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~I ~~~ ~ I •~ ~ ~ ~ NO. 7,287. CONTR.VCT FOR BUILD ING IGHTY TON VESSEL OF ABOUT ES. NAVY OFFICE, April 15, 1826. THE A in:•ipal (Wicera and Commissioners of his ilojetto's :Vary do heecity rice Notice, That on TiII:RSDAY, the 27th instant, at Ore o'clock, they will be :clay to nest with such persons as may he willing to con. [NCI fur BUILDING in the Rivet Thames *VESSEL for the -rice of the Ordnance Department, of about BD Tons Burthen, übe dtlivered at his Majesty's Dock-yard at Woolwich. A Draught of the Vessel and a Form of the Tender may be seen at this Office. No Te will be received after One O'clock on I day ot Treaty, nor y m a n oticed, unless the Party or an Agent far r i m attends. Even Tender must be accompanied by a Letter addressed to the Taft Board, and signed by a responsible Person, engaging to be. ~,,s e bound with the Person tendering In the sum of 3001. for the use performance of the Contract. L I G(' lET"Y for the ENCOURAGEMENT of ARTEr 1.1 3IANUFACTURES, and COMMERCE. Adelphi, April 6, 18211. The ANNUAL ELECTION of the OFFICEILS. according to the Rohs and Orders of this Society, will take plate on SA TUR. DA Y. April 22. The Ballot to commence at Eleven o'Clock,, and close at Two precisely. The ANNIVERSARY DINNER will beheld at Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen-street, en the same day, at Half-past Five o'clock precisely. His Royal Highness the DUKE of SUSSEX, President, in the Chair. STEWARDS. Thos. Alcock, Esq. Robert litnnell, Joseph Bayley, Esq. It andle Jackson, Esq. W.A.Beckwith,Esq Isaac S. Lister, Esq. W. 11. Bed kin. F:sq. Thomas Lott. Esq. Stephen Cox, Esq. Robert bow, Esq. Freda Car" Esq. Geo. Lows, Esq. John Dixon, Esq. G. R. Illidgley. Esq. John Dookin, Esq. Joseph Payne, Esq. John Evans, Esq. I John Phillips, Es Esq. q. Wm. Forty, Esq Geo. Wage, Henry HenneU,Esq. The Distribution of the Premiums and mica, voted to the respective Candidates during the present Session, will take place at the King's Theatre, in the Haymarket, on Monday eke 29th of May. at One o'clock in the day. Members, hot in armor, may have tickets, on application at the Society's House, any time after the 13th of May, foe two ladies, one gentleman, and their own personal attendance. The time of opening the doors will be expressed on the Tickets. BY Orders ARTHUR AIKIN, Sec. P. Poland, Esq. Jas. Ramshaw, Esq. Sam Gangster, Esq. Henry Hasa, Esq. Jas. risvage, Esq. R.W.Silvester, Esq W. G. Taylor, Esq. J. G. Zoeller, Esq. James Hine, Esq. Wm. Wyoo, Esq. This day is published, price 4s. TAYLOR'S BUILDER'S PRICE-BOOK. Corrected for 1C26. At the Architectural Library, 69, High Holborn. This day, post Bea 9s. 6d. a new Edition of SIX MONTHS in the WEST INDIES, in 182. 5 . Printed for John Murray, Albemarle-street. Tbis day, 2 vols. foolscap Bvo. a Third Edition of OBERON, a Poem, from the German of Wieland. By_ WILLIAM 80THBBY, Esq. PriOik for John Illurray. Albeamile.inivet. In the press, 8,0. UNUNTIE TRUE HISTORY of the STATE PRI- X BONER, commonly called " The Iron Mask," extracted from the Documents In the Frenchitrehlves. By the Roo. GEORGE AGAR ELLIS. Printed for John lilurray, Albemarle -street. OLD CIDER CELLAR, Maiden-lane, Covent garden.—WlLLlAM SHUTTLEWORTH ((Successor Is William Clark), of the old-established CIDER CELLAR, Nw 18, Maiden-lane, Covent-garden, begs leave most respectfully in inform his Friends and the Public, that he has on SALE a quantity of PERRY, CIDER, ALES, and STOUT, of superior quality and flavour, in cask or bottles, and at very low prices. The Trade supplied on reasonable terms. 'PERUVIAN MINING COMPANY.—The Directors i of this Company hereby give notice to those few Shareholders who have not yet signed the Deed of Settlement, that the same will :main open for signature at the Office of the Company, No. 9. Elee's-arms-yard, until the alst of May ; end that on the Ist of Jane the Directors will meet for the purpose of declaring all those Shuts forfeited in respect of which the said Deed shall not have bees previously signed. And the Directors also give notice to those Proprietors who have nor paid the second instalment on their respective Shares, that on the lit of June the Directors will, in virtue of the powers given to theca by the Deed of Settlement for that purpose, proceed to (le dare those Shares forfeited upon which the second instalment shall pie then have been paid. The Directors further give notice, that a list of those defaulters chose Shares shall be declared forfeited on the said lit of June, will on that day be suspended in the Office of the Company, and that such defaulter will be inadmissible in future as Proprietors of Shaves in the Capital of the Company. And a copy of such list "ill he printed and sent to the remaining Proprietors for their .11JI nation. By Order of the Directors. Y. U. TA BART. Secretary. Kines.ams.yartt, Coletemstreet. April 18. 1826. Greet Success ! HAz.uti) & Co. Shared and St.ld THREE of .£20.000, lit of boat Month, HAZARD & Co. arc Soiling for the Sitt 01.810 All in one day, Ad 31AY. Positively the very bast opportunity hot One. Royal Exchange, 2E, Cornkill, 1124. s latord.w.reet, and by Agcnta in all principal Country l'owni. I 11SH, "the Last 'Alan" who can ever have the honour, A/ singly as Contrsemr, to submit a Lottery to the British Public, has been more than usually anxious to render tins his last Scheme worthy their appmvai. ..... GOVERNMENT having arranged the last Lottery of all so be taken by the Office keepers who usually bid fora Lottery, and determined that DISH'S YA REWELL CONTRACT being the very last Lottery but One that can ever be offered, moat be all decided WEDNESDAY, the 3d of MAY. BISII entreats his "bat Friends," the Public, to be early in their application for Tickets and Shares, to partake of the SIX PRIZES OF L'21.000, &c. tke. FORMING AN AGGREGATE OF .1:337.000 ! ALL TO BE DECIDED IN ONE DAY, WEDNESDAY, 3d of MAY. Tickets and Shares are wiling at DISH'S, the Contractor's offices, 4, Cornhill, and li, Charing-cross, and by his Agents in all the principal Cities and Towns of the United Kingdom. DISH'S GREAT LUCK I—The tide of success continues to flow uninterruptedly to Dish's 011 ices--every drawing affords him the pacification of announcing that a very luge portion of all the Pities have been sold by him. In the Lottery just ended he shared and sold sertral Capitals, including Two Prizes of 20,0001. each, 7.110 . Class A, a Prize of . . 20.000/. 111,004 . Class B, a Prize of . . 211,0110/. In the previous Lottery, which was all drawn 6th December last, . _ Biidi sold Two of 30,000/. And in the Lottery immediately preceding, drawn on the 10th Oc- toter last, Bish sold Three of 20,000/. And within the lut Eleven Months, Bish sold Five 30.0001. and Eleven 20.0001. SMETHURST, at the OLD ESTABLISHED SP • CHEAP OIL and PATENT LAMP WAREHOUSE, CAUTIONS the PUBLIC AGAINST DECEPTION.—A Person lo New Bond-street has placed the name, Mr. Smethurst, in front of his shop, which may MISLEAD the Friends and Cue tomers of J. 5.—.,. S3IETHURST has no CONNEXION with any OTHER SHOP but No. 138, the Ninth House from Gros. venor.street, in NEW BOND-STREET. The only RETAIL SHOP In London that Manufacture their own Patent Lamps FOR EVERY PURPOSE where Light is required. J. S. solicits the Public to view his SHOW R 00315, where a Great Variety of New Improved SHA DO W LESS LAMPS, for Libraries, Draw ing and Dining Room TA BLES, on a superior principle, which hie not hcen EQUALL'D by any other person in London. This Lamp is admired foe its simplicity, brilliancy of light, and WITHOUT SHADE, which gives light equal to six candles, at the expense of Id. per hour, with genuine SPERMACETI 01 L. The Advertiser being an importer, sells at the lowest Price, for ready Money. Also, his much- a d m i re d H y d rostat i c M oon Lamps, SI MPLIFIED in TIII3I3IING, which has given so much SATISFACTION. Sinumbra, French, English, and every description of Lamps may be purchased. Compare and judge for yourselves. The principle of his improved Lamp, to be purchased only as above, foe which he has OBTAINED FIVE SEPA RATE PATENTS FROII HIS MAJESTY, and begs most respectfully to request the Nobility and Gentry that may have oc casion to purchase Grecian, Roman, or Chandelier Lamps, &c. to view the largest Collection in London of the most elegant pat. terns ; he being determined that no person shall undersell him, if the articles are of equal quality, Those persons who honour him with their orders may rest assured of receiving general satisfaction. Lampe LET OUT on Eire for Bells, Routs, &c.—Observe, Smethurst deals in no other article but what appertains to Lamps and Oil.—Cotton and Glasses of every description. Lamps re paired.—No. 138, New Bond-street, NINTH HOUSE from trowestor-street. SALES BY AUCTION. POLICIES IN THE EQUITABLE AND THE ROCK OFFICES. By WlNSfilkilfand SONS, At the Mart. THIS DAY, APOLICY for ONE THOUSAND POUNDS in the EQUITABLE ASSURANCE OFFICE, New Bridge street, effected in 1816, with the accumulations therenn. Also TWO POLICIES of 5001. east in the ROCK LIFE ASSURANCE. Particulars may be had of Winstanley and Sons, Paternoster mw ; and at the Mart. COPYRIGHT IN FLEMING'S WEEKLY EXPRESS, AND FLEMING'S WEEKLY EXPRESS AND BRITISH FARMER'S CHRONICLE. Br WINSTANLEY and SONS. At the Mart. THIS DAY. at 12. by direction of the Assignees, AMOIETY of the COPYRIGHT of FLEMING'S WEEKLY EXPRESS, and FLEMING'S WEEKLY EXPRESS and BRITISH FARMER'S CHRONICLE, which have been established nearly three years. and are published, the farmer on Sunday, and the latter on Monday. Printed particulars may be hal of Mr. Charles Arnott, Solicitor, West -street, Finsbury Circus; at the Mart; and of Wtostaoley and Sous, Paterreateraow. SELECTION OF CHOICE WINES. THE PROPERTY OF A PERSON OF DISTINCTION. By WINSTANLEY and SONS. At the Man. THIS DAY. at I. ABOUT Sixty Dozen of very choice FRENCH WINE, being the genuine Property of a Person of Distinction, and now h ingot his cellars at the West-end of the Town, from whence it will be delivered in London, with Permits, free of expense, is chiding two hogsheads of superior Claret, vintage of 1815, bottled 1821 ; and one hogshead of Red Hermitage, bottled in Septem ber last. Catalogues may be had of Winstanley and Sons, Paternoster. row; and at the Mart. VICINITY OF CLAPHAM. DETACHED COTTAGE VILLA, With Carriage Drive, Offices, Stabling, Garden, and Paddock, altogether about Two Acres. By WINSTANLEY and SONS, At the Mart, THIS DAY, at 12, THE LEASE, for Thirty Years, of a very neat de tided white Stucco-fronted COTTAGE. pleasantly situate about three miles from the Bridges, and in the vicinity of Clapham; containing elegant dining and drawing rooms, both with Venetian windows, opening to the lawn and garden ; five best chambers, two secondary ditto, or numerics ; a patent water-closet, a man's chamber, kitchen, scullery, dairy, servants' hall, and good cellars ; a three-stall stable, chaise-house, cow-house, poultry-house, pig geries, and out-buildiggs ; a green-house, excellent and very pro. ductive garden, with fruit-wall to a southern aspect, and paddock ; the whole containing about two acres. To be viewed by tickets only, which, with printed particulars, may be had by applying to Winstanley and Sons. Paternoster row ; particulars alp, at the Swan, Stockwell ; the Plough, Clap ham ; and at the Mart. N.B. The Furniture and Wines may be bad at a valuation. ESSEX, BETWEEN KELVEDON AND COLCHE STER Eligible for Investment. A VALUABLE FREEHOLD MANOR FARM, Good Farm houie and Buildings, snd upwards of TWO HUNDRED and FIFTV.TIIREE ACRES of MEA. DOW, PASTURE, and ARABLE LAND. By Mr. ROBINS, (Of Warwick-bonze. Regent-street), At Gamtway's Coffee-bowie, Change-alley, Cornhill, on THURSDAY NEXT, at 12. A Very cotnp;itii;FiejrabieFiCEilitiLD ESTATE, BADCOCKS, Situate in the Parish of Easthorp, and adjoining the Turnpike. road from Kelvedon to Colchester, comprising THE MANOR OF BADCOCKS, With an excellent roomy farm-house and offices, garden, orchard, farm-yarl, barns, stables, and all necessary agricultural buildings, formerly moatcd round ; sundry inclosures of rich meadow, pure' Lure, and arable land, all lying compact, divided by thriving quick hedges, and streams of water flowing through the lands. The whole containing upwards of TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THREE ACRES, Whereof about Two Acres are Copyhold, in a high state of cul tivation ; in possession of Mr. Charles Marshani, tenant at will, at a low rent. _ _ May be viewed by applying to the tenant, of whom particulars may be had ; also at the Cups and IVliite Hart, Colchester ; An. gel, Kelvedon ; Blue Posts, Witham ; Rase and Crown, Sud bury t Saracen's Head and Black Boy, Chelmsford ; White Hart, Romford ; of Mr. Sawyer, Solicitor, Staple-Inn, Holborn ; at Garraway's ; and of Mr. 'Robins, No. 170, Regent-street ; of whom tickets for viewing may be had, and where a plan of the estate may be seen. YORKSHIRE, NORTH RIDING. VALUABLE iiiiiklib'i.WAYETigEtim FIELDS AND BROWSON BANK FARMS. With Farm Houses, Gardens, Yards, end Out-buildings, and up wards of Four Hundred and Sixteen Acres of Meadow, Feature and Arable Land. By Mr. ROBINS, (Of Warwick House, Regent-street), At Garraway's Coffeehouse. Change-alley, Comhill, On THURSDAY NEXT, at 12, in One Lot, AVervaluable FREEHOLD ESTATE, DALTON FIELDS and BROWSON FARMS, in the Township of Dalton, and in the Parish of Kirby Ravensworth, North Riding of the County of York, about seven miles from Richmond, six from Barnard Casde, and fourteen from Darlington, containing upwards of FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN ACRES of productive Meadow, Pasture, and Arable Land ; with two good farm-houses, gardens, yards, barns, stables, and outbuildings; now in the occupation of Mr. Stephen York, as tenant from year to year, at a low rent of, per annum, SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY POUNDS. The buildings are well arranged, convenient, and in excellent repair, a greater part having been recently erected. The lands are divided into eligible enclosures, well watered and fenced. The parochial assessments are low, and the situation good. The Estate may be viewed by applying to Mr. York, the tenant, of whom particulars may be had ; at the King's Arms, Richmond ; Angel Inn, Doncaster; George, Catterick-bridge ; the Inn, Bar nard Cottle; Golden Lion, Northallerton ; Angel, Darlington; Waterloo Hotel, Durham ; Turk's Head, Newcastle ; Black Swan, York; George, Stamford.; Hen and Chickens, Birming ham; Bush Tavern, Bristol; York House Hotel, Bath; of Ahem Clayton, Scott, and Clayton, Solicitors, Lincoln's Inn New-square; at Garratray's ; and of Mr. Robins, 170, Regent street, London, where a Plan of the Estate may be seen. ROSVENOR U A RE. Splendid Mansion, elegantly fitted up, with all requisite attached and detached offices, garden, coach-houses, and stables for thir teen horses, By Mr. ROBINS, (Of Warwick House, Regent-street,) At Gatraway'alrte-hnuae, 'Change-alley, Comhill, On THURSDAY NEXT, at 12, _ _ Avery valuable LEASEHOLD ESTATE, held under Earl Grosvenor, for • long term of years, eorn. A NOBLE SPLENDID TOWN MANSION, Recently enlarged and improved, at a most considerable expense, with every attention to the comfort and requisite accommodation for a nobleman of the first ran►. Situate on the east side of GROSVENOR-SQUARE, Mate the residence of the Right Hon. the Earl of Bridgewater.) The approach from the square is under a portico of bold design, with a flight of steps, into a spacious entrance hall, with fire-place; on the right of the hall a very commodious breakfast parlour, or morning room, communicating, by folding mahogany doors, to an occasional eating room, both of which are corrcspondently fitted up : passage (with a door-way to the garden,) leading to a gentle. man's dresaing-room, and a spacious bedchamber; attendant's room, water-closet, &c:___ A VESTIBULE OR INNER HALL; A magnificent wainscot staircase, lighted by a Venetian window, with a spacious gallery on the first floor; which consists of A splendid, noble, lofty suite of apartments. comprising a draw ing-room, fronting the square, 4 feet by 23 feet. communicating, by folding-doors, toe back drawing-room, 211 feet by IR feet, fitted up in a very chaste and elegant style, beyond which there is a bou doir, leading to a magnificent saloon, or dining parlour, about 35 feet by 23 feet, and 18 feet high, handsomely finished; servants' wsiting-room, communicating by a separate staircase with the base ment. Water-closet, dm ON THE SECOND STORY. . . _ . . Two principal bedchambers, and a smalier room fronting the square; a spacious room beyond, convertible into a state bed chamber, with a room adjoining; numerous closets, &c. ON THE UPPER FIA)OR • Every requisite accommodation for the household. THE BASE3I ENT Comprises a very eommodioug well-arranged get of attached and detached offices, suitable to such an establishment. Excellent WINE. BEER. ALE, and COAL CELLARS. VAULTS at the end of the garden. A detached BUILDING, with wash.houge, laundry, and maid's room, &c.; ambles for thirteen horses ; large loft and men's-rooms; and four coaeh.houses. To be viewed by tickets only. Particulars may be had on the premises ;of Messrs. Grover and Stuart, solicitors- Bedford-row ; at the principal subscription club-houses and hotels, St. James's street. Brook-street, &c.; at Garraway's ; and of Mr. Robins, No. 170, Regent.atreet, of whom tickets for viewing may be bad. • /-7 4--- e - t e ~--- + r . r ttttii - , z _ '1 ~~ LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1826. PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, TII7:IVALI I', Amen. 20. Sir Wm. Rowley and other Alembers of the House of Commons brought up the 111anor Courts (Ireland) Bill. the Local Jurisdic tion (Ireland) Bill, the Innkeepers' Bill. the Skin Duties Repeal Bill, the Assessed Taxes Composititin Bill, the officers of the Board of Trade Bill, and several private Mr. Johnson, from the office of the Chief Secretary for Ireland, presented a return of the number of banks est-ailished in Ireland. COURT OF CHANCI:II The LORD cifilSaffoitl,Wi g i;;T,,: Bill to amend the practice of the Court of Chancery, with respee: to the investment of money in landed prorrty. CURRENCY OF SCOTLAND. The Marquis of H NTLY presented snrcral petitions from parishes in Aberdeenshire against any alteration in the present sys- tern of banking in Scotland. Lord ARBUTHNOT presented a similar petition from a parish in Perthshire. The Earl of Ll3f ERICK presented a petition from the county of Limerick, signed by the High Sheriff, against the extension of the Small Notes' Bill to Ireland. SLAVERY. Lord DUNDAS presented a petition from Desborough, praying for the abolition of slavery. The Earl of LAUDERDALE presented a similar petition from Kidderminster. ...... The Bishop of BATH and WELLS presented a similar peti tion from the city of Wells. His Lordship observed, that the ob ject of the petitioners was not a sudden or dangerous emancipation of the slaves. but a gradual amelioration of their condition. Lord MELVILLE presented a petition to the same effect from the :Ministers and Presbytery of a palish inlorforshire. • GREECE Earl GROSVENOR rose for the purpose of putting a question to the Noble Earl at the head of the 'Peeasury, whom he saw in his place. It was in reference to the affairS of threece, upon which subject he wished to acqeire some information. It appeared by accounts in the public papeve that Miseolonghi had fallen into the hands of the Turks, after having bravely repulsed seventy-two at. tacks of the enemy, and his Lordship. wished to know whether there was any hope that Greece couldipreserve her independence, or was there any hope left that her cause was not abandoned to the Turks? His Lordship hoped that Greece would not be bartered between Russia and Turkey, and made the price of the indepen dence of Moldavia and Wallachia. There was a strong anxiety felt in this country unon the subject, which was shared by all classes in and out of Parliament, and he hoped that Greece would not he reduced to the necessity of submitting to the Turks. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said he had not read the accounts alluded to by the Noble Earl, but having heard the date of the let ter referred to, he would mention as an article of intelligence, that he believed the fall of Mieeolonghi had not taken place at the time stated in that letter ; but with respect to the question of the Noble Earl, he (Lord Liverpool) must pay, that it was a transaction be tween foreign Cabinets, towards which this country had always ob served a perfect neutrality, and therefore lie could not give any ex planation upon that head. The policy of this country was a policy of neutrality, and the Noble. Lord would see that Government could not give him the information which he wished for. WEST INDIA SLAVERY. Lord REDESDALE rose for the purpose of presenting a peti tion from merchants, traders, and other persons interested in the preservation of Welt India property. His Lordship wished to call the attention of the House to the peculiar hardships which were endured by the petitioners. At the present moment not one shilling could be raised upon the property of the petitioners, how. ever extensive it might be. There was one class of persons to whom the present depression of West India property was peculiarly dim treeing. His Lordship alluded to women who had married the possessors of what had been considered large properties in the West Indies. Under the present circumstances of that property they were entirely deprived of their settlements. The case of younger children was also one of great hardship. Mortgagees were also deprived of any return for the money which they had advanced upon that species of property; and his Lordship attributed this depreciation of property to the frequent agitation of the question of slavery, and to the doctrine held by some persons that an im mediate emancipation of the slave ought to take place ; but such a course would hare the same effect throughout the whole of the Colonies that the decrees of the National Assembly had upon the r island of St. Domingo. Whatever was to be done for the amelio ration of the condition of the slaves should be left to the operation of time. It would be necessary to give 'those who were in a state of slavery that character which would fit them for freedom. A system of equality would not produce peace. Whatever was to be done must be the effect of time and of wise regulations. The language which had been lately held in this country produced a depreciation in the value of West India property, which had been ruinous to many. His Lordship hoped that Parliament would adopt some measure to give value to the property of the petitioners, and of all West India property. Hie Lordship thought that arty measure for the abolitiou of slavery, or for the melioration of the condition of the slaves, should come from the Cotoilal Legislature.. If any declaration to that effect should be made by those Legislatures, they would be sure to obtain the protection of this country. His Lordship considered the subject of the petition of great import ance, and it was on dist account that he had troubled the House with the few observations which he (had made. His Lordship then presented the petition. The Earl of LIVERPOOL wished to address a few words to their Lordships, in reply to the observations of the Noble Lord who had presented the petition, which was certainly entitled to re spect. If it was the intention of Parliament or of the public to pre cipitate any measure for the emancipation of the slaves, he (Lord L.) would be as much opposed to it as any man in the country. It was a subject which ought to be approached with caution, as great interests were at stake, interests which had boen involved in it during a period of one hundred and fifty years, a circumstance which should never be lost sight of. His Lordship regretted the I course the Colonial Legislatures had pursued, but some of the Co lonies stood upon distinct grounds from those which had a right of legislation, and in them the Crown would be able to chalk out to the others what was the course which they might pursue. In Trinidad and Demerara. for instance, a code had been adopted by the de sire of Parliament. There was nothing precipitate. It was a cour.eolgradnal measures for the amelioration of the condition of the slaves, and his Lordship hoped the Colonial Legislatures would lend themselves to such a course of fair measures, as would improve the condition of the slaves, without endangering their property ; and it was in yielding, and not by resistance, that their security lay ; resistance would endanger the security of the Colonies more I than was to be apprehended from a compliance with the wishes of Parliament. Let the Colonial Legislatures but show a disposi tion to adopt the suggestions of Government, and they would be entitled to the protection and support of this country. Let them look at the prominent features of the Orders in Council, and could they say that there was any danger to be apprehended from their adoption ? He was glad to observe that the Noble Earl who pre sented the petition agreed with him on the point of recommending to the Colonies the adoption of the measures proposed to them. His Lordship would again urge upon them the adoption of those men. sures, and he hoped that thoselnieasures would be adopted with a sincere desire to give effect to the recommendations of Parlia ment ; and if they do so, they may rely on the assistance of the mother country. He felt all the difficulties of precipitate emanci. pation. It was his wish that peace and conciliation should precede the manumission of slaves, and that the property of the Colonists should not be placed in danger by any sudden change. It was his wish that the Colonists should not be placed in the unfortunate situation in which they must be placed in the event of coercive measures being adopted. Lord SUFFIELD said he had heard the speech of the Noble Earl with great pleasure, which he could not retrain from acknow. 'edging. His Lordship wished to say a few words In reply to the charge which had been made against those persons in this country who were favourable to the abolition of slavery. When last he ad dressed their Lordships he stated that it was not the wish of those per sons to adopt any hasty or dangerous measures for the manumission of the slaves, and he begged again to repeat the same assertion. The petitions which had been presented to their Lordships con. tained the same sentiments, and in no one of them was there a wish expressed for the sudden abolition of slavery. With respect to the depreciation of West India property, it was always a bad specula tion, and his Lordship hoped that it would always be so, because wherever it thriveathere the unfortunate negroesdiminished in num bers, in consequence of the hard labour which they had to perform. Allusion had been made to St. Domingo, but it should be recollected that the sugar of that island was produced by free labour, and with an additional duty of ten shillings per cwt.. it could be sold as cheap as that which was raised by slaves. His Lordship's wish was to see slave labour abolished, and tree labour gradually intro duced in its place. Lord REDESDALE said that the experiment of free labour had been tried twenty-five years since by a friend of his in the island of St. Nevis. That gentleman had found that be could have free labour cheaper than he could have that of slaves, but on trial that gentleman found that the freed negroes would not work three days in the week, and in short he was obliged to abandon the idea, and to have recourse to slave labour again. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that every man who had his heart in the right place must be pleated with the language which had been held in that House upon the subject of slavery ; that language was uniformly in favour of the gradual abolition of slavery; but the Noble Lcrd (Suffield) must excuse him when he said that there had been a hundred petitions presented to their Lordships, the language of which wee in favour of an immediate abolition ; but although there had been such opinions maintain ed out of doors, his Lordship would again say, that the language in that House was exceedingly temperate. The pe ition was laid on the table. The MARQUIS of LANSDOWN rose for the purpose of presenting another petition on the subject of slavery, it was in fa vour of its abolition; but if any petition had been put into his hands which called for the immediate abolition, he would have felt it his duty to express his dissent from the senti ments of the petitioners. With respect to the petition which had been presented by the Noble lord (Redesdale), in his opinion it might have been presented with more propriety to the Colonial Legislatures. His Lordship knew of no persons who had it so much in their power to give effect to that petition ea the Colonial Legislatures ; and his Lordship was reneged to prove that assertion by a reference to the documents on their Lordship's i table. Parliament had given them an opportunity of retracing , their steps ; and it only rem a i ne d f or th em t o d o so. All their Lordships could do was, to call upon the Colonial Legislatures to I produce a remedy for the evil which, had been complaintxl of. I Their Lordships. so f ar from being open to any accusation for in- I juring V.'est India property, had interfered for the protection of i that property. Emancipation, to be of any permanent benefit, must be preceded by the moral improvement of the slaves. His Lordship then presented a petition from Barnard Castle, praying for the abolition of slavery.—llia Lordship also presented a petition from the parish of All Faints, Poplar, praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws; and another from the Roman Catholics of the Queen's County, praying for a repeal of the penal laws. Their Lordships adjourned at a quarter past Sin o'clock. HOUSE OF COM3IONS, TuuasDAr, APRIL 20. Mr. HOBIIOGSE presented a petition from the High Bailiff of Westminster and the Commissioners of the Court of Requests, against the Bill for building a new gaol, and praying to be heard by Counsel against that part of the Bill which affected at& pri vileges.—Ordeted to lie on the table. - - General GASCOYNE presented a petition trona the Mayor, Buryosses, and Bailiff's of Livernool, against the Bill to regulate the licensing of alehouses, and praying that the Justices of the Peace might not be deprived of the privileges, respecting licenses. with which they were at present inverted.—Ordered to lie on the table. Sir JOHN SEBRIGHT presented a petition from the Ferry. men and Watermen plying on the Thames, praying the Ilmise to take into consideration the hardship of their situation. and to repeal so much of the present law as prevented them from earning an ho nest livelihood on Sandays. Mr. SPRING RICE presented a petition from the baronies of Condon and Cloogibboum in the county of Cork. complaining that the Peace Preservation Act remained still it; lane, alitaptyeit she county was in a state of perfect tranquillity. The Honourable 3lem. bee said that this was a case of great hardship : the application of the Act had been carried beyond the intentions of Parliament ; it was one instance among many of the nnnecessary rigour with which Ireland was treatetL—Ordered to be printed. The Hose. MEMBER then moved for returns of the amount of duties paid in Ireland for stamps on advertisements, between the years BM and 1826 ; and also for several returns re lative to the quantity of spitits and malt which had paid duty in Scotland during the same period—Ordered. Mr. SPRING RICE also moved for the appointment of a Com mittee, to take into consideration the best means of finding better accommodation for the Committees, and of procuring an easier ac cess for the witnesses and Alembers.—A greed to. ABOLITION OF NEGRO SLAVERY. Petitions for the abolition of negro slavery in the West Indies, were presented—from Baldock, by sirJ. Sebright ; from Guildford. praying also for a reduction of the duties on sugar, by Mr. Ser. geant Onslow ; from Bridgwater, by 31r. Tynte ; from Bridport, by Sir J. Scott • from Truro, by Str 11. Vivian ; from Keswick, by Sir J. Lowther ; from Bowes, in York, by Mr. S. Wortley; from Holywell, in Flintahire, by Sir E. Lloyd ; fron t a to w n in Tipperary, by Colonel Bagwell ; from three parishes in Northamp tonshire, by Lord A Ithorpe ; from the Ministers and Elders of the United Association Church of hlenteitb, by Mr. H. Drum mond ; from Stewartstown, in Ty rone , by Mr. Knox; from Gip. borough, and from Loftus and its vicinity, in the county of York, by Mr. Dundas ; from Moffat, in Dumfries, by Mr. Keith Doug. laa ; from Morden, in Kent, by Sir E. Knutchbull ; and from Thornbury, by Sir W. Guise. SCOTCH AND IRISH CURRENCY. Mr. S. RICE presented a petition from the merchants and leaden of Limerick, against any alteration in the currency of Ireland. Mr. FITZGIBBON presented a similar petition from the noblemen and gentry of the county of Limerick. The LORD ADVOCATE presenteJ a petition from Pitten weem, in Fife, against any alteration in the currency of Scotland. A similar petition was presented from a parish in Kirkcudbright, by General DUNLOP. These petitions were referred to the Committee on Irish and Scotch Cutrency. COUNTY ELECTIONS, YORKSHIRE. Mr. S. WORTLEY moved for leave to bring in a Bill, to regu. late the taking the poll at county elections for Yorkshire. 111 r. HUME wished to know why the provisions of the Bill, if good, should not be extended to other counties. He thought it would be advisable to take the poll at the same time in different places, so as to save the trouble of bringing the electors together, and the disreputable scenes which resulted from that system ; the present Bill seemed totpresent an opportunity for making such an experiment. AILS. WORTLEY said, that the sole object of his Bill was to obviate a local inconvenience ; by the present law, only fifteen booths were allowed to be erected ; but in Yorkshire, white the electors were so numerous, that number was found to be not suf ficient, and he wished to increase it to thirty. Mr. HUhIE said the only object of his proposition was to save trouble and expense ; if the Hon. Gentleman would make trial or it, he was sure the measure could not be in better hands. Mr. SYKES thought the proposition made by the Hon. Gentle man (Mr. Hume) deserved consideration, nor had he heard any objection to it on the other side ; but although he approved of the principle, yet he did not think this was the fittest time for making experiments when Parliament was on the eve of dissolution. As the law at present stood, it was impossible to poll all the electors of Yorkshire within the limited time, and the inconvenience ought to be obviated now, as he expected that the next election for that county would be contested. (Laughtcy and hear.) He would sup port the measure. Lord STANLEY thought the proposition made by the Member for Aberdeen was highly objectionable. He could not conceive how elections could be carried on at the same time in every hundred. Leave granted. Colonel BAG WELL presented a petition from the Earl of Glen. , gall, praying that the Bill to prevent the use of spring guns might not be extended to Ireland-. Mr. Sergeant ONSLOW observed that. if the Noble Lord had looked at the Bill, he might bave seen that it was not intended to extend to Ireland. 111 r. Sergeant ONSLOW presented a petition from the Attor neys and Solicitors practising in the Courts at Wesaniuster, against a clause in the Clerks' Articles Bill. GAME LAWS. hlr. BLACKUURNifpresented a petition from the Grand Jury of the county of Lancaster, praying tor a revision of the Game Laws. Lord STANLEY supported the prayer of the petition. It might be remembered that he formerly voted against a similar measure. There was no man alive more aware of the defects of the system than he; but yet he did not wish to see those laws wholly abrogated without some collateral measure to supply their place. The question had hitherto been only partially argued ; but be was aware of the inconvenience of entering heartily into the dis. cession at present. He hoped that at a future period some measure would be brought forward conformable to the wishes of the peti. Boners, and which would efilict such a general amelioration in the system of the Game Laws as the present state of society demanded, without invalidating the security or the enjoyment of property. Mr. H. SUMNER said it was hardly credible that a state of things, such as fell under the cognizance of the petitioners, could be permitted to exist in the present age. In the county of Lancaster a petty warfare was carried on, in patties sometimes of 20 or 30, in the dead of night. Muskets and ammunition were imported largely from Birmingham, the hospitals were filled with wounded men, and that state of lawless confusion had now continued three winters; nor was it surprising that it continued; a large and wealthy interest on the one hand wished to be supplied with game, and on the other side was a population poor enough to risk their lives for the smallest remuneration, a remuneration not exceeding perhaps four pence per night. The petition was signed by the whole Grand . Jury, respeetable persons, who were themselves land. holders and interested in the preservation of game. Ile trusted that the Member for Yorkshire would not be deterred front bringing for. ward at a future day some measure on the subject, accommodated to the increasing wealth of the country, and to the increasing line ality of the age. Mr. S. WORTLEY said that every hour increased the evil, and unless a speedy alteration were made in the Game Laws, future at tempts to eradicate the traces they would leave in the character of the people might prove ineffectual. Mr. B. WILBRAHAM exculpated the country gentlemen from any blame. Lord MILTON said that the House should take some step to render game of no estimation in the eyes of the public. (A laugh.) Gentlemen might laugh ; but the fact was, that it was not the goodness of game, bugthe difficulty of getting it, which caused it to be sought after. If once the preservation of game ceased to be a privilege, there would be an end to poaching. A MEMBER, whose name we could not learn, said that the ef fect of making game saleable would be, that it would he allowed to fatten upon the land of some individuals, and subsequently be sold for the benefit of others ; and that which was now reared for the amusement of the gentry, would become a sordid object of gain. The petition was then brought up, and ordered to be printed. Mr. STUART WORTLEY said, that he should bring in a Bill early in the next Session of Parliament, of the same nature with respect to game, as that introduced by him in the course of the last Session. CORN LAWS. Mr. BROUGHAM pTe;enn;d7lpetitinn from the inhabitants of Tandermorden, signed by two thousand one hundred persons, re presenting to the House their great satisfaction at the System of foreign trade winch had recently been adopted by his Majesty's Government; and suggesting that the same principle should be ap plied to that branch of trade which was the most important of all others—the trade in grain. Most beneficial improvements had been effected, but they hoped that his Majesty's Ministers would not stop short at that, which, of all others, was the most important. The Hon. Member also presented a similar petition from Skipton, in Yorkshire. ABOLITION OF SLAVERY. Petitions praying for the abolition of slavery in the West India Colonies, were presented by Mr. Brougham from the inhabitants of Old Dean, in Aberdeen ; from the ministers and churchwardens of Belford, Linlithgow : from the ministers, elders, and members of G'' "r. -#-- /,,,,;,_• 4- ' .:- ? „, ze .e . - ••. - ''; , .. .. ._., . • ~ <; ~.. -S Price 7dd• the Associate Seccesionat Congregations of West Calder. /Win burgh—of Dalltroath—of Silver-Street, Newcastle-unon-Tyne— and also front the first and seeAd congregations of Humblaine from the inhabitants of North Berwick; from Whithurgh ; from the inhabitants of Morton. Hampstead ; and also from the inha bitant' of toverkeitlijoir. Temple.Sowerby, and Kinross ; from Wexford, by Mr. Wigrem; from Reading, by Mr. F. Palmer; from Kelvedon, in Elinor, by Mr. IVestern : and from Borer. iVern, Amesbury, and the Protestant congregation of Baptists of Rowel, by Mr. Butterworth. Sir N. COLTHURST oresewttd s petition fr o m th rrourirtate of mills in Cork against a clause in the Salmon Fishery Bill. Mr. }AIN gave notice tharte-morrow he would pre.eiq 11 - tition from the islancLeriamaiel, praying for the abolition of slavery in the West India Colonies. CORN LAWS. • Mr, BYNO presented -- ; '''''''''''''' the ehorchwardens aid inhabitants of the parish of St. Anne, in the county of Middlesex, praying for it revision of the Corn Laws. AV I NOO W TAX. Mr. RYNIS presented a petition front the same parish, praying for a repeal of the Witolow Tax. - COURT OF CHANCERY. Mr. J. AVILLIA3IS gave notice that on the 14th or May he would make a motion relative to of the Commtie on"' upon the abuses of the Court a Chancery. ELECTIVE FRANCHISE. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that ,bn Wednesday next he would present a petition. from Rye, relative to the Electivo Franchise. SLAVERY IN THE WEST INDIES. Mr. BARING, in presenting a petition front merchants trailing with the %Yee India Colonies, made some olniervationo, which, from the noise in the House, were almost wholly inaudible. We understood hoar. however, to deprecate the sort of language which was frequently made use of 'by the abolitionists in this country, which was only calculated to excite alarm and' to render the 1.4 1 4 1 nis will INGllll4LrACtolble ; and that if they were really Aware of the extent to which the nritish Government limited ettekviewe with regard to Negro emancipation, they would not, he felt con. vincetl, he so strenuously opposed to it. The Hon. Gentleman then presented the petition, which was as follows : " To the Honourable the Commons of the United Empire pf Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled. " The Petition of the undersigned Merchants trading from Lon don to the British West India Colonies, and others holding mortgages and other securities, upon slaves and lands in the said Colonies, " Humbly Sheweth, " That your petitioners form *portion of those British subjects who have embarked capital upon the security of slaves, lands, and otherproperty, in the Nest India Colonies, in full reliance upon Acts and Declarations of the British Legislature, which, during nearly two centuries, have sanctioned and encouraged such in. vestments in furtherance of the cultivation and prosperity of those Colonies. •• That among the statutes of the realm to which your petition ers refer, that of the tlth Geo. 11., cap. 13, entitled an Act for bet ter securing and encouraging the trade of hie Majesty's Sugar Co lonies in America, declares by its preamble, that the wel fare and prosperity of his Majesty's Sugar Colonies in America are of the greatest consequence and importance to the trade, naviga tion, and strength of the kingdom ;' and proceeds to enactments advantageous to the Colonies. The Act of 13th Geo. 111., cap. 11, invites loans from aliens, on the security of freehold or lease hold estates in his Majesty's Colonies in the West Indies ; and that of 14th George 111., cap. 79, legalises the taking interest by British subjects for sums advanced on mortgage and securities of any lands, tenements, hereditaments,blaves, cattle, and other things, at the rate allowed by the law, in the Colony where the mortgaged premises lie. ‘t! That the cultivation of the British West India Colonies, by tire Lemur of negro slaves imported from Africa, had in this long period not the cognizance merely, but the express sanction and en couragement of the Legislature, which, in the preamble to the Act of 23 (leo. 11. cap. 31, declares that `the trade to and from Africa is vcry advantageous to Great Britain, and necessary for the sup plying the Plantations and Colonies thereunto belonging, with a sufficient number of negroes at reasonable rates,' and proceeds to enact, that the said trade shall be free and open to all his Ma jesty'ssubjects:' "That Occasional efforts made by the Colonial Legislatures to check an excessive importation of slaves, have been repelled and reproved by the Mother Country, whose deliberate Counsels had established her African slave trade, and encouraged it upon grounds distinct from colonial interests, before her Colonies existed. That your petitioners, therefore, must protest against the injustice of throwing discredit upon West India commerce and securities, by mixing up the case of those connected with that trade and property, with the odium which in this free country is excited by the blue knowledge of the existence of slavery, Sr. odium which, so far as the British West India Colonies are concerned, attaches not to your paitioners, but to the !lefts!). That it cannot be disputed that the well-being and comforts o the slaves in our Colonies have been materially and progreasiveyf bettered since the time when the nation was holding out the strong est inducements to an increase of their number, during which pc riod. and even subsequently, when Great lhitain abandoned and abolished her African slave trade, no intimation. with any sem blance of authority, was announced, of effecting an extinction of slavery in the Colonies, otherwise than by the means which an able writer, tealous for the attainment of that object, has poihted out ; the same happy means which formerly put an end to it in Eng. land, via. by a benign, though insensible, revolution in opinion and manners ; by . the encouragement of particular manumissions. and the progressive melioration of the condition of the slaves, till it should glide insensibly into general freedom.' The emancipation looked to was declared to be that, of which not the slaves, but the mailers, should be willing instruments and authors.' " That your petitioners, by means. of their constant intercourse with the Colonies, are enabled confidently to assert, that there pre vails throughout the proprietors thereof a liberal and constant atten tion to the wants and comforts of the slave population, which is evinced by a plentiful supply (even in times when the returns may be inadequate to the cost) of such articles as will contribute to their wellbeing; and this resulting, as well from considerations of t... manity, as from the known and acknowledged fact, that upon the effective strength, comfort, and contentment of the labouring popul. lotion attached to it, essentially depends the value of any Vi est In. dui plantation. " That your petitioners are well aware that your lion. House may command, from the highest and most unquestionable uutho. rity, evidence which will fully bear out these assertions reapectini; the existing comforts and progressively-imposing condition cf the slaves in our West India Colonies. " That representations of a contrary tendency, which having been addressed to popular meetings, have excited those petitions which, from various parts of the kingdom, have been presented to your Honourable House. are not grounded upon such information and acquaintance with the subject as your petitioners have =eat to ; nor upon that respectable evidence to which they ha ve a ll u d e d, and to which they fearlessly appeal; but, originating In exageers tion or misrepresentation, have, by zealous persons associated tar that purpose, been successfully applied in irritating the feelings of the public, and inducing a hasty call for an emancipation of the slaves, with but small regard either to the advantage of the slaves themselves, or to the justice due to your petitioners. " That the measures which, frem motives of' regard towards the slaves, have been adopted by his Majesty's Goverment. have unto. tunately, and douhtless unintentionally, already caused a great dew. rioration of the property of your petitioners; those measures hay mg been generally understood as expressly preparatory to, and directly connected with, the emancipation of the slaves, and having not been accompanied with a distinct and explicit pledge of indemnification for the injury which property must sustain, not only in the sumo. ment of the final object, but in the progressive operation of din means for its attainment. That owing to these causes the confidence of capitalists has been influenced to such &degree, that West India Securities are become nearly valueless as transferable property ; a circumstance which, at a period of general alarm and panic similar to that which has lately occurred, must subject the holders of such property to extreme and peculiar difficulties. That to this effect must powerfully contribute the measure announced of offering an adequate compensation in cases of compulsory emancipation, the estimated value of the liberated slave or slaves ; a proceeding preg. nant with alarm to mortgagees and others of your petitienere holding various securities upon lands cultivated by slaves ; and your petitioners humbly represent, that until it ahall be proved by experience that free negroea will work tor hire, and carry on the ordinary cultivation of estates in a regular and effectual manner, the slaves must be const. dered as forming the essential part of the securities held by your petitioners, since land in the Colonies would cease to be of any worth when deprived of its labourers ; and that there nee, with. out the test just mentioned, or full and immediate indemnification, the process of compulsory emancipation cannot even he experimen tally commenced upon a West India estate, with jostle: to the various parties holding legal claims upon the property. " That it hie been the wise and just practice of Parliament, when authorising in this country any infraction of private right I m private property, to provide that the individuals so deprived shall receive from the public (for whose objects the sacrifice is demanded) a full and fair compensation for what is taken sway, and even to admit that there be included in the price a consideration foe the inconvenience and contingent loss which the individual may suffer from being compelled to part with his property. and your petition.. ere trust that the like measure of justice may be extended to their ease. and that what would be considered to be injustice to a British subject holding property in Britain, will equally be considered to be injustice to a Bntlsh subject holding property in the Colonies " That your petitioners are persuaded that the reluctance and distrust with which the euggestions of the British Government re. impacting an amelioration a the condition of the slaves have be.aa received in various Colonies, have been caulked or aggravated in many instances by an indignant sense of those offensive WlfilrePT.• sensations of the conduct and motives of the (Colonists, whirls, hi speeches and writings by eminent persons, have been so profusely addressed to the British public, and more especially and univern sally by the apprehension of danger threareting their primartica and political rights; and your petitioners are confident that, were those feelings removed, together with the delusion which has been excited in the minds of the slaves by the prolonged discussion on the subject, the Colonial Legislatures, would, with sincerity, zeal,