The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-03-10 00:00:00

Eve', 3 klen, 1 rander Jecem. tail the toiled kiestyl it \err Ilril i t a.,ter'im the attempt to interfere with a people desirous of :tatlishing their own liberties and of choosing ,dr own friends and governors, is to be con rnned,—our own dowitic affairs, the frightful to which the country in which we live is , o ught—demand the wlaole of our attention. We ire indeed to-day no: quite such a dismaying cats (ague of the effects of popular disorder and indig ition, es we have bad to record for some days past, .t there is " that which passeth show," that which felt, though not yet seen, deeply pervading the mind •and shedding a baleful influence on the ail flower of pubfa. happiness, which its natural 13 rdiaas seem •but ill calculated and less inclined to 'Tis not the rouses hand of despotic autho ority, nor the countless ccrdons of armed men, ! In may be made to flourish the's sabres over it that 11 efface this evil—the most liberal policy and the Jest legislation, are as necessary to this end, as free Intl healthful respiration is to the patient, who has ;mg been tossing on the bed of pain and disease. The tendency to mischief must be repressed, but vben see dissatisfaction heated into anarchy, and hear le members of the executive government exclaiming, hat if they were not protected in the discharge of !heir functions, and were not permitted to legislate Iraly and deliberately, the Government was gone, 4i. Parliament was gone, the Cons►itution and the iberties of Eitzlishmen were gone, we are tempted ► enquire to what the proceedings so justly stip• ►tined owe their origin, and why it happens that protection of the Executive has become necessary .ne representatives of the people in the discharge their duties ;—why it is that the country is corn plaioing from one end to the other of violated rights, of partially prot-eling laws, of unequal and oppres sive taxation. of neglected representations, and dis regarded prayers ? Thank GOD ! neither the majority dere population of the Metropolis, nor the Country, we have reason to believe, participate in, or sanction • the disgraceful proceedings which have spread tur bulence and riot so widely of late; hut are the majority of the people of this Country without ground of complaint when so universally denounced a measure is had recourse to and persevered in to the last, at the risk of endangering the peace and safety of the I:miiire at large, as that which has for its object the raising of the price of bread and creating an artificial scarcity, when in the natural rder of things, every necessary of life ought to fall in price, and plenty go hand in hand with industry—and when the tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of respectable men who have been all their lives accustomed to cal culation, to whom the state and country are under the most lasting obligations, and who may be sup posed as well acquainted with the operation of taxes upon prices, and the corn and meal trade, anti trade and its secrets in general, as the CHANCELLOR of the Excitratlen (no disparagement to his acquaintance with Cocite, or the rule of three) have their con s'ituranal representations scouted in the face of their representatives, and are told either to mend their arithmetic or not petition at all ! But too well founded and increasing in their nature and extent as are the causes of public dissatisfaction, we are glad to say it has ceased, we hope entirely, to be manifested in the outrageous manner which has lately been exhibited. The Metropolis, however, was not free from disturbance last night. About two hundred individuals went to the house of Mr. Davies Giddy, in Holler-street, Cavendish-square, and com menced an attack upon the windows, many of which were broken. Some blank-cartridges having,however, been fired from the windows of the second floor, they soon dispersed, and proceeded, shouting and buzzaing, up Oxford-street; from thence into Grosve nor-square, and so into Park-lane—in their course occasionally breaking a few windows, in a wanton manner. The Horse Guards—patroles of soldiers — and numerous bodies of constables were, however, every where on the alert, and any regular attack was thereby prevented. The party at length dispersed, cid tranquillity was restored. The houses on which attacks were anticipated have been provided with in valids from Chelsea, as a sort of domestic guard, and fire-army are provided by all. The Corn Bill is to be finally read in the House of Commons to-night. It is generally believed that 6041 no alteration can now be expected to be made in it in the lower House, the Bill will receive in the Barrie of Lords great modifications. It seems gene rally understood that 725. upon averages fairly made, will meet the wishes of the landowners and farmers. But will even this modification sati,fy the public ? In the meantime great precautions are taking out of doors to secure the public peace. The Magistrates have stations in various parts of the town, where tl.ere is any danger of disturbance. Military Depots have aiso been appointed, at which there is an ample supply of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, in con %taut readiness to quell the tendency to mischief.— , The Magistrates have a strong body of Constables in all directions, and hold a communication with the Military Depots. The town has been alarmed by rumours of distur bances in ditlerent parts of the country; but as we i no notice of such occurrences in the Provincial P• era, we presume they are unfounded. Parliament adjourned early last night. Some sub . :0., however, of interest, came under discussion.— lu the conversation which took place on the new 11 " 4 , we observe, with pleasure, that the CUANCEL. OR of the EXCHEQUER gave intimation of his inten. to mitignte many of the dudes proposed to be 19 left; a 3 the atter ;we. a . e;tatlishini t h e i r own donned, — crisis to s brought and 1 ,. have indeet logue of th td; and lotion, as .00 there i is 60 hal ig felt, tht pub!ir min f l ail tlowe rlao,t, 4 0a rdia as 5 e radicate. nt ‘c!io may b lever 11 efface (;. 3d A. br;, inildest legi and it and healthl editg been t tendency t rim ; we see dims; the member yew t that if the . , bevere their functi severe m lraly and the Pal-Ilan liberties of to enquire matized owe the protecti to ins reprt omens 'Pi, un- of their duti om her or-1;1% LOCK MIME.* M. hat trt wuty ifuri roity' fear. 430 nil that the tlea- , by that ' the Ince ires, iday is, for ere, re- f* the ate. the ort. :run thle ary n • THE STATESMAN: laid on manufactories, and ti make some distinctions which will have the effect of relieving many from the hurthens apprehended : for instance, where it appeared that an extraordinary range of light was necessary, as was sometimes the case, the clause re lative to window. would be regulated the same as green-houses, by the number of square feet ; and, as ' a further mitigation it was intended, where the win dows exceed one hundred in number, those exceed ing should not be changed. With respect to the rent of warehouses, it was intended only to impose a duty of 2s. in the pound, and not to use the pro gressive scale, as first proposed. It was likewise in tended to exempt workshops attached to cottages, which were already exempt from taxes by their po verty, from the operation of the tax. NAVAL INTEL LIOENCE. DEAL, MARCH 9.—Arrived the Desirous gen. brig and Swan cutter, from of the North Fore. land ; Amity, with a detachmentgof the East India Company's soldiers from the depot at Cewes, and remain in the Downs with the whole of the outward. bound, as before.—Sailed the Conflict gun-brig, for Ostend. FALMOUTH, MARCH 7. Arrivt‘d the Blucher packet, Price, with Mails from Mattn and Gibraltar, 1t days from the latter; on the 'l4th Feb. spoke his Majesty's ship Geanicus, in company with the Ame rican brig privateer John Little, of 14 guns and 80 men, her prize —left at Gibraltar the Duke of Mon trose packet; also arrived several ships ftotn the Eastward to join convoy ; likewise a frigate, name unknown, and the Nimble cutter, from the East• ard ' and has made a sign a l f or c o nvo y t o th e E ast - At a late hour this m orn i ng we rece i ve d P ar i s P a - 1 w ward. -rho fleet rides the gale out very well. pert of the 6th and 7th i ns t. an d F ran kf or t an d , PLYMOUTH, MARCH B.—Came in the Sir Francis Brussels Journals to late dates. They contain little Drake frigate, from the Mediterranean ; and Erida beyond repetitions of the f.•rmer specified final ar- mns frigate, from a cruize.—Put hack the Woodlark rangements of Congress. The Dutch Papers in their sloop of war, with a fleet for Bourdeauz. notices say, "By a Convention between his Ma. ; Poersmount, MAacH 9.—Arrived yesterday the jetty the King of the U n it e d N e th er l an d s an d his Snake sloop of war, from Gib r altar, at th e M o th er . Tilsjesty the King of Prussia, the Cabinet of Berlin bank, having in charge th ree merc h an t brigs and one transport, the remainder of the fleet may be ceNo the new Monarchy a great part of the Pros- immediately looked for, but blowing fresh have not sian possessions on the left bank of the Rhine, and learned the particulars; they are under quaratine. • receives in return the hereditary States of the Hoes& MEMORANDUM.—A D M IRAL ' S -O FFICE , Manus 9. of Nassau on ',he right bank of that river. —The Sprightly gives protection to a n y vessels left The French Journalists furnish some farther spite - behind for the convoy under Rear-Ad m i ra l Douglas, as far as Falmouth. cit a ti o ns on th e foendation of the new Italian king. MILORD, MAnctr 7.—The Union, of Dartmouth, dom and the continuance of M unAT on the Throne as mentioned before, bound from London to Liver ! pool, being lost on the Hats and Barrels, is the fa brication of an impostor discovered this day, by H., ' Leach, Esq. one of our County Magistrates, and has beea put this day on board his Majesty's ship Spit. fire, where, it is hoped, he will meet with jest punishment. • LIVERPOOL., MARCH B.—The American privateer Chasseur, of 16 guns and 150 men, refitted at Mar. tinique, and sailed from thence 16th January. Se veral privateers were to windward of Barbadoes. of Naples, but nothing n<o►e than Nes before known. The King of SAXONY had refused to visit Vienna, which would serve to remind hit n of his misfortunes. The French funds COolifpue to rise. Five per Cent. Consols 81f. Vic. Bank Bonds 1200 f. It is reported that come Members of the House of Commons, with the view of ♦indicatioq the dignity of Parliament, mean to call Sir FRA'iCI9 BURDETT to account for certain terms which the [lon. Baronet is said to have applied to the House in his speech on the Hustings at Palace-yard, on Tuesday ; and if he avows them, to move that he he committed to the Tower !! DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The appearance of Mr. KEAN on the metropolitan stage, unquestionably forms an mra of importance in the history of the mimic art. But that it should lead The following is a copy of a letter from Rin de , to the production of a new Play of SHAKESPEARE— Janeiro, dated the latter end of December :—" My . for nothing less can the Play of last night be Correspondent mentions that in consequence of the called—was an event which could scarcely have Expedition fitting out at Cadiz, the Government of entered into the contemplation of his warmest ad. Buenos Ayres had levied en masse the people of the mirers. The Tragedy of Richard the Second has provinces of La Plata. Twenty theesand cavalry certainly been placed peaceably on the shelf for were on the plaies, every class of people had come upwards of a century and a half—not because it was forward to defend their native country Retsina wattling in striking end splendid beauties—not be. the tyranny snd oppression which was in be ex- cause it was defective in historical truth, or deficient pected from FERDINAND, being determined to spill in strong and well-drawn character--but because the their last drop of blood rather than submit to S:iain. innumerable beauties it possesses; and which bear so They are dete r mi n ed It► have liberty and trade wi.h all strongly the marks of the great master's hand, were nations. The navel force was again Mans( Meson trader scattered amongst a mass of less valuable materials, Adm. BROWN. all experienced English Officer, who and encumbered by the pressure of a large portion had deft-. tett the naval force of Montevideo en a of heavy and uninteresting matter. To sift the chaff former occasion. The s'tios were w• It manned by , from the grain was a labour which promised no re- Europeans, and evert enrnnragement given by the ward to the labourer, until the original and impres. Government to all seamen. Montevideo is no longer sive talents of KEAN held it out in the gratification a fortress; the 'peso plains are where the free of a successful representation. The Tragedy, as DOW 1 people of grant!' America wish to meet the cruel and first played, offers a new field for criticism and for oppressive invaders of their country. The Cocham. admiration. The principal alterations from the mi -1 bantbittas, a nation between Buenos Ayres and Lima, ginal play consist in copious curtailments, and the in. had come forward. and were under organisation by troduction of speeches and passages applicable to the I several Officers from Buenos Ayres; a Captain ORR, action of the play, and possessing beauties in themselves. from Ireland, wns with them. General Sr. Mame The Duchess of Gloucester and the Duchess of York was disciplining t'ip troops throughout the country." are entirely omitted, and much is happily and j udi. Up to 12 o'clock Len night nothing took place ciously added to the characters of the Queen and either at the east or west eml of the town that could Bolingbroke. The splendour of the dresses and de .be called by the name of riot, with the exception of corations exceeds all precedent. We now come to i a disturbance in Holles-street, Cavendish-square, be. i the most important point, which is the notice of the ifore the house of Mr. Davies Giddy, M. P. for 1 great feature of this newly-created play—to the Bodmyn. A few disorderly persons, chiefly boys,icause of its creation—to the indescribable beauties of passed through the street hooting and whistling, I Mr. Ewes acting I In no one of the characters when one of them broke a window in Mr. Giddy's / which he has hitherto acted has he approached in ex house, and this assault was immediately answered by 1 cellence to his masterly delineation of the character • a shot from the first floor. The breaking of windows of King Richard the Second; in every other he has did not discontinue on this account, but increased, struck out new beauties, which had escaped the ob i and the firing from the first and second story was re. serration or failed in the execution of others ; but in , peated to the number of five or six shots. but we are this he has been thrown entirely on himself—the happy to state without doing further mischief than light cannot be said to be reflected ' • it is all his own, wounding a boy in the neck. The wound was not and more especially during the three last acts, the considered dangerous. Every other part of the town ' flashes are so brilliant and so frequent, that the mind was perfectly quiet. The military were in great is actually lost in the splendour which surrounds him. Inumbers, particularly the lo m eve ; ► and at several i This praise may appear extravagant to those who houses belonging to the 'Members who have support. have merely perused the play as it iv printed, but it ed the Corn Bill, foot soldiers were stationed. In iis nothing beyond truth. We shall not attempt to fact, London is now environed with troops on all : enter into minute and particular notice of his most sides. I striking passages, they would occupy too much space; Several boxes at the threatres, which had been it must suffice to say, that his conception of his author taken for last night by families of distinction, were and the execution of that conception, were equally given up in consequence of the possible difficulty of grand; and that the Tragedy of Richard the Second passing through the streets to them. , will be considered as indebted for existence, and for • We understand that meetings are in contemplation • future and lasting fame, to the extraordinary talents 'to present Petitions to the PRINCE REGENT, to pray which have thus added another precious leaf to the his Royal Highness to send the Members of the never-fading wreath which adorns the bust of our im. i House of Commons back to their Constituents, that, mortal SHAKESPEARE. it may he seen whether they do or do not speak the I Mr. Etaasvost, though evidently not yet recovered sense of the people on the great question of the I from his indisposition, exerted himself with consider. Corn Laws. I able effect as the representative of Bolingbroke.— ' It is a mortifying circumstance connected with the Mr. Pops gave all possible importance and effect to lamentable failure at New Orleans, that reinforce- I the part of John of Gaunt; and Mr. Rae, Mr. ments have only just sailed from Cork to co-operate Posen', and Mr. HOLLAND, as Norfolk, Northam in the further enterprises contemplated as the conse. berland; and York, w ere each highly respectable. quenccs of the success confidently anticipated in the Mrs. BARTLEY was highly impressive in the Queen, first instance. particularly in the last scene, which was as fine a " CORK, MARCH 2.—the expedition, so long de. piece of acting as we have ever witnessed ; and Miss tained by contrary winds, sailed from our harbour PooLz sang an introduced air with her usual taste. yesterday, under convoy of his Majesty's ship Boyne, To say that Mr. KEAN'S reception was enthusi. of 90 guns." antic, and that immense applause followed this Tragedy's being announced for Saturday, would be . _ _ CORN EXCHANGR, MARCH 10.—Very few arrivals of Wheat since Monday ; trade dull. and prices m.minal.—Fine Barley same as Mon ay.—Pen!, Beans, and Oats are heavy sale, at a decline or 1.. per quarter. liallTil FIELD MARKET.—AIsacs 10. To .ink the Offal. per stone of sir,. Reef ... ss. Od. 1.. 6s. Od. Head of Cattle this day: 'doom:. ss. 01. to 6.. 4•' %Ms Veal .. 7s. 04. t.. Bs. M. Sheep 31510 Pork ... 6.. 01. to 75. V. Calves Limb ....Os. Od. to es. ed. Pigs unnecessary after the opinion which we hare ex pressed. The statement of Cobbam Park, the seat of Lord DARNLEY, having been burnt down, is void of foun dation. HAY-MARKET. 11ay . 41. to 51. 51. Od. Clover .... 51. 0.. 041. to 61. 6s. 04. Straw .... 11. lb. or!. to 11. 160. 04. The number of prisoners to be tried at the ensuing assizes for the city and county of York is lamenta bly numerous ; amongst those for capital offences are Mr. Blackburn and Mr. Wainwright, hitherto respectable attornies in Leeds. ImPERIAL PARLIANANt HOUSE or LORDS. liAtell O. Returns of the atreroee price of *heat In the ritlion grids, and of the t er er .. 4e t erns{ w.e d owa om. nod trend hM Loodmi in *dart, t...r.• toroletta, ..nd tip.t 0.. the tittle. The Mutiny Bill, tddr,ll of Lime 111.1, find 1 , ib.secio ttlh were trooot up from the Cotanumi Boogden and other% an tend a flea lien*, . . _ Tht:SOril Licettre IL111;ss catothitted otvd teported. Lord MON IFOItT mowed the ditch lee of the order fuf the coosideration this day of Mrs. ire's pr.Oion, w hirh vat agreed to, abd the consideration or it *us he fur Muudtty. CORN PETITIONS. Marquis CAMDEN pro_kented 0 •Petision fro the Iritneril nod orrupi..ri of loud i I nod Neoport, iq he 1,1.• of Wight, 111 fFI~uIU of the C.sia Reenimilos. ..... The Doke of NORFOLK presented n Petilion fr, , nt the no bility, ' , to-owner% etc. of toe county of Niorl•lit, oleo i, fL your of ilie Corn Regoloti..lo. I lis ple„rnio,l a Petition from 11 1, .rthing against any niter:aim, in the Corti Laws. Loud MONTFORT presented a Petition frnm n town in the West Riding of Yorkshire, against no) alteration to the Corn Laws. He took that rim.ortiteity of capressing him entire eons eurience ix the object of the petition, bee/arse he coi.cei eft :11:11 tiny measure which had u !cadmic y to Ml* rite price vf mead was, at the ;orient time, hitzly keit ped:ent. Earl STAN HOPE presented Petliiiin ngftlnst arty slurs = thou in the Corn Laos from the town and neiAhbourbood of Maar/a:line biemed b) situ tit Sooo persims. Lord GEE\ VILLE presented u Petition from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Ste:of London, in Common Hall ufsembkill e against any alteration in the Corn Lairs i rereived is the Peti tion of those who signed it. His Lord•hip preens , d Pelitiorgto the same effect from Stirkesley, in Yorkshrte ; from (3kag.iw it very numerously signed; and another from pares in the w•ogier bourhood of Garsgow ; from Paisley, very nu.i.erously signed, and from a town in Oxfordshire. All these Petitions, *together with two presented by Lord Shaftesbury against any Aeration in the Corn Lau., were se * verally laid on the table.—Adowili d. • =ma/twig* etiO. the maritime disa intro nod t.rrieJ tg 0.. the fitife. ind I ..b.tecto ttlh .d r. Movies and reported. of elle oder fof ilia's, e. herb vitt d fut Monday. frills the sneer/ he 14.• of Wight, fri , en the CL- le% be itte.ented a lion in the Cora lam it town in the Haw, lii the Corn ing hi, rottie eon- he co..rei rd :11:41 he price vf mead gainst any neighbourhood of a from the Lord rl Hall assembled, . . netted as the nett- h i. d Prlhiotq le • ; from tittag ot i tires is the I..ertku.l ) suited; resented by Lord m Laws, caste se• is. he hod issued his Mir9ugh ..f Bans liaal accepted the 'ration from the might be made its tam the Inhat.lt. • ram Stoktdey, in ,feet. I from Heslington om Dumfermline, • ram Hartley, in etitian from the • 'and St. George, Ic of eet t it.ol orneeedhigg of the I had lawfully as- . the mom serioui ! prayed, that no torn LaVI4 bat be both eider. and a e motion might be' 'me Bill, the Tea Remit kiiii,nere tarn 8.11 was send etnarrew. of the Rosa' Ma- , and of the I a third dos to- e, that he snmild Act of the pre.ent• e 19th instant, re. ,prat; and his no- y till the 61b of e respecting Mr. of a motion Upoi be disused that t Hun. Member. inn from the In• . 1 mad a Petition it the East India 3ILL. propose the se. k duty to state benefit ; and e the concur.. mportant mea- -1 was the pride he Was con- d not deprive red, and leave suffer so int• expressing his in of its bene. cited much at- tuse no indivi. !fide of a Trial. e silence with Scotland the lose walls, as 'tering justice. s, and ordered t was resolved t, consider of ► be appointed great satisfac. There was s it, which de- it the disci*. il. That was ttt the utmost experimental, t measure, he Other, points hat he should and Learned the principle :CHEQUER Honourable ' the day, as then in the cil E4u ER t was in the e happy to un, if there House could he lionour- subject was amendnkent Ist be read a • to made. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER informed the HOW !hat he hid issued hi, warrant for the eleetioo of a Atember for th e Borough ..f B a ns dnobridge, in the room of Mr. Bern.ird, wbo had accepted the Chiltern hundreds. CORN BILL.' Sir TIMOTHY SHELLEY presented n Petition from the town of Worthiog e pen) log that no alteration might be made its tbe Corn Laws. Lord G. L. GOWER presented a Petition lies the Itthat,it• ants of Wilson a.) the same effect. Lord LASCELLF:S rearmed a Petition from Stokttley, in the North Riding of Yorkshire. to the same effect. Mr. BLACK BURN E presented a Petition from Heslingtoo to the tame effect. Sir J AM ESSIi 1 W presented a Petition from Dumfermline, signed by 2600 persons, to the like erect. Sir WM. G UISE presented a Petitioarfrom Hartley, in the county of Gloucester. to the like effect. Mr. BUTTERWORTH presented a Petition from the United Pnt;hes of St. Giles lu the Fieils and St. George, Bloomsbury, •.igned by 80O) persuns, to the like erect; LA ob served, that h; though he deeply deplores' the,proceedings of the ropulace, yet the p; Wines of the penple Who had lawfully as sembled toespress their sentiments fief ervett the most sellout consideration of the House. The Peti.i tem prayed. !bat ne alteration whatever might he made in the Corn Laws: bat be hoped that something would he rogleedect on both eider, and a less resuming price imputed, in eider that the nation might be IR ii-fien, The (tool Cho Tint Bill, the Nitta of Lime Bill, the Tea Doren Bill, the *Wits. Bill, ;aid ihe Criminal Remo Hill, acre read a third time, find passed. The Pont. Retina Bill was send a second rime. and ordered to be committed to-morrow. Mr. lIROGIMN brought op the Reports of the Royal Ma rine Mutiny Bill, of the Irish Exports Bill, and of the Irish 8.11, a bich were ordered to be read a third dire to. W . The SOLICITOR-GENERAL gave rt.tiee, that he miveld move for I,:ive to bring to a Bill to aweod an Act of the pre.ent• &pylon, reipi eting the Chest at Chatham. Mr. TA Y I.OR pn-tpnned hi; notice fur the 19th instant, re. Ititive to Cop% hold Tenure, till the 4t•t of April; and his not. lice respecting the Punishment of the Pillory tit& the April. Mr. WHITBREAD withdrew his *Mee respecting Mr. Corolla, rii an lido; Member had given notice of a million app. a &Mosier subject, which, however, mild oot be discu.sed that evening, on ort..tnt of the iodivposhion of that Hutt. Member. GASCOIGN 1.. presented n Petition from the habitants of Liverpool, waist Mock Aeetieris; mad a Pethioa from the ship builders of Liverpool, ogniast the Lust India Snipping Bill. SCOTCH TRIAL BY JURY BILL. Mr. WM. DUNDAS, in rising to propose the se• cond reading of this Bill, thought it his duty to state to the House its principle, 'object, and benefit ; and he felt persuaded, that he should have the concur. rence of every individual on this most important mea sure. The Trial by Jury in England was the pride and glory of every Englishman ; and he Was con.. vinced that a British Parliament would not deprive the Scotch of that light which they craved, and leave them for ever enveloped in darkness. Mr. ABF.RCRQMBIE could not suffer so im• portant a measure to pass, without expressing hie complete satisfaction, and hfs conviction of its bene. ficial consequences. If it had not excited much at tention in that House, it was only because no indivi. dual doubted the propriety of the principle of a Trial by Jury ; and he felt assured, that the silence with which it had passed would convey to Scotland the impression of every Member within those walls, as to that most beneficial mode of administering justice. The Bill wit; then read a second tinse l and ordered to be committed on Tuesday next. On the motion of Mr. DUN DAS, it was resolved that the House should, on Monday neat, consider of the salaries of the Judges and Officers to be appointed under the Bill. Mr. HOttNER rose to express his great satisfac. (ion on the introduction of the Bill. There was s however, a very important feature in it, which de— served mature consideration,--he meant the discre• tion given to the Court to order the trial. That was a privilege which ought to be viewed with the utmost jealousy ; but as the Hill was merely experimental, and was not intended to be a permanent measure, he should not oppose it on that account. Other points might he discussed in the Committee. Mr. DUNDAS was happy to find, that he should have the assistance of the Honourable and Learned Gentleman. Mr. FINLAY entirely acquiesced in the principle of the Bill. BANK RESTRICTIQN BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the third reading of this Bill. Mr. GRENFELL wished the Right Honourable Gentleman to defer it to a later hour of the day, as an Honourable Friend •f his was not then in the House. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEqUER had heard, that the Honourable Baronet was in the vicinity of the House ; but he should be happy to accommodate the Honourable Gentleman, if there were any other business with which the House could proceed. It was likely, however, that the Ilonour able Baronet would attend before the subject was fully discussed. Mr. HORNER wished to propose an amendment to the Bill. The SPEAKER said, that the Bill must be read a third time before any amendment could be made. The Bill haring bieu read ILcordiagly,