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tuspicts. The.ernelties and ex dreaded, notild not be committed, :he Government placed in their Itleman had to-day Observed, that re been more improperly chosen the agitation Of this important present but he seemed to have was the speedy expiration of the compelled the Company to bring the notice of the Legislature. :fire claimsof the East indiaCom- I of the Charter, Nv ere founded But be was anxious that some tained in the. Petition, centra r y !ions, shottld not be retained.-- ;isted of the following words njustifittble in the Company to :o any system Nvhich they haVe reason ,to believe will prove an :ctors, with whose name we Are .enied that the word unju . styiable the Petition. It had been but was, upon consideratiOn, !gge4l to fv:k the Hon— Member tained his information, because hitherto been kept secret from tors. The Petition was then 'e passage alluded to thus corn-: Petitioners submit that they fled in becoming virtici," &c. that time verb instead of the ployed,. only rendered his re- He should feel him (ti of private conthiehce were 110t ktI . C)Iit he source o f hi s ; but .tl4lO I "'ll(Asible that it might be interme (ell44:itom the 'Honourable Director The 11 1414 , . t irec tor thought the last remark of Mr. .inclecothus. His previous ob .of `tire extraordinary, but this was the -Propriet , ' 111. reply was dictated to it. he Director from .on to ,Mr. Hume. Honourable Gentle ,h be had to-day, .ailed to the Court, discussion,her . and .cijournment. the breaking up of ,equence• of the .re , luckingliamshire, ct to answer ttie ar m adolticed in their discussions on the S. This deputation length, which was to-morrow he pub however,-be now wo letters, one from lekinghamshire, and from his Lordship, also be laid before irdingly read by the ist of the principal tee colitended they lthe last very taco exertions, and pro.; it be taken into the Government.' , ill/Tuesday. , AssoutTioN • roi, TIM - BENEFIT or 'rill: MANUFACTURING AND LABoURLNG POUR. li ng wits held yesterday at theTreema 'ern, Of the Nobility, Gentry, Uttnkers, `'. and (Abel s, ttOicar the Report of the ), -Of th e Association, relati rift to what had and what y e t rema i ne d ti) d o, in ei.,..- . ;if titt!. benevolent object o f the I ns t i t ut i on . • it.' highness the Duke of York was to have ,Ile Utah', but hi is Royal flightless the Doke :thended in his place, stating that' his ',. t her wa's pre.v ented from being present by "i fPablic iluportance, Ilis Royal flightless ,tTeedetl to Lute to the Meeting the reason tic eolled ; and having alluded briefly to • . I : kli al' object 'Of the ..l'issociation; be went ,:, that he ivished it had been in his power Lit,itt their exertions were nol,:n ei -,er needed, ;I t 'tqr folulA were_adegnate'to the necessities , I r i l l'ilr relief. Mitch , llowevi.:r, had been W, W ()tildopi{ear flout the Report which the ould - ,ead 'to theta ; and one great Oh clatour was 't o ortrilde for the ertannfac 'llabotiriug poor, some particular kinas-:°f at a elksalvirate. With thiO v i ew , parti :T.on hod been bestowed. npon obtaining ihi l * ll l}PlY of f's w h, inhich they bind f.,,t4'ktinees 'success'ittl, .1-..1e bad the satisfite 11-'Nt - Il gtalso,that f Ave ht:;lily beneficial result 4,1'4 . 44'6rts bind .b,..en tlic e.' :;'....ablishinen,t of . Si ; ris n diflerent towns' and . counties, ti tl'e r el/t ,',l ) 4il b i'l tiie at tAininent of tbe sante' bene, ti t ,,' tti4l,t, et - . A • opinion had gone forth, how ti.„ L iltal „.,.'n consequence of some changes in con:. 4 tre gilairsthere t , ‘,... , • - trii the slime , t)t,, 1 4 , 1 , , , , no ~....nt4 cx!, .. 4,. 41 t:iv t ) ,,%1t thv Committee had carried on a very f i ii: l t t ), - „"'tqOtalence with tilt. chief mannfoe ki,!- 4 t l- 1,,,",s tbrongbout the kiugdoin,.and the re -1111 pri.vol.ti correspondence proved that . th ere did V - t . t Wi ls II ! ''ory general and . severe distress .--- t • Hilit, , :11 ) Y to lull, that a prejudice, which V l :t fo'rtrtv.x‘i•ted against this association at . its , 11, t ,','"‘, 'tha t 1) ; VA% IIOW quickly rOtOovmg, ,` ll (4 41 , 4 t. had soine connexion with poll -01,44) 4°l,'.That impression kept. many front be i t , th ir assistance : but there scents now sel..ter'erll belief, that their olfect was, and ~y lik i . 0. • 1 . -ter u , , ti!‘ve the distrkses of our Inltittfite -4,i11,114441:t1112.1/_g_ 0)0 %4 ,Who . t . v ' ere thus preindiced . ti l l thre ai i):": .. ll , ‘ now si:tin g beside him (Mr. - 413_11 ill I,„tvil:,.."'.'..wilose mis Conceptions he WaS Zt()1•kill ctie, i , : . I k.rnOVed, as he' expected from b is it tb it ,, 1 ,11",tronr,vi. arguments and perstia 4, . it. could en,: i '''' ' . • " lii Ne 01)i ect of 'I ) ( I' , ~o r p ,, rsevertng in the ,iktiq„,, the li th institution. His Royal 4'14,114Q1), si.4,:til ..o.7ed, that the -Secretary (Air. . ,„,v, vivo h ad 1. ,,!!::" 1 the 'Report, which would 1 , ; -,..1 iie lt er , rt „. I =',! I ilone by the COlTittl it tee. i•-:t1riti1e...,1441?" l hilliv u v e , it .. " N g vh - r 0 e3 . 4 . ~ a gentleman of ' the Or 4, 0 ,'reyor, b rit - , l elwesented himself uti.a m nten - ; ‘ 1 " 1 °, n'e were informed, woo, ) rat "Iti'llirePer at Brighton, rose to address the Meeting. What he said seemed to have. very little coh4ency, and he was &died to order once_ or twice; and at last sat down without con veying any impresSion of what he meant to say. WIITTBE.EAn then rose and observed, ,that hie; - for one, had' certainly entertained an unk 7 vourable opinion of the objects of the association . , and bad abstained therefore from lending it his countenance, so fir as that could be of any import ance. His, Royal Highness, however, had done him the honour to explain what its Object was, and finding that object to be single, he most cheerfully allowed his name to be put down as one of the Committee, and paid his subscription : nor was be without bimpe that the Withholding his name, in conjunction with the names *of 'some' friends with whom he acted, might be productive . of good, effert, now that they were given after deli., berateiinquiry, andibetter means of simulating others to bestow both their time and their Money. moving that the It eport be adopted,hebegged tosay that he concurred in all its statements ; and he wish ed partictilarly to enforce upon their attention the advantage which would result front each member. of the'Committee bestowing as much of his tune as he could in the application of the funds. It was a solace to the poor in the hour: of distress, to find themselves, the objects of compassionate solicitude in their superiors.. It soothed their feelings even more than what might be bestowed upon them. — Nor should it be forgotten, that in aiding the ma nufacturers the country in general was benefitted by enabling them to purchase the necessaries of life, those piths of the country which produced those necessaries were assisted. He himself lived in a county where there were no manufactures, tend there the soil was iinprdved, and the rents enlarged, by the demand in the manufacturing districts for the produceof the agricultural ones. But how could that demand be kept up, if the loom was st ill—if the shuttle was not cast—if the hammer did not sound upon the anvil ? Their distress must be great, and it had been increased since the commencement of this institution, by the badness of the harvest.— He approved highly of the labours of the Corn-' mittee, as they appeared in the Report, and espe cially of that part which' enabled time poor to pur abase, at a moderate rate, the necessaries of life. 'What a man gave but : a farthing for, he would consume with more economy, and with more gra tification, than ten times as much, if given as cha 7 rity.- It was of importance to cherish .that feeling in rt man, and therefore he was more especially pleased with What the Committee had dime, in • buying provisions so:as to retail them to the poor at as price withio their scanty means, He con cluded, by assuring the Committ ee tip. Isis own time and attention ; and moved, that the Report should be received and circulated. Sir TiiriMAS UERNARI) then 1110Ved the first Re solution, which was seconded by Mr.Ro\vcroft. Mr. W. BooTLE moved, the second Resolution, approving of the labours of' the Committee, and it was seconded by Sir Thomai Baring. . ' , His Royal. highness put the questioti---,he as sured the Meeting, that the Sub-eonunittee had taken all the trouble off their hands and be felt, ,that the thanks belonged rather to them than to the Col.unittee. A Gentlemen now addressed the Meeting, in a speech which resembled railer a dissertation upon war and pea ce , l and political economy, than argu ments applicable to ,he purposes for ‘vhich the . .A.setubly was held - The third Resolution was moved by Mr. Mills, antl seconded by Mr.Wilberforte. His Grace the Archbishop of CANTERBURY I en moved the 'Thanks Of the Meeting to their il- Inlaious Chairman,, with at elegant encomium upon the_ promptitude which was manifested by the branches .of the Royal Family to stand forth in any cause of charity or benevolence. Lord TEiqNstotritt seconded the motion, and his Royal Highness returned his acknowledgments in a very few words, observing . , that it would be his study to continue his services to the Com mittee as long as they Were acceptable and called. for. 1.1, 'Meeting then broke up, and the untierr stood that about 10001. was snbser;bed in the• room.. It was strongly reComniended•by the IllustriOus Chairman, that every ihdividual shoul►l exert hini sett in his own private circle, towards the' further ance of the object or the Institutron. I still under their ai lAi turtions so much d even suppsin,, ti if hatuis,--une larellt 1 I l' '''''' nu time could have 1 !,.11 Ministers, for (o)sestion than the °Atbrgotten, that it s.l4srter that had c 1 " 1 11,,, subj ect tinder , iirlie thought that tl ft, t a fly to renewal oli Rriet j ust i ce, :m , 1 1 4ositi nits coa , ispevious asserti e' %t of these consi 1 I:it wool(' be tin t or, ''tulle partici tc 14, . ti„,t bes t founded r 14 t$Ion," One of . the Dire, ,iii.„ SA itittainted; de t t u to be fonrut in NOY inseeted, I 44. tv°l4ll4ll. He bell " i `N lie hullohta , f tl't Fttitifill had ii 'l:* 411114 the Direct , lei '' 4rt l ti t an , i th tsi lk d 1 ) e, ;•-." The ri 41';inkl not he instil i , r• ifustt itriarc K' p ti‘lieclivt Leitur nut tq Eat 1.1, ' , t Illtie NI , 13 . 1 "Nil 1 , 4 1 ty of a brtn 0 K. to telitlottti.„ . ~,t it vp,„. - r l3 tr t7;01 . (111) arY, o npropriet y. 0: • ti )e rell • txplained that his r eply •t ir I.ok which gave rise to it. L ,ilin gan ,lNGLis vindicated the I 14(41 ed any information to i r thquarter Lipplied the 'lotion o the particulars which he ienous .c.sions,„.rietailed ." fm'Aitn deprecated further di ..14 e r ; the propriety of an adjourn' 44, Notts, anterior to the bi ri ; that in consequen i t' ( -n "'t(ion of the 1:;arl Iluckin Atittee had been appointed to al ,'!'.4ts of the Out-ports, as atlfil daring the farmer discus \va l (lithe Cltarter in 1793. T I • ifl• Ade e press Rep,oandrt o w out greldat lelino ` l , the title of which should, hots He alNo Wished that two lett • - slairrua ll , to the ILarl of Bitekingl °L" - ,:‘)Poer to the Chairman f rom If 4 , 1 / 4 to this il e p ort , should tiiso They were according] the first, contained a list of its which the Jonimittce co factorily auswered,'ancl the i s l AaniKed,theni for . thcir exertil the Report .sho u ld b e t • , „-r,t consitteration of Cloven ;1): - \‘4,o then adjourned ASSOCIATION Toil Tny. r' 441 1) " • NET.II 4 1,11 . 1. MAN AND LABOURING POOR, 1 1 ,. !! ' t ke e • wa5,11:401,„ li ng W held yesterd a y a t i'd'. .f7 : 44 0 14 , 1 ' e rn, Of the Nobilitj,, tent i ttii rtiii l t ts, and (Abets, to- hear the I 4ti of t heAs:mci , ition, relatin Nttrr '' .and what yet remained t (~ifiht, benevolent object of ti Highness the Duke of Vui' but . leis Royal I figh yaii2,titendC!.ed in his place, sta' IS o f , pre.vented from bei Ap r , I id)be, oaportauce, llis Rt iceriled Ms- t* t• il)6 1 ,„. to ',tate to t ie. ee ealled ; and baying anti/ ,',]Jy4v!uiat object'ef the Associa tlyti,,(', that he wiAeti it had bee ttl it tlieir ocetiolls t ere no.l, b tlr u , - • iiii(lB we"e-aderinate t 'keit . tl relief. =low ts„.t t , 4 w "old appea r frOnt the Rep t . t t l l / 1 ' ‘,llnuld - .cad 'to tbetn ; and I*, At a el ' wa's o oroVide for `sit,444l.4butiriug poot:soni!.. parti ,91'4,tta %ti on • ). hod been bestowett t lIWI stippfy of t.-,h, which the ij . t hef t4 ' jl4tiitees 'succesttii, hall aiso, t h at „,! „.111.„ h OLD BAILEY, FEL 17. The Sessions commenced at Xlistice Hall this day, before the Lottn May ail, Mr. Baron Woon, and Mr.. Justice Ilkvbey, when several prisoners were died,. but .none of them capitally convicted. Sarah Condo' was. indicted for stealing 12/, in Bank-notes,.from a person of the name of •Gvif- Nits, privately in his thvelling, , house. The Jury found her guilty' of the larceny only, and recom mended her to mercy on account of her youth, being nnlg 14 years old. .coney,, a soldier belonging to - a rei:;i fitent of PragoOs, was indicted for stealing two five-pounds, notes, in the dwelling-haute. of Martha StOakes,- at_ Hampton ; but the evidence. of the prosecutrix not bringing the charge home to the prisoner, the ury found a verdict of Nog Henry Hitchinan, it servant to Messrs. Hodges, distillers, was Convicted of stealingspirits, their property. iVnt. Norris stood charged with a highway rob bery, in makiug an assault, on the 'King's high way, on Matilda Ryan, and taking from her a mantle and a pocket handkerchief, The only part of the case proved. was .the taking the hand kerchief, and thattint with violence, front her per son; ,so that in conSequesee of a most excellent (Intruder .which the prisoner.received front eight ,respectable persons, he was fined- a shilling, and allowed to' go with his friends. It is supposed that tlu North West rishei.y will produce to tho•se employed therein this season, upwards of 40,000/. :Not a thiy pisses that from 30 to 40 boats, full laden, the produce of one night, do not arrive at Our quays; and so fillet! are the nets with fish, that the fishermen are fre fluently obliged to cut them, in order t 6 take the fish' on-board. They have, lowered in price from 31. to 1/, 10p, per thousand,—Connaught Journal. It is stated in a Philadelphia paper of the 17th ult. that a very extensive forgery of British Li °ewes had been discovered at New YorV, M PERTA L PAR LIAMEN T. . HOUSE OF LORDS, WEDNESDAY J FEE. 17; "Ciransel were heard at great length on the Trish Appeal Cause, " Gore v. Stack'poole, - Sir S. and-Mr. Richatls. for 'the appellant, and Mr. Hart as leading Counsel for the; re'poutlent, The farther hearing was ajjourned till eleven o'clock to-morrow. Lord ELIOT took the paths andhiS scat. • CATHOLIC CLAIMS. • Lord Rota. 4 presented 'a Petition from the -City of Exeter, prayitig that those may not be acceded to. Ordered to lie on the table. Lord Viscount Strmourn presented one to the same effect from the Township of Leeds, Yorkshire. The Clerk Was 'proceeding in the general way, to read the Petition shortly ; when Lord IfeLLANro . observed, across the table, it possibly was the Noble Viscount's wish, the *Peti tion shook! be read short. Lord Viscount Sinstount begged leave to set the Noble Baron right in that respect; it was his. decided wish, that not only the Present but every petition. Of the kind should, he read at length, for the attentive consideration • of the House. The Petition was accordingly read at length itset forth, among several other paints, that the sufferings of Protestants under Roman Catholic domination, were too fresh in their minds not to contemplate, without emotion, the possible suc cess of their application to Parliament ; and the conviction of the Petitioners, that a Protestant Government could be well regulated only by a Protestant Legislature and Minsters. The - Petitioo. being fully read was ordered to lie ' on the table. The Noble Viscount presented a Petition to the like effect from the Bailiff, Magistrates, and Bar gesses of the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, in bnilliwick assembled. The Petitition was stated by the Clerk to be under the corporate seal. The Petition being read, The Duke of Noriporx. took occasion to in quire Of. the. Noble Viscount, whether he intended to bring forward to the House any motion or pro ceeding founded upon these PetitionS ? Lord Su?stOurti begged leave to observe, he saw no feason why that question should be put to more than to any other Peer in that House. With reSpeet to the Petitions, he had been .re qUested.by the parties to present them to their Lordships ; ai proceeding which he did not con- . . ceive authorized any Noble Lord to inquire of him : whether he meant to take any steps in con sequence.: The Duke of Notasout, in answer to what had fallen front the Noble Viscount, said he conceived from the; usages of the House, he had a right to make such an inquiry from any Pter who laid a Petition, before the Honse. He thought so, and therefore he ventured to dolt. With respect . to ime or more' of these Petitions,' he Observed; it . was asserted by the pe t itioners that the Iri'sh Ca tholics, with respect to political power, were in possession. of their full rights.- That lie denied : t hey were not, for instance., into either ' tiouse, of Parliament; and though . they had the power of voting or Members of the !loose of Commons, they had no vote for Reprewntative-s in that ot thew Lordships. Viscount SIWIOUTLI agreed with the Noble Duke that he was intitled -to make such inquirieS generally ; but in such case, 'to put the que•Jtion to hini inure than any other Member of that House, who had presented similar Petitions, was what he doubted, With respect to the ob servations of the Noble Duke, in reference to the. allegations of the Petitioners, he must remark, they were statements of the opinions of the Pe• itionerti upon those important points. The No- . hie J)uke, seemed to entertain a contrary one, and so far as they Were at issue. He could not avoid deprecating a rigid scrutiny of the language of such Petitions. What objections might not be taken to the contents of the Petition if examined' word by . word. They s h ou ld b e construe d i n a more liberal spirit, arid stone indulgeoce in that point of view should be shown to those who came fOrward in the character of VetitionerS, Lord HoLLAtro -Was of opinion that, particu larly on a questioti of such great importance, it was ><t matter of serious 'consideration ,with the House,' whether the allegations of Petitioners were true or false. 'He was, howeVer, not awilee of any great degree Of scrutiny being exerci,.ed at his side of the; House, in that respect. As far as his own knowledge went, the .country was cer' taidaiy divnkd upon the subject ;, but not so as to - . be very , WH.1;11) upon the question. But when pains appeared to be taken to give colour to the sense ;_lo expressed . , he thought it regal proper the ilothe should urilec,itand the grounds'upou 11, , aieh Load it4wtso..,LE deprecated ,;tly thing like a too close or ; .:try scrutiny into the. Lin guageof petitioners, as; such itittst, to . a twain extent, operate to deter them from coming for ' word with their complaints. .What theSe peti tioners stated, in his mind, was correct, nameiv,, that these Catholics were in the ]enjovment cal - their personal rights and civil privileges. Fronl'a participation in political power, it was the object , of the petitioners to exclude them. He was of opinion, -with his Noble Friend, that the language of petitions shoidd not be too el,,selv scrutinized, and more especially was he adverse to the impu .tation of any opinions or character which did hot belong to them. No one .could fairly charge Mali With a want of liberality towards their Catholic fellowsuhjects ; but he must declare his opinions, with these petitioner, that to-grant the coneessious which were now desired,. %void(' be totally incon sistent with the political establishments of ithe country. The Duke-of NORFOLK • aita Lord Rtqw.snALE. spoke respectively in explanation. The conversation w a s d os ed by . the LoaD CuAt;cp.r,Loa, who said, lie should not bare Iron. bled -their Lordships with a word upon the pre sent occasion, were -it not to observe, in conse quence of something: that appeared in what had Just passed : that whatever the sense Of the cowl ! : try may be upon the very important subject to Which the Petitions rgerred, it must be a matter of great satisfaction to every one of their Lord- Ships to have seen the•'nioderation and tem per 'with' Which that great question had Bern discussed out of that 'House ; and the opi- , pion of the parties hid befoi e them. And he was confident.that alt their Lordships would fee, ott act, whenever they should be called upon to disi cuss the question, with the so.me temper an& ino deration, which had so happily prevailed respect ing it hitherto. The Petition was ordered to lie on the•table, as. was a Petition presented b , : the nishop of Ox vORD, from the Debtors eo:liine4l in the- Jail of that City, praying relief. _ _ Mr. Arehew., from the Board of Controul, , pre sented at the bar certain account., les:fleeting Ow affairs of India; directed to be laid annually be fore Parliament. _ • # • Adjourned till, to-morrow, - when their Lonl ships stand F mrimoned for the roiniideration of the: Pliperi before the !louse, rdative to theNeguch,-; tinns and hostilities with America. HOUSE OF COMMONS, WEDNESDAY, VER. 17. The Call'of the House was postponed sill this day se'nnight. Mr. BLACKBURNE presented a Petition from the inhabitants of Lancaster against the Catholic Claims, which, after an observation from Lord Stanley, was laid on the table. ..111r..AnEacitomatE presented a -Report- on the subject,' and tibiained leave to bring in a Hill' for regulating and improving Covent Garden Market. Mr. CaoitEß presented the Ordinary Estimates of the Navy, which were ordered to lie on the' ta— ble, and to be printed. The _Copper Exportation Bill went -through Committee. Report to be received on Friday. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ,brought in it Bill to repeal the Starch Prohibition Bill of last Session, Which was read a. first tine. Second reading to-niorrow, • Mr. BEN w ier, after some preliminary statement '3, and noticing what he thought a'deficieticy in the military returns before the thnise, which shewed ,the amount of casualties,' not by actual' statement but by eomparison, asked for an explanation of the circumstance of there being tiOUO men fewer than were accounted for. Lord PALMERSTO,II said, that the real easnalties were more,tban reported in these returns, and the,' way to' ascertain them was by referring to the ef fective force of both years, and striking the ditle renee between them,, adding the numbers raised by. recruiting to the latter year, thought every man ought to be directly accounted, for one way or other. Isord,PAL,NtERsToN obServed, 'that the returns from distant,parts were not yet received. Mr. BENNETT' said, the mode pursued was falla cious and unintelligible. Lord PatmEes - rox replied, that the Returns were froM ,the Adjutant-Generals, and the-best that could' he given. if the lion. Gentleman thought they-were deficient, he' - bad better make a motion on the subject.-,--Lliere .the eonversr,tion dropped.] • c pregent,Cti all ACCouot. of . MC.' ney required by the StureLeepet-General.--Laid, on the tuble. Mr. %Vault appeared at the Bar, with the names of Members balloted to try.the merits of the Sudbury Election, Petitiou.—They Were 1 . 01- low Mr. !oh') Hotigml, Mr. Robert Abercromb y' , Mr. Joscph Pitt, lion. W. L. Tim ha t s C, Mr. W. Richardson, Mr. 11-1. Clic:heti, : Mr. John Egvrtori, Mr. 5, Round, Mr. 0. 11. Rove, Col. Orerington lilumhln, Mr, Wrn. Doug!as, Mr. lonathatt &title. Mr. , Mervyn Archdall . ____ _ T.ELimts. Mr. J. L. Lockhart, Mr. T. S. Gooch. PENAL CODt:. Sir S. liomim.y rose, pursnaut to. notice, to draw the attention of the.House' toward some amendment in the renal Code. The measure he had to propose had twice .received the sanc tion of the notise, :once without opposition, and by a great majority, but had been rejected by the IliniSe of Lords: If he. thought that bringing the part he now intended forward, could • be deemed arty wautof respect to, that high quarter, it would give him notch concern, but lie could not believe that it could be so taken. The onan' then detailed the history of his former Bills ; and as be wvrma adressing.a New Parliament * . recapitulated most of the arguments by which he had formerly supported them. Of the three namely, that to do away the capital punishment of Stealing to the aniount ; of live shillings in a shop, warehouse,, out-house * or stable,,. and that to antke a similar enactment with- regard tr, ste ding forty shillings in a dwtdling,house ; - and that in . the same way allectiug:stealing . to them amount at forty shillings on a navigable river, &c.; his in- • 'teution, at thiS time, was only to retain the first;; which had even been thought by those who op posed the measine, to be the least objectionable. Ile confined himself.to this, as _he was desirous of exciting as , little opposition us: possible, The principles on which he defended his proposition for the passing of a Bill were, that time penal lawn existing against this Offence Was so severe, that it was not intended to be execnte-d, and this;, he-ciintended * ought not to he the ease. 'l`h, hoi sitould- be defined and applied, and not lett in a state.of doubt and uncertainty. !Che object alt itiNITS was to prevent crime, not this, lie argued, was_ not calculated to produce that elfeet, and lets . quoted Mr. Burke .as bolding the same opinion with et*ard to law4.not executed being absurd, — The punishment was too serene for the strati of five shillings worth of lace or ribbon was not a sufficient graund for Inking away the life o f , t man being, unless accompanied by sonic gross laid extraordinary aggravations, The eiliieeof such . - law, never executed iii the memory tit any one who heard him, had been to : augment the number of ofince. He then alluded to the ease.of Winter, Allen, anti Taylor, lately.execnted, and rebutted any objection that could be made to the Bill (not now proposed) for doing Away the capital part of the punishment for stealing to the amount of forty shilhogs on board a vessel, Ike. Although, if that Bill had - passed, a Crime of this magoitude would have escaped the severity of punishment,