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• f, . - ALIENS. sr - Arty stating t l, e extent of the King's 'MAL-- Th. Noble Lords who supported this Bill, startle of the gnat inconvenience that might be expected to arise en the event of the Queen's 'itemise g a dissolution of Parliament ; but that could not lave been furinerly overlooked, and * he was firmly persuaded that the Act was poised in the conviction 'that should the events therein -coutemptate4 wear, - siothisit but the immediate interposition of Par:. lisinetit'6ulrl satisfactorily armor any difficulties hat iftiklit thence originate. He did not think it would 'fie decent its Parliament flow to legislate •withoht atoll isiquiry into every circumstance COlll.. •Ises tell With his Majesty's state, and that in the 'event of ng, the entire Regency Act should be ersisiert, He suggested the advantage of intro dueinifin the Hill some provision to ascertain whe ther iritheeVent of the Regent's demise, after the issue of emits Tor calling Parliament together, these writs should tontinue in farce. or whether the old Partionteitt 'should revive. At present the matter' lie conceived, was doubtful. In the event of the King's demise, the writs issued in hiss Majesty's name would, of course, by the act of demise, be ovine void, and the old Parliament would revive; but it was a qnestion, in the event of the Regent's demise, as the writs ran in the name and tot the behalf of the King, whether these writs would cease and determine. The case might to be ascer tained, as it might cease some cottfusion to Sheri& and other retu • g officers. Thr LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that the quarterly reports of the Council were sanctioned by law, and were regularly transmitted to the Plivy Council, where it was compete's' for either House of Parliament to apply for information. None of these Reports were prepared without containing a soecifie declaration respecting the probability of his Majesty's recovery. The Noble and Learned Lord then stated, that to effect the second object of the Bill, he should propose a clause, declaring that, in the event of her Majesty's demise, (iring the ex istence of Parliament. the Crown should be em powered to issue a proclamation under the Great Seal, requiring Parliament to assemble within such lime as their Lordships might think proper to insert in the Bill--suppose sixty days; secondly, that iii the event of her Majesty's desni-e, when Parliament should not be in existence, the Crown at i lit be enabled, by proclamation under the Great Seal, to assemble a new Parliament within the same period ; and, thirdly, that in the event of Majesty's demise on the day, or 1110641 , .. fluent to the issue of writs fur calling Parliament together, the new writs should not cease and de termine by the act of her demise, but continue operative for the purpose for which they had beets issued. The clauses were then severally put and carried, and the IIou•e having resumed, the Bill, with the aimenduseasta, won ordered to hr priutrd, and the Report brought up to-tnorruw, Lord Stomoutti that he would, on IVednemlny ilex.. move the second reading of the Alien Kill. Lord 1101.1.4 ND intimated his intention of op inion% the Bill. POOR LAWS. The Earl of HARDWICILE moved the Order of the Day for the House resolving itself into a Com suittee upon the Poor Laws Amendment Bill.— Tbe N••ble Earl prefaced his motion by a short and ripiel review of the several clauses of the Bill, ',which he submitted for their Lordships' approval. Tire Marquis or LAN/DOWN commented upon ;he spit it and principle of the Bill, to which he strongly objected, and in pa►ticular he remarked upon the extreme inspolicy of the clause, which *mailed churchwardens to take the children of paupers from their parents, and consign them to the care of a wok-house. Tins was calculuteil, as he feared, to weaken thosa.social feelings on which the very strength and consistency of society depended, motif that elause were pressed farther, be should feel compelled to take the sense of the !louse upon it. Ile despaired of any effectual relief upon this suhiret, while the labouring classes of society were suffered to look to the public 116 a mama of future support. The only rffecteal remedy fur this was, to raise the wages of the labouring classes to all amount calculated to support the labourer and his family, and from which souse little saving might he made against sickness amid age. The Noble dlar ynis also objected to the clau•e enabling parish officers to Inky bold and let it out again to paupers, thus establishing a system of firming. This clause lie thought very objectionahle : fur if the land thus taken were waste sod bad land, labour would be only thiown away in fruitless endeavours to turn it to advantage; and if, on the oilier hand, the land were good, this system would only give relief to one Class of persons, by turning aoothercta.s out of employment. Labour, lie contended, should be lienuitted to find its level ; mid if this were not admitted, be feared that wages would be reduced s i ll over the kingdom, to the lowest possible pit tance. Within a few weeks lie hail, with alarm, heard that this very pretence had already commenced among the labourers at Birtningliam, for their em ployers observed to them, ' It matters not to you bow low your wages may be reduced. because yoar parish sill make op the difference." . . In the Committee. the clause enabling church wardens to hire houses for the care of the children of paupers, war. read—end after a few wont* from tlie Earl of Livunroof., the Marquis of Last. Pow the /tiptop of Los uos. and the Marquis of itccatsuunt, the clause wee rejected without a divi%uun. The claim fur charging the owners of mall house*, instead of the occupiers, to the poor's rates, being read, the Hoube divided, a hen there ap peared— For the clause Aggiust Itsjoriiy lO The other clauses were •greed to, awl the House haviiig resumed, the Report was ordered to be b ;;;;; glit in to-morrow. The I►arish Vestries Bill also went through a Committee, and the Report was ordered to be re ceived to-mono*. CHURCIIEN BUILDING. The Report of the Churches Building Bill was brought up. Lord llor.t.t:sD rose for the purpose or moving a clause, to %How lit Clergymen of the EstshhAed heligion to read the Liturgy, or ally part thereof, or the Holy Scriptures, in any place whasneirev..- whether 'regularly licensed or otherwise—any Ca non or other Law to the contrary notwithstanding." This alteration wriulrl, in troth. nearly go to a re peal of the.Couventiele Act. He did not, in mov ing it, do all he wished to do on this subject—but merely as mach ale - could he effected with reference to the Bill then before their Lordships. the Earl of fisaltoaray opposed the clause— end 'called do their Lordships to say, whether they would, at the close of the discussions on this ma ser,, tolerate such a proposition as this, which *riot to effect a vital afteritiou in the existing law of the land. The Archbishop of 'Cs teraitiluitt said, if it were improper that the Church of England should have any control over the Ministers of the Established Religion; then it would be right that the clause now proposed should be agreed to—bat, if such a control were ottessary, the Howe. he hoped. would trot agree to a clause Which would over throw it. lie wished also to observe, that, if the alteration were agreed to. it would have the effect or completely orktt uniing the Canons of the Church of England. Lord lintr.ante replied. The LORD CIIANCLI.LOR Mid; If the clause now proposed were agreed trh divine service might he performed ill any shop or parlour, and thus the benefits derived from pittelic *urihip would be abridged. The clause was then negatived. the House re sumed—sad the. Bill was ordered to be read the third time to-Morrow, Adjourned at Half-past Eight otlockt NOCSC OF COMMONS, Mtromv, Uiv Me. Maitland presented an Account of the Expenditure of shr East India Company, and of the amount of their Saha la.t year. ON she mission of Mr. LtausorGiox, the gilk &bonfire Bill, she Bank or Ireland Restriction Rill, and the Irish Hospitals Bill, •err severally read the third elate, aid passed. EGOCI BLE SECUR iTI ES :01 IL. On the *idiots or Sir S. Rosaii.i.x, the Nmoeistole grea•- fibre Bill +as trail a second liner, and ordered to be eons misted tu-mor►oti. lltlsll FEVER HOSPItALS. On Ile mention of Sir J. PIEWPOILT, the high Fetter lios putts Bill was read the third time, awd passed: WIDOWS PRIZE RILL. On t►e motion of Mr. ROsirson, the Widows' Prise Rill was read a secant time, aaJ ordered to be contained to. morrow. CLANDESTINE MARIIIAGESRIIL. On the emotion of Dr. Pmet.t.tuone, the Holm*, after a fe* words from Gemmel T and Mr. DICIIINPON, went loon Committee on the Clandestine Marriages Report was received, and ordered to be lakes into further mosaideration to-morrou. FAST INDIA SHIPPING RILL. On the motion of fr CANNING, the Hodge re•enmm►ittrd the Rest India Shipping Bill, and the Dot India Marriages Hill, fur the purpose of introducing explanatory clauses.— Tlw Reports were received, and ordered to be taken into further consideration on Weduraday next. IRISH OISTI LLER I FA Mr. CH (CHESTER presented to Petition from John Thompson►, proprietor of a di►tillery at Carrickfer gus, setting forth the loss and inconvenience which he had ratiered from the interruption of his trade, by the orders of the Bourd of Excise. After argu ing upon the peculiar hardship of this case, he culled the attention of the (louse to the absolute necessity of reri•iog the whole system of the Distil lery Laws of Ireland, and of defining the authority of the txcise deportment, so that it might not egetu be set up in opposition to the evident MM... ing and intention of the Legislature. On the motion of General HART. the Account of the number of Still Fusses levied iu Ireland was ordered to be made forthwith. POOR'S SETT I.ENI ENT HILL. Mr. Lirreii.TUNlrevented a Petition against the Poor's Rites Bill. signed by upwards of 200 iudi 'Moab., in the comity of Worcester. Mr. LVEON present, d r.imilar Petitions from the county of Worcester and the town of Bedford. They were all ordered to be printed. Mr. COURTENAT presented a Petition from the Governor and Deputy-Govrrour of the Poor of Exeter, against this Bull. Si► C. POLE Frivoled a similar one .from Ply month. Jr.N LITTLETON presented a similar Petition from the town of IVolverhasnidon. They wale laid on the titbit. HIGHWAY PENALTIES BILL.. Oil the motion of Sir C. 11ONCK. the highway% Nilohies Bid wag read the third limey and wired, after sr few reorder from Mr. CUaWEN. EDUCATION OF THE POOR. Mr. flaunt:llAm brought up the Report of the evidence given lwfure the Education of the Poor Cutomittee.—Orderrll to he printed. FINANCE. I Mr. mr. ksII.IIF.RT brought up the 11th Report of the Committee of linence.—Ordered to be printed. LEAD MINES ASRESSIITENT BILL. Sir W. CURTit presented Petitions from Sr Thomas Alderson, against the Lead Mines Bill ; and groin the Plumbers and Gloaters residing iii and near Loudon, to the same ettect.—These Pe titions were kid on the table. Sir C. MONO( presented a similar Petition from the Proprietors or Lead Mines in Cumberland send Northumberland ; and one irons Mr. ‘Villium Fuller. praying to be heard by himself, or by Counsel, against the MlL—Laid on the table. Mr. &Inmosr moved the Order of the Day for the second reading of the Lead Mines Assessment Bill. Mr. Mot:Ginn objected to the principle of this Bill. Ile thought it was snaking in legislation • step the wrong way—it ass, in fact, extend ing the liability to pay poor's rates, where, in fact, the principle ought to be rather narrowed. Ile would not move that the Bill be read a second time this day three months, because that would be • di.- lanai of the merits of the meiemre ; but he ear nestly besought the flonourable Gentleman to post pone ally further proceeding with the Bill until next Session, when there would be fair and ample time for snaking the necessary investigation into the subject.— ( Hear, hear.) Mr. MORRET denied that this Bill went to ex tend the principle of the Poor Laws; it merely atilt to peseta the evasion of them by • quibble . of the law. The non. Me i^ j oher then explained the mode in which the mines were issesied, and al- Weil to the interest which one of the l'elitioners, Sir T. Alder - um, had in • mine, which he held from Lord Pomfret. As the law Stood, where the proprietor 'Oersted his quota of dues to be timid Lr , money and not in kilo-, lie evaded the payment of his share of the poor rates. and the object of the Bill was merely to rate the occupier, ...a give hint • lien for the amount on the proprietor, whether paid in kme or iu money. The whole object was to prevent a partiel rxemption. Either the misses thus exempted should he Made to, contribute, or the others not be called oven to pg.—Wear.) Mr. D. GILBERT hoped for the attention of the House, for a few minutes, on two grounds: one was his extensive acqueititance with the whole na ture of these mines ; and the second was, his having made up his mind to give on this occasion a vote which directly clashed wills his own personal inte rest.— f Hear, hear.)—llis full opinion was, that the proprietors ought not to get rid of this assess ment through a legal quibble. On the general principle of the Poor's Hates. Ise had twelve years ago pronounced his oi tttt ion, and then hail almost stood alone in his view of their consequences. The experience of the years that hail since intervened fortified him in his ti,st impressions, and maimed his belief that unless the Poor's Hates could be arrested, they would absorb the whole surplus pro perty of the country, and 'dotage both the payers rod the objects of them into one general despot.- tion.—( Hear, hear.J—The view taken on this subject Isy the Hon. Gentleman oppo-ite (Nlr. Sturges Bourne), had done a great deal of good, and would, he ousted, in the ensuing Session. be followed up by more dec:sive steps than were thought at the outset advisable. —(Nem , hear,) — Hut the c sse in the present cptesti of the mines was simply this—it was the custom of the proprie tor! to reserve a 12th. or a given etwwist of the (Ines front the occupier. and to take it gentrelly its ore—they were fur the last forty years sowers-el for the poor'. rates accordingly, and on the princi ple thest they brought into the parishes e Loge number of labourer-, who, a hen the mines ceased to wjrk, were uniforshly thrown as a burden oil the parish. Now in soots late instances, certain pro- Prittors had contrived to make the reserved dots payable in money, and it was decided by the Judges that a tent of this kind was not ble as the law stood. The object of the present Bill was to put all the proprietors. whether they received their does in money or kiste, alike rateable.-- Ikar.)—The ocettpier *as to pay, with power of dedsictissg from his proprietor—(Uear)-.6sitsd where the proprietor was all advenitirer io working the mines, he was to be rated in the usual propor tion of the reserved does. So long as the one class of mines were called upon to pay, be could see no equitable reason fur etempting the other. Sir C. MONCK professed hidiself hostile to the principle of the Ilill. Lord LASCELLES hoped the IfoUse would agree to the measure. No objection had been urged agaisist its principle. but only against certain clauses of its which might be got sid of. if deemed expe -1 dient, in a Committee. _ Mr. S. Botrufts suppotted the Bill. It did not go to extend the oreration of the Poor Laws, to which he was not friendly. But he could not ap prove of contracting it, which, unless the Bill were passed, would take place. Lard MOS PETFI expressed his sentiments on the question, lint was inaudible in the gallery. Alter a few words (roust Mr. C. LON Sir 3. Gas IS A m propamea, as an aineadinetit, that the Bill should be read a second time this day six month,. The [lowa then divided on the original motion. and the number. were For the pecomi readi ng Against it Mujority Oil the motion that the Bill be committed on Wednemliov— Mr. BROUGHAM said Wednesday was too early. ft had been made an argument fur the second Mg, that persons interested, if hostile to it, might petition at a subsequent stage: but the notes vat proposed was too short to allow thesis to do so. A conversation then ensued between Mr. Morret, Gem Thornton, Lord Loserlles, Alderman IVood, Mr. S. Sumo,. mid Mr. D. Gilbert, when the com mitment was fixed fur ‘Veditesdisy. CHARITIES. Mr. BROUGHAM understood that a sum cnnuoit ing to 120,0004 had been Isequeathe,l n r•unasdera ble tune ago (by, we believe, a Mr. Stothard) to certain charitable purposes, but that, from au error in the will, procerlang from the inexperience of his lep,al advisers, or ►ooze other cause, a forfeiture of the money accrnrd to the Crown, he lonnig Merl without legal heirs. It was hard, he thought, that the rigour of justice should he enforced on such Ull occn•iutt. lie therefore inoterl-- " Thal there be laid before the House, an account of all •ems of matey recciyrd by she csowes, isa (unary tir the *ill of SOIIIII.IO &tabard. —Ordered PRIVILEGES OF PARLIAMENT. The SPEAKI.:II. Own rose to call the attention or the [louse to a subject of importance to their privi leges. The trial of The King against Illercerom, about ten days since, was matter of notoriety. The shore-hand writer of the House had been titpoenaed to give testimony of what had token place in one of their Committees (on the Police of the Nletropo.. lie), and had attended, and given his evidence the Court of King's Brach, without any leave of the House obtained. Having Shift(' so much, the (louse would see the importance of what lie had communicated. He would have token an earlier opportunity of doing so, had he been in possession of all the information lie had desired on the subject; but be had not received an exact account of what had taken place at the trial, till just before lie came in, the short-hand wr ter nut having written out his noteo. It was convenient further to state, that for many years the Journal Office had been so open, that oily one applying for permission to the !loose (which application was always instantly ac quiesced in). could obtain any portiou of the Journals lie pleased. at a rote of 2d. trer sheet. The House iu almost all cases granted leave, when it was asked on supposition that the proceedings were wanted fur a good purpose. The only ca,e in he had known of a refusal, was in that of Lord George Gordon. In one Instance, a request \ ~. kit been m not 014 1.. r twig of the proceed ing.. but also that their slimi-baud writer might be eximined in s Court of J ninice —.Ole had 'web complied with, and it was in the time of the present shaft-hand *riser. Mr. Gurney ; and in excuse for Wistonduct on the pro sent occasino, he was bound to state, that he ( %Ir. (i.) had supposvd nothing more was necessary than thr.stihinemp, and had never be fore this d known that the th e I I ouse had been previ ))) obtained for his attendance. The Muse would see that it was It most 11111/40111411t fluty to protect their own Vlltiles%es at , well as they goo:4MM their 'proceedings, and that es their prp i:redings were lover allowed 10 lie used in Courts at justice with t their 'permission. expressed or implied, the same rule ought to be extended to their witnesses. Mr. tZ. BaTtltlall. then rose, and said that he would *about a retaalution to the !louse on the sub ject to-niorrow. The Report of the frisk Exchequer MIA s till was brought tip 1110 *greed to. SETTLFAHN I' OF THE 1300 R. Mr. S. Bouarri: moved that the bother congi• deration of the Report on the Settlement of the Poor Bull be poutl►oued to this (14 three Agreed to. TRANSFFA 'OF ktdCk, &e. The Tran•ifes of Stock Bill was read s second time, and ordered to be ennnmtled to-morrow. SI A IN nUTI.ES The second reading of the Nall Mien' 111411 was postponed till to-ustorlOW IRISH ASSESSED TAAga. The IriA A.i.e..,ed Tates Hill wail read 114 third time. .4 elatege wn. n l letl , plitaidint that the dillies *Welded in the Bill should ii.kt be Irvied by colleetnis reoi ! liit witisia a certain di.tance of the place from whence loried; slid tile Bill was paned. viNrx:An nums. Thpvin• g ar Ditiirs Bill passed through a Cummittce.— Report to-mot row . TOBACCO The T“haren Importatiou Still passed through a Com m' t Ire —lt. port to. ~,,, rro*. CHcßcfurs. The Committee on the Churches Building Bill (Scotland) st as posl ;word till to-morrow. CUTLERY. The flowe went into Cotniuiitertio the Cutlery Trade Bill. to the Committee Lord Laecri.Les 'tared, that the object of the Bill WWI to provide diet distinct met k. should be im pressed ou erturlra in the trail?, en that the buyer might be •birte tharover the good from the had one. Alderman ‘i Onn proposed a claim., which was agreed In, prohibiting the word" Loudon" In Iw impressed tutu any article in the trade not in maul sired in the auction" city, nuttier reality of 101. fur each offence. After some observation from Alderman ITimin and ►fr. D. 6111.11 PAT the !louse reaumrd, and the &Tint wall ordered for in-morrow. The second reading of the Soldiers' Pension, Bill wax postponed till to-morrow. The Report of the Lsondnii Cod• Busy Bill was receved, and the Ball ordered far the third reading to.nisprisw, if engrossed. The Report of the Irish Excise Licenses Bill was brought up and agreed to—the Hill with the amendments, ordered to be engrossed, and read the third lime to-morrow, if en grossed. The second reading of the Lunatic Asylum Bill was post posed 111 Monday next. The thirst reading of fie Portugal Slave Trade Treaty Bill, wan po•tpuaed till to-morrow. Mr. lAssfitxraws brought in the Eleven Millions Exche quer Bolls Hall, which *as read a first time, and ordered fur a second 'radio: to-morrow. The same Member brought its a Bill for raising' the snn , of 840,0001. by Irish Treasury Hilts, wisicb was remit a first time, and ordered for a aecoud reading to-morrow. The Report of the Encouragement of Partnerships Bill (Ireland) was brought up and received, and the WI ordered for the third reading to-morrow. FF. ES IN COURTS OP JUSTICE. Sir J. Nrw font Paid, that he had intended to bring for ward a motion founded on an opinion in the 10th Report of the Committee of Eistanre, respecting the impropriety of ap pointing persons in official situations, and having u. ronse. ipience other importnot duties to perform, to the office of C.molissiuners to inquire into the fet of Cruets of J ustire— lint from the state of the 111111114 A. if Gentlemen opposite would state they intended to oppose the !notion, he would postpone it. Mr. B. BATHURST intimated an intention of opposing it. After a conversation between Sir J. NEWPORT, Mr. R. PATIIURST, and Mr. 1). 61/.81.11iT, the motion was post poned till %redo, 'Amy. Mr. WCaa►R, after some prefatory remarks, moved fur leave to bring in a Hill to extend to Ireland certain provi. Phlll9 of an API of the English la•glidatori, relitiog to PIO.- elliol6 under the spur twenty-one years, and matrimonial contracts. After some remarks from funeral Tttnnwenn and sir J. NrWPORT, Irate wac given—the Bill b o ught its—tend 6r•t time, and ordered (or a iirrund rending to-mureow. The Hou,e then adjourned. THE BRUISH PRESS. 7 Y IB LON 1)0r4, 0) ••• -24 TUESDAY. MAY '2 6 , 1818. LW night, iii the Home of Lords, the Bill for altering the Regency Act went through a Com mittee. The Loan CnANcF.I.I.oR, according to his pi-ionise, conceded to Lord Gator's arguments the propriety of g ving Parliament the nomination of the additional ,!!embers to the Qv EEN'S Coun cil. Four !Weinberg were proposed and sanctioned by the House of Lords, namely, the Earl of MAC CLESFIELD. the Bishop of LONDON. Lord ST. HELENS.. and Lord HENLEY. The QUEEN'S Council will therefore, in future, folii.ist of twelve Alemberg, among whom, ol Id any vacancy arise, the nomination of a oucces.or will rest altogether with her AIAJESTY. To obtain the other object of the Bill, tor obviating the necessity of reviving the old Parliament, in the event of her 111 AJ s.cry's demise during a diosolotion, the LORD CHAN., t:Lt.og proposed some clauses, which were agreed to—but no alteration was proposed in the preamble of the Bill, although it takes no notice of the moot important part of the Bill. IVe have received Paris Papers of Friday last. A daughter of the Duke of 0111.1'ANS, horn in 'Hatch, 1816, at Twickenham, shed at Neviily, on Thursday morning. The Duke mid Duchess of CAMBRIDGE were expected in Paris on Tiiiiml.ty last. The plague, while it txtetithi itr ravages on the , coast of Africa, seems to have assumed a milder character in Constantinople. There are at present only two sick in the hospitals, and these will, it is thought, recover. An article from Constantinople gives an account of a dreadful conflagration which happened there ou the 3d of April. It broke out in a house near the hotel of the French legation, belonging to a person named Matto ; and made such dreadful progress, that seventeen persons (among them the Princess I)Trsti.auct and her sou, with eight children), perished in the flames. This calamity is suspicted to have been produced by the malice of an incen diary. French Funds.—Five per Cents. 68 f. 25 e. We have received New York Papers to the 24th, and Boston to the 26th ult. The following are eitmets:-- WASHINGtON, APRIL 17. MILITARY PEACE ESTABLISHMENT. After debate a motion was adopted to instruct the Secretary of War to report at an early period of the next Ses3ion of Congrel.s, whether any, and if any, what reduction may be made in the expense of the Army Establishment. APRIL 14. i r esterday, about two o'clocti, the new flag of the United States was hoisted an the flag-staff of the House of Representatives. The stars are twenty in number, and so disposed as to form one great Star in the centre of el blue field; the stripes are thirteen. The law on this subject goes into opera tion on the 4th of July. We have received 11.untrurgh Papers to the 90th instant. They contain accounts of recent events at Algiers. A Dutch Mail has arrived; with Paperi to the 23d inst. , . itstosseut, way 20. His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, who is now here ow his way to Germany, in order to marry the Princess Jf Linangen, is expected to return afterwards to reside in this city. Yesterday the Duke of Yon% transacted mili tary hubiness with the Paula; REGENT. Our letter from Dover, dated May 24 (Sunday), s a y s The Duke and Duckett of CAMIRIDOI7, arrived at Calais this evening, and sail for Dover to-morrow in the Royal Sovereign yacht. Their Royal Highnesses retinue is numerous, with eight. carriages, for the converance of which three passage vessels are engaged at t alais." - The Company's ship G enera l H arr i s arrived a t 'Lowrie on the 92d, and proceeded on her voyage to China the 28th December. The Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to take into consideratien the ditties payable on printed cotton goods, has levels printed. It states, " that the Comtnittee have exa mined evidence in support of the case of the Peti tioners, for a repeal of the Excise duty on printi d calicoes; and they are of opinion that the duly is partial oud oppressive, 'it'd consider the repeal de sirable." Extract of a Letter (ran, the Agent to Lloyd's, at Buenos Ayres. dated I;.tli February. " The English Alsip Mary Ann, iladaway, from Monte Video, to Valparaiso, sent into Lima by the Vengainza Spa nish frigate, h as b een con d emne d, w i t h h er cargo. Tie Hydra, Whaler, of Plymouth, which was also sent in there, ban been released. All the ports in the South American Spanish Colonies, have hero declared by the Viceroy of Lima, in a state of block. m'e, Callan, the island of St. Mary's, and Chdan, excepted. A brig privateer. Chase, master, with NO men, but without papers of any sort from this Government, but supposed to have n commission from Artigas, has sailed on a crater. ShP was formerly a Spanish you'd, captured and cosideinned here; she has no register." Buonaparte's Wealfh.--it is a matter of wrens lation in some of our daily prints. by what mesios Ilcon*earry has acquired the immense riche, which it is said he has lately become possessed of. The eircumnanrev of a draft fur a large amount, signed Napoleon, having b. en presented and duly honoured at a certain eminent Banker's, has given rise to the idea (not at all unlikely) that he had employed an agent In hey Lottery Tickets; and when it is recollected that MARTIN and Co. of CORIIIIILL and FORD-STRFET, lately sold Prices of 40,0001. 20,0001 10,0001. &c it i 3 not improbable that he made his purchases at their Mice; where they hope to sell part of the Three 20,00/. Prizes in the Lottery to eoIIIMCACt 4th of 'vett. Sir ISAAC NEWTON considered the Binomial Theorem or ..... re inntiortance to Science than all the rest of his discoveries. The Co.effleients are of most sxten sive use in whatever relates to Combination, and Truths are sometimes discovered by a mere inspection of them, whob really elicits amazement, as will be evinced in the following instance :—lf you hold Two Tickets or Two Shares in ►lu. Lottery you will have 420 Chances to get either One or Tss Capital Prises in the First Half Hour, on the KING'S BIRTII DAT ; and it is highly creditable to the CONTRACTORS, H ■nd Co. in forming the Scheme on a basis that so much increases the Chance of Adventurers for Capital Prizes. A curious wager was decided • few days since at a Tavern nein. St. James's. A mass of Great Britain happened to be hanging up to the room ; and a gentleman betted his ft tend that he would (blind-folded) in 100 events, prick with a needle upon at least 80 places that had parti cipated its Bistrs 40 Capitals last Lottery. It is almost needless to add, that the wager was won by odds. which was not at all surprising, when it i■ recollected, that neatly ISO places have had Shares, beside, numbers in London, where many of the Capitals have out been registered. - On Thursday last three men were apprehended at Newbury for sbeep.stealing, viz. Mills (a butchi r'. and moms. The former is committed I v Reading Gaol ; the other two remain in custody at Newbury, for further examination by the Al: , straw', as there are several more belonging to gang, who have for a long time infested that m bourhood. Friday night a pistol bullet was fired through one of the front windows of Mr. CUNDICK'S house, in Poplar-row, Newington, which broke n pane of glass, and lodged in the wainscot opposite. Mr. CUNDICK is employed as carpenter for the county of Surrey, and in that capacity he manufac tures the gallows upon his premises, upon which le lons antler; and it is conjectured that this circum stance has drawn upon him the vengeance of s ums desperate thieves.