The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-04-11 00:00:00

Jo 7 ,11 ..,~ O.c. "MJVUI 4 ,- ~r~~ NGlltigit 5644 TO THE PROPRIETORS OP INDIA STOCK. •• Lantos awe Gate .alas, W - E beg leave to offer you one grateful acknowledge. swats for the honor you hare conferred on Se. byre-cleating us into the Direction. Trusting that the Proprietors willtod us deserving all* coothience they have reposed in us, We bare the honor to be, with great respect, Ladies and Gentlinien, Your most obedient and very tunable sefients, WILLIAM STANIXY, CLARKS. JOHN HUDLESTON. RICHMW ctliolgt,EY KAM DEN, GEORGE RAIKES. • GEORGE ABERCROMBIE ROBIN'SON JOHN THORNHILL. Era India Bowe. April 10, If 3. • " • ARMY CONTRACTS . . • Commissartat Departmekt, 'Treasury Chambers, Atatek 30, lON. .NOTICE is •Aseshy glee* to all Persons desirous of 1.111 contracting to supply the following Articles AP' the vise of the Army, viz.:- - BRI" -AND MUTTON. To Hie Majesty's Laud Forces in Centonesents. Quarter*, and Barracks, in the undermestiooed Counties and Islands. -Cornwall, (including Seilly,) Nerthumberlund, Devon, ifusseu. Durham, (Including Holy North Britain, island,) G utnitev Isle of Man; • Jersey, Lancaster, Alderney. . That the deliveries are to commence pit medlar the 26th day of Nay next : that Proposals in writing, sealed up and 'narked, Tender fbr Army Sappily", 'wilt be received et this office on or before runday OE 29th Mks et" Aprti, sext,but none wilt be received alter 12 o'etoe_4 on that day. Proposals must be made separately for ea% County and Idaiid. swept for the Counties comprising North Bri tain, of which must be Included in one !'ender - , as must the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey,and Alderney, anti each Proposal must have the Letter which is annexed to the • Tender properly filled up. by. Two Persons of known pro perty, engaging to become bound with the Party tendering is the Amount stated in the printed Particulars, for the due performance of the Contract ; and no proposal will benolieed unless made os apt-hided resider, and the prices expressed in words at length ; and should it so happen that during the continuance of the Co ntract no troops should be supplied by virtue of the same, the expense of the stamps for the Contract and Bond, paid iu the first in. stance by the Contractor, will be refunded to him. Particulars o/' the Contracts may be had upon ap . Von at tkete•Chambers between the hours of tea and four, and is/ the Bar' act hatters in the Islands. COLOMBIAN LOAN. 71\70TICE is herehr fiVeTI, that ihe SECOND HALF ilk YEARLY DIVIDEND of this LOAN, will be paldt • the Bond-holders on the lid day of May u.ott. .and any subsequent day,. Sratlays excepted. Tne Dividend Warrants are to be left for examination at the office of bie,srs. C. Herring, W. Graham, and J. D. Powles, No. 3. Freeman's court, Cortshill, olle4y previous to receiving the nit ideed. Freeman's-coon; March 97. BOIL REFUGE for the DESTITUTE, Hackney-ru..sl nod floaton. —On NUNDAV EVENING NEXT. Aprß43, ISI3, A SERMON wilt be preached In rho Seotcyt • Chapel. Mllea'-iseS; Cannon-street, City. by the flev:Aaex- ANDER D.D. Minister of the Scotch Church, Wells street, Oxford-Street. After which a Collection will he nude to aid of the Funds of this extensive and useful In stitution. Divine Service will begin at Half-past Six o'Clock. R. CROSBY, Sec. AGLE INSURANCE COMPANY. AKE DIRECTORS respectfully acquaint such of their Friends as have omitted to renew their Lvdy- Day Policies, that, for theirsecurity, it is necessary the same should be attended forthwith. Recnipts may be had as usual at theirOffiees in Cornhill and Regent-street, where 'annuities are granted and purchased, and every description of Fire and Life Insurance effected ou the most equitable terms. N. B.—An allowance for Rent of Premises destroyed by Fire as heretofore. PINDIN'S PATENT TRUSSES, without metallic springs, 2041. Fleet-street, eight doors from Temple Bar. —T. GAWAN begs respectful.) , to inform the Public. that in addition to befog strongly recommended by Surgeons of eminence, he has had a repetition of orders from indivi duals who have for seme years been subject to slight as well as difficult Ruptures. The Patentee can most confi dently assure the afflicted these Trusses are safe in eil posi tions of the body whhoutgalling ; this is proved by Gentle men of rank who are frequently hunting, and the working class, even bricklayers' labourers, who have been advised by the Faculty to use them. They are made light, yet du rable, and may be worn in bed. Adults and Children have been cured. The Prices are reduced, and to Charitable In stitutions a considerable allowance is made. N.B. The security of the Truss enables T. G. to offer to persons, even with the most difficult cases of Rupture, a fair rial, and will return the money if it do not succeed. ANGEL, INN, BT. CLEMENT'S STRAND, eIiNNRAL COACA OFFICI FOR TRAVELLING, AND CON* VISING PARCELS AND AfIRCH•NDIZZ. T HE FOLLOWING MAILS and other COACHES go from the above INN : Paris Royal Mail, via Dover, Tuesday and Friday Nights, at Twelve. Portsmouth end Gosport Mail, through Godalmlng, Pe tersfleld, and Portsea, every Evening at a quarter past 7, and sunday at half-past 6. On its arrival a Packet sails to the isle of Wight, to convey passenges and parcels ; and a 'MO Coach sets off to Chichester, through Drayton, Havant, :Eussworth, are. • Gloseester :Jail; through Healy, Oxford, and Cheltenham, every Evening at a quarter past 7, and Sunday at half past 6. Dover and Canterbury Mail, through Gravesend, Chatham, sod Faversham, every Eveuing at a quarter past 7, and Sunday at half-pest 6. From Canterbury, passengers and parcels are conveyed to Deal, Margate, Ramsgate, Sand wich, he.; and from Dover, petrels are conveyed to Folk stone, Sandeate, Hythe, Dinschureh, Romney and Lydel. Milford Mail, through Carmarthen, Llandlio and Hater iordwest. every Evessisg at a quarter past 7, and Sundays at balf-past 6. Bath Light Post Coach, in two days, to carry Four Inside, through Maidenhead, Reading, Marlborough, Devises. and Melksham. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday alorninirs. at Nine. This Coach is chiefly intended for the accommoda tion of Families, invalids, &c. who cannot undergo the htigne of such a distance in one day. CARRIERS—To Twickenbasn, Brenttord, and Isleworth, every Monday, Wednesday. Friday, and Saturday. - EAMES and Co. Proprietors. Parcels and Packages are safely and expeditiously eon strati from this INN to every City, Town, Village, and Country Seat in the following Counties, viz.:— Berks. Hereford, Surrey, Backs, Gloucester, Sasses, Cornwall, Kent, Wilts: Devon, Oxford, Worcester, Dorset, Hants, Somerset, South Wales, All Parts of the isle of Wight, Jersey, Guernsey, and all Parts of Franc...and to all parts of the North. Neat Post-Chaises, &c. at the shortest notice. t4s ,e4soi 414 i.uMixx Air "'I • . • 'OEIVRT OF GMANVllRT. l —Titaatsiv, 'AP otti. It L r Itt`l4 rilifts. . , 'This morning Mr Hail a pesilioa on behalf of: Lord C kaa'ley , praYidg ' • ester should eirpoint a, fit end properperson, to who.lLe care of the fermis of the said Earl should be entrust*, and Chet the Report . if the Master be suspended until So. The petition treat onto pray, that a proper porno' baappointed to he the receiver of the rents and profits of thowatate, bat that he did•not, for the present, press • not that hes abandoned it, bat it was pre mature (tow. Tbetest of Ike matter he cooceived to be mush of course. Mr. Dscuseavage,we r a on the same side. The Arroansv-eintinsi. was a good deal surprised at this application; It came from Lord Grantley, who. although he was trustee of the estate of this unfortunate NObleman, we'll& a stranger In blood to the family ; and who was not, et present, a person who had any thing to do with the care of the person of lie Noble Earl; Mr. HeorfFellowes wits aominated by the Master; why was - my Lord Grantley to anticipate that every *lug which was right would not be don* by Mr. Fellows'? This Petithse was unnecessary, and therefore be must oppose it as gories t *. Mr. WRTHIRILL and Mr. Pares followed em the same side. The Loeb Cnatscatitois ilk that he did not think this petition was necessary, becainte it was the duty of the'Court to take tare of the matter which was the subject oft?. lie did riot Mak, ho rbr, that the [petitioa ought to be kcen sured, for he caul t forget that this unfortunate Nob/eines was apreson wh d been in the world from the year 16119 until 103, as a person herbsg no care thrown around him, although he had been for the whole of that time la want of that care, he being, as it was now found by the ['razor tri bunal, a runarie, all that while; and that it was owing to Lord Graidley *that protection had been thrown around the person of that unfortunate Noble Earl. It was not the bu siness or the Cowl to appoint any to take care of the Earl, person or estate of the Noble that was the Master's business ; 0 but (said his Lordship) 4 never will confirm the appointment of any body to be a Committee or the person of the Noble Lor I, unless there shall be a provision for pro per caret taken, taken, day sod night, and from hour to hour, of the rt and hippiness of that unfortunate Noble Feremi' mad, therefore, his Lordship decided that Ibis .Waiter should: go back for the above purpose to the Master; and altar hearing a general reply (root ,Mr. 1! t 9 what had been said against the petition. sod de f * his client for prOseating it; fur my Lord Granary, h Alfas only anxious that due tare should be. taken of thi unfortunate Nobleman.. His Lordship said, " I think that, if I understood any thing, lamieritand this case toler ably well ; and my secretary, who has heard what I have said upon it, will draw oat actorder accordingly, which I shall olio as 1 shall fled necessary, with my own hand.• Ido Out think it necessary to make any order on the petition of my Lord Grinitley, although 1 do not blame him for presenting _it; on the contrary, had it not beeps for the-efforts of Lord Oreatley, I doubt whether this, Court would ever have had any exercise of its jurisdiction In IMO matter; but that is noir g'see by, and unless I mistake this case very much, 1 shall be able to provide that due care shall he thrown around this Noble Lord, both with rrgard to his personal happiness and toe memigement of his property." Illmfr. liotty—" Does your Lordship dismiss the petition of d Brantley 1" LORD CHANCELLOR—" I make no order upon it." GLOUCESTER LENT ASSIZES. Before Mr. J v stlca Bor. Daniel Prnnhtgion. aged 21, a young 11111f1 of respectable appearance, was indicted for forging a bill of exchange for lute/. . . Robert Morris, Esq. examined by Mr. lannsew..—l am a banker in this city. John and Thomas Turner are the only partners with me. On the 28th September last the prisoner same to oar hank. On coming in he offered a bill to be dis counted and produced one. (Witness here took the bill from his pocket. end handed it to the Counsel.) I asked him from whom he received it. He slid from his father. I told him it was unusual to discount bills for strangers, and I I asked him if he knew any body in Gloucester. He said he did not. I then asked, from whence he came. Ile replied from Oxford. 1 inquired what his father was. He said he was an accountant at No. In, Charles-street, Hoxton, and that his name was Osborne. I said it was quite unusual to discount hills for strangers; however, from his respectable appearance, and the appearance of the bill, I discounted it. I gave him OW. as. Gd. the remainder 16s. Od. was deducted for interest. I told him to indorse it, and he wrote upon it, " D. Osborne, for G. Osborne, 10. Charles-street. Holton." He said he was staying at the Bell. The bill was sent to London, and it was returned. I went first to Hutton garden and then to Highgate. On the 18th . October 1 found the prisoner asleep at the Wellington Inn there.— I stroke him and asked him Hite knew me. He Said lie had seen meat Gloucester. I ask -el him where. He re plied at our Bank. I inquired for what purpose he came. He said to have a bill discounted, and that I had dii. counted it for hint. I then said, you knew the bill to be forged. lie answered, he did not know it was forged.— I said if you knew it was not forged, why did yon not give me your own address. He said he had heard the bill was bad that morning, and he was going to his friends in Cumberland to get the er oney, to send it to Moines ter. He then protested be did not know the bill was forged ; he said he had never seen it until hia father gave it him to bring down to Gloucester. 1 again asked him if he did not know it was forged, why he tesSumed a false name, and given a false address. He said his father told him to do so. He was io great agitation, hued into tears, and begged of me to let him go. I told him I could not. He said his father had been a clerk in Jones, Lloyd and Co.'s bank for nineteen years, and if I went there I should ascertain that to he the fact. I went there the following merhing and fonnd that statement to be tree. Ile nas searched in my presence, by an officer, and some letters were taken by him; he gave me them the follow ing day.l marked tlieni,but i cannot say they are the same. I believe they are. The Learned J c nog decided they could not be received. I inqnireal at two houses marked No. 10, Charles-square, !inmost. and found no . person of tier name of Osborne living there. He was brought by Bishop to Gloucester. I was present when be made a statement. The prisoner stated he bad filled up the bill. Nothing had been said to him to excite either hope or fear. He said he hail written the hotly of the bill,-and that his fa ther had put the names to it. He waSpting to say some thing, but he was advised by some gentlemen present to say no more. Cross-examined.—When 1 saw him at Highgate lie did not deny having seen toe hAire. Mr. Andrew Dickey, examined by Mr. PHILLPOTB. lam the accepting clerk at Messrs. Coocs'. 1 was so in September last. The fu] was Messrs. Coutts and Co. This acceptance in question (it being handed to bins) was written " Messrs. Thomas Coutts and Co." Toe ime "A. Di kty" upon it, is not my wrting. I never acellt in n d ink. The tirnt was " Messrs. (Aunts , and Co.' (Witness here enumerated the names of the' , parties). Mrs. Comes has in interest in the concern,' but has no influence in the arrangement of the bank. Thomas Lee, • bootinaker; in London, said be had known the prisoner for thirteen years. He knew him by no other name titan Daniel Pennington. Ilia 'father's name was Pennington. Crest-examined by Mr. OSBORNE.—The prisoner has friends and cohneetiona ie Camberlaud, and he lived with w Auras until Ins muter came to Litiir/44 die*is tie Seeffild !" .:,•' + .. , •. • ' . / w 'Meld! Wis . * In and read, antwis as t f ; o lo 5 8 fo llo w s: No. " No. 4,601. . 1001. • , "Tiro months Utter date ' pi M r i to "fe wiorrer tie PIM of one hundred pounds. " J. A. Se ANDERSON. " Messrs. Thomas Colitis and Ca? Aernsi it, lb red ink. wan written, •.• Accepted for Messrs. Thomas Coates and Co.—A. Dicker.. Co. lit ; 1 1) 1141 , 11d D. o "" sbo d r : n — e, " for A. i ts •Mtkes borne, °l° S, C harles - square, W. Forbes sad Houton." • 1 I. - - - - The prostration being the prisoner in Lis de , fusee said, in an nnemblirmeted manner, and in a tient tone of voice. that his father was in linsisess some years ago, and having failed, was desirous of not being known by his old acquaintances. he assumed the nen* of '0•-• borne. With respect to, the bill, he had received it frets his father, and had been desired by him to.gto it die. counted at the tfioneeeter Bank, and that he had sent his father the money,.by letter, which he had so received from the prosecutors. He then said that the Mot street officer, who had apprehended him, had indnembhiso to make a confession, and in coneequence of such iminno meat be had mentioned that .he bad filled up the body oldie bill. Mr. Lee gale him an excellent character for sobriety and honesty, daring ail the time hr had known bin. The Court inqained for the officer, whom the prisoner bad accused of persuading him to confess in the manner related. An answer was rearmed that be an not called ILO a witnese‘ and that be was in London. Mr. Justice BEST told the. Jury the prisoner was ac• 1 cased of a double charge, either of which was a capital offence. The several counts only varied the charge.— He was accused of forging the instrument in piestion. It he assisted in training it at all, his Lirdsitip said, that would be a forgery in the eye of the law. If a person sat by and saw another draw up an iostrinnent by which par ties were defrauded, and if such individual concurred tn the act, teat was a forgery. According to the evi dence of the first witness, the prisoner had undoubtedly assisted in framing this bill, by which lie had defrauded the prosecutors of a considerable sum of money. If that testimony was to be credited, certainly he was guilty of the forgery. The next chatge was tittering the bill with an intent to defraud, knowing it to be forged, of this, there was but too touch reason to fear he knew it to be. the fact. The bill had bees clearly proved to be put off, mid that the prosecutors had bees defrauded ; and unless the Jury were imbibed be bad been duped by Isis father, it would be their painful duty to find him guilty. His Lordship then reed throng:l the evidence, and left the case in their hinds. After a few minutes' consultation, the Foreman, with tears trickling down his cheeks, delivered the followiniC verdict—Not Guilty of the forgery, hot Guilty of utter ing the bill knowing it to be forgid. He then begged tio say, in the name, of the Jury, he hoped the Learned Judge would show mercy upon the nnfortnnate young man, they believing lie had been influenced by his father to commit the crime. Mr. Justice Parr.l am obliged to you, gentlemen, rot yekir terler, Y ecomumendatioa. 6fr. fitro‘faw..—My Lord, I am requested to urge the game p ea foe tit prosecutors as the Jury have humanely dune. • Mr. R. Morris then addressed the Court, begging hie lordship would extend his mercy towards the unhappy young man, lie believing him itithienced by his father, whom he considered to he a very had man. A prosecu tion hail been brought against him for forvry, upon which, however, he had just been acquitted at Lances t-r. There were hopes vet left, which led the Applicata to believe he might be ultimately brought to justice. He had sifcceeded, in several instances, of defrauding per sons of sums of money by means of forged bills. The prisoner was called up for...judgment, lie knelt down, but did not o ff er a word in Justification of him self. Mr. Justice lissy, in the most solemn manner, with a subdued tone of voice, evidently proceeding from deep emotion, addressed the prisoner in the following terms : —Dsniel Pennington, you are a young man, only 21 years of age, standing to receive judgment of death, being con victed of uttering a forged note, by which the prosecutors hail lost a considerable sum of money on advancing it to you. In a commercial country like this, it was highly important to have crimes committed against its interests punished ; and unless Jud g e found any strong reason to recommend the unhappy violator of his laws to the Sovereign, it was mug to leave them to their fate.— Your humane prosecutor, notwithstanding what he has suffered—and the Jnry who have suffered still more —hare recommended you to mercy. I shall undoubt edly forward these recommendations to his Majesty, whose paternal heart is always awake to the lives of his subjects, being ever delighted when an opportunity pry sents itself by which a single life cau be spared. If mercy should be extended, it was fit that those grounds should be mentioned upon which it would be obtained. The Jury and the prosecutors believe that you have been led to the commission of this crime by your wicked father; who forgetting the first duties of nature, has led you into those paths which you have trodden, and tempted you to do that which you otherwise would not have dune. If mercy should be shown yon, let it not tempt others to be so persuaded, fur they may depend upon it, should this crime be repeated in similar circumstances to yours, they will undoubtedly suffer the last dreadful sentence of the law. No person ought to yield obedience to others, by which he may be led to the commission of the crime. And however proper it was to follow the advice of parents, yet, if commands were given leading to infamy and dis grace, such commands should not be assented to. If mercy be extended to you, it will be only on the condition that you spend the remainder of your life in a distant land—in a state of slavery—far from your native country and its liberties. When in that distant clime, let me en treat you to endeavour to make reparation for your of fences by a virtuous life. His Lordship then passed upon him the usual sentence, which, he said, he hoped would be suspended. During this address, many persons in Court wept, and several ladies sobbed aloud. [lt is asserted that the unhappy young man's accurias lion against Bishop, the officer, is totally without foga dati .n. The only palliative for bringing such a charge is, the considgesti. of the extreni. ly dangerous situ ation in which the prisoner was Vowed ; he, like a drown ing man eatehing at a straw, sized any object that pre stilted itself.] LANODOCIIN WARD.—The election for Alderman closed yesterday, when !sir F. D ranges having e irly in the day declined farther contest, sir. Key was declare I duly elected. The numbers were, for Mr. Key, 136; Sir r• Desanges, ti 9; majority, 47. ENE.meLARY HON err v.—We bietelay afternoon, a ticket•portrr. of the name Ii plying at the South east corner of the Royal Exchange, picked op a parcel of Bills and Notes, to the amount of lOW., whirl', upon making due enquiries, he found were the property of Mr. Alderson, Suffolk-lane, where he instantly took them, and , was rewarded with the sum of 20 guiutas. ~6dN~;8. ' IMPERIAL MR I I.I • • • HOUSE or sp.i • • • 2 LOS 41POIDI wed a' polities :front the,ialtabit eats of liilkenny, In Ireland, praying' or a . cqpieutalion of tithes. His Lordship said that us ;his sutiketb . 94.peen. le- 'n up by is hlejesty's Govoyllgnept, hoplikt occonci•iso it necessary to : intik" any obtalr6ndhstiloin.l.CdOilt calve regglarlY bhhire their Lordsbkie. . • Lord ROLLE : presented a petitida b V 14PihfrEf.n; ha Devonshire, agelatt the Insolvent Ds Ati:4llts Lord ship presented another petition trim Exeterr, eke . hist tno Duty on Coals'. The Bishop of CHESTRikpreseitted.s.elitippoftdm the traders and manufacturers of Bolton, : inlguieighlY . eigigpipst the Insolvent Debtors' Amt.—Adjourned. 4H OCSE OF psi • C — d e- 0 Tait A ME MILER. whose namiwgs ski*, 101/019404, petition from file inhabitants Of isaKtoitillilltileg 9P agricultural distresi.—Ordered to *laird. Sir JOIIN.,STEWART presented **Peen* frmn.kettein Inhabitants of the town of itallinistog, likalgtet Cisial—Orkted to he printed. Mr.. .11r.iliAS pe'itsented a Petition Ornialite tord,Prt , - *oat ah ToOn Council of Edinburgb:: 11117ez on ~gkls carne hoistwise.—Ordeted to 4e printed. • • • Mr. 8111, Presented a petition ftorn the Rietor,•Chure!.- wardens, ,end Overseers of the Poor of the Parlin of White- Chapel, against the Coal Duties 'and another 'front the sank, quarter, egnitist the Insolvent Deb:ors' Act.—Both ordere to be ! date • Sir IL SAW presented a petition from the Cottonotpi •- nera and Manufacturers of Cotton In Dublin, egailist any al. terstion in the Union Duties.—Ordered to he printed. Mr. LYTTLETON presented a petition from the Me - •! chants lad Traders of the Baronet' of Wolsam, in Stafford shire, against the Insolvent Debtors" Act ;'and another front an incividual named John Smith, complaining of the ahus,•4 of the Insolvent Debtors' Court.—Both ordered to be printed. Mr. Alderman WOOD asked the .F.teerefitythe triaad ry whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer 1 h t7h led tiOrd.• coed with the Beer Hill to-day. wonli be expedient defer it, as many persons in distankliartaof the kit:tit/41Pa not yet an opportunity of reading it. - •• ' - Mr. lIERRIES said the Chantellor of the Ex3X4fittir had no intention to proceed with It 10-dey, nor did be Id tend to urge it till every body had an opportunity 0r0:64- daring it. . . The order of the day for bringing op the report tee Be:r Bill was then read, and ordened : tolietaken toto:fkinier consideration on Wednesday next, Colonel WOOD presented a Petition from the.hdhiliiiants and Tradesmen of Staines, in Middiesex. egainst.thi'Lltiar vent Debtors' :diet —Ordered to be printed. • • • Mt. S. RICE presented a petition from tie Ilottsehkdiets of the parish of St Werburgh. Oubtin against tharbM i jai• stion of frublin.— Ordered to be pilo ted, Mr. WESTERN moved fora Return of each .Exelat. ai ticle, and the amount of Duty upon each- for FM erg )IH-21. • —Agr.ed te. Mr. GOULBURN presented a petition from the • petsins concerned in the Glass Trade in fielfast,-Dnlilin. Cork, an I Waterford, against the Repeal of the Uniou Dittigs-ijrdet• ed to be printed. • csysetld Lord "Wrrilti *said that, tering the RightlLig. (len. demon, the Attorney-General Tit Ireland, inihiplire, be wished to ask him it it wa9 Ilia intention to beaeg'f..r ward his motion relative to the Catholic C'aingt on: the 17th instant? Its former postponement earned consi derable in:onvenience teseveral tientlenen, and as sonic still entirtadoed doubts whether it would be brohgl:::.0•1 on the 17th, it would be satisfactory to know the Ri , * o ht. Hon. Uentleman's intention. • • . • pLuNNErr said that be had no hesitation in giving tie Noble Lord s direct answer to his qdestion. the postponement of the question on the last occasion via', be was quite sensible, of srrions incolvecience rp many Gentlemen: but it arose out of eirenmitunees over waich he bad no power or controul. On the present oc casion be had no hesitation in assuring. the Noble 1, nil that it was his firm intention to bring forward the Cc,tho lic Qeesion on the 17th. The Order of the Day for goinr into a Committm. on the Naval and Military Pension. Bill, was reaJ, f.r the purpose of postponing it till to-morrow, • The Committee on the Revenue Dt•partments' Consoii dated Bill w•as postponed to Friday, the 18111. - The Union Duties' Bill w•as read a second time. FOREICN AFFAIRS. Colonel DAVIES, seeing the Right Hon. Gentleman. the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in his plane, was ant ions to know if he rightly nntlerstood the Right Hon. Gentleman on a former evening, when lie understood bias to say that, when he would lay the documents relative to our negociations with France on the table nn Monday. it was his intention to enter bee a view of the general pd licy of the country. This he was antdona to know. be cause, if, the Right Hon. Gentleman confined Itim4elf merely to statements formed cn the documents, a bith, being laid on the table only on the day of diseoutinn, 113 Honourable Gentleman at his side of the Howie neat have an opportunity of reading, such statement must nit , cessarily go abroad uncontradt - cted. Mr. CANNING said that the Honourable Gentleman understood him rightly. On Monday next, when: bit sb mild receive his Majesty's commands to lay the docu ments on the table, it was his intention to ewer ilrw:t general statemeotof the policy of the country. Tho Ho. nonrable Gentleman must see that the preeent was anyaL traordinary case. It was not usual to lay docum-nts out the table without calling upon the House to found some proceeding upon them, but still it was proper to mention that, on the present occasion, when he should lay the dutturnenti on the table, it was not his intention to call upon the House to follow them up with any proceeding. because the circumstances which distinguished the pre , sent case were of quite a different cla-at ter fio:n these which preceded them. On former occasions, when any proceeding was called for, it was the result 41nm:fa , tions which termiated in war, and then the Government had an opportunity of stating to Parliament the courtier of policy which it had pursued in a declaration Coin the Crown ; but, the present circumstances b-ing qtiite dif ferent—aur nrgociations having terminated in the cont.- nuance of peace—he meant to pursue a course which. wh:le it would supply the weevilly of such a declaration, would not pre j udice the vestien farther than such a dr claration wou ld prejudice it. le what he should std. off that mu anion, it was his intention to tell an unvarnished tale, without anticipating any contested point, or calling for any preen iture appronation ; and every Member aftev such statement, avid I be as much at liberty to protect against the fidelity of the documents, if on revisinz them they sh o Id appear to him of that character, as if no adell statement had been made. FIRST FRUITS OF incLivo. Sir JOHN IVKAVPiIIt.T, after entei int.) a geceral view of the eject of the grata of the reveille arisi g from the first fruits to the clergy of Ireland, and oho A laid how much it had been diverted from its original pu.- p is., stated that the first frui t s, which nn•v tin little, ought to produce between 39 an.l 40,000/. 4 year, which properly applied, would enable Oovernment to in crease the livings of the poor clergy, tnil huhu glebes nithout increasing the burdens of the people. Tue re sult of this improper apßliratinn of the (`.hutch termite, Was the decay, not of the Protestant establishment, but i [.a. r•