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PARLI.43tENTARY REVIEW. Never is the Parliamentary ilistory of Britain les there occurred a session more marked with portent events than the kiwi. whether we take into t I' consideratinti the tnntrientous ;era which it tilled, Vie no►elty of twiny (Wits procerniu4s, the roc's! discussion on this subjects of psrlirurnenlary reform, ana partmaPtitary pnvileges. to which it has given roi., or the political state of the country, orrt of E a•o r , which it is so intimately connected. eireatnstances, • review of this (1) roftrable acwrion may not be unacceptable to our . The location commenced on the it3tl of Janua►y, and the nstsintsa of Parliament wag opened on that day, by n Sreei in Its Maievy:s name, in whieb His Haje,ty kateutesi that Austria had been emu veriest to conclutp 4 dmadvatitazeous peace—that . . E‘pedltion to the Scheldt had in great measure S.vedeu had found it necessary to pur- these vac* with France by considerable sacrifices that the intercourse between Great Britain sad the United States had been suddealy and un- expecretly interrupted. Tn counterbalance these vourees for lamentatiou. Parliament was congratu lated on the glorious victory of Talavera; Ike ex petition of the Frencls from Portngal ; the prospect df Cie Cortes assembling in Spain. and the pros perity of the trade and commerce of Britain, in spite of the efforts of the enemy to destroy it. Clem this Speech. as is usual, • worm debate ensued ; and the first trial of strength between the La and outs was trade. The Address, in the House of Pee-a. was moved by the Earl of Glasgow. and seconded by Viscount Grienstone. and the Amend ment was moved by Lord Grenville. In the Com tism's, the proposer. were. Lord Barnard and Mr. Peel—the opposers Lord Gower and Mr. Ward. In the Upper Noose, Miniaters divided 144 to 92 _Majftity 62. In the Lower House, the numbers were 263 to 167--Mujority 96: thus affording a remarkable instance of the weight of Government in the ask of national representation. The Hone* of •Comensus also divided twice ow the Report on the Address, what ilie Vote* were 34 to 95, and to 100. • hbuisters thus 6n•ling themselves more firmly stated on the Treasury Bench than even their own eaagoine hopes could have taught theta to expect, commenced the balminess of the country in high "pints. Yet their triumph was soon damped by ea. occurrence which. previous to this period. wield have ousted any Administration - that ever existed -T-they were left in a Minority on the very seat important goodie° on which the House of Commons deeided,•na>sely, on the motion of Lord Vorchester, to appeint a Committee of investigs tam into the grievous failure of the Scheldt Expe dition. In which the numbers were 195 to 186, Laing • ltiorit7 of 9 agoinst 'Ministers. The pr. - 4:wallop that took place consequent upon this vote, oceisiated else House almost 'relatively previous to the Easter recess. The Committee sat fifteen tights With closed doors. and two nights (when little was done) without clearing the gallery. In the Committee, *macre were again beat or a diviaion, end out of it grew various discussions, among which the most remarkable were Mr. Sberidan's inotiim for referring the Standing Order for the excluston of strangers so the Committee of Privi leges, en which the House divided 80 to 166—the address to His Majesty fur "sera relative to tile Scheldt Expedition, in which Ministers were again outvoted. the numbers being 171 for, to 178 against them—and also the address relative to Lord Chat. ham, which was carried against them by 221 to Ups. it appears, 'therefore, that in the course of the Walcheren inquiry, the principal measure of the day, Ministers were left in a Minority on no fewer than Jour different occasions. O• the main geestions, however, et the terfni nation of t►e Inquiry, they west enabled to carry themselves through i n f our division*. nu Lord Porchester's Resolutions and Gen. • Crawfu rir. A nand meats. The numbers on t his occa- SiOn were 227 to 175 ; 272.10 232 ; 275 to 324 ; and 953 to 232—the majority of the House of Com mons thereby approving of the Expedition to the Selieldt--the conduct of dist Etinitlstion---the sub sequent retention of the island Walcheren—attil. iu Sae.' every art of the Adminiarstarni and Cie.,- mandmg Officers consorted with that toofiriunate atempf. The principal Imaitsess done in the I louse before the recess (beside what is already noticed) arose ea the re-noasioatinis of a Finance Commit tee; where the Chancellor of the Exchequer divided the House three several times, on the 'muses of hi, own friends, against the nomination of three 4 entls maw, proposed by Mr. &mitts, and in this the Meister was defeated ; the numbers being 107 to $ll, majority opium him, 9 ; 108 to 103, majority against bias 5 ; and 117 to 104, majority against him. 13. Oa the grant of • passion to bold Wt t heses's., two divisions took place before the 00. /Oft MO tarried. The opposition, ia the first stance. awing 306 to 213, and, in the second, 36 to 111. Besides these matters, the House was greatly ocenpied with the di•eus.al of the ',tale upon them, by J. Gate Jones, and Sir Francis Bur dens for which the farmer was, alter a short debate, resuanaitt. d to Neivgate, and the latter, after a de• bong ofoften nights. and a division of tfro to 132, evenniCted to the Tower, for a scandalous Breach of the Ptivilvse* of the House of Commons. Ihe Douse, on this orcasion, ;at All a o'clock in the morninz, and divided twice; the last div.ision being as alcove. The Gist, on the motion of Lord Folk stone, to pass to the other Orders of die Day, 80 for, to 27l astain.t. This took place immediately before the reeesv ; ■nd the resistance rustle by Sir Francis Burdett to the execution of the Speaker's Warrant, afforded matter for much reflection during the holidays, and much discussion aftev the reetisseml.litic of the House. On reviewing this fir s t part of the s es si o n, we find that the House divided, on various occa sioiia, forty-sir times, in seven of winch (cis. four times on the Scheldt Question, and thrice on the nomination of the Finauce Committee), tae Adruiiiiatretion ass left to the minority. They sat one rimming till eight o'clock, another to half-past seven; nine times till three in the MUM' in, six times till two o'clock, six times till our o'clock, and were seldom up earlier than eleven, and often sat as late es midnight. The chief de bates were, us already enumerated, on the Scheldt Expeditiou—the exclusion of stringcrs from the gallery—the noinination of the Finance Commit tee... Lord Wellington's pension address to the King for memoranda presented to His Majesty relative to the Esperlition—soother address rela tive to Lord Chatham—the- libel of (isle Jones— the charge brought against Sir F. Burdett by Mr. Lethbridge, and die motiosi for his committal to the Tower. by Sir Robert Salusbury. This period was also distiuguishui by ait 41C41 in the House, orcalioueil by the Member for Sussex (Mr. Fuller), fur which he was committed to the custody of the Serjeaot at Arms, and only dis charged after making a sufficient apology to the Speaker. whom he had insulted. But aoiong the remarkable events of this tern, and, indeed that which stands pre-eminent in real importance above them all, was the insidious attack made upon the public press. There is, we believe, no political man so bold, or rsth.'r fool-hardy, as openly to at tempt the subversion of this last and greatest pal , Minas of British liberties ; bat what mine dared uadisguisedly to attack, will eielrevoored to be ac compliolted by covert means. Mr. Yorke, on the ground of preventing in accuracy and misreprrsaai. tation in the reports of the proceedings of Parlia ment, moved, and was the cause of the exclusion of the people from their House of Representatives fifteen lilies; and Mr. Windham ladmirid lie hin genius, and hallowed be Air ashes,) after openly at tacking the fame of respectable and highly-meri toning, body of iiebviduals, by thoughtlessly ex eluding them from the gallery, prevented their justification from plug forth to the public through the same ihaiinels which communicated the charge arinst :hem. . - - These were the chief occupations of the House of Commons, collectively and individually, from 23d lino try, when they met, till the istli April. when they adjourned for the Easter Holidays. On the 30th April the House met again. and con tinned sitting, with the exception of His Majesty's Birth-Day, and two days at Whitsuntide, till the 21. t June—in all, 37 days. If the truly part of the Session was busy and eventful. it was nothing when compared wi►h the uninterrupted labour of this ►after 37 days. De bates ensued on the pre.entation of Petitions for Parliamentary reform, &c. from We4usinider, Lnodou, Middlesex, Berk Liverpool, Coven try, Canterbury, Sheffield, Reading, &c. &e. on the subject of the Privileges of the 1-Inse,e under various forms, and on various motions—on the Ca tholic Question—on the Droits of Admiralty—on the Budget. British mud Resolu tions—on Public Economy—on Public Expenditure —on the Lottery—on the Duke of Brunswick's Provision—oii the Cain,iaigns of Portugal and Spain—on a Reform in the Representation of the People in Parlament—on the Ceiiiiinul Law of the Country—on the Sicilian Subsidy—and m soy miser int tilentail sobjt cis, g rna nig out of, or coo -1 'meted with, these importaut and weight' discus sions. Of these num.lons points we have selected the must prominent, is the order of their occurrence. fur more particular notier-400,0001. was voted as the annual subsidy to the King of Sicily, on a division to 24. -Sir S. Rousilly's Bill. for ameliorating the Criminal Law, was lust in a thin House by u niej,,rity of St—the numbers bring 33 against 31. in favour of that measure. Of the Petitions, two from Miil.lle,c.i. one from London, one frotu Berk shire, one from Sheffield, and one from Nlisjar Cartwright, were rejected by the (louse, after dirt -ions upon them all, but the second from Middlesex. Mr. Alderman Cotube's motion of censure for the answer returned by His Majesty to the London Pe tition, ou 13th December, was negatived, 130 to 52. On the subject of applying the Droits of the Admi ralty to the provision of the Duke of Brunswick, Ministers carried the question by very small majo rities ; the numbers ou the two discussions being 84 to 103, 75 to 101, wit] 21 to .10, against the thud ►esd:u; of the Bill. The %chyme of the Budget I was (I. hoed and approved of by 117 to 53 . The I C.,t holm Question, after three nights discussion. was derided aganiat the C 14.111% of that oitnierous body. by a stiajor.ty of 103; the timelier% 213-1 0 9 Mr. Brand's motion fur reform in the representation I - • I t 1134-11 - J 01 J• Engaged in these discussions, the House, during the 57 days of their meeting, after the recess, sat three times till four in the morning—lour times till three -- thrice till half past two—ten times till too, —six times till one; and, of the remaining etEctxt nights, they rarely separated till twelve o'clo . C They divided on gnestionsfurty-fmr times, or shout. oftener than once every night; and in thee divisions the Ministers were I brie, left in minority, on the fiiiauce resolutions of NIT. Ilanlies. On the subject of the PeirilepTesi of The Home, and the discussions rel.ttorr to the most proper mode of proceeding in t ,i• anions brought against the Speaker by Sir Francis Burdett, it is unne cessary to dilate. The public are satiated with the endless theme. It nos• only remains to be de cided, whether a court of law will interfere in the trial of a cause involving the Privileges of the House of Commons. lo the House of Peers many important 11;scns sious also took pt..ce: Among the most rertuukol)le of *hid' n!uud the Catholic Question. the Cam puign in Strain, mud the State of the Nation. Lord Itedc,dale„ more fortunate in his attempt to improve th.. Civil Law, than Sir S. Ron.illy was, in the other (louse, to ameliorate the Criminal Code, has :iro , regleil, to a certain extent, success. fully, ia the accomplishment of that most desi►able object. A itlll to prevent vexatious arrests Wu! brought &vett from their Lordships, and lead u Ist time in the (louse of Common.. at the close of the. Sr, ion ; and the excellent Bill to conform Site Debtor Lives to the principle of the ressiu nontor, has proceeded to a C ttttt mittee in the Upper Uau e, whine it originated. Sir S. Romilly has gives notice that he will az,ain, 'early in the ensuing Sessiott, propose his valuable measure; and we may express a hose that such an alteration will be adopted by the Legialaiure, that no future author .hail creche able to say with justice, that the British Laws, respecting Debtor and Creditor, like those of Drato. are written iti blood. On the Ist of June, this laborious and kronor!. ant Ses.ioa of Parliament tide closed by a speech from 114 Nlaj:lst's•Cominissioaers„ in which the floozies were congratulated ou the subversion of the last of the eneft's IVest India colonies; and'' Ili, Maj-s•y's tiro determination to continue to support the eau,. •.eSp:.iu Yar. Portugal to the uts ma-t ofhts tomer, was made known.—The COM. ic.ius were, us usual, thanked forth., liberal pro. ;i:ion they ivid made fur the public service, and every individual earnestly reiontinend.ll, io their several rk a, to inculcate into those around thins, ,l.e.i.ence to the laws, amt that spirit of w.neral concord which could alone secure their • happ'iless mid prosperity. Nov rttEITRE-ROYAL, COI'E.VT.G.IItIM.V. THIS LVLNING, MONDAY, Jtey 2, will be aCtlti the Trovtl) of KIM JOHN. lobo, nbajsf F. 010211.1, Mr. lumbar; FuttleouSti.lce, Mr. C. kenslolc ; Nhl6p , Klux bbl Fras:re, Mr. Murray. Llueur, 484.. Westwu I the Latly Cuttetatit.u, 114 r. SI4aUII%. To shish will be agtlefl, Shalopeeree Outset!) of • THE TAMINtt OF A SHREW. Panicloin, Mr. Kook',; Katicance, Mn. C. Kemhk. LYCEUM TIINATRr-ENGLISO OPERA. THIS EVENING, MONDAY. July t, will be Porretate o . the Comic I/Kra or UP ALL Nictur; Oft, '1111:. SIIVGGLERN CAVE Atalite' Blew, Mr Vuitton; Young Heartwell, Jnhalm, Nita Kelly; Flora, Milo E. Bolton. After which, truth time, a new Pantomime Ballet, called THB CASTILIAN MINSTREL. The Principal Charmless by Mr. Robert, Mr. Mathews, Mr. ti.mrsho, Miss Smith, Mow. Compass), Ike ke. To-morrow, the New Comic Opera of 04 this Love! or, The Masquerader* —On Wedoroday, The lltiratta.—On Thursday, False Alarms Friday, a Ncw Comic Opera, called Trrcks upon Travrttera. A New Musical Eatettaiammt, in two sets, is in mhuarnah. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAY-MARKET. THIS EVENING, MONDAY, July 2, Win be perfuetneS, the Tragedy of GEORGE BARNWELL. Tborongligowd, Mr. Eyre; George Barnwell, Mr. Abbott (being his scared appearance) Millennia, Mrs Glover (bee first appearance In tit 4 chararlef); Thais, Mrs. - Eyre. After which, a \la+ical• Entertainment, called AGI: 'IO.IIORItOW. Bunn Willitichttrod, Mr. 13:iiiniaer; Plopliia, Mrs. Ms thew, Maia, Otis t time) Min, H. Krlly. I o which eoll he ad( THE AGREEABLE SURPRISE. Common, Mr. Taylor ; hap s Mr. Mabry/b. Laura, Mrs. Mathes.; Cowslip, Mrs Glibss. To-morrow will be prualitred, a New Play, calkd The DouLdful sou ; or, Secrets of a Palace. s s s The prrssore of temp.raer owner obliges ns to defer our Itlouthly Litsrsry Catslnue ustil to-souctow. E BRITISH PRESS. LON I)ON, AEON VAIN, JULY 2. A Gottenhurgh blail arrived ou Saturday, but it has brought no news nt dny iuterest. 1%4 were perfectly correct when we premmeti that Government would not disgrace themselves by entering into a compromise with COSSET/. lie to be brought up fur prlgnientou Thursday. The .it. Pierre sloop of war, Capt. HOUSTON, rri v ed at Portsmouth on Saturday, with dispatches from tinadaloupe, relating to the affairs of the Sp Mini. They contain, we understand, fur ther *driers concerning the late determination of the iiihribitant4 of the Camelia, in declaring them selves independent of the mother eonstry. The rtivutehet were forwarded to Loudon immediately. The St. I'i•rre left Harbadoes on the 29th May, and Citosilmloupe on the Ist ult. having had a short passage of 29 days. At the former place *ere hit Nertui.e, gb, Vice-Admiral COGIIRISE 46ereyombit e lPai*e • /14Telloark, "rul tor., line;•iirsidetr. of Mereipe„ •Sr ALELANDLIIt t)C1111157'.. $i squadron werivory healthy. There 1,:1,1 1)0 • ;ev e nt fatety. Of any impirtinee, steueing as l the ships oa that station. The.Drulf,'S'ir WILLI Al 4 •BoLTON, arr.!rf.l Portent ,uth uo E ride , in *ix from lower.. She tool, out a convoy. Every thing Vlai rravooil on that s! wino.' 'Caere i.nd Lten no , bDe..,, n ,, of an enemy's vessel for some time. The Aumrs frigate, C •pt. MIER, is corning 11011 e with to, Joi,s cuovey. The Polyphemus (Admiral Itowt.str's b i li p), and Sappho, were lying at Fort ltoyal. The Druid lat.dvtl a freight of mo, wy , Portswroutli, in the emirs* of Saturday. The ship Wellinqion a rrivrct on Friday et Mothirb.tik, Portsmouth, from tit, lucie.—v:i ie sa il e d a u the .Atli of A pill, wider convoy u ^ 1,., Diode. The Master died on the of ,t 14,1, and hie wire on the 3:h of May, of the y. 1,, fever. The Mate 4itad greater part of the sal were also attacked with that &beast., and there ve no me rernamii,g that could nmigate the v Upon which, L,entonant Qv AIM end Leine:m.l SMITH, passengrra in the lilutuie, teered their t.ervices to atotiat in hrioging the England. They afterwards parted from tat is, b , vu.., and have t aperienced very bad weathyr, b.. 1. feting. math from a waut of provisious cud Kale, Being off the Wester's bland., they fortutiatiii fell iu with the Spanish ship Castilia, from .Larva to Cadiz, H hich humanely supplied them with tfrcl, water, and twelve bottles of wine fur the silk. The Wellingtum remained under quarantine on Satuidap We give this day the substance of the new Stage Coach Act, which passed in the last Session of l'air Its operation commenced yestirila ! , At a moment when a large portion of the mists . lion of this great metropolis is prepari.ig to nit the country, its contents must be of peculiar tat.% rest, as they embrace all the regulations respects( the number of inside and n•ttside asscngers, tr wriAht snit size of parcels, of bigwig-, the coadact *of the coiichinan and the guard. cud every tiro( `1; 'et:ilium:led with travelliug in • until' sr sup cuaiu. AMA is *arrived from Jamaica, but it brill+ so news of importance. It wash ought to Plymuuth by the Aigle fc4;:tte, of 36 guns, Capt. Winn, Art a paAsage of ti%e weeks and three days. The following . important intelligerrze,l)rou.:ht the Venus ',rig, from St. Ilylece, was rter'ael, ea Sa!nril ty ornrng, at the lonki Howe:— M. M A Jl,s' t Y 5 6! - IpS leniseseble, bonnet, Clarwcll, aaJ Cokdon, sailed from St. HeleA ; to, England, on :he 1 of .Slay, with the oakum. tweed Ea..t 13 41iJturn, itrentliant, °coon, Tottenham, and Devaroes;Cpu. Cumberlaud, and Loyal 'Volunteer (wholly', i—osd DOA. transport The following hip;, from Italia, arrivNl a. Fa. !fetes's the 3a of Nlay, under convoy of Hu Mr .lEs . l:a's ship Delaigncase; sailed from l'unit Bile the 23a.1 of February last : _ . _ Henry Addiagton, Devonshire, Metcalfe, Lord furl reagb, Ifalthaenstosr, Lord Dencan, Lord Melville, Os untie, and Penang fi 'cue, from Bengal. Lady Castlereagh, hlarquls Wellesley, Baring, Goa Eden, Morey, and Retreat, from Bengal aid Hadar •The MarchMrnada of Exeter, Deicers, Nertha.apy Doerr Castle, Europe, and Cambrian, from Bombay. The illustrious loan of oar, with the Earl CO den. Wexford, Arniston, and Winehelsea buitauze arrived at the Cape of Good [lope ou the 9th A,•uf and were expected to sail from thence nu the lid of that tnonth,for Bombay. We have received Par! Papers to the ultimo, containing accounts from various pstu the Spanish Peninsula. They are from Auld to the Itst of May, from the army of Portugal the Ist, and from Arragon to the 4th ult. particulars of the siege and surrender of the tug and Marts. of Mequinenza, constitute ill. t Ft tips% feuture. Mequittensa is situate on a rs; rock, iu the midst of a vast desart at floc fluence of the Ebro amid . Segre, and withstood close investment ni fire claps, during the sb of which it kept up a rotitioua! fire, slid „:arrison made three sallies.' . . A cartel for the exchange of pawners with re"`' has been arranged. The basis of which is, to al wider Spaniards and Portuguese taken by the frocJ in the same light as British prisoners. cod ton change them_ for French prisoners taro th country, Portugal and Spain. In the goniteer. is snot, that upwards of 7u,000 English. SP ha and Portuguese, will be sent ho me. Upon thl t . proper to remark, that the number of English sonets in France does not exceed 10,000, 1145 umber of French prisoners, in this c olour), it kd tween 40,nud 5V,000. Tie Casette of Saturday night contains so 04 in Council, directing that till vessels Loiniog frit places'whence quarantine is required to l • PI I formed. Hot only thate bound to the mut of Lin pool, or any creek or place belonging to ft port, but also all veteek bound to the pod- .13! 1141 e, Whtiehnven, Uneasier, Preston, Bnournant , and the Isle of M ann, and rto. or ploce'belongrog to any of the sa , d future perform their quarantine at 13roodool Ponl, instead of Hot/Wake or Milford 0,c7 directed by an Order in Council of the .Ithll Ald IBUZ.