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WIIITTAttS, Avo- Marla THE SPY, an HISTORICAL TALK of the NIIITRAL G sours; referring to some particular Events which oc curred during the American Revolutionary War; also pourtray ing American Scenery and Manners, &c. in three 'rob. Musa T o ”0111tOW EVENING, WEDNESDAY, Fe ;mum the 27th, will he repeated, in consequence of their =teat su ~s-e4s II , the Selections from Rosstwes celebrated Oratorio, . MOSE IN EGITTO, With a GRAND IIISCELLANEOGS PERFORMANCE. And, in the course of y the M Eiss vening, a Concerto on the Harp, B DI BIHN. • PRINCIPAL SINGERS, Mrs. SA T. MON, Mis s STEP ( ENS . Madame VESTRIS, Miss 6ool )A LI., blrs. BF.I.LCH A ABBAS, Miss I'OVEY, And Madame RONZT DR BF.G NIS ; Mr. "MGR F. 7., Signor DR BEONTS, Signor PLACCT, Mr. FYN.'" Mr. HAWES, Mr. NE I LSON, Mr. TINNEY, Master LONGITURST, and Mr. SAPIO. CONDUCTOR. Sit GEORGE SMART, who will preside at the Organ. Tie BA N D a ill be numerous and complete in every Department. Leader, Mr. Sll A P.T. Doors will open at Half-past Six, and the Performance cons n7mce at Seven o'Closk. Boxes, 7s. Pit, 31. 6d, Lower Gal -I.rr, 25.. Upper Gallery, ls.—Second Price at Nine. The Dramatic Free List dues not extend to these Per f:•artnees. TITRSUAST to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a Cause Mumma?. against WASH : :sax, the Creditors of RICHARD SLYER, late of the City Maltster, deceased, who died on or about the day of December, 1816, are, on or before the Ist day of il. 18'22, to come in and prove their lJebts before FRANCIS Esq. ot,e tithe 31a4iters of the said Court, at his Chats r ., in Swithampton-huildings, Chancery-lane, London; or, in :..nit thrreni, they will be peremptorily excluded the benefit :he said Decree. ST. MARY-LE-BONrE. FEBRUARY is, Isll2. TO SCAVENGERS, &c. 'VESTRYMEN of the said Parish give _1 Notice, Tbat they will meet in the Vestry Room, at the ( rt House, Oxford -street, on SATURDAY, the 36th day 1 -. :larch next, at Eleven of the Clock in the Forenoon, to z ...l ve Proposals in writing, sealed up, from Persons willing t: contr,ct with them for Collecting and Carrying away the 1 , 1:1:EZE and ASHES contained within the Three Divisions t•ftlw said Parish, for the Term of One or more Years, not et ret:ing Thee, from the 6th day of April next. The Coo tr-c,:r to have the Breeze and Ashes which he nay collect his Fur:ll9. particulars r.'.av Ile known on application to dab C.; ra, at the Court llnuse,yrom Twelve to One, daily. Steurity will be required. ST. MARY-LE-BONE, FEBRUARY 18, 1823. TO CARTERS, Bce. rfillE VESTRYMEN of the said Parish give _a- Notice, That they will meet at the Court House, in Ox ford-street, on SATURDAY, the 16th day of March next, at El:ven of the Clock in thy Forenoon, to receive Proposals in writing, sealed up, from Persons willing to supply THREE HORSES, with fit and proper Harness for the sante, and THREE MEN, for each of the Three Divisions of the said Parisi), for the purpose of Loading and Carrying away the SLOP, DIRT, and FILTH nut of the Streets, Places, Mews', Pas stages, &c. contained within the said Three Divisions, for the term of One or more Years, not exceeding Three, from the 4fla day of April next. The Ilor to perform respectively Twelve Miles a day, to be measured from where the first Load *hall he taken from, and to finish at the Laystall of the said Parish, and to draw Loads of not less than Two Tons each. Percher particulars may be known ou application to the Clerk, at the Court House, from Twelve to One, daily. ST. MARY-LF-TIONE, PFSIRUARY 18, 1828. TO WHEELWRIGHTS, &c. THE VESTRYMEN of the said Parish give 1 Notice, That they will meet at the Court Ilouse, Oxford street, on SATURDAY, the 16th day of March next, at Eleven of the Clock in the Forenoon, to receive Proposals in writing, sealed up, from Persons willing to supply SIX COVERED CARTS, for the purpose of Carting away the SLOP, DI RT, FILTH, /he. out of the Streets, Places, Mews', Pissages, &c. contained within the Three Divisions of the said Parish, for the term of One or more Years, not exceeding Three, from the 6th day of April next ; such Carts to contain and carry Loads of not less than Two Tons each. The Con tractor to keep the said Carts in complete repair and greased, and 'properly fit for use at all times, and to provide a place to deposit the same, within the said ral ibh, to be approved by the said Vestrymen. Fertlier particulars may be known on application to the Clerk, at the Court llouse, from Twelve to One, daily. ST. MARY-I.E.BONE, FEBRUARY 23, 1822. To BUILDERS, BRICKLAYERS, CARPENTERS, Sze. NCSIDING THIS PASISN. PERSONS desirous of contracting with the VES TILYMEN of St. Mary-k-Bone for BRICKLAYERS', CARPENTERS', SMITHS', PLUMBERS', PA I NTERS', end GLAZIERS' WORK, at a stipulated Price, for One Year, from Lady-day next, for all such Work as may be re quired from time to time, the same to be done under the direc tions of the Surveyor of the said Vestrymen, are reqiiested to attend at the Court House, Oxford-street, with Proposals, sealed and endorsed, on SATURDAY, the 25d day of March next, at Eleven o'Clock, precisely. Further particulars may be known by applyingto the Clerk, at the Court House.—lly Order, J. H. GREENWELL, Vestry Clerk. BF.AUTIFUL HAIR. THE e ff ect of a beautiful Head of Hair on the countenance, has been at all times a theme of admiration; and the Proprietor of the following Article has the satisfaction to appf-at to most of the Nobility for the truth of the assertion, that ATKINSON'S CURLING FLUID, or Vegetable Hair Oil, is the greatest beautifier of the Hair ever invented. It clears the dander from Children's heads, and gives their Affair a pecu liar beauty. It makes the Hair, if harsh or dry, soft and glossy 1 as silk, and gives it such strength and elasticity, that it retains the Curl during exercise in the Dance or Promenade, or in damp s...eather. It prevents its turning grey or falling off, and is well k own to medical men for its superiority in regenerating its srowth; price 3s. 6d. CAUTION.—AS it has been counterfeited and imitated by nn-1 rnerous needy speculators, the Public will please to observe the Proprietor's Name and Address distinct on the Label. N.B. This Caution particularly applies to the Country, and to Poreign Merchants.—Also, ATKINSON'S VEGETABLE DYE, which changes Grey et Red Hair to a permanent Brown or Black; price ss.—And ATKINSON'S AMBROSIAL SOAP, made by a new process. It is much milder than the common Soaps. It coun teracts their pernicious effects on the Skin, and makes it luzu,ri outly soft, white, and even ; price Is. a square. Sold by the Proprietor, Mr. Atkinson, Perfumer, 44, Ge rard -street, Soho-square - Sanger, 150, and Chandler, 76, Ox ford-street; Gattie, 57, lond-street ; Bayley and Blew, Cock spur-street; Prout, 229, Strand; Taite, 41, and Johnston, 68, Cernhills and most Perfumers. THE CORDIAL BALM of GILEAD posseei A. G v great efficacy in all nervous disorders, headaches, weak nesses, heaviness and lowness of spirits, dimness of sight, confused thought and wanderings of the mind, vapours and metincholy, and all kinds of hysteric complaints, which gradually go off by the ur of this salubrious Cordial. In sickness of the stomach, fiatulencies, and obstructions, it is a safe and powerful remedy. It is admirably calculated to afford relief to broken and decayed constitutions, wins,: other remedies have been unsuccessful. The Cm dial Rahn of (;ikad is sold in bottles price I Is. and each, by all Niedicine Venders in the finked Kingdom, with supious directions; and in London by Mr. Johnston, es, t tg:.tali; and Mr. r anger, 150, Oatotd-strat. TEN GUINEAS REWARD. TO PRINTERS, ENGRAVERS, Etc. WHEREAS it has been discovered that certain Persons are in the habit of Printing and Vending La bels, being copied or imitations of those affixed to the bottles con taining the GENUINE BLACKING, propared by DAY an* MARTIN, thereby enabling unprincipled Dealers to impose on their Customers a bad and injurious Article: We hereby offer a REWARD of TEN GUINEAS to any Person who shall give such information as will lead to the convietiot. of any one gui lt y of tbeselliegal practices. DAY and MARTIN, Feb. 1822. 97, High Holborn. THE EAST INDIES. MADRAS APPOINTMENTS—Msoass, Ocr. 9,1821. Mr. Peter Cherry, First Judge of the Provincial Court of Appeal and Circuit for the Centre Division. Mr. Hugh Lord, Second Judge of the Provincial Court of Appeal and Circuit for the Northern Division. Mr. Thomas Nevrnham, third Judge of do. do: do. Mr. G. F. Cherry, Judge and Criminal Judge of the Zillah of Cuddapah. Mr. Charles Hyde, Principal Collector of the Southern Divi sion of Arcot. Mr. William Cooke, Principal Collector of the Northern Di vision of Arcot. Mr. Brooke Cunliffe, Sub-Collector and Assistant-Magistrate in the Southern Division of Arcot. Mr. Henry Chamier, Sub-Collet in the Northern Division of Arcot. Mr. Henry Vivegsh, Senior Deputy Secretary to the Board of Revenue. Mr. R. 11. Clive, Head Assistant to the Principal Collector and Magistrate of Coimbatore. Mr. Richard Thomas Goodwin, to be Mint-master. Frederick Bourchier, to act as Mint-master during the ab sence of Mr. Goodwin. Mr. Alexander Bell, jun. to be Second Assistant to the Col lector of Broach. Mr. John Warden. to be Acting Second Assistant to the Collector in the Northern Conken. Mr. H. Vibart, Register of the Zillah of Verdachellum. Mr. N. W. Kinder'ly, Assistant to the Collector and Magis trate of Trichinopoly. 31t. W. Ashton, Assistant to the Principal Collector and Ma gistrate of Tanjore. Mr. J. A. Dalzell, to be Assistant to the Chief Secretary to Government. The Rev. Joseph Wright, Chaplain at Masulipatam. Mr. James Monro, Sub-Collector and Assistant-Magistrate Of Coimbatore. and Asahtant-Magistrate SUPRZNIZ COURT, SEPT. 25,1821.—At the Sitting of the Court on Wednesday last, the Hon. Sir Charles E. Grey took his aeat on the Bench, and produced his Majesty's Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal, constituting and appointing Sir Charles Edward Grey, a Puisne Justice on the Madras Bench. The Letters Patent having been read by the Registrar, the several oaths of Office were administered to Mr. Justice Grey by his Lordship the Chief Justice Sir F. Stanley ; upon which occaslun a royal salute was fired from the fort batteries. CALCUTTA CIVIL APPOINTMENTS. JUDICIAL DCINIIITMIENT, AUG. 31, 1921. Mr. Lawrence Kennaway, Assistant to die Magistrate of A IlababAd. Sarni/am 14, 1821. Mr. IL Brown, Judge and Magistrate of Jussore. Mr. James Curtis, Judge and Magistrate of Rungp ore. Mr. W. A. Pringle, Register of Dinagepore, .and joint Na. gistrate stationed at Maids. AMERICA. The National Intelligencer announces that a great battle has been fought in the Arkansas Country between the Cherokees and °sages, in which the former were completely victorious, making prisoners of several hundreds. _ _ PROM THE MERCANTILE PPPPP OF JAVEAET 24. We are glad to state that the passage through the Long Island Sound, which has been obstructed for several days, is again open. The ice above Hell-gate gave way on Thursday morning, and a passage was open, so chat a sloop came throttgla yesterday morning; the Master informs that this vessel was frozen in be tween Hut and City Islands. None of the vessels have suffered any damage. NEW YORK, JANUARY 19. . The schooner Comet has arrived at Charleston, in seven days from the Havannah: the following is from theDiaris Havana of January 1 : " Vs** Casa.—An official account, dated October 17, is. given of the evacuation of the troops under Davila ; it took place at twelve o'clock on the night of the 15th ; being left without support, he was compelled to make an unconditional surrender to the Mexican Imperial forces, who had agreed to bury all past transactions in oblivion. The Intendant of Vera Cruz calls upon the people to submit cheerfully to the new order of things. A Paper of the same date contains a long Address from the Mexican General to the People of Vera Cruz, upon the same subject. The Spanish Government had ordered taxes to be laid by the Captain-General of Cuba on its inhabitants, to defray the expenses of supporting three emelt of war." Fame Paartiorstrco.—The brig Factor, arrived in Hampton Roads, brings an account that on the 7th of November, a fleet of transports, under convoy of a frigate, carrying all the Eu ropean troops, sailed for Lisbon. The European residents, after their embarkation, felt considerably alarmed, but at the time at the Factor's sailing their fears were subsiding. Poax-au-Panice.—Accounts arrived at Charleston from Port au.Prince state, that President Boyer was collecting his forces with a view of attacking the Spanish part of the Island. It was supposed all would be in readiness by the middle of February HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVF.S, JANUARY 18. Mr. FLOYD laid upon the table the following Resolution: . . " Resolved, That the President of the United States be re quested to cause to be laid before the House all the Correspon dence which led to the Treaty of Ghent which has not yet been made public, and which, in his opinion, it may not be Improper to disclose."—The above Resolution was agreed to. j•NI:A %V £I. The Swam laid before the I louse a letter from tbsi Secre tary of the Navy, transmitting the Annual Account of the Ex penditure of the Navy Department. The &maxim also laid before the Ilouse the following letter. from the Secretary of the Treasury : Treasury Department, January 19. Sra—l have the honour to transmit herewith, for the infon maims of the Douse of Representatives, an Estimate of Appro priations proposed fur the service of the year lea, amounting to 8,691,235 dollars 48 cents. Dollars. Cts. For the Civil List 868,603 42 Nli sec ILineous Expenses 456,378 60 Foreign Intercourse • 148,000 The Military Department, including Pensions among the 111ilitiJ, Indian Department, &e.. 5,185,898 19 Naval Establishment,. including th e Marine Corps a 2,252,440 117 11,891,1185 4 - .. • . ibed MONO IRMA* elf the . reports; of Britiih niercilaiis: Ha hodumpileid important corrections to the charts now in tie, Ind bad s'alemell Widnes useful acid important idienttons. Ho HOUSE OW LORDS, 14BRUARY 25. prayed to Wild, ease taken into consideraticin and begged to' Their Lordships met at Wu o'clock. . eke to the House tiro instantes, to which pecuni ary remuneradod APPEALS. had been given to that silo had exert e d themselves to supply coma ab °mut A ; ;he . 47 , 0awn.p mniam.„ az a i ....._ eal Improvements; The one *as the case of a Lieutenant who bad received ffsooo for his cervices : and a rope. This was a writ of error tak e n to the dedsion of the Court of ; 01-17". rs ia the Ha had been voted a sum of £60,000, &chapter. fee diet:owe* an =Ltd way of nuking Mitten—The PeU. Mr. Demme aod rs4 V 2: 4l.s. were beard for the appel. des was ordered to lio on the table- Mr. WALLACE was aware that ft war net Centenary to lams; the Artuankv- fbr the respoodent.--Judgment PootPeoad• bring forward business of importance so early in the day, but at he could anticipate no objection to the motion he had to make, bane Hemp Kea. Appellant; Ma& Mature Soren Weans°, w urm „, m„uu Moore w omuu, mums= i Respondent. he would for t h w i t h procee d to su b m i t i t to the House. He rose Mr. Anise and Mr. Aamicaosuna were beard for the appel- .fo Move for the re-appointment of the Committee which sat lane.—Farther argument postponed. . last Session on the Foreign Trade of the Country. He had, on 1 AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. a former occasion s so fully explained the objects to be pursued by the. Committee, that to enlarge on the subject now was w Guy unnecessary. Measures were already land ope, which Lord ROLLE, in the absence of the Lord Lieutenant of the .. .. he n hoped would relieve British Commerce aided by sucli County, sold he had to present a Petition front the Avicul-. other regulation as miht be deemed eligible, would, he trusted, turista of Devonshire. complainlng..of the distress under whitb they laboured, and prating for relief. He felt it his duty t o make this country the great epmorium of commerce; He was anxious that the harbour duties on f =s . merchant ships should submit it to their Lordships' coesideratioti, though not ap. proving of many of the sentiments which it contained. He par- be removed. He bad mated on a f occasion, what he con- ticularly objected to a rider, which a entails party had affixed to sickbed would be the effect of those duties. The opinion which the Pedtiofi stalest his wiU, and which prayed for Parliamentary he bad then expressed was , confirmed by all the intelligence Reform—a question which, in his opinioo, had nothing to 0 which Ile had since received. •In consequence of the high dudes with the butane* for which the Meeting had been convened. It which attached to their approaching our coast, unless in immi gave him great pleasure ro say, that die great majority of the neat danger, many vessels had kept the sea in bad weather, and freeholders coincided in his sentiments, and wished Not nothing much p rty and many valuable lives had been km. Ate should be introduced Wkicb was calculated to disturb the bar- Committee had been engaged in'inquiries on this subject, when many of the Meeting . However , the rider was ultimately e y' H eir labours were interrupted by the prorogation of Par Lament. tied, not by the freeholders of the County, but by the common He now wished for the revival of the Committee, with a view people of Exeter, of whom two-thirds of the Meeting were to the resumption of that inquiry. Many other matters would composed. Upon that occasion he stood forward, end while come before them, but that was one of such immediate import.; attempting to enter his protest against the Resolution, was most ance that he mentioned it as one of the hrst objects that would grossly interrupted by the opposite party. There were 10,000 chin; their attention. He moved for rte appointment of a Coin freeholders in the County, of whom not more than 446 had mittee, to take into consideration the means of' impeoving and signed the Petition fur Reform ; nor had it the signatures of mahuchdo' g our Foreign Trade. more than fourteen or fifteen Clergymen from among the great The motion was agreed to, and a Committee f ort h w i t h ape number that had attended ; yet no means were left untried to pointed, consisting of the following Members :—Alr. Wallace, obtain signatures, and persons were seen with placards affixed the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Marquis of Londonderry, to long poles, who went about calling on the Public to sign the Mr. Ellis, Lord Althorpe, Mr. F. Le Mr. Gladstone, Sir Petition for ' Reform. He hoped that after what he had said, it O. Clerk, Mr. Huskisson, Sir John Newport, Mr. Lambton, would appear to their Lordships that the sense of the County Sir H. Parnell, Sir M. W. Ridley, hir. Ellice, Mr. T. Wilson, was decidedly against the majority of the Petitiociers. and Sir G. Robinson. The Petition being read by t h e Clerk, Mr. LENNARD postponed the motion, of which he had Lord KING observed that, from the statement of the Noble given notice, on the subject of the Civil List, till after the Lord, he had taken great pains to overcome any irregularity Enter recess. that might have taken place among the Petitioners. However, Mr. BENNET postponed the motion, of Which he had given he understood that the Noble Lord had seconded the Petition in nodal, respecting dm occurrences which took place on the day the first instance, and he therefore must tak e i t f or g r a n te d that o f the Queen's Funeral, from the sth to the 6th of' next month. the Noble Lord did so after mature consideration as to its ob- Sir ROBERT HERON gave notice that he would, on asa ject and tendency. This circumstance afforded him the happy early day, move for leave to bring in a Bill to du away with assurance that the Noble Lord would now, fur the first time in the necessity for renewing Offices and Commissions after a do.- his life, end his aid in cutting down all useless expenditure, and m i ce of th e C rown. in effecting a rigid system of economy and retrenchment. There He also gave notice that, .shortly after the Easter recess, he might, perhaps, be a difference of opinion with respect to the would move for leave to bring in a Bill to alter the Law of sentiments that prevailed at the Meeting; but, from what he Settlement. with a view of making a better provision for understood, not more than fifty hands were held up against the L c b ou „ tc. Petition for Reform. After the manner in which die Noble Lord A. HAMILTON gave notiee,-that on Tuesday, the Lord had delivered himself at the Meeting, it was very clear. 26th of next month, he proposed to submit a motion to th e that if the parties who had signed the rider were either artful House on the subject of Scotch County Representation. He or cunning, they would not have entrusted it to him to present proposed strictly to confine his motion to the Representation of to their Lordships. the Counties of Scotland. Lord ROLLE explained. His great object had been to secure Mr. D. BROWN gave notice, that on Thhrsday, the 18th of the harmony of the Meeting, and therefore he was ready to March, he would submit a motion to the House, which would waive his objections to many parts of the Petition, lest a deter- bring under their consideration the present state of Ireland. mined opposition might create disunion. He was not conscious Mr. HUTCHINSON, in presenting a Petition from the of ever having done anything to offend the freeholders of the Householders and Inhabitants of the City of Cork, praying for County. He had represented them in Parliament for twenty relief from the Window Tax, took upon himself to recommend years, and had never elsPeriennsd anY.s9Pedlissi bet owes when it to the Chancellor of she Eachever to give this subject hid they offered to pay his expenses if be consented to abandon his most serious consideration. He hoped the Right Hon. Gentle. politics, which, however, be refused. If the question of f aft', man, leaving a clear surplus income over the expenditure of m ore was to be considered, it would be found that the great majority than £5,000,000, would be able to attend to the prayer of this of those who had signed the Requisition for the Meeting refused Petition. The abandonment of the impost in question would to sign the Petition for Parliamentary Reform. It was mans- very slightly affect the revenue of the country, while the relief fest, however, that opposition was Intended from the commence- which its repeal would afford must be felt of the highest ire- ment ; and though, contrary to expectation, Mr. Cobbett did portance ; especially when viewed with reference to its e ffect on not attend, still there was a man there who carried about his the health of the inhabitants of populous places. He set tenth at papers and circulated them among the Meeting. He would once some length the benefits to be derived trout the abandonment of more say, that an immense majority of the frecleolders was the Window 'fax, and the claims of Ireland to such relief. against the rider. Mr. GRArf AN supported the prayer of the Petition, and 6 Lord HOLLAND regretted that the Noble Lord had expo- was decidedly of opinion that greater (encl . could be afforded rienced any interruption in delivering his sentiments on the day by diminishing the Window Tax, than by the proposed-relief in question ; but be took an odd mode of indemnifying himself, by prone deliver uncing here the speech he intended to have deilved of the Malt Duty. Sir W. DE CRESPIGNY spoke against the Window Tax at the Meeting. Their Lordships heard nothing from the Noble as being very oppressive iu Eugiand.—The Petition was untried Lord but censures on a Petition which be himself, in the dia. to lie on the table. harge of his duty to his King and his country, felt it incum c Sir ROBERT WILSON thought it right to mention the in bent on him to present. But be (Lord Holland) believed that convenience to which certain parties bad brit exposed from the Petition, as it came before their Lordships, contained the their neglecting to comply with the llesolu..ons of the Post sentiments of the great majority of the Meeting. It was true it Office. A Petition had beeu presented to him closed at the ends, had not the signature of the High Sheriff, but still be saw and in consequence a demand of £1 lies. had been nude for enough to convince him that it was signed by many persons of postage. He had, therefore, returned the: Petition. In men. great respectability. *toning the circumstance he did not meats to throw any blame , Lard ROLLE, in explanation, said, he presented the P et itio n on the Post Office, be was only anxious to state what had oe c merely because he thought it his duty to do so. Seeing that, curred, that, going forth to the world, those who had Pea:ions out of 5000 freeholders who bad attended, not more than 446 to forward might know in what way they were privileged to se:.l bad signed It, he came to the natural conclusion that it had not them, and that it might not be thought those to %%Lem Petitiens the sanction of the principal owners and occupiers of land in were sent in the way described had failed in their duty. the county.—The Petition was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. J A MKS had had a Petition sent to him in the same way, The Duke of SOMERSET presented a similar Petition from but no charge had been made for postage on his sending back the Owners and Occupiers of Land in the Parish of .Holbeach, t h e cover which enclosed it to the Post Office. in Lincolnshire, and the parts adjacent. After briefly comment- Lord A. HAMILTON said, a Petition had been sent to Mtn ing on the distress under which the agricultural interest laboured, last year which was charged no less than £9, but on sending it he observed that one of the many fatal effects which resulted front to the Post Office, the whole sum was remitted and the Pett it was the increase of crime which it occasioned, as would be lion was presented. seen by referring to the late Assize Calendars. The Petition SirJAMES GRAIIA Munderstood the Post Officewas bonnd which he had now to present prayed also for Parliamentary Re- to charge for postage when a document was sent closed up as form, a subject which was often mi sap plied, and as often mis- this had been, but when it was proved that what bad bees' So understood. He believed that it would not be very frequently forwarded was a Petition to be presented to Parliament, the heard of if Government practised a system of strict economy money was always returned. and retrenchment, instead of wasting the public money with Mr. HUTCHINSON bore testimony to the readiness =in reckless piofusion. Taxation was so heavy as to drive many fraud at the Post Office to correct any inconvenience occasioned from a country where, with moderate means, they could not by Petitions being sent in such a way as made them liable - fur subsist, to one where, with the same means, they could live, not postage . only in ease, but in Liluence. This system produced a sensible Mr. HUME did the Postmaster the justice to say, that he effect in every department, both at home and abroad. When he had experienced the same disposition on his part. Last week looked at the lavish expenditure in the Colonies, and at the large he received reddens which were charged £3 or £4. On his establishments which, In a time of profound peace, were kept up sending to the POst Office the money was immediately returned, at home, he was not surprised at the grievous distress which with a clause which precluded the sending of Petitions in this weighed down the great body of the population. A system of way which exceeded the weight of six ounces. Were this ro. rigid economy would afford much more security than a great gelation generally known, it might save much future inconve military force, which was incompatible with the safety of the - nience and loss of time. Constitution — (Hear, bear). On thesegrounds he gave his wit- Sr (ti. W. RIDLEY said, the clause in question was attached ling support to the proem Petition. to an Act for regulating the duties on Tea and Coffee. At the The Petition was read, and laid on the table. end of that Act came the regulation that Petitiona might be sent Lord MELV ILLE presented a Petition to the same effect free of postage, being open at the ends, and not exceeding six from the Agriculturisti of the county of Wigton, in Scotland.— ounces in weight. If this shotdd happen by any means to get Laid on the table. abroad, the publicity it would gain would be very serviceable. A person from the Office of the Chamberlain of London ap. Here the conversation terminated. peered a: the bar with certain Accounts relating to the Orphans' AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS AND PARLIAMENTARY Fund.—Laid on the table.—Adjourned. REFORM. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Sir T. ACLAND presented a Petition Rom the Glen try, r A person from the Bank presented Accounts of the B a l a nce of Clergy, and Freeholders. of the County of Devoe. prayi n g t o Cash in the hands of the Governor and Directors of the Bank of ' relief from Agrice.l.ural Mums, and also for relief by Par. England.—Ordered to be printed. I llamentary Reform. Though the distieas was great, the PM- Mr. SCOTT (from the Office of the Chamberlain of the City of clovers did not claim relief by protecting or prohibitory diaries, Londoii) presented an account of the Orphans' Fund, and ot h er I as they were of opinion that the distr e ss spr att g•n rom causes Accounts.—Ordered to be printed. Ito which such remedies would not at ply. They con•ich•red Sir W. 6 VISE presented two Petitions from the distressed them to be in part the effect of takation . & t ate down to d they were there- Agriculturists of two towns in the county of Gloucester, pray- fore of opinion chat it was recessary to Orn a i n nish the public t esta. ing the I louse to take their case into consideration.—Ordered to blishmenis—to adopt' a system of severe . econenty vi% li respect lie on the table. Ito what remained, and to pare down , with au unsparing baud, c :u r a s t t i rie t i l sTee ing at which Air. GOOCH presented a Petition from certain Occupiers .of all the salaries, t f w ro a n s l i t t he du li ty is t h o e. s t i.i l t kii 4 Land lu the county of Sussex, praying the imposition of Protect. tbe lowest. nts; tpu lug Duties ore import e d g r a in.—Ord e r e d t o lie on the table. 1 this Petition bad been voted WAS unmontoos on the .; • Lord ALT HORPE presented a Petition from Lieutenant but there WAS another claw on which a difference of opinion John Cruuch,, of the Royal Navy, setting forth that the l'eti- existed, in into en illgAill y into the p nt arm boner after serving his country fur many years, and receiving forded by that I.lo'.'St., go ng a view of effeetng 4 tiutaiy and ta. severe hurts in fighting with its enemies, bad rendered important of the itvPrtwoiall: i I Y. 'entices to his country in other ways He had saved not .... . t He Sir T. Acksud) wand with that which expressed • hope that relief w ou ld b e of. 1.--- ,lot Retorin ha I aliainen • l