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, ~: ft t mair.....,...__ -- Criminals and debtors were all thrown together. and issue of Notes w iTCr ere got payable on th e spot. He subjected to creel hardships. The gaolers Wee. in ge. • - admitted that it oriei.. •be desirable that this clause neral persons who tad other employments, and did not should, operate insmediately ; but it was impassible that reside in the pi ions, and pe.rsons might die there with . . itshoold.be diS. without the viol ition cf . what might oat reteivingany aseistanee arks tieing Inseams to.:aay persin gator be tailor' 'a vested aid established right. Having twilit:* the prime. .The Learned Lord moved ear a Meantime to inquire the yank, of that measure stopped at once the stamping' of alt into the state of the prisons in Scotland. Cotton" , Notes, and allowed three years for the extinction of those Mr. HUM E felt great pleasure in seconding the motion, as hen in existence, no difference could now be made between those that knew that the present state of the primes in Scotland was worse • were payable in town or in the country, as fas as England was con- than could be conceived. cert:ed. Hut as nothing had been legislated yet on the subject fur Mr. Secretary PEEL said, it would be impossible to have gond Ireland sad - Scotland, it was competent for the Committee now and well regulated prism* unless a number of the small jurisdictions sitting to bring in an Act, which would put an end to the practice would unite together, and erect a prison anffiriendy spacious to ad as tar as h regarded those countries. Should no other thing be mit of a classification of prisoners. legislated, it would be worth consideration whether such an Act The motion was agreed to, and the Committee appointed. should Dot he passed sep a ra te ly. 11111 ST FRUITS' *MID (tem.arais). Tie Slarquis of LANSDOWN felt the difficulties Sir J. NEWPORT rose to call the attention of the mentioned by the Noble Earl as they regarded England. House to the state of the fund called "the First Fruits," With re,apect to Scotland and Ireland there surer one: in Iteland. At the period of the Reformation, the First and he did •not see the necessity of waiting till the Fruits were taken from the Church into the hands of Committee new sitting should make their Report, as the Crown. as head of the Church. There it rem dried t e two sobj Cis ; had very little connection together; until the Reign of Anne, ss lieu it was made over to the • lathe practice did not apply to one and two pound Clergy, to be applied in building and repairing . siotes;only, but to notes of all descriotinns. He did not Churches. The First Fruits were thus made over both . -wish to hurry the Noble Earl; but be *honk) give notice. that after to the English and Irish Clergy; but one twentieth was Eactvr he should call the attention of the House to the subject, and' would put It to the Noble Earl, whether he would not, indeperid. ;ILO taken front the incomes of the English Clergy for emir ~(all ober measores, bring In a Bill to prevent any facility the same purpose, but not from the Irish Clergy. Niw to stamps bring afforded to those Banks who should issue notes pay- he contended, that if it was originally intended that the able only in London. The LOltD CHANCELLOR mentioned a question valuation, Fruits in Ireland should remain at the insufficient valuation it should be specially enacted , as it was in which had occurred in the Session before last, relative England ; but there was no such enactment as to Ire to a ll'llt f Exchange drawn in Ireland and payable in L land, and d e Iri.h Clergy not being called on for the London. The majority of the Judges of the court below, one-twentieth, it - was rational to suppose that it was and theirLird-hips on heating the a ppral,were of opinion ' that it Was necessary to demand payment of the Bill in London.-.. intended the First Fiona should be fairly valued in that. An alteration had, however, been since made in the law, by which g ountry. Now, in lieland a large proportion of the Bill made payable in London is demandable any where unless it benefices, nearly one-fourth, were never valued at all.l ' rations to be payable in London only, and no where , el se. —lt a pp eare d by th e p a p ers b e f o re the House, that in Tile rarinf LIMERICK remarked that the noses of the Bank ' of Ireland were made payable In Dublin only. seven years, ending in 1824, the Archbishopricks and Lord 11l LVILLEhad never beard of any other bank in Scot- Bishopricks of Ireland had contributed to the fund of iii.i making its notes only payable in London,except the one in Aber. First Fruits only 9101. whilst the English Archbishop. dew. which had-been alluded to. With regard to branch banks, r i c k s and Bishopricks had contributed in First Fruits there .perhaps would be some difficulty In making notes pay -54191. besides the Is. in the pound, which amounted - able at the bough, and not at the bank where they were origi• • - • natty Issued. during this per iod to 88511. being in all a total sum of The Earl of FALMOUTH presented a petition from Truro, 14,2701. from the Clergy of England, against 9101. praying for the abialitien of Slavery. conttibuted by . the Irish Clergy. The House was aware Lord MELVILLE presented a petition from the county of that the Tithe C..mposition Act had lately come into . 'triton), ariaiust any alteration in the Scotch Bankiog System.— effect, and the valuation under this Act developed the Adjourned. • HOUSE OF COMMONS. monstrous differences between the amount at which the . -- A person from the Deattand Chapter of St. Peter's,Weansinster, First Fruits were valued, and the teal value of the be. brought up an account of fees collected by them at their church, nefices. The First Fruits of ninety-five benefices in for exhibiting the same. the diocese of - Cloyne were only valued at 2581. 12s. A person from the Court of Commissioners of Bankrupts, brought an d of . these nmety-five benefices, twenty-five had com up an account of the manner iis which 4crtain Commissions of ' Bankrupt had been executed. pounded for their tithes for no less a sum than 10,5801. Notions for the Abolition of Slavery were presented by Mr. Between 500,0001. and 600,0001. had been voted by the Ltrreetoo, from Stanley, Staffordshire ; by Mr. Jetty's, from House for building and repairing churches, the very Basingstoke; by Mr. IL Twos. from "(overlord West; by Mr, purpose to which this fund was applicable, but for t:uawirs, from White-haven ; by Mr. Watts, from Sevenoaks ; by Lord Itlumcite, front 'lepton Bridge, Suwerhy, Tinton Mordaunt, which purpose it had become quite unproductive. But and several other parishes in the West Riding of Yorkshire ; by besides the bounties granted by Parliament, the poor Air. Hearucore, front Boston, Lincolnshire; by Mr. W. Sumo, Irish Catholic peasant was taxed for building and re - front London, and from Stratton in Cornwall; and by Mr. pa i r ing Gime- ng churches. Attempts had been made at dif essoa, front ihafte•hury. firma periods to render this fund applicable, but these . ads. F. BUXTON postponed hii modern on the Slave Trade in the Mauritius to the soh of 'Way next. attempts had failed, and large sums were taken from • Sir GEottGE MURRAY presented r petition from the Agri. the pbor peasantry,and Parliament constantly applied to cultural Society of Perthshire against any alteration in the carreocy for grants for what this fund might be made to effect. of Scotland. • When he stated that the Glebe lands and Bishops' lands Similar petitions were presented by Mr. Dooms, from the burgh of-Stirlitig; by Mr. Alderman Woos, front a Mr. W. H. Inglis, in Ireland amounted to seven hundred thousand acres, praying to be examined before the Committee; by Mr. A. Came- he thought that the House must agree with him that sets, from Renfrew ; and by Captain Csonme, from Nairn. such a system ought to go on no longer. The Irish The Offences at Sea ou was reo4 1 second time, oaths motion of Nir. Cormaa, and ordered to be committed for to-morrow. Clergy should contribute as the English did. The 'llw Assault and flattery (Scotland) Bill was read a tided tiase. Primate at Ireland was at present valued at only 4001. and passed, on the motioa of .11r. H. Pavan/otos. .r. .- , whilst the Archbishop of Canterbury was valued at Mr. Al I L Dll AT n laved for 'returns of_pereons - the 20081. The Bishoprick of Clogher, worth at least different gaols of thy kinedona for effenciii undet the glen, aud .0r all 0.4 . 00 amitted wi ta i ni fi ne fi n i p i ta u . in cu i laquase u t h e i r 10,0001. a year, was valued at 3501. All the Bishopricks hoparreourided by iptiog-gilitedming the last year.—Ordered. • and Arctibishopricks in Ireland were only valued at •el to nuals•••••a ((web* following returns iss.Thir antount of 31771. whilst in England the Bishopricks and Arch revenue received by the Commissioners of the Northern Light* for. ,bishoprsc • ks were yaluct at 21.3231: besides the tenth, the last ifive.yostsiTstating ifieonsiount 'received by sack lieht.liousq, . • the chwie,ox abippipu end.tbe expense of collecting the . stiults. ... r c_ wlu . ch itmoilteiktallglii,ll. This was one of the eases in which ac t dioight_ . toe countries ought to be assimilated. - The Right Tba*ouiss of the impenditstre of the same comotiseisnan for the some period" et4ting.siso the clams of .tits.commiwiwasen, and - a t en. . k_ benUMile . : . •tee , cluded by moving several Resolution!, in charge el their salaries. The amount of the receipts and .eapeodi- " ldek , pee r .. sou appointment of a Committee. n0v1_141=4164 nOtantlw had stated were embodied, the last ture althe trustees of eh* light.bouse on the river Clyde, and like wise a-copy of the regulations recently made - by-them with respect Mr. GOULBURN said this was the fourth occasion to steins-heals OOPS es that rivers An account of the toeotooeoti when be had been Called on officially to repeat the ar expenditure of; alt the other : light-bows ,in Scotland, with the guments with which he had combated the - proposition austarm of duties .charged upon shipping. they had just heard. On a later occasion the arguments . t...ptain'WEILISS thought that the Northern Lights were a model for tbo'vesole.wrield. and infinitely superior to the Eddy. of the Right Hon. Baronet had been examined and an• stone Light-hover. width, though it occasioned a greaser expense swe ed by the legal acumen and impressive eloquence than the former, WAS . aleye like a lobster pot than any thing shoo— o 1 r his Right Hon. Friend the Attorney-General for Ire (A laugh.) land, so copiously and satisfactorily, that he might al. After a few words fr o m Mr. Hume, the Returns were ordered. • bird FOLKS . f6NR presented a Petition from 'totality, pray. most be excused it he contented himself with resting the ing for a repeal ofthose Laweprohihiting the Importaden of Foreign merits of the question on a reference to the discussion of Corn. The Noltfetiitd - made some observations WI the state of that nig ht . I t wou ld b e f ound that the f i rst fru i ts i n the trade ' and the pnsbable Manner in which the proposed change . • of . .. in the lianking Pesten, would" affect it. ' ' ' the times t h e ropes, who then possessed this ecclesi air. P. 6 IiEN SELL thought the povivik measure. with re asticalisicome, were never taken at any thing like, or *pen. to -the irsoicef IL notes, would immi fileeffect of rendering dear to their teal value. The point had been settled forgery more general Since this issue ceased before, few conic- both by the 26th and 28th of Henry VIII. as to the titans bad taker ritace, because the Country Bankers had adopted a low . c rase o f composition to be taken under the sane species of engraving Minch remitted them difficult of imitation. lie hoped at , krai „ int isesue immure . me w b e ta k en au ems. , a g m a n tion of an Act of Parliament, which was enforced ditbouhy.in Ow present instance. ',-, - • . through the medium of a permission consisting of Ahem a few. words feast Mr. Wiwi; the then Master of the Rolls and other legal au- Iri. IRVING said;it was extraordinary that the Bank of Eng- tho * ties subsequently appointed by that King.— someland N werhe most easily mutated of all others. He hoped " step would be token to prevent ibis great evil One question he believed it would be comparatively air. 11. 1)110 \1 MON I) said, the facility was in a great measure easy to settle, namely, whether the expenses of building occasiostod:be theereat extent at the Bank circulation. a Church, when a Cburch became necessary, were to ~Ailit • 1 1•44rICJie floated the notoriety of the fact, that it was ha- be defrayed at the expense of the Clergy themselves, tosointomapreveritimitation, weals* toduce the Bank to abandon particularly as the Church was in many instances liable *• .ial hear sm a ll tames. . n.O- Air I m W,,IIIAMXY said, ,tise difficulty of - forging Country in its income to several feudal claims from the head le Rank . 'utes was aided by the outoriuty 4 the banker's band-vrtithig landowners. The charge on the English annates was in itie dirariet, „lie thought-the cermet ofesoiuisig. was signore pm- one-tenth of the value, and the Irish annates were taken bable consequence of the chatsge intended- at only one-twentieth. Indeed thetre were poli ical tea , ..gr.Secretary.PEEL said mat till the issue of Nye sons ohy the incomes of the Irish Clergy should be one pound notes a lair trial tad been given to the law toultla testi.* Within the last four years the nunibei suffered to remain higher than t.ose of other Clergy of executions for forgery bore no proportion to those or men of equal rank in this kingdom. The Sees of Sr. Ataph and of Chester were, it was true, the smallest in thh preettaipg retied: rFflßktik a ele entitled to every . value tat the English Bishopricks, yet the equality as to' ci edit. - 'A 'Duettist, ; Who atria is * Meinba r of the House. had stated; the othet night, their liability to urinates was so far from being esta ettotrat an expense of seventy bushed, that Chester paid. double its fair proportion. or eighty thotisatal pounds bad been incurred by the Bark in Order to prevent the - possibility of forgery. It was indeed He never would admit that Parliament should or ought, pecnliarly their interest to adopt' every precautioa. To make IC to ptiaitorotte that Cho :cites were built for the benefit man . completely irdmitOle was of coars e ant at the question; bet of the C ergy : they were built for purposes of general' be wished obstructions to be thrown in the way or imitatius. instruction au.' public advantage, and should therefore Mr. 3. ShIITH said that the Bank would most willinely on prod the circelation of one petard netts. - ' be supported by the people at large. As well might Mr. W. SMI'T'H observed, the question was not theAtight Honourable Baronet tell hint that the Public whether the B ak• could ascertait a genuine note or Officers of the Crown should build the great offices in not, but how the public might be seemed against ft And. this city, or that the vilifiers should build their owi A priva e mark might serve the purposes of the Back ; barracks. He should oppose the motion of the Right but the giund point was, that every common person flon..Bssonet, let it assume what shape- it might, mote might have some mask whereby to distinguish a Rood particularly as he was conscious that the effect of such ti OM A bad some. ;Cowes thiewas an object wholly e is a staisable, a string 1.1 inculpatory Resolutions would 'end to lessen, 10 thought iiiat ibe, beataniata ought to be emollient so execute the i n Tito public mind), that con fi dence in the Clergy which Rink plate. At presto!, any engraver's apprentice bad sufficient was so essentiA i to the due periormance of their ditty, .101 l to intiMie Both tautest. and calculated to circurtascrite ;heir i comlorts, lessen Mr. A IiERCIIONIBY said, that the system of note a t hility, u ai i and impo f verivh ecc .la t . l persons, not ca ttail/cry Was rittitedi wlth 'the itidiosavein held out by die eircula- cc their r"P":x th pi w u c t even tins Inc nts ubr in ur l s tAi o n th l e small brings, a.. 1 the whole tion of one pound notes; and *hen the targets had their hands once in.-they prtieeesle4 to imitate .5L notes. Mr. Secretary PEEL admitted that the imitation of 11. oeiss'' ; .1,11 . . Ali .;. KICE complained of the mode of argutftea ultimately l e d t o t h at o f t h e V . mates . • taken uji by the opposers of the motion, and observed, that , in re.. Time Petiti o n WAS thin 'SNOW .to he F rin ' e 'l l * • ' 'wenty tenebat were called the usurpations of the older aloes, s‘ Mr. BA 'RING' al fops t4,l„ns. of the num b e r a. i .e .lse notice was taken of the it•lreparians by the Mtn of those divisitior titinda truporsed;;Nsa ae.4ol,,i,sed within the iouttanfilie Seot•ine:ie :et the. W 1441040 werstappropriated to the building madsepalrub C.ntiptifl- Miter. '. ' . . the, 4:4n/clips, 43.1 Ow tactic stuhiscrAusci of the Cteegy: • • I'h: VlAit 0 AtlttlC A I M i.f . 8 cali ;beg -ia Willie s:ase iAlr. DAW*ON said that the p i °position ao t' - e R ght. . ~.. . at).‘o rommaist3cuthtivi was a disairaci. tie tia country; fl u;;. Wooer is as equally opposed by law aid iiiattpi • ,• .. 1:i• • - • ' He hadyread the statutes over, .pd he did not presume upon giving a competer.t opinion, but it appeared to him that they bore no : construction like that put upOn 'Wens' by the Right lion. Bartiatet. It was never the intends* of the Legidature to Impose frequent value. dons of livings upon the Clergy. There had in fact been no more than four valuations of livings from the ,time of Henry VIII. down to this hour;-and all those 'valua:ions weie,of livings which had never been valued before. Th- commission in the time of James I. con tained positive directions not to touch the living} which were valued before, and not to go beyond a just valua tion of any livings. Time was no quetion but that the right to the first fruits was the settled possession of the Crown, and being then so settled, it was equally plain from those instructions, th .t the King only wished to have the sums fixed which were to be paid into the Exchequer, and that those u ere to be the sums to be paid in from that time for ever after. Moreover, a great portion of the livings at the time of the valuations taken' under gieen Elizabeth were under 61. value, and those were excepted by law Irons valuation. The proposition was founded on injustice. But if it had justice on its side, it must be as applicable to the property of the English as of thy Irish Church. There was nothing in the question of the fist fruits of one Church which was not as applicabk to the firot fruits of the other. He could see no 'coon why the first fruits of Abbles and Monasteries should not be resumed for the building and repair of Churches, it the remaining Church property were to be taxed to so considerable an amount tor that purpose. After few remarks front Mr. LOCINAIt; Mr. MIME. and Sir It. haus, 'the south side of St. bLitin's Church, arid 'di? 11 would run diagonally into the Strand. But this would not be all. The means would likewise exist ,uf forming another street from Leicesteriqume i by Hemmings-row and Chandos-stteet. which would fall into the Strand by Bedford-street. This would h e the least wide of the three eommunicatious, but still it Sit JOHN NEWPORT said, he was not to he driven from his purpose by taunts fr..m Hen. Gentlemen op posite. It WAS true he had brought the subject before the House many times, arid he begged distinctly to say, that he should con inue again and again to do so, until he had effected his object. The question was then pat, and the House divided—Foe the motion, 21 ; Against it, 45 ; Majority against the motion, 27. COLONIAL SLAVERY. Mr. HUME brought forward his 'notion fur copies of the Minutes of Evidence taken by the Committee appointed by the Governor sad Council of Trinidad to inquire into the state of the Free Africans in that Island."' Mr. W 1 Lkl OT. II 0 wroN was desirous that the House should have the fullest information regarding the piuestion of Colonial Slavery. The evidence, however, for whiclithe Hon. Gentleman had moved, was so mixed up with anothtr mass of evidence rela tive to the effect produced by the Order in Council, that he doubted whether its production would be satisfactory. A Com missioa appointed by the Crown was at this time on the point of returning to Trinidad, for the express purpose of collecting the materials of such a Report as the Hoe. Gentleman desired. He pledged himself that that Report should be laid before the House as soon as possible after it had been received by Government. Dlr. HUME consented to withdraw his potion, observing that he relied upon the statement of the Secretary for the Colonial De pertinent as to bringing forward the required information almost immediately.—The motion was then withdrawn. Hr. HUMS then moved an address to his Majesty, for returns of the number of liberated Africans in Sierra Leone and Trinidad, containing accounts of the average and totalespease, &c. &c. of the Free Negroes in Sierra Leone. Mr. W. HORTON replied that a Commission was now investi gating this subject, who would make a report ioduive of the returns of the Hon. Member. Mr. HUM E then withdrew his motion. Mr. HUNS then moved for Copies of all the Correspondence that bad taken place between the Governor and Coundi of Trinidad and bin Majesty's Government, relative to the state of Slavery in that island, and the effects produced by the Order is CouneiL Mr. WILMOT-HORTON said, the depsetemeot to whisk be belonged would have no objection to granting WIT Reeds lamer don that might be required, but they were edema whaling in generalities. Too much caution amid eat be showed by these In this country who, on this subject, have an Mame over leek opinion, in abstaining from all eiederatekstateeseets. - Mr. GORDON said. that, at a Meeting of the And Slavery Bo dein an Individual of high rank and Wawa= bad said that se time was to be lost, and that Dodder was mare desirable than that, during the lifetime of the great Patron of the Abolition, the late Member for Bramber (Mr. Wilberforce). that important work should bccompkted. New be wen* ask any man what else did this mean than an immediate abolition? (a laugh). Mr. BLAIR complained, that attempts had been made to excite feelings against slavery by unnecessary exaggerations. The Resolution was then agreed to. IMPROVILAISIITII AT CHARING.CIIO3S. Mr. ARBUTHNOT said, in rising to move for leave to bring in a Bill, for improving Charing-cross and the neighbourhood, it might not be unimportant to state to the House that the plats of the intended improvements, was sanctioned by a Gentleman, who bad carried on that magnificent street which extended from the Re gent's Park to Pall Mall—he meant Mr. Nash, to - whom too muck praise could not be given. He was aware how difficult it would be for any person, without the assistance of maps and plans, to give an accurate de scription of the objects intended to be carried into effect by the Bill which he intended to submit to the consi deration of the House, and he should therefore claim their indulgence whihit he attempted to detail those objects. In the first place it was intended to ask po4ter to purchase all that tract of buildings between the Mews at Charing-cross, and also all .that tract of buildings bounded on the west by St. Martin's Church, on the north by Chandos-street, on the south by the Strand, and on the east by Bedford -street, for the purpcse of embellishing the metropolis, and of making a better commuuication than existed at present from the west to the east end of the town—(Hear, hear). On the site thus purchased, k was coutemplased that a large splendid quadrangle should be erected, she west side of which would be Earthed by the College of Physicians and the Union Club House ; the east side would cone sprild with that already existing—namely, the grand portico of St. Martin's Church ; and on the northern side, a new line of building would be erected ; the effect of which arrangement would be to throw open to those in Pall Mall a foil view of the magnificent por tico of the Church—(Hear). He could certainly wish that this quadrangle should contain a National Gallery for our national paintings and statues, which would thus 'be much more easy ut access than at the Museum, whilst, at the same time, they might remain *under the ' goardianship• of the . Trustees of the British Museum— (Hear). k :was also in contemplation that a Royal Academy should be built in the centre of the qua drangle, although some were of opinion that it would be preferable to leave it an open space. It would, of course, be open to PM liament-street and - White Hall. It would be. 500 feet in width (rum east to west, and equal Intension: from . the statue to the stables. Should Use project be accomplished, means would exist of widening the Strand from thirty-five feet, which it is at present. to nearly sixty-one fret, and the additional width would continue all the way up to Bedford -street, and those who know the difficulties in that spot which must be eucoutreted by 41 persons drawn-there either uy business or pleasure could best appreciate the ad vantage of inipioving this channel of communication. Any one who hid attended to these difficulties must have observed, that ali carriages, coming from Picca dilly and di ,t disection are obliged to come down to that narrow gut in the Strand, it he might so term it the COU Aqu.oce of winch was incessant stoppages.— His proposal then was, that an additional carriage May aboutsl be f rased across the upper part of the istopt.sed Quadrangle. ;mu the weet , t4) be formed * n would give a great additional convenience,• and ky taking off part of the throng of carriages that would otherwise have access to the Strand only by Charing cross, u mild very much relieve that part from the crowd which daily pressed along it. Thus there would be three carriage entrances from the western parts of ' the metropolis into the S:rand. That from Leicester square, by Hemming's-row and Chandos-street e falling in near Bedford-street—that by the south-west side rd St. Martin's Chutch—and that along the widened coil of the Strand itself. These would not only pitiduce a great benefit to the metropolis in the way of free communication from one end to the o her, but would also have the advantage of getting - rid if a vast number of bad and unsightly houses, which were at present crowded together in the _vicinity St. Afartirr's Church, which would add very con siderably to the beauty of that part of the metropolis. He would now say a word as to the exprnse which would be incurred by those improvements; and no doubt it would be satisfactory to the House to leash, that inks the building of a Royal Academy or National G 'Herr in the site to which he had already alluded should be determined on (in which case it would be necessary to come to the House for a grant). he should not have ti. apply to the House for a shilling, lie would not at that moment enter into the de:ails of the means by which it was intended to carry these plans into effect. It would be sufficient to state generally, that by the ex change of Crown lands in some instaixes, and the ;ale of them in others, the department with whit!) he was connected would be enabled to meet the greaterl part of the expense. It would, however, be necessary, should the House approve of his pl in, that in the Bill which he would introduce, powers should be, gieeit to borrow a sum of money on mortgage of a part of the new street; but this, it should be observed, would be only a continuation of an Act already passed for the etection of the buildings in Regent-street It was, he thought, highly desirable to get 'id, of the unsightly appearance which would be presented by al lowing some of the houses in the neighbourhocd of Charing-cross to remain as they now stood. If the House should disapprove of carrying the alterations to the extent that he had proposed, why then it. would be necessary to have the intended quadrangle on a much smaller scale. He thought, however, that such an op portunity as the present ought not to be lost, for such another might never present itself of making those de sirable improvements. Looking to the probable result of this plan, the House, in order to form its judgment, might be glad to learn what was the s result, as to ex pense, of the building of Regent-street. That, it should be remembered, was undertaken in a time of v. sr, and such as it was, he did not believe that it was regretted by one man in the country. Taking the expense of that, and the opening to the Regent's Park, in the purcha,e of good-will of premises, and in the awards given by juries, the result was, that while a ;peat part of the Crown land was improved and an interest created which did not exist before, the interest :on the whole of the sum' laid oat produced within a fractions -of 3 per cent. He did not say that the expense of ;be improvements now proposed would be as great, but for the space to %e acquired they Weald be -comparatively . greater; and making allowance for unproductive space, he did er pect that an interest of 2 1 per cent. - would be returned on the money expended. • This, cothidering the great advantage to be derived from the mote. open communication between the two quarters of the metropolis, and the splendour of forming such a magnificent quadrangle, would betlair return. But the ornament of the .gpaposee'qtiadrangle would not be its only advantage.. The leaving such an open space in a neighbouthood so thickly-'surrounded with buildings, would be a great benefit in contributing to the health of the inhabitants of the vicinity. He would now move that the Bill should be read a first time that night, and a second time tosmoriow ; and that it should be priated i and afterwards referred to a Committee. up stairs, to examine the plan, and report whether it could conveniently be carried into effect. The Hon. MeMber concluded by moving for leave to bring in a Bilt as Ti extend to Charing Cross, and other places adjacent.: the provisions of an Act for opening a mote convenient ,commamicatien between the east and west rude of the meteopolis, and eriahllng the CoM missioaas of Land Revenue to sell and grant kasea of Crown Lands." Sir M. W. RIDLEY suggested the 'proptiety of im proving the Strand near Exeter Change. It was ab solutely necessary that in such a thoroughfare the street should be .much wider. The Hon. Gentleman then alluded to a recent occurrence at the itlemtgerie, which placed in jeopardy the lives of the people in the neigh • bourhood. Situated as it was at present, it was a nuisance, and although it might be uorthy, abstiact edly, of public encouragement, yet it should be kept in some place where the possible occurrence of danger aright be lessened as far as possble. The Right Hon. Member next alluded to a letter which had appeared hi she Mow relative to the Regent's Park, which it stated was shut up front she public. This might be very proper if any mischief could be apprehended at present to the young trees; bet when that danger ceased he hoped the pais& would be 'admit ted. - Mr. ARBU THNOT said, Exeter Change way the private property of Lord Exeter, and hehad heard that it was the intention of Lord Exeter to improve it t if he ceuldbe instrumental in inducing him to do so. he Ihoald feel most happy. The letter to which his Hon. Friend alluded had misled him with respect to the valueof the herbage, which it estimated all 001. per annum, whereas it really returned 1,3001. per annum. It was, he ad mitted, the duty of Government to attend to the accom modation of the people; but this year the park must sustain inevitable injury should the public be admitted. As soon, however, as the additional accommodation could be afforded to the public without the hazard of injury, he could assure the Hon. Gentleman it should be attended to. While upon this subject he would joist advert to the additional accommodation which had been afforded to the public in Hyde Park by the express command of his Majesty. Mr. HUMR had no objection to all this lithe public were sot to be called upon to pay the , money. (A. (ash.) Instead of bur rowing money upon mortgage, he damage* It ',Aid be much better to sell the Crown lands. ! Sri C. COLE at the same time that he bore testioloily to the splendid improvements in Regent -street. could not avoid agreeing with the' Hes. Baronet is bis reniarks respeiting Exeter 'Change; he duti=ht the removal of this indium* might be eittete4 without much &Acuity. by making an sclerae conmoTata us those parties whose interests might be stetted brit. Leave was then gives to Wing be the lb& .1,6' IMPORT Of CtibIIIITTV4„4 0 11 ,4111 b;.. :. Mr. BROG °RN brought up the ltet.). t ut she, the I7th of Marc` IA