The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

ITR WOLrF, THE MISSIONARY. o The following-letter is from the wejl-known mis- sioitury, Mr Woltf:- I Co, e;, Isle of Wight, Jan. 29. Nly dear friends of the missionlry cause in Eil. gland,— Worn out in mind and body, I return now to this country, and arrived at Cowes, in the Isle of VV ight, yesterday from America, and not knowing' whether my wife and child are returned from France, ] expect hei-e ttle answer from my dear wife. 1 have traversed these last two years the whole of Yernell, Abyssinia, as far as Axum; but on arriving at Ad wall I found Mr Gobat, the missionary, very ill, and therefore, I re-accompanied him to Jiddah, Ar- riving at Jidd,,h, I -ii,,d to see, previous to my return to Ahyssinia, the Jews at SIljzia. I arrived safely at Sanaa, saw the Jews and fieehabite. aDd the cbildreu of Hohab, another branch of the Reciia- bites; but was horse- vhipped by the Bedouins on nty return to Mocha; and on arriving at Hodeydah, on my return to Abyssinia, I got so ill with fever,' that 1 was obliged to jive up my journey to Abys- siuia. I embarked at Jiddah for Hindustan, thence to St. Helena, where I lectured and then preached; and then proceeded on my way to America, where I wasordained by the Right Rev. Dr. Doane, Bishop of .New Jersey. I weni on to Washington, and, intro- duced by Mr John Quincy Adams, the ex-president, to Coiigres, I preached before both houses on the importance of missions; and now I am again here in Knglj^d, worn out, and probably shall soon finish iny dayiio-ii eaith in this happy country, in the circle of my wife and child. The dissolution of my body is hastening fast.—Your's truly, "JOSEPH WOLFF, Missionary."

A very extraordinary incident occurred to the Lord Exmou'h coach, oil its journey from Liver- pool to Newcastle, on Wednesday night. The coach left Sedbertr on its way to Kirby Stephen, about two o'clock on Thursday" morning; the driver soon after quitted his seat and went into a public house at the roadside; shortly after the coach proceeded without anything extraordinary being observed. There were, it appears,three passengers,! wo gentlemen and a lady; inside. A ner the coach had proceeded some distance, and while the horses were trotting along the road, one of the gentlemen jumped out. This roused the other passengers; they were at a Joss to account for so extraordinary a proceeding: one moment they felt their pockets to be satisfied they had not been robbed, another they believed the gentleman de- ran,-ed, or in liquo, The door was fastened arid the coach proceeded, sometimes at a tolerably smart pace, at others slow, the passengers giving the driver great credit for the caution he evinced in getting along a bad road. At length, after being somewhat longer on the stage tharl usual, they reached Kirbv Stephen in safety. The gentleman who had remained insit.Ve, determined to endeavour to asceriain the meaning of the person leaving the coach so abruptly, told the waiter of the inn, with that view, that lie wished to speak with the coach- man. What was his aton ihmen t when he was informed that there was no driver, aud that the coach and horses had brought thein ten miles vitli- out one. The gentleman who had jumped out of the coach suspected all was not right, and oil that account leaped out while the coach was going for- ward; in doing so he fell, and though he followed for a considerable distance, lie was not able to over- take it. He called at a house on the wayside and procured a horse, with which he proceeded to Kirby Stephen, where be arrived a few minutes after the coach .-Tyne Mercury. Lady Palmer, the wife of Sir Ralph Palmer, whose sudden death was announced in Tuesday's paper, is the eldest daughier of Colouel Fearon, Deputy As-i-tatit Adjutant General of Madras. It will be remembered that some years since the Kent East ludiaman, conveying troops to Madras, took fire white at sea, and all on board resigned themselves as lost, considering they were totally beyond aspis- tance or hope so far from land. Col. Fearonwas the officer commanding the troops, and his wife and five daughters were likewise on board of whom only the eldest (now Lady Palmci) was'past child- hood. Her dauntless courage is recorded by many eye-witnesses as she sat oil the deck, reading a:oucl the Bible to her young sisters, while the flames were pouring forth around the roup, and the thick smoke prevented ih-,ii- see: beyond the vessel. Another tihip providentially discovered the fire in the distance, and pressed all sail to re-cue the sufferers but so rapid had been the progress of the flames, that it seemed impossible t<> transfer so many individuals before the Kent would blow up or sink. Col. Fearou determined to see all his men out before he left the vessel, and accordingly the boats were plied as fast as possible, until none remained in the burning vessel but Col. Fearon and his heroic daughter, whom no powei could induce to leave her father, and they finally were sawd together. On their arrival at Madras S,r Ralph Palmer, the chief judge, was struck with the IIItrcplulty of the noble girl, and, becoming attached, they were soon afterw irds united. He retired a short time since from his important office, and returned to England, where in x the midst of domestic happiness, he waq sti(i(leiily taken away, in tbe 54th year of his age. Evening Paper,

IAHCH OF INTKLLF.CT.—A highly respectable gentlenHlu ill Dunbar called the other day upon hill. > flesher to complain that the I( (ripe" was ill-cleaned. The flesher equally respectable, vi ith a lengthened coun enance exclaimed, "1 fear, sir, I cannot help. it, for the last time I "Lwke to the man that CICtlll" it for me, what d'ye think he said ? I IVI,Y, air sayS, he, 'these bungling fellow,, of ministers are leltiaf? the country and the interests of the people <0 all the devil together; the thing" won't do-we must get up a petition and turn the fellows out!' Noff «hat dare I say to a person of that description?" N I?YEL TKAVRLLING CA 11 HI.AGE.—A carriage has just been built for George Newman, Esq., Bedford-place, Kensington, which, for elegance n" comfort in travelling, surpasses anything we have- ever seen. It is divided into two collipli- tlnetif,, ()De' being used as an ante waiiiug room, and the ohee- as a drawing room or bed room, with every com'0' convenience, and elegance that could be desired. The ante room contains a table, drawers, aud ci* nary utensils; the drawing room, reclining !iofa9, sofa bedsteads, six chairs, table, cupboards, Ac., alIl a splendid chandelier of nine lights iu the n>ij('^ A stove and fuel for warminsrareaiso taken, length of the carriage is 2,5 feet, and the broidill nine, height of the body nine, and length of drawill' room 20. The whole weighs 2l toii Magazine. I was fold," says Miss Martirieaii, "a story1 of an Amerioan physician, which is characterist10, (if it be true), showing how pitriotic regards nisi enter into the practice of medicine. nllt 1 gIve I ottly as an ort dit. It is well known that Adams Jefferson died on the 4th of July of one Monroe of another. Mr Madison died on fcfee 28th of June, last year. It is said tliit tile, who attended Mr Monroe, expressed rogret that ine had not the charge of Mr Madison, suspecting that he might have found means to ke,-p, him alive he died of old a§e) till the 4th af July. rhe prac- tice in Mr Monroe's case is said to have been this — When he was sinking, some one observed what » -.1 remarkable thing it would be if he should die 0* the anniversary, like Adams and Jefferson- The physician determined he would give his patie|1* '■J* chance of its ending so.. He poured down and other stimulants, and omitted no inea" to keep life in the failing body. On the 3d of Jilly. the patient was sinking so rapidly, that there seemed little chance of his surviving tbe The physician's exertions were redoubled; 8" the consequence was, that on the morning o( lP 4th there seemed every probability of the patieatv IIvtng to the 5th; which was not exactly deBi**?" I do He died (just as if he wished to oblige his firten to the las') late in the afternoon of the 4tb. () the story runs." The Canadian Winter," by "H. B. i happy hit. Poor Lord Glenelg is soused up to tile n I'" throat in the broken ice. Lords Melbourne a", J. Russell are attempting, with great trepidation, a". with evidently inadequate force, to lug him oat; ni!0 his only chance of safety is thcfp?>luiitary aid of 11 Duke of Wellington, who, in thd fgarb of one of Î helpers of the Humane Society,-is good-nature4 • hastening to rescue the frightened, but not thorough t awakened, gentleman, who lias shown himself '"L too wise to walk into a well. Lord Brought"1, g- surveying the scene with griin satisfaction, and credit after the event for having foreseen it. I likenesses arc all excellent. (For this wcck'i.rhcts see our first page.) ter., Printed and Published by JOHN GRAINGE, Of of High-street, Merthyr Tydvil, in the Count Glamorgan, at the Office, High-street, Merthyr "yr where Orders, Advcrt'sements, Communications? ar« requested to be addressed. —A publishe Brecon, by JOHN WILLIAM MORGAN, inferior, in the Chapelry of St. Mary, within Parish of St. John's, in the County of Brecon. Saturday, February 10, 183U. P i

F' POETRY. o TOWN AND COUNTRY. [There is much of truth in the following lines, and.as they strike U, of poctic beauty-the experience of almost every man of observation will acknowledge the first-tlicrc i; no genuine lover of poetry but will rccogaise the second. They are extracted from a Ti-agedy 'rnitled Welcome and Farewell," privately publishcd. J Mttrjtnret. Sun1 they who lead A country life, uv.is». lie trior:• pure and holy, T>;an we of the crowded citv. There the ln-art Dwelling isi profitable « »Iitu<>, Holds fr .•oueut commune with ¡t,plf in silence, Or, which is s.weeter still, may mcdi'.atc Amid the various melodies of natkire- The. mlll"muri!1\( sound of insects on the wing, The song of birds—the lfow and fall of waters. Which calm trie soul anil tit it for good thoughts Better than silence. On the works of (iod The eye co;i iimaiiy reus, an,1 meets No intervening obstacle to exclude The observation of hi, bounties springing From the fair earth Oh in the country We seem to tanti in our Creator's presence, Surrounded by the wonders he hath made. To charm and bless us,— while the land, sea, and "k" Are open all before its, and our hearts Keceive an elevation and a purity From the de?p sentiment which breathes from them But here, in the town, all is so artificial. AV e see and hear of nothing but of man, And his ingenious, petty, vain de\ ice, Our very walls confine, and hPTII us in, And shut out nature, truth, religion, from us.— Tis sursly better, Anne, to dwell in the country, Good is more nigh and evil farther off. A nne. I know not that,—where'er we rt: wc bear Our own temptations with ti- and still think To draw from our peculiar state, or station, The excuse for yielding to them. In the retirement Yon deem so blest, full many a bad passion Thrives more luxuriantly, and strikes "deeper root, Than in the much libelled citv. Where we meet But few to compete with us, trivial graces -Will oft engender wondrous vanities While mighty envies spring from slight occasions, And smal1 otfences, falling on a mind W hich has but little to divert its thoughts Will kindle deep and lasting enmities. Marg. Well Ye, It may he so! Yet, still I wish Mv lot had fallen with you amid the mountains, Or anywhere but here.

"oIr.P'1:!iii-i:9C7" CHIT CHAT. During one of the late galcs of wind, at Barn staple, one of those beautiful liltle birds, called Stormy Petrels, or Mother Carey's Chickens, was !i,.I,en tip alive it, ilit? cenli,e of tlje tovn.- !cttgrti Luminary.- —POLITICAL BKTTIN G.—Odds have been offered, and freely taken,that Lord Durham never so much as sets out on his Canadian expedi- tion.—Morning f-iret-ald.-A tailor, having heard a great deal about the famous cow-cabbage, wen' to see it. '"Is that ali]M said he, Why that's nothing to the cub'jat/c I hive seen;" -A the occurred a'. Dresden on the O h ultimo, by which 'he buildings containing the courts of !a\v, as we1; as several private houses, were very iniicli dit- maged. Tut: C\LccE<sn i. Cr.i-a. — A club is so called from its members having failed in dramatic writing- One condemned farce entitles a man to be a member inxfuitfir. If bis comedy be withdrawn after the second lie must be bal- lotted for but if his tragedy be hissed off during the first act, he comes, in bv acclamation, and may order whatdinner he pleases. Hah a Rous F W msii- .itr. r.-At Viborg, in Denmark, the Supreme Pro- vincial Court lately condemned a prisoner, who bad been convicted of perjury, to the loss of two lingers of his right han l.—Au.tshuri) (luzstte. As wa" well observed by a relapsed Radical at a public meet ing— Mr Hoom is one of them ere chaps as'!l dpoil a sixpenny knife by cutting a furden out of a dint!" .SUICIDFS By FIIIF..—There have been only three instances of self-destruction by fire,-tliat of the philosopher Empedocles, who threw himself into the crater of Mount .Etna; thatot a French- man, who, in imitation of the former, precipitated himself, in 1?30,into the crater of Vesuvius and that of an Englishman, who about 30 years back jumped into the furnace of a forge. There are various rumours a to the amount of the late Lord Elrlon's property; by some it is stated 10 amount to £ 3,000,000 by others to C:300,000.)Iorninq Herald. LATE Hotms.— Mr Pitt once declined an invitation to dine with the Duchess of Gordon at nine, because he was engaged to- sup with the Chancellor at eight. We have seen a note of invi- tation from Lord Londonderry to Sir Thomas Law- rence, to dine E t half-past nine for ten. In Erlangen, one of the free town* of Germany, they made a law prohibiting any man from being in vested with a public function whose Christian name wai Peter.-I have (says a correspon- dent) a clock, attached to which is a figure that always comes out of his house in fine weather, but lies hid during the bad resembling, in this respect, certain supporters of the present Ministers, who always appear at their side in their sunny moments, but retire at the approach of a bitter north-wester. -An improvement, we hear, is about to t,¡ke place in the shape of apothecaries' phials,rendering 'hem shorter and wider. At present, like most of those who are doomed to swallow their contents, they are unable to stand upright. An in- ferior poet asked Swift's opinion of an epitaph he had composed. "1 think," said the Dean, the lines are very appropriate, for they are the saddest and sorriest verses I ev"r read." A singular feat was performed on Saturday la-t. A youug man named Sowerby succeeded in walking upon the frozen surface of the Thames from Windsor to Chelsea-bridge, a distance,allowing for the various windings, of about 30 miles. The task was under- taken for a bet by no means commensurate with the labour, which was much increased by the very siipperystate of the ice.- 'A breath can make them as a breath haili made." When the" heredi- tary bondsmen" agree with O'Connell, they are the fitiest I)isantrv," &c., when they differ they are "cock "parro\> s "-P. p fl.-The proportion of paper used in printing, is estimated as exceed- in t'fo thirds of the whole quititity.iisaiitifictt)red -St.tÙ,fÏcal Journal. Mishap tides up with ptlr and bont, TIuralways slinks a,ay on foot. The celebrated Yorkshire Meteorite, in the possession of the family of the late Mr Sowerby, ig proposed to be sold, as soon as £ 30) are sub- scrihed for it, x-,itli the view to its bein-, preserved in the Briii-ii Museum. It is certainly a very important object in natural science EARTH- QUAKE.— On Sunday week the shock of an earth- quake was experienced at Tynehead, near New- castle; by which the Tynehead Fell was rent nearly to the extent of half a mile. LOUD FABSBOKOUGH —The newspapers are in error in slating that a pension fell in to (Jovernment by the death of this estimable nob'eman. His Lordship liberally surrendered it, though so justly earned by long and important services, in his life-time. MARCH OF MI\D.—A ladv desired her Cook to dress a mutton cutlet with a particular sauce. '1 am afraid Iladiiii)," answered she of the gridiron, "that the idiosyncrasii of the meat will be lost in the effect of the adjuncts.'1'' A matrimonial alliance is said to be on the tapis, between Lord Claude Hamilton, brolh to 'he Marquis of Aber- corn, and the Hon. Miss Stuart, daughter of Lord Stuart de Rothsay We believe that the Earl of Devon is fixed upon by his Grac-c the D ike of Wellington as the nobleman to succeed Lord Eldon in the High Stewardship of the University of Ox- ford. His Grace could not, we are convinced, have made a more judicious selection.— KOLLV COURT, THURSDAY, I-EB Court sat to-day in Lincoln's-in'n-halI, and it being the first day after tenn, solicitors were sworn in as usual. The number sworn was 76. r"Clirisiiana, Queen of Sweden, used to say she lllved men, not because they were men, but because they were not women. The Earl of Durham ''will accept of no re- muneration for his services. It is not olten that a proud muii so accurately estimates the value of his talents. -JFA new reaping machine, likely from its simplicity and efficacy, to form an impor- tant era in the rural labours of the farm, has been invented. This machine combines the clipping ^■vith the cutting principle, and it possesses the ad- vantage of being equally applicable 10 standing as well as lying corn, and can be worked on the most irregular surface. It is calculated to cut (en acres a day, with the assistance of a man and horse. This machine was invented by Mr Robert Baldwin, of Annan, D'IIII!.rieshire.The production of wool in our Austra'ian colonies is now between two and three times the amount of that of Spain, whence this country used to derive its principal supply. -The constituency of the West-Hiding of Yorkshire, according to the last return is 29,076 voters. —KfovrfsG FRENCH. —Pom, do you know French ?" "Yes, very well by sight, but have no speaking acquaintance with it.rhere is a rnmour that the Speaker does not find his strength equal to the fatigues' of the session, and ha" inti- mated a wish to he relieved from them. -Lord Brougham still calls Lord Glenelg his noble friend; but it must be admitted, uses hiin in the same breath most ignobly- "Mr Brinsley Sheridan, brother to the Hon. Mra Norton, and to Lady Seymour, who married the heiress of the late General Sir Colqu- houn Grant, has been appointed to fill (lie office of high sheriff of Dorsetshire for the ensuing year. New MODE OF DEFHAIIDING TU8 ITEVENUE-A -A I; canny" citizen, of the name of Macdonald, whose good lady had gone into Yorkshire on a visit to Iwer friends, made tire following simple arrange- ment witli her as to the mode of communicating intelligence without incurring postages If all was well, he was to send her a newspaper addressed Mrs. Macdont re/ and if otherwise, Mrs Mac- danill," in wtrich latter case she was to return without a moment's deiiiv.Ilr Pearson, of Oxford, inventor of a new drag, proceeded last week by the Devonport mail to try his invention, sanc- tioned by the inspector of uei Majesty s post- master general. A provincial paper in copying tbe above, printed "drag" wo» ai)d for "post master general," Colonial etiny.- Notwith- standing the se%-ei-i(y ()f tile c,))(] in l'rance, Ger. many, and even in the south of Europe, letters of the 11 th of Janunry from Christiania, in Norway, say that the temperature there was a,) mild that the roadbed was entirely tree from ice, a eireiiin. stance which had not occurred there at this period of the year in the memory ot the prcssntgeneration. • The Poisvilfe Journal has the following oil: iriis notice a nurse to take charge of a basket of children left at tlns omce some time xince.Ittiericao paper—= 7" ,E AUTHOR OF Justus's LETTERS.—On Saturday began the sale of the late Sir Phillip Francis's books, at Mr Evans's. Pall-mall, rendered remarkable in conse- quence of various writers having argued that Sir P. F. was the renowned "Junius. Many of the books brought good prices, in con-equence of there "being some of Sir Phillip's MS notes in them, they showing, at least particldarlY"1!1 marks in Black- stone's Commentaries, that lie Junius had marked the like passages. His editions of Junius remain to be disposed of.— merchant in one of the Antilles wrote a most elaborate and 'lengthy' epis'le to a London house, and received for answer a letter running thus —"Sir— tVrite shorter letters, and draw for your money.—Your obedient, &c." SKVKKE ILLNESS OF THE Citovx PIUSCE OF HANOVER. A letter from Hanover, dated Jan. 23, says hUiltoyal Highness the Crown Prince has been severely ill for some days past. As the con- stitution of the young prince, who is much beloved, is very delicirTe, "the violenceof,the disorder excites J the greatest apprehensions. No, bulletins have yet been published. "4

-z, -a.è: SEmyet'tal SJaxit&snent. HOUSE OF LORDS—THURSDAY. CANADA. Lord BROUGHAM said he held in hi" hand a petition, which he considered well worthy their attention. It wa« .the petition of Mr Roebuck, for- merly Member of thr* Commons1 I louse for the city •>f Bath, and Atreut for some years of the House of Assembly of Lower Canad I. The petition set forth thai he was agent for that assembly; that be had '),,I i )I e v; a, ,17 been heard against Ihe Canada Bdl at the bar of the lower House of Parliament, but be did not set forth lie fief, that the House of Commons had heard him in the capacity of agent. lIe prayed to be heard at h"ir Lordship's bar, to lay before their Lordships such reasons as would how the injustice and im- policy of the Bill in question. Now he (Lord B.) apprehended t-hat their Lordships would consent to hear the petitioner, and the only question \va», in what e.ipnei'y their Lordships would allow him to he hpard. It was his (Lord Brougham's intention to have presented the petition ycFterdav, but on enter- ing the house he found that it had Jilst adjourned. Mr Roebuck disclaimed any wish to otier a vexa- tious opposition to the Bill, or any desire of creating delay, and therefore he did not seek to postpone fjle second reading, which was fixed for to-morrow. Ttieir Lordships would probably consent to Mr Hoebuck being heard at the bar, on the motion for the House to co into Committee. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in the absence of his Noble Friends, said that he believed noohjection would be offered to Mr Roebuck being heard, but in what capacity the House would ha*e to determine. The Ear! of ABERDEEN entertained not the slightest objection to Mr Roebuck being heard but lie was anxious that the character in which he was hccird should be ifrst recognised. lie certainly object to his beine heard as the ag-eot of thc lIollse of Assembly, HI d he thought their Lordships would not recognise him as such. He had no doubt what- ever that Mr Roebuck bad been in communication with the Colonial office; but he was of opinion that he would not be there recognised as the agent of the House ofAt-semhty. Lord BROUGHAM WIS aware that there had taken place a rather nice discussion in the other House of Parliament on the subject of Mr Roebuck petitioning to be heard at the bar against the Bill, aud he would sU[lI{¿t to their Lordships that Mr Roebuck should be heard on the prayer of the peti- tion, without staling1 that he was heard as agent. The Earl of ABERDEEN trusted that the matter would not be drawn into precedent, lest great incon- venience should hereafter follow, by persous seeking to be heard on any Bih which might be upon the table. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE observed that there were peculiarities about this ca&», which took it out of the general rule observed by the House. The Earl of ABERDEEN suggested the propriety of the conversation oil the subject being now post- poned, and renewed to-morrow, when more Peers would be present. Lord ELLENBOROUGH said h? would much rather hear the agent of the Canadians against the Bill, than any person on behalf of the House of Assembly, because the Canadian people were more deeply interested in the subject, it being a penal measure affecting them. The conversation then dropped, with the under- standing that the subject is to be again introduced to-morrow. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Cupar, in Fiipshire, against any additional endow- ments to the Church of Scotland; likewise petitions from the royal burgh of Annan, for the extension of the elective franchise, annual parliaments, and "ote by ballot, and for file reduction uf pust-offiee charges on letters; also a peiiiiou from Dumbarton, in fitvour of voting by ballot; besides two other petition* from Ctip4i--tiic one praying their Lordships to resume and pass the Municipal Corporation 13ill (tor Scotland), of last session, and the other in favour oi the County Goals Bill. The Noble Lord then presented n petili n from Portsmouth, praying the House to agree to a measure for the einaucipalion of the Jews. MISTATEMEXT. Lord BROUGHAM said it was not often that he made any complaint of any misrepresentation, but he would takc that opportunity of adverting to a mistatement (unintentional, no doubt), which had appeared in a most respectable morning piper, affecting: hi-ii-a paper to which the public was con- sidernhly indebted for its exertions to obtain an amelioration of the criminal law4 and the abolition of slavery. The wi-iter had fallen into a great mis- lake, and he (L^rd Brovi^iliam)^ ihought it ought lo be corrected. It his been stated that he had repre- sen'.ecl file iiieastire of 18;J:, for the abolition of slavery, as being air entire failure. Now lie said any such thine; as he had more than once before asserted. He had said that it had disappointed in-iny persons as to the remit, and that it had done less good than some had anticipated, blithe never said that it had failed. In the s line quarter had also appeared some observations upon ihe EdlIcatioil Bi|t calculated to mislead the public as regarded that measure. It had been asserted that tliiq Pill did not enforce a scriptural education, and, consequently it ought not to receive the sanction of the moral part of the community. Now such wss contrary to the fact; for it (lid so happen that this Bill required religious instruction to be imparled, and no portion of the ^20,000 which parliament panted for the purposes of education could he appropriated to schools (by a clause in this Bill) whcre religion formed no part ot education. He thought it proper to set this matter rijlit, otherwise the effect of his Bill would be mistaken by the public. BURNING OF THE CAROLINE. Lord ELLi'.NBOROUGiI was desirous of know- ing whether the Noble Marquis opposite could furnish any intelli?euce as to tlle unfortunate de- struction of the American steamer Caroline, which had reached.town to-/fay ? The Marquis of LA NSDO\VXE said that no official information in the subject had been received at the Colonial office. Their Lordships then adjourned. .,#,1-1" HOUSE OF LORDS—Frtm\Y. Notice was given by the Earl of RIPOS that on Friday next he would move the second reading of the Bishopric of Sodor ami Man Bill, Lord GLENELG then- in a speech of considerable length, moved the second reading of the Lower Canada Government Bill. The Earl of ABETcDEEN followed, and in review- ing the whole question, commented with much severity upon the miserable blunders of our colonial policy-upon the delay, the waverings, the contra- dictions, and the absurdities of all kind, by which the Whig administration of Canadian affairs had been characterized. The Noble Earl enumerated no less than four examples of inexcusable delay in their proceedings. 1. The superfluous commission of so called inquiry, but real procrastination, of which Lord Gosford was the nominal head. The non-repeal of the act of 1831, for surrendering the Crown revenues to the Legislature of Lower Canada, according to the recommendation of the Commiltee of 18*28. 3. The non,appointment for nearly 18 months of such Legislative and Executive Coun- cillors aa were recommended by the reports of Lord Gosford's own commission j and 4, the nou-iutroduc- tion of an Act of Parliament, founded upon, andk demanded by, their own coercive resolutions ot last Session, merely to escape giving offence to the Radicals on the eve of a general election. Lord BROUGHAM, with much Of style, commented upon that policy which ifIHJalcd in the Whig councils here, and was perfected and" carried out" in Canada. The Whigs did nothing here to prevent rebellion in our Aaierican c(ll()"ies-on. illf! contrary, by sending out resolutions which were sure to be ill received, without at the same time sending out increased means of securing obedience to these resolutions, the Whis did all that in them lay to provoke rebellion. The Noble and Learned Lord declared, that ihe House of Assembly in Lower Canada was mocked by the shadow of u power to withhold supplies, aud he declared that in all its movements the House of Assembly acted within the limits of its privileges, and, consequently, that for the present rebellion that House was not, morally, responsible, Lord MELBOURNE seemed to bestow more trouble on replying 10 the vituperation of Lord Brougham, than on adducing any new facts or argu- ments in addition to such as he had already used on the subject of Canada with so litile eiteci it* the justification of the policy ot his GovernUlent, The Dike of WELLINGTON took a review of J the whole question with the comprehensiveness that is so remarkable a character^in his style; but com- mented especially on the Ministerial instructions to tire Earl of Dill-lidm. HI Grace rnaintained thllt the Lower House of Assembly was the real aggressor in the present dispute-flie Lower Canadian House of Assembly was the real promoter of revolution. To allege that that 1 louse had a constitutional right fo s'op the supplies wasgrossly to fhistake the question really al issue. The House of Assembly had no right to make the granting of supplies condiiioual on the subversion of the Constitution. The Legislative Council as now organised, is as much a portion of the Cdnadiao Constitution as the privilege of with- I O" -=" holding supplies is a constitutional -ti,i-ibiite of the House of Assembly. In reference to Lord Brougham's arguments as to the expediency of dis- puting any IOllger with the House of Assembly about the constitution of the Legislative -Council, his Grace remarked that the Legislative Council is the only protection which English interests in Canada possess. French interests, almost exclusively, are represented in the House of Assembly and to crive these interests a preponderance also iu the Legisla- tive Council, would, on the part of the English Government, be to abalidon Canada. The Noble Duke concluded his address as lollo-s Nly Lords 1 sincerely hope that the rebellion has been got under but 1 trust her Majesty's Ministers wi l not suppose for a moment that it has been got rid of altogether. O i th • contrary, 1 entreat them to con- tinue their preparations, and to assemble at the earliest possible period as large a force as the resources of this country can alford in Canada File t tllitl!c tli;it this wits a little iii(I They should not think tlut this was a little war, and of ^io importance to this country. Observe, my Lords, what has occurred since the 2d of December, ihe day we first heard of the misfortunes of Canada. No less than four important event* have taken place sine* that period in that part of the world, every one of w hich is strongly calculated to draw towards it the whole attention ot the Government. (Hear.) Fur my own part, I had not the slightest suspicion that a revolt would t .ke place until ill" news was received; but 1 now know that the President of the United States has issued strict orders to prevent all hostile proceedings bet ween the United States and flie two provinces of Ciniida, and appointed parties to superintend and enforce the duc execution of these orders. (Hear.) But, my Lords, we should not forget that there are many questions Unsettled. The quetiolls relaling not only to our own boundary line, but the boundary line of Columbia and Mexico remain open. These are all important questions to the country, aud I hope her Govei-iirti,t)t will pay to them the attention which they deserve, and not be led away by the notion that they were only engaged in a (Hear, hear.) In proportion to their firmness on the present occasion they wonld fi lid friends and allies not only in Cnnada, but in the Uniled States, and therefore lie implored the Government not to he deceived for a moment by supposing that the matter had censed." (Hear.) Lord WHARNCL1FFE gave a reluctant assent to the bill, because he thought that by iiiiie'y care the presentllecessity fdr it might have been obviated. The Noble Lord referred to the celebrated 92 reso- lutions of the House of Assembly in Lower Canada, as proof that .o loti, ago as 1834 the agitators in that province looked forward to a Republic and an intimate alliance with the United States. His Lord- ship objected to the appointment of Lord Durham, because that Noble Earl had, at soaie recent public meeting, pledged himself to ultra-Liberal measures. After a reply from Lord Glenelg, and a lew words from Lord Asbburton, the Bill was read a second time. On the motion of Lord BROUGHAM it was or. dered that on Monday Mr Roebuck should he heard at the Bar ngztitist file Bill, %vitliout reference to the validity or otherwise of his appointment as agent for Lower Canada. Their Lordships then adjomned. TIOUSE OF COMMONS—FmDAY. Mr LAUOUCIlEIlE gave notice that on Monday, he would inove foi- a Committee of the whole House on If Ie "ubject of the coal trade of the pori of London. Lord PA LMERSTON, in answer to questions from Sir R. Inglis, said, that with regard to the Catoline, no official accounts had been received at the Colonial Office, and nothing on the -object was known except what h id appeared in the American newspapers. He could answer the question with relation to Mr Fox, as despatches had been received from him in the Ciotr.se of the day. These despatches were dated the 5h of January. Mr Fox, on the 2nd of January had received a letter from Sir Frallc-is Head, "statinir what had taken place with regard to Navy Island, and the occupation of that (dace by a body of persons armed and.equipped w'ahiti the territory of the United States, and as- sisted by American citizens Air Fox therefore comtnunicatcd these facts 10 Mr Forsyth, the Secre- tary of State in the United States, and received in reply a friendly communication in the first instance verbally, containing an expression of sentiments such as might he expecied from the friendly spirit of the United Stales' Government towards this coun- try, and the hisjli sense of honour by which that .country has been actuated in its dealings wi ll foreign countries. ("Hear, heir," and cheers.) On ihe 5ih inst. he had received a note, iu which Mr 1 'orsj'th assured Mr Fox that all the cou-liiu- j tional powers vested in the Executive would be exercised to maintain the laws; aud that they would be always disposed lo fulfil the obligations of the United States Government to all nations, whether engaged in foreign or domestic wars. (Hear, hear, hear.) In addition to the assurance that all powers now vested ill the Central Government should be put into force, for the purpose of preventing aggression, the President on the 5th sent doivn a message to the Congress, stating 10 it mat the law as it stood was insufficient to enable the Gvoernment to prevent such proceeding*, a"d asking Congress to give Ihe Executive, further powers foi, that Upon that communication a short discussion look place in the Congress, in which many of ihe leading men took part, au<i iu which all persons who spoke ex- pressed sentiments of the most friendly description toward this country. (Cheers.) They also stated that it was their st' onig wish that ihe laws should be enforced, and if the la, a., they at present existed, were not sufficient, stronger powers ou^ht to be given. (Loud chcering.) Nothillg could be more satisfactory than were the communications that had taken place between her Majesty's Government and that of the United State. [^e 111 ou<»•! 11 that the House might cot,fideiitly there might have been on both sides acts committed not consistent with the laws, aud in violation of treaties existing — considering, the unanimity t that had existed between the two countries—that nothing had taken place to interrupt the friendly relations which existed between this country and the Ullited Sates. Lord JOHN RUSSELL added a few words to the effect that all future operations against Navy Island were to be carried 011 under Ihe direction of Sir J. Colborne. Sir G. GREY stated in answer to a question from Mr Plumpirs, that all application had been made by parlies in this country for a charter for the cstab- lishment of a colony in Now Z^uland, and that nego- ciations had been entered intoatid were still pending with the said parlies. No definite arrangements hud been made. Mr MACLEAN asked whether any steps had been takfnbythe Government in consequence of a petition lie had presented to the Foreign Depart- iiieiit relative to the condilion of certain prisoners in Portugal 1 Lord PALMERSTON said he had transmitted a copy of Ole petition to Lord Howard de. Walden, with instructions to inquire into the circumstances. He had in consequence received a reply from that Nobleman, which lie proposed shortly to lay on Ihe table, and which he thought would be satisfactory to the BOil, Gentleman. The Court of Sessions (Scotland) Bill went through Committee without discussion, and was ordered to be commiiied oil Monday next. The Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill was debated in Committee, and reported with amendments. The Benefices Plurality Bill was read a second time and ordered to be commiiied on Monday the 19<h inst. In moving the second reading of ibis Bill, Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice, that it was i-he intention of Government to ask for a vote of • £ 120,00;) or £ 130,000, for tho-e places where the means of religious instruction are insufficient; that Government a!so intended to carry into effect some modifications iu the report, No. 4. of the Church Commissioners and, further, that Government in- tended lo propose, on their own responsibility, cer- tain alterations in the report No 5. by which the salaries of Deans will be limited to £ 2,0()J a-year, and the salaries of Canons to £ 1,000 a-year. The Irish Municipal Corporations Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed ou Mon- day fortnight, but Lord J. RUSSELL intimated that he would g-ive the Irish Poor Law Bill precedence, and defer the discussion of the Municipal BUI till the Poor Law Bill sliotild be Of. The second reading of the Ships Mortgages Bill gave rise lo a discussion, which terminated in the measure being withdrawn. The Conacre Tenants Bill was read a second liine,and ordered to be committed on the 10th of March. — Adjourned, .#I'##r HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Woolsack at five minutes past five o'clock. Lord DENMAN presented two petitions from Coventry, praying for a general system of national I education and that by that system no prelerence might bs given to any particiilat, sect. A F K AI It s O r C A X A D A. Upon the motion of L rd BROUGHAM, the order of the day was read for hearing Mr Koebuck ht the bar on the affairs of Canada, < ■, .i.' [ The House of Lords this evening presented a very aiiiiiiated antl,n,vel appeiriiiec. Immediately 1\ Roebuck was ordered 10 be called in, several Peers left their usual seats, an,1 stationed them- selves on the benches near the bar, among whom we observed, Lord Lvndhnrst, Lord nacre, the Earl of Radnor, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Aberdeen, and Lord Wharncliffe. Lord Melbourne appeared t6 pay ^reat attention to the speech of the Learned Gent'eman, of which ho took voluminous notes. Lord Glenelg sat next to the Lord Chancellor at tbe table. The space belo-v the bar "was crowded. Mr Leader, Sir William Molesworth, Mr Wakley, Mi llume, and several other members who take an interest in Canadian affairs were present Ihe whole of the time Mr R. was acidi-essing the House] Mr ROEBLTCK was then called in, and in a very long speech attempted 10 prove 1 hut the Canadians were justified in resorting to amis by the persever- ing refusal of the British Government to redress the great and numerous grievances which he stated they had ]()v-, no new facts were add.iced by Mr R we think it unnecessary, pressed as IIC are for space for less hackneyed to give an iibstrtet of his speech. Mr Roebuck having retired, Lord said that lie would not offer any opposition at present, hut would reserve to himself a di-cretionary power at any future sttve. The Earl of RIPON was or opinion that, with respect to the arguments which had been just heard as to the suspension of the Canadian Constitution, the Constitution had been da facto suspended by fhe conduct of the House of Assenibly. The BiB then went through Committee, and wns ordered to be read a third time on Thursday next. Lord ABERDEEN wished to know whether it was intended to wait until Lord Durham's arrival in tbe colony to make proclamation of the Bill, or whether a discretionary power to that effect was to be vested in Sir J. Colborne? Lord GLENELG said the latter vlq the course which it was intended to adopt.—Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. Lord A. took the oaths and his seat as Member for Canterbiii y. POST OFFICE IMPROVEMENT. iyir WALLACE presented a petition from the Chamber of Commerce of the City of Edinburgh, in favour of Mr Rowland Hill's plan for Post Office Improvement, and an extension of the Day Nlidils to Edinburgh. Several petitions were presented, praying for an improvement of the l'ott onieg System, the aboli- tion of Negro apprenticeship, Voting by Ballot, the repeal of tbe Poor Law Bill, and the mitigation of the Sentence on the Glasgow Cotton Spinner*. BISHOPRIC OF SODOR AN*O MAN. Sir R. INGLiS presented a petition from the Rector of Darlaston, against the suppression of the Bishopric of Sodor and Man. NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION. Mr PLLTMTRE gave notice that he should on the 13th February, move that an humble be presented to her Majesty, praying that her Majesty would he graciousiy pleased to with- hold from the New Zealand Association the grant of her Itoyal Charter. JOI'T STOCK COMPANIES. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice that he should to-morrow move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the law relating to Cleri- cal Members of Joint Stock Companies. This he did i-ii consequence of the decision which had lately taken place in the Court (tlear, hear, from Ihe Conservative benches.) Mr HUM 15 wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether be intended to renew the Com- mittee, and take any measures respecting the Bank of England. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was his intention in the course of next week to move the appointment of a Committee on Joint Stock Banks. Mr HUME asked if the Hkht Hon. Gentleman intended to open the question of the conduct of the Bank during the last IS months. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that if the Hon. Gentleman meaiU by that question to ask whether ths Government intended to propose any alteration in the agreement which, after o-reat deliberation, .that House had concluded with the B.tnk,hc beo-n-ed to stale it was not his intention to propose any alteration in that agreement. At the same time be thomrht it WHS impossible for that file t ,'louse 10 consider the state of the Batiks throior-hout the country without aso taking into consideration a portion of the conduct of the Bank of England, so far as roe country circulation was concerned. Mr HUME wished to know how thf agieement between the Bulk aud the Government had beeu carried into effect. He had given notice Inst year, and lie now renewed the !lolice, tlut he \I)uld move ar. inquiry into the general I lie hank of England—and, at the same time, he wished to know what the Government intended to do wiih ihe Bank of Ireland (hear). The period WilS lIear when Ilw charter of that Corporation would expire, and lie wished to know what alteration the Govern- to ill its coii,tiftili,,Ii. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he had -riven notice last year that he intended to move for a Committee up <stairs, one of the first objects of which would be to consider the slale of Banking 'n Ireland. Mr HUME said be hid one more question to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He had under- stood that a Mr Piimroj-e was appointed lo a situa- tion in the of Edinburgh, which was generally co isidered to fie a sinecure. Now he wished to know uhgtherit was correct that such an appoint- ment had taken place. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was not at that moment prepared to answer file I-Ion. Member's question, but lie wo ild make inquiry and give an answer when the Hon. Member should think fit to renew his motion. NEW WRIT FOR ELGIN. On the motion of Ilr E. J. STANLEY a new writ was issued for the El-jin boroughs, in room of Sir A. L. llay, appointed Governor of Bermuda. COMMUTATION OF TITHES. .Mr BARK RT f gave notice, that some (Jay in March, he would call the attention of the House to the causes which obstructed the Commutation of Tithes in England and Wales, with a view to their removal. POO Ft REUF.F (lilEfcAND) BII.L. On the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL the Order of the Day for the second reading of the Irish Poor Relief Bill was read. Sir CHARLES STYLE advocated giving a right to relief to the Irish poor. Mr SHAW agreed with the Hon. Baronet that the right to relief ought to be given to the desti- tute poor in Ireland But he llId not agree with him that relief should be given out of the public funds. Mr O'CONNELL said that he would not occupy the House at any length on that occasion, as lie intended to move an amendment on the motion that the Bill be committed, to the elrect that it should be committed that day six months or three months (hear, hear, hear). lie was not opposed to a Poor Law which would give relief to the sick, the wounded, or the aged; or any measure which should be free from the permanent ill of tempting the lahouring classes to augment their numbers by looking to the workhouse as an ultimate refuge. If he stood alone he would oppose the Bill. (Hear, hear). He was convinced that Ireland was too poor for a Poor Law, and there never was a poor country benefited by a Poor Law, notwithstanding the distinction which had been drawn between poverty and destitution, by the who said there was more poverty in Ireland and less destitu- tion than in England; it was impossible for hi", to explain, as he did not understand how so much poverty should exist without destitution. A hun- dred workhouses, in which 80,000 persons were to he boxed up and imprisoned for the benefit of their health and the improvement of their morals-by the separation of the husband from the wife, and the parent from the child, were "holly unfit for Ireland. *Mr Nichoils nepd not have gone (o Bris- tol or Manchester to ascertain that the Irish were unwilling to take relief in workhouses. He (Mr O'Conndll) would not occupy the House by dis- cussing the meritsot the Bill on that occasion, as lie intended to oppose the Bill 011 going into the Committee. Mr GIBSON was anxious to know what was to become of tile 1,2()J,000 poor for whom no provision was made in tho workhouses. Mr J. GRATTAN thought that the Bill in its principles was one best adapted for the improve- ment of the condition of Ireland. A n lion Member had aid that no Hon. Meinbar bad previously been bold enough to bring forward snob a measure. He had done so many years ago, but had abandoned it, for want of encouragement. His request on the present occasion to her Majesty's Ministers would be to keep the Bill as it was with the exception of file clati-es relatit), to emigration. Tile introduc- tion of the two subjects of out door relief and emi- gration in one Bill he did approve of, and thought that they should nut be mixed up. No machinery that could be deyised would be able to give effect ,v to the system. He did not object to make M Niohollas absolute as was necessiii-y but having always viewed the system of emigration as visionary with respect to what were termed the surplus population, lie trusted tliit, it would not form any part of the measure, but entreated the considera- lion of every Hon. Member to the important Bill then before tlietn -11 Mr P. SCROPE considered that the Bill was cal- culated to raise Ireland from a IItute of misery and degradation to one of opulence and prosperity. Mr IHNDLEY did not consider it necessary to make any apology for lroublin; the House en this subject, as Ireland was a portion of the empire ii) which all felt interested. He did not agree wilh the Riglii Hon Gentleman the Recorder for Oublin, in his congratulation thai this was no party ques- tion. He thought it would have been better if it had been, for he believed tuat if it were a party q"estion,the benches on either side would have beeu more thickly clothed (cries of Ob, oh, !). Bill as it was not a party question, they both agreed on the side of oppression, (oh, oli '). As to, the machinery of the Bill, he did not object to that, whether it related to the one hundred workhouses or to those workhouses being conlincd to the re- ceptioti of g'),().,o iiidividiials but lie wondered how the Bill could be called a good Bill, or that it could be designated as a Bill for the more effec- tual relief of 1 he poor of Ireland. One nf its chief cifecU would be to stop the source which now re- lieved tile poor, nauie:y, that of private cha t^■ i ty. It could liever be properly called a Bill for more effectual relief, when it contained clauses stating that every person begging, or gathering alms, or setting any child to do) so, Iiotild be sent to hard labour to the House of Correction for any time not exceeding one calendar month, and for the second offence for any time not exceeding three calendar months. They were also empowered to issue warrants for the apprehension of sus- pected persons, and the nioney which a person might have received an hour bpfore to relieve his destitution might be taken from him, and employed to send him to the House of Correction. And this was in a Christian land. Had the Noble Lord the Secretary for Ireland a heart ? Had he read those Scriptures which inculcated ood will and cliarity ? If lie had done so, and was impregnated by the spirit ot. their precepts, lie thought he would n<?ver retain those clauses. Let the Bill be proved to be one for the more effectual relief of the poor of Ireland, and he would support it; but he would never do so while these clauses remained which were ali -.e at variance with charity and Christianity. If they persisted in that course, and made also Mr Nicholl the commissioner for the administration of the NeNv Poor Laws in Ireland, who was also a Commissione to the hand-loom weavers, they might depend upon it they would produce a slate of things to which those ot Canada would be but as a verv little atfiiir. Lord Clement and Mr Roche spoke briefly. Lord J. RUSELL having replied, The Bill was read a second liine, and ordered to be committed on Friday. P A R1.1A M E T A TL Y ELECTORS AND FU.EF.MEN. Lord J. RUSSELL moved that the House resolve itself into a committee on the Parliamentary Elec- tors and pr einen Bill. Mr HINOE said that before the Bill went into that stage he had an amendment to move, by way of instruction tt) the COlIllllitlee. It was, that the Bill us it then stood should be s -parated, and divided into two Bills. Lord J. RUSSELL had already stated the grounds of his uniting ihe two subjects011 a former occasion, and he lelt bound to say that the Hall. Gentleman had nor satisfied him that they were improper Under these circumstances, he was de- cidedly of opinion that the Uid should be passed as it then stood (hear). Col. SIB I HORP supported the amendment. Sir A. DAUtYJIPLE could not support the amendment.for,from his own experience, the Bill was absolutely necessary. Mr PR A LL) disagreed with the Hon. Gentleman who spoke last. He did not at all see why botll objects should be coupled in the same Bill. Mr MACLEAN supported the amendment. The House then divided, when there appeared- For the Commitlee ],8 For the amendment eg 51ajority 90 The House then resolved itself into a Committee on the Bill On clause one being put from the chair, ,Nli- 'I'. I)UN(,ONI said that lie should propose an amendment which was intended to act as a most summary repeal of the rate-paying clause alto- gether. it was to otnit in lines 10 and 17 of the Bill the %ordi "except such as shall have become payahle rroln him fihe rate-payer) previously to the lllb day of October, in the precedinjr year." That wnuJd set the question at a fair issue, and decide it on broad grounds. He was sorry to hear an lion. Ileitibei- say that they were only disreput- able persons who did not pay their taxes. The facts were far otherwise. In the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, 5,111 persons resided liable to pay rates and capable of voting, yet only 24 persons had voted from that parish. He was aware that there was no likelihood of the Bill pass- ing the other House, even in Ihe mnditied shape proposed by the Noble Lord, whom he would warn that the people would see it fall without any maiii- festaiion ol .sympathy. Narrow as it was in its prlBclpl., and in the promise of redress it held out, they neither wished for its success nor felt regret lor its failure, (hear, hear.) Lord 1. RUSSELL said that the Hon. Member proposed a wider measure than he contemplated, or thought agreeable to the Constitution. The main object of the Reform Bill had been to secure tbe stric payment of (axes as a passport to the possession of the elective franchise but now the Han. Member proposed to extend that franchie to those who paid no taxes—a total different principle from that intended by the Reform Bill. If he ad- mitted this amendment it would go to alter the ancient spirit of the Constitution, and establish the principle that int-olvency and beggary uere as sufficient qualifications for voting as independence and industry. Mr WAR BURTON inquired, why they should have one law for England and another for Scotland, where the annual payment of taxes was not neces- sary for registration and voting? Mr CLAY thought that the intention of the Re- form Bill in directing a voter should pay the assessed taxes wa merely to afford a guarantee that lie franchise. But this could be as -%veil ascertained in other ways, and he felt that it would be worthy of the Nohle Mover of the Reform Bill to repeal this portion, which had been found to work so injuriously. Colonel EVANS said that he fell that the amend- ment of the Hon. Member for Finsbury deserved his support. Mr "UNlEsaidtliat under the scot andlot system only the parish rates were paid; the King's taxes had been superseded by the Reform- Bill (hear, hear). Lord J. RUSSELL acknowledged that the assess- ed taxes were added to the parochial for attaining greater security in the qualification of electors. The Hon. Members for Bridport and Finsbury.had argued that nt was a hardship for the voters in boroughs to be called upon to pay King's taxes, Hhile the fifty pound tenants in counties were exempt: and ha.realty thought that the House of Commons in passing that measure ought to have arranged that the latter should have paid these taxes also. Mr Gillon and Mr Baines spoke briefly. Sir S. \yHALLEY said that the Noble Lord had not merely to coutend in this case with thc wishes of the small radical section" of .%Iicie annoyance he complained, but also with the authority of the Itt Iloa. Bart. the Member for Tamwortb, and the Rt. Hon. Memoer for Moumouth. The former, in the previous discussion,said that"the clause would open a wider door to bribery and corruption th-in before, and that the only difference would be that the candidate would have to pay his voters' taxes instead of their paying them thomsetves" (hear, hear.) The Hon. Member for Mouniouih had asked if he happened to be from home when the tax- gatherer calied, should he, therefore, be deprived of his vote?" (hear,hear.) Mr PRAEL) argued that the practice of England and Scotland of putting the name 011 the pi-e- vious to I lie lime of election was analogous, useful, and necessary, and ought to be preserved, with as Inallyaddillonal piecanlioiis to guarantee the re- speciahility and substance Qf t|le clec,ors as eould consistently he adopted, Mr Hall, Mr J-irvis, Mr Leader, Lord Ebriugton, Col. Sibthorpe, Mr C. Uullor, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir E. Sugden, and Lord J. ttiissell, made a few remarks. After a few words in explanation from Mr C. Buller, Lord J Russell, and Mr O'Connell, The jjallery was c.eared for a divi-ion, when the numbers were- For the motion 20d For the amendment ^7 Majority a9 I Oa the question that the clause stand part of the Bill, being put, Mr M AC LEAN expiessed his determination to luke tlte ellse of the House upon it, as he consi- dered it objectionable, anong other things, that it should be left itl the power ol' aii overseer to dis- V franchise a voter, by neglecting to demand the pay- mcnt of his rates. The gallery was then cleared for a division, whcn I there appeared- For the clause 214 Against it 11S Majortty <)(j On our re-admission we found MrJARViS, after a few words, proposing, ns An amendment to the clause, the insertion of the ins words:—"That 110 sum of money should be taken for file registration of any voter." I Mr BERNAL suggested that such an amendment would not be applicable to the Bill, which merely referred to the time at which rates and taxes should be paid. After a few words from Lord Granville Somerset, All' I"i-ited, ititd Nlt- Gou!birti, Lord J. RUSSELL said he did not rise to express any opinion on the subject, but merely to say that it was the intention of the Government to introduce a clause, similar to that proposed by the Honourable and Learned Gentleman, in the Bill which they meant to bring forward in reference to the registra- tion of voters Mr JAR VIS said that he would n¡;> thew \rfss his amendment, bnt would certainly rrtive it as an in- struction to the Committee on the recommittal of the Bill. The clause was then agreed to, as was also the preamble, after havillg" heen vedHllly amended. The Hou-e then resumed and the Bill was ordered to be reported. COAL TRADE. The House having resolved itself into a commitlee of the whole House, Mr LABOUCI-I ERr proposed a resolution, to the effect that a Bill should be brought in for continuing (he law now in operation with respect to the coal trade of the metropolis. The resolution having been agreed to, and the flouse having resumed, leave was given to bring the Bill in, and it was subsequently brought in and rend a fit st i into, and ordered for the second reading, as we believe, on Thursday next. tn answer to a question from Colonel Sibthorp, Lord J. ITUSSELI. aid it was the intention of the Government to proceed with the PotrlialJlelltary Elector, Bill on Nlotid;hy or Fiid,,iy se'iiiii,-ht. 1 Mr JAR VIS gave notice that 011 the rc-committat of the Bill he would press the insertion of hi* clau-e. The Court of Feisiotis (Scotland) Bill and the Sheriffs Courts (Sco land) Bill, respectively, on The motion of the LORD ADVOCATE, passed ilirotgh a committee, and were ordered to be printed with the omitted clauses, and re-committed. Mr WAR BURTON moved the second reading Of the Qualifications of Members Bill. Colollel Sl BTHOn P would not resist the inotiollo though he was satisfied the Bill Never would suc- ceed. Mr PRAED would not oppose the Bi'l, but he could not help thinking that, instead of preveutin? fictitious qualifications, it would have the contrary effect. The Bill was then read a second time,and ordered to be committed oil Thursday. Viscount PA LAI ERSTON faid on the papers which bad been ordered. The other orders of the day having beeu dispose" of, the House adjourned. (For continuation of Parliament see our second page.)

LONDON AND OXFORD. (From the last number of the Quarterly Redelc,) To a thoughtful eye even external appearance 1* very full of meaning. And there can scarcely be contrast more pregnant with serious reflection than. is presented by a rapid transition from the Metropo- lis to Oxford. It must be familiar to every one vvh<> has travelled in England. Loudon itself is one of the most remarkable phenomena in the world. vast size, its dense population, its boundless multifarious wealth lying open in the midst of wantt and vice the splendour of its palaces contrasted with the misery of its hovels; tbe eager restJesS faces, marked deep with anxiety or vice, that throng its streets; its crowds, where each man is unknolvll to the other, and every one is struggling to rise upOQ the shoulders of his neighbour; even the daily SU of its public wants, secured with a wonderful accu- racy Ihrough the instinctive rapacity of private selfishness,—altogether form a spectacle of melan- choly and painful interest, most fit to preparfi the mind for receiving deeply the impressions* produced by the sight of Oxford. From n»b& and glare, and brilliancy, the traveller RlaS. upon a very different scene,—a mass of towers pinnacles, and spires, risirg in the bosom ot a valley, from groves which hide all buildings but such its are consecrated to some wise and holy pur- pose. The same river which in the metropolis is covered with a forest of masts and ships, here gli- ing quietly through meadows with scarcely a sail upon it—dark and ancjent edifices clustered to- gether in forms full of richness and beauty, yet rolict asif to last for ever; such as become institutions- raised not for the vanity of the builder, -but for the benefit ofcollling- asres—streets, almost avenues of edifices, which elsewhere would pass for paW»ee^, but all of them dedicated to God repose and gravity, in the coilmenance and cvrl;, dress of their inhabitants; and, to mark iof.e-stir and business of life, instead of the roar of sound of hourly bells calling men together to prajcf* <