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• N.N.‘ 't • : charged under the Tax en Fougorheeled Carriages, and be This day were published,. in S Talk/pm price 11. Ss. boards, I wished to know, whether, in thin case, it was intended to grant with a Portrait/tea the\rdatilselnkihs. Crispin de Pas._e ear nte rotrospective relief? Ayr cSIZ: OF THE COURT OF QUEBNi CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rid, that he It&Iii;;1 - 11,—By LUCY ATKIN. • was not aware of such an overcharge. fig frf rat "hrris oltised upon the plan of uniting with Mr. METHUEN inloired As charge bad bees . have a decisive the personal History or a celebrated female Sovereign, and made unjustly ? It would be who somplained of the connected narration of the liamestic Events of her rue, a large answer on the subject, as the portion of Biographical Anecdote, private Memoir, and Traits tillage Intended to resis t it. tort :11 • illustrative of the Manners, Modes of Thinking, and literature To t h is no answer was re of an interesting period of English History ; Original Letters, Mr. LAMBTON seeing a X Lied in his place, wid p urt * , and occasional Poems, are largely interspersed to know whether be would have A . Vi e til b ed i for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Ortne, and Ilunfilh Lacidoo. or extracts of all Correspondence ween co Mg ------- Majesty's Secretary of State for V rs to produbetce! and his Ms. This day was publilhida . • . jesty's Ambassador in the Nedierbiatia, aria the 20th Novels. in Two Volumes, two. sip IL le. • bee, INS, and the 20th November, link, relative tel Passports LECTURES on the HISTORY of LITERA. can to person* who were nut subjects of either "ming TURK, Ancient and Modern, from the Oerraasof FA& • Lord CASTLEREAGH requested the Honourable G,tntb. DERICK SCHLEGEL. , man would tarn his question into a Notice. Printed for Win. Blackw od, Edinburgh ; and Baldwits,Cre. The West India Free Ports Bill was reda third time and dock, and Joy, Paterieseter tow. press& " Frederick &Alkyl has more originality of scrim than al- IRISH GRAND JURY PREAENTHENTS. most any other Wanted man in Germany; but far from de- Mr. V. FITZGERALD, in rising to propose a pending oa that Originality, though it promised kim much sue- measure on this subject, stated that he should not be ens. be endeavoured toaseist it by extensive atu4y. it is a great prod of our respect for the human species, whin we dire not found to have been pertinaciously attached to what address it frees die suWudoas of our own minds, without hav might be considered his own opinions on the matter. Ina bat cossoiandoesly asainined into all that has been left to no He had tried to conciliate the approbation of all, and by ear pradissasses sass iabssitance."—Mad. de Stall. should now enter into a brief account of the provi sions which he intended to introduce into the present . Bill; It was acknowledged by all fair persons that die of the great evils belonging to the present system was, the want of die publicity to the applications' made to Grand Juries. To prevent this, he should now propose that presentments of all works to be undertaken be submitted at the previous Assize to the Quarter Sessions, and that a duty be imposed on , the Magistrates to attend those Sessions. Thus would 'is due degree of publicity be given to all applications for public works, which were at present sometimes only known to the persons by whom they were to be paid, by their being actually commenced. The au thority of the Magistrates of the country would also be proliortionbly increased. The next evil to be remedied was, that every application for public mo ney, whether the sum be great or small, was now made on no other authority than the affidavit of an individual, who was bound to swear that the work proposed was necessary, and that it would cost a particulag,stun. This was so impossible to swear, that in nine cases out of ten no affidavit was made, or a man was compelled by the law to commit.per jury. He was aware that there should be guards to the granting of public money, but he was averse to legalizing perjury. * therefore intended to do away that regulation altogether, and in lieu of it to cause the person to appear at the.previous Assize before the Court of Quarter Sessions, and make la, application to the Magistrates, who would be com petent to examine him on oath, if they thought pro ,per, as to the necessity of the work, and the probable amount of the expense. In this manner every pre sentment sent to a Grand Jury would go to them recommended with the sanction of Magistrates, who were best caloulated to inquire into the subject.— .Neither would the authority of Grand Juries be cur tailed by it, but rather extended. The point second only in importance to this, was, how the application of the money was accounted for. Instead of the ac count being sworn to before a Magistrate without any solemnity whatever, he proposed that it should be sworn to in public, and liable to be examined as to the number of men employed, the time, and the Value of the materials, and that any man assessed for ten acres of land should have a right to traverse the account. It was remarkable that with one exception, which was considered a romantic display of virtue, the whole money granted for any public work was always returned as having been expended and no surplus left, which certainly could not be constantly the case. He did not anticipate much opposition to his motion, as the Dill which he proposed would not take from the Gtaad Series any power which they ought to possess. He then moved for leave to bring in a Bill to provide for the more deliberate investi gation of the presentments to be made to Grand Juries in Ireland, and the better accounting of the monies raised by such presentments. , Sr GEORGE HILL seconded the !notion, and , • expressed his hope that his Right Hon. Friend would bring some other measure to require security from Treasurers in Ireland. Mr. D BROWNE contended that there was not one principle which his Right Hon. Friend proposed to introduce into his measure, which did not exist in the present law. He should not object, however, to any measure which tended to set them in a clearer light. lie concluded with saying he should not op pose the measure, but if the Right Hon. Gentleman should be able to procure complete surveys, he thought a good object would be attained. Sir HENRY PARNELL regretted the engage ments of Surveyors were not intended to be made a part of this Bill. There was a Committee appointed last year to examine into the qualificaticns of such persons, but out of eighteen who had certificates to prove their competency, only three were examined. Mr. PEEL stated, that the Bill gave the Executive Government the power of appointing Surveyors to very good situations: in some counties the salary would be 6001. a year, and in most 3001. Last year the Committee of Engineers examined a great-num ber of Surveyors, without being able to certify one of them as fully qualified to perform the complicated duties required. But he must confess that there was a great difficulty in preventing those appointments of County Surveyors from degenerating into great abuses. It was desirable to persons who had local interests to gain those appointments for.their friends, and on the other hand, it was not easy to indui.e persons to go to reside in Ireland for the compensa tion held out, as they must give up all their other business. He could assure the Honourable Baronet that not much dependence was to be placed on the certificates that such persors produced to the Corn. missioners, as, whenever they certified the general qualifications of the applicant, they were not borne out by the examination, though there had been no less than 95 persons as candidates. It was in conso. quence of these examinations, that he rejoiced his Right Hon. Friend had not embarked in the former measure, and he entreated him not to attempt it on the present occasion. SIT li. PARNELL, Mr. PEEL, and Mr. D. Rawest; explained. Mr. V. FITZGERALD replied. He observed that he had not heard a single observation that went to diminish the importance of the measure. After re• peating several of his remarks in favour of the Bal, he said it was absolutely necessary not to incorporate the clause respecting Stu veyors, because Coven/Mont had not been able to procure proper persons. Leave was then given to bring in t:hs .;:11. EDUCATION OF THE POOR. Mr. BROUGHAM pressed the necessity of the House attending to the farther progress of this mea sure to-morrow, as it was important that it should experience no delay. He added some remarks on the propriety of some of the Commissioners receiv ing salaries; as it was quite impossible to expect ' that professional men would bestow their attention without remuneration. Lord CASTLEREAGII quite agreed with the Honourable and Learned Gentleman, that the la bours of such persons should be rewarded ; but it should be looked to that the Commission was not carribd on longer than was necessary. He should be desirous to limit the number of those who received rewards ; but their labours would be brought before Parliament, as was usual, and a vote be taken for their remuneration. After a few observations between Mr BROUGHAM and Mr. B. BATHURST, the Committee was fixed for Mr. LESLIE FOSTER obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the relief of persons in Ireland entitled to entailed Estates purchased with trust money. • • • A i , • ' a. 4: - P I t is ot 1 tb Ci re E. re bl to fr ad ri as N r. ) ve bi eL 04 a i. tb L tb c.< to tb • vi co or or se 1 rc IV • a a 11 re , • ) ti ci ;p tl tl T. ri 1 tA ri 1 at el "74411 k PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 6. Counsel were finally heard respecting the Scots cause, the Earl of Wernyss and March u the Earl of liaddington and others.—.Tudgment postponed. Earl DIGBY presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, praying for an equalisation of the Duties on CoaL—Laid upon the table. Sykes's Hydrometer, the Irish Court and Session. ElOneeesi and the West India Trade Bills, were brought up front the Commons by Mr. Beanies and others, and read the first time. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE presented a Petition from the City of Waterford against the present Window Tax in Ireland. Laid upon the table. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE rose to move the second reading of the Great Seal Pardon Bill. From the official infer mAon before the House, their Lordships were in a great de gree in possession of the nature and importance of the subject. The object of the measure new before them NNW intended to re liree the applicants for pardons under the Great Seal to a cer tats extent. The fees which had been paid were so heavy as to render it impracticable for poor persons to avail themselves of pardons so extended, and without which they were rendered lia ble to various civil disabilities. The Bill went to remedy that part of the grievance. With respect to the Stamp Duties to be paid on such occasions, be trusted that relief would on some fu l tare period be carried farther. No part of the revenue drawn from individuals was productive of so much injury or mischief, as the Stamp Duties on Law proceedings, and which bad given rise from time to time for applications to the Legislature for the creation of inferior Courts of Civil Justice, of a nature new and anoot.dous to the Constitigion of the country ; but at present it was impossible for poor isersons to obtain justice in the superior Courts, from the oppressive Operation of those Duties. The pre. sent measure, though falling short of the extent he wished, was calculated to do some good.—His Lordship then moved the second reading of the Bill, which accordingly took place. Lord HOLLAND stated his intention to take an early op portunity of inlaying for some important information with re ference to a measure which he perceived, from the Votes of the Cnrunons was before that House of Parliament. What he wished sh ould be produced was, Copies of the Correspondence which took place between his Majesty's Secretaty of State for Foreign .Affairs arid the Ministers of the different Foreign Powers, sine. the 20th of November,lBl6, relative to Aliens re siding is the respective coantries• and also, the Correspondence between the saki S:cretary of Sta te and his Majesty's Ambassa. der in the N....1Lr1..nds from the 20th of November, 1815, re- Wive to passports gran ted to individuals not natives of the coun tries respectively. He would not move for a summons on the occasion, though he understood such a proceeding was not likely to be r:sisied in that House. He had asked the Noble Lord on honer eveni,g, wbeth:r what was intended respecting Aliens, proceeded wader any stipulations between us and Foreign Pbwars, to which the Noble Lord stated, the ropiesd measure tested mutely upon British interests. Bdt he could not consi der the explanation he received on Isis query, respecting the ex istence of a negotiation, as so clear or satisfactory. The Earl of LIVERPOOL moved the Order of the Day for the second reading of the Lake of Cambridge's Annuity and the Duchess of Cumberland's Jointure Bills—which being read, those proeeedlip Xespeetively took place, and the Committees en each were negatived. The Loan Hill was also read the second time, and the Com. adore on it likewise negadved. in answer to queries from Lord HOLIAND, and the Earl of Lavasanaus, ThiisrlOf LIVERPOOL stated his bnention to propose the third readings of the three Bills to-ntorrow. Viscount SIDMOVTH moved for the production of an Ac. count of the number of persons committed on certain capital charges in the ditliTellt prisons in England, tram the year 1805 to 1817, inclusive, distinguishing the number In each county— those convicted—those acquitted—the number of those against whom no Bills were fotaad—and the number executed on con viction in each county, respectively—which was ordered ac cordingly. The House resolved into a Committee on the Chapels Union Bill, when a variety of Amendments were proposed, chiefly by the Earl of EGIZMONT, and agreed to by the Committee: and on the Ilonso resuming, the Bill, with the Amendments, was ordered to be printed. On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNF., the Jail Chaplains' Fees Bill was read the second time ; and the remain ing Bills upon the table being respectively forwarded, the House adjourned till to-morrow. lIOUSF. OF COMMONS. The Mary-la-Donne Water-Works Mil was brought in, and read atm time. • - A Petition was presented from Aberdeen against the Scotch Lunatic Asylum Bill.—Laid on the table. Mr. S. SMITH presented a Petition from the Parish of St. Mary Woolnoth, in the City of London, against the Vestry Bill. Liid - on the table. Mr. CUItWEN presented a Petition from Weymouth for the llepeadof the llutles on Coal carried Coastwayi.--Laid on the table. Mr. SCOTT, from the Chamber of London, presented Ac counts of. the Balances of Money and Unclaimed Dividends remaining in the hands of the Chamber Lie -of Losidon.---Laid on the table. On Mr. LUSIITNGTON's Motion, the House went into a Committee on the Roger Bounty Acts.—Report to-morrow. General OASCOIG NE gave notice, that or. Friday he should move tor en Account of the Bank Notes under 10/. in circular tson, for the three years till January, 1817. Mr. S. COOPER. moved fur an Account of the Rewards promised by the Commissioners of Excise in Ireland, to the Ex cise. OfEcos, for the detection of persons having unlicensed Malt in their possession; of the number of Prosecutions insti tuted on that account; of the expense attendh:g them; and of the amount of the Rewards given, and the names of those to whom they were paid, fur the last two yeers.—Agreed to. Mr. S. COOPER then moved for an Abstract of the Con tracts made by the Post-Master-General of Ireland, for the car riage of the Mail with different Post-Masters front Dublin to e say part of the country, specifying distances, the descripsion of such Mail Coaches, the number of Passengers they carried, at: A the grow amount of the allowance made to the Contractors, fi ant 1800 to 1818.—Agreed to. Lord FOLKESTONE presented a Petition from Newbury against the Parish Vestries Bill.—Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Op_tbs motion of Mr. S. BOURNE,, the Report of the Pa rish Vestries Bill was taken into further consideration, after s osenlAmendmints had been proposed and agreed to. gr. O. GILDURT proposed an additional Clause, by which persons who wet not assessed to the value of 51. a-year should have no vote in t Vestry. p. DOUR 13 opposed the Clause, as carrying the prin 4gpie of the Dill too far, and hoped his Ilocourable Friend wou ld withdraw bit Amendment, otherwise he should take the sense of the MOUS , : /To if. lair. 1). iiilLDZfrr withdrew his Clause.—The Dill was then ord.iced. to be read a third time tu-morrow. Mr. METHUEN stated, that some pcc.ons had been wrongly POOR LAWS AMENDMENT RILL. The House then proceeded to the farther conside ration of the Report on the Poor Laws' Amendment Bill, when the amendments having been read a se cond time and agreed to, Mr. STURGES BOURNE proposed a clause for enabling parishes to sell their Workhouses, in order to build new and larger ones, which was agreed to, as was another proposed by Mr. Cuawnr, respecting the wages due to seamen not being paid over to pa rishes all the voyage had been completed. On the clause respecting making small-rented te nements liable to the Poors' Rates, Lord COMPTON objected, that in cases where houses had been let for . 6/. or 71. a-year, the consequence of this clause would be, that the owners must raise their rent to above 10/. a-year, by which the occupiers would gain a set tlement. le wished, however, merely to prolong the date in this clause ell the Ist of January, 1819, in order to wive time to those affected by this part of the Bill.----Agreed to. After a few words from Lord CASTIEREAGH, Mr. A. WRWHT, and some other Members, the third reading of the Bill was fixed for to-morrow, that it mightle sent to the Lords before the holidays; and in order to afford facility to the progress of the mea .. r ave notice, that he should postpone the se.ond reading of the Alien Bill till Friday sennighl. NEW CHURCHES. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the further consideration of the Report of the New Churches Bill.—On the Motion of the same Right Honourable Gentleman the Bill was then re 'committed, and some verbal amendments introduced. Dr. PHILLIMORE proposed a clause for the pre vention of the opening any grave, cemetery, or church yard for the interment of dead bodies, within twenty feet of the scite of every- new church respectively, unless such grave, &c. be enclosed by an arched stone or brick vault, under the penalty of SO/. The clause was adopted, and the Report being agreed to, the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow, if then engrossed. WATCHES AND CLOCKS. Mr. W. SMITH gave notice of a Motion for to morrow, for leave to bring in a Bill to prevent frauds and abuses in the import and export of articles af fecting persons concerned in the manufacture of watches and clocks. GAME PRESERVATION RILL. Mr. G. BANKS moved the second reading of the Game Preservation Bill. Mr. CURWEN wished the Honourable Gentleman to put off the discussion on 1 measure so important, till the House should be in a fuller state. Mr. G. BANKS said, the measure bad been so re peatedly postponed from day to day, that with the view he took of its importance, he could not, on - he Present occasion, though anxious to afford the Ho nourable Gentleman all possible accommodation, ac cede to his request. He reminded the Honourable Gentleman that the subject might be discussed in a future stage, with the advantage of a fuller House. He could not consent to postpone it now, as, if it should go off on the present occasion, it could not be proceeded with before the holidays, and he knew not how long after them it might be before it could be forwarded. He proceeded briefly to explain his view of the Bill. On re-considering the subject of it the opinions he had formerly expressed had under• gone no alteration. thought it desirable that every branch of the laws should be made as effective as possible while they were in force, and that radical change in the Game Laws which some Gentlemen contemplated, could not be the work of a day; nor, he might add, of a Session. He was however con vinced that it would tend to ameliorate the system and to reform the lower orders,. if that were made a direct violation of the law which was now an indirect violation of it. This he proposed to effect by the present Bill, which would place the buyer and seller of game on precisely the same footing. In opposition to what WAS stated in the Report of a Committee of ' that House. he gave it as his opinion, that the Game Laws were less rigorous now than they had formerly been; and he was persuaded, that the rights of the Lords of Manors had declined since the time of Charles the Second. The present Bill would better the condition of the lower orders by removing from them the temptations to which they were at present exposed. Among the communications which had been made to him on the subject of the Game Laws, were some letters from a Magistrate at Bath, from which it appeared that ce r t a i n in f ormat i ons h a d b een lately laid against poulterers for selling Game, and these bad given up the names of a number of their customers, who ooly continued to be customers on the express condition that they should be supplied with game. He believed this Bill would serve to protect those persons against such conditions being made with them, end if it did not prevent the of fence, it would remove the excuse for committing it., At all events i c ould make One dearer, anath is must tend to diminish its sale, and though persons above the lower clasFes might not be deterred from procu ring game by any forfeiture however high, yet the trouble, inconvenience, and exposure to which they would be liable if this Bill should pass,'must, lie thought, have - great weight with Chun. ihon "r ld CpUlt N thought ass, WE wuultion the yadd use to tL ea o lu pp ren res s i . Game Laws already in ei.:stence, and aft er a l • would be perfectll nugatory, os he was o f opinion Ft would only punt the thfenor parties, while d,„,4 higher . standing in society, aga i nst whom it was l e ; yelled, it would be impossible to reach. Gib er L mx passed for, the same purpoce, had created a ye t evil, but had not checked the offence they we.-e tended to meet. This had been 'hewn by th e pap ers called for by an Honourable and Learn e d G enterza; who had inter.led taking a part in this debat e ( s:, Samuel Romilly) from which it appeared that 1,0 persons were now suffering under those l aw% Th e present Bill would only cause game to be me m i t after. To correct the- evil complained ef. 64 - .4 like every thing el s e, oug h t to b e suffered to be brought to an open market, and by the a d 0i ,..,•,, r.ti such a course he was sure the interest of tbe spt , ts . man would be best consulted. At present, f rom t h e odium which attached to the rigorous enie tzeinta of the Game Laws, nine-tenths of the Game Mite country was left wholly unprotected. The tvi..Ll was most unjust. An individual who occupied , • hundred and fifty, or two hundred acres, miylt L kill a single head of the Game which he mar t; while another person who oocapied no land cf. was not covered with brick, but who was in ii.t : ceipt of one hundred pounds per annum from a-. of freehold property, might be qualified to kii: gee .: . The Game Laws were enacted whi.n then ra. any property in the country but landed prciler Now, the landed y was not more eln.. seventh of the whore r . °Pe Lch laws were wholiy plicable to the present situation of England, present the Game Laws had the effect of situtas Gentlemen out of the country. Game ring ht to tie made property—it should be held to belong to the land, and to the land ot:cupier, unless a ban.ii. Were made to the contrary, and then every on: would b e anxious to preset ye it. At present he would a pp ea l to every one if the farmer did n ot icd it to beins is. terest that it should be destroyed By adTiag the principle which he recommended that attula he made a moral crime, which at present was no mufti Maw, and he was confident game would from this mean t' stance become more than ever abundant. The pre sent Bill would have a demoralizing effect, if it ee r couratv,ed the servant to be a spy upon his mute, and the man who should act such a part, thrown os from society, would be ruined for crer: and from the situation in which he must find himself, wuidd be likely to take to the most desperate to•irses. measure, he was cnnEdent, would not produce the good effects expected from it, and he Mould iliac fore oppose the second reading. Mr. BRAND pointedly condemned the existil Game Laws, as calculated todemoralizo the ioee orders, and as leading to every crime that diTrar4 the agricultural districts of the country. He pr,;" seeded at some length to shesr their injustice, rd informed the House he had it in contemplation to bring in a Bill of a snore comprehensive charzta than that before them, but had been unwiliing intrude any opinions .of his in tLe nay of those who had taken this subject its hand, and he had %tithed to ascertain what was the general feeling in the House. The present Bill he opposed, not .o much on its own account, as on account of the oixes.,:ve system of which it was intended to form a port. lts provisions, he was satistie.d, could not be naiad against the higher orders. He should am object to it, if it affected them as well as the lower classes.— He should approve of any change that got ril absurd remnant of the feudal aristocracy, the Game Laws, and made the game the property of the occr pier of the land, by whom it was maintained. Tli tha present laws were oppressive and injurious cut not be denied, when it was known that vaelve u:_- deed persons were now suffering under them, rl that several of the persons employed to appreherl offenders under them had been killed. He hoped o. ie system would in a short time give vay to ow :1 should be more humane and consistent. Mr. G. BANK LS explained. Mr. LOCKHART pointed out the ditictddes r would occur in attempting to enforce the poi , of a Bill like the present, and kr shenrd that party informed against as the ft:kr, :od evis Poacher himself might etcape with in y tu.:7- 4 an fact, this measure ssuuld shiti the i"" 0 Wct from where it ought to fall to thG,t. culpable. He w.ts convincei that tl would not be etrected. The 1. ; .4111e .111 instead of decreasing, had comidt,t; , :. , within the last 40 years. lie nil"! !;it , li of land to be a little more ir.Juigent to the c and the effect of this amodd b. sport not quite so good as i• wai at i.. spewed that the maliag of . •an.e proptnty a• attended with inconveniences, and in fa.: h jia to make the p.-.ve wish for that radical change in the Game Lairs some Gentlemen de.iretl. At the same time L: dih not see that an additional Act was necessary, as/ especially this particular Bin. Sir C. BUHRELL could see no way of; of the evils complained of but by adoptiq - 1 :€ of Mr. Fox, for making & - tme the poF a the land occupier. The merits of this na ought to be argued in a fuller tam... - fore moved that the debate should b. att..l:-.:ed Monday se night. Colonel WOOD thought the preset!: Ki have the effect of giving additioaal enc....:a t zetnet to poachers. lie wished ft , r no additional Feud hi' 11 : 1 on this subject, as st:ch only had :! •• :rt tt r Aug those against whom they were di-cis r‘re perate than they might otherwise Live been. Game were made pouitry—ii ever/ mati ilstAt trey t pheasants as he might any thing else. a fired dea l i• . poaching wculd be got rid of Game he could en, preserved for amusement, but be thought evill ought to be allowed to breed it if he pleased. lie hoped under all the circumstances that the Hewn able Gentleman would withdraw the Bill under o' sideracion for the present sc.:son, and bring frt . ' one in another Session that should go to make il proPerty. Mr. G. BANKES briefly replied. and &lid: seemed impossible to advance the Bill L.:, ni:hs should accede to the motion ftsr adjounting the JC:37 After a few words from Mr. BANKFA sea: deb i a l t w e o w t r e rij o u rden urned a to th 3 e llousia psy y w se erv 'nni n ght. of, and the House adjourned. irs_rid irae! ~. ar. . Istrx L• a rt~~ • • • r. 1 a a C:1 ICI to' CO, ca sit th , fa sp thi II 'll gc d: cc A 3; „ L of hi el st fb h . 4 C • C • 1 1 • I t I .1 a