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P .. ~ .. II • if I. in Staffordshire, praying the House not to enneent to any lowasure for an alteration in the defier at present imposed omen COMP Mr. S. WORTLZT presented a similar Petition from the inhabitants of the town of Shsffi. Id. Mr Convict, presented Petitions of the came import from Hairington, and other places its Cutnhcrlaud. Mr. I.lrcom presented • Pildiots to the same effect from a place in Wu+ cestershire. Mr. FINLAY preatated a 'hada , Petition from the inland navigatson of the comity of Lanark. Mr. DaumPone presented a similar Petition fitnis a place (we believe) in Cheshire. Sir M W RIDLEY presented • Petition of the same na ture from the Merchants and Manufacturers of Newcastle. irposi.Tyne. A similar Petition was presented front the Merchants and Manufacturer* of Boston. All the Petitions were read, and laid on the table. Mr. H. SlPNaga said, he had delayed introdacing the measure of which he hail given notice,for a more equal int. position of the tax on fuel, because several Petit" which be hail expected to be presented on the subject had not yet been sent up; bat as lie nuiteriitiont several Members were stas tog in town for the purpose of opposing it, lie thought it rigid to apprise the House that he should not hriug for *aril nisy proposition of that nature till early after Easter. Mr. COttaTaNaT said, he held in his band a Petition from the Mayor, Magistrates, and Inhabitants of the City of Exeter, representing In the House the inequality of taxation in the article of fuel, and praying redress. He said he thouzlit the prayer of the Petitioners Maa f o unded in justice, and that the Novae would Willow that consitlera. Moo on it to which it was entitled. HOLYHEAD HARBOUR. Sir .1 (Umlaut said he bad • Petition to present from the rehao a and Tinders of the City of Carlisle. The Petition. es+ , pea %el. that instead of the Harbour which they mules stood was earl siliz on at Holylwad for certain purposes of trade, • Hartwelr might be constructed at the Isle of MAN as likely to be more commodious and beneficial, and capable of made on cheaper terms. Mr Ccoriers spoke in favour of the Petition.—lt was reset and laid sou the table. MOCK AUCTIONS. A Petition was presented from a place in Yorkshire, against Muck And: —Read and laid on the table. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. Petitions were presented from the Parish of Si. Ltike, (I. bit a; f the Parish of St. Paul, Coveut-gardett (I, Mr fi I.ainh); mail from a place in 111foldleacx, against the Limleent Debtors Art —Read and laid on the table. - - - W I N IX/W TAX. Sr! J. ti WIPUIIT presented a Petition from a place in the enn.it% ut toppe ears. for the Repeal of the Window Tax in Ire hool.—Rrad and laid on the table. PAPERS. Mr. Ctmwsti moved rut an Aeconnt of all sums advanced tlnrint: the ..rare 1797 and 1798, by the Iteceiver.Genersl of Of the enniity of Cumberland, to prrsum Semitic in the provismtial Cavalry, which, after some remarks from I.eril LOWTHER, was mitered. Peittiuns against the Insnlyrist Debtors' Act were present. ad fioin Hull, and from Okriusoi.—Rentl, and laid on the table. F.AU BRINK DRAINAGE. A Petition was presented frum a 'dare in Norfolk, against tie Eau Brink Drainage Bill.—Read, and lard uu the table. ROYAL BURGHS. Mr. ABERCROMOY 1.41 d. lie had been intrusted with n Petition from the. Gallolry and Burgesses of the City of E.liiiburgli, very respectably ►isued, praying a reform ttion in the constitution and go vernment of the Royal Burghs of Scotland.— (Hear.)-11 had giveu so clear and perspicuous a statement of the grievances under which they lA. loomed, and had described those grievances in Language so respectful, and yet just, that lie felt boom' to side its centrists briefly.— Toe principal evil the Petitioners complained of was, the self-election of the Magistrates. There viere others set forth which he should not mention, but there was one of so peculiar and ouerou• a nature, that lie should not be justified in passing it over. It was this. that Icy the law of Scot'wool all the burgesses of a royal burgh were tualle personally responsible for debts contracted by the Magistracy of the burgh, in whose election thee had no partitipatian. They disclaimed ■ny gnomon' of the wdol Mid visionary refocus which they noileritond had been imputed to them, of which, had tlwv been its fact desirous, they ought to peti tion Parliament to 1w allowed to rental's in the con. elision; they were, well calculated as it was to pro. duwe discontent no people living under &lag's. 'rates who hose no common interest with those tatty governed.—( Hine./—The Petitioners ob irroved, that there never was a more easy and ignitable opportunity for his Majesty's Govern. %nem to conciliate a large proportion of the popu lation of Scotland than by granting the relief thry liuniblv sought.—(lleur.) —They added, that the 801 l of last Session, introduced by the Lord Ad. vacate, was more calculated to aggravate than diminish the evils to which they drew the attention o f the [hews... and prayed a remedy. He bud thought (the lion. Gentleman condoned) that the knowledge of such facts would have lung since in deiced Ministers to adopt some wise and concilia tory amendment of the law ; but he supposed that they would follow the rule according to which they seemed always inclined to act, that they would lease the matter to Po•hament, and 1111111 off all the responsibility of the Executive Government on the Legislature.—( Hear.) Lord A. HAMILTON supported the prayer of the Petition, but was not audible in the gaderv.—The Petition was read, laid on the table, Boni urderid to be printed. BARNSTAPLE._ Mr. BERNAL preseiiteta Petition from the Piet-fors of Barnstaple, iira)iig the House not to lute fere with the charters by which they enjoyed their franchisea.—Read and laid on the table. Lord A. ii4MILfO2I tormented a Petition from one of the Royal Scotch Burgh% fora reform in the municipal government thereof.—Read and laid oil the table. _ _ _ A Petition WM% prevented from the town of Sud bury, prAying fur on improvement in the Criu►tnrl Lvw.—Reoll and laid on the table. ROYAL HOUSEHOLD BILL. On the motion of Lord C•STLEILEAOII, the Or. tl.q of the Day for the Committee on the Royal Ilmnarliold Bill was read, fur the purpose of being posipourd till to-morrow, ROYAL EQUERRIES. Sir ALEX. 110,11 po4posied his resolution for minim:rig six Equerries on the Windsor Establish meld till the same day, and gave notice that the course he meant to pursue was, to move the read tog of the Report of the Committee, and 11/11C11 that p a ir was mill recommending the number of four, to propose the substitution of six. ORDNANCE STORES . Alden , to Wool) unwrd fur on Account of nil !•• fold by the 80.ir.1 of Ortio.inee, from the Is: %loch, tztl , i,to tilt' 1•t 31ordt,1819.—Orderell. . t rASE EN RY T W OF HE YNDI lIO IANI QUINN. lI'VNYMIANI H . Sir J. NEWPOiIf brought up a Report of the Select Committee appointed to examine the letters handed in by Mr. C. Smyth, during bit examina tion, on the charge preferred against the lion. W. Quin. It stated, that it was the opinion of the Committee that they contained matter material to the iiirestigatirm. Sir R. Wtt.scm said, he kid s Petition to pre sent to the House from T. W. Grady, who hail been committed by the House on Friday inglit last to the castotly of the Serjeant at Arms, for a breach of the privileges of the House, in insulting a witness on account of the testimony lie had given at the bar. He was extremely happy to lie ru mbled to state, that the Petitioner had fully sera, cud suitably acknowledged Isis error. He then described the contents of the Petition, and trusted that the Petitioner would experience that indul gence from the lenity of the floisse which liepoid nut a right to expect from its justice.--f l en t%) The Petition was then read. It stated that the Petitioner humbly submitted to the !louse lie had, in a moment of irritation, inconsiderately addressed a winless in language which ought not to have been held, and which lie was slow sem-iblr was a high breech of the privileges of the I louse ; that lie was now convinced of his error, and deeply impressed with a sense of the offence lie had committed ; this% he not only promised to abstain from repeating such conduct during the present investigation, but voluntarily declared lie would sit no future time have recourse to t•iinilar measures for the vindication of his character, which lie should leave to the result of the judicial inveetigation then carrying forward, feeling persuaded that his personal honour could not suffer by his submitting to the rules which that Hon. [louse might prescribe ; and he therefore threw himself on the mercy of the House. Sir R. WILSON then moved, " That the Peti tioner Ire brought up to the bar, in order to his be ing reprimanded, and then discharged"—which was iiiiiinimdusly agreed to. The Petitioner was then brought to the bar, and addressed by Mr. Speaker to the following effect :-- " Thomas William Grady, the using insulting language to any person, in consequence of the evidence he has given at the bar of the House, or the threatening him to deter him from giving any testimony be may have to disclose, is a con tempt of the authority, and a breach of the privileges of this House, which never has and never will be till il. Its your Pet.tion, which has been presented to the House, you acknowledge your offence—you express contrition,laud promise not to repeat it. You plead your ieritatiou of miud, t;ie difficulties of your situation, and that at the lime you were forgetful of what was due to yourself and to this Honourable House. All these circumstances, added to your extreme youth, have been duly consi dered, and have procured from the House the most hidolgrot consideration. Rut attend seriously to what I shall say—this House is nut to be trifled with; and any repetition of conduct kimilar to that fur which you have already iuctirred its displeasure, by yourself, or by others through your direction, pending the investigation now pro ccedittc, or hereafter, in consequence of circumstances grow ing nut of that investigttion, will be deeply resented by it— and this House will not fail to visit such a resistance to its authority with the utmost rigour and the severest pu nishment. I have now to inform you that you are In be discharged on the payment of your fees."--(Mack chetring.J The Petitioner withdrew from the bar, and the re primand was ordered to be entered on the Journals. A message from the Lords announced that their Lordships had agreed to the Cutlery Trade and other Bills, and requested the Commons would order certain copies of certain Reports respecting gaols, to be sent to them. The Order of the Day was their read for the further consideration of the matter of complaint against the Hon. W. 11. W. Quiet, into the pro ceedings on which we are, of course, precluded from entering. Mr. T. W. Grady was called in and examined at great length by Mr. Peel, Sir Robert Wilson, Mr. Wrottesiry, Col. Barry, and Mr. Courtenay. Mr. C. Smyth was then called in and examined by Sir It. Wilson and Mr. Peel. Sir It. WILSON said, the evidence on the part of the Petitioner closed here. Mr. Couatest•tr moved that a letter, the hand writing of witch was verified to be that of Mr. Croker, and which lied been introduced in the course of the examination of Mr. T. W. Grady, be brought up. Mr. W. Wynn opposed the introduction of a letter from Mr. Croker, in explanation of any part of the transartion. If it were necessary, Mr. Croker , him-elf might be called. Motion withdrawn. On the tuition of Mr. W. COURTENAY, Mr. David Roche, laird-surve)or, of Ballinagar, county of Limerick, war next called in. He was examined by Mr. Courtenay, Mr. Peal, Sir R. Wilson, and Sir J. Newport. Mr. R. Smith, the present Clerk of the Peace for the county oh Limerick, was examined by Mr. Peel, Mr. Brougham, Mr. Lambtou, and Sir C. Monck. Mr. %V. COURTENAY observed, that the House, he was sure, would be gind to hear that it was not intruded to examine soy more witnesses. But there were some letters, winch, he conceived, it would be necessary to read. In sower to a question from Mr. Peel, Sir ft. Wt I.SON staled, that application had been_ made to Mr. Grady for letters connected with this traiisaction, which lie had received between the Slat of September and the erh of Oetolmr. HIS hawse way, theywere so mixed op with his private affairs, that lie hall tither destroyed them, or left them behind him in France. Ile hait brought none to England with him, esrept those that were essential to the selitication of the atatentents contained in the Petition. Mr. ARERCRONNY thought it was a great mis fortune that those letters, which doubtless were very important, did riot curt. It was for the I louse to say, whether they would be satisfied with the statement of Ids I limourable Friend, or would call is Mr. Grady, and examine him to the fact. Sir R. %Vitsott moved " That the Minutes of Evidence in the matter of t•omplaiiit against the lion. W. Quin be printed."—Agreed to. Sir R. WILSON said, lie did not know how soon the minutes would be printed. But an it was ne erssery that they should be in the hands of Gen tlemen, before any (wilier proceeding was adopted in this ease, lie should move, " That the further pro:medings on this subject be postponed to Thurs day se'imight." This delay, he brliertil, would wrooliPh • he sufficient fur the printing and perusel of the papers." The SPEAKER —" I3.G►re tbia Whiret Is fist ill,v rlisoty.ed of, I out not clear, whether some tillers which have been put in to-night, do not r► quire the same revipml, as others hare received %Ohl' were ►ubmitted to a Selecl Committee. The last Report nip certain of these 'eller% "to """le early in the evening, unit therefore the Select Committee is no longer iu hiving. IS it the !plea sure of the ;louse that all the letters introduced to night be inserted, as they now st: and, in the Ap pendix, or that they he subjected to the •:one revi sion, whicl► the former letters underwetit ?" Tlw House made sin order on the subject, and the motion of postpmwsnent WAS agreed to. MUTINY BILL. Ott the motion forthethird reading of this Bill— Mr. IL GURNEY, in a very low tone of voice, pointed out some of the evils of the present re cruiting system, and, in order to ameliorate theist, moved, " That schedule I) he omitted." Lord PALMERSTON said, this subject had been well and frequently considered in the House—and the ground on which this part of the system stood, was evidently the fairest and hest. The recruit might choose limited or unlimited service. The difference in the bounty was only 161. if a in-in wished to enlist for unlimited service, it could scarcely be imagined that lie was induced to do so for the paltry allowance of 16s. It must be a mat. ter of determined choice, uninfluenced by Sir R. Wtt.sux inveighed against the puoisli ment of flogging, as a disgrace to the army. Ilk Royal Highness the Duke of York had made a 'e volution in the system of military discipline—and had, by his regulations, greatly changed its com plexion for the better. Ile had introduced a lenity that was as just as it was salutary. The success of this alteration was so great, that it must encourage them never to lose sight of this cruel, disgraceful, and demoralizing system. till it was wholly done away, or, if preserved at all, preserved only as a commutation fur the punishment of death. Se vere punishments only multiplied crimes—and it had ever been found, where severe officers citn. mended troop', that offences increased, and de pravity of conduct was observable, in proportion to the severity that was resorted to; while, on the contrary, where such a commander was succeeded by one of milder character, as the infliction of punishment became less cruel, the number, as well as the atrocity of crimes, became less striking. He was not fond of praising indivi dual characters, lest lie should be suspected of acting from interested motives; but, where the cause of humanity and of morality was assisted, the person to whom the good was attributable, ought to receive the praise which his actions challenged. The Duke of Gloucester it was who first intro. duced this lenient system—and the regiment on which he tried it, from being one of the worst in the service, soon became one of the most retnarka ble, for order, honesty, and discipline. Ile meant not to inflame the public mind on this subject, but, after the Humber of dreadful scenes he had witness ed in his time, he could not refrain from stating the sentiments he had ever avowed. Mr. Bscitarr said, the custom to which the Hon. Gentleman adverted, had long been con,i tiered • part of the military system of this country. When Gentlemen, at different times, urged all the arguments they could adduce against corpo. real punishments, they were as regularly answered by ,the most satisfactory reasoning and the most decisive appeal to facts. This was not a measure only one or two years old. For near a cen tury and • half this clause for corporeal punish ment was in being—s circumstance that seemed to put this question entirely at rest. Fifteen or sixteen years ago, Gentlemen delivered an opinion on this subject, precisely similar to that which they had just hearth. But he conceived the triumphs obtained by the British army in the Peninsula, and at the battle of Waterloo, com pletely answered all complaints against the ex isting system. How were those triumphs achieved ? By the discipline of the British army—of whose system corporeal punishment formed a part. Al. terations had been made in the system, minor punishments had been substituted, and the conse quence was that offences had increased. Sir J. NEWPORT was astonished to hear the Hon. Gentleman assert, that this country .wed the vic tory of Waterloo, and other glorious achievements. to the system of corporeal punishment.--(Heue, bear.)—This was an assertion he never could give credit to. He could not believe that the victories of this country were to be attributed to so base an engine.—(Hear,hear.)—The infliction of corporeal punishment would, he believed, militate against the uccomplishment of mighty deeds. He should not rejoice in the noble spirit and enthusiastic gal lantry of • British army, if they could be traced to such a source as that the Hon. Gentleman had pa. negyrised. Mr. BECKETT and Sir J. NEWPORT severally explained. Sir Lowav COLE was unwilling to obtrude him self on the House, but having beau fur many years connected with the army, he might be supposed to have formed an opinion on this subject. That opi nion, he believed, was not a popular one. but still he was bound to state it. Ile must then say, that, however objectionable and injurious the system formerly was, yet lie did not think the British army could be kept in its present state of discipline, if it were wholly reinoved.—lllear, hear.) i Sir I. '.2OFFIX said, the army, with respect to 1 Courts-martial, were in an unhappy state indeed ; since the sentences were given privately, and trans mitted to the Commander-in-Chief, instead of be ing, as in the iia4; openly promalged. The motion was then negatived. and the Bill read the third time and passed. CONSOLIDATED FUND PRODUCE HILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the Order of the Day for the second reading of the above Bill. Mr. GRENVELL said, it was then after eleven o'clock, and he had been in and about the House for upwards of eleven hours. Ile. and many other Gentlemen, wished to make some observatioi.s on the Bill, and he hoped, in candour, the Right lion. Gentleman would not press it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER intimated that the Hon. Gentleman might deliver his senti ments in another stage of the Bill. Mr. Gai:ti x v Ls. said, he would assuredly, in the nest %tag.. or the rdl, state his opinion or th e Iti!ht Gehtleman% ;•141i. The {fill wos thrti rLad at second time.-...T0 he Coil ill Itrd to-niorrow. The Report of t.o. Nlarine Mistiny Bill was re ceivrd.—Thiril re:141111g to.nourrow. The Alumni Indemnity Ihil was read the third Baum, moil 1..1“ei1. The 13nt1.11 Phirttration Bill, the NR•440.1 Salt Bill, and the F-44 111,11 A (Ireland) Bill, went through Comituttres.—lttlint to-morrow. Fit AM F.-WORK-KM FTF.RS. Mr. NIAS141;:1.11 galled the attentiou of the Manse to the Freine-work-kottiars of Leicester, which he had recently presented —and after Quint. iug out the necessity which existed, fur granting some relief to that body. tuttvrtl— " Thal a Select Committee he appointed to inquire into the grievances complained of by the FrArne•work•hnitters, and lir report the same, with observations thereon, to the Howie" Mr. PARES described the afflicting state in which the Frame-work-knitters were plunged, and ear neatly entreated the House to devise some means of relieving them. Mr. HustE did not mean to oppose the motion, but, looking to the result which had attended the labours of the Committee, appointed, in 1816, to inquire into the grievances of the Nottingham ma nufacturers, who 11. d sat six svreks to very little purpose, lie hoped the House would guard against the encouragement of delusive hopes, which they would not perhaps have it in their power to realise. 51r. Buten (we believr) said, 'us the Petitioners had ruude out a strong case, lie hoped they would not, by • refusal to examine their grievances, be led Into an opinion, that the House was unwilling to grant them relief. If some measure of relief were not given to those poor people (and, if it originated with his !Majesty's Guyer [[[[[ ent, he should like it the better), their sufferings were so excessive, that he feared scenes of disorder, which all good men deprecated, would be the consaquence. An Hon. Member under the Gallery, whose mine we could not learn, strongly insisted on the ileces. sity of extending speedy relief to the Petitioner,. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the Hon. Member (Mr. Birch) seemed to attribute pint of the distresses suffered by those individuals to the neglect of Government. This was not just. H e knew of very few cases where they could interfere to give local relief, without being guilty of partia lity. The proper way was to come before Parlia ment, and let the facts of the case be duly itiatati- Ord. Mr. BIRCH said, Government certainly had not attempted to remedy the evils. They now existed, they were known to exist, and, if relief were not granted, he feared scenes would occur which every friend to his country must deplore. The motion was then agreed to, and the Com mittee formed. ESTABLISHED CHURCH. Sir J. NEWPORT gave notice that he would, on the 22d of April, bring under the catisideration of the House, the state of the Established Church of Ireland. PRISONS. Mr. H. Ci.tvg presented the Appendix to the Priam Itrturtis.—Referred to the Prukoti Com mittee. Adjourned at a QUARTER BEFORE TWEI TR. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, TUESDAY, 111Aacii 16, Isig. The Paris Papers of the lath instant arrived last night. Their contents may not, as usual, be interesting or important, but it must be confessed that they are very amusing. Among the distin guished characters of the Revolution, expatriated on the restoration of the BOURBONS. was Moos. REGNAULT DE SAINT JEAN D'ANOELY. At a political crime, when so many of his cast had re ceived proofs not merely of Royal favour, it was natural to suppose that his political sins, if not re warded. would at least be forgiven by his merciful master. He had accordingly the Royal permission to return to Fiance ; but death proved envious of his good fortune—lie died on the day alter his arrival in Paris. This is the only very grave article in the Paris Papers, anti forms a contrast with the rest of their contents. The KING has been very particular in his inquiries after the health of the Duchess of Remo, who has been lately in the straw, and his MAJESTY bas received the grateful answer, that the Duchess and her babe are as well as can be expected. In this great attention ' to Ladies its that particular situation. King Louts resembles very much that great States man, now no more. Mr. PITT also was very fond of caudle.—The Keeper of the Seals, and the Mi- Mater of Marine, were of the Ministers who ottend ed the Chamber of Deputies on the 11th. A great variety of business was transacted, a great part of which was very entertaining. It consisted chiefly of Report 4 upon Petitioini presented to the Chamber, including the following : A Petition from Saint Simpliorien (Saone and Loire) coin 'denied of the hardship endured by the Mayor. in promulgating the laws in the open air, and thus exposing himself to the heat of the sun, the rain, and the wind. It therefore prayed, that they should be promulgated in chapel, after DELACOUR. of Paris, petitioned fur a Corn. mittee to examine the effects of somnambulism (sleep-walkiiig), accompanied by a long eulogium upon animal magnetism. This petition excited loud bursts of laughter. There was also a pe tition from Miss IIUGUIER, praying that her no turd son should be exempted from military service, an indulgence only granted to legitimate mothers; and another from Mrs. GARET, of Calais, praying that the wives of absent military into, who have not rec. iired ni.y new,. of ihor Lusbanils, 610,u ' id be at liberty to marry again. These Petitiors were got rid of by the Older of the Day ; hut there were two subjects of a more segolis nature, and whit+ were accordingly treated with becoming gravity, The Report of it Committee, recommending a 14w for the more effectual prevention of duellttig, wee adopted after some debate, and the Chamber, in a Secret Committee, doiritp.erl and adopted u Resolution of the Peers fur a law to aboli•fi disc druid d'au&aine. The Gazelle de Fronee states, that the buket for the year 1819 will be produced immediatel3. The Five per Cents. for the opening, aK 66 4.10 th fr. Bunk Art 4)ns 1,490 fr. A Flanders Mail arrived last night with Paper s from Brussels to the I Ith inst.—The following err extracts : PTA VOTPR, pry. 28. The States have received, with sentiments of the meet lively gratitude, the declaration whirl, has been made by his Royal H iglisiess the Prises Regent, to the effect "that all the estates of the foundation and convents, in a word, all the funds which are under the administration of the Chamber of Convents, are to be separated fnr ever frum the domains, and that those revenues shall be applied exclusively to the churches and schools." Hut the States have added, at the same time, " that they %timid wish these inalienable national estates to be placed under their ereill care, and that an account should be given every year, in order to drew that the revenues arising fount them hate been employed in the manner the must advantageuus to thus kingdom." WAlltft 10 . A private account horn Madrid, of 25th rebittary, con tains what tulip's:— " Gomm' !gorilla in his last dispatches to the Giotto men', affirms, gist if they will bend him from Spain r inforcement of 6,000 good troop', and two fiiirates, he will answer with hi.: brad for the submission of all that part of America, the command of which is iutruated to hon." The Chimney Sweepers Regulation Bill was thrown out last evenii:g in the [louse of Lords, on a division, by 37 to 20. It is uo (lonia au interest ing circumstance, that the Legislature of a great country should be seen to direct its attention to subjects, no matter how mean and abject, that may require the interference of humanity ; but we fear that, in the present instance, the 1444.14 4 ;s of humanity may is some degree have (Aaiun the dictates of prudence. It is manifest, front the R.. rort of the Gentlemen appointed by the Boatil of Works to make experiment how far the we 4.f machinery might be permitted to supersede the employment of climbing boys, that there are some chimilies which cannot, without alteration, be effectually cleansed by niachinery, and while there is a possibility of danger from the em ployment of machinery, it would be very unwise' to make experiments nu the safety of the public. There can be no doubt that machinery will even tually supersede the use of boys, and sincerely do we desire the full attainment of this object ; but it must be left to the uncontrolled will and lia_ inanity of the public, by whom we are confident climbing boys will never wantonly be employer( a here machinery can be used with equal rase, es. pense, and safety. The examination of witnesses in the matter of complaint against Mr. WY/times Quit( was re sumed last night in the House of Commons. The necessity of bringing additional witnesses from Ire land to determine a contested point at issue between two of those already examined, has been obviated, as the fact disputed was admitted last night by one of the parties. 'I his circumstance we alluded to yesterday, cud, as se then remarked, will probahly bring the entire subject to is conclusion sooner ilia:, was originally expected. The m miter is one of t! e utmost an portance to the constitution of the con— try, Litt it is to be lamented that it should hams arisen at the present 1110111WIll to oc:upy the atten tion of the House of Commons for several ing;•tir almost exclusively, and thereby expose the ebill,t,y to tile extreme inconvenience of having the pills!:u business suspended. . . . Mr. Gasoir, pm. who nn Friday night w committed to the custody of the Serjeroit Nt Arms, for having threatened to kick Mr. Gool.n, last night petitioned the House to be discharged. In his Petition he acknowledged the impropriety of his conduct, and bound •liimself never at ar.v future period to holier iu a similar way the procsarl iugs that might occur in the investigation of tile present case. He was in consequence brought to the bar, where lie receiver) a suitable arinionitleo from the Sec.%Kca, and ordered to lie dischargel on paying his fees. Mr. GRADY was subsequenlly examioril at the bar with respect to the charge he has brought against Mr. WIN. The provincial Papers abound with accounts of public hieetings, for the purpose of petittornil against the proposed Duty on Coals; and fur Le repeal or trioditication of the luso!stilt Act. - - - Letters have been received to the 234 ult. from Gibraltar, by which it appears that the plague 4.,i the coast of Africa, instead of diminishing %i!, , the cold weather, was increasing to an sh4r•to , extent. The only information with regard to , ravages committed by it, was brought to ti' 117 • list, fortress by the vessel appointed by the -- nor to sail at stated periods, as no private tr:oli! , „; ships were allowed to have any conittitinicalivi , the Barbary coast. According to the latest v one or two hundred persons died dat!y of disease. o 1 Ea ill G. tiii ',Gros N oree 'll Yi St..l AO pria Ma RYA TI ti, L ' 4 P, Ft