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fil l r . / l' ii . .r. ; ii' ! ETON SCHOOL. THE ANKIVERSA RV NIEE G TIN of the Noble men and Gentlemen Moaned at this School, will be held [ I at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. JSMSS'I.SqUADI, on SATUR DAY, the 22d instant. Dinner at Kis el lick. Lord CLIFTON in the Chair. STEWARDS. Earl of Clanricarde Rev. lk. Forster bad Yarborough Rev. J. Briggs Lord I.llenberoogh Thos. licansan, Esq. M.P. ft. W. Horton, Esq. 31.1'. i liratriloLn..lllll7l-'ati;l:4(P:3l.l'. Edward Penrhyn, Esq. Hon. Edw. Cust, 31. P. Captain Beadily Hun. J. !flinch R. Siellealey, l.sq. 111 lion. ti. !Howard P. 31usgrave, M.P.W..1. Praed, Esq. Sir Contain J. Mawr. Ticket., line each, to be her of the Steward., or at the RAT of the Thatched House Tavern, until twelve o'clock on Friday. the . ilex, heftier which time Gentlemen are earnestly requested by the Stewards to apply. _ INCORIN/RATED LITERARY I.llNi/ SOCIETY, under the • rebate Patronage of his Majesty. .1, The AN NI V ERSA Rl' FESTI3'AIi of this Society will be celebrated at Freemasons' Hall, on M'EI)NESD,t V the 12th of May ; on which occasion 1 Ilis Royal Highness the IM 'I( E of YORK will take the Chair. The company of such Noblemen and Gentlemen ar may be favourable to an Institution, which has for its object the relief of lien of Talent (Authors) in distress, its earnestly solicited. SCEMANDs. The Mast Noble the Marquis of lAi.down. The Right Iforiourible Lord Templetown. The Right Honourable Lord Newborough. The Solicitor-General. W. A. Madock., Esq. M.P. William llrseltine. Esq. William Russell. Lay. M.P. W. Kitchener, M.D. Mr. Sheriff Whittaker Charles Knight, Eat. Sheriff' Sir Peter Laurie Thomas Moore, Esq. B. Bond Cabbell, Esq. Cosmo Orme, Esq. L. A. De la Chaumette, Esq. Thomas Snodgrass. Esq. W. Fraser, Esq. John Walpole Willis, Esq. I I ' Thomas (lent, Esq. Tickets, 20s. each, to be h of the Stewards; also, at the Chamber. of the Society, 4, Lincoln's Inn-fields; and at the Bar of the Ereemasons"favern. • -- -- - • WEST INDIA M V I DAI;4 4 N Y.—Capital FOI7R i Il i PRESIDt:NTS. WM. J. Denison. Esq. 31. P. Jahn Irving, Fee). M.P. Chaties Ruse Ellis, Esq. 31. P. William Manning, E.sq. M.P. f I PSOCIW Grenfell, Esq. 31.1'. Sir Thomas heave, Bart. George !libbers, li,q. John Smith, Esq. M.P. I DIRECTORS. Mamas Rainbrielge.Esq. %I'le.. Maxwell Alexander, Esq. Benjamin Barnard, Lot. John I. Anderdon. Esq. tl John lime., Esq. 31.1'. iLneas Ilarkly, Esq. Samuel Jones Lloyd, Esq. M.P. ('harles lloaanquet,.k:sq. Sir John Wm. Lub'reick, Bart. Andrew l'olville, Ea+ Stewart Alarjori hanks, Esq. 31. P. Samuel 1 1 ibbert, Eq. l; Daniel Mikir..et, Esq. Robert Lang EIKE 1 John 11. Petty, Esq. Wm. Pratt 1. , itt, Esq. i Sir John Rae Reid, Bart. John Baker Richards, Esq. David Lyno, Esq. ‘t . m. %satchel', Esq. ( Sir James Shaw, Bart. John Phin.nier, Esq. M.P. Andrew Henry Thomson, Esq. Colin Robzrtson, Esq. minimills. i John Tones, Esq. I Abel Smith, Esq. M.P. • • Simon Taylor, Esq. 1 Edward Whitmote, Esq. i NANSENS. Messrs. Smith, Payne & Smiths. 1 Messrs. flosanquet and Co. At a time when the advantageous employment of money is so difficult. that it is forced into foreign countnes for the temporary and uncertain benefit of a higher interest than is afforded in the English Funds. a more appropriate and secure investment has pre. sewed itself in the formation of a West India Company, which, at the same time that it will give an impulse to lomg-established sources of British production sod wealth, will secure a liberal re. turn of profit. This t ttnipany is instituted for the purpose of receiving consign ments of M'est India produce, in return for advances to he made on mortgage and ether gond security, upon such a scale as will afford an adequate profit on the capital entitle) ;4 ; and also of making temporary advances upon the assignment of mortgages bearing co lonial interest. a ith collateral security. One material eimanistanee in favour of such an investment is. that the profits of the Company, instaul of being diminished, will be considerably increases, in the event of war. The establishment of this Company will he as advantageous to all persot s interested in the felonies as to the Subwribers. It is nominated sir ' ciliate activity will be given to tile circulation of t'olonial property by the advances which the Company win make to parties who can offer adequate security with ninsignments ; I et' produce ; thin will hare the e lect of maintaining the fair value 1 of West India Estates, and thus operate favourably on the condi , ton of the negro negotiant's', which is intimately connected with, i... SP,/ in 'great measure dependent an. the prosperity of the master. it is proposed that there shall be Fight Presidents and Four Auditors, and the &Gins of the conducted will be eondeed by Twenty-four Directors, of whom Twelve only shall be West India Merchants. I The Capital ()idle . Company will he Four Millions, consisting 04 of Forty Thousand share. of 10W. each, on which A deposit of It& ..( is to be paid, hl. thereof at the shoe of subscribing, and 51. on or before the .list of May. Further • alments, upon due notice from the Directors, will be Gad foe, as the business of the Com. . Fafil ma r e q uire.Tne Institution having received the approbation of (lover n ' ment, a Bill is preparing for the purpose of forming a Joint Stock, to he vested in the Company by Act of Parliament, Imitt leg the liability of the Proprietors to the amount 'Adair roger. tire Shares. Interest at Nee per rent. on the instalments will he paid fern the first yea, ; after which such part of the profits, not reseeding three / fourths, ail the Directors may think fit, shall he divided; and at the end of every seven years, or earlier at their discretion, a propor tion of the reserved profits ahall be distributed, by way of bogus, amongst the proprietors. Applications for Saares wilkbe received by the Board of Ma -1 nagement, at Messrs. Manning's arid Andenktes, New Bank-huikl -1,-..pi, till Saturday, the Ilth of May, and will be answered by the 15th of May. SleattlANT'll SEAMAN'S Orrice„ ROYAL. I:Si:DARDS:, A rill. 30. 11124. CORPORATION for RELIEF anti SUPPORT of SI('K, AIAIMEII. and I►ISAISLEI) SEA3IEN, and Coe Will:l)s4'S and VII 11.1)14 EN of such as shall be killed, slain, or drowned is the Merchants' Service. Incorporated 20 Geo. 11. cap. 3& JOHN CLARK I'llW ELL, Esq. President. COMMITTEE. Thomas Ashton, jun. Esq. George Gooch, Esq. f' :aim gayly, I:sq. James (ircig, lie,. B / Thomas Denson, I:eq. Th omas Brown, Esq. William King, Lag. I korge byall, Esq. l Pobert Chapman. Eat. Edward Lee, Esq. Jonnthan (*Wonsan, Issq. John Locke, Esq. 1 . Francis 1:r•swell, Esq. James Mmirg, Esq. Jesse Curhug, Esti. James Sims, Esq. Joseph Dawson. Esq. I)sniel Stephenson, Esq. John Deacon, Esq. C. liner Thornton, Esq. The iiereasing demands upon the Funds of this Institution have 'mealy obliged the I ' tee to resister the Pensions allowed to the dourcssed Objects of it su the small Sum of 41. and 51. pet Ann. Ir ' per Man, whether Seaman or Master; 21. 105. per Ann. to I%'i days ;, H. per Ann. to each l:hilol malt r Fourteen. I' 'Phe I !niumittee. having reason to suppose that the liberality of 1 31ere1sants and others would not be withheld if their case was made known. they have thought it their duty to solicit attention to the State of i lie Voiles of the Corporatiim : Donee the last Year was paid to 1,71111 Pensioners .C 5.025 5 0 .1 . in temporaty licher - - 2'34 13 li lirprnises of Evablishment, including Salaries of :es-creamy, Assistant and Surgeon, Rent, Taxes, r i &-e. . . - 77--7.fli .1 10 The Itertirts for vime time : Sidtproce per Month deducted from Smitten% WW I, lowest ea Capi:a 16,7J6 3 4 /.1.040 19 9 1.3.3 10 0 £5,4114 4 9 Tim Committee beg to add, that the Capital arises solely from llieoefactimi. attl leaacie., and that the Amount paid to Seamen slaw the tat.i'dislintrot ~f the I'.orporatioa has greatly exceeded the Soot reecierd flow thews. liy tinter of Ole c omm itt ee . %I . 11.1.1/131 tVA TSON. Secretary. Demotion* re:4cm! by Messrs. Stkesand Co. 3lattaion 11mile-street, aed by the S. crct.iry, at the 4 Iffiee, In Cf the Royal Exchange. VI ;14511111711 /NS REC EI V ELL The Preakieto (v.l.litional) - - - Committer, Ir.' Gel:tea* each (additional) - EVO India fowl :lily . . L o ndon Aaauratxe Corporation . - • Rouse Cmiparr - - - Wear India llock Company - - Julegh &abet, lia.!. - - Wm. Mote .% L.+ . - Ilesara. J. It. IVithants anti Ca. . - Thomas it. 11111tiekl, Kaq. . - 'rhoestri 11'iloon, L.A. Wapping - - Ilenjamin 31 . 001.1er I :,oi. - . ..- ot o t tax Vi'ihom, I. 1 %Varnlhnl.eotrt - ..sprain l'homir. 1.,;...•.5, C. 1.1:. - t I•erttoplier:-.,01h, I.•.;. Aldo titian . 4 . 1.4r.0s FAutni , ... E.g. - - . J.teph 11*.otton, E.g. . - CJWIIII4 C. Prat:turd. Esq. - . 'Altman ITilv.l, ksq. 11 P. - - Wm. Iflalryn.ple 1).,w , n0t. 1-'..i. . - ._. . t - iirrii 1 . :K!' . .. .RE I)4, Al 1 4 1 . 171RESSIe.S, &e. &e. at lIANTMIt'CIA!'f'S 111ANI'VAI'l'ItKV, 41, Regent ,. ,rtut, Pieead:llr, at the following; reduced Priers : Wltitetiou.v I c.oht-.11, 2t. per pound. .1:20 0 0 2111 0 0 1115 0 0 104 0 0' fel 0 0' - 141 0 0 , 10 10 0 10 111 0 10 10 0 21 0 0 10 10 -2 4 0 5 11 10 111 -5 0 0 2 3 0 CU In i . 10 111 U if IN 11 111 111 41 lire. c, la. Poultry, Is. ‘lattrcarea, ready-made Ticks, Pads, Bedsteads, Blanket', and (slips, equally che”p. via Fiona and %biol.-saes rc.marle, or t'11.13 in exchange. .b:cite bean to be bvid. PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE. -- "iP 6 - - HOUSE OF LORDS, W cDrtSDAT, MATS. Mr. Brogden and others from the Commons brought up the Sugar Bountres Bill, the County Courts Bill, the &k' Museum Bill, the Bum Importation Bill, and the. Militia Pay ; and J Sir Ames Graham brought up the Bill for the repairing of Kotula west of Hyde Park Corner, and acres! private Bills—all of which were read u haat time. PAPERS. _ . . . Mr. Jobnmn, from titetith4.e toltioelltief Secretory of Ireland, promoted paper, pursuant to the order 01 the House. sEPARATIsTs' AFFIRMATIfiN, ..... The Marquis of LA NSIN/H'N ;oriented a petition from cer tain Separatists from the Church, praying that their affirmations might he received, instead of their oaths, in courts of justice, as in the Cale of Quaker'. His Lordship sold that he did not know the partici, hut he understood that they were of excellent month character. lard 00:4FORD priwiwted a similar petition from certain Separatist%nr Armagh, lleltwit, and l'ornkiwwil. I hey were laid on the table. - The Marquis of LANSDOWN brought in a Bill for placing British Catholic' , on the same footing as to holding "dim as those of Ireland. It was a Bill nearly similar to the one he introduced Wore the holidays, and he should propose, as soon as the present Bill was printed, that both Bills shouhl lie considered together, and for that purpose he would more, that their Lordships he sum moned fur Monday sennight.—lhdered. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, WernmsDAY, MAY S. The Speaker took the Chair at font o'clotk. 11111M11 FREE lAtiirtNS. .- - Mr. MASSEY DAWSON presented a petition From a Free masons' Lodge, in Inland, No. 116, praying to be allowed the same privileges as were enjoyed by the Freemasons in Englaml.—baid on the table. SLAVE TRADE. Mr. lIMIWELL presented a petition from the Society of Friends, in Ireland, against Negro Slavery. Mr. J. WILMA:IIS presented a similar petition from Horn castle.— Laid on the table. SALT PUTT. _ ....... Mr. VITRIVEN presented a petition from a parish in Cumber land, praying for the Repeal of the Salt Tax.--Laid on the table. Sir Al. W. RIDLEY presented a similar petition from New eastle.—Laid un the table. HIDES AND SKINS. Mr. STANLEY presented a petition from the tanners of Bla kiston, against the Hides and Skins MIL Mr. 111/NEYWOIM presented a petition front the butchers of Faversham, against the (till; similar petitians were resented from Wellington, by Mr. Wiwi-mons: ; and from lurk and Aberdeen, by Mr. Ilu /Wend to lie on the table. COMBINATION LAWS. Mr. I/Eitaraw presenteil 41 petition front Birmingham grainat th.t. coinhination laws; and Mr. Hurl: presented a similar petition from %Vsktfirld.—Laid on the table. EXCISE LicExer.s. Colonel 11,VtiON presented a petition Irani Dudley, against Ex cise l.icencia.—Laid on the table. It EUISTEII OFFICE. Mr. KEMP brotisVi;aßilftir tit;lllegistry of an Births, 31arriages, and Burials, within the Metropelis.—ltead 11 tint thus. EQl'lll'.lBl.E. IA /.1 V BANK. Mr. P. MIR /It E presented a petition from Rei', of the pri. boners (-unlined within the walk of the King's Kends l'ltsun, in favour of the Equitable Loan Bank.—lstid on the table. SEPA RATISTS. Mr. S. RICE presenteil; petitionfrom the Separatists of Li merick, praying to be relieved from taking oaths, end to have their affirmations substituted.—fhdcred to 1k on the table. 1110 C ESA N SC11( 11. S. Sir JOHN NEWPORT said, that as he saw the Right hlu nourable the Secretary for Ireland in his plant, he was du nots% of asking him, whether it was true that a proclamation was issued fur uniting se veral of the Dioceses Schools of Ireland. Mr. GOULBURN replied, that he was aware of the pro. clamatitin to which the R ' ht lion . hen. had alluded ; about a twelve month ago the Lieutenant had ivottal one to the effect spoken of by the Right lion. Ran., but be would inquire whether any thing of the kind had been recently dune. REEK 1:11.1,. Mr. WiIiTM()RE preresited a petition from the licensed vic tuallers and brewers of Wellington, against the new Bets !Aid on the table. Sir JOHN IVROTTESLEV presented a sinrilar petition from the Incensed Victuallers of Wolrerhamptoo.—laid on the table. 11.1NKRUPT LAWS. Sir .1. WROTTESLEV presented a petition fmm the Bankers of Stafford, praying that by the New Bankrupt Lass a Landlord might be able to distrain for rent in &near to the extent of two years.—laid on the table. BLACK FRIARS-BMW:F. AND FLEET-MARKET. The Sheriff's of London pretiented two petitions at the Dar of the Howie, from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the City of London, relative to the Hull fur the improvements of Fleet-market--I.sid on the table. TUNNEL UNDER THE TIIASJK.S. Mr. DENISON presented a petition from the %Vatermen of Rotherhithe, against the Bill fur • Tunnel under the River Thames.—Laid on the table. TCRSPIRE ACTS. Mr. HUME rearmed a petition from Mr. W. fohhett, com plaining of the treasurer and trustees of the Kensington turnpike tripes. Ile said that by the Act of Parliament, the treasurer was bound to ihrnish his accounts in 1 ktober, but this was never done, and although there existed a bond debt against the trustees, the treasurer was allowed to retain a balance in his hand ennskier ably her))))d what would have liquidated the whole of thedebt. Loril . l4 /WTIIEK said a few wards in favour of the petition, after which it was laid on the table. TITHE C(EIIPISAITII/N BILL. Mr. HUME presented a petition front Illackrrielc, County of Kilkenny, against the Tithe l'ompowition [MlL—Laid WI the table. TILE.% 11-W ti EEI.. Sir T. LETIIIRRIT4It; ;aid, that ile had been requested to pre sent • petition, to which he begged to draw the attention of the House. It was from Sir John Cox llippriley and liriscoe, Esq., two Magistrates of the county of Surrey, against the use of the tread wheel. Ile did not know who he was selected to pre sent this petition : for his own part he rather considired it as • wholesome sort of punishment, though he confessed that his opinion had been smnewhat staggered by the bunk lately published by Sir John COX Ilippesley, and which he knew had had great effect in producing a similar change of opinion in the minds of others. It WAS certainly a subject well worthy of the notice and consideration of the Committee on Prison Discipline, upon whom he was de sirous of pressing it. The petition stated truly that the tread-wheel was a punishment not known or recognised by either the common or statute law. It was a novel invention, respecting which the law was silent, though it actually tenni-it an essential part of the discipline of many girth; and thus a punishment which the Judges were not authorial to inflict was imposed by the Magintrac, who, in that respect. raised th e m se l ves t o a power above the Judges. The petition also coiled the attention of the Howie to the serious accidents that had occurred from the introduction of this punish tnent. Several lives had been lost, and extensive injury Mote to the health of the prisoners, according to the medical reports that had been publishes'. In conclusion, the petition adverted to the opi nions given by some foreign governments, in particular to an able Itcport by a French Commissioner, who had rejected the tread. wheel as an absurd and cruel instrument of torture. The petition prayed that the house would not sanction this mode of punishment, and that the Bill now before the House, relating to this subject. might not pass. Mr. DE N ISCIN felt himself called upon to says few words, in consequence of the presentation of this petition. Ai the last Qom ter Semitwei for the county which be had the honour to repriment, Sir John (Oa II tppesley had presented a kind of memorial on this subject. The reception of the document was objected to, because it was not considered right that a magistrate should send his opi nions written on paper, but that it was his duty to come and deliver them in person. 'I here would otherwise be an end to all busint.. ; for it was impossible to foresee what might be the number or len;:th of the memorials that. might be mot few perusal. tic (Mr. Mul lion) *mad not then go into the general discussion of the tread wheel, but would content himself with remarking that it had re ceives! the almost unanimons approbation of the wag:or:mu of twenty-four or twenty-Ilse counties; and that wherever introdue-d it html been found the best mode of punishment. I. kept prisoners to hard labour, as the law intended, without breaking their spirits or injuring their health. At the last Surrey Quarter Sessions, the other petitioner, llr. Briscoe, had brought forwent some clops which lie could not substantiate, respecting two soldier', who, in a state of inebriety, heal insulted and attacked the gaoler and two turnkeys. They were in consequence put into/40144.7y Gollfilleelltnt, where, aft. r remaining two days, they nitrous' of tits it nit-acne p conduct, a n d were allowed to return. There was nowhere greater at tention green to the treatment of prisoners than in the county of Surrey. Ile was p,:ad that Mr. Briscoe Intended to bring the ques tion before the House, because every particle of the charges against the 3lagistrates of surrey could be disproves' ; and it would appear that in no gaol were the prisoners treated with more :monism. The surgeon toes sss ill ed them once or twice in the week ; and he hail the power to tinier them to discontinue work whim their health required it, and to give them any provision he pleased, to any extent whet ever. Ile (Mr. Denison) was confident that no lwtter mode of punishment could be found. Ile was rather inclined to the opiniosi that women ought not to be sent to the tread-wheel; but he was satisfied that every endeavour had been used to prevent that from becoming torture which was only intended to be hard labour. Mr. 110B110CSE said, that they were all aware that this pi nishnosto lint) been much abused in one sue two immures. Ile would not for into the merits of the , case, to which the lismourable Slobber Cm Surrey had alluded. Ile would only remark, that it became the magistracy to keep a watchful regard to their conduct. Ile slid not believe it was likely that an gaol would be mism.- venual Deer which his lion. Friend (fr. l)etioni i had power. There secnicd to be a great mistake as to the punishment of the tread-wheel. Because it attached disgrace to those who soft red it, it was considered good for all occasions. :Now he t Mr. (loom) told that it slundel be one object in inflicting punishment. not en irely to disgrace the sufferer. If be was deprived of his self. respect, it was impossible that he could again become a Inch.' member fla society e Ewa/ individual who bad worked on the tread. wheel roust feel Itionself perminentlY degraded.lt Wall Sidl.ll 1111 ridiculous a punishmeki, that when ince a loan hail been employed upon it, lilie a dug in a wheel, he could never agaiO think as well of hi mse lf ta l befirre. It had been applies', not only in a torclaing manner to every species of Whores, butt sometimes to persons who liaii coil:mined 001 rime at all. There was the case of an attorney 1:11:.1 lint) cat S:atiold, who bad le:est mixed up with vagednirels, and t t.ly sort of criminals short of felony. It ales impossible for this grsth utan attniti to Walk through the *treats of Stafford. without hotiting it There Kota the man that was at the tread-wheel. ' It had been judged expedient to relras2 this gentleman nftei wool*: but eo net of the Crown (mad fella( the disgra , hod unasuielstily attaet.eti to his character. The magistracy ought to he very (11 ,re and cautious in applying this punishment to prisoners. It might perhaps be made a good cowl_ mutation for the potter punishments of transportation or death, but above all, it ought 1:111 in any ease tet be inflicted harshly and unnecessarily, and rontrary to the spirit of the law. The petition wits than ordered to be printed. 111111. S AND SKINS 1111,10 Sir It. FER (I I 'St IN prment. el a petition from the corporation of lieshera at Dundee, in favour of the repeal of penal ties on Haying aaintals; and another to the Name effect from the curporatim of shniserekers nl.ll leather-dealers of the same place. For opieunls of 251 years there had been no inspector at Dundee. Within the List two years u needy favourite of the Chief Magis trate hot had the appointment confe.red upon hint, and it had proved extremely vexatious to the cordwainere of the town, who were decidedly favourable to the ninth then of theseabsurd penalties. The petitioos were referred to the t'onintitiee. Oil, GAS COMPANY. Mr. 11011111)('SE presented a petition from some inhabitants of the Strand against the (hi ties 11111. It deteerved to be re marked, he said, that there was rot a single petition trona London or Westminster in f. vu of that 1/ 1 11.—fIrdeted to lie on the table. IRISH MI LI TI t. Colonel D.WIES then rose, pursuant to notice, to move for leave to bring in a Bill to enable his 111/jolty to reduce the staff' estaliliehininta of the regiments and battalions of Irish militia when not embodied. This was a subject, he said, worthy of the consideration of Parliament, and, as far as it went, of great itu portance. fly the llilitir Estimates it appeared that whir the militia of Great Britain,ennsisting of 30,10011 men, cost 193,01101. the militia of Ireland. emulating of only 111,12 in wen, COSt upwards rif 911.00111. The expense, therefore, of the Irish militia was one-third I greater than that of limit Britain. Ile was at a has to know why this difiiiente should continue—why the establishments of the regimehta and battalions in rine amutry should be so much larger titan the ether. If any raison could be shown, he should be diapoaed to 1 1 -!en to it, and give it its due weight, but he complained that no mama had ever been attempted to he I *hewn. 11 it were said that the difference rendered the Irish mi litia more available to put down diaturbances, that would be a reason worth attending to, but the Irish militia nett7MOSCd out of, toe counties to which they bt hewed. They were perfectly station ary and useless. The fact was. that the auperfluou a men were em ployed for private purposes. The non-commissioned Accra, and perms attached to the stall; were acting as musicians to the coin. nets. Perhaps hr should he asked why he had not left the quea. lion to his Majesty's Ministers. Ile could mature the House he would willingly give up the task into their hands, but when he had men year alter year pass away without any proposi:ion for re duction proceed from them, he bad telt it his duty to interfere. The relative difference of expense between the militia of Ireland and that of Great Britain was as 3to 2 against the Irish. Ity new modellii.g the regiments on an equalised plan, 30,81101. might be saved ; lon without going to that lem,oh, it would be quite easy to save 211,01N1. a-year. The Irish militia had both Quarter masters and Quarter-master Sergeants ; in the British militia there were only Quartet-masters, and frequently the Paymasters did their duty. There was besides a charge of 6,0001. for lodging, fuel, and candles for the Irish militia. 'l'he barracks were left empty, and belgings provided for the soldiers in the towns. Not a farthing was charged on this account in the British militia. He took. ea the basis of his Bill, the .'l7th of the late King, which bad been pivoted for a Similar purpose. The Honourable and Gallant Alcniher concluded with moving for leave to bringin hie Bill. Kr 11. If 11,1, was surprised that the Gallant Mover had post poned the subject till this late period of the Session, when the esti mates were already voted. An arrangement had been made, that en the death or resignation of the present Quarter-matters, their situations should not be filled up, but that the duty should be per formed by the Quarter-master-sergeants. The charge for fuel would be a fair matter of discussion next Session. The main object of the motion was to reduce the cumber of the staff of the Irish militia. The 110:mumble and Gallant Member had alluded to the primetilings id 1817. when the first proposition for reduction was entertained. The Act Lad then passed, after a full discussion of the question, and a :tenders' was then fixed at which the staff' was afterwards to be continued. It was invidious to raise a comparison between the stied the Irish and English militia. During the late war many thousand soldiers had been recruited through the in strumentality of timeshare(' the Irish militia; and he thought that men who had deserved so well of their country were entitled to some provision during the rest of their lives. some of them had spent thirty years in the service of their country, and it would be bmentable to see such men, with their large familiee, reduced to struggle with disarm. He was sure that if the llonourahle and Gallant Mover had seen some spectacles of this nature which had fallen under his obaervation, his disposition to economy would have yielded to Ids setae of justice. The question now was, whe ther, after a *retold inquiry, Parliament could make a further re. duetion below that of 1817. The sum that could be saved would he small and paltry, compared with the distress it would produce, and the claims of the parties who received it. Indeed, It would almost amount to a breach of !kith on the part of the Legislature, towards a most deacrving class of the community, well entitled to all the charitable consideration of the House. 111 r. HUME said that with respect to the objection of the late ness of the motion, that was no fault of the mover, as this was the third attempt he had made to bring the subject forward this session. The question was, why should Ireland have a larger establishment of militia stair than rnigland ? Why should the people of Eng land pay for the firing slid lodging of the stud' of the Irish militia? The Right Honourable Baronet (Sir G. Hill) had not answered these questions. In his (Mr. Hume's) opinion, the Cotinnander. in-Chief ought to have dismissed all the Colonels who had signed the memorial in 11117, against the reduction of the staff of their regiments. It was no wonder that other Colonels had bearded the Commander-in-Chief when it was seen that it might lie done with impunity. Any other ten officers of less rank would have been dismissed for insubordination. The doctrine of that memorial was that Government had no right to reduce the strati', bitt ought to leave the pertains to die ofil since then, Parliament had interfered and made • reduction. The doctrine was therefore destrnyed. Ile (Mr. Hume) had then proposed a larger reduction than was adopted, but the Noble Lord (Palmerston) had stated that expectations ex isted which had not been realised. The Right Honourable Baronet had spoken of the distress that had fallen upon men after thirty years service. Afterltwenty years the sergeants were eutitledto a-day pension. Sir G. HILL intimated across the table, in a low tone of voice, that he was aware that those who had served the full time were, en titled to a retired allowance. Mr. HUME resumed.lt was one of the anomalies that he wished to see abolished, that if • man served ten years io the line, and ten in the ntisitu, he was ROI entitled to what he would receive if he spent the whole twenty yearn at home in the militia. It was a similar absurdity to allow a 'arm stall' in Ireland than in Eng land. Precisely the 'tante objections that were urged to this reduc tion would apply to the discharge of common 'oldies' trout the anny. Mr. IR /I'I.BITRN saw no good reason why he should acqui. ewe in the motion. Last year he had brought in • Bill to reduce the Irish militia to the amount that the Irish Government deemed requisite. Originally the Irish and English militia had been fiinned by very ditfeeent Acts of Parliament. Each militia 111114 adeulatid for the country to which it belonged. Fllllll the first it was judged expedient to have a larger propunion of °thee-% in the Irish militia titan in England. At the chow of the war the stor generally was reduced, but the reasons were very obvinua, why that of the Irish should be larger titan that of the English, for in various case" of necessity they were found most useful to the aid lof Government. A reduction of one-half the Irish stall was already made, and he would tlwrelore resist any further petty re. &titian. Reduction. if necessary, should take place at once, soil nut yrar after year, to call fur the reduction of one or two hundred men. Mr. U E explained. Mr. C. H. HUTCHINSON was of opinion that the staffs of the English and Irish militia ehould be placed on an equally tel.i. tire footing. He' Aimed the Irish militia was a useful body, and had well conducted themselves when called upon. Ile knew this was a ticklish and delicate subject foe the Right lion. the Irish Secretary to manage; but he had not stated why a reduction should not take three. Let him at all events speak out, and state his this ticubies, but he IJlr. II.) was rut in a situation to do so. Ile should vote for the motion of his Hallam Friend. Col. I/A V lES briefly replied, and stranger were ordered to less,: the ;4111:iy. A division then took place— Vim the motion - - 10 ,Igain.d it - - 21: - Majority against the motion . —l6 On our return to the gallery. we found 3lr. King N fair moving the linter of the Day on the Search Juries Bill, which 1111% agrtral in. 'Floe lii port was then bnitight up., and ordered to be taken into turthvr eraisliltration on Alondav ',est. SLAV!: TUADE LAWS CONSOLIDATION BILL fin the motion of 141sYeLaws l'onsolitlation Rill wax re-x(l , mo l i ....... The Report was brotight up. and ordered to he received on Friday next. . . . 'il(' other flnlers of the Day were then diaposeti of, and the 110 Use adjourned at a quarter put Nevin. NOTICES OF MOTIONS THIS DAY. . - Mr. iiiii tttv to wansider at the Church Est tblishmcnt of liehuid. Mr. Wodchntete—rontinuance of the present Salt Duties. Mr. peter Moore-- Bill ut repe.-il l'oiiiination Laws. Mr. Jones--Committee of the whole 'louse on Salaries sod An. niiiiies to \l'cleh Juiiges. Mr. I:oolhurrn—l'iiiiimittee on the State of the Counties in !re knit in shirt' the Insurrection Act has been in hirer. Sir John Newpert. Statistical Returns respecting the Population of Ireland. ..... _ tillrtEßS OF *MR DAY. Dublin Small 1)e1oa Bill—Strand Reading. V atoranta Bal.-Further consideration of Report. ll'archooloal IVheat !till—Second Reading. Roman II larriages Bill—Second Reading. tilass and Site. ts Hill— I 'oniinittee. l'asarge %%wad.: &I•.daturn 11111—ll'onituittee. I tit al. Tronara 1:111---t'otnniittee. Sating Banks .Acia --Committee. ut't V ictualling Committee. TO CORRESPONDENTS. "C. D." in our next. The letter on •• French Inventions" shall also appear to4norrow. The BILITIIIII Pimps commenced publishing yesterday morning at five o'clock. LONDON, THURSDAY, MAy 6, 1621. Within this day or two, in the absence of all other news from the Continent, an Expedition from the Tagus to Brazil, to consist of from seven to ten thousand men, was confidently mentioned, on the faith of private letters from Lisbon, and vast alarm was excited by the appearance oft Lisbon of a French sloop of war, from Cadiz, with some invalids on board. Now we do not believe that any Ex pedition of the nature these letters mention, is in either idea or preparation ; nor is Portugal equal to the sending out such a force. The party now in power in Lisbon could not muster two thousand soldiers to be relied on for such an Expedition, and the necessary funds to meet the ex pensed are equally deficietit. Don Pedro may have been intriguing with the faction at Lisbon, but the Brazilians I I arc universally devoted to the cause of independence, and would to a man oppose the attempt to revive the supre macy of Portugal over that country. As to France, let her feelings be however strongly inclined, she will not ven ture a rupture with Great Britain, by an open attempt on ally part of Southern America. The diplomacy of our Fo reign Minister has been all through tlecided on this sub ject, and repose is as essential to the interests of France as to this country ; no attempt, therefore, will be made, either lin Brazil or Spanish America, by a French force. The punishment of the tread-whe:l in the prisons of this country, now become so general and unpopular, was again kst night brought before the House of Commons by the worthy and esligitietted Member for Sotnersetshire, Sir Thomas Lethltrittg;, in a pt tition from the indefatigable Sir John Cox llippcslcy, and Mr. Briscoe, the Surrey Ma gistrate, whose representations were so ill received at the last meeting of Magistrates of that county. The petition was of considerable length, soil stated in detail all the arguments lately made use of against the employment of prisaners in the tread-mill. Sir John Cox Ilippesley, once so deep in the mysteries of Popery, anti anxiously engaged in searching the records of the Propaganda, and conferring with his Holiness the Pope and the College of Cardinals to exclude all foreign interference with the Irish Catholics, has now changed his pursuits : and, " her! Traeutu mea tus!" has gone to the tread-mill for occupation. There he has worked hard of late, and tried every prison in suc cession, publishing, with his usual industry, voluminous details of all his Inquiries and reattaches. The pamphlet s of the Hon. Baronet failing in the effect he hoped f rom them, Sir John entered into a partnership of grievances with Mr. Briscoe, and the petition of last night was their . joint production. Mr. Denison, the Member for Storey, contended, cu the contrary, that the tread-wheel had been fouled the best mode of punishment, and had received the almost unanimous approval of fire•anel-twenty c o m m i e ,. It kept poisoners (the lion. Member said), as the law in !tended, to hard labour, without breaking their spiri ts or injuring their health. Sir John Cot Ifippeslcy (Mr. Denison added) had sent a kind of memorial to the last Surrey Sessions, which had been objected to, h e . cause the reception of such documents would put an end to all business, and Mr. Briscoe bail also broti7Jit I some charges which he bad not supported. 71se e . was no county in England, Mr. Denison stated, in which more attention was pahl to prisoners than in Surrey, and he was glad that Mr. Briscoe intended to brin3 the ob ject before the house. Mr. Hobhousc said that the Home was aware that this punishment had been grossly ahusel in OM or two instances. It was (he said) a great mistake as to this pubishinent, that because it attached disgrace to the parties suffering it, it was therefore held to be good for all occasions. It might, in the lion. Member's opinion, he a good commutation for transportation cr ing. But it had 'been monstrously ap:_lied as in the case of Mr. Flint, who, for no crime what. vi r had been confounded with the vilest criminals and (dons. The petition WAS ultimately laid on the table, and ordered to b e p r i nte d. I t lig well that the discipline of our prisons, and the too-oftea arbitrary conduct of Magistrates, can be checked by salu tary appeals to Parliament; othet wise we should bare the most despotic acts eanniittal in every county in England. We have seen the torture of the tread-wheel indiaai tninately inflicted on all the unhappy inmates of oar prisons, tried and untried, innocent and guilty, until the tyraimic abuse was checked by Mr. Peel's interference and the authority of the Legislature. This instrument of punishment and degradation is still much too indiscri minately applied, without regard to the health, the offence, or the effects, physical or moral, it may praline on those subjected to the painful infliction. While t•ir John Cox llippesley continues an ex-legislator, ar.d de votes his time and labours to prison discipline, he may bring numberless abuses to light; and by placing the ole tails before Parliament, effect many salutary reforms. We think Mr. Briscoe was extremely ill-treated by the Surrey Magistrates the other day ; and if the tread-wheel is to remain an instrument of prison punishment, it ought only to be applied to hardened convicts, and yet laths aiminately inflicted on all those who may be condemned to labour by the sentence of a Court, or the arbitrary mandate of a Magistrate, for limited periods.. We insert a letter at some length, this morning, from Mr. Devercux, of the county of Wexford in Ireland, and Mr. Eneas Matelonnell, two Catholic gentlemen of great respectability,—on the subject of Cathoic Burials in Ire land; and Dr. Magee's letter to the Bishop of Limerick, Dr. Jebb, read by the latter in the Ilense of Lords, just before the adjournment for the Easter recess. We hare read this letter from Mr. Devereux and Mr. !Mcdonnell with attention, and think it decisive on the subject of this painful controversy: it extinguishes every unfounded alle gation made by the Archbishop of Dublin. Indeed the Resolutions of the Catholic clergy of that city, which fel lowed the publication of the Metropolitan's letter, set at rest every doubt that existed on this distressiog suiject, and carried universal conviction with them, that the Arch bishop's assertions were totally unsupported by anything like facts. Months since, when this agitating which has roused such violent feelings throughout Ireland, was first discussed, we stated from personal knowledge, that the Catholic clergy had, during mc mory, been in the habit of attending the remains of their deceased friends to their last resting-place, and of offering up the prayer for mercy and eternal rest for the soul of the departed, over the grave. But they at tended only as other relatives and friends did ; they wire distinguished by no clerical habits, or particular costume ; they celebrated no particular service within the church yard: all was unpretending and unostentatious in the mournful ceremony. Dr. Blake, the Catholic Archdeacon of Dublin, who was rudely and uncharitably interrupted in St. Kevin's Church-yard, at the funeral of Mr. D'Arcy, has himself stated the simple facts. " Yielding," said Dr. Blake, " to the particular request of a very near and venerable relative of the deceased, I took off my list, to assuage, by a short condoling prayer, the sorrows of the iving—to implore perpetual re st and peace for the departed soul ; and at this moment, and without any other provo cation, the order of Dr. Magee was rung in my ears, that I must not offer any prayers over that grave." The Arch bishop has denied that this uncharitable and unchristian a lit!. issue d from him ; but we know the proud and intolerant disposition of that haughty churchman ; we are aware of his feelings towards the Catholic people of Ireland ; and we also know, that neither theßector of St. Kevin's, nor any otter Clergyman in that Prelate's Archdiocese, would bare dared to commit the outrage in question, unless sanctioned by Isis Superior's express authority. Dr. Magee affected great liberality until he was promoted to his prevent " high estate:" he then threw off the disguise, in which he had walked for years, and fronted the Catholics as their most intolerant and decided foe. Had the Government known thei man as they do now, he would have rotted is oh sturity—be would have consumed the remnant of his life in a College Living, or his promotion would never have gone beyond the Deanery of Cork. Hut his early friend, Mr. Plunkett, vouched for his principles, and hoed Wel leeley consented to his elevation. The gratitude of the Archbishop was shown in early and dens ineelerauees— the dark been, r of proscription floated over the Marne of his Cathedral—rand his violence oonnamenised the e wer II - mot' of the King's Representative in Ireland: That island was agitated trout end to end by the insults offired to the Catholic clergy within the sanctuaries of the 11, and over the very grave, by the Archbishop or his wants : and the Irish I kivernment hall to al peal to the Legisletu to quiet the alarm of the Catholics, and secure for them peaceful privilege of the tomb. Dr. Magee has sines smeht to shake the foul reproach that has rested on him, of his , head ; but nis letter, from the first line to the last, is equally insincere and untrue ; every assertion contained in •it has been denied by solemn affidavits, and refitted by the unanswerable resolutions of the Catholic clergy: not a sentence he has written is believed in any part of Ireland. , If we were its any doubt as to the sentiments of the Arch bishop towards the people of that conntry, his St•a in-law, Mr. Nl•Seil, has fully satisfied us. We found ' this clergyman, at a meeting at the Argyll-mous. a fortnight or three wee'es since, giving utterance to the grossest illiberality, and the foulest calumnies, against the Catholics in general: we noticed his harangue, in the terms it deserved, at the time. While on this subject, we regret to say that our worst anticipations reepecfng Plunkett's Burial Bill have already been mate than reahse MINORIrr Of Tao. who 'viol for liaretriiiiiin •BM to reauc.-: the Staff of b ee Irish Militia tw the malt tablisturent ap the k;nglish Al 110 lose, J. C. Keteeity, F. Pelham, J. C. HuteblitanitAllott.ll. Imshingwin, Dr. Sykrs, D. Scion, Sir Hobert 111onek, .1. B. Txt.t.Lits.--Daris, Ferguson, Su It. 111aberly, W. 1.. Cud. ant flume, J. • PIIICES OF /111ITItql Rank Stork .243 i 3 per tent Iteduced. 951 / 3 Pm Cent. I lid 3' per 'flit. 111)2 New Si per Cent. 1011 A 4 per Lent. 11131 A 1.0 •q Annuitiet hs YEST}:RDA r. Pond., 82 el pr. India for Areuuat. South Sea Stack. mei Sault Sea Ohl Ai.auuia 95 :South Sca New Annuities 53 59 51 pr. J)ittu, 50.11. 49 itpr. Dit.n, 50 53 pr. Indorsed ditto Lottery Tickets, 27f. Ils. '221:).!6 23 22 . 13-13 Imperial 3 per Cent*. 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TiIUR MAy R. wit! be isetfortned TOE MEIIKV WI% EA OF VISOR. Sir John Entstnß. Mr. Dowton; Master Moister. Mr. Ilarley ; Font Mr. Terry; Fenton. Mr. Brahano. Mrs. Surd, Mho Stephens; Mn.s Page, Madame Veer's. To etnielude with 10IWASTER ; or, TOL bI'IMIT OF THE STAR. Tomturrow, Art es. with Deaf as it P.ot, and 7mrseseter. THEATRE ROIAL, COVENT-GARDEV. This Evening; Tl ll ItSll.l V, 11114 7. 11. will he performed the Pint Part of 1:1 !ii 'Pi i.: 14 ii"CTi lt: T.l Wili ii :, King Henry the nntrth, Mr. Egerton: Prlnee of Wales. Mr. Cooper: Hotspur. Mr. Young; Mr John Falstaff. Mr. C. ICentttle ; Polun. Mr. Parley; resnei., Mr. U:aischard. Ludy Percy. MIS, F. 11. KeUy ; Hostess, Mrs. Das caplet. To conelude with THE semiTs Or TIIK MOON: Or, Tim INUNDyFION or TUC NILE. . . To-sorrow, Chat with The Hunter of the Alpe, sod The Spill Its of the Slows. • 7'IIEATEE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. fill. MATHEWS AT 110 ME! This Etching. Till!Hsi) Map I 1 R. With his ANN %I. LECTURE on PECULLIHITIES. CHARACTER. and MAN NICIIS rounded on Oinervation.and Adventures during his late Tito. To AMERICA. In Three Parte. PAM' Illonopolylogue.cAlled ALI. WELL AT NATCHITOCHES. All the t7hanteters of the EVellillge. Entertainment to be repredeuted by Mr N iTHEws. Doors to be opened at Seven- Performance begins at Eight o'Cloek. Ilexes to he taken of Sir. Stevenson, at the Hot °dice, Strand Eu %ranee. from Ten till Five. Placcs..at poseibly be kept after half -past Eight o'Cluek. ADELIIII Tiff:ATHA% STRAND. Hut I LEI ANT ! i! M. HENRY'S s YEETACI.E d LSI uM NON ILLUSIONS. THASisFttIINUTIONS. &r. Exec RIMI:NITs uu G.S. Adlitionvit which the extraordinary [auditing Ga.. Idivoicid Waives, Pitanta.nporia. loin' rianpletely In die estiniatoun, will be repeated Thl. Keening, fIitUKSDA V, May U. and SA I HU.\l'. May R. In add;tion to the Portrait. ut Ali.sea M. l'ree, Stephen., and Paton, Mr.srm. Niierrady. Viotti,. Kean. and Grinia/di, will be introdlieed atrikitig Likeneiossi of King Henry VIII. Anna Boiled, and Queen Eli. aabeth. poxes. 4s. Pit. is. Gallery. Is. Doors ..pen at ludfq.ast Sfa and begin at S..veu; Half-Price at half past Eight. OverflowMg Homes! The Greatew Number or Ken and Homes aver introduced on any Stage!!! D.4VIS'S ERV E'. ENING the new ti and Mllltary Spectacle. culled THE BATTLE tw %ATF.RLOO. Kith Ilir.ll..vbt lutd M,avoeur DI/Crol4 . Suulted Stud. Eque.trlini Scene* lu the Circle. by Windom P i . row. With. *trot time. a new I.:ntertaltiment. caned THE DUBE'S COAT. or. THE • WWl' A FTgli THE BATTLE. Introducing a new Ballot. APOLLONICON. On SATI'IIII% V NEVI*, nay X, nt Two oCloelt. The fialcra - 14 — tiki.FA:T1 - 111 - 1111 . IV'sse — rions - ;€1 - 1;ilii; PURIM. on tlk AIri)I.I.ONICON. &Gram; Mu•Mrl Itas;runient, Invented and Costa! ufte:d by . Mortra..ll.ls:lll and !WILSON, Orem thiliders. 101. St. Illarthewlihe. VXD6II TUB IMAIDIATS PAIItuNINIZ MIS MAJZIITY. __PANT I. Overture, Don Chrranul 4111Uxaro:Alr, '•Huntsman, rest" (Mar- Onahli rh, say not w•nuan's heart Is bought" IWhlttakkerl—Dh•ertlrnentu, Airs from Wu cilavannl (Purklsl• Overture. Fanehon (111nunrIli—Atr. Frs. taut'. atsgoNee" Wan") •• When the wind Isl..we Y.eltuant lituesiub— Man+ and Choru.. IM.unu del t.altu (Itoess!i)! \.l . ttwure, /ht! Sltillift N.8.--Mr. Parkls's Pertora.usuces will be continued every Saturday during the 5114.11. The meehankal powers of the A POLLONICON are exhibited daily, from One till Four (except during the time of Mr. Ptak his attendance). executinaCheral ii *s celebrated Overture to Anacreon. and Mozart's overture to ^ la Clemente dl Tito." Its the execution of a hieh It Is allowed to possess a grandeur and variety of edict. With a precision I a la i a delicacy Id expression, superior to any other Instrument hn ELIZ.Pe. The Music arranged for and set WI the Cylinders by Mr. Flight. Juts.