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BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. rHE ANNUAL MEETING of this SOCIETY J... will be held at Free Mason? Hall, In Great Queen-street; Ancola's-Inn-beld,, on Wednesday next, the sth of May. The Chair to be taken by the President at 3 welve o'Clock reoisely. JOHN OWEN, JOSEPH HUGHES, Secretaries. C. F. ST EINKO PFF, N.. 11. Patrons and Officers of Auxiliary Societies wishing to ttend, are requested to send their naeles and addresses to Mr. ieeley, 1 •KPleet-Ereet, on or before Saturday, the Ist of May. CHINESE PAPER HANGINGS. TO BE SOLD very Cheap, two elegant Sets of the above, lately imported from China, and now lying in be East India Company's Warehouses. .Apply to Mr. Bull, op )(mike the India house. SHOOTER'S HILL; TO BE DISPO .;ED OF THE LEASE, OR TO BE LET FOR A TERM OF YEARS, with immediate Possession, A VERY commodious FAMILY MANSION, 411. ready Furnished, with a COTTAGE attached, Detached Difices, excellent Gardens, and about 50 Acres of Meadow Land. For Particulars and Tickets to view apply to Adam Murray, turveyor and Land Agent, 61, St. Martin's-lane, Charing-cross, '0 by letter, post paid). THE COSSACK'S PORTRAIT. AVERY striking Likeness of this foreign Visitor from a whole length Painting by PYNE, is now on Sale at Ackermann's Repository of Arts, WI; Strand. Prints, in Colours, Ss. and Pros with the Cossack's name In his own handwriting, 101. 6d. each. Also, the Cossack Love Song, an original Russian Air, with a Print of a Cossack on Horseback, 9.5. 6d. each. LEADEN HALL-STREET, April sB, 1815. MESSRS. BLACK, PARRY, and Co. respect fully inform the Public, that in consequence of what passed in the House of Commons yesterday evening, they have withdrawn the " Abstract of the Minutes of Evidence on the Affairs of the East India Company" from publication. ADDRESS 70 THE PRINCESS OF WALES. Yesterday the Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR, the Aldermen, Sheriffs, and Common Council of the City of London, proceeded in the usual order from Guildhall to Kensington Palace, to present to her i Royal Highness the Princess of WALES their Address of Congratulation on her late triumph over the foul and detestable conspiracy directed -against her ho sour and her life. A more numerous attendance of the Common . Council was never witnessed by the oldest members 1 of the Court, and many of different and even oppo- Site political sentiments were on this occasion cordi ' ally united in bearing testimony to the innocence of the injured Princess. One hundred and six Members • get out in the procession from Guildhall, and several others fell into the line of march in Cheapside, Lud gate-hill, and Fleet-street. The Aldermen who at tended were Aldermen COMBE, T. SMITH, J. J. SMITH, DOMVILLE, WOOD, GOODBEIIERE, and HEYGATE. The whole number, including the Recorder, the Sheriffs, the Chamberlain, Town Clerk, Comptroller, Remem brancer, Solicitor, the City Counsel, Secondaries and other Officers that formed the procession, amounted to nearly 150, and their carriages covered a long space of ground. Notwithstanding the badness of the weather, the windows of the streets through which the procession passed were graced with elegant females, and the foot-paths were occupied by very considerable num bers. Several flags, with the words a The Princess of Wales," were suspended from windows on the line of passage, and one with the motto " Hold to the Laws," tastefully decorated, attracted peculiar no tice in the Strand. As the procession passed Carlton House, it was repeatedly cheered by a large con course, among whom were a considerable number o f well-dressed persons. The greatest regularity was observed on the whole line of march; 'and when the procession arrived at Kensington, the introduction to the Palace took place with every possible honour the Princess of WALES possessed the power of conferring. After a very short interval passed in the drawing-room, the doors of the grand saloon or dining apartments were thrown open, and the LORD MAYOR, accompanied by the •, other Members of the Corporation, were announced ! ~, and presented to her Royal Highness by A. B. ST. LEGER, Esq. her Royal Highness's Vice Chamber lain. After the customary obeisance on the part of the addressers, and a most gracious return by the Princess of WALES, the RECORDER read the follow ing Address : To nett ROYAL HIGHNESS TH z PRINCESS or WALES. " The loyal and dutiful Address of the Lord Mayor, Alder men, and Cknimons of the City of London, in Com mon Council assembled : " May it please your Royal Highness—We his Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Com mons of the City cf London, in Common Council assembled, deeply interested in whatever concerns the honour and happiness of your Royal Highness, and the Illustrious Family with whom you are so iiitimately allied, approach your Royal Highness to offer our sincere congratulations en the signal and decisive triumph your Royal Highness has recently obtained. s' We have witnessed with horror and indignation the odious tnd wicked conspiracy which, IA malice the most inveterate, has for so many years been directed against your life and honour; ahil we beg to assure) your Royal Highness, that while we bold in the utmost abhorrence act. so base and atrocious, we cannot sufficiently express our admiration of the dignified forbearance and magnaniniity which your P.oyal Flightless has manifested under a persecution of such &rano!'" and aggravated by circum ranee% eo tryii g and afflicting. " During the whole of this must arduous conflict we have never eeactd to regard the dangerous situation of your Royal Highness with feelings of the most lively sympathy; and we have b e h e ld, in the fortitude and firmness of your Royal Highness, conviction the must decisive of the unblemished rectitude of your conduct, •which nor only dared, but courted the most rigid investigation ; and greatly :is we lament that your Royal Highness should have been compelled by any combination of events to claim to be con • 'littered as innocent, or proved to he guilty, yet we feel with your Royal Eiibitr.ess that the period had at length arrived when forbearance would have ceased to have been a virtue. " We cant ot, therefore, sufficiently applaud the wisdom and greyness displayed by your Royal Highness in demanding, for the more public vli:dication of your own honour, that of your Mations Consort, and the safety, peace, and happiness of these realms, an open inquiry iwo the base charges ot your calutnnia ,tors, or an unqualified admission of your innocence. " We sincerely offer to your Royal Highness our heartfelt congratulations on your complete and happy triumph ever 03 dark and dotes' able a conspiracy, supported u It was by subor 'nation and perjury; and we are most grateful to your Royal )Highness fur the proofs we have received, in so firmly defending your own honour, of the anxiety you feel for the welfare and bapp,ness of these kingdoms:—this conduct affords to us the turest pledge of the blessings we may expect from your Royal )-Ntinecs, whrn it stall please Peovencucs to place your Royal Highnes , , ith your Royal Consort, co the British Throne; and we most ardintly hope that the painful recollection of your past sufferings may be lost in the pleasing enjoyment of an unrestrict ed intercourse with y•iur illustrious daughter the Princess Char lotte; and that she, without the same painful occasion to evetciie them may inherit all the virtues of herßoyal Mother, and afford lg hope, that, taught to venerate the free principles , Con..i utifin as the best protection for innocence against oppression, she may, should the period ever ~. salve W/411 she nay be lulled to preside ever the destinies of this empire, uphold and maintain our liberties, and reign in the hearts of a free, happy, and united people. (Signed by order of Court) " t N itv woonirnorta." The LORD MAYOR then prevented a Copy of the Address to her ROYAL HIOHNESS, who, having given it to her VICE-CHAMBERLAIN, read in a low, but dis tinct and impressive tone, the following Answer : " I receive, with the greatest satisfaction, the congratulations of the City of Langan. No branch of the House of Brunswick can ever forget to whose exertions chießy it owes the Throne of these realms; and I have now peculiar reason to know the value of the Constitution which those exertions purchased, because I have found it a sure protection when I had no other defence. " The extraordinary situation in which I was placed com• yelled me to come forward in behalf of my honour and my life. I have been rewarded, not only by the universal acknowledgment of my innocence, but by testimonies of affection from a loyal and high-spirited people, which I shall gratefully remember as long as I live. " At the present moment, I am rather disposed to dwell upon this pleasing circumstance, than upon any recollection of a less agreeable kind. The trials, however, which I have undergone, will, I am confident, produce one good effect : they will confirm in my Daughter's mind, that attachment to the Constitution which she already cherishes, and impress her more and more with the conviction, that as no station can be secure except in a free country, it is both the interest andthe most sacred duty of an English Monarch, to watch over the liberties of the People." Her Royal Highness's manner was peculiarly af fecting; and the firm, yet delicate way, in which she marked those sentiments and passages the dearest to her heart, made a deep and evident impression on her auditors. On her right-hand were Lady CHAR LOTTE LINDSAY and Lady CHARLOTTE CAMPBELL, with one of the Ladies of the Bed-chamber, and the Page of the Presence; and on her left were the Vice- Chamberlain, Lady ANN HAMILTON, a Lady of the Bed-chamber, and two Pages, in full uniform. When the PRINCESS had read her Answer, the LORD MAYOR, Aldermen, &c. &c. experienced, in their turn, a most gracious reception, and had the honour of kissing her Royal Highness's hand. Among those whom the PRINCESS condescended most particularly to distinguish by a marked atten tion, were Aldermen COSIBE and WOOD, Mr. WAITH MAN, and Mr. QUIN. She extended her hand to Mr. Alderman WOOD with a smile of cordial satisfaction, and conversed with him for a few moments. To Mr. WAITHMAN, she said in an emphatic tone—" Mr. WAITHMAN, I am very glad to see you : I feel highly gratified at the interest you have taken in my honour and happiness. lam sure neither I nor my daughter will ever forget it." To Mr. QuiN, who happened to be one of the last who had the honour of kissing her hand, she said—" I am very happy to see you. I hope you are very well. I feel myself much obliged to you." While the carriages were preparing, and most of the Aldermen and Common Council had withdrawn, her Royal Highness conversed very affably with se veral Gentlemen, among whom were Mr. Alderman WOOD, Mr. Alderman DOMVILLE, Mr. WAITHMAN, and Mr. QUIN. Alluding to the difficulty she felt in addressing so large an assembly, she remarked— ,' I was exceedingly agitated at first; but I hope you will make great allowance for my situation, and my not speaking the language perfectly." A very considerable concourse of people was col lected close to the windows of the Saloon, and the acclamations were loud and repeated, both when the RECORDER and her ROYAL HIGHNESS had read the Address and the Answer. Her Royal Highness wore a dress of black velvet, beautfully ornamented with bugles, and trimmed round the neck and sleeves with white crape, over which she had a rich crape train, ornamented in the same manner as her robe. She wore her own hair tastefully dressed, with no other ornamant than a white lace kerchief, brought round the back part of her head and tied under the throat. She looked ex tremely well. After the Deputation had departed, her Royal Highness appeared at the windows, and bowed most gracefully to the populace, of whom upwards of 1000 were collected in the frontof the Palace; and by whom she was greeted by loud cheers and acclamations. Among the persons present in the Drawing room were two young men, Midshipmen ; who, having been left orphans, became the objects of her Royal Highness's bounty, and were educated, and after wards placed in the Navy, at her expence. They are now in town to attend their examination, previous to passing for Lieutenants ; and were permitted by their Patroness to be near her during the whole of the cere mony ; nor was it the least pleasing part of the scene to observe the deep interest which those young men appeared to feel in the homage so justly paid to their Royal Benefactress. Her Royal Highness's little protege, William Austin, of whose introduction to her Royal Highness so much has of late been said, was also present, and appeared highly delighted at the approach of his Royal Patroness. AdRLMMENTARr PROCEEDINGS. VOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 28. Pursuant to atljourtunent their Lordships met at about half past three o'clock, when, prayers being over, the LORD CHAN CELLOR on the Woolsack, and several Peers in their places, the Duke of Goi:DON, Earl PERCY, and Lord BRADFORD took the oaths and their seats. The Edinburzli Surgeons' Bill was read the third time and passed. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Order of the Day for goiuz into a Committee of Privileges on the Burthwick Peerage, which hood for to-morrow, was postponed to Friday. Mr. CLIFTON, from the Admiralty, presented Papers relative to the seam, force, and condition of the ships and vessels of war on the North American and West India stations, from the Ist April, 1812, to the 18th February, 1813, inclusive, agreeable to their Lordships' order. Sir Rona VAUGH IN, Mr. Me ttis it, and others from the Commons, brought up the Exchequer Bills, and the Exchequer Debentures Bills, the Sc , ,tch Creditors, the Chester Canal, the Brass Importation, and several Private Bills; aU which were read the first time. _ _ _ • On the motion of Lord HARROWBY, the Order of the Day for the third reading of the Curates' Bill was discharged, and this day se'nnight fixed for that purpose. Mr. JOHNSON, from the Office of the Chief Secretary in Ire land, prevented Papers containing Reports of the Commission! of Impress in that country. The Duke of BEAUFORT presented a Petition from the prie stoners confined in Gloucester Gaul, praying for relief. Mr. KINC.roN, from the Directors of the East India Com pany, presented Papers relative to the state of the Shipping em ployed in the Company's service, agreeably to an order of their Lordships. 'I he Marquis of STAFFORD presented a Petition from the Proprietors of the l'otteries in Staffordshire, praying to be ad mitted to a participation in the trade to the East Indies. Lord MELVILLE presented Petitions from the Protestant Inhabitants severally of Deal, Glasgow, Avr, Edinburgh, Leith, Dalkeith, and Dunfermline, praying that ;all description! of his Majesty's Protestant Subjects might be permitted to send oat ua the cut;solinl of the Ltit:sh ( Ma security ag ♦ate from shell reopeedge bodies, foe die Wpm 14 PTV" gating Christina knowledge in the East Indies. Lord LONSDALE presented a Petition from Kendal, and the Earl of ROTHES from the Synod of Fife, pot i t i on i os to t h e same effect. The innkeepers' Rates Bill went through 4 Committee, and was reported without any amendment. CATHOLICS. Lord ROLLE presented a Petition from the SUVA Clergy, Freeholders, and Landholders of the County of Devon, against the Catholic Claims, so far as those claims entrenched on the se curity of the Protestant and Constitutional establishment. His Lordship observed, that the Petition was most numerously and respectably signed; that at the Meethig in Exeter, according to advertisement, another Petition of a contrary tendency, since presented by a Noble Baron (Lord Holland) had been produced, but upon a show of hands there appeared in favour of the pre sent Petition a majority of twenty to one. Lord 136RINGDON, who entered the House a few minutes after the Petition was received, regretted that he had not been present a little earlier to express his approbation of the principle and object of the Petition presented by the Noble Lord opposite (Rolle). He lamented that he bad been prevented from attend. log the Meeting at Exeter, on the 12th of March, by the more urgent call of attending in his place in that House, on the OCC4. sion of a Noble Marquis's motion (Wellesley), which was fixed for that day, relative to the war in the Peninsula. It appeared, however, very clear to him, that the object of the Petitioners was, to secure the constitutional establishments by all fair and proper means, and among others, by conciliation, and the invi gorating union and accord of all his Majesty's subjects. That was the sentiment which he recognised its pervading the Petition, and which induced him cordially to support it. The Bishop of EXETER had read the Petition, the general propriety and temper of which he so far approved of, that he scrupled not to sign it, which doubtless he would not have done, had he thought it objectionable, or as giving a sanction to some of those claims advanced by the Catholics, which he could not but regard as hostile to the constitutional establishments. Lord BORINGDON read some passages of the Petition, to ;hew that no opinions were therein offered relative to the Catho lic claims, but that the Petitioners were content with only pray- Lag of the Legislature to be careful while those Claims were under consideration, that no measure should be adopted which should have a tendency to endanger the security of the State, or of the Protestant Establishment. The Bishop of EXE [ER explained; when, after a few words from Lord KENTON, who regarded the Petition as clearly sod- Catholic, and some tuttle-e explanation bons Lord Boarnopoe, the conversation ended. Lord SIDMOUTH, by command of his Royal Higlines; the Prince Regent, presented certain Documents relative to the state of the Blush ships on the American station. Their Lordships then adjourntd tll to-morrow. clap as extinguisher upon the hope of foul* pros?!. city to Drury-lane Theatre. In fact, so entirely was .the re election of Drury-lane out of the contemplation of the friends of the third Theatre (as it was called, though it would have been a second), that they. ac tually evinced a disposition to treat for the site of old Drury. If they had been successful in their ap plication, and their Theatre had become, what i; must, then have become, a second Theatre, those Gentlemen would soon have acquired theatrical knowledge enough to resist any application that might have been made for permission to erect a thin( Theatre, a project pregnant with nothing but ruin to all parties. For his part, he constderet himself as wholly disinterested on the subject, having only a five hundred pound share in Drury-lane s but he was satisfied that if the Bill before the House were to pass, the interest of those who had been asso ciated with him in the re-erection of that building would be materially deteriorated, and the metropolis would gain nothing by the measure. His Noble Friend had talked of monopoly, as if it were so strict that .the Public had the benefit of only two Theatres, Drury-lane and Covent Garden. How many of the Honourable Gentlemen who heard hem would he surprised, and the Right Hon. the Speaker, whos.: important avocations allowed him but little leisure for theatrical amusements, would be surprised to learn, that that very night there were no less than seven Theatres in the metropolis open to receive them, if they chose to honour them with their pre sence. At four of these Theatres regular dramas were performed : at one Ridaard theTnird, at another Douglas, at a third the Honey Novi, (and that in an admirable, not a degraded manner) ; and at Covent Garden an excellent new comedy, which he under stood had been brought out for the first time last night. Besides these, there were three minor Thea. tres, at which dramatic entertainment, of various de scriptions were to be performed. such was the number of Theatres, that no one Theatre was full above one night out of seven ; and they were never all full together. He had as much objection to me. retricious spectacle as his Noble Friend ; but the fact was, that when there was no such spectacle to he re., presented, the Theatres were empty. His Noble Friend talked of not being able to put up with the present degraded state of the Stage, and of the ne ' ces,ity of bringing forward great actors. Now, for his part, he was an advocate for ill,. performers of the present day. He was persuaded that there were individuals in the tragic, comic, and every other de. partment of the drama, whom Garrick, were he liv ing, would be proud to select, and to associate with himself. He could riot therefore agree with his No. Me Friend, that the Stage was in a degraded state ; but even if it were so, that degradation had not grown out of a monopoly, since monopoly was much more strict in the time of the immortal Garrick. His No ble Friend talked of the necessity of Beal. g and bringing forty ird.great actors. Where were they to ee found? Was this new theatre to be their nursery, their school, and afterwards their arena ? The well. known fact was, that in all times our great actors and actresses had been brought up in Provincial The-, atres. In Great Britain alone, exclusive of Ireland, there were no less than 174 Provincial Theatres, in dependently of the barns, &c. which were the resort of low strolling companies, forming a great nursery of actors and actresses. How many of our best perfore mess had we not obtained from Edinburgh, Glasgow, York, Bath, Liverpool, Manchester, Norwich, and a number of other regular Theatres, all established by Act of Parliament, and most of them conducted in a manner highly creditable to the drama itself, as well as to the individuals concerned ? Mrs. Siddons, Mrs. Jordan, Mr. Kemble, Mr. Young, and all the other great performers of the present day, had been deri, ved from such sources as those which he had descri bed, and were not trained on the London Boards.-- Ungeestionably, it was competent to Parliament to pass such a Bill as that before the House, But be fore they did so, he thought the Law Officers of the Crown would stand up, and advise them not to trench on the prerogative of the Clown, by interfer ing with the exact jurisdiction to which the prerogs, tive ot the Crown extended ; and the more especially after the circumstance of in application for a liceacv having been made to the Crown, and fert splemn beration refused. Nor did be think that those Hon. Members who on a former occasion had compassio nated the state of Drury-lane Theatre, at that time in ruins, would now interfere in the earliest moments , of its renovated existence to deteriorate the property, not of those alone who for the first time were subscri. bees to the concern, but of r:-,e old claim tuts, who had so liberally conceded the extent of their demands, in order that the Theatre might be rebuilt. lu the course of his Noble Friend's observations, he had glanced at what he had termed misplaced economy in the ad ministration of the affairs of Drury-lane Theatre. If, by the expression, his Noble Friend meant to say, that there had been any improper parsimony, any unjustifiable attempt to 'bate down the value of me• ritorious performers, any disposition to vrithnottl froM the Theatre money which ought to be expended in purposes of dignity, of ornament, and even of com passion, he (Mr.Wbitbread) denied its 2,iplicability ; and on the part of those who were associated with him in the concern, and whose accounts would soon be submitted to the Public, defied any man to lay his finger on an instance of misunderstood economy; their uniform object had been ,to do justice to the proprietors, to the performels, and to the public.— Without liberality, that justice could not be ezhibit. ed ; without proper economy, there coula be no libe rality at all. He wished to ask his 'Noble friend, where he thought a third Theatre could be built, how it could be built, and when it could be built ? He should also like to know, whence the audiences were to be obtained to fill it, in addition to all die other Theatres of the metropolis ? such audiences too, as would enable the proprietors to outdo the other Theatres, and to obtain the best performers (and excellent ones, he repeated, these unque,tion ably were) in every walk ot the histrionic pitemion. In order to illustrate the probability of success welch thiru withi n witn e ssed t,he List Par liament (then sittin g ) a djo urne d at an ear l y h our .— On th,ts LVtning there w.ts perfo r m e d at t h e Theatre, in the Hay-m a ak et , a favourite Operas Eesrico IV. in %\ h,ci, w ere ex hibi te d some el t h e greatest musical talents in the country ; Id es . Jordan played at Covent-tairden ; at Drury-Yaw legiti.ree HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. ROSE presented a Petition, signed by 32,000 tradesmen of London, praying that the sth of Elizabeth, by which it was enacted, that every one should serve an apprenticeship of seven years before he became eligible for employment as a workman or tradesman, should be enforced..—Ordered to lie on the table. Sir T. ACLAN 0 presented a Petition front Plymouth, again st the East India monopoly.—Referred to the Conituitt...e on the subject. On the motion of Sir S. ROMILLY, an A idress Wai ordered to be presented to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, praying that he would be graciously pleased to order that there be laid before the House an Account of the number of Persons charged with Criminal Offences in London and the County of Middlesex, from 1803 to 1812, distinguishing those convicted from those ac quitted, the nature of the offence., the sentences awarded, &e. Mr. BAS•PARD moved the 2d reading of the Devon Rate Bill. Sir C. POLE proposed, as an amendment, that the Bill be read a second time that day rx mouths. On a division the amendment was carried, the numbers being as follow :—Ayes 70—Noes 24—Majority 46. The Bill fur allowing Drawbacks on Wine Duties to Marine Officers, and that exempting Officers' Widows in Irelan.: from Stamp Duties on the receipt of their Pensions, were respectively read a second time. The trait Distillery Bill was then committed. The Ecclesiastical Courts Bill was read a second time, and or dered to be committed on Monday next. Sir JOHN NEWPOR wished the provisions of the Bill should be extended to Ireland. Mr. COURTENAY moved for various Papers connected with Indian Af&irs. NEW AVENUE FROM MARY-LA-BONNE PARK. Mr. WHARTON moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the purpose of making a more convenient communication front Ma ry-la-bonne to Charing Cross and Westminster. He observed, that the effect of the plan, which would be afterwards fully laid betore the House, would be to raise the value of the Crown land in that district from £454,0 per annum to £3.5,0n0. Of the houses which wets to be pulled el“wn, 449 belonged to the Crown, and 316 to individuals. He was happy to add, that the execution of that plan would not cost the public one guinea. After a few words from Mr. W tairsa taro, leave was given. CATHOLIC CLAIMS. Mr. TIERNEY presented a Petition from about 200 Parishio ners of the Parish of Berrtngharbour, in Devonshire, en the sub ject of the Catholic claims. The Petition was read by the Clerk. it sta r e d , " That the Petitioners were chiefly in the farming line, re sid:ng about 250 miles westward of the metrop.dis ; that some time ago a printed paper was distributed amo , .g them, adviong and requiring them to petitt:::l Parliament age ast the claim; of the Roman Catholics ; that they considered themselves to be ex cellent judges of corn and cattle, but very incompetent to give an opinion on a subject of si.ch political magnitude and impor tance;—that they were particularly averse to petitioning against the Catholic claims, because they understood, that after the subject bad been agitated for at least twenty years, and had been duly weighed by ail the great Statesmen whom the country had produced during that period the House of Commons had come to a resolutioa to take the claims of the Catholics into con sideration, with a view to their final and conciliatory adjust ment—that it certanaly did nppear to them, that it was the con scientious regard which the Catholics had for an oath that alone prevented them at present front sitting in Parliament ; but that, on the other hand, they (the petaiotters) were alarmed with a report, that it was in the contemplation of the Legislature to empower the Regent to make the Pretender Commander in Chief and the Pope Archbishop of Canterhury, evils which they trusted would be averted front the country ; that on the whole, however, they thought that the best they could do, was to entreat the House to use its own wisdom and discretion on that most mo mentous question." The reading of this Petition excited as much merriment as we ever recollect to have been produced in the House by a similar document. It was ordered to lie on the Table, on the motion of Mr. TIERNEY, who observed, that it afforded another illustration of the mode by which it was attenyed to procure petitions against the claims of the Catholics. THIRD THEATRE. Lord OSSULSTON, in a speech of some length, moved the second reading of the third Theatre Bill. Mr. WHITBREAD observed, that his Noble Friend had come torward for the third time in the cause of the third Theatre. He wholly differed from him, however, in most of his positions. His Noble Friend seemed to suppose that the successful re-erec tion of Drury-lane Theatre had removed the only ob jection to the building of a ,third Theatre. Now the reverse was the f4t. He (Mr. W.) reminded the House of the manner in which the hrst application for the erection of a third Theatie had been made c it had been made to the Crown, by the Cro Am it had been referred to a Committee of the Privy Council, and atter a patient investigation of the subject, drat committee had solemnly decided, that no authority could be given by the Crown to any persons to build such a Theatre. The parties interested, driven from that course of proceeding, then applied to Parliament. When the subject was first brought before that House he (Mr. W.) and other Gentlemen had been called on to endeavour ,to unravel that perplexed skein which seemed to be tangled beyond the possibility of reco. very. He had then said in the House that he thought it a lird case if a Bill were agreed to which mut;