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~. Sniptrial Parlianunt. itousE OF LORDS. 440:4:DAY, A MIL 26. The Duke of Queensberry, Lords DA Charlernont, Bel haven, and the nig, of Downe. took the oaths and their seam Karl FiTr: tr.t.relf resented a Petition frloi the City of Tdirk. raying file attention of the (louse rn iy be directed to the ' rresent sate of the country, with a view to relieve the Petitioners from heavy tax-aim. DISSENTFIV4' MARRIAGES.—The Marquis of Lansilown said, he held a Petition from the Dissenters (the Unitarians) of Liverpool, among whom were many respectable Merchants, pray ing the Lords to adopt some measure which may exempt them Com the obligation to marry according to the form of the church of England. Pney *implanted that certain terms in the cere mony were repugnant to their consciences. By an Act passed same time ago, the Quakers were relieve I from the aforesaid ob ligation ; and the Petitioners fur.lier prayed. that the same ex• eruption and privilege may be extended to them. The Petition was read and laid on the table. The Noble M then presented a Petition from the Ro -111311 Catholics of Limerick. praying Parliament to take into con sideration the disabilities affecting the ROMA Catholics is that dart of the United King dom .— Ordered to lie on the table. The Howe adjourned. TUESDAY, APRIL 47. LORD 11twvow presented a Petition front the Magistrates of Manchester. Bolton. and Chester. praying that the Bill recently introduced. for limiting the louts of labour for children employed In the cotton facunies may pass into a law. The Archbishop of 'You It. presented a Petition from the Arch. deacoary of York. against the removal of disabilities which pre vent the Roman Catholic.; from holding offices in the Sate.—He profess& himself friendly to religious toleration, but could not consent to abandon the Laws adopted by our ancestors for the safety of the Constitution. The Haase and East India Goods Bill were read a second time. Adjourned. WZDWESDAY. Aram Q. Lord ICCNTOW presentei a Petition from Baldock in favour of the Catholic Claims. Laid on the table. Lord BEAUCHAMP presented a Petition from Portsta in favour of the Catholic Claims. Laid out the table. Bari FITZWILLIAM presented a petition from York. com ylaining generally of hardship, and praying for relief under the mitt weight of taxation. The Noble Earl also presented a Petition from Leeds for re. vlsicnof the Criminal Code. Lori HOLLAND presented a similar Petition from Basingstoke. Laid on the table. Rostoir CATHOLIC CLAIMS.—The Earl of DONOTIGHNOZZ gave notice, that he should bring on his motion, respecting the ROAM Catholic Claims. on Friday se'nnight, and on Tuesday next be should present neveral Petition , from various parts of Ireland, urging those claims which the Catholics had so often preferred. Lord Donoughtnore concluded his obervations by Howe the House be summoned for Friday se'nnight. The House was a:cordingly summoned. Adjourned. THURSDAY. APRIL 49. The East India Goods, Bill, and the Excise Licences Bill were read a third time. The Chimney Sweepers' Re , rulation Bill was read a second time.—The Glasgow AssAy Office Bill, and several private Bills were read a - second time and committed for to tour. rim—Adjourned. FRIDAY. APRIL 30. UNIVERSITY OP CAMBRIDGE PETITION: His Royal ighness the Duke of G ou c ESTER presented a Petition from thc C. , ancellor. Master, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge. rraying the Nouse not to grant any further concessions to the :trait Catholics. His Royal Highness intimated, that he did r ot express any opiniow on the subject of the Petition which he yr - _,Atted• It was read and laid on the table. Ti;e Earl or SHAFTESBURY. by command of the Prince Re gent. laid on the table Returns respecting the State oldie Prisons England at.d IVales.—Adjourned to Monde/. HOUSE OF COMMONS. MONDAY. APRIL 2d. US U RY LAWS.—Mr. Serjeant ()MIMS postponed the further consideration of the Usury Laws Repeal Bill till this day fort it being essential to wait till the Report of the Bank Coin. im:tee was laid before the House. Mr. CALCRAFT was sorry at the postponement, he being against the Bill. Mr. WAITUMAX trusted that the Bill would be postponed at least for the present Session. After some remarks from Mr. Davenport and Mr. Mellish, postponement agreed to. The Poor Settlement Bill was postponed till this day week. Dr. PUILLISIORE moved the further consideration of the Marriage Act Amendment Bill. Sir C. Robinson opposed the measure as unnecessary and im rolitic. It was moved as an amendment that the Bill be read a second thine this day six months. After an extended discussion the limise divided. The numbers were—For the motion 97.—Fos the amendment 33.—Majority for the Bill 64. The Report being afterwards brought up,. it was agreed to, And the Bill wasorderel to be lead a third ume on Monday. TUESDAY APRIL 47. LOAX.—NIf. P. GRENFELL gave notice. that to-morrow he should move tor sundry papers to show how far it was adviseable to apply die Sinking Fund of the year to the services of the present year. The object was to ascertain whether there was any real occasion for Loan ; and he should bling it forward in the absence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. having been informed that there would be no objection to its being urged under such cir cumstances. The Halfonl Divorce Bill went through a Committee The British Claims on France Commissioners' Bill went into a Committee of the whole !louse, in which extended explanations took place. Lord Castlereagh, Dr. Phillimore, Sir C. Robinson, &c. took part in the discumon.—Report tosinorrow.—Adjourned. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 28. SINKING FUND.—MT. P. GRENTPLL brought forward hie motion for Papers to ascertain how far the Sinking Fund of the present year ought to be 'spoiled to any loan that it might be in tend:4 to raise. He should not promote discussion now. Ile beard various sums mentioned as likely to be the probsbleamount of the loan—l 5.00n,1u01.-18.000. 0001 . and the high, at amount vas 25.000m001. According to the first Finance Report, the Sinking Fund of last year produced 15,(c0mo0l. as I supposing the Sinking Fund of the present year would produce a similar . RISIOunt, he submitted the question would be, whether such amount ought not to be applied to the public service, which would require the Chancellor of lii Exchequer to go to the money market for 3.000,0061. only? He concluded with moving for accounts to show the produce of the Sidling Fund since 1.816. Papers ordered. ••. v. k A \,\ \ ... • TILE NATIONAL REGISTER. Lord EUSTON presenteel ?•'11;1.^ from limy St. Edmund's against the Poor Settlement Bill. 1.0r41 EHRINGTON presented a Petition from certain parishes in Devonshire. complaining of the agricultural horse tax. He suited, that should not some relief be speedily aftiarded, he should more for leave to bring in a Bill to auril such relief. Ordered to lie on the table. Lord MILTON presented a Petition from Leeds. praying for a revision of the Criminal Code. Referred to the Committee. Severally read, toad ordered to lie on the table.—Adjourned. THU R,GAT. APRIL EU. BANE COMMITTFC.—CATHOLIC Csatats.—Lord CASTLE !MAGI! said, it would accommodate the Batik Committee much, if the motion wlich stood for tomorrow were postponed till Mon day, as the Committee could then proceed uninterruptedly in their enquiries, which they were about drawing to a close. The Mum: would agree that it was of censidemble importance that such i nves tigations should be as speedily closed as possible, that the Committee might make a report ; and therefore, in the name of the Committee. lie made the request. Mr. 'rimester said. if this request were acquiesced in, the motion respecting the Catholien ought to have precedence. Mr. GRATTAN then postponed his motion on the subject of the Catholic Claiois till Monday. lon tam ISLANDS.—Sir C. MONCI enquired of the Noble Lord, whether there were any secret articles attached to the Vienna Treaties regarding the cession of Parga to the Turks. Lord CASTLEREAGH made some reply ; but owing to the noise in the House, it art not heard in the gallery. The Machine Paper Marking Bill was brought in and read a first time. A Petition was presented, praying that service of printed copies of Thomas's Divorce Bill on the Law Advisers of Mrs. Thomas, may be deemed good service on that lady. Prayer complied with. S.r. J. GRAHAM moved that the report of the Regency Canal Bill be taken into consideration. Mr. biANNING moved as an amendment, that the 8111 be re committed. Mr. F. DOUGLAS thought Dome was made out to warrant the amendment. Amendment negatived, and the report taken into further consideration. CATHOLIC PETITIONIL--Sir P. BURDISTT presented two Petitions, signed by between four and five thousand persons in London and Westminster, preying that the Howe would adopt measures to relieve the Roman Catholics from the civil die abilnes under which they at present laboured. There would be another opportunity to go into ti.is quession, but be could not help thinking that the time was come when the privileges of the Constitution ought not to be any longer withheld from the Catho lic subjects. Ordered to be printed. Several Petitions were presented from Ireland on the subject of the Catholic Claims& from Wicklow', Mayo, &c. for—and one from Protestants of Dublin, signed by 5000 persons and is Peers against those Claims. ' Smarm& Forin.—Mr.Gesaneem. gave notice, that after the Bank Affairs report had been presented, he should submit a motion to the House to make the produce of the Sinking Fund applicable to the service, instead of resorting to a loan. SALT DUTIEs.—Dr. PHILLIMORE moved a resolution to pledge the House to promote the gradual repeal of the Salt Duues—duties which he pronounced to be an Income Tax on the poor. This being disposed of, as well as the remainder of the orders, ' the House adjourned. FRIDAY. APRIL 30. CATHOLIC PETlTloNs.—Petitions were presented from the Clergy. &c. of the Deanery of Durham. and the Deaconry of Not thumberland, New Sarum, the Clergy of Portsea. Bridge water. the Clergy of York, and from Liverpool. which was signed by upwards of 10,000 persons, against any further concessions to the Roman Catholics. Petitions read, and ordered to lie on the table. General GascooNe. said, he knew the inhabitants of Liver pool well, believed three lourths of them to be against concession, and declared as he ever opposed he ever should oppose further concession to the Roman Catholics. Mr. G. LANGTON declared, toga he could not resist the pray • ers of between 3 and 4,000.000 of inhabitants in England and Ireland, and that he should deem it his duty to support the ow tion which would be brought forward on Monday next. (Hear.) He was the friend of civil and religious liberty, and that he de termined to pursue such course. MT. BAOWELL presented a Pettiion from the Catholics of Tipperary. praying for Catholic Emancipation. Petition ordered to he printed. ParcE OP CORN.—The Marquis of Tsvrterons presented a Petition from occupiers of land in Bedfordshire. complaining of the distresses to which agriculture was exposed, and praying that their complaints might be referred to a Committee. The Noble Lord, although lie -.restntetl this Petition, did not wish it to be understood that he approved of it; on the contrary, he thought the Government had exercised a wise discretion on this question. Petition ordered to be printed. RAPE SEED.—Lord MILTON presented a Petition from woollen manufacturers of Leeds, complaining of the heavy and impolitic duty on Rape Seed. The Noble Lord spoke against the Tax, and said he should take every oppertunity of opposing it. LICENSED VICTITALLERS.—MI. G. LAMB presented a Pe. tition from an individual. complaining of the oppressive and un just character of the present Licensing System. He had suffered under it, having been reduced, from affluene • to poverty, by the arbitrary refusal of his Licence. The Hon. Member said, he was happy to have this opportunity to express his opinion of the oppression and immorality that resulted from the Licensing Sys tem as it now existed; but he should content himself with ex pressing that opinion, as the question was to be brought forward on an early day by the Hon. Member for Shrewsbury (Mr. Ben nett.) Petition ordered to be printed. Gen. HART brought forward his motion respecting Illicit Distillation, moving for a Committee to enquire into the subject. It being disposed of, after observations from Mr. Dawson, strong opposition from Mr. L. Foster; and the remaining busi ness being gone through, the House adjourned. A very ignorant person being complimented on his good sense, in presence of a clever lady, I don't wonder,' said she, • at his possessing a large stock of good sense, he never spends any.' A few days since, come poison balls hosing been laid to destroy rats, near a house in Saffron Vi' olden, part of them were inadvertently picked np for sugar plums, and eaten by a child named Penile, wsto died in consequence, after undergoing the most eserstriating stifles togs. Several other children had also eaten some of the poison, but it was fortunately discovered its time to vas e their fibril. A few days ago direr families, consisting of 18 persons, embas ked istrOtllYarntostls, in older to take a ship at HMI Sur Quebec, on the,. way to You k in tJupr r Canada, near to which town they intent settling. 'two or three Mir families are to eparing to foliose, and will snake their de parture within two of t:::cc seeks. • • .0 FROM WEIDA? :!'!GUT'S GdzErrE, BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. S. Wood, Bolton, Lancashire. banker. from May 4 toMay 12. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. J. Mott. Hadleigh, Suffolk. miller. J. Simpson and T. Fleming. Mark-lane, merchants. BANKRUPTS. H. Daniell, Warremstreat. Fitzroy-square, coachmnker. T. lierke and 11. Q. V. Post. St. Mary Hill. usercluints. T. Ackland, senior, Grzenwielt, butcher. IL and W. T. Dunderdale, London. merchants. R. Peers, Warrington, Lancashire, grocer. W. Edwards, Manchester. manufacturer. 1. Holroyde, Halifax. Yorkshire. fuctor. R. M. Morton, Shepton Mallett. grocer. li Pierce, Exeter. stone mason. T. Wilson. John-street. Clerkeu well, carpenter. R. Messiter. Bristol. cloth and wool dealer. T. Smith, York. butter factor. E. Williams. Birmingham, victualler. W. Parker. Bridgewater. maltster. J. Marks, Bath-place, New-road, chinaman. J. Laren, Lower-row, Lambeth. grocer. J. Tupmati, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury. watchmaker. S. Richardson. Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, merchant. It. Lough, Upper Ground street, Blackfriars-ruad, brass founder. S. Thompson. Radeross-street, Crippkgate. calendars& W. Levet, Shadwell, grocer. J. Gray, Drury.lane, commission agent. T. Deakin and T. Dyer, Birmingham, dealers. W. and J. Wharton, Leominster, common carriers. DIVIDENDS. ' - • May IS. T. It. HataTtl.f.i;e7PO;i:merchant—te. A. Coleg, Portland-street. St. 51arylebone, coaclimaker—lS, C. Wrigtit. Charles-street. Soho-square. upholsterer—tB, N. Densely, ti Art ley Whitney, Southampton, innkeeper-20, W. Kaye, Liverpool, paper dealer-18,J. Fowler, Birchin-lane, broker I u, J. rums. Liverpool. drape,. CERTIFICATES to be 'minted May le. J. Barnforth, junior. Wath upon Dears, Yorkshire, butcher— s. and W. Homer, Brockbottom. Lancashire. dcalers—J. Glay sher, King-street, Hammersmith, ironmonger—W. Tore., Exmouth-street. Spaelds. builder—J. Gibson, Wardrobe-plea, Doctors' Commons. dealer in lace—C. Jackson, Upper Titanic: street, sugar factor--J. Budden, Bristol, liquor mrachont. MONUMENT TO ROBERT BURNE.—A meeting was held on Saturday, at the Freemasonsfavent, the Duke of Athol in the chair, for the purpose of entering into a subscription for the erection of a monument to the me mory of Robert Burns, the celebrated Scotch poet. The chairman having shortly stated his hearty concur rence in the me jest ante meeting, Forbes :Mitchell, Esq. read a printed document, which stated that a subscry lino had been entered into some years ago by sonic gentlemen 31Bambay, for the purpose above-mentioned; and that a cot titi itt e had, on application to the Lord Provost and Magistrates of Edinburgh, obtained the Grant of a piece of ground for the purpose, eligibly situ ated on the side of the Calton-hill, and near toe splendid new approach to that city. Mr. Mitchell then read over a list of the original subscribers in India, as well as of the inure recent ones in this cottony, front which it ap peared that a considerable stns has been alreadt collected. Several resolutions were then put and catried, the sub ' stance of which was, that committees were to be ap pointed in the different parts of the United Ktitadolit, in the colonies and other dependencies of the realm, fits the purpose of receiving subscriptions; that advertise ments were to be inserted in all the public papers for the same purpose; that n meeting for the same purpose as the present was to he held in London out the 15t11 of June; and that Forbes Mitchell. Esq. was to be tre•tsuter. Lord Keith, in moving one of the resolutions, observed, that it would be impossible to fix out the plan of the monument, until they knew how f:11' their subscription would extend. On lVednesday last Alderman Hevgate was elected a Director of the Phoenix Etc-office, in the room of Major Rohde, Esq. deceased. The scheme to propel the vessel constructed accord ing to Lord Cochrane's directions, by the application of steam to machinery, operating tinder water, has, we till. derstand, totally failed. An experiment was last week made to compress Inc seater by means of air tunnels fixed in the paddle cases, but it ‘V/111 without effect. This was the secoi.d failure iii the attempt to work machinery under water, the first being with a packet called the Engineer, and in the tw•o experiments, a corisiderable sum of money, besides a year, 113VC been expended. SINGULAR DISCOYERT.—Last week, %%bile a la bourer was digging Peat to the moss of I,a Mancha, parish of Newlands, once the seat of the Earl at Dllll. donald, his spade struck against something hard, v% h cit. upon digging, was Mond to lie time body of a matt, and was ideteified by some old people in the miahhourbond to be that of a enactiman of the late E rl of Dundonald, grandfather to the present Lord Cocnrane, who, about 74 years ago, committed suicide, be cutting Its throat, and was 1 / 1 1111*(1 in this spot in a sack. The straw ropes which had fastened the sack were found almost fresh, although the sack was nearly all contorted. The doilies on the body, stocking', and garters, were almost entire, and the colonr of the rest (red velvet) little decayed. The razor, also, with w Inch he had taken away his life, was found at his side. The body itself was in such a state of preservation, that it could be lifted entire, and carried away for re-interment; bat the neighbours stripped it of most part of the clothes, each curious to secure a remembrance of this CX11201.11• nary fact. An effort is makinz by the French Government to naturalize the breed of Cacheinire gcolc lit France. A vessel has arrived at Marseilles with a flock of them, sent hr• M. Jaitbert from the Crimea. It consisted originally ul 564, of which 160 died ; nut ibis loss is said to he flea' Iv c ompensated by the number ofyuung ones brinignt forth during time passage. MAY 5. 13$ • •