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POREMY IS; TELLIGE NCE. NOT EXCLUSIVE. FRANCE. (From the Messayer des Clientsbres, dated Sunday. Nov. 13.) Yams, Nov. 12.—The Comrier de l'Ain says--We learn that many Swiss soldiers, belonging to the regiments that have been disbanded, are returning to France. Their number is so great, that it has excited A4tonishment in Switzerland itself. Such an emigration ought to draw the attention of the public force, and the municipal authorities are or dered to use the greatest vigilance. As these foreigners cannot enter France without passports, signed by the Envoy of France in Switzer land, all those whose papers are not perfectly in order are to be arrested and taken to the frontiers. His Majesty's brig Le Lesard, commanded by Lieutenant Frimont, has arrived at Toulon, from Martinique and Guildsloupe, whither it carried the news of the change in the Govern ment. The Lewd stopped only a few hours at each colony. It ar r.red under the white sag, and left there with the same, conformably :o the orders it had received. (From the Moviteur of Saturday, Nor. 13.) P►ttts, Nov. 12.—The Government has received from the Go vernors of Martinique and Guadeloupe despatches. dated the 20th and 24th of September, which announce that the tricoloured flag had been ;foisted in the two colonies, conformably to the orders given by the de partment of the 3larine. The same Governors announced the receipt and the publication of copies of the proms verbal of the Royal sitting of the 9th of August, in which the united Chambers received the oath taken by; his' Royal Highness the Duke of Orleans as King of the French. At the date of these despatches Martinique and Guadeloupe enjoyed perfect tranquillity. From the Gazette de France of Nor. 13. Cotes renTlNOrtx,.oet. 12.—1 t was thought. a little while ago, that Count Guilleminut, the French Ambassador, would retire. but we can positively affirm that lie intends to continue to exercise the same func tions. The last accounts fron► France have raised the spirits of the French here, and have induced Count Guilleminot still to devote him .splf to the service of the state. Ile is now about to renew the negotia tions in favour of the Armenians, which were suspended at the news of the till of Charles X. He is to be supported in this business by the Ambassadors of the other Courts, and to act in concert with them. it is inferred that France will use her Influence in favour of the Greeks. However.it is said that the French troops in the Mores are recalled, and that the new King is not inclined to continue the pecuniary assistance ottich the elder branch of the Bourbons so liberally granted to the tirecks." ABRIDGED REPORT OE THE DEBATE 111 THE PREACH CHAMBER ON SATURDAY EVENING. M. 31 AI; GUI X. —ln the Congress of 1814 the Allied Powers, amongst whom was France, laid down as principles, that no people had the right to change ha government ; that they have a right of control on the use which each state may make of its liberty ; and, above all, that they wil: give up the right of preventing in France the establishment of dis eriler under the name of government. Since that period they have shown more than once what sense they apply to the above principles. Ti:e constitutions of Naples, Piedmont, and Spain have been 'violated art. trampled under feet : they wore overthrown, notwithstanding that A albassadorx had received their credentials to the new Government : and all this was effected much more by the aid of diplomacy than by the force of arms. We lead in the spach of the King of England. that he and his allies are determined to maintain the general treaties by which the poll. itcal system of Europe has been established. Now, the treaties in ques. tiou are those of 1814, which are inseparable in their execution from the resolutions of the Congress of Vienna; insepara ble from the right of intervention, and from the system of the Holltance. forming a part of the political system of Europe. It is useless to dissemble. and :here is no reasoning against facts. If we compare this declaration of an inviolable attachment with the feeling the British Cabinet have lately .lisplayed, we shall be forced to confess that our revolution is viewed wish a jealous eye by the British Government; and when a Govern ment allows its repugnsnoes to transpire, it announces at the same time its future projects. When we also compare the speech I have just alluded to with the Congress now opened in London to decide upon the Belgian question, we may certainly be allowed to entertain some uneasiness relative to the conduct of the late Administration. Intervention--such is the principle of the Allied Powers. Intervention, in order to prevent the establishment of any kind of Government that may not happen to be in perfect harmony with their own ; such is the tight they proclaimed in 1814, as they had done it before in 1792 ; and let us add, such is the right proclaimed by the British Cabinet in 1830. But the treaties or 1814 secure the possession of Belgium to the House of Orange, We are therefore obl logically speaking, to espouse the cause of the Dutch against the i Belgians. But if so, what part MN we to play at the Congress P The intentions of England are Est doubtful, and the persevering tenacity of the Minister now at the Ina of its affairs is known to all. If we take the part of the &Igloo against Holland, we shall violate the treaties of 1814, which we bad promised to observe. If, on the contrary, we defend the rights of the House of Orange, the Belgians will refuse to submit. Shall we then declare war against them ? All Francs would revolt at such an idea. In what a painful situation have we been placed by an imtrovident administration; we must either com promise the peace of burope, or fight against our dearest neighbours. Let us hope that the new Cabinet will find means of putting an end to such a cruel alternative, and also of maintaining the liberty of Belgium. When our revolution of July gave to our politics their former power and tittnness, another line of conduct might have been adopted in regard to Spain. It is far from me to vote for mu, and, indeed, it would not hwe been necessary, to obtain satisfaction. But we ought to have a decided course of politics; no kind of half measures. The Spanish Constitutionalists were enabled to levy troops, to buy arms, and to make every necessary preparation for war; but then, also, their arias were seized, and their troops dispersed. The result of their attempt is well known ; they have been vanquished, and now these generous men, wan derers on the summits of the Pyrenees, accuse the irresolute policy of France. A question of the utmost gravity now engrosses our whole investigation. Are we to remain in peace, or are we to go to war ? We all wish for peace, and every one knows that France has never feared war. But, without attempting to lift up the veil of futurity, there are ;ertain measures. We certainly all ate of the same opinion with the Minister of the .tiarine, when he said, in answering me, that the Go veinment wished for nothing but peace. But l ceased to be of his :pinion, when he added that the Government only intends to fill up the vacancies in our army. Of late, certain people affect to entertain appre hensions of a republic. and of anarchy. bush fears either prove a want .4 candour —a thing that I never suppose—or a total ignorance of facts, winch would be truly blameable. As soon as the opinions of the Prince :ocritnt known, every kind of division ceased; all rallied around the iht,eie; and, as he himself has so often acknowledged, the republic's ratty has become his most faithful:and firm support. (Explosion drum. aims.) I mean one of his most firm and faithful supports. A consti tutional monarchy, in fact, satisfies all desires. ll'e all wish for it; we aish for it with the Prince who reigns over France; we should find no inc whose heart is more just, whose intentions are more sincere. If my question is put relative to the object of our movements, there is but' one answer to be made, and that is, that we do not make any inquiry about hose of others. France ought to take the lead in the events which are it hand ; if the ministers know how to direct her, they will have a right to vie gratitude of the people. I wait in expectation of the explanations !tare been demanded. (A great agitation followed the delivery of :iris speech.) Marshal MAISOs, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, rose and spoke -s Allows, in the niidst of the most profound silence :—" Gentlemen, Not knowing beforehand the sentiments which M. Alauguin was about to address to you, I could not prepare myself to reply to all the details upon which he has interrogated e Ministers. A representative go. vernment is one of publicity and of discussion. The Government et:ow all its consequences, and accept all its duties. But, gentlemen, %serve is imposed upon what concerns our foreign affairs. It is not 4ith a Chamber so enlightened as that which I have the honour to ad. itet4s, thus much argument is necessary to maintain such a proposition. 'th e most simple and direct negotiations have to run through various phases. Before they have attained their complete course, any invend zatinn,discunsion,or explanation, Is impossible, or at least unsatisfactory. The members of the cabinet can, however, give this positive assurance t,) the country, that by no act of their's will they compromise the safety ..nd dignity of France. We shall further take especial care, that while se preserve our own rights animpaired,we shall equally respect those of other nations. The speech of the King of England, explained as it has been in the British Parliament, ought not to create unfounded' alums. An armed intervention in the affairs of Belgium is not in tended by England, and we may be assured that one of council and fiiendly interposition is alone contemplate:l. The guarantee given by rive Powers to the union of Belgium renders this necessary. In fine, some persons wish to discover something like the Holy Alliance in the , onferences in London, although England has always kept herself :part from that association. We are confident, then, that Europe will preserve the greatest of blessings--peace. Peace is the expression of all ;tieEuropean wants,and is preferable to thelreateetvictory. France,gentle :nen, may well glorify herself for her moderation. In the Belgic question, she has thought that the principle of non-intervention was far preferable 10. that of an effort for aggram lizetnent. We do Dot want the inter 'emcee of others in our own affairs,nor shall we suffer a violent:interven. %on to rule the lot of those of other people. Impartiality and good faith snail be the rule of our conduct, and our government will persevere, in the firm determination of not interfering in any manna in the , in. t'mal regime of other nations. Such is the character which we shall impress upon our acts as long as the king, the just appreciator of all Junes, shall think our presence necessary tot the conduct of his affairs.' Marks of approbation.) 31. Bignon followed in a long speech, in which he entered fully Into all the considerations which, according to appearances, a slue of p ea c e o r war , an d coac l u d e d b y expressing his op' Pesos was not likely to be troubled. The Chamber then adjourned. SPIRIT OF THE JOURIViILs. CHIONICI.E.it Is clear from the language held by Ministers both last night and on other nights during the Session, that they are utterly unacquainted with the present temper of the country. They•speak as if the resources of the nation were so abundant that the business of a Minister was merely to discover new channels of expenditure. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said " he would entreat the House to look at the Pension List, and see how much smaller it was now than at former periods. In the days of Mr. Burke, fixing the Pen sion List at 95,0001. was considered a reduction, and hailed as a measure of economy." But in the days of Mr. Burke the debt did not amount to 800 millions. In the days of Mr. Burke distress had not driven the tenantry of extensive districts to combine to suspend further payment of rents, tithes, and taxes, and the agri cultural labourers were not roaming about the country in bands, de stroying property. and throwing all who own it into the utmost conster nation. The moat industrious, hardworking peasantry of Europe have, by a sheer misgovernment, totally changed their character, and the law has become a dead letter. No man wishes that the allowance to Itis Ma jesty should not be adequate to the maintenance of the Royal dignity.— Let, therefore, a sum be, once for all, set apart for that object. Hut there can be no good reason why material branches of the national ex penditure should be mixed up with the expenoes of the Sovereign, and that a permanent arrangement of the Civil List, at the commencement of a reign, should withdraw, not only the allowance to the Sovereign, but various branches of the national expenditure, from the regular con trol of Parliament, and such arrangement as the exigencies of the state may from time to time demand. ___ Ttuaa.—Sir H. Peel, on beh . " — Wby Mr. Hobhouse whether a general retirement would be the consequence, gave no answer. Mr. Brougham considered the question as premature, and was disposed to allow time for consideration . It is probably one of thos e cases in which consideration cannot supply much useful counsel. If the Duke of Wellington and his colleagues cannot suddenly rally and defeat their adversaries, they would act with more dignity to retire than to be con. tent to govern the nation under control of a predominating oppo sition. The declaration against all reform, formidable enough as it was in itself, was rendered yet more ominous by the appre hension that it was meant to cover also all other abuses and extrava gancies, and to protect the yet smoking remains of that system, by which the nation has so severelyl suffered in its social comforts and enjoyments, but of which system these Ministers were not the authors. The suspension of the city feast almost added derision to dislike, and the proceedings la Kant and Sussex created terror. But many of those who swelled the opposition of last night will look with great anxiety to the formation of a Ministry opposed, in all its princi ples, to that against which they voted. lizam.D.—That it is necessary a reform should take place in the representation of the people, is, we believe, the opinion of all persons in this country, except thou wbo have an interest in upholding the present system. When we speak of reform, we mean that wise, moderate, and practicable reform which would restore the tone and energy of the con stitution, without any admixture of wild and dangerous innova tions, which would be just u injurious to the cane of enlightened liberty as the abuses of which the public now complain. It has been the policy of thou who advocate what is called Radical Reform, to make people believe that their novel and extravagant theories are but a revival of the old principles of popular representation ; but there never was a grosser delusion. There never was a time in the history of this country when Universal Suffrage and Annual Parliaments formed part and parcel of the Constitution. These are the inventions of modern times, and are calculated not to restore, but, to subvert the Constitu tion. Their principle Is opposed to the existence of rational freedom— their operation would not be remedial, but revolutionary. truth is, the poor industrious labourer has been very hardly' dealt by ; and we believe the chief root of the mischief to have been, the aversion of landlords to lower rents, though there have been other auxiliary cams. Hence many farms have been thrown up, and in the rest the farmer has been obliged, along with the suppression of other out-goings, to diminish also the quantity of labour done on his farm. Then came low wages, and the substitution of pa. roehial rates in the place of wages. This last has been among the greatest of the evils ; and there is a grievance in the appor. tinning of wages of the most glaring and offensive kind, which is, the payment of labourers, not according to the work done, but according to the number of their families. If the farmers and land lords will not yield to intimidation in the disturbed districts, we would advise those where the peasantry is still quiet to take the opportunity of raising w.iges to a proper scale, as a reward to their labourers for their peaceable conduct, when they have so many bad examples around diem; and we are the more urgent in this our adviec, because se are sure that it is much more practicable now than in many preceding years. We do not deny but that the farmers have had very difleult times,—we stated that as a well-known fact at the beginning of these remarks; but they have no right to complain of either crops or prices now. NAVAL INTELLIGBIVeI. Maus Aswan Tuts Dar—Dublin, 1 ; Waterford, 1 ; Guernsey and Jersey, 1; France, 1. The True Blue, Carva, from Woodbridge to Uverpool, struck the pier in going into Yarmouth on Saturday night, and sunk. Cargo discharging, with much damage. Crew saved. The Evadne, Swan, from Sunderland to London, was totally lost on Sunday night, en the Cross Sand. Crew saved. The Aurora, Moser, from Lonenberg for St. Lucia, was abandoned on the 7th ult. in lat. 23, king. 69. The Hopewell, Parent, front London to Jamaica, will be taken into Portsmouth harbour, to discharge and dock. DIAL, Nov. 15.—Wind W.S.W. equally. PORTSMOVI3I, Nov. 15.—Wind S.W. squally.—Arrived the Ada, Blair, from Quebec, having been on shore. Saied his Majesty's ship Galatea, for St. Vincent's. Arrived his Majesty's ship Badger, from a cruise. FA LUOUTIT. Nov. 14. —Wind &W. to W.&W......Arrived doe Bri tannia, Madden, from Seville. Nov. Bouv N oi, lS.—Arrived the Commodore, Mortimer, and Con. cord, Bond, from Newfoundland. Lsexarool., Nov. 14. A rrieed the Mary, Grayson, from Der ide. ; Industry, Cannon, from Demerara ; Susan, Waters, from St. Domingo; Apollo, Wakehouse, from Newfoundland; and Sarah Ann, Metcalf, from Alexandria. BIALGATI Nov. 15.—Arrived off the port, the R e b ecca , S m i t h, from Quebec. Pools, Nov. 1 S.—Arrived the !Camels, from —. Gurassev, Nov. IL—Arrived the Renown, Cunningham, from Oporto; and Stockton, Prague, from Bourdeaus. Janne, Nov. H.—Arrived the Polpeto, Vibert, and Day, La Penni. from Gaspe.. SCAZIOLOUOM, Nov. 14.—The Providence, Young, has been got off the Main, with con►iderabk damage. BRIGHTON. Nov. 14. The Princess AUGUSTA, royal suite, and household, were preeent at Divine Service in the King's Chapel this morning. The officiating Minister was the Rev. Mr. EV ritARD. The Princess AUGUSTA pursues her carriage ride before dinner, when the weather is not too outrageously repulsive. Yesterday, owing to a south-easterly wind, which blew greed guns, her Royal Highness did not leave the Palace. The amiable LAN DG It ♦VI X E, not entirely free from the weakness left by her late accident, takes airings in her low wheeled chair about the enclosed Palace grounds and gardens, The Duke of DEVONSHIRE, the Earl of BESBO*OUGH, &c. are among the many who have resently left their names at the Palace. Lead ORFORD, and Mr. and Lady SARAH PUNSONBY, this event when it occurred , and for th'at reason the bill 'did not provide for that possible contingency. Tie next point to which he are arrived at the Albion. called the attention of the house wagoner)! no inconsiderable importance. Miss FOOlll played several of her favourite characters at They Proposed (wrote regent. and the question war, whether th e re _ gent should have an assisting council? If governed by precedents, they the Theatre last night, and tho house was brilliantly and might decide that•arsistants were nectrrary. They did not. however. very numerously visited, rely much on ancient precedents, because the change in time and cis. he n cumspurces yizrstieledi::te reasons which requited assistants on former The King will ld a Levee to-morrow, at his Palace at merrier's" were two: one in the latter end of St. James's. the reign of George II (17 1 I), and the other the regency in the Their Majesties entertained a select party to dinner yes- reign ntOsorr 111. The treble and learned lord was not influenced terday, at the Palace at St. James's. The Queen's private the ion, peaseder een . 0 7. ehe He considered tat it expedient awne to give in to be bein g, regency band attended in the eve in and p er f orme d several pieces opinion, beneficial to the Goa n % itutinu On that principle hie g ilajesty's in her Majesty's apartments. mildews objected to the council of regency. From the best consideration give to th e su bj ect , t h e y w ere • The Duchess of Glocester and the Princess Sophia visited 'yid averse to such a course. He did aot mean to sa it might not be proper to have in some the Queen yesterday. eases. A Regen t might be unfortunately selected a council whose influence ' The Spanish Minister bad an interview with the Earl of and power home enormous, and his private interest great, and Aberdeen yesterday, at the Foreign Office. , peebsps diagerons to the State; consequently a council might be reetarty—but that was not the care now. He bad reed the debates in The present King has dined, in his Palace, during the Ph and it appeared that the arguments preponderated against a first three months of his reign, upward' of 21,000 persons, ef . Looking at the u s ua l formation of a Co u n c il of including domestics; but, what is very extraordinary;.the B eras y, of fourteen perronr, he was not disposed to sew kitchen bills for the same period are less in amount thawdosen. r ai rch a I. It app e ared to him that the Princess Regglog 14%. * „. be unlimited, and subject only to the advice of the Ministers at of • the cnrresponding quarter in the reign of Geer . , y. These was moths, subject eta gem mum, and hp ems, Court Journal. , • . .• the Down that be could not approach it without goat peM~lit. We understand that during the present week Government was said, w h at are we to d o If then be an "b oo •'the bas made an arrangement with the Railway Company for 100 demist t With respect to a posthumous ehni i . ths wear sad the cOnveyeace of troops in cues of emergency, so that a " 831 . 11 kid had as beaudall inlaying that such a cailk Oft Illidleht lit yes honk hams entitled to the mown. That was no Mira, mg 11101140 which by the 'tonal mode of marching by divisions, 4 t h ee o at. bet dam was tifissadt , la what were rho. was three days upon the road, wid now be transported in two • interwoven between the &wisest the aos e e kn athi birth of the i r sitt hours ! Maw/eater Courier. . ~....1 No instance of a posthumous heir to the crown was to be found in our ; •• • - r hi.sry. TI n:,ly case was found in the Monty of the house of flour• boo. Henry V. of France, the presumptive heir, was Regent at the Meth of a Prince, which became King. The child died at the end of 28 days, and the Regent was eroweed. Charles the Fair left a child in a similar situation ; but those were events governed by the law of other countries. It had been said in law, the child unborn could not be seized with the crown. The crown could never be in abeyance. The crown never died. The child unborn could not be seised with the frown; it must vint in the heir apparent. He mentioned there points for the consideration of their Lordships. There were two courses one the course followed in the cue of the King to France. They could appoint a Regent, and the best ptoceiding, in his opinion. was. •o allow the Regent to ezet...eisc tl:c tions of royalty in the name of the presumptive lie:r. In the use of real ptoperty, the seisin in law was nut in the heir onbt,iii, but in the heir appal:en:. Having said thus much, he begged to add, that the period tot legislating respecting the government of a posthu mous cinld might occur wjaqp the event happened, therefore they had only provided that Ia the event of the birth of a posthumous &ail, 'lett her:present majesty, the queen, should he guardian and regritt the minority.—(Hear, hear.) Having stated the outline of the bill, the noble and learned lord. observed, that the detail might be di.cussed upon the second reading.Thc short view of it war this : —On the de mise of his majesty without issue, they proposed to make her Royal Highness the Dueness or Kent guardian and regent for the Princess Victoria ; and in the event of a posthumous child. then the regency of tke Duchess of Kent will cease, and be in her majesty during the minority of het child. The noble and learned lord concluded by moving the hill to be read a first time. Lord ELDON approved of the statements made by the noble w learned lord, and recommended their lordships to be unanimow ti. giving their support :o the measure. The observations he might ha te to offer upon the minute points of law, Le should restive until the se. cond reading. The bUI, entitled an Act fer providing a Regency in case the Clown should descend to the Princess Vieloria, «as then read the ant without a dissentient voice. The House than Adjourned. DOUSE OF CO'.IN NS. Nay. II The SPEAKER stated that he had received a letter from Mr.lfodg. son, artiouncing that he did not intend to proceed with the Vi'igan elec tion petition. Older for considering the petition discharged. PetMo.'s were received complaining of undue returns for Galway (county), Carrickfergus, Seaford, Dumbarton, Clare (county), Truro, Linlithgow, and Durham (city). Ordered (nominally) to be considered in January next—other days a ill he fixed after the Christmas recess. A petition was presented from Southwark, for the repeal of the Game and Corn Laws, by Mr. CURTEIS. Ordercd to be printed. A petition was presented from the Royal Burgh of Stirling, agaimat negro slave:v. Mr. R. DLTNDAS ttresented a petition from Ipswich, for :be repeal of the duty on sea-borne coal. Twcnty petitions from places M Cornwall, one front Ply muu.h, one from Bury St. Edmund's (by Mr.Tyrrell), and many from other places, were presented for the repeal of the laws supporting negro slavery. Mr. MOORE gave notice that on the 23d inst. he would move for the repeal of parts of the 38 Gen. 111. respecting assets ; and to extend the amended law to Ireland. TAXATioIc. Mr. EVANS presented a petition for the repeal of the unmerited pensions, for reduced taxation. repealing taxes on the necessaries of life, and imposing a well regulated property tax instead thereof, and for par.. liamentary reform. Ile thought there ought to be some ray of hope ;vat the state of the representation would be considered, and that was the more requisite, after the first Minister's declaration on this subject. He agreed decidedly with the petitioners, as to the repealing of the taxes on the necessaries of life, and imposing a well.regulated prevr.y tax in lieu thereof, if the revenue were required. The petitio:t was from Sheepshead—(a laugh) —in Leicester.--Ordered to he printed. Mr. BELL trusted that the Government would be induced to alter its intentions as to the duty on sea-borne coals. (Bear, hear ) The question was of the greatest importance to the shippin. , interests; at.d he hoped the Chancellor of the Exchequer would see the propriety of repealing the duty altogether.—(Hear, hear.)—The petition was from Coal Ptoprietors on the river Tyne, far the repeal of the coal duty. —Ordered to be printed. Lord STANLEY presented ninety-five petitions from places in liar— cashirei against negro slavery. Several members took their oaths and their seats. A petition was presented:from Hythe, complaining of an undue elec tion for that place, and a similar one from Carlow, by Lord Uxbridge. Mr. COKE presented petitions from Simnel, and several places of Norfolk against negto slavery. IRZLAMD. l ut Mr. O'CONNELL presented a hien from several tenants of ab sentee Noblemen in Ireland, corn Ming of distress, and praying for the introduction of poor laws. hey were inhabitants of Westmeath, and they complained of the conduct of the agents of the said absectre Noblemen, that they had been inveigled to become Ribband.men. The Marquis of CHANDOS said he had to complain of the Merv. ben for Waterford, in presenting petitions without first ascertaining the truth of them. His noble Relative's agent was incapable of the conduct attrihuted to him. Persons should not thus hold up public men to pub. lie indignation. Mr. O'CONNELL replied that he nets had deserved reproof less. He had ascertained that the signatures were genuine. and he had forwarded the petition to a noble lord, the relative of the nobleman men. tioned in the petition. What more courtesy could he drew ? The pe. titioners prayed for what they were entitled to ask for r_ and he un. derstood they were prepared to prove their allegations. La the noble marquis call for any enquiry by Committee, or otherwise. he would support it. Lord NUGENT confirmed the statement, as to the petition having hero sent to bim. Petition ordered to lie on the table. SZPEAL OF THE UNION. Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from the parish of Clandal. kin, county of Dublin, for the repeal of the Union. The Member for Dublin having mentioned that the citizens, ke. were against the repeal, he wished to state that there was now a requisition in Dublin to call a meeting for the repeal signed by upwards of 10.000 persons.—Ordered to be printed. CLERK OF THE COUNCIL. Mr. STANLEY asked whether it was intended to fill up the office again of the Clerk of the Council ; Mr. Buller having died yesterday afternoon. Sir H. PEEL replied that he had not heard the fact mentioned, (here fore he was not prepared to give any answer. A petition wu presented from Hawkhurst for the repeal of 1/14.1 malt duty.—Ordered to be printed. Sir J. GRAHANI presented a petition from Cockermouth for a rt. form in Parliament. Also nee from the same place Lgainst negro slavery.—Ordered to he printed. Mr. S. RICE presented a petition from Limerick for an equalisation of sugar duties.—Ordered to be printed. Petitions against the election returns were presented from London. deny, Huntingdon, Cokraine, and Stamford.—Ordered to be con.idered after Christmas. • Lord NiOrt PETH, in presentirg a petition asked whether it was not practised at any of our colonies, to enforce the troops ro observe any re. ligious ceternomes of which they might not approve? The petition was. from a parish, against wry such compulsion. Sir GEORGE MURRAY felt assured that tl - .e petition was founded in mistake. He could not undertake confidently to say that not any troops at any of our garrisons were compelled to attend to re. ligious ceremonies of which they did not appro,c. • Petition ordered to be printed. EMORY IN SCOTLAND. Sir R. FERGUSON presented a petition from ('urea 'Sr eefi-rm. He was surprised at the language of the Duke of ; it showed that his grace was ignorant of the pittierts or th , - «run. try, for never was there so strong a feeling in favour of referto.— ( Hear, hear.) Mr. KENNEDY said. as this was the first reform petition from Scotland, he begged to say, that the desire for a parliamentary re form in that country was very strottl. He 'lid not approve of the prayer fur ballot—but he was tot I -aliame•ntury reforn. in Scollatd most certaiulv.—Petition ordered to be premed. Mr. HUME presented sesenei similar petitions from Arbn ath. Breclun, Perth, and Stockport, all desuit4 also ballot, which it deed was the desire of every r arliamentary reformer in Scotland. He trusted that reform would be granted ; that men would not he driven to i!espe. ration. He also presented a petition from Brechin, eumplair.irir taxation. Mr. DUNI/AS said he was well acquainted with Fcctbuid. and he denied that there was any ttlth gtntral ftelingin favour of the baPot or of reform. 31r. KENNEDY repeater:, that the feeling was very general for reform ; but be sieuld be satisfied with the elitism; again:-t or for reform. Sir C. FORBES temarkid. that such an allegation did nor come very well from the honoutable member ter 31indleost: ; he would uth him, it theillast time he was returned to Parliament, previcus o ti e pre sent session, if he had not been returned for tire of me n:cHt Isserupt burghs that existed, and had he failed in him election for Mid. [4llessz, if he would not hare bete constrained to tall back upon the `aft burghn. Mr. HU Maid, that the election wait confined to a ow 4 the heads albs diehrent trades in the %nth*, troth whom the 'Town Council or opopoosdis was as it were self.tieeted ; and (rem e..ch Town Coined wag alialasted a dele.rate. who alone voted ; the peep!. bad nothing to do wish its • and Ibis it was they complained of the estruption that ix. ,seed. The bona:fable Wont bed taunted him 'bait( big remelt for Arbroath the 'would tall the hon. baronet, that the last tim, he (11 . Muse) was returned for these burgles, that they bad gives h:m a pro mise, sod the day atter they bad also prontioeti *uppers to d eelh,4 r _ in _ moo i and the whole *owe was in an uproar for days, and Pt became olotaury to bring in the military. It was to .oro•ti the entitinued elan. • .r... b, of such esmanotiltas that a reform in the mode of election in IA was to be drifted. Tne honourable metnt. I fee tdi n b ur ab • • i 1 1 11 14 .1 I ~~~' t I , i t I ' IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LtiRDS, Nov. 15. The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. ANTI-SLAVERY PETITIOWS. The Earl of ROSEBERRY presented a petition against slavery from the Burgh of Stirling, Lord WIIA It NCLIFFE presented several petitions to the same ef. fee from various parts of Ireland and the county of York. Petitions to the same effect were presented by lords Erskine and Outkrich, and the slarquis of Cleveland. LABOURERS IN LENT. Lord TEYNHA:II postponed his motion for an Address to hit Ma jesty on the subject of lahirtrers in the county of Bent, which stood for this day, until to-monow. NEW POLICE. Lord =RNA M, pursuant to a notice which he bad given on a previous day, rose to present a petition from the churchwardens, pa. riahioners, and inhabitant householders of St. Mary, Newington, ,praying their lordships to institute sonic enquiry with respect to the New Police. The petitioners stated, that by the 10th George IV. they were subject to the operatioo of the New Police Act, that since that pe riod their property has not been so well protected, but their expenses had increased. They considered the system a faulty oneZ and prayed that either the act might be altered, or the police withdrawn in toto from their parish. He (Lord Durham). on making inquiries, had found that the parochial watch-rate under the old system did not exceed 3,01101. but that now it exceeded 4,3001; and though it appeared that the parish were rated only at eightpence in the pound, yet In conse quence of the rate including uninhabited houses, it amounted to full a shilling. The peitionets also complained of there being too many men on duty by day, and too few by night ; and that upon any extraordinary occasion —such, for instance, as that which occurred on Tuesday last, when the greater part of the police were with drawn from that neighbourhood for the purpose of protecting Mi nisters in this, on that 0C4A•ICIII the petitioners were left wholly without protection. The petitioners thought there ought to be some contracting lank between the inhabitants of the parish and the police, and proposed that there should be police chosen who should-re. side within the parish. With regard to the propriety of this alteration, he (Lord Durham) intended to give no opinion. tar did he mean to say one word on the sufficiency or non-sufficiency of the police; he felt gra tified at not having been in a situation which called on hint to judge upon that subject. He must, however, say, that the police, in that part of the town where he resithsl, had conducted themselves with the greatest propriety. Noble lords would recollect, that when the police bill was first introduced into the hoine, he (Lord Durham) complained of the lateness of its introduction, observing that it would be totally hp- I possible for noble lords to give it that attention which it deserved. The parish of St. George, Hanover-square, was likewise subject to the seine observations which he had made with reference to the parish of 'it. Mary, Newington. The rates there had increased from five to seven teen thousand pounds. Serious objections had been raised by persons to the police, and he wished to know from the noble earl opposite (Rosslyn) whether the announcement, to which he intended presently to refer, was valid or not. In the month of August last, the following announcement appeared :—" On Friday last an order was read to the new police, ordering all those who had votes for Norwich to give in their names to their Superintendent." He (Lord D.) also wished to observe, that the present member for Norwich had given notice of a mo. tion to extend the right of voting to those persons who resided in the city as well as in the county. He did not know whether what he Lad alluded to above was the fact or not, but he wished to ascertain it. ' It was not his intention at the present moment to bring torward any mo tion on the subject of the new police, nor was it his wish to join in the foolish cry that had been raised against them. lie trusted, however, that their lordships would appoint a committee to inquire into circum stances alluded to by the petitioners. Lord SUFFIELD thought the establishment of the Police ought to be looked to as a whole, and he, like the noble lord (Durham,) had no wish to raise his voice in the outcry that had been raised against than. The Earl of ROSSLYN denied moat positively the sending of any such order as that to which the noble lord had referred. Every man in the employ of the Police was permitted to vote at the election referred to, without any question whatever being put to them, as to whom they in. tended to vote for. The New Police had only been introduced into Newington in February last, wnere they had not as yet had a fair trial. With reference to St. George's Hanover-square, it was per fectly true that the rates had been raised from 6,0001. to 17.0001. but it was equally as true that the parish had increased twofold. He believed, generally speaking, that since the establishment of the New Police, the expenses of parishes had lessened instead of increased. The die like that now raged against them had been excited by the jealousy of parish authorities, fearing that they should lose power by their introduction. He had no doubt that the establishment of the New Po. lice would be most beneficiaL Lord SUFFIELD observed, the establishment of the New Pollee, in London and ha environs, cost no less than 100,0001. per annum watch.rates. Since the establishment of the New Police the expendi.' cure bad been 608,0001. but this expense included the protection of maw districts in the neighbourhood of the metropolis, wholly un. protected before. Lad TENTERDEN bore testimony to the good conduct of the Police, and observed there were many more apprehensions now than formerly. The petition was laid on the table. IZOZNCY DILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR rose for the purpose of moving the first reading of a Bill which his Majesty's Ministers recommended to the attention of that house, in pursuance of his Majesty's pleasure ex. pressed in the speech from the throne. The object of the bill was to pro. vide for the due administration of the government of the country in the event of the demise of his present Majesty without issue. It was not his intention to go into a detailed consideration of the subject on that occa sion; he should confine himself to a statement of the principles as which his Majesty's Ministers entertained their view of the subject. His Majesty's government had not thought it necessary in this bill to provide for every possible contingency, but had been guided by the knowledge that legislation might take place when the remote moth,- gency should arise. They did not anticipate the period when future le gislation might be necessary. His Majesty's ministers in framing the provisions of this bill had considered it. expedient to legislate as little as possible, leaving the law to operate in its regular course. It must be obvious to their lordships that the principal person contemplated in this measure was the Princess Victoria, heiress presumptive, daughter of his Majesty's late brother, the Duke of Kent. The bill, on the demise of his late Majesty, without issue, would provide a guardian• and regent for the illustrious princess& Victoria until she attains the age of eighteen years. In order to provide for the government during the Interval occa sioned by the infancy of the princess, it was the duty of ministers to in. troduce this bill. The noble and learned lord said, he was certain he was speaking in unison with tile feeling of every noble lord in that house, when he conscientiously prayed that the valuable life of his present 3lajesty might be spired to a remote period. He was sure the people of this country would feel deep regret on the demise of the crown ; but it was the duty of Parliament, however painful it might be. to pro vide for that event. When the protisions of this bill cane to be the soh- ject of inquiry, their lordships would naturally ask who was to be the guardian of the princess I (Hear.) Every noble lord would say it was impossible for them to recommend any other than the illustrious Princess. the mother of the Princess Victoria. The manner hi which the illustrious lady had hitherto performed those dudes which her daughter required would be the best security for the future. The Noble and Learned Lord was assured that their Loidships would be of opinion there could not be a better guardian. With respect to the Re gency, he was of opinion the Regency and Guardianship could not be separated. His recommendation was, that the guardianship and eitr. ercise of royal authority as Regent should be vested in her Royal High. ness the Duchess of Kent, until the illustrious Princess arrived at the age of eighteen years. Another subject of Importance called for the consideration of Parliament. It might happen that a child might be barn to his, present Majesty, and it was necessary to provide for the event, not in the present instonee, but when the event hap pened. It would be competent for the Legislature to make provision for '' . .