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in restoring confidence to the tubas of the peo ple. This does nut rest merely on my abStr tloll, but on the opinions of impartial persons as avowed at public meeting., wed on the contr.- 1.0115 of le rsoseit Implicated in the outrages. its bisiotary cis were likewise visible in one comity here. in the words of the Alagist rates of the county, the very existence of the law haul the elrect of changing the mattuficturing distlicts fro.n u briar little short of rehellton, into one of certain tranquillity and 11111)4rellt security.' Its effects were 111.4) moot Advantageously felt in dis comertitig several ititehtled insururt-tions, by the removal of their leaders, awl in this respect were discernible in the cases of the insitrriction do the night of the Bth and 9th Julie, when u more for table indication of treason haul appeared. Of those insurgents, 45 were loom' in arms, of whom ten fled, and have not since bre', heard of, a,n billy of indictment were found against the others. Four were on knit convietell, and the re:minder having con fessed their treason, threw themselves ens the iniircv of the Government. This insurrection would have been snitch more fa 111 l ittalde but for the provision ' s a this Act. With respect to that tlescriptiots of perso n s oho had been impelled by distress to acts of violence, it is impossible to regard them hot %jib compassion; they hail been inflamed by mischievous psis 1114, by writings and speeches, cod taught to be lieve that to the Government alone should emir dis tress b e att r ibut e d. The measure was not difeettd tagaiipit ahem, but artinst those who took out vantage of their misery, and converted it to the bare purposes of disturbing the country and destroying the tonsil turnni. I du not mean tosay that they could effect thus purpose. God forbid that the Constitution of this country was not established upon a Enoch firmer ibis 6.111 could be shake's by such ell'orts ! But, uty Lords, is there no niemis between the security CI the Ilohhe repose, and the titter demolition of the St a te? Nor let it be imagined thot those terrain's were men of ordiuory talents ; they were possessed of powers sufficient to give them it great influence over the lower classes of the people, and this tolluence they had acquired and rLercised 'rerun:4lll.ly ; and it was by withdrawing them from cot 1111 l unity with the populace that tranquil lity toold be b. :it preserved. •• 'the Niebli. Loral has adverted to the proceedings which were adopted agaient the publishers Of cer tain Idoepheidons productions. Ilia Majesty's M onsters had little expected that such trial. could have Iwelt a matter of reproach to them. It had hero a 6.'111.1141 complaint that such prosecutions lia.l been delayed too long—and Ministers hod been repeatedly called upoii, both in Parliament mot out of it, to protect the religion of the COUII. try. lu undertaking these prosecutions, they )irlileJ, to they thought, to the general wish, and to their own conviction of the necessity of such pro ceedings, &dim; that the publication of such works was precisely the means that hail been so successfully employed in a neighbouring country to effect a revolirtioir, by sopping the Interrelations of religion, elestroo log all moral prielei plus, 01,11 removing those impressions (110111 the loosed 111111 Wlill:11 Wight resit-a:li lino front the cominissinii of crime, without the intervention of human Law. %Vida re spect to the panegyric pronounced by tilt' Noble Lord on the right of personal Illierty,and the history nob whi II he favoured us, but which was probably not unknown to your Lordships, 1 think that his 314- jet•ty's Ministers have in this Bill given a proof of their high respect fur it. The ineissure this Bill re peals would not have expired before the IA of ?March—but the Govertiturtit felt that no argument -could be founded upon the shortness of the time still remaining, alit',, the necessity for its contiou- since no Imager exi-ted ; 3et I believe there is nu record 011 your 3omual. of the repeal of such a measure. It is not, however, tie et there no longer -exists ally desire to di:suit. the public ireace ; their • are a t this mome n t, in the metropolis and rise where, mosey pers o ns actively engaged in uttritipt ing to frontlet insurrectime, but from many CllllBO l l the of these persons are ill a grea t measure deprived of the it powor of mischief. 1% nth regard to their nature and extent, 1 have it its command fillip his Royal Highness the Prince Hz grist to lay before Sour Lordships papers contain ieig iiiformatiote 11111011 the internal state of the cowl s.) .nice the 1414 Report of the Secret Committee. M an y opportunities will these arise fur discussing ti.e propriety of the inrosiire, and the wanner its %stud, 1 . , powors have been exercised. With re. bittEt to the hitter, 1 and the last person who shouted speak, because the responsibility of tray set wt. der the provisions of that law is wholly mine. 'nay, howev e r, be permitted to say, that on no oc caoilis have I actril will I * street Irgard to the sofety of the einsiory. 1 have endear mired to act op 111 iii,, tiece,,itieN of the carte, but I hive utter nod theta. — (Mar, hear. The Bill of Repeol was then read a see I time, tool liae nig stiecessivelv gone through the other via. sent ho the 11010 e of COMMUltri . 11:4.! I lutist: theii florin , . or commoNs, IVinNesnkt, JAN. The LORD AVlrocer6 of !frotland observed, Ilse a ',mice of motion had b !VII given by a ?guide Lord opposite (Lord A. lirmiliou) Mauve to the trewtonesit or mine prisoners w Scotlreed, for Tor-slay The Noble Lord, when he l ove the utstice, stated, that he would consult. rs Minh us piewilrle, the convenience of the iudart• dust who now addressed the House. He therefore lwg4etl to state to the Noble Lord, that all the Scotch Courts were now sitting—and the alneare of * person holding the situation he did, would hr highly iraconvealient to others as well as to himself. 1.. the Court of Exchequer to particular, the at irsitlauce 1.1 the king's Advocate was most berms brry. That Court would art till the lith of March—mid if flue Noble Lord could so menage the time Inc I 14 ing ins lass suotinas, ss not to In terfere with In. 'he Loud Advocate':) legal duties, lie should feel mach gratified at the alteration. He %%Already owl aii‘iiius to meet the Noble bird on the questaint, the very 111.1 hour lie i'olllll If he would take op the subject rsrly in the next *reit, he WOlll4l lie prepared to offer hi. sentisuerats on it. II the Noble Lord could not do that, lie would beg that the discussion should hr 1104pillicil till atter the rising of the Scotch Cnurts—because if a disuisit wand were not named for bringing ihr the question, it was quite justiciable that he could attend, in consequence of his professional duties. Lord A. 11.15111.T0N said, the Learned Lord ' ,N ev a l am 1, 5 a very awkward predicament, by making this request—because lie was vrry much inclined, 11 , lie 'tided yeorrday„ to c.otslalt Ilia COW* vrolooce 34 Illt:t*l34 lit/5 . 3111r. Mit It Illast be re.. collected. that this was not :1 im-tween him and the 1..-asliefl I. , rd—it Was flat 3 that WAS to give way to their private :sod pereunal feel- Ile WOO •%1111i14 to 101141 • ti n - IlittellSbtOO fora *wools of five wee k-, lud he could slat agree to port it oil to he hail mentioned. The Court of EXCll4..illtrt Wtt:11:1 sit ill; the 12tli of hi referring .to the Alinantick s be loom!, that, Flom that day to the Easter holidays, but one ii ,V ut curre4l, wino-1y Tuesday, the 17th. oil which it could he brought forward. Ile would NA, *lieu-lore, was it tit that he should postpone his motion, tinder such .circumstances. fur ix see k, ?_(A'o, no,frona the Oppositiun.) observed, that, to say the least of ir, It Was U 01151131 to 116114 U Motion forward ou an earlier day than that fur which it had been origin ally fixed. Such a suggestion, lie believed, had never been acquiesced in. It would lead to palpa ble inconvenience, it a notice given for a particular day were accelerated, and allowed to come oil at an rather period. A later day way be named, but not an earlier one. Lord A. HAMILTON said, he could grunt no other aceinissuoil.etion than what Ise had stated. Many persons were interested in thy discussion, who nusiou . sly expectill it to come WI at the thne he Ltd originally selected. TREATY WITH SPAIN. Lord CASTLEREAGH presented the copy of a Treaty , entered into between his Britannic Majesty and his Most Catholic Nlajt-sty, preventing their respective subjects from tratlisig in slaves—dated at 5/adricl, -2r—l of September s 1817. his Lordship .etl list it be printed—and give notice that he would, oto Nlotiolby we' 'ght, move that the House resolve it-elf into a Committee of the whole House, to consider the said Treaty. i ASSI7E3 IN TIIF. NIIRTHERN COUNTIES. Mr. M. A. Tmon pave notice, that it was his intention, very early in the prci , eitt Session, to sub wit to the House a inotinii, on the propriety of having :tssizes twice a year in the Northern Conn or, 1.1 England. In order to lay a proper grotto.' for his motion, he outbid, on to-snot row st'intight, .e for the calendar of prisoisets for trial, in cer tain counties, chiriii4 the last 40 )ears with the dates of their being committed to, and delivered front, prhoni. This would at once chew the iliColl. venieuce that bad hero sustained, in consequence of two Assizes nut being held in the year. IRISH GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS. Mr. PEEL waved fur a Copy of the Report of the Hossid of Civil Engineers its Ireland, in con finality with the provi.dons of an Act, entitled, " An Act fur the mine deliber.sie investigation of Pre sentments nude by Grand Juries in Irelatid."— A :zireil in. The Right liortnorable Gentleman intmerti•rtrd lortoght up the Copy of the Report, which was dated the :list of January, 1818.—Ordered to be printed. CHARITABLE FUNDS. Mr. WROTTLSLEY nitned for an aCentlat of the amount of the rents and profits of any inessuages, 'anti+, or tenements, belonging to any Hospitals, Schools, or Alins-liouseq, ur vested in Trus tees for any charitable purpose ; and an account of the amount of the stock and dividends belong ing to cm, Corporation, or Society, and exempted from the payment of duties, by the Statute of 431 (Ito. 111. r April, 1813, to the present time. —Ordered. POOR'S LAWS. Mr. CURWES rose to inquire of the Noble Lord opposite, whether it was the intrutiou of his Ma je.ty'. Government to being foraxrd any motion fur the imiciitlinent of the Poor's Laws in the pre sent Session ? There was nut a subject of more vital importance—and no measure could tend snore to produce that prosperity, which he wished to see spread over the lice of the country. than a wise revision :tllll alterauion of the Poor's Laws. He was surprised that It had nut been mentioned in the Speech from the Throne—mid certainly if it had not been fur the inelancloily topic cor.tained in that Sinech, which filled all ranks of people with re. gret, he Would have made stone rcaniirks on the omission. He am:tired that Government ought to bring forwprd a measure Oil the subject ; fur so great is difference existed a. to the ;dint whit. weight to be adopted, that be despaired of swein.4 measnre connected with the Poor's Laws canned into effect, 11111ev41 it originated with Miiiisters„ awl was supported lay their iiifinence. Loral CANILLREACII thanked the Hon. Member for calling the asiention of Ills Majesty's Ministers to this subject. Ile did nut conceive, however, that the introduction of it was necessary in the Speech from the Throne. Had Ministers perceived any necessity of the kind. it would have been mention. ed. But, frow the zeal with which Parliament had taken up the question in the last Selialoo. Ministers thought it would be improper to iiiteifete with it, until the Legislature had Inought the business to • satisfactory conclusion. He was of opinion, that the bubject ought to be taken top ou 'tauten merits, Had hot as a Gs. But Ministers would feel it their bounden duty to use their ut sit exertions, in order to bring the matter to a satisfuctury result.—(llcar, hear.)—A Hight Hon. Friend of his (Mr. S. Buurtw). who filled the sinus. 'ion of Chairman of the Co 00000 iittee on the Poor's Laws, 'mewled to move the revival of that Com mittee—and lie hoped they would not abandon the subject, wad they had effected every practical goal that could Fairly be desired. Mr. S. lio u 'tut soon afterwards moved," That the iiiiii ittee for the coittideratiou of the PIN/el' Lawn he ye rived." The Commit•ee, be observed, had during the boa Stasi of Purliatursit acquired mode useful information—and they had adopted such comprehensive measures as would lead greatly to tacilimte the objects they bud ill view. The lion war agreed to. Mr. S. Boustmte."tliesi moved for au abstract of the returt►r of the umwevossents wade for the relief of the poor in the Jeats 1748, 1749 ► sod 1750.-or tiered. NEW MOM-OFFICE. Mr. GORDON wort(' fur a *tatcuarut of the pro. pets made in 11'1 . '14611,g o new Post-office, and the 111111111 expended thereon.—Ordered. rATENTs IN AID. Mr. W. S5l Fru moved for au account of all Ex tents t••ued from the King's Office in the Court of Eschs quer, from the let of July, 1517, to the pi rec. ist day—epecifyisig the date .. lieu stied—nod the affidavits on which ouch Extent was grounded.—Ordered. The Hon. Gentleman also moved fur nit account of all Perilous who have become Coidractore with his lUajrsty'sGoveruurrut for the Post4bose Duty —thei► names, designations, mud places of abode— the sums they agreed in pay—the anontint for which they have given security—and the form of their coutriketc—Ordered. INFORMATIONS AGAINST MR. HONE. Mr. W. SM ITH gave notice, that he would, to morrow, move for au account of the Sums received at the Crown-Office, for the Copies of Three In. formations filed against Mr. (lone, awl paid by lain into that Office—to whose uee and !benefit the sa m e was applied—owl under what authority the payment was demanded. CLIMBING BOYS. Mr. BEN !CF.TT give notice , aS w understood, that he would, to-morrow, move for leave to liriiig in a Bill on the subject of Climbing Boys. ADJOURNMENT OF TIIE HOUSE. Lord CASTLEREAGH gave notice that lie would, at the riling of th e House to-morrow, rnuve t h at It do adjourn until Niotiday next. STANDING ORDERS. Lord CASTLEREAGH Moved ►hr usual Standing Ordrrs, as is castoinary lit the commencement of a Ses.loll. On the SPEAK ER putting the question on the order for appointing the Connuittee of Courts of Mr. M. A. TAYLOR expressed his anxiety that the Committee should he an efficient one. But, he believed, he could find no precedent to prove that this Committee had ever sat. Ile conceived it was important that it should be a bona fide Com mittee—if it were, those who turned their attention to alterations connected with Courts of Justice, would derive great benefit from it. PRIVATE BILLS. On the motion 4:l* Lord CASTI.V.REAGII, it was ordered—that no Petition fora Private Bill be re ceived sifter Friday, the 13th of February—that no Private Bill he read a first time, after Alonthiy, the 16th of Alarch—that no Report of a Private Bill be received, after Nlooday, the 30tli of April. LIMERICK ELECTION. The SPEAKER acquainted the Hume that he hail received a letter front Thomas llourchier, Esq. Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, enclosing a Petition from John Tuthil, of the county of die city of Limerick, Esq. complaining that -- Vereker, E•q. was unduly elected tr. represent the said city in Parliament. The Petition was then read—and it was ordered to be taken into consideration un Tuesday the ftd of Mardi. ADDRESS TO THE PRINCE RECENT. Mr. kVouxtiousn brought up the Report of the Address voted to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent. Lord Mt 1. - roN—o I do not rise, Sir, to oppose the Report, in every part of which I perfectly con cur. The lust paragraph, which refers to the erec tion of a greater number of places of religious wor ship, I have observed with particular pleasure.— ( Hear, /sear.)—No person who live•, during any port of the year, in this metropolis, can avoid re marking the lamentable deficiency of churches, when compared with the population.—(Hear, hear.) —I only wish to suggest, whether it would not be proper, before snaking any call on the public purse, for the erection of places of public worship, to in vestigate the state of ecclesiastical property, with the view of making some part of it available for that purpose, if possible. If it be found that no ec clesiastical property exists, winch can be so applied, I shall most cheerfully bear any additional burden, which the building of those places of worship may require. One point, which I have much at heart,l wish to state on this occa►ion. I hope, that, in the erection of those churches, the greatest attention will be paid to the convenience of the lower orders. —Merry, hens.)—We cannot enter a parish church in the kingdom without observing the encroach ments mad; by the honied proprietors on what I conceive to be the property of the inhabitants of each parish. Whenever all enclosure of !sews lakes place, I believe the Eccleroastisal Court issues what is called a faculty. I should like to move for an account of the number of faculties issued within the few last few years, by which the encroachments I have alluded to would ut once he seen—encroach ments, which, in my opinion, we ought to guard against as much as possible." Mr. CVRWEN—" However disagreeable it may he to offer remarks which are opposed to the state ments contained in the Address, which has passed unanimously—and however flattering it may be to the feelings of individuals, and to the nation at large, to be told of the great improvement which has taken place in our situation—yet I conceive shut we ought to pause and inquire whether those improvements are such, us warrant a statement that the revenues of this country are increasing, and are likely to be increased—or whether, in point of fact, there is no ground for such an assertion. It would be a dereliction of my public duty, if, under the existing circumstances of the country, I re frained from offering my opinion on this occa sion —and, however unpleasant it may be to the House, to state any thing to them that may weaken the feelings of pleasure which this pic ture of growing prosperity has excited, yet, in the discharge of my parliamentary duty, I am called on to deliver an opinion, very different front those which other Gentlemen have entertained. I do this, in order to pot lit and direct the attention of the country, from one end to the other, to the great sourer of its evils—that not 15 moment uauy be lost 111 the voleavioar to deers'! an adequate remedy. It is ith astonishment I have heard the statements of our prosperity, coming the quarter in is Inch they have originatVd—ersianating from those who ought to be better acquainted with the teal situation ot• the country than Individuals can pretend to be. We are told that 1111 frit•tures are in a flourishing condi tion. Hut is it not notorious to the I ion. Gentle. wen opposite, that this is not the fact ? they nut know, that the most co:is:dr:table wanufactu rers in the county of Lancaster are losiog large sums !toady ? It is true, they carry no the print mg of cottons ; but they do this, out because they have a demaiiil for their mantill:tin es, but be cause they wish to give employment to tho.e who, with t it, would b e this they do to the ruin if their pries ite fortunes. hit fair, thee, when this is ootintinisly the ease, to speak so coolie dently of the tlourishiag, state of the country ? This is a true stateineet of the case. It is the opi nion of thousands of persons connected with this manufacture, that the trade is at 641 tow ins ebb, that no man eau einhaik iii it %%hill safety. The trot king mauufactui eis are now receiving lus. a week for 12 hours work. Would the master employ them sit that rate, it' he thought trade was likely to revive ?—or would the individuals continue to work Cur such a pittance, if better prospects were opening oil them ? But the fact is, that Bose pour people would he willing to work 14 or 16 hours a-day, fur 2s. extra. Why thee, Sir, should the country he filled with fallacious hopes, when the reality is the very reverse ? Hundreds of thousatids are still out of employment ; and, un less some unforesteti circumstance occurs—unless some great and sudden prosperity bursts upon the country—the Purr's-rates will he larger is the present, than they were in the last year. We are also told of the flotivirltitig state of our hamar, s. This is equally devoid of foundation. It is noose rious that the most inquisitorial pnac have brew resorted to, for the purpose oi finding out the state of every man's ethos. Indivi duals are surcharged beyond their ability to pay ; and they are taken limn their homes and from their business, often three or four days—mid I be lieve i n th e me t ro p o lis, three or four weeks some tinges—while their 10-tenons are investigated. cud the situation of their :ft M. is discussed. But. Sir. notwithstanding all these efforts. there will slot be au increase of revenue—for, such is the pressure of taxation, that, if' it h raised by severe means in one quarter, it will as certainly Ire depressed iu another. What, Sir, is the state of Ireland ? That question will probably be •0011 discussed, by prisons lii.n e competent to undertake the task than I I/111. lint I know that country is in the most deplorable state. The revenue has fallen from twelve to six mil lions—awl even that catmint be borer. In this country there is a deficiency of revenue, compared with expenditure, of 8,000,000/. If you add to this the unfunded debt, 13,00440001., you will hod, on the whole. sit absolute deficiency to the amount of 27,00().000/. if these are facts, are we doing our duty to our constituelits and the try, in sufferiug such flattering statenituts to he promulgated, unnoticed, when the truth is the very reverse ? I see men remedy for this lamentable situation of affairs, but a determination to go fairly into the state of the country. and to adopt measures of reform, more extensive than I have any hopes of hearing proposed by his Majesty's Xlinisters. This alone can wave the country from inevitable ruin. If the maxim of a sufficient for the day is the evil thereof,' is to he followed—if 110 attempt is to be: made to improve the state of the country—then the greatest dangers may be apprehended. Painful as it is, I have kit myself called on to say thus :noels.; in oriler Ilia vie may deride oil au efficient inquiry into the state el our affairs. It is the weight u( taxation that thietiteos t lee runs of the country—and only by removing it 1::111 the country be saved." The Report was then agreed to, and tlie Address was ordered to be presented to his Royal Highises4 the Prince. Regent by such Ilembers of the House us are Privy Counsellors. 3IESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE TO THE QUEEN AND PRINCE LEOPOLD. I r .nra CASTLEREAGH, before lie proceeded with his motion oil the above subject, moved, that the Address of Congratulation, sent to the Queen and Prince Leopold, on his marriage with the Pri n t ss Charlotte, should be entered as read—which was accordingly done. Lord CAMP:REACH I rise. in pursuance of the notice I gave last night, to move ill Message of Condolence to her ntjesty, and his Serene High ness the Prince of Saxe-Coburg, on the lamenft:l and untimely death of the Princess Charlotte. in advertiug to the record* of Parliament on thus sub ject. I du not find that it has been the !practice of this Iltitise to vote Messages of Condolence oil such occasions, except to the Crown. lint this is a case so peculiarly interesting—a case winch has so pain fully selected the feelings of the country—that I hope the House will not be guided by piecedeut its mai king their sense of the calamity which has be railt n t oi, but that they will act under the influ ence of those seattinietits of deep regret in which the a hole engine has participated. Certainly, when I say that this Is • case altogether without precedent, its whatever light we may view I only tlec!aie that which is not merely the feeling that prevails in this country, but which, I larlieve, pervades even foreign nations. if we look to ell the ciicunistances connected with it, we must re. gaud it us an occurrence in the highest degree tra gical. almost at the seine niometit, of both mother and child, is • misfortune, whether contemplated in a private or a public !Knot of view, of a most distressing tutture. Such a cir cumstance would carry the most poignant narrow into the bosom of a private family—but how much greater must be the grief which it produces. when the melancholy event blasts the hopes of an entire nation l We may judge of the feelings of her illustrious father, under this dreadful calamity, when we see the effect it has had on society at large. The House, on the occasion of the Princess Char lotte's most auspicious marriage, carried their con gratulations not merely to the foot of the throne. but followed up that mark of respect by addressing her Majesty. and the illustrious Prince. on that joyful event. As we had the satisfaction of emu ',ling to those illustrious individuals the feelings of p:rastare which that 'tenni created—so is it now our titat to rxirez.s to the same quarter. our deepest sorrow, Shut the bright prospect which then opened on us and on the comitly, has beets so soon over clouded. IVbatever exioctatimis might have been formed by the country, with respect to that mar riage, I ant sure I speak the sentottents tit' the House and of the public, w hen I say, that they were not only equalled, hitt greatly surpassed. It was a marriage of mutual inclitiution—a marriage blooded ou sinidut dy of character—during the whole course of which, private comfort war closely connected with public 'Whatever cents • the Montt) , might entertain with respect to the re. , sults of this alliance, the tirboleity and propriety which weue thrown over the whole course of their conduct. gave the nation every ;rano.s to hope that its loudest twisters would he fultifled, sod low created a still deeper regret at the inelauclioly appointment of its pleasing anticipations. I feel this to be a soloject on which it is impossible to en. large, without espetteocing the most painful seem. tintosenitl, ut the swine titrie, weakening this fir• tiered feeling of serfrow which lietrades the Home. Those feeling[ of regret are not confined tat this comtry—they are expressed ire every foreign State. where the Inelaticholy intelligence has been re ceived. The saute unanimity of feeling—the sante unfeigned sterrow, which have In:irked the proceeds logs of the 'l.:minty, without doors, will, I am cone winced, be osauifested within these wells. I ant sure the utmost anxiety will be shelve', to convey to her Majesty metal to the Prince of Saxe.Cobnrg, the sincere expresoon of our regret oil their great and irreparable lost. I shell slow move— " That this deluge JO validate with her Majesty or the calamitous and atithisely death of bar [Loyal illtiltuesa the Princess Cbartatti:." The SPBAttItR—« There is no precedent, as far as I know, of any condolence being carried beyond the Crown. The case on which the Noble Lo.d seine to hate founded his iiresesit motion it, the address of congratulation, which, wince few months ego, was voted to Prince Leopold and the Queen.-- and. though there is no thtect precedent of con &tient.* beyond She Crown. yet the Noble Lord has put it to the House, whether it will not be proper, on this ocestauti, to wake a precedent ou purpose." _ . The motion being put front the Chair— Mr. CaLenart' said. after what hail taken place el►ewhere, lie should feel himself aautilig iu duty to his Constituents, if lie did not Izive his negative to this motion. lie thought lac wi,ulit hest dia. charge his itu4y, by merely waking this 'lecke*. nuns :..ithout statist; the reasons which influenced He acted thus at the expense of his owls leelings—and lie thought the Ficuse would per. crive, that he ass not wanting in respect to them, if Ite abstained front entering at large into the yu!., imi.—(Hear, hear.) (.oral CASTLEREAGH said, the manner in which the Ilu•t. Gentleman had given his negative, with. out. adducing anpreason fur it, precluded him from ma king many observations. He could only winos at the motives which governed his conduct. But. if lie surmised the reasons of the [lon. Member coreectly, he could say that Were was not the slithtest colour or foundation for them. M►. M. A. TAYLOR would follow the example of his Hon. Friend, and, without stating Ins reasons, -oppose the motion. _ _ _ th! motion was ultimately carried—wine 1. w Members calling out ‘• No P' Lord CASTE EREAGH said, the Mean could - only be communicated by one Member— aid he should propme that Mr. Ditbrowt-, who varu. meet in the habit or waitiisit on her nijesty, thoultl attend with the Condolence of the noose. Tne motion was agreed to. Lord CASILEREACH then moved, " This this House slo condole with Iris Serene Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, on the calauuituu► luad nu timely death of Ih. Pi lucess Chu Mite." IlltoueatAx was convinced that on this rwrion there would not ht a dneentisag voice.— (Ilene, hear.)—The whole country, without ex ception, sympathised in the sorreme•of this Ulm •trious Personage—(Hear, hear)—who had en cleared herself to all classes of the couuunity.-.... (Hear, hear.) Mr. CA LCRA FT begged leave to state how heartily be concurred in the present (notion, aleich swot be perfectly agreeable to the House and the country. Hawing raid this, it would be impertinent ?end two. blesoine in him if lie were to detain the (louse by stating what his individual feelings were. Tie motion was :ten agreed I,ord John 'rhymer was avpoiuted to wait on the Prince of Saxe-Coburg with the condnlesice of the House. Mr. J. Smvnt moved— Ii BA N KRUPT LAWS. " That a se;ect committee be appointed to inquire iota, the state . the Bankrupt Lows, and report to the Home rittat eltesatiutts might be made therein—with powers to automat and cumulate persons, papers, mid r.coob." Mr. LOCK BA RT. 111 11%1114 10 veconil this motion. read a part of the Report of the Commute. , on the Itiiiikrupt Laws, for lust Seseion—die object of which was to elms,. that by the exittiiqt Inns soni c:emit powers were not given to erminitie lobo the moral character of the bankrupt ; and to Maim glint!' between the fiativitsistit acid mifertioistr drhtor ; and besides, stating that the Coiniiiime weie untiiiimously of opinion, that the 011111111 S.. 11011515 of Bankrupt were the intett proper pet'w to have new powers cosiferted on them. tle ex pressed a wish that the Contwittte would tiller CU business at au early tiny. The motion war agreed to. FETITIONX FOR nrromr. Sir FRANCIS lIIIRDIATT-'• 1 hut's -• thought it tight to adopt the hoe of contioet that has Bern adoptod ergurtiing the I t 2e_Lions io utt han•rl.—ha cause, during the last Session, Petilitimi with sag itstrues to the tilLlollllt of it 'Wilton staid a Ilarif 1%;..,- prrsetited to this flouse. with no other t fleet t. that of tatnaling another pretext for the strittia.:,.4 of that Hill. which is called the bulwark of out h. betties. In the present state of the tepreseutato..; of the country, it is of tattle importance to il public. whether the Act of Habelis Corpus be so-- peuded for one Session. tar fur two—for a slamt snarl. or for ewer. This is a false detooiliattillon the Act in question : for if it we're aliiilis blotted out of our Statute Book, we hair stiff i t - sou ttt i t tg, our ancient and real bulwark in V.iigtis Chine, and many other Statutes, 1 1 :e strongest safeguard fur the national strongest harriers aguitist false Act ni Rinses Corpus only gii%e a fcw srcuriur. to that which woi beh.fc ebtali1101.(1 o immoveable basis. Fur wy heard or a utotbni for the tutiit tt eutiviisced a► 1 ant of its in, Hic.it I, :mit 1 flit. . (I:r !ill vat stet of 'bingo. The tut,4.lr brio prribient Yrhtwur ha. bren 4 )I . a hew law pthtsril ill the I2th of preveht f'rtitiuu• fur alterativhs tuhlialsed i►► Church or State, tiosi re not n I thou 20 periour.from brutg is: eseid,d to liut it is min by si,y tiitlei of lia• ct atilt the [•eui){e Ut . V.115e to L , tl~i. iti sl I %. F`