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the Ru«nen cloth could have been nsamillictured with the coarse foreign wool had the tux not pre. vented its importation; so t h at the contract might have been executed, the masinfactUref employed, and a foreign trade iiiiraird."—(iit,ar./ . Mr. STUART WORTLEY confirmed this fact, and said, the low price of the coarse foreign .4001 would have enabled the manufacturer to realize a good profit from the work. The Petition was then laid on tire table and or dried to be printed. PETITION FROM HUNTINGDON. Mr. BROUGHAM Nod he had received a Petition from Huntingdon (we understood), that stated a case of certain abn•es in the Corporetion of that town, which. if proved. would lay a foundation fur N motion in the Court of King's Bench: lie there fore ',egged leave to decline presenting the Petition to thit Muse. Ile took this course from sin di'. rerpect to the Petitioners, nor disbelief of the prayer of the Petition, for in fact be had formed no opinion whatever on the merits of the case. Thought the House had en unquestionable right to intrirr.., yet ualess there was an extraordinary case made out, lie thought it better that matters of this kind should be left to the ordinary tribunal.. Tie did not like to are that House called upon to act i., ill.. first instance, utiless peculiar grounds were laid to call fur ilioir interference.—(dear.,/ NEW POST.OFFICE. ilr. GORDON said, that iii the Accounts he was about 1., fume Inr,'reopecting the New Pust.Office, he merely wipliril to know if there was any truth in the rumour, that the City of London had raised an additional sum on the Orphans' Fund to com plete the building Whatever objections he hail to the mode of arranging the building of the New Post-Office, he had still more to ail. mode of bur dening the Orphans' Fund. The Him. Member concluded by snowing fur a return, sheering the progress' made ill building the New Post-Office, and what steps hail been taken to secure a compe tntinu for a plats among erchitects, as well as esti mates of the exprittes.—A greed to. CIVIL LIST.—HEIZEDITARY REVENUE. S•r HENRY PARNELL rose, in pursuance of the not►er he hu'l guru. to move fur accounts skewing ►he expenses of the Civil Guyer .it of the United Kowtow. and the amount of the Hereditary Re teque. The House would perceive that three ac e-mint* were 1101 like the ordinary annual act-outdo, or votes, which periodically came under their rs -000000 atoun. bus, on the contrary, the moment the bargbiu was swede foe the new Civil List the arrange- Went was Baal, snit all opportunity of effect ing any alteration was pawed. lle thought that before this great question was rule into, it would Lave been deemed advisable to have reprinted the Report of the Committee of 1815 on the Civil List ; a. the regulations at that time made formed the basis of the New plats, it was but reasonable that the grosissils on which they were made should be fully under.tood by the House. With a view to the in. fortuitous' he was desirous to obtain, lie would first ask thin the House should be put in possession if the whole nature of the settlement of the Civil 1.54 its 1816, founded on the Report of 1815. Ile !should then inquire what additions had been made to the Civil List during the late reign, and al at charges had been transferred from it to other luinls, and what was the expense incurred by such trait-fetch During the same period it was also de sira/de to distinguish what had been the produce of the hereditary revenues from the other sources to which lie had alluded. He wanted in fact to know, what lied been the total expense of the civil govern ment of there countries, for those acquainted with the sestiect knew that the whole was slot paid out of what was callwd the Civil List. That fetid, in fart, bore but a small proportion to the total ex pense, which instead of being a few hundred thou sands, would prove on inquiry to be little short of 4,000,0001. This large ainoutet was provided in a variety of ways—it came out of the civil contingen cies, the fee fund, and several inhere. If the entire funds for the support of the civil este blishenei,t of the Gaversisnent could be brought under their view, he felt convinced that many use ful retrenchments could be made in branches of the expenditure.—(Hear.)—The House, for instance, ought to be made sequinned with the funds of the officers employed in collecting the hereditary reve nues. and if this were done, lie thought many re trenchments might he made. bideed the Report of 1815 strongly alluded to these reirenclunesitr. He should move for returus from the Alienation Office, the Fee Farm Rents Office, the Crown Lands Office. the Woods and Forest, and Lund Revenue Offices. The expense which is defrayed by the public ought, he thought, in all its details, to be kuown to the public ; the hereditary reve nue* should in all their branches he kilo's°, and the suns arising from the Duchy of Lancaster mid the other counties palatinate. He repeated that lie wished to see the recommrodationa of the Report of 1815 carried now effect in the best manlier poi. tilde fur the public economy of the country. The Hon. Baronet concluded by moving. 'that there be laid before the House an Accaunt of the several advances made to the Civil List during the reign of his late Majesty, and the trninifees made there from to ally other fund, together with the charges sttendsng the same, and the provision made out of the attuned parliamentary grants. On the motion being put (ruin the Chair-- Tile CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he menet oppose the How Gentleman's motion, as the gieateat part of the information sought to be ob tained by the prodactinu papers we. already before the House, in the I{r ! •ort of the C , an flee appointed in the Session of 1815. The official eetabh►hments alluded to by the lion. Gentleman, formed no part of the Civil Lien, and as the accounts relative thereto, are annually laid before Parlia ment, there could be no security for their being now produced. With regard to the Report of the year 1815, he believed there might be sufficient copies remaining fur the use of the Members who' might be inclined to wade through such a subject ; or if not, there could he no objection to. have it re printed. He concluded by mowing the previous question. Mr. TIERNEY was persuaded that his Honour able Friend would nut preys his motion if the in formation he wished fur could be obtained from the snuices which the Chancellor of the Exchequer had pointed out. biI•CALCILEFT said, that with the uuderstauding ifiw. _. • that the Report of 18 t 3 should be reprinted, if necessary. there could be no necessity to &tails the House. 'Sir Hamar I'A.snELL did not press the House to a diri. . OFFICE OF CLERK OF THE PEACE IN IRELAND. Mr. CA I.CRA FT. iii the absence of a Right Flan. Friend of his (Sir Joho Newport). hrgg.d to move for letter to bring in a Bill so regubtte the Office of Cleek of the Peace in Ireland.—Leave given, and Mr. Calcraft and Sir John Newport up. pointed to prepare and bring in the Bill. CIVIL. LIST, REVENUE, AND EXPF.NDITURE. Mr. Hume ►aid, that he was persuaded the oh. jection which the Chancellor of the Exchequer had made to the production of the pigpens moved fur by the lion. Baronet, would not be applicable to time fur which he now intended to move. The House woald certainly he anxious to obtain all the information on this important subject, before pro ceeding to settle the revenue of the Sovereign per -111:111C11,1y. The Report alluded to by the Right Hun. Gentleman contained the information up to ISIS, and what he wanted was is continuation of the accounts up to the .sth January, 18-20. The Ilat year only to contain all the detailed state ments. This would be sufficiently satisfactory to Gentlemen who desired to become acquainted with the subject, and at the same time could not but abridge the trouble of making out the accounts. Since the year 1816, when the expenditure was placed in classes, con►itterable changes had taken place. Several autos, to is large ansouut, at the suggestion of Committers of that House, had been transferred from the Civil List to the Consolidated Fund. Perhaps Gentle men would, on examination, see good grounds to alter this arrangement. Since the accession of his late Majesty, it appeared the Civil List expendi ture• had been fifty-three millions, exclusive of nine millions which had been transferred to the Consolidated Fund. " I see no good reason," continued the Hon. Gentleman, ' 1 for the exist ence of such an anomaly, as that you, Sir, should receive 1,500/. per annum under the second class of charges, and the ►emaining amount of your re muneration from another." The Hon. Gentleman proceeded to state, that some officers were paid wider as many as five or six differeut classes, an ar rangement which be could not imagine would answer ally purpose, excepting that of preventing friossouroble Members from examining or even uu derstatitling accounts made up with 110 11113C11 com plexity. He hoped the Chancellor of the Exche quer would not persist in his oppussitiou to the pro duction of papers which were so material, in his opinion, to be laid before them before they ought to conclude the proposed arratigesuesit. The lion. Gentlema, here stated the vitriol,* recounts which he wished to have laid before the House, which lie divided into three classes, the first of which was oil ✓ecount of the Civil List Expenditure, from the th January, 1815, to the sth January, 1820, and in the last year of such account the payments to be ►tated in deed. He wished also for a separate ✓ecount of charges formerly paid out of the Civil List, but from which the Civil List had been re lieved. The House would recollect that the esti mates for the Civil List of 1786, and also those of 1804, had. in both instances. been exceeded. The CHANCELLuiI of the EXCHEQUER rose and said, that since the Act of 1816 all the paymessir had been perfectly regular, and he really could not see the necessity for putting in a new furor that in formation which. was in oubatasice already in the possession of the House. lie must therefore move the previous (proton. Mr. RUHR *iplird the Chancellor of the Exche quer would name the place where ally of the papers which he sought for could be found. He p►ofrss ed lie knew not where to find the information which he wished for. He said that this was certain. that one million three hundred thousand pounds had been voted to make sit, the deficiency of the Civil Lists us settled in 17146 sod 1804. He hoped the House would woad his endeavours to obtain the documents which he wished for, as. unless he pro cured the first account which lie had mimed, his subsequent motion would be useless. Mr. Hussman said, that he had the great au thority of Mr. Fox quite in point on this subject. lie (Mr. Fox) had stated, that unless the Crown came to Parliament to make up for any excess or expenditure beyond the estimate,. they were not at liberty to call for an account gone by. Now there hail been no excess of expenditure since the year 1816. At that time provisiou was merle. that al though there might an temps of expenditure ariw which might he insde up from other futttla of which there was is surplus, yet au account of such excess should be laid 'refine Porhaniewt. It was clear, therefore, that there could be no excess ; and that being she case, it was equally clear, agreeably to the authority he had quoted, as well as the coil• ►taut practice of the House, that it was quite incon sistent to call for a detailed 'statement, such as the Hun. Gentleman desired. The different heids of expenditure had all of them, since the year -1816, been kept within the estimate. The Hum Gen tleman had therefore nothing to do but to take the • estimate as it there was on the table. and its abr. ferret columns would afford him all the informa tion which lie ought to require. He certair.ly could not think it was at all necessary in gratification of the Hon. Gentleman's curiosity to call for a detail. eel statement from the Lord Steward's Department of the quantity of wine which had been consumed in any given period—/ Hen./—unless, as be before observed, there had been an exceeding in that este blishment, which there was not the slightest ground to imagine had been the case. Mr. Trattrier said, the Hon. Gentleman who just eat down had argued as if this was a question of modification of a Civil List which was su exist ence; but the question really was to tasks an entire new Civil I.ist, and before his Hum Friend could agree to the one now to he proposed, he wished fur full information on the subject, which, as it was a eettlesaieut of the revenue of the Crown on the coin increment of a new reign, he must think it highly necessary to be obtained. When they were told that the Civil List would not exceed that of the year 1816, must they of isecesaity agree that it was therefore right ? Certainly nut. Tory were called upon to make a uew arraugeaswea, and he thought it most important now to make such 'overnice. sou as would preclude the necessity of hereafter going into what was certainly ■ subject of great delicacy. The Right non. G. utleman opposite had asserted. that there was no excess of tattiest. (Inure since the year 1916, and he (Mr. Tier. ney) was lierfecily willing to take his word on the subjeci ; hut his Hon. Friend wished to know nut only that, but also if all the money bad been sc. Wait! spent. Kno w i ng . as be dui, Noe ecoweay and exactitude which prevailed in the noble person at the head of the department of the Lord Steward, be certainly could not figure to himself the possi bility of the emu appropriated for it being exceeded. But how, if they had vot e d inure than was necessary? He was pretty certain that no provision had Wen made in that Act its to • surplus, and if the Lied Steward should have a balance in his bands. he would nut know h o w t o dispose of it, and he might have a large balance; for he would put a case, which, without intending any disrespect to the Throne, lie would say might possibly occur. It was possible that there might he a Sovereign ou the Throne, who, instead of expending the money voted in upholding the dignity of it, by a display of magnificence suitable to his high station, would prefer to have the money rather than incur the ex pense. It was therefore an important fact to ascer tain that whit was voted was absolutely uecevaaryii In reply to the Right Hon. Gentleman's application of Mr. Fox's authority, he would say that there WOll now 110 Civil List in existence, and that the Crown did now conic to make a demand by applying for a new Civil List, so that the authority (puled by the Right lion. Gentleman could not avail him in this instance. Ile concluded by saying, that they would not be doing their duty to the country, un less they procured the fullest information prior to making a permanent settlement. Mr. Hustttsson and the CHANCELLOR of the EACH LQUIR spoke a few words 111 explanation. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, was of opinion, that the Wow ought not to vote the new Civil List esta blishment on the grounds which had been stated by the Hon. Gentlemen opposite. Ile did not know if the .node pursued by the lion. Gentleman who •ed for the wipers was the proper mode ; but he was clear that the method prescribed by fbli nisters was not the way in which the House of Com.. ought to legislate on such a question at a time of great public distress like the present. Ile thought the House would do its duty extremely ill if they did not procure all the information essential to a settlement of matters of such great importance. Mr. HUHN begged to observe, that although the Civil Lists of 1786 and 1804 had been arranged and classed, yet they had both exceeded the esti mates. Ile would Moo beg of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to point out where the information which he sought for could be obtained. He would assert that It was no where to be found. No answer was given to this question of the flout Gentleman, slid the gallery was (dittoed fur a division, but it did not take place. On OW MtUrn we foiti,d--: Lord Alit.Tou on his legs. He was arguing against. the now fixing the estimates for a pe►ma. neat revenue. He said that under the present cirw cumstances of the currency of the country, it was soot pos►ible to say what was the value of a pound sterling ; and lie was almost inclined to say that they ought to pause before they attempted, under such circumstances, permanently to fix the Civil List Revenue ; but at least he would say that they ought most maturely to consider on what basis it ought to be formed. It was now nearly half a century since the subject was brought before the House for its full consideration. All the dia. cus►ions which had slime taken place were mere modtlications of that settlement. H e would wi s h gentlemen to compare the speech of Mr. Burke with the Bill which lie was afterwards enabled to carry throtigh Parhameut, and they would be struck with the disproportion between the grand views developed in the former, compared with what he was enabled to attar by the latter.— The Noble Lord went on to ask if this was not the proper time to see what was to he done with the Duchy of Lancaster, and to do away with that gross anomaly of a Chief Justice of Chester sitting and voting an that House. The Right Hon. Gentleman opposite had said that it was the general expects tioti that a great increase would take place in the Civil List. Ile (Lord Milton) supposed that it was the expectation of the Right Honourable Geotleinan and his friends near him : so true it was that our expectations generally arose from our wisher. Mr. Lotto said a few words in explauation of something which occurred during the time we were absent from the gallery. Mr. Hume twined the Act of Parliament by which a classification was enjoined of the Civil List's exprothiiire of 1786 end 1804. . . Mr. HiUSKISSoN rose and said, to save the Time of the House, he would admit that the Act to which the Hon. Member hail called their attention (Mr. Burke's Act) did direct a classification of the expenditure, but it was only in 1816 that the whole was 1 , 0 inttliuiluzeil and arranged as to afford a CJlU ',tete Security against irregularities. The House then divided. The numbers were— Fur the previous quesiius. ll3 Fur Mr. Hoses Motiuu Majority 53 When we returned to fur gallery we found Mr. Hour on his legs. He repealed his (inner assertion, that the accounts he was asking fur were not to be found in any of the returns before the House. He yet had received no answer to this ties duration. Ile wanted the details, to enable him to point out the absurdity of many items of ex penditure in their present appropriation. There wall.) item in the seventh class of 1,3721. for the Master of the Horse ; another item of 1,5004 for the edema . of Persia* (we believe the Honour able Gentleman said) youths; and soother item of 21441. for plate for the Speake►. He put it to the House whether these sums did not of themselves shrw the necessity of more rigorous inquiry. and the consequent necessity of having the details for which he was asking. After a few more remarks he moved for the accounts contained in the third part of his motion. Tilt CIi•NCIILLUR of the EXCIISQUIIII moved the previous question. Mr. He'll . * motion was then negatived without a division. Mr. flume then moved for an account of the abstract suns graiitid out of the Consolidated Food in emits to toe Royal Family. and iu aid of the civil rxpendnu►r, from 1.15 to Mig• The CHANCBLLOR of the EU:SEQUIN. moved the previous question, and Mr. Hulaitt's motion was negatived. Mr. Humt: !mid, that be had beau very unsuc cessful, yet, after apologising to the House, he felt it necessary to persevere. He then moved fur an account of the residue of Scotch beredihory revenues. siouursting, its three years, wan average of 110,0001. r year—how paid in, and how appro priated. There was a difference in some of the items in the expendi►ure, which he thought very material fur the House to consider. in 1761, the per.wius seed expenses fur military commissioned *Seers paid out of these fund•, were 5 9401. in 18111, the sum bad grown to 38.5451. ; m 1817, to 49 353/. This had not been gialiteil fir ho usi.i.b'e service, but merely to enable Ministers to corrupt the Members of that Hirtepe.—(" Mar," from the Ministerial side.)—That was his firm conviction, and he pledged himself, if the House would allow the accounts to be brought forward, to prove the rtfrct which this source of patronage produced on the votes of a part of the llori.e. would then alien that these sums might be silo gather saved to tie public. He concluded with morn% for the remount from 1816 to 18 , 20, of the residue of Scotch revenues, distinguishing the years under separate heads. The CHAIiCit.I.OR of the EXCHEQUER moved the previous question, Mr. Hume's motion was negatived. The next motion, fo► prodoelog recounts of the appropriation of the residue, was also negatived 111 the same mariner. Mr. HUME gave notice, that notwithstanding the ill success he hod met with. he would to-asuorruw move for similar accounts of the revenue, and its appropriation, of Gibraltar. IRISH ELECTIONS. Sir N. PAkNgLL, after a few prrfotory observa tions, which the se prevented us from hearing. moved for a Committee to inquire into the expense* of elections in Ireland. and In consider the brut means for remunerating High Sheila's for expen►es incurrsd in devious in Ireland. Colonel BAGWU.L objected to the clause in the Bill which was proposed fur the regulation of this subject, and expressed his dissent at seeing so many English acmes proposed for the consideration of a question wholly and exclusively Irish. Sir H. PARNELL reminded the Hon. Member of the great advantage which Irish affairs had de rived from the interest which had been taken in them by English Gentlemen. He defended the clause ra question; he har coined it out of the English Act which had passed for the regula tion of English elections, which threw the ex pense of erecting booths, hiring poll-clerks, and paying collectors, on the county. While it was pasting lie had received a letter from a very intelligent Gentleman in Ireland, in which the writer said, ", f have seen your English Bill, and am sorry that it has aro regulation for protecting Candidates from being robbed by the Sheriffs." He remembered well the mistake which took place. It was thought that the whole expenses of electrons were to fall on the county. It was easily cleared up. by his .hewing that the only expenses so charge able were to be the booth, the hiring of poll clerks, and the pay of the collectors. . . . . _ Lord "JOC ELTII wished that the Members for Irish Counties and Cities might be put oil the Committee. The motion of Sir H. Pannell was carried. Lord JOCELYN moved. that the mimes of all the Irish Members should be added to the Committee. —Agreed to. ... . . . .. . .. . WARRE moved that an humble Address be presented to lois Majesty, prayong bons to order that there be laid before the HIPWC accounts slorwiooK the amount received flow the rents and profits of Crown Lando, and she appropriation of the same for four years previous to 16/0, . . Mr. SEYMOUR moved kw various account,. to skew the amount of Drawback Duties, Deben. Curer. and particular expenses its the Excise.— Ordered. Mr. MURRAY moved, and it was ordered, that an humble Address be presented to his Majesty, praying that he would order to be laid before the House accounts *hewing the proceeds of eight Dutch Eavt Indium -11, taken off St. Helena, in 1795, by his Maje►ty's ship Sceptre. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. Mr. Gout.suita brought in • Bill to remove doubts respri•ting three Bills passed for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors.—Revd s first lime, and or dered to be-read s second time to•tuorrow. SUPPLY. Mr. BROGDEN moved the Orde► of the Day revolving the whole House into • Committee of Supply. The Committee was these ordered for Friday next.—Adjourned at peers; o'clock. BRITtSII LONDON, THURSDAY. M•Y 4, 1820. Two very important Petitions were presented yesterday evening in the House of Commons by Lord MILTON and Mr. STU•RT WORTLEY, f►om the Woollen Manufacturers, praying for the re moval of the lICM duty on the importation of fo. reign wool. Lord MILTON apprised the House, that in consequence of this very unwise tax, a Bri tish manufacturer loot the advantage of an exten sive contract lately offered by the Ituiman Govern ment for the clothing of a part of the Russian army. This is a most important fact, and it well becomes Parlisment and the country to consider whether greater advantages must not have accrued, not only to the country in general hat even fo the Govern ment, in a point of view strictly financial, haul such an extensive contract enlarged the sphere of do mestic industry, than could be derived to the agri. cultural interests front the imaginary Frotection of. fered to the wool growers by this impolitic duty, or to the Treasury from the trifling produce of the tax. But, in fact, the coarse foreign wool cos enter into a competition with the native wima, so that the tax, while it almost prohibits . . the entry of the cheap foreign wool, causes to increase of demand for the native produce, and one part of our manufactures is absolutely destroyed, without iu the bliglii er t degree pr, 'noting the other. Lord MILTON states that the English wool is at this moment a drug in the market. The injury done to the woollen mare. facturers cannot iii a complicated society be G It L I them alone; if their means of subsistence or of er joyment he curtailed, the agricultutiits must f, the consequence:, which must also be emended i: the same proportion to the great branches 44 the public irvenue. The twit- will at length arrstre i at..' we hope it it nut now far 41 . 15t:10,v/hen it will be a t : kaualedged that the wt.-revs id' all elapses iu the State are the same, and that if whit is vulgarly and 86.411111 y called protectivti be extended tootle, even this favoured rioas will feel the it.jury whir It such a preference is ellculated to throw .poo all tl.e other. The object of this wool tax, however, was avow. edly financial, and it sus yratetdsy et/ruing timidly stated by the CHANCELLOR of the amnions; that lie thorglii the tax bad been productive. But did the Right Hon. Gentleman calculate upon the losses which the revenue must hate ►ustained other departments, by interrupting one great braise, of the woollen manufacture ? Can be estimate Los much was lost even by the incapability of the maim lecturer, mentioned by Lord MILTON, to wider take the Russian contract' Should his calvulauicti satisfy himself, are there 110 considerations to guide the Government of a great empire but those that relate to revenue ? Is it expedient, wider the pre sent aspect of political affairs, to Homily( any part of our intetnal trade, or to thug en.loarrussonesus upon the irritable body of the northrsts manufac turers ? Our domestic ogitationa have undoubtedly arisen from the pressure of iiidisidual distress, and a wise Government would at such a moment seek rather to open new channels of industry, than im pede the free course of those which had hitherto contributed to individual and general prosperity. We hope sincerely that Parliament oil consider this subject with diligence sod impartiality, and riot without some feelings of sympat ley far the ►utleriug poor. We are quite convinced that if ►ome of the res t r i c ti on s now placed upon the trade of tire cow try were removed, it would not oily relieve the manufacturers from much of their present distres.. but that the happiest arch; would at the same time be experienced by the equally distressed body of the agriculturists. The ease of Edwards the spy, as noticed in the House of Commons on Tuesday evet,ing, has ex. citeJ a lively, and at the same time a peiiiful in terest in the public mind. Much praise is due to the vigilance and activity of Mr. Alderman Woos in endeavouring to sift sn foul and nefarious a trans action to the bottom. The employinent of spin. however defensible and even proper it might be under peculiar circumstances, must, from the abaudoned characters of the men who would stoop to so iufamous an office, be always fraught with danger; nothing. therefore, but 'obsolete necessity could justify a government in having recourse to such agents; the utmost caution should be exer cised to temper their zeal, mid the severest punish. ment inflicted if they should dare to transgress the strict hoe of their duty, and instigate the mischief which they were employed only to watch. Mr. Alderman WOOD alluded again to this subject yesterday evening in the House of Collusions, and gave notice that be should move fur !rare to refer the depositions made against George Edwards to a Secret Committee of the House, with a view to obtaining a further examination of this important matter. The worthy Alderman intimated, that hav ing understood that it was the design of Edwards to leave the kingdom us quickly as 'rumble, he apprised Lord SIDNOUTIII of his intetnion to bring the subject before Parliament, moil requested the Noble Secretary to prevent Edward, from leaviug the country until the pleasure of the (louse of Commons was expressed upon his m o ti on . Some obloquy '.4s very unfairly hero sought to be thrown by certain writers in the Treasury Jour mils upon Mr. Alderman Wool), fOr his having addressed the three shunt questions to Thistle wood on Monday intormaig. respecting Ilia ac quaintance with Edwards. and die preselas iu mo ney which he received from hint. If the worthy Alderman intruded into a place where he had no right to enter, or had committed an act unprece dented or unusual, or had with unseemly vehemence and importunity drawn back to the angry publics of this life the thoughts of one whose initA was lit so awful a moment empleyrd upon the loocws or fears inspired by the near approach of araother ex istence. there might be some pretence for this cen sure. and p0.411.,1y not even the importance of the subject would justify such an intrusion—but how stand the facts T The worthy Alderman is a Magi strate of the City, and was entitled. if indeed he was not bound by his duty, to be present at the execu tion of the culprits. Nothing is more commas than that Magistrates and Clergymen rhould at the *whet moment preceding the execution . of criminals, question them with regard to any circurnsteaces upon which doubt weight still resent, sod such questions are nut unfrepteatly pressed with inde cent pertinecity and. vehemence. Seek riser Lions were put to Beilingillin while eo the verge of eternity; and with regard to the state of