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PARLIAMENT. 110/CTS : OF ;LORDS, Arnie. Lora STANLEY, anti other 'Members from the Commons,' brokwht up two prtvateßills. Lord KENYON presented a petition :from •BillinasloO, against the Catholic Claims. - ne Margate CONYNOHAM presented a petition • from:' Donegal in favour of the Bill for the Commutation of Tithes in Ireland. ." • HOP .DUTIES. Maritufs CAMDEN presented several peiltions from Hap• ei.vffrs in Kent and Sussex, praying. for repeal of the Hop Do 13.65. Is he Earl of DA.RNLEY did not rise to oppose the peti tions but to state, from his knowledge of the count y orKent, that 'the growth of hops wasattended with considerable A rich soil was required. and after all the care of the farmer,, it frequently happened that he :stistainted great loss. The Noble Earl suggested that it would be srxpedient to offer bounty for the growth of petitions were la f id o n ' the table. THE CROWNS OF ,FRANCE AND SPAIN. Lord HOLLAND said, he in -1810 put tiluestion to she Noble Earl (Liverpool), with a view.to inquire whether ~there was any secret Treaty between this country and any other 'for. preventing an Anion of the Crowns of France and Spain. The Noble Earl on that occasion.said therewas no treaty of the de. scmptiou, not before Parliament. In the Papers lately pre. sentgd, an article appeared which released the House from some difficulty. 'Mr. Canning acknowledged the existence of a treaty between his Majesty and the King of France, on the-sub. Jed of his family compact with Spain. it was made in 1814, and was then considered a secret treaty, but afterwards became a separate article. His Catholic Majesty engaged not to enter into any treaty-with Spain, on the contract . known by the name of the Family Compact, to the injury of his Britannic Majesty. Notwithstanding that treaty, Ferdinand the Vllth must come to the throne of France on the death of the present Princes. The treaty did not preclude an union of the two crowns. .He wished for some explanation respecting this, article, which had been said not to exist. The Earl of LIVERPOOL could not -recollect correctly the answer given to the Noble Lord in 'lOlO. -Übe gave any answer, it was not with reference to the particular treaty the, Noble Lord had mentioned. He might have said, with respect to any other treaty, -that there was no engagement which was not before Parliament. Ile had no difficulty in saying the treaty was signed in 11114, just after the general peace. It was intended to lay it before Patliament, but upon further consideration it was thought not necessary to make it pub. lic, as it might be considered a sort of humiliation to the French Government. As to the .words of the article he knew not how they could have been altered for the better. If -it had stated simply that the family compact should not be renewed, they might have renewed the spirit of it, but as it stood they could not make any Treaty. Lord HOLLAND wished .the Noble Earl to point out what prevented Ferdinand VII. from ,caming to. the .Crown of France. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, on the bearing of.all Tree ties respecting the right of succession, that right ,would lead . to at union of the Crowns of France and Spain. Lord HOLLAND said, if "the right rested on aniient trea ties, these treaties ; perhaps, had gone to the tomb of till the Capulets. The } reneh*Hing rnight hind iiiinself,-but not his ru ccessors. The Earl of LIVERPOOL .said,i.if Kings could not bind -their succe‘sors there would he an end of treaties. The treaty to which the Noble Lord alluded bad received the sanction of the French Legislature and the Spanish Cortes. TITHES IN IRELAND. The Earl of DARNLEY adverted to the intention to pre rent a petition from the Clergy of Ireland against the mea sure to legalize the .commutation of Tithes in that part of the 'United Kingdom. The Noble Earl considered it a measure ;likely to ameliorate the condition of that country, and it was jtis intention to take up the subject next month, with a view. of bringing it under discussion, if it was not taken into other bends. rite Earl of LIVERPOOL observed, that the Noble Earl 'might take the course he most desired. The Government had .completely done their duty by the introduction of a measure which had been some time before the other branch of the Le gidature. His hope was, that no person would deal in gene ralities with respect to thoquestion, but enter fairly into , dis. eussion when it came • before the House. it was not oansi dered a perfect measure, and they were ready to receive in formation which might lead to improvement. If the Noble .Lords . ;concerned with Ireland would lend their assistance, he saw no reason, why the Session should close without adopting the measure. The Duke of MONTROSE laid Tapers on the table. A PPEA The Earl of LIVERPOOLroae pursuant to notice, the House being summoned to call the attention of the.Lords.to the delay which had unavoidably ensued in their judicial business. 'lt was ImposSible to avoid the adoption of some remedy; but it would bo unwise to state any, because it was better to go Into Committee on the subject with them, unbiassed by any particu lar plan. ”The state of the case, and cause of the evil, 'was 40 be found in three papers laid on the table. In 1003, an order was made that the House should sit three days in the week for hearing Appeals. That rule had' been strictly adhered to, in the hope that it would do away with the .arrears, but unfortunately the measure bad :not succeeded, .not from any neglect on the part of the House, hut the total inability to dispose of the increasing business. It appeared from the Papers, that since 1813 the number of Appeals heard , war 507 of which the greater part were Scotch and Irish. Whe Noble End read from the Papers the number of. English, 'Scotch, Irish, and Welch Appeals, decided, affirmed, reversed, or left undecided, and concluded by moving that a Committee be appointed to inquire into the best means of facilitating jus tice as to hearing Appeals, Writs of Error, and other judicial -proceedings. The Earl of ROSEBERRY supported the motion. Lord CAWDOR wished to know whether it was :intended eta adopt any plan to expedite proceedings in the Courts of....tu dicature in %Vales ? The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, his motion applied to the administration of justice in that liouse—a regulation with respect to the beginess of the Noble and Learned Lord, and come relief afforded him in hearing appeals 'would have a.salu • Aso effect, by enabling the Noble and Learned Lord to attend e- More frequently elsewhere. The motion was agreed to, and a Committee appointed fie .,.cordlattlf• Allarttice's Divorce Bill, and the Navy and Army Panatofte .81.11, went through Counnittees.—Adjourned wlltunday. HOUSE OF COIVINIONS. A number of petitions were presented from various places, -proving for the repeal of the Coal Durk% ,miscoNcupTioN of LORD NORMANBY'S SPEECH. Lord NORMANDY..-" Understanding that certain words, which from me In the course of last night's•debate, are liable to misconception, t bough I wonder how any such tuis. conception can have taken place I still cannot have the slightest hesitation to declare, that 1 did not mean to convey, in what T then said, any imputation to the disadvantage of the :Right non. Member for the City of Edinburgh. 'Multi did mean to convey was this—that, however respectable the hull. vidual may he, who is sent to Parliament as the representa. tive of so large a population, and is , yet chosen by so very • small a number of electors as is to be found in the city of Edinburgh, his ease affords one of the strongest instances that can be adduced of what has been welt styled the mockery of represeotarion:"—(Hear.) Mr. W. DLINDAS was understood to say, that the ,crption under which he had laboured was not occasioned so much by what 'the Noble Lord had himself said, as by the representation of it which had .appeared in some of the public journals GAME LAWS. Lord CRANBOTINE brought in a bill to legalize the sale of gaine.—lt was read a first time. Sir JOHN SLIELLEY expressed his intention of taking the sense of the House on this bill on the second reading. Lord CRANBOKNE then appointed Monday se nnight for .he second reading of it. Lord ALM OKI' presented a petition from MO respectable •tratitlanen of Westminster, praying that some effectual legal measure may he deVised fot the easier recovery of small debts. The Noble Lord, in presenting it, stated that the evidence had. been offered before the Cprumitte of which he 'hia"been Chairman, Thlly'proved the necessity of some such measure. After a few observations from Mr. HOBIIOII6E, who sup ported the prayer of the petition, it wolaid on the table, and ordered to he printed, pp... WEIGHTS AND MEASURES' SILL. Sir G. CLERK moved the Order of the Day for the third reading of this bill. Mr. - HUME renewed his former objections. There was no penalty in the Bill , to prevent the old measures from being made in future, or to compel the Excise and Customs to adopt the new. _lnstead of beinkn Bill to promote an uniformity of weights And measures, he looked upon it as a Itill , that Ins cal culated to ascertain their discrepancy, Besides, such a Bill ought in its operation to be prospective. Sir G. CLERK defended the Bill ; and stated, that if it should be found defective at present, another Bill could be subsequently introduced to amend it.—The Bill was then read a third time. Sir U. CLERK said, that he had been desired by the Hon. Member for London to introduce a clause into the Bill, to save the right of gauging to the City of London. He did not him self think it necessary, but he had no objection to introduce it to satisfy the fears of the worthy Alderman opposite (Wood.) The clause was agreed to, after a few remarks from Mr. Alderman Woon. The Bill was then passed, after a short conversation upon it bet Ween Mr. Hume, Mr. D. Gilbert, Mr. T. Ellis, and Sir J. Newport. UNION DUTIES. Sir H. PARNELlipresented a petition from certain inha bitants of Drogheda, relative to the Repeal of the Übion "Duties. _ _ _ _ After a few words from Mr. Curwen, Mr. Wallace. Mr. C. Hutchinson, Mr. G. Phillips, and Mr. Ellis, the petition was laid upon the table. Mr. BYNG presented a petition from old and new Brent ford, against the _Duty on Coals : also a similar petition from Clerkenwell. . _ . Mr. HUSRISSON presented a petition from the cotton: . weavers of Manchester, complaining of distress, and attributing it to the employment of machinery in the manufacture of cotton goods. The lion. Member expressed his opinion that the re medies suggested by the petitioners would not be effectnaL, He sympathized in their sufferings, but saw no method otgiv ing them relief ; but he trusted .t hat the House would take the case into consideration. Lord STANLEY adverted to the prayer of the petitioners for a Committee to regulate the prices between master and workman ; and observed, that if the wages were low, the price of provisions was cheap. • Mr. G. PHILIPS denied that the weavers were injured by the use of machinery as it was applied in their trade. As re garded the rate of profit at present obtained, the men were in general better off than their masters. Mr. PEEL said, that he had received most satisfactory an. swers to his inquiries generally into the condition of the manu fatturing classes. Mr. J. MAXWELL was convinced, that since the intro. duction of machinery, the wages of manufacturing weavers had fallen front 30 to 40 per cent. Certainly, if the labourer was to compete with machinery, lie ought to stand—as machinery stood—free from taxation. LEATHER-TAX. Mr. HUTCHINSON presented a petition froM the Tan ners of Cork, praying for a further reduction of the Duties on Leather. Lord ALTHORP presented a similar petition from the butchers of Northampton, complaining that the Leather-tax prevented their getting a price for their hides. DUTY ON COALS COASTWISE. Mr. LUSHINGTON presented a petition against this tax from die Mayor and Corporation of Canterbury. BEEIt TRADE. Lord ALTHORP presented a Petition from Sir James Longhorn, of Northamptonshire, Bart., against certain provi sions contained in the new Beer Bill. The Noble Lord stated, that Sir James Longhorn, for the benefit of the lower orders in his vicinity, had set up a brewhouse some time since, under permission of the Excise, in which he brewed a beer of seven bushels of malt, to three barrels of 36 gallons each—the price never to exceed sixpence a gallon, and no smaller quantity than;lour gallons to be sold at once. As by the new Beer Bill the quantity-of wall ,allowed to be employed was limited to eight bushels in live barrels, of 36 gallons each, Sir James Latigham_, under, that law, would no loner be permitted to brew his beer of its accustomed strength. rite Petition there fore 'praytal, and Lord Althorp agreed in the suggestion, that the brewer might be allowed to make his beer of what strength he pleased, provided be did not exceed his price of ten pence .per gallon. 'This course would be certainly advantageous to the public, because beer brewed at the rate of eight bushels to five. barrels, would be so bad that no one would drink it.— The Petitioner, in case the House rejected his first proposition, prayed that the provisions of the Act might not extend to abet any brewer who was already engaged in the sale of beer under ten pence a gallon. The report of the Grand Jury Presentments (Ireland) Bill was received. The Masters' and Apprentices' Bill was read a second time. Committed for Monday se nnight. GAME LAWS. Mr. GREY BENNET presented a Petition from an indi vidual of the name of Richard Miller, complaining of a con. viction under the Game Laws. The petitioner complained that the. Duke of Buckingham, with two clergymen who were Ma gistrates, had convicted him; the Duke sitting in judgment upon a charge which was his own, and taking the evidence in ar the matteom two dills own servants. The petitioner, after farther complaining of a trespass committed upon his lands by one of the Duke of Buckingham's servants, concluded by pray ing that the (Jame Laws might be altered, and that in future no clergymen should be allowed to act as Magistrates. - - - - .... Sir THOMAS BARING bore witness to the high character of the two clericalsentlemen (their names we could not catch) of whom the petitioner complained. The Marquis of CHANDOS said, that the conviction had been in all respects a fair one. The fact was, that the peti tioner was fond of coursing. No objection had ever been made to his coursing . with those parties of qualified persons who went, out in his neighbourhood ; but when he was found coursing' , with his own friends ? persons not qualified, it became necessary to proceed against hun. Mr. 11. SUM NER said, that he thought the petition should not be allowed to be brought up.—(Murniurs.)---lie repeated 1 his assertion, and his reason for saying so was, that the law had provided -sufficient means of redress for the grievance com plained of through the jurisdiction of the Courts. Mr. ELLICL said, that he could not-agree with the Hon. Member; for the petition not only complained of a grievance personal to the petitioner, but prayed for an alteration in the laws under which he had suffered. It was couched, moreover, in language the most unexceptionable, and the House would -have no fair pretence for rejecting it. Mr. C. WYNN said, that if the petition had been confined ..-to a complaint against the conduct of the Magistrates, for which there was a remedy given to the petitioner by appeal, under the statute, to the Quarter Sessions, undoubtedly time practice of the House would warrant opposition to its being brought up. As it also prayed for an alteration of the laws, it was but right that it should be received. Mr. J. WILLIAMS said, that the state of the game laws was most grievous, and a gross violation of the laws of pro. perty. He thought it essential that a complete revisal of those laws should take place. ' ' . Mr. HUME said, that the Noble Duke, acting as judge in his own cause, had done that which scarcely another man in the country would have done. He strongly objected to dietlp potnttnent of clergymen to the Magistracy. The duties of the bench, the squabbles of the neighbourhood, And the liability..to be influenced by their rich neighbours, were all incompatible with the sacred duties of their calling. Ile highly #pproved of these counties where the Lord Lieutenants had refused to ap point clergymen to the Magistracy. After a few words from Mr. C. WYNN, Mr. S. WoRTLEY, Mr. E. WonEtioutmE, and the Marquis of Citaxpos, th e petition was read, and laid upon the table. Mr. G. BENNET moved for copies of the letter of Mr. ilutchinson , to the Commissioners, respecting the Diet of the Penitentiary, and the report on the death of Mary Brenton. — He prefaced -the motion with various recitals respecting the 'treatment of the inmates of that establishment. A long conversation then ensued, in the course of which, Mr. Ilobronn vindicated the conduct of the Committee, and stated the readiness with which they had applied to proper ' medical persons, as soon as any doubts had been entertained respecting the nature of the disease with which the prisoners were afflicted. Sir JOSEPH YORKE complained of the dismissal of Mr. Copland Hutchinson, the medical attendant of the este. blisitnment. Mr. W. CUURTENAY said, that gentleman's dismissal had been occasiontal not by any opinion of his want of skill, but by the want of temper which he had displayed in his coin counications with the Committee. Mr. PEEL deprecated any imputation upon the conduct of the Committee, to whose gratuitous exertions the public were highly indebted. With respect to the dismissal of Mr. Hut &mon, it met with his decided approbation. Alderman WOOD expressed his opinion that the swampy . nature of' the ground on which the Penitentiary was built was one great cause of the mortality that prevailed there; and he contrasted the healthy state of other prisons during the last winter, with the disease which raged in the Penitentiary , as a proof that the cold was not the cause of the distemper. Mr. PEEL read an extract from the report to thew that the tnediela gentlemen ilia not attribute the production of the ass-. ease to the situation on which the prison was built. After a few words from Alderman WOOD and Mr. MON CY, the motion was agreed to. Mr. GOULBURN presented a petition from the Iligh She- Irift'and Magistrates of the County of Carlow respecting the employment of the poor.—Laid on the table. The lion. Gentleman next presented a petition from the .Clergy of the united Dioceses of Arden and Aghadoe in favour of the Tithe-commutation Bill. lie should only say, that the petition was most respectably signed by the Clergy of the Diocess.—( Hear I) Sir J. NEWPORT was extremely glad to find that the Pa rochial Clergy of Ireland began to feel it to be their duty, as well with reference to their own interests as. to those of the peo ple at large, to state their opinion on the subject of tithes, in stead of leaving that subject entirely to the Episcopal Order. The petition was read, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. BEER DUTIES' BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the Order of the Day for the further consideration of the report of the Beer Duties Bill. Lord A. HAMILTON said there were twObillsz relative to Scotland amongst the orders of' the day, and as - he'did not see the Learned Lord Advocate in hisplace, he wished to ask the Right Hun. Gentleman whether it was the Learned Lord's in tention to bring them on to.night ? They stood much higher on the list than the order which was now moved ; and he had heard that the Learned Lord did not mean to take any pro ceeding on them to-night. .The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated, that it was not in his power to give any answer to the question of the Noble Lord. The Right Hon. Gentleman then moved that the Beer Duties' bill be recommitted. In the Committee, the Right Hun. Gentleman stated that he had to propose ope or two amendments of no great importance. In page 2, the price per barrel, as inserted in the Bill, was 2111. This was a mistake, it should have been 275. In page 4, he meant to add a few words, relative to the consumption of beer on the premises of those who brewed it: At present, as the clause stood, it Might betonsumed in any out-house or garden .adjoining the premises. If this were allowed, the whole police part of the question would .easily be evaded. He would, there fore, extend the prohibitie!to gardens, outbuildings, There was anotper clause, Which limited the distance at which persons should be allow.ed to take buildings, for the purpose of brewing the new inaltliquor, with reference to establishments in which porter was brewed: It was provided by the clause, that the malt liquor contemplated by this bill should not be brewed within 200 direct yards of a porter brewery. But if this clause remained, there was nothing to prevent a person taking a place for a brew-house, though he did not mean to use it for that purpose, nearer than within 200 yards of any building erected or employed under the provisions of this act, which would have the effect of' hindering the individuals who wished to brew the new liquor from proceeding with their design. He would therefore add to the provision, by enacting, that the new beer should not be brewed within 200 yards of any place which, not only at the present time, but for three months preceding, had been entered or licensed as a porter brewery. He meant also to add another clause, allowing the brewers to receive a higher price than 275. per barrel, when malt and hops were so high as to prevent the brewer from reaping any profit from the article at that rate. The clause would give to the Lords of the Treasury, when the price of malt and hops rose to -a certain height, the power to authorize the brewer to demand more than 275. per barrel. Colonel WOOD was of opinion, that it would be more use ful if the price were advanced a little, instead of being lowered. He wished the Right Hon. Gentleman to raise the price, and diminish the quantity of water. By the present plan, a quar ter of malt was to produce live barrels of beer, at the rate of 275. per barrel. It would be much better to raise the price to 305., and to diminish the quantity to four barrels of beer from each quarter of malt. A good and substantial beverage would thus be brewed at a reasonable rate. He meant, therefore, to move that 30s. should be substituted fur 275. Mr. MONCIC said, that by this plan there would be but two sorts of beer—one so strong that it would not be drank by any person, the other so weak, that it would likewise be reject. cd. The poor man had a right to expect a good intermediate beverage. At present the poor man paid 1M) per cent. more for his beer than the rich man did. The latter could brew it at home, and thus escape the duty, while the former paid 30s. per barrel on his strong beer. The poor man, then, was at least entitled to this advantage, that he should have an opportunity of choosing what sort of beer he pleased. That kind of beer which be did not want ought not to be forced upon him. lie should have a beverage that would neither disagree with his head nor with his stomach. The present Bill he looked up on as cruel to the public brewer, and nut advantageous to the public. After a few words front Mr. Alderman C. Sstrrit and Mr. NEWMAN, Mr. I3ENETT expressed his dissent from the principles of a duty regulated solely for the higher quality of beer, the effect of which would be to exclude the cheaper article. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he was in 'the daily habit of receiving numerous letters on the sub ject of this Bill: some of them said the effect would be to de stroy the regular breweries, while others said it would destroy the quality of the beverage itself. Ile strongly recommended a trial of the Bill In its present shape : he had no doubt the ellbet would be tO enable those who could not afibrd the higher priced article, to have wholesome beer at a moderate rate. Sir J. NEWPORT said that the effect upon the Irish breweries, of a measure framed for Ireland, would throw a light upon the present consideration. After a few words front Mr. PYRITE PALMER, Sir ED. WARD KNATCHBULL, and Colonel Woon, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was fearful that some of the provisions proposed to be introduced into the Bill, particularly those which left upon the mixed beer the higher duty—namely, that which was payable on strong beer—would prove, in operation, injurious to the re venue, as they were certainly lo principle unjust to the con sumer. Mr. RENNET (of Wiltshire), Mr. MONCY, Mr. W. SMITH, Mr. Alderman Wool), Sir JOHN SEBUICIIIT, Mr. E. WODEHOUSE, and Mr. NEWMAN, severally delivered their opinions on the probable effect, and on the details of the Bill, and it was then agreed to be read a second time para. graph by paragraph. On the reading of the clause, which declares Omen° less a 'quantity than five barrels of beer shall be made from a quarter of malt, Colonel WOOD proposed as an amendment that the word four should be inserted instead of the word five. Upon a division the numbers were— }or the amendment, 48 I Against it, 16 I Majority, 29. .The clause was then agreed to, as were all the other clauses of the Bill. The House then resumed, anti the Report was ordered to be received on Monday. IRISH MILITIA REDUCTION BILL. On the Motion that the House do resolve itself into a Com mittee on this Bill, Mr. SKEFF IN GTON, after some fctv observations against the Bill, moved as an amendment that the House do resolve it self into the Committee this day six months. Mr. GOULBURN supported the Bill. Colonel BARRY opposed die Bill as a breach of faith with the Irish Militia. Lord PALMERSTON contended that the provisions of the Bill involved no breach of faith with the Militia of Ireland. After a feW words from Sir N. COLTHURST, the amend ment was negatived without a division. The House then resolved itself into the Committee. In die Committee Mr. Skeffington proposed an additional eiause, which wa s agree d-to,-the House then resumed, and the report was ordered to he Teceived on Monday next. The Union Duties Bill went through a Committee. In answer to a ques tion put by Mr. a RICE, Mr. FRANKLAND LEwis stated, that it was In contemplation to continue the Protecting Duties to Irish blanketting, if it should be found to come within the description of drapery. The House resumed.—Report on Monday. Colonel BARRY' s tated that he held in his hand a list of witnesses that it would be necessary to summon on the approach ing investigation into the conduct of the Sheriff of Dublin; but so me of poor, that unless pecuniary assist. ae were e tend the House. it would not be in their power to at- Mr. GOULBURN said he believed there was no example of any advances being made in the first instance. The House had the power to compel the attendance of persons, at whatever inconvenience i he was not, therefore, prepared to say that in this case a contrary precedent should be established. After alew words from Sir J. NEWPORT and Mr. DALY the motion was agreed to, and the witnesses ordered to attend the House on Monday, the bth of May next. The panel of the Dublin Grand Jury was also ordered to be laid before the House on the same day. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and tire House adjourned at OxE o'CLorx. The planets, Venus and Jupiter,' are now beautiful objects in the western sky, immediately after sunset; the former setting this evening at 81 minuts after nine, the latter at 8 minutes after ten. the planet Mercury, which on account of its proximity to the Sun is so rarely seen, will also he visible for nearly an hour after sunset, in the hat fortnight of the ensiling month of May, its greatest elonoion being on the 28th of that month, when it will set at DO minutes after nine. ?Oa THE SUN. Eorron—As. an article in your Paper of -yesterday, on the subject of the Petition from the University Hof ,Cambridge respecting the West-Indian Slaves, is partly ;founded on misinformation, I hope - you will insert this correc-, don Of the mis-statements which it contains. It is difficult to' imagine how any person, at all acquainted with what passed in the University, can .complain that the Petition was hastily got. up or brought forwards without sufficient publicity. It might be enough to reply, that it was carried, after the usual notice, in a full Senate, without a single dissentient voice. But be this, it ought to be 4nown that the design of petitioning on this subject had been 'formed and promulgated fur some weeks before ; that pains had been taken, to a degree far beyond what is usual in such cases, to make this intention generally known; and that the Petition, which was drawn up at an open Meeting collected for the purpose, was put into the hands of the Vice-Chancellor two days before the voting. How the proceeding could have been mere regular or deli berate, it seems impossible to point out. Andif, by hinting the duty of a longer notice to the University AT LARGE, it be intended to imply the propriety of informing the non-resident Members of what was contemplated, it must be observed that there seems to have been no reason for doing in this case what has never been practised in bringing forwards other Petitions. I have tho, honour to be, Your obedient servant, Cambridge, April 25, 1823. M. A. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. MOUSE OF COMMONS. Veneris, 25° die Aprilis, 1823. GAR LlGHT—Belfast—Petition of Police Commissioners of Belfast, against; referred. Greenwich—Bill read a second time, and committed. ROAPS—Cockennoutli, &c. Tenhury, Wigtown, and Darks ton—Bills read a third time, and passed. Casdeton—Bill read a second time, and committed. Bermondsey—Petition of Inhabitants of St. Paul, Deptford, against, referred to the Committee on the Bill. Com: Du T tzs-4 3 etition<from Rye, Liverpool, Portland,Wal thatnstow, Teignmouth and Sheldon, Newton Abbot and Newton Bushel, Bideford, Old and New Brentford, Cler kenwell, and Canterbury, against the Duties on Coals car ried coastwise. HARBOURB—Holyhead and Howth—Petitions of Trustees of Old Stratford and Dunstable Roads, against. BARlLLA—Petition of Inhabitants of Galway, for continuance of the Duties thereon. GREAT SESSIONS IN WALES—Second reading of the Bill deferred till Tuesday next. SALE ON GAME—BiII read a first time. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES—BiII read a third time, and passed. LE ATItEn DUTlES—Petitions of Tanners of Cork, for the total repeal thereof ; and of Butchers of Northampton, for further reduction thereof DEED. Dv lES—Petition ofSir James Langhant, hart. against the Bill. MASTENB AND APPRENTICES—BiII reads second time, and committed. FLAX—Petition of High Sheriff; &c. of Carlow, for encourag. ing the growth thereof. COMMUTATION or TITHES (Ireland)—Petition of Beneficed Clergy and Lay Impropriators of Tithes in the United Dio. cese of Ardfert and Aghadoe, in favour of. SHICRITe or Duntax—lnquiry into his Conduct—Ordered, That Henry lland w i c h, o f Paradise-mw, carpenter ; Handwich, father of the said Henry; Robert Gilbert, De. puty Gaol of Newgate • Wm. Leedom, of Stephen's-street, tallow-chandler ; Jose p h Uabbett , Police Magistrate ; John C. Graves, Police Mag strate ; James Barton, of the Theatre Royal • Richard Smyth, of the Cfty of Dublin, Alderman ; John jackson, of Grafton-street, Tunbridge-warehousman ; Thomas Sibthorpe, of Palace-street, Student, Trinity Col lege ; Niel M'Kenny, of Anglesey-street, silk-mercer; 'rhos. Mayne, of George's-place, Attorney ; William Carpenter, of Grenville-street, builder ; Norman, of the Theatre Royal ; James M‘Gall, of the City of Dublin, merchant; Richard Farrell, North Great George's-street, Barrister-at-Law; W. Irwine and C. Gillougley, Police Constables; John Poundon, Camden-street, Gentleman ; Gilbert Elliott, of Blesington. street; Sir George Whitford, Samuel Warr e n, Arthur-Per rin, Joseph Henry Moore, John Twycross, and Joseph Lamprey, now of the Hungerford Coffee.honse, Strand, Lon don ; and Francis G. Wilson, Officer of Customs ; do attend this House on Monday bth May. Ordered, That the Pannels for the Dublin Commission Grand Juries for the years 1819, 1820, .andlB2l, be laid be. fore this House ; and that the Clerk of the Crown do attend therewith on Monday bth May. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR MONDAY. 1. Poor Laws Amendment Bill—Second Reading. 2. Quorum Magistrates Bill—Committee. 3. Supply—Report. (Miscellaneous Services.) 4. Combination of Workmen Bill—Second Reading. 5. Charitable Loan Societies (Ireland) Bill—Third Reading. 6. Beer Duties Bill—Report. 7. Militia Reduction (Ireland) Bill—Report. 8. Union Duties Bill—Report. 9. Apprenticeships Bill—Report. ID. Union and Intercourse (Ireland) Acts—Report thereupon 11. Registry of Vessels Bill—Second Reading. 12. Supply—Committee. 13. Ways and Means—Committee. 14. Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill —Committee. 15. Commissary Courts (Scotland) Bill—Committee. 16. Supply—Reports. (Irish Miscellaneous Services.) NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR MONDAY. 1. Mr. Macdonald—Address on the Papers relating to the late Negociations. 2. Mr. Lushington—Civil Contingencies, Printing, and deferred ' Miscellaneous Estimates. (In Committee of Supply). 3. Mr. Goulbunt—itemaining Irish Estimates. (In Commit tee of Supply.) 4. Sir William Cunningham Fairlie—Bill to amend the 10 Geo. 3, c. 51, intituled, "An Act to encourage the im provement of Lands and Tenements in Scotland held under settlements of strict entail." 5. Mr. Spring Rice—Bill to regulate Elections in Cities and Towns in Ireland. NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. Friday, Ma y 2. - -- - - - Lord Francis Osborne-16iurn Of Prisoners confined in the Gaol of North Allerton, from the let January last ; show ing the number employed in the Tread Mill, and distin mashing those who have been sentence to hard labour from those confined previously to trial. Tursday, May 6. General Gascoyne—Address to but Majesty to direct that the Warrant of 6th March last, Issued by the Secretary at War, . be re-considered, and that payment to Half-pay Officers in Ireland be paid in British currency. PRIVATE BILLS-,SECOND READINGS for MONDAY. 1. Dublin Gas Light (N 0 . 12.) 12. Hackney Improvement. PUBLIC COMMITTEES for MONDAY. 1. Foreign Trade, at one 12. Dublin Taxation, at two. Mr. Guam, cabinet-maker, Buckingham, a few days since purchased a chest of tools, for merly the property of a gentleman of the same place, lately deceased ; on examing which he discovered a hoard of 113 guineas in gold coin, which he restored to the owner. John Farrell, an itinerant printer, who to our knowledge has been tramping the country for the last five and-twenty years in search of work, which it was Jack's mis fortune seldom to find, had become so familiar to the trade, that his appeals to their benevolence at length proved un. availing. In this extremity, the worthy pressman took it into his head to die! and having a wife, who inherits all her husband's virtues, he furnished her with a paper, purporting to be written by a master-printer at Hull, setting forth that John had terminated his earthly career in that place, and imploring the assistance of the charitable, to enable his widow' to reach London, which was the plac e her settlement.— The manoeuvre told pretty well at Leeds, and was in a fair train of success at Sheffield ; but, unfortunately, there the dead husband came to life again ! and was seen in the streets with his heartbroken relict. The catastrophe need scarcely be told : they both decamped and this notice is inserted to pre vent the periodical return of this brace of shameless impostors. —( Leeds Mercury.) PRICE CC TitlS DAY AT Bank Stock —...—....-- 3 per Cent. Red. 7q 3 per Cent. Cons. — 77 e if 3 iper Cent— ......_»„...... per Cent. Old { ..• " 5 ?er Cents. 1797 Bank Long Ann.l9li:l3.l6ths Lipp. 3 per Cents. PRICE or FOREIGN STOCKS Irr LONDON, APUIL 261 Five per Cents. 00. Six per Cents. 00. Russian Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. {Ditto New 751. N eapo li tan I Five per Cent. Bonds , 71 i . 1 Scrip, 00. Austrian Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Five per Cent. Bonds, 38. Spanish ( D .: a ol n o is nlian New Ditto, 3:2 i i. Scrip, 00 disc. Prussian Five per Cent. Bonds, 82 1 . tDitto New, 82. Five per Cent. Bonds, 801. Chili 68. Six per Cent. Bonds, 6* Peruvian New Loan, 00. Bank Shares .{:2l ss. Six per Cmt. 90-9 8 . American' . Five per Lent. 95i -:)1. Three per Cent. 70. --....-. AT ONE O'CLOCK. French PRICE OF IRISH STOCK, APRIL 22. I Grand Calla Loin, 4 p.ct. 31 --Ditto 6 per cent....3-ta ---DittoStock ............ 18 }Snide-street t e aD i e :N . : 3 . e l t C . Water an withC e l ee e t ° ert 6 b:. ° : }o l6 s e.y . r p: S e . per c.ecs. n c e : c : • • 5 per cent. ............... •-• ,on, April 21, 84. 4 BRIPOS TO.IVIOIIR0 VS Evening, 35 minute Bank Stock 235 Goy. Deb. 33 per cent.... 9444 Stock, 3A per cc 87.3 Goy. Deb. 4 per cent. Gov. Deb. 5 per cent. 2 —Stock, 4 per cent.' 951 Treasury Bills, 5 per cent — City Debentures, 5 per cent. - par Lying in Hospital 4 per ct. Exchange on Loui HIGH WATER aT LOP , TDOi Morning, 19 minutes after 3. THE S SOLEM OUIS DICERS FALSUM AfIDEAT LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 26 _____-1138-3= THE KING• Carlton Palace 7'rco—o'Clock.--110 13imislt continues to improve in health. A Correspondent at Dover, in whom we P confidence, informs us, by a private conveyance, that the French Governmen t have prohibited,: i" troduction of the English newsp a p ers into Rance, under a penalty of 500/. for each paper ! ! voice of truth, therefore, IS shut out from the ear 9 of the B o_unoNs, by the harriers' hich is h 5 presented to the only q uarter from irhich it could have readied them ! Their Coon cill must be bad indeed, when they are of the People of England, res p ecting afraid of hearing the honest and sincere, though le, frantic sentime nti perhaps somewhat unp alatab career on which they have entered! the "Gw"gesdoFa—sflYriaeirhnle Angoele"1:11 . tfril e l a Vtl gener a l Paris. e t lc the eOA a r y a, tr e e d:N% received ,paa 010, lel Nte 1 n t—t enteredh e French French hhitcrooh troops. It the intelligence o f ot o e la day) --re la ti ve 4ev retired ihr t e o Ad t p h tro e i i ,B ( et occupati o n S hi v e ee e trsh r , l pa i at ;i E itieos S ivv i on : t rioy ; ( * it; i si l ee : rin d nsov n i ;h es : I : o " point (it previouslynh,igya )r o f pnycerds "i_ lion w ill ii movement of wt itaidlohtitNelpiggiesfraEguelpra.yiocasvyrweiteelvisetthvynlista‘eeioasvtitrnitilioe,i,ittmilit,,:litisitee,tliiret,ttilllt),liiiiiiyi',essirvgioroastitilihtp.)l3l,l:l,eeupdirvvrrlo_itealeaini.r..... rennochdoausbttonofisihortly be followed by 4 by the tdillissiivne this quarter, for it is evidently execte most determined resistance on the part of n i ' " The ..,,,,/ des public attention" (says the Jew- - Dibuts)," is now turned towards Catalonia, necessarily e ftwho c? , 'i r:seiohb ri t : st a l According e er :) a r t u jo h n a b in ! movements, nothing can be decided ►►ra i l ti . latter days of this month, during w hich I , aitztlyouimr e e n p ert e eeo r m a o t taf i ti o i let: the " a il irc.oeunlaaaiybi o n . :: t loyf t e o ms i t ai take 5 1 1 s .p. e ! osus tor:ti:lles pourer, credit cnreewdy-ios-t'refebdrieoegpirminiuttkodteheof a rtny. 'We n's impatience of curiosity, dity of stock jobbers, will not fail to invent'din, The Ultra Journal L'Etoile contains, ecc°r en 0 18 to custom, various reports unfavourable i:1,,9 cause of freedom in Spain • Among other tltilii) it is alleged that the Members of th e e° o -0- of State in Madrid have drawn LIP 3 that test against the removal of the JR' Nc; ; . aieft . the Municipality have concurred ti e ► the `: sure, and have declared for tile Free', , atilt the col' Chic' It is also stated t!►at the Insurgent co, MIRA LE S has destroyed the division 1 , which mantled by the Constitutional General to'r P i and threatens the Seo d'Vrgel, is anticipated. surrender v t h e sur The following article, i►► the same paper, !I A Y 1 . STOCKS IKE O'CLOCK. India Stock ............. . .... India Bonds.. .. . ...... 34. 365. South Sea Stock ......... Annuities. Er. Bills .. ........... 14 17 Pr. Ditto Small ................... Bank tbr Act. . . ............. India for Con. A cct, .... Cons. for Acct. ............ P~