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I Into conversation with the people ; one said " Let the judgment go wro ng, and we will set it right." This was received bye cheer. The other said, " I lost my brother in the Revolution. They must either re.tore him to me, or pay for him !" The studcms of L'Ecole Pnlytechnique, have published a aolemn denial of a report, that they had written to the General (Lafayette) that they would head the people in an attack upon the prison of the Luxembourg, should none of the Ex-Ministers be condemned to death. SECOND EDITION. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—THis DAY. The House met at half-past three; his Majesty's Ca were, the Duke of Devonshire, Lord Durham, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, and Earl Grey ; when the Royal Assent was given to various bills. — Lord WYNFORD rose and begged to put a question to Lord Grey before the reces4, whether or not it was the intention of their lord. chips to lay before the house, the order in council on the duties on Barilla; ako the order respecting the payments made on account of a treaty entered into in 1815, between the Rulaians and the Nether lands fur the payment of a debt of 50,000,000 Burins. Earl GREY immediately assented to the production of the papers. The House adjourned till the 3rd of February. HOUSE OF COMMONS—This DAT. Mr. C. W. WYNNE took the oaths, and his seat. Mr BLACKETT moved for a new writ for Bertlaton, in the room of Lord Lonvaine, now Earl of Beverley. Mr. ELLICE moved for a new writ for the Borough of Bletchingly, in the room of Mr. Tennyson, who had accepted the office of Clerk of the Ordriance. Mr. MAXWELL moved for a new writ for Bandon.bridge, in the room of Lord Barnard, now Earl of Bandon. Sir R. INGLIS moved for a return of excise licenses for the gale of beer granted under the act of last session.—Ordered. .ir J. NEWPORT moved for a copy of the patent under which the judge of the Admiralty Court in Ireland was appointed, and a copy o the regulations he had made in his court since his appointment.— Ordered. The Royal assent was given to sundry bills. Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN moved for a return of the account of corn. meal, and flour imported each year since 1816,di.tingulahing the quantity imported from Ireland and Canada. Alderman WAITH MAN and Gen. PALMER presented petitions a;iinst the assessed taxes, and for the repeal of the house and window tax. M. HUME supported the petition. SCOTCH REFORM PETITIONS. Lord LOUGHBOKOVGH presented a petition from Kirkardy for Parliamentary Reform. Sir R. FERGUSSON, in supporting this petition, observed that it l wu now tolerably evident that Scotland was alive to the necessity of Emancipation. Parliamentary Reform, Emancipation to Scotland, bustme at present it had no Representation at all. Mr. WYNN presented a return of officers on half-pay, and two petitions from Montgomeryshire, for the extinction of negro slavery. Mr. K. DOUGLAS presented a petition from Sircudbright and Alma, for a reform in Parliament. Mr. FERGUSSON supported the prayer of the petition. Mr. TENNANT presented a petition from St. Alban'., for Pania. mentary Reform. Sir A. CH ICHESTER presented a petition from Belfast, for a re. peal of the duty on us-borne coal. MASTS' IN CHANCiIir. Mr. RUT HVEN asked whether a Master in Chancery (filr.. Eden, now Lord Henley), now that he was a Peer, would be continued a Mu ter in Chancery ? Lord ALTHORP replied, that he was not aware of there being any thing illegal In the present occupant continuing the appointment : if it ♦as a question of privilege, the question was not for that House. PUBLIC OFFICES. Colonel SIBTHORP asked, whether the offices of Treasurer of the thdneeee and Clerk of the Selvenes were to be continued ? Lord ALTHORP replied, that the subject was under the considers boo of Government. Mr. RUTH YEN said he should, after be Holidays, bring forward the subject of the blaster in Chancery, now a Peer. AbIOURNMENT Or THE HOUSE. lord ALTHORP rose to move the adjournment of the House, In stead of moving, as originally intended, that the Adjournment should bt till the Bth, that it should only be to the Third of Fraavatir. SPIRIT OP THE JOURN4LE. POST.—We give some particulars of the proceedings against the ex. Ministers, for whose blood the savages of Paris cannot conceal their thirst. The cry of vengeance now hourly assails the ears of their Judges, and the:capital Is again in a state of the greatest alarm. Never wu firmness of conduct more requisite on the part of a government than it is at the preseat. Nothing but a determined resistance to the yell for blood raised by the rabble s illajesty of the people' can save that unhappy country from again being thrown into all the horrors of anarchy and bloodshed, or even ensure their own personal safety ; fur the guillotine once set at work, their own heads cannot long escape, and extensive hu man devastation will speedily mark the renewed reign of tenor through out the land. Well did 31. de 31artignac warn the assembled Peen, that should the excused be condemned to death, theirs would not be the last blood to be shed. But will the Government have the courage to refuse obedience to the sanguinary cry of the populace, or will the means be at their disposal of enfoi eing reyeet to the decree of the Peets should it prove just and merciful It is certain that a spirit of discontent and sneer is strong and extensive among the lower classes, and that every effort is making by the ultra Radical Journals to excite them to fury, and utg• them to seise the present favourable occasion for asserting the supreme rights of number and of brute force. CHRONICLZ.—It seems to be allowed on all hands that a revo lution of property has been for some time going on through a great part of England. The question is, who will suffer ultimately ? The tanner who has been paying the increased wages forcibly extorted from him, thereby impairs his means of paying rent and tithes. Rent and tithes are in effect lowered. But in apportioning the loes will the landowner and titheholder act fairly towards each other ? We do not be here they will ; and it will be seen in this as on many similar occa sions, that the weakest will g o t o t h e wall . Of this the Bishop of Lon don seemed in answer to Lord King to have more than a suspicion. It lu e in fact, been in many places distinctly told by t h e tenantry to rectors and vicars, that they have made their last payment for tithes. It remains to be seen how far the resources of the tenantry—countenaneed is the tenantry are by the generality of landholders--will be availing to fender the law nugatory. That a plan has been chalked out foe the oc cupiers of land we know ; and possessing this knowledge, we would ad nee the Church to avoid pushing matters too far. The tithe should be summated without loss of time. A fixed rent for ever in emu would secure the Church against changes in the value of money, and provide a maintenance quite adequate in all times for the payment of spiritual in nructots of the people. Th e agr i cu l tura l labourers form an important meat in the consideration of this question. They cannot be reduced to the condition from which they bare forcibly extricated themselves. They were the victims of &departure from the law. This practice of paying rages oat of rates is clearly illegal ; the law authorises no parish relief to able-bodied men, except in shape of work to " those who hare no means to maintain diem, and use no ordinary and daily Inds." The Magistrates were bound by the law they had sworn to administer, in ex ercising the office of auditors of the pariah accounts, to refuse their unc tion to fraudulent and illegal payments of this nature; but, instead of this, they voted resolutions, and termed addresses, recommending this il legal practice. The agricultural labourers welt not, therefore, living tinder a system of law, but under a constant violation of law ; and where the rich combine to trample on the law, it would be strange if the poor alone ehould respect it. IMIMENEEimwm? t IT Y ELECTIONS. DAY — STAR SECOND DAY—STATE OF POLLS. BASSISHAW WARD--Returns Four. Those manta with an • are new Candidates. lir. Shirley •.. !0I Mr. Bevist • • Frisby ... • • * ... Devi se ••• ... 2 0 Richards ALDER/MATE—Returns SOL ... ...112 'Mr. Summers .. —llO i Matthews_ —. 10 4 Fisher, Deputy • .110 Dioxins ... ..1011 1 ... t , Hr• Rolh Walter *Godson m• Lorbie m 1110tIfilin .... 99 „lot •1 ” Is EAST INDIA HOGS& Y.Nterday a General Quarterly Con►: of Proprietors was held at the East India House, headenhall.street, for the purpose of declaring a dividend. The attendance of Proprietors upon this occasion was very thin. A ditidend of flee and a quarter per cent. was declared for the half year, commencing the Bth July last, and ending on the sth Jan. 1831. r. RIGPY moved for a return of all pensions, half.pay supersomia. dons, salaries, emoluments, grants of money, with the names or the per. sons, dates , Ike granted by :he Company since the last renewal of their Charter. There were, he said, reports abroad, which rendered this return highly desirable and important. His only object was that the real state of the case should he elucidated, and brought fully and fairly brime the public. It was well known that there were Clergymen and o'hers on the half-pay list of the country. Pensions or other emoluments might in the same way be held from the Company by persons who ought not to hold them ; and, though he did not doubt the honour of the Directors, it was most desirable that these matters should be clearly ascertained. General THORNTON seconded the motion. The CHAIRMAN and Mr. WIGRAM opposed the motion as unne. ceovary. They had no objection to communicate the most full informa tion, but as the returns must be laid before Parliament, the Hon. Proprietor might thus have all the information he desired. The motion was withdrawn for the present, with the understanding that it was to stand for the next General Quarterly Meeting. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. CLARE (SUFFOLK.) CAPTURE GP A (SUPPOSED) GENTLEMANLY INCENDIARY. Saturday the Rev. B. B. flyer, of Ketton, and the Rev. William Mayd, of Wethersfield, Essex, Magistrates of this county, were occupied with the investigation of charges preferred against a respemahle.looking person, connected with the 'editions practices too prevalent in this part of the country. The prisoner, who is about sixty years of age, rather uncle, the middle size, thin face, dark eyebrows, prominent nose, and very grey-headed, is well known in this and the adjacent counties ea a wholesale purchaser of straw plait. His name is Joseph Savill, of Gamblingay, in Huntingdonshire, near the bottlers of Bedfordshire. On Wednesday, the 16th inst, he put up for the night at a public.house in the village of Winchambrook, at shout six miles from this place, which he left on the ensuing morning. When passing through the adjoining village of Stradishall, he was seen by a poor woman, named Elisabeth Ray, to drop two papers from his gig, whielt she at once picked up, and of which the following are copies : " Oh ye farmers and parishioners, pay the poor men wages, or I will put you In bodily fear I" SW I NG." " Church of England parsons, who strain at gnats and swallow camels, who (woe), who, who unto you—you shall one day . nave your reward !" "SWING. " The old woman shewed these papers to Mr. Brown, steward to W. Rayner, Esq. of that place, who with grer promptitude and propriety, went in pursuit of the suspected person, and overtook him just as he was entering the small village of Stoke, • few miles hence, where he had hint taken into custody, and detained until his examination before the magis. trate% • before whom it was satisfactorily prated that the prisonet had dropped the inflammatory papers from his gig, and that while he was in custody, when searched, parts of others to the same effect were found upon the prisoner. His luggage, when examined, was found to contain a well. arranged journey ledger with numerous orders, valuable bills of exchange, sovereigns and silver to a large amount, altogether about 7001. There was also a testament with numerous written hymns, Including one re lating to the approaching millenium, and a book deemed by the magis. trates to be of an inflammatory nature, which contains many coloured plates, by the same printer as the " Prophetic Almanack " for the en. suing year ; this it is determined to produce upon the trial. All his other property, with a beautiful grey horse, and neat nearly new gig, were given up to be delivered to his family, for he is a married man, and has a family of daughters. He has made no defence, nor did he tender bail : he has been fully committed to Bury gaol to take his trial at the next maims. STANTOID, MONDAY NIGHT, Dec. 20.—1 t is with the most painful feelings we have to record some details of the most terrific and destructive fire which has been lighted in our neighbourhood in these days, or rather nights, of horrible incendiarism. Between twelve and one on Sunday morning the premises occupied by Mr. Clark, a cele brated Scotch farmer, situate in a place called Stowgate, about midway between James Beeping and Crowland, were discovered to be Igniting by the persons upon watch, and before assistance could arrive were enveloped in flames. Crowland, the Deepings, and their neigh. bourhood, poured out their population to stop the progress of the devouring element, but alas ! with but little erect. A barn, more than 70 feet long by 60 wide, in which were sixty quarters of wheat and other valuable property, an adjoining building containing a fixed threshing and dressing machine, a stack the produce of seventy acres of beans, thee stacks of wheat, stalls large enough for feeding 60 beasts, and the stables, were entirely consumed, and with them, we are sorry to add, many valuable animals. We hnow not, nor perhaps does any one, the precise numbers destroyed, but we believe the following enumeradon to be near the truth :.. Twelve fat beasts, intended for Smithfield in a few days, two ranch cows, four hones, and a quantity of pip ! The cries of the poor inoffensive animals for relief, when Ito relief could be afforded them, were, we understand, painful in the ex treme, and the wreck when the Sabbath day-light came, was more hor rible than can well be conceived. The loss sustained is estimated at from 20001. to 30001. A dwelling-house, about fifty yards from the barn, was saved. We have not heard whether Mr. Clark was insured. —Sfersifeed Chempiem WINCHESTER, Dic. 21 Mr. Baron Vaughan and Mr. Justice Alderson took their seats in the Crown Court this morning, at nine o'clock. The Duke of Wellington was also on the Bench. James Thomas Cooper, John Fulford, Charles Read (A convicted yesterday); Henry Newman and John timber (acquitted yesterday); Aaron Headman, aged 30; John Phillpotr, aged 22; George Phil!. port, aged 16; and Charles Shepherd, aged 26, were then placed at the bar. The priaoners were indicted for pulling down a building at Fording. bridge, on the 23d of November ; and also for destroying machinery. After the evidence had been gone through, the jury returned a verdict of guilty against Cooper, Madman, George Phillpott, Charles Read, and H. Newman; and acquitted Simper, lulford, John Phillpott, and Charles Shepherd, (acquitted on the previous trial.) George Webb, aged 23; John Weeks, aged 28; John Newman, aged 38; John Slade, aged 4b; and Henry Eldridge, (the last prisoner convicted yesterday) were indicted for having, on the night of the 23d of November, riotously assembled and demolished some iron gates, and also with having, by thmats and menaces, endeavoured to extort money from Mr. Eyre Coote, and further, with assaulting Mr. Eyre Coote, with an intent to obtain money. The ATTORNET-OINFRAL briefly stated the case to the jury. The jur y found all the prisoners guilty. Mr. Baron VAIIIIIHAN immediately proceeded to pass sentence on all the prisoners except Eldridge. He complimented Mr. Coote upon the way in which he had acted on this occasion. It was necessary, in eases of this kind. to act with the greatest severity ; for if these things were permitted, there would be no security—indeed, we could hardly sup pose we lived in a civilised country ; for one would imagine such a state of things could not exist where people professed to be civilised.— His Lordship then sentenced the ptisoners to transportation for life. J. T. Cooper, J. Pafford, J. Philpott, Charles Read, John Kimber, and Aaron Deadman, were indicted tor extorting money, under the 7th and oth George IV. The Jury found all the prisoners guilty. and Berea V a now iw or. dived them to be sentenced to seven years transportation. John 'Umber was indicted for assaulting, sobbing, and extorting from Jane Perry, half a crown, the property of John Perry. The prisoner was found guilty. Joseph Mason, aged 31; Robert Mason, aged 21; James Pearce, aged 40; Joseph Carter, aged 46; Thomas Berryman the elder. aged 62; Thomas Bavevatock, aged l 9 Win. Winknortb, aged 43; and Isaac Hill the younger, aged 26, were capitally indicted, charged with having, on the 12th of Nov. last, in the parish of last Baum. felo- I niously made an assault on one Francis Calendar, and put him in bodily fear, and feloniously stole from his person ten sovereigns, his mosey. The Jury, after listening patiently to the evidence, returned their verdict thus s—Thomas Berryman, the elder. and James Pearce, guilty. James Mason, Robert Mason, Joseph Carter. Wm. Wink worth, Isaac Hill, the younger, and Thomas Baverateek, not guilty. On delivering the ve-diet against Berryman, the foreman begged to call the attention of the Court to one mitigating fact in the prisoner's case. It was, that after he had received the money be ted the mob from going to Sir Thomas Barin g ' s h ouse ; and, wi l t e l e i ve r i egaed to Pewee, they strongly recommended him to mercy on accost= of his good character. The Jury, be remarked, had with refasten* found him guilty. Mr. Justice PAIZZ said he would make a note of the Teem. mendation. William Winkwortb, aged 43 ; Henry Cooke, 19 ; lame Hill, the elder, aged 64 ; David Champ, aged ; sod John Kest, aged 69, werecapitally indicted, charged with haviwg, oo the 19th of November last, at klicheldever, feloolosaly made so assault on one Richard Paine, handis pat him in bodily fear, and soles from his person two seveteigoa, moneys. The Jury acquitted all the prisosins.—The Court adjourned at hat past six o'clock to balf.pest eight tomorrow moralag. We understand that the Bishop of Ely is seriously indis posed. Should it pleas* Almighty God to take this IMO rahle Prelate to himself, it is rumoured that the Bishop of Lincoln will go to Ely, and that the Bishop of Exeter will be translated to Lincoln. LITERATURE. FRAZER'S MAGAZINE—FRAZER. We have deferred rather later than usual our notice of this period,. cal, which has not arisen from its matter being inferior to that of fanner numbers, but rather from an opposite cause. We have observed all the Alagozones this month treat more on polities than has been their general habit,—we conclude, for this very good cause, that little else forms, at present, the subject of conversation. In thi‘ number there is a very in. telligent article on the " State of the Labouring Classes," an analysis and some remarks on which on firitt reading, we had intended for another deportment of the Paper ; but, during the sitting of Parliament, we can tint now and then accomplish the insertion of what we intend—and, among other objects this we have found it necessary to relinquish.— We have to recommend that article to all enquirers on the causes of the present political crisis. The Essay on Mr. Owen we do not think either exactly in good taste or very cogent in its reasoning. We never like to see an author's argu ments replied toby remarks on the author individually. We should like to se- Mr. Owen opposed by reasoning, but not to see objects attributed to him which do not accord with the well.known character of the man. There is an able paper on Parliamentary Reform, containing some cu rious facto about Cinque Port elections, strongly elucidatory of the exist. ing system. The first article, a review of " Sir Walter Scott on Demo- nology," is judicious and interesting. "Some pswga in the Life of an Idler," is perhaps the most amusing article. We do not agree with Mr. Galt on the slave question. A characteristic sketch of this gentleman, is given in this nutnber. From a very interesting account of the Belgian troubles, we give, as an extract, the following account of De Potter : De Potter is a native of Bruges, and the head of a noble family of competent fortune. He is about forty years of age, short in stature, dry in temperament, perfectly bald, with an acute expression of coyote riar.ce. His youth has been a studious one : during Napoleon's iron reign, he spent his time in Italy —at Rome chiefly, where he had free admission to the records of the Vatican. He has since, in his History of the Church,' and in his Life of Scipio de Ricci,' (translated by Mr. T. Roscoe, and published by Colburn,) made such a use of these re searches, as to subject him to the charge of unfairness. The friends of the church have urged, he would never have been permitted to peruse and copy the documents he has availed himself of, had he not given the Court of Rome to understand that his views were friendly. His repo. ration at Rome stood deservedly high : in the absence of the Belgian amba'sador, his friend, he officiated in his place, and altogether, front his birth, fortune, talents, and learnieg, bore a high consideration at Rome. On his return home, under the reign of a constitutional monarch, he scents to have abandoned theology and history for polities, and to have engaged warmly in the controversies of the day. Belgium was a com plainant : it had never ceased to be so under the present king from the time he was imposed upon them by the allies. Her grievant:ea were not serious, but they were vexatious, and, above all, the Belgiar.s felt that Holland was preferred by the Dutch king, and that a full measure of justice was not dealt out to it. The Belgians are a jealous and irritable race, and it was an unlucky measure to couple them with a rival people, under an alien sovereign, and what is more, a heretic. Dr Potter took up the cause of his countrymen, and all that man could do by pamphlet and newspaper he did. Ile may be said to have been an agitator. but he tock none of the measures of the great Irish disturber ; he neither made speeches, nor went on missions, but at last he proposed a rent, and was banished for it. Certain members of the States, who had voted against ministers, were turned out of the posts they tilled, and some were deprived of pensions. De Potter proposed, that a fur.d should be established to indemnify all persona who suffered for patri. otism's sake t he was already In prison for a libel en the government, and he was now brought out to be tried for a conspiracy and high trea son. In less than three months after his condemnation, he and his two advocates were the chiefs qf the provisional government, established on the ruins of the authority that persecuted hint. This circumstance alone is a strong Indication of the immediate causes of the revolution in Belgium. THE SINGERS OF THE ALP& We know of no treat offered to the public. which unite, so much of what gives general delight, and rational interest, than the introduction in propria persona of foreign minstrels, for the gratification of a London audience. We have long been of opinion that national music— or in other words, music which has a marked distinctive cha. racter and expression —is that music which affords the most pleasure, to all who are trusting to untaught ears, and intuitive sen sations, as the media of musical gratification. In such exhibition, as that which we are now about to mention, there are two sources of pleasure united. An audience of literary intelligence... and eon an audience now be assembled without that quality P—is intellectually gratified, at seeing before them the representatives of races of whom they have read with interest, in the pages of the his torian and traveller 1 and their ears are gratified, at once by novelty and beauty. We have said thus much, reasoning upon our own gratification I yesterday afternoon, when attending a rehearsal at Willis's Rooms, of the four very remarkable men, who are about to be intmdueed to the public. They are denominated " Singers of the Alps ;" but are more particularly mentioned in the bills, as Messrs. FISCHER, HSCHWEIT gra, LAMPER, and DAM:TRITER, from Styria, in the archdukedom of Johann of Austria. The most prominent of the four, are Meagre. Scnwerrxxa and FISCHER t and we must confess ourselves asto- I Dished by their powers, not only of voice, but of musical expression. They poems the capability of managing, with the most perfect mastery, an extent of fo'setto, to us inexplicable, as we never heard any thing parrallel from the human organs. The tones, instead of having the re straint and teldeney to harshness, which too much distinguish falsetto execution, have the dulcet liquidity of the nightingale, with the occa sional volume and strength of the bugle. Along, too, with this ex tent:in the character of their tones, there is a perfectly miraculous, or at least inexplicable command of execution. We even go mu far as to suspect, the physiological student could alone explain the astonish. ment produced. The other two performers, Maui. Lauren and Dasvlollll. from not having exhibited their talents singly cannot be so accurately appreciated • but we believe they are remarkable in possessing simil a r p owers . Their accompaniments are native: two play guitars. and two instruments similar in appearance to the old dulcimer, called a sitter. In addition to the vocal performance we were amused by Styrian walrus, played on the Jew's harp by Mr. Danottaxn ; and of musical variations, whistled by Mr. FI'CHx.. These were of themselves very interesting ; but the concluding part of the entertainment—" The Echo of the Nowa lain"— a species of duets, in which the powers of the voice, in imi. tating the effect of distance, as in the phenomenon of echo, afforded pleasure which coon only be expressed by the word enchanting--a word we almost hesitate to use in sober prose ; but here most appropriate, to express the effect. We have no doubt, the " Singers of the Alps" will receive the encouragement they so richly merit. MSSTING AT LLOYD'S. A Meeting of the Subscribers to Lloyd's took place yesterday, at 19 o'clock, Mr. Alderman I bompeon, bI.P. in the Chair, foe the purpose of taking into consideration the motion of Mr. Carruthers, far re-eind ing so much of the 30th, 32d, and 33d By-Laws, as gave payment to the Committee. The meeting was very fully attended. Mr. OM ituTilx le stated that, for half • century prior to the year 1810, most influential gentlemen had been found to conduct the ma nagement of Lloyd's gratuitously ; but, in the above year, the regula tion to pay for the future that body had been passed. The consequence of this bad not only been the expenditure of a sum of 8001 a year, but the introduction ea system by which, instead of the leading members of the house being upon the committee, persons were put forward to whom that sum was an object, and who were in consequence not likely to add weight to the representations or wishes of the members, or increase the respectability of the establishment. It had, moreover, the effect of keeping back many who, were the appointment honorary, and not ex pensed to the present system of canvassing, Ate. would fulfil the du ties with advantage to the house in every respect. He argued largely on the subject of economy, which In this instance would be supported without detriment. Mr. GRAT supported the motion. A sum of 8001 per annum would be saved to the house, and be was convinced that gentlemen of the Ent rate character and talent would be found gratuitously to 11l the Amour able station of member of the Committee. Mr. SLAP opposed the motion. He armed that the unpaid Com mittee existing In 1816 was a proof against the feasibility of the motion; for such was the apathy of the members of the house, that that committee was absolutely dissolved in consequence of no members being rut is nomination to 11l up the vacancies that occurred by rota tion. He considered the labourer worthy of his hire. At the above date a general committee bad been appointed, and they streaidered pay. went necessary. The business of the house had also much increased, and it bad never been so well conducted as at present. Mr. WILL*, supported the motion. He considered the honour a sufficient remuneration, and the patronage arising from agencies was alone • reward. Ih. Dawns supported the motion, and stated that, a. a reefed/. elected member of the c omm i ttee, h e s h ou ld b e as willing to serve In - out the remuneration as with it. Mr. Manseat.t. supported the same line of argument as the mover, and took occasioa to complain of the manner in which sew of the siesta sinned the power with which they were vested. The CISAIIIISIS made some remarks, in the course of which he said that himself and collieries were prepared to bow to the sense of the hews& lie observed that the dimmed of the house did not, however, reader the reduction necessary, as they had now 15 , 110 01. stocks while I. ISIS there was only OAK Mr. Montesow, one of the Committee, made some observations slier which dlr. Cense:ea xis replisd. In the course of this he said that. al. thong's is 1816 there might be «ay 0.0001. and now there were 16 40091. invested in the Funds, yet owing die above period. bad the 8001. pee an. sum not hoes paid to the Committee, there would have been 86,0001 instead of the sum mew *IL The used= was dies put, and medal by a lame majority ; idler which thanks win mid to the Chabensa, and tie Meeting broke up. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Dec. 22. SCOTCH •OVEALS. The LORD CHANCELLOR suggested the propriety of giving judgment upon two appeal causes, in order that all the appeals which had been heard by himself in that hoots • might be decided in the present session. The noble and learned lord said he was called upon to notice one of the moat gross and groundless misrepresentations he had ever • seen. He had thought at one time that he should best consult the in. sorest of justice by treating the statement with utter contempt, hut the mfarpraKntation had a tendency to impeach t h e judicial authority of a au or court, and set in a false point of view learned and ve n era ble ju ges. He had seen with astonishment a publication, stating that since he had had the honour of holding the 'rear seal, all the appeals from the Court of Session of Scotland had led to reversal of the judg merits of the Lower Courts. The noble and learned Into had heard thirteen appeals ; of these eleven were from Scot. land, and two from Ireland. Of the eleven Scotch appeals nine had been decided, and two remained for judgment which he should move for in this instance. He had called upon their lordships to reverse four of the eleven judgments, and to affirm the remaining seven.— That being the case, the statement which had appeared was not only not true, but groundless, because, with the exception of a small ma jority, he had found no reason to object to the decisions of the Scotch Court. The noble and learned lord then stated the face of one of the appeals which stood foe judgment, and concluded by moving to affirm the decision of' the court below. Lord WYNFORD said he hall some doubt upon the correctnesc of the decision, and the Lord Chancellor postponed the motion. The judgment in another case was then affirmed. STATE Or THE COUNTRY. Lord FARNHAM said. he was desirous of saying a few words before the House proceeded to pass the Consolidation Fund Bill As that proceeding might be considered analogous to going into a Committee of Supply in the other House, he should therefore take the opportunity, more especially as it was the last time the house might meet this Session, of expressing some remarks upon the present stare of the country. He could not help regretting that the noble Earl had thought it necessary to make the ensuing holidays so long. It was not unnatural that ministers so recently established in office should wish for a length of time to become acquainted with their duties, and arrange those measures which the uneral interest required ; but he objet e 4 to a long suspensico. of the duties of parliament, on account of the dis torbed state of the c tuntry. Commissions had been appointed, and their Imdships knew it was necessary ar: example should be made of those who had offended against the laws of the country ; and he wished to Nee eomething done for the country as quickly as possible after the trials, in order that the public might see, that whilst the government was ready to put down disorder and insubordination, they were prepared to do all they could for the relief of the country. The noble LaM also regretted the length of the adjournment for the sake of Ireland. In the existing state of that country, it was desirable to have some measures. to give confidence to the people, passed previous to their adjournment, for seven or eight weeks. The noble Lord did not wish to renew the• discussion which had taken place respecting the fear of disorder in that country, arising from new appointments, but would only express a hope that the opinions lie had formed might be wrong. He thought it would be desirable that some general prospect might be held out to calm the feelings in that country. (hear, hear, hear.) The Noble Earl would find the papers presented some time since on the state of Ireland a good foundation for the projection of legislative measures. He alluded to the report of a committee appointed to in quire into the state of the poor in Ireland, and had to regret it had not not been laid on their lordship's table. It would, however, soon come under their inspection. He recommended to his Majesty's ministers to pay the utmost attention to that report, and the evidence on which it was founded—many of their lordships might be ignorant of the state of Ireland, and be thought there was a body of evidence witich would throw light upon most important questions. The noble lord added, that he would briefly call their attention to some of the leading features of , the report. The committee had proposed 19 bills to be brought in for the relief of Ireland—one for the consolidation of all laws relating to charitable institutions—the next was on the subject of local taxation by grand juries; if the power of taxation was left in the hands of grand juries, they should be so controlled in the employment of surveyors and scientific engineers, that the public money might not be wasted as it had been. The next object suggested by the committee was one of importance. It suggested that it was expedient that the public aid be given for carrying on public works in Ireland, in order that the un employed population might be able to obtain the means of subsistence. The noble lord knew that the granting of public money was contrary to the principles of political economy upon which legislators were so much disposed at that time to act, but he thought the objection could not apply to the draining of bogs and other works of general &dean. tage. He thought the noble earl ought to hold out that public assist. ante would be given to the poor of Ireland. On one very important point he expressed his dissent. li e cou ld not agree with the Cotn rnittee with respect to education in Ireland. but he would not then trouble their lordships with his view on that subject. He did not approve of the bill to be brought in by his Majesty's government, for prohibition relative to the growth of tobacco in Ireland. If their lordships knew the employment it afforded, they would immediately consider it a great ad. vantage to Ireland. By the 12th of Charles 11. called the Tobacco bill, the American colonies were protected, by discouraging the growth of tobacco in England, but those colonies had gone from England. The 19th of George the Third made Ireland exempt from that prohibition, and that country had been fifty veer in possession of the privilege they were now to lose. The noble earl might consider whether it would be worth his while to prohibit the growth of that article. In all the re marks he had offered, the noble lord had abstained from any thing that could aggravate the unhappy dietentions which prevailed in Ire land ; and his hope was, that no time would be lost in promoting the prosperity of both England and Ireland, by application of measures likely to produce that effect. Earl GREY did not complain that the noble lend bad taken that op portunity of stating his views upon the general wants of Ireland, but the noble lord would not have exceeded the usual courtesy displayedin that house if he had given some intimation of his intention to intro duce so many topics. He (Earl Grey) might hare been able to meet the observations made by the noble lord. On the first point to which the noble lord alluded, namely, the present state of public affairs, his hops was, that adjournment would kad to no inconvenience ; but on the con trary, his Majesty's Government would be enabled to concoct and bring forward the measures when Parliament met upon the next summons. To have the means of bringing forward these measures would be of advantage to the country. Ile certainly paid deference to the statement of a noble lord an experienced, and well acquainted with the affairs of Ireland, but not having seen the report to which his noble friend alluded, he could not be expected to go into it. (Hear, hear.) As to the public measures to which that report led, it war impossible to say more than, there would be an anxious desire on the part of Go vernment to comply with the recommendation of the committee, and to do all that could be clone as early as possible. The relief be looked •to for both countries was a return to public prosperity. The system of charitable institutions in Ireland certainly deserved attention._ (Hear, hear.) The mode of local taxation had long been the subject complaint, and the system of education should be taken up with a view of destroying in Ireland those animosities entertained on the gronnd of Religion, and promoting mutual good. As to advancing a sum of money fur the Helier of tile lower glasses in Ireland, the No. blc Lord knew it was contrary to general principle It was objection. able on that ground, but there might be exceptions to the general principle, and the subject was one deserving of the best console Litton. More he could not say on that occasion. The Noble Lord had stated his anxious hope that the parties to the sew appointments in Ireland would labour as much as possible to put an end to distention. ile certainly joined in the hope that it would be so. It was the duty of all to endeavour to cool these angry passions, which, if suffered to ex ist, must lead to danger. 'I be measures in progress in the other branch of legislature for the accomplishment of many of the objects the Noble Lord had mentioned, would be discussed bawl when die same came to that house. The noble lord reserved himself fur the time when these subjects would come regularly ander discussion. CONSOLIDATION /VIM BILL. Earl GREY then, pursuant to Notice, moved that the standing orders of the house. Noe. i 6 and 26, be suspended fur the purpose of passing the Consolidation Fuad Pill through all its stages. The motion having been agreed to, the bill was read a third time and passed. PETITIONS. Lord DUR HA M pre-mica a petition hem Sleeken upon Tees for Revision of the Criminal Law. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from the same place, for the repeal of the duty on ses-borne coals. Earl GREY presented thirteen petitions against slavery. 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