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I 1 PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS. FRIDAY, Maaca 26. ---.- MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Captain Bastard, and other Members from the Commons, raltup the Silk Duties, the Postage, and Male Convicts Bills, ere read a meat nine. PENALTIES RECOVERY BILL. The Penalties Reastrery Bill was read a third time and passed. MARRIAGE ACT AMENDMENT BILL. The Marriage Act Amendment Bill was reported with amend. meats. HOLYHEAD ROAD AND HARBOUR, Mr. Hilyard, from the Cofewnissioners of Holyhead Road and Meebour, presented their annual report. SLAVE PIRACY BILL. Mr. Secretary Canning, Mr. W. Wynn. and other Mrm. hen of the Coonnene, brought up the Slave Piracy Bill, which, upon the motion of Earl BATHURST, was read a first time. Adjourned to Monday. flOtTiE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY, NiARCII %. 'The SPEAKER took the Chair at Piny o'clock. SUSPENSION BRIDGE. Mr. BYNG presented • petition from the inhabitants of Saint Catherine's, against the Suspension Bridge Bill.—Laid on the DUTIES ON HIDES AND SKINS. Mr. G. BEN NET presented a petition from certain persons la the town of Shrewsbury, against the Duties on Hides and Skins. . . . . . . Lord BELGRAVE presented a similar petition from a parish in Chester.--Ordered to lie on the Table. EXPORTATION OF BRITISH WOOL. Sir J. GRAHAM presented a petition from certain landholders in Nordiumbesland. in favour of the exportation of British wool. Sir T. ACLA ND presented • petition from the woollen menu facturers of DevorsAire. against the exportation of long wool. Mr. S. WORTLEY presented a similar petition from the woollen manufacturer , . of Halifax. The Honourable Membir ob served, that the petitioners only required a small restrictive duty, so as to enable them to compete with foreign manufactures. Lord 31ILTON'said, that he never before had had an oppor tunity of addressing the House on the subject then before then. He was aware that it was one which had excited great alarm : in his opinion that alarm was unfounded, as he was convinced that a tree trade was more necessary to the prosperity of the manufac tures than any prohibitions could be ; it was perfectly natural that the petitioners should entertain fears, but it was the duty of that House to sot diem right--The petitions were then ordered to lie on the tattle. ...—.... NEGRO SLAVERY. 1 The following peStions were presented against the Slave Trade:— front Chester, by Mr. Davenport ; from the Protestant dissenters of %Cooler, Northumberland, by Sir H. St. Paul; from a parish in Cumberland, by Mr. forwen ; from a parish in Lincolnshire, by Mr. Sykes; from Northampton, by Lord Compton; two front wishes in lAneaster, by Mr. Stanley; Iran Berwick-upon-Tweed. by Sir T. Blake; from Dutton, by Mr. Mundy ; front two parishes in Yorkshire, by Lord :Hilton ; from Devonport, Atheviy, and Credition, by Sir T. Arland ; all of which were ordered to lie ea the taWr. _ ----.-- E..CISE LICENCES. Mr. WII IT BREAI/ _presented ;sCtition from the licensed victuallers of the parish of St. George, against excise licences. Similar petitions were presented by Mr. llobhouse, from the united parishes of St. Margaret end St. John's, front the liberties of iCritinioster, and from St.Paill's, Covent-garden ; by 'I r. from the parishes a St. Giles's, St. George's, St. Andrew, Hol born, St. George the Martyr, and St. Anne's, Soho ; by Mr. Cur tail', from Brighton ; and by Lord Belgrare, from Closter.—Or dared to lie on the table. . . . . . . Mr. HOBHOUSE presented a petition ;tom the inhabitants of the parish of St. Paul, Covent-garden, against the duties on bonus and windows. Mr. Alderman WOOD presented a pension from the inhabitants of Bridge Ward, against the window-mi.—Laid on the table. COMBINATION LAWS. Mr. P. IROORE promoted four petitions from the mechanics and artisans of C'orentry. Stockport, Blanchester, and Notting ham, against the Combination Laws. filr. Alderman WOOD presented a similar petition from the journeymen ironfoundeni of London. Colonel DAVIES presented a similar petition from the boot and shoo makers of Worciater. Lard MILTON presented a similar petition from the mechanics of lirmillard : all of which were ordered to lie on the table. Mr. P. MOORE gave notice, that on Wednesday neat he should introduce a motion on the subj.et of the Combination Laws. .oject MTV ON TOBACCO. . . Sir J. MACKINTOSH presented a petition fmm Mr. W. M'Conoick, apinst the duty on tobacco in Canada.—Ordered to Ite on the table. . GAOL ACT. 31r. WYNN presented a pennon from the Justices of the Peace of Montgamert, praying to be excepted from the opaations of the liaoi Act.—Laid on the table. SUSPENSION BRIDGE M Aldermanm : ciotiprete mad two petitions from the water mei u t St. Catherine'.-furry and St. Botolph's. praying that a clans , . awarding them compensation, might be introduced into thr 9411.—Laid on the table. BEER AND MALT. Lord BELGRAVE pr. rated Zpetiiiis; from the inhabitants of Cheer', praying that the duty might be transferred from beer to rualt.—Laid on the table. DOG-FIGHTS AND HE.IR-BAITING. . . . . . Loral MILTON presented • petition from the inhabitants of Wakefield, praying for the abolition of dog-tights and bear.bait ing.—Laid on the table. SHEPHERDS' DOGS. _ . --- Mr. CIIRWENI presented a petition from the owners of the sheep paths IVeatmorlautl, against the tax on shepherds' dop. —Laid on the table. SLAVE PIRACY BILL. Mr. CANNING, in rising to move the third reading of the /Slave Piracy Bill, observed, thst he regretted very much that he bad to do it in tho absence of his Hon. Friend the Member for Br+m►xr (Mr. Wilberforkl, un whose arrount the third reading bid been twice postponed: but he could state to the House, that his lion. Friend had stated his admiration of the measure, and mailed it as the nowt effectual step that could have been taken for tie complete suppression of the traffic in slaves. He moved that cle Bill should be read a third time: ..... Sir J. MACKINTOSH was desirous of expressing the great tatiataction he ft It at the treaty which had just been concluded be. tween this country and America. Ile remembered a time when, it the subject of abolishing the slave trade was mentioned in that lionse, that odious trajic found strenuous advocates and supporters in weir navy, the Senate, the press, and the pulpit ; and it ass 'Medici that their station was so happy, tint they enjoyed a perfect Par len; and he recollected a great naval officer in that House de picting the condi iiat of the negro slaves in very ghwing colours, and stating their means of comfort to be so numerous and various, that re hid often envied their condition, and had been almost tempted to wish that lie hail hen born s negro slave. The friends vet the Irtat•te•-•e were thin very few, and they were represented as religious enthusiasts and disturbers of the public peace : and here lie must do justice to the absent ; it was left to his lion. Friend, the Member for Winchilser (Mr. Brougham), to put a very formidable check on the proceeding of these tueo•thieves, by enacting the law that made it a capital off.e.i.c to be engaged in man-stealing. His versatile 'mind enabled him to take all objects in his grasp, and his compre. Itmsive genies afforded him leisure for every pursuit. lie must Aetna express his satisitc.ion at the conclusion of this treaty ; its itaracter was moat auspicious, and would cement that friendship el . the two countries which had originated in comniou descent. Ile was happy to see that the two great maritime Powers of the world, wko ware naturally jealous of their rights, had sacrificed that : eakrusy to the cause em humanity, thu way having been led by the noble example of England. The Bill was then read a third time anti passed. A Massage from the Lords announced that their Lordships had agreed to seseral public and private Bills. coUNTY COURTS BILL.. four of f icers of Counsel had a salary of 541. each AIMSSt given to 'them, in placeof the fees taken out of their pockets by the death mark Bill wrung Into a law. There was also the Engrosser in the Exchequer, - Gord Wm. Bentinck, who upon the making Crown leases being in some degree transferred to the Board of Works, the Noble Lord received a compensation. With respect m the protho notariesof the Common Pleas in Ireland, the same principle pre vailed, and had continued from the reign of 111. up to the last year ; and his object was to propose a resolution, that an an nual sum should he granted in the Committee to the particular aliens he had already named, together with the principal Protho notaries of the Courts of (ireat Scasions in %Vale's, and he had no doubt he should have the concurrence of the Noble Lord in this proposition. Lord A LT/lORP had no doubt that such a clause as that pro- posed would greatly facilitate the passing of his Bill ; but at the same time, before the country was saddled with such a burden. they should have good reason before they acted on the principle of compensation. Ile knew any opposition to that clause wauld en. danger the passing of his Bill. and therefore he hesitated before he decided as to the course which he should pursue. The Learned Uentlenian had cited precedents, but the only one which bad any analogy was that of Southwark, and that was a ease in which the comperarition was not paid out of the pockets of the public. (Hear, hear.) He hat also cited another instance in Ireland, and he lined Althorn) could also cite one much stronger in the ease of the alter ation of the Civil Bill Courts, where no compensation was given.— Such an example from Irelsed was of much snore importance than any that could be cited in its favour by reports in this country. Those offices, he contended, should be no more protected than the property of the Learned Gentlemen, who, in case of road improve ments, never thought of asking compensation in ease a road was diverted from the neighbourhood of their properties. The Noble Lord concluded by moving as as amendment, that it would be most dangerous in any attempt at empowering the jurioinidence of the country to admit such precedents, as it would make it neces sary to impose fresh burdens on the people whenever such im provements were made. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR concurred with the principle of his No ; ble Friend, but something further should at the same be tone, and freeholds not destroyed without compensation ; that compensation, however, to be fair and just. When persons had obtained places upon the faith of Parliament—when they had enjoyed them for years, it would he too hard to deprive them of the means of their subsistence. Annual officers had no right to compensa.iun. and none but those who had a patent place and a vested interest in them were fairly entitled to it. He wished his Noble Friend would accede to I the clause of the Attorney.lieneral, and not risk a Bill of this sort for such a sun as 11,0001. a year. Under these circumstances he should yore for the clause. Sir GEORGE ROSE thanked the Noble Lord for the Industry he had expended on this very interesting purpose; bat hoped, at the same time, that he would agree to the justice of making com pensation to persons whose interests would be affixted by his 11111. 31r. LITTLETI)N thought that compensation should be made to the Chief Clerk of the Court of king's Bench, who de ' pended upon it principally for his support. In Mall where persons had a ferry, and when a bridge was to be built, the owner of the terry was always compeneated, even though no bridge was subse ',inertly built ; and the principle, he thought, fairly applied to the different officers whose emoluments would, it was admitted, be diminished by one-fourth by the bill of the Noble Lord. lie (Mr. Littleton) was free to admit that the Bill before the House was likely to prove highly useful to the public; but its operation should not be accompanied by an act of injustice to a meritorious class of officers. Mr. L. FOSTER supported the Bill. Mr. J. SAIITH said, measures of this description were always looked upon with extreme jealousy by him. He inspected this Bill with the greatest minutene a, but lie could find nothing objectiona ble. He thouelit the officers lied a fair daim to compensation ; it was said the offices were not abolished ; the salaries were only cut down. This, in his opinion. made out a stronger case for the officers ; for when the office wax abolished altogether the individual was at perfect liberty to take his talus' and endowments to another ' quarter; but in the latter case he was stuck up in his office, and could make no use of his qualifications. He would, therefore, support the measure. Mr. BANKS considered the fees and emoluments derived from these offices in the light of a freehold. He was friendly to the system, but thought the principle should not be extended as it was in Ireland : in that country sonic of the Courts were put upon the same footing as here, and the result was, an unreasonable com pensation was given to some individuals. The measure should not be acted upon at present; the extent of its operation should first be known. lie wished to know precisely on what scale the compensa tion should he given. It would, in his opinion, te preposterous to be voting the public money by anticipation. He would there fore wait for twelve months, to see in what state the offices were, and the amount of the compensation required. The SOLICITOR-fiENERAL adopted the principle of the Member fur Corfe Castle, that we should not vote by anticipation. assuming as he did that the doctrine of compensation was correct. He admitted that there were prospective events which should be well considered before money was taken out of the public purse. These deices should be looked upon as the asylums of property as well as of justice. No injury could be done by the passing of this Bill, for there was no compensation given for the loss of rever sionary offices. It was confined to those which were held by patent. %When an uffice is held by an individual upon the score of quell& cations, it should be looked on as a contract between the public and that individual, and the office should be looked upon in the light of private property. If these individuals were deprived of their corn. pulsation, the rule should not be confined to them ; it should be extended to all. If an alteration was made in the mode of convey ing the inheritance of fee-simple proprrty,. by getting risi of fines ' and recoveries, the officers holding situations under the present system should be considered. If the register offiees in Middlesex and Yorkshire were to be abolished, the principle of compensation should be extended to the persons who were losers. The officer: of the Palatinate Court of Durham should be also ren.unerated, and should be placed on the same footing as those of the King's superior Courts. He was one of those who watched a principle of this kind ; but without pledging himself to vote by anticipation, he would sup port its general tenor. Mr. A BERCROM BY would be happy if he could look on the principle of the manure as favourable to the interests of the coon. try ; but after the most mature consideration be could give the, subject, he could not see it in this point of view. He certainly did rot think it fair, that when a man received an office, with the un derstanding be was to take fees to a certain amount ; fur instance. a half-crown, and he should be called upon afterwards to take a shilling ; neither did he think it right that the public should be bound so closely by their contract, as to be prevented from making an attempt at amelioration ; a system such as would be a comple:e obstacle in the way of improvement. To carry the measure fairly into effect, no time should be lost ; notice should be given to all those who in future obtained situations, that no compensation was to be given ; also other persons who lost their income by any im provement which went to the diminution of their properties, hail the same right to compensation as these individuals; and yet if such persona presented a petition to the House for that purpose, ;hey would be laughed to scorn. It was a delightful reflection for the public to know, that no scheme for improvement could be car ried Into effect without being clogged by such a heavy expense for compresation. As to the complaints made of the ruin to individuals by this alteration, there was a case under our daily observation, which might with as much propriety be complained of; he meant the alteration of a mad : to his own knowledge the alteration of a road, even by a half mile from a village, inflicted ruin on entire fa ; milks, and reduced them to indigence, and yet it was never contem. • plated to give these persons compensation ; what, he would ask, ruined them? an Act of Parliament. The people possessed a pro : petty in the road by immemorial custom, as well as the officers held their situations by the law ; it was therefore unjust to extend the principle contained in this measure to one party and deny it to the ; other. lie also Objected to the time of bringing forward this min sure; the injury had not yet happened ; it was possible it might not happen ; and thus the Bowe was legislating, as the Member for Corte Castle observed, by anticipation ; he would oppose the inea sure. The ATTORN EY. GENERA L morel that the House should resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House on the Carmen sett= to Officers in Westminster and Courts of Session BilL In timers this Competuation Bill. he begged leave to state, that its newory tesulted from a Bill brought forward by the Noble Lord opposite (Althorn). Several Acts of Parliament, so far back as the reign of Henry VI. allowed certain offices to the Chief Justices of the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas, which they had ever since a right to sell. Whether such a power as the sale of of thoold be continued in these Justices, was not now the guts ; but sae tieing was clear, that the situation of Chief Clerk of the Kiog''s Punch was always meld by the Justice of the King's Beath until tie: lime of Lord Ellenboroegh, who refused so large I a sum as seventy thousand poutuis for that office, and conferred it on his son. There were also other offices, such as the Protho- CONlieS of the Common Pleas, which were also sold, and for whom he now sought comps 141..1011, as well as the Secondaries appointed by than. He also clamed compensation for the Master of the Pleas side of the Exchequer, and for the first Attorney of the Exchequer, wits bed no other means of living than what his salary afforded him. The Master of the Roll Office was smother to be considered. He only claimed compensation for persona who paid the taxes, who bad rested interests to their places, and who performed well the duties of their o ffi ces. The MU of the Noble Lord (Althotpi d Au**, one-fourth of theeniolu menu of those officers, and pre lasso for whet was so taken away compensation should be made; and the sum required for that ob;eet would not be more titan GAO& a-year. Theptinciple for which he contended was expressly agreed to by various Reports, but particularly that of 1798 (see folio 12), when the public were benefited by an alteration of offices. The public h e uid make compensation, and he rea ll y believed that the Bill of the Viable bold Would prove highly advantageous to the interep of the public. While the emoluments of these officers would bit dinarlthed by transferring part-of the duty and fees to other Courts, they shotild be recompensed, particularly as those individuals were still bound to have the same Offitel, and pay the same taxes. It' might perhaps be right to take off the mcumbrances respecting the media of copyhold property; but if they were, surely the Lords of Jlaners should be compensated for that change, so bale ti.-tal to the public. In the reign of William 111. a spree of writ existed, called a Caplet pro fide. that was uthsoquently found a t.-rlevanee, and altogether done away ; but compensation was sAll glade to the officers who usually Mimed them. The same., principle extended to other officers. MA was recognised by *tor Ramona of Committees of this Mouse. He might ci is %event) instances to rapport this Opi„ e • rinei_ but that ot .the Southwark Court of Maralrioes altioded the most praczieal Meta:tee ; ter, is the abolition of that Court, t h e originally Wnri . " LOOM. per annum Inul increased to 1,5001.. and if the party had surrender e d th e 4 dditional Mlet. to the publit, he would think hint entitled to compensation, but he did not think it right to compensate an person for incidental injuries. Mr. ABERCRO3IBY wished to know how long the system of compensation was to last ; was it for the life of the par 7 or not ? if it was continued only fix the lives of the parties, sod t. the par ties died. the loss to the Chief Justices on the second vale would be diminished. as then• world be no compensation given. The ATI'OIINEY-GENERAL raid. hi. Intention wax to give compensation only to those who had life offices The system of compensation was to stop when their lives hud expired ; for this course he had a precedent in the Bill brought into the House by the 1a c Mr. l'onsonby, which had for its object the prohibiting the sale of the office of 3laster io Chancery in Ireland. These offices could not be sold b law in this country, and it was doubted ehether the sal e of diem n Ireland wits lawful, but it 5i.25 warrant ed by custom. The object of Mr. l'onsonby's BM was to allow those persons who b , tught the employments to sell them, but the power of male was to be limited to them ; but this could nut be considered as a compensation to the fins buyer; as of eour , e hie sale wax depressed, as the second buyer was not allowed to sell. Sir J. NI;WPORT said, the cause of Mr. Ponsonby's Bill was, there was no law in Ireland respecting compensation. In Igtiti the situation of Master in Chancery was vacant, and was given to a gentleman upon the express condition that he should not sell it. After a few observations from the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, MT. SY EA, and Sir P. 0••••sr Er, the (MAW iOll was agreed to. Mr. M. A. TAYIA/11 suggested, that the county clerk of the county palatine of Durham should be included in the list of those who were entitled to compensation under this Bill. By the opera. ties of it his present emoluments would be materially affected, and he thought that his character and services were such as entitled him to compensation, similar to that provided for other officers included in the Bill. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, on several Members bearing testimony to the propriety of this officer's name being Included in the Bill, acceded to its insertion. It was accordingly included in the list of officers entitled to co•npensation, according to the pro.' visio:is of the mi. Much laughter was cached by a difference of opinion, whether this officer should be styled " Clerk of the County Palatine" or " County Clerk of the Palatine of Durham." Sir F. OM 31.1 N N EY proposed that Mr. Edge. the treasurer and receiver of the Court of Hug's Bench, be also included in the list of officers to whom compensation was allowed. He was a most meritorious officer, and entitled to the advantages proposed by ,the present Bill. The ATTORNEY -GENERAL had but one objection to the insertion of this officer's name; it was simply this, he was nee aware that there was any such o ffi cer. (A laugh.) Sir F. 03131 AN NEY did not appear there to be ridiculed ; he rood forward to espouse the interests of those who had claims on the country ; and if he had miscalled the officer to whom he alluded, It was only a verbal error; the Honourable and Learned Gentleman knew who he meant. Sir F. BLAKE was of opinion, that in considering the claims for compensation, some compensation ought to be made to the House fur loss of time. (A laugh.) Sir F. 03131ANNEY, after a short desultory conversation, was unwilling to absorb the time ot the House any longer, and consented to withdraw the motion.—Agreed to. The several resolutions were then passed, and the Report was or dered to be brought up on Monday. COUNTY CO URTS BILL. The Hon. 0. BENNET proposed, that the Alien Bill and Slave Piracy BiU should have precedence of the County Courts Bill. Mr. PEEL was of opinion that there would be sufficient time, after the County Counsitilt, for the disposal of the orders that stood for that evening. Lord ALTHORP then moved that the House should resolve itself into a Committee on the County Courts Bill. He proposed in Committee, that a clause should be introduced into the Bill, vesting the appointment of assessor in the Crown, and not in the Custos Bottilonitn. nor in the Judges, lest local partialities, by the possession of such power, might induce than to be attached to that particular circuit in which their influence and patronage were ever. 31r. PEEL was of opinion that the right of appointment should not be vested either in the Custos Rotulorum, the Judge of Af4lile, or the Sheriff, but in some person responsible tor the manner in which the duty of the office was performed. The Sheriff was a temporary officer, and it would not be earnestly contended that the appointment should be vested in him. The Judges, in his opi nion, ought only to be answerable for their judicial conduct. It was not on the supposition or suspicion that any Judge would be saleable of malvenustion in their appointments, that he objected so this right of appointnteut being vested in them, but on the ge neral principle of the polies of divesting them of any responsibility, save that witich the discharge of their high duties and peculiar functions imposed upon them. To show that he did not seek for any Ministerial influence in the objections, he would propose to limit the number of places from seventy, which was the number proposed by the Bill, to seven or eight. These might go circuits of the several towns; a higher salary might be given to them propor tionate to their labours and deserts, and the duty performed in a more satisfactory manner than by assessors resident in the county or district, with whom local partialities and influences might be soy • potted to interfere. The .ITTORNEY-GENERAL said that 35,0001. would be the sum required for the salaries of the assessors, according to the present Bill, as a competent person could not be procured to dis charge the duties of it under a salary of Mel. An arrangement similar to that proposed by his Rt. Hon Friend (air. Peel) might, he thought, be adopted with considerable advantage and saving so the public. Lord EASTNOR thought that many competent persons might be found in the country to discharge the duties of the situation of assessor. Mr. GREY BENNET was unwilling that so large a sum ee 35,0001. should go to the payment of 'seventy new officers, wboes duties might be done for &smaller sum and by fewer persons. Mr. R. Salyut and laud A I.THOor thought the clause of the Right lion. Secretary was worthy of attentive rinsideration, and therefore proposed that the consideration of it be postponed. Mr. PEEL said, that with regard to a similar office in Ireland, that of Assistant-Barrister, he found, when in that country, that barristers who were sent to several districts to preside on such occa. sions, were always found more efficient in the discharge of their .duties than those who were resident in a particular district, and where local partialities might interfere. Mr. 110BHOUSE was adverse to the appointment of seventy new places, although any apprehension of its interference with the independence or integrity of the Bar formed Do part of the ground of his objection to it. He was unwilling to speak harshly of any body or profession ; but he really thought there was no great in. tegrity in the bar. No change, in his opinion, would be created in the character of the members of that body, who doubtless looked more to the honour than to the einolument of the situation (a laugh), although all the appointments were all tilled up . by such persons. Ile had always noticed in that body a disposition that aimed at a dependent character ; and though the expression were harsh, he would add that they seemed to him a set ot men who set up their abilities for sale. Those who resided in the country had a greater interest to be honest in the discharge of the duties of such a situation as that suggested by the present Bill. They had the good opinion of their respective neigh bourhoods to cultivate, and were generally found zealous sad active in the discharge of the duties confided to them. A jury had to determine the question at issue as well as the Judge, and with that protection he really felt but little fear for the safety of the public. He certainly had no objection to give such ahem tions to the Cestudrs Rolulornm of counties. But with the send. menu that he had already expressed, feeling that the integrity of the Bar was nut likely to suffer from the extension of them ap. pointments, he should at all events agree to the clause. Mr. BERNAL dissented from the opinion expressed by the Member for Reigate. that any Gentleman was capable of discharg ing the o ffi ces created under the Bill. It WIN obvious to all. that questions of the nicest eharacter were not unfrequetitly determined Inch " " Air. SYKES thought, if the measure were to - come clogged with iis ases where the amount for the recovery of wt.,. . the action was these tle.nands for compensation, it would be better to abandon it brought did not exceed ten pounds. Questions upon the value of altogether. If the principle were assented to in one case, it should evidence frequently arose in such cases, and no man but an expo. be extended to all the separate jurisdictions in England. ricnced barrister would be competent to determine these points. Mr. R. SMITH thought the measure should not be carried far- Mr. SYKES said, that when he proposed that provincial barristers ther until the House had the benefit of experience, should till the stations in quotation, it was not hunt any opinion that The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, that he could adopt the provincial practitioner was an inferior animal, hut frian the that course which was to be f o ll owe d b y i ll persons i n s i m il a r ctr. supposition that he was better acquainted with the blthiCClii likely to cumstances. He would introduce clauses into the Bill which be brought under discussion. would satisfy the Committee; but it seemed to be forgotten by the After a few words from Mr. Secretary PEEL and the AT.. Gentlemen opposite, that if he did take the prevent course, he would TORN EY-GEW E II AL, the clause was postponed. not be in a eoNdition to go before the Cianntittec. Ile would Mr. HORIMUSE propos•11 is to add a clause enabling parties ' pledge himself to produce before the Committee such clauses as to sue where the cause of action arose. ' would be agreeable to them ; and he would assert, that money From the noise in the gallery we could not ascertain whether the should not be given to any individual upon a speculative loss clause was postponed or agreed to. in their offices, but upon those losses which experience from Air. LOCKHART suggested the expediency of increasing the year to year %hewed th e y h a d incurred. Ile thought the power under the Act , from ten to twenty pounds. officer of the Palatinate of Durham was entitled to remunera. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL (domed at present to the tion, but the place held by him nut being valuable,hc was induced proposed increase. When the measure was carried into effect I not to mention it in the Bill, as it would make little or no difference upon a limited scale, it wild be very easy to carry into effect the in the sum he required. The losses to sonic individuals were neither proposition of his Hon. Friiind, if it were deemed expedient. incidental nor speculative, as writs one quarter as numerous as 'I he CHAIRMAN then kit the chair, reported prove's, and those issued by the Court of King's Bench were issued by them. asked leave to sit again on Monday. The measure, he conceived, would be a great public henctit, and ALIEN BILL. he was sure die public would not purchase it at the loss and ex- The second reading of the .Mien Bill was postponed until Tues.- pense of an individual. • day. 31r. HUME wished to know, if the principle was allowed, where CUSTOMS' DITTIES BILL they were to stop: the officers ofevery hundred Court in the coon_ The House resolved itself into a Committee on the Customs try would have a right to it. Ile did not approve of the election Acts, on the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. of those officers who were to receive compensation ; it should be Mr. BRIGHT thought, at that late hour (twelve o'clock), it announced to all ti•.ose who procured situations in future, that when would he very inconvenient to go into thins Committee. any attempt should in future be made at improvement, no compen- The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed, that tenon should be made to them. lie wished the measure was post poned until the next yvar. He wished to know why the Chief by allowing him to make his proposition the lion. Member would not lase the opportunity of opposing this measure, if he thought it Justices should be allowed to sell certain offices. his duty so to do. His object was now to move a resolution, that The ATTORNEY-GENERA I, 14.1:(1, the sclaries of the Chief w instead of reducing Justices were lower than those el the other Judges, and therefore the import duties on foreign rail, on the :oh July. from lid. to liL he would would move that the proposition they had a eight to sell these situations. Mr. HUMS thought the present Chief Justices should be al- of certain persons interested in the wool trade be adopted, and that lowed to retails this right; but upon their deaths the odious system onithe 10th September they should be reduced M. to the pound, and on the 11th December 2d. in the pound additional, leaving a should be done away with, duty of Id. per pound. There were a great variety of articles, . Lord MILTON conceived, hp this mode of proceeding the rirht of making any attempt at improve-loosely made amt partially manufactured from wool of this country , public would purchase the meat id the administration of the laws, when any indirect low was the exports on which should he subject to an ad valorem duty of indicted by such a measure on the individuals ; upon the principle 16 per cent. ; and he should further propose that a duty of 2d. in of this Bill, the stewards of all the inanor.courts would be enut Wi dth i the pound should be imposed tan the exports of long wool grown in to remuneration, as their fees would be diminished. The Member y. fur Durham claims compensation for an individual with whom he countr Mr. CALCRAFT observed, that as he understood this to be was connected : by the word conoecteti he meant nothing invidious merely a measure on which t he Right Honourable Gentleman He spoke of a local connexion. The demand, he thought, was meant to found a Bill, be should not trouble the to one it shou l d to all.(ammCommitteefur reasonable; for if compensation was ire' g I thew than by observing that he could not sec the po li cy of reducing 1 The claim for compensation would, in his opinion, be reasonable, I the export duties out raw materials. if, whey the business of the Courts increased to its present great ex- Mr. BRIGHT entreated the House, before they broke down the tent, the parties had given up to the public the 'excess of their fees monopoly which had been instituted for the protection of the wool and ensoluinenta over their original 'slaty ; if, for instance, a place trade, to Inquire serial* into the consequences attached to the sent holders are expected to take the threes at 13 francs , . pay them off, the three gnat measure. He thought all the Wools should be pit upon so equal of the Ave per cent. stock into that of three, th e the immense fund ' ,c v , footing. and they ought to receive • drawback. Pr f r o : 31r. W ESTERN said, that the exporter paid the duties on foreign wool in the fi rst instance ; but they ultimately were paid by every hunt.ted ; if they object, the Government, it is yid, er t he u l k o i a n n g w to ill sur.)ly the British manufacturers ; and precisely in the same way would the duties on the exports of long woo l be paid by the foreign ma nufacturers. . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that it was ca by p in ital l i t s l ts s und ertaking Mr. was on his way to facia, perfectly true what the Hon Member for Essex had said ; but I th at purpose. listing c),. somethink was due to the Prejudices even or i n terested persons. , the purpose of concluding the arrangements. itsy...• i when it was proposed to abrogate laws that hail been cherished so —Battu , 3 I long by the Legislature ; and therefore he bail made the duty N., the new stock were already transacted in oar money m 2l . not pledging himself as to the length of time it should continue at ket yesterday ; and the French three per cents. were that ; and if it should be found to act i a a prohibition %Aiwa the selli n g export of long wool, it might he reduced. in the afternoon at 80, thus bearing a premium of Seem. Sir. STUART %MUTE!: V protested amainst this as a tempo. cen t. This is a pecuniary arrangement to an am ount hi. nary measure. He thought wool had a right to protection as an ~ article of produce of this country. No greet quantity, probably, s'ierto unprecedented ; the 61110 is of startling meg o i t 1 tke, would go out of the country as wool, bit al; tre-at deal would go as and one we should have conceived it almost itnpossible f yarn. He begged of the Chancellor of e xchequer to delay his individuals It tuesatire till the 3th July. 1:13. by any effort to supply ; but the capital aid 3lr. CRI PI'S was confident then was no more wool grown than daring speculation of this country is now t gital to almost was necessary for the manufactures of this country, and therefore approved of the export duty being at 'AI. instead of Id. anything. Thus three individuals, two of them British tact. Mr. W. SNI I I'll thought nothing would be gained by bringing chants, will hold in their hands the entire debt of Fran;. , the question forward in a hasty manner. 3lr. CALCRAFT expressed an opinion that even the discussion . l'he endmtaking is, indeed, a mighty one. of this night would enable the House to judge of public opinion. as to the measure, and it was important that some understanding should be come to on a question to vitally interesting. The CHANCI:LLOR of the EXCHEQUER repeated, that the id. would not be allowed to operate as a prohibition ; he did not mean to limit the time for the operation of the duty, and if it was found to act as a prohibition, it might be repealed. 1 Sir Si. W. RIDLEY asked the Right lion. Geatlemau what measure was intended with regard to the duties on coals ? The river was full ; but the merchants were at a less how to act in coa -1 sequence of the unsettled state of the duties. The CHA NCELIA3II. of the EXCHEQI'ER said, that the question stood undecided; a resolution hail raw (1 respecting conk which would be introduced into the Bill for the alteration of the Customs' Duties. He was not prepared to say more on the subject at that time. The Right Hon. Gentleman then moved a resolution, embracing the propositions he had made, and other alterations re specting the Customs. The - HOLM then resumed. The resolutions were reported, and the Report ordered to be received on Monday. The other Orders of the Day we-a then disposed of, and the House adjourned at One &Cloth to Monday. PitiCEi OF BRITISH ST Bank Stock 3 per Cent Reduced. 3 per Cent. Cons. 944 5 35 per Cent 4?..x Cent. New 4 per Cent. 109 lxing Annuities. Imperial 3 per Cents. 94 Bank for Account 2451 4485 Cons. for Act. 944 India Stock PRICES OF FOREIdIN Austrian Scrip, 144 j 4 6 45 Ditto for Account 144 6 44 5 45 Ditto paid in lull. Chilian Iklr. 82 14 Ditto torAcc.B2if Colontb. Bnds. i 74 ri 64 7 Do. for Acct. 87i 84 8 74 4 6 4 7 Danish Bonds 994 Do. Marks Banco - 98 Greek Scrip. par 14 die. Mexican Scrip, 7 761 Do. for Ac. 71 6$ 74 61 7 Neapolitan lids 944 64 6 Ditto for Account 95 Portuguese Scrip 51 45 pr. Ditto Bonds 93 Ditto for Account Prussian Bonds, 100 Ditto for Account Peruvian Scrip. 77i 'OOO4 YE 4 TEIIDA V. India Bonds. 711 pr. India fur Account, South Sea Stock, South Sea Old Annuities South Sea New Annuities Ea. Dills. 1,0001. 51 53 pr. Ditto, 6014. 51 54 pr. Dit•',Small, 51 54 pr. Indorsed ditto Lottery Tickets, 251. 19s. COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam C. F. 12 1 Ditto, at sight - 11 18 Roust Assn 12 2 Antwerp . . 12 5 Hamburgh 37 6 Altona - 37 i'ITR:KS YESTERDAY. Russian lids. 90i 5/ 64 si 6 Russian for Acct. !ki d 1 Russian Inscription Exchange per ruble Ditto Metallic Stock (Daring) Ditto (Sillitit's) Span. Cons. 204 A 1 1 Ditto for Acct. 204 Ditto 170 6.235 lids. Ditto lii Do. i per Cis. (1023) 171 1 10 Ditto 1061. 3s. Dotols, Ditto (1820) Anglo flex. Mines 51 6 pr. United Ditto Ftench }lento', 102 f. 76c. 26c. SOc. 103 f. Do. Es. 25f. SOc. She. 60e. Do. Scrip. 141 151 141 151 pr. Ditto for Acct. 141 161 13 14 pr. NUE YESTERDAY. Leghorn Geumt . . 4'; . . 431 Venice - Malta - -. . Paris, 3 days' sight 25 ra; Ditto - - 25 00 flour%lean: - 25 811 Berlin - - 7 10 Frankfort-on-the-31aiii 156 Petasburgh 9 Vimna - 10 9 friate . - 10 9 Madrid -35 i Cadiz . Bilbna Harcelor.a 3i Seville Gibraltar -30 i Naples . 3ill Palermo 113 Lisbon Ulf Oporto - - 41 Rio .laaciro - 41 Bahia - - 60 Dublin - 9 9 Cork - - Elite Orttiolt alrelso. KING'S THEATRE. This Evening, SATl'llllll,%,March 27. will be performed RICCIARDO MM.% IDE. The Moak by Signor itoeentL Principal Performers—Madame Colbran Rossini. Signore Garcia. Curloin, Porn.. trancesehl, Madame Graslent, and Madame Vestals. fatal ut the Opera. new Ballet. entitled LE SONGE trOSSIAN. Applications for BOX!' and Single Subscriptions (or the Season to be made to Mr. Seguin. MS. quadrant. Regent-street. NEW TIfEA7'RE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Tlthi Evening. S iTUR DAY. Nevelt 27. will be performed THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Fenton. Mr. Bratham Sir John Falstaff. Mr. Dierton. Mra. Ford. Mite Stephens: Mrs. Pa ge. Mime Cahill. After which, the admired Faree of DEAF AS A POST. TowneJude with the BeMet of SPANISH GALLANTS. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDE??. ThD Evening. SATURD IV. March n. will be performed PRIDE SHALL HAVE A FALL. Cou:.t Ventoeo. Mr. W. Fut rens Stefano. Mr. Egerton; Lorenzo, Mr. C o oper ; F.wrento, Mr. Joon. Victoria, Milli Paton. To conclude with the Opera of CLARI. THEATRE ROYAL ENGLISH OPER.I-HOUSE. MR. M AT'.EWS AT HOME! This Evening. SATURDAY, March '7, And on MOND XYS, THURSDAYS. and sA'rCRDAYtt. With his ANNUAL LECTCRE on PECULIARITIES. CHARACTER, and MANNERS; Founded on Observationsand Adventures during hla late A TRIP TO AMERICA. lu Three Parts. PACT lII.—A Monopolylogue, called ALL WELL AT NATCHITOCHES. All the Characters oi the Evening's F:titertainutent to be represented by Mr. MATHF:WS. Doors to be opened at ball-peat Seven—Performance begins at Eight ihrte 4 . Places. Tickets, PI nate and Family Doges, to be taken of Yr. Stevenson, at the Doi Uffice, Strand Entrance, iron, Ten till live. ADELPHI THEATRE, STRAND. Thls Ereiang, SATURDAY, March will be performed WA V ER LE% . Fergus Mac Ivor, Mr. flurrusighs; Davie Geßally, Mrs. Waylett. Mr& Nosebag. Mr. J. Reece. To ...hoe with ST RONAN'S WELL The BRITISH PIIESS commenced publishing yesterday morning at Six o'clock. LONDON, SATURDAY, Mmtcit 27, 1824. Accounts, we regret to say, have reached town that Mr. Scarlett, the eminent King's Counsel, Attorney-General for the Duchy of Lancaster, and Member, through Lord F. william's interest, for the town of Peterborough, in p ar . liament, is now no more. It Is stated that he died almost !suddenly, at York, on Thursday morning. He had bu s , Ipreviously indisposed at Lancaster, so as to interfere with his professional dun. s, hut no serious apprehensions *ha t . ever were entertained of any danger until within a few hours of his death. He died in the possession of Mimes is , business, and proportionably large emoluments. Hi s pr , fesssional income for several years is raid to have been be. tween V2ll and eleven thousand pounds annually. gh, death throws open a greater vacancy at the Bar than 201' that has occurred since the lamented decease of the get Sir S. Hominy. Mr. Scarlett, for the last ten years, led i s every case of any consequence, both in the Court of King' s Bench and on the Northern Circuit. Without any thing like the talents or eloquence of the celebrated Erskine, la had accumulated, in his own person, a much greater qtu : , city of business, and infinitely larger emoluments. M.. Scarlett was more an artful and plausible Advocate than hold or an eloquent one. From long habits and peer: acquainta:-re with his profession, he piloted a hazardou case entrusted to him, with consummate judgment, throngs the legal rocks and quicksands on whlcli his client migh t have been wrecked ; and often, by his address a nt ; ingenuity, brought him and his legal venture safely into harbour. He was seldom, even in Court, an impressive or powerful speaker, and he failed altogether wishin the walls of Parliament. He rose in the King's Bench with the air and manner of one who knew his ascendency the, to he unquestioned, and his influence with the Bench dt cisive. His opinions were delivered in calm colloquial lan guage, but with oracular self-possession. Mr. Scarlett ap peared always fully satisfied with himself—an eternal pia. cidity reigned upon his ample brow—a smile even in the most critical moments played around his lips. 11 - hen he urged a doubtful case, with all the art of a consummate Advocate, making the last desperate effort for his client, there was yet nothing about him that betrayed the smallest agitation or doubt. He had none of the luminous intellect or extended range of information that dis.inguishes Mr. Brougham, hut ho was an adept at that kind of argument which Sheridan happily named " a species of small-sword logic," and well fitted to the Courts. Yet Mr. Scarlett could occasionally cast oft' that mantle of s !If-complacency and coldness that enwrapped him, and rise to something higher and better; and his late speeches in defence of Mr. Hunt, for the publication of Lord Byron's risiox of Judg ment, and his strong and animated appeal for the inde pendence of the Bar, on Mr. Abcrcromby's complaint against Lord Eldon, in Parliament, were both efforts of a better eloquence, and shewed he could be natural and br pressive. Much as he was employed, none of his speeches will live to future days. He never carried a jury or an au ditory with him. He had none of that impassioned oratory that characterized the eloquent Curran at the Irish Bar, that "virida oisrtninir which swept the minds of those who heard him where he wished to lead, or that fine reasoning con stitutional eloquence that marked the speeches of the great Erskine. Mr. Scarlett was ingenious, quick, and discerning, but he never was really eloquent or powerful. His death will throw a mass of business into the hands of many in the King's Bench, and give Mr. Brougham an undisputed supremacy on the Northern Circuit. The Chancellor, out of common respect to the Bar, ought now to forget unworthy prejc dices, and give the latter distinguished Advocate a silk gown. Mr. Scarlett was highly esteemed by his party, and would have probably filled the first law office, had any unexpected change called them again into power. Through the afternoon of yesterday doubts were in circulation as to cite death o t h p poyf ttt o his h n e d minen l lawyer, which we realized, but tw e feoe, on should the be mosbest gullies we could make, that the melancholy event is ix , . yond all question. He will be deeply regretted by his family, and a numerous circle of most respectable and die tinguished friends. It is impossible to read the late melancholy details of the death of Sir George Collier, without feelings of the most poignant regret. It is dicressing to think how the well earned reputation of a brave and distinguished officer may be stabbed by a reckless or malignant assailant, his cha racter traduced, and a high and sensitive mind, as in the present afflicting instance, urged to madness and self-de struction. Sir George Collier had earned his rank and fame by years of honourable service. He had been in un numbered engagements all through the late war; his person was covered with scars, and in his hands the naval flag of this country never was lowered from its high and com manding station. Ile had not been long returned from the Coast of Arlie*, where his services in the cause of huma nity, for the suppression of the accursed traffic still un happily but too prevalent there, I:_d merited and received the most honourable mention. It is easy for a compiler of naval or military annals—one who never, perhaps, was on salt water in his life, or saw a hostile gun fired in presence of an enemy—to sit down quietly in his study, and, by turning rumours into facts, and forming deductions of his own from real occurrences, so to pervert and distort things, as to deeply wound the reputation and feelings of a gallant and high-minded officer. We do not attempt to say that such is the character of Mr. James's work, or that he reflected either on Lord William Fitzroy in one case, or the lamented Sir George Collie: in the other, with any such intentions; but it is clear that hid statements have had • most unhappy effect; and as regards the gallant officer whose melancholy death we had yesterday to announce, that they sunk into his mind, so far as to bring self-destruction with them, and deprive his family and friends of a most estimable man, and his country of as brave an officer as any in the navy. Detraction is a weapon a coward's hand can always wield, and yet the bravest have often sunk before it. We do not believe it was Mr. James's in tention to misrepresent facts, or wound private feelings un" necessarily ; but we are convinced lie was seriously nio taken in his statement of the details he unfortunately gave respecting Sir George Collier, and we are equally sure that The French Chamber of Deputies met on Wednesday. The Eluile contains a short but characteristic acc3unt of their first sitting. The few Liberal Representatives who dared to take their scats among a mob of Royalists are stig matised as the '6 Faction of Sixteen;" and soon after Ben jamin Constant entered the Hall, voices were heard to exclaim—" fest lea refialler rue Ia mantagne"—" We " must thrust them back upon the mountain," alluding to' the party of Robespierr r, Couthon, and the sanguinary faction who filled those seats in the days of the Con vention. This is a toleralAe earnest of the feelings , and future career of the party now congregated together as Representatives of France. What may not be anticipated from such a Chamber at the close of its Session ? A loan to the unparalleled amount of 3,300,000,090 of francs, or 132 millions sterling, has, it is said, been contracted for in Paris by Messrs. Baring, Rothschild, and the French banker, Lafitte, to enable the French Ministers to corn tipite the present .5 per cent. into 3 per cent. Stock. The arrangement is so extended, it is said, as to apply to the discharge, if' necessary, of the entire national debt of France; that is, that part of the debt which stands on the Great Book of France at present acknowledged, for the amount was much greater previous to the Revolution ; but two thirds of its then existin7, amount was suspended or suppressed by Napoleon's celebrated decree of " Tiers Consolides," under which the holders of Stock held warrants for one third only of their claims ; the re maining two-thirds were to have been conceded at some future day ; but Bonaparte subsequently con trived to extinguish those claims. In ale conversion BULLION. .C. s. d. Portugal Gold in coin 0 0 0 Forei,...rn Gold in bars 3 17 6 New Doubloons 3 II 0 New Dollars 0 4 01 Silver in bars I 4 II be must now regn thrown h wn anl into ttoliehapiii to have the well• seaman torn from seen hand. We C o m f il t i h ts e n c - o l u tis n to tr rn country of as they really were them; but he slit states has not a br, it, before he calls t stance, to blast tit gallant officer, wh of his country. I troubled acme of i distance, to efpy fa' distinguished office entrusted, and cool manoeuvre or haul, p.n. This is at lea far it is u just or Poor Sir Geor,:e Co lets, and surviv,d this last blow. Th, picture they give c be read with a dry t his wife, his broth( a tale of most meh forgotten. IVINDSOR, Fall) airing this day in the improvements, to the Castle to dint Lord Giffonl, we death of Sir Thoma the Chief Justices, heard Mr. il'etherel Geocral, and Mr. neral, but nothing believe, yet been ar The alarming ill gives too much ria soon occur iri the di Eveninf l'ept.r. Admiral Sir Jame in Chief at Plvmout Alexander Cochrane THE BANK.—At Proprietors, it will posed, as an amen, should be five, inste posed by the Court .a ballot was demand at the close the num' For the Original Ma For the Arnold:nem Majority Tbc Dividend of 4 I carried. By an express fri ment for reducing th Cents. has been coral and Messrs. Barinv undertaken this vast sand three hundred hernirrd ..nd thirty proj:ct is tongigantic that the fabled riche: wealth of Great Brit either in the Old or to this country for pi Since Mr. Ilurtadl learn, ptudently abin who h.tve waititt up . bian Lean; and it communication, whic or five days. PETITION ♦GAIN', ACT.—The followim Council, to petition a is handing about am( It has already reeciyi presented to the L Monday:— We, the undersig Council, request your L Council on an early day Parliament against the year of the reign of hit commonly celled the A liberal commercial polio itself, repugnant to the our Constitution, and to adculatei to aid the dai of mankir.d. . "To the Right HO COLOIIIIIIA.—The dated Caracas, Fab. 8 the Republic the mos Bible how much int in promoting the pr notwithstanding the we are engaged has at gained to much by Republic, that it is Spaniards kept it fo viour of the military punished for the eigh President, General It( difference among di news of great succm 6,4100 Colombians, 3,t I hope, therefore, the were to sail from Curti The New Steam Na and we understai re been written fi nerve) will, it is sa an Act of Incorpc '• Exchange. Au of the Albano .sterday noticed Bank, on the prospectus states. •" of interest chi Sir Thos. Court in I . Hon. Jai executors, tl the Hon. Ai executors not !• personals within t 30,0001. Five sister, L to the chit 'two the re ,uguat, morning s (mise Rahn at 1.1.-vvu o NI many r iioners %;.as shape of a cir7l would be aamitte in the elm The luta' many reap up two yea ettpenseap _ to Coventry lOCIATION TO As and re of Lamb the Marsh. to prevent IN so alarming a 1 bare actual 501 a-year. a reward ol apr was enti Parry's St° calculated to aid the do of mankind. . • To the Right II COLOIIIIIA.-I . ll€ dated Caracas, Fab. the Republic the inn dible how much it In promoting the p notwithstanding the we are en;_ , ,aged has gained FO much 1:1 Republic, that it 1 Spaniards kept it 1 vsour of the militart punished for the eigl President, General 1 difference among t news of great SUCUI 6,000 Colombians, 3 I hope, therefore, tl' were to sail from Oa The New Steam N he, and we understa have been written Minerva) will, it is for an Act of Incorp Stock Exchange. Ai success of the Albano we yesterday notice. Loan Bank, on the The prospectus states e rate of intemst el The late Sir Thos. Pterogative Court in .7 the Right Hon. Ja ne of the executors, ad and the Hon. A thee executors not'. l'he personals within nder 30,0001. Five • testator's sister, 1 • ad pounds to the ch • ception of these tw. .f Lauderdale, the r e Sth August, IS‘2:l , Yesterday morning amberwell, was rues online, Lord Rah mmened at t vcii • e presence of many • f the parishioners wa the shape of a cir • ly would be aihnitt ken seats in the chi ‘reriossfv. tilai •• lion by many rev dy paid up two ye, " to further expense s Yes sent to Covent:- ASSOCIATION TO 1 " a numerous and tetualless of btml ear, near the Mars! ' ed to prevent I hed so alarming a ••beth have actua • • • t of SOI a-year. ved that a reward 7 to any person ap Such apprehension, aohaeription was en ' • • in Parry's Sc i• i 1 , ' I