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'I , e .4 • • • %dal within the said island Altail work or employ any slave, at any time between the time of sunset on any Saturday,' and sunrise on any 3londay, or dsall, during that period, procure, induce, or compel any slave to perform or engage in any labour, for profit or ad vantage of his or her owner, manager, or employer, the person or persons so offending shall incur and become liable to a fine not ex• ceeding fifty; nor less than five dollars: Provided nevertheless, that nothing herein contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to any work or labour which any slave may perform on Sunday in the necessary attendance upon the person, or. in the f his nr her owner. or employer; or in the necessary and unavoidable preserva tion of the cattle or live stock upon any plantation. 11. And it is further ordered and declared, That it is and shall henceforth be illegal for any person or persons within the said Island of Trinidad to tarry any whip, cat, or other instrument of the like nature, while superintending the labour of any slaves or slave in or upon the fields or cane-pieces upon any plantation within the said island, or to use any'such whip, car, or,other instrument for the purpose of impelling or coercing any slaves or slave to per form any labour of any kind or nature whatever, or to carry or ex hibit upon any plantation, or elsewhere, any such whip, cat, or other instrument of the like nature as a mark or emblem of the authority of the person or pt rsons so carrying or exhibiting the same over any slaves or slave ; and in case' any person or persons shall carry any whip, cat, or other instrument of the like nature while superintending the labour of any slave or slaves in or upon any plantation or cane-piece within the said island, or shall use any such whip, cat, or other instrument as aforesaid, for the purpose of im pelling or coercin aq slave or slaves to perform any labour of any kind or nature whatsoever, or carry or exhibit upon 'any plan tation, or elsewhere, airy such whip, cat, or other instrument as aforesaid, as a mark or emblem of their, his, or her authority over any save or slaves, the person or persons so offending, and each and every person who shall or may direct, authorize, instigate, procure, or be aiding, assisting, or abetting in any such illegal driving, or use, or exhibition of any such whip, cat s or other instrument as aforesaid, shall be, and be deemed, adjudged; and taken to be guilty • of a misdemeanour, and, being thereof convicted, shall suffer such punishment as is lierenater provided. 12. And it is further ordered and declared, That it IS and shall hencefoi tlt.be illegal fur any persons or person to inflict in any one day 'upon any male slave for any crime or offence, or upon any ground or for any reason whatsoever, any number of stripes eir lashes exceeding 23 in the whole, or to inflict upon any such male slave any punishment or correction by the whipping, scourging, or beating of his person, unless the person of such slave shall, at the time of such punishment or correction, be free from any laceration occasioned by any former whipping, scourging, or beating, or to in flict upon any such male slave any punishment or correction by the whipping, scourging, or beating of his person until 24 hours at the least shall have elapsed from the time of the commission of the of fence for or in respect of which any such punishment or correction may be so inflicted; or to inflict upon any such Elute slave any, such punishment or correction as aforesaid, unless one person of free condi tion shall be present at and witness the infliction of such punishment, other than and besides the person by or by the authority of whom the same may be so inflicted and In case any person or persons shall inflict, iu any one day upon any male slave, any number of stripes or lashes exceeding twenty-five in the whole, or shall whip, scourge, or beat any such male slave at 'any time when there may be upon his person any laceration occasioned by any former whipping, scourging, or beating, or shall inflict upon any such male slave any such punish ment or correction as aforesaid, within twenty-four hours next after the conimission of the offence, for or in respect of which the same may be so inflicted, or without the presence and attendance, during the whole of such punishment, of some person of free condition, other than and besides the person by or by the authority of whom the same may be so inflicted, the person or persons so offending, and each and every person who shall or may direct, authorize, instigate, procure, or be aiding, assn Ling, or abetting in any such illegal pu nishment of any male slave, shall be, and be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being thereof convicted, shall suffer such pu nishment as is hereinafter provided. Provided nevertheless, that nothing herein contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to any punishments which may be inflicted upon any male slave, under or by virtue of any sentence or judgment of any Court of compe tent jurisdiction within the said island. ITo be continued,] PARLIA MEN I'ARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OE LORDS, MARCH 17. This morning the Loin CHANCILLOR sat for Appeals at ten b'clock, when the case of " Dickson and others v. Graham," from the Court of Session in Scotland, was proceeded with.—Mr. SIIAD. WILL and Mr. HA az were heard in reply; hut judgment was de ferted till the appeal of James Bryce come., t 6 be heard. " Mansfield (Earl of) v. Wright," also from the Court of Sea stort, was nett called, when Mr. Suanweet and Mr. Joins A. Mum lay Were he.td for the appellant, and Mr. WAitase and Mr. AIMS. clumsy for the respondent; and Mr. SUADWILL having replied, the judgment was affirmed. In the Appeal of " Codrington e. Johnstone," from the Court of King's Bench, Mr. FULLA WIWI was heard in part for the appel. lent, and the further hearing was adjourned to Monday next. The Earl of Wasystoitiersins, the Marquis of ANGLZSZA, and Lord ftwvauswomm, were the Appellate Peers. Adjourned at ten minutes past four o'clock during pleasure. Ilr. Bitoonstr, Lord SUMZILSZT, Lord LOWTliell s Mr. Gooch, and others, brought up the Ireland Court of Exchequer Regula tion Bill, the Sugar Bounties Bill, and some Private Bills, which were afterwards read a first time. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY (in the absence of the Duke of Montrose) reported, that his Majesty had been waited upon with their lAndships Address of the 15th of this mouth, and that the same bad been most graciou►ly received. Uppon the motion of the same Noble Earl, the following Bills were read a second time, namely—The Female Orphans' Asylum Bill, the Four per Cents. Bill, the County Jails Bill, the Army !Imlay Bill, the Navy Mutiny Bill, and some Private liills.—Or -deretito be committed for to-morrow. At half after five this House adj;urned till to-morrow at teu. HOUSE OF COMMONS. A new Writ t►u ordered for the Comity of Perth, i►► the room of Drummoud, Esq. who hid accepted the office of Steward , ssf the Pattern Hundreds. •BEN N FA' presented a Petition from the Manufacturers QQf Leather Articles at Ellesmere against the Hide Regulation Bill; alid Mr. LOWTHICS a Petition from Kendal against the said Ordered to betlaid•on'the table. Mr. EGERTON presented a Petition from Wl* Newton, of Stockport, against the Silk Trade Regulation BilL—Ordered to be Lid on the table. Petitions were presented aninst the continuance of Slavery from Chesterton, by Mr. MusoAv ; from two places in Cheshire, by Mr. A S!lr ; from Sikesdalr, by Mr. L. K yes ; front Bodicote, by •tiir F. HARVEY ; from ilelston, from :he Corporation of Montrose, from Cicetown, from Gainsbotough, and from Hadlaigh, by Mr. . 'PM/MM.—Ordered to be bid on the table. A Petition was presenteal by Mr. WILItERfORCE from the pa •rishioners of St: George, Hanover-sqtare, against Cruelty to infe -riot Animals.—Ordered to be laid on the table. General GASCOVNE presented a Petition from Liverpool •agaiost the County Courts Ibll.—Ordered to be laid on the table. Mr. ELLIS presented a Petition from the Tanners of Dublin against the Leather Tax. lie also moved for a Return of the number of voyages, and average length of voyages performed by 'the Post Office Packets on the Holyhead station, the ten longest and ten shortest voyages during the last two years ; with the -amount of profit on the letters carried thereby during the same period.—Ordered. On the motion of Sir R. Evict:suit:, a Return was ordered for an Account of the quantity of ‘Vhalrbene imported in British whalers in the year 1625. Mr. F. PALMER presented a Pcrition from the Inhabitants of Reading, praying for a Repeal of the Window Tax. A Petition was presented from the Inhabitants of Cheshunt, for the Abolition of Slavery. Mr. BANK ES gave notice, that be would to-morrow move for the appointment of a Committee, to consider the erections of the rew Courts in the neighbonrhood of Westminster Hall, one of which projected considerabli, but was not so far advanced as that it could not be taken down without much expense. hlr. W. SMITH presented a Petition signed by between six and MO persons, inhabitants of Nor wich, Engaged in the silk trade, in favour of the proposed remission or the Duty on Silk manufactured Goods.—Deduced to be printed. Mr. HUME presented a Petition from the Boot and Shoema kers of the Borough of Southwark ; and another Petition from .268 Ladies' Shoemakers of West miutter, praying for a repeal of the Corn biration Laws. Ordered to be referred to the Artisans' Committee. Mr. HOBHOUSE presented a Petition from an individual ple. Wurgotao) for Parliamentary Reform. The Petitioner contended that the reapectabk classes of Witty yet recognised the property of proprietors iu Iktroughs, and their right to return Octobers to that tiovse to represent thentselves. The same Honourable Member presented also a Petition front certain Gold and Silver Refiners of W e stminster, complaining of the surreptitious introduCt ion of gold lace into this cint oft) , from the Cs:arrant, by which their trade sea& alcobst compktely ruined.— L ' The Petitioners Mentioned the names of persons in his Majesty's service (King's Messengers) by whops the smuggling in the article in question wes carried on.—Petition t ordered to be printed. Mr. HUME moved 'that there be lald before the House any Treasury Minutes, that might have been made respecting the Stamp Duties on Legacies and Probates on WOlL—Ordered. MR. PERROTT. Mr. HUME presented the Petition of Mr. Perrott, late a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy. He had hoped thJ Admiralty would have noticed this application without his being necessitated to apply to the House by Petition to redress the grievances now complained of. The hard ship the Petitioner complained of was that, entering the service early, he had been at the capture of 300 vessels, at the cutting out of thirteen ships under a heavy fire, and distinguished himself so much at Boulogne as to have received tke thanks of his Commander, and finally lost his arm in an engagement; that up to the period of 1812 he had enjoyed a pension for the loss of his arm, but that this was taken from him on his obtaining a Lieutenancy soon after. He stated that a Mr. Robert Bullen had brought an action against him for £23 paid to him to obtain for this Buller. anexemption from the im press service. It was now alleged by him that this money was only borrowed by him, but the plaintiff proceeded against him by indictment, and he was found guilty and condemned to two years' imprisonment. In three days after he was struck out of the list of Lieutenants of the Navy. The Petitioner now stated that the form of a protection alleged to be given to Bullen could be Proved to have been filled up without his knowledge, and represented by others, not by the Petitioner, to be, a protection. Since the event of the trial, the verdict had been reversed by the Court of King's Bench, and he only thought it was proper, the action for a conspi racy being disproved to be well founded, the proceed ings of the Admiralty also should be revised,' and this Officer restored to his rank. Admitting even the im proper conduct of this Officer, he should not be permit ted to starve. His applications had been only met with an offer to grant him the ordinary pension to seamen of' £l4. a-year ; but this he rejected with disdain. He(Nlr. Hume) had heard it acknowledged over and over again, that half•pay was not to be taken away on every com plaint for improper conduct ; and Lord Mansfield had decided that it was granted only irk consideration of past services. It was true he bad been twice tried by a Court Martial, and honourably acquitted. On a third Court Martial he was dismissed, but subsequently restored in , consequence of his long services and his wound. He trusted that Government woad not act any longer with that extreme severity towards the Petitioner, which alp; peared now to be founded on a charge finally disproved. The fact was that he was now reduced so low as to be in want of a dinner, and in extreme wretchedness for many years past. The Petitioner had appealed to the know ledge of several honourable Officers in the Navy as.to his gallantry and geniral good character, and threw himself generally on the humane consideration of the House to grant him such relief and redress as it should consider expedient. Sir G. COCKBURN said he regretted that from what had fallen from the Honourable Member, it had been rendered necessary for him to detail at length circum stances in this case which he would gladly have passed over. A more monstrous case he never knew. This person had informed a poor and unfortunate woman, whose husband was at sea, that it was in his power to obtain a protection from the Admiralty against the im press service. She,, most anxious to save her husband, entered into a negociation to procure one for her hus band; this poor woman gave him money to procure this protection until she had no more to gtve, and at length was obliged to borrow; he still continued to importune her until the poor woman, having a small house fur nished, she consented to sell the furniture—(ffear).— Whatever had been said of the verdict, he believed that a more correct verdict on the merits of the transaction could not have been given, and of course the Admiralty could not hesitate to act as it had done. The verdict had only been reversed. in consequence of a flaw in the indictment. The Admiralty was always most anxious to clear any man from aspersions and restore him to the service, more particularly if he happened to be a wounded man. Application was made to the Records of the Court where he was tried, but all in vain; for al though the verdict was reversed it was found to be alto gether on a point of form. Several affidavits were made to exculpate him, which were referred to Mr. Jervis at the Admiralty, whose humane character was but too well known. It was then found that these persons, though aware of the trial, and some of them actually pre sent at the time, had not been examined, nor did the Counsel think it safe to examine them. By .offering their testimony now it was not only too late, but they did not subject themselves to an indictment for perjury if they forswore themselves. Though all were anxious to disprove these charges against a British Naval Officer it was found totally impossible. The sigma rested on the service. The Honourable Baronet observed that it was the custom in the service when a petty officer wiic had a pension for wounds became a commissioned offi cer, he increased both his rank and emoluments, and, of course, gave up the pension for wounds. In this re spect, therefore, no injustice had been done him. He should not oppose the Petition being read, but he cer- 1 tainly thought that under the circumstances it would be better nor, for the sake of the Petitioner hjmself. Mr. HUME observed, that by denying all that . ivas said by the petitioner, any case might be made out against him ; but his case depended not on his own assertions, but on the affidavits of others. He knew not the peti tioner, but presented the petition at the request of Sir Edward Perrot, the petitioner's brother. Sir G. CLERK contended that the affidavits were all inconsistent with each other and with the assertion of the petitioner himself. The question for the Admiralty was not whether there was any absence of technicality which would operate in Westminster Hall, but whether the evidence against Lieutenant Perrot was or was not such as would render it impossible to allow him to remain in the service? Mr. CHOKER said he had no doubt that the attempt to shield the petitioner under the respectable name .of a Baronet was done knowing he could not defend himself in his own character. A clearer case never came before the House, for the forged protection for Bullen was found in the lodgings of Lieutenant Perrot, and in his own hard-writing. Mr. Secretary PEEL contended that the treatment of Lieutenant Perrot was fully warranted by his conduct and the evidence against him,. He should therefore oppose the reading of the petition. Mr. 11 LIME replied, and said that he would not press the petition, but should withdraw it if such was the sense of the House. After A few words from Mr. CALCRAET aud Mr. tloscK, leave was then given, and the petition was ac cvidisigiy withdrawn. L2a.. FIRST RIGIttRNT OF FOOT GUARDS. Mr. HUME rose to make his promised Motico for, returns of the number Of soldiers of the Guards u ho -bad been imprisoned within a given period ; and els() Of the amount and application of the Stock Purse of the First Regiment of Foot Guards. He was induced to take that step, because he believed the Honourable Officers who denied that the stoppages from soldiers while under confinement went to the stock purse- of the Officers' Mess, made that statement under the influence of mis information. He had asked two Officers of the Guards the nature of the purse, neither of whom could tell him—the fact was, that that fund was managed by the Captains and superior Officers—the poor subalterns had nothing to do in its management. He contended, therefore, that there-ought not to be a single account open in any regiment in the-service to which the Secre tary at War should nothas'e access. He felt quite satis fied that it would be more consistent with the charac ters of the Officers and the good of the service that these ,returns should be produced.—The Honourable Gentle-; man concluded by moving for returns of the number of men of the Guards confined since 1816, the amount of stoppages accruing therefrom, the income and expendi ture of the stock purse, &c. &c. .Lord PALNIERSTON said, he would state shortly! the nature of the Stock Purse. Ile wondered the Hon. Gentleman, who had devoted his attentien for so many' years to the Army Estimates, was not better informed on the subject. Previous to the Act of 1783, the whole of the army stood upon the same footing with respect to the Stock Purse, as the regiments of Guards were at present. Those acquainted with` the practice of the army were aware that payment was issued for every regiment.on the supposition-that its establishment was complete.' There were, however, always some non effectives, and the Stock Purse was made up of the dif ference between the amount issued on the supposition of the establishment being complete, ,and the amount actually paid. In a word, the pay of the non•efFectives seas that mysterious fund. Out of- it was paid the ex penses of recruiting and of hospitals. The practice was altered by Mr. Burke's Bill in 1783 ; but the Foot Guards were expressly excluded from that arrangement. It was not usual to give in any details ai to how the Stock Purse was disposed of in the Guards. However, those expenses were defrayed from that fund, which, as regarded the Line, were provi4ed for by separate votes of the House. Ile -was not aware that Mr. Wyndham ever had in contemplation to extend to the Guards the same regulations on this point that governed the Line. Each plan had its own advantage. It was stated to him that the course pursued in the Guards was the cheaper of the two, but upon that head he was never able to satisfy himself; he was certain the public could gain little, if anything by a change.—s So much for the Stock Purse. It was impossible to render it more clear by the Returns moved for. Now with respect to the application of the pay of soldiers confined by Court-Martial. By the Mutiny Act their pay was forfeited during confinement, but the Act did not direct to whom the pay was to go. In the Line it went to the public, but in the Guards it was clearly a ,legitimate part of the Stock Purse, and was disposed of in one of these three ways : either the Officers, exercising that discretion which as regarded the Line was vested in the Secretary at War, restored the man the whole or a part of his pay, or it was left in the hands of the agent, payable to the public when claimed ; but in no case was it ever divided among the Officers. The very idea must be repugnant to the feelings of a British Officer. The sum, in fact, was so small which could fall to each Officer, that it might be counted in shillings. To place the thing beyond suspicion, be had not the least objec tion to a Return dressing the amount since 1816, and the manner in which it had been disposed of. The Officers also were perfectly ready that it should be cre dited to the public, unless when returned to the man who had been confined. With respect to the pay of such as were imprisoned by the civil power, the officers had nothing to do with it. That part of the Stock Purse which arose from non-effective men could flat be diminished. The Honourable Gentleman asked whether non-effec tives were part of the establishment or not ? It was clear that a maximum must be fixed for each establishment, for the purpose of forming an estimate. The establish ment, however, could not be always complete: there must be at all times some'non-effectioe men, unless man could be made immortal. The Noble Lord concluded by moving, as an amendment, " That there should be laid upon the table a Return of the Amount of Pay forfeited under the Mutiny Act by men in the Re giments of Guards who had been confined under the "sentence of a Court-Martial from 1816 to 18124, stating also the ;tunnel in which it had been disposed of." Mr. BERNAL expressed himself satisfied with the explanation of the Noble Lord. He wished to know what_ was done with the pay of those imprisoned by the Civil Power ? Lord PALMERSTON said, it went to the stock purse. General GROSVENOR said, nothing could be more igisfactory than the explanation of the Noble With respect to the stock purse, it had existed from time immemorial. • Sir H. HARDINGE said that when the subject was mentioned upon a forme: occasion by the Hofiourable Gentleman (Mr. Hume), lie might have been led into harsh language upon hearing it imputod to the Officers of the Guards that they could have been capable of put ting the forfeited pay of the men into their pockets. Had the Honourable Gentleman made then the same statements he did now, no expression of warmth should have escaped him. The pay of a Captain of the Guards was only 4501. a year, while that of a Lieutenant-Colo nel of the Line, though their rank was the same, was 30 or 401. more. The full pay of a Lieutenant was 7s. 10J. If he wished to retire, his half pay, ranking as a Captain in the Line, would be 7s. So that in fact a Lieutenant in the Guards was actually serving the public 'for lOd. a day. He had no objection to afford every paper that had any reference to the establishment. Colonel DAWKINS said he was borne out in the statement he made the other night by what had now fallen from the Noble Lord (Palmerston.) He was glad this opportunity had been afforded for contradict ing the statements previously made; they proceeded, he had no doubt, from some disaffected soldier. After a few words from Sir J. SLIELLEY and Mr. Hume, the original motion was negatived without a di vision, and the amend inent agreed to. Lord PALMERSTON moved fur a Select Committee to prc pare Militia Estimates. i" .:~ - 1 FIO ,~ A BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF ST. pArßicr. Yesterday, the Anniversary Festival of this Societi (being the Forty-first), was celebrated at the Freern sons' 'tavern, G: eat Queen-street. The great hall was filled, soon after five o'clock, by a mo , t respectable company. At half-past sir o'clock, his Royal Highness the Duke of YORK, the President of the Society, entered the room, accompanied by the Duke of WELLINGTON, the Marquis of Downtime; Lieutenant-General Sir Jolts DOYLE, and several other supporters of the Society. Shortly aftet . dinner was served up, the Right' Honourable .Grottoe Cazsmo, M.P. entered, accompanied isy the CliaNcet.toli of the EXCHEQUER, Mr. GOULEURN, and One Or two othi r Gentlemen : Mr. CANNING, who had passed nearly rb the principal table before he was recognized, was the'? loudly cheered. After the company had partaken of the dinner pre. vided for the occasion, the healthy of his MAJESTY and the other branches of the Royal Family, were given with three times three, from the Chair. The ROYAL CHAIRNIAN, in prhposing the Rt No ' s health, presented his MAJEs - ry's annual donation of lOU guineas to the Society, which made up an amount, from the .KING'S first subscription, of between three and I:4,00), according to the Report subsequently read by the Treasurer. .Tlfb anthem of ‘ 8 Gob :arc ti e King" was then sung by Mr. Charles Taylor, 74r. Smith, Mr. Broadhurst, Mr. Webb, and Master Smith. The next toast was, " The Earl of Munster {:he Duke of 'Clarence), sad the Navy of the United Kinzdom."- , —Three times tine'. The Duke of WELLINGTON proposed " The health of his Itoyal Highness the Duke of York, arl the Army of the United Kingdnin."—Thrte times three. His Roirm. lIIGHNESS, in returning thanks, expressed the affectionate regard which he felt for the Sister King- dom, also the gratitude which he always lelt as Commander-in-Chief of the Army, for the uniform dism cipline, zeal, and valour, which had characterized the Irish part of his MAJESTY'S troops, and which uniformly equalled that of any other branch of the service. The CHAIRMAN then gave, " Success to the Benevolent Society of St. Patrick." The children supported by the Institution were then introduced in the usual form ; they presented the inte testing Spectacle of a large number of youth of b ot h sexes, full of apparent health .and comfort", who owed their education and subsistence to the chatitable aid of this Society.—A large subscription was then chllected at the tables. ' The CHAIR N next gave " The health of the Marquis of ilastings."—Three times three. The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The health of the Duke of Wellington." Drank with applau.e. The Duke of IN ELLINGTO.Z, it, recur fling thanks, said, that having had the honour of his name being placed upon the list of their standing toasts, it often fell to his lot to acknowledge this high compliment; but he never felt so gi atified as at present, when their illustrious Pre sident proposed his health, under whom he had been first sent for th, and excited to assist in the performance of those services which had led to his name being honoured as it was this day. lie assured them that he felt this compliment in the highest degree—(Applause). The CHAIRMAN next proposed " The health of the-Lord Lieutenant of Ireland." _ _ _ The Duke of WKLI.I46TON A in returning thanks for his Noble Relative, said that there was no more ardent friend to the objects of this Society than Lord Wellesley. The healths of the Civic Corporate Bodies who con tributed to the Society were then successively drank, andiolloWed by a humorous song by, Mr. Taylor.' The CHAIRMAN then proposed , "The health, of Mr. John Smith a►►d the Irish Committee." , Mr. JOHM SMITH, M. P. in returning thanks, said that the people of this country felt, he was persuaded, a proper sympathy for the people of Ireland, who would, he hopec4 at no . distant period pal ticipate in the bles sings and privileges of the British Constitution. He could not forget what this-society owed to the bounty and co-operation of the city of London; and no man felt more than he did, how meritoriously applied was that bounty in this instance. He concluded by pro. posing the health of " Mr. Wellesley," who was an active member of the Irish Committee. Mr. WELLESLEY in returning thanks said, that he could never forget the, debt of gratitude which his fa mily owed to Ireland. He also expressed the gratifica tion he felt at being in any way instrumental to the promotion of so excellent au institution as the present. When the health of the Marquis of Downshire was drank, The Noble Maticiurs returned thanks, and expressed the gratitude which he felt at finding their chair this day filled by so illustrious a personage as his Royal Highness the Duke of York. .He also congratulated his country upon the new era in legislation Which was now dawning upt,n it, and which he had no doubt would be matured by mutual confidence and . kindness between the people of England and those of the Sister Kingdom. Ile spoke in the highest terms of rite value of educating the poor—a duty which he WAS 1)1013d to find the higher classes of society were so actively engaged in promotinE. The CHAIRMAN then gave • " The health of the Hight lion. George Canning." Mr. CONNING, in retureing thanks, said that he wanted words to expres his feelings on this occasion, And, indeed,• voice to utter them. Tlas was not the first time he - had had the honour of assisting at the fes tivals of this society ; but, above all other occasions, this was one which, from what he had seen and heard, held out the most cheering and auspicious prospects for the future— for their Pm e silent so omen to have so jar) ,t: ions a Member of that Ilith pipp/ause). It Was no slig ht trious house which had 'st, long patronized this Institu tion, and whose fee.ings i a ha behalf were so decidedly evinced in the manner in which lie had ear.:-essed him self respecting Leland this evening. His Royal Digh ness was long practised in the.exe; cise of benevolene.e r and had extended hi; bounty' to the great mass of the public chat ities of the cointry. In that general cha racter he had given A genet al secarity for the interest which he felt in the promotion of this se&e:y ; but no Irishman could mistake the decided warmth which his Royal Highness felt, upon. hearing the tone in which he had spoken of' the society at this festival—(Applause). They had also two other authorities this night to cheer them in the path of their beneolence. One of them (Mr. .1. Smith), who presided at an Irish society in the City of London, had expressed to them his con. viction of the progressive value of this institution. — Another personage (the Marquis of Dowmhire) had told them that a new eta was breaking upon his country, which promised the brightest advantages. It was not alone in the shape of eleemosynary bounty, how ever honourable to the giver and the receiver, that Ireland wait destined to profit by their aid; but it was through the stream of British capital, which had begun to set toward Ireland s that great benefits were to ~x. ~ +tom rn The other Orders of the Day were disposed or —Adjourned. 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