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bottom of die well. Pity him for once, and just give him a be.,rung.—(slNeh disapprobation ) —The more he apelike the more he'll manna tom sell—l tell yogi that before band. You hear a great sisal of Whigs and Tortes, but Mr. floblinisse does not tell you what he is. API we can leer,, is, that he is sionsething between bo h, and you know the old story about tlw two stools—he n' between the twos stools, mod he'll fall to the ground.— (Applause agd disapprobation I-1 hold in my hand a book tool si •Petition.—(fireat uproar.l— How, do hear this—it is an excellent thing, and sou most hew it ; it is good, abort, sweet—are not three recnininendations to you ?—(Uproar.)— Mr. hunt root Coding it likely to srpoease the storm, r• sorted to the old expedient, of giving " three ch—r• for the old Major," and found it eflecti.e. Well now, don't you see that the old 111 ojor's friends are strong and sound, ni,cl if th e y please can make jii-t as much noise as Mr. Hub. house's friends.—(Uproar.)—Caine now, this little story must lw heard—it relates to Sir Francis Burdett, end when you hear it, you'll see what a pretty condition your Representative is in.— Before yin take his advice, which I dare say he is a in: to give you, let us look at how he fol. lows it livioself. This is a Petitinii from Jolla Hudson, of aot, Long-acre, who polled it plum Per for the Baronet last Election, and the cores - tn. stances of it ire these—(Great wprear.)—Well. XII wait a little ; perhaps as you !cave not dined you'd, wish to digest a little of Mr. Ilobhotow's speech. I'll wait,,but yoo Inuit hear me. [lad. son took a forged 81. note, and he eioileavoured to recover hack the amount of it. This endeavour coat him 641. laughter.)—Hr could get ion recite-a atom it, and lie prepared to Parlia anent a Petition upon the subject. Ile called on the Baronet once, and left a letter about this buoi. ace's—no answer ; he called a second tone—no an swer; lie called a third time, but old John, the 'sor ters said his master left him no answer. This was the way the Baronet served his plumper friend s Well, now we will see how lie was served by such of m an e a rl s as Lord Castlereagits—(The !Valk Lord's name met with a very vneourteous reeep. tion.)—Well, but give the devil loos due; let us see what he did. Hudson took his Petition to Lord Castlereagh, who gave him an answer at the first call, for be told him lie vault! nut do any thing for him.—(Laughter.)—What was the !Imo. Baronet doing its Parliament Where was hr last night, whet, Mr. Bennett brought forward his motion? Wily, 1w was canvassing with Mr. Floblinsure owl the Committee of the Rump.—Wisopprobalion.) —H e woold go, indeed, to a tavern and make long aperchea about the cruelney practised upou chininey-.weeps, but there was no *Sgn of him in Paillanient when Mr. Bennett brought in his Bill to do away with these cruelties. Now let us hear him say wind he is at.—(Greet uproar, and again the sueresyi,l expedient resorted to of eree eliters for the al .11a jor.)—lf the Baronet won't hear sew, I'll hear hitn, with the blessing of Gail. I'll stick to him wherever he is. He boa abandoned his principles, and 811• W . 1 Ii ye abilioloned Liao fur Ilia cmoluct.—(Uproar.)—The people have atom. doused " No, as!")—Fes, yea, th.y- have. ' Let him try a meeting in Palate-yard, and then he'll tee wheifor the people are wills him. I am his evenly, I avow it to his face, because I see 1 • herr. As the Bare .et is food airing spetclici, and a. I Ike to liweit to him, to see how he cam get nut of be scrape, I won't take up more of your time to-nog; ht. Mr. floolrouse, iitcked, entertained yon with questions Aunt the Whigs., instead oil exio;utiiing what brought down Sir Christopher /law k tos, the great borosiglos ins:tiger, to vote for him 3 r•triday. He talks of a Ntolrlernan's steward go ing about carivassnig. A siietty fellow this to talk of ii:twarda, with the old borough-inotiger down upon loin, and he himself the protege: of that arch-humbug, Sir F,aucue Burdett.—( //se uproar weir here very great.) Sir FRANCIS BURDETT came forward, and was received with great applause. Ile suislressed•the Meeting as follows:—" Gentlemen, Electors of Illestinniaters I casoirot but congratulate you on the result of this day's poll—(Applause,)—and whets we recollect that every sootier, every excite ment, every iiiflueoce, which the corruption of ;sower, and delusion' of trick could being into play ugaiii•l you—whets we recollect that every meal's have becra remitted to, to isitionthite, to seduce, to sweep out all the scouring* of the public offices, and of all the other Gower iiiii ent departments— when we recollect, as we most do, all dila, and see nee decline of our strength as compared with yes terday, but still-see the spring of liberty fresh and clear. and the friends of tiodependence ready and wuHing to cause forward to reinstate Weatinisister iii the proud state she was in before this con• test—when we ewe all OW, we have, I say, reason to be gratified --t Loud tipplausel—We know we have no moron to despair, for our is the cause of the liberty of the country—• never to be despaired of by a patriotic fill (4pplause.)—Experience tells us that the _ of Westminster are out Pawls brought into act it i• not the work of a moment to get them ward. We know that they are staunch friends liberty, and that the entlinsiwin which that sac' principle imparts, is struck among diens by r• rum, and by the appearatice of men animus whom they know to be opposed to the chore freedom, and to their best interest. We all that it takes more trouble to rouse a lion than start or loare.—(Applause.;—The venal a n d loess has yon, that when a lion was , t ,, b e e„ss-. 1 1, 11.01,11. g 141.14-nt . rd b u t use bray ail ate. I tell lon the loon of W es t m i so a er to fling . I inn set f.—(Greoi applause.) —T he efforts of low aristocracy, the low and pitiful of the possessors of Noble Hamra. and of rank and influence, who have degraded 1 by snooping on the previa occaaion to their views by miserable stratagem and r than unnatural cotillion) between the Court they are, you will in the end see them overcome.— (Great uppleuse.)-1 am sorry that you did tint give the prosper attention to the persons who had previously addressed you, because the twine of truth must prevail when it is heard. I am sorry Mr. Lamb was not heard ; first, because he may complain of the treatment you gave him ; and, secondly, because it would be touch better to have his observations heard, that they might, if it at.- peered necessary, he answered on the spot. He told you that my friend, Mr. Hobhouse, was a great jester, and he himself proved that he would be the same if h i. wit were willing, and if not willing when it ou g ht, he would attempt it when he Celli. Notwithstanding what Mr. Lamb had said about Mr. Clarke, whom he discovered to be a barber, and the sneer he made at the man's trade—as if be cause of his being a barber, the whole fraternity of barbers must be his enemies—l must say that the punning upon Whig and trig did not throw aside the man's question. But putting away the 'qui vogue, I think I may say, that the Barber shaved the Lamb' , bead very closely.— f Loud laughter.)—lf the Lali►h ' P head is often presented before you, shoold not wonder if the Barber in the end would cu• off his ears.—/ Laughter —a voice in the crowd, " Be more serious. Sir Fruncis.")—gut to become more serious, an I am properly admonished to Ire, and if I have been betrayed on this occasion lido the error of levity, I hope it will be attributed to sir. Lamb, who set me the example. The great question before you, Gentlemen, is not whether this mall or that nom shall be returned—it is not whether the Whig or the Tiny is the bearer man. Nn. but whether the great principle of Radical Reform shall or shall not receive your support-- that is the question.—(Applause.)— And 1 soy, Mr. Lamb and the Whigs delude you when they talk of Reform, and avow themselves Reformers. Mr. Lamb conies here clothed in the disguise of Re form—he will not speak out, and declare his principles in the plain and intelligible instiller in which Mr. Hobliouse does, and yet he talks of Re form and the Constitution, and all this at the time when in answer to a plain question he says, he does not understand the history of the rotten boroughs. I understand lie said he had not studied the question so well as the Gentleman who put it to bins-- Mr. Lama—si I never said that." Sir FRANCIS BuRDETT observing that Mr. Larch Woo anxious to explain, stopped to give him that oppurtuuity. Mr. LAMB said---" I never said what has been imputed to me. I did say when the person elm *iterated a long list of boroughs, and described what he represented to be the particular state of each, that I was not so well versed as he seemed to be in such a mass of details; but I agreed with him iii saying, that if the abuses lie pointed out existed, they were great grievances, and ought to be removed. I have since found that the infor mation given me by the person who put the ques tions respecting the boroughs he enumerated, was iii marry parts erroneous.'• Sir FRANCIS BURDETT resumed.—" I told you just now, that it was more difficult to rouse a ilOll than to stint a hare ; but the gentle Lamb, it seems, has got angry at last, and has become a roaring lion. —(Laughter and applause )—I should be sorry not to take any man's words but as he says he uttered their', or interpret them differently from what hr interprets them himself ; but this I will say, that if Mr. Lamb never uttered the expressions attributed to him, let him now, for it is not an improper let him now speak out on the great and vital still ject of Reform.--/Applause./—Let him speak plainly and intelligibly to the people of Weston°. Ater, what are his sesitinteirto upon that subject.-- (Applause.)—lt requires no time, nor labour, nor reflection, to ponder upon the bearings of the sub ject. Every body has heard of and read the I'rti• lion from the Friends of the People, in 1793 — every body knows it was demonstrated in that Pe. lotion, that 150 borough proprietors returned a Ina join), iii the Commoi.s House of Parliament.— (Cries of • Shame !')—Does it require cousidera. lira', knowledge, or information, or any thing but the plainest tordeisterahrie mid ordinary integrity, fur a man to say whether this is or is not an infamy which ought to be any longer endured ?—(Applause.)— I beg most pointedly to impress upon your winds, the necessity there exists ou the present occasion of openly exerting yourselves, and using every meal's in your power, to maintain out wily your own independence, but to chew the coalition of Whigs and A ristocracy, that you are nut such unprin cipled dolts as to suffer yourselves to be held out as the spectacle you are represented to be in the daily venal press, as persons in whom uo lasting coo& deuce our be placed—(Cries of s Shame P)—as persons whose support is not at any time of any Im portance, from its feebleness and uncertainty.— Shew now by your acts, that you are not only at- Wired to the great principle of Reform, but that you are sensible of the necessity of upholding that reputation you have gained, and preserving it. ex ample fur the benefit of the people of England— that you are not these fickle, shallow, end uncertain beings you are so falsely represented to 11... Whoever reads the public papers will see how Use the particular statemerits are which relate to the oc currences of this place. the Morning Chronicle, or rather the lying Chronicle, fur that is its proper name, that Paper which goes beyond all other Papers in its falsehood and rualiguite, has pub lished a hand-hill of a ludicrous kind, asserting that ■ triumphant chair was prepared for Mr. H .bhouse ; now, this has no foundation whatever in point of fact—it is absolutely false from begin. Ping to end, and yet The Chronick, in a cote of the Editor's, asserts that the story was true, and founded upon a fact. There is a hired parry here, it is said, to stifle Mr. Lem'''s voice—now, from all 1 hare been able to hear, and I believe I have heard every thing, tilts charge is utterly false— it is entirely destitute of a scintilla of truth.— But that which is here of the first, of the greatest importance, is, the securiiy of the election. Be stir yourselves then, Electors, and thew your enemies that you are determined to maintain the reputation you have so honourably acquired; and frotwith weeding the compassion of The t varier at any situation, as deserted by you, and notwithstanding the piety of the Courier (for it is a pious paper)— (A laugh)--windi was shocked at thy quotatton from Ralph, the historirso, that between these two thieves (the IVhige and Tories) the Constitution was crucilied—notwithstanding all this, do you per form your duty. The Courier, indeed, in igno. . _ i ~ `~ ,i ranee that my expression was a (violation front Ralph, becaine shock.{l at my iiivraition of the image—they were chocked at toy using it. Not. withstanding these deep EXiirel4 4 lolll l of piety and compassion from Vie Courier, I hope you'll prove yourselves, as vi,u hitherto have door, to he the steady friends and rhaminims of the principles of English libei Iy-I,4pp/erase) —and that in long as I inanition those principles, which have made Ole the object of your choice, and which it has been I f the practice. I may say the bitsiiir•a of my life to assert and earner—that so lung as I continue to maintain those great principles, and I trust I ever shall be found to maintain them, I shall have hoot you, the people •f Westminster, the advantage of your countenance mod steady support, and that the people of England will also have from you the be. ncht of )our glorious example."—( Loud cheers.) Mr. FftaNcts Aitsts - ritoNti came forward, and made a harangue, which he ace 1111 l patti•it with the most violent gestures. Ills voice seemed occasion ally choked with rage. The noise winch pre vailed durifig his address prevented us from hearing any more from the orator than, that he had been the supporter of the immortal William Pitt. for whom he had often wielded his pen. tie had again, lie said, fought by the side of the Whigs, whir bad changed stiles.—(('ries Irlio are you, nay buy r.) --" l am," sand the orator, "Si. Gra:ge (he had a label round his hat, on which Si. George was written), mid, ley the -- w riooic air, ueeithrow the dragon." Altar gueng ou a little longer Pi this extravagant strain, lie was coiri v elled to desist by the tociferatom of the crowd. Air. GALE JONES then addressed the sleeting; but the liras, was sir loud and continued, that at the distance we were at it was impossible to hear what he raid. We understand liim to com plain, in the strongest terms, of what lie described to he the organized system of interruption, pre pared and earned 1111 by Air. iloblionse'• friends, against their opi 1111 l ents—die denounced it :IS nu mistily and unfair. lie could only account 14 it, he said, by the consciousness of turpitude which rendered it necessary for than to prevent the ad dress of any man, who meant to open the eyes of I the people to their conduct, ia the ultimate hope to extinguish die pretensions of the undeserving object of their iitolatra. Notwithstanding that the usual hour of separation (six o'clock) had arrived, one ur two other orators put in their claims to public attention, but the multitude mettiblril rejected their damn., and separated after giving sonar cheers. The crowd was the greatest we remember in front of the hustings. know we have no reason to despair, for our cause is the cause of the liberty of the country—a cause never to lw despaired of by a patriotic imolai-- . (Opluuse.)—Experielice tells us that the Electors of Wesiontomer are nut east!) brought into action; r • it i• tau the work of a moment to get them for. ward. We know thut they are staunch friends of liberty, and that the enthosiorin which that sat - red I . ! principle imparts, is struck among them by mill• moo, and by the °wormier of turn among them, whom they know to be imposed to the come of freedom, and to their best interest. We all know that it takes more trouble to rouse a lion to mart a hare.—(App/acre.;—The venal aid corrupt peers lias toll! you, that whets a bon Was expected to hr 141.14-mt•rd but the braying or an ass. I tell fon the him of Westminster begins to rouse himself.—(Crew uppluuse.)—The puny efforts of low aristocracy, the low anti pitiful tricks of the posse...sax of Noble names, and of :sigh rank mid itifitteisre, who have degraded themselves by stooping on the present occasion to promote their views by miserable stratagem and artifice, rod Mu unnatural coalition between the Court and the 'limn friends of the people out the spot where pre. viausly the 111iiititerial Camlidate Hod the people were alone opposed—add to this that monstrous addition which they, have reeeived by the advoc- .. ealey of the last speaker, have shocked and dis- gusted all good tuitids..(Great applause.)—You bre in this monstrous combination, art, titallgtoty„ wickedness, corttsFilott, and power—all trotted to destroy the umlerstautliiip of the people of •Weistrotiester ; and nntwuhstoudiug their muted effults, I promise you, that after steins :hem'•sa 1! i t / - IMPEICIAL PAKLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19. The FAO of SIIAtsOB, and Earl Nampa, tool: Ow unlit' and their AC(I)VNTS. Mr. Bullock, from the Treaauiy, and Mr. ilohu.on, from the Loudon Durk Company, prearuted wallow Accounts, which were laid un the table. MESSAGE FRObI THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Sir James Grahams, and others, brought up a Naturalisa tion RiU, to which site House of Commons had agreed with out any witieadrricwt ;•-• corrON SPINNERS. Lard lira valf rose and snot, that or conariptence of the indisposition of a Noble Lord (the Earl of Lauderdale) who had usually eriucesl a crest interest In the kiehject of the re. gulainuni of Cotton Factories; he frit it due to the sitna -13011 of the Noble Earl, his owls feelings of delicacy, and Iris sense of duly, to move that his notice foe the appointment of a Committee, which was fixed for Monday, be postponed till Thursday. He trusted, howestr, that on that day nu cane would arise for a further delay, as it way a matter of some iniporiance, that the quesikun ahuuld be deteromowd as soon as possible. The notice for Monday was discharged, and time Lords were summoned fur Thursday lieu. EXCHEQUER BILIS. The Twenty Millions Ex• bisques Bills Bill went through a Cutannittee, 111111 the Wpm I ane pieseuted. STATE OF THE GAOLS. The Marquis of LAN-DOWN adverted toy notice he bad gtien at NO early period of the Sersiou, relies rive to No 111111111 y into the shoe of the Gaols throughout the kingdom, preparatoiy to which he had requested sonic iolorinistimi born the N. Itte Lord opposite, cones -moil; the progrewl mute in the preparation of ret ono. Burn the several Gams, Pe sittesdisries. rod Prisoits. Ile now begged leave to tritest that request, hopotg that the amounts might very slimily be presented to the 'louse. With respect to the question of investogation, lie should add, that however determined he list! been to bring the sohject under the consideration of l'arliensei.t, he should It/slime!, gummier It into the hands of the Prince Regeest i r Monsters. its the event of their some-rely offering to undertake it. I.ortl SIDMuLTII said, it was his intet:tion to give notice this eve aa aa g of a motion hr hod 111.m:ti ed to snake for the appoiritinent of is Consulates.. ile !wired that On Nlosiday next lie should he rotibled to ley on the table a considerable part of the returns ethided to by the Noble Marquir. Their Lorikhips must reisietnber that the motion was for returns rap so the close of the yeur 1818, consequently sufficient tone had not yet el pied for the completion of the accounts, Timer fur England were lint quite inside sip; Irons Seotland the greater soot had unwed ; but from Ireland very few hod been reerired. Those, however, which were e parted should on Monday be kid before the House ; dlllll uu Thrirscluv next be should move for the appuintruesit of a Committee to sovsstigme the subject. The Noble Lord then laid on the table several accounts of the numbers of persons committed to 1411100/I. of those astound whom tio bilk had been foetid, of those tiled, acquitted or c o nvicted, 'mutiied or executed, rpecifying their offences, Irons the year 1805 to 1818 toclut•ive. On the motion of the Noble Load, these accounts were ordered to he printed. The Meiquis of LsesnoWN hoped the returns promised by the Noble Liod would enibtace the accounts. not may of gaols, peatiteistiasiee. and other prisms* under the control a and Chief Alagistrates of the larger clines, hut itku of all pekoes wider local jurisdiction. It was his wkli that his motion should embrace all prisons, but he was oppreitrmivr, twat some iiittlhgence he hail privelely recess d, that s dist talcum, had been strewn such as lie entailed to. Lord SIDS101:111 replied that Ise was ut.tible to mistier the question.. The rsquisition sent through. out the was roucht,l in the words of tile Noble Martiiii'd mutton, awl .1 any distinction ere drav,o, it was to lie attributed to the ettotiou SLAVE TRADE. The Order of the ILiv read, • lie Margins of 1.. v N ',pow% rose, and said, :hat in proposing a motioi to their L 0.1611144, in con. rurality with lit* previous notice, it was unueces sary tor lion to enter into a particular detail of the papers tart un the table respecting the meaqures winds hod been 'adopted fur suppresiiiiig the Slave Trade, by the comloned exertions of the Allied Sovereigns of Europe. At the same time he coulst not ovoid remarking, that impressed as the House must be with the ilatiitul assurance conveyed to those papers, that but little advance bad been made in effecting the object of their onerous soli. Munk, it was the inure incumbent un them not to let the Conventions and Treities already con cluded o ith Foreign Powers, hecome of no avail, or be lost he any indiffereoce or neglect. In this view lie called the attention of their Lordships to the Treaties concluded with Spain mid Portugal, which were obtained by great and liberal sacri fices on the part of this country, but which he should not lament, provided their objects acre attained. 'Flom! Treaties were concluded in fel7, an d it aas provided in them that at a di-fi- Moe pe•iod afire the exchinige of the ratified tions—ln tour months with respect to Portugal, and two uwutits with respect to Slain—a mixed Commission should be seta out to the coast of Africa, for Ilse purpose of hearing and determining offences committed by trading ire b laves tooth of the Line. It VoitS also understood that a aulficient liri toh force stimuli! be stationed on the ccust of Africa, to enforce the conditions of the Treaty. Ile was deshous of knowing how far these provi sions had been exerntid. With respect to the mixed Commission, hr lamented that it bad not yet hero .rot out, but whether it even bud been up poutitril be had yet to learn. It was II drradltd cur that at the very moment nitro the3e Treatirs ?•11w.iii be ill force, and measures adopted to give them efficacy, the Spanish Slave Tiede was currying on with cruel activity norili of the Line, and more particularly about the Cape de Vend lie understood that in the mouth of Slay last, a ieptesesitution had been made to the Admiralty that a ship of war might be seat to the Coast of Africa to interrupt that infainoto. traffic ; but the aii•iver returned born the Board of Admiti!ty wds, that Ito ship could be sent, because uo in s tr ue tin a s had been preparA for directing the conduct of the commanders no (hut station. To uhtaw every iircesmiry information on this inte resting subject, the Noble Margins concluded by moving— " Ao humble Address to his Royal II illness the Prince Regent, that he be pacionsly pleased to Audi r that copitat should. he I tat berme the House, of all appointments sir Conotiisseiners under the Treaties roiseluded beiwern Goat Spaiu, Portugal, and the Nethes lands, for the also. union of the Slave Trails, signed respect's. ly the 48111 of July a n d 2.11 tot . Septyinber, ISI7, nod the 4th of May, 1818, to t einfr with tlee dales of their a i ipointwieots. And oho copies of all inst tilt twos ifis ii ed In the caw ains and Comnsauders of VYFS..I4 us. the African Coast, kir the pur pose-of carrying those Tieaties into effect" Lord olEi.v au: said, us he dill not 1111elld to oppose the motion sit tire Noble Marquis. he sli. old oecopy hot little of 1111',f Lord-lope' tune, lairreiy realm king. on a few points ts loch the N isle Marquis scented to have overlooked. The ratifica tion or the Treaty with Portugal did not arrive in London 111)1111U° Janeiro Instil February last, nor did the ratifi , :iitiop yf the Tatty with Spain ar rive from Madrid before the month of Deo-rubel, 1817. The Noble Lord seemed nut to be ~vare, that until Parliament hail pas.e.l Acts co,ti; ming those Treaties, and legalising the pi oviatiois c u n- Wimrd them, it war utterly impossible 1.4 the Government to carry them into elfret. Fi.r in stance, although the right of search was recognisi 11 in Treaty. it did hot exist until it i,arl the vanction of Parliament. Ti.o•e covtirnvitio y Acts were nut passed instil June last. and he could assure the Noble Lord that it 1111 l ediately ant their bring pursed, II Noble Friend of his, not a Alcoa - her of their Lordships' House (Lord Castlereagh) did nomediately take steps for appointing Commis. fitment In carry into iffcet the provisions of the 'rectifies. It was, however, a matter of vsry cuu siderable difficulty, to procure periodos properly goalsfied to accept the office of Commissioners. It was offered to many. who declined it, so that some Moe necessarily elapsed before the appoint envois were completed. 'i he Commission, how ever, was sow prepared. and no time should he lost in expediting it to us destination. He remark. ed, that if inbuilt:thous bath been issued to vessels previous to the establishment of the Commiesion, ships might indeed hove been taken, but no means existed for tiling the question of their capture. Lord lloi.LA t D Saul, that MI one could be snore win ing limn he was to give implicit credit to every assertion mule by the Noble Lords opposite, of their reluctance to outstep the stsicl lithila imposed min them by is,w, Their ciicuitispeci.oil was much to be admired ; but still lie should say, that the excuse advanced by the Noble lord our out calcu lated to satisfy the Ifoose re, T ,cling the candling of the Prince Itegent's 'Ministers, or to lull the suspicions of Parliament. The N..!) , ,e lord 11411 spokes. of the Com missioners noiler the Treaties, until than-e Treaties had received the tontlclloll sir the Legislature ; bust if Ministers felt that extreme stow illiagness to Log. even u, &twit or case veil lii.itt the sinth!ortiy , of stiict law, why dpi they not at e'n'lier period come to Parliaineot. nod elle* the hi a ..s:ly of the,sing th.)se conti.nnloly Acts us shn;, ? They con:d mot appitheinii that litvir .irgiiitients and t logneo .e woulii I .ive been incapal,le 01 moving lea°. I lini.es to accede to their request.—/Hear, licar.j—ile did not mean to imply that the Noble Lords bail neglected their duty ; but when he recollect ed what had Isappeortl on former occasions, with regard to the abolition of this infamous amid übo tamable traffic, he could not avoi.l suspeciteg at least some Indifference. Several °minks 1.411 beet' sa t/ sle d to elapse, nil hoot any steps Ifivine be-ti adopted-wand the consetittet.ce our, that Mc wants of those minims whicii oe,e engaged in the Slave Trade were marred, niter M/111e tiderroption, to become again coons med iii the pursuit of it. He c •liided by hoping that the House s mild urge the Giover 1111 l ent to enforce the provisions or the titiouti g I leaties. The Ertl of LiVritPoor, remarket 4 , that the difficulty' of procuring Cournifiiiioner4 b e r me li ft Act of Prirhiernent pu,sed, ruit•i.ted nt not be. jog able to determine what rimiuneratii)ll 4 0'11 1 .1 he given to thuse whu *mold under-like the tither..— .This could not be gibcertained but by the devoinin of the L.gialuture. 7he 514rsinisof -LAMSDOWN raid, that, u "rreaty ass fsgsbeti in July, 1817, the might have supposed it at lust h I pr0..:1.1.e 1.4. kt tip , / should, et no irety distant period, hod tt iirce.ary to procure Comihcisi )))) ero, thry Ilil4lll ;,t I. have made isiquirte. alter person, 11..14 lhr 61fi , e, who wito:.l 11 , 41.-, to lO'CrOt it ou a,te Colidattois of Parilionelit'. voinig r a ti o's . This WWI uruaily clone ni of Commissions—wo that u scion as tilit Arta is ar r ., paned giving them existence, it was ktiuwit alt o th e individuals were who should fill thr 41 tu Ike learecl that at least a year had heen 611 tfrt 101 elapse without effecting any thing to watch. nit:6.6,-4 the great object a their washy., hut *thing 10 accept the present declaration troin the Nntil t Lord. iimiositc, as a pledge that tin tune vi , rtid again be ;:nit. — The rpo,tioo vtuka then put and etrrie4l. Th.- Itepi.rt of 'he Bristol Gas Lght BMus* brought up and agr• ell to. fire Homo., darn udiourned. HOUSE OF COMMONR, FatEuv, Ft 11R1 IRY 19. ell ESTr.P. PETITIONS, &r Th e li, ns p basi ng been rr weed in baknsinz 1 r 3 Coa l . wtiltee ou Ibr City of Chester Elrctuur rihun, Irry was ant t strangers WI a quart I lir. f..r. are On the motion of Itte CtIANCELLAR of the EX. - MI:WM, it Wll4 °Meted, thitt übcn, un Tuesday next, the ',anus of 'lie Member. should b.• called over, t,, the 10 1 11) ,, 44 . .0r altiViiit in: S . : , cl Cusnatiltres It) try the merits of Pi relating to Elections, the Cheek should deliver t•r t 6 • spi alte r a list uf such Illemlices as should be alarm %0a1..n.t Ila‘e uhlaiord, awl Ilot the Spe. tier should direct the Ss•rjraue At Ann. to take the t).esaid 31embei a into custuity, not to L. dtsrhat ze.l 01111011 i the under of the House. It was ti.i•ii ',solved, that the House at its rising tihouid atljouro to 31iitoday heat. PETITIONS Mr. li, lIATte presetitcda I;elitToa from the Ratzestrs the Borough of Bandoo Bridge, in 11w County .1 Cok, ugainat the Claims of the Runrsu Cathorns T!.« mimic's stated, that they were acanthi. of ml:e Atha.' .;•. derived from the Vanish Comminution; all d amc„eo. mane ..Miters likely to amine to it from complying with ilic lorloeloo of the Catholic.. for fortinc privileges ; they Iloaeloc, prayed the Mouse to rtfuse soy extension or 14,3, and laid on the tab:... Mr. 11. !Myst presented a Petition from the 1/e.ellants, Illantil'artnrera, cud Traders of Bristol, against a r.... of the liisolvs tit Irebtors' Act. Tim« Hum,. at ml.. -sot, tittle took used,[,,, say, that there could not be a reason for soil . ..ring the Act to expire, than the stated by a win thy Alderman (Wattkaiati,, a leo ...Al* hack, that taimy millions had been dispinsed of and . as. proceeds of %kilt to the creditor amonieted hum a lice• ilt.st of a farthiug in the pound. H« hoped iii« os,it t would tint pare without Minh:leis takinE nit Ike sill+ Ile would piefcr even a 'flora to the litetteid with all its def«ets, the rift CIS of which would in t, ru n b. is viewed, be tumid far lets oppressive than those of t c exist- Jug bow. PliOT!tritOr could not suffer a Petition of such as important omits* ill past without a few rens:tilts The lam against which the Pettilyn was dioacted. had anted a ;:e -ntoril feeling or opposition throughout the Como. y, one :inning the rich Only, but all eintse• of the t- . fie would venial(' to roan rt, thin the ter, class lot, nand to ere srlsetoil by the Act to question, would depter,m, i.r! eutilltlUltlet: of a measure, 'ay which in fact neat lion and exercise of benevolence un the paint of Ih. c,eo:t r was talicti sway, and the law alaue allowed to or R I,. n o was of opinion, that the great decline of trade its the rll,ll, Wall mainly imputable to that obnoxious Act. It had am,. the effect of diminishing cm.dit, and ileadcm...: Went tif the debtor a feelitig of eminide.nit .11 for oho- Ooolo• /clot of the cim dittos , ; whin a man now fm It linos It down in the world, be did not stop butts.. -; :tun dietribuie what remained his creditooos, he roookeol guts,., cm, and losing till, as he could cvetituai.y, n, that cam,., ii• berated sot the Insolvent Debtors' Act. He had Ito mina its avowing, that he would rather nee a total abutitaui °rase principle on which the Act was formed, than any new measure founded on it. E 1 I Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN said, there was a very stung, he might asy universal feeling in the contest,' ru:ati...l th. lICWAI of the Act. Ile was sorry to say, that a SIM II of ad. venture pervaded all the traders of the couidiy, to ali.cti the Act in question hall given more encouraz, menu than any other circumstance. He ruse then only for Ilse srpow of saying, that as soon as the motion before the Ilona should be disposed of, as it would he advisable to have every formation hearing on the subjeo, lw should tit.w.- far an ac count of the number of persons committed for dela. and discharged eluriug the last twenty years. those liberated under the Involveut Debit:vs :t. t a former occasion, when he had expeesatd the e &eta of the Act, a Member had object. .1 that 1.. coJil not to condemn the existing law, without .o :to , s taving the cunseqttences of the uld, as it was only by a con w pleison of these that a just estimate could be formed. It was, therefore, to enable the House to form such a compa rison, that he should beg leave tu ssibmit a motion when tbat uuw before the House was disposed of. Alderman Wool) said a material deft et in the Art was, that it directed guuds and chattels, subarquently inquired. to be given up to the creditor, but was silt ill as to lunacy it, Hank ; 21111 an instance haul lately occurred of u panion who, Laving cumeacied debts to traders amounting to 7001 awi others in gambling transactions of 500/., offered a composi tion to his el editors, but they having discovered that titsit individual had 3,0001. lodged in the Hank, refuwil. On apph cation, Lowest c, they found, that by the provisions of the Act that slim was placed beyond their reach. That .114 quite sullicieut lu shear the inexpediency aunt injustice of retiewing it. _ _ _ Mr. AUSRCROMBY only implored the House to consider the single cii curtest mice, that the principle on which toe Art was founded h. t 1 long, been complained uf, as one ut• tae greatest evils in the country; that many persvits scry well qualified to form a right judgment uu the matter ha! low,: turned their attention to it ; and that uu other rea.e.iy I, .v. inq Imam produced, a Noble Lord, lung at the henal of Car law department in Ireland, devised the Act so ainch cone planted of—au Act which he believed would, vii full u:. be found as wholesome and beneficial as any o!o , r might lie substituted liar it. Sonic lime befit. -, _ • lions nice •eat to the House, as violent in ntear I against t h e Act as any now presented, a Curninisiee nu- -, pointed to inquire into and report no the 4/o ration and, as a Member of that Committee, he !sell( vrd ea. warraiata al in saying, that when it proceeded to e 11.111ille :t.. Petitioners respecting the grounds of their objections, tha y found them totally ignorant of the Law of which die) Jr seed the repeal. He wished to ask Heutlernete rho tocriecid siren*s to raise such a damns/. egait,st ih. Act, for lie cunht call it nothing - else but clauturir, ci Ist I her they bad ruv Inter. sure to propose as a substitute ; ee did they wish the NWu•e to recur to the Mel mode of legislation, which way eel t•a'n;y much more at variance with the common inaausms of law ..tol justice ? He was laity his MajetAy's Allan ;ley-General nail ant in its place, hecause be owlet:4o , Al that he mad st.-tele meendruents to propose, fur the pisrpose of making ell ,y practicatile improvement in the Act tie re mid out help oil • meting to one oceervation *Melt had fallen from a M !IC In I for the City of Leiedei.., that ilie Art in cietestiou ce Ollt' f the principal inducements to game. milts. If sue la rro the case, it was an ehleet exactly opposite to that exilic!. 4 by its framers; and, tide .41, u• tilt cod. He Lad la. , ao much surprised at heating such 40 as ct mon. Ai: • dcr'l, cO ....„..... nin avowing, that he would rather see. a total abuietam be principle on which the Act was formed, than any coat attire founded on it. Or. Alderman WAITHMAN said, there was a very gieung, • might say universal feeling in the country tlr le . sal of the Act. lie ass sorry to say, that 4 VII it of ad. iture pervaded all the traders of the countle, ta s•kch Act in question had given ntore encuteraZl 011(.111 lirtn am ter corrieniatauce. He ruse then only far the :.-erpet-e• of ring, that as anon as the motion before the [loom- shoo'•! disposed of, as it would he advisable to Imo covey ea. mation hearing on the aubjrct, be should move for sea or- Jut of the number of persons committed fur debt, and charged during the last twenty yeses, diatiuguidang tee lilx•lated under the Insolvent Debtors' Att. On a • mer occasion, when he had (XIII esitel his sentiments an !effects of the Act, a Member had object.] that he• might t to condemn the existing law, without previnust) meet- uing the conseqetences of the old, as it was only by a cone. remit) of these that a just estimate could be formed. It le, therefore, to enable the House to form such a cumpa• on, that he should beg leave to sabenet a naUtiuti when it now before the House was disposed of. Alderman Wool) said a material defect in the Act was, it it directed guuds and chattels, subsequently acquired, be given up to the creditor, but was silt nt as to money lid uk ; and an instance hail lately occurred of n person who, ring comeacted debts le) traders amounting to 701.1! and eels in gambling transactions of 500 f., oli.ed a cumpuai. nto his creditors, but they having discover.' that tint lividual hail 3,000/Judged to the Hank, refte.eal. On apish. con, limeeve r, they funnel, that by the provisions of the t that siim was placed beyond their reach. - float e.as de anOicient to thew the iueapedieuey and injustice of awing it. Ilr. AIIERCROMRY only implored the House to cun••'le'r • ringle el/curtest:neer, that the principle on vehicle toe .net ▪ founded hsd long been complained of, is one cf t et stein evils in the country; that many persons self 0111 ilified to form a right judgment uti the matter ha : !au:: ned their attention to it ; mid that uu other ressedy hewn produced, a Noble Lord, twig at the head of Gls • department in Ireland, devised the Act so much CUM- toed of—an Act which lie believed would, on 3 full ire e•, found as wholesome and beneficial as any ullet r th.,i `ht be substituted few it. SiMIC tome berm ••, ahem • as stele sent to the House, as viuieut ill their lanto lined the Act as any now presented, a Cuallallice was • lace! to inquire into and report on the upe talon] of Ili I, as a Member of that Committee, he lelieve•d kr as* mann il in saying, that when it proceeded to e a..illeile the titioners respectutg the grounds of their objections, they ud them totally ignorant of itio law of %Hoch they dewed • repeal. He wished to ask Gentlemen aho do. ma to raise such a clammor agait.st the Act, foe lee curht lit nothing else hut clauttinr, sib, 'her they h,a n o t ri.3. ▪ to propose els a substitute ; nc did they welsh the lit we recur to the old mode of legislation, which was cc, t., .:!y ich mote at variance with the Caall3lUllinasinss tit-e • He was Salty his Majesty'. Atioiliey•Gener•l 030 iu Ins place, because lee understood that he nee! s toe endments to propose, fur the tempuse of making e". Y ecticaole improvement in the Act. He collet not Ice l e a,l• 'ling to our ocservation which laid fallen from a Ilea her the City of letedie.., that Ilse Art to eptestiou ei a • . • principal inducements to geeing coed's. sue is are. case, it was an effect exactly opposite to that especle its framers; and, iodueel, ns chief cud. He lead tees !ch surprised at bearing such au asecrieun. All t' rsivrJ 1 AI