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quences. The case bad been dosed ditotl it Occurred to the Am Member for Colchester (Mr. Harvey) to ensusitrierstr. Cfflutp_tan,. he object of the Hon. Mem ber (Mr: Harvey)lie 'Wald not say was to gratify spleen, but it might have been to gratify curiosity. Why not u bting forward Mr. Osbaldiston, Mr. Marsh, and other Candidates for East Retford, as well as Mr. Crompton? The latter Gentleman, indiscreetly, he would admit, but still competently, put some questions to the witness Hannam, and it was in that the idea ori• ginated of entwining himself. Mr. LUMLItt thought it rather extraordinary that though the examination of witnesses commenced on Monday, the idea of examining Mr. Crompton did not occur to the Member for Colchester until Friday. It the question was pressed he should vote against it. Mr. G. BANKES said, that in consequence of the statement made by an Hon. Member in the course of this discussion, he should not persevere ia his intenton of calling Mr. Foljambe. Mr. TENNISON aaid, a similar representation had been made to him with respect to Mr. Foljambe, and it was now confirmed. He owed it to Lord Fitzwilliam to say, that his advance of 1,2001. was not directed to any purpose of corruption. It was advanced to defray those legitimate expenses which must be incurred at all elections. He could see no crime in a Peet's advancing 1,2001. or any other sum for the legal 'charges c . f an election. It was a matter of indifference to him,whether Mr. Crompton was examined or not. He thought he had made out a sufficient case without him. The mote witnesses, however, that wet e examined, the more clearly he felt confident it would appear that the grossest bribery and corruption prevailed in the Borough of East Retford. BANKES disclaimed any intention of casting the least imputation on the character of Lurd Fitzwil liam. He distinctly stated that the 1,2001. was not advanced by him for the purpose of bribery. Them was some reason, however, to believe that the whole had not been legally expended ; for part appeared to have been used to defray the expense of treating. Mr. Secretary PEEL, referring to his declared-opi nion of a former night, thought that no Committee of the House, except a Committee armed with power to send for persons, papers, and records, had any right to proceed to the examination of any Honourable Mem ber of that House. Same doubts had been thrown out respecting the power of that House to compel one of *Es own Members to attend and give evidence before it. He rather thought, however, that ancient authorities could be adduced in support of the affirmative; but he admitted, in some degree confined to the operation— namely, by the addition to the order of the words, " if he shall so think fit." In modern times, however, it had been the practice of that House to require the at. tendance of its Members for similar purposes, emitting those gratifying words. For these reasons he thought it must be presumed that the Honse had the power in question. He believed that no instance had occurred in which it had been found necessary for the House to exercise its power to compel compliance with its order; and he bad formed this belief, because he was pretty sure that no instance could be cited in which any Hon. Member had resisted it. There could be found no case in which any Hon. Member had been committed to the Tower. or otherwise, for disobeying such an order of the House--(hear, from Mr. C. W. Wynn),--If his Right Hon. Friend had any specific instance to adduce in support of the contrary, he (Mr. Secretary Peel) would, of course. give to it every possible considera tion; but he rather thought that no such case could be found. With respect to the attendance of Mr. Crontp ton, be begged leave to say, that he should be ex tremely sorry that what he had said on a former night should produce upon any Hon. Member's mind any impression upon a case in which they were acting in a judicial capacity, as from the circumstances, as given in evidence alone, every Hon. Member ought to decide. The case of Mr. Crompton he should consider precisely as he would that of any other individual—(Hear, hear). An Honourable Member had expressed his fears lest it should be said elsewhere, that the House was disposed to screen its own Members; but he (Mr. Secretary Peel) was determined to do his duty, caring nothing what comments might be applied to his con duct out of doors—nothing could induce him to depot t from the line he should adopt, provided he %ere con vinced in Itia own mind that such injurious imputations were unwarranted. If several Honourable Members still felt dissatisfied, he increased them to combat that feeling of their own minds, because if doubts should be telt by those who would be afterwards called upon to act judicially in the affair, those doubts must in finence their decision. Ho, for one, however, could never consent that any question should be put to Mr. Compton for the purpose of subjecting him to a penalty—(Cheers). An I if he could think for a mco meat that that was the eed or object of the H , nourable Gentleman's motion, be should appose it—(l-jear, hear). He would, however support it, and his reason for con curring in that motion was, that the House might be the better enabled to come to a conclusion on the goes tian. whether or not tl e Borough of East Re.ferd ought to be disfe anchised ? Whatever the conduct of the Honourable Member (Ms. Crompton) had been, whe• ther criminal or is t. the House was bound to protect him. as it would protect any other individual—(ileat, hear). is r the satisfaction of his own mind, he (Mr. Secretary Yeel) bad, since the former discussion of the subject, read over the evidence respecting Mr. Cromp ton, and he found that on the only point to which that Honourable Member could be examined, his evidence was not necessary to satisfy his (Mr. Secretary Peel's) ' mind. That evidence alle,.ed that a sum of 2,8401. bad been lodged in the bank at List lietford for the purpose of defraying the election expenses of Mr. Crompton. The witness Fs had proved that fact, and Mr. Fox also said that the money so lodged had been for the purposes of apportioning a sum of 20 guineas to each person that should vote for Mr. Crompton. These facts being already in evidence, the testimony of Mr.Crompton WAS not, therefore, necessary. But, on the other hand, if it should be said that a blank would occur in the evidence, which could only be sup. pled by Mr. Crompton, he (Mr. Secretary Peel) must consent to the examination of that Hon. Gentleman, feeling that his sitting in that House ought not to be a protection to him against such examination. If, there to e, several other lion. Members should declare that the evidence of Mr. Crompton was necessary to tltir satisfaction, lie (Mr. Peel) should vote for the motion, although, he repeated. he felt satisfied in his own mind that it was not necessary. Mr IN YNN said, he felt disposed co concur in much of what fell from the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Se cretary Feel). He had not a shadow of doubt as to the right of the fleuse to examine Mr. Crompton, and he was equally certain as to the right of a Committee of the whole House to put cres ions to any Meniber. if it aneated to be the wish of many Members to cx amine the lion. Gentleman, he should be tl:spo-ed to cencte. That a Committee of the whole Ilouse bad a right to ex *mine Members was proved in the case of Col. V% mule, who was called upon to answer celtaisi r •, ENIMMINIm • questions; and Lord Colchester upon that occasion said, that no Member had a right to examine another, except in a Committee of Inquiry. If a Member should refuse to answer, the Comniittee could not compel him, any more than they could any other witness. All the Com miner could do was to inform the House that he ref used to answer.—(Here the Right Hon. Gentleman referred to various cases to prove what the practice of the House was in such cases.)—He, however, saw no necessity of acceding to this motion. He should be most unwilling to call upon any Hon. Gentleman to criminate himself, unless it was. absolutely necessary to the ends of justice. Here, however, there could be no danger of that kind, as the House might refuse the only scut of written evi dence which could be produced, the notes of the short hand writer at the bar. Mr. Secretary PEEL explained. He never expressed a doubt of the power of the House to compel its Mem bers to attend for the purpose of being examined. He only referred to cases i• which the words " if he shall so think fit," were used, and said that on these words a doubt had been grounded by some persons. la 1790, General Ropke was called before a Committee of the ' whole House on the Stave Trade, for the purpose of being examined, if he should so think fit. There were other cases of the same kin 3, but the preponderance of authorities was the other way. He did not think the Committee had the, power of summoning without the previous order of the House, or that the Committee could examine without a previous summon% Lord HO WICK opposed the motion. When a scan dalous case of bribery was made out, the House should omit no means by which puni>hment could be effec tually brought home to the guilt/ ; but when it was notorious that nine-tenths of those who represented boroughs in that House were teturned in consequence of bribery, either in money or money's worth, it was too hard that one individual should be selected for punishment. They could not deceive the public into a belief, by a proceeding of this kind, that elections were generally pure. He should support the Bill for dis franchising East Retford, because he thought the bur gesses were most culpable in converting their rights to the gratification of mean and roelfish purposes. Sir R. WILSON said the evidence appeared to him quite sufficient. He saw no necessity for examining any more witnesses; but he could not conceive how those who were not yet convinced of the guilt of East Retford could oppose the bringing forward of other witnesses. The natural conclusion must be that they considered the evidence sufficient for disfranchising the borough. Mr. PEEL said, that in the observations he had made, he begged not to be understood as pronouncing any opinion upon the question of disfranchisement. — Before he made up his mind, he should carefully peruse the %%hole of the evidence, and then decide accord ing to the dictates of his conscience. Mr. HARVEY was at a loss to conceive why tl e in sinuation should have arisen, that the evidence of Mr. Crompton was called for through spleen. For himself he could declare, that he felt 'no spleen against that or any other Gentleman. And as to his (Mr. Harvey's) interference in the matter, he begged to explain that two persons from Birmingham, who were watching the progress of this Bill, and who were then below the bar, had called upon him with the Hon. Mover's compli ments, and entreated his assistance. He could prove, he told them at the time they had first spoken to him, that Mr. Crompton and other Gentleman ought to be exa mined. It certainly appeared, from Fox's evidence, that 2,8001. had been made up in sealed parcelsof 211. each, and it remained to be shown how these sums bad been disposed of. The time was gone by when those penalties would be imposed to which, perhaps, at com mon law, the Hon. Member might be liable—(Hear) . He (Mr. Harvey) protested against the doctrine that it was competent for a Peer of the realm to interim in the election of a Member to serve in that House, in the manner in which it had been proved the Noble Earl (Fitzwilliam) had done. He would take the sense of the House upon the motion. Mr. Secretary PEEL explained. He had distinctly stated, that if they examined Mr. Crompton they would be bound to protect him against penal consequences. He could see no ground for suspecting the Hon. Member (Mr. Harvey) of being influenced by spleen or private motive of any kind. Mr. TENNISON said, his reason for pet calling Mr. Ckbaldicon, Mr. Evans, and Mr. Crompton was, that he thought big case did not require it. His case was, that the burgesses received money, not that the candi dates paid it. • After a few words from Mr. Hum and Mr. Alderman W.41:7H. MAN, Mr. ithavvr consented to withdraw his motion, which was accordingly done. The Rill then went through the Committee, the Report was received, and ordered to be taken Into further consideration ea Friday nest. MUTINY If LLIMOGGING. Sir A. GRANT presented the Report of the Mutiny Bill. Lord NUGENT rose to propose a new clause, to prevent corporal punishment in the army, except in certain cases. He admitted that it was the preroga tive of the Crown to controul the army, and to issue orders for its due regulation and discipline. He did not wish to interfere with this prerogative—but he would ask, was this a mode of punishment that ought to be resorted to? Was it calculated to raise the spii it and character of the soldier ? Was its tendency to effect the good that was desired ? He thought not. But he should be asked, %hat remedy had he to propose? what mode of punishment had he to sug gest as a substitute ? If a substitute for the degrading lash could be proposed, he assumed that no one would object to prohibit the use of flogging in the army. Ii was an unfortunate thing that in arguing this question, he was obliged to resort to " comm. n places." He con tended that the use c.f the lash tended to break the spirit and degrade the mind; and that it was 'calculated to sully the high honour of the army, which they were so anxious to sustain. How grievous must that man's feel ings be who had triumphantly fought with his regiment against the enemy, yet who bore about him the stripes f shame! Could that man exult, like his brethren in arms? To show its inutility, his Lordship mentioned that the practice was prohibited in the Highland regi ments—so shameful was it deemed to have been- ex-. posed to the lath ! There was another evil resulted fronl i this practice—it contributed to confuse the gradations of punishment. There had been two and three hundred lasf•es awarded for comparitively trivial of fences; while not many more could be given for the heaviest offences punished with the lash. Heretofore as many as one thousand lathes had been awarded.- Ihe man. after receiving a certain number of lashes, was conveyed to the hospital, and afterwards brcught back to receive the remainder of the sentence. That disgraceful practice, he understood, was discontinued. In the clause which he intended to propose, be sug gested the policy of preventing flogging in the army, except in cases of drunkenness %hen actually on service, of thefts and frauds, and of assaults with intent to com m:t felony. The practice was a national reproach, and it was calculated to vulgarize the mind. He would ' not detain chi! House longer; but he conjured the House, for the sake of the service, to entertain his clause instead of that now constituting the 24th section of the Mutiny Bill; namely, to prohibit flogging, or other corporal punishment in the army, except in the cases which he had mentioned. Mr. J. SMITH, in seconding the motion, dwelt at some length on the demoralizing and degrading conse quences which were attached to the system of flagella tion. He had made inquiries with respect, to the effect which the practice of whipping had on 'arose indivi duals who %ere thus punished at the close of each Se.. sion at the Old Bailey; and he had learned from the tespectab e and intelligent individual whom he had consulted, that he had observed, during the whole time in which he had held the office of principal keeper of Newgate, that the individuals so punished were, for the greater part, in his custody again before the ex piration of twelve months, after they had been so ex posed to the public gaze. This was not surprising ; roe after a wretched individual had received so public and so indelible a disgrace as that of flogging, it was quite clear that no decent individual would associate with him, and that no respectable person would employ him. He was convinced that the effect of continuing this punishment in the army had an equally baneful effect. Considerable relaxation had, of late years, taken place in the system ; and lie believed that as the minds of men became more refined and expanded, it would be left off altogether. In some parts of Europe this species of punishment had been entirely remove.'; and he hoped that, for the sake of the country, and for the sake of humaniy, it would be put an end to in the British army. Sir J. SEBRIGHT defended the practice as abso lutely necessary. He should continue to hold the opinion till he beard horn persons of more experience than the mover and seconder of the amendment, that the disci- I pline of the Army could be maintained without conti- Inuing the power now sought, in part, to be abolished. He had seen a good deal of service, and he declared the necessity of retaining the power as a dernier resort. Sir HUSSEY VIVIAN was also confident that the British army could not be managed without keeping up this discipline. He could not but deprecate the constant recurrence, Session after Session, of such discussions as these, the dangerous tendency of which must surely be obvious to every man of common reflection. The Noble Lord had talked of its being impossible to pass a barrack gate without being she eked by witnessing the agony and laceration of some offenders undergoing this punishment. Why, what was the fact ? The infliction of it was becoming every year more and more unfrequent. An Hon. Gentleman said that the effect of the retaining such a punishment in the army caused the British sol dier to crouch to his officer like a spaniel at the beck of his master. New, whether or no, the punishment had prejudiced their spitit and effectiveness, he would leave it to their achievements eluting the last war to tell (Cheering)—and as for the crouching, it might have been said, with much more truth and reason, that they resembled their native bull.dogs—full of heart and high courage, and only requiring now and then the hand of the master to keep them in and prevent them from doing mischief to their neighbours—(Hear). The official situation he occupied had enabled him to procure some returns, from which he would read a passage, in order to show how much the number of punishments was now decreasing in the army. The return from one re giment (it was not necessary to designate these regiments) was, in one year, 68 defaulters, 4 Cour is Martial, 1 man punished : from another, 70 defaulters, 19 Courts Mar tial,2 men punished; from another,3s defaulters,4Courts Martial, 2 men punished ; from another, 21 defaulters, one man punished; from another. 40 defaulters, 16 Courts Martial, four men punished. With the exception of two cases, none of these punishments had exceeded one hundred lashes; and most of them were under that amount of infliction. The House was to understand, that in every regiment a book was kept, in which the name and offence of every defaulter was entered. The number of these defaulters, therefore, represented the number of offences in the regiment. As to what had been said in respect to the French army, the compari son was not a fair one, he held, on many accounts.—. The manner in which the men were drafted into that service was essentially different from the mode observed in our drafting. Men of great knowledge and of highly respectable conneziOns also very frequently entered the French ranks, and in their case such offences as we punish with flogging were net likely to occur. Indivi duals, too, of obis descriptisn, as he had been informed by an Officer of high rank in the French army, were found to exercise an extraordinary influence over their comrades. Their punishments were far more formidable than ours ; they punished with death, or the /router, or transmission to a condemned regiment, or spare diet and imprisonment, or removal to remote garrisons, where their duty lasted for life. Now, what was the comparative effect of these two different systems? The House knew well linw our men bad acquitted themselves in the field; and as for cone ano in quarters, let any man go to the South ref France, eW,lse would hear that, by the French themselves, their own troops were everywhere complained of—the English everywhere hailed as deliverers—(blear, heat). It he wanted a proof of the error into which men unacquainted with those topics were sure to fall if they attempted to deal with them, he should find it in this very motion of the Noble Lord. Oddly enough, it omitted all notice of the more 'serieus - military offences, for which military punishment was always inflicted—such as disobedience of orders, sleeping on pest, &c. and excepted from the abolition, which it otherwise requited, of flogging, those very cases—theft, assault, and felony, for which flogging was nor, and could not, by law be administered—the law requiring all offenders in these respects to be handed over to the civil power—(Hear, hear). Then, as to the feeling of the man for his officer, which had been repre sented as one of unmixed fear and dislike, the fact really was, owing to the exemplary cc nduct of all British officers at the present day, that the soldier looked upon him as his father, and the officer invariably proved himself to the soldier to be his protector. Fur his own part, the most trying moment he (Sir H. Vivian) had ever experienced, was when he was obliged to sever himself from a regiment in which he bad served 20 years,l which he had commanded for ten. Mr. WILBRAHAM said, he considered the practice 'of flogging disgraceful to the British Army, and was often shocked at seeing men who would have readily faced the artillery of the enemy, carried off the parade when punishment was inflicting an their comrades, unable to endure the sight. He considered it highly , honourable to Lord Combermete, that he had abolished flogging in the Indian Army ; and he thought it extra ordinary, that while the natives of India, and of all the counties in Europe were governed without flogging, that British soldiers only should continue to be treated like dogs—(Wear, hear). Mr. WARBURTON condemned the practice of flogging, and thought the punishments of the French army might be introduced into the English with great advantage. Colonel LINDSAY considered that the principle of military is)unishment was necessary to be retaiped in the. littish srstn7, although it should be seldom resorted tn. ~y. When the duties which our soldiers tette tallied upon to perform were taken into account, he was at a loss to know how these duties could be efficiently discharged without the existence of a strict code, although the severity of that code should he called into action es rarely as possible. The punishment of flogging was now fat le,s prevalent in our army than formerly. This was in a great degree attributable to the discussions upon the subject in that House—(Hear, heat) —especially to the Motions upon the subject brought forward by the Honourable Member for Westminster (Sir F. Burdett). He would 'ask what the Noble Lord (Nugent) would subsitute foe this punishment, in cases of gross insubordination?.. Even upon the principle of humanity, he thoight the practice of flogging should n. 4 be altogether abo. lished—for if it were, even according to the argument of the Honourable Gentlemen who were for abrogating it, the punishment of death would. sometimei bt in. flitted, where the punishment e f flogging now pri: vailed. Capital punishment would thus be inflicted as punishment for crimes which were now considered not to deserve it— (Hear, hear). In foreign armies, as the Austrian and in the Russian armies, flogging lie. , trailed, and was infl•cted at the caprice of non-corn; missioned officers,*which was not the case in our service. Seeing, as he did, that the British army Was able to beat the army of any other nation to which it had been eve r opposed—he was unwilling to alter the discipline under which our army had been brought to its present state of perfect order, and by which it had been enabled toifight triumphantly in every contest in which it had been en gaged--(Hear, hear). Mr. HUME did not think flogging was so very good and so desirable a thing as Hon. Gentlemen seemed to think it. It was asked, would they have an army with •out discipline? Decidedly not ; but he would have punishment of a less degrading character than being tied up and flogged at the halbeits. In France, in the Netherlands, In Prussia, in Wit temberg, the practice of flogging was discontinued ; in 4ustria alone did it continue, and there it was neither so disgusting nor so barbarous as it had been for years in the British Army. But was there no discipline kept up in any of those armies ? No man in his senses could dream of any such thing. What he wished was, that such a danger ous power,should not be allowed to any man or set of men. He wished punishment to be less severe, but more effectual ; and he thought the abolition of flogging would be the means of making it as much so as could be desired. He had the authority of Lord Combermere fur saying, that corporal punishment was infamous, in as much as he had issued orders, that no soldier in India who should be flogged should hereafter remain in the army. He did not believe the British soldiers tequi.ed the lash to screw up their courage; but be was saisfied it tended to barbarize and degrade them. Colonel WOOD thought, that although corporal punishment was not allowed in foreign armies, the dis. cipline of them was preserved with greater severity than in ours, because the infliction of capital punishment e as mote frequent. The Noble Lord who had introduCed this subject had attributed to him an argument which he had never used. That Noble Lord had made him say, that as boys were flogged at school, he saw no reason why soldiers should not be flogged. Now, no such argument had ever fallen from his lips.• The whole study of his life had been to do away with cor- poral punishment; and if he took credit for any thing, it was this, that though he had been at the head of a very large body of men, there had been fewer in• fictions of corporal punishment among them than in any corps in the service. He admitted that this kind of punishment, as far as old soldiers were concerned, never corrected the offence for which it was inflicted ; but then it frequently , deterred others from committing the same offence. The British army bad been contrasted with the armies of other countries. Kr his part, he thought the British soldiers, who had beaten all the armies that had been brought against ihem,had military character enough.. As soon as they e ere disembodied, too, they fell into the mass of the people, and did not, as in France, form a particular class of the ccmmunity, and still preserving their military character, think them selves of a superior order to the rest of their fellow subjects. Sir H. VIVIAN explained. • Lord PALMERSTON said, that some of the punish. ments used on the Continent, which it was wished to have adopted here, it would be impossible to introduce, from the nature of our institutions. Solitary imprison. anent, for example, wanted military fortresses, and if the soldier was imprisoned in the ordinary gaols of the country, the associates he would there meet with would not be likely to amend 'his future conduct. But it was a great mistake to suppose, that there were no corporal punishment in fcreign services; but the difference be. tween them and those inflicted in England was, that they depended on the will of the officers, whilst in England it first required an inquiry by Court Martial— (Hear). That foreign example was not one, he thought, to be looked up to in this country. There were other punishments in foreign countries which would still more revolt public opiuita than Sagging. The practice, for example, of parading men about the streets with cannon balls attached to their legs, or of exhibiting them publicly, as condemned to public works, would never suit this country. The fact was, that it was impossible, particularly abroad, to preserve the discipline of a large body of armed men, with. root having the means of inflicting prompt punishment. Im prisonment, and the other substitutes suggested for flogging, were not of that nature. The Noble Lord who had originated that discussion, proposed to abolish corporal punishment, except fur certain offences named in a clause he introduced fur the purpose. Now that happened to be the offences which, under the Mutiny Act and the Articles of War, were cognizable by the orti• nary tribunals of the country, in all cases where it was possible to have recourse to them. So that he proposed to retain corporal punishment in cases already provided for by law, and to abolish it in the more urgent cases, which the ordinary tribunals could not so well reach. The Mutiny Act was brougbt in, because the ordinary proceedings at law did not furnish sufficiently prompt and efficacious means of putting down a mutiny. It would be better at once to take away the power altogether, in order that the result might be speedily seen, than leave it, as the Noble Lord now proposed, to be exercised in cases where it would not be needed, whilst be did nut allow it to be used in cases of a more dangerous description: . General DUFF protested egoism any hasty attempts to remodel an army which bad driven the invincible legions of France from one end of the world to the other. The House was then cleared; but no division took place, and the amendment was negatived. maauts MISTIPT SILL Upon oar return to the gallery, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was moving the Order of the Day for bringing up the Report that the Marine Mutiny Bin be read. Sir J. w ROTTESLEY complained of the useless expense of the Commissariat Departtnent, and asked whether it could not be dr« penned with, as far as the supplying the troops with bread and meat. He believed that those articles could be supplici better to the sol. dier, and cheaper to the public, by a different arrangement. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought the pre vent system of a general contractder the supply of bread and meat was the most eligible that could 6! adopted. The Report was received, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. STAMP SWIMS 411311/41111%11 1 T ELL Mr. G. DAWSON moved the committal of the above Bill, and in answer to a question from Mr. WARIVIII" said, that the Bill was intended to meet some practices in the system of insurance in Scotland Injurious to the Revenue. Mr. WA RBURTON said, that the Bill would have a most im portant influence upon the practice of insurance with respect to mar. chandize, and he trusted that it would be deferred until the House should have an opportunity of bearing the opinion of dime who would be so materially affected by its present provisions. Ph. DA WSON said, that he should be moss happy to defer the 8111, for the purpose mentioned by the Hon. watch obliged to Min for pointing out the swished the Bill td be committed proferma, to e•e it from the objections mentioned. The HIII went through a Committee, and tl tti be restated on this day fortnight. ROMAN CATWOLIC LAPS TLX On the motion that this Bill be committi r. &antes made a few observations. • A *Wort conversation ensued, in which Mt thet the purchasers of estates front Catholics of any advantage from thisßill, and the ATTORMiI hag on the history of the Land Tax, said that tfalfty of power vested in the Commissioner) exercise under the circumstances which had -The Bill was then committed, and some vs posed by Mr. G. Bonen, which were agreed) The House then resumed, the Report was be to be received on Monday. Blr JAhi ES GRA HAM then brought in Oration of Freeholders, which was read a ' }sad a second thee on Monday next. The House then adjourned at EWEN o'Ci TH IL EVENING LON DON. TUESDAY, MARCH 11 STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELV That Comet market remains steady this • The same price they !eft off yesterday, 831 j, they may. be•quoted at 113/ 4, with little ," .In the Foreign market also nothing is CITY. IIALF-PAST Consols have fallen I per cent. since may pour be quoted at 831 for the Account. - H The report is revived for the third or will be sent this evening to both Houses of P. Government are going to send out a force of the 31orta. Consols OS 83i. PRICE OF STOCKS AT FOU RI Bank Stock Shut M el ia Stoe per Cent. Red. Shut Ditto tin 3 per Ct. Cons. 83e South Sea La per Cent. Shut 3 per Cent.l 3i per Cent. Red. Shut €lOOO Ezi 4 per Ct. New 1001 t i £3OO Ditti 4 per Cent. Scrip £lOO and 4 per Cent. 1826, Shut India for Long Ann. Shut. Consols for FORRIGN FUNDS, TWO if Brazilian Ma. Sp Cr. 631 Me: Do. Acet. 631. Do. Ai Buenos Ayr:. lids. 6p C. 36 5 Me:. Ii Chilian Bonds, 6 per Ct. 25 Do. Ace.' Bond., 6 per Ct. Russ. Bds. Do. R0nd5,1824,24i 4 Do Acet.l Do Aect 24 Fr. Rent( Greek Bonds, S p Ct. Eachan Do.l.lds. 1825, S p Ct. 17 Do Acct, BRIXISH AND FOREIGN SUA 11E5,1 Ilrazilian Columbian General Mining Assn. {HA R I. 35 100 FA t► 20 22 In the House of Lords, last night,l a were presented against the Corporation and ' guts of I.OIO>OINDERST presented A Petition f favour of the Catholic Claims. The (laced his second Bill on the Criminal Laws _first time, and, along with the former Rill, second time on Tuesday next. In the House of. Commons, Sir pumas presented a Petition from the the Diocese of Wilts, against the Roman veral Petitions in favour of the Claims were _ KICNNZDT'S Scots Law of Entail Amendmen time. Mr. Cowries put a question to Mi anomaly inthe Corn Laws, by which grain the Isle of Man under circumstances that di. of the empire. Mr. F. Lewis said the evil, be remedied in the intended Corn Bill. Jotr.s. tip in custody, reprimanded, and discharm Boroughs Polls Bill was read a second time) Friday. The Pauper Lunatic Bill was rear committed on Monday. The Resolution on the Pound Duty on Pensions was agreed to. Day for going into Committee on the East `-‘ meat Bill, Mr. D. W. Hauer brought ' 4 Mr. Caosarron should attend to give the Committeee on the Bill. On the being brought up, Lord Ncisativ moved a abolition of Bogging in the army. After length, the motive was negatived without a was then received, as was that of the " both Bills ordered to be read a third time . Duties Bill was committed, the Report to be day sennight. The Roman Catholic Land Tar the Report to be received on Monday. The holders Bill was read a first time. Sir H. Pa*seu, Chairman of the night presented the first Report on the the Country. Sir H. PARICIELL, on present about its contents, nor did any one pat questi t Baronet u to the points it touched upon ; hel be printed, which was ordered by the Hut The Paris Papers received last ni, ther military intelligence ; but the dated Sunday, states, that the letter: nn Saturday, from Vier.na, anitounti the presery asion of peace is given and that the news of the passage of Russian army was every moment ex letters add. that it was certain that the three Allied Powers. Art tarticlel from the frontiers of Russia, appear the obvious tendency of which is ti able distrust with regard to the ; Government, and declares that the l'orte was .endangered by her pers sent policy. The loss of the Car hich we alluded yesterday, is unfor ti In an attack on the Ist Feb. on the Greek pirates (the Isle of Carabusa)l action that vessel approached too nei struck on some rocks, where she bet the crew were saved. The new Count CAPO DISTRIA, is stated as popularity with his countrymen, in , strong measures he has adopted for • piracy, in the profits arising from v themselves have not disdained to par A telegrahic dispatch has reaches news from Lisbon to the 49th ult. fo that received by the Packet. By th we learn, that lion !sitcom had take Charter on the 26th, and that he hiv mistry. In addition to the Duke cf Nl4tquis of VILLA RAAL, as Presidt . and Minister of War, and interim M RIO, for the purpose mentioned by the Hon. much obliged to him for pointing out the swished the Bill td be committed pr firma, to gieve it from the objections mentioned. e Bill went g mi ht t . tee, and t to be tetavedoa t t h h r i o s u d g e h a yfo C nn om i ROMAN CATWOLIC LAPS TAX On the motion that this Bill be committ Rants made a few observations. • A Idiwt conversation ensued, in which M thee the purchasers of estates from Catholics o spy advantage from thisßill, and the ATTOIOII hag on the history of the Land Tax. said that efality of power vested in the Commissioner exercise under the circumstances which had -The Bill was then committed, and some • posed by Mr. G. Kamen, which were agreed The House then resumed,the Report was b to be received on Monday. ililr JAMES GRA HAM then brought in *ration of Freeholders ' which was read a firs }sad a second time on Monday next. The House then adjourned at ELITE/4 o ' C • "I . TH . " 1 EVENING LONnoN TUESDAY, MARCH 11 STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELV The Causal market remains steady this en The same price they !eft off yesterday, 831 they may. bo-quoted at 834 4, with little doi .In the Foreign market also nothing is doin CITY. HALF-PAST Cowell have fallen 1 per cent. since twel may pow be quoted at 831 for the Account. The report is revived for the third or four will be sent this evening to both Houses of P Government are going to send out a force of the Slorea. Consols 83 831. PRICE OF STOCKS AT FOU R Bank Stock Shut India Sim per Cent. Red. Shut Ditto But 3 per Ct. Cons. 831 if South Sea 3/ per Cent. Shut . 3 per Cent. 3i per Cent. Red. Shut 41000 Ex 4 per Ct. New 1001 t 1 £3OO Ditt 4 p er Cnt4 per Cent. c ts2 ri 6 l , Shut £ l, : d oO ia a fo nd r Long Ann. Shut. Consols for • FOREIGN FUNDS, TWO a Brazilian Rds. Sp Ct. 631 Me: lids. Do. Acct. 631 Do. A Dooms Ayr,. lids. 6p C. 36 5 Mex. lids Chinni Bonds, 8 per Ct. 25 Do. Acc. Ottolohian ik,nd., 6 per Ct. Ras. Ns. Do. Bonds ,1824, 241 4 Do Acct. Do Aect 24 Fr. Hewes Greek Bonds, S p Ct. Exchang Do.llds. 1825,5 p Ct. 17 Do Acct BRIXISH AND FOREIGN SHARES. SHARI. PAID Rrazilian 35 20 Colombian 100 22 General Mining Asso. 50 5 In the House of Lords, last night, were presented against the Corporation and quis of LOUVOINDERST presented a Petition f favour of the Catholic Claims. The Marqui (laced his second Bill on the Criminal Law first time, and, along with the former Bill, second time on Tuesday next. In the House of. Commons, Sir auntie presented a Petition from the Arch the Diocese of Wilts, against the Roman veral Petitions in favour of the Claims were KICNNZDT'S Scot. Law of Entail Amendmen time. Mr. CURTII4 put a question to Mi anomaly in'tbe Corn Laws, by which grain c the Isle of Man under circumstances that di of the empire. Mr. F. Lewis said the evil, be remedied in the intended Corn Bill. Jac& up in custody, reprimanded, and discbarg boroughs Polls Bill was read a second time Friday. The Pauper Lunatic Bill was ma committed on Monday. The Resolution on the Pound Duty on Pensions was agreed to. Day for going into Committee on the East ment Bill, Mr. D. W. Keever brought for ' Mr. Caesareat should attend to give eviden the Cummitteee on the Bill. On the Repo being brought up, Lord Neater moved a c abolition of flogging in the army. After length, the motive was negatived without a d was then received, as was that of the Mari both Bills ordered to be read a third time th* Duties Bill was committed, the Report to be day sennight. The Roman Catholic Land Ta the Report to be received on Monday. The holders Bill was read a first time. air H. Passau., Chairman of the Fin night presented the first Report on the Inc the Country. Sir H. PARXIELL, on presenti about its contents, nor did any one put questi Baronet as to the points it touched upon; be be printed, which was ordered by the House The Paris Papers received last ni ther military intelligence ; but the dated Sunday, states, that the letter nn Saturday, from Viecna, antiounc the preservation of peace is given and that the news of the passage of Russian army was every moment ex letters add, that it was certain that the three Allied Powers. An article from the frontiers of Russia, appea the obvious tendency of which is t able distrust with regard to the Government, and declares that the l'orte was .endangered by her pers sent policy. The loss of the Ca hich we alluded yesterday, is unfot t In an attack on the Ist Feb. on the °leek pirates (the Isle of Carabusa) action that vessel approached too nea struck on some rocks, where she be the crew were saved. The new Pr Count CAPO DISTRIA, is stated as popularity with his countrymen, in strong measures he has adopted for • piracy, in the piofits arising from a themselves have not disdained to pat A telegrahie dispatch has reache sews from Lisbon to the 49th ult. fo that received by the Packet. By th we learn, that lion fdlcon had take Charter on the 26th, and that lie ha aistry. In addition to the Duke cf M4rquis of VILLA RIAL, as Presid . and Minister of War, and interim M