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t ••• IR% al irked A. Mules Jones, Esq. A 2 2 Ch arW E. }Nina, f-'sq. 12 0 J. Seem Esq. - A 2 2 Non. Eau India Cam- _ tai AZ the table - 1214 lie. edit kid Royal Miskosse the Duke ofChasones A 21 I kteallowey Clouts( de Lines, dm Rosalie Ambassador - - 10 0 ,S.Tborntwo,Raq.V.P. A & $ 4 1rIca Aim. Sir th. Cock- • burn, C.C.S. 11. P. V.P. - A 0 0' Stewart Ilarjoribanks, !Esq. M.P. - -A 10 10 Reght Moo. Lord Gam ble. G.C.B. - 4 11 Sir Wm. Aebberniuttn, Ban. - A >i 11 . T a u Atkisson, A. IS Jeseeth Oougb, Esq. Suable. and Rev. Dr. . Morahan, - A Capt. A. f. Enna, R.N. I II Dr. John Meyer 1 a Tb 6 Merchant Elder brethren of the Tri nity House --1 M 11 1 .Tamels Hubert, ER. A 2 11 L.Alesender, Esq. - 12 11 Jason Agnew, Esq. - 12 II Dr. Cobb 11 12 J. S. Brickwowil, Esq.. 12 12 W. D'art!, tun. Esq. 12 12 William Bolded. Esq. 6 0 M.Weeborongh,Heq. A 2 2 Mr. H. 0. Forssteen A 2 2 Captain O. Skeevens - 6 6 hese Currie, Esq. - 1 0 leseph Pulley, Esq. 6 0 Hon. the Led jifeyoe. - 12 12 D. Ream*, Esq. - J. Thacker, Esq. • Robert Lys, Esq. • Captain T. J. C. Evans 0 R. W. Baxter, Esq. 0 P. Best.y Esq. - 0 11" Km. Morice . 1- 12 Captain Thos. Barrow - 2 21 Illaptain Birch - 6 0 Res. Mr. Crosbie - 1 0 C.forbes,Dart. 31. P. 10 10 zorse Oliver, Esq. - 12 121 .W. Hartshorne, Esq. 12 12' John Nix, Esq. - 12 12 I .£ 852 Ss. 6d. The Royal Navy, the Hon. East India Company's Ships, 31er -01.4nt Shins, and Fishing Vessels, are supplied with stout Lads, who ere prepared for actual service by regular discipline on boaa the Society's Ship, and the demand for the Society's Boys Is very Mott increasing. During the year 1824 Boys sent into the Royal Navy 222 --- into the Hon. East Ind ia Company's Service 227 into Merchant Ships and Fishing Vessels 383 Total - —832 Th benefits of the Society have been extended to upwards of 74900 distressed objects. The Public are most respectfully entreated to consider how great a nembrr of poor boys have been provided for in the Sea Service, who would have been a burtben to their Mends and to the ?üblie, lied how much the welfare of all classes of the community depends upon the pecuniary assistance which may be rendered to further the object/ of this Society ; and it Is to be hoped, that the example of those enlightened characters who have so generously contributed to the support of the Institution, will be universally followed. Subscuottons will be thankfully received by Samuel Thornton, Esq. the Treasurer. 67, Brosd.street ; by the Secretary, at the ce Mee; and by the following Hankins F..ter 'Pole sod Co.; :•Sesare. Whitmore and Co.; Heart, Barnett, lira Co.; Dorrien trull Co.;_ R. Fuller and Co.: Grote and Co.; Gosling and Co. • eve and Ca.; Child and Co, ; Coitus and Co.: Drummond/ and Ce. ; tikes and Co.;• Vern and Co. ; Giyn and Co. ; Martin and Co. ; Durand and C o.l and Hammenler and Co. THOMAS KING, See. Pa 2 l - - 106 0 Right Hon. Lord Vise. Lowther . 12 12 George Harrison, Esq. 12 12 Sir J. Cockburn, Bart. 12 12 Junta b irclt, Esq. . I I John Blades. Esq. - 10 10 Captain Biden - 1 1 Captain Hamilton - 1 R. C. Kant, Esq. A 2 2 T.Brown,Esq. Bath A 2. 2 Captain James Lyles . 12 12 Thos. Snodgram, Esq. 20 0 General Salmon 1 1 William Lyda, Eat; - 12 12 W. D. Follows', Esq. - 12 12 Capt. F. Fellowes, R.N. 1 1 G. E. Downes, Esq. - 12 12 Mr. Alderman Venable' 12 12 William Cotton ' • Esq. - 5 5 William Davis, Esq. - 5 John Goope, Esq. - 6 6 J. Balfour, Esq. A 2 2 Mr. Hodgkin - - 0 Captain Hoogh . 0 Half-pay - - U T. B. - 1 B. MIMI Esq. - 0 J. Solly, Esq. - 0 J.F.R. . - 0 H. C. Chapman, Esq. - 0 John Chapman, Esq. - J. B. Chapman, Esq.. 0 W. Lunn, Esq. - 0 'C. D. Gordon, Esq. - 2 2 M. Gilmore, Esq. . 1 1 Re. Hon. Lord Bolton - 6 0 Vice-Admiral Sir P. Malcolm - - 0 Vent—Col. Gaiukell A 2 2 Chas. Barclay, Esq. A 2 Thomas piah, Esq. A 2 2 G. Barfield, Esq. A 2 2 Sir William Rawlins . 12 12 Augustus Hankey, Esq. 12 12 Henry Gaitskell, Esq.. 20 0 Anonymous . . - 1 01 James Doane, Esq. - 1 0 TO THE PROPRIETORS OP EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND tlonroLoassat, • iHE ELECTION of SIX DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COM PANY p being appointed fee War:o- -l:1AT, Th e 13th of Atoest. the favour or your Vets and Interest is requested for tie following Gentlemen, vie.:— Icistr Straws, Req. JOHN PETTY Maas. TT, JACOB BOSANIMITET. Req. Esq. WK. TAYLOR MOWRY, RDWAIII PAMIRS', Eq. WILLIAM Wroutote, Esq. Which trillionth oblige, Ladies ar.d Gentleman, Your most obedient bumble Servants, WILLIAM ASTELL, CAMPBELL MARJORIBANKS, JOSIAS DUPRE ALEXANDER, • JOHN BEBB, • ROBERT CAMPBELL, WILLIAM STANLEY CLARKE, JAMES DANIELL, NEIL BENJAMIN EDMONSTONE, WILLIAM FULLARTON ELPIONSTONE, JOHN HUDLESTON, • HUGH LINDSAY, • JOHN LOCH, JOHN MASTERMAN, CHARLES MILLS, jun. JOHN MORRIS, /AMER PATTISON. RICHARD CHICHEIEY PLOWDEN, CHARLES ELTON PRESCOTT, HEOROE RAIRES. ,GEORGE,DABOUG RAVENSHAW„. ABERCROMBIE ROBINSON, • S' °BOWIE SMITH, JOHN THORNHILL, SWKNY TOONE. ranit ben Reuse, 30th Much, 1111. 1 1 6 THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. tritium OattSLEDIEN, AVING the honour of being recommended to you by the Din for t of I r ie k r z l i te so t I , itpte Co chose m n pi t r i T s , y as ear C , AweNDl lak ; y_of requesting the favour of your Vote oo the day of • ,•;! 1723sWitstuw, the 13th of April next. We ere, Ladies and Gent'emon, Your moot obedient and moat humble Servants, JOHN BA ILLIE. - 4 - , JACOB BOSANQUET, WILLIAM TAYLOR MONEY, JOHN PETTY MUSPRATT, EDWARD PARRY, WILLIAM WIGRAIL Riot s& Kane. March 30, ISM. - 141Aiiiit SOCIETY'S OFFICE, Btsmordoe,tr-' MITES ' kleacu 48. 11121. Thispleff_last the GOVERNORS of the CORPORA. T/011. d MO MARINE SOCIETY held their, Anniversary et Lunies Tavern. The Company wan numerous and g ad the Right Hoe. the LORD MAYOR took The Bops attended from the Society's Ship, end vilkdg *am ohm HIM% DilMtetlon.llo made I LAW INTFL,LIGENCE. 11,‘4.1 COI.TRT OF CHANCERY, IVIDWISDAY, 31,tacm 30. THE LATE HENRY PAUNTLEROV. IN Tin MATT 11 or NAIIIII. IT RACILY, AND CO. BAY MILUPTt. Mr. Hour wheshed to know whether his Lordship would have ers to appoint a day_to hear ilia petition. th ilirtiDiN ir —Any day you please; Tuesdif VA will be :he first seal. Mr. Roans—Theo the day after the seal, if your Lordship Pleases L . His onnevert —ls there any objection to taking it on the day tretsre the seal? Mr. Hosier —I can't spenk far the Counsel on the other side, Zrut, for myself, if ye.ir Lordship should order it to come on then, shall feel it my duty to be here. Mr. Hratn—l am on the roller side, and I shell feel bound to attend to any step that will facilitate the business of the Court; the oily difficulty I fee! K whether the Counsel ought to attend, s, so to cause yew Lordship talc's one day in the vacation. • Ilia LORD.IIIIIP—Mr. Heald, you mtl, feel Palled?' easy ow tbet point, bemuse I can seam you the rgoineellor has no vacation except the long vacation. If you will lit me know that both sides will be ready on Monday, I shall he hem. I ought to know whether you will be here or not, because I have n rue here on many days when no Counsel welded, althaigh I don't complain of that. )jr. Honwt—lt would be better if your Lordship could fix it now, because I don't see bow CUOMO ere to meet in the vacation 1W the pronse of agreeing whether they w il l be here or not. Xf. flzat.ri--I understand Mr. Horne appears for the peti timers, and if he applies to 1 . .a7e n petition advanced, 1,00 the pan of the respondents, will be ready at any time. Ills Lonnsste—Then let it stand for Monday week. The petition is the petition of the two execatora of Sir Thome* Priscoe (two stock.broker , ), whose stock was fraudulently sold out by the late Henry Faumleroy ; and the prayer is, in leave to prove 'nst the joint estate of Messrs. Mart and Co. It is, in truth, Eonproceeding of the Bank of Engla n d; and the e ff ect of the 's granting the prayer -via be, that the Bank will replace all enact which was fraudulently sold out, and then receive a divi. deed wader the bankruptcy. vs.----- VlA2a3a) and CO. tie Pelting for the Four Twenty Tlarmands , ali in Ore Day, 13th April. Every Number entitled ' Lotteries ' ttirely finish in this 14th API. Every Number entitled brought to • mtiefactory conclusion. - He thought the yuarantine summenuy evittent mat ma regulations or me wilt - amine .aws ttca,cwn a,onipany inn n/ t h e ponds of the Corte Tbretsanely, alb in Ost be, , s to 61. Shares is properties. Lotteries must entirely finish in this Laws as they stood were not only useless but highly injurious ; were unaecessary, and din considerable injury to the commerce of Metropolitan Fish Company 25 1 IOA 1 e h ou l4 be recogt..2tl at their fuil wormy to a few months. Hazard and Co. Alien public Patronage they impeded commerce and gave encouragement to a woes of this country and the world generally. He trusted, when the inquire Pearl Fishery (Yellow) 26 3 17 Ili nominal value. • in%y their Old E sta bli s h e d Offices, Royal Exchan;e•giste 26, Corn. superstition. It was very material to state, that of those who were which he thought imperiously called for took place, that the House Ditto (White) — 17 I and xe, o a read.otw e t, en d of R eg ent-weer, hoodoo ; where contagioniate in 1819, many had since changeitheit opinions • the would not select for the purpose imlividuals with a:'JWII and este. Provincial Bank of Irel a nd Hp 5 7.1 7gt The accounts froth Cadiz state, that great activity i s fee a century they L a v e been pnc,•ceerni - is selling C apital Prizes, number was very great indeed. Dr. slnclean, notwithstanding blished opinions either way, bat those likely to come to a correct Patent Bricks . AP 2 31, inanrested in the repair of th e fortifications. This fact sad where,ia the lactl'ear's Lotter . e.i alone, they sold Fiverrizes of the effects of protrimonal jealousy, had made many convene. Doc. and dispassionate conclusion. Hr toe his part would prefer facts to Patent Steam I 2$ par 211 assei. and 30.0001. linseed mad Co. have agents. in all the phis for Arrnstrotig, of Russell-square, who hu most extensive practice. the opinions of any set of men or physicians whomever. Pearl and Coral 49 4 24 23 2L oectos to corrobor a t e th e re p or t we inen ti une d yesterday • opal soar.try townie especially in fever, is of opinion that the bad cases of typhus have The till was readsteroid nine and committed. Royal Statrary — I di s we: k. tiz. that " the paymePt of the '.: , t•sest of the T • • • . • * , - , -=‘,ll*aus- . • ---.4 "Iiii11111111101$070.;;. - • "WM 1 . " PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE. - HOUSE OF LORDS, WroirEsoey, !Liana 341 Mr. Jalmstene, from the &Bee of the Chief Secretary for Ireland, presented the Annual Reports of the Commissioners for auditing the public accounts of that country, and other pipets, parsuant to Act of Parliament . CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. Earl GROSVENOR presented petitions against cruelty to Sulmals, from the parishes of Richmond and Twickenham,' in the downy of Surrey ; from the parish of St. !lazy, Lambeth ; and Rem Teigomouth and Dawlish, in the county of Devon.— Els Lordship also presented a petition fries the eeleethea. liestdme. mod limped drovers of Smithfield, pearhlgtits , die Pooiskloo of the Bill for preventing cruelty to muk misfit limmairmiell lember *Maude. The Noble Lord obsaved, that the medied mod sacred lirofeasers were anxious to be understood al not eenhil t ermfuri- Mama on animals to the extent gmerrdly supposed ; t , was by ahem considered as the most painful part of their profession, and etaii used when the most beneficial results were likely to follow. In consequence of some informality in the petition from Teign. Emeriti and Dawlish, it was withdrawn. STATE OF IRELAND. The Marquis of LANSDOWN said, that as the whole of the evidence taken before a Committee of the House of Commons, on Ilie state of Ireland, had not been..laid before their Lordships, in .sequence of its not having beep fully reported to that Home *hen it received their Lordships' Ateasage, he would now !neve, *at a Misuse be sent to the Mese of Commons, requesting *Wes of such further evidence ea had been since taken. The motion was agreed to.--Adjourned. IMMIX OF COMMONS, WeDousost. Miacu 30. .- . al W. WILLIAItS brought up aBM to enable the Carrel Rope Backing Corneae, to sue and be seed in the oaref . 4, D . —Read • first time . n e , r DIJN DAS preowned • petitiee from the Proust vali ' of Edinburgh against the Leith Dodo Bill.—Oa to lie on the table. W. SMITH obealese keys to bring in a Bill for the MA. Il e . r t oll of the Ttetie Seam Came BRIGHT Om penipiemoed iml emoting Rah at itiFIT - ess, le t e: ( el the Mttro poli M taa y Fib Cotopany. Sir H. y PARNELL bump op the Report of the C,omosittee ell the state of Ireland.--Ordeted to be printed. Mx. KENNEDY brought up the Report of the Geolelllieeip , the Salmon Fisheries.—Ortimmi to be printed. • F ASSESSED TAXES. • Mr. )lABERLY presented a petition from the parish Of Rt.' Luke, praying for the repeal of the Assessed Taxes. DUTY ON GLASS. Sir M. RIDLEY moved for a Return of the amount of duty ro.. mired, and the amount of kairjoeck returned on glass from Jet. nuarY. 1854, to January, 113211.--Lthdered. Mr. BENETT presented a petition from Robert Ohm*, complaining of delays in the Court of Chan,sry, and that the; Lord Chancellor should be removed from his oSee.—Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. HOBHOUSE presented two petitions, one from the over t seers, and a second from the inhabitant householders of Chelsea, 'against the Chelsea New Church Bill.—Ordered to lie on the table. WES? INDIA COMPANY. Mr. F. BUXTON rose to fis in t some explanation from the Hon. Member fon Orampound ( Ir. Robertson) ronsequesce of something which had fallen from the Hon. Member last night, during the discussion which arose on the West India Company Bill. The Hon. Member said, that he (31r. Buxton) was the champion of all the new Joint Stock Companies. He (Mr. Buxton) now called upon the Hon. Oentleman to retract this ex pression, or explain the grounds on which he had used it, as it was an imputation that he (31r. Buxton) altogether disclaimed. Mr. ROBERTSON said a few words, which were inaudible la thexallery. He was about to proceed— • The SPEAKER rose. He would put It to the House whether it hu consistent with the forms or orders that a discussion like this should be entered upon. (Hear, bear.) He did not consider that such a discusslon was at all consistent with the orders of the Hou.e. (Hear.) Mr. BUXTON said, he bowed with much respect to the deel sion of the Speaker, and as the Hon. Member had entered into se explanation in another place, he felt the less reluctance in prosily his question now. Here the conversation terminated. ELECTIVE FRANCHISE. Mr. CALCRAFT rose to request the Hon. Alember for the county of Stafford (Mr. Littleton) to postpone the discussion on his Bill for altering the qualifications of Freeholders. The Hon. Gentle. man's motion was fixed for the 14th April, and on that day there could not be a very numerous attendance of Members expected. The regulation of the exercise of the elective franchise was too im portant a question to be debated on a night, wbgn only a thin at. tendance could be looked for. Mr. LITTLETON concurred with the Hon. Gentleman in the importance of the proposed motion, and was ready to postpone It until whatever period showld be considered mos: cooreuient. STATUTE BOOK. Sir M. RIDLEY gars notice of a motion on the 411th April, for the revision and consolidation of the Statute Book. EDDCATION IN SCOTLAND. Mr. KENNEDY moved for certain Documents relating to the parochial education of the poor in Scotland. The returns were re. quired to specify the number of boys educated in each parish, and the salaries and emoluments of the mosters.—Ordered. POOR LAWS. Mr. COURTENAY moved for certain Accounts concerning the poor laws and parish overseers.—Ordered. SHERIFFS' COURTS FEES BILL. The Sheriffs' Courts Fees Bill was read a third time and passed. QUARANTINE LAWS. Mr. C. GRANT moved the second reading of the Quarantise Laws Bill. Mr. Grant said, the great objection to the quarantine laws as they now stood was, the expense incurred by the owrers of • and the delay occasioned by the present mode of enforcing the quarantine laws. The Bill now before the House was intended , to obviate these objections. Mr. J. SMITH gave his cordial approbation to the Bill then before the House, and although he entirely concurred in thinking that it was extremely useful, yet he only allowed that it was useful, so far as it went ; for, in his opinion, it would not have been unsafe be have undone all the old quarantine laws, and to have carried the present measure to a much gieater extent than was at that time in contemplation. When be referred the House to the opinion given hr Doctor Maclean, known to ma y Honourable Members, he felt convinced it would have that weight to which his professional eminence entitled it; for he was a man who had much more fre. *sent and advantageous opportunities of studying that-complaint than fell to the lot of many. The question before the House was one of evidence and of fact, and he therefore hesitated not to dr liver on it an opinion, for there was po one accustomed to compar ing evidence and estimating testimony, who might form a rational judgment on the subject under consideration. It is generally un derstood that the contagious matter of the plague—the virus of the disease, is conveyed through the medium of clothes, and cotton. and other goods. However unqualified he might be to give an opinion, he would say this, that he had given grew attention to the subject, and had taken great pains to make himself acquainted with it, and he would now state this, ac his deliberate opinion, that no contagious disease whatever has been conveyed from one country to another through the medium of articles of merchandise. A neighbouring country, Holland, might be said with truth almost to have no quarantine laws at all, for their regulations ex. tend to a detention of only three or tour days at the most. He had documents to show that recently a s'ip arrived at Amster. dam, having a foul bill of health; still she was detained only three or four day, yet no ill result ensued. The cases of those en.ployed in attending the Lazarettos was another instance to sup port the position for which he contended. At Marseilles, though there is no port more liable to it, there in no instance of any of the persons employed as expurgators having suffered since 1729; and Itiffatory ar the erent said at ?five occurred itrrhat year Wily answers itself, for it says, that the person who took the plague fell dead on the spot. But that is obviously ineonsisteot with the general history of the disease—the man must hare died of apo plexy, for she plague does not produce such instantaneous death. Though the plague rages at Constantinople for Tery long Periods. yet the Cogee Pacha, who is entitled to the clothes lof those who die, never fails to avail himself of the pee. quisite. .Often three or four thousand a day are taken sick at these times. It was particularly worthy of observation that the plague ceased altogether at Constantinople so soon as the weather changed. In the month of October the plague disappeared. Those, who have been in Egypt too, and some Honourable and Gallant Members had been in that country, cook' bear testimony favour. able to the views he took. There was another fact of the utmost importance to a just opinion on the subject ; it was that from Alep. po, where the plague was frequently very prevalent, caravans with merchandise were despatched to all parts of Asia, without has having the effeend spreading the plague. There is not one ht. l 'mm oof the plague having been conveyed under such circura. stances. As to the plague of 1065, there were many who doubted whether, in reality, it was a plague. It certainly could be sull. eiently accounted for by the manners and mode of living of that period; It was well known that the - Presence-chamber of Quails Elizabeth was strewed with rushes, end when the food and brutal habits and want of cleanliness of that period are remembered, it must be acknowledged they were sufficient to account for the con. sequences which followed. He then referred to two reports on the subject; the first of which appeared to be favourable to his opi. Mons ; the latter, he admitted, was founded upon the evidence eel those whom he might call eontasionists—those who were of opi. I nion that the disease was contagious, and might be conveyed by means of merchandise. .11though they agreed on the question of contagion, yet they differed most materially amongst each other as to the nature and symptoms of the disease. His chief object in thus calling the attention of the House to die subject was, to ex press his earnest hope that the inquiry might be renewed and brought to a satisfactory conclusion. He thought the Quarantine Laws as they stood were not only useless but highly injurious ; THE BRITISH PRESS. the mesa syeaciuna ii the plague. In Persia, the 'gavels not hymen hiss Turkey, though the trade between those eowntries is reify =termini. He concluded by expressing his strong wish that this latish/ should be renewed at the proper time ; at present he did net wtvh to throw any obstacle in the way of the present Bill. Mr. WALLACE was of opinion that the subect required much conaidetation ; and as to the inquiry, be thoug ht it should not be immediately entered on. There were very considerable doubts en tombed by those examined I and he should therefore have great difficulty in agreeing to remove all quarantine restrictions, so as to i deprive the public of the safeguards that had heretofore existed, Mr. GURNEY, in the course of a few observations, adverted to the differences of opinion which existed on these points, and con lauded that at certain seasons the climate of some countries might, opeesting with other causes, have the effect of generating the dis arm He was sure that, with such powerful authorities in favour of the doctrine of contagion, no one would wish to run any risks—to do any thing that might incur the hazard of introducing such a (setae. Mr. HOBHOUSE rose, to give his opposition to the prin ciples promulgated by his Hon. Friend (Mr. H. Gurney.) He could not agree with him in his opinion with regard to the alleged contagious quality of that dreadful distemper, the plague. It would be found on a more careful exatninatton of the facts, thnt the characteristics which diseinguished the great plague of i.e.. don, were such as were ,peeralfy found to accompany epidemic disorders, and were not at all applicable to diseases propagated by the medium of contagion. That heavy infliction broke out in die ferent quarters of the metropolis simultaneously, was more den structire to new cemers than the ancient inhabitants, and (What wee I. worthy of remark) cased at once when apparently at rtrl i m7 br lght: and at a time when 40,00,1 persons had been recently deitseed by the disorder. It was precisely similar in effect to the ravages of the same disease in Egypt; and its operations were only Is be accounted for on the principles ahich were common to Other epidemics. Supposing fora moment that it were a disorder likely to be spread by contagion, in what way could the fact be accounted 'for, that many parts of the city end its vicinity (Hampstead and Highgate among the rest) were never visited by it, notwithstand. Ing the communication was constantly kept up between those and the infected districts, end there was an utter absence of all pre caution ? Tbia was also the ease in Egypt—the disorder was con. fined within particular eimits. and terminated suddenly when at its • lit—geherelly at the time of the fall of the Nile. It had introorn to reachbeyond a certain line in that country, a taste attributed by the natives to superstitious causes, but thought clearly assignable to atmospheric influence, and the of contagion. The eery same prejudices formerly existed respect to the yellow fever ; and Dr. Rush, after having foe =ears malotained the contagious quality of that disease, cams and candidly acknowledged his mistake, and recanted MO ,qtr declaration. He hoped the propagators of the contagious vs. at the plague would In like manner see the erroneousness of . , and retract it. Indeed, the doctrine of contagion, es at the plague, was a perfectly new doctrine. It had no or existence prior to the Council of Trent, when it was 111111itrtbliely promulgated. The disease had been regularly on the asermse for these many years; it was expiring by degrees; and pee in that, as in every other respect, strictly regulated by the pheromerm which applied to other epidemics. He do. the belief of that absurd doctrinethat the plague eould ride li ptrpagated after a lapse of 14 years by moms of linen rap, Adel hr 7 years by cotton. ' It would be well fee his Hon. Frie d OM pawner himself to be terrified by this rag system any longer, himself by attempting to provide ageing' evils which M actual existence. The facts of the plague haring been kept Mitiatthe Neapolitan territory by means of a cordon of troops, were Is hie mind extremely inconclusive. He had a much more decisive argument on the other side afforded by the plague which occurred et Malta in 1813. During the continuance of that plague there sere some spots where every individual who took the disorder died, and others where it had been attended with no fatal effects. The fact was, if the plague were a contagious disease, the whole of Tue. key would have been ere this depopulated, for no precautions adopted in that country could guard against it. Out of 19 medical attendants who were exposed to the influence of the plague in a pest house only one took the (Heartier, that individual (Dr. 31• Lean) did not live in the hospital, the other eighteen constantly residing in it. (Hear, hear.) That was a strong argument against the alleged contagious nature of the plague. He called upon the Hon. and Gallant General (Sir R. Wilson) to state his opinion respecting the contagious nature of the Hague in Egypt. Many individuals, among the rest Bonaparte, lad exposed themselves to the 'plague without expericneing any pre;udicial effects. Thr doctrine of con tagion appeared to be losing ground; fever wards were abolished in hospitals, and physicians were become more enlightened onthe sub ject of contagion. The yellow fever had been long considered con tagious, but was now admitted to be merely epidemic ; the typhus fever in like manner was now admitted not to be contagious and that disorder was nothing bat a species of plague. lie hoped his Hon. Friend would give up the doctrine of the contagious nature of the plague. But if he, in common with the old women of the king. dom, continued to frighten himself with the idea that the plague would be imported in a bale of cotton from Alexandria to Liverpool, then Government were peefeuly right not to take the entire raison. sibility of the repeal of the quarantine laws upon their own shoal. dens. The regulations adopted in Malta a„-ainst the supposed con tagious effects of the plague cost upwards of a million, arid WWI worse than inefficient. When the subject of contagion W./ discussed before the Cortes, nine physicians had expressed their opinion of the contagious nature of the fellow fever, but they were left in • very pitiful minority. At Barcelona 14 or 15 physicians gave • directly contrary opinion on the subject. The fact was, he (.Mr. H.) entertained less respect than might be imagined for the opinion of physicians, one way or other, on a subject like the present, which was purely a matter of observation—of mere human testimony, and not a question of medical science. Before a Committee of the House testimony had been gives by a physician, in which the learned doctor stated the plague had been introd uced into his Majesty's ship Theseus by means of five infected persons who were received on board. This was all very well for the contagionists till the sur geon of the Theseus was examined on the subject. He had been asked if five persons infected with the plague were received on board ; he answered they were; it was then demanded it they had spread the disorder among the ship's company—the reply was No, —no such disorder occurred. Titus it turned out the alleged tic; was no fact but a fiction, and what would hare been a main sup port of the contagionists had it been true, proved the strongest argu. meet against them, because it was false. He did not wish to de tain the House longer, but felt it would be injustice on a subject like the present, to omit mentioning the name of Dr. 3l'Lean with that degree of respect which his exertions deserved. Future ages would look on :hat individual as a benefactor of mankind, and I place him in the highest rank of those who deserved well of their country, by serving the general cause of humanity. in contributin,e, at great personal hazard, to explode vulgar and hurtful errors. He concluded by hoping his Honourable Friends who opposed the re peal of the quarantine laws, would at last be convinced of the mis taken nature of their opinions, and be enabled to sleep in peace le their beds without being haunted by what was called in Turkey the yellow hag of the plague. Mr. T RA NT, from the experience he had had of Egypt, did sot think the doctrine of the contagious nature of the plague to be ex. ploded so lightly as had been attempted by the Member for West. minster (ale. Holthouse). la Cairo the plague generally broke out' in that quarter of the town occupied by the Jew!. who were there, as here, the principal dealer; in old clothes. This circumstan: e could be best accounted for on the principle of contagion, the noxious qualities of the pestilence being supposed to remain in the articles of dress worn by the diseased. He could assure the Hon. Member (Mr. Hobhcnise) that the plague was not confined by the line of demarcation lie appeared to imagine. It had passed Judda, the supposed limit of its influence, and reached as CRT as Mocha. It was not his intention to soy he thought it necessary to adhere rigidly to all the regulations provided for by the Quarantine Laws ; umber in his opinion :!could they be rashly or inconsiderately re pealed. Sir R. WISON had gone to Egypt with a conviction of the con tagious nature of the plague, but his apprehensions upon that sub ject had been removed by the circumstances he had personally wit. nosed in that country. Out of two corps of the English army, the one which was stationary at Alexandria caught the plague not with. standing every precaution, and that the disorder had not manifested itself previous to their arrival. The other, which was a movable corps, passing through a country where the plague raged vehe mently, remained entirely free from its attacks. He had known in stincts of persons vetreetted died of the plague being buried in their clothes, under an idea of the contagious nature of those articles of dress ; the bodies had been disinterred, and the infected garments worn by individuals, who experienced no bail effects from the prac tice. (Hear.) At one period the plague raged violently in Cairo, and the citadel was wholly free from it, notwithstanding no pre caution was used, but constant communication kept up with the in. remit quarters of the town. He thought such facts as these suffi cient to remove the prejudices existing on the subject of contagion. He was desirous of a regulation to prevent official persons at oft. ports front deriving benefit from the provisions of the Quarantine Laws, and making them subservient to purposes of monopoly sod private advantage. Mr. PELL said, that it must be allowed cousiderable difficulty and doubt existed as to the propagation of the plague by contagion. The Hon. and Gallant General (Sir R. Wilson) attempted sit pound his theory of nocegontagion upon the evidence of facts. That was certainly the safest way of reasoning, if the facts were fairly stated and the coneequences rightly deduced. Of two divi sions of the army in Egypt. one was stated to have suffered by the plar,oe and the other, more immediately exposed to its Lifluence, escaped. The Gallant General appeared to suppose the existence of the plague was attributaide to atmospheric influence rather titan to contagion. How did it Moppet; if this were the case, that the sol diem reaped while passing through a district the atmosphere of which had generated the plague among the inhabitants ? The atmospheric influence was supposed to affect the rustives ; why would it not also affect the soldiers in the same degree 1 Sir R. WILSON said, the phenomena of the disease were of ouch a nature that persons remaining stationary in a piece infected were liable to the disorder, while those who were only passing through it escaped. Mr. H1..131E knew two or three instances of individoals who had arrived at Constantinople from villages at a short distance which were infected by the plague ; those persons neither communicated nor were alleited by the disorder during their stay in Constantino ple, but no their way ba c k they took the plague. lie thought it sufficiently evident dot the vegetations of the Qti irantine lows were unitecessary, and did considetalsie injury to the commerce of .. .. - . . • ---- and •• - - ~~~ A message was brought dow limn the Lewis, inforen/og_the Rouse that their Lordships bad agreed to the Wins Duties Bill, the Consolidated Fund Bill, also to the flaJedoniss Casa Com pany and several other private Bills. They fu, ofthe evidence takes before the Select Committer quire into the state of Ireland, which bad been 1 table of the House. IRISH FREEHOLDS. Sir R. WILSON moved for returns of the number of freehold ers registered as entitled to vote in each county in Ireland, distin guishing the number of those possessing freeholds of ilia a year, those possessing 2W. freeholds, SOL freeholds, and upwards; dis tinguishing also, as far as was practicable, those claiming a tight to vote in right of leases for a life or lives. (ruin those possessing es tates in fee, and the total of each class.—Ordered. POLICE BILL. On the motion of Mr. Secretary PEEL, the liaise went into a Committee on the Police Magistrates' Bill. The Right Hon. Gentleman said. that it was frequently necessary for the police to attend places of public resort, to protect those frequentinc them front the deprolatious of pickpockets and other persons of that description. Such attendance was a great expense to the police ; he whiled therefore to move the insertion of a clause, empoocinr Magistrate; to swear in as special constables any persons whom the proprietors of these places of public resort2Venehill Gardens. for instance, or such places, may appoint. These constables were to have jurisdiction only in the places for the protection of w hick they were sworn in, and their appointment was to be tor a limited period. Mr. BERNAL, in reference to that clause in the Bill empower ing Magistrates to add the punishment of hard labour in cases of conviction fur certain misdemeanours, expressed a doubt if Magis trates, after some cases that lately occurred, would wish to use or Me armed with such powers ; it would be casting a serious responsi bility oil them, a responsibility which they would not be likely to wish for, considering that they were plac ed under the eye of the public press, and therefore of the entire country. Mr. Secretary PEEL said a few words in explanation. Mr. H U.tl E suggested that sonic clause should be introduced in the Bill, providing that no Barrister be appointed to the situation of Police Magistrate, unless he be of a certain standing at the Bar. Pointed Ird on the --- Mr. Secretary PEEL, wished to have no positive enactineOt on that head ; he thought it would not be too much to test a discre tionary power in the Secretary of State ; a power which he was sure never would be abused. Indeed it had always been the nil. with his predecessor in office, and he (Mr. Peel) never deviated from it except in one instance, not to appoint any Barrister whe had not been at least of three years standing. The only exception to that rule, was the appointment of a Naval Officer to the Thames Police-office. as it was thought tit to appoint some person acquainted with naval affairs. A strong objection also of tic lion. Member's suggestion was, that it would, if adopted, have the effect of limiting the number of persons eligible to the office or Magistrate. After a few words from Mr. HUME, the Report was agreed to, and ordered to be brought up to-morrow. FELONIES PARDON BILL. Mr. Secretary PEEL moved the Order of the Day for going into a Committee on the Felonies Pardon Bill. Ile said it was his in tention to move the insertion of a clause, remedying a most absurd imperfection in the law as it then stood. The evil was in itself a positive injustice; for instance, if a man commit three offences, the two first of which were of a very heinous and aggravated na ture, and the third but one of a slight complexion, should it so happen that he was convicted of the last offence, and plead benefit of Clergy to it, he at once became clear of the former tao. Now, the object of the amendment was, that this pleading benefit of clergy to any subsequent crime, should not render him dis punishable of former ones a a similar character. The Right Ilonourable Oentleman said, that nothing could become extraordi nary than that the law should hold out such advantages to the oldest offenders. lie therefore moved that a chase be introduced into the Bill, limiting the Benefit of Clergy to one offence of the I same nature. _ . The Report was then agreed to, and ordered to be brought up tomorrow. .------. THREATENING LETTERS. On the motion of Mr. Secretary PEEL, the Threatening Let ters Punishment Bill was read a third time, and passed. FISHERIES. Mr. BROODEN brought up the Report of thc Fisheries Boun ties' Bill.—Lid on the Table. EAST INDIA JUDGES. Mr. C. WYNN brought in the East Iruita Judges' Bill. On the motion of the Right Honourable Gentleman, it was read a fiat time, pro forma, and to-morrow was tined for going into a Com mittee on it. COCOA DUTIES. On the motion of Mr. HERRIES, the Report of the Cocoa Duties' Bill was ordered to be brought up to-morrow. SIERRA LEONE. Mr. HUAIE postponed to the 14th of April, his motion for papers connected with the past and present state and expense of the settlement of Sierra Leone. _ . Mr. HUME then moved for a return of the number of persons tried under the sth Geo. IV. chap. 26, distinguishing those tried In a summary way before Magistrate., and those tried at the Ses sions before e. Juty t distinguishing *len the n”rnbcr found guilty. —Ordered. BUBBLE ACT. Mr. P. MOORE postponed to Monday, the 18th of April, hie motion for lea* to bring in a Bill, to alter and amend the 6th Geo I. commonly called the Bubble Act. The Honourable Gentleman said, he was induced to do so from some communica tions made to him since he came into the Howe, which led him to expect that the whole btiiness would be amicably arranged to the satisfaction of all parties. DUNLEARY HARBOUR. Mr. BERRIES moved for and obtained leave to bring in a 8111, enlarging the powers of the Commissioners appointed to construct a harbour to the eastward of Dunleary, commonly called the harbour of George IV. BILLETING OF SOLDIERS. • • Lord PALM ERSTON moved for and obtained leave to bring In • Bill to regulate the rates of money to be paid to innkeepers and others on whom soldiers may be billeted. The Noble Lord subsequently brought io the Bill. It was read a first and second time. OF WAR (INDIA). Sir C. FORBES postponed to Monday. the lath of April, his motion for Returns connected with his Majesty's ships en the East India station. BRITISH GAS LIGHT COMPANY. _ . Mr. P. MOORE presented a petition against the British Gas Light Company Bill.—Referred to the Committee on the Bill. raloss Or OH Aft ES Y ESTk; RDA r. MINES. Snare. 'PAL Peeirs — Taia Per Share. Angio.3lexieso.—... la 86 90 824 85 Anglo.Chihaus. Brazilian. .......... ..... 100 6 174 18 18 174 17 Chilian Chilian and Peruvian Company 5 84 General Mining Assonance—. IN 5 HI Hibernian II 4 41 5 Pasco Peruvian lO5 5 lii 181 194 19 184 Peruvian .. .. .. 110 6 24 Si - 3 I 3 Royal — 1 9-1 G e die Rio de la 100 5 001 22 ....... 400 20 191.1 United 40 20 25 Ditto New 49 S 20 Welch Iron and 24 5 24 CONPA VI Es. Prowtox 20 2 d die Oat LISZT A.WD COKE COMPANIES. Continental . 100 8 1 Provincial United General 4O 12 • letsCßLt.rissors. Atlantic and Palk. lO9 10 f Aouralian —. 100 1 27 23 British Iron Company lOO 6 4; 5 Canada Company lOO 10 23 30 Canaille* Engine 5O 1 1.1 3241/ j I Colombian Apical. Company 1100 5 IA II; 11 15 Equitable Loan Bank 5O 1 14 Gas Engine Carrive lOO 1 4 General Steam Navigation lOO 5 L Gold Coast Association lOO 5 14 Great Westminster Dairy 25 2 dis Ilib. Jai nt.S tack Eanki ng Com — I Imperial Distilliity Lamina Brick Company 5O 1 ) 1 1 4 31es icon Company lOO 10 b 4 Metropolitan Fish Company 25 1 10A 1 PRICES OF FOREIGN Di All t l to tri A an Bon cc 24 "I Brazilian Bon& 87* Nino Scrip (IMS) 11 pm Ditto Acct. 9 pm Buenos Ayres Bonds 904 Chilliest Bonds 90 Ditto Acct. 901 liolombien Bonds 91 904 Ditto Bonds (I 824) 80} Ditto Acct. 904 90 Danish Bonds Ditto Narks &loco 1111 Ditto Scrip (1896) A 4 4 dis French Rentes 122 f. 6Oc. 75c. Exchange 251 10c. Greek Bonds 511 Ditto Scrip (18214 5 41 dis Ditto Acct. If dis :TocKS YMTEIt DA 1". !ilesieart Bonds 80 791 I Ditto Acet. 801_ Ditto Scrip (1111) 0/ I pso par Pm Onto Acct. 01 pm 1 4 par Pm Neapolitan Bonds Peruvian BondsB74 61 7 Ditto Acct. Portuguese Bonds 90! Ditto Acet. Prussian Bonds Ditto Bonds (1828) lON Russian Bonds 44 Ditto Acct. PSI Spanish Cons. TN Ditto Acct. SI Ditto Cons. (1813) 184 Ditto Acct. 181 nritiffit THE .47107 ROYAL, DRURT-LA.V E. On MONDAY NEXT. April 4, wag be performed PI ZA It Mo. , Marro, Mr.Yaignim; Ro:ta, Mr. Wallach g Morten. Mr. Archer. Z:vlrs. We. Dunn g Cora, Mrs.W.M ear. After which (first timel a new Drama, ea:lM Alloy HASSAN. The Ob enure and Musk composed by K. M. Von Weber. The (*fifth. Mr. Dadford; Abon Hassan, Mr. Horn; ZaLuuc, Kr, Harley. Zulinta, Miss Oraddon. TIIERTRE On MONDAY NEXT, April 4. trill be Parton:nag PIZARRO. Pizar:o. Mr. Bennett: Rolls. Mr. Young; Alonso. Mr. Casper. Elvin. Mrs. remelt ; Cora. bliss Lacy. - - - - After which, ALADDIN; Or. THE WONDERFUL LAMP. Aladdin, Mrs.Viaing; Kazin Azack, Mr. T. P. Cooke; Abanaaar,, Farley; Barrack, Mr. J. L THEATRE ROYAL, Ie.vGLIWII OPERA HOUSE, STRAND, PASSION WEEK.• This Evening. THURSDAY, March 31, Being positively the Lost Night, LECTURE ON ASTRONOMY AND THE Si RIXTURI OF T*R UNIVERSE, Tote delivered by Mr. BARTLEY. ADELPHI THEATRE„CTRAND. POSITIVELY THE. I.AST NIGHTS. This Evening, THURSDAY, Werth 34 and SATURDAY, April Y. M. HENRY announces, that in consequent., of numerous Inquaries for THE LACOHENG GAS! He will Exhibit It on the above Evenings. When he will repeat his SECOND ANNUAL LECTURE, under the title of TABLE-TALK; or, SHREDS AND PATCHES Introductory of hie new and uncommon Illusions. wonderful Meta morphoses, Musical Glasses, &c., in the course at which he will Mtn. duce several new Deceptions, which have never been performed. In the course of the evening M. Henry will attempt several Melodies on the Musical Glasses. To conclude with Optical Illusions, and the Flying Heeds and Dante of Witches. SADLER .S WELLS WILL OPEN on MONDAY NeXT. April 4, when will be performed a nen Curnle Introductory Pasticelo, called HERE HE ARE; Or, THE OLD SH'P NEW TIMBER'D. After which a new Burletta, rolled VIE GREAT GENTLEMAN IN THE LITTLE PARLOUR. conclude with a new Melo-Dramatle Romance, called BEAUTY IN A BOA; Or. THE FOUNDLING PIN RCE AND TIM VIZIER'S DAUGHTER. THE A I'ol, LONICON. lIIISISDIATIS PATRON'AOS 01/ HIS Ida.lllllllll. On SATURDAY NEXT. at Two **Clock, The following SELECTION of MUSIC will tai perforlbed by Br. I'UNKIS on the APOLLONICON, a Grand Busiest Ilistrumeut. Invented and constructed by Mows. Flight and Robotic, Organ Builders, lot, St. Martin's-lane:— PART I. Ov, rture, Occasional Mandell—Ale, • Hush, ye pretty warbling choir' I Ehubdeli --• Gloria In excels's' Wergolese)—Alr. In native trotth, with honour Clad.' CreaUon illaydul—Chorus, ' The marvel lous works,' Creation (lia/dn). PART 11. Introduction, and Selections from the Creation (Haydn)—Mymn of Eve (Dr. Arne)— rrio. • My soul with rage.' Mount of Olives (Boothe veal—Song • Rejoice peatly• tHandei)—orsnd chorus, • ihnstojas,• Messiah itisindell. Nat. Mr. Purkis's Performances will be continued every Ilattutlay div!trit the geIVARI. The Mechanical Powers of the Apollonlcon are exhibited Daily. from One till Your (except duting the time of Mr. Purkls's attendance). performing Beethoven's Fla ccichnit Overture to Prometheus. Moroni Overture to Zauberdote, and ydn's Grand Military Movement from his Twelfth Symphony, in the execution of which It has bean honoured with the sancti o n of the most eminent mechanical and musical men of the age, and is allowed to possess a grandeur and variety of effect, with a preeision and a delicacy of expresilon, sops. Slur to any other Instrument in Cer,4. The Musical - ranted for and set on Cylinders by Mr. Plight, Dta. - --• The &SIMS Pius' comMenced pabliatting yesterday morning/ at five o'clock. LONDON, THURSDAY, MAacx 31, 1823. The Paris Papers of Monday are quite devoid of political . intelligence. The diplomatic conferences at the hotel of the Prince DE NIETTERXICH continue; they are attended by the Russian, Austrian, and Prussian Ambassadors. It is not known to what object they relate. It appears that strong and active endeavours are making in Germany to suppress the publicity of the proceedings of the Legislative Assemblies. From Madrid we learn that several changes have taken place in the Spanish Ministry. UGA ATE is dismissed fir his incapacity, and Lopez A LCARAZ is again placed at the bead of the Finance Department. QUESADA, it was ex pected, would be appointed Director -General of the Royal Infantry. Two battalions of provincial recruits had ar rived in the environs of Madrid, where they were waiting to be equipped from France, in order to form part of the new Royal Guard. There wes no longer anything said of the evacuation of Spain by the French troops. A com plaint has been made by the Charge d'Affaires of France against the late pamphlet of M. Heamositta, in which he justifies the outrageous despotism of FE RDIN •N D by a comparison of its proceedings with those of the French au thorities during the reaction of NIS. Though a good un derstanding is still kept up in appearance between the Courts of Lisbon and Madrid, it is believed that they are no longer or: friendly terms. The relations between the Papal Court and thet of Paris seem to be on the best footing. At the last Consis tory, held on the 21st it:W. at Rome, the new French Bibliopi were duly acknowledged, and the Prince at Caw, Grand Almoner of France, was named Cardinal. IFroin the Courrier franeeir of Monday FRAIIITOUT, MARCIS Y. We learn front Statics:a, thaeis that town, se well as in all the kingdom of iVirten•herg, alarming reports have been circulated on the new dangers with which the Commodore' Government* of • Germany are at present threatened. Some pecans affirm, that or the requisition of the great Courts, the publicity of the delibera tions in all the Representative States will be put a stop to. There is also a talk of retarded elections of the nomination of Deputies, foe long periods of interval., of several years between the assembling of t h e st a tes, whose sittings will besides he reduced to the smallest possible number. The good Wirtembergers hope, however, that their Sovereign, who hos hitherto distinguished himself by' the title of the Constitutitsbal King, w il l rot consent to destroy of devote his own work it woudl be much more frank, and in ac cordance with good faith, to declare once for all that it is Intended to resume absolute power. Publicity is the essence of a Repro sentstive Government—lt is as much an integral part of each a Goverment. as mystery is to despotism and the Inquisition. FRENCH Ft7WDS.-I'AI. lkilk Reif 28.—Five per Cents. opened at 103 f.; closed at 1821. 70c., Bank Stock, 2,030; Iter.te de Naples. Certifies,. Fakomiet, 901. 70c.; Rente d'Espagne. 110: R o y a l Spanish Loan, 1823, Eli. Exchange on London, one month. 23f.; three ditto, 24i. B.."e.—(beer Anthralipee, Merck 28. • We learn that the rieociation for the new Spanish loan . is still continued I.y the came capitalists by whom Mr. Ga cooky was despatched to Madrid. One of the princi pals has returned from Paris, and it is understood that he brings word that U. 11F: VILLICE is exceediagly desirous to have the contract made on such terms as will re-esta blish the public credit of Spain in the money market. The anxiety of the French Minister to attain this object, has been a principal Laus.: of retarding the conclusion of the negociation. M. n► Vitxxxx is rightly of opinion that the bonds of the Cortes should be recog,L:zed at their fuil ARMY RETURNS. Lord PA LMERSICtSiIiitIO; the tableeertain Returns from the War-office respecting the sums disallowed its dm arrear depart. man. REGENT'S PARK. Mr. HERRIES mo;edfo;irtdObt.;;;aleave to bring in a Bill. enlarging the powers of the Commissioners appointed to regulate the keeping of the Regent'► Park. and the lighting and paring the adjacent streets.—The Bill was read a lint time. PROPERTY OF THE LATE KING. Mr. H r:ti reM6ll4 in eifilf to amend the Sikh of George IV., being an Act to regulate the disposition of his Majesty's proptriy. The Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. The oti.cr Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adji,urnrd at I QUASTER TO EIGHT. PRICES OF BRITISH 3 per Cent. Cons. 93i 93 Ditto Acct. 931 Now 4 ner Cei , i. 1031 India Bonds 77 7l pat India for Amt. 280 STOCKS YESTERDAY. South Se* Stock Ex.8i115,114.1.000/. 65 6663 pm Ditto. SOO/. 58 66 63 pm Ditto. 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