The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-03-07 00:00:00

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That the Quarterly General Court of the sai I Compel* appointed to be held at their hot•se in Iwndenhall-street, Wednesday, the 19 h .March next, is made special for Ma' purpose of I”ing before the Proprietors for their epprobu• tion. a resolution of the Court of Directors, of the Isth December last, graniiug to Major James Rivett Comae, the Madras Establishment, the sum of thirty thoussed (30.0(M) Botni.ay Rupees, at the rate of 2s. 9d. per rupee, upon the grounds therein stated. The report required by the fly-Law. cap. 6, section.2o, togeth• r with the documents upon which the said resolutlek has been formed. are open for the inspection of the Propriee tors at this house. JOSEPH DART. Serretary. PLUID ExTitAcT OF SARSAPARILLA. ▪ this Preparation are concentrated ;al the Medicinal ▪ Properties of [h. Sarsap.trilla Root, even to a perfect. saturation of the Menstrunt with which it is prepared. To such persons, therefore. who, from various causes, would experience great in onvenience, or with whom it would he utterly impossible to repere the decoction, the Fluid Ex tract, which possesses the a.lvantages of portability and of keeping in any climate. will'he found a most desirable mode ' of employing this much esteemed medicine. •The Diseases in which it has proved most beneficial at...! those of the skin, such as the Scorbutic Affections, Eruptive Diseases, Secondary Symptoms, &c. arising from a diseased meteor the system at large. It may be taken either alone, or combined with water, rendering it of the aims strenith es the decoction. PreparTd and Sold by Butler's. Chemists, No. 4. Cheap side, St. Paul's, and 2111, Regent-street, (near the Argyle )looms), London: 20, Waterlon-place. Edinburgh: 34. Saekvitle-street. Dublin: and by the principal medicine venders throeghout the United Kingdom, in bottles at 4s. lid. and 7s. Od. Re careful to ask for "Butler's Fluid Extract of Sarsapa rilla," as imitations are in circulatinn. ANOEL INN. ST. CT.EMENT'S STRAND, OFNRRAL COACH OFFICI ►OR TRAVELLING. AND CON. y RVING PARCELS ♦ND SURcIIANOIZE. T HE FOLLOWING NI AILS and other COACHES go from the above INN : Paris Royal Mail, via Dover, Tuesday and Friday Nights, at Twelve. Portsmouth and Gosport Mail, through Godaltning„-Pe tersfleid, and Portsea, every Evening at a quartet 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 Mail Coach sets off to Chichester, through Drayton, Havant, Ernsworth. Gloucester Mail, through Henly ( Oxford, and Cheltenham, every Evening at a quarter mill, and Sunday at half past 6. Dover and Canterbury Mail, through Gravesend, Chatham, and Fecersham, every Evening at a quarter past 7, and Sunday at half-past 6. From Canterbury, passengers and parcels are conveyed to Deal, Margate, Ramsgate, Sand wick, drc. • and from Dover, parcels ore conveyed to Ma stone, Sor;dcate, Hythe, Dimehureh, Rommirand Lydd. Milford Mail, through Carmarthen, Llantillo and Haver fordwest, every Evening at a quarter past 7, and Sundays at ball-past 6. Bath and Bristol Post Coach, every Afternoon at 3. Bath and Bristol Post Coach, to carry only Four Inside, through Reading. Mar:borough, Caine and Chipprnliam, every Mcrning at a quarter past 6. Bath Light Post Coach, In two days, to carry Four Inside, through Maidenhead, Reading, Marlborough, Devizes, and Meiksham. Monday. Wednesday, and Friday Mornings, at Nine. This Coach is chiefly intended for the accommoda tion of Families, Invalids, &c. who cannot undergo the fatigue of such a distance in one day. Brighton Light Post Coach, through Cuckfleld, &c. every Morning at S. except Sunday. Godalming and Guildford Telegraph Coach, through Ep som, Leatherheed, Clandon and Horsley. Tuesday, Thurs day, and Saturday Mornings at W. Gloucester New Post Coach, the Champion, throot Wycomb, to Oxford, Cheltenham, Hereford, Carmarthen, Terby, Ross, Swansea. &c. every day at 1. Henley Coach. through Madenheatl, every Afternoon at I Sunday orcepted. Littlebampton, Arundel, end Petworth Coach. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Mornings, a quarter before 7. Margate, Ramsgate, Deal, Sandwich, and Broadstairs Light Post Coaches, every Morning and Evening. Oxford Light Post Coach, through Henley, &c. every Morning at 7. Portsmouth New and Elegant Light Post Coach, the Re aviator, to carry only Four Inside, through Kingston, Guildford. Petersfield, and Portsea, every Morning at S. York. Newcastle, and Edinburgh Coaches, and to all Parts of the North, every Morniog,at a quarter before 9. Manchester, Lancaster, Kendal, Rochdale, Huddersfield, Bradford, Leeds, Halifax, Rotherham, Sheffield and Nor wich Coaches, daily. Wallingford and Wantage Coach. through Maidenhead, Nettleberi, and Harwell, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Mornings. at S. Godalming and Guildford Telegraph Coach, through Kingston, Ditton, Cobham, and Ripley, on Monday, Wed nesday, and Friday klorn;ngs at 10 ; Sundays at 7, and re turns to London the same day.. Boston, Horacestle, Spatdirig, Peterborough, Stilton and Huntingdon day coach, to Spilshy, Louth. Grimsby and Hull. morning at past 6. The only day coach to Boston and Horneast.e. Dover and Canterbury Light Post Coach. every Evening at half-past J. Ditto. every Morning at half-past 6. CARRIERS—To Twickerham, Rrentford, and Isleworth, every Monday, Wednesday. Frithsy, and Saturday. EANIES and Co. Proprietors. Parcels and Packages are safely and expeditiously con veyed from this INN to every City, Town, Village, and Country Seat in the following Counties, viz.:— Rerks, Hereford. Surrey, Racks, Gloucester, Sussex, Cornwall, Kent, Wilts, Devon, Oxford; Worcester, Dorset, Hants, Somerset, South Wales, All Parts of the Isle of Wight. Jersey. Guernsey, and all Parts of France, and to all parts of the North. Nest Post-Chaises. ate. at the shortest n4tiee. NO i; 6 IPECII'Ie, was ever brought into it.ie by the 1.7 Profesors of Ntedielne, to equal PEEDE'S Celebrated and Incomparable Feescu Pius, for the speedy, safe, and effectual It It E - • of a certain disorder. In all its insinuating forms, and the malignant and iestrueth e [tamed; it daily makes on the Human Frame; hut, happily, these Pills Cure in so short a time. and in sn safe and easy a manlier, as to warrant hint in such full confidence of sncress, that Vpart.of Disease shall he left in the system. These Pills are gold in Roses. at 525. 911.. at 13. Liguori's - Ind-street, Lon don; but should ii be prefemsl. the Doctor eihtutttio to Cure the Disease kr a stipulated sum, or return the Money ; so that if there be Nu Cure, there will be No l'A 11;11. The lteh Cured without washing or anointing, by araelliag ooil, price 2s. 9d. LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1823. " The Cause for which HAMPDEN fell is the Field, and hTI)NEY died at the Scaffold !" Elegant Furniture, Table - and Bed Linen, China and Cut 0111/111, Pier and Chimney Glasses, Two elegant Grecian Eight-light and Six-light Lustros, with Icicle Drops, and valuable Erects. TO BK HOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. IiciDLIC, At his Spacious Rooms, 2E, ilaccerplane, onWcussiwae, March 12, commesclog ti 3 li for It preciaelYs fiIHE gentuipe and modern FURNITURE, COw prehenting Argent drawielt-reom furniture in mas sive drapery cur-sins, with Grecian couches and chairs es suite, patent, card, loo; aril breakfast tables of beautiful rosewood, on slaw frarnea,large Brussels carpets, ebbiney gi and mirrors, elegaut beds, with suitable Bedding, !also •lsree French betistaed, purehased at the late Duke of Kent's pale, well made cabinet articles in winged wardrobes, commode chest of drawers, dressing-tables, patent fluting tables, pedestal sideboards, parlour chairs in leather and satin hair seats, hill chairs, stair carpets, painted floor cloths, bronzed register sheen, fenders, fire Irons, kitchen ranee, kitchen requisites,..e. To be viewed the day preceding and morning °reale; ca talogues may be bad et the rooms. 4 . - r VitireßfAl: PARLIAIIIENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TtacrtsnAr, MARCH 7. Lord FITZROY SOMERSET brought up from the I j Commons the temporary Marriage Act Bill, which had , not the concurrence of the Lowry House. The Bills Which had been read a second time on the preceding day mere committed. AFFAIRS OF IRRLAND. The Earl of DARNLEY called the attention of the House to certain measures that were now intended to be adopted respecting the Affitirs of Ireland ; and he wished to ask t'he Noble East at the head of his Majesty's Ho vernmerst whether it was his in'ention to lay on the table of that House the various documents respecting the meestires that were in contemplation. Ile did not know tthether it was or was not irregular to allude to what was I assiot in the other House of Perlin's. nt, but he was Ana ms•to know whether it was the intention of tern to lay - before tie House those documents %%loch wire already in possession of the other House of Parliament. Ile feared, however, that there was a disposition on the part of Ministers to withhold from their Lordships a knowledge of what was intended to be proposed to the other House of Parliament; and he ass sorry to ray that the knowledge of such things did not in general come be. fore them until near the end of the Session, when it was isepossible for their Lordships to pay proper attention to them- lie hoped, however, that is the present instance, every necessary information as to the measures intended -to be taken respecting ^ lreland would be laid on the table of that Hoose, and that Ministeis would consider it as _necessary tit do so, as it was to coeutunicate the same to the other }tense of Parliament. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said that no documents had ever been presented .to the oilier House of Parliament which were not also laid before their Lordships ; nor was there ever any disposition on the part of Ministers to treat that House nish indifference. Every Legislative measure must otirtinate in one House or the other, and the information must first be given where the measure ' originated. He was aware that some information leen laid on the table of the tgher, House regarding Ire land, and he Arad no hesitation to say that the same should be laid before their Lordships. MISPAGII FROM TIIK KING. The Earl of LIVERPOOL presented a Message from his Majesty. staling, that as doubts hail arisen as to the right of disposing of certain freehold and eopyhold pro perty belonging, to the Crown, his Majesty recommended to the House to take the subject into consideration, and make such provisions as circumstances might require. The Message was ordered to be taken into considera tion to-morrow. (this day,,)—Adjourned. PRICE SEVEN PENCE. the drumliead. The only difference it should be oh served between th v mole, and the ordinary Court Mar tial was, that the evidence is not written down, but the menshera oftlw Court were equally on their oaths. and her riaoner hid, iu every respect, the same essential justice. Poi: that charge, however, the Court sentenced Colonel Allen to he placed twelve months lower in the list of Colonels, asd that he should be reprimanded in any way his Majesty thought fit. The Prince ltegeat was pleased to confirm that sentence. But not a.t.sfied with the severity of the sentence, the Prince Regent. further add ed, that•it would not be consistent with the hon ourable character of the service to - continue Colonel Allen in the command of ' his regiment. It was ordered else, that on these grounds. dblonel Allen's con tiuuatice ,in the 85th regiment was. ineinisistent with the welfare of that corps, anti he was dismissed, with the op tion of retiring on half-pay, or withdcawing altogether-from the service,' by one sale of his commission. The increasing the severity of the sectenre of a Court Martial, he (Colo nel Davies) contended was an illegal act, and whoever advised ttli Cron • . to do so, advised an act which no law, either civil or military, could justify. Colonel Ailed re ferred going es itelt-pay to retirlag altogether ; but the dif ferente which Is always given on such an eichsoge, he was not pertnitted to receive. The usual difference on Ow ex disoge of a Colonel was WOOL and that sum he was not allowed to take. Thus was a pecuniary tine imposed up on him. He had no hesitation in stating that the Crown had go more right to increase the severity of the sentence of a Court Martial than that of any Civil Cour.. All the writers on military law bore him out in that assertion.—lt was laid down in the hocks of Lady and Tytier (the former a man not likely to unite against the Crown), that the King could no more interfere with the proceeding's of a Court Martial, than with those of any other Court of Jvc— rice. Nor could he alter its sentence in any particular, un less when the prerogative of mercy was exercised. It might certainly, as it disapproved of the sentence, order the Court to sit again, but further than that, it had no more power to alter its sentence than that of • Civil Court on the verdict of a Jury. Tilers were other authorities which he could refer to, and in oarticelirr to one which was near ly a parallel ease. A ga.lant Admiral, who was a Member of that house, was punished with greater severity than the sentence of the Court decreed. He immediately appealed to the twelve Judges, who were of opinion that the increaso l of punishmeio was not legal, end the gallant. Admiral has been, in consequence. since restored. The case of Colonel Aden was exactly similar, and he asked the house if he was not punished with a severity beyond the decision of the Court. Colonel Alien then sent a netition to his Majesty's Council, which was referred to the War-office, and from that day to this, he never hear.; more of it. He therefore came to the house with strong grounds fit- an appeal to its justic-. and es the last resource in his power against op p 'on. It was not a fair exercise of their authority on the par; of the Ministers of the Crown, to advise an in creased severity of the sentence of a'Court Mart al, as the Court itself was commsed of men of honour and compe tency, well acqesinted with the nature of the case. Their decision should not be disturbed, and the Crown could not he said to act with justice, when they, perhaps on partial information, increased, in taking the ease from their hands, the severity of their sentence. lie would conclude by mov ing that the petition be brought up. On the petition bring read, Lord PALMERSTON rose, net for the purpose of op posing the reception of the petition. but to state to the House the•reasons by which he sought to induce them, not to taarkany,further notice of it. lie tirA objected, on goe neral principleh,te fey inter fereaeron the pert et the Hemel with the power of the Crown to remove Military Officers at its pleasure. There was no privilege more necessary to maintain without interference, or one more consistent with the ends of justice, than that power by which the Cronin could dismiss Military Officers with or with -ut Court Mar tial, or without entering into an explanation of its reasons for so doing. It was an exercise of authority, ii t only cal culated to mairdain the disc:ollie of the Army, but to secure the liberties of the people. This officer had been tried upon l three differeut charges awl tound guilty upon then. All. Tam finding was certainly quailied in two of them, but upon the third, the Court pronounced him positively g Atty. Upon the first charge. Colonel Allen was found guilty of a mis conception of orders; upon the second of an erroneous idea of his duty ; but upon the third, they found him positively guilty. This last was for disobedience of orders, in quar tering more troops in certain barracks, than there was se coinmodation for. Surely this was an offence which de served punishment. But he (Lord P.) was not a little mar -1 prised at the length to which that Gentleman on the other side seemed disposed to question the King's prerogative with regard to the officers of the ar sy. At one time it was said that the King could not take away any officer's commis sion without bringing him before a Court Martial ; and, again. that an officer should not be tried except upon charges which he himself had son4lit a trial upon. It was in this spirit that the Gallant Officer opposite complaihed, that Col. Allen had been brought to trial upon three charges, whilst he calculated being tried only upon one. Colonel DAVIES here said the Noble Lord had misre presented him. The complaint which Col. Allen principally made was, that the sentence of the Court Martial had bees altered, by an addition of punishment. Loci PALMERSTON continued to say, that the gra y-mien of the charge against Colonel Allen WAS the too great severity with which he conducted himself as Colo-I nel of the 55th regt. General Bayley, observing how I frequently punishments were indicted in this regt. mode' an order, that there should be returned to him next day, a minute report of all punishments which had been award ed the preceding one. Before this order, there had h•en no fetter than seventy nine men flogged in a very short space of time. Returns were mate in pursuance of the order for some time f as General Bayley believed correctly, but on going to the Regimental Hospital on the 12th of April, he was surprised to find there two men who were 1 ' still suffering from recent punishment. The names of these men hail not been inserted in the Keret. General' Bayley immediately set an inquiry on toot, and it ap peared that from Jan. to April, 15 men had been punish ed, who had received 1,7511 lashes. This was one of the, charges brought against him, and the Court found him gully of a mtsgoneeption of orders. But whether he mis coucetved or disobeyed his orders, be was equally unfit robe at the head of a regiment. The next charge ims for bringing seen men to drum-head Courts Martial. These Courts Martial happ. a. d whilst General Bayley was ab sent for a fortnight from the is'and. A drum-head Court Martial was a very arbitrary procredinz, inasmuch as die prisooer was deprived of means of defence, which under other Circumstances he might avail himself of. It was never resortt d to hut in cases of mutiny, or summary emergency, when a summary punishment was reirared. But the regiment at this time ass in he use quarters, and there was no' emergency to require any summary punish ment. It was clear too that th're was no pressing ca.' gent-v on the trial, for some of die offences were com mitted on the 21st, which were n-it tried till the 2.lth, and sentence was not given till the 2lth. And further, tao of the men had been sent in front out quarters to be tried by regular Courts Martial. The Noble Lord said, he would sow ca'l the a'tention of the house to the cars of the men tried, and they Might judge whether the severity Mod towards them was aneti fi ed• by sound discretion.— Th e 'fi r .g easewas that of private John Calenter, who was its sr.ralrlierlik.! conduct, in putting blank ctahbaniii4rnrguwiecinlitialsiti,nnithevie breast of takenhii jacket on writing;o np a o r r ad a e o . y t y me ee I , iven him to prepare his defence, he was oestrsesi to re- LIM.* lashes, The next . was private William Kings.' ws, for disobediesee of s regisseotal order, dated shell of March, 1817 4 No. S. This order related to a particular mode of shouldering the musket'on parade, the man was found guilty and received twentrfive hear.) The next was private James Stenton, for being intoxicated on the field of exercise: If there was one crime less than another which called fur a drum-headConrt Martial, it was that of drunkenness ; because if the delin quent was tr;ed summarily, he was taken at d moment when 1w was totally unable to defend himself. The man thus tried by this summary process was found g?ilty, and sentenced to fifty lashes. Another man tried in tins same way, for a similar offence, received 100. The last was the case of private James Sutton, who was charged. with unsoldierlike enndnet in levelling Ws piece oispa rade. The house might expect that this was a charge, of levelling his piece charged with ball at his superior officer, hut on the contraty, it only applied to his level ling it in the air, and not measuring the angle which his arm should have made to his head with mathematical exactness.—(Heat, hear.) Upon this charge then of ant.ie severity, which was likely is produce the worst effects upon the discipline of the regiment. it was that Colonel Atka was found guilty. And after a conviction of such treatment towards his men, could Colonel Allen come to this house and complain of any hardships t,. which he had been exposed? Quit tulerit Graceless, de ' , editions querentes ?—(Hear, hear.) Even in the way in which Colonel Allen was tret.ted. there was no grounl for complaint. Notwithstanding his being convicted upon these charges, he was allowed to retire upon half pay, on the same terms as meb against whom no im putation could bebrought. He had the option of doing this, or selling out Lis commission, although he had re . ceived al his promotion from the-King. Under all these circumstances, he thought Colonel Allen had no reason to Complain of the manner in which he had been treated. —(Hear, hear.) Sir ISAAC COFFIN said that ibis unfortunate case having been alluded to, he had only to say. that complete justice had been done him. and that he had no reason to complain. - Sir ROBF:11T WILSON a ished to knOw whether in the charges brought against Colonel Allen, there was any imputation cast upon the other officers of the regi ment. • Lord PA LM r,RSTON said he hachio other sources of information but the documents he had just read, and there was in them no allusion to the subject. Sir ROBERT WILSON said he merely asked the question to know whether any disapprobation of these frequent floggings was expressed at head-quarters. The gni% est abuse hal psevatled in the administering of corporal punishments in the army, and it was to he re gretted that though the Commander-in-Chief was known to be unfriendly to them, they were still continued. A conversation then took place between Mr. Bennet, Mr. Hume, Lora Palmerston, Sir Joseph Yorke, and Mr. Wynn, the petition was laid upon the table and ordere d to be painted. COMMUTATION OP TITRES IN IRELAND. Mr. GOULBURN said, it would be in the recollection of the home, that upon several oec tsions during last Session, lie was pressed by Gentlemen on both stiles to state what the opinions of Goverment were upon the question of a goinmntation. of Gibes in Ireland. To these appeals he replieskisy %tying afalrflhg bop* that early this Session,lo ; stool in a cOodition suggbst sonic plan of counnutation, Or state why the adoption of • such a plan rens impracticable. It was in the view of redeeming this pledg-, 'hat he now offered himself to the notice of the house, at•knowledgiug at the same time the difficulty of the task which he had undertaken. It was impossible for him to look at the complexity of interests . mixed up with the questiogof tithes, and bite nearly it was conpeeted with all the interests of the country, and not be prepared to expect that any measure which he pro posed should not receive general approbation. But • though his suggestions should cause disappointment in some minds, and lead to misapprehension in others, yet •• he was satisfied that some measure was expedient now. and lie hoped, therefore, that the. hpuse would receive favourably a proposition which so many parties desired, • —(hear.) If he thonght that tie expediency or netts- tiity of souse measure of commutation was not called for at this particular time, he should use some general argu ments in support of it; bat if he interpreted the feel legs of many 'numbers of the house rightly, he was in- • diced to think it stolid be more agreeable to them, if he . confined hintself to a simple statement of his Bill, so as to have it primed and circulated throughout that cow.- try, for the benefit of which it was intended, and in postpone all other topics until the Bill came to lie . more fully considered. —(lean) Ile should, therefor-. . now at once proceed to his p'an; the outline of• which use this ; —the measure consisted of two, hills, of •• whieli one was for a temporary composition, and the other for a permanent intimidation of tithes. Passing • by all general observations, he would proceed to state, that the first Bill, which was for a limited time, was founded upon thefollowing principle—namely, a voluntary agreement between the owners of Tithes in Irelauci, and those by whom they are paid. This was to be ef fected by a mode, the details of which, though compli rated, he should state to the house. In Ireland, one • great obstacle to an arrangement arose from the difficul- •. ties of finding fit persons amongst the loner orders to fill ' places with the same responsibility as they were filled in this country. It was proposed that the Lord Lieute nant of Ireland, upon the Requisition of the incumbent of a parish, or of a particular number of persons pay big tithes in that parish. should have the power of calling together an assembly, similar to a Special Vestry in the parish. It would strike every gentleman, that the whole justice of Vie measure depended upon the man ner in which this Special Vestry was elected. The in- I trillion was, that they should he chosen from the class of perscris paying tithes in the parish, but as it would be most inconvenient that the whole b ody should be pre sent, selections, governed by qualifications of property, ' would, of coarse, be made. Sy restrictions of this ilea Lure, ture, lie expecte d a holy would be assembled which. from its character, could be the best calculated to deli- Iterate upon the matters coming before them, and which would not be attended by the inconieniecres of public asset:o , l4e. He took cant in thia Bill, that those who, formed this body slit) 1.•1 be the representatives of the pas fish. He proposed :Ind this body should have the pow er of electing a Commissioner, properly qualified, tee I negotiate for the composition of tithes of their parishes /- respectively. It was then proposed that the incumbent should have the power of appototing another Commissi oner. But as cases would arise in which a variety of per- . sons would have an lowest in the tithes, it was proposed to give the Vestry a power of controlling the appoiat mem of a Commissioner on the pert of the incnionent, • The Bill therefore cave a power. to the Vestry of nega tiving the appointment by the incumbent, on proper cave being shown. The Bill took into contstoplainen. • the three following alternatives :—Either that the Cler gy and the parish, content with• the existing irate of things, were anwillng to permit any change—or that • the Clergy and the parish desired a change—or that oil y Oft ofalloserrdeadesirad a chimp. Ix the first • case the Bill was mit Worded to "operate. It was reason- ' 111; . 1 .‘ I •i I ' • HOUSE OF COMMONS-THURSDAY. The SPEAKER took the Chair at four o'clock. Mr. Alderman WOOD moved for a Return of the Persons surdtarged for the Assessed Taxes within the last three years. Mr. DAWSON laid on the table certain papers relative to thecase of Willism Murray Borthwick. Mr. HOLM E SUNIN presenterba 'petition from the pariah of Bermondsey against the Dates on Coals. Mr. DENISON presented a petition from the parish of St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, against the Insol vent Debtors' Act. Lord FOLKESTONE presented a petition from the city of New Sarum against the Insolvent Debtors' Act. On the motion of Mr, BERRIES the House went into a Committee on the Irish Assessed Taxes Repeal Bill. The House resumed, and the Report was ordered to be brought up tn-morrow. Colonel DAVIES wished to learn from the Hon. Se cretary to the Treasury of an alteration in the mode of collecting the Revenue of the Excise awl Customs which he.had proposed last year. It nil. which would he attended with a saving of from 150,0001. to 200,0001. a year, was carried into effect. Mr. BERRIES was understood to say that an altera tion, to a certnin extent, bad taken place. The Irish Yeomanry Bill was read a second time, and the Report ordered to be brought up nn Monday next. Mr. Secretary PEEL brought down a Message from his Majesty relative to the disposal of the Crown Lands. After a short explanation between Mr. ((REY BEN NET and Mr. PEItaL, the Message was ordered to be re ferred to a Committee to•morrow (this day.) COLONEL ALLEN. Col. PAVI ES rose for the pnrpose of presenting to the house the petition of Col. Allen, late of the 55th regi me& of foot. The petitioner stated that in the yeai Isl 7 be was stationed, with the regiment under his command, in the is'and of Guernsey, and be hail some difference with General Bayley, the military Governor there. Ina letter written by that officer, Col. Allen was accused of wilfully making certain false returns; and an opinion was expressed that he ought to be suspended from the command of his ref:iment. It was impossible that an•r person holding a high ntili.uty rank could rcuntis inar tire under suet; a cliarife, and not take measures to rep. I it. Col. Allen, therefore, ittrcediatetv applied for per mission to vindicate his elm:at:ter, by an appeal to a Con tof Inquiry. General liavley, howl-Vet, refused that application. Again Col. Alien -demanded a trial, and again was he denied it. He was then advised to forward an official let.er to bead-quirtcrs. In consequence of that deter, after the elapse of some time, a Court Martial was ordered, an I not a Court cot Inquiry. Col. Allen was pot on his trial, not for the charge which had been prer . i.ius. troticed, but on three distinct accusations. Tge first. for haying made false returns ; secondly, fur having held Courts Martial at the drum-bead, instead of the usual ma nner; and, lastly. on a charge for having( put inure min in the b wrack thin the proper accommodation was made for. He was brought to trial, and, the decision of the Court was,Biat the wilful part of the first charge was dismissed. With regard to the 'woad. he was (nand ouillr. The charge was for bolding Courts Martial it ~: