice at my head before you came in, yet it did not go off; God has work for me yet." COURTESY TO VISITORS.—There is some tradi- tion respecting Ihe Court House (of Boston) whir" may render it interesting. It was in front of tbat place where the British forces were drawn up during the riots respecting the duties oil tea. It was there the first shot was fired by the English, and the first American killed. The spot is still pointed out where the first man fell. There was nothing which the Commodore left unnoticed, and my obligations to bilØ and to various other gentlemen in America require 0"6. to acknowledge that I believe there is no trouble they would think too great in order to oblige and gratify 9 stranger.—Fidler's United States and Canada 1832. Sir Thomas Lawrence, when accused of fl,t!ery, B ed to say that he never gave to the countenance aJ1 expression excelling that which at some fortunate moment had played upon the features which be pourt rayed. The population of London in 1750 iv.s 676,50 in 1801, 900,000; and now, with the suburbs, amounts to a million and a half. The increase oI population in the districts of England and been as follows, from 1700 to 1831 :-Agricult urill counties, 84 percent.; metropolitan counties, 1^7 > and manufacturing' counties, 295. 9 A TRUE Bil.L.-Solliew here about forty year r ago, a gentleman, taking his walk on a fine suJJllØe evening, heard a boy uttering most dreadful screaU19' fie quickend his pace to reach the scene of noise, a° saw a woman beating her son most unmercifully- of course, inquired into Ihe cause of this severe chss" tisement, when the woman answered by saying, ^0" see, Sir, my son Jock there, aud the laird's bairn, werC playin' thegither, and the dear lamb gae him a ba«'bee to gae to the merchant's for sugar candy; an' fi,n h.8 cam back, he telt the little ane that he carried it mouth, an' that it had a meltit—an' I am just the whir/gcry out o' the loon.—Perthshire Courier■ -TEMPERANCE.—'4 Gteat Britain and Ireland P3X 50 millions a-ycar for spirits, wine, malt liquor; a'1" consume annually a quantity which would make", River of three feet deep, 60fect u-ide,$41 miles long —From a recent English Publication. THE TRUE SOURCE OF DISTRESS.—If a would look back upon his past life, and consider has brought him into the greatest troubles and t» greatest distresses, and what has drawn his «• furthest from that which is right, he will genera"? be able to see that it was bad company, or the pany of those who had 110 religious principles. FRANCE.—in 1751 the population was iu 1820, above 30,000,000 and in 1832, 32,560,94J' In 1691, the total income of the country 40,800,000?.; in 1780, 160,440,0001.; in 186,200,000/ in 1810, 550,800,000/ in 294,480,000/ and in 1830, 352,000,000/. 1 present moment, after deducting the rates and tA%e '( it is estimated at 264,000,000/. In the begioing the present century, the country was taxed 23,560,00 under Charles X, iu 18*2y, 41,218,000/ and u0,hC the cheap government of Louis Philippe, by ,> grace of barricades, 41 his Most Citizen Majesty 461400,0001.-(Journ.deStatisq. Unive rs. so far ° dates and amounts are in question). g GENERAL WOLFE.—The minds of some meO ir 60 elevated above the common understanding o( *tij fellow creatures, that they are by many charged enthusiasm, and even with madness. When Geor;ø II. was once expressing his admiration of Wolfe, one observed that the General was road <l Oh, ^e mad, is her" said the King, with great quietoe.6 then I wish he would bite some other of Olf Generals." NEW YEAR'S GIFTS.—'The custom of Year's Gifts is very ancient, and was formerly carr-fii to a great extent. The sovereign used to accept f?' j from his courtiers and principal favourites, and '0' also in the habit of making presents to certain g viduals; the Prince, however, always taking? c, jp that the presents he received greatly exceedc value those which he gave. It is recorded of P'9 bj# Latimer, that on one occasion he presented master Henry VIII., instead of a sum iu gold f°'f New Year's Gift, a New Testament, with the folded down at Hebrews, ch. xiii. v. 4,—on refere jlll to which the King found a text well suited Os J admonition to himself. Queen Elizabeth 90 rg herself with wardrobe and jewels principally oi New Year's Gifts. Dr. Drake has given a I vpe! some of these presents—amongst the items we 'Sf' the following: Most of the Peers and peete, f to of the Realm, the Bishops, the Chief Officers of S11 f her Majesty's Household, even as low as the n,a*v# of the pantry and bead cook, all gave her Christmas box—consisting either of a sum of m?uop jewels, trinkets, or wearing apparel. The Archbi* j of Canterbury usually gave £ 40, the Archbish%0, York £ 30, and the other Prelates from £ 10 The Peers gave in the same proportion; w^iftS> Peeresses presented rich gowns, petticoats, s stockings, garters, &c. Her physician PfeS her with a box of foreign sweetmeats; and 'r0llIaD<i apothecary she received a box of ginger-candy> f$ a box of green ginger. Ambroise Lupo gave apt box of lutestrings; and Smith, the royal do9 presented her Majesty with two bolts of Citilibil" Mirror. tbC (I' OINTMENT FOR BURNS.—Melt in a new ar coil' ware pot, being careful to stir the compositio coo, tinually- I 4 ounces of tallow, 2 ounces of fine olive oil, 2 spoonfuls of Cognac brandy > #It 2 ditto of spring wa:er. aOpW spread this ointment on rag or blotting pape. ille it to the part which baa beu-i burned, and relevv the application two or three times in the course o day- BENEDICTION OF AN IRISH BEGGAR.—" save the house exclaimed Darby, on entfr'^ii "Heaven save the house, an1 all that's in it '• "e'f tt>" save it to the north!' and he formed the sign 0 l,tP cross in that direction Heaven save it to the f f to the aiste !f and to the waiste! f Save it f aud save it downwards! + Save it back1*'9 i' and save it forwards! t Save it rightt and 6 left! f Save it by night! + save it by day '■ t it here f save it there! f Save it in this way ? save it in that way t Save ityltin f + + .p $itl/ ir 10 it drinken + t tt + + + t-Oxiíõ Doxis (;Iol too Amin. An' now that I've blessed the 1 name of ihe nine patriarchs, how are vees woman, and child? An' a merry Chrfstiuias to says Darby More!" ea» RATIONAL REVENGE.—At the last Mayo^,TI> a prisoner was indicted upon a charge, to subs y iP which it became necessary to produce a on Court, as something turned upon its identify' to' prisoner was convicted, and the very next iefC° unfortunate witness (the donkey) was found f°a by the road side. of IRISH SOCIETY.—A COMFORTABLE SOCIETY.—Baron Foster, addressing the Gra" .y t of Mayo, last Saturday, said it was console ^c 0 find that that there was almost an entire abs ^<$ insurrectionary crime in that county. The gt»t were rather those which arise from an Unpe*'e^ ,0 of civilization, in which the people, J/ impulse of passion, commit rapes, murders, t 011 ductions, assaults, and every offence which O man against another. el THE GREAT WALDEN TASK-This oil] nary feat was accomplished a few days ago. tj Hill undertook to run two coach-wheels, a' niile; run a six inch cart wheel a mile ru'1 :ua>p 0 half a mile riile on horseback two miles and 20 five-barred gates separately, without touching the whole to be completed within 38 minutes.

J he DUM* ol \Y LLLl.Vj ION reitiuuied the uobie arll hat some 1110s imyo tant alterdl ions had been ) in roduc-ed into the bill. Lord HIPO acknowledged that there had bet n alterations introduced, but not such as should pre- '¡ vent thnir lordships consenting to the second reading of' he bill. The Earl of HARROWBY thought the preferable course for the government to take would be now to sta e the circumstances connected with the bill, and the al'erations which had been introduced. Lord BELMOKE objected to the bill upon prin- ciple. A Ions discussion followed, in which Lord SufKeld, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Wynford, the Duke of Richmond, Lord St. Vincent, nid Lord Clifford took a part. The bill was then read a second time, and commit- ted for Wednesday.—Adjourned. Hor-SE OF COMMONS, AUG. 12. On the motion of MR. P. THOMSON, the house went info committee on the Factories1 Regulation Bill. On the 5th clause being proposed, Col. HAY moved certain verbal amendments, which, after a few words !rom Mr. Robinson, were ree,4 to, and the clause passed. Nfr, GORING pr,)r)oied,,tiiat there be inserted in clause six the words "'one and a half hours for meals. ;\Ofr. POIíLETT THOMSON could not accede to the proposition. The clause was worded from the copv of Sir John Hobhouse's bill, and the amend- ment proposed would make the twelve hours1 labour ten and a half. Mil, PLUMPTRE was aware that the effect of I the bill wonld be to limit the actual labour of the children in the factories to ten hours and a half daily. But still he thought that the present clause us it stood would be very detrimental to the children of thirteen years old, especially the females of that age. Many of them living at a great distance, would be compelled .to be from home several hours in the dark during the winter months, which would be most injurious, not only to their health, but to their morals. It had not been sufficiently considered of how much importance to the whole community are the morals of the females of the working classes for. if you take care so to bring them up that they may be good wives and mothers, you do more towards the forming of the morals of the working classes than you could by any other means Although he did not expect that the amendment would be carried, -he should vote for it. Mr. E. J. STANLEY said he did not disregard the morals of the temale children. If they were, at the tender age of which the hon. gentleman (Mr. Piumptre) spoke, allowed to be absent from the fac- tories, and not compelled to attend sohools in the dark hours of winter, there would be much more more danger of bringing them to that state of de- moralization, which he (Mr. S.) admitted would have the effect justly described to be in the highest degree detrimental to the community. Sir A. HOPE said that if the labour of the children were too much reduced, he thought the quantity of food must be reduced also and he thought it would be much better that they should work twelve hours and be well fed, than ten hours with insufficient food. Mr. HOWARD hoped the house would not accede to the amendment of the lioroti.-ahle member for Shoreham, as it would have the effect of preventing altogether the employment of children in factories. Mr. COBBETT said he much approved of the amendment of the hon. member for Shoreham. If the hon. members of that house could see the the little children running along the snow in the mornings and see their mothers dragging them along with breaking hearts to their unwilling work, they would not listen to speeches but would set about relieving them at one, Neither would the noble lord bestow any half relief, as his bill was only calculated 10 do. Mr. WALTER agreed wi th the amendment of the bon. member for Shoreham, and should support it with pleasure. M. HARDY agreed with the hon. member for The amendment of the hon. member for shoreham bad also his approbation for its object was to give an additional half hour to the children, a thing winch was most desirable. ■rki'iiT' observed that the hon. member for Jldham had said, it the house could only see the lit ie children runniug along the snow in the morn- mg, and their wretched mothers dragging them to their labour, they would not listen to speeches, but would legislate instanter now he (Mr. B.) would say, in reply to that, 11 let the house see and let them legiilate-biit not until then." If they waited to legislate until they saw this scene, they would wait long enough. Mr. ROBINSON said that there was a considerable difficulty in dealing with the amendment proposed by the hon. member for Shoreham, for the reason that it applied to children of both sexes. Now he would maintain that boys under 1.5 were as well able to labour as girls above 18. His objection to the bill all through was, that.it abridged the labour of children from nine to 13 to eight hours a day, while a single day after they might have four hours ad- dttional labour imposed upon them. After further observations from Mr. G. Wood, Lord Sandon, Mr. Bolling, Mr. Plumtree, Mr. Brock- ri^'rSt' Mr* Mark Philips, Mr- Cobbett, Mr. P. 1 rtomson, and other lion, members, the house divided— For the amendment. 17 Against it 53 Majority against the amendment.. —36 <_m our re-admission into the gallery, we found Mr. BROTHF.RTON proposing as an amendment, to insert two hours instead of one hour and a half for meal time. The gallery was then cleared for a division, but the amendment was negatived without a division. The clause was then agreed to as it originally stood, and ordered to stand part of the bill. Clause 7 was also agreed to. On clause 8 being called, Sir n. WILLOUGHBY objected to it, for he believed relays would be found impracticable. Lord ALTHORP agreed with the honourable baronet who had just spoken that there was great difficulty about the relays, and that it would not be beneficial to the children but that he had always thought they could not legislate on this subject with- out producing iriischief. Sir H. PARNELL thought they ought to take some time to consider this subject; that the clause should not be allowed to go into operation until it could be brought before the house again next session. With that view he should move, as an amendment, to insert in the clause instead of the words 1st of January, 1831," the « 1st of July, 1834." Mr. P. THOMSON suggested that the operation of the clause should be postponed till six months after the passing of this act, instead of the 1st of January, -193 1, This would have a much better effect than the proposal of the right hon. baronet. He con- sidered the measure to be an evil forced on the government and the hovise, but the leaving the question open for agitation till another session of parliament would be productive of the greatest pos- sible evil to the trade itself and to the public. Col. HAY declared his determination to support the amendment of the right hon. baronet. Mr. ROBINSON thought the amendment of the right hon. baronet would, if adopted, reduce the house to the greatest possible inconsistency. 'Co!. TORRENS would certainly support the amendment. In the manufacturing districts the im- pression was general that the Ten Hours1 Bill was required and they were determined have it. Mr. O'REILLY trusted that the operation of the Bill would not be delayed beyond the period proposed by the clause under discussion. Mr. COLQUHOUN supported the amendment. Mr. C. WOOD wished that, instead of the clause commencing at nine years of age, it should commence at eight, by which means 25 per cent. more lahour would be obtained. The house then divided, For the amendment 18 Againstit. 64 Alajoi-ity -46 On clause 8 being put, Mr. G. WOOD moved that the words within the factories or mills" he left out. V Mr. P. THOMSON said by that amendment the law would be evaded, as it would bedifficult toobtain information of what went on withinside of the mills. Mr. G. WOOD objected to the children being obliged to leave the mills under all circumstances of weather and distances of their habitations. Mr. P. THOMSON informed the hon. member that the objection would be obviated by the the succeed- ing clause, in which it was provided that if a place in the mills were appropriated for the children to eat their meals in, apart from the machinery, and under public inspection, such would be admitted to be done. Atter a further discussion the amendment "as lost on a divisioli- *oes 4 4 ( « -J" i,ga I n. "gainst the amendment • *—2 The CHAIRMAN then reported progess, and obtained leave to sit again. SECOND SITTING. Mr. L1ITLETON presenied a petition from a magistrate ot the county of Stafford, complaining of an injury which the magistrates of that county had sustained trom certain imputations thrown out upon them by the Solicitor-General in a speech of his which had been published in U)at C0limy# The SOLICITOR-GENERAL recollected the ex- pressions he had used, but disclaimed having in- tended personal offence to any individual he cer- tainly considered the state of the magistracy at Dudley as very unsatisfactory, Mr. Littleton, Sir H. Hardinge, and Sir O.Moslev, spoke in high terms of the respectability of the magistrates of Stafford as a body.' The SOLICITOR-GENERAL could not retract what he had said of the magistrates of Dudley being po itical partisans. The petition was laid on the table. Lord DLNCANNON, in reply to a question from Mr. Hume, said it was intended to convert the ban- queting room at Whitehall into a place of reception for the national pictures, instead of building a na- tional gallery as at first intended. With respect to the new palac-e at Pimlico, the noble lord was pre- pared to state that it would be completed for less than the 7,5,0001. voted by Parliament for that pur- pose; the furnishing would require about 50,0001. more. Mr. HUME gave notice of a motion on the subject of sinecures in Scotland. Mr. EWART brought up the report of the com- mitteeon the criminal law, which was ordered to be taken into consideration on Monday. Mr. LITTLETON then moved the second reading of the Irish Tithe Arrear bill. This motion led to a protracted discussion, Mr. Hume stating his opposition to the measure, and urging that at leas: twenty-four hours ought to be allowed for further consideration. This delay was objected to on account of the advanced period of the session, and ultimately the house divided on the question—for the second reading 109; against it 56. The bill was then read a second time. The report of the Bank Charter bill was then brought up, and Mr. THICKi\ESSE mO"ed that the clause making bank notes a legal tender be oinit'ed. Mr. HUME seconded the motion, and in doing so said, the present was a most inconsistent House of Commons, saying ay or no, just as ministers desired. After some conversation the motion was negatived without a division. The China Trade bill was read a third time and passed after which the house adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS, AUGVST 13. Lord SUFFIELD presented a petition from Darling- ton, in Durham, against the compensation clause in the Slavery Abolition Bill. Also a petition from Peckham, in Surrey, in favour of a measure of pro- tect ion to Children in Factories. The Separatists' Affirmation Bill went through committee, aad the report was ordered to be received on Wednesday. SCOTCH BURGHS BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR rose to move that the above bill be read a second time. He begged to assure their lordships that a strong desire in favour of the measure existed in Scotland, and that he should be deeply and bitterly disappointed if the intentions of government in this instance were frus- trated by the rejection of this bill. The Earl of ROSSLYN said his main objection to this bill was, that it would give rights to a parcel of persons who not only ought not to possess them, but who were ignorant of the way in which those rights should be exercised. This measure was intended merely to establish a constitution for a year; bu who ever heard of such a proceeding ? The facit however was, that some other way of regulating the franchise must be devised. The Earl of HADDINGTON must enter his protest against this most dangerous measure, and concluded by moving that the bill be read a second time that day six months; The Marquess of BUTE said that he would sup- port the second reading of the bill; although he Considered that the enactments were not sufficient to effect the ^declared objects of the preamble; he urged that the rights ol the burgesses of Scotland ought to be attended to. The LORD CHANCELLOR briefly replied. He contended thatthere was no spoliation by the bill of the burgesses, for the whole power of the corporation was vested in the council, to whose management the present condition of the Scotch corporations was owing. As the main object of the bill was to do away with self-eleciions, its provisoes were to pro- vide for a new mode of election, by extending the number of those who could elect to 10f. householders. The bill was one to alter the mode of electing town councils, and nothing more. The Earl of HADDINGTON said a few words in explana ion. The bill was theniread a second time, and ordered -to be committed on Thursday next.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, AUGUST 13. FIRST SITTINGS. On the motion of Lord Althorp, the house went illio a committee on the Factories' Bill Mr. Bernal in the chair. Mr. G. W. WOOD, on clausc 8, which enacts that the employment of children under eleven, twelve, and thirteen years of age, for more than eight hours a day, should be prohibited, moved, as an amendment, that at the expiration of six months after the passing of the act. no child under eleven years of age should be per- mitted to work more than eight hours; that no child ulltiek.. the age of twelve years, should be permitted, after the expiration of eighteen months after the passing of the bill, to work for more than eight hours a day and that after the expiration of two years after the passing of the bill, BO child under thirteen years should be permitted to work more than eight hours a day. TillS, he said, he did that the effects of the bill might be gradual. Lord ALTHORp objected to the amendment, as postponing the operation of the bill. Lord MORPETH was averse to the adoption of such lengthened periods; but he would not object to a graduated system, the extent of time being limited to six months. Mr. MAXWELL was of opinion that any sudden alteration would be found to be an evil to all parties. (Hear,hear.) The first proposition of the hon. mem- ber's amendment was then put and carried without a division. On the question of postponing the operation of the clause as affecting children of twelve years of age for eighteen months. Lord ALTHORP proposed the adoption of twelve joonths for eighteen. Mr G. W. WOOD spoke in favour of the larger period, as proposed in his amendment. After some observations by Mr. Oswald, infr. Ponlett Thomson, Mr. Mark Philips, Lord Morpeth and Sir H. Wij,oujZlibvl the house divided- For Mr. G. W. WOOD's amendment to insert I Eighteen months 34 Against if. 23 Majority The third proposition of Mr. Wood was then agreed to, and the clause so amended, ordered to stand part of lite bill. NI". G. W. WOOD proposed an amendment en- ablin, the masters to make the relays at meal times and to work the children nine hours every day but Saturday, but so as not to exceed forty eight hours in every week under thirteen years ofege. Lord ALTHORP would rather a separate clause were proposed, but could not pledge himself to sup. port it. Mr. BROTH ERTON said it woald be much better to move as an amendment to the 9th clause, that ten hours be inserted for eight hours, for children under th..1 thirteen years of age. It would be better for masters and operatives. Mr. HYETT seconded the amendment. Sir H. Willoughby and Mr. Cayley supported the amendment. The gallery was then cleared for a division on Mr. Brothertou's amendment, when there appeared- For the amendment 16 Against it Majority —24 •Juring the exclusion ot stangers, Mr. CA YLEY moved an amendment, the object of which was to extend the protection of children in fac. tories to fifteen years instead of thirteen. It was lost. The clause, as amended, was then agreed to. Clause 9 was next put, which, with a verbal amend. ment, was ordered to stand part of the bill. Clause 10,11, 12, and 13, wLh trifling amendments, were severally ordered to stand part of:he bill, Clause 14, as amended, whs"agreed to, and ordered to stand part of the bill. agc,!ed t(,, aL.Cl ol"t el eil The house resumed. The Chairman then reported pi ogress, and obtained leave to sit again this evening. rri SECOND SITTING. 1 .ie order of the day was read, and the House went into committee on ti*3 Tho *^C*ORlES' REGULATION BILL. c*tfuse was agreed to, with verbal amend- ments. 0 On the 16th clause, fixing the powers and duties of inspectors, being read, .F' LGERION (as WO were informed) objected to e a ei pait ot the clause, as enipoweiing' 'he in spec ors o exeicise a vexatious interference in facto- ries. He therefore moved that the latter part of th« omiUed e' W°'d interesl>" iu ,he 4l6t line' be Hie committee then divided, and the numbers were— For the amendment .18 Against it 4t.1 n Majority —28 tnc ause 17 being propose,), the object ot which is to appoint local inspectors. bill >»oved that it be expunged from the Aftei some conversation the committee divided — t'or the clause 44 Against it ] 31 Majority 73 Cla isel8, which I efers to the education of the chil- dren, was then moved. Mr P. HOWARD said that he should now press 1* ainenc incut that these factory children, instead of paYlll a penny ill every shilling, should only pay a penny a week, to the inspector. iV" defended the original clause. Alter a few words from a member (name unknown) in support of the aaieud cent, the committee divided, when there appeared- For the amendment 40 Againstit. 55 Majority 1,5 On our re-entering the gallery we found the com- mittee discussing the l&th clause. Clauses* 20, 21, 22, 23,and 24, were then, after some discussicn, agreed to. The several c!auses up to 45 were agreed to with verbal amendments, with the exception of clauses 32 and 42, the first of which was expunged, and the last postponed. 0 The committee divided on the question that clause 45 stand part of the I)ill Ayes 32 N oes 40 Majority —8 The remaining clauses were agreed to. On the question that the preamble should be agreed to- 0 Mr. G. WOOD objected to it, on the ground that it was of a criminatory character and therefore he moved that a new preamble be substituted vvl.ich merely declared that children were worked fora louder period than was conducive to their health and con- sistent with their power of obtaining education. The house- then resumed, and the report was ordered to be received on Wednesday. SALE OF BEER ACT. The house resolved itself into a committee on this act, Mr. S. RIC E said he had a resolution to propose on which it was his intention to found a bit Ha pro. posed to raise the character of the beer-shops by raising the price of the license. He would still, how- ever, leave the licenses to be granted by the Excise- offic- Hear)-aud would confer no additional juris- diction on magistrates, except with respect to police regulations. (Hear.) The hon. gentleman coticinded with moving the following- resolution—"That for every license to be granted to any person to sell l.eer, or ale, or porter, by retail in any part of Great Britain shell be paid the sun of5t., and for every license to be granted to any person tosell cider by retail in any part of Great Britain shall be paid the sum of 50s., in lieu of the present duties payable thereon." Mr. WARBURTON would not oppose the reso- lution. The resolution was agreed to, the house resumed, and the report was ordered to he received to-morrow. The third reading of the Bank Charter Bill was postponed till to morrow. —Adjourned HOUSE OF LORDS, AUGUST 14. The Royal Assent was given by commission'to the liish Church Temporalities bill, the Dwelling House "jglary bill, and several other public and private bill,, a proceeding symptomatic of the near approach 0 ~.c termination of the session. jj Several bills relative to the Customs Dutie* Th atj?ns were read a third time. lord f- f Wellington again approached their Jama;S w't'1 a petition from certain planters of coursp? les'.c'f,n' i» London, prayiag to be heard by tion'rnp»aFa'nst the Abolition bill. His grace's peti- the form'o >0We.v.ei' w'1^ l'le ^ate which has attended passed Pf'°ns °f those most interested, it was of the EV^ri<-n s.ence> a!|d the house, on the motion toconsiT resolved itself into a committee On th rei»ainhig clauses of the Abolition bill. considArl^rSt c'ause> which provides that all persons. >b« age of six year, TKp i\ 1 ntlces, being read, amendmTn. °f WELLINGTON proposed, as an amendment that the apprenticeship clause should not commenceuntil June, 183- Lop ment6 CHANCELLOR opposed the amend- sliverv C> sau^ ^ould prolong the period of 20 00lfnnn7m^Onil1S, whereas the public haviiiggrauted the slave lat^ a r'ght to expect some advantage for harveslsh! IV.IN^ENT' on account of ,he Perio'ls the datp m wished the 1st of Aug»st t0 be L d RI the bil1- Lord SUmFTnd T °,>ject to th,'S arran^T'<' slavery fiXed to ,0 haVC the pe' The DU-ie of WELLINGTON would readily give adopted °F ^lnceat> whose amendment was The Duke of WELLINGTON then moved as an aftprlhp n CVei'y s,ave bro,l!,rlit iBto England he might beSS'nS°f tb'S act should be free wherever Upon this amendment Tl!f- CHANCELLOR made some remarks, I Ifi which he contended that it was monstrous to say 6 fni" a should interfere with his i.g s, an urther, that under the proposed regula- (ions a black man would have as much right to sit in the house as the two illustrious dukes who were sitting opposite (the dukes of Cumberland and Wel- lington.) The Duke of CUMBERLAND complained of being personally alluded to as irregular. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he had a right to allude to any peer by way of illustration in debate. Lord WYNFORD contended that the Lord Chan- cellor was irregular, and after some discussion the house returned to the subject of debate. Ultimately their lordships divided-for the original clause 28 for the amended clause 12. 0 The clauses up to clause 12 were then adopted- after which their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMQNS, AVGVST 14 Sir T. FREEMAN! LE moved the issue of a new writ for Cambridge, in the room of Mr. Pryme, on the ground that the hon. member having in fact ac cepted the appointment of a commissioner of bank- ruptcy under the new Bankruptcy Act, bad thereby vacated his seat, although he had afterwards declinod to act under his appointment. After a discussion of some length, the motion was negatived. Mr. HUME then called the attention of the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer to the number of prosecu- tiooa which had recently taken place under the Sta Act, for selling unstamped publications, &c. Th •amounted to upwards ot 400; he hoped the n«hT lord would biiug in a bill to put an end to such m-o cutions in future. se~ Lord ALTHORP said, most of those prosecutions were instituted by common informers; it was ho ever, hisinter.tion to bring iu a bill to prevent sueh prosecutions iu future. In answer to a question from Mr. Blamire The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said, be regretted to find that no less than 1,000 prosecutions for the re covery of tithes had been instituted under Lord Tenterden's Act. He considered these prosecutions as most unwise, so far as the interests of the Church were concerned. Mr. BLAMIRE gave notice of his intention to introduce a bill on the subject this eveniuo- MISCELLANEOUS ESTIMATES Mr. SPRING RICE moved that thesum of290 0001, be granted to his Majesty for defraying the ch'are-cs of the commissariat dopai tmeut to the 1st of \r„J h 1834. ^urcn, After a few words from Mr. Hume, the resolution was agreed tu. The sum ùf01,m.,¡¡. was granted to defray the ex- penses of the halt pay of the commissariat department, officers, pensions, and the pensious of widows and orphans of deceased officers. Ihe sum of 2,7(3H. was then voted to his Majesty to detray the expenses of repairing the palace of Brighton. 3 p The sum oj 23.000Z. was voted for repairs at the narbour of Kino^town. Also the sum of 2,499/. tor defraying the expenses of Portpatrick harbour. Also the sum of 4,5561. for Donaghadee harbour, he sum of 3,)53/. was also voted for'Holyhead harbour. The sum of 20,0001. was granted to his Majesty to detray the expenses of additions to buildings at the British Museum. b £ -fG,0u0 was granted for the completion of Windsor Casilc. The sum of 1,800l. was voted for thc State Paper Offir-e. I he sum of 8,4S21. was voted fur the improvement of, he port of Pembroke, The sum of 1,50Ul. was voted ns a errant for the erection and repairs of churches in Scotland. The sum of 10,0001, was voted for the erection of a national gallery, or a place for the reception of the national pictures, The sum of 4;),neOl. was voted for the payment of officers of the houses of Lords and Commons, and of his Majesty's Treasury. The house having resumed, the Chairman reported progress, and the committee to sit again on Friday.— Adjourned. PA RUAMENTA R Y PAVERS. MUVrCIPAL CO llPORATJONS. Return of the Thames and description of the Persons em-, ployed umlcr the CommisÛon to inquire into the state of tie Municipal Corporutions in England, Wales, and Ire land. together with the Instructions which they have re- c ive.l, and the rate of remuneration proposed for their Strt.jcc,. COMMISSION FOP. ENGLAND AND WALES. NAMES AND. INSCRIPTION.—John Blackburne, Sir Francis Pal^rave, George L0113, Fotnnat.us Dwarris, Samp- son Augustus Rumbal!,George Hutton Wilkinson, Thomas Jetfiiison Hogg, Peregrine Bingham, David Iardijif- Richard Whiteombe, John Elliot Drinkwater, Edward John Ga nbier, Thomas Flower Edis, James iSooth, Henry Roscoe, Charles A'isrin, Edward Rashion, Alexancjcr Edward Cockburn, John Buckle, Daniel Maude, eoinmis- sionci's and barristers at law; Joseph Parkes, secretary and solicitor. INSTRUCTIONS.—To inquire as to the existing state of the several municipal corporations in England and Wales, and to proceed, with the utmost dispatch, to collect infor* mation respecting the defects in their constitution, so as to enable parliament, if possible, to legislate upon the subject eaiiy in the nfxt session. To inquire also into their juris- dictions and, powers in the administration of justice, and in ail other respects*, and also into the mode of electing and appointing the members and officers of such corpora' tions, and into the privileges of the freemen and other members thereof, and into the nature and management of the income, revenues, and funds of the said corporations. To inquire also into the several local jurisdictions existing within the limits of all corporate towns in England and Wales. AMOIJMTOP REMUNERATION.—To the First Commis siouer 3001.; to the other Commissioners, and to the secretary and solicitor, each, 2001., with one guinea per dicln to each Commissioner, whilst out upon the inquiry, for the expenses of living; and their actual travelling expenses. COMMISSION FOR IRELAND* NAMES AND DESCRIPTION .-Louis Perrin, Commis. sioner and Sergeaut at law James Moody, "W illiam Hauna, Maurice King, William Elliot Hudson, Aeheson Lyle, Maurice Brady, John Colhoun, John Richard Corbailis, Phillip Fogerly, David Robert ruot, Henry Baldwin, Mathew Richard Sausse, Commissioners and barristers at law; Thomas Reiliy, secretary. INSTRUCTIONS.—Same as in case of Lngland and Wales, excepting that the following words are. added to the sec >od clause Whether charitable or otherwise, and into tolls or customs within their receipt or under their Iflanít2;f>:nent. A MOUNT OF REMUNERATION.—The same 113 in England and Wales*