Star. — London, England, 1830-05-03 00:00:00

PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS. w(Yrict.6 OF MOTIONS AND ORDERS OF Till DAY, Which now stand in the Order Bak of the House of Cossmota, for the present Wak. THIB DAT. 011DIRP or THt DAY.—Jews Relief Bill; Second Reading. —Sale of Beer Bill ; Second Reading.—Poor Law Amendment Bill ; Further consideration of Report.—Usury Laws Bill ; Com mittee.—Tobacco Duties Acts ; Resolutions to be further considered. —Administration of Justice Bill; Committee.—Australian Com pany Bill ; Second Reading..—Rights of Executors Bill; Second Neading.—Navy Pay Bill; Committee.—lnsolvent Debtors Bill; Committee.—Labouring Poor Bill ; Second Reading.--Labourers Wages Bill ; Second Reading.—London Bridge and Fleet Market Bill ; Third Reading.—Supply ; Report.—Supply ; Committee.— Ecclesiastical Leases (Ireland) Bill; Further Consideration of Re port. —Criminal Returns Bill; Committee.—King's Message (Ad ministration of Justice) ; Consideration thereof.—Marriagea Va. lidity Bill ; Committee.—Ways and Means ; Committee.—Dublin Sessions Bill ; Second Reading.—Richmond Lunatic Asylum Bill; Second Reading.—Admiralty Court (Ireland), Conduct of Sir Jo. nah Barrington ; Committee thereupon.—Malt Duties Bill; Third Reading.—Sheriffs (Ireland) Bill ; Committee.—Leases of Lands (Ireland) Bill; Committee.—Population of (heat Britain Bill; Second Reading. Norrcns OF MOTIONS. -Mr. E. Davenport; Petition from Birmingham for reform of parliament.—Mr. Williams Wynn ; To present petition of Indo-Britons.—Mr. Hume • Bill to revive, amend, and render perpetual, the Act 57 eeorge 111. c. 45, to con. tinue every person in office, at the demise of the Sovereign, until removed or discharged therefrom by the succeeding King or Queen of this realm.—Mr. F. Lewis; Bill to consolidate and amend the laws relating to the office of Treasurer of the Navy.—Mr. Dawson ; Miscellaneous Estimates (in Committee of Supply.) .T0•3101LkOW. NOT ICES OF MOTIONS...JAW Viscount 111orpeth : To repeal so much of 60 Oeo. 111. c. 8, as subjects persons upon the second conviction for Libel to banishment—Mr. O'Connell ; Bill to place the Charitable Bequests and Donations of Roman Catholies in Great Britain on the same footing with those of Protestant Dissenters.— lir. O'Connell ; Bill to render valid, in certain eases, the Mar. riages of Roman Catholics in England by a Catholic Clergyman ; and to abolish in Ireland certain penalties imposed on Catholic Priests for celebratin Marriages between Catholics and Protest. ants—Mr. Wilmot Horton; Bill to enable parishes to mortgage their rates, for a limited period, for the purpose of permanently providing for their unemployed poor at home or abroad; and to regulate the mode of keeping parish accounts, so far as regards the sums collected under the Poor Rate.—Mr. Huskisson ; Select Committee to inquire into the Banking system of the Country, with reference to the renewal of the Charter of the Bank of Eng laad.—Sir Charles Wetherell; To move, That it is the duty of this House, before it gives its sanction to the appointment of a further Judge in the Court of Chancery, to ascertain, by the exami nation of witnesses and other inquiries, whether a case of necessity exists for such appointment.—Mr. Bright; Petition from certain persons on the subject of French Claims.—Mr. Alderman Waith man ; Petition from Shipowners of London, complaining of dis tressed state of the Shipping Interest.—Sir George Murray; Bill for amending the Statute 31 Geo. 111. c. 31, so far as respects the ad missibility of Aliens, naturalized in the Province of Lower Canada, to sit in the Council and Assembly of that Province. ORDZIM OF THE DAL—Constabulary (Ireland) Bill; Second Reading.—Bogs Drainage (Ireland) Bill ; Further Consideration of Report. WEDNESDAY. ORDERS OF THE Day.--Registrar at Bladras Bill; second Trading.--Galway Franchise Bill; Report ; Counsel. 711URIDAY. NOTICES or MOTIONS.— Mr. O'Connell ; Bill for the effectual and radical reform of abuses in the state of the representation of the people in the Commons House of Parliament. —Dr. Phillimore ; 13M to alter and amend the ecclesiastical jurisdiction exercised in the several Diocesan Courts throughout England and Wales.— Lord John Russell ; Committee of the whole House on the state of Representation of the People in Parliament.—Mr. Huskisson ; Petition from Liverpool, with reference to the trade of this country with Mexico. FRIDAY. ORDERS OP THE DAY.—Arms_greland) Bill; Committee.—. Tolls (Ireland) Bill; Committee. üb.letting Act Amendment ( Ireland) Bill ; Further Consideration of Report.--Bankrupt laws Bill ; Second Reading. PRICE OF STOCKS Bank Stock 214 3 per Cent. Red. 911 S per Ct. Cons. 921 1 Se per Ct. 1919, se per Ct. Red. 991 ; 4 per Cent. toll 4 per Ct. 11126, 10411 Long Ann. 19 19 18.16 Do. SOYears, 111 15.16 19 18/ AT TWO O'CLOCK. Do. Do. Jul.& Jan. 19 5-111 India Stock, Itsdls Bonds 94 5 New Annuities 92i 41000 Rich. Bills 7$ 9 4500 Ditto TS 9 4100 and 4200 Do. TS 9 India for Acct. Cont. for Ace. sie i FOREIGN FUN] Brasil lids. S pr Ct. 70 1 Do. Ace. T4l Buenos Ayr. Ms. 6 p Ct. 40 Colons. Bds. 6 pot Ct. Do. Eds. 1824. 26 Greek Bonds, S p Cr. Do.loo, 441 Do. B. 1125. Sul 4 TWO O'CLOCK. Do. Acc. 31 Port. Bcda d pr Ct. Acct. 61i I Bp. Ms. 5 per t Lllll Do. Ace. 211 Do. 310, 22 Bds. 1523, d per Ct. Fr. R. 6 p Ct. 106 t. Rzebsoge, 115 f. 6k. BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARES, TWO OCLOCK. SNAIL PAID. SU SWAZI. Anglo Mexican (iss. at J 65 pm) 100 100 35i Bolanos 500 500 4110 470 495 Brazilian Companr TO S 13e Brazilian Imp. (in. .£5 pm.) 55 40 Sai 52 Do. National 25 111 e St. John Del Rey 20 5 9 Ilf Mining Company of Ireland 25 5 Si Real del Monte 400 400 65 Ditto Subscript. Thirds 5 10 Alliance British and Foreign 100 10 9§ MAILS ARRIN D. O Dublin 0 O Waterford..... 0 O Goan. it Jersey 0 O Buenos Ages... 0 O .... 0 ED AND DUE Till A. D. O France• • • 0 • Flanders 0 O Holland 0 O Hunbargb O Leeward Wands 0 IS MORNING. •. D. O Lisboa 0 0 Jamaica 0 O Sweden 0 O Brazil . 0 O Mexico 0 THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. MONDAY, MAY 3. THE KING. " WINDSOR CASTLE, MAT 3, 1830. " The KING has suffered much by a want of sleep; nevertheless his MAJESTY'S symptoms are mitigated this morning. (Signed) " HENRY HALFORD. " MATTHEW J. TIERNEY." No Sovereign ever sought the happiness of his sub jects more anxiously than our present good and gracious KING. Hie has been, indeed, a truly parental solicitude which may, we fear, have materially contributed to im pair his health. The sorrow excited by his MAJESTY 'S alarming state chews that his cares have not been be stowed upon an ungrateful people. In the prevalence of this feeling the bulletins, signed by his medical atten dants, have been enquired after by every class of society with all the eagerness of children enquiring after the health of a near and dear relative 'upon a sick bed. These official communications have been hi- aerie made in the usual style of professional mystery, little calculated to convey positive information of his MAJESTY'S condition. The bulletin of yesterday, given in another. Atoluson, is the first instance of a de pactere frpm th is be . It is explicit enough, and .erefortunately, it &Voids the imperfections of former conamunicadilio di the same kind, its coati**, are of a gleamy oai *. that meat augment our fears, ail. deepen our sorrowo.—lt would seem that the public rand had anticipated this unfavourable intelligence. At the morning service, at six o'clock yesterday, st Saint Swithin's Church, in the City, at which early hour every pew was completely filled, the &dating clergyman, the Reverend Mr. DILLON, introduced the prayer for the sick in the following terms :—" The prayers of this congregation are desired for the KINO." On ascending the pulpit, and previously to the com mencement of the sermon, he again adverted to hisMAJLS- T f'S illness, in a solemn and fervent address to the Az MIGHTY, praying that ho might be graciously pleased to restore him to health ; but if that prayer could not be granted, and if such were not the Divine will. that he might be prepared to exchange his earthly Crown for one of eternal glory. This prayer, which was delivered in the most feeling and impressive manner, powerfully affected the congregation, and drew tears from many an eye. It was, we believe, introduced by the Rev. Cler gyman of his own will, without the order of his supe rior, as we have not learned that the same form was ob served in other Churches. Had this expression of loyalty and devotion—this mark of veneration and love—for the Royal Person, been - universally adopted, it would have proved grateful to the public feeling, with which it is so completely in unison. Those Parisian Editors, who have been so violently op posed to the elevation of Prince LEOPOLD, continue to indulge in various conjoctures, and ill-natured com ments, relative to his future intentions—a subject on which they must, we imagine, be totally ignorant. We hope and trust that the negotiations alluded to by Lord ABERDEEN en Friday night, may soon be terminated ; and thus put an end to the anxiety so generally felt by the friends of Greece. As to the important fact of the PRI xc r. having accepted the Sovereignty—a measure which must contribute so essentially to the future hap piness of that interesting country—it was completely set at rest by the reply of the Noble Lord. We have extracted a very able exposition of the Mate of parties from the New Monthly Magazine. It will be found in another page, and could not have appeared at a more appropriate moment. We quite agree with the writer that the nation—without its being generally perceived—" is far in the heart of reform." The universal feeling on this all-important subject is the natural and inevitable result of the evils entailed on us by the errors of the past, coupled with a rapidly-advancing civilisation, which has at length brought conviction home to the minds of the most superficial—that it is only by a correc tion of these errors, national freedom and prosperity can ever be achieved. The anomalous circumstances under which the WELLINGTON administration came into office, are very happily depicted : had the grand measure of Ca tholic Emancipation been followed by a corresponding disposition to encourage reform in other quarters, and the adoption of a foreign policy more consonant with the honour and interests of the country, we should freely join in those expressions of approbation which have been more than once put forth in the pages of the New Monthly, with regard to the Noble Duke. The pe riod is not, perhaps, far distant, when the real intentions of men, who have certainly hitherto dis appointed the hopes of the country, will be put to the test. In the meantime, we not only most cor dially unite in the sentiments expressed towards the " party formed by Lord ALTHORPE," but in the ap peal so properly made to the patriotism of its members. Viewing the general state of the country, and total break ing up of the two great parties who have alternately held the reins of power during the last century, such an occa sion for a new political combination never presented ft self. It is every where admitted, that the men compos ing the ALTHORPE, or " independent Party," as it is ge nerally styled, unite all those qualities which are calcu lated to inspire confidence. The eyes of the whole country are accordingly fixed on them ; and, judging from what they have already done, we venture to predict its warmest hopes, with respect to the new party, will be amply realized. The recent Proclamation for the suppression of the Society in Dublin denominated " The Friends of Ireland," which we lately noticed, has been variously commented upon in the public press. Its opponents consider it the destruction of a great safety-valve for the escape of harm less vapour, which, if confined, might prove dangerous. ha advocates extol it as the extinction of the focus of treason and sedition. We do not now propose to discuss the merits or demerits, the policy or impolicy, of the measure. We would only expose the folly of those of our contemporaries, who, affecting to regard the present political state of Ireland as one of perfection, and its moral condition one of unalloyed prosperity, would de nounce every attempt at improvement, and deny the necessity of the slightest change. Although the society be suppressed, the wants of the country will not remain without a tongue. These are not times when men will be content to dig a hole in the earth and whisper their grievances to the ground. A defeat of the kind recently sustained, if defeat it can be called, is only " the receding wave that breaks in surf upon the beach, while the mighty tide rolls onward and gains upon the land." " It is very true," says a distinguished writer in the middle of the last century, " our natural wants are not more numerous than formerly ; but the world is past its in fancy, and will be no longer contented with spoon -meat. Time has added great improvements; but these very im provements have introduced a train of artificial necessi ties. A collective body of men make a gradual progress in understanding like that of a single individual. When I reflect on the vast increase of useful, as well as specu lative knowledge, the last 300 years have produced, I imagine we are now arrived at that period which an swers to 15. I cannot think we are older, when I recollect the many palpable follies which are still almost universally persisted in : and, whenever we come to man's estate, perhaps a thousand years hence, several discoveries «ill then have been made, and several truths made clear, of which we have now no more idea than the antients had of the circulation of the blood, or of the optics of Sir ISAAC NEWTON."— Not more than three-fourths of a century have passed away, and these anticipations of improvement in know ledge have been realised in the steam-engine, the power loom, and other important discoveries. The House of Commons has not shared in the general improve ment. In talent and intelligence it is retrograde, or, at most, stationary. How is this exception to be accounted for ? and why is the growth of intellect so stunted and backward in the very place where, above all others, it might have been expected to prove most rapid and flourishing?—The question suggests the answer. Because the House of Commons, as now con stituted, is not a pure representation of the collective wisdom of the nation, in which term is embraced the virtue of the nation; for vice, even the most successful in its career, is folly. While improvements have been growing up on every side around it, various ingredients in its composition, having a tendency to deterioration and decay, have been left to exercise their destructive in fluence in the body of the House of Commons. Mr. BunKE made some attempts at a cure, but they only ',hewed the extent and deadly nature of the disease. May we hope that it is reserved for the present age to apply a more effectual remedy ! The Courier of Saturday announces, officially, that " a clause is to be introduced into the bill now before Parliament for the sale of beer to the effect that the li eenses to retail beer to be granted under the act shall not authorise the persons receiving them to sell beer to be consumed on their premises, or to keep rooms for the en tertainment of company."--The promises made to the public that the beer trade would be thrown open, it thus appears, will be completely disappointed, and the brewers will continue to enjoy their monopoly. This abandonment of a measure, so deservedly popular, will necessarily ex cite much dissatisfaction in the country. While it pro mised great advantages to the health and comforts of the people, it was liable to but one objection, and that was capable of being removed. The present tenants of houses licensed to sell beer, belonging to brewers, should be compensated for the money expended in purchasing the right of occupancy. CITY, TwELvE o'CLocK. Although Monday is a double post day, not a single ship letter has come to hand this morning; consequently, we are deprived of information, and the Funds continue steady at the leaving off price of Saturday, 921 foe the Account, and 921 for Money. The very precarious state of his Majesty's health prevents any specula. tions of importance In the Foreign Market little oe nothing doing as yet. Spanibh Bonds are not so good as on Saturday. Livsaroot., MAY I.—The importation of cotton this week is again large, being 28,515 bags, white; the sales are only 6440, at a further reduction in price of I to j penny per lb.—The export of raw cotton from Great Britain, during the month ending 24th of April, was 2,856 ; and from London, Liverpool, and Hull, in the shape of only calicoes, 28,596, and twist, 13,926, amounting to 42.522,bags of raw cotton. In sugar, 900 hhds. of B. P. have been mold this week at former rates, with 240 bags good white Ben gal at 68. Accounts from Paris state, that a telegraph despatch has been received from Toulon from:Admiral Duperre, that every thing was ready for the embarkation of the army; but we learn by the Aviso that for the great activity which has been displayed for the embarks. tion of the troops, it is doubtful that the squadron will be able to put to sea before.the lith May, or the lst of June. The flotilla, composed of transports, will form four divisions, commanded by four Captains of frigates; the ships of war will form one separate division, and put to sea before the convoy of transports. They will have on board 22,000 men, with the light artillery; the materials of the army will be on board the freighted ships, and will sail a short time after. The attack of Algiers, both by sea and land, will take place at same time : the squadron to be in divisions. HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. We are very dull in the city to the present hour, for the want of political information, which causes the Funds to remain stationary. During the coarse of the morning, Consols were :92e 1 tor the Ac count, and 821 4 for Money. _ _ It is reported that the discussion on the Jew Bill will not take place thh evening. Owing to a report in Paris that his Majesty was dead, the En glish Funds had fallen to one and a half per cent. The Rents fell to 83-6. Accounts from Holland bring a rise in Greek Stack of 4 pee cant. Spanish Bonds have receded at Paris. The Foreign 111 arket is entirely void of the least interest, with little or nothing doing. Prices much the same uon Saturday. Letters from Italy state, that the Pope has become so weak that his death is hourly expected. By the accounts from Liverpool this morning, we learn that another vessel, the Alert, of London, had been cap.. tured by the Portuguese squadron, off Terceira, while attempting to break the blockade, and had been sent to Lisbon. The capture took place on the 18th ult. MADRID / APRIL 20.--Our Gazette has published the following Bulletin :—The King our Master, has been attacked the whole of the night by the gout in his right hand ; but since Ave o'clock in the morning the rain is not so great, and his Majesty has slept for some hours. Accounts from Lisbon state, of the 15th April, that on the 11th inst. two battalions of Chasseurs embarked for Saint Miguel and Madeira. Don Miguel was present at the embarkation. It is reported that orders have been sent to the cruisers, to capture all the merchantmen. The Dutch house going to lend money to Don Miguel, at the rate of 38 per cent. has declined, as the King of Spain will not guarantee the loan. We omitted last week to notice the sailing of what is called " an expedition " from Cadiz to Cuba, with the ulterior object of a second attack upon Mexico. It con sisted of only 1600 troops, said to be very badly equipped. The infatuated perseverance of Ferdinand in his hopeless attempts to crush the independence of the South American Republics, is so sure to be punished by defeat, that we can hardly regret to see the obstinacy of " Right Divine " so justly chastised.—Examiner. The Society of British Artists, in compliance with the liberal principles upon which the Institution was es tablished, have, we understand, offered to re-arrange a great part of the exhibition in Suffolk-street, for the pur pose of receiving as many as possible of the numerous meritorious works of art which have obtained the appro bation of the Council of the Royal Academy, but which in consequence of the extraordinary increase in the number of pictures, &c. sent this year, they find it impossible to hang so their walls. PORTUGUESE BONDS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. SIR,—As your paper has long been regarded a., t h principle vehicle for Portuguese intelligence, it may prove uninteresting or unimportant for many of 0i:- readers to know, that the debentures lately giveu L, Excellency Don THOMAS MASCARENHAS, her f.tith:a MAJESTY'S Chamberlain and Minister, in payment 0. the bills and unsettled accounts of the Regency, u lately proceeded to Terceira, are not valid in this count:, I without they be stamped : and unless they are present 1 at the Stamp Office within twenty days from their time, t fine of L 5. in each case, will be exacted by the 1 missioners, according to Act of Parliament. No doubt Senhor 11LtscAwExii.ts, on issuing tiles', debentures, was not aware of their illegality, as being- , ) , 1 unstamped paper ; but it will be unjust on his part refuse paying the indispensable cost of the stamps, fo: they are not like foreign bonds : they are both dated 41,1 made payable in London. May 1, 1830. ALFACE NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Mary, Milne, from Terceira, has arrived at Limerick. The Louisa, Cummings, from Cadiz, has arrived at Cork. The Alert, of London, was taken by a Portuguese frigate oi Terceira 1 eth Dna., Mar 1, Wind W.S.W. and 2, S.W. to W.S.W.—Th, Russian squadron, from the Mediterranean, passed through the Downs on the Ist inst. for the Baltic. Arrived the Mary Ana, —, from Dominica, and Collingwood, Thornton, from Charente. Arrived from the River, and remain, the Tulsa Jane, Liddell, for the Cape of Good Hope, and Canadian, Reid, for o. e &t aint ', Arrived and sailed for the River, the Victory, Farquhae. on , an d MI , Probyn, from Bengal. POATIXOUTIII, MAY 1, Wind W. and 2, W.S.W.--Arrived I Majesty's ship Sylvia, from Jersey, and his Majesty's steamer Conflance, front the Downs. Sailed his Majesty's ship Galatea, for Plymouth . FALMOUTH, Aran. 30—Wind S.S.R. to S.S.W.—Arrived the London, Trapp, from Rio de Janeiro ; Agnes, Anstruther, from St. Domingo ; and Montague, Cook, from Cette. Sailed the Sand wich packet, for Lisbon. bilattomre, A' AT 2.—Off the port, the Julia, Brook, front the Mauritius; Jane, Cook, from Faro ; and Fame, Miller, from Wa terford. I.IIIIIIPOOL, MAT I.—Arrived the Aquatic, Stewart, iron, Burnes Ayres; lady Canning, Allen, from Jamaica; Clippet, Young, from Africa ; Lucy Ann, Waterhouse, from Mobile; Wil berforce, Deocb, from Gallipoly; and the Maria, Peters, from &ralsuod. Pinworm, MAY I...—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived from London, the Flom transport, for Bermuda. Mr. Ow EN'S third Lecture was given at the Thearr• of the Mechanics' Institute yesterday, and was attended by a numerous and highly respectable auditory. Upon the subject of the Sovereignty of Greece, the fol lowing intelligence has been received :—Toulon, Aprii 26.—“ Its said that Prince LEOPOLD is not so anxious to assume the Sovereignty of Greece as the Courts of France, Russia, and England, are desirous of his filling that high station. His Royal Highness objects to the confined limits of his kingdom, insists on having a larger body of French troops than it is contemplated to send, and says he cannot go without money. This first objection can not now be obviated : he must be content with the range of country prescribed for him. His wish for additional troops will be attended to, and the 57th regiment, 1,600 strong, is forthwith to embark at Toulon for the Moron, alien the French force will be increased to 8,000 men. As t. money, he was offered, on Monday last, through a Mar shal of France, twenty millions of francs, from the Prince de Polignac, without effect. On the other hand. the Greeks are expecting their Sovereign Prince, whos. residence is to be at Athens." Yesterday, being the first Sunday in Easter term, the Judges, accompanied by the Sergeants -at-law, and King's Counsel, attended divine service at St. Paul's. The learned personages were escorted by the City Marshals from Sergeant's-inn to the cathedral, where they were met by the state procession of the LORD MAYOR and Corporation of London. The sermon was p reached by his Lordship's chaplain, the Rev. SAMUEL SMITH. 'Pie Judges present on the occasion were—the CHIEF J Tice of the COMMON PLEAS, Mr. Justice BA YLEY. Sir JAMES ALLAN PARK, Mr. Justice GASELEE, Mr. Baron VA UG lIA N, Mr. Justice JAMES PA RKE, and Mr . Baron BOLL AN D. LORD Aso BURT° N.-1n the debate which took place on the 25th of March, 1771, upon the motion for com mitting the Lord Mayor and Alderman Oliver to tt Tower, for their conduct towards the serjeant at arms. Mr. Dunning made a long and animated speech against the right of the house to commit for such a case of con tempt. He also took the opportunity of referring to the imperfect state of the representation, in the following strong terms:—" It is a plausible argument, that the voice of the nation is only to be heard in this house ; but plausi bility does not necessarily imply justice, nor does this house constitute a real representative of the kingdom. The metropolis, for instance, which contains nearly a sixth part of the people, has no more than four members, and many of the principal trading towns are wholly without a member. When this is recollected, sir; and when it 6. moreover, recollected that the inadequacy of parliamentary representation is a subject of universal complaint, there is but a slender basis for asserting that our voice is the voice of the kingdom, and that, as such, it should be decisive in every deliberation."—Dr. Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopedia, Vol. VI. being Lives of Eminent Lawyers. by H. Roscoe, Esq. LORD ERSKINE.—Talents so extraordinary, and el° quence so powerful as Mr. ERSKINE'S, are, in th,s country, speedily engaged in the public service. His re ndes' predilections had already led him to associate himself with those celebrated men, who, during the admi nistration of Lord Nonni ,beaded the opposition,and base characters and genious were then in theirbighest meridian Fox, BURKE, and SHERIDAN, the three most splendid names inithe modern political history of England, had hitherto preserved unblemished the fair and brilliant re putation with which they entered into public life. The '" coalition" had not yet dimmed the splendour of Fox's name; the purity of Bonne's principles had not yet de parted from him ; nor had the fatal web of pecuniary em barrassment been wound round the soul of SI! ER ID AN. To associate with men like these was worthy of Eas stsE; but it was not until after the formation of the coalition ministry that he became the public coadjutor of this dis tinguished phalanx. When the ill-judged and unfortunate measure of the India bill had been introduced, it became evident that Ministers would require every assistance to carry it, opposed as it was by so many and such va rious interests. The fame and the genius of Erskine at ones pointed him out as an invaluable ally; and it was determined to bring him out without delay into the House of Commons. Sir William Gordon, the member for Portsmouth, was therefore prevailed upon, for an adequate consideration, to resign his seat, to which Mr. Erskine immediately succeeded.—Dr. Lardner's Cabi net Cyclopedia, Vol. VI.; being Lives of Entinent Lawyers, by R. Roscoe, Esc. lilt 1 ' I"1 .:„