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. ems - I -- . M . quences would result to their tithes and estates if its plater were granted, and the measure which it recom- 4: ritended adopted? Would those Bankers have signed it without also weighing well its effects on that public credit which was the foundation of their fortune , ' fid ' their hopes? Would those capitalists consent on li hr rounds to a measure calculated to endanger the tran- • quillity.iiicel-arTtiiilie Succes",:iir iTteileitierprizeiantl. the security of their property? Let their Lordships htectieektrced. that thole ulo . lsad • siAsted it had duly cosits (feria the step etich they were taking in all its consequences. He had been peculiarly flattered at having site!) a petition placed in his hands : not solely. because beconcurred in its object, but because, though it had neither been drawn up nor suggested by him, its languaee and its object were such as he would have 1 itt forward, if he had been asked to convey leis senti ments. He had always felt that that great question was not a Catholic, but an Irish question. It was not' whether seven millions of C rtholics should be admitted to the privileges of the ConAitution, but how long that religi , us tranquillity 'which was known practically to prevail in all countries where Catholics and Pro testants lived on a footing cf perfect equality, should be, to the destruction of peace, denied to Ireland? However lung concession might be delayed, he felt, like the Noble Lord who moved the Address, that the, measure was inevitable. He hoped it might be carried swill, and he prayed to GOD for the prosperity of the country, and the consequences which might attend and follow its enactment, that whenever it should pass, it might pass with the recorded assent and concurrence of a large portion of the Protestant population, who, by bolding out the hand of peace, would have entitled themselves to the evetlasting gratitude of a united people, amongst whom, though religious differences 'would remain, religious animosities would be no more. The Noile Marquis concluded by presenting the Petition, and moving that it he heard. 'rne Al trquis of DOWNSHI RE expressed his entire concurrence in its prayer, and hoped that the Catholics would be placed on a footing of equality with their Protestant brethtem In signing the Petition be con ceived he had done nothing more than his duty as a large landed proprietor in Ireland. The Petition was then read and laid on the table. A NTI•CATIIOI.IC PETITIONS. Lord GORT presented a Petition from the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, and Corporation of the City of Dublin, 'against any further conces sions being granted to the Catholics.—Read and laid on the table. Lord GORT also presented a Petition to the same effect from a great number of Noblemen, Gentlemen, and Merchants of the City of Dublin, be belieresl twelve hundred. The Petition having been read, Lord HOLLAND remarked, that it only professed to be from the Guild cf Merchants, and not from any Noblemen. Lord GOUT replied, that the Guild having the power of electing freemen, had conferred the freedom as a compliment upon various Noblemen who had thus become Members of the body of icier. chants, and were comprised under the denomination used in the Petition. _ . ......__ The Duke of LEI NSTEIL said, that be was a Member of the Guild of Merchants. but had not signed the Petition before the Ilou.e. Earl G ROSVENOR had understood the Noble Lord who had pre.ented the Petition to say, that it had been signed by numerous t4ohkomen, which now seemed not to have been the case. After a few words from Earls Donououamaz and Diatimitr, the tition was laid on the table. GLEBE LANDS. Mr. GREEN ' and several other Members, brought up from the, Commons the Glebe Lands and Parsonage Houses 13111, which was read a lust time.—Adjourned at Sevin o'CLoce. HOUSE OF COMMONS. At four o'clock, there being 114 Members present, the House proceeded to a Ballot on the llyntingdon Elation Petition. The Margate Improvement Bill was read a first time, and or. dared to be committed. Mr. W I LSON brought up the East Country Docks Bill, which was likewise read a first time, and ordered to be committed. Mr. S. R. LUSH IN Gl'ON presented a Petition from the Inhabi tant. of Canterbury, praying fur a repeal of the House and Window Tax.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. J. SCOTT presented a Petition from Bridport, against the Duty on Seaborne Coals.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. CH AII LES CALVERT presented a Petition from the inhabitants of St. George's, Southwark, against the Assessed Taxes. —Ordered to be printed. Mr. It. LEYCESTER presented a Petition from Poole against the Assessed Taxes.—Ordered to be printed. Sir J. N EWPORT presented a Petition from the Roman Catho lies of the city and county of Waterford against the Bill before the House, for suppressing Unlawful Societies in Ireland. Mr. G. I.A M B seconded the prayer of the Petition.—The Peti tion was brought up and ordered to be printed. Mr. Demo/ (the Clerk) brought up the list of the Committee on the Huntingdon Election, which consisted of the following Members:—Sir J. D. Astley, Bart. F. Hodgson, Esq. W. Holmes, Esq. J. Phillimore, Esq. lion. H. 11. Lygon, W. H. Trans, Esq. J. Bayley , Esq. R . B. Cooper, Esq. Charles Rms, Esq. ilion.l l . Knox • J. W. Clements, Esq. I'. Corbett, Esq. T. Whit more, Esq. Lo rd Nugent, and Sir - G. Warrender. The Members of the Committee were then sworn, and ordered to meet immediately. Mr. D.IV LtiS GILBERT presented a Petition from Penzance against the Duties on Coals,—another from Penzance in favour of the County Courte Bill, and a similar one from Truro.—All or dered to be printed. Sir R. SHAW presented a Petition from the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Dublin, against further concession to the Catholics.—s hdered to be printed. Sir W. B. GUISE presented a Petition from Cheltenham, in favour of the-County Courts Bill.—Ordered to be printed. II . R. COLBORNE presented a Petition from Thetford (in NJavik) against the removal of the Auizes.—Osdered to be printed. Mr. CU lt WEN moved for an Account of all Persons, confined hi the different gaols of Great Britain, for offences against the Game Laws stating whether any of them had been sentenced to labour at cis:tread mill.—Ordered. Mr. G. LAMB presented a Petition from the Roman Catholics of Duugarvon, against the Bill suppressing the Catholic Associatiun. —Ordered to be pruned. Mr. S. WORTLEY presented a Petition from Whitby, in Yorkshire, praying a repeal of the Duty on Receipts. Another front Donea,ter against any alteration in the Corn Laws. Another 1. oin Whitby, in favour of the County Court.' BiIL—AU ordered to be printed. Mr. HONEY WOOD presented a Petition from Deptford, praying for a repeal of the Assessed Taxes.—Ordered to be prinihd. Auother Petition from Aylesford, in Kent, against the duty on Sellborur Coals.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. ASTELL presented a Petition front Bridgewater against the House and Window Tats.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. THEMA YNE presented a Petition from a town in Corn wall against the duty on Seaborne C0a15...-Ordered to be printed. And another from St. Austad, in favour of the County Courts Bill. —Ordered to be printed. Mr. C. H. HUTCHINSON, presented a Petition from the county anti city of Cork againltt the 13111 fur suppreuing the Ca tholic A.sociatiots.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. it UM BOLD pre,ented a I...titian from Great Yarmouth against the duties on Seaborne Coals.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. WODEHOUSE presented Petitions front Stockton, and two 'other places in Yorkshire, against the dudes on Seaborne Coals —Ordered to be printed. Aidermau TII OM I'SON presented a Petition front certain d.-.lers in Tobacco, in the City of London, praying a reduction of 4.. t) on that article. The Honourable Member recommended the "object to the Right Iloimurable the Chancellor of the Exche quer, before he made his stetement on blondaYnext.--Ordered to be printed. Air. Alderman TIIO IPSON also presented a Petition from the Goverr.ors of certain Charitable Institutions, praying a repeal `the legacy duty on charitable bequests.—Ordered to be printed. Alderman TIIWIPSON moved for returns of the quantity w and thrown Silk imported within the last year, specifying places from whence imported. Also of the amount of draw t allowed by the Govrtnnumt ou raw and thrown silk, specify= the towns where warehomed. • CATIinLIC AIISeCIATIc N. Mr. ABER-C11081111( pre,ei,ted a Petition from the Irish oetit. 11.11 ew . s, Uubhn, pia) hat the Cacho. As,ocintion might not be stipineued, and staring i- P • of the i: of 41 the p ' .' • back 1 ' ... _ log it 1 ,10 • PAri tic I ~... t I ' that the tranquillity of Ireland was doe to its exertions. ' The Honourable and Learned Member referred to; a :Petition from, certain Presbyteriar.e, hr. the county of ,Tieione, telling upon the4louse to put down the Ca thOlic .4..sentiation, ond . stating that it pee protection to those who,triv..kred tfie cou nty in mur d er, rapine, and bloodshed .' lie itneii not *bahfe this murder, rapine, antiLs bloodshed were to be found, when they saw in, the King's Speech the delightful-troth - that aWtho;e-ievere- measurer voids*. Asti Hasse had adopted for coercing that country bad been withdrawn. He alluded to this Petition now, because hr did not hear it read when it caste before the House, and sppealed tol . the -one he was about to present as well as to the Speech from the Throne for a contra . diction laf its statements. Sir J. NEWPORT said, he was well advised that the Gave, nment possessed documents from the Marquis Wellesley, in which that Noble Lord expresied his opinion that the Catholic Association had contributed to the tranquillizing of that country. He had been informed from a Noble Peer that such a document was now in possession of the other House. Sir J. NEWPORT said, that be should move for the producL tion of the document to-morrow. Mr. Secretary PEEL said, that if any such document existed, it would necessarily be laid before the Committee up stairs. Sir J. NEWPORT said, he had the fact from a Noble Peer who was incapable of telling a falsehood. and he should to-morrow nu:ea that the document he laid on the table of the House.—The Petition was ordered to be printed. Mr. DENMAN presented two similar Petitions, one from a parish in the County of Cavan; and the other front Listowel, county of Kerry. Sir T. LE I'HBIUDGE expressed his surprise at the arguments of the Petitioners, and of the Hollow able Gentlemen who presented all those Petitions. IA hest they assumed that the tranquillity of Ireland was 'owing to the acts of this Catholic Association, he thought they were really going a little too far. He wooli ask those Honourable Gentlemen what might have been the conduct of this Association, if no such Bill as this had been introduced ? What was to have stopped this self-erected, self appointed • body, which ..was responsible to no human being- for it. acts, and over whom the Roman Catholics themselves had no cc.ntre:ul? He should have been surprised, indeed, if the Goverrmeiit had per mitted it to continue in existence. In mercy to the Roman Ca tholics themselves, he urged the Government to persist with a firm and steady hand to press this measure. It was not for the protec tion of Ireland alone, but Of the empire at large. Mr. DENMAN explained. Mr'. HUME said, he would answer the question of the Honourable Baronet. Thcy cool ! only judge of what would be the future conduct of the Catholic As sociation by the past; and that, according to the At torney-General for Ireland: had been perfectly legal.— He was glad to see the Honourable Baronet so morti fied at seeing all . these Petitions from the Catholics, and none f.f an opposite nature. It ,•hewed the im proved feeling of the peoole of England upon the question, when no Petitions appeased, except from the Clergy, whom he did not blame for being anxious to preserve their own possessions and incomes. The people remained passive, not withstanding the calls which had been made upon them by the Honourable Baronet, and Ity the Right Honourable Secretary for the Home Department (or the Foreign Secretary), and in spite of the placards they saw stuck op all over the Metropolis. Mr. Secretary PEEL said, that he was surprised at the Hon. Member having ventured to make such an assertion as that he had sounded an alarm to the country upon this question, and in the same sentence io allude to placarding the walls of the metropolis. He never opened his lips upon the subject of petitioning; and he, would tell the Hon. Member that he never encouraged a Petition against the Roman Catholics—(Hear, hear) --because he never wished to see a Petition upon any subject which did not arise from the spontaneous feelings of the people—(Cheers). llow, therefore, could the Rom Gentleman venture to accuse him of sounding an alarm, and to connect his name with the placarding the walls of the metropolis ?—(Hear,hear). He was surprised that any lion. Member of that House should condescend to adopt such means of argument. Mr. HUME explained that he did not allude to the Right Honourable Gentleman. After mentioning the Secretary for the Home Department, he corrected himself, and said the Foreign Secretary. Mr. BUTTERWORTH said he was in possession of information which shewed that the Protestants of Ireland were in alarm at the existence of the Catholic Association. The Petitions were ordered to be printed. Lord C. FITZROY presented a Petition from the inhabitants of the Borough of Thetford, praying that the Assizes may not be removed from that town—Ordered to be printed. - air. DEN ISON presented a Petition from Croydon, praying a repeal of that part of the Assessed Taxes which pressed upon the necessaries of life—Ordered to be printed. Mr. GRATTAN presented a petition from the Coal Meters of Dublin, praying that the duty on Seaborne Coals be repealed -- Referred to the Committee on the Local Taxation of Dublin. Mr.J.BENETT presented a Petition from Warminster,praying a repeal of the Assessed Taxes. NORFOLK SPRING ASSIZES. Mr. WODEHOUSE rose to call the attention of the House to the Petition of the Magistrates of 'the County of Norfolk, praying for leave to bring in a Bill to remove the Spring Assizes for that countyfrem Thet ford to Norwich. The Elan. Member said that there were ample reasons why the House should comply with the prayer of the Petitioners, and particularly dwelt upon the distance which the prisoners had to be removed to trial, and the demoralizing effects whiCh grew out of that removal. He contended also, that it involved a violation of the spirit of the laws of the country. A new county gaol had been built at Norwich, at a great ex pense, and it was now rendered as perfect, and was as well regulated as any gaol in the Kingdom. It was close to the Court, and a subterraneous passage led from the cells of the prisoners, into the body of the Court it self; so that they need not be exposed to the public view. lie had been told that in making this proposal be was at tacking the prerogative of the Crown; this he did not be lieve. It was said that the Judges would object to the in creased distance, and the inconvenience to which that would give rise. Accustomed as he. was to respect the Authorities of the State, he could not think that these famed and illustrious personages would consider their own incon venience in travelling thirty extra miles, when the public interests required the alteration. Upon these grounds - be called upon the House to support him in the motion, " That the Petition of the Magistrates of the County of Norfolk, requiring leaye to bring in a Hill for removing the Spring Assizes from Thetford to Nor wich. together with the Petitions against it, be referred to a Se lect Committee." Sir J. SEBRIGHT seconded the motion, and said that lie thought his Honourable Friend had not gone far enough in stating his case. He contended that every consideration of morality, expediency, and justice, was favourable to the alteration. Mr. COLBURN thought a very strong case indeed ought to be made out before the removal was deter mined upon. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving that the other Orders of the Day he now read. Mr. F. BUXTON said, the Honourable Gentleman, had argued the question as if it entirely rested be the Borough of Thetfot d and the City of Nor wich, without adverting to the population of the County of N. rfulk, who were the persons whose inte test should be most considered. The law of England held, that no punishment should be inflicted on the un tried pribuney , but at pre►ent the prisoners of the County of Norfolk were sent thirty miles in irons in a cart, a ithout :lily classification, to be sent to Thetford to be tiled. li :he prisonet's witnesses lived in that part of the county w heie he (4:. Buxton) resided, they bad to go fifty miles to give evidence, which, it was probable. they would often omit, and many an innocent man aeon to mose cren9e be convicted. Mr. BA RING said; the objection made by the Hon. Gentleman who sliokk last, would apply to- every county in the kingdomewhefe the gaol was at a dis tioce frrim the AssizekTown. which. was the case in se veral counties; and if a regulation was made to prevent it , its operation sho uld not be.loca), but general. . .... Mr. Secretary . PEEL said. the House hid elready determined that the Chancellor and Judges should de cide where the King's - Courts should be held. This particular question had already been decided twice by the Judges, who had in each case determined that the Assizes should not be removed from Thetford, and he saw no reason why - Parliament should interfere to re verse the decision of the Judges. There was an in stance in which Parliament interfered, but it was on strong grounds. The Chief Justice had, of his own authority, removed the Assizes from Buckingham to, Ayles' u y, for which place his son was then a Candi-1 date, and was soon after returned to Parliament. The', qussion of the removal of the- Assiaes was brought before Parliament, on the ground that the Judge had acted from improper motives; and Parliament in con sequence restored the Assizes to Buckingham. He did not conceive that justice was always best administeted in the most populous towns of counties; in Lancashire, for instance, he thought criminal justice was better ad ministered in L rncaster than it would be at Manchester or Liverp. 01. On the eshole. he would object to the interference of the House with the decision of the Judges on a point which they were at present empowered by law to decide. Dr. LUSHINGTON s4rd, the. e was no just reason whatever for holding the Assizes at Thetford The pre sent plan etas calculated to promote the rote. ests of the . few to the disadvan•age of the many. The Assizes were ori,inally held at Thetford, because it was :he I most convenient ' lace; but now, alien - avowedly that reason on longer existed, why should they not be re moved ? The most set ions inconvenience existed from the practice of trying prisoners fifty miles from all the points at which the offences were likely to be committed. Mr. HUSKISSON said, that the House of Commons was not the place for appeals of this description ; the law had vested the eecessary power in the hands of the Lord Chancellor and the Judges. As for the distance of Thetford, as an Assize Town, complained of, almost every county in England stood in the same situation. Prisoners were brought much larch. to York, and to Lancaster, than they could be from any part of Norfolk to Thetford. Sir E. HARVEY supported the motion. Mr. W. SMITH said, that if the inconvenience existed every where, the best flans would be a general alseration. • The House then divided, whets the numbers were— For the motion, 11l 1 Against it, 'fit 1 Majority against it, St. FRIENDLY SoCIISTIES. Mr. T. P. COURTENAY moved for the appointment of a, Committee to inquire into the state of the laws relative to Benefit Societies throughout the kingdom.—Agreatto. EXPORT ON MACHINERY. Mr. HUME said, last Session a Committee had sat on the subject of the Export of Machinery, who had made a Report, in wbich they recommended that a Committee should be appointed in the present Session for the further consideration of the subject. He was convinced by the evidence, that the laws against the exportation were ineffectual, and that during the last year a large quantiteof prohibited -articles were exported. He thought he would be able to shew in the Committee that it was the interest of this country to extend its ex ports as much as possible.—There never was such a de mand for machinery in England as at present. He was well-intormed that there was as malt machinery now ordered for home consumption as could be supplied in eighteen months, and large orders from abroad were refused. If the free export was allowed, it would afford the means of training up additional workmen, which :Ala ays gave a power of a speedy supply for home con sumption. He was informed, that if Mr. Bramah had been allowed to export iris hydraulic presses. he could by this time have realised 100,0001. by that breach of liminess. We are now allowing artisans to leave the country ; if we did not permit the export of machinery, the consequence would be, that we should establish ma. nutactories of machinery with British capital and Bri tish skill, in foreign countries. He was sorry. for the differences which had lately taken place between jour neymen and their masters, which he hoped would be amicably adjusted between themselves, as in no period of our history did there exist a greater demand for la. boar. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving for the appointment of a Select Committee to consider the laws .pro hibiting the export of machinery, and to report their proceedings to the House. Mr. HUSKISSON concurred in the proposed mea sure for two reasons: first, if the laws were either un just or impracticeble they ought to be abrogated. and if certain individuals believed they were injured by their operation, a Committee would be likely to come to a just conclusion upon the policy of repealing tie making the necessary alterations in them.- He al* thought the Honourable Member for Aberdeett had acted perfectly right in not forcing any measure through the House, until the fullest inquiry had been entered into by a Committee, as the prejudices against the re. moval of the restrictions might thus be done away...l.- As to the manufactures being thus injured, he believed' the idea was fallacious, as there were now in the country more orders than could be executed for eigh teen months. Upon these grounds, without committing himself to any line of coadact upon the presentment of the Report, he should most cordially move for the appointment of a Committee. Alderman Bawons said a few words, after which the motion was agreed to, and a Committee was appointed. BANISHMENT PROM INDIA. Mr. HUME, in moving for a return of the Number of Persons banished from India, said, that it was well known that the India Company were empowered to send away from their Indian possessions such persons as they chose; thus exclusively holding in their possession one of the finest portions of the globe. According to the Preamble of the Act which conferred that exclusive power upon the Company, it would appear that indivi duals might remain in that country, provided their conduct was not at variance with the regulations of the Hon. East India Company, as expressed in previous Acts of Parliament. He should ere long move for the number of those who had applied for permission to reside in India, and also for the number of those who had been refused ; but what he had then to complain of was, the abiase of the law which empowered the Com pany to send individuals, supposed to be dangerous to their Government, away from the country. He alluded to those individuals who had lately been sent away from that country by Mr. Adams and, Lord Amherst, under the Alien Act. He was aware that 'the Act of Parliament might bear the East India Com pany out in many of their acts ; but, if so, he thouglu the spirit of such Acts erroneous, and deserving the atten:ion of Pailianient. Some of the Governors of India were more liberal than others, and the Marquis of Hastings had thought the European society there wor thy of being informed of the motives whichled him into _N • the war. As to Newspapers there were none which in State matters could be relied on, since the deportation of Mn. 'Buckingham. They knew no mire of what was passing iq India than in Japan, and he (Mr. Hume) had In his possession two letters to the Editois of Papers whet e, cautioning them to take no notice of the removal of Mr. Buckingham. People who were guilty of crimes in India, had been sent from allow solelyacasaireasisem from the punishment wiOlp, the. law woul4 - 11tive awarded. One of the most Mischievous 'results of the law was, that it prevented the colonizatiosa Itoortal men there, which could gni kfiikto,he productive of the most beneficial results. They ought,alieselore, to have not only an account of the iturtilier banished, hut alai of those .. whO 'had' been• threAtinid`rwith' the Vate's when threatened, as thus only could they - gain artiperk ideate( Ate - nada to which oppression was carried in India. Mr. WYNN observed, that the question of coloni zation in India was of too extensive and important a character to be.met by a partial motion like the pre sent ; he should therefore seserve any opinion he might have on the subject, till some more proper opportu nity occurred for discussing it. With respect to -the motion before the House, the Acts of 1793 and 1813 authorised Goveinors, etc. to send out of India all un licensed persons, and requiring them to assign reasons far their conduct only when they permitted such un licensed persons to remain in India. Those Acts like. wise made it an offence, punishable with fine and imprisonment, to be in India without a license. In the granting of licences, he firmly believed there was not the least reason to complain of undue s iictnesa.— Out of 963 ap , lications made to the East India Direc tor, since 1814, for permission to go To Indi'a, only 179 had been negatived. He had nos objection to give the substance of the info' motion •-ked tor, but to parts of the.motion he could not :4: ree. For instance, it required returns .1 those who had left India, on urimation being given to them that they perhaps might not be suffered to remain. If• they had complied e ito the warning, what advapaage would be gained by making the names of those persons public? Ile moved, as an amendment to the original motion, for ~ , return• of the number of all unlicensed persons sent from India since 17 . 84 ; and, secondly, of all licensed persons wit" had been sent from India, or whose li censes had been revoked. Su." Mr. HUME ,acquiesced in the amendment, and it was then agreed to. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. Mr. MARTIN rose, to introduce a Bill for the pre venting of beAr-baiting, and other cruel, spurts. He stated, that he had taken the opinion of all he Magis trates of London, and of most of the counties of Eng land, and that they were unanimous in saying that they ought to be suppressed, as they were the ptincipal means of educating thieves and murderer, and con tributed more than any other matter to the wet ease of clime; but that such scenes were beyond. their teach, as the exhibitors dictno . t take moi.ey fa their sights.— The objection to his Bill was, that it tended to limit the recreation of thelower classes; but he contended that they were supported principally by the Nobility. Pla cards were posted about the town,, stating that the savage sports of Billy, the rat-killer, anti other such barbarous amusementi, wet e* es by the ezpressinvitation of several Noblemen and Gentlemen of distinction 'r."— The Mary-la-benne Act 'prohibited bear-bAi.ing and cock-fighting in that parish, and he saw no reason why other parishes should not be exempted. !'here was_u Frenchman of the name of Machin who intended shortly to exhibit in this town experiments on a grimy ? hound, by nailing his paws and ears. to the gtotitid, far the purpose of dissecting his nerves while alive, and he did think that in a civilised country such exhibitions ought tot to be tolerated. He should, therefore, move for leave to bring in a Bill for the prevention of bear-baiting, and other cruel "tuts. Sir M. W. RIDLEY opposed the motion, as the offences against which the Honourable Member pro posed to legislate were already within the cognizance of the law. He did not think that the time of the Legislautte ought to be consumed in discussing such matters. Mr. MARTIN said a few words in explanation. Mr. GORDON thought it a system of petty legislation, and as such it ought to be discountenanced ; if any gross cases al cruelty happened they were punishable by the Common Law. Mr. F. BUXTON supported the motion, and bore testimony to the great benefits that the Honourable Member for Galway had already conferred on the community by the suppreision of the cruel ties that had been practised on the cattle in Smithfield. After a few words, from Mr. Alderman Eames and Mr. Borranwoses, the House divided, and the numbers were— For the Bill, 41 I Against it, 29 I Majority, IS. ORDERS 01 THE DAY. On the motion of Mr. Gagman, the Report of the Irish Un lawful Association Bill was brought up, read a second time, its clauses agreed to, and ordered to be reads third dime to-morrow. SUIPPLY....NAVY. • The House took into its further consideration the Report of the Committee of Supply on the Navy 'Estimates. On the motion for agreeing to that part of the Report which recommends the grant of 54,8861. for the salaries of the Admiralty; Sir J. YORKE should like to ask them, why thosa lary of the Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Treasury had been increased front 3001. to 5001, per annum ? He saw no reason for this, when it had been found prudent to reduce the number of .Lords of the Admiralty. He was surprised, that, in this great and powetful country, he could only fad a reduction, on all the Boards, of three thousand five hundred pounds ' Vicar .particularly from the Secretary and Lordiaf the Admiralty. Would his Hon. Friends say that one Commissioner of the Victualling Board, of the Navy: Board, or one Lord of the n Treasury had been reduced?. No; the whole reduct ion was one Post Master.and two Lords of the Admiralty. He thought, if the Hon: Baronet who had brought fot ward the motion for the. reduction of the Lords of Admiralty were to reconsiaek the matter, be- would be disposed to vote for their. being re-appointed. lie wished to see an additional 20001. added to this pact of the estimates, to restore the two Lords, as without that they were not fairly dealt bye ' On the motion for agreeing to that part of the Report which re commends granting the suns of £553,:106 for the Dock-yards, ice. Mr. HUME said, it was not proper for the House to pass such estimates, year after year. For the years 1823, 1824, and 1825, the amount had been the same as 1817.: The expense of buildings in the Dock-yards; Bcc. ought to be checked. Since 1811, wehad expended. on the Dock-yards a sum of 4,853,0001. and for works • We subjoin the " athche" to which the lion.klember " By the express invitation of several Noblemeta and Gentlemen of distinction, Billy, the phenomenon of the can*, xsee. tOtt superior: vet min-killer of his day, having killed nearly 4,000 rats ha ..bunt seven hours, will once more go through .his wouderfal Career. of . destroying a proportionate number ther e o f, in teisminutes, at the Westminster Pit, on Tueiday, March 1, 1114.5. The: receipts of the Pit of that evening to be presented tu the diiiiessed widow of the late C. Dew, who was the owner of this matdsless canine per former. After which, a dug-tight, sCiunt-loose match with two dogs and two fresh badgers, a drawing match, and sever .1 bull dogs to be tried at the bear, before their departure for foreign climes. Billy can be matched to Oil 100 Tau ag ainst soy too Ats in England, for 100 sovereigns. Doocs oarn at seven, con= ice .• I ef-past. lidmi:tancie, 3a. each."