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PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, FEBRUARY 15. Air. BRADLEY from the Mint, presented certain acconn , s relative to the Coinage, which were, on the motion of Lord LAUDERDALE, ordered to be printed. The Bishop of ELY took the oaths and his Lord KIZNYON presented a Peti'ion from cer tain-inhabitants of the City of iVestminsttt, pray. Inv, that the Insolvent Debtnrs' Act may not be renewed, without some provisions for the better security of creditors. WAR IN INDIA. The Eml of LIVERPOOL laid oh the 'table the papers ►elative to the war in India,'referred to in' the spetch of the Commissioners tit the opening of the Session. They were already 'printrd, and 'ire should therefore now give notice, that he would on to-morrow se'nnight tnove the than►ks of th e 11,,o'Fe to the Marquis of liatiugs and the - Army in 'lndia. SLAVE TRADE The &111 of LtvFecont, next 1,1i4 on the tible pipers veroive to tbe tiegodations on the subject tit the save Trade. The 1113rquis of LANSDOWNE- wished 10 115 k a 'tpestion of the Noble Secretary of State, not on the Fobieet of the Negociatious at Aix-li-Cha- /Wle respecti - ng, the Slave Trade, of which he had PS ye► no knowledge, but relative to the Nego tiations of the preceding years, arld which he con sidefed it his duty 16 pit, hi conequence of the manner in which the Afticu Slave Trade was proiecuted. wislid , to know whether the Treaties concluded in 181, between alis country Hod Sl►ain &nd Portugal, had been carried into► co►nplete effect ; or, in particular, whether thu part of the Treaty which related to the appoint , ing of a mixed commission, and the sending 'out, lid been complied with 1 This measure was to have been carried into effect within a limited time from the exchange of the ratifications, he believed six or seven months, and that time was tow expired. The Bart of LIVERPOOL said, • as understood, that tie commission was appointed ; that on the part of Spain and Portugal it was arranged, but that the Commissioners on the part of this coun try were not yet sent out. SULTAN OF PALEMBANG. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE rose to move for papers which he understood there was no indis position to grant. He alluded to various dis patches end official reports, which appeared to him necessary for throwing further light on the transactions in Java, and in particular the Treaty concluded with the Sultan of Palembang, for the surrender of Banco, and for fully explaining the mature of the connexion which this country hail formed with ti at unfortunate sovereign. The , first object he had in view in calling for these papers was, in the first place, to show to what extent this country was bound by the treaty con chided with the Sultan of Palembang: secondly, to show that the particular protection stipulated by the British Government was founded on ser vices which the Sultan of Palembang had render ed to the Dutch, whom he had saved from mas sacre. We had,' however, in surrendering Java, neglected to stipulate for the fulfilment of the treaty we had concluded with this sovereign ; and the Dutch, the very nation for the services done to which we had recognized him, had deposed him. He concluded by moving an address for the con e!pondcnce between the Governor-General•of India and Governor Raffles, on the subject of the island of Banca ; instructions transmitted respect ing the cession of that island ; reports of Colonel Gillespie, Major Macpherson, &c.—Ordered. The halt and Sugar Duties Bill was brought up from the Commons by Mr. Brogden, and read a first time.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. LEOMINSTER ELECTION. Sir C. MORGAN presented the Report of the Committee appointed to to the merits of the Leominster Election, which stated, that the Committee had found that Sir William Cun ningham Fairlie, Bart. who was returned as Member for the said Borough, vas not duly qualified, and that John Har court, Esq. should be returned as duly elected to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, in the room of the said Sir William Cunningham Fairlie.--Pursnant to this Report, it Was ordered that the Clerk of the Crown should attend the House to-morrow, to make the necessary amendment in the licturn. TRALEE. On the motion of Mr. LUSHINGTON, a new Writ was ordrred forTratee, in i the County of Kerry, in the room of i:dward Denny, Esq.who, since his election, had accepted the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds. INSOLVENT ACT. Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW presented a Petition from several inhabitants of Westminster, praying for a repeal of the In solvent Act.—Ordered to be printed. BANK OF ENGLAND. On the motion of Mr. GRENFELL a number of further accounts relative to the average amount of Bank Notes and Bank Post Bills in circulation at various periods, were order- Cl to be laid before the House. Mr. GRENFELL then observed, that be had reason to be lieve that some of the great subjects connected with the Bank of England, to which he had repeatedly called the attention cif the House, would not be considered by the Finance Com mittee, as they considered them not within the scope of their prescribed inquiry. One of these, the question of the ha. lances in the hands of the Bank, he believed he might say was completely set at rest. But there was another great branch of the subject—the charge for the management by the Bank of the public debt—to which, unless the Committee of Finance should take it into their consideration, it was his Intention to call am attention of the House soon after the raster Holidays. WHITECROSS-STREET PRISON. Mr. Alderman WOOD presented a Petition from the bebtors confined in Whitecross-street Prison, praying for an extension of their day rules.—Ordered to be printed. INDIA. Mr. CANNING presented Papers relative to the War in India ; and gave notice that on to-morrow sennight he would move the Thanks of the House to the Marquis of Hastings. Sir R. WILSON, before the motion came forward of which the Right Honourable Gentleman had just, given notice, wished to know if it was yet ascertained bow far the vio lence that had taken place at Talneir was capable of jus tification ? Mr. CANNING, in reply, said, he certainly did not think that Government were as yet in possession of sufficient infor mation to enable the House clearly to understand that im portant subject; but be should not object to any motion which the Gallant Officer might make for whatever informa tion could be furnished. At the same time, he hoped the titiestion would not be prejudged ) in the absence of the ne •essary elucidation of its merits. On the consequent motion of Sir It. WILSON, Copies of all Reports, or otbet Documents relative to the execution of the Killedar of 'rainier, received by his Majesty's Goverunicut f?ows his r,;ceitency r .12,1rtois of tiasi,zigs, ut from ljeu tenant-General Sir Thuntas Hislop, were ordered to be laid on the Table. On the motion of Lord INIORPETH, an Account was or dered to be laid before the House of the Amount of Territo rial Debt owing to the Honourable East India Company at the several Presidencies in India, according to the latest ad- Vices; with the Rate of Interest which each Debt respectively carried. PROSTITUTES. !'he Sheriffs of the City of London presented a Petition from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Council assembled, complaining of the great in crettle of Prostitutes in the streets Of the City of London, and praying for such athendment of the law as might tend to re medy that'evil. Mr. Ald4min WOOD, nn moving that the Petition should be printed, took the opportunity of reminding the House of the great importance of the subject. The present law was quite initiflicientio repress the existing evil. The disgrace ful mode in which those unfrirtunate women were managed during thOr cont►teinent, kept wsthottt labour, and mixed up with paupers, was also a topic that demanded serious at tention. It was not his intention 10 propose any measure on the subject ; hut perhaps the Law Officers of the Crown would, at some futute period, apply theroselvVs to its legisla tive correction. The Petition was then ordered to be printed. GALWAY. Si J. MACKINTOSH prC:setitt;d a Petition Nlundy, Agent to the Right Honourable Dennis Bowes D.ly, and other Petitioners, who had complained of an 'lndite Ye' aro for the county of Galway, praying that the time for entering into 'recogniiances shotild be enlarged to the IRtli of March.- Sir J. MACKINTOSH - then mired that the term sheuld he so enlarged, and stated as a reason for Making the Motion without notice, that the present thine would expire to Ulot o‘‘'. After some conversation, in which Mr. Wynn, Sir J. Mac intosh, Mr. Nlartin, Mr, Tierney, Lord CaStierragh, and Mr. Ommaney participated, the Debate on the MotiOn, in order to give an opportunity for further information oh the subject, was . adjourned to to-morrow. Lord I)UNCANNON presented a similar Petition from the same individnalS, and made u similar motion,• the Debate on which was also adjourned to to-mut row. LONDON JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. [Morning Post.] _ - A iVest India Mail has arrived r hut' its con tents are-unimportant, if we except the melan choly announcement of the death of the Governor of St. Kitt's, which took place on the 13th ult. SLAVE TRADE. Lord CASTLEREAGH presented papets relative to the Slave Trade, comprehending Minutes of the Conferences on the 'subject between the Plenipotentiaries of the various powers assembled at Aix-la-Chapelle, several enclosures, &c. On the motion that the papers should lie on Table, Mr. WILBERFORCE observed, that they were very role• tninons,.and that it would be impossible for arty Honourable Gentleman to make himself master of their contents before the discussion of to-morrow. Lord C..711.51LF that the papiii were volu minous. He had no objection to postpone his intended ltio tion front to-mor'ovit to Friday, and accordingly the Noble Lord did sopottprine Mr. SMITH, adverting to the Papers which just been presented by the Noble Lord, and tothe Conventions whi c h had been concluded in 1817, between this country and Spain and this country and Portug al, for the appointmehrof Com missioners to be sci stilt outfor the putpose of enforcing the discontinuance of the Slave Trade;eliked the Noble L o rd whether or nut those respective CoMiniSsioners bad been established at the various points fixed upoti in the Conven tions. Lord CASTLEREAGH observed, thatthere hail seen three Conventions concluded of the nature described h; . ; the Gentleman, one with the. Government of the Netherlands, which had not been proceeded upon, as it had not yet received the sanction of the Legislature. With respect to the Conven tions with Spain and. Portugal, Bills had passed which had enabled his Mojesty.'s. Government to act on them. They had followed up all the details of the subject with the utmost anxiety fur their completion, and although the necessity of combining their arrangements with the arrangements of fo reign powers bad retarded the operation, he had the satisfac tion to say, that at a very early period the Commissions would be in action. Mr. WILBERFORCE urged expedition. It was a subject of infinite importance. Every montli's delay consigned two or three thousand human beings to slavery, a n d a ll i t s mise rable consequences. _ The Malt and Pension Duty Bill was a read a third time and passed. TRIAL BY BATTLE. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL; in moving that the Bill for abolishing Trial by Battle should be committed, remarked, that be had been accused of introducing this Bill surrepti tiously, and of hurrying it through the House. He begged absolutely to deny the truth of those charges. At the end of last Session he gave notice of his intention to bring in such a Bill early in this Session. He had been extremely anxious, that as this subject had heretofore excited a difference of opi nion in this House, the matter should be fully considered. It was with this view that he had given his notice so early.— After stating this, he hoped the House would acquit him of any intention of bringing in the Bill surreptitiously. It was his intention to introduce several verbal amendments in the Bill. But in the Committee he intended to introduce a sub stantive amendment. A doubt had arisen, whether appeal in cases of treason existed. He thetefore intended to intro duce a clause expressly repealing the Appeal for Treason. Sir F. BURDET'I' said, he meant to submit some amend ments to this Bill in the Committee. It appeared to him to be a great hardship fur a man to be tried twice for the same, offence. Instead of thinking that the Hon. and Learned Gen tleman opposite had hurried the Bill, he had thought it had not been brought forward soon enough. He did not approve of abolishing appeal in cases of Treason, for be thought it would tend to increase the influence of the Crown. Sir JAMES tIACKINTO4H had not thought it necessary to trespass on the attention of the House on the subject of this Bill, for he anticipated no Ajection to a measure so reasonable and so necessary. But with respect to what had fallen from the Hon. Baronet, he avowed himself at a loss to know how appeal in cases of treason could he preserved without preserving the principle of patting a man twice upon his trial for the same offence-*a thing inconsistent with huma nity and justice. 'the Bill was then committed, and the Report received and ordered to be taken into further consideration this day week. CHIMNEY-SWEEPS' REGULATION I3ILL: After a few words from Mr OMMANNEY and Mr. BEN NET, this Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Wednesday. USURY LAWS. Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW moved the second reading of the Usury Laws' Repeal Bill. Mr. CALCRAFT said he did not intend to trouble the House with objections to this Bill in its present stage, as he understood he should have an opportunity of doing so on the bringing up of the Report. M. PROTHEROE thought that if the House agreed to pass this Bill, it would be too bold an experiment. The Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be com mitted on ‘Vettoesday, on the understanding that the Report should be brought uo on Thursday. On the motion of Sir JOHN NEWPORT, there were or dered to he laid before the House certain Accounts relative to the expcnces of collecting the Revenue in Ireland. MR. BARON M'CLELLAND. Mr. MARTIN (of Galway} rose to move for certain Papers relative to a prosecution for perjury in Ireland..—ln 1815, a true Bill was flund by the Grand Jury of Galway against Edward Burke for perjury. The trial was appointed to come on at the next. Assizes,__ but was postponed on ac count of a representation by Burke, that a person who was a material witness was absent. He (Mr. Martin) was the prosecutor, and at the next Assizes, when the trial was called on, he was under the necessity of moving 'that it should be postponed on account of the illness of Mr. Connis, a ma terial witness. But Mr. Baron M'Clelland refused the ap plication, because his (Mr. Martin's) affidavit did not state that he had seen Mr. Connis and only alleged his be lief that he was too ill to attend. On this an affidavit was procured from the Physician, which expressly stated that the witness could not attend on account of illness. Notwith standing this, Mr. Baron M'Clelland determ i n e d aga i ns t hi s (Mr. Martin's) application to postpone the trial. This be considered an outrageous determination.—(Laughter.) —He concluded by moving for a copy of the indictment against Burke, and the proceedings had thereon. _ . On the suggestion of Lord CASTLEREAGH and Mr. WYNNE, the motion was withdrawn, till the Chief Secretary for Ireland could attend in his place.—Adjourned. PROTESTANT MEETING. DtjBLIN, Fea. 12.—Yesterday (porsnant to Requisition) a numerous Meeting took place at the Rotunda, of the Protestant Freemen, Freeholders and Householders of this City, to take into consideration the propriety of peti tioning the Legislature to grant to his Majesty's faithful subjects, the Roman Catholics of Ireland, an equal participation of the privileges of our free Constitutions—The Petition was agreed to. We received this morning fi ve days' Paris Pa pers, to Saturday last incluSive. The following are extracts f 4 CHAMBER OF ,DEPtTiES. " SITTING OP MONDAY, FEB. B'. " AT. Roy reported flora the Cotrunit!ce re specting the projet relative to the manufacture of Saltpetre, and the sale of Gunpowder, approving of the projet, with some amendments, tending to reconcile the interests of property with those of the public service. " The . President proposed to adjourn the dis cussion till Thursday. " M. deChauvelin and others wanted a longer adjournment. " Tl,e Chamber fixed Thursday, subject to alteration, when the report was printed and dis- tributed. " M. Ganiih reported from the Committee on the projet ,respecting the commencement of (be financial year, in favour of the projet. " The President proposed Thursday for open- ing the discussion. M. de Chauvelin moved to adjourn the dis cussidn till Saturday. " After a warm debate this motion was nega tived. It was then agreed to open the disctission on Friday. " THURSDAY, FRI. 11. —No Sitting. " FRIDAY, Fes. 12.—A Resolution of the Chamber of Peers was communicated for praying the King to propose a projet for the abolition of the Droit d'Aubaine.—Ordered to be printed and distributed. " The discussion' was opened on the projet re• specting the commencement of the financial year. " It was opposed by M. Le Graverend, sup ported ,by M. Ponsard, and objected to by the Duke de Gaete. After hearing also MM. Du vergier de Hauranne, Mestadier, and Beugnot, the discussion was adjourned' till to-morrow. " The Chamber resolved itself into a Secret Committee, to hear a proposition made by M. de Lafayette, for an bumble Address to the King, praying his Majesty to convoke the Electoral Colleges of the Departments whose deputations are incomplete. " One of his Majesty's Ministers stated, that arrangements had been made for this purpose, but the Convocation bad been delayed, in conse quence of the time necessary for the formation of lists of Electors. ROYAL ORDONNANCE. ." Louis, &c."—Tlip prohibition in our (Mon mince o f the 3,1 August, 1513, exportati on o f gra i n , & c . by the sea and 13.121 frontiers, i s t a k en o ff, so far as relates to M 4 1 ,1 e' and Millet, in th e Departments of La G ironu Haute's PY renees' Landes, Basses Pyrenees, Haute G a ronn e , Atiege, Pyren6es Or ientate', Aude, and H6rault. " Dated 27th Jan. :819. (Signed) " (Countersigned) " The Count DECAZP' (gie, gr ipica L rta o di u li.v i e) s b. ,. l B::. l - 819 1:he . prohibition to po tatog tinned) is taken off with regard bore. ) (signed and countersigned as a " PARts, Fen. 13.—The King yesterday tri d I a acted business v. , ith the Keeper of the Seals, a ° the Marquis Dessolles. " The Duke of Gloucester was present 'yestefi day the Chamber Of Deputies. His " a above-nteo; Highness sat in the tribune of the corps diPigi machine. tr " It was repotted yesterday that Pepe - ids a t had died at Rome ; but the rumour doei oc't r tipon any authority. S ome acco unts sss r ; til o the health of his HOliness was re-establisb eJ• " The King had a slight attack of the g°llt ra the knee on Thursday night, 04 " The projet of law respecting the Pres s 11 the Journals will, it is said, he presente d t° l if Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday nett' added, that by this projet the Journals vi vill freed froui the censorship. •'• 0 The 'Count d'Acros, Sub.prefect of Tilitl • vibe, is appointed Pr e f ec t o f t h e D e part Finisterre, in the room of 11.1,,deCinti6, et! Prefect of Dordogne. " M. Finot, formerly Prefect of Mont 13181 0 ' s appointed Prefect of Correze, in the r°°ll3 loCi M. Armand d'llabancourt. St " M. Angellier is app o i nte d P re f e ct of ilf" e and M. Jehan de Belleville Prefect of 145ute , Pyr4[l6es. " The Duke de Ca A: mbacelras sets out inO diately for Brussels. d d e ti " A Report is in circulation of . the s ' of death of the Duchess of Lucca, 'late W ee° Etruria, but it wants confirmation. be " Generals Maranzin and Sault are saio se t placed on the list.of superior Officers active vice. The Duke of Gl ou c ester di ne d on A- f°lin with the King. tit t ' " The Prince of th e Pe ace i 4 s about -° Rome, rise • " T P " he Duke of Glo u ce s te r i s a b ou t to qui t biti. " Charles, IV. of Spain, died not at 1 1.001 ‘ :1)1 0 . 1 at Naples, the 19th tilt. His disorde r ' lasted seven days, vas the &out, which tIS C- to the stomach. FIVE PER CENTS. Monday Tuesday 7O f. 40 C. Wednesday 7Ol. 40e. Thursday 70 1 . 30 c• Friday 7O f. 10 C• ' DEFERRED STOCK. Frio;, 4 1817. Monijay. Tues. Wednes. Thum a , 4 f, 4 , March 22--P4 f. 10 c. 84 f. sc. 84f. Sc. 841. --- .7;0 4. April 2 . -9 . i.'f. 10 . c. 82f. Sc. 82f. Sc. 821. • f '' 1818. ~,f, 4 56 ' March 22-80 f. 10c. 30 f. sc. 801. s e . 801. -- ' l ',/, 6 0g : Sept. 22-76 f. 78 f. --78 f. 20c. 771. 7 5 c . ' . .40 " VIRNNA, JAN. 29. ar , - The Duchess O. is expected at Vet ice, and t o accom pany the peror and Empress of Austria to Forence• be COBLENTZ, F EB . 2.—A n assoc i at i o n bog . formed at Treves, for the estahlishment DE lorry in the United States of America. 0 4 " STOCKHOLM 4 , J.N. JAN. 25.--The King 6 fined to his apartments by indisposition." , As we have given in our last page fiii s copious Report of the Proceedings of Yes ter' ait e at the Hustings in Covent- gar d en , we ref er - 0 0 Readers to that account, just adding, 89 do with much pleasure, and from ri cs! 1 0 thority, that the hi g her order o f Elect ,es of Westminster are at l eng th rouse d fool t ie lethargy, and have determi ne d t o r escue City from the disgrace o f a ill o b-R e prese la ' l 0 1,, by resolutely supporting the cause of Mr. 114 who, though not an Advocate for Ministers, decidedly a Friend to TRH C ONSTITUTIO N, l in '' , course, is widely separated from the jofr iii° o herd of Radical Reformers, who want to gict o a this Country all the scenes of the French lution, WESTAI INSTEP.. ELECTION. 4 DXDAB,' . St A'S'E OF' THE POLL AT ONR O'CLOCK Tll , 7 - _ . 1 J. C. 110B110USR, E SQ . - 39 6 The I-Jon. G. LAMB .. - 2250 Major CARTWRIGHT .. STATE OP THE POLL AT ITS CLOSE THI S DAY' Hontiousz 469 LAMB - 350 CARTWRiGiI It is hardly necessary fo r n s to repeat ° " r ile 4 commendation of the admirable series of t‘ rb- 11 . on the Catholic Claims, under the head of bib il et CIPATION EXPLAINED, &C. which We co lti oe this day, as it sufficiently speaks for itse lf ' p e' Author evidently vievrs hum an na ture wit h °; i e netrating eye, tracing all its involution s lc" philosophic spirit, and with a profound ko°w [The Times.] Advices bare been received by the Leeward Islands Mail trom Mdrillo's Army; in the Canc. cas, up to the 28th December, at whiCh period no engagement had taken Place. Bolivar still remained at Angostura. The High Bailiff , it seemt, as is usual at the commencement of an election, has written to each Gentleman Who has beeii proposed, to a‘lscertain whether he is to considrr him a Candidate, in order that he may take the necessary steps to re imburse himself for the expellees of the hustings. From Major Cartwright an answer has been re turned, in which the Major distinctly disavows offering himself as a Candidate ; he throws him self upon the electors of Westminster, and ex presses his willin r ,uness to. obey thei r call and to • support their interests, by every elfort in his power, its whatever situation he may be (Aid) HAZARD AND tO. ARE THE CONTRACTORS FOR THE NEW LOTTERY TO BA DRAWN TIIE TWENT ViIRD OF MARCH. THEATRICAL. REGISTER. • Performed Last .irght: TURATRt ROYAL, DR U RY-LANE.—(lst time), Switzerland Princieol Characters by Mr, Kean and Mrs. W. West. Af ter which (4th tittle), High Notions. Tif F;ArR E'•ROVA L, CMITF.N/T-GmtbEN.---!'4th time), Evadne : Ptincißal Characters by ! Mr. Young and Miss O'Neill. Af ter. whicti, Harlequin MunchaUsen. PRICE 0: sTocKs THIS DAY AT TWRI.VE o'cr.octc. 3 pet Cent. Red. 761 77 1 Bank Lone Ann 201.} 3 per Cent. Cons .. 7Gf i India 80nd5......71 fl. i(t.;: pi.. 31 per tent ~ .....85)• 80 V,xtli.Blll; . 0d....125. Ins. pr. 4 per Cents.. ~. . ' nfii Cons. for Acc0unt........7641 5 per Cent. Nary Ann. 1031} . i - : - .". _ . MAILS Aitittvw- - -1 Dublin, 1 Waterford ; :3 Francea Dug--I Guernsey Knd Jersey, i Sweden, e Hanikirgh, 2 Ho! land, 1 Flanders; 1 Lisbon. ---, - HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MOB:ROW: Morning, t 9 minutes after 6. I Evening, 56 nuffutes after .6. THE SUN. .10LEM LUIS AIC AE FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1819.