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IMPERIAL PA.RLIA.MENT. other resource than to move drat the oraer of tart 13th of March be discharged, and the returns printed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was not a question of the wain: of funds which had prevented the . eXecittioh of the order of the House. The fact wtts that the,returns being already upon the tattle of the House, there was pe , public officer whose duty it was to make In abstract of them. He would here observe that a vast quan tity of unnecessary labour and expence would be spared if Members would communicate with the heads of departments from which returns r!.est Ue made before they moved for them , The motion was then agreed to. Lord W. POWLtri presenrce,: tWO petitions from certain mechanic. „ d e artisans of INtlin c ton the first cr- -- . • tax of distress ; and Praying that a . night he ittipmea tiptm machinery; and the second prkyil4r, for a free trade in corn. I'l4' G. PHILLIPS p'resente'd a P`eilti'en rroin an itrdiyidtral 'et Co . ventry, I.l.:e;rig that protection might b'e affordd to the riband trade. Mr. EDWARD DAVENPORT requested the attention of Government to the petition in his hand on two accounts :—first, because the neighbourhood from whence it came was.in suet a state, that every occurrence deser' - ed nOtiee; as any spark might kindle ht oniiagnition, of which no one Con!d fore see the consequence; and seCondly, because the petition referred . to :sit Act of Parliament now under amendment. The petitioners stated, that on the 231 of April six informations were lode,ti against Mr. William Moon. cf Cet'.'.pstall, near Stockport, for over-worvi children in his factory, contrary to the f!tl'i of George IV. The seven petitioners re ceived summonses to give evidence against their employer, for attending to which they iol;t their situations under him s as well as the dwellings they occupied f etni the system of combination is so com plete at Stockport, that no operative who offends any master can get work from the rest of them, but remains pmsCribed, and *itlrout any hope of getting work. Tlla hardship of the petitioners was, that if they had neglected the summons they were liable to two months' imprisonment ; and fur having attended to it, they lost their livelihood: only two were ex amined, and they suffered for telling the truth, while th e others were ruined for sa ,, ing nothing at all. The petition went o h to state the cause of the turn out at Stockport, which has now lasted five months, and lint soiree peculiar features, which contradistin guished it very favourably from that of Spitallields, which hai been us much signalized for their outra geous and unreasonable demeanour, as the men of Stockport had till lately been remarkable for their just end peaceable conduct. In January last, about 20 of the master , manufacturers of Stockport com bined together to lower their workmen's wages. Previous to this they already gave less by several per (Tat. than the masters of Manchester; so that %viler, the workmen were threatened with a still fur- HOUSE OF LORDS.-(LAST NIGHT.) EXCHEQUER BILLS FUNDING BILL. On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, this Dill was read a third time and passed. SINKING FUND BILL. On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, this 13iii was read a third time and passed. riIES=:AGE FROM THE COMMONS. Sir A. GRANT and others from the Commons, broueit tip the Insolvent Debtors (Ireland) Bill, the Butter Trade (Ireland) Bill, and several private The alls were severally read a first time. LAND-TAX. Aeccunts were presented at the bar from the Commissioners for the Redemption of the Land-tax. ANATOMY BILL. The Earl of DARNLEY presented Le _ tvd azi . t en t: from the Royal Cenege of plaining that certain clauses .• al the Anatomy Bill in fringed- their rights, dincl preying to be heard by counsel against . the ' „mria,,,se,, The Noble Lord Lobserve(l) mat it nos the - opinion .of this learned "':.ry—and he perfectly concatted in that opinion— that the Rill, as it now mood, would rather retard than promote the - science of anatomy. The peti tioners peifeetly agreed in the principle of the Bill, but exprvs-sed what he conceived to be well - -founded oljections against some of the clauses. Ile thought it would be better to withdraw the Bill for this Ses ion, and substitute a more perfect measure next year. The Earl of NIALMESBURY concurred in the suggestion of the Nobie Ear!, srul said he had more than once made the ~same suggestion. lie wmdtl take that opportunity of observing, tint - the Bill did not extend to Ireland,—a colatry in which there was a groat demand for e!vtgical assistance, for in no uouatry It•eze more heads broken in the course of a year. Lord 1 - 10i.LAND objected to discussing the merits of the Bill on the presentation of a petition. The Eari of LAUDERDALE said, that if Noble Loads kuew the state of the law on this subject, they would not with the metuuce tv) be postponed for another year. After a few words from the Earl of DARNLEY, Lord ROLL -`-,U., and Lord CALTIIORPE, the petition N. AS read and ordered to lie on the table. NEW STANDING ORDER. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said, that great evils ?lad arisen from allowing persons, who had obtained bilis for certain purpeses, to apply tbr bills giving them, fresh power.. This vc.r... more particularly the case in rail-roads, and tte extended powers were ofcen granted against the wishes of the otiginal sub scribers. It inwst be dear that by this mode th e purpose for w:yhich the money was subscribed was j altered. According to the stunding orders cf the House, at present, the subscribers to any particular WOO.: could not be heard against au anlication to textend that work. This he thought a very great hardship, for the substtibers bound themselves to agree only to a certain work, whereas they were made parties to a different work without being heard against its He should therefore move a resolution making it necessary that before application was made to that House for the extension of powers , already conferred by act of Parliament, it should be necessary that the draught of the new bill had been submitted to a public meeting o f the subscribers., — such meeting to be call e d by pu bli c a d vert i sement, and not to take plate until seven days after the ad• vertisesnent had appeared : that the draught of the bill should loc approved by three-fifths of the sub. scribers, and that any subscriber dissenting should be heard by his counsel of agents before the Com mittee. He trusted that their Lordships would agree to this resolution, and if they did, he should move, on a future day, ;hat it be made a standing u. der. Lord REDESDALE a , icj th.l! Marquis of LONDON DERRY concurred in the propriety of the resolution: The Resolution was then agreed to, and ordred to be further considered cn Monday next.—Ad journed to Monday, tcn o'clock. ther reduction of 14 per cent. below the already re duced rate they had been receiving, they considered the pro‘2eedings as dictated by avarice, rather than necessity, and that if they submitted t o it th ere was nothing to prevent the masters from combining the week following for a still further reduction. Ac cordingly) they struck work, and have been out ever since, supported by the charity of their neighbours. But peace would have been made ere this, but for a determination on the part of the masters to employ none but such as would consent to subscribe an hu miliating declaration, binding themselves under pe nalties to obey indefinite regulations. This they will not submit to, and accordingly 8,000 of them have spirit enough to submit to privation sooner than what they consider to be degriding, and unjust. Consider ing the ruin and wretchedness scattered over the ma- HOUSE Of COMMONS.—(LAST NIGHT.) On the third reading of the Rotherhithe Peor Rates Bill, Mr. LITTLETON took orcasion to say, that his motives in opposing this Bill had been impugned out of doors, The lion. Member read a letter, written by a Parliun►entary agent, in which it was stated, that his opposition to the Bid did not proceed from public principle, but arose from his acquaintance with the solicitor of the parties opposed to the Bill. He thought it tight to mention that circumstance to the House, though he had ro intention of calling the writer of the letter to the bar for breach of privilege. The SPEAKER said, that before he put the evestion on the Bail ► perhaps the House would ex cuse him for making one observation on what had fallen from the Hon. Member. He was quite per sanded that the House must feel as strongly as he 1144, with respect to the case which the Hon. Mem ber bad stared to the House. He did not know 1; nether the House woidd come to any distinct con elusion with respect to the impropriety in • any per son imputing unworthy motives to members of that House for discharging what they couceived to lie their duty, but he must say that he had from time to time observed with great regret, what he con ceived to be impropriety of conduct on the part of Parliamentary agents. The House must know that Parliamentary agents, however nearly concerned in the business of the House, were not officers of the House, and that there was no way of noticing any misconduct on their part except by having recourse to the last resort—of ordering them to appear at the bar, and inflicting such punishment upon them as resulted from a distinct breach of privilege. After a few words from Mr. D. HARVEY and other members, the Bill was read a third time and passed. Sir G. ROBINSON presented a petition from the cordwainerg of Northampton, for the repeal of the corn laws, and economizing the expenditure of the country. Sir J. WROTTESLEY presented a petition from the manufacturers and merchants of Wolver batnptou, praying for the opening of the trade to the East Indies and China. The petitioners stated that they were in great distre39, and that they con sidered the opening of the trade would materially benefit them. Mr. ROBINSON supported the prayer of the petition. Sir C. BURRELL considered the fallacious principles of free trade to be at the bottom of the present distress of the ceuntry. He wished those persons who petitioned for the repeal of the Corn Laws to remember, that in the course of the year 1827, 145 ships, lade:► ‘rith corn, cr.me into the port of Hull, only nine of which were British ships, and that the foreign ships left Hull taking with them no manufactures, beciuse specie had been given for the cargoes. Mr. SYKES complained that the Hon. Baronet had not given him notice that he intended to make any observations respecting the shipping of the port of Hull. He could have brought documents to the House to show that the foreign shipping in that port was decreasing. Sir C/BURR - ELL contended that he had a right to make the statement he had without giving notice to anv one. THE PRHCTING OF RETURNS. Mr. HARVEY said that on the 13th March laSt, the House made an order, the object of which was to have a large mass of returns then lying on the table analysed, and an abstract • of their contents made out. He had lately ascertained that no pro gress had been made towards the - execution 'of the order of the House, and on his inquiring the cause, the answer he received was, that the Chancellor of th e Exchequer had no 'funds applicable to such - a purpose. It wooldhave.cost only a few pounds. to have made an abstractor thd returns, whilst, the printing of the whole mass would probably amoufit to botween 2001, togl 3004 iloWever, he had no nafacturing districts, it might have been expected that in the fourth months of the sessions somewhat more than mere casual mention would have been made of it, however impatient the House is of such allusions. From all that appears, however, it seemed likely that gentlemen would shortly be sent back to their constituents ignorant of the only thing that it very much imported them to know,—namely, what excuse the Government had to give for bringing the coun try into such a condition ; and, that which was much more important than either their offence or their punishment, by what means they proposed to extri cate it from its present embarrassment. What sort of figure would the 653 individuals, who are said to represent, or as some will have it to misrepresent, the people of England, make, when their ruined and starving► constituents inquire what is to be their fate ? Why, their answer must be, we have passed many turnpike-bills, and have settled the exact spot from whence a member, tinder certain circumstances, shall address the House; but whether you are to live or die, it did not occur to us to ask, till the end of the session, and then we were told the inquiry came too late to be answered. An Hon: Baronet had given notice of a motion for inquiry into the state of the country last Tuesday, and that motion had shared the fate of all which have been made upon the same subject. When the member for Essex brought it forward in 1822, there happened to be (on the first occasion) no House; the same event occurred when he (Mr. E. Davenport) brought the same question forward in 1827; and by the same machinery the same effect was produced on Tuesday, though it would be invidious to name the parties who had effected it. Ile trusted, however, that that Hon. Bart, would still persist in his resolu tion to bring on this motion. Sir G. PHILLIPS expressed a doubt as to the correctness of the petitioners' statement, and believed that if the other side were heard, the case would ap pear in a different light. With respect to the al leged combination of the masters, he must say that they had a right to purchase labour as cheaply as they could, and workmen had a right to sell it as dearly as they could. He believed that the dispo sition to tuin out amongst workmen was in propor tion, not to the lowness but the highness of wages. In confirmation of this opinion, he would state to the House the contents of a letter which he had lately received from a respectable authority at Man chester. The letter stated that the manufacturers of Manchester had made no reduction in the wages of their workmen during the last 12 years. The letter also stated the wages which spinners might earn per week without deduction at the prices offered by the masters. Those wages were for some spinners, from 255. to 305.; for others, from 30s. to 405., and for others from 40s. to 60s. Rather than work for those wages, however, the men chose to turn out. During the last six years upwards of 20,0001. had been subscribed for the support of the turn-outs in Manchester, and 300 members of the I combination were now receiving Gs. a week from this fund. Mr. E. DAVENPORT—The Hon. Baronet, being himself a master-manufacturer, was excusable for being the knight-errant of all the fraternity, from whatever part of the world they might «ime; but he should recollect that statements from Manchester were no answers to mal-practices at Stockport ; and there was this peculiarity in the case, that the people of Stockport complained they did not receive the same liberal treatment as their Manchester neigh bours, and on this the merits of their striking work entirely turned. As little did the statement of prices given to spinners at Manchester apply to a turn-out of great numbers at Steckport, of which the spinners did not constitute one-tenth part. As to what the Hon. Baronet had said touching his guess about the- truth of the other part of the peti tion, be already knew that he (Mr. E. Davenport) had made it his business - to inquire into the truth of the allegations from both sides. of the question, and the result was, his conviction that the statement was substantially correct. Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN objected to the reading of letters which contained only party repre sentations of circumstances, and would- lead the House to form unjust conclusions. It was indis putable that extensive distress prevailed at the pre sent not only amongst manufacturers but amongst shopkeepers. He thotight that a Committee should be appointed to inquire into the causes of the distress. FRENCH CLAIMS. Mr. BERNAL said he had g petition to present from a Mr. Newland, arising but of his claim on the - the fill, their motions for a reduction of the to- French Government; Which claim was referred to baeco and Hemp DU:lei: the Conitti:;sioners under the treaty with France.— I IN THE COMMITTEE. The Hon. Member observed, that by the act ofl Mr'. HUME objected to the. manner in which the 1819, any surplus after the liquidation of thokie ad . Iyrtbrent duty was flied on French boots; chats was to be zit the o'."'Crown.— The report was brought up, and ordered to be That oilm t , .!Oulitcci now to about 290,000/. in all, z taken into further consideration on Monday. f art hi ng not a f art hi l of it could be disposed of by th e On bringing up th e re p or t u pon th e L an d Revenue Treasury until the Whole of the claiMs on it were 1 Bill, decided. The Hon: rtl e i n b er thin pr . o'"cee4.ed to I oral 1 . ..61 7 111EP. ; in reply to some queries put state the ciretimit,nitleii Unuer which the petitioner to him, stated that it was v ery soon intended to mad hts Claim. He had in the first instance, put in ± open the new entrance to the public, through the his claim for a large sum, which was disputed; but late site of Carlton-house, so as to afford a direct at lensth a decision was made in his favour. He and handsome entrance to St. James's-park from the hail then a claim for interest on his principal, at the bottom of Regent-street. The complaints which rate of five he; colt., but the CommisBioners only had reached him of females having been lately in awarded three pet. cent. By the ;let of 1810, part: stilted by t!,reisa language and indecencies from men ties whose claims 1 - v ere by the Coiiimisz whilst wii t ikir4 in the inner ehelosurel and shrub sioneis wei.e b^tnza l'y thtir adjudication, unless beries, would not probably occur again, as officers against it was made within three I had been only this day stationed to watch over and months. The petitioner did not make the appeal take persons so offending into custody. within that time, but kis reasons for not doing The report was agreed to, and the Bill ordered to so were these :—A Mr. Simoox had also a claim be read a third time on Monday. The -Charing for interest at the rate of five per cent., and cross Improvement Bill went through similar stages. he was assured by the Comraistionera tleq Sir A. GRANT brought up the report of the if they should dtelde that any Claimants should Warehoused Sugar ; its further cOnsiderAtioh be allbwed five per cent., he, and those simi- was fixed for Monday. lariy circumstanced, would be allowed it, with; The Exchequer-bills (13,438,8000 Bill was out the necessity of appealing to the Privy Council; committed; Mr. Simcoa wrote to the iietitioner to this effev i In the Committee - Air. tillAicstA mot'ed to add the and the pNitioner, acting on this information, which clawe of appropriation usual each year.—Agreed to. was corroborated by the testimony of others, did Mr. HUME conceived it was highly complimen not make any appeal. The Commissioners subse- tary to his Majesty's Ministers that a clause like quently decided that certain parties were entitled to this now assented to should have passed without a the full interest at five per cent.; and when the peti= single observation. In fa c i a Mi n i s te rs h a d it so rimier claimed; oil the strength of that decision, h e much - their own way, that there had been but ohe erns ilia by the allegation, that he should have a p- dispute maintained on the course they had pursued pealed within the three months. The Hon. Mem- in things great or small, and that „as whether a ber then contended that in equity Mr. Newland was hound td hare his claim admitted, The difterente 3f interest -betcsreen three and five per cent. was a very large On the motion that the petition be brought up; The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that there was every disposition on the part of the Government to attend to the equitable as well as legal, rights of claimants, but the petitioner in this ease had no just cause of complaint. The ease of (we believe) De Santin, on which interest of five per cent. had been allowed, bore no analogy to that of Mr. Simms, or of the petitioner ; and the case of the Luxemburg- claim, which they said bore the ana logy, was not decided at the time. But in fact, the petitioner hml made an appeal to the Privy Council, in part of which he denied tho right of the Corn missioners to reduce the rate of interest ; and, after beating it, the Privy Council decided, rc versing the decision of the Commissioners in some points only, but not in this of interest ; thereby leaving the adjudication in that respect as it stood. With respect to the surplus which remained after the previous adjudications, the Treasury were most anxious to apply it to those claims which were be fore the Commissioners; but the fact was, that claims to the emount of a million and a half were made on it, and as ore case was decided fresh cases came pouring in every day ; so that they were obliged to consider the whole again. Mr. LITTLETO contended that no satisfactory answer had been made to the claim of the petiti oner. If the statements of Mr. Simcox and others were true (and they had not been denied), the peti tioner was justified in not having made his appeal, and he had now an equitable demand, which ought to ke admitted, or which at least deserved inveati 2ation; for it was not to be denied that the case of the Luxemburg claim was quite analogous to that of the petitioner. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the Luxemburg claim had not been decided at the time that the petitioner should have made his appeal. Sir T. ACLAND supported the prayer of the petition. After a short conversation, in which Sir T. Ac- LAND, Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. R. GRANT, Dr. PHILLI MORE, and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER took part, the petition was ordered to lie on the table: IRON. Mr. COURTENAY moved for certain returns relating to the (month of iron imported and ex mar ble arch before his Majesty's new Palace should be ptrmitTed to remain there. He yet would ob serve, that notwithstanding these indications of public satisfaction, we were going on with establish. meats as large as those of 1817, 1818, and 1819. Our military establishments were larger now than in those years. With the exception of one great and important measure relative to Ireland, but which like Aaron's rod, had swailowed up all the rest, nothing had been done to alleviate the condition of the people. Both sides had taken the lead from Ministers, and we had to thank their moderatior, not our prudence, that they had not applied for and obtained almost any thing they desired. Certainly Ministers had arrived at the clause just now passed with greater ease and facility than any set of Minis ters \Awn he recollected in office. There was a time for every thing, and he hoped there would come a time for reduction. One thing only he would entreat of Government, which he hoped would be granted,—that it would not involve itself in any pledge, implied or expressed, as to the re newal of the Bank of England's charter.—(Hear.) The system of the Bank, and its too intimate con . nex;on with Government, had been long felt by the commercial world particularly as a grievance, and he hoped it would be no part of the policy of Govern . importet ported from 1825 to 1828 inclusive.—Ordered. Mr. HUME a,ked what had become of the Re port of the Commissioners who had been sent out to Sierra Leone and the Mauritius. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER regretted that in the absence of his Right lion. Friend the Secretary for the Colonies, he could not rerly to the Hon. Gentleman's question. Mr. HUME presented a petition from Stockport, complaining of the great distress of trade in all its branches. He deplored that Parliament were about to adjourn without attending to the severe distresses of the people; and it w as surprisiog to him that gentlemen should, in their individual capacity, feel those sympathies which in their collective position they abandoned when in that House. The petition prayed a repeal of the Corn Laws; as well as an inquiry into the di s t resses o f t h e manu f a cturing districts. After a few words from Mr. MoNcK and Mr. Mskv. - ELL, the petition was laid on the table. Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN presented a peti tion from Robert Ayr, Esq., late of the Nymph sloop•of-war, praying the House to take into its con- • sideration his claim for redress, under some long standing grievance. IRISH SUB-LETTING ACT. Mr. 0. CAVE presented petitions from Anna duff, and four other townships in Ireland, against the Sub-letting Act ; and a petition from Poer, in West.' cneath, on the subject of the Poor laws. The Hon. Gent. observed that these petitions were originally entrusted to the Member for Clare (Mr. O'Connell); and he took occasion to condemn the exclusion of that Gentleman as an act calculited to disgrace the House and the country. went to attempt to tnimmel and cramp the energy and enterprise of this great nation by adopting hastily the restrictive monied policy of preceding Administrations with respect to this great privileged chartered country. Mr. S. RICE defended Parliament from the censure at►empted to be cast upon it by his lion. Friend. Government had well employed its time in the direction of the labours of the liousc , , and in overcoming the difficulties which surrounded the great question of emancipation. The concession, he trusted, would he a wise measure, even as respected economy, by suffering his Majesty's Ministers to adopt a strictly enforced system of economy and re trenchment in all the civil and military estaashtnents throughout Ireland. Mr. BENSON concurred in the opinions delivered by the Hatt. Member for Limerick. The charge of remissness or inattention to the higher interests of the state was, in his estimation, totally unfounded. The other clauses of the Bill were agreed to, and the report was ordered to be received on Monday. The Sugar Duties' Bill was read a third time, and passed. On the motion for the third reading of the Tailzies Regulation Bill, Mr. R. GRANT presented a petition from T. Phibbs, of Dunnamurry, praying compensation for losses incurred by the Confiscaling Acts of the French Captain GORDON, after objecting to the prin ciple of the Bill, moved that it be read a third time that day six months. Mr. KENNEDY had no objection to postpone the third reading of the Bill till Monday, though. he saw no ground for delaying its passing at once into a law. The Bill \vas then ordered to be read a third time on Monday next. SCOTCH POOR REGULATION BILL. Mr. SLANEY brought in a Bill for amending the law of parochial assessment for the poor of Scot land.—llead a first time, ordered to be printed, and to be read a second time on Monday next. SCOTCH GAOLS' REGULATION BILL. The LORD ADVOCATE brought in a Bill for amending the law regulating gaols in Scotland. The Bill, he said, was an amendment on one which had advanced to a committee stage in that House, and had then been withdrawn. The principle however being the same, he hoped would induce the llouse to permit its being read a first and second time that evening, in order that it might be considered in a committee with as little delay as possible. The Bill was accordingly read a first and second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday next. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Nine o'clock till Monday. . _ Government in 1795 and 1796.—Ordered to be printed. On the motion of Mr. G. DAwsos, the Ilouse, at its rising, agreed to adjatirn till Monday next. On the motion of Mr. G. DAWSON, a copy of the Report of the Commissioners for considering the best mode of keeping the public accounts was ordered. In answer to a question from Mr. Hum:, he said that the Report was that of the majority of the three Commissioners. SCOTCH POOR LAWS. Mr. MAXWELL brought forward his motion for an alteration in the present mode of assessing the poor-rates in Scotland. At present the principle of .the poor-rates was also partially recognized in that country; and the consequence was, that from the adjacent districts where they did operate, a mixed congregation poured in, which acted most unfavour ably upon the morals and interests of the better class of working people. He wished, therefore, that the local authorities should have a discretionary power of estimating the rate upon those houses which har boured and lodged this floating class of p oor , so as to render them reasonably cautions in the admission of these people so as to enable them to acquire a settle ment. His motion was for lease to bring i n a Bill to alter and amend the law of assessment for the re lief of the poor in landward parishes in Scotland.! In answer to a N, question from Captain (JORDO Mr. MAXWELL said that he meant to confine the operation of this Bill to those parts where, in point of fact, the benevolent principle of the poor laws had been broken down. It was not meant to be compulsory, but to be optional, with the majority of the inhabitants. The LORD ADVOCATE had no objection to the introduction of the Bill, although he saw no reason to alter the present system of the poor laws in Scotland. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PLYMOUTH, MAY Calypso brig, Lieut. De Courey Dashwood, arrived here late en Satur day evening last,• from Gibraltar and Malta, having been employed at the latter place as a colonial yacht. She left Gibraltar en the 6th instant, in' company -ompany with the Dry a d, w hi c h s hip came in to Hamoaze on Monday to prepare for paying ofT, and to be re commissioned if found in a fit state. The Ariadne, '2B, Capt. F. Marryat, C. 8., sailed on Monday afternoon with a detachment of the Royal Marine Art;lie:). for their Lead-quarters at Portsmouth. The Zebra, 18, Commander R. Pridham, sailed on Thursday morning for the Cape of Good Hope, New South Wales, and the East Indies, touching also at Van Dieman's Land. The Joseph Great transport, Lieut. J. A. Ro binson, Agent, arrived on Friday from Portsmouth, to embark a detachment of the 96th regiment for Halifax, arid sailed on Monday for that destination. The Amity transport, Lieut. C. M. Chapman, arrived on Monday from Portsmouth, to embark de tachments of the 29th, 58th, 98th, and 99th regi ments fin• the Cape of Good Hope and Mauritius. The Cork squadron, under the orders of Admiral Sir Charles Paget, on the 11th, 12th, and 13th instant, had an experimental cruize. The ships were the Pearl, with the Admiral's flag, Nimrod, Orestes, Pylades, and Dispatch ; the winds were light, but in every point of sailing the Nimrod gained a-head and to windward of all the squadron. The Pearl, though next in estimation, was closely attended by the Orestes. - The Dispatch was invariably behind and to leeward. The ship Norfolk sailed from Portsmouth on Saturday, for New South Wales, with 200 male convicts, under the charge and superintendence of Mr. Dickson, surgeon, R.N. A gang of shipkeepers from the Ordinary at this port, proceeded to Milford on Friday for the pur pose of bringing the Lightning, a new 18-gun sloop, from thence to this port. Midshipmen, who _passed their examination for Lieutenants prior to 1827, are now, we hear, eligi ble for Admiralty appointments. PROMOTIONS. — Commander the Hon. William Wellesley, to the rank of Captain.—Mr. Henry On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- Derhamps of the Blonde, to be . Lieutenant of the CHEQUER, the House went into a Committee on the Brisk. Customs' Duties, Mr. BRIGHT and- Mr. P. THO3I- APPOINTMENT.---Commander E. Hoste to the 50N consenting to postpone until the next stage of «'sap• LITERATI/Rt. FOREIGN QUARTERL.II,EiIeiIV, No. VII. There is much information, variety, and talent, in the present number of this very im proving periodicali Bich taken altogether, as ' regards the quantity as well as th e q u a lity o f it s materials, is incomparably the best we have seen. It is d Worthy rival of the " Foreign Review," and meets, we Understand, with all the success that its generous spirit of competition &serves. In the number now before us all the articles are readable, and one or two of a first-rate cha racter, so much so, that if we were to meet - with them even in the " Edinburgh" or " Quarterly nevievv," ve should point them out to notice, and be desirous to know who wrote them. The introductory article, a review of " Sismondi's History of France," is an admirable and ably-condensed digest of an intelligent work, full of learning and research, yet adorned, not encumbered by it. The early history of the Franks and the 13urgundians is hit off in a rapid, sketchy, but very intelligent spirit, with a shrewd practical remark here and there thrown in, that serves to relieve the digest, and set off the writer's powers of thought and observation to the best advantage. The following are his re marks on Charlemagne and his dynasty : " In pourtraying the character of Charlemagne, it may seem that M. Siamondi is scarcely enough struck by those pre-eminent qualities, which make that one man stand out in almost colossal proportions amidst the hundred Kings who preceded and followed him. But this author's sym pathies are invariably with the people; and so one is less wiling to acknowledge any glory that is obtained at the price of the public good, Yet Charlemagne's admirable institutions for the maintenance of justice; the Afissi Donanici, who, like our Judges of Assize, journeyed through every province to redress the oppressions of the Counts and feudal Lords; his measure of replacing the ancient Mallus, or County Court, sometimes tumultuous, or more often ill-attended by srabini or assessors, recom mended by the nsissi, but elected by all the freeholders ; his liberal system of Diets, where, though ho might find no ea&entisl controul, he at least learned the grievances, and heard the advice of his buhjects ; his generous zeal for letters, and for all improvement, might endear him to the most patriotic writer. But all these in our author's eyes are more than compensated by the miseries which an ei hausting military conscription, and the burthens incident to it, entailed on France. Fle seems to consider Charle magne as having worktd, like Napoleon, for his own and his farnilys aggrandizement, more than for the present happiness, or the permanent.reformation of his people.— Certain it is, that the age immediately after this great le gislator and founder of an empire was even more deplorably lost in anarchy than those in which the insensate l'ilerovin gians had worn their unhonoured crown. But from this anarchy, which came on with rapid steps under Charles the Bald, sprung up in th e t en th cen t ur y a renovation of society on a different basis, a pliceniz out of the ashes of the • ancient Franco-Gaulish monarchy, the feudal system. The third volume of this work displays to us the ruin of France under the descendants of Charlemagne ; the ravage., almost unresisted, of the Normans; the dissolution of ail legisla tive awl supreme authority ; and the silent establishment of feudal principalities, as yet so nearly independent as scarcely to own the subordination which that word im plies." - " The Language and Literatur e o f H o ll an d" is a pleasant paper, shedding light and interest I over what at first might appear to be an un grateful and unpromising subject. \Ve Eng lishmen have no very extraordinary idea of the Dutchman's literary faculties, especially his poe -1 tical ones, which we are apt to consider at dis count on the great Exchange of intellect. In this lanalysis, however, he shines with peculiar bril liancy, and we have specimens of his versifica tion laid, before us, quite enough to make us dis trust our former opinions, if not altogether to remove them. Of Borger, a Dutch poet who belongs to the year 1813, we have a poetical address to the River Rhine, fully equal in point of tenderness, elegance of thought and expression, to any thing we have ever yet met (and we have met with some hundred poems on • the subject) addressed to that sacred river, the Ganges of Germany. " Ancient National Poetry of Spain" is a masterly analysis, full to overflowing of learning, eloquence, and a certain high-toned intellectual enthusiasm, the natural, indeed, the almost inevitable, consequence of an acquaintance with early romances and traditions of the most chivalrous and romantic people on the face of the earth. The Reviewer, after a slight but delightfully written Essay on the rise and progress of Spanish poetry, with a digression on the great advantages which it has derived from an admixture with the Moorish mind, pro ceeds to give specimens of translations of some of the older and more unknown b a ll a d s , w hi c h are very graceful and characteristic of their kind. But perhaps the two best imitations of the old, or rather middle, Spanish ballads, are those two paraphrased by Dr. Percy, and inserted in that exquisite little gem, his Relics of ancient Eng lish Poetry. Next to these are Mr. Lockhart's recent translations. The following eloquent passage will furnish no faint idea of our Author's manner " It was, indeed, after the invasion of the Moors, that the national poetry assumed a new, a higher, and, we may add, a holier character. This improvement was generated by a new state of society. Other passions and interests were brought into action ; sad the arena of contention began to exhibit greater variety anti animation. To courage panting for distinction; to ambition grasping at honours and dignities ; to love yearning for the possession of its ob ject, and to revenge thirsting for the blood of its victim, were added the nobler feelings of kindred, of country; and of religion. Then patriotism learned to groan at the bon dage of reletives, friends, countrymen ; and zeal to burn for the destruction of . God's iinnlacable enemies. The ad dition of two such powerful motives—the most powerful that can actuate the mind of man—could not fail to' pro duce effects at once great and wonderful. They nerved the hero's grasp, and gave vigour to each mortal thrust ; they armed youth and age in the sacred contest; they in spired confidence here, and hope hereafter ; they swelled the song of ti iumpli, and consoled the heart under defeat ; and they invested him who fell in so holy a cause with all the glory of martyrdom. Hence fatigues, dangers, and death, became objects of desire rather than of aversion, as so many resistless claims to the e.teem of tl-e bold, to the love of the fair, and to the especial favour of heaven. The union of passions thus fearfully enhanced, the persuasion that cruelty the.most revolting was no more than righteous justice—at that produced deeds of blood at whirl) the heart sicken,. But the daily stain was soon washed out by the pure touch of humanity: the deeply-breathed curse of re venge, and the loud yell of bigotry, were silenced by the admiration which the nobler qualities of cur nature never fail to inspire even in minds the most implacable. The Christian could not behold, without esteem, the dauntless valour, the romantic generosity, and the chivalrous honour of the floor; nor could the Moor witness unmoved the heroic, nay superhuman efforts of the Christian, in defence of his country and her altars; his devotion to a cause which in human eyes appeared desperate and hopeless; tl e bold defiance which a handful of Inca thieet in the faces of a host ; nor the scorn with which they refused to surrend. r, or to flee when their destruction seemed inevitable. Dui i g the continuance of a truce or a peace, the two enemies Ht length laid aside their mutual antipathies, and aesociet d freely with each other. Their aim was now—not whi should exhibit the greatest valour, but which @build van quish the other in courtesy and magnanimity. They fought at the same tourney; they met at the same table; they shared the same tent. Mahometans and Cerietians often followed the same Chief in pursuit of the common d vial enemy ; die isaulte hero, wheler Moot or ",Casting~' t h e often the pride of both nations ; few, indeed, Ircr e ,j more illustrious warriors of the latter who had not acil"; much of their fame under the ensign,. of the Prophet' of conte:en especially, where the interests of religion wer e to vitally concerned (and many such took place ani"g deo t, numerous independent, or at l ea st n o minally indepe o Sovereigns of the Peninsula), the heroes of both l eo teered their services as honour or indication lei: ° o f was Moor banded against Moor, and Spaniard 41 fiej Spaniatd4 individuals cf the opposite creeds WeL l 66 , quently joined by the closest bonds of friendship; • riaj, 1 2 4.1 Moorish maiden had dftan a Christian lover, and tiW the horn Castilian dame did not alw a y s turn a deaf ear to-. 10 #ighs of the gallant and cliiVa7totss infidel. Wh e j fi lha trumpet again called into mortal strife titre warrior* rival nations, tvx..t strife no longer possessed its )7 . 0 character; the hattle-6eld became an arena on which parties parties met, not only to prove their courage, but to their generosity, and to win the esteem of each other. :• Of the " Scandinavian Mythology," a ve spirited and - well-informed piece of criticiln'7" the " French Criminal Trials," dry, but learne tV berP and several other articles in th e present n-,,-m to we have left ourselves merely room enough lt state that each in its way will repay all 008444 . perusal. NATHAN'S REMINISCENCES OF LOWD O n° LONtON. 1829. adY Mr. Nathan, a gentlem an w h o has alre distinguished himself in the musical world, 0 e composer of much taste and feeling, has bete presented us with a v a ri e ty o f anec dotes, 512 : j remarkably diverting, som e c o mm o n-place, 0 some trite and hackuied, respecting Lord I3Yr °l4 with whom he was, it seems, on familiar terms of intimacy, at a period when his Lordship ' /6s the great magnet of attraction in the liteOP theatrical, and fashionable world. It was 0 111 ; where about the year 1815 that Mr. Natbao engaged in the composition of a series of " brew Melodies," to which the author of " Chilu e Harold" obligingly furnished words. The coil' sequence was that an acquaintance, founded 013 mutual esteem, sprung up b e tw e en the Nob le Poet and the Composer, th e fl o ating recol lee : tions of which supply, f ur th e mo st .party th e materials of the good-hum oure d goss iping vo.h° before us. The first portion—and a very en ter taming one it is—consi s t s o f a republication °f the " Hebrew Melodie s ," t o eac h o f w hich sq fPe little anecdote is att a ched, d escr ipti ve of the Cir mus ctunstances attending its composition, or . h•- - d trative of the char a ct er an d f ee li ngs of i' ,l ° . e4 Byron. The mu s i c o f th ese var i ous gek tul i is, of course, om itt e d, no t w i t h stan di n g ib lit e , reflects the highest c r edit on M r . N a than's ta ct One air in particular, the well-known and r nue , admired " She w a lk s i n B eau ty," has beCi o f adapted by this gentleman in a spirit wort h Y.:, the very first composer of the day. On 00 1 ; over these little gems of po es y, we find one I n lody with which we were wholly unacquainted.'; it is, in fact, now for the first time published," and as any Byronian scrap is valuable, we tract it for the benefit of our readers. It - be! f evident marks of haste, but is fraught ' ritil • feeling I SPEAK NOT--I TRACE NOT. I speak not—l trace not—l breathe not thy Omer,. -• There is grief in the sound—th ere we re guilt th?'" an ;l, But the tear which now burns on mY cheek mar "P a The deep thought that dwells in that silence of heart. Too brief for our passion, too long for our peace, . oe i ii „ Where those hou rs can th e i r j o y or their P ter We repent—we abjure—we will break from Our 411141 t We must part—we must fly to—unite it 'again- Oh :- ! thine be the gladness and mine be the guilt, Forgive me adored one—forsake if thou wilt, But the heart which I bear shall expire undebsseaf And man shall not break it—whatever thou mare- • And stern to the haughty—but humble to thee, 3.1 y soul in its bitterest blackness shall be; And our days seem as swift—and our moments owri sweet With thee by my side—than tl.e world at our feet. One sigh of thy sorrow—one loi,k of thy love Shall turn me or fir, shall reward or reprove ; • And the heartless may wonder at ail we resign, Thy lip shall reply not to them—but to mine. r The theatrical an ec d o t es are ne i t h er worthy i ° ci Lord Byron nor Mr. Nath a n. W e thi n k it vv° u : . have been better that they should have Pe ° omitted : they serve merely to swell the vol ull3 ,.. s e ' without at all illust ra ti ng th e o pi n i ons or fe elin ' of the noble " Child e ." Th e re m i n iscence sf , -- a Lady Caroline Lamb, th oug h s li g ht an d sketc 4 ' are ebaracteristic, and will be perused with in tr rest. As an authoress this lady possessed col); siderable ability. She had a liv e ly fancy, g iel '. command of language, and more feeling that ' usually falls to the lot of those wh o mo ve in he ' , Ladyship's elevated rank in society. The si u ; gular tale of " Glenarvon," by which she is b e % known, which excit e d grea t i n t eres t a t the tim e first came out, and which is not vet forgotteo' displayed traces of surprising power, ill reg us lated, perhaps, and of a somewhat maudlin O u r ratter, but stamped, nevertheless, with the press of undoubted genius. Her Ladyship, we remember rightly, was the authoress also ° " Graham Hamilton" and " Ada Reis," i llo t novels greatly inferior to Glenarvon," but nut devoid of interest or energy. Of this gifted 'al Mr. Nathan relates some pleasant and pie d' s anecdotes, which, together with his reminiscen ce . of Byron, render his volume one of the most en tertaining we have perused for some time. Mr. O'CONNELL, who was black-balled 1.25 : t week at Ilauoens's, was yesterday elected a Member' r - , is not doubted that the two bla c k b e an s last week c!' e : •f . • o from some of the Cisalpine Club, also me mber° EttoosEs's, determined to follow up their littleness , Learned Gentleman leaves England this day for Clare. On Monday, a meeting of the friends of M b r . O'CONNELL took place at th e C o r n E xc h ange -roonst 9°7 ; lin, for the purpose of making "preliminary ar range:1 Q e: for the ensuring the re-elec!ion" of Mr. O'Cotar I ,; l ' t bo Clare ; Doattmet; BONAYNE, Esq., in the chair. v i3 f,,r motion of Mr. FINN, a committee to take measures ;0 securing, this object was appointed. Mr. Sittit , , animated speech, urged the duty of supporting Mr - . NELL. He inquired whether any resolution resPec t , l o the collection and application of the. old Catholic ren t I, j , prepared, and teas intornieei by the chairman that a r e. to tion on that subject would be submitted to the aggr e gi, meeting which was to be • held in a few days. j a y O'GORMA moved that the committee sit from clay "' t ots to secure the return of Mr. O'Ciss-xaLt., and this ow' being agreed to, the meeting adjourned. NEW WESTERN MARKET.—Although L° Jon has during the last century nearly doubled its aint'aii, is singular that the inhabitants have not enjoyed sPY. s ifr ilition to the number of its markets. To a estranger °pi, ing the north-western part of the metropolis this cirf tl in g stateei very striking. We therefore feel happy in enabled to state tle,t a mark e t will s h or tly be estabP be under the authority of Parliament, on, a central within the esta , e of EDWARD B E RKELEY P 011111 „ & e' l'. • Esq. for supplying that part of the town with fruit tables, meat, p:Ailtry, and fish. A large portion tal l° voted to a bay-market.