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• e a this op inion, t han With those who thought the Representative System entirely corrupt, and that it s , 011 .,i be destroyed. He a g reed that the terms in v i c h the Petition was conceived were extremely of. usive,but they m ight be found, at the same time, to tition of what had found its way into so b rr ;:n n y lY Peotahererpetitions. He thought it better, there f,,r.„ to assent to the proposition of his Hon. Friend, el it th e d e b at e should be adjourned. Mr. WARDLE could not agree that any insult m eant to be offered to the House by the present pe ition. The Petiti on which had been received from Atr es tminster contained no prayer; the present con toed not only a prayer, but an earnest request that with the objec t of the Peti the H o use would comp ly t ; ; ,, 21 , He had used the freedom in that H ouse to go ' full length the Petitioners now did, in expressing opinion. ttheeirThese sentiments he still, with sub mission to the House, entertained. He had presumed to d e ny that Parliament had the right which it had assumed and exercised. He had been a llowed to ex holders that opinion ddle s ; ex and he submitted that the Free same right to express ofMi t h e i r opinion on the subject. It was quite possible by st r on g Resolutions to insult the House in the grossest planner, while, at the same time, the Petition to be* resented to them should be conceived in a way which ;night escape notice. The Petitioners here had only d•diy declared their own opinions, as subjects of car. t this country were entitled to do. To his ( Mr. War dle's) mind, these senti ments p were true throughout. pe trusse d, therefore, that the etitton would he re ceived. Mr. ABERCROMBIE was of opinion the peti tion ought to received, because he did not think the words were such a departure from the respect to t he House as should warrant them in rejecting it.-- If the Petitioners were of opinion that the House had, acted illegally, he did not see in what other terms they could have expressed themselves, than by decla 'ng that such was their opinion. If the House had acted r thus illegally, it would be a grievance which it ' was the duty of the people of England to come for: ward and complain of, in the most determined though becoming language. Great authorities had their doubts on this subject, though he confessed he had none. He was for receiving the present petition, however, because he thought it not so offensive as the petition from the inhabitants of Westminster, which nail been received. He wished, at all events, that the House should have an opportunity of looking into the language of other petitions. It would be unfortunate it, at such a period as the present, they should treat the petitioners coming before them with greater severity than their predecessors had. been ac customed to do. Mr. STEPHEN thought the words of the Petition conveyed a studied insult to the House. It would be strange if this House, the Majesty of the People, was the only Body in the kingdom which Gould be libel. led with impunity ; nay, which receiving Petitions in. salting to themielves, must be compelled to become . the servile instruments of their own degradation and disgrace. If the House were insulted by Rescantions, • as an Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Wardle) had sup • posed, even those who denied their right to be judges in their own case must admit that they might go into a Court of Law, and there obtain justice ; but if they once received on their own table a-Petition, in whitb they ucre insulted, no such redress could be obtained. He agreed, however, with his Learned Friend who spoke last, in thinking that the right of petitioning should not be broken in upon till every Gentleman had an opportunity of reading over the Petition and cons paring the objectionable paragraphs with the context. He recommended to the House therefore to accede , to the motion for adjourning the debate till to mor row. So delicate a question as the right of petitioning Should be discussed with every degree of &liberal- Con, and in as full a Hause as possible. It appeared to him that Gentlemen should not present petitions in which they saw any thing very objectionable. — Why should they be bound to comply with the wishes of their constituents in what was wrong, more than an advocate should be in a Court of Justice, in favour this client ? He did not conceive that a Gentleman should continue a Member of a Body which he des pised. If there were any Gentlemen in that House who thought them so constituted as some persons re- , presented, he was surprised they did not resign their feats. So long, - however, as they continued in the , House, they ought not to suffer themselves co be made the means of insulting it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, seeing those who agreed with hinrinciple thought a delay neces s a r y, th ou gh he h imself was not a cne• vert to that Gpinion, could have no objection to ac-' ceding to it. No w h e was on hi s l egs , he begged to ; trplaiu the difference between the two petitions, and spew that the Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Lambe) N'4s not correct in the deduction he had made. The pound on which the former petition was received was repeatedly stated in the debate, and was precisely this—that as the sentence containing the accusation of a gross insult being offered, might apply to .the . officer executing the Speaker's warrant, it Was but fair to put the most favourable construction upon a petition from the subject. He agreed that they must receive petitions against their acts, but, at the same time, they would take care in what language they were couched.. They would take-care that they were, petitions, and not papers to dictate to the House what they ought to do. They might ask -a revision of the :lament of the Legislature ; but they were not. as in the present case, to set up a petitioner's authority against the authority of the House, and call intpen. ously for a change, not fora reconsider:Alois. While hewould, . 7 therefore, a cce d e d to t h e a dj our n ment , h e be ready either now, or at any other time, to contend' that this petition, from its language, scope, and de sign, was sdch, as they neither could, nor ought to admit to lie on their table, as a perpetual Sir J. NEWPORT thought the whole Petition should be taken together, and that it.-was not the lair way of judging to extract a single objectionable para graph. Here the Petition had a prayer, which was not th e case w i th the Westminster Petition. T he tact of the Petition having a prayer should go a great v:ay in shelving that there was no intention of offering an insult • o the House. Mr. BYNG h d no objection to the adjournment. He believed the more t me that was given to the con sideration of th Petition, there would be the less doubt that it oug ht to be received. The Petitioners 'were of opinion that the House had assumed a power vbich i t possess, and this being the case they presumed that they were entitled to state this to be their opinion. They could.not forget, too, that the I House had formerly fallen into an error, by which 1 This morning the 10th, or 'Prince's Regiment of they had been the sufferers, having been deprived of Hussars, marched tc their old quartets at Romford, their Representative, and that after a struggle of from Islington, Pentonville, Highgate, &c. where many years, the House in the year 1782, struck off the objection a bl e p r oceedings from their Journals. i they have been quartered fo r these few weeks. . Mr. CALCRAFT explained, and contended that I The 103 d Regiment marched into Portsmouth yes there were no words in the petition that could justify terday, and embarked on board transports. They its rejection. . I were to sail this morning at day-break, under convoy Mr. HUTCHINSON declared, that he was never ' of the FYLLA. more surprised than on hearing the motion of the i Right Honourable Gentleman for the rejection of the! The Ross-shire and Renfrew Regiments of Militia petition. He deprecated any measure that would are to embark at Portsmouth for Scotland, as soon have a tendency to prevent the people from coming as they are 'relieved by. those Regiments of Scotch . to Parliament for redress. Were they to claim that Militia now embarked at Leith. 'redress by violence, he should be the first man to sup- ! The Ist Durham Local Militia, commanded by , press it. Those, he contended, were to be considered . the greatest enemies of the state who would shut the Colonel TROTTER, are now assembled at Darlington, doors of Parliament againstthePeople,as nothing could for training, during 20 days. They are a fine body more justly irritate them than to tell them that they of men, and make a very soldier-like appearance. would not be heard. The manner of address and s The non-commissioned Officers of "the sth North signature of petitions was presented, but he did not York Local Militia, mustered at Scarborough on know that the House had any right to dictate either the matter or manner of complaint. He recollected Wednesday last ; and the rest of the regiment assem in the Irish Parliament, 1792, that a petition was re- bled yesterday, for training and exercise for 20 days. jetted merely because it prayed for a qualified fran- The following Schedule, derived from official and chise for the Roman Catholics, though, in the follow- i , other documents, we believe, pretty accurately exhi ing year, much greater privileges were granted them ' bits the actual amount of Pay and Allowances recei guardthan they had asked in that petition. He wished to the House against similar arbitrary proceed- ved from the Public by the Principal Officers of the ings, particularly as the Petition asked nothing more Royal Military College, referred to in the Tenth Re than what would be for the honour of the House, as port of the Commissioners - of Military Inquiry, for well as the interest of the country to grant, a Reform the consideration of Parliament ; including sinecure in Parliament. The question was then put and carried, and the offices, regimental pay, allowance for horses, lodging debate accordingly adjourned till to-morrow. I money, coals, and candles : - JUDGES' SALARIES. CRNERAL i .AS GOVERNOR. The LORD ADVOCATE of SCOTLAND moved the cons- 1 Salary, including Coloneley , 16th Light Dragoons ' mittal of the Bill for the Augmentation of the Salaries of the 1 X 2000 0 ot 4800 9 0 Judges of Scotland and Ireland, . ! Civil Offices Mr. O'HARA wished that an augmentation should also be , COLONEL, as LILUTINANT-00VERN on. made in the salary of the Judge of Prince Edward's Island. , Salary, including full Pay as Lirute- After some observations from Mr. R. DUNDAS and the LORD 1 nant-Colonel Cavalry 1919 10 0 ADVOCATE for SCOTLAND, Other Allowances, supposed equal to 1 419 10 0 Mr O'HARA agreed to move a proposition for the augmen- I ST LIEU TENANT-COLONEL. ration of the salary of the Judge alluded to in the Committee of Salary, including full Pay as Lieure- Supply.—The Bill was then committed. Report to-morrow. nant-Colonel COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. Other Allowances Mr. WHARTON in the Committee of Supply, moved Grans ' 2D LIEUTENANT-COLONEL. of Sums for the Building of the Mint, and other Miscellaneous Salary, including half Pay -- - le 694 0 o/ 952 0 0 Services. Report to-morrow. 1 Other Allowances •• An Account of the Sums issued to Militia Men's Families in MAJOR, AS SUPERINTENDANT. Ireland, for the last two years, was moved for and ordered.— Salary, including half Pay as Captain if 456 5 01 596 19 0 Adjourned. Other Allowances 140 14 OS Should this calculation fall short of the actual re : ceipts, or otherwise, we shall have great pleasure in I rectifying it. ARMY. LONDON. LIST OF THE MAJORITY _ 4 _.. - - WHO VOTED ACIAINI:T MR SAMUEL RODULLY I S BILL FOR AMENDING TILE CRIMINAL LAW. Arbuthnot, Right . Giddy, D. Flamer, Sir Wm. Hon. antics Gou'hurtle, Henry Pole, Hon. W. W. Bickerton, Sir R. iltelierhert, H. Ryder, Rt. Hon. R. Buller, James . JialusAone, George Sutton, C. M. Cooper,, Hon. CA. Leycciter, Hugh Thompson, Sir T. Croker, J. W. Loft, J. H. Thynne, Lord John Elliott, Hon. Win. Long, Rt. Hon. C. Wallace, Rt. Hon. T. Farquhar, James Lushington, S. R. Ward, R. Foster, Rt. Von. J. Macdonald, Sir Wemyss, Wm. Frankiand, Wm. Macnaughton, G.A. Wharton, R. Fitzhugh, Wm. PalinerstoneVisc. • iindltai, Rt. Hon. Gibbs, Sir V. Perceval, Rt. Hon.S. W. Yesterday, about 12 o'clock, his MAJESTY arrived at the Queen's Palace, from Windsor, where he was received by the Dukes of YORK, CUMBERLAND, KENT, Sussex, and CAMBRIDGE. Soon after two o'clock his MAJESTY held a Private Levee. The following had the honour of being presented to his MAJESTY.: Governor WILLIAM We NNa, on his being appointed Governor of Sandown Fort, upon which occasion he received the honour of Knighthood. General lord Motoxave, upon his being appointed to be Master-General of the Ordnance. His Grace the Duke of DEvossotar, upon his marriage. Lord GLERAWLLY. Captain CLAY, R. N. on his return from the Baltic. Rear-Admiral Sir EDWARD EDWIN, Bart. on being appointed Second in Command at Plymouth. General James BALFOUR, upon his promotion. General LEIGH, on his being appointed to the command of the 3d Regiment, or Buffs. Vice-Admiral Sir RICHARD Bic xcerox, on his being appointed Major-General of Marines. Colonel WILSON, on being appointed Colonel of the 4th Cey lon Regiment. Vice-Admiral Sir JAMES SAM/AILS, upon his return from the Baltic. His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, and gave au diences to the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER, the rest of the Cabinet Ministers, Sir DAVID DUNDAS, and Mr. M. SUTTON ; the last of whom laid before his MAJESTY the proceedings of some Courts Martial. Yesterday Mr. Sheriff WOOD, accompanied by Mr. BYNG, the Member for Middlesex, waited on Sic FRANCIS BURDETT in the Tower, and presented the Ad dress voted at the late meeting of the Freeholders of the County. The cavalcade was accompanied to and from the Tower by a numerous concourse of people, who behaved with great decorum. In the evening, the Petition to the House of Commons voted at the same meeting was presented, and excited a discussion, which has been adjourned to this evening. Monday evening, a numerous meeting of the Free men of the city of Canterbury took place at the City Arms, when a Requisition to the Mayor for a Com mon Hall, " To take the sense of the Freemen on the extraordinary as sumption of power by a Majority of the House of Commons, and the various abuses existing in every breach of Govern ment, and to adopt such measures as may be deemed most con ducive to a radical Reform in the Representation of the People," was proposed, and unattimoudy carried. The Requisition was immediately signed by upwards of 100 of the most respectable Citizens. Tuesday afternoon, Lord ROYSTON, the only sur viving son of the Earl of HARDIVICKE, and the nephew of Mr. YORKE, died at Cambridge. The Noble Earl has been singularly unfortunate. A year or two ago, his eldest son perished in a storm in the Baltic ; his other has just been snatched from him. Mr. CHARLES YORKE is now the heir to the Earldom. The long-expected arrangements in the prison de partment at Portsmouth will, it is expected, speedily take place. There are nearly 13,000 prisoners of war at Forton depot and confined in the prison-ships at Portsmouth. Forton is still to contain 3000, and Porchester will take between 6 and 7000. The re mainder will •be kept on board the ships, five or six only of which will be kept. These, on account of their size and good condition, will probably be the Assistance (Commodore's ship), San Antonio, San l)amasn, Vengeance, and Veteran ; it being abso lutely necessary to retain this number of ships, as well to keep those whom Forton and Porchester can not contain, as to receive new prisoners that may ar- 1 1 rive ;an hospital-ship will also be requisite in case of i 'sickness breaking out at the depot on shore, to receive 1 the infected. The following naval arrangements are about to The hospitals at Porchester and Forton, ate fitted take place: Admiral STANHOI3E goes to Sheerness in in every respect to receive all the sick, convalescents,' the room of Admiral WELLS, who has resigned from &c. in the most comfortable manner. ill health ; Admiral OTWAY comes to the River, and The Russians and Danes now at Portsmouth are Admiral HERBERT SAWYER IS to b e seco nd in com. expected to be sent to Chatham, to be nearer their maul at Portsmouth. own country in case of exchange. LIST OF THE MINORITY. wito VOTED IN FAVOUR OF IT. Abererr.mby,Hon.J. Hutchinson, Hon. O'Hara, Charles Bernard, Scrope C. H. Parnell, Henry Eabington, Thomas Lambe, Hon. Wm. Piggot, Sir A. Broughton, Henry Leach, John Romilly, Sir S. Canning, Right llon.l.emon, Sir Wm. Sharpe, R. George Lemon, John Smith, William . Creevey, Thomas Macdonald . Stephen, J. Combe, H. C. Marryatt, J. Taylor, W. Folkestone, Vise. Maule, Hon. W. R. Taylor, M. A. Grant, Rt. Hou. SirMilbanke, Sir R. Bt. Thornton, H. Wm. Moor, Peter Wharton, John Grenfell, Pascoe Morris, G. Wilberforce, Wm. THE EVENING STAR. THURSDAY, MAY 3. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CT.OOK s S per Cent Cons. for money 70ii—acc. 703. Reduced 690-4 per C. 8414-5 per C. Navy MOB. Exchequer Bills 4s. ISs. prem. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock t69f i India Stock 186 S per C. Red. Ann. spiii India Bonds 18s. la.. prcm. 3 per Cent. Cons. 70-fil Exc. Bills, Sd. pr day, 6s. Bs. pr. 4 per Cent. 84f Ditto, 3;d. 9s. 13s. pr. 5 per Cent. Navy 1001 I.ottery Tickets X 2.4 Cs. Long Ann. 18 5-16ths1 Consols for aec. 704 f Accounts have lately been received from the island of Goree down to the middle of March, which give favourable information regarding the state of that settlement. The garrison had beta reinforced with a strong detachment of the Royal African Corps from this country, and was healthy.• No apprehensions were entertained for the safety of the colony, and pro visions were plentiful when our advices were dated, Last night we received Paris papers to the 27th ult. from which we have given some interesting ex tracts. According to these papers, tranquillity pre vails at Malaga, under the auspices of SEBASTIANI. Granada is likewise quiet—A , the inhabitants thereof being undeceived, think only of living peaceably under the paternal Government of the King." The new government still continues the most se ductive of all practices to gain the affections of. the I people ; and which, in the end, must give King bunt complete triumph over all opposition, unless the allies shall employ against him the same kind of artillery—the destruction of abuses and privileges in jurious to the people. These papers also mention the intention of NA ro- LEON to visit his new Dutch dominions. Private let ters state that he has actually set out on this tour, and that their Majesties, the Emperor and new Em press, were at Antwerp on Friday last the 29th ult. MAILS. At 111•011. o • 1 *tome. bug. 2 0 Cadit 2 1 Lisboa 0 2 MLitt Dublin Waterford Gottenburgb PLYMOUTH, MAY t. Came in l'Espoire French chasse-maree, front Bayonne, laden with gunpowder, rozin, &c. captured by the AMELIA frigate.—Arrived the MARINER gun• brig, from a cruize, last from Portsmouth; and the HERO privateer from a cruise.—Sailed the Cnoct's brig of war, for Lisbon ; and the VIOLET lugger, for Guernsey. The DREADNOUGHT, of 98 guns, Rear-Admiral SOTHEBY, arrived list evening, after post, from Basque Roads, having been relieved by the SCIPION, 74, Rear- Admiral STOPFORR. Last evening 72 prisoners were landed from the VALIANT, and escorted to Mill Prison ; they arc mostlz Americans taken on board trench privateetrs several Officers are among them, who have consider able property about dram. PORTSMOUTH, MAY e. Arrived his Majesty's ship FYLLA, from a mixt% Sailed the DIANA and HOPE sloops of war, on a cruize.—Wind S. E. - ?me SHEERNESS, MAY it. Sailed his Majesty's ship RICHMOND, with a convoy for Heligoland. The next will sail about the 9th inst. YARMOUTH, MAY 2. Yesterday afternoon arrived from the Downs, to join the North Sea fleet, the MARS, 74 guns. Sailed the CENSOR gun-brig, Lieut. Lucas, to the West ward. The DILIGENCE and URGENT, with convoy for Gottenburgh, remain wind-bound.—Wind N. E. ROTTERDAM, APRIL CS. From Hiorting, under date of the 11th instant, we learn that four Danish gun-boats, under the command of Lieutenant SCHIWITEPR, had captured the English gun-boat stationed at Anholt, and which had already taken some vessels. From the port, we are further informed, that a Danish brig of war had carried into Norway two English vessels, laden with spars and wheat. On the 19th, there was some fighting at Ca. landsoog, between an English frigate and some in. ferior vessels on the one side, and a detachment of tl:e bth Dutch regiment on the other, in consequence of the enemy's attempting to bring off the Cuckoo, which went on shore there. On this occasion, Lieu tenant BOSMA, and a grenadier of the 9th regiment, were wounded. The Lieutenant died of his wounds a few hours after. The ship was set on fire. The Dutch privateer the Snell Jager captured on the 21st; and has brought into the Vlie, the Vrow Ann i e, J. H. LA GE master, from Mogadore for Groningen. The Vrow Margaretha, from Fahrsund, for Harlingen, has been captured by the same privateer, and carried into Terschelling. The French privateer Sr. J. Baptiste carried into the Vlie, on the 21st, the Vrow Catharine, I. A. BISHOP, master, from London for Groningen, in ballast. She was captured iiz miles S. Vir of Terschelling. Carried into Dunkirk, by the Obser vateur French privateer, an American vessel, laden with cotton, tobacco, &c. ; and by the Vigilant French privateer two brigs from Egland for Sweden, with salt. 1 NEWCASTLE, MAY I. The Britannia, of Sunderland, went on shore near Whitburts bay, on Wednesday night, in the thick fog, supposing It the har bour of Sunderland. CORK, APRIL !4. It was formerly stated, that the HICILINA sloop of wat, Captain WoRTIO, had captured and brought into Cove the Grand Napoleon French brig privateer; we can now add a few circumstances of the capture. Capt. Worth fell in with the Grand Napoleon on the 10th inst. at day-light. He immediately, on discovering he-, engaged • !hate, which he maintained until nine o'clock at night, when he came up with her, and she struck. She was then in lat. as. 10. long. 12. 10. The privateer mounts twelve 18-pounders, and four long guns ; is manned with 124 men, of eso tons harden, and but three months old. She tailed from Name on the 11th od March, and has since cruised with considerable success. From that period to the day the Helena fell in with her, she had cap tured the following arenas : Backbone', and Brae Martin, of lAverpeol ; Fox packet, of Greenock ; Grey ;Hound, Iris, and Four Sisters, of New ork. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAYMND MAT 2.—No Arrivals.--Salled the Dula Ro• drigo Raines:for Rio Janeiro • Alerdo de Menem*, Spinel% for Seara ; Helen, Napier ; and J ob son , Mika., for Hayti Walt% Dougal, for Malta; and the Young Charles, Clair, foe Waterford. COVENT GARDEN THEATR/L-Last night this Haase was opened for the benefit of the Theatrical Fund, and we are happy to state, that it was immediately, on the opening of the doors, completely filled in every part, not merely we believe by persons who paid the ordinary prices of admission, but by a liberal-minded crowd, who rushed forward at the call of Charity, to obtain seats, for which they had previously adveaced greatly more than their nominal value ; we speak here of the boxes taken, among which were all those of the lately obnoxious private circle, thrown open on the occasion. We confess, not having been able to obtain a seat, we cannot speak of the performance; but the perusal of the bill of the day will convince the Public, that every thing must have been well done. The play of Douglar never, in our recollection, had such support. The singers we understand, exerted themselves to the utmost, as did also the Farcical Actors, the best of the Company. The money re. ceived at the Treasury we are assured exceeded a thousand pounds. There was an immense press at half-price, and though the house was at that time truly pronounced full, more than fifty pounds were actually paid at the doors, on the generous principle of supporting the cause. Thursday Robert Dykes was drowned in the river Dee, below Abergeldie, in attempting to bring from Ballouchbuie a raft of timber down the river, in com pany with Shaw, a floater from the river Spey. The raft was broken upon the rocks, and carried down in single trees by the stream. Shaw was saved with great difficulty. The Public will please to observe that the only person in partnership with the fate Sir J. Baasscossa, at the time that Firm shared and sold •' Prize of One Thousand Tickets, which £24,765 (in last April Lottery) was E. El is now removed to No. 2, Cornhill, near the House. the. Grand produced Troy. who s Mansion NA I