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In (Imperial Pal liularat confirmed from page 123). Lord PALMERSTON next moved the grant fur retired allowances on full pay. Mr. HUME said. he should oppose pans of this grant, on the ground of there being many improper allowances. Motion withdrawn. Lord pAI,24IERSTON moved 800,1981. for widows' pensions. They were guided by a regular scale. Sir IL WILSON quoted the Caledonkin Mercury, in which certain proceedings were detailed respecting the signing false pay lists, kc. in Edinburgh. Mr. HUME rdverted to the . l eclaration of the lord president at Edinburgh, in defence of Capt. Brown, an officer of police; that it was a common prcetice in the army and navy to sign false musters and returns. Ca train Brown had been convicted of such an offence , lie denied that any such general practice existed. Sir E. CLERK laimpted that so grave a charge should be preferred against the lord president, on a newspaper report. Mr. HUME observed, that his statements were founded on other documents, as well as the newspaper report. The LORD ADVOCATE trusted that no erroneous impres. sion would be entertained respecting the conduct of Capt. Brown, as he had been twice acquitted by the proper authorities. He had been a valuable public servant. Mr. G. RENNET observed, that such acquittal was in defi ance of the almost unanimous opinion of the magistrates, respecting the guilt of Brown ; but it was only the usual prac tice respecting Scotland, of supporting abuses whenever they were found out. (Hear, and a laugh.) Resolution agreed to; as were the other resolutions for defraying . expenses of allow • . awes. and for corps to be disbanded in England and Ireland. Mr. WARD moved for 150,0001. on account of ordnance service, for IB2l.—Agreed to. Report M the last resolution to morrow s and the other to be recommitted on Monday se'nnight. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. —Mr. LAMBTON moved, that the order of the day be read for the resumption of the ad journed debate respecting a reform of parliament. Agreed to.— Order read. Mr. WYVILL then rose. He thought that the public good demanded that the house should be reformed : he was, therefore, favourable to the committee. Mr. Sergeant ONSLOW declared the proposed scheme of Worm to be most obnoxious. It would go to disfranchise many most excellent individuals. It had been the practice of indict. dna!, to advert to a tissue of representation circulated about 1793, stating that certain noblemen patronized and returned members for certain place,. That paper was most inaccurate. For irstance It said that the Duke of Devonshire returned a member for Derbyshire, and the Duke of ftedford for Bedfordshire. Ile should oppose the motion, because he was against disfranchising an man whatever. Mr. SYKES said he should give his vote for the committee, because he was foe this subject being further considered. The constitution said, that the people were entitled to be repre sented ; he asked no more than that the house should be the express image of the sentiments of the people. That was even Mr. Burke's opinion. The member for Yorkshire (Mr. S. Wort. ley) seemed to think that the house of commons should represent the express image of the wishes of ministers. lie was constrained to say, that the house did not represent the sentiments and wishes of the people. Many recent votes proved this fact, parti. cularly those respecting the Queen. the army estimates, &c. He thought some reform was wanted, therefore he should vote for a committee. But he was compelled In sincerity to say, that there IMO many portions of the plan from which he must differ. lie was for adding to the counties 50 members, and for having so members for populous places, which were nut now represented. He avowed himself to be a reformer ; he pledged himself always to support it till he triumphed. He was for meeting this question now that it was presented in a friendly manner ; he did not want to deal with it when it might be forced upon them by violent =MM. Mr. BENNET (Wiltshire) felt himself bound to support the ateliers for going into a committee.—Them were some parts of the plan to which he objected ; but that was no objection to the 1110 MOIL _ Captain IMA BERLEY said, if he sanctioned the motion, he Aould in some degree approve the principle of the plan which had been avowed; Ile admitted he was a reformer, but he was one of the most moderate and temperate character—he was for moderate and safe reform, such as would be gradual in its ope ration. To such reform he should offer no opposition. Ho was fordisfranchising decayed boroughs, and transfering their privi. loges to populous places that were not now particularly repre sented. That reform would be safe, and it would conciliate the people. The power nt making such changes as he had suggested was established by the tact of 68 boroughs having been disfran chised that formerly returned members. Mr. T. Wilson, Mr. Ricardo, and the Chancellor of the Ex chequer followed. During the speech of the latter, though it was then not nine o'clock, there were loud calls of " Question ! Question!"—As no one rose to address the home, the Speaker to put the question. Strangers were entered to with • C c i:. e .- d but in N few minute* they were again admitted. Mr. CANNING stated, that in the absence of the principal members on both sides of the house, who were in the habit of taking part in the discussions, and especially in the absence of the hon. mover for a committee, he felt ft his duty to abstain from delaying that decision to which her erceived honourable gentlemen were already prepared to come. This statement was received with cheers, and strangers being again excluded, the house divided—For Mr: Lasubton's moues 45—Against it 55. Mr. LAMBTON, who had been absent, during the division that occurred in so unexpected a manner, afterwards entered the house, and he was greeted with some bursts of " laughter l" lie tae, and was proceeding to complain of the manner in which division had been urged during his absence—but The SPEAKER called him to order, stating, that he could not proceed except he had some specific complaint to make.— The Speaker added that perseverance 10 such irregular course wee net eated to preserve that house or its dignity. Mr. LAMOTON said he had no specific completra to striae in the shape of a motion, and he must therefore Lam to the chair. The other orders of the day having been disposed of the house adjourned. TIIIIRID•T, APRIL 19. The Deputy Uvitet of the black rod summoned the house to Miami the house of peers, to hear the royal assent given by commleeton to sundry bills.— ( ice Lords.) tinued indisposition of Sir W. Cie tn., Ise must aguin postpone his motion respecting the orphans' funds he should bring it forward after the holidays. The 81. Saviour's, Southwark, gat light hill was rend third time aed passed. This %RIOw last day for receiving the report: of rivete bills, and consequently many were presented, The Brentford, Hainmer.mith, and hen:satire; gas Bela bill was read a third time and parsed. Mr. S. WORTLE y rearmed a report front the commit tee appoiuled to esainiae intu the s l ate of the lithe regarding the woollen cloth. Lord A. HA aiII.TUN postponed his motion respecting the state oftlieSeuteli reperentation from the 1.1 to the lUtli of May. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR brought hnlihebill to regulate steam Mint's. 'lead a limit lime, lard ordeted to be read a :econd time on Moniln) re'imiglit. Mr. MARRO/ill brought in a hill to regulate the mak leg sad the sate of bread in s.re inettopulie, and for ten miles round. Read a tires finer , ano ui tiered to Le read a ;vaund tittle this J ty to to.ght. [ONAL REGISTER Mr. TL NN VSON gave notice. that on May 9 he thould move for leave to brisix un a bill to motile IWrbo/19. not lords of manors, to appoint individuals to kill and pteterve game on vitiate disi richt, dre. Returns were Piesented of the weekly Sunday and Mon day news's:wets, the duties produced by thew, &e. Mr. HUM E moved for returns of the assessm. sits forthe land la= in Lon ion rod Middlesex, for the lust ten years, he having understood that the awns had lint been regularly accounted for.—Ordered. Hr. HU .I F. moved for returns of the courts martial int tended by the Judge Advocate hi London, and by the Deputy in EdinhurAlt. He was anxious to ascertain si hat ut cusioa there was tor the expellee and increased salaries oil he Judge Advocate, and those engaged in the department. They were increased at the latter cad of the Will from 2,0001 to 6,7001. a year I and although pcacc bud !monied, the same estaidishiuent and ex lIVIICV6 continued, Ile should nut take any notice of the ollit ers in the culuniwp, nor of the Jude Advocate in Gibialtar, who received 1,0001. a year without any commis' or that home. Returns ordered, after having undergone some verbal attentions. The CHANCELLOIt of the I..XCHEQUEII moved, that the house at its rising, should adjourn to .11unday ►r'nnight. Although longer reluzati ... aunld be very acceptable, yet meeliug its be mime , : there %soukd be the supply ( Lys saved for 6urinrs. Motion pia and ii4reed to. Sir 11. P ►lt.N ELL brought forward his promised motion on the Irish CO:4..1111g duties. lie s.sid his object oat to place the duties and regulations betw een the two couotries as much on the same footing as possible. lie could not but express his grhtitude to the right him. gentlemen opposite ; they appeared ;anxious to do all that (wild be de-ired try lle concluded with moving tor a select commit oil the subject of the commercial intercourse Delo ecii Eng land and Ireland. Mr. P. Glt LN FELL seconded the motion, Thinking that the assimilat of the currency %mild be must useful. The CH A N CEL LOLL of the EXCH Egll ER submitted resolution by nay of amendment, expressive of the sense of the house iegardiag the importance of the subjiei, and pledging them to take it lute cumiderntion curly the nest session of parliament. . . . . The resillutiou was agreed to, thus negativing the original motion. The remaining order, haring been disposed of, the house adjourned to Al lay Wool% lit. L4II T REPORT: - COURT OF KING'S BENCH. APRIL 18. BEINSLEY V. BIGNOLO. This was an action for goods inTild and delivered, and for work and labour dune by the plaintiff, a printer, for the defendant, the recently dismissed secretary of the Norwich Union Fire and Life Society. Mr. Searlett conducteu the case, and Mr. Gurney and Mr. Campbell ;he defendant's. It was proved on the part of the plaintiff, that the defendant employed him to !mint three several edition► of a publication, entitled, " Elucidation of the System of Fire and Life Insurance," consisting of a thousand copiis, valued at 921. ss. Mr. Gurney, for the defendant, attempted to c hew, that the order for the printin was given 011 the avoouni of the Norwich Society, and not for the defendant Iwr. sonally, but the evide•ice tieing of a diGretit tendency, he submitted in point of law, that the plaintiff 'mist be nonsuited, inasmuch as it appeared, that the printer's name, on the first and last pages of the pamphlet, were " Piiinocl, ;aid \launder," instead of the name of the plaintiff himself, contrary to the provisions of the statute 39 George 11 I . c. s. 27. The Lord Ghief.lustice was of opinion that the ob jection was nut available, inasmuch as the object o. that statute was public and not private, and consequently could not defeat the plaiiiiifi's remedy against the de fendant, who had enjoyed the benefit of ills !stigmas. The jury, therefore, under his Loidship's directions, found a verdict for the plaintiti..—llatuages, 9',!1. 56. WARWICK ASSIZES. CROWN BAR, Tironsnxv, Artist 11. The trial of Quitiry, Adams, Sydney, and Heytrey, for the minder of Mr. William Iliron, cattle on this morn- Nlr. Clarke, sett, in detailing the ease, said, Mr. Win. Hiroo, the deceased, was age. deman who 1106seiiivil some properly in tlua county. Its usual residence was in London, but he sometimes came down to Alvestms to spend a few weeks with his mother, ty Ito lived at that piece. In November last there Was a county election at Warwick, and on Saturday, the 4th of that month, Mr. H iron C/Ille to 11 arwick , to give his vote for Mr. Law ley, one of she eatidishoes at that election, lie was returning home about eight o'clock in the evening, and in his road home he had to pass over Link Hain bridge, which was about six miles and a half front this place. Mr. Hiroo did not arrive at home that night, and the next morning his keys. stick, and some other thitigs, were nrnd near this bridge. There was also a quantity of Blood sport the ground where the keys lay. About eight o'clock in the moriiittg, shout half a mile from this spot, :Mr. Hiron was fi and h ie„ in a ditch. Ile was nearly 9) all insensilile ~I,lte, but wit quite to. li e was all over blood. and appeared to be in a dying state. He was carried home, and every thing that inedioal skill could aket was done fur him, but he died on the fol lowing Tuesday. Mr. H iron, when lie was !Omni, was a sk e d how lie came to tie in that state....the only answer he could make was " Three villains." Liy the conies slots of all the prisoners, when he got to Little Ham bridge, Mr. Iron was pulled till his horse by a hook; that on falling to the ground ha jumped upon his feet, and then he was attacked and beat in a billial manner. It dots not appear that they intruder' to rob Mr. Huron, but a persoo of the Hanle of Parker. who Is the haildi . of Mrs. Bradley, of Alt estou. The prisoner: all went out 14 the same porp.4a. they were all dressed alike, and all had thrir laces . . %Vitneaacs were then esimoiiied:wlia gate the ho r ible detail. of the case. I;li . d,i'.4etti said, oit coating 314114 00 Mad IfOITI Stfislfild \VtAlchbfitlrtie. .11406:J4o lb thy '4t4 Vl . o:!'bt.l'4l 4 l ill:. A., 1 came front Mr. Lucas's, about 40 yards out of the ma leading from Wellesbourne to Stratturd, I found sons' person lying in the ditch. He lay flat on his back, cut and mangled in a bad manner. I said, " Lord have mercy on me, how came you here in this stater' Ile did not speak. His head appeared to be beaten all to pieces, as if a person had taken a mallet and beaten it all to pieces. e prisoners all confessed the deed, though they pre. tended, in their defence, that they were drunk, and did not know what they said. Ashfiefd, the constable, states that he heard them talk about it; and after doing so, Adams turned to the witness and said, " If it had not been (or that rogue (meaning Sydney,) it would never have been done; he was always baiting us to it, and told me had done many good things. It was he that killed him; he hit him twice as soon as I puffed hint oft his horse ; and after we left hint he turned back and hit twice again; and when lie came up to us we asked him if he had hit his boot, it rattled ; and he said, " d—d him, he thought he hit his head." Quincy then said, " As he was rising up towards Sidney, who had struck him twice, 1 struck at him, and 1 do not think I hit him on the head ; 1 think it was on the shoulder —and then that d—d villian (meaning Sydney) hit him twice afterwards.' Quincy was crying whilst he said II"S. The risottos were all found guilty.-.and the judge in passing sentence, told them there was no hope of mercy in this world—the grave was yawning to re ceive them, and in a few hours they W wild be called to their awful account. Ile then passed the sentence. — Adams then stepped forward, and, and with hi: hands clasped together, prayed for mercy, for the sake of his poor children, who had been deptived of their motile' since his apprehension. They were executed a quartet . before 12 on Saturday last. L . ' ovr - . • - • - NATII OLD B4ILEI SESSIONS. MONDAY, AMC. W.—Joseph Valo Wd, indicted or stealing two loaves of sugar, and a quantity of salt, the property of J. Capels, Esq.—Guilty. David Vale, brother of the former prisoner, was in dicted for stealing several bottles of wine, two bottles of brandy, a pound of tea, and other articles, the property of John Capels, Esq. The prisoner, it appeared, was the butler of the prosecutor, who placed the most int• plicit confidence in his integrity; but in convequence of the suggestions of the officer woo apprehended prisoner's brother, his boxes were examined, when he found the prisoner had availed himself of t he opportunities his situ ation afforded him of stealing the articles in question, Guilty. Common*Sergeont immediately passed sentence of transportation of seven years, and commented in very sevcre terms, on the enormity of his offence, and who, but for the merciful consideration of his prosecutor, in doing away with the capital part of the charge, must have cxpiatcd his °lleum on the gallows, and wltu:a brother but for hint, would not - have been in his present unfortunate situation. W. Pemberi.m was indicted for violating the person of Sarah, the wife of F. Harlow, After the evidence had been gone through, Mr. Justice Park observed to the Jury, that there was too much doubt in this case for him to permit it to t,,0 any farther. Nothing could be more gross than the conduct of the prosecutrix previous to the alleged °Reiter., and it would be too much to place the life of a ntan its jeopardy upon the testimony of such a wontao. Verdict —Not Guilty. The prosecutrie was hissed out of Court, and there was such a strong indication of feeling outside, tha i t was judged prudent to take her into Netegate, and let her out by tile usual door. DESl'Llidt'll: AFFRAY AMONGST THE IKENTbII SdIUGGI.EKS, On Tuesday Mr. Justice Parke took his seat upon the bench at ten o'clock 1 soon after which, Cellists Ouested and Richard NVraight, two herculean men, were put no the bar nn all indictment reunited upon an act pa , ..etl iii the the 52d year of tie°. 111. which charged them with having assembled with set rral other persons armed with fire arms, at Lyda, in the county of Kent, and assistiw, I in the illegal lauding and carrying away prohibited goods liable to pay ditties. The firSt witness called was Mr. Newton, who deposc4 that he was inastee.s mate of the ship 504.72), of the coast blockade. On the Il)di of Velottaey last, he was statiotts ed at l'hanet's watch-house, five miles west of Dune. nets. On the mooting of the 1 ith, about hall-past twit he was in company with Joint Throdder, and observed a fish to the westward. They ran its that direction He ordered the watch to cut in land to the place vehtfe the dash had been seen, for the pi rpnse of interceptitig stne o .aelers. He gave his usual alarm, by fi ring oil ht. pistol. (Jn proceeding to the place they islet two of hi. party twar Harvey's watch-house; they cut iii land te. war.ll: the north, and oh,erverl a large body of fruit ap: patently covering another body who were retreatioz to land, At the same a volley of musketry was fired by thew. previous to their firing, he callad to them in goer which was answered by a volley, Ills party hal down to avoid the fire, and the bails passed ever They then discharged their pieces to extend the alarm, Timey pursued them, and fired their pihtuls from time ha time, awl wort, returned upon by the smugglers ilttrinet the whole flute of their retreat; other witnesses con firmed this evidence, With respect mu the prisoner Wraight, it appeared that he WAY found near a hay-susels with his simicksfrie4. twisted round his waist.-..his mouth and nose wen , blackened as if he had been biting the tor, of cartridges Chureher eliallenged him, and he raid " he WO friend i" 411 ( 1 said they had nothing to do with biol. or he with them. lie was talon to the watch-house end searched, and in his pockets were found a koife, g ,tnhli quantity of .;mall shut, and Ethic 10050 Powiier• fingers were black, as if they had hem r•ruployed lii the :COs! Lowder Irmo his pecket, 1 his 1 414.4 . 1 c1e tit:re nOw CitllJtl sputa tOr (holt (141iiitte.