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NOTICE is hereby given, that a Session of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery, for the Trial of Offeneescommtted on the High Seas, within the Jurirdie got of the ridmiralty of England, will be held at Justice lioll,inthe Old Bailey, London, on Friday, the 25th day of 4 .l prilne.St,at Eight o'Clock in the Morning. • PARLIAMENT. to this measure, which he consid e r e d to b e one o f grea t import ance. lie wished for their assistance, and if he were wrong in any instance, he hoped they would correct him. The Bill was read a first, and ordered to he read a second time on Monday, and to be printed. Mr. Alderman WOOD presented a Petition, 'Very nume rously signed, from Halifax, in lorkshire, praying for a Re form in Parliament.—Ordered to be printed. thrown out implicated all who had been Members of the former Government of Ireland. Perhaps it would therefore be con ceded that those to whom allusion had been made ought to be allowed to speak in their own vindication. Mr. CALOR PP felt that he had touched on a delicate question. He owned that he had been disorderly, and was ob liged to the Right Hon. Gentleman for stopping h►m. But he would join issue with the Right Honourable Gentleman on the propriety of terminating the present conversation. If it were resumed by the Right Honourable Gewleman, he hoped the Gentlemen on the other side of the [louse would not have it all to themselves, hurt that their opponents would be allowed to take part in it, so that the question might be fully debated on both sides. MOUSE OF LORDS, A MIL 22. SUPPLEMENTAL NEGOCIATIONS. cwt. 63i cv , t• The Papers of LA - liPOOL laid before the House, on the application of several Noble Lords, having been printed, were this day put on the table. SLAVE TRADE. . _ The Duke of GLOUCESTER presented a rtition from die University of Cambridge, more praying for the effectual Abo lition of the Slave Trade in the West Indies. His Royal High. ness fully concurred in the sentiments expressed by the peti tioners, and was happy, in his character of Chancellor, to pre. sent it. _ _ _ _ _ SI TRCIIARGES. Mr. Alderman WOOD then presented a petition from Horne Giles, a butcher in Southwark, complaining of certain Sur charges, and praying relief.—Ordered to be printed. He also presented a petition from John Williamson, of Ba singhall-street, complaining of the number of Graves disturbed in his neighbourhood, and praying for sonic law to restrain such practices.---Ordered to be printed. Lord F. GOWER presented a petition from the Borough of Wick, against any alteration in the Duties on Sugar.--Ordered to be printed. J. IV. CROKER. r qr. er 4,' ii 21. s ed s 4d os cd ds es Od Bs Od 61 3d 1 4184 21 l'2s X 31 35 's e. Oct o i Od a r ° 2.0 eoJ '2I eod 97 41 19a Isa laJ qgd 11 9 ' 7'1 5 7S' sec ' Bl Oa 650 d Al 1.• Oct• ~,r S. t pd ~! . 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VIM BACKLER's GREAT - WINDOW of -kVA. the LAST SUPPER for the ALTA P R of HERE FORD CATHEDRAL,. trorn the Grand Picture by West, the property of his Majesty, is NOW EXHIBITED at his (441 cry, No. 18, Newman-street.—Open from ten till dusk. Admittance, .one. Shilling. CALEDONIAN ASYLUM for SUPPORTING and Et:W CATING the CHILDREN of SOLD IERS . SAILORS, and NIARINES, N at i ves of SCOTLAND, who have die d,. or been di sa b led in the Service of their Country, and of, Indi gent S cotch Parents resident in London, not entitle d to Parochial Relief, Cross street, Hatton•garden. PATRON, The KING'S MOS l' EXCELLENT NIAJEsTr. PRESIDENT, Mic Royal PRESIDENT, the DUKE of YORK and ALBANY. THE stvrit ANNIVERSARY 1)1 \NEIL for the ItEN EFIT of the INSTITuTioN, will take plac e at the FItE EMASONS"fAVERN, on SA lURDAY, the With Itmant, The Right Hon. Viscount GLENORCHY in the Chair. S TEWARDS. Lietst.-Cien, Sir Wht.' Cock= Colonel Sir Evan Macgregor hurn, of Cockburo and,ltys. Murray, law, Bart. 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METCALFE, Secretary. ‘jr , . 1) I DN ORPHAN ASYLUM, instituted -44 41 ' Bl3 , for the Reception I.ASTITUTE 011- ?HANS, particoLirly those dscolding tents; under the immediate Patronnge o„f, ,„ 0 .‘ from' respectable Pa- IS MOST GRAoIOtIS 30 17 ...e1• 1 " FIRST STONE of the BUILDING intended for this ;AItITY Will be LAID on the Estate, at LOWER P on MONDAY, the-411t of MAY, at ' Itree o Clods by Ilia Royal kliglinet. the DUKE of YORK. r , ‘ "e Hight H onoura bl e th e LORA) MAYOII. awl SUITE, :C nia nY cif the Nobility, bare kindly promised to give eir sttnction to the occasion. After the the Ft Lu iz e Ceremony, 74,07,„tN, 11 11 His Royal Highttet Ilisbupagate• Street riends of the Institution will at the CITY of LONDON • S q , STEWARDS. . Maximilian Kymer, Esq. muF" . T. 11. el Amory , lay.Areling ' 1* H. R. Lewis, Esq. r. ii. lirandram Esq. Thomas Marriott, Esq. Joh r , r t • ' q* i7.ll,,nestl'a.iitelgl,gi' sq E •7 l' h i 1 e i e r t . , E E2 q - q . . 4 ti• Chapman Fs( T. 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This Day was published. in small 1211 m. 1111 E ANNUAL S UBSCRIPTION CHA price 58.6 th lulus and PUBLIC SociETIES in LONDONI or, an Account of the several Sermons, Dinners, and Meetings, of every description, by which the different Establishmen ts . _ of the Metropolis, for Charity, or other with the general welfare of sciety are supported, with a Calendar, or Table euf the a' th its which the r o ofst the Mon purposes connecte d several Anniversaries, Pestivals, &c. of the different Chart. ties are to he held. The object of this little work is not timely to furnish twienunanibt to persons engaged us active patrons in the cause tf,f charity, hut MAO to serve as a guide to those whose wel fare is the object of those exertions : Bud it is hoped that, by he notoriety whieh it aims at giving to various charitable in stitutions and societies in Londo ' providing against much ii'‘t trouble, and saving many useless inquiries to both parties unnecessar yconcerned. The date of each society has be may he the means of "ceTta inedw after which l'oll engiven;i:lii,etuheit its institutiou, tlie qualificatioutw' ju rra lcc b e s s cri ' of members iton and governors, the general tim l e s ai tlf anniversaries u and quay owl': j s e c t u t h o e f terly meetings, dinners, sermons, &c, , together wills a gene- Taal Recount of its progress and pecuniary resources, as well s .!,e extent and spher e of its activity. i s ' ne.itetweral Alnianack of Metropolitan Benevolence, which th i ,: r : ll 2 l e(l, will be found useful to all public men who are in b i 'i " au it of att en di ng these several societies; and contrt e, it eis to be h oped, beneficially to the general disposal of t heir ti m, ..........._. Printed for John Albemarle-street. ------______ M urray, • Iri 1 On Maylat will be ibtio ---------- ted, penal aroPrice 12 Giland Ito al 4to. (the latter' e° 4 4 " . 1 , 11 ig s pre s s;ion ' s uf the Y Plates, upon Indian 2"). Price 25 5 , to 011 TRAITS AND BIOGRAPHY (A z ,of ' the MOST I•LLUSTRIOUS PERSONAGES of II ~,,ll` BRI TAIN from th e ear li est Period ; Engraved in ti :: tisilest Style, f rom Original Pictures in the Galleries of t .„. ' bili tY, and th e P ublic Collections of the Country. , iir pi ll . PART I.—CONTAINING I.tied (YP Sldney--From the Duke of Bedford's Collection. . ketitii'lllcellor Bacon—From the. Earl of Verulant's Col `' ,, le l ' %le welter NirFitisllaeSeymour—Front R birien—From the Marquis of Bath's Collection. the Duke of Bedford's Collection. ,„'olanis Gresham —From Mercer's Hall. London. Biographical Memoirs of their Lives and Actions. si By EDMUND LODGE. E sq. „ Norroy King of Arms, F..S. A. tliel,L"sons desirous to possess the tinest Impressions of 11.,„k;:liee'ir,saresrequested to be early in giving Orders to their S,littcrilier the choicest will be devoted to the earliest Pl::blillhes(.114 Harding, Mavor, and Lepartl, (Lackington's), Fu l d titlalY*,,luar; London ; Sold also by the Principal Book rint.sellers througlivut the Kingdom, Mr. BROGDEX, Lord STANL - ev, and other Metithers from the Commons, brought up the Merchants' Apprentices Bill, the Army and Nav7 Pensions Bill, and several private Bills, which were read a first time. PORTUGAL. Lord HOLLAND rose to move for copies of all communi. cations made by•his Majesty's Government to his Most Faithful Majesty since the Istof September, 1U22, on the subject of the invasion of Portugal, together with the answers. It was most important that Parliament should have a clear understanding as to the situation in which this country stood with. Portugal after the invasion of Spain, and he expressed a hope that the Noble Earl would not object to the production of the Papers. . The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, some of the Papers al. lulled to might be produced. There were others that could not come under the consideration of Parliament. The production ' of them was not, however, so necessary, because at the pre sent moment there really was no doubt as to what really was -the understanding between the two countries. He could not be more ample in his statement respecting that understanding than he had been on a former occasion. He had already stated there was this short, and complete under standing. This Government stood with reference_ to the Go vernment of Portugal on this footing :—if Portugal is attacked Without hostility to warrant such attack, this country is obliged to protect her. If she is' attacked in- consequence of offensive acts, there was no obligation. , In case of invasion by the French, the obligation on this country to protect Portugal was unavoidable. That was dictinctly understood to be the result of the negociation. • SLAVE TRADE AND AUSTRIAN LOAN. \ The Marquis of LANSDOWN rose to ask for two descrip tions of Papers not connected with those on the table. The first was the Negociation for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. lie wished to move for the production, and the Noble Lord expressed a hope that there could be no objection to comply with his motion, especially as it was a subject which produced much .anxiety in persons who humanely took an interest in the question. The other subject to which he should call the atten tion of the Noble Earl, was the negociation relating to the Austrian Loan. At an early part of the Session he took the liberty of making some enquiry on the subject, when -the Noble Earl represented that the negociation was in a state of forwarthiese. No information had since appeared. on the table. It ,could not escape the house that a negociation with Spain, arising out of claims of a more recent date than the Austrian loan, had been brought to a conclusion, and he should be glad to hear that some arrangement bed been made by Austria to pay the loan: The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, with respect to the Slave Trade, all the papers relating to the negociation on the subject had been laid on the table of the House. • Ile had nothing-to. add, nor retract. It was true, as the Noble 'Marquis stated, that he on a former.day mentioned, that the negociation was considerablradvanced for arrangement founded on the Aus trian loan. Austria had intended to follow up the principle to the full extent, but the present state of foreign nations had affected her funds. The menacing position of Europe would not allow her.to divest herself of so much money, but the priiv. ciple of adjustment remained the same. His Noble Friend near him (the Duke of Wellington) was ready to confirm his statement. The principle of compromise had been negoriated, andothe Noble Earl had reason to believe it would have been brought to a conclusion if the affairs in other countries had not taken an unexpected turn. lle had no reason to say the terms proposed might not b e agree d on b y all pi.4ties. They did not, however, expect to recover the whole debt. Lord DARNLEY adverted to the language of Mr. Pitt, when the loan was advanced. The strongest assurance was given that the Austrian Government would repay the money. The Earl of LIVERPOOL observed, that neither Mr. Pitt nor his successors had expected the Loan would not be re. _ _ Earl GREY recollected the discussion in the House °teem mons. 111 r. Pitt, he said, dwelt much on the accredited seen. rides of the Bank of Vienna. There was no doubt, at that time, the whole would be repaid. He was glad, however, tin der a disappointment, to hear the Austrian Government were desirous to compound. Lord HOLLAND said, he had never expected to see the money at all, and he really considered Austria in a better state to pay it now than during the last war. He had not seen the Emperor of Austria's name in the Gazeile—(A laugh)-::.but he found the Noble Earl intended to make him a bankrupt. It might be wise to get as much of the debt as possible. Lord ELLENIIOROUGH expressed a wish to know the dates of the communications presented to the Spanish Go vernment, with a view of settling the differences with France. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said the dates were recent—va rious dates. Lord EbLENBOROUGH asked, why the negociations at. Madrid were so suddenly broken off? The Earl of LIVERPOOL replied, that it was not the fault of the British Ambassador at Madrid. Their duty was discharged in the best manner. The discussion succeeded the question respecting the piracies in the West Indies. Lord ELLENBOROUOH wished to know what alteration was proposed in the Spanish Constitution, and whether there were not alternatives ? The Earl of LIVERPOOL said there were alternatives which could not be communicated. _ Earl GREY asked, whether the Noble Earl received com munication on the subject of money sent by France to Spain ? The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, his Majesty's Govern ment received information which induced a belief that money was sent to Spain. THE NAVY. The Earl of DARNLEY, pursuant to notice, made a few observations on the state of the navy. The result of the nego ciations at Verona had led to a general belief that the etr.n try would be involved in a war. He had from time to time urged the necessity of keeping the navy in an efficient state to meet the contingency, and he was sorry to find that the guard-ships had not more than half their usual complement of hands. Ships were also fitted out for foreign service with less men than they ought to carry. It was the duty of Government to keep ships fit for duty. The Noble Earl concluded by mov ing, that there be laid before the House an account of i the men on board guard-ships and men-of-war in commission in Great Britain. Lord Viscount MELVILLE opposed the motion, on the ground that It would not procure the Noble Earl the informa tion he wanted. The return moved for, could only 'relate to vessels in the ports of this country, which formed but s portion of the preparations made by-the Admiralty. It was at the same time unusual to make a return of the whole maritime force of the country, and the House would doubtless not allow it. It had.heen the policy of the country in time of peace to preserve a sufficient number of guard-ships with the proper complement of hands. The Noble Earl had passed over the men employed on the - preventive service, which was always an available force. The Admiralty did not make war by extraor dinary preparation, but he admitted that in all times of peace the navy ought to he in a proper state of preparation. The Earl of DARNLEY did not wish to prolong the dis cussion, and therefore did not press his motion. The question was negatived without a division. The Marquis of LANSDOWN presented a Petition from Mr. Burley, Clerk of the Crown in the County of Derry, on the subject of fees and the want of compensation in the dis charge of the duties of his office.--The Petition was laid on the table.—The House adjourned to Thursday. HOUSE OF COMMONS, COAL TAX. Mr. DENISON presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of Farnham, in surrey, praying the repeal of the Tax on Coals. —Ordered to be printed. • MASTERS AND JOURNEYMEN Mr. P. MOORE brought in a Bill forpreventi Combina tions of Journeymen, and providing a way for settiMg disputes in Trades.—Thelion. Gentleman said, he hoped the Repre sentatives of Manufacturing Towns would give their attention USLIR LAWS. Mr. Sergeant ONSLOW rose to move for leave to bring in a BilLukr.esieia the Laws aggrist Ustiry. He duals tribtleft to arrive their own affairs with respect to money, as with respect to every thing else. He addressed the House at some len,7,th on the iniportance of adopting a mea sure like that which he had now the honour to propose. He shelved that considerable difficulties were thrown in the way of raising money under the present laws, and those made it in some instances more ruinous now to raise money than it would be if the lender were at liberty to demand higherinte rest without offending the law. Ile traced the history. of the Usury Laws from the time of Henry the Eighth downwards,. raminded the House of the circumstances under which he had formerly called their attention to this subject, and con cluded by moving for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the Laws which Prohibit the taking of a larger rate of interest,for money. Leave was given to bring in the Bill. ADM IN IS TR.k TWIN: OF. JUSTICE IN IRELAND. Mr. C. GRANT felt it necessary to trespass on the attention ' of the House for a moment. He did so in consequence of certain expressions which had fallen from his Right Hon. Friend the President of the .Board of Controul, which bad been understood to imply that the Government of Ireland which had preceded that of Lord Wellesley had countenanced a partial adnimistra. tion of justice. Ile must confess that to him the words of his Right lion. Friend had not seemed to convey such a charge. Not having been able to find an opportunity of speaking in that debate, he had not proposed taking any notice of the words in question, but in consequence of the opinion which prevail. ed that such an imputation had been cast on' the Government of which he had been a member, he thought it right to put a • question to his Right Honourable Friend. He believed that his Right Honourable Friend had not meant to say any thing of the kind, and feeling satisfied, as he certainly did, that such a charge would be pafcctly groundless, an answer was perhaps hardly necessary, but still it would be gratifying to his feelings that one should be given. Mr. C. W. WYNN had not the least difficulty in stating on this as on the former occasion, that he had had no intention of preferring stich a charge against any Administration, or against any individual connected with any Administration, as that •of countenancing partiality in the adminiStration of jus. tire. Unquestionably if he had conceived that any individual or Administration had been guilty of such conduct, it would have been his bounden duty to have brought the case forward in a substantive charge against the offending party. What he had said was this consequence of what had fallen from the Eight Honourable Gentleman opposite, he had described himself in joining the present Administration to have reserved to himself and others the fullest right of supporting in Connell or in Parliament any proposition tending to ameliorate the condition of Ireland. - considefed the carrying of the Ca tholic Question, with regard to these views, to be an object of primary importance. He had further said that he had been induced to join the present Government, becaose the nomina tion of the Marquis Wellesley to be Lord Lieutenant, and of. his Right Honourable Friend (Mr. Plunkett) to be Attorney- General for Ireland, did hold out a prospect for Ireland of having her affairs conducted by}a firm, impartial, and concili atory 'Administration, He had also said that the existing laws whatever they might be, ought ,to be equally administered to all classes of his Majesty's subject; and that Roman Catholics in every case ought to be allowed a fair share of those privi leges and advantages to which they were entitled by law. In making these stipulations, lie had intended to cast no reflection on any one, nor did he intend to do so when he restated them. Such was not the course lie had taken, midi was the course which he had thought it right to p ursue . .111 r. Secretary PEEL said, the s u bj ect b e f ore th e Hous e was so important that he must be excused for offering a few obser. vations on it. He must claim for himself, and for every indivi. dual with whom he had acted for six years, the credit of hay. ing administered justice in Ireland w i t h str i ct i m p art i a li t y to all classes of his Majesty's stthjects.—(l - He )—lte would s rt distinctly and solemnly, that the most scriq attention had been paid to the administration of justice in that country. In any case (and such cases were but too frequent) Where a Protestant and Catholic were concerned in an infraction of the peace, the course which had almost uniformly been pursued, was not to trust to the local authorities, but to send down a Counsel of eminence,_ or Commissi oner S, and on their report, if the case were at all doubtful, to di re ct the Law Officers of the Crown to take it into their h.mda and prosecute all the parties. So much for the administration of justice under that Government. Had any default of justice been detected, the party making such discovery ought to have instituted a strict inquiry into the'eauses of it. With respect to the exclusion of Roman Catholics from office; which, by law, they were authorised to hold, he could fearlessly ask, if he, or any one connected with that Government, have ever inquired whe. ther the epplicant, for office was a Roman Catholic or ,a Pro testant ? Never, in the six years during which he had been a Member of that Administration, had a Roman Catholic been excluded, on account of his religion, from any situation, by law, he was eligible to fill. lie begged the House to re member who had been connected with that Administration be. sides himself. There wax his Learned Friend the present Chief Justice of the, King's Bench, who had differed (min him on the Catholic Question—there was also his Right Hon. Friend the then Chancellor of the Exchequer for Ireland, who also dif fered from him in that particular; but with respect to the admi. nistration of justice, where Roman Catholics and Protestants were concerned, there never had been the slightest ditfereuce among them. It would have been wholly impossible for his (Mr. Peel's) re-admission into office to have taken place, if an idea had beer entertained either that justice had not been fairly administered in Ireland, or that Roman Catholics had, been improperly excluded from situations which the law allowed them to fill, while he was a Member of the Irish Government. It was right to state that he had been no party to any stipula tion that the Government of Ireland should be conducted on principles at all differing from those on which it had been here tofore conducted. if any such whisper bad been heard, it had not reached him. In speaking to the integrity of that Govern. ment he had claimed no compliment to himself, but he could not forgot the virtues of his Noble and lamented Friend, the Ituke of Richmond ; nor those of his dear Pi iend, the mildest, wisest, and justest of men, Lord Whitworth. His Right lion. Friend, the former A ttorney.General for Ireland, had also been animated by an anxious desire to administer justice impartially, and for them and himself he claimed credit for having never lost sight of those principles on which he de dared they had acted. Mr. C. W. WYNN repeated the declaration, that he had meant to prefer no charge against any individual whatever, nor had he wished to charge the Government collectively, with any intentional partialities in the administration of justice.- 11 is opinion he had fairly avowed when the conduct of that Go. vernment was. the subject of debate. BENNET tittered a few remarks, which were not dis tinctly heard in the gallery. Mr. C. GRANT said, whatever differences had existed with regard to the Catholic Question, between himself and the late Lord Lieutenant:, it was due to that Noble Person to say, that the utmost impartiality had prevailed. in the administration of justice, and m the distribution of the ).iatronage of Govern. ment, the only question ever asked was this, whether the party was to or unfit to fill the office which might be vacant. Mr. V. FITZGERALD rose. 111 r. CA LCHA PT spoke to order. If the Right Hon. Gen tleman were allowed to speak on this occasion, he hoped the Conversation which had been carried on so much to the satin. fitction of the Gentlemen opposite would not then be stopped. 'e Right Hon. Gentleman opposite had been dismissed, he ,supposed, be cause the sa me system was to be acted upon by his successor. Mr. V. FITZGERALD spoke to order. Ile thought the remarks of the Hon. Gentleman not quite fairly introduced— , 'she House woulll feel that the imputation understood to be The SPEAKER felt that he owed some explanation and apology to the House for the course which this conversation had taken. He had been aware that a question would be put by one Hon. Member, to which an answer would be given by another. This, though not strictly in order, was sanctioned by custom, and he would beg of any Hon. Member who consider ed him rather lax in his duty, to say where he could have in tempted the question. If the questi ‘ ,m were allowed to be put, could he with propriety have interrupted the answer ? The an swer of the Right Hon. Gentleman had referred in some mea sure to the colleagues of the Right Hon. :Member who had put the question, one of whom being a Member, and being present, had offered himself to th e House. Ought he than to have-stopped the conversation, and prevented the Right lion. Gentleman from speaking ? Nothing was more difficult than for a Speaker to know the precise moment when the forma of the House ought to be enforced, and that in which it was for the general convenience that they should be relaxed. Here the conversation ended, by the Speaker calling the next name on his paper. LINCOLN PETITION. • Mr. A. PELHAM rote to present the petition lately voted by the inhabitants of the City of Lincoln, on the subject of Parliamentary Reform. The Meeting from which this petition came, had been most respectably attended, and the whole of the proceedings had been of the most orderly description. Mr. A. S3l ITIL though not present at the Meeting from which this petition came, could state from the space which had been enclosed by those who attended it, that including men, women, and children, there were not 1100 persons there. It was said of such meetings, that there was a great deal of humbug: connected with them, and a still more unpopular word had been used :—the word farce had been applied to them. He would say that a more complete county farce had never been enacted than this. Ile considered the whole to be a mere ad captandum vulgus affair, and did not regard the petition from the manner in which the meeting had been got up, as express ing the sense of the county. Sir IL HERON did not know into what sort of company the Hon. Gentleman had chanced to have fallen, but whoever had given him the information, on which the speech he had just made was founded, he begged the favour of him not to trust the party for the future. The meeting had been perfectly, re spectable, and though not so numerous as he could have' desired to see it, there were present, for he had counted the , numbers as well as he could, not less than twelve hundred persons; but the fact was, the lower orders in Lincoln were • not much in the habit of attending these meetineei. , L-The partioular meeting in question had comprehended more; of the Gentry, Clergy, Yeomanry, and Farmers, than were usually found to assemble on such occasions ; anti with one or two exceptions, it was as numerous as any meeting that had been held in that part of the country for the last thirty years. Certain it was that ten times as many persons were present as had usually attended on those very proper occa sions, when addresses of condolence, and loyalty were to be voted. He repeated it, the meeting had been most orderly, and maintained that not more than twenty radicals had been present. This was proved, RS when a radical resolution was put, not more than 20 hands had been held up for it, though that party had been joined by those who were previously most op. posed to radicalism. The meeting had been fixed for a day which almost wholly prevented the attendance from Boston, which contained the most radical part of the population of the county. The amendment moved by the venerable Major (Major Cart wright) in favour of Radical Refonn, had been received with perfect good humour, but was by no means approved, as only two hands had bean held up for it. The meeting however had been nearly unanimous in 'favour of Reform in Parliament. After this he hoped he should not again hear that this petition did not express the sentiments of the county. If the Inhabi tants of the county generally were opposed to a Parliamen tary Reform, why did they not attend and • negative this peti tion ? They would have attempted this if they could have persuaded themselves that there was the least chance of their being successful. lie in fact believed, that those op , posed to Reform, hail attended in the neighbourhood, fur tie had seen in the news-room such an assemblage of big wigs, shovel hats, and short petticoats, as were seldom witnessed on ordinary occasions. Mr. CHAPLIN said the Ilon. Baronet had spoken as if he, and others who thought as be did, had declared themselves in favour of the proposition of Major Cartwright. Ile had done no such thing. But he had said if he were to vote for one or Other of the petitions, he would prefer that of the Major, because that fairly told what he wanted, while the other, aiming at the same purpose, was less explicit. Had the country been in the habit of attaching., importance to such meetings, lie bad no doubt these petitions would have been defeated, as tb sy were when he was returned to Parliament. He was of opinion that' there were not a thousand persons present at the meeting. lie admitted that it was respectable, but the promoters of it had a great deal of trouble in getting it up. Sir R. HERON, in explanation, said he was sorry his mean ing had been mistaken. He had only meant to say, that the Hon. Gentleman preferred the Petition for a Radical Reform to the one now presented. Colonel JOHNSON believed the Petition expressed the sen timents of a very large proportion of the inhabitants of the county of Lincoln. The Petition was then read, and ordered to be printed. YORK PE TI TI ON. Lord 3IILTON presented a Petition from the Freeholders of the County which he had the honour to represent, in favour of a Reform in Parliament. He was sure if the Honourebles Gentleman opposite had attended the meeting from which this Petition emanated, ; he would not have said of it as he had said of' one meeting at which he was not present, that it was a farce. The meeting had been most respectable, whee ther viewed with regard to the rank and property there re presented, or the numbers which attended It. The Petition ,had been unanimously carried. Ile did not mean to say that there were no persons in the county who dissented from the sentiments which ft expressed and when he stated it to have been unanimously carried, he did not forget that his Honourable Eriend opposite, and another Gentleman, had held up their hands against it. In an election contest, ten years ago, every corner of the county, and, he might add, every lane and court in it, had been searched for freeholders. The total number then ascertained to belong to the county, amounted to. 23,700. This Petition was signed by no fewer than 17,0110 persons. Admitting the number of Neholders now to exceed the former number by two or three thou . sand, which was the utmost that could be supposed, he should then have a right to say that this petition had been signed by two-thirds of the freeholders of the county. Hi s opinion was, that it was signed by a greater proportion of the freeholders, but he wished to put it at the lowest. In taking the signatures the greatest possible care had been taken to ex. elude ell who were net freeholders. The residence of each person tied been appended. From being so nearly connected with the county he had carefully gone through the whole of this immense petition, and the result was, he did not believe it contained fifty names, to which any exception could be made. Among them he observed one or two trustees, a few freehold ere of Hull, and as many who had Only freeholds in the city of York. He had observed one name, and he was told that in all there were five or six ..beloiNiing to that sex whizb did not commonly interfere with politics. He had now stated, he .be lieved, the objections that could be urged against unlit vast ' roll of which, he was the bearer. lie had.nol always been the Advocate for Parliamentary. Referm. lie had been con• verted to the cause, he was sorry to say it, by the conduct of that House. Ile had hall-many companions in hie conversion of high rank and distinguished cheracter, and among then! he enumerated the Noble Lord, the Member, for Salisbury, and the .Nlember for 'Sottinghamehire. He approved of the prayer of the petition which called upon the .house to reforvi leaving it to diem to determine what change should be effected. many questions of policy he considered the people might not be very good judges, but lie thought -their opinions ought not to be-despised on the subject of Reform. This petitkin was signed by many most respectable persons, and persons of the mold ancient families in the eountry, lie hoped the House would net disregard a petition like this, signed by two thirds of the freeholders of the county of York.; which pro nounced its conduct to hate been such that the petitioners could no longer consider them to fulfil their duty as faithful red presentatives of the peorle of England. Air. S. NVORTLEI by no means wished to oppose the bringing up of the petition r on the contrary, he rose to second the motion. He bore testimony to the respectable attendance of the meeting, and the orderly conduct of those who were present. They had acted fairly, and the attendance was more numerous than had been expected, considering the severity of the season in which the meeting had been held. He also ad. misted, that it was most respectably as well as numerously signed. How some of the-signatures lied been obtained it wan not worth while to enquire. He must, however, say, that if it were signed by 27,000 persons instead of I 7,000; he should still protest against it, as he considered it to state that which was not the fact_((;`rtes of " Order, order !")---He considered it to state that which was not the fact—that that House had nut faithfully discharged its duty. Ile was glad the question of. Parliamentary Reform was shortly to come before the House, as the sooner the illusions connected with it, were got rid of the better. Ile would contend that the. House had faithfully done its duty. If he were convinced that it had not, and that an assembly could be substituted for it, which would act a bet ter part, he should be lad to change his views on this subject, as his Noble Friend hat! done. lie had heard what had in duced the Noble Lord to change his opinions, but what he had heard, did not satisfy him that he ought to do the same. The respectability of the meeting, at winch this Petition had been voted, and of the signatures attached to it, entitled. it to every attention on the . part of the House. But while he stated this, he claimed the right of entering his protest against the state ments which it contained. • Mr. RIDLEY CO .BORNE thought that the modern practice of publishing Parliamentary debates, by subjecting public men to the influence of public opinion, had done Muth towards a practical reform in the House of Commons. - The petition was then brought up and read. It was thilee hundred and eighty- feet in length - ; and the unrolling it (to read) occupied the Clerk of the 'House seven. minutes. • Mr. SYKES (on the motion for printing) reminded the House that the signatures to the petition had been fairly and openly obtained, at a time 'when, from the general - Cheapness of provisions, there, was little incitement to temporary discontent among the people. Ile believed that for theforee of "the pre sent petition, the friends of reform were a good deal indebted to the late Member for Liverpool, who now held so distin... lnoshed a place in the Coun c ils o f t h e C rown . Th at Ri g h t ion. Member, in a speech which he (Mr. Sykes) certainly•had not beard, but of which he had seen copies, had thought fit pointedly to allude to the Reformers of the County of York. The County of York (by its'petition)• now answered the Right Hon. Uentleman. Ile might add, too, that the cause of Re form had been not a little aided by the conduct of the Hon. Member for Yorkshire (Mr. Stuart Wortley), who had given his vote last Session, and with his usual manliness sustairkd that vote by it .speech, in favour of the retaining two. Post-. masters-general.: . • A IRE 51 twit. from under the gallery, whose name we could not learn, opposed the petition and the principle of Parlia mentary Reform generally—The petition was then ordered be printed. NEW BEER BILL. IMMIOUSE presented a petition from a brewer min- , ed Chapman, against the new beer-bill introduced by the Chin- cetlor of the Exchequer. The petition complained; that• ae. cording to the regulations of the Bill, no person now carrying on the trade of a brewer could brew the new beer without tak ing fresh premises for the purpose. This arrangement, - the' paitioner thought, amounted to a hardship ; and he suggest-. ed that a brewer might be allowed to use a certain number of detached rooms on his own premises, for the production of , the new beer; those rooms being so kept under lock and key ;, and so exposed to 'the visits of the Excise, as to prevent the' possibility of fraudupon the revenue. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Mr. CANNING moved an address to the Crown, praying: that the additional papers relative to the late negodation n►tght be laid upon the table of the House. • Mr. WARRA• after soma preliminary observations, which from the low tone of voice in which the lion. Member uttered them we could not catch, • begged to ask the Right lion. eretary for Foreign Aff.Ors whether any treaty had been entered into by the Allied Powers at Venom, to support. the French, (govt rnment in its attack upon Spain ; and whether, if such. a treaty had been made, the mating of it would not amount ticv a violation of the solemn engagement at Aix-la-Chapelle lie understood it to have been argued, that inasntucl► as no:' direct hostility had been agreed to, no infraction of the treaty of Aix.la.Chapelle had been committed; but if the Allied Powers of Russia, Austria, and Prussia had bound theteseves. to lend France all assistance in her measures against Spain, he - (Mr. NlTarre) could not but view that course as a virtual viola.. tion of their engagement. , The Honourable Member sat down. after putting a second question as to the cams jirdeth, - the effect of which we found it impossible to collect. Mr. CA.NNING said, that be would confine his answer strictly to the points upon which .the questions of the lion. Member had arisen. To his knowledge, and to the best of his belief, no such treaty as that spoken of by the lion. Gentle.L: man had been signed at Verona. Whether any obligation had been contracted which might be urged us aquiValent to a treaty, was another question ; but no such treaty, to his (Mr. , Canning's) belief, had been signed. The cases firderis con , teinplated at Verona had never occurred ; because the contim , gency with respect to which countenance and aid had been prO.; mired by three continental Powers of France, that had been . ;,► 'case of eypothesis and contingency, neither of which had taken.place. SLAVE TRADE. Lord PALMERSTON presented a 'petition from the 'Usti. - versity of Cambridge, praying that the House would take into its consideration the state of Slavery in • the West Indies, with a View to mitigate the condition of Slaves until Slavery could' be altogether abolished. Ile was sure that such a prayer would receive the greatest attention which the House- could give it. Mn BROM; HAM . congratulated the House upon such sen. timents coming. froM Aso respectable - and enlightened a body as the University of Cambridge. It was seldom that a lover of liberty had to agree with the political views advanced by such' bodies; but he was sure that no sentiments had ever come from them which were more to their honour and credit; and he was • quite sure also that the - House would attach due importance to the 'petition. • Mr. BERNAL said, that as a Member of the University of Cambridge, -he shared the admiration of his lion. and Learned Friend, of the sentiments expressed in the petition ; but he was also anxious to caution the House against being prejudiced upon this question until the time came for proper inquiry. The' petition was ordered 'to be printed. Lord STANLEY: . presented a petition from the Chamber of Commerce in Manchester, praying that the Union Duties might be continued..—Ordered to lie upon the table. GOU 1411 U RN . presented'a petition from the Grand .f ury of the COunty of WestMeath, relating to the A ssessed Taxes, hut the exact prayer of.tehich we could not ascertain. Ordered to be printed. • A DJ OURNM EN T. Mr. Secretary CANNING moved that the House, at its rising, do adjourn to Thursday.,.-Agreed to. CATHOIIIC PRIESTS. General ARCIIDALL' presented a Petition. from Ennis. killen against any further concession to the Catholics, Colonel THENCII stud, helms happy in having this on. portunitpot saying a few words upon what fell front the /lon. Member for Leitrim', upon a forrner occasion, as to the inter. ference of Catholic Priests, at the late election for Dublin. lie had been 'applied to by lion. Members to know whether there was any foundation for the char4es which had been triads against this body ; and from the information which he had been able to atibrd them, three Hon. Members had changed' their opinions Upon the Catholic Question. It was a fact, that the Priests had been most active about the hustirv, and' went about to those of their congregation who - had been pledged to vote for one party, for the purpose of bringing them over another, under the threat of eternal damnation, Yl x iota aril:- davits in his possession in which all these facts were .stated, upon oath. They had harangued their congregations from the altar, while still upon their knees in the act of piddle worship, Who would the Oentlemen of England say it' they . heard Ow some demagogue had got into the pulpit and harangued the congregation assembled for the purposes of devotion, in the style whiCh was generally adopted at an election ? lie had stated this, because the; lion. Member for Leitrim had denied the interference of Priests with political MUM-3. Mr. 'S. ItICE wild, that such observations ought not to he made upon an occasion like the present,: unless some measure of inquiry were to be fotinded upon them. One of the parties in the late election had petitioned against the return upon the very same grounds, and afterwards shrunk from entering into A :_.l