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P I 1 ~;'• . i : : 1' i * • the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. Holmes then sul!mitted the following : " 'Thu the Committee on Military Affairs be di charged from the farther consideration o f so much of the y e dent's Alelsage airclars,to the.gxecattion.of Atbutbirt,anm MAMA I:AMC 17:4 tllFSEttdholt .; and that the• - ranne be referred to the Committee of Foreign lir • ' - '3lr. :I6*.asos,• of •I•entuciy, said he hactiat been apprised tilt this morning of: the difficulty which existed on this subject.. He cheerfully acquiesced i n the motion, and it-had been the intention of the Com mittee on. Military Affairs tea ask' to' be discharged from the subject referred to in the Resolution. The .11ibtary Committee would still have abundant busi • .nesS to occupy them on the military affairs of the tomb* • Mr. T. M. Ner.sosT objected to this course, lees he thought the examination of the Seminole war, • and particularly of the execution of Arbuthnot and Am brister, belonged properly and exclusively to the Mi litary Committee ; and he was, therefore averse ttv taking the subject out of their hands. Mr. POINDEXTER moved to amend the Resolution by changing the word " execution" for the word ",trial," as it was the word in the original reference of the subject to the Military Committee. • Mr. Ilminisos suggested whether it would not be • better to retain both words. Mr. POINDEXTER stated, that his oject was only to preserve consistency in the proceeding, by retaining ' in this Resolution the words used by the President in 'his Message on the subject, and in the original re ference of n. The President had said nothing about the execution of these men, and, of course, the lteso lotion proposed to refer to a Committee a subject of the President's Message which, was not mentioned in the Message, &c. The amendment was agreed to—Ayes 66, Noes 44. • Mr..l4AnnisoN then moved to add the word 44 - execution, " that the reference might embrace both the trial and execution. • Mr. HOPKINSON thought this would be improper ; for, although he was very nearly indiffereat about the question, it was certainly improper to refer to a Committee, as a part of the Presidents Message, what the Message did not contain, and the Message was entirely silent about the execution of the individuals named. • The amendment-of Mr. Harrison was agreed to. Mr. W.. P.. MACLAT suggested whether the object • of the Resolution might not be got at better by sum-- • ply referring those documents to the Committee on Foreign Relations, so fa as they were connected with foreign affairs. The trial of those men seemed to him a subject peculiarly proper for the investigation . of the Military Committee, and ought not to be with drawn from it, &c. • Mr. BARBOUR, as a Member of the Committee of Foreign Relations, stated what had been done in the Committee in relation to this subject. They had found that, in investigating our relations with one of the Powers of Europe; the Seminole war necessarily constituted an important link in the inquiry, but that this subject was referred to another Committee. It was then proper' to ascertain the sense of the House how they should proceed. The ComMittee wished neither to infringe neon the duties of any other Committee, nor to shrink from their own. As to vrhat had Len said on the amendment,, he observed, incidentally, that if the Cemmittee went into an in-' • vestigation of the trial, it would be proper to pursue it to the fruits of that trial. As to the question of reference, he should be satisfied in whatever way it was decided, &c. Mr. JOHNSON, of Kentucky, had readily consented to. this transfer of the subject, because he thought the military question was not so important as the poli tical question. The niilitary inquiry could result in nothing. but a report of :acts--not in any specific commen4ation. The President had the power to act' . when an'officer errs, even to striking 'Trim off the .roll of the army. He asked if circumstances, seeing that the President had refrained from any exercise of .hit power in this case, bad not strewn that the con due! of the of was thus far sustained by the Ere- . cutive? If so, the Committee could not interfere be tween then.-.. The political enquiry was of a different character. That was tr. ascertain hew far the nation has acted with . justice and ingood faith te wards a fo reign power. if, however, file House thought pro 'per to refer the military question, or any other, to the Military Committee, be would promise for them that they would discharge their ditty faithfully. Mr. lindinisoN supported the view taken by Mr. 'Maclay. It would certainly be highly improper to take from the Military Committee this subject alto rtlier—a subject which was so strictly military, one already referred to it, and one which greatly agitated this !louse. It would, he admitted, be proper to let so much of it as belonged to foreign affairs be re ferred to the Committee., and leave the remainder wte:re ;.t was. Mr. COBB thought all this proceeding premature, because the documents had not been' ead in the House, and were nut laid before it, since ordered to be printed. Relying, however, oa the correctness of the copies which had appeared in the Newpapers, he thought it a proper subject of inquiry for the Corn.' mittee of Foreign Relations, how those individuals, subjects of a foreign nation, of Great Britain, came to be condemned to death by an American officer? In linaki.ag into this subject, there would be found some very intereiting questions, intimately connected with our foreign relations. Ile found, for one, that these trials established an entirely new principle in the law of nations, - Ile found it announced by the • Commanding General, on that occasion, as "an es tablished principle of the laws of nations, that any individual of a nation making war against the citi zens of any other nation, they being at peace, forfeits his allegiance, and becomes an outlaw and a pirate l" This, Mr. Cobb said, was a new principle to him, though it might be found in some work on public law, • from which he had not learned what the law of na tions was. lie then moved to amend the resolution .bt adding the following Vith instructions to inquire whether, in said trialti, the eon r:,tition and lava of the United States, or the law of nations, have been violated t' 'lbis motion was agreed to. Mr. Conn then, with the view of obviating the ob jections to the resolution, and accommodating it to the getter al moved some further amendments ; but Mr. 1-; A nuovrt conceiving tlp subject one in which it was impoi-•iia to decide rightly, thought it had! better lie on the table one day, aid moved that dispo sition of it. After. some conversation on the postponement, in which Mr. lloistes opposed it, the motion prevailed, and the resolution was laid' n the table. • •CiONtittESS , IN *SENATE; DEMMER to. The Senate resumed the consideration of tile mo - of the 9th instant; requesting a copy of the cor respondence relative to the cession of the Floridas to the United States ; and on the motion of Mr. Barbocr, 'the further consideration thereof was postponed to this day foul- weeks. Some observations were made on the subject, Le tween Mr. Barbour, Mr. Johnson, and others ; from which we gather, that the correspondence between the Secretary of State and the Spanish Minister is ::t an end, or nearly so; and that it is probable it will be laid before Congress shortly, without any request of the Executive to that effect. It was on that ground that the postponement of Mr. Johnson's motion took place. HOUSE Or• REPRESENTATIVE.. The SPEAK/It laid before the House a Report from the Acting Secretary of the Navy, transmitting ad ditionaldocuments, in relation to the Navy Pension Fund, which was referred to the Naval Committee. On the motion of Mr. Rio', it was Resolved—That the Committee of Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making compensation to Aaron Belamy, of Vergennes, in Vermont, for Ms vessel, captured by the enemy on Lake Champlain, in the summer of 1813, while taking on board a cargo of dour fur the United States : and that the testimony taken in the case, under a commission from the late Commissioner of Claims, be referred to the said Committee. On the mouton of Mr. J. S. SMITH. it was Resolved—That the Secretary of the Treasury be instructed to lay before the Houle a statement of the progress that' has been made under an Act of Congress of the 3d March, 1817, entitled," An Act to set apart and dispose of certain Lands. for the encouragement of the cultivation of the Vine and the Olive ;" ~.etlter four townships of sit miles square each, have been laid off and reserved for the purpose aforesaid ; and whether any Agent or Agents, acting for the French Emigrants, have con tracted fur said lands, and on what terms • and whether such Agent or Agents are now residing on sai d ; together with the number of French Emigrants that have made settlements on said reservation, and the progress that has been made in the culture of the Vine and Olive. On the motion of Mr. STORRS, it was . Resolved—That the President of the United States be re .quested to lay before this 'louse copies of uny correspordence between the Governor of the State of Georgia and Ilajor-Ge steal Andrew Iteksc.n. relative to the arrest or other proceed ings against Captain Wed Wright, which may have been trans mitted to any of the F.xecutive Departments of the United States. On the motion of Alf. CANICBLILL, it WaS . • Resolved—That a Select Committee be appointed to report a Bill for taking the Fourth Censu3 or Eaumeration of the In habitants of the United States. WASIIIKOTON, NOVEMBEn 28. The Slave-trade continues to flourish on the Ocean, in despite of stipulation to relinquish, and alliances to put it down. Accounts received from Havannah, of the most recent Sates, announce the following arrivals:—October 110, ship Jupiter, from Africa, 337 slaves ; brig San Jost:/, 403 slaves ; b:ig Bril liant, 345 slaves ; rengador, 400 slaves ; schooner Aitrea, 143 slaves : Nov. 1, Circassilna, 120 slaves— upwards of 1,500 in one day. Most of these poor wretches, we fear, will find their way to the Louisiana market. We wish that the Spanish character of the ships be xot a mere cover for American capital em ployed in this execrable traffic. PALEMBANG and Pie ISLAND of BANCA. The following is stated to be an Offcial Reply to the Protest made by Sir THOMAS STAMFORD It against the proceedings of the Dutch Commissioners at Palembang : " In former times the Sultan of Palembang, like all the other native Princes in those quarters, was sabject and tributary to the Dutzli Government. Ile paid this tribute in pepper, tin, &c. and ti!ir Duch had a fort and garrison, with a civil jurisdiction, at Palembang. " In 181'2, the local British Authorities in Java, for reasons be , t known to themselves, dethroned the then reigning Sultan, and put his brother in his place, with whom they made a treaty, by which the Island of Banca was ceded. • " In ISIS, Mr. Robinson, the then British Resi dent, concluded another treaty, by virtue of which the new Sultan was in his turn deposed, and his bro ther (the same who had been before deprived of. his authority) was again raised to the Throne, and rein stated in his former dignity. " This praeeding was, however, disapproved of by the superior British authority, and things were re placed nearly upon the same footing as in 1811. The ticaty of 1814, between the British and Ne therland Governments, stipulates (Art. 1), that all die factories and establishments which bad been pos sessed by Holland on the Ist of January, 1803, should be restored to the King (then Prince Sovereign) of the, Netherlands. Palembang was one of the establishments. " By the second article of the same treaty, the Island of Banca was ceded, in full sovereignty, to the Netherlands, in exchange for the settlement of Cochin and its dependencies on the coast of Malabar. Palembang, therefore, under this treaty, was com prised in the other Dutch factories and establishments thus restored, whilst Banca was considered by itself ; a point of view which does not appear to have been absolutely just, as this island formerly supplied the tin which the Sultan of Palembang was (by treaty) bound to furnish to the Dutch, and which exceeded in quantity (as fixed by that treaty) the present pro duce of that island. " It is perfectly true, that when the Agents of the British Government transferred the Government of Java to the Netherland Commissioners, they called upon them to fulfil the engagements which the Bri tish Agents, during their administration of Java, had contracted with the native Princes. The British Au- I attached this condition to the surrender of Banta, which surrender they declared ought to be considered as not having taken place, if the Treaties with the Sultan of Palembang were not confirmed. But it is equally true,. that the Netherland Commis- 1 sioners most decidedly and positively refused to ac-1 cede - to that condition, and for this very simple rea son—that the Treaty of 1814 was positive and un conditional, and that it would have exceeded their 'powers, as a delegated Authority, to have added any dne stipulation whatsoever to the contents of tire Treaty, of phich they were not the contracting par tici, but only the executors. " The British Agents protested against this mode of reasoning ; but as such a Protest could not give a right which did not previously exist, the Netherland! Commissioners did not allow themselves to be many Manner inflttenced by it. " It is, however, evident that this protest, or rather the reasoning upon which it is founded, vs - wild have gone to renter nugatory the exchange of P toed against Cochin, stipulated by the treaty of 1814 ; for , iithe cession of llama was to be void unless the British treaties with the Sultan of Palembang v. ere ratitied, this condition not being fulfilled on the part of the Dutch Authorities, must have annulled the whole tenour of the article respecting the cat:Lange of 13auca against Cochin, and both possessions must have revertel to their original owners. " But the fact is, that the settlement of Palembang partook of the nature of all the others that were to be restored to their former possessors of the year ISO 3 ; and the moment the Netherland Government was replaced in the possession of it, all its former rights revived. Consequently, no one has any right to in terfere with its measures respecting that settlement. " It is therefore impossible to understand, upon what principle the Sultan of Palembang can be con sidered as an independent Prince, being under the immediate protection of the British Government. " By the retrocession of Palembang, the Britiah Government have renounced all claim to interfere in its concerns; and any tight they might have had to do so, under intermediate engagements, can only apply now to the Netherland Government, to whom that settlement has been restored. In a contrary' supposition, the argument made use of by the British Agents would extend to all the former Dutch Settlements, particularly in the Island of Java ; the natural consequence of which would be, that the Netherland Government would hold their Settlements in India by a precarious tenure. entirely l dependent on the pleasure of the delegated British Authorities in the neighboinhood, who would be thus entitled, not only to sit in judgment over every act of the Netherland Government in India, but even to interfere, vi et armis, as has been done in this instance at Palembang. " It is hardly necessary to point out the conse quences which would result teem such a state of things, and which would evidently tend to endanger the good understanding so happily subsisting between the two countries in Europe. " 'With respect to the late occurrences at Palem bang, and to the actual state of things there, the 11)1- lowing is an accurate statement of facts:— " In consequence of the dispute between the two brothers above-mentioned, each aspiring to the sove reignty, the inhabitants of that petty kingdom were most Miserable.themselves, and their contentions were a constant subject of alarm to their neighbours. The younger brother occupied the Throne when Mr. NI un tinghe, the Netherland Commissioner, was sent to Palembang. Utterly incapable ofgoverning the coun try, he was distinguished only by excessive cruelty, which manifested itself in the shocking punishmentshe inflicted, and by his toleration of - the Malay pi rates, who carried on in those seas a regularly - Or ganized trade in slaves, of the profit of which the Sultan partook. When Mr. Muntinghe first arrived, he was hailed by the natives as their deliverer, ant their defection from the Sultan enabled him to conclude, on the 20th of June last, a Treaty, both with him and with the Pretender, by which their au thority was limited to a certain number of districts; whilst this Treaty entirely abolishes the trade in slaves, restores the inhabitants to their indastrious pursuits, and puts an end to the horrible system of punishments formerly introduced. It was after these arrangements had begun to operate; that three En voys from Sir Thomas Stamford Rallies arrived at Palembang, under ari armed escort, and caused the British flag to be hoisted-om the Palace. Mr. Mun tinghe communicated to them the Treaty which had been entered into some days heb , re, ri.'preseiting to them with great civility, but at the same time with much earnestness, that neither under the recent circumstances which had taken place, nos under the old Convention, had they any right to interfere.— Atter some discussion the British flag cll.:appealed, and Sir Thomas Raffles envoys accepted thesafe guard which bad been offered to them, and which, in fact, was rendered necessary by the. situation the country at that time stood in. They are since ar rived at Batavia, whilst Mr. Muntinghe writes, snider date of the 10th July, that he had taken the neces sary measures to stop, on their march across the mountains, and to cause, if possible, to retrograde, a detachment of some hundreds of Sepoys and Malays, sent by Lieutenant-Governor Raffles from Bencoolen to Palembang. in order to give support to the opera tions of his agents there. In every thing that has passed, Mr. Muntinghe, the Netherland Commis sioner, has acted with the greatest propriety and re spect towards the agents of an allied and friendly Power, and has manifested that skill and wi:hloni for which lie is eminently disting..nslied." 1 , .t. Messrs; or llos:ArAitzz.—The ship Edward, Captain Chittenden, arrived at RAU:note, was boarded on the :rah of October in lat. 5S N. long. tZ W. by the British sloop of war Racoon, 10 day> finm St. Helena, and was informed that Bona. parted was confined to his quaters by sickness. The Highlander and l're Dandy ! —Friday se'nnight, as a High land laird was walking up George-street. Perth, dresses! in his native garb, he company with a friend of his in town, the? were met by a Dandy, who stood directly before them, fulled lions his breast a quizzing-glass, put it t‘7 , his eye, and examined the highlander with much minuteness from top to toe; and seemed greatly astonished at his robust and manly form, particularly his brawny and shapely limbs, which appeared bare and free, in Lis neat and graceful tartan hose, beneath his plaited pbillbeg. The highlander observing this fanciful being, sternly said, " What is the fella* looking at ?" when his friend replied, " 0! don't mind him he is only o::e of these fellows we caibliattilies here." " Dandies 7* say; the enraged Highlander, " Vll dandy hiin;" and instantly thiust his good oak stick thrint r h the itaitsi.siL'> . quiziing glass, and nearly through. his eye too. Upon it hick, the alarmed Dandy sheered off, muttering same oaths :Tana the Highlander ; which so irritated him, that with out spring he caught hold of the helpless Dandy by the breast; and in taking him a desperate pull, off came all that be had laid hold of, cunsistirg or a frill and a false vest that had been fastened with pins, and a pair of corsets, all which the mouutaineer threw with vengeance to the opposite side of the street. The trenildieg eminii4te, now almost naked, having had to gather them up, the honest and amazed Highlander exclaimed, " Mess me! has thera , sr thing mitt sark at a' on ?" and instantly putting his hand into his purse, threw a half crown piece after the panic-struck Dandy, saying--" Hae, poor creature ! there is hall-a-crown for you to help to buy you a sark." The street being throng with people at the time, the ludicrous scere soon galiCreSi great mob; and nothing could exceed the mirth and laughter which this singular fracas afforded to all present—eseepthg the frightened Dentin, at whose expense the wk.& had excited. The hardy Highlander, in walking of, Mew: Ted to lea friend, " How thankful we Caltaloniinta ought to he, wium Nature has so kindly endowed us wish bodily forms that do not require the asaistanee at milliners and consettuthers to gran 43 an artificial !aluipe, like you Perth 1::11s." PARSWIENTARY PROCEADINez, HOUSE OF LORD* JANUARY I:. ROYAL APPROBATION OP TOR SP EA KF.It OF r:4, HOUSE or COMMONS. Their Lordships met by Special Adjournment. day at a (platter before two o'clock. Several Peen tended, and the Royal Conunissionets, vie. the La b PRESIDENT (Earl of H.tautowaT), the LORD Pl'Or t SEAL (Earl of WESII4O.IRELAND), the D ti ! ! , ! of WriLLINGTON, Earl BATHURST, and the Eal tl SllAFl'Etr.uur,. having robed, torl their placo Bench in front of the Throne. • , The Gentleman Usher. of the Black Rod was :in deputed to order the attendance of the Cep in tr st:o;-tly after, in a very considerable netit*,, appeared at the Bar, preceded by Mr. )I.t:;Nv Sul Tos, their newly-elected Speaker. On reaching the Bar, Mr. SlA'xsztes Surrox dressed their Lordships nearly as follows; " Mr Loans—ln obedience to the commands of his rcl Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the time a:ld on :lir k t . half of his Majesty, his Majesty's faithful Commons of the tett Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, have the exercise of tht*.r ancient and undoubted ..1e eler.:es nt a Speaker, and • I am now to acquaint your I.nrdsblps their choice has fallen upon rne. Whatever eansiderniera, ry I.ortis, may have induced his Majesty's Litisful Comeir.3s la have formed that choice, I ant well aware that sect dogs never can be final until sanctioned by his Alajesty's Royal ap. probation; and I now, my Lords, with all humility, oa dint behalf, present myself in this plate, to know whether It may nat be the Royal pleasure th.tt his Majesty's faithLl Connreyss should prows) to a fresh election, by which they nny Lee ra:.. bled to F 4 kCt some other person fully competent to disclttge s high and important duties of their Speaker r The Lonn PnEstnEsr (as organ of the Comn:'.s sinners), then answered as follows: " Ma "MaNseas Surma—We have It in command from Its Royal I lighness the Prince Rrgent, acting in :he same and en the behalf of his Majesty, to inform you that his Royal /1412. ness, fully confident of your eminent and tried abilities, a 4 L-. ness to discharge the important duties of the office of Speaker ef his Majesty's faithful Commons, to which you have been efi.e.nt by them, has been pleated to comtnathl us to nice, that hi Royal l ligliness, in the Fame behalf, folly arrrores of the esGi.v which the House of Commas have made; and therlote ht Royal Highness fully approves of your being their B,)ealter." • The SPEAK Lit (as fully confirmed in his office) replied— • " Mir Loßm—soce his Royal Ilighr.ess the Prince 7'.:eti has been graciously pkasesl to approve of the vrLi. a 41, Majesty's faithful Commons have made, I accordinglyo.4:l humility, submit mr...lf to the expressed pleasure of his Majesty. I have now, nay Lords, to protekd, in the name and en the be half of the Commons of the United Kit:; ; Sun of Great li:Haia and Ireland, to lay claim, by humble applica:ion, to all tleir ax cient and undoubted rights and privileges ' more espceialiy of the fullest freedom of speech and of deba t e of tn:edem from wrests and molestation of the prnons of themselves and of their !•!-- vants, of free access to the Royal Person sehenever stecasinn mac require, and that the most favourable conattaction nosy hr npon all their words, votes, ar.el proceedings. For Erviself, Lords, I have humbly to claim of his Weyal Hightess whatever errors or imperfections is the disetarge of my Erin may occur, they may be &tabard to ate alone, and not to his Majesty's faithful Com - Mons." • On which the Lt)IID PRESIDENT said— " Me. Stutz—We have it further in eornmard from !!", Royal liiglmess the Prince Regent, in the r-st.te end en the half of his Majesty, to inform you, 'ha: his Royal highness - .-..at freely }'rant; and 'ARAI,* to Lis .M. , :etis faiaitel Coalman., al those rights and privileges, in the most and ample manner, whir 11 !Lime ever been Framed to them by :kis iy any ‘f Royal rrediretwirf. With : , :sp.:et to what emu. t•s. csorself, Mr. Speaker, you may be asoureii, tint his aihness, juti;Ong from what has taken ;Lee in the last merit, !n respect then.of, will be angir,;'.l.::!,lined to psi: mc,t favourabk construction up= all your words and attixa, in the discharge of your highly important duties." The SPKAKEK then retired, and, accompanied by the Members present, withdrew to the Lower House. The Lords Comntissionera having retired to stwobe, and the Douse being resumed, after a corresponding adjournment, such Peers as.pres:istA lb rnselves for the purpose, were sworn is by the Clerks. Among these were— ' The Illarquistes of Ormontle, Cornwallis, and Sligo. The Vans of Morton, Galloway, Delaware, Ikiboroogk, Stanhope, Grosvenor, Fottescue, and Digby. The Bishop of Ch,ster. Lends Gambier, Gray (Scots P•vr), and ifarris. At four o'clock their. Lordships adjourned till Moodily, • HOUSE OF COMMONS. • The SPEAKER elect entered the House at about a quarter before two o'clock, when about fifty or silty Members wet c present. At two o'clock the I.7surn of the ULACX ROD sum. molted the noose to attend the Peers, to hear the Royal (7ommission road. Mr. MANNERS SUTTON, in.rull dress, but not in his robes olotlice, accordingly left the Chair, which he had taken on the entrance of the lisle: of the Black Rod, and went to the House of Pees, followed by nearly all the Members pre:mt. *On his return he addressed the House to die following eXect : • -" I have to acquaint the I lonsathat thiV 'Louie has been to the I fouie to reef., where the lan‘l authorised by his Ma jesty's I...*Ammioinit,tratre declared hit Royal Highness the Vance Itvgeties approvAl and confirrnatiun of the election by this Howe of lac at a Speaker, and that I dnl tit VII- Olt lay claim, by humble pteitiort, to all its ancient undo:11.1.1 rights and rid • I— d ri ; more sslecially freedom of di-as..ion sad OW!, fret; shun fur the Members, their servat.t4 3;O: ( 4 4:41111;170M Mtn and molestation ; (set aecesa to the Royal. presences ut tal tints when pecessary; and that the roust favourable - cm:gr.:oat should be ;an upon their all ol'whicb. were.gtt.ined and allowed hi a. full and ample manlier as- they have hers t; se ited and allowed by his sty or ;try ef his itoyalry it cessors. I may be now 0110: ::ore 1) . o ttlined to erire-t , t) i:uuse the deep sense of gra: itude 1 feet for this 11106 t distin guish...l mark of its confidence. I implore of the liczttse i:s cc:l - and steady sapport, in euabling me to or:lilt:tin stria at tantian to its t stabil-heti n:l.-s anti orders, whi.ih are not mote triential to the ionvanhia dispatch of bt site ss, thaa they are fy the a..d oi the House i'sCif. I hare ni - ' 7 only eurtia,t to submit tothe !louse, that the at:dotty Ire ce.:dini, we cm now t .:ter 'Jai& taking the Oat.Os si.prent:s.: .. allegiatwe, a-A st.b...iribing the drchr.ltio3,' taking the oath of r_iiihration. For the sake of gmtev.criuvt uleuce„ the counties will be over 4%2n:tic...ay free: ti:c rt.tar;:, and Al,tr.ber,., as their counties ore Laretd, wrd tome to the 'ruble to hr sworn." _ _ _ The SPEAKI;It then took the usual oaths aloud; and the Clerk prc,ceeded to read over the'names of the several couties. One Member pima from Bedfordshire, two from, Berkshire, one from Cnr. bridgeshire, and more than thirty fi am ComsralL-m This disproportion excited some laub l ter, parficoiariv on the tarl of MOsirs. Tierney and Calciak woo counted the Durhhers. _ _ _ The SPEAKER toe: the opportunity of informirg all - the Mcinbers yreient, that th,-.se only toed take the oaths in the House who had - previously:taken them below the. Lord Steward i . the Long,itootp; the certificate of qualification they had ,slieww-ureic . . also be produced here. At a quarter past rive, ll the Tembees presert hosing been sworn in, the $r.A X Eli aflaginCeil tha t he would comedown to the:Hoyle to-morrow at three o'clock, in order that such of tie bieruher c us ba ti . not attended tu.day might lt,kie an . lepp:rtunity taking the oaths as early As poisito.e. tltc metick:l of Mr. BitooogN, the thetti:l•Setkre-.1. led Cc opf ;ad 1 tag Do Sal iiN fee 1 Jla • \ VI • fte sic i• th is it • ca s. gi T .ter P I sy ay lit MK M s iY by SC. the ich is • '7 m- he int ch ck by he 41- ace ry tvtt 6 4.2 on- Lore it rir try gre of MY , rya riV 110 Ir; Mkt em the prt haT, 113 a 7 qi, 'a .; ;