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'HEESE, BARLEY, OATMEAL, SALT, BEER, COALS, CANDLES, OIL, SOAP, CLOTHING, NECESSARIFS, BLANKETS, WOOLLEN CLOTH, DUCK, sTittpED LINEN and COTTON, WRAPPER CLOTH, SHOES, and LEATHER, for the use of Convicts on board Hulks at Ports issouth, Woolwich, Deptford, Sheerness, and Chatham, may receive Particulars of the Contracts on applying to the Superintendent of Convicts, No. 15, Lambeth Terrace, and on board the several Hulks, and deliver their Tenders at the Commissariat Office, Treasury Chambers, sealed up and directed to the Superintendent of Convicts, marking thereon " Tender to furnish Supplies for Convicts ;" on or before THURSDAY, thb 14th April, but none will be received after Twelve o'Clock on that Day ; nor will any Proposal be noticed, unless made on or annexed to a printed Particular, and the Prices inserted in Words at length; nor unless a Letter be subjoined to such Proposal, signed by two Persons of known Property, engaging to become bound with the Party tendering-, in t►e Sum expressed in the Particulars, for the due Performance of the Contract. CONTRACT FOR RF,MANUFACTURING OLD IRON. a\ .l Morrie 14, 1823. rrHE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS and COMMIS -A sIoNERs of his MAJESTY'S YY, do hereby give That on TIIURSDAY, the 7th of April next, at One &Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for taking OLD IRON from his Majesty's several Dock-Yards, and re-manufacturing the same into all or any of the following articles, as demanded, viz. Bt ILTSTAVES, SQUARES, L crs, SHORT BROADS. A Form of the Tender, may be seen at this Office. No Tender will be received after One o'Clock, on the Day of Treaty, nor any noticed, unless the Party or an Agent for him attends. Every Ttiider must be accompanied by a Letter addressed to the Navy Board, and sieved by two responsikle Persons, engaging to become bound with the Person tendering, in the sum of X 6,000 for the due performance of the Contract. COUNTY FIRE-OFFICE, AND PROVIDE: LIFE OFFICE, Regent-street, London. PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES. the Duke of RUTLAND, The Marquis of Nor.ru-surron, Earl GRIP, Lord BRAVIROOKE ' Lord linso, &c. &c. &c. DIRECTORS. J. T. &ISIS Bcsrstosrr, Esq. I fon. THos. PAMIR. FRAMs Coxsr, Esq. Sir HOMY PYNN. INr JOHN DoVLE, Bart. Lieut.-Col. SAMWILL Sir GRORGE Drcicarr, Bart. JANIS SIM:WICK, Esq. .MrJOMS ECaTACIL. WALTIM. STRICKLAND, Esq. Sir Jona IIaILRINOTON, Bart. Sir W. E.' WrLar, Bart. Sir S. 13. 3loistaNn, Bart. M.P. Sir Rosalie Witsox, M.P. &c. &c. &c. Capital—A MILLION STERLING, and upwards. The PROFITS are divided amongst those who now insure, as well as the original Members, in just proportion to cheat respective Payments. Its the FIRE-OFFICE, Returns during the last eleven years to the amount of £47,000 have been paid to all Persons who have continued insured Seven Years, upon Annual as well as Septennial Policies, and whether they have been sufferers or otherwise. In the LIFE OFFICE, Bonuses of £l3. Ss. and £26. 12s. per Cent. have been divided during the last fourteen years; and other very peculiar advantages are afforded. GLORIOUS 12zit OF APRIJ.. W LOTTERY. Last Contract. All in One .E Day. Four Prizes of Twenty Thousand Pounds. Thirty other Capitals. No Blanks. Tickets and Shares for the above Grand Lottery are on Sale at EYTON'S Lucky Office, 2, Corn. Dill.—British and Foreign Securities, Fire, Bridge, Gas, Canal, Mid Abbe Shares, bought and sold by Commission. CATON ON DEBILITY, ILLUSTRATED WITH CASES. This day was published, price :Ts. 6d. a New Edition of PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS on the DEBI LITIES, natural and contracted, of the GENERATIVE ORG ANS of both Sezes ; including Remarks on Onanism, Sensinal Weakness, Nocturnal Emission, Gleet, Tabes Donates, Fluor Al bin, &c. &c. with the Theory of Generation. By T. M. CATON, Surgeon, Late of the United Hospitals of St. Thomas's and Guy's. Sold by C. Chap*, 59, Pall-mall; Bowen, 515, Oxford-street; Callow and Wilson, 16, Princes -street, Sobo; or by the Author, as above. Where may be had, Caton on the Venereal Disease and its Consequences, a New Edition, price 51. illustrated with Cases, A Practical Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of the Venereal Disease, exhibiting the character, symptoms, and treatment of the diseases immediately or remotely connected with it; containing Observations on Meet, Stricture, 'ducal Discharges, the use of the Caustic and common Bougie, Cutaneous Eruptions, Imaginary Venereal Diseases, &c.&c. esunprising an elementary Work for Students, and a Guide to the general Reader; interspersed with select Prescriptions applicable to each division of the Disease. CHILBLAINS, RHEUMATISMS, PALSIES, &c. CHILBLAINS are prevented from breaking. and their tormenting Itching instantly removed by WH ITIU HEAD'S ESSENCE of MUSTARD, universally esteemed for Its extraordinary Efficacy in Rheumatism% Palsies, Gouty Affec tions, and Complaints of the Stomach ; but where this certain re medy has been unknown or neglected, and the Chilblains have tactually broken, WHITEHEAD'S FAMILY CREATE will ease the pain, and very speedily heal them. This Cerate is equally efficacious for all ill-conditioned Sores, Sore Legs, Scorbutic Erup tions, Blotches, Pimples, Ringworms, Shingles, Breakings-out on the Face Nose Ears, and Eyelids, Sore and Inflamed Eyes, Sore H e ad s , and other Scorbutic Humours. The ESSENCE OF MUSTARD is perhaps the most active, penetrating, and efficacious remedy in the world, curing the severest Sprains and Bruises in less than half the time usually taken by any other Liniment or Embrocation; it also heals Cuts, punctures from Sharp Instru ments, Nails, Thorns, Splinters, am with incredible facility, with out smart or pain, preventing inflammation and festering, and is equily useful in the various accidents of Animals—in short, it is a domestic remedy of such uncommon excellence and utility, that no family sensible of its own comfort should ever be without it. Pre pared only,and soli by R. Johnston, Apothecary, 15, Greek-street, Soho, London. The Essence and Pills at its. 9d. each ; the Cerate at is. r ad. and 25. 9d. They may be had of every Medicine Vender in the United Kingdom. Ir? The Genuine has a stamp, *ids the noise of is It. hia tus" inserted co it. I ; • 1 ! , • • t , 1 ECTOR FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, ,55, Old Jewry. • JAMES BROGDEN, Esq. M.P. CmAutism'. RICHARDSON BORRODAILE, Esq. DIMITY Cumitiiiis. PRI Thomas Allan, Esq. John Richard Raker, Esq. John Cooke, M.D. J. H. M. Dawson, F.5q.1%1.P. Thomas Gaitskell, Esq. A. Goldsehmidt, Esq. Joseph Owen }lank, Esq. Richard Peckuver Harris, Esq. James Inner, Esq. James Jacks, F.sq. T HE . COMPANY beg leave to call the attention Of the Public to the advantages held out by this Office to the Insured, who, upon all Policies of nor less than one Ytar's dusa: tion, will be entitled to a rateable proportion of two thirds of the Profits, and the Proprietors to the remaining one third. The Profits will be Septennially divided. Risks of all kinds are co vered upon fair and liberal terms. Claimants upon the Company may have their demands submitted to arbitration, or in cases where the loss is correctly ascertained, they will be immediately paid, with. Aut deduction or diaconal. ----.”-P7tosirese.••• , DIRICTORS, William Peatt Litt, Esq. Magens trorrien Magma, Esq. Robert Humphrey Marten,Esq. John Masterman, Esq. Richard Price, Esq. Robert Pryor, Esq. William Williams, Esq. M.P. John Wilson. Esq. Richard Wilson, Esq. WILNIER HARRIS, Secretary. WI LSII COPPER, LEAD, AND SLATE MINING COMPANY. rll-IE App'icAnti lor S , are, in this Conno4ny •tte formed, that the same will certainly not be issued for fourteen Jays; that very valuable Alines have already been secured; that experienced and highly respectable Engineers are occupied in \Vales in making the further necessary surveys, and entering into different negotiations; and that when the result of these various operations are known, the Shares will be appropriated, and the Prospectus,de veleping the Plan and tjects of the Company, announced. W I LAS and V EILBEK F -36, New llroad-street, March 24, 1825. LA W. DA REN I'S or GUARDIANS le iron, 0, art cling Youth to a Solicitor, may hear of a VACANCY, gthere every attention will be paid to his morals and knowledge of the prafeuion. Letters, (post paid) addreswil to J. C. Mr. Duke's, Law Stationer, 99, Chancery Lane, wi.l . receive due attention. EXPLOSION BY GAS. NOTICE is hereby giVen t t the Et ; losion on Monday, the 21st \larch, 1825, at the house of Mr. Harri son, in Worthip.street, Shoreditch, and which nearly destroyed his house and endangered his family, was occasioned by an escape of gas from tae pipes lately laid down by The New " INDIMINDLNT Gas Coxraay," and not from the pipes of Ally Company esta bliihed by Parliament, and under the supervision of his Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department. By order of the Court of Directors of the Gas Light and Coke Company. R. GUDE, Secretary. BORNEO, SOO LOO, AND BANCA COMPANY. 1. A, COMPANY, having amongst its objects the de. velopement of the rich Gold and Diamond Districts of Borneo, and the extension of the great natural advantages of that immense Island, the great source of wealth in the Eastern Hemi sphere.. is nearly matured. 2. In the immediate vicinity of Borneo, and of not less import ance, are the famous Soo Liao Pearl Banks, celebrated for the fine and large Pearls which they produce; and the Island of Banca, containing valuable Ores and Minerals, but more especially rich in Tin, of which a juster view cannot be given than in the words of Mr. Crawford, the Resident at Smncapore. " The quantity of Tin which the Mines of Hance art capamile of affording is immense, the supply of Ore is nearly indefinite, amid the facility of working great." -- 1 . The whole produce of Banta is grain Tin, a pure metal, superior in intrinsic value to block lira Twenty-two and a Quarter per Cent. Cornish Tin is obtained with vast lab.mur, by mining through obdurate Granite, often to the prodigious depth of many hundred Fathoms : Mince Tin, by digging through a few soft strata of Sand and Clay, and seldom to more than three or four Fathoms. To clear the Cornish Mines from water, the most expensive and complex Machinery is requisite: to clear those of Banat, a simple wooden wheel, costing a few shillingmi. To separate the Cornish Ore from its matrix, it must be ground in a Stumping Mill, as well as subjected to the process of washing. The Banca Tin is at once 'separated from its matrix, and fitted withou. Hardier care bur Smelt ing, by the simple process of passing a stream of running water over it, in an aqueduct simply lined with the bark of trees. The neces sary result of all this is, the cost of producing a coat of BMX/ ' Tin is but 225. 3d. whereas that of Cornwall Tin is not less than 645. 7d. and that, while a Cornish Mine seldom yields a rent of more than a tenth or twelfth of the produce, often not more than a twenty-fourth, and usually not above a fifteenth, the Banat Mines yield no less than one-half. This is the most exact and unques tionable test of the superior fertility of the ore over the other. The skill and ingenuity of Europeans, their capital, and their machi nery, make some amends for the inferior fertility of the Cornish Mines, but such as are far enough Irons eounteroalancing the im mense wealth of those uf Dance. Were the Cornish workmen, with their ingenuity, their capital, and machinery, to be employed on such Mines as those of Balm, ne other Mines in the world would in a short time be worth working; and, en the other hand, were the Banca Miners, with their tools and simple machinery, to attempt suck Mines as those of Cornwall, there can be no question but they would be as inaccessible to them, fur all useful purposes, as if buried a league in the crust of the earth."—" It is but a small portion of an island, containing an area of 3,400 geographical miles, that has yet been examined. The Mines at present are chiefly con fined to the northern and western parts of it, whereas the south eastern has hardly been touched. From one extremity to the other the alluvial lands are ascertained to abound in beds of tin : and from the analogy of other countries, it is beyond any doubt that the mountains abound in veins of it. To the difficult and expensive processes required for the mining of these last it is at present soper duous to look, for the alluvial lands contain the cheap and abun da nt supply of many ages."—Crawford's History of the Indian Archipe lago, Vol. 111. pp. 463, 466, Ediaburgh,lB2o. Of the rich Mines of Montradak, in Borneo, the same authority states that they are at present chiefly worked by the Chinese, to the number of 6,000, who are nearly independent of any native authority, being governed by their own Chief; the tribute paid to the Raja of Sambas, in whose territories the Mines are situated, amounting to no more than 160 bungkals, whilst the annual pro duce is 811,000 os. of pure gold. The ere, from all accounts, exists in inexhaustible abundance • the immense alluvial tracks round the whole circumference of Borneo everywhere contain rich dkrosits of this metal, from whence it necessarily follows, that the primitive mountains of the interior must contain veins of it. From the abundance of the ore, and the usual fascination of all mining projects, especially those in quest of the precious metals, the search for gold will be the first object to engage the attention of very enterprising and industrious people settled in that country, of what ever race. Amidst a great deal of anarchy and disorder, mining has of late years been prosecuted by the Chinese with surprising spirit. It is not above eight or ten years since considerable capital and the use of machinery have been applied to it ; and in that time there has been a vast increase of produce.—See Crawford, voL 3. Since the Diamond Mines of Golconda have been exhausted, the only supply has been from Borneo, and from thence through chan nels sufficiently circuitous. Diamonds are in no repute amongst the Chinese, or through the industry of that people we should, without doubt, Lave long ago found the produce of the Mines of Borneo greatly multiplied. The Bugis Merchants are at present' the great dealers In diamonds. Of the Soo Loo Fishery and its products it may be sufficient to state, that rich eli it is known to be at present, a greater share of skill and industry than are applied to these fisheries would greatly enhance the value, and the amount of their produce. Steps have already been taken to secure the full advantage to be derived from these objects. The Capital d the Company will be 11,000p00, in Shares of S4OO each. Communications fur the present to be made to Mr. Ogle, No. 3, Clement's.lane, Leneard•nreet. This day was published, price 6s. THE EDINBURGH REVIEW ; or, CRITICAL JOURNAL, No. 84. Coarrzurt.—f. Campbell's Theodric—ll. Memoires sur h Cone de Louis XlV—Manners and Morals of Absolute Princes.— 111. Public Education—lV. Ashantee—V. Ireland—Vl. Court of Cbancery—Vll. Ellis's Letters illustrative of English History— VIII. -Otiminal Law of Scotland—lX. West Indies—X. Ilesinc tion of the Duties on Coffee—Xl. State of Hayti—Xll. Educa• don of the People. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orate, Brown, and Green, London; and Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh. £00,000! ALL IN ONE DAY. ALL IN STERLING BIONEY. ALL LOTTERIES WILL SOON END. ALL TUESDAY, 12th APRIL. ALL PRIZES.-NO BLANKS! /11 CAItIt 0 L L solicits attention 'to the prevent Vs • Scheme, and i► sorry to state it is one of the last opportu nities to obtain a large Fortune for a sm•dll sum, Uovernment having now determined to abolish Lotteries for ever. The Scheme contain., FOUIC PRIZES OF 4.1.0,C00, With Thirty other Capirah , &c. &c. arno..iltmg to £200,000. ALL IN tI,'fUF.SIAY,IfItIiAI'IiI L. API; I I pritets and Shares for the aliovy Scheme, Al) in Oar Day, 1 944 'Witt LI are Low on Sale at (Attß OLL'S Ollkes, 19, Cog - Wall; 7, Ch Ireng•Cross ; and 26, Ostaid-stieet ; mere he lately soki Four Prizes of .C 20,000 in Poor Alonills. TO ER 801.1) BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, AFREEHOLD ESTATE,. in Gloucestershire, fitteen mile. from Bath, and nine from Bristol, consisting ot . TWO DA Ila FA It MS, on the largest of which is a roomy Mansion.house, besides the Bailiff's adjoining, with Two Hundred and Thirty-eve Acres ot Meadow, Pasture,- and Ara'de Land, all of which has been occupied by the Propriet r these ten years ; the smaller has One Hundred and Thirty Acres, and is let on Lease. For further particulars apply to Messrs. Bridges and Masim, So licitors, Red Lion-square, London ; or to Mr. Wm. Tanner, Solici tor, Shannon -court, Bristol, where Maps of the Estate may be seen, N.B. Should it not be sold by Lady-day, the largest Estate, with the Mansion-is/mg, &c. will be let to any Gentleman Farmer; or Twenty-one Acres, with the Mansion-house, Avenue-garder and Orchard, and Fish-pond separately. CHILBLAIN CERATE. THIS CERATE, from its emollient and healing pro perties, is found to be an excellent application for Chilblains when broken ; and if used to the hands and feet, when there is a predisposition to these annoying affections, it is attended witk the utmost advantage in preventing their occurrence. Being free from any disagreeable smell, or unsightly appearance, it may be used without the least inconvenience- to the hands and arms. It is also used with great success in cases of Scalds, Burns, Bruises, Erup tions, and Ulcers, especially in Sore and Ulcerated Legs . • Sold in Boxes at is. lid. and 2s. 9d. by Butler, Chemist, 4, Cheap side, St. Pail's; Savory and Co. 136, New Bond -street; 220, Regent -street ; and . by the principal Medicine Venders through out the United Kingdom. Of whom, also, may be had, the CAJEPUT OPODELDOC, an excellent remedy for Chilblains (before broken), allaying the irritation ; used also in Rheumatism, Spasmodic Affections, Palsy, Sprains, Bruises, &c. In Bottles, at Is. lid. and 2s. 9d. N.B. tie careful to ask for Burs.ea's CHILBLAIN CZ KATI, and CAJ EMT OPODALUOC. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OP LORDS, MARCH 24. - The Loan Conncaut.oa, the Marquis of Wnicnewrin, and the Earl of Suantssuar, as hls Majesty's Commissioners, brought down the Royal Assent to the Annual Duties' Bill, and several Private Bills. Mr. PETRI Moots, and others from the Commons, brought up the Equitable Loan Bill, and the Irish Impounding Dtstreu The LORD CHANCELLOR pointed out some inaccuracies in the Preamble of the Equitable Loan Bill, and suggested the propriety of postponing the first reading of the Bill till they should have been corrected.—Agreed to. The Irish Impounding Distress Bill was then read a first time. The LORD CHA NCELLOR presented a Petition from Robert Gourlay, complaining of the proceedings of the Court of Chancery, in a case in which he had been engaged, and praying that their Lordships would adopt measures to stimulate the energies of the Commission appointed to inquire into the proceedings and delays of the Court of Chancery. The Noble and Learned Earl should make no observation on the contents of the Petition, but had thought it his duty to present it. The Petition was laid on the table. The Irish Judicial Commission of Inquiry Bill was read a second time.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. At four o'clock the SPIAXIIII took the Chair. The Deputy Usher of the Black Rod summoned the House to the Howse of Peers, to hear the Royal Assent given by Commission to several Bills (for which see the Lords report). Mr. PETER MOORE moved the third reading of the Equi table Loan Bill. Mr. ROBERTSON opposed the Bill, on the ground of the ge neral intpolicy •f encouraging these kind of Companies. The House then divided, when the numbers were— For the Bill Against it Majority in favour of the Bill - —27 Mr. 11. SUMNER presented a Petition from the Court of Re quests in Southwark, against the County Courts Bill. Mr. LA MBTON presented a Petition from certain persons, against the Isle of Dogs Collier Docks BilL Mr. MANNING presented a Petition from the London Docks Company, against the St. Catherine's Dock Bill, praying that the Bill might be recommitted, in order that the Petitioners might have an opportunity of opposing the Bill. - Mr. C. CALVERT stared, that it was his intention to have moved that the Petition alluded to by the Honourable. Member should be referred to a Committee, but in consequence of meeting with a Gentleman on his way to the House, who told him it was not probable that there Would be a House, and thus the day for making the motion was lost. He also complained of the conduct of some Gentlemen in the Committee who voted against him, al though they had not attended the discussions in the Committee. After a few words from Mr. Walla...Han, the Petition was brought up and read. Mr. MANNING then moved that the St. Catherine's Dock • Z 9 - 12 Bill be recommitted.—Mr. C. CALVERT supported the motion. Mr. HEATHCOTE thought that the Bill had been sufficiently considered, and that it was unnecessary to recommit it. Mr. WILBRAHAM thought the preamble of the Bill was clearly proved by documents on the table of the House. Mr. H. SUMNER contended that there was great neglect on the part of the London Dock Company, and that a very strong case ought to be made out before the Bill should be recommitted. Ile defended the conduct of the Committee. Mr. HUME believed that the St. Catherine's Docks, though they might come in competition with other Docks, would be ulti ' mately beneficial to the Public. He thought, however, that in fair ness and justice, the House should allow the London Docks Com pany to be beard, and that the Bill should be recommitted. Mr. GRRN FELL said tht; House should be careful not to do injustice, which it would do if they recommitted the Bill. The London Dock Company deserved nothing nom the favour of the House. They had hitherto acted in a very vexatious and uncandid way. Last year they came before the Row in forms pitiperis, complaining that the low rates charged by them allowed a division of only 4i per Cent. and yet they had this year reduced the rates on wine and spirits 30 per Cent. and on tobacco 50 per Cent They were interested parties, aid deserved no particular f from the House. Mr. MABERLY supported the motion for recommitment. Mr. JON ES censured the conduct of the London Dods Com pany, and thought they should be the last persons in the world to complain of unfairness. Kr. S. WORTLEY briefly opposed the recommitment. • The Howe then divided es the 41UtbII041— For the Recommitment Again,t it . . . . Majority against the . 20 • 91 Mr. LA MB ON presented a Petition front Stockton, for a re peal of the Window Tax.—Ordered to be printed. A Message was received front the Lords, asking permission for Sir J. N IMPORT to attend as a witness before the Committee of the Lords on the State of Ireland, which permission was grouted. Mr. WEBB presented a Petition from the Inhabitains of Chel tenhatn, fur a repeal of the Window Tax.—Ordered to he printed. Sir IL SO A W presented a Petition from the Chamber of Coin nterce of the City of Dublin, for the reduction of the duties an Fire ‘surance.—Ordered to be printed. • Mr. B. COOPER presented a Petition from the Rural Dean and C:ergy of Gloucester, against the Catholic Claims. The Honourable '!ember sat.: there was an indisposition in the Noise to receive Petitions front the Clergy. Mr. HUME denied that there was any such indisposition. The meeting at which this Petition origina:e.l was very informal. Only seven Clergymen attended, and only two of them signed it at the time. '!'be Petition was anerwatds sent round to obtain signatures. lle wa; glad to see this sort of Petition presented. Mr. is. COOPER explained, tILt It was not the Petition of the lL..n and Chapter of Gloucester, but from the Rural Dean and Clergy of the Deanery of Gloucester. Mr. Secretary PEEL said the Petition did not profess to be front the Dean ant'. Chapter. 11. reprobated the mode adopted of institut tog such by scrutiny into the history of 'Petitions. Same one must qintite them, and then they must be sent about for signatures. The Petition was then brought up, and ordered to be printed. . Mr. G RUSSET presented a Petition from Chippenham, against any further concessions, to the Catholics.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. SYKES presented a Petition from Kingston-upon-Htill, praying a revision of the Corn Laws. The Honourable Member ‘segged to impress upon thz minds of his Majesty's Ministers the 'neces.i.y of giving their serious consideration to this must iinport ant sobject.—Ordered to be printed. Mi. NORTH presented a Petition from Newry, in favour of the Stock Provincial, Banking Company in Ireland. Mr. S. WORTLEY brought in a Bill for the better preventing fraud in the manufacture of Cutlery Articles in England. Reid a first time, and ordered to be read a second time .'n the Rist of April. Mr. COURTEN AY gave notice that he should to-m-rrow move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Bankrupt Laws. Mr. PLUNKETT presented a Petition from the Protestant la. hobitants of the town of Newry, in favour of the Catholic Claims. —Ordered to be printed. Sir J. NEWPORT presented a Petition Croat the Chamber of Commerce of Newry, against any alteration in the Laws relating to the Butter Trade.—Ordered to be printed. ILL-TREATMENT OF ANIMALS. Mr. R. MA KT I N rose,pursuant to notice, to move for Dave to bring in aßill to amend the Act fur preventing the ill-treatment of animals. There were certain omissions in the law wilich he was anxious to supply, and he also pro posed to make the offence punishable with greaterseverity. What man could hear of a horse's eye being maliciously knocked out, and not think that the crime deserved a higher punishment than a fine of 51. or a month or two of imprisonment ? The principal difference from the old Act would be the introduction of a clause to allow Magistrates or the Quarter Sessions to award reasonable expenses to persons prosecuting under it, so that they should not be losers. The Hon. Member then moved fur leave to bring in a Bill to amend the former Act. Mr. H EATHCOTE opposed the motion. Mr. F. PALMER objected to Any legislative mea sure upon such a subject, and expressed his regret that the former Act had passed. He stated that he was present in one instance where the Hon. Member called a coachman to order—(A laugh)—for flogging a horse, not over the head and eyes—but only for such a use of the whip as was necessary to keep him to his work. He should support his Hon. Friend in opposing the further progress of any such measures. 'Mr. LOCKHART thought great thanks were due to the Hon. Member for Galway, in consequer.ce of his endeavours, Parliament had consecrated the great prin ciple that the inferior animals were entitled to the pro tection of the law. He thought, however, with the Hon. Member for Knaresborough, that more was to he expected from the moral influence of this decision upon the minds of the people, than from any punishment which could be inflicted. He therefore advised the Hon. Member not to press further legislations. It would only injure the existing law, which appeared to hint to be sufficiently efective. Mr. WARRE supported the motion.--Mr. GORDON ob jected to it. Mr. C. WILSON said, that as far as his observa tion went, be thought it would be advisable to make the Wm, a misdemeanour, and upon this ground he should vote for the motion. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON said, that und: r the present law, many convictions had taken place, and it had cons. pletely altered the character of the Smithfield drovers. He was i n t o t t o , h m o i w s v e m e preparedre,anoun. althoughto g t I t h e e length of d vote te raising f ooffences for the thein trod a u ga c a in c : of the Bill. Mr. MAXWELL made a few observations in favour of the motion. Mr. R MARTIN replied. He stated that one ob ject of the Bill was to extend its operation to the dog, which had been left out in the hurry of drawing up the former Bill. It further proposed to make the offence a Misdemeanour . ; and in doing this, he claimed the support of the Learned Attorney and Solicitor Ge. neral ; for the Bill which he desired to introduce was in that respect precisely similar to one brought down to that House from the House of Lords, which was introduced by Lord Erskine, and received the :auction of the Lord Chancellor and the late Lord Ellenborough. With regard to what had fallen from the Hun. Mem ber for Reading (Mr. F. Palmer), be .believed that Hon. Member pretended to be an equestrian ; but he knew little of the proper treatment of a horse if he would flog him for starting. He advised the Hen. Member to make himself better informed upon the subject before he spoke about it in that House. He could assure him, too, that to be the only solitary instance of a Member getting up and expressing his regret that the present Act bad passed into a law, would be no recommendation to him at his next election.—The House then divided— For the Motion • • • 23 Against it • • 33 Majority —lO SEAMEN 9 WAGES. Mr. HUSKISSON rose to move for leave to bring in the Bill for making the new regulations relating to the payment of Seamen's Wages. The first observations of the Honourable Member, upon the point or paying the men a certain allowance in foreign ports, were not audible, in consequence of the rush of strangers into the gallery. He stated another object of the Bill to be that of legalizing the payment of seamen in ports where there was no resident Commissioner. According to the law as it now stood, if a squadron stationed at Fal mouth were ordered for instant service in the North Sea, and a certaiu arrest of wages remained unpaid, it would be necessary to rend them round to the Nore, where a Commissioner resided, tie tore they could proceed upon the service. It was, therefore, in tended to provide that Commissioners should be sent to the fleet, instead of bringing the fleet to the Commissioner, and also, to em. power other Officers to superintend the payment, warn the prin cipal Officer was unable to attend. He then moved for leave to bring in a Bill to make further provision for the payment of the crews of his Majesty's ships. Mr. HUMR made some remarks relating to the full payment of seamen upon foreign stvions. Captain GORDON thought the suggestion of the limounble Member worthy of consideration.