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maw, and this was complained of as a grievous Imposition. Any lawyer could have told the Right Honourable Gentleman that ihe first fruits was not the first year's income of any eecleeiasticsl dignity, but a certain sum fixed by a former valuation. The/aunts of 28 Ilse. Vf iI. refereed to a composition as agreed between the panics, and which would be never interfered with if properly undeestood. He knew the Right Hon. Baronet would say, that by the concluding words of that Act, it empowered a new valuation, but such was not the case. The Commission, com. petard of the Lord Chancellor, the Master of the Rolls. and the finder•Tressuret, were directed to examine, and search into the valuation of the First Fruits, for the first year of the tiring. He wield not detain the House by feuding all the Acts on the subject, tar be thought, if the Right lion. Baronet would only look back to the preceding Act of the 26th Hen. VIII. wherein it was enacted, that if the First Fruits were not compounded for, it remained with the King to take the property into his own hands, that the argu ment for power of composition was irresistible as vested in those leociamissioners. The next statute which related to the Tenths, WAS a very different one, inasmuch as it did not comprehend the Commissioners of the former, bitt appointed persons qualified to go into the moat minute detail on the subject. if, then, the argument of the Right Hon. Baronet was not founded in fact—that the First Fruits was not the trite value, and that the lst statute of Henry VIII, did not allow the Commissioners the pewee of receiver', then he considered there was an cad of the Right lion. Baronet's reasoning altogether. The First Fruits were never taken at the whole nomad the living. The question was, whether the House would Arm that the income of the clergy of Ireland was too much. The quisdos also was, whether churches were necessary in Ire. loads and if necessary, whether they were to be maintained ,*illy at the expense of the clergy. Certainly, he (Mr. fifialllikent) would say that the House would not entertain any eill*lleopoeitions as those. The Rt. lion. Gentleman had adverted tothe disproportion that existed between the First Fruits and the valved the living ; he (Mr. Goulburn) could only say. that the Wittqwwitlea was axed so qtly as the reign of Henry VIII. a pe riod of three hundred years. since which it had gone on without al. marten s and that in England as well as Ireland. He 'culd ask, if there were no other grounds on which to put the question, namely, those of feudal rents and feudal tenure. The Right Hon. Umlaut had said that there was a great disproportion between the interests of the Church of England and the Church of Ireland ' • he (Mr. Goulburn) would admit that there was. The English church was subject to the tenths, and that of Ireland to twentieths, and he admitted that in that respect there was a difference as between ten and twenty : be only cited this to show that the Irish church was thought entitled to indulgence, stud he was prepared now to say that the Irish church incoir.e should be retained at a large amount. The Right Hon. Baronet said also there was a difference between the Maims of the sees of Ireland and those of England, but he ought to have shewn that there was a happy propriety in those of England before he drew that distinction. Could not he ( Mr. Goulbern) hod as much difference existing between those or 'Ehgland as wan: complained of by the Right lion. Baronet ? if he cuuld int an. then the Right lion. Baronet must extend his principle a legislation to •fingiand as well as Ireland. Did he think that the sees of St. Asaph and Chester were equal in amount, or that. Chester was to be compared with Bangor. The fact was, that Chester, which was the least valuable, paid more than the others ; and that was proved by the circumstance of the prelates being t:snslatcd to either of the others from that see. The Right lion. Baronet also contended for his principle on the ground of grants of money being made for churches in Ireland • he (Mr.. Coulburn) would as k if it wasnot so in England ? Ile (Mr. Goulbum) wished to know how the Eng. 1..11 crutch was to exempt itself from the repair' and building of churches which the Right Hon. Baronet claimed for Ireland. Ile must contend that the clergy were not the only pastels benefit ed by churches : they were not built for their benefit alone; the maintenance of the church was not more the ditty of the clergy coati the peasant—religion was a common obligation binding upon a:t persons, and the expenses attending it should be borne and paid equally by the whole community. The Right Hon. Baronet call ed upon the House to attack a partial case: as well might he say that the officers of the Crown were liable to the repairs of the Crown buildings in which they reside], or that soldiers should be called upon to pay for their barracks, because they profited by the buei_ messes of which they were conversant : such a principle was impost table for any man to maintain, and he was sure that the House of Commons would never come to a resolution which should render the clergy alone responsible for the expenses of churches; such a proposition, which would be altogether so unjost, he was certain woul.l never be entertairred by Parliamerit The etnestion deeply ievelved a principle of law as well as policy. He (Mr. Goulburn) would not trespass further on the attention of the House, but !should content hinted( with resisting the motion of the Right Hon. Baronet, because he never could consent that the clergy should be called apon . to pay for the repairing and building the churches of the empire in defiance of the solemn decision of the law ; In pun celar, he neon would consent to a measure which would render paupers a class of persons to whom the country owed a debt of gra titude. (Hear.) Mr. SPRING RICE supported the motion of his Right Hon. Friend (Sir John Newport) Mr. DAWS(IN contended that the misused interference of the Right Hon. Baronet was not founded in justice; and that both the 'tight Hon. Baronet and the mime Hon. Member (Mr. Spring Rice) had bras omit/ in understanding the statute, by taking it fir granted that it Imposed a necessity of a full valuation for, on tie contrary, such a circumstance was never required. From the time of Hen. VIII. down to the present period there had been four valuations. big they were not the valuations of all the livings in Ireland. In the mita* 01' Elizabeth, James the First, Charles the First, and fades thia Second, valuations had been made, but they 'were of livings that had not been previously values!. The Act of James I. which empowered certain Cornmissimers to value livings in the North of Ireland, said that the livings must not be valued at their actual rent. It appeared that the King, who was then the actual possessor of the livings, never intended to take a 'full composition, but that what was taken was to extend tar ever. Toe Right Hon. Baronet had therefore gone altogether on a wrong a-eurnent, and the question was not founded in justice, because they could not lay down the law for Ireland without also having reference to the same subject in England, for both must be included. The Act which first applied to first fruits was that of 26th Henry VIII. which required it to be paid by Archbishops, Bishops, Deans, and indeed by every men.ber of the Lhurch, as well as by Monasteries, Abbeys, &c. The Act for the dissolution of those eleablishments did not take place until the 28t1: Henry VIII., and it was well known that mauy of those lands had parsed into the heads of lay proprietors. lie (Mr. Dawson) did not see how they were to be exempted—having been ecclesiastical lands—if the operation in question should take place. If the resolution was • mooted for re-valuing the lands in Ireland. the impropriated lands wait undergo the same re-valuation. The Church of Ireland was deservedly popular, its members had shewn feelings of the most liberal and christian charity the most exemplary for many years past, and their general character was honourable in the hig his de gree ; fur those reckons he should oppose the motion, and also be. cause he had never seen or heard any thing which could possibly justify such a measure. Mr. LOCKHART opposed the motion, and said that the con dos of henry VIII. in respect to the property of the church was illegal, and he decidedly refused proceeding in his steps. It was net for the House to invade the property of the Church, which most be considered sacred and inviolate. It was quite sufficient to know what Queen Anne had done, without gniag tack to a further period. Mr. HI said that the Right Hon. Gereleman (Mr. Goul. burn) objected that the motion was contrary to law and justice, sad, SA was generally the case on such retasiona, he had called in 'aid the danger of the church, and of property of all other kinds VA: which it was at all connected. It was much better that each CAW should rest upon its own merits. It was not for him (Mr. *fume) to say whether Henry VIII. was right in what he had done respecting church property, but the law had said he was right— Parliament had given him those revenues eolith he had again given to laymen and othe-s. Queen Anne had given up her rights far the express purpose of builfiing and repairing churches, and he did not believe that her intention was doubted. He did not believe that his Majesty's Ministers, in refusing to accede to such a proposition as that recommended by the Right Hon. Baronet cot Id found their refute, on the opinion of the law Mirrors of the Crown. The law was too express in its terms to alma a doubt on the subject of its application in the prevent in. ranee. It said, "Collecting and ascertaining the true and exact value of all bishoprics and livings in Ireland then or thereafter." The meaning of those words appeared explicitly to convey the idea of a regular and continued valuation front time to time, according to the circumetences which might arise to require it. Now the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Goulburn) bad asserted that the motion of the Right Hon. Baronet was not (minded on law or justice. The la* and the practice, however. were at variance with that assertion, as was manifest from the Statute to which he had adverted In respect to the law; and it appeared that seven or eight valuations had taken place at different periods, the last of which Was In the year 1629. The charge of want of justice in the pro. pood measure was easily obviated, and could be easily retorted; for what act of justice could be more imperatively demanded than that any persons who possessed property under certain conditions should be obliged to comply with the terms, according to which that property was originally deposited with them? It was not because mismanegeuieut or injustice had diverted fends to an im. proper channel that the intention of the donor shoilld be defeated from the objects of his bounty to those who bad abused their trust, aid sought to justify their misdeeds by taking advantage of their own wrung. Such a course of proceeding and argument would be the height of injustice and oppression. If 4 dienection were to be made between the two cases, the injustice most, in his opinion, be imputed to the wrongful posseesors, and the justice of appeal allowed In favour of those whose righte bad been invaded. Instead, however, of admitting Jilt length of time sloctioned the principle of injustice, he thought its connunance an aggraratitm a Inch every day tended to increase. The Right Hon. Baronet', motion seemed to be directed in conformity with these views, and was therefore quite right. Apprehensions bad been 'exp ressed that. tr the property of the Church in Ireland was to be trucked, application would be soon made to the ecclesiastical possessions In England. To such in apprenension or theism the answer was easily giren-.that if it were situated under the same circumstances as that in Ireland, it would then be held with equal injustice, and would of course be obnoxious to the same process as had been necessarily applied in Ireland. Bin the precedent thus established would not br ...wind to answer in England, so that there was no occasion for the tear of its extension. The purport of the motion was, to render the valuation suitable to existing circumstances. Great changes had taken place, and yet it seemed to the Right Hon. Secretary for Ireland that time, which had introdneed alterations in all other ruattersohould not sfEet the inviolebility of those vaittatione which had been once established. He difEeed on that subject. and thought that the time had fully arrived when the Church in Ireland should ler at :coded to. Ile was willing to acknowledge that %ilia the last three or four years the clergy of that country had much improved • but he ascribed their amelioration to the in. entries which had been made concerning them, and to the necessity of consulting the public opinion. which was excited by the mea sures that had been adopted towards an investigation of the state of the church anti clergy in Ireland. The Right lion. Secretary for Ireland thought that the clergy are not more obliged to repair the churches in which they officiate, than merchants' clerks to take care of the offices in which they write, cc than soldiers are bound to rectify any dilapidation. in the barracks where they may be stationed ; but the motion did not require more than that the First Fruits should be appropriated to their proper objects, whatever theme might prove to be. The Right Honourable Baronet had been actuated by compassion for the poor, who suffer under the pressure of a great grievance. He only asked. that what was given by the bounty of the Sovereign, should be devoted according to the intention of the giver. Wax that unreasonable' There was no parity in the cue of the counting. house clerk or of the soldier in barrack, for in neither instance did they get salary or pay under the proviso that any portion of it was to be devoted for the support of repairs of buildings. The Right Honourable Secretary might as well have selected an illustattion from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who might be expected on that principle to pay for all the new buildings at the Treasury. But the Chancellor of the Exchequer did not accept office on such conditions, nor did the soldier enlist with the stipulation that his pay should be disposed of in repairs of barracks. As there was no parity in the cases introduced to vindicate the exemption of tht clergy from paying fire the repairs of churches, lie hoped to see the First Fruits applied to the purposes for which they were intended. It was said that there was no law which empowered such a wo ceeding ; on that point, however, he differed, and was fortified by the opinion of Mr. Alleyn, a most respectable and intelligent in. dividual who hod been consulted on the subject. That gentleman was decidedly in favour of the existence of the power to revalue the livings; for if such did not exist the Act meant nothing. The primary and the bishoprick of Kilmore had, according to that principle, been revalued ; and Mr. Alleyn considered that the patentee had power to revalue any livings which were nor made permattent. Tiat•re was no statement laid before the law officers a Mr. Gregory only says in a letter to Mr. Shaw Maxon, that " he was directed to state that the livings did not come under the opera tion of the Act, and if he (Mr. Mason) did not desist, that the Lord Lieutenant would remove him from his situation." That was a threat held out to Mr. Shaw Mason for performing a duty which entitled him to the applause and approbation of the country. Neither the Right Honourable Secretary (Mr. Goulburn) nor the Under Secretary in Ireland (Mr. Gregory), appeared to him to merit the thanks of the country for the threat which was given to Mr. Shall' Mason, in order to prevent him from prosecuting his laudable designs. The Right Honourable Secretary would have acted more meritoriously in concurring with the opinion of Mr. Alleyn. That Gentleman concluded his opinion on the case sub mittal to him by expressing his belief, that from the tenor of the *memento of the Attorney and Sollcitnr.General they agreed with him. He (Mt. Hume) never saw a case moreclear in law and justice, and he regretted that on the present occasion his Majesty's Ministers did not conduct themselves with that liberality which had distinguished them in previous instances. It did not become them to shield any class of persons from the responsibility to pay what was slue. Sir R. INGLIS spoke in so low a tone that we could not well collect his meaning. He objected to the statement which had been made, that 700,000/. was the value of the lands belonging to the church in Ireland. It ought to be recollected that a great part of those lands were in the hands of laymen, at long and cheap leases. though he admitted fines were taken. (Hear). Livings under St (as we understood) were excepted originally. Sir J. NEWPORT replied, and recapitulated several points which he originally urged. There were 944 parishes and three sees which had never been included In the valuations, and should not these be valued ? The araumeittum ad Isomirttm hal been op plied W him that night, but he could assure the Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Inglis) that lie was as great •friend to the Church as that lion. Baronet could be. The difference was, that he (Sir J. New port) proved his liking to the interests of the Church, by correct ing its abuses, and the lion. Baronet by allowing them to remain. The demolition of the church in Ireland was to be ascribed to the negligence of the clergy. (Hear, hear). If they had acted with propriety there would not be any more occasion fur the measure there than in England. It was however a grievous hardship that the clergy should allow the buildings to become dilapidated, and then turn round to poor poor people of a different persuasion to relieve them from the expense of repairing or rebuilding. The , best proof which could be adduced of the injustice of the measures aced on in that respect In Ireland, was furnished by the refusal to ithide by a judicial tribunrJ. He had been taunted by the Right Hon. Secretary (Mr. Griulburn) who had said that was the fourth time he had answered him on the subject. The number of times was, he believed, overrated, but that did not make much difference ; for lie was determined to bring forward the principle again and again, until justice should be attained. He might be de feated • but he should not desist from prosecuting the mea sure ;hilt he retained a seat in that House. He was a Mem ber there too long not to know the benefits of perseverance. Many questions which were at first sateen at and rejected by Gentlemen on the opposite side . r the House were subsequently so forced upon them that they adopted the principles and proposed correspondent measures. 'While he had life he would reiterate the motion of that night until it should be passed, and though he might be often vanquished he would still continue the cabal, and convince the House and the country that he had not faltered in his duty. The motion being put, the House divided, when there ap peered— Ayes - 21 Noes - 411 ! Majority against the motion -27 TRINIDAD DOCUMENTS. On returning to the gallery he found— Mr. HUM E expressed the necessity which existed for some in. quiry on the part of the Ilouse to distinguish between conflicting statements which were made about occurrence. in Trinidad. Ile believed the truth lay between both perticy. There was no :eport made on the subject of Ms motion ; all he wanted, therefore, was the evidence. He should in consequence move, . That an Ad. dress be presented to his Majesty for the purpose of procuring co. pies of the minutes of the Committee appointed by the Governor and Council of Trinidad to inquire into the circumstances connected with those Africans located in that island." The motion having been put, Mr. W. HORTON said that there were at this moment Com missioners on the point of returning from Trinidad. whose first and principal duty it would be to take the most complete and extensive examination into the state of that colony, fur the express purpose of laying the result of their labours before Parliament, and he there. fore hoped the Hon. Gentleman (Mt. Hume) would perceive the propriety of withdrawing his motion for the present. After a few words from Mr. F. BUXTON, Mr. BERNAL, and Mr. W. SMITH, Mr. HUM E consented to withdraw his motion. Mr. HUME then moved fora return of copies of all correspond. ence which had taken place since that last published, between the Governor and Council•of Trinidad and the Secretary for the Colo nial Department, relating to slavery ; and also for a copy of the Order in Council dated the 10th March, 1824. Mr. %V. HORTON said that although the Hon. Member had complained that his Majesty's Government did not possess any in formation on this subject, he would assure the Hon, Gentleman that every means that could possibly be devised to obtain informs. tion had been taken by the Government. Ile objected to such ge neral returns as were called for. if any specific information were required, he should be very ready to afford it it' in his power. He begged leave to say that if the subject were treated with the same temperance out of doors as it was in that House, he thought it would be much better. Too much caution could not be recom mended to avoid all exaggeration on a subject that appealed so much to the feelings. If this course were taken, he had no doubt the public would derive more information on the subject by which to guide their opinion than they at present possessed. Mr. W. SMITH knew of no individuals who had ever sent abroad the sentiment that neigro slavery ought to be immediately abolished ; though he believed there was a very general feeling among the people that slavery should be put au end to as soon as practicable. Mr. R. GORDON was afraid that the lion. Member who had just sat down had not read the last Report of the Anti-Slavery So. etety, and of the spelt speeches that were made on the late meeting of that body. An individual of high rank and importance declared, on that occasion, that no time should be lost in forwarding the emancipation of elm Cs ; and that it was by all means desirable that this great work should be accomplished during the life-time of the late lion. Member for Bromber (Mr. Wilberforce) Now he would heg to ask, whether if that object was to be accomplished in the life time of that respected person, whether it did not neariy amount to instantaneous emancipation ? (M itch laughter. After a few words from Mr. BLAIR, the return was ordered. Mr. II UM E then moved that there be laid before the house co pies of instructions originally given by the Secretary for the Colo nies for the guidance of the Commissioners sent out to the Cape of Good Hope, the West Indies, and Sierra Leone, to inquire into the situation of those Colonies, and also for copies of any supplemen. tary instructions that might have been given to those Commis sioners. Mr. W. HORTON had no objection to give copies of the in structions to those several commissions,--Ordered. IMPROVEMENTS AT (lIARINU.CROSS. Mr. ARBUTHNOT rose for the purpose of moving for leave to bring In a Bill fur the improvement of that pant of Westminster, situate at and in the neighbourhood of Charing-Cross. The Bill he was about to propose to the House way, not a new measure. but was a continuation of that which had pasted the llouse some few years aeo, for the formation of the new Street, commencing at Re. gent's Park, and terminating at Pall-mall. Of the architectural excellencv of that street it was unnecessary for him to speak in praise. It might be satifactory to the Ilousc to he informed that the gentleman by whose talents anti laborious exertions that street had been so completed and embellished, was the same person who bad given in the plan which he (Mr. Arbuthnot) was now about to recommend to the notice of the House. lle would now proceed to give some description of the objects which this Bill would contain. He was, however, aware, that in describing to this House a plan without any maps nr drawings to refer to would be attended with some difficulty, and he therefore hoped for the indulgence of the House, while he endeavoured to communicate what was the nature of the improvementa contemplated to be efilend should the bill he proposed to bring in be passed. It was first his inten. tiara to ask by this Bill powers to purchase all that tract of building which lay between the present Mews and extended Est to St. Martin's. lane. And it would also be necessary to have the addi. tional power of purchasing the whole of that tract of building on the flue side of St. 51artin's-lane, which was bounded on the north by Cilaedos-street, on the soutit by the Strand, and which tee n:hutted in the eastern paint at Castle -court, near to litaZord-street. There purchases would be for the purpose not only of embellishing and improving that particular putt of the town, but also for obtain ing a better communication between the west and the eastern part of the metropolis. If it should be permitted by the powers of this Bill to enable the Government to purchase that tract of buildiug lying between the Mews and St. Martin's-lane, it was intended to form on the seize of those buildings a large quadrangle, on the west line of which there already appeared a beautiful edifice erected by Mr. forming the College of Physicians and the Union Club tinuaeohe east line of which would run from No. 44, near St. Martin s church. It was intended to form the northern side of this quadrangle from west to east, in such a line as to enable those in Pall-mall to have a full view of the splendid portico of St. Martin's church. It was his wish that this side of the quadrangle should amain a national gallery tor the exhibition of pictures and statues. But although, if such a plan should be carried into execution, the statues being there would afford much easier access to the public (hear. hear) than was at present the ease. Yet at the same time it would be desirable that all of them should still be under the guar. dianship of the trustees of the British Iltuseum. It had been under consideration, whether the centre of that quadrangle should not also be occupied by a public building, to form a royal academy. But most persons whom he had consulted seemed to think that it would be fir better to have an open space. This, however. had not yet been definitively determined upon, and he only mentioned it in order that the Mouse might be aware that it still formed a sub. ject for further consideration. The south side of the quadrangle would of course remain open towards Charing-cep'', Whitehall. and Parliament-street. It was necessary to state, that the extent of this quadrangle would be, from west to east, 500 feet; and from the status on the south side, to the present stables on the north, the same extent of s(fo feet. This would embrace the whole of that part of the ground leading towards St. Martin's-lane. Another tract of ground on which the metal improvements were intended to be made, was that which was bounded on the north by Chandoe. street, and on the south by thebtrand. Should the House empower Government to purchase the buildings on this site, not only might the Strand be considerably withered, but two or three new avenges might be formed, an as to obelete the extreme difficulties which, persons of all descriptions expetienee in prising along the present' narrow part of the Strand. He believed every one who hail paid the least attention to the subject must have observed, that every kind of carriage was at present obliged to come down from Pica. dilly to Charing-cross, in order to enter that narrow route (as be •would call it) at the Strand, for the purpose of going to the city i the tonne:pa-nee was, an extreme difficulty of ',easing, besides ea, considerable danger to foot passengers . To remedy this evil his proposal was. that the houses should be pulled down on the south side of St. Martin's church, through the line of Chandra-street. The additional width which this would afford to the Strand from Villier's-street all the way to Bedford street, would be nearly 25 feet ; the present width of that part being now about 35 feet, tral the contemplated width being nearly fill feet. The relief which this would laird to that part of the Straud must be obviator* every one who reflected on the extreme narrowness of that rpm. lous thoroughfare at the present moment. There would aft be an additional eairiage.way acmes the upper part of the proposed quadrangle, leading into the street to be formed on the south side of Saint slartin's church, and which would run in a diagonal direction into the Strand. But this would not be all. There would likewise exist the means of forming another meet from Ilernming's.row and Chandos.street, into the Strand, and which would and fall in diagonally . to the Strand, near to Bedford. street. This latter street would, tt was true, be considerably nay. rower than the others; but it would, notwithstanding, give great additional convenience to the public, and by taking oft' part of the throng of carriages, elm, and waggons, which would other wise of necessity come down to Charing-cross, there to enter the Strand, it would %toy much relieve that principal line of tho ronghlare from the west.end to the eastern part of the soars lie should hope that arrangements of this kind would not only add to the beauty of the metropolis, but also contribute very much to the health, convenience, and accommodation, not only of all the inhabitants residing both in the western and in the eastern parts of it by the facility of communication it would afford them, but also to those residing in the immediate neighbourhood of the contemplated improvements by the increased circulation of air which such spacious openings in so densely populous a spot would occasion. lie wished to be understood that it was not his intention to call upon the house, as in the case of any public building, for any rote for the purpose of carrying the plan into execution. He believed that he could carry it into effect without asking them for a single shilling of the public money, for he had great hopes that he should be enabled to meet the expenses of die proposed alterations by the tale of a portion of the Crown Lands, and by the exchange of another portion of them. He wished also to have the power of borrowing money, if necessary, by mortgaging part of the street, but this was merely a continuation of the power which by the former Act of Parliament he already possessed. This was the general plan which it was his intention to submit to the House. He could not anticipate a refusal on the part of the House to per mit him to bring in the Bill which would have the effect of remov ing the present unsightly ap pearance of Charing-cross. He thought it might be desirable to inform the public of the result of the plan upon which Regent-street had been built. That magnificent street had been undertaken during the war, when the public were op. pressed with its concomitant burdens, but still he believed they had never regretted the undertaking. He was sure It would give general satisfaction to learn that notwithstanding the enormous expenses which had been incurred in purchasing buildings,' good will, du, the Crown property had become, in tamesipsehee, much more profitable, and the street now actually stud an 1111treft of $ per cent. utun the money logneted. (11mr, hears bear.) In mak ing a quadrangle, the expend would of course be greater in propor tion, than in making a street, owing to the great space which would yield no return for the expense laid out upon it; but yet combining these improvements with those which had already taken place In Regent-street. He thought an interest might be be calculated upon to the amount of 21 per cent. for the money advanced. In this great metropolis, not knowing the extent to which the buildings now every where going forward might exclude the air, it was de sirable to have as many open places as possible. He did not then feel it necessary to say more upon the subject, than that It should with the permission of the House, introduce his Bill and have it read a first time that right. To-morraw night he should propose that it be read a second time, and be referred to a Committee when the House would have an opportunity of deciding upon the judici. oiliness of the proposed plan. The Right Hon. Gentleman con cluded by moving for leave to bring in a Bill for the improvement of Charing Cross, and for eflecting a more convenient communica tion with Marylehone Park. Sir M. W. ItIDLEY suggested the propriety of improving the Strand near Exeter Change. It was absolutely necessary that in such a thoroughfare the street should he much wider. The H aw. Gentleman then alluded to a recent occurrence at the menagerie, 'Watt placed in jeopardy the lives of the people in the neighbour. hood. Situated as it was at present, it was a nuisance, and although It might be worthy, abstractedly, of public encouragement, yet it should be kept in some place where the possible occurrence of dan ger might be lessened as far as possible. The Right Honourable Member next alluded to a letter which had appeared in the morn. log papers relative to the Regent's Park,which it stated was shut up from tile public. This might be very proper if any mischief could be apprehended at present to the young trees; but when that dan ger ceased lie hoped the public would be admitted. 31r. ARBUTHNOT said with regard to what had been said by the lion. Member (Sir AL W. Ridley) respecting Exeter Change, that it was the private property of Lord Exeter, and he was not aware that his Lordship was disposed to part with it. Ile had heard that it was the intention of Lord Exeter to Improve it, and if he could be instrumental in inducing him to do so, he should feel most happy. The letter to which his lion. Friend alluded had misled him with respect to the value of the herbage, which it esti. mated at 1001. per annum, whereas it really returned 1,8001. per annum. It was. he admitted, the duty of Government to attend to the accommodation of the public ; but this year the park must sus tain inevitable injury should the public be admitted. As seen, however, as the additional accommodation could be afffirded to the public without the hazard of injury, he could assure the lion. Gentleman it should be attended to. ‘Chile upon this subject he could not avoid adverting to the additional accommodation which had heen afforded to the public in Hyde Park by the express corn. mend of hie Majesty. and widith se Quid render, if the carriage way were to go round the additional ground, the inclosed space larger by one half. 31r. 111 1 31 E had no objection to all this if the public were not to be called upon to pay the money. (A laugh.) Instead of bor rowing money upon mortgage, he thought it would be much better to sell the Crown htnita. He thought that the proposed elegant quadrangle would prove to be any thing rather than elegant at last. lie begged to remind the Right lion. Gentleman of the barrack in the neighbourhood of Charing Cross, and could assure him that the inhabitants were anxious to have it removed from that square. Sir C. COLE said a few words, which were inaudible in the gallery ; after which leave was given to taring in the 11111. SUMS. On the motion of slr. BRGGDEN, the Report of the Com mittee of Snpply of the 17th of March was brought up. Upon the motion that the grant of WOOL for civil contingen. ties be soma! to, Mr. HUMP, ;aid that he could not allow the vote to pass with out placing upon the Journals of the House his protest against it, in consequence of an item of 4001. to Sir William Congrevc. If Sir W. Congreve had obtained the situation of Inspector of Gas %Yorks, he should vacate his seat in Parliament. Mr. IIERRIES said that no such appointment had been made. The item of 6001. was for specific services performed, and was not a salary to lie received. The vote was agreed to. Mr. HUME adverted to the extravagance of the diplomatic de partment of the cnun:ry, which was out of all character. The aunts required for the diplomatic department of Great Britain exceeded the whole of the expenses of the civil establishments of America. If any thing was calculste:l to bring Monarchy into disrepute, it was a contrast of the expenses necessary to sustain it with !hale requir. ed by a Republic. There wax no country so extravagant as Eng land. and none, from her enormous debt, so little able to support such extravagance. The expense of the diplomatic department in 1792 wns only 11:1.913A—in the present year It exceeded 400,0001. Ile deemed it proper to censure such extravagance. The honour. able Member then moved as an amendment, to be attached to the votes, a resolution expressive of his sentiments respecting the in creasing extravagance in the diplomatic department. alr.Seeretary CANNING desired to know if the Hon. Member for Aberdeen meant to move his amendment in objection to the vote. Mr. 111 'ME said that he wished it to accompany the vote, as an expression of the opinion of the House upon what had already passed. The SPEAKER said that the resolution of the Honourable Member for Aberdeen would change the whole routine of the prac tire of the lime. If carried, the consequence would be that tit': Report of the Committee world carry upon the fact of it a resolu- ' tion which could neither have been discussed nor approved of by the Committee. Mr. HUME said, that If there was any rule to prevent an altera tion of that which had been agreed to by the Committee, he, of Course, was irregular, and should be glad to know in what manner Le could correct his error. The SPEAKER said the vote to which the Honourable Mem ber had proposed to attach his resolution had already been read the second time before he had made his proposition ; but he might introduce it as a separate resolution prior to the moving of the next estimate. Mr. HUME said that as he was Irregular, perhaps the better way would be to withdraw it altogether. (Laughter.) The roamining estimates were then agreed to. IRISH ESTIMATES. The Report of the Committee of Supply, of the 20th of March was then brought up. Uyon the motion that the sum of nine thousand Founds he agreed to the Society for the Society for the Suppression of vice In Ireland. 'Sir J. NEWPORT objected to an allowance being given for the education of schoolmasters. Ile said the question was, not whether schoolmasters should be trained or nor, but out of what fund the money necessary for that purpose should be taken. Mr. GI DILBI.TRII said a few words, which were inaudible. • Mr. W. SMITH said thet it was a very large and important question. He thought that the Church of Ireland, which wall Much richer than that of England, and which was so well paid by people who derived no benefit from the clergy of that church might very well defray the expense themselves. The question was not whether those clerks should or should not be educated, bat whether they should be educated at the expense of the Church of Ireland, rather than coming on the consolidated fund of the country for that purpose, He thought the established Church ' would stand on better and firnser grounds if it defrayed the ex-, pence from Its own funds, instead of allowing tha present applies ' Canon to be made. Nothing was more necessary than rigid eco nomy. Former Governments had distributed as much as they ' possibly could among their follower—that certainly was not the case with the present Government; he was well convinced they would not pursue such a line of conduct. ' Mr. HUM E said it was a case of peculiar atrocity. (A laugh.) The Hon. Member made some observations which referred to the grant for the Protestuint charter schools of Ireland. when Mr. GOULIIURN observed that the grant fur the Protestant charter schools had been agreed to. Mr. FIUME said that the grant had been disposed of in suit haste that it had escaped his notice. Ile said he would not allow the Directors to die a natural death (a laugh), but would diegpse of them by summary process (laughter.) He thought the pea ought not to be taxed for the education of clerks for so rich a church. The other estimates were then agreed to without a division. BANK CH ART ER AM EN D3I ENT BILL. The Committee on the Bank Charter Bill was postponed to Friday , 7th A oril. WRITS OF MANDAMUS BILL. The Writs of Mandamus ( Ireland) Bill went through a Com mittee. CHARING-CROSS IMPROVEMENT BILL. Mr. ARBUTHNOT brought up the Charing-crosilthprove ment Bill, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read second time to-morrow. The other orders of the Day being then disposed of, tbs House adjourned at half-past eleven o'clock. MI AMR] TY Who voted for Sir John Newport's Briulutions on the Finit•Frults hod of Ireland. Abercrombie Hamilton Mar oribatiks Rice Calcraft T. Hutchinson Ord Smith, J. Fitzgerald Horne Palmer Strewrisffit Grattan Milton Phillips Tierney Gordon Martin RAlnson Whitlock Griffith DUBLIN, NIARcil 18. MEETING OF BANK PROPRIETORS. This day there was a close Meeting of the Proprietor of Hitt Stock, held in the Great Room, formerly the House of Lord& meeting, considering that it was got up for the purpose of showing] the strength of the Roman Catholic Party, was neither numerous nor respectable. At twelve o'clock the Chair was taken by the G0 , 7E11)1011. The following Requisition, in pursuance of which the suesilog was convened, was read : To the Governor, Deputy-Governer, and Directors of the Bank of Ireland. Marco S, ISSO. Gentlemen.—We, the undersigned Proprietors of the Bank of Ireland Stock, respectively of :tell/. and upwards, requust you will call a General Meeting of the Proprietors. on as early a day as pno. Bible, to take into consideration important matters relating to the Catholic Members of the Corporation : Ruch O' nor Val. O'Connor Corn. IPLoghlis Nicholas Illation Thomas .M•Kenny Michael Powell Robert Turbett Fran. M'llonnell Patrick Hayes John Burns Michael O'Brien John MeLogli lin Benj. Guinness John Power Silvester Young Andrew Ennis J. C. Bacon Robert Walsh W. L. Guinness *Wind Carboni* Bank of Ireland, March 9,111 A In pursuance of the foregoing Requisition, a General Court of Proprietors will be held at the Bank, on Saturday, the 113th day of March instant, at twelve o'clock precisely. By order, THOS. WILLIAMS, Sec. Mr. Alderman 741‘Iimory, on behalf of the Requisitionists, proceeded to show that, by the 33d George 111., Roman Catholics were eligible to he Members of Lay Corporations, on taking a cer tain oath, which he was in progress of reading, when he was atop. ped by a whisper from Mr. Hugh O'Connor, who intimated to him that no Roman Catholic could take the oath upon which the Wor thy Alderman was arguing their admissibility. The speech, however, was concluded by a Resolution— " That the Directors be requested to put one or more Roman Catholics on the House List." Mr. Or/ NNESS thought that such a preceetling on the part of the Directors would be extremely indelicate. 11 such a measure were adopted by them, it would, in fact, have all the appearance of dictation to the stockholders, who, being a free body of electors, could not be cowed into voting for any Individual. They would, of course, select such men for the Direction as they conceived most likely to advance the interests of the body at large, and who were beat calculated to manage the affairs of the establishment. Mr. Ilurix O'Cogrion, to gratify whose desire for becoming himself a Director. and at whose solicitations these periodical Re quisitions are signed, made a speech of course. Ile commented upon the general mismanagement of the Directors, and cited a par. titular case of a sum of thirty thousand pounds having been lost to the Bank by the failure of a Protestant Director—an event which he gravely assured the meeting could not have taken place If there had been even one Roman Catholic on the Direction. The absurdity of this assertion excited considerable laughter. After a very irrelevant discussion, in which Mr. Mime, a bar rister ; Mr. Molloy, an attorney ; Mr. Brophy, a wine-merchant ; Mr. W. L. Guinness. a beer-brewer ; and Mr. Nicholas Ma hon, a bill-broker, took a part, the following Resolution was una nimously agreed to : " That the Court of Directors of the Bank of Ireland do forth with instruct the law agent of the said Corporation to lay cases be fore the Attorney and Solicitor Generals, and each of the then Ser geants-at-Law, whether Roman Catholics are eligible to the office of Directors to the Bank of Ireland, and if they be, what oaths they are requited to take." THE BRITISH PRESS. PARISH MEETING OF ST. LEONARD'S, SHOREDITCH. Yesterday a Meeting of the inhabitant householders of St. I Leonard's parish, Shoreditch, arts held at the Rakte Tavern, City road, in consequence of an unsigned hand-bill circulated within the last few days, to take into consideration the present state of the parish, and the cause of their extremely high rates, as compared with those of the surrounding parishee, to consider certain abuses which have been detected at the work-house, and for other pur poses. The appointed hour was three o'clock, and Muni that time a considerable number of persons had assembled. No person, how ever, appeared to explain the purport of their meeting until nearly four o'clock, when a good deal of impatience becoming manifest, it was announced that the individual who avowed himself as the author of the hand-bill would be with the meeting in ten minutes. Shortly afterwards Mr. Self. one of the trustees of the parish, en tered the room, and was called to the chair. Having read there. quisition, he wax proceeding to lay before the meeting a detailed statement of the abuses and impositions alleged to have bees de tected In the management at the work-house, when it was objected that he ought not to occupy the double situation of Chaimian and Advocate. Mr. Self in consequence vacated his seat, which was then taken by Mr. Purland one of the overseers. Mr. SELF then proceeded with his statement, from which it ap. peared that since the appointment of Mr. l'urland to the office of overseer he had taken a very active part in the inspection of affairs at the work-house, and had succeeded in discovering and exposing the existence of some flagrant abuses, and a great waste in the management of the parish funds. For instance, there was an al lowance of fen. of raw meat or Goz. of cooked meat per day for each pauper, but it was found that on some occasions, when there were 1102 paupers in the house, and on others 602, making a difference ' of 160 persons, the quantity of meat ordered for them was the same. —Mr. Purland fonnd also, that by himself attending to the clistri tribution of the portion.., lie could have the poor better ted and save 200 stone of meat in a quarter of a year to the parish. In the course of his it.quiriel he .amettaineil that during two years and a halt' Mr. Potter had employed 14 of the paupers in flax-dressing. They were of course led at the parish expense. Mr. Potter (the master of the work-house) it appears is allowed one.tenth of the earnings, btu in this case, instead of making a return of the re maining nine-tentlis, lie had appropriated to his own use the whole produce of their labour. Upon discovering the existence of these Mutsu, a eta:einem was laid before the trustees, and a commi.tee appointed, who made a report confirming the charges, but acquits ing the master of any corrupt motive. Potter being called upon, mated that the earning.; of the 14 paupers for two and a half years, had produced only 231. 3s. 2d. Mr. Self and Mr. Purtaud had vainly endeavoured to have even that sum returned. Thei r i efforts were constantly thwarted by the church-wardens and a ma. jority of the trustees, and they at length found it necessary to talc, Wehth the present proceedings. but it was observed immediately tipa rt issuing the notice for calling the meeting, 31r. ;Putitt tound eu• pedlent to refund the money. Mr. Potter's character was very warmly defended by several of the trustees and others, without, however, controverting the facts stated. Resolutions were afterwards prepared and alerted to the effeet that great mismanagement had existed, that the parish will not h a secure against imposition and waste, while the board of trustees re. tain the power of circling one-half of its own number. A committee of 12 persons was then appointed to further the ob jects of the meeting, after which they separated. EXICAN ( ',OM PANY.—The Directors haring, under mod by virtue of the powers vetted in them by the of Constitution, made a CA LL of FIVE POUNDS per - libare on each and every of the Shares in this Company ! the Pm. ;tetors are requested to pay the same to Messrs. Murmur, em, and Co. Bankers. Nicholas-lane, Lornhard-street. .n the account of the Trustees of the Company, on or before TIII:IIS. DAY, the 23d day of March, being thirty days from the du e hereof By order of the Board, J. 31. MAUDE, Secretary. 1 31, Great Winehearer-street, Feb. 21, 1826. PRICES OP BRITISH I.ee Cent. Cony. 77; 1 ; Who Acct. 771 1 New 4 pm Cent. 9.51 ; 1841 in 80044 8 4 pm PRICES OF FOREIUN Brat'llan Bonds Si 6 *Mao Bonds 50 49 ISolombisn Bonds 501 tpitto Bonds !In4. 44 I 9 I I Ditto Acct. 411 9 Design novas OM eft I Ditto Acct. 55 Vega Mentes 11 per Cost. OM Nash:lnge cotrass OP Amsterdam O.l. i!! 9 Ditto at night 6ofMerdam 2U. 12 10 Antwerp . ......... . 12 10 1 f1arriburgh............h U. 17 Anions U. 37 9 Part., 3 days' den ...... r .„ 25 70 Ditto 2 U. 23 93 nankeen: Berlin 5.... 7 0 Frankfort on Slain. Li U ..156 Patarnawirh, rbie 3 Us. 0 Vienna. effective 5 211. 10 .23 Trieste . ..da lll 3$ Madrid Cadiz STOCKS YESTRItOXY. Ex. Mb lOtoi. 4 3 pm Ditto 51101. 45 pm Ditto Small 45 pm Lottery Ticket,. 211. I lc STOCKS YESTERDAY. ' Mexican Ronde Woo Aect. Ditto Bondi 1e25 GS{ / 5 *1 Ditto Acct. 65* 5 * ; Peruvian Bonds 3le I 2 3 1 4 I Ditto Acct. 31 Spanish Bomb. l 2 le Ditto Acct. 10b 11 Ditto Ronda (M) 7 URGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn ............ 2 Genoa Veake . Blahs ..per Llebon Oporto Bahia ......... Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 &aye' blirbe Cork •ULLIOV, Plll OIL . , Portal* Oold, In coin .. 0 4 0 F ore i g n Gold, In ban. .. 17 New Doubloons New Dollar's ..... • • 0 4 Meyer, la ban, st ovlar] Naples Pslearn° PRICES OF sRAnEs YESTERDAY. longs. Share. Rad. ••• ..... €loo 43 14 did I Iron ' Peruvian la . lOO 10 14(14 •If exlesa Me: cam • ..... 400 50 pp • ........ 40 20 It dis 40 15 nr 25 20 12 rill' pa and Coed. 111/011 AAAAA 001. Austrellan teral Stearn Navigation .. teat Westminster Dairy Iran Metropolitan Alderney Daley , ; lOO 6 fl pm 160 5 3 as IN it) dh 25 4 2 tht 11t iirtitsth COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. On MONDAY NEXT, Math 27, will be performed THE TEMPEST. Prospero, Mr. Ward, Prince nitdilLian4 Mr. Cooper; Trlnculo. Rlanchard , Simibano, Mr. W. Fames • Callban, Mr. Rayner. Durluda, Miranda, Miss Paton ; Miss Harronerstey ; Ariti, Miss R. Cassie. To which .111 be added, VIE MILLER AND HIS MEN. Orludoff, Mr. Parley ; Karl, Mr. Blanchard ; hothalr, Mr. Cooper . Claudine, Mn. Vining, Marina, Mrs. nitwit. ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. PASSION WEEK. This Evening, WEDNESDAY, March 72; and THURSDAY, March !, being tinsitiveiv the LAST NIGHTS until next Yesr of the LEt TURR on ASTRONOMY by Mr. BARTLEY. Dori open at Half-past Six, and begin at Seven.. ENGLISH -(iPERA:iIOUSE. MR. MATHEWS AT HOME Oa RASTER MONDAY, Hatch 27, with an entirely new Iniertaament, is Two Party Minded on his Observations on Characters, Manners, end Peculiarities. euritled MR. MATHEWS' INVITATIONS. Peas lII.—A Monnpolylogue, to b• THE CITY BARGE I Oise *pen M Half-pert Sevel (Instead of Seven, as berpeofole; ; Perfonsaace begins at EWA precisely. TO CORRFSPONDENTQ. The reque%t of our Friend at Ratcliffe .hall be compiled with. The BRITISH PRESS commenced publishing yesterday morning at a quarter post five o'clock. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARcit 29, MC It is with unfeigned pleasure we announce to the pul that his MAJESTY 15 EO far recovered from his Lae disposition as to render the further issuing of bulletn altogether unweessary. The KING yesterday moron was so well that Sir HENRY fistroan, who was the Pb sician in attendance at the Royal Lodge, decided on . own responsibility to dispense with any official announce ment regarding his MAJZSTY . B illness. We sincerely con gratulate all his subjects on this happy change in health of our gracious SOYCREIGN, and hope that in: years may elapse before they experience the same anxi, respecting it that they have been suffering for the week. Mr. ARBUTHNOT last night introduced a Bill into . House of Commons for the improvement of Charing-cross The Right Hon. Member stated the object of his meatur to be, the formation of a quadrangle, to extend from Pa mall to St. Martin's-lane five hundred feet, and to extetn for an equal distance from the statue towards the uott There will be three new streets included in this improt ment, and the Strand will be widened from thirty-five sixty feet as far as Bedford-street. The first additich. carriage-way will be across the upper part of the proposed quadrangle, that will run into a street to be formed on south side of St. Martin's church; and which will diagonally into the Strand. There will be another sn from Ilemming's-row and Chandos-street into the Sea . by Bedford-street. Mr. ARBUTHNOT stated that he not intend to call upon the House for a single shilling carry this improvement into effect. He expected to tnoi: all the expences by a sale of a portion of the Crown lands, and by an exchange of another portion. In reply to a question respecting the Regent's P:Uk, ARBUTHNOT declared that it would be opened to the pm lie as soon as the plantations were in such a state that the. could not be injured by the violence of mischievous pen sons. In answer to another question from Sir M. Rimr.v, respecting Exeter Change, the Right Hon. Gem tletnan observed that it was the private proverty of bor E ETEn, who he understood bad expressed an inu . n.ion pulling it down, by which that part of the great thorougl fare that runs past it would be materially widened; and assured the Honourable Ilironet, that if he (Mr. Anse' NOT) could do any thing to facilitate the intention of Noble Marquis, he would do so with pleasure. The French Papers continue to form conjectures rcspel ing the future destinies of Portugal. One journalist( serves, that the late King has a grandson, called Don BASTIAN, who is now about fifteen, a son of his (WO MARIA T►tERE:S.I, by Don PEnao, the late Infant Spain. It is asked ►vhether he may not be called upot play a distinguiiheti part on this occasion It is sid England undoubtedly has made arrangements for the cession to the throne of Portugal, and it is suggested the 'Treaty between Portugal and the Brazils prot* contained some secret article to secure the succession Portupal to the second daughter of the Emperor Pon Imo, 'who is now only four years old. Don Mn:!.c consithred as quite out of the question on account of tf of b. re. hg ear FO. he Ile .S. J • I 1 1 1 0 0 I. Mr. ludo, opal. latch Ls( Dect, tea ning ablic in- etins Ding Phy- Li 3 incc• COT:- the nano xicty last I the !mac. Inure Pall- .tend 01th. rove- re to icnal vaekl tbc nun acct rant did w Mr. pub- they per . w. Cep - heid on of ogb - ul he crt- f the ,pect• it ob- i Se- ghter nt cf on to that sue- -1 that bably On of PI:- 1, L j` If tl. I