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ow —a • :•-•.• ..r. •—• • VOW Mar • ••• FRENCH PAPERS. CITAMBEF. OF PEERS, MARCH 13. The Chamber proceeded to the admission of the !i9 Peers, whose titles had been verified in a former Sitting. They were singly introduced in succession by two Peers nominated for the purpose, and took their seats, after swearing the requisite oaths. The PRESIDENT submitted to the Chamber a de mand presented by the Duc de Mouchy, Prince of Peace, with the object of establishing his hereditary right to the Peerage, and a Commission of three Members was appointed to verify his titles. The re sult of this examination will be presented to the Chamber at the next Sitting. Another Commission of three Members was ap pointed, to verify the letters of nomination, and the , age of nine other Peers, who demanded admission. These Peers were, Count Grefrehle, Marquis d'An . gosse, Marquis d'Aramont, Viscount Digeon, the Due d'Estignac, Count termini, Count Pelisse d'Hu , nostein, Count de la Tour-Maubourg, and Count Sassy. On the Report of this Commission, the new Peels were declared admitted, and eleir reception fixed for the following Sitting. The Chamber, after some other business of little importance, adjourned to no fixed time. CHAMBF.R OF DEPUTIES, MARCH 13. A messenger from the Chamber of Peers delivered to the PRESIDENT the resolutions of that Chamber relative to the Law of Elections, the term of ten days required by law for the making of this communica tion being expired. This communication will be declared to the Cham ber in its next sitting. The resolution will then be s2r.t to be examined in the Bora:lux, according to the r‘plations. It is said, that on Monday next, the Niinister of Finance will present the Project of Law on the Budget. The Chamber will have to form itself into a Se cret Committee to deliberate on the resolution of the Chanibi.a of Pears relative to the Droit dAubaine. PARIS, MARCH 14. Yesterday, after Mass, which the King heard in Lis arartmealts, I:is Majesty transacted business for a part of the clay in his cabinet. The Persian Ambassador, during his stay in Paris, visits the monuments which adorn the capital. Two interpreters, M. Bianchi and M. Msgranges, have been appointed to attend him. Yesterday, at tea o'clock, the funeral service for N. Regnault de St. Jean d'Angely, ci-devant Minis ter of State, Grand Cordon cf the Legion of Ho 'our, &c. was celebrated in the church of St. Tho mas Aquinas. The procession consisted of eleven mourning carriages. M. de Jouy, Member of the Institute, pronounced a speech on his grave, which L. rear that of Fourcroy and Parny. The 17th Number of the Nowvel ihntmc Cris, by M. Cugnet de Montarlot. was seized yesterday. Count Vaugiraud, Vice-Admiral and Governor of the Antilles, died yesterday, aged 78. The heroic firmness with which he preserved the Antilles to their legitimate S. vcreign, during the seigu of 100 days, c::n never be forgotten. The Minister Of the Interior has appointed a Com mittee to examine a proposition for establishing En trep:is hi the Cities of the Kingdom, particularly at 'Paris. Private letters which have been received from the Departments state, that the Ordonnance of the Kieg of the sth March, for creating 60 new Peers, has been generally regarded as a wise, beneficent, and s rlutary measure. It has contributed to dissipate the apprehension excited by the proposition of the Mar quis Barthelemy._ _ . Fack•u Futens.---risii per Cents. shut, price GB C. 20 c.—Es. dir. tit f. SS c.—DA'krred Stock tithe 22d ,March, 18k7, 82 f. 54.) c.-111.:d Sept. is!7, ots4 n so c.—lid Match, 181 C, 79 f. 2'3 c. VA! &pt. 18j, 7G f. c. MADP.II), MAUCH^. P.IIILLIMENTARI" POccEEDING.S. OtiSE Of LOADS, MARCH 17. • The Earl of CARLINLIL took the oaths And his seht. Counsel and Evidence, the latter more particularly with 4. spect to the fact ofadultery, were heard relative to Trelawney's Divorce Bill. On the question of its second reading, the fur the:. examination of evidence was deferred till Monday. Mr. Swreavasa, front the Commissioners of Westminster Bridge, presented at the Bat the Annual Accounts of that Cor poration. The Annual Indemnity Bill was read the second time. The Marine Mutiny Bill was brought up from the Commons by Mr. Buttoner and others, and read the first time. Earl GROSVENOR presented a Petition, numerously signed by Merchants, Manufacturers, and others of the City of Ches ter, against the continuance of the Insolvent I)ehtors' Bill in its present shape. Ins Lordship observed, the Petitioners did not wish for a recurrence to the iv; o'er sv::em, but they trusted the House woull concur in r.o P2li" Dill an the subject, without con sidei able inodi I icatiaus iruprovernents, so as to do away the tcuden - y of the present Act.—The Petition was tie n re id in tile usual way. 1 , Lord !MILANI) presented a Petition from the Town and neighbourhood of Stockton-epon-Tees, Durham, nearly to a si milar effect with the foregoing ; but tl'e Noble Lord, in. Ns in troductory observations, said, that any legislative provi..ioo, ever that so much complained of, was preferah'e to that anornalous, cruel, persecuting, and lehtrious system, which 30 long obtained before it. Ili3 I.crdship also presented Petitions !eon the Borough cf Bedford, and Trwn of Woh,:ru, in that Cuu':ty, praying a revi sion of the Penal Code. The former of these Petitions stated, that within a given time no fester than 9510 N'erdiets of Guilty were recorded. The Duke of NORTHUMBETtL ANI) presented two Peti tion.s, from the Town of Newcc‘tle-t.por.-T)ne, one against the contin..:ante of the Insolr- r ' Debtors' Act, and the other against any additional Duty on Cele.s, at.d praying their Lordships that should any Bill be brought up f,r tLst purpose, to reject the sane. On the motion of the Marquis of LA NSDOWNE, the Pa pers recently presented relative to the Sultaun of Palansbang, &e. were ordered to be printed. It was also ordered, on the Noble Marque- s motion, that a nes,age should be sent to the e'ommous ' desiring a Copy of the third and fourth Ilt.parts of the e:amenlasioners of that House, reiativ.: to the drainage of hoes in Inhand. The Earl of LIV1;ill'00 1., purqsant to his notice, moved the second reading of the Mutiny Bill. Ili' Lordship adverted to one or two comparatively slight idteretions;which he sai! •ffere the °ale instances in which the Hilt varied front the Act of last year.—The Bill was then read the second time and com mitted for to-morrow. Lord GRES VILI.E presented two Petitions from the City of 1311..t01, one from the blerchants and Traders, and the other from the ('orporation thereof, praying that no general Tax should be imposed upon Coal, or Duties laid upon Iniand Coals. Ills Lordship also presented another Petition from the said City, praying the House that the Insoleer.t Debtors' Act may rot be renewed, under any modificati.sn, or at auy period of time whatever. The Earl of .11SETIDEEN presented a Pethion f.Tin Glas gor►, against any alt , r.itions in the Duty on Coals. Lord STIMIOUTII moved that the .tlivne and Dritizene BiU be committed. Lord lIOLLA ND said, as this was rot the proper stage for expressirg the objections he had to the Bill, he should not op pose the motina. I k thought, however, that the Noble Lord, in asking the House to agree to this UM, should explain what the state of the Law m as, which rendered such a measure necessary.__ Lord SIDMOUTI I repeated what he had stated yesterday, as to the grounds on which the Dill wac introduced. The llou.ve then resolved 'obeli it to l'otrurtittee on the Clauses and l'rOisions were. agreed to without ob servation, and the duration of the Act was used WI the 25th of Mugch, 18201 Ion; HOLLAND expressed his opi.rior, that in all Bills of the kind, those :Ws whose oper.al.ws were rtuunt to be suspen ded, our , lat to be distinctly enurner.a, a or specified. The Houle then resumed, and the Reigacc was received, and ordered to be printed. The Conunlttee on the Poor Laws BM was postponed anti! Friday. and the House Adjourned until to4r.orrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. A Person from the Gene ral Penitentiary at Milbank pre iented ilecotlut3 of the exp:rtse incurred, and w he iicurred, in al: erection of thut l'imit:muary.—Laid on the table, and orderod to be prn:tcd. Mr. Sumatran presented four Qr.arteele Accounts of Txpenses and Receipts front the Commissioners of Westmir.stvr Bridge. Laid on the table. Mr. Cutouts:zit, from the Post-Office, presente3 the meal Acconou of the net if lance: it: the hacth of the tliffamt Post notai.—Lald on the tub::. The Cheltenham Gas Liahtini Bill was read a third tint* and passed. )lr. HOUSTOUN presented a Petiiirt (ran the Merchants of Glasiow against the Co:.. Taa.—Laid on the table. vent !Motors' Act :—Messyr. John :at, N. Calvert, W. Smith, Curvren. and Vv tn. 'billhamh. Mr. N. CALVERT presented a Petition from the borough of lialford, against any alteration in the Coal Duty —Laid on the table. _ The CHANCELLOR of the EXCIIEQUER presented a Petition from Roscrea, in the county of Tipperary, praying for sOftle amendment of the Act, inflicting penalties on distillation. Laid on the table, _ . Sir W. DE CRICSPIGNY presented a Petition from South ampton, against the Insolvent lkbtors' Act.—Read and Laid cn the table. The names of the defaulters on yesterday's Ballot were called over, and various days Bred for their attendance. Sir N. RIDLEY postponed the motion of an lion. Friend of his respecting the Salt Duties till to-morr ow. lic then pruantcd Petitions from Newcastle-upon-Tyne against the equalization of the Coal Duty and the Insolvent &htors' Act.—Laid on the table, and the latter ordered to be referred to the Conintime. WOOL AND COTTON. Sir J. SEBRIGHT moved for— An Account of Cotton Wool, import( d into Great Britain from all parts of the world, from 1512 to ltir, distingitiaing the quantity In each year—the ports front which it was shippt d ; the duty paid on it, and the entire and net value in each year. • . • An Account of Cotton Wool exported to all parts of th ew odd in the sums period. An Account of Cotton Twist exported from Great Britain in the same period ; distinguishiag the port front which it was shipped, the country to which it W.LS exported, together with its weight and wine. An Account of the Cotton hlinufictured Goods exported front Great Britain in the Lune period. An Account of the Duty paid on Printed Cotton Goods in the same period, the Drawbacks on Goods exported, the expense of Collection, and the net produce in each year.—Ordered. NOTTINGHAM ELECTION. Mr. Serjeant COPLEY presented a Petition from Richard Reckless and James Elienborough, praying for relief, in consequence of the Committee appointed to try the Petition against the return of Lord 'Un til& for Nottingham, not having entered into the merits of that Petition, but having rejected it on the ground of informality. Ile (Serjeant Copley) con tended that the question of informality rested entirely with the House and not with the Committee. and that the House having referred the Petition to a Select Cominittee, to try its merit,:, had by its own act de• cided the question of formality in favour of the Peti tion, and kit no other duty to the Committee to per • tom, than to inquire into the truth of its . allegatioas. Mr. FAZAIs.ERLY rose to order. The lion. and Learned Gentleman WilF stating the grounds on which he imagined the Committee to have rejected the Pe tion. lie only spoke horn report, and had no autho rity on which to ground his assertions. Alt. Serjeaut COPLEY, at the suggestion of the SPEA ICER, withdrew the Petition, and gave notice, that on Friday ttext he should move that the Minutes of the Nottingham Committee be laid on the table. WESTMINNTiIt Ft.rcrtos. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT presented a Petition, signed by Stephen Ackerman, George Barber, R. Wild, and J. Rayner, stating that they were inhabi tants of the City of Westminster, having the right of voting for the election of a Citizen to represent them in Parliament—That the lion. George Lamb, Johu Cam Hobhouse, Esq. and William Cartwright, Esq.' had been put into nomination, and the Hon. George Lamb declared to be elected but that the said Geo. Lamb did give money, meat, drink, entertainment, and provision, and make presents, and enter into promises and obligations, with several persons so having a right to vote at the said election, in order to secure him, the said George Lamb, Esq. to be elected to serve in the present l'arliamca, contrary to the orders of that Honourable House, and in op position to the provisions of an Act passed in the third year of the reign of King William. That Peers of Parliament and Xiembers of that House, by threats and other undue means, procured persons to vote for the said George Lamb, Lsq. contrary to the privi lezes of that Honourable Home, and evidently de structive of the rights of election. That on the Sa turday and Sunday before the close of the election, several hundred persons were hired by th e agen t s o f the said George Lamb, tsq. for the purpose of ob ----hr el on their approach to the co vote for John Cam nob le last day of the election, tmitted several riotous acts : several individuals were were ultimately prevented !am Hobliouse, Esq. That eturning officer, acted with al unfairly and illegally re 'sons entitied to vote, who 'rages for John Cam Hob the votes of persons not en irted the said George Lamb, ;ors being deterred from ap ,e Lamb, Esq. obtained a was retarned to serve in City and Liberties of West ights of the Electors. That :fieved by this proceeding, undue election and return, kid. They therefore prayed by Counsel touching the it Petition, and that such them as that Hon. House _ik proper. Tiered to be taken into consi the 6th of May. \GE ACT. in rising to ask leave to the ('6th of George 11. com an:age Act, should briefly state confined to the marriage embrace the two modes by )y license, and by the pub , law now stood, the mar 'led under 21, without the • guardians, was null and The terms of the Act were so .inistrators of the law were, ;pilled to set aside such mar - ight be instituted long after _ were many hard instances, after the marriage, and even . large issue, one of the par :l:tint the benefit of his own dissolution. The mischief the progeny themselves were if their father died, whether year or only a week before --first year, the next relation ;cession, and on the case being the Judr mot pronounce the illegitimate. The remedy which he sbmild simplTbe to limit the time 'be instituted. lie should; . • • ' Letters from Cadia state, that 20,000 men are to Lir ss (s .UISI, presented a Pernion from Cht:terhans against strutting those electors, be sent to Lima. under a convoy of a ship of the line any alteradrn in the Coal Onte.--fald on cie table. hustings, who intended to • (formerly Russian) and two frigates. lair. STUART WORTIA-lY presetite a Petition to the house, Esq. That on the • came efiSect, from B at h .—La id on tat ta bl e. General Castanos, the GoveruurolCatalonia, havingthe persons so hired comn Petitions were prerentA from Bri::l't -yr anti MIN"- fa : , the Covent garden. That exhausted all prete.ices for delay, has at length brought agaiMst the renewal of the Insolvent Deb * t . ors .I.:.—Laid " oe ' to :rial the Fersons ch irged as accomplices in the plot th,ii table: beaten and abused, and v voting . for John Ca of general Limey, and who have been for two years air. Cil Wit ;-:SITTI, presented a Petition frhre trinlzlftr.' from gas, against the Window Laid on the tato.... Arthur Morris, Esq. the re • i-.• prison at Barcelona. Thirteen of them have been Mr. (AIM EN presented a Petn from 'il• r- pert, in tit. ' . c-rdernued to death, but as the s2atence has been r,„,„, y a c , lnb L k ,,, doia • st any , i ,„„ 1 „ . I , — .i,ic .:= l Duey . 1 the greatest partiality, and ref‘srred to this capital for revision, it is hoped that in lied on the table. jetted the votes of perso • e th is case, as well as in that tithe persons condemned Air. CIiRWF.X then presented a Patitior from A r cot, ie. the neighed to give their SUIF r at Valladolid, as accomplices in the conspiracy of Ge. same Coinny , praying for the reeira! of the Poor Lawn—Laid on tht table, and ordered to be prir.ted. house, Esq. and received tl renal Itenovales, some modification may take pla‘e. I'v:imm a were then prsetit:tl from the Tnhabitamt of till titled to vote, who support NCREMPERG, BURCH?. County of Derby, and from Leith, against soy alteration so the r.sti. That many Electors The Journal of this town contains a letter from Cosi Dety.-11Id on the table. peating, the said Georg( • as . fr..m. A. TAY LOR presented a Petition from Darhan' , mnj'al - ty on the poll, and Vienna, dated the 2d, of which the following is the a-arnst the insolvent Debtors' I.:t —r , A and ordered to be t substance :—" The Persian Ambassador did not much r e" f e rred to the i.:orniiiittee sitting On t• - t d . 7 lct. - l'Arliament for the sai d C r-lisli Vienna, nor was he himself much relished there. Lord GR ANV / LLF. SO:11 ERS ;;T " pr-stnteti two'Petitions, ininster, contrary to the rip Ti.:s reciprocal distaste arose from the inability to sa- one from the Town of Ahergavenny, and the other from the th e P e ti t ioners were aggr ti , ly all his demands. His economy was too strongly 3lanufacturers of Tin Plates, in .ionntoutlishire, against the and therefore null and voic contrasted with his taste for magnificence. Before his ha' J. 6lt A 11.1.51 presented a Patition from Carlisle agains t appearance at Court, he bad made excuses concerning the fusolvant Debtors ' Act, and one from &tele+ ' , fuel; fo r that they might be heard I his inability to retire backwards after the audience, the revision of the Criminal Law.—Read and re/cried' to the matters contained in theii . , C • according to the custom of not tt.raing the back on omniittees on those subjects. relief should be g-arted to Sir ROBERT WILSON presented a Petition, signed by 100 . '' ' might, in its wisdom, thinl the throne: his motive was, that he did r.ot Wish to Di:leers in the Marshalrea against the Re e lof the Insolven t hazard the loss of his slippers. His request was as.:- Debtors' Act.—Read, a nd referred to the P C ,- immitte i sentcd to : httt. then two officers of am' Court wished Mr. MA 131;ftLEy presente d a Petition from Abingdon detation or. Thursday, the against the Insolv e nt D e bt ors ' A c t.—R ea d an d re f erre d to t h e to assist him in turning rour.d, he seemed to think 114AltRIAI pr.PIIILLBIORE, in .that their object was to prevent him, and Le gave C IFV, 7 7 /313 ;:.g. 7 i , r . • the Presentod a Petition from the City of Gloucester them so rude a repulse, that the whole assembly were alteration of the Coal Duty.—Read, and order ed to br:ng in a Bill to amend th terribly shocked. At the porcelain mar.ufactory he lie no the table. monly called the Marriage ••I chose several articles of moderate value; he was 31r. LAN BTON presented a Petition from the Shi p and Colliers of Sunderland, in the County of Durharn, °wpraynersing his object. It was entirely of minors, and should en told that the Emperor had ordered, that whatever 1 ftpeal or reduction of the Duty on Coals; and one from • he selected should be delivered to him, gratis He f u ti o n r e t n i z ie e the ia tc e a . ying for the revision of the Criminal Code.—Laid which it was performed, la: As the immediately countermanded all that he had at fi rst lication of barns Lord TAVISTOCK presented a petition from Tavistoct, riage of any perm . a chosen, and took the most beautiful specimens which were exhibited to him. The Ninister of a neat pray ing Committee. for the Revision of the Criminal Laws.—R e ferred to, the g content of his parents or E • maritime rower sent to hint a distinguished _ unlimit ed , that the admit . per- Lord G. CAVENDISH presented a Petition . from the Own. void to all purposes. The .). son with an inv i tation to a grand ball. He an. er S of Mises, in the county of Derby, against the equalization in all instances, compelled ),I swered, that he would appear there if the Minister' of the Coal Duty.—Laid on the table. s i • would clime and invite him in person. At the period I Mr. LA MIITON postponed the motion of which be had given riot till after E a st er . ges thou g h the suit ri n g i of his departure, which happened sooner than , " t 1" for to - morrow , re6V."l"g C opyright, • Mr. DlCKENSONpresented a -- CA petted , it was resolved, contrary in the usual prat- 1 Owners of Bedminster , agsList any alteration i n t h e C oa l D uty . i n w hi c h twen ty when it had pr oduced ala frontier, apparently to take away from so difficult a } - ears afte rice, td accompany him, and pay hts expenses to the Laid on the table. Mr. ANSON presented a Petition fro m L ynn , i n t h e county ties came forward to civil of Norfolk, praying for a reduction in th e d uty on agriceltural i personai.e ail ground cf . complaii;t, while traversing h or ses.—Laid on the table. perjury and p r o cure it s t the Prtivinces of the Austrian Monarchy. When they 1 1 General GROSVENOR presented a Peti tion from Chester, did not stop here, but the Act. — Laid on liable to be affected ;for if n.....: table. spoke to him about his escort, he wished to have at ; against the renewal of the Insolvent Deors he had been married a ye the head of it a G e neral, or Colonel at least : he was, WILLIAMS postponed to Friday the £6th instant , however, obliged to be content with an Officer of the I ~ ' .11. * IvM ' , ' his motion respectin g the qua lifi er' he had reached his twenty-: Mr. itiaernun NVA I Tllll N in j p on rese of nt tl era o P r e L titi on from the might dispute his successiC i • - rank of Lieuten - int.. E efore he went away, he caused ! Insolvent Debtors' Act.—Read 100 florins in all, to la- distributed among the persons : ward of Cordwr against * th A e brought into Court, the Ji •• , who had been ordered to attend him. They imam- j and referred Lo a the Committee. On the motion of Mr. -Wean= WAITUM en, andsfter a few children to be illegitimate. diately paid the sum into the hoot's -lrox, and the 1 i words from the Atroluswe-Gasse.st and Mr. Raoectusse, tbe shmild propose , . sbotild sir following Menahnra were added to the Committee err the lark Court has generously indemnified them." at which such suits mitht . 41 _ a 1 . .4' -Ai iii i i 4 .4 .t .,,,AR , •., • • . , • , i I --~~= ; leave full power . to the guardians ditriag l a „ rity of their wards, bat he should allow ro - t h. t ,"' of his own marriage. His secotel only one year to instit.ute a suit against th —.) 1 e');nt re i 7 :,e marriage by banns. While mail i,t ,, v Fiv r ~" protected to a great extent, that b..; k w ' a ' , " , - * without any protection whatever ; for in g l e ' like this metropolis, the publication c f bee,' complete nullity. It fre quent l y occurred 01 ;1 4 . living in the west end of the town had 0..! . put up in a distant part of the city, wh ere .I„ . t . scarcely be known. H ence minors miszet....i,l7 entrapped. He should p rc p ose to place tiee-:' the pale and protection of the law, e ls th ese m by licence, and to re n d er a res id ence o f a feree l the pariJi where the minor should be tie:Tried ,• pearl bl y necessary. He s'oolild alto otti; ; S ew or.e year to institute a :nit. These w t e e c" of the measure which he wi..hed to htre,;• would tend to correct an evil which ^...e r tical, but led to much iajivnice; and • granted him leave to bring ia his Lill, syouhl be found that he was propreii like a radical remedy.— Leave was the: ORDNANCE SALE% Mr. Alderman WOOD had so shape, of which he had given notice, that he could be no objection on the part of :hi Gentlemen belonging to the Board of prod , ice the documents for which he si: had no intention to complain of the o Board of Ordnance, but as a sale. be pri amounting to £200,000 and embracin fire kir.ds of articles, such as brass, i gunpowder, and muskets, was niter transaction, he wished for detailed info, subject. re then moved that there he House, an account of all the Stem , Samuel by the Board of Ordnance, bt of January, 1 , 418, and the Ist of Mar, cifying the different Articles, the date: the total amount paid for the same. Mr. R. WARD repeated what he stated on a former coecte ion, that no bl imputed to the Board of Ordnance fox zealous in the execution of its duty obeyed the recommendation of the Tin tee of the last year. It had struck ale that great quantities of perishable stores hand, and, iu order to save the capes houses, and also for the purpose of r. derable sum, and rendering it as sou available to the public service, the mended their speedy sale. Had the Bo: itself with the usual Tower sales, it trot seven years to raise the sum of 1.00,0 i now at once procured for the public. II of the transaction, however, a memorir ceived from the gunpowder merchat dered themselves aggrieved, and stated a tight to suppose (how they could pre: he could not conceive), that they ough allowed to be the sole purchasers of the amounted to 150,010 barrels, for :hi materials alone, leaving out the erpete ture, as a compensation for having b , shut up their work•shopr. But those si shut on account of peace, which had die-tier.. sale of gunpowder, and not in consequence at interference on the part of Government. Sad. their reasonable request I Had Government ace rn their terms, years would have elapsed Were I. could have proeured so large a sum, as the Ordne Estimates, it they were printed, would sheer they h done, by the ccurse which they had adoeted. ...' had besides incurred no risk, for senate:Tr migle the gains or losses of Mr. Samuel in consequence; his barge&i, Mr. Rothschild had secured to f Board of Ordnance the full payment of the stlittian sum. He should not object to giving the za.•.. amount, but considered that it might be inconvee;n! to produce .particular items. Mr. GRENFELL complained that the Board ha?. abandoned the principle of public sale and fair com petition. The Finance Committee might have re commended the sale of the Ordnance stores, bet tr: in the way in which it had been done. had not tie principle of open competition been departed frcr he had no doubt a much larger sum would have been procured for the public. Why have recoarse n concealment if all was right ? It was said the article sold were of a perishable nature : but he und:astoa: there were .74X) tons of brass guns--were those of a perishable kind? If they had been sold for £ 4 ,0? ,oe:a he would say that less had been obtained thane:tea: to have been done. Tie was so convinced that the:: was something wrong concealed under so much ni:•!. tery, that he should move, as an amendment to tie Hon. Alderman's motion, that the prices at whi:l such stores have bean sold be added to the return. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQIE 7 . considered that the amendment only served to reurke the motion still more objectionable. Any inquiry, 1: inquiry were deemed necessary, ought to follow a • conelusien of a contract, and not to be set on foo: while it was going on. The Board owed this duty 1, , the party with whom they had contracted. 'Alr. BARING saw no possible objection to pub. lishing the terms under which the contract had beau made, It could not injure the contractor, and be therefore trusted his Hon. Friend would persist in b:i amendment. Mr. BROUGHAM conceiving that the subjett could not rest where it was, and must produce faun discussion, suggested to his Honourable Friend to withdraw his amendment, and to the Honourable Alderman to rest satisfied at the present with a. papers conceded to him, and if they did not prcv sufficient, when in the possession of the House. t take another opportunity of moving for the rest. Mr. It. WARD would have been bettor pre)r . e to answer, had he expected every Gentleman to :' one after the other upon this sub v ert. .II contende.i that the Board of Ordnance ha d not acted claiulca tinely. They had done nothing in the dark, and ti:' Honourable Gentleman who had m ade su ch a clin e was too intimately concc; red to be a fair judge e'• the transaction. If instead of the word e e emetifiee that Honourable Gentleman had used that of CC:3'• itali9n, he would have come nearer to the truth :10 , *the Board had found that nothing could. be proclacn. .by competition, but that much mischief arose iron combination. He then gave several iustances to prove that Whenever a sale had been thrown o; aril .'"' parties had 'coalesced so as to keep down the v.... of articles ) and to force their own low price alat) . ;* lll Vt:* tt ft ft • Ito the ej the 'Pnt ref tte , Ay in r0.,.. t f hams ed tiro.t had lere :!lerc rnlght ce them tnz 1. a fer7i..!. 2 rnlrt4ed •. vie t,:v; if 1, he I.cri , i ing en i;ircn. ped !Tl- trrAted he !.!..roc: c... 11. • ccndutt rtvate 3"' 0:1V fe • Iron, n l:L CI irnr.ttio :c !old ,:tween t!!‘ rah, ~; es of Sale:, c ha/ blame c,1.12 . .., baring y, and h.t . .+: nonce C0x ... . hat Coni.iii• reinailx pence of err a c , :c. *n as poz.. * : ,7 had LA:' loard hae :klO, which In cons:Tat al had in .- 7.: wl.n CC. d that tzerc! to I ht to hart •,,crdfr, m value rf le of rr.ar.lf. been otlir,e . 2 B shops had !cu:nce of ent. t! . .1%:". .amer.t sed brfore s the Order: . , r