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Vr4ll a:revers! . in rityal wifig ; the others he 'adorned, witfi the trapping, of o & ite, add ins them to iiiii . tate 'the 'Cinincil: I . le also" procured it number Or inferior animals. such 414%4, awl cats, a,,i rats, williCh . wire to re.: pre%elit tiw people, mud on these he Rut chains, elf tlireetea towards that partiettler corner of the room where • his Council were sitting. ^ The courtier! hiving stiffi:iently prepased,his exht,,,, , , induced, tie Suer reign one clay to visit Monarch: was at n r . t sur . priserf„ but displeasure soon sue. Iceeded, and conceiving that the exhibition Was iis.• temlid to ridicule himself, he was about to *plunge a dagger in his courtier's heart. The courtier: frayed for mercy, and permission that he Shoutil l 'retire to the country for a year, and promised, thst if on his 'twat to Court, the object ft? ti 'scheme were not discovered and approved, be won. I willingly . submit his breast to his master', dagger. Vie obtained his prayer, and on his retina linual the whole system of Government altered, the King einalicipittil from the chains which the self-interest' of Ministers had imposed on him, and.the country regottd to its usual happiness and tranquillity. Ile should leave it to the house and to his Majes ty's Ministers to apply the fable. The qisestion being put, the Amendment was negatived without a division. The Bill was read the third time, and passed. The House then littipurited. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY, Maims 13. ' NATIONAL DEBT. !krr Hymns, frnni the Oaks of the Ceenthisqiesers fee the ' figsi lotion of She Natioonl Debt, presented 40 Account of; S.inet reireire.l wmJ repentant by the Coinetlssers, for fiat perpose, ix the la• 1 irtaner..6..Lri&so sbe'ogW. UNCLAIgED PRIZE-MONEY. itr. Spier, frma Chelsea *fossils% Promoted an Account , of Unclaimed Pear-Hoary, pond into the Chest trout 1/97 Iv the bth Jammu lasi.-4AsLos the table. WATERLOO BRIDGE. Mr Swage brought is the Waterloo Bridge Art Amend. Theta Sal ; *bids wee read the first, sod orskred to be read the secoild time. scarcu LUNATIC ASYLUM. Mr. FARQU Mit presetited a !Pentium from 'be Soffianth of Nuistrome, prA)lng to he exempted front the °prestress, *lib respect to sin.isemdfat, of the Scotch Climatic Aillunt Load its the table. IRISH EXCISE LAWS. General Hoot torairstrol two Petitions from certain In. habitants of thocussity of Dvotioilyconsplainine of the .e -vert op. ratios% slid etrret alb, late alterations is the Ex cise Lasts .—OrdrreJ to he so the bible, cud to be printed. • TITHE LAWS. Sir W. !tenet presented 1 • finm the Chancel;ur, lhliuws,sud Ctris.4ll %hombres of the Uoi!crsity of Oxford, mune ) PS , ' alai* Oaf •r- Member'e bishjert ; but as Se& t wish line of mailer A per, returned on a Mat• should int, inhabitants oil itsbabi. u( to. 1 net rtveu ►ealin: of Hun. of Gen incusaireurruceti which hmk vita- !put day, ..iVEN, Mui+y adjournment 1M! the adjourned debate on the •l'elitiuu pte►ri+ted re- Int;ve to the porter brewers of the inetrois.l,4. The SPEAKER -" The question is, that this Pe. Winn do Ite on the table." Mr. CAt.vtfttr said, on the day after the Peti t ; lion was nrrsented, lie emote doo II 10 the I lotw, , prerired to iirore that the statestseots it rowal o rd .egniiist the brewers were wholly unfounded. Cir cumstances occasioned the debate tote thru post- for tlie wbrtill 113,640 men. should lee inistrikd . wined the Bill Doe eeroliag foe tLe alteration of the Tithe 1(00,000." He' id not think it could bre doubtedb IL•••—laid •• th e ta b l e . . ... that an army .1100.000 men was sufficient fur the . AllDEil h iVilr .BILL ' ' service of this empire. Mr.,' .... Wirers. _eita'lltet,iiirce Gam doe in- The goodie.. bring put, r ia l lr a .A. 1 11 1 4, :. „. 14 4. 1 . 9 ° I l l ° ! I P A r a " ItY Earl BATHURST rose to oppose the amendment, 77.....V.T.:::•:, I r Te". • • ulmerving 'het the esiebli.hosent 1/0111 proposed was ' -Pooirs I.A . iTS. 04•••• 1",61911 la a Sill fur the "Set l • 9oB o f It he senor as .1011 hems- determined in the last See. .„,"e• 9 arell e rkraeE= was read 'hearse time. -e.iens,t•wittr.aleiCiltoll' Ingslertoln . neglirtlar 00 1 • -- t - leit .- . - ikiellehlie :esti. erected time-- force in Ireland :I l been reduced by 2,000 th en. me. X. MIR Meted, that, to salt the funveniance td The' N'Aisiti t "e" .1 031 40. 4 . 11 0 %) seemed to have Members, he mossM Row move the second mediae—floe Rill z• kle"atllttS fele - .Yeet WO titt..faireet lorded hy wit:eis , might _„,,thfs ito,PriattPro-fgr'44.-P.___ri'dtit c i u ' l t ittc " t else - preaent• tateldislieseut could he examined, but 1.- "" ''''' '''` "telt ' c ' ewhi " T" ' " "ti"g t he 111. hillftielq/daithilißdi At 1716iiamiotvhei iM " en. ' '.` .- ' t la 1- ' ls • Mr. Alireateeif impressed on die mina of she Moo. ar e r . • tt"411•414119996190'4r11.4•e: ) 'The 'NOW 'rerl Member AV" •• y. 4 instrodaring into the Bill wow InutlimaiillPll4iti : efl thetelialial netioitillhhil of tile measere Sei • - • of permitting Magistrates to pass ettitHElZte'titte tat4lglii, mild 7 1s;str rellisinated Iterowo's tit dWir***Peettee Idoeel or rtittewteut• wlthout ( welt" f lier i i • fig k e e . *A s . a i l i at ah i ed • • iff.,iiie ?,hl milting them, as gravitate, rue seven day.. llirre was as. co lon i es rim * -i n ei n c eny . voidsi# prsee; .. This . ether poiatro which , he also called the die Hon. Memher's t 'Ve l eet; Ira 'notfite - fitet t The fortVlied ,ibt 'wen 'to "%lin".By die' present la.' the Paull!nulmti Was subject lwi a pen all y of WE for each pauper who esc aped ' • but as 9 Veteiierf. ' er‘th 11i4 'iltteptioii - Or dinette, ' e'nd d the offence wits abliged to be pniseeetcd at the Quar ter Se.- - alfllittiglithislttoble Lard 'had spoken Of there bring . liatehille Minh!' **II very 'eldest exacted. Re cm wish MI b;ll l olrnieti in the Veiled States. it'coidd sine 61.1" ' • M•gisluirl•Muldit••• a power to levy a floe of 401 : or twee he fox that there 'T im a militia riiece of Iles: seaunarily, iintesd of leaving the matter ' r 00.068 Inien. - • The 'Noble Earl had - sekined to ebo d. w a er t' reom s es it itted frie n se r s-71 days, "lc t a il gi ll bi r c e h t , wris p e u rr e o r i: thillisle "Ihit the tome ... employed at Inane had the Politic', Wheivarat forward to thripi ge aces or y settlement, to HO - other • object 'than tii' enslave the tiountry, ' the amen , of • week or fortnight. now .ti a d contended_ that „,,„,„ ee ig ea ltdi i ,h,, Mr. N. Ilbottlte said, that as far as Ireland and Scotland menu .. nnot , i3e .. i ; neeender. .ri t - te r --- ; - e , - in .. The . lo amy matiereed. the Bill provalei• I few the 'summary passing llama. ef •Callieberiaily siitty - gloat:Wes ' fled ' ter im orotawi l l t ration pi l:e ce 4 f it ier wtetbrr t. the Itwolslh . provisions % m ut a t Id . wired for' it ; bet if only . rimy 'voted - for - it, the • beesiroard - to peepers generally. : As to tlesevosel point, Nitable Lard elsoold . lot 'hive lbegmten, that only that alas deserved, and would receive, slue attention. - onl y it i em b eie had * m a r aga i nst i t „.(itit ear. )_ • qtistresamseetsow hoped - the provision, with respect to Thit - Wliat sir the forte eripinyed for this enslaving l i „ "l .,,tr it' ae , "7. l 4 : l.l . ° P lui r r •v ,• ' °•l4lJ* " te "' lrd to ••• the - teilibtley ? - Its North BRIM!' there" cirri 4a• The But wa s . a 'hi, road a aeeo,ud lime—went through fielded dory 2400 men ; and • coald • it' be soppoord Ciamiatimeesutetit-oatt ordered to be re-committed or 'that 1,500 • 'Meta were cipable of enslaiinig all the . the Sth sof Apr. next. Tee Bill was alto orderet.t.to hi peep* Af 'Scotland ?- fa England, di/f the Noble O rt m ittill ; Lotd • knew the number of into employed in dock- l e ,,,," e . r ee ' i' e ' lie rt : t oull'lhs 1/41 ',__, 1 ""e hl is ' a Rill "to awle*4 lb , yard's', notion the coast, fee thiikehesttiotref con.' e r a an d , „a t li o rc "",: e .f nt l i b i e In:" which Wi r re" 11 " training! trade ? Perhaps' the" Noble 'Earl 'might seeoticii_ead Order., " to be reee s in ri: g it t•lttran.r.F...aal malted on Ilse St of Apri • think these Min very ill rnipinyed, is tire tended mat. Also to 'be prissiest. 'lo pieveut'a free trade.—T tleuf sad a laidgh.)—: .. 'REPEAL OF THE LEATHER TAX. Lord ALTIIOIIIIr brought ill .. 0.11 fur repelling the ad • Did Its- know whit number were enaployed in the d he itiutiai Lae dote on leattver . ..-Read stir fiestiartd ordered is • metropolis end' 45 nine* round, anal -deducting ori e l w ti tiss u e theou M i Letay, thef tone of April. Mr. L a nsureee n t • these *ma the entire foie"; did the 'Noble' Exrl ' know that the amount of the font lhatiibuted Each/ pies,. slated. o mi t. tboagal t h e : firsti ret:::l7„g"ccoxiluirh.,.fgshil thYongliont the country, to be eionl ft ed In collie.. WAS not opposed, his Right Hou. Friend (Mr. Vaussitart) iu in , :; it s tfiti not exceed 4,000 men ? Time estiruiint. feuded to oppose it iu its . seas wage. : ins-' every Estirnee 'peace bed' been estimated Ois del '" .. . PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. :• Pnuiipli that in every four days the . toltliers sliOnld ' . Sir F. Boamtte repented a Petition from the inhabitant ',Mee 'three 'days of elit all& one of did'', 'while the 1 0 1 / I ' is i b belVe le h •r i j i i s 7 . g . i fin. 4... " Ref "" i i " l' e r l i e wcit t-- L li d 01 • • (Hearist Were • regulated itfsetli a tit - inner 'that the mr , W i an d n'resen. to he a:Pe i : h i ll: Us • is i f i rr 0 f ee h r e ta ß in al in o ts f abi 'Violin...re - hail aisle two days test and one of duty ; I sa r, ...rime; L y 'o, - ,' - • • • km& cituld 'the - Iqnbli Loral advise • ridnctioh 'that iltraiilll.--Labl'ou the labor, awl orde a red to be primed. lu •AllsoottliFfesitianly'to throw an additional weight of SALT DIJTIES.. %--11 Idahip on there iaditidual soldier ?—(.H a/.) Mr. esteem"? mores , for ass account of She gross anal ne ' Fail GlittiStfitiolit. its replY ,'Mitl, t h at in pro. produce of the SOU Duties is Estill/14*d g fur the last serf • 001;iiig )11:47 . , 'eduction of the *landing arm", be I I ' ! " —Chdeit ` i ' . ~ . . . had not 141 , out of *et the ansouut ,of Oe militia , , TITHE AIIENDUENT DILL 7.,. nor maw M 1... BROUGHAM, in ailtOttlitrOnt of the liiird riesling a ' nuts of :the yeunianrt of Ow reentry Ile aiteer milli the tqu le C;il iu thinking. that tsri .` the Inde mnity Bill "' midi " for ibis (seising, Istoue4 his Mum (Nib-. Cameo) World postpone the second natiog u danger issfirietl;tf the Cesestisull-,,i bonuses the nii ibe'Thhe Bitt , till 11l lay. - - ' 1,..,„ y fo r c e ~,,,, 1.'6, 1 ,1 03! 4 In 4 1aciteitirtt i l a lo the ' - Mr. (valves was wiltrag to do Wt. if the Right Hon. Gen metropolis, U.' twenty-fire miles round 0. Ha A l b . 'lmmo opposite (Sir CV. Scutt) would rut tee iiiewsweatenee retie.f deo in the lifeixatroa of ittaceatio, aistory I l s rl i t ; w. I SCOTT was anniuns that the Rill .1 lit be discuss- wet' 161 . 171d . rt1t •Miiilie be •tlintigl;t' to charecterise . a d ei • which, lbw eirlaiill'iwraOha iii this kihijdoad• it was of 1 1: dolt goo d ei hruail t g a, , i " ii cU i ts b o te lita i e n tic °4 e• er f lii hm e m i l a la t y rud tb u e :ti t u t rut the was . who had given Waist:lf nit altogether to' the KM& sate. n - nce of hi` , .. - &litsistree .an had never seen or Mr. Baottosurim was as amities's as the nkriii H 0... (Ira heard a ibi • 411....41r; of his suNects. but as his nem" that II " al """ 4 "" I ' l • ""P"' ll4 " P""ible• be im ...., _., ,WO ea . d . to. It . appeared, filiin a Petiliun priisriiied this dal ' Mf,_i_s i s i is . t . e r i:s s j u ifts t s i sg ici: Ut d iiis t it e e_r . ' t i t? pre .. s!ii t . doted. !(tops allot t a very austaten idea of (he nature at ttrig Dill had gun their trust, mid, -obeerad. • Il i lit I ink kt?iii Soireiei:gii Ili total •iguoreuee Of pisse-' ' . - After a few words from Sir W. Sang and Mr. Crimea iitg events; were etiabled to ' ahnsi $lO ' power,' : d i * second reathoz of the 11 . 11- was warned to Manila Wink atleigkh provolieil the peoide ' to' act, of, fiat . ' tit ' . , EASTER. RECESS. l i i i i7ev . er Al. t rr f:A " I,l l..la m: t ie ' W ly nli w C ire lt r e : il ve P d 4 l l fr ec! iir fl :r.d i l i°, :i :t. 6 weel j rtaira , iithrnlt.LlT°°folirthielrEa!l%utren w ha t d s? it was iliteilde tale' 1341111 courtier ? "to bad; by saiae mean.; 1. ' - Lsord•Crivcsareem auswerea, that the aajeuramen , wined take place um 'rliursilay acct. 4OCo'r . red the' danger. Thilf • criniiier Pewit:l;4d c;iiiiiite'fistile iimnlter of tionkies--utie or thieve hr ' PORTER BREWERS. ..c.. t revbr . ill i n . rOal robes, . and t . augh w !To personate:the ' Mr. C. CALVERT moved, that the tloe resom .. .f .i__ .--- . :!. ___ -- -11. Ohm ...1' Autdri Adalittal.• net I lb., • Pal t• ' "It 'witted re I, posed—her ; brpvere An lie was Hoer ready to shear that the had been unfairly attacked. lle would .not, however, go much at length into the soljeet of the Petition at rearm, provided the flume were inclined to grant a VOintnittee, to examine iti id le ligation.. lie thought it contained •sery gum and i Ssmous.charges—cluire,es will wordily 'the uttentiou of the (louse. The Petitioners accused the brewers snith adopting the most illegal system that could be l=--Unit of manufacturing a beverage from s materials, which they roll to the public as potter. 'l'bis was not a light charge—but it could be easily refuted. He would nut now de scant further on the subjectbst. if Mr Gentlemen moved for a Committee to examine the statements contained iii the Petition, he trusted the !louse would permit him to make souse obaervatiolis on it. Mr. LOCKHART admitted that the charge was a grave and St Mlle ape—imit, in presentiog the Pe.. tition, he had no idea of . moving for a Cutuusittee.' on it. Mr. W. St!tut said, when he was spoken to on theiiibiect,. the-advice he had given wsr, that, if* ,tiie Gentleman who introduced the Petition called fur a Committee, those who were attacked by it, would darivirely to agree to the stroposition--bur, if the Learned Gentleman did not make such a minion, therc did not appear to hint to he any case whatever, made not, that could, in the least de-; gree, put, his, limo. Friends (Memo. Barclay and . 'Calvett) . on their defence. There war nothing in the Petition that was not completely litwered by. the Report of, the Police Committee. if the dif ferent parts of the evidence were put together, mar ;fairly cousidered. The charges against the brewers were, ntai'upoly and aduheration... From what . t be • Petit' oners themselves stated, it, was to lie inferred, • that there could he no monopoly, melesithe price and quality of the article • were taken 'together. . - If they were taken together, there might be mono poly—but rf there appeared to be 14 disagreement between the price and the quality, then u monopoly I . could not exist. N o w, eaelt of the eleven brewers 'adverted tu in that Prtiti 0000 might make hit beer 1 of what quality he pleamerl..—asid, consequently, there was no nuropoly. The alinement of adtd teraiints could ,not be listened to for ;a womesst. Every one kyeivttie laws against that otleoct.• were . I ...1 .- 1 r exceedingly revere—so severe, that it would not be be afrurded to hint by that or any .odortteitt pwer. earth the whits qr . any brewer to ran the et.k..ssf - ir con s equ ence, how e v e r, or thislettet e :,eonpled arilteretipu. for 1115...eake Of tlgil profit theg might : trith.the opinion of Sir Vicery Garbs:Mr. fiarrow, make- b it. If;thee adopted • the system, airy , and Mr. Andrew. (the Counsel employpl by the must use such a itas i enlje . of those itopro t ier in.i.: balms), who ristedi that they 'te:.iresi . they teriale, .as Weald 'render it impossible that they • emits! 'tot draw np each an a/davit et !mold he could escape übsertatiusi. It must naturally and tie- satisfactory to the Court, the legal proceedings creamily_ be matter of general publicity—not only against thatindisidual were stopped . —and thi r .was open to their own s e rvants. but to the whole neighs Matinee cif the business. Since ' the , 26th boorhood.. How c ou ld his Him. Friend behind of January I !St, this Petition was 'reeked about hint (Mr. Burcla'), whose house brewell 3 . 00,060 (he town. A friend of his saw a neriiim . walkii;l4 no' barrels of porter . in the course of a year—how and (low*. the Piazza, in Corint-iiiiden," ,roil ili.. could lie introduce on his twerni.es deleterious recline persons to proceed to the Crop% is mat Au-. articles, to be mixed with so large's§ quiddity of chor Tavern in this Strand, where it lay fur signa liquid, without observation ? The thing only re- turns. It lied at length found its way. to a block. quired.to be stated, in order totneet iminediute ing-drop iii the Strand, which was the most proper contratli.tion. For dine reasons, lie, for one, place ror Fn dirty us. Petition. He hoped it would would not call on the Home to enter into a Coin- k he referred to a Committee, that Mr. lierher Beau, 'itre. If the Petitioners wished it, and it was i moot might he exposed in his true coheirs to that moved for by the Learned Gentlentin, he wits sure Nose told the conntry—as * disappointed alagis his Moo. Friends would nut oppose it. trate, who bad got into the conitnissicia ¶o serve his Mr. P. MOORE said, lie understood, when the own interest. Ile wee disappoiiited in heel:sing learned Gentlenuni s prorented die Petition, that lie houses in the E•lst awl %Vest IHOIS el the town: had no ulterior object its view—that be did not Had, he succeeded, he would probably have exerted meats to rail far inquiry. But, be that so or not, himself in the North awl South. Having faded iq there was one point they ought to look to before that, he now wished to render himself a Initialer. they received such a Petition. They ought to con. man, and, for that purpose, lie Inn" Made those bider its what situation the Petitioner would stand, cbarges against the brewers. if he did not prove his iallegations, and they ought Mr. LOCKHART said, he personally knew nothing to 'leave something like security, that he should of the iniii.illual of whom the Host Member had prose them. If he had gone' privately t . o . work , spoken. Tice Petition was certainly put into his instead of proceeding by - .iitittlin.,:selt)tieh. be hands by, that gentleman, but he presented it as would have Mood a chance tlt . .4brrirlK ilatior4 .in the Petition of 11.000 persons, and not as his Ne ttie pillory, for some of the oilegeeiesse lie had Blinn. Now, though the signatures had been pro.. been pleased to malta--tintl which, - he (Mr. Peter cured in the way the Hoar. Meniber had stated, it Moore) believed, Woe quite unithibitell--for he could not he supposed, that.the p;rsons who sigiacd had himself,* some years ago, a . gatid . detil of t h e P et i t io n h a d no k n O w l e d ge un t h e su bj ect to practical experience op the aubject,', it s s aw no which it related. They at lutist knew the lirke case to go to a Committee. Bet, if eke House of the &nick., and its flavour, although they might granted osse, he wOold go into it, and weuld• per. tint be 'wale of the details which the Hon. Member hats expire* swot of the.peints stela in thcPeti- . had entered into. With respect to going about, l i"ns "hick appeared to loot to have us. ° t h e e. ob - , canvassing for 'signatures, it was a system which he jest tha n t o do i n jury to li great establishment . greatly reprobated. It was borrowed from the lire Hoare, he hotted, would 'metre s_stayedtry_ the mo d e that had been adopted in cities of a !minket imuiber of nausea of AO the Peahen, because fixture..-mid those Ohio iptreducedit; Were, he cots -1101 had been eativeseed for. He hialoelf was coo- ceived, Nide to greet blame. At. Hon. Gent. (Mr. vessel' for his 'lordlier., but, ',viten:he read •the P. hjoore) he a l biker& a considerable latitude in his Petition, knowing . ttsi statements cenjeisierl in it observotimis. ke supposed that some iittwk sees to be false, hr, of retiree. relwrd to seaetiou it. . intended upon an establishment. (Joon what esta- Mr. CALVCRTfeII it to be his•duty.melso Geu- blishment.? here were It or li Il i 666 sea-Lend, if denials had moved for n Committee. to:sitanree the i t we re f e l t t h at a public grievance wits pertre illegaticais contained' in tile. Petition:"..nitelsed triter, by them, what was to prevent individuals passed by the - mations where the 'Peektlisii 'lei for from presenting a Petition againot it ? Why should signatures, 'land he there observed tetys,sesid persons security he given that the Petitioners shotild prove and description% rug seed ineigning 1t..,. 13y this t h e ir a ll e gation,' ? If such a 'prieciple were mice memos it wits, that. so West a 4totithar;ot nettles admitted, itip:iiglit of petition Would he complete- were af fi xed to it. The thaegas it continawd'ilgtritist ly d ol t rove d. T wo Ilion. Gentlemen lied denied the brewer's were thetre—inneepoly. Foii s re th e l . joilti . , '. l ly l tlt4 the statements contisiiird in the Petitions—atid he rims articles with the • herr -final Wt) of was very happy to hear their declination. But lame, w ith o ut co y r ule o r jusitfiehli Ikallie•ot tiii crinlil they aitawer for the preetices , of ethers ? time it was done. With regard netkeeberge of Th e , were pecap,i, of large fortunes an d h„, 1 „;„., useunputy,. he would-my very littler.. The parties tildes, null conattitieutly above such arts—but, were stated to be dreg's, hot they were•cuusideruhly surely. it did not follow that less hoirouruble men nerd numerous. Ili stifersice tiillih'iviiGii . ce of miglit•nnt have recourse to the pr.ictices complete the persons exaniitied before, the Nice Coin:Mum, ed oil''' With respect to that part of the Petition, it would be found, that one of the witnesses slated, which re . taierr - to the present system of lieen.iite that one-eighth of the houses in the trade Inher i ted p aldw...h o li ar c it eels evident, from the Pelmet of to one firm (Barclay anal Co.) , --a.ttl one-seventh-to the'Countiittest, that some alteration ought to be another (Whitbread and Co.) This certainly. die- I made—and it would •be recollected that is - Bill had preyed the chirgeof piosiopoly. Oa the nitutation f biro 1,,,,,,e t i to haa t s c s.i 11 1 l , for the purpose. of ad valicingibis price of Lear, without 1 niailicstion, I though it was nut . caulied. The hart. Getalmnati the circumstances allittled to by Mr. Barber Bean. la i d drusninated Mr. Beaumont u dmiimntatell . mom, in his spat+, were, first, whet had taker. place Magistrate, who had draw') up thin Petition from in 1802. lit that year, lie eard.the mice was advanced persolial motives. Thimilcclarmion was riot ciirrect. without any region whiitsver.• Now, if ever there It slititilil tie returnhered, that he had given evidence were good giound for.yiesing the price, it. existed, b e f„i e the l'obce:CouuMitee—Atid that eliminat e that iierioil. The Right Hon. the Chancellor tee h a d cww..;.,ci,ied i ts t h e propriety „j• hi s can o e _ of the Exchequer had, at that: time, summoned *ions. Ha ought not, therefore, •to he spoken of . the brewers as meet him, and Is stated to Own.% * merely as a disappointed titan, when a Committte th a t he ""'""t to I ,'"P"e ou sficliti°" 6l duty 111 of that House had thought his evidence worthy of 3s. 441. per barrel on beer, Bs. per quarter as malt, being,. acted on, - lulorrler to give the. brewers an: anal lid. und 8-2001 of a penny pee poot . ttl op hops., opportun i ty o f j ust if y i ng t h emse l ves, he should' The same sort of frivolous ekarge was insidesigthost • move, as an eintiehuttit to the motion, "That this; the brewers for the rise that took place in 1503.1 Petition do lie on the tittle"—'t That this Petition; But what was the cause of it ? wily, iiiii*PlY ti.j.—. be referred's° a Select Committee." After a short) the war dirty on malt, of Ws. per quarter was dit•ii: pante. Mr. LtkicitAstr observed, that be could not : imposed. Mr. Barber Beaumont amnestied. 14 Fut-, move an anietaltaent to his ONO motion—but be prise, that, in 1816, the brewers had lowered the h op other ed .„,,„, . (2esit. I tatu ...es would wove for a eri.r. The reason of thee reductiori was, that the, Committee. . war fluty was theft take, ok : Wled, he wondered,. Mi. Btact.ee ens about to Move ilie amend would that Gentlemen here said, if.the brewers : meat—vi i had sot. untie SO? In 176 d, the price of beer was 1 Tiot SPEAKER suggested that the Learned Gen ru fixed at 3341,•prr pot. At *that Oefitidrim, 1i .....":. ", . ileum. (Mr. Lockhart) would probably he allowed 19p. Gd. per' quarter, ending)* tiu. o ! 'el.f. ' - 1 - 4 t: to will his motion, and it wield then be corn price was COlitinned, 1111411 moil 'acilionced .io i uatent to !Mato • ye that die k'titiori be referred his. ell., awl. hnps to 14, goineas per cot. After : ' la a (... ait i ce; •.- • that, a loss was sustained by the brewers for he The original motitin was then withdrawn —and se veral 'yearn. 'Flieie was no - brewer in die me- , . Mr..Ltttkle, 17 . prOposed, '., That the Petition Wiled's, utter the Ardmore of • 1799, to irdiom, , it 'made istie.orixpetice. rI i r a .ct C ommitter , to igni ter in the ' the, wee 1. should . ~ . ,„to s e re t.-, .itErrence. . two ceetlitig ..ii years.- the einitrefy, , brewer, in that period , our half of his capital. Tik:' next advance .ivas in January.. 1801, whets the price of malt was raised from tits; to 841. per cUsr-, tar, which certaisily affOrdedsuilieient ground for the rise that then took • pliti - e. Ilrfure - he quitted i this point, he begged to Obierve, that the tables on which NU Beeuidout• founded his stateMent, and, which he had published. were incorrect: With respect to the third point, he ofity felt it necesvury to say, that the brewer' were out in the lutbit af i• prod uc i ng a p.iisoirous beverage from year to. year. If large brewers had recourse to snob articles, their discovery would-ise inevitable, fur they would - be obliged to have them in cart-loads, which could not be dune secretly. It was stateil in the 'Pgtilion, that it appeared, from legal proceedium that the brewers did use materials, other than matrund hope. Ile should now 'Laurin the flonso what those legal, proceedings were, Some peers heck. theF.dil'or of a Sunday Journal- publiabed a libellous paragraph in his Paper, ligtrini!t the brewers of . London, in' ' 'Which he accosted them with Miiiig.opipar,filesidijr. Night-shade.' eat-hews . Wiens, wax maraca, mall fobateo, in the mailufacture of their beer.—(4 laugh.) —The brewers thowght ',raper to apply to the Court of King's Bench to 'file a criminal 'afar motion against the Editor.:.-brit. in consequence of Maina technical informality in the tilfidevits (which.. totally denied the use of soy thing but malt end, " hops by the brew e rs of I.mtdoti), the Court refused I to grant the rule. This was on the last day of Term • .--and, previous to the commencement of the en- . atfing Term, the Editor wrote a letter to him (Mr. Calved), Muting that the paragraph was copied from 'mother Paper, end regarding him not to pursue any further legal steps ' lit crinotlerution of !TWO' his Papr ishould be trevot e d tole: service of the brewers. Ile, however, disdatued soy prutectiou Allot could . : . mute the mutter theme'', and report the tame, with their observations thereon, to the Honor." Tltitl was agreed to, and the Committee was un- ; ruedietely appointed. CASE OF RQBEIZT WIN DA LE- ' Sir S. RostiLLY rove to present a Petition from person of the name of Hobert Swindell, who hail been imprisoned in Chester Castle, complaining of the Iswritilsips lie hail undergone. and praying for .redress from the House. This Petition had origin ally beets taunted to his Hon. Friend the Mem ber for Shrewsbury (Mr. Bennett), in whose absence he was called on to present it. 'life case"disel'pred in it "Pei not twee's:rely the same as that which had been published in the newspapers—but it was•sub istantially so. He knew not .how the House would, 'dee! with this Petit '• Perhaps the logs of thief , poor mates wife. and the death of ! be,. made topics of merriment, and serve to etihrap' some.future debate. Be that as it might, he would do his duty its presenting.it. • . The Petition was then. read. it stet forth the Nets, which are already, before the public, relative ;to Swindell's:arrest and imprisonment—the death of his wife, its consequence of the fright which that arrest occasioned, and which caused premature labour—the death also of the infect of which she had beets delivereclitpd the necessity which was occasioned.. by the decease of the mother, nod the imprisonment •of the . father. to send the Peti honer's remaining child to the work-horse. It also set forth, that the Petitinner had nerved for eleven years in the navy. and for nine years in the army. The Petition was laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Sir S. R011.1141' presented a Petition from Rani. dull Somerville, of Glasgow. weaver, complaining that he bad beets confined five months, as a state 1 i ,•e , • 1,, oamer, and that he was then liberat.d .. we r ioUt trial.—Laid on the table. 111/ Sir S. RostiLLY presented a Petitioa from George Jenkins, of Haverfordwest, praying that no alteration should be made in the law relatite to cotteynticers. l.vresurom. presented a Petition.Ssam cer. tairklitturneys resident at Dudley ! ,pralli . ix that provision should be matte to prevent persons iiims acting us coiivey.ticerg, who were Hot welai ly qualitied.—Laid on the table. • WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Sir G. CLaug, serilig a Right Hon: G.Cutle ! •trltt in his• place, was desirous of putting is (11140 4 . 041 to 11140, which, he believed, it would be to his power to answer. It would b.• recollected. two years ago, be introdUced a Bill to eststitlis4 uniformity of weights and meatutea, which passed that Hays!, was lost in the House of Peers. was then said, would he is to the Royal Society,- to determine wlyit sta itriiiiifitii . and measures .hotild be adopted. last Session, asked, whether that Commission had issued, mad if so, what steps bad been taken under 'it ?, He was informed, iu answer, by the Chancellor a du; Exelleguewiliat it hoc] not thenissnerl,--but that it would .iu a vary-short tne. He tow under stood : Oat it had mit yetteeti walk out. lie there foie wished to know, what circumstance had occu red to preient., it—and whether it was prob !hie that any C ttttt inission would speedily ha Issued If answered in the negative, he. should muse for an address to the Prince Regent; i)rayiug that a Conttni+sion shotdd issue immediately after the recess—since he could 'untiring ilia Sill 04the subject, with any chance of suceess, lilt thaepte vtons step had been taken. Mr. BATHURST, us we understood; stated, that he could not give the information requested, but . lie would itiqntra into the Matter. ,;. • On the mottos' of Captain WALDEGRAVI 7 :, the pitpeat were ordered to be laid before the House 1. An account of the expense incurred in transportinz convicts to New South Wales doriii!.; the last two years. 2. Au account of the number of convicts trausgorted to the same piaci 'during the saute period, specifyam age., sesei ' Sm. • 3. Ass account of the number of convicts who have died On their passage to the said settlement, during th? same lisle. ELECTION LAWS. The Bill for arnettiliiiic the Election I.sw% sit fir us cc cards essesentruts for the Land Tax, was raid a seepts4 time, and ordered foist. committed ou IVednesdiy.' • The Greenland Pishery Oaths Btll /mated tbropllt a Cum. mince. BILL OF INDENINITif. The ATTORN EV-GENERA I. moved.- the Order of the Day for the third reading of the Indemnity Bill. . • Sir JOHN NTwpoRT observed, it would be the preferable course to have the Bill re-committed, iu order to introduce an timettilnietit into the pream ble. It was stated u, the plettruble, that whereas ceriain persons had committed some l i eu i ikati p. preSsing the lite conspiracy, not strictly agreeable to.-law, they should lier.eay he isratectrd -from the Res - le:11y opted in the prieeple of inclemitifyii4 those who had something.overs!tep !ski - the law lit the. perfarmance of their ditties. But 'from whence iris 14e price of iodetooity ua equity to come ? Feom the public por.e. politic should pay the price of the ruhlic security. Nothing ' , was more: unjust than that, when had Iwo * mimed in bringing about public good, they themselves altuutd pay the penalties. The penalties ought to be paid by the State at large. The Bill ruacted that One individual shorihipiy the Price :of the national safety—nothing was wore in equitable. He admitted, as all must, this princi ple in the :distract—but particul ale train tinfifr tuisiste experience, dirt lie do so in the detail. As it had been his lot to ;sass through unparatlided Scenes of cruelty and atrocity, all protected itoi by one, but by two Bills of Indemnity. The case he was going to 'elate to the House did not with him • rest oil hearsay, or the lamination of uthers......it Caine within, hie own personal knowledg, and o the truth of it he would stake his honour a* a mae, and his character a, a Member of Parliameot. !1•••c eise was that of . 14 trader in Ireland, •rohlred of his taupe; ty by a Bill of Indeuttiity. The fact took place in the end of the vex 1798, or begilliliflg 17gq. Mr. Scott, a respectable metcluint Carrick-on 7 Stiir,'' WHO dealt very largely tie earn tends!, was apprehended by Sir Thomas JUrl. kin Fitzgerald, on a charge of couveyinz pikes in a corn boat to loss. He made ou atlidasit of the falsehood of the change. Security for I:is appearauce Wiill'offered to the amount of 100,0007. His own brother (Sir John's) 'sae one of Owe who proposed to juju in it. It was refused. lie vies made prisoner, drago„ed,to Counsel gnu', and after five days detention offered his discharge, on limits% ••bail fur 20,000/. He said Nri;" you have:ridited ine—)ou have blasted my character ass inetci•aat ; nothing call repair it but a public trial, alwre I eau spew my 111110eellee." No tri +I was allowed him. He was discharged without eideripg into a recognizance; and was made a bankrupt. Da • cmilinesnent corn suffered a great fall. •Ain IA in emit could not dispose of his stock ; amid on his entipigement the corn in his stores was sold necesse ... rily. at such a loss as to bring on bankruptcy.-- That Gentlenuia was. prevented from bringing his action agaiost Sir Thames J. Fitzgeruld, and so teas robbed by the Bill of ludemnity. Lit any man lay his hand cm. his heart, anti • fey that that in-an was nut etitatled,tu redress. This of farts witi l i o .hiorown kawiedge, *tiloht.awct ith at he laid•demen at first, that. the country sl.ould pa, the wronged individuals the damages in-erjoity to be .. granted them.. I t was with . great reinetaixai had spoken of occurrences in Irel3tid, in the pri setscept she Noble Loud wider whose sciispices such deeds had been door, thivi4li lie folly acqiiitti.l him of directly cou:itnnticiog upbobiirg Oulu. In passing two Bills of Indemnity, sthe inent had signed their own death-sv:irrnat —a hen di* assailed. it fell. • The people. of that atter seeiug their riAlthr- so sported with. wee ta take refuge under any other Government ; and in his conscience lie bell:tee'', that were it tint,:far,tlsess Bills, awl the prilvinus exrraordiw•ry measiire!. the•Nnble Lord would iiever have carnet tie mea sure of (Join!). Fie would not, however, go so f •••• as to say, that they had been planned and put in exectition by the Noble Lord, in old. r . to carry it—though hi knew !hat ,some held that opiginii.; Fle wool:i assure, the. House, that.if the penile orthk • . . _ 't I i I 1 r • ii f - 01 CIA Peri orr -41 t!,rl bc• AflS , SO Wei EMI or S not 1 we ft fai%),