The Statesman. — London, England, 1822-07-23 00:00:00

JOHN! or,itrEit AND MR. O'MEARA. (fROM 71ST 31011 . 011 X, CIROSICLB.) JOHN WALTER AND MR. HARRY OMEAR In Mr. 011eara's Work, " 4 Voice from S'. Helena," there is the following passage : •• In 1814, the Editor of The ***** newspaper was paid shout three thonsend pounds of your money, be sides having a great number of copies taken. I told you before that I found his receipt among Blacas' papers, on my return from Elba. Ido not know if ha is in their pay.now. • also, In that veer a great number of pam phlets were printed . in London. against the Bourbons, and copies of each sent over to them, with a threat of publication if they were sot paid. The Bourbons were greatly frightened, and greedily booght them np. There o i s one pamphlet in particular. a terrible libel against t' o late Queen of France, which it coat them a large sum of tuoney to suppress." The passage is copied into The Times of the Ibtli inst. and commented on in the following terms It will be observed, that the enormity of the lie is very cautious ly compensated by the obscurity, above noticed, in which it is worded. Whom does Mr. O'Meara expect to put conti , letre in his account of Bonaparte? The politi- Vians of this eon ntry I But we have had dealings with most of them and they most know from their own experi ince that he lies if be charges us with venality. They must know the above story to he an invention if we ere meant; and who PM be meet Art est Aid if man is-ente one tie, of maw be will hunt a thousasd. Such is the conduct due to blr. O'Meara 's book." blr. 1/31care, conceiving himself grossly outraged by the above remarks. in which he is directly charged with be ing the inventor of a lie, applied, as we understand, without success to Mr. Walter, for explanation or apt,- logy. Having fallen in with Mr. Walter, yesterday af ternoon between five and sit o'clock, shortly after his leaving the Stratford Club-boase, Stratford Mews, we understand, he proceeded very unceremoniously to apply a horse-whip to him in presence of several spec titans. In stating the transaction v e have deemed it necessary to 'ovation also the circumstances which gave r ;so to it. _ . 1111? BISHOP -IND WE SOLDIER. [room will MORNING enitouteut.] We alertly alluded yesterday to a transaction whirls has excited the greatest sensation in this metropolis, as it, no doubt, will throughout the country, without mew tiouing either the particulars or the parties. It has his. the uniform practice of this Journal, ever since the nau seous, corrupting, and unwise proceedings in 1810, which conveyed the knowledge of pollution into every family throughout the Empire, to omit all mention of offences of a certain description. We believe every fa ther or husband will agree with os, that no good can re sult from the publication of cases of such a nature at all commensurate with the evil of which they are produc tive. We wish, therefore, we could have been spared the necessity of noticing in any manner the transgres sion of the Right R d Prelate, who on this occa sion so far forgot what was due to his high calling, ens to his family. We saw, however, that publicity would here be onavoirlable; but we hesitated to give more thad a brief notice, till we had made some infinities into the subject. We now copy the following account from a Sunday Pape:, and an Evening Paper of yesterday t MARLUOGOUGLI ITRIPET.—A charge has been marl• acsinst • Bishop at Marlborough street Police Office. lie is an elderly man. (ln Thursday night he was de toiled in a hack room of the White Lion public-house. in St. Alban's place, St. James's, with a private in the Foot Boards, which led to his instant apprehension and resuov.:l with his companion to the watch-house. There were not fewer than seven witnesses to the fact ; and it !Would seem :hat the Prelate with difficulty escaped the vengeance of the populace, who, if not prevented by the rtteemilliers, would have sacrificed him to their Wig. nation on the spot. As it was, he was severely beaten. On being secured in the watch-house, he offered hail to enema:mot f his liberation ; hut this was very properly refused, and be remained locked up in a cell during the night in a state of mind which may be more easily ima gined than described. Friday morning be was conveyed in a hackney coach to Marlborough-street, and was soon afterwards followed by the soldier. They wets both !Amor., by die execrations and reviling. of the era wd.—Mr. Dyer, the presiding Magistrate, determined on a private 'gemination, at which Mr. Alley, who at. tended for the Bishop, was preeerft. The wit o were called in separately, but their testimony was in all respects consistent, and the case established was to a cer tain extent of the clearest nature. Mr. Alley, however, submitted, that as the capital charge had not been borne out, client was entitled to bail, a proposition to which we understand, Mr. Dyer was arliged to accede; and the offender liar permitted, in the course of the day, to go at large, upon finding sureties to the amount of on. thousand pounds. The soldier, not so fortunate, was compelled to take his trial. We decline entering more minutely into the details of this shocking affair; but we ought, in justice to a worthy Prelate, whose name has unfortunately been mentioned by mistake, in connection with the charge, to request our readers to reflect before they come to a positive determination as to the party impliented."—(Sunday Paper.) • We are informed that during the examination not only all persons casually present were ordered to leave the office, but even all the constables of St. James's, ex cept the constable of the night. The friends of the Bishop were suffered to renntin in the office. The eel; dente was so strong that some surprise was expressed by the constables who had heard the first depositions of the witnesses. that the wretched man was not committed on the capital charge. It is necessary, to prevent any unfounded suspicious. to state that the individual in question is the lion . P. J. Bishop of C. and brother to the Earl of It."—(F,reaiug Paper.) A number of report. are in circulation, but we forbear now to notice them We shall merely mention, that we have heard from gond authority that a man was nearly flogged to destn for having 'ceased the above Prelate .4 the same tamer, convicted on his evidence of codes vouring to extort money from him. Ile has effected his escape, we understand, taking with him ali his family. blew bribes were, it is said, offered to the keeper of the eistch-Lonse, sad to the constables. 8/11P/•14V(. Trebi.lGr:NCß. DEAL, ut.v22.—Came down from the River yesterday and remained, the Prince Leopold, Sadler, for Malta; Sisters, Bishop, for Africa; Resignation, Sanders, for Valparaiso; Agues, Lunde, fur Gibraltar; Paragon, Seal, ditto; Amplietrite, Pittterson, fur Mira s.ichi.— Attired and sailed for the River, H.M.S. Se tingapatam„ front Portsmouth; Pairley, White , front Madras ; Augustus Caesar, Selby. from Jamaica; Torn, front Barcelona; Sonderlsnd, ditto; Commercial packet, Neistoti, 13 days from Lisbon ; halt -past six, came down Soma the Ric er an d re m ' i ce d, t h e Thames, Heaviside, for 11, 11E4 and China.— Wind W.S.. W. Port - rssto::lii, Jr;.y 22.—Arrived his Majesty's ship .`ii;ite, from the West I tvfies and Madeira; Wean, To!ikes, front Ifandtro', fur Puilaomphia.—Wind S. W. Kvatourn, JVIS 21.—Arrived the P nee, 'rooky, front Quebec, in days.—Wind S. W. l'iotouvit, JULY 21.—Arrived the Lord Sithnonth p-o ket from Jamaica, in 33 days; Duke of Marlborough from Lisbon, in 7 days. Sailed the Duke of Keot t'Ac!itt for Lisbon.—Wind The Dowager 1.4.1 Ellenhuningh is the porchas•r atohridge-house, the resilience of ber I4te M.- which was sold by auction last Taestlay. _ . THE STATESMAN. FAMINE IN MAYO. CASTLIMAII, Jolt 18.—The return made hat night to Government of the state of this county, from the Central Committee, certainly presents a very me lancholy ■nd awful view of its condition. The popu lation of Mayo, in the recent Census, is stared to be rimier 300,000, and the number of individuals now re ceiving charitable aid, as made out from the Reportil 'resented to the Central Committee by the several Lel cal Committees, exceeds 260,000. Notwithstanding this prodigious mass of misery, it is creditable to the zeal and ebergy of those whom it has pleased Provi dence to exempt from the common calamity, that the jives of the people are preser►ed, by the care and cau tion with which they dispense the relief committed to them, both by charitable associations and by Govern ment. The grants of the Central Committee on Tues day last, for the relief of the entire county, amounted, as appears by their advertssement,to the sum of 6,5111. 16s. In making grants, the Central Comositte act upon the calculation that 281. is a sufficient stun to support 1000 persons for a week. A Letter from Doctor Birch, who has been teat into rris by Government, to I'. S. Lindsey, Esq. Chair man of the Central Committee, dated Newtowa Biog. ham. July 14, two days after his arrival there, says, The disease in the Town Is very trifling. I saw but four eases of Fever, one of Dysentery, and ones( swelling from eating the herb bar►age. I expected to be able to give you as account of the state of the Mullett, and some other places, by the next Committee day:" We are quite at a loss to understand the motives of the persons who supply so mach false information to the Dublin Newspapers respecting the state of this county. The tree would' of our condition are suf ficiently afflicting, without having recourse to lb. most scandalous misrepresentation. The week be fore last it was stated is the Dublin Prints, that a family of eleven persons had bees found dead in their hoots at Erris, sod last week one hundred and forty persons had perished la one parish of that district. Both these statements are false. In Erns there has been much distress, and there is some disease; but there is no such mortality there as the public are led to believe. Instead of one hundred and forty deaths in a week in that parish, we are satisfied there bare not been a quarter of that number in the whole district since the commencement of the famine, which eer- Wally would have depopulated this country but for the timely and unparalleled aid which has been re ceived.—(Mayo Coavtitrtion) A man, named Sweeney, died suddenly, returning from this town to Dreary. on Saturday last. His death ha% been attributed to starvation, bat. we be- I ieve, erroneously.—(/bid . ) A correspondent from Derry informs us, that there is no scarcity prevailing in that neighbourhood; on the contrary. the corn crop. are extremely abundant, and there is every prospect of the harvest being soon got in. IMPERIAL PARLIAIJIE.VT. HOUSE OF LORDS- MONDAT,JuLy 22. The Lord CHANCELLOR, the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, and Lord REDRSDALE, sat as Commissionersond notified the Royal Assent to the Loan Bill, the charge of Pen 'aions 14111. the 5 per Cents. Repayment Bill, the Scots a Spirits Drawback Bill, th e Growing Produce Bill, the lltarriege Act Amendment Bill, the Small Notes Bill, the Bankrupt Joint Cotnmisi , ions Bill. the Pees of Court Bill, the New Churches Bill, the Irish Prisons Bill, the 111-treatment of Cattle Bill, the Rakers' Regulations Bill, the Middlesex County Rate Bill, and several pri• sate Bills. Mr. Bat:mous brbueld up from the Commons the Ex chequer Bills Issue Bill, the Court of Exchequer Sit tings Bill, the Salt Duty Reduction Bill, Scots Nagle , trates' Residence Bill, Alien Bill, Scots Royal Burghs Bill, Irish Constables Bill, Receivers-General Bill, Irish Poor Relief Bill, and the Thames BaPastage Bill, which were read a first time. The Earl of LIVERPOOL, after the Alien Bill had been read a first time, proposed that the bill should pass through the next stages without discussion. and that the debate should take place on the third reading. Lord HOLLAND had no objection to the course of proceeding which the Noble Earl suggested. On the motion of the Earl of LIVERPOOL, the Bill was ordered to be printed, and to be read a second time on Wednesday, it being understood that the second reading shoiddl-leprefernis, and that the third reading should be moved vs Monday next. The second reading of the Irish Constables Bill was also fixed for Wednesday. The Duchy of Cornwall Bill, the Irish Endowed Schools Bill, and the Irish Insurrection Act Bill, passed' through Committees, and were reported. In the committee on the last mentioned bill, the Mar guess of Lastenowa a repeated his objections to the clause Which renders nugatory any actions which may be brought against magistrates by persons sus t a i n i ng injury in consequence of the execution of the bill. After the words enacting that the insurrection act shall be conti nued. he moved to add " Except so much of the said act es deprives the plaintiff of the right of obtaining more damages than sixpence in actions brought against &jus tice of the peace or magistrate. The amendment was negatived. IZ,B SLATE TRADE. The Marquess of LAICSUOIVNE observed, that the House of Commons had not long since passed a Resolu tion for addressing the King, praying his Majesty to take every possible step with a view to obtaining the complete and general abolition of the Slave Trade. He was anxious that it should not by any possibility be sup posed that their Lordships had deserted their duty upon such a question, and as be should be 'sable to attend after this day during the remainder tolgthe Sessioc, be took this opportunity of noticing the subject to the house. That be had not before brought it forward arose from no new fact having occurred respecting the Slave Trade, except it might be called a new fact that they were still as far off as in the last Session, from any prospect of a general abolition. This inhuman traffic was still unhappily carried on to a great extent under the Sags of Prance and Portugal, on both coasts of the continent of Africa. It was, however, consoling to ob serve, that in some of the New States of South Ame rica, where the temptations to carry on the trade were great, aid the prejudices in its f trong, a spirit had arisen highly favourable to the rause of humanity, which bad led them voluntarily to join in abolishing the traffic in Slaves. He trusted the time would at length arrive when both the New States of America, and the old ones of Europe would heartily join, and zealously to-operate in preeepting the further contiuu sigh of Ma most dlsgraae bdta nd tnisenitie traffic. He bed thought it right to notice the gentillo thus far, that it might net go forth that it had altogether escaped the attention of their Lordships. TITHES. (TROY Tag BRISTOL SUBMIT.) Considerable interest was excited at the [Monmouth Quarter] Sessions in expectation of appeals from certain parishes in which the swam of tithes have been chaeg ed to the full amount tirtlie poor, essieformably to the late decisions in Norfolk ; but no such appin.:ll wcee made. We had been given to understand that the baba bitants of Pont.y.pool (Treverlaaa pariah) have thun charged their vicar, (who resides in Westmoreland,) and that the vicar of Ragland, and the Duke of Beaufort have been similarly charged by the pariabi of Rag-' land. On this subject a correspoadent has requested us to insert the following references, which we do for the information of all parties:— " The 43 Eli:. c. 2, directs that rates or assess meats for the relief of the poor be raised by taxation of every inhabitant, parson, vicar, sod other and of every occu pier of lands. houses, tithes impropriate, propriations of tithes, &c. in said parish, according to the ability of the same parish.'—Notax, 1 vol. p. 67. This is the only salutary provision which regulates the description of persons and property to be charged. By this clause Me assessment is to be made according to ability, 4c." " Principles laid down by all the Judges soon after the passing 43 Eliz.—NoLaw, 1 vol. p. 68." " Mist yield a profit to render the rate valid.—p. 71." " Annual profits ariAing from lands. &c.—p. 72." " The opinion of the Judges as given by C.. 1. Eyre, the person n Ito is in immediate possession of the pro fits of the land may be taxed.'—p. 95. Consequently if $:0 profits, no tax." " Rex a:v n Erne. L (tolls of a bridge not making profit, determined by the Court of King's Bench not ratable.'—p. 117,-119, 119." " And in Burn, section 3, article poor (rate)—'Every person occupying what produces profit, whether to him self or to the person under whom he holds, is the occu pier intended by the statute.' And again 'the farmer or occupier shall pay Water and not the landlord who is never to be taxed for his rent , then the landlord would pay twice. And the reason why the occupier is to be so charged is, that the pew-rate is nut a charge upon the land, but upon the occupier in respect of the land:— Fits. Gib. 297. Case 5 Stephens." " Also, in the case of Rex v. Carlyon. Lord Kenyon said, 'The legislature intended that, when rates are , made for the relief of the poor, every person should con- ' tribute according to the benefit which he receives is the parish.' In conformity with which, in the celebrated cause, Lord Bute v. Urindall and another, (tried before Mr. Gould, at the Surrey Assizes) coming before the Judges in conseqnenceof a special verdict , in which it was stated, ' That Me profits arising to the ranger from the said land.; are worth MI. a-year ; but the herbage and pannage of the park have yielded no profit to the ranger.' Lord Mansfield said, 'the question is whether the plaintiff is rateable at all? Not for how mncb, or in what proportion. It is clear he is not rateable for the herbage and pannage because they yield no profit ; but there is a parcel of land inclosed, which he sows, and reaps the corn from, and the profits arising to the ranee, from the said lands amount to 1001. a year; therefore he is occupier, and quo aomicae occupier can make no itilf•rence whether by gift or for wages.*-1. T. 8.339. 1. Bolt. 173. pl. 193." Intelligence was yesterday received at Lloyd'''. of the loss of his Majesty's ship Drake, about the 22d ultimo. at St. Spot's, in Trepassey Bay, daring a fog. She was bound to St. John's, Newfoundland, from lalifax, with two mails from England on board, which were lost; and we regret to add that the Cap tain, a lieutenant, a midshipman, and 22 tempo and marines were drowned. A letter from St. John's, Newfoundlaod, dated 27th of June, stales, that the persons lost in the Drake were Capt. Baker, Lient Stanley. the master, Mr. W. Moore, a midanipman, 16 of the crew, and two women.. Paidshipase I L d ell and Grote were med. r t A - PRISON RROOLA TIONS. The bottle having resolved itself into a Committee on the Prison Laws Consolidation Bill, The LORD CHANCELLOR said that it was of im portance that the house should have time to consider this measure; which contained many material alters. tions in the law of the land, and as it now came before them at so late a period of the Session, he thought it would be better to defer the further consideration of it until next Session. If the clauses relative to penalties were proved, he'pledeed himself that he would himself brine forward the Bill immediately after the meeting of Parliament. Lord SIDMOUTH said it was impossible to resist the wish expressed by the Noble and Learned Lord. He regretted this Bill had been delayed to the present late period of the Sertion, because great expectations had been raised throughout the country, as to the advantages which were likely to result from it. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he would certainly introduce this Dill as soon as the nest Session cow. menced. The Marquess of LANSDOWNE said this Bill was founded on a very able and clear Report of a Committee; and that it had been for a considerable time anxiously looked for in different parts of the country. As, how ever, the Noble-and Learned Lord on the Woolsack wished to postpone the consideration of the Dill, be would readily accede to that proposition, particularly after the promise made of renewing it nest Session. The Earl of LIVERPOOL and Lord REDESDALE suggested that the Eili should be printed in its pre sent shape, and circulated through the country, be tween this time and the next Session of Parliament. The house thee resolved itself into a Committee on the Bill, which was ordered to be printed. The Insolvent Debtors' Bill was committed ; as was also the Irish Insolvent Debtors' Bill. On the motion of the Marquess of LANSDOWNE, a message was ordered to be sent to the House of Com• moos for a Report of the Commissioners of the Holyhead Road Bill.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The house, at a qoarter to four o'clock, was summon ed op to the House of Lords, to hear the Royal Assent given, by Commission, to several Bills. The SPEAKER having returned, reported to the house the particular Bills to which Assent was given (for which see the Report of the Lords' Proceedings.) ORPHANS' FUND DILL. On the motion for agreeing to the amendments of the Committee on this Bill, Mr. H. SUMNER opposed it. He said that the ap pointment of the Committee had originated in some ob servations made by himself about two years ago, when he took occasion to state to the house that a considerable revenue, which had been granted to the city of London for beneficial objects, had been diverted to very different purposes. and had, consequently, become the grossest job. It was his intention to have brought the matter under the consideration of the home early in the See- Sion, when an Hon. Baronet (Sir W. Curtis) whom he regretted not to see in his place, took the hint, and came down to the house with a list of a Committee ready cum and dried. The practice of canvass on Bills of that na ture was very much condemned, bat in this instance ii was carried to a shameful length. The lion. Baronet to whom he alluded was always known to be a staunch supporter of his Majesty's Government, and took care that his Committee consisted of those who, like himself, soppor•eol Ministers. The Hon. Member here eutereol into a history of tit! Fund, and contended that the col lector shosiold monthly, at most, make returns of the ba lsa. es which canoe into his hands, instead of retaining it two or three months. fie (.lr. Som , ner) had proved before the Committee. that the io hosine-s might be done for a salary of UO/. a-tear, and this hr proved, by the evidence of the Hon. Baronet's Deputy, who fur more than twenty years did the whole business for that sum, when the Hon. Baronet had only to receive the money. There was' no necessity for requiring security to ilie amount of 12,000 L, as was usual, berre.e, by making weekly retort's, no snore than 1,000/.could ever be in his hands. It was possible the Hon. Baronet never made any use of the balances to the amount of 7,ollth' to 8,000/., which he retained in his hands for two OR three months; but though he made no gain by these balances, yet it was a loss to the fund of four per cent. In the pe tition presented by the Common Council, the prayer to be beard by Counsel was omitted, and, therefore, when Counsel were going into the Committee-room the oloor was shut io their face. Unless' the word „ weekly" wasaub stituted for "quarterly," he would move that the amendments be read a second time that day six months. Mr. BROODEN defended the character of the Hon. Bart. (Sir W. Curtis.) His conduct was most honour able, and nothing appeared before the Committee to im peach the Hon. Baronet's character. He was the more astonished at the statements of the Hon. Member for Surrey (Mr. H. Sumner) as he understood he had before withdrawn his opposition to the Bill. Mr. Aid. WOOD said be had a clause to propose. fie first moved (as we understood) that the word " quarter ly" be left out, with a view afterwards fo substitute the word " weekly." • Mr. LUSHINGTON suggested the propriety of post- e porting the further consideration of the Report until the Hon. Bart, should be in his place. . Mr. BROGDEN said that an additional reams for de lay arose out of the opposition by the Hon. Member for • Surrey, who said in the Ct emitter he would withdraw his opposition to the Bill. Mr. H. SUMNER said that the Hon. Wernher (Mr. Brogden) had made a very broad assertion. He (Mr. S.) did give up his opposition to the Bill. He never meant to give up Lis opposition, and therefore it could not be any excuse for the Hon. Baronet's absence. that • lie expected no opposition to his Bill. Every thing be had said either in that House or in the Committee was fully borne out by the evidence produced before that Committee. Mr. BROODEN said that the Hon. Member (Mr. S.) •I observed that he (Mr. B.) bad made a broad assertion in saying that the Hon. Member in the Committee declared he would give no farther opposition to the Bill. Whe ther that a 'on was true or false—(Cries of " order, order)"—he would appeal to the Hon. Bart. (Sir J. Gra ham, we believe) behind him. Mr. H. SUMNER desired the Hon. Member (Mr. Brogdee) would explain what be meant. BROGDEN said (as we understood him) that if the Hon. Member (Mr. H. Sumner) meant to say he did not mention in the Committee that be would not give the Bill any farther opposition, that was untrue—(Cries of " order, order."—" Chair, chair!'') The SPEAKER observed that both the Members could not but feel that they used expressions which they ought not to ase. He hoped both of them would explain to the house. He was satisfied that title was a misunder standing which arose out of a subject in which the feel ings were warm. Mr. BROODEN said he submitted with the greatest deference to the call of the Chair. When he came down to the house he expected no opposition from the Hon. Member (Mr. H. Sumner) said that was " a broad as sertion," and that he never said he withdrew Isis oppo- sition. he (Mr. B) said that was not the fact, and he appealed so the Moe. Baronet (Sir J. Graham). whether he was wrong.—(Order,order.) The SPEAKER again interposed, and said be was sa tisfied there was a misunderstanding. Nothing could be more misunderstood than what was said by the lion. Member for Surrey. when he used the words broad as sertion, as applied to the lion. Member's (Mr. Brag den's) statement. The words were not meant in an of fensive sense as the Hon. Member (Mr. Brogdeo) mis conceived them. Mr. H. SUMNER said be agreed with the Speaker.— His use of the expression " broad assertion" applied to the point that no part of what he said was calumnious,. and also to what he said in the Committee, that he never meant to give up his opposition to the Bill. Sir J. ORetHAhl said that certainly he inferred from what bad fallen from the Hon. Member for Surrey in the Committee, that he would give no farther opposition to the Bill, and that he could not be in the house on the present evening. Mr.T. WILSON observed that the debate and discus- sion which arose in the Committee were on the whole carried on with a great deal of 'rood humour. The Hon. Member then went into a defence of the conduct of Sir W. Curtis on the business. Mr. 11. SUMNER said be did not rise to offer any ob servation on what was said by the Hon. Member for the City of London (Mr. Wilson); but there were two circumstances stated which went to impeach his charac ter, and far which he would wish for an explamition from the Hon Member (Mr.l3rogdes) before he left the house. What lie said in the Committee was, that ,he $,, • would not touch the question if no other person would. . 44, oppose it; but he never meant to say that he would gin . • ' up the apposition. 1.0. The SPEAKER here again rose to ord er , an d thellai lt •• 4. Member sat itown. -, Mr. BENNET said be could not see why there , • should be one moment's delay between the collection , of the money and the paying it into t 4 Chamberlain*: . ' hands. • Mr. HUME said that those in the collection of the Excise and other branches of the public Revenue were required, by a Bill now in progress before the Lords, to pay into the Treasury weetly, and some even twice a week, the sums collected. lie could not conceive why a different principle should be applied to this Re. venue of the City of London. Attention ought to be paid to the petition presented from the City on the bu siness. After a few words from Mr. Alderman WOOD, • The House divided on the question, that the word quarterly" be left out. The numbers were for leaving it out, 4—Against it, 37—Majority for the clause as it stood, 23. On the question that the Bill be engrossed, the house again divided. The numbers were— For the Motion, 30—Against it, 12—Majority, IS. TCRKISII PRIGATE. Colonel DAVIES wished to correct a mi•reppresenta. Lion which had gone forth from what 113:1 fallen from him respecting the Turkish frigate. What he stated was this—that be was on board this frigate; that he saw the person second in command; that the ship was capa ble of mounting 35 guns; that he was told she would have those guns on board, and stores : n proportion; that be was told by the same antlinrity that she was to be manned by 250 British seamen. CORON6IIII IN IRII.AND. Mr. S. RICE presented a Petition frnrn several Co roners in Ireland, against the Coroners' Bill—Laid on the table. QUEEN'S !lERVANTII. The Report on the Queen's Servants Pension Bill was brought up, and the amendments agreed tu. The Bill was then ordered to he •ndrotrrd. The Malt Dutiei-Colleetiou Lill pisse4l through the ~' , I 1 v V / t