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FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. ADMIRALTY OFFICE, FEBRUARY 27. Cory of a Letter from Catrain Sayer, of his Majesty's Sloop the 1 Raleigh, addressed to Vice Admiral Campbell, and transmitted by the latter to John Wilson Croker, Esq. His Majesty's Sloop Raleigh, February 24. Sir—l have the honour to acquaint you, for the in. formation of my Lords Commissioners of the Admi ralty, that this afternoon at five o'clock, Beachy Head bearing E. N. E. five or six leagues, his Majesty's sloop under my command captured, after a short chace, le Modeste French lugger privateer, pierced for eighteen guns, but had only four mounted, hav ing a complement of 43 men, and commanded by Monsieur Prosper Paul Feray, out sixteen hours from Fecamp and had not taken any thing. Two other luggers were in company with het, which made off with all sail set, and having charge of a convoy pre vented my giving chace to them. i have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) GEO. SAYER. Extract of a Letter fpom Captain Maxwell, of his Majesty% Sloop the Royalist, addressed to Vice-Admiral Campbell, and transmitted by the latter to John Wilson Crokcr, Esq. His Majesty's Sloop Royalist, in the Downs, Feb. 24. Sir-- I have the honour to acquaint you, of his Majesty's sloop Royalist, under my command, hav ing captured, after a chace of one hour, the French lugger privateer Prince Eugene, of 14 guns, and 55 men ; sailed from Boulogne on the same day, in com pany with three others, without, I am happy to add, having made any captures. LIIIATARY PROMOTIONS, WAIL-OFFICE, FEBRUARY t 7. Army Medical Department. I-lis Majesty bar. I. , !en p!easett to approve of the following Of ficers being appointed, anti ferince. into a Board for saperintend ing and conducting the whole Medical Business of the Army, viz. John Weir, Esq. from half-pay ♦s Inspector of Hospitals, to be Director-General. Charles Ker, M.D. an Inspector of Hospitals, to be Principal Inspector. Theodore Gordon, M.D. from half-pay as Inspector of Hospi tals,to be Principal Inspector. ORDNANCP-OFFICE I fEBRITARY 26. Corps of Royal Engineers. Gentleman Cadet Charles Abbey to be Second Lieutenant, vice Gordon, promoted. Gentleman Cadet Perutel Cole to be ditto, vice Barney, promoted. Gentleman Cadet Wm. H. Duvernet to be ditto, vice Colby, pro -toted. : -man Cadet John S. Kitson to be ditto, vice Macdonald, pron.tht ed.—All dated February 1,1810. Can:mission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Bedford. Charles Harvey Smith, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant. Dated Feb. 7, 1810. Commission in the Royal Pembroke Regiment of Fuzileers Militia, signed by the Lord Lieutenant. Stephen MiDonald, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant. Dated Nov. is, 1809. Commissions in the Dorsetshire Regiment of Militia, signed by the Lord Lieutenant. _ Quarter Master !sue Banger to be Lieutenant by Brevet. Da ted October .19, 1808. Win. Mackay, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Pringle resigned Dated ... . _ ___ - - February 3, 1810. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Kent. _ _ .evenoaks and Bromley: Regiment of Local Militia. ----- Hafted, Esq. to be Captain, vice Wilford, resigned. Dated February 90, 1810. Lieutenant George Wilnaott to be ditto, vice Kahan resigned. Dated as above. Cranbrook and Woodsgate Regiment of Local Militia. Adjutant Edward Lorkin Watford to be Captain by Brevet. Da ted Fab. 24, I RIO. Blackheath Regiment of Local Militia. Sir Thom, Is Maryon Wilson, Bart. to be Lieutenant-Colonel- Commandant. Dated Feb. 22, I RIO. South Kent Volunteers. £..signWillism Jennings to be Lieutenant. Dated March 30, 1809. Ersign Thomas Swaine to be ditto ; aad Rolfe Marsh, Gent. to br Ensign. Dated Feb. 22, 1810. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Ayr. 58th, or, Ayrshire Regiment of Militia. William Grleve, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Young, resigned. Dated February 6, lECO. 2d Regiment of Ayrshire Local Militia. Patrick Maxwell, to be Captain, vice Cuningham, resigned. Dared February 10, 1810. Sd Regiment of Ayrshire Local Militia. Lieutenant William Rankine to be Captain, vice Fairlie, resigned. Dated February 10, 1810. Commission in the Cardiganshire Militia, signed by the Lord Lieutenant. Thomas Parry, Esq. to be Major. Dated Nov. 23, 1809. ren. 7, Commis Fuzilec Stephen N 25, 180' Commis Quarter N 8 ted Oct Win. Ma( I Februar Commis evenoa Dated I Lieuter.ar Dated a Cranbrc . Adjutant ted Fat I Sir Then Comm . 1 £..signW , El , llgn T , by Ens ! 1 Commi a 1 William • Febr4: Patrick l i Dazed Lieutena Dated 11 Comm 4 r. i Thomas t t April 17 ner, d. Mary Ci twine- -1 eleven mud • ford-r. John Co dealer Guild! ings, I William giggler at the inn, I , , bury; Henry 1 i coach- at des . Bloom John Bii colour n, 11, David .vI-ay T man, Inn, 1 "looki Jonathat ehoco Guild vest.' John Ba also I chape Attos Richard Mild Guild Road Thoma *hire, Whit txcb Olt ei lan L marl, Stu+ dings . leurge cer, • i 7, a , prni 4 i oct BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. April 17. Richard Swallow, of Selby, Yorkshire, money-scrive ner, dealer and eh: s man, at ten, at Guildhall, London. BANKRUPTS. Mary Curtis, of East Coker, near Yeovil, Somersetshire, widow, twine-spinner, to surrender March 13, 14, and April 10, at eleven, at the Mermaid Inn, Yeovil. Attornies, Messrs. Sa muel and Joseph Watts, Yeovil; or Mr. Joseph King, Bed ford-row, I.ondon. John Coe, of they arish of Shiere, near Guildford, Surrey, tanner, dealer and chapman, March 3, 31, and April 10, at eleven, at Guildhall, London. Attorney, Mr. Booth, Fenchurels-Baild ings, London. William Jackson, of Clayton-West, Yorkshire, money-scrivener, haler and chapman, March 9, at four, March 10, at eleven, at the Black Bull Inn, Wakefield, and April 10, at the Fleece inn, Hoghury, at eleven. Attornies, Mr. Scholefield, Hor bury ; or Main. Sykes and Knowles, New Inn, London. Henry Wood, of Green Dragon-yard, Helhorn, Middlesex, coach-smith, dealer and chapman, March 3, 10, and April 10, at eleven, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Shearman, Hart-street, Bloomsbury. John Birch and Luer Lucrson, of Hoxton-Town, Middlesex, colour-manufacturers, dealers, chapmen and copartners, March 11, and April 10, at ten, at Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs. David Busses and Son, Crown •court, Altlersgate•street. :vl - ,ry Tucker, of Tiverton, Devon, milliner, dealer and chapwo man, March 16, 17, and April 10, at eleven, at the Three Tuns Inn, Tiverton. Attornies, Mr. Rendell, Tiverton ; or Mr. Lys, "looke's .court, Chancery-lane, London. Jonathan Abbey, late of Budge-row, Cannon-street, London, ehocolate.maker, March 3, 10, and April 10, at eleven, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. C. Hamilton, Tavkteck-row, Co ireac-Gardan. John Bassiater Hudson, late of Hackney-:,rove, Middlesex, and also Of Old City Chambers, London, merchant, dealer and chapman, March 3, 17, and April 10, at twelve, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Kearsey, 116, Bishopsgate Richard' George Trier, of Parson's-Green, parish of Fulham, Middlesex, baker, March 3, 13, a'd Apia 10, at eleven, at Guildhall, London. Attornies, Mr. Richard Nelson, King's- Road, Chelsea. Thomas Powles, of Hoarwlthy, parish of lientland, Hereford shire, itat-dressei, March 8,9, and April 10, at eleven, at the White Hart Inn, Gloucester. Attornies, Mr. George Chilton, Brehrquer-01fice, .Lincaln's-Inn, London; or Mr. Thomas Okey, Gloucester. Tobn Lamb, of Shepton Mallet, Somerset, dyer, dealer and chap man, March 18, 15, and April 10, at ten, at the George Ifin, Shepton Mallet. Attorri a, Mr. Blandford, Mitre-court Buil dings, Temple ; or Mr. Miller, Shepton Mallet. leorge Wardle, o' Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nor humberland, gro cer, shopkeeper, dea'er a. id chapman, March 6, at one, March • 17, at twelve, and April to, at one, at Guildhall, London. At: •prnies, ',/ficton , and Posvnall, Krtig,ht Ryder-street; .Loctors-Cornrnons, London. PARLIAMENTAR r PROCEEDINGS. was wholly consistent with ITs safety. He had ditp --- and ample faith in that consistency -.but now, when HOUSE OF LORDS, FEBRUARY el. the Pope was, or was soon to be, the.subject of a fo- In the Appeal " Kearney y. Beasley and Wife," Lori Redes- reign enemy, the Catholics would be solicitous to dale and the Lord Chancellor delivered their op in io ns in su pp ort ' provide that the nomination of their Spiritual Magis of the Decree of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, which was Crary should not be an instrument against that Con finned with Xislo costs. The Earl of MOIRA presented Petitions from the Prisoners stitution thet, had so long contributed their aid to confined for debt in the gaols of Winchester anti Exeter, which support, and so king solicited the privilege to enjoy. were ordered to lie on the table. I The Catholic may not think the mode of Veto the , On the motion of the Earl of LIVERPOOL, a Committee was best way to effect this desiiable purpose, but the ordered to be appointed, for the purpose of considering the Re- .". ports and Memorials of the Comm i ssioners for the Improve- object was not 'the less ardently wished for because ment of the Streets and Places in the neighbourhood of West- they disputed the best means of attaining it. Upon minster HaU, and the two Houses of Parliamen t, and a Mes- ' some future day, he would take occasion to call the sage sent to the Commons, desiring the communication of all solemn deliberation of the House, to sit in judgment such reports transmitted to them, with the plans and drawings j tli the - -, ,t question of ' " • all the defenders ipon great __ giving of the Empire the same dear interests in its security ; of consolidating our means as a people, by making us an united people ; cementing our strength by a snore universal diffusion of the privileges that made us strong, aad extending the defence of our rights by extending their participation. On that day he should rest his arguments upon two great claims which he would put in on the part of the Constitution :—First, no religions disability :—Next, no foreign nomination. Upon the common ground of those two principles, he would take his stand ; for the present he should say no more. He deprecated in the present stage any conversation that could not embrace the question fully, and that might go too far upon detached points ; and upon the future discussion he trusted that there would not be betrayed, upon either the one side or the other, any heat or violence. This was a ques tion upon which transient effusions of ungoverned warmth might inflict permanent wounds. Passion and prejudice should keep equally aloof from its dis cussion. The soothing progress of time had imper ceptibly done much to heal, and change and recon cile—reciprocal good viill had been gaining upon re ciprocal recrimination. The question was a sort of protracted marriage. Both parties were growing wearied of asperity—they were learning to bear, with one another's failings, to take the worse for the sake of the better, and would soon have a common sym pathy in their sufferings and enjoyments. The Right Honourable Gentleman then concluded with moving, that the following Petition do lie on the table : " To the Honourable the COMMONS of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembkd. DISSENTERS. Lord Viscount SIDMOUTH adverted to the re turn on the table of the licences granted to Dissenting Preachers and Teachers, which, he had no doubt, had made a strong impression upon their Lordships' minds, and stated his wish to obtain more detailed information upon this subject ; he therefore moved for the return of the licences entered in the registry of each diocese, and at the Quarter Sessions in each county in England and Wales, from 1760 to 1808. This motion being agreed to, his Lordship stated, that he believed it to be the intention of an individual, more competent to the task than himself, to bring this subject under their Lordships' consideration; but if that did not happen, he would himself call their Lordships' attention to it in the course of the present Session. He wished it, however, to be distinctly un derstood, that he strongly felt the right of every indi vidual to the freedom of religious opinion, and of re ligious worship, and that he would neither bring for ward nor support any measure inconsistent with a wise, a liberal, and an enlightened toleration. THE KING'S FREROGATIVE. Lord Viscount SIDMOUTH alluded to a subject which had been under discussion on' the preceding evening, as to whether the King's consent was neces sary upon Bills touching the Royal Prerogative ? He conceived it to have been admitted by their Lord ships, that in Bills of this nature the King's consent ought to be obtained in some stage of their progress, but in what stage he conceived to be still a matter of doubt. Notwithstanding what was then said, he thought that there was a material distinction be tween Bills affecting the proprietary interests, and those touching the.prerogative rights of the Crown ; and he had great doubts, whether in the latter the consent of his Majesty ought not to be obtained pre vious to the second reading. He did not mean, how ever, to give any specific notice upon the subject, but upon the production of any Bill affecting the King's prerogative, lie should move for a Committee to search for precedents, in order, that previous to the discus sion upon the Bill, a decision might be come to upon the point in doubt. " We whose names are hereunto subscribed, on behalf of our selves, and of others his Majesty's subjects professing the Roman Catholic Religion in Ireland, humbly beg leave to represent to this Honourable House, " That we your Petitioners did, in the years 1805 and 1808, humbly petition this Honourable House, praying the total aboli tion of the penal laws which aggrieve the Catholics of Ireland. " We now feel ourselves obliged, in justice to ourselves, our families, and our country, once more to solicit the attention of this Honourable House to the subject of our said Petition. We state that the Roman Catholics constitute the most nu merous and increasing portion of the inhabitants of Ireland, com prising an immense majority of the manufacriring, trading, and agricultural interests, and amounting, at least, to four-fifths of the Irish population; that they contribute largely to the exigencies of their country, civil and military ; that they pay the far greater part of the public and local taxes; that they supply the armies and navies of this Empire with upwar is of one-third part in number of the soldiers and sailors employed in the public service; and that notwithstanding heavy discouragement', they form the principal tonstituent part of the strength, wealth, and industry of Ireland. " Yet, such is the grievous operation of the penal laws of which we complain, that the Roman Catholics are thereby not only set apart from their fellow subjects, as aliens in their native land, but are ignominiously and rigorously proscribed from almost all situ ations of public trust, honour, or emolument ; Including every public function and department, from the Houses of Legislature down to the most petty Corporations. " We state, that whenever the labour of public duty is exacted and enforced, the Catholic is sought out and selected—.where ho nours and rewards are to be dispensed, he is neglected and con. temned. " Where the military and naval strength of the Empire is to be recruited, the Catholics are eagerly solicited; nay, compelled at least to bear their full share in the perils of warfare, and in the lowest ranks; but when preferment and promotion (the dear and legitimate prize of successful valour) are to be dkubuted as re- NOMINEES. wards of merit, no laurels are destined to grace a Cashofic's brow, Robert Williams, jun. Esq. Thomas Creevey, Esq. or fit the wearer for command. . CATHOLIC PETITIONS. " We state thus generally the grievous condition of the Roman Mr. GRATTAN rose to present to the House a , Catholics of Ireland, occasioned solely by the fatal influence and operation of the penal laws; and though we forbear to enter into Petition from divers Roman Catholics in Ireland. It greater detail, yet we do not the less trust to the influence of rea was a prayer for constitutional privileges. It ap- son and justice (which eventually must prevail) for effecting a full plied for those privileges through the constitutional I and deliberate inquiry into our grievances, and accomplishing our , organ—it sought for a legitimate object, by lcgiti- effectual relief. We do beg leave, however, most solemnly to press upon the mate means—it was right to encourage communion attention of this Honourable House the Imminent public dangers between the people and their representatives—it pre- which necessarily result from so inverted an order of things, and served that mutual understanding that was so r.eces- so vicious and unnatural a system of Legislation—a system which nary to the maintenance of mutual cod will. When has long been the rep roach of this nation, and is unparalleled g throughout modern hristendom. last he had the honour of addressing the House in And we state it as our fixed opinion, that to restore to the behalf of the Catholic claims, he had then stated that I Catholics of Ireland a full, equal, and unqualified participation the Catholics were willing to accede to his Majesty of the benefits of the Laws and Constitution of England, and to the right of Vito on the Catholic nomination of their withdraw which drawall the privations, restrictions, a rictirot them in their nandvexatious country, e ; Lions Bishops. He was sorry to say, that he could not now become o pp r ess, ameasure In j ure , not an merely expedient, but absolutel y tie now affirm, that such were the sentiments of the Ro. unary—not only a debt of right due to a complaining people, but man Catholics of Ireland upon that subject. Whe- perhaps the last remaining resource of this empire, in the preset. ther be had misinformed the House, or the Catholics vation of which we take so deep an interest. " We therefore pray this Honourable House to take into their I had been guilty of retractation, was a question which most serious consideration the nature, extent, and operation a he should never agitate, it being his fixed principle the aforesaid penal laws, and by repealing the same altogether never to defend himself at the expence of his country. to restore to the Roman Catholics of Ireland those liberties so The admission of the Catholic to a participation in long withheld, and their due share in that Constitution whit* strheyrip commo . n with their fellow subjects of every other thl• ought necessity the rights enjoyed by his Protestant fellow-subject, he uon contribute by taxes, arms, and industry, to suede al defend. had always thou a measure of imperious , originating in wisdom, and founded upon the public .‘ And your Petitioners will ever pray, &c. &c." good. He had, however, at the same time thought, 1 The C HANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUEIit and uniformly thought, that the investiture of a fo- said, that though the Right Honourable Gentle:xi* reign power with the unqualified and arbitrary right bad deprecated any further discussion at present, he of nomination to any portion of our magistracy, was, could not forbear making one or two observationi in itself, an objection that circumscribed the liberality upon what hld fallen from the Right Honourable of many, and had shaken the confidence of more. Gentleman. However fortunate those humble efforts This objection might perhaps be removed, certainly bad proved, which he had made in resisting the be modified. He thought it ought to be modified, claims of the Roman Catholics, it did not appear for putting it broadly, it was calculated to awaken from what had fallen from the Right Honourable apprehensions of injurious consequences to these Gentleman, that his motives in resisting those claims realms, and more particularly if looked at in reference had been at all connected with those principles of bi to the present situation.ef the Spiritual Head of gotted intolerance, which had been so liberally im the Ronan Catholic Religion. The Pope was, or puted to him ; for it was clear that had those claims was likely to be, a French subject--it was desirable, been granted, they would have been granted upon it was indispensible that the nomination of the Spiri- principles utterly inconsistent with the safety of the tual Magistrates of so great a portion of the comrnu- Constitution. It did appear, that whatever difference nity should not be at the controul of the common of opinion had prevailed between him and the Right enemy. In saying this, he spoke the sentiments, the Honourable Gentleman _upon the abstract lineation, wishes of the Roman Catholics of Ireland—their that that Right Honourable Gentleman was or opi optnion in this respect was notorious and decisive—they nion, that certain great and important provisitiiiiwere were unanimous as to the object—they differed only indispensible, in order to guard the Constitution as to the means, and if the majority should ultimate- against the danger likely to result from that. co,nces ly disapprove of the measure of Veto, he thought sum. . .I IL Right Honourable Gentleman 'had at that it behoved the Catholics to provide by some 1 a tted the danger of giving the RomaTt ca. : other mode equally e ffi cient, and not equally ti:tt obnoxi- C what they sought fin $ or,' if be 14 n i. osfiOy r oils, that no grounds be left for those gloat:4llp*. did he speak of the nece r ssky of a reniliy hensions of insecurity, resulting fiOni iteeding to. peared then, that they .both w the danger, th9ogh• their claims. if Wan- be repeaitett• stbsoluteirinctint- .they did not agree as to ,bestsneans ctf bent upon the Catholics-wadi:lft sod* other mock, 'against. that danger. Het a l pi g f ace . ,:b" , . since they could itoillei..thati;tck:sttesr, - That the, bear no further cargo 4 tf 411PAOliet e : • ' admitting them fdEthiliYifileei %Flfficf ebistitution . Oisitlemanlimself, wtho h tin •so MSTILLATION. Mr. Rose, and several other Members of the House of Com mons, brought up the Corn Distillation Prohibition Rill, which was read a first time, and ordered to be printed. Earl BATHURST gave notice, that he should move the second reading on Thursday. for which day the Lords were ordered to be summoned. _ _ . __ . Adjourned till to-morrow (this day), when their Lordships went in procession to Westminster Abbey. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. GIANT, from the Board of Admiralty, presented at the Bar, the Twelfth Report of the Commissioners of Naval Inquiry. GLASGOW PETITION. The following are the Names of the Members on the reduced List of the Committee to try the merits of the Glasgow Election : Henry Swan, Esq. Henry Joddrell, Esq. Peter Wm. Baker, Esq. Sir John Orde, Bart. Edw. Berkeley Portman, Esq. Sir Mark Wood, Bart. Anthony Hardolph Eyre, Esq. Wm. Elliot Lockhart, Esq. Sir T. B. Thompson, Bart. Sir Robert Peel, Bart. Lord Guernsey I Duncan Campbell, Esq. Sit James Stewart, Bart. t i r s c h e o v p a s i . ) . long the advocate of the Catholic claim s , h ad ec knowledged that there was somet hi ng to be appre_ headed from the spiritu a l i n fl uence of the Pope e onfthte)fitDwhn2aichmhe Catholic(t.ir. i the nomination th th e intelerace laid been guilty. He had all along thought it dangeroes —so did now the Right Honourable Gentleman._.. But there was one other point upon which he would beg leave to say one word. The Right Honourable Gentleman had said, that he would never discuss the question, whether he had misinformed the House, e t the Catholici had retracted the cession of the vets, This was all very well between the Catholics and the Right Honourable Gentleman, but not so bet we en that Right Honourable Gentleman and the Hnu e for if the House had been so influenced by that pro position as to have suddenly resolved upon some sem. marl proceeding, that Right Honourable Gentlerm would have obtained from the House a consent upo n a condition,. which condition would never hare bee n fulfilled. He concluded, with entering his .pre test against the principle of chirging intolerance upon the exercise of one's own judgment upon a great politi. cal question. . • • Mr. GRATTAN said, that he had-never charg ed his mind upon the great question of the -Catheir c Claims, the course he had pursued had been punted by others—when Mr. Fox presented the Petitions of the Catholics, he did not enter into the considera tion of the.small items of minor expediency; that war for tite,Pornmittee to do—and he fnoved fora Crini mittee ; 'so had he (Mr. Grattan) dune. li e sup . potted the broad qftgstion, and reserved the mi ner questions of qualifications, limitations, security, for the Committee. He first asked them to go into the Committee. It had been. argued on the ground of provision of security in another place—it was alhet ed to be a question of complicated consideration, this was then an arsument for going into the Committee ; besides, the Pope was then an independent power, or at least a power depen dant upon England ; b ut now the Pope was who dependant upon France ---and it was to be remembered, that the actual situation of the Pope was a mere ingredient in the question. Mr. HUTCHINSON complained of the want of candour and discretion evinced by the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the observations he had made upon the speech of his Right Honoura. ble Friend. He thought that the wise suggestion of his Right Honourable Friend ought to have been attended to, and that all vain controversy should hiv e been avoided in the introduction of such a Petition. Of the question of vrro he would hazard no opinion whatever, but he thought it hard to turn it now as an objection against the Catholic Claims. The tight Honourable Gentleman seemed to forget who the pe. titioners were. He seemed not only disposed to over. look the justice of their claims,- but to slight the none bers, rank, respectability, and opelence of the peti tioners themselves. He warmly vindicated the lops alty of the Catholics; they were a.btxly of men, eho had uniformly evinced an unshaken attachment to the Monarchy and the Constitution. They sought nothing that was incompatible with the national se. curity to grant. They had suffered severely from mis. conception and ignorance; and were entitled to the privileges of the Constitution upon ground of Com mon justice and policy. Doctor DUIGENAN asked the Speaker what question was before the House ;—the Speaker stated it and then put it, when it was agreed to without any further observation. Mr. HUTCHINSON presented a Petition from the Roman Catholics ofthe County of the City of Cork, which was ordered to lie on the.table. Mr, PARNELL presented a Petition from the Roman Catholics of the Queen's County, in Ireland, which was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. FOSTER was about to propose drat the Home should go Into a Committee on the Irish Distilleries, when on thasuggeetion of Sir JOlin New PORT, it was agreed that that subject should* deferred till Thursday. Mr. LUSHINGTON brought up the RepOtt et ilteCoinott tee of Supply respecting the Army Estimates, when the Resolu tions were severally read and agreed toi . profww:, with the taw standing, on the suggestion of Sir T. Tu ZTON and Mr.MA,..RICI Frrz comm.*, that the discussion upon the Report should b:..• de ferrecl till the further consideration of the Report on Friday. he second, reading of the Cbaritabk Donations was Post. poned till Thursday. Mr. CALCRAPT moved for certain Papsrs relating to the Engineers and Artillery, as to their numbers and effectivs strengths which were ordered. . .• . SCHELDT EXPEDITION. The Order of the Day for going into the Committee appointed to inquire into the Policy and Conduct of the E x pedition to the Scheldt having been read—on the question that the Speaker leave the Chair, The Honoutable FREDERICK ROBINSON rose, =debars ved, that Strangers were present. The Gallery was, of course, immediately cleared. THE EVENIN CT STAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28. DAT APPOINTED tOR A GENERAL FAST..-410liday Et an the Public (Am. I. In the Uonse of Commons last night, after strangers were exchraledi a most singular scene was exhibited during the examination of the'Earl of CHATHA re• . , specting the Expedition to Walcheren. : The r eports that have transpired differ a little in the colouring, but agree in the general features of this extraordinal occurrence. In the course of the Earl's evidence Mr. . Ft.tuse, who seemed to have dined before coming to the House, put several questions which were not at tended to eitherlnt hil Lordship or the Members. 1 When . 4clship 'withdrew, Mr. FULLER made use of expressiops highly indecorous, and which brought down upon him the indignation of the House. The following is reported to us to be the substance of what passed on the °Catskill, but, Perhaps, it should be re - . . ceiveci cum grano :arm : ,: )r. R, after remaiking that he had as much lir ' rig to put questions as the CHAscsi.coa of the Ex ams:luxe, addec4 with ale ottifs i • "I have as much rig ht to be heird. as an man who is paid for' lling the place he !Ali."' , . ~. , • -1. ::. i. ~_. _. , . - 14 s o. Noirs.LOit o f the =CHEQUER TROvej, gg That Vfo of ilk Honoqrable Member should betaken 4di :4c. J4ll. (M. '•• . , i,.• n . ' " • 1119Ch i Ta . s greed to. ' iiii 116iire'restrined, and Sir 'JOHN ANSTEUTHIgto 1. ;,~ ti F