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We retvr our i ßea ders t o a Correspondence which has appeared nnstehtete( 191 tulbliisln'dal;wsPaPe"' and Which we h ave and when we final that su c h a Pr°Minent y 4character as Sir HENRY PARNELL not (”ivocates the cause Of the Papists, but di rects their Cot) Se, and to counsels them lifity pi - 0- tee d; and, too, wiltn we find that the E4rt ot Do- 'Ro t ," --.IIIIIORE is al'se equally zea l ous in support of th a t it s ' iirdy be a most reprehengible gleCt °'r ditty io the PROTESTAN T PiiIESTHOoD it lbe y are no t equally active and fervent in end 11,g the Pno TtsTA:VT - d CHURCH ! W e again offer to ;!nein the channel of our Paper, and to the Pao- R:SI.'"IT LAIET Y also throng the Uniled -.:l'gd`ll, for this laudable and vital purpsise.- I, e have already many able Correspondents ; but t -e want the CHIEF S of our HIERARCHY Io pa eterY t4lliZe t his Cause, so essential to the support of th ing (I:ar t o us in Church and State, as we ki, l► to render THE SUN the great PROTESTANT h 1 order that i P°li l i c t may diffus e r eli g i ons al light throU g h out every part of the ttsh Dominions. 8 1, "-tXCHANGE, FEB. 10.—Several fresi) , es- 1 ;1 1 c'ttip this morning from Suffolk, chiefly with , L ot e" th' Width i artirl e supports Monday's p!ce.3, h 4N% e sales Were not brisk, having but few 1 at Market. Barley was very heavy, and °i:ll:,,Piline samplei, ftorn the above coast, could he tt'sl"'"d 4q ; the -4' (Iff . ^ 1• 1 I ' ft" • lon lower terms. The ttir,o ,! um t4.t oet et. ''Y tit 0 and a t a decline of ]s. N r its tl ail large, 14:14111er 'el 7 few ;ales could be etie;:ted. In 1S411(1 Peae there is no altermi:m. Stilt' NEWS. (4v,, • ---..,,,.......-- Samarang, b, .400 L, S. B._Arri'ved thein " lI D A : I. ' tr( ' 1 11 Bombay ;‘ sailed the II th Oct. ftl, ll' i -" Y w ith the Surat Castle and the Victory, tic -4')4(in n• Tit„ Aries TANNER, I''' . Rio Ja , 1441°' arrived off Pernambuco the 14th Dec., t),..:41 st Nelt on a shoal (not laid down in any 7t lp ) 2h4'l' Nove iher, in lat. 4. 40. S. long. 111" It .' .‘" ti " . ' l o n t off, %yid) loss of a state-saltyboa to, 41'd I;),l°l)4lla ntoas,s,fore-top-s a il, a y 11,: 1 ''t tlie enpp er , and leaky. A r jEN in ball,l\vitt, p §. The Malta, 4--- b ' n "':' tl,„'l,ttNi 1,,,e ,, 8 ) . 1 i to Antwerp, having been l'l t s ;ga r ti C l ' e t ‘-‘ l , ll t he sn t hk ot sand last' night, there bei ng _ was got off by eight bov: 1111.44,,t thei ;thil,let port in satety. •14 t .-k, ts t-lignt..'°- t his , • off T hi s port the 11,(.1, sirliit. 9.—A rplive,enneroara ; and Jansen, , 1) 1.y; f r oll ) L o r ' : t ' t ' f.ro,n) Aens r e rflailh rirboyiku.rti,..tatavia torcr: tie ' in the William and °fl-I'l4;:i'''),',Nn's,F'Ea:lBQ-7. —f ; rue N. 8., with lobs 14).t!1.1.".-ii,,, days, "ssage. 4, I . v A liii• 8 ---'l'he new Aberdeen and Leith leaving Leith a ' 0 1 i , 1 eflone;, of Huntley, after. t Elie, 41 iv ''v week • dtivett on shore a 41. 1.41 i 1 "" • Three Passenge l'S oit tled ec the same night• 6 - . kit;"terq/„ Llii.ttreivOcti.e.s, ClL,el4S.'l'9?2,.l2ll,lriplSseTi;Due.ziszs,eißei i o ta J ; an; i. i a r f O tita ; ~,'",ii ‘v,"gZ, Piilai i : isianiond, 1;..,(1,1.8, Geoermo. ,_ 4, W.. 11. /{.4lv, Stockholm ; pule Ge 1 Pernam buco ; Duchess of 13 . ',et;t), 4:,tierPdetset, Lunasdale, lia;..l'7.d ' C-I'at3nte- 9.--Venus, Lawson, Bahia' :, 'atebren tl'o'El', Fe6* Eliza, Gray, '4.,b0r5.1 1 , do . Leeds, Cobb, Stettin; , e t, ~, ~ lb(hts'it. Ow, i • cf r Barrett, Tialnbir,g)i.ll,'; t:44tr i.: 4.' • V-°1) '';ir,1hen.',;,19:7‘.,.,a !„p • Duchess of .„, _it 111..14ith .i., " 'v----------:,,-- it,lst,:lie, Bremen ; He i l : : 1).• 14""Es, Tent's A Y r es ; .I°e"f_t--,,...ekers Bremen ; First 14,e), ii(iw tgoorn ; lotrunug, . --c- i... ay 'Calcutta; Firs' u rhe r ti ~ ' • Thomas's ; Amity, 7r: i '., , 0j "4,lunau, Rostock ; Shona, Bdi e..),BOStOn. . lI '''ter(ls, , , , ~..,,Rbt• seven o'clock, ti,oelpititic: ep::iiitig, at iia. rat Carlton 'll,.B:itZlit„,). GENT arrived ll„1)4' OtilS rang merrily, House l'av, s r)f juy ,ere conspicuously manifes ted at and other derno t n e s e tt•a a; k11,,,z) t o(' on' Friday last, when the news t)t,ti'llleing the decision of the Court of Di n g's 1t.,,.1, for the re-election of a Mayor for that •• 11,3riel'seer and Chatham were, on Saturdaays., lil lel 9 „ r1 , 1 t ilt. for the first time lighted w i t h G 4113,,1i5'1t was most beatitiful, and we trust it will 1,, "every •., • -IRE -' e'Pectatuth• o'clock, an Itlatit). ----Last night about twelve t.E44111g fire broke out in the shop of Air. t s 'r a Tz n - t e n , t) , 11) ,' ''.ll colour-man, Back -lane, I►reale :lle 1 "'„ e 5 in the East ; which at one period t . 1 wa, 141,t(d'"sirtiction to the adjoining, houses .4 it , • Ibiy ISC('Vered in the cellar under the shop . where the l)tt,hPrePare their colours. After destroyin g Wi th el behind the dwelling hottSe, With tile stock In trade ; further b y 1101(4g , e w as stt» t by the arrival of engines, and .)11 supply (lif water. IVe are happy to hear, by sl'es were lost ; it is said to have originate, -.lnciiillle Person going into the . cellar V.llll a li ii .„ e , and by accident communicated to som e N ee, •• • Puc • Ahl Lisa. --The Match bet weep Dolly Str.it h and hi ii ,44111 tv.us decided yesterday, at the naryge house, i tt :ex. opposite Woolwich IVarren. Ibe haute ett" two hours and . fi tty-five minutes, and was tlitietl4lY. uninteresting. Abbott was declaied tio conqueror, but has not added to his reputa ti b Y the victory, 4tINGULatt FaCT•--A Gentleman now resides iiiii'lr 1-',xet,r_ ' • wit() 'has not washed his face or \t. it l ' i l i s tot 40 Years, and speak s of the circumstance ~, _Ple"."Ee. He is about fourscoi:e years of tl''oes :,("144, and to good heals h, '1 hough he kii:lin„..,v_w 4111.1 y wv.tr habitansing his skiti, he is, ".0111 the daily of dry,rtibbitir him- POETR Y. CATIILLIN.—(No. VII.) Q,porris inot basiationes Taw i LE6BIA,,Nint supertjue TO LESTAA. Thou hid'st me, LE4I3IA, now declare Flow many kisses I must share, To hare enough and some to spare— As many as the countless grains Of sand, that lie on Afric's plains From ,there his hanks the Niger hares To where the mid sea rolls his waves. A's many as the sta`rs at night, 'Which lend to lover's thefts their light- So many would CaTut.i.ns share, To have enough and some to spare= Such numbers H'S no tongue van tell By 'curious art or ►uagic spell. TO MISS KELLY. 13Y CHARLES Yost are not, KELLY, of the common strain, That stoop their pride and female honour down To please that many-headed beast the lowit, And vend their lavish smiles and tricks for gain; By fortune thrown amid the actor's train, ~You keep your native dignity of thought; - The plaudits that attend you come unsought, •. As tributes due unto your natural vein. Your tears have passion in them, and a grace Of genuine freshness, Which our hearts avow; Your smiles are winds whose ways we cannot. trace, That vanish and return we know not how— And please the better from a pensive face, A thoughtful eye and a reflecting brow. CATHOLIC Coll RESPONDENCE. COPY OF A LETTER TO Silt F)RNRY PARNELL, BART. Dublin, Mountjoy-square, East, 23d Janbary, 1819. Sir—As Chairman of a Meeting of the Roman Catholic Inhabitants of St. Audeon's Parish, in this City, held on the 13th inst., it devolves on me to acquaint you, that it was re solved to entrust you with the presentation of their Petition to the House of Commons, (a copy of which I enclose.) They beg leave to request you will be pleased to present it. this Session, whenever you may deem most advisable, fully con. fiding in the kind interest you have always manifested in their cause, to give it all the effect in vour power. The generous sentiments of libirality which our respect able and enlightened Protestant brethren now proclaim in behalf of fteedom to the Roman Catholics, inspires them with the most anxious hopes that their just claims to a full parti cipation of the blessings of the Constitution will not be longer withheld. I hare the honour to be, with great respect, Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant, JOHN O'BRIEN. To Sir Henry Parnell, Bart., &c. &c. &c. COPY OF A LETTER TO JOII N O'BRIEN, ESQ., MOUNT- JOY•SQUARE, EAST, DUBLIN. London, Jan. 29, 1819. Sir,—l hare had the honour of receiving your letter of the 22d, and, f assure you, 1 feel very much flattered by the con fidence the Parishioners of St. Andeon'S have been so kind as to place in me, in entrusting Me to present their Petition to the House of Commons. Tlie liberal spirit of the Pr o t es t an t s (t o w hi c h yon a ll ude ) has produced a very favourable impression here ; and if this is well supported by Catholic Petitions, flout every parish in Ireland, the most happy result may be expected. If I. was to sav (as far as tit, experience enables the to say) what is the best course of conduct to pursue, I should entirely re commend the most active exertions for obtainini imme diately similar meetings thruuthout all Ireland, to that which has occurred in your parish. The influence of the voice of the whole body respectfully pressed upon the atten tion of Parliament, by several hundred Petitious, would have the most striking effect. The•elf.cellent example of dignity and moderation of the parish of St. Atideon, cannot be toogenerally followed by their. Catholi'c cuuutoaricia. I bare the lionodr to he, Yonr obedient and obliged Servant, H. PARNELL. John O'Brien, Esq. &c. &c. &c. Dublin, Mountjoy-square, East, Jantiaiy 2.2, 1819. My Lord,—As Chairman of a Meeting of the Roman Ca tholic Inhabitants of St. Andeon's Parish, in this City, held on the 18th instant, I am deputed to apprize your Lordship, that it was resolved to commit to you their Petition to the House of Lords, (of which I beg leave to enclose a copy.) The Petitioners confide entirely in your Lordship, that you will b e pleased tn. present it any tim e this Session you may conceive most favourable. The repeated proofs your Lordship has evinced of the Most devoted zeal imt he advocacy of Catholic Claims, preclude the necessity of any recommendation or suggestion on my part. I have the honour to be, With every-sentinp...nt of respect, Your Lordship's most ohedieut humble Servant, JOHN O'BIUEN. To the Right Hon. Earl Donoughmore. Lord Donoughmore, so repeatedly the selected advocate of his Boman Catholic Countrymen, will be much gratified in presenting, with just respect and imliminished zeal for the enforcement of their leg,itimate Claims' upon the justness of Parliament, to that House of which he is a Member, the Petition of the Roman Catholic Inhabitants of.St.Audeon's Parish, which they hare dune Lord Donoughniore the ho. hour of confiding to him, who is extremely sensible Of the too great kindness with which Mr. O'Brien has been pleased to allude to Lord Doncinglintore's advocacy, on for mer occcasions, of this truly important and deeply-interest ing subject. Knocklofty, January 25, 1819. BRIGHTON, FEB. B.—Last night a large party of the Nobility were invited to the Palace, when a Grand - Selection of Sacred Music was performed by the private band of the PRINCE REGENT. 'lbis murnine a young lady of considerable connexions in this town was unfortunately found drowned. in the vicinity of Rottingdean. It wns late hi the evening before the friends of the deceased knew of the melancholy event. She lett the house of her uncle"list night, and the cause of her comimitting the fatal act is not yet known.,N Coroner's Jury will lie held to-morrow This trim m ing a y oung man was also found dead at the Lime kilns, in the east part of this town. -The de ceased, it is supposed ; resorted to the spot to sleep', and was suffocated. He was found dread fully burned in the arMs.• The Coroner has sum moned a Jury tor to-morrow. REAL LUCK ! ! !—The last 20,000/. Prize drawn yesterday, No. 4,456, was sold in Ten Shares by EYTON, at his truly,tori twat e (Mice, 2 , Cornhill, and Lombard -street, the holders rd . which may receive their Prize Money linwedi• ately. As USUAL ! ! !—Ycsterdav the State Lottery was Drawn, when 5191 was drawn a Prize of Twenty Thousand Pounds. Bolt were sold in small- Shares at BISFes toftunate Offices, 4, Corn hill, and 9, Charing-Cross.—The Lottery had not finished when this paragraph was sent to Press, therefore !315H hopes to-morrow tiri an nounce. uu addition to the above list. PARLIA_MENt. HOUSE OF LORDS, FEBRUARY 9. The Bill to nroYide for the Care of his Ma - - jesty's nmyal Person was returned from the HouS'e of Commons by the Chancrllor of the Exchequer and other Members, agreed to witlto►tt amend ment. Lord Viscount SIDMOUTH laid neon the Table (he Papers relating to the Surrender of Java and the Cessi:iii of Banca, )ind la Copy of the Treaty with the Sultan of I.3,dembang.—Ordered to be priuted. The IVestMinsiel..llll,tings BM passed tkrotiv,l) a Committee, acrd was. reported withattt a mewl !tient. OFFICES IN REVERSION. The Earl GRosviitgoit rose to bring forward the motion which lie mentioned 'yesterday evening, respecting Offices in Reversion. His Lordship made a few introductory remarks Upon the im propriety of granting offices in reversiem, without however meaning to intimate that any had been so granted by the Crown since the last Return was laid upon the Table ; but publicity in butts Houses of Parliament was the hest security against abuses on the part of the Administration, and therefore he Wished to cave a Return of any Office granted by the•Crokn in Rever , ..ion since theist January, 1818, the (Lite to which the list Return had been made tip. He - was also desirous of having a Return of Offices,granted iii Rever•- siOn by other Pnblic Authorities, it being proper, in his opinion, that the [louse should be put in . possession of a starement of all such grants, in Order mit they might obtain that information which wa's requisite to purposes of legislation ; he had,. however,- no intention at present' of bringing in any Bill upon the subject. l-e had hoped from what was.formerlv said by the Noble Earl (Liverpool), that th e N o bl e Earl' won.t. 1 h ave introduced Bill, it. the last Session, for the. pur pose of regulating !the Offices' of Clerk of the Parliaments, of Clerk of . -the Pleas in the Irish Court of Exchequer (in which Office great abuses. had prevailed), and of Lord Justice General of Scotland, but whether the attention of the Nrible Earl was absorbed by the then approaching disso lution of Parliament,,, or from whatever' other cause, no such measures were introduced. His Lordship concluded by moving ati Address to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, praying for a Return of all Offices granted in Reversion since the' Ist January, 1818. This was agreed to. His Lordship' next moved for 'a Return of all Offices granted in •Reversion by any Public An; horities. The LORD Cl - lANbEtion said, he did hot under stand the motion, as he did not comprehend to whom it was intended specifically to apply. 'As at present worded it would include the Bishops, the Judges, Corporations, and a variety of other authorities. • 'The Earl GROSVENOR said he meant the motion to he as general as possible. The Earl of LIVERPOOL Observed, that the term publie authorities was trot recognised in'anyof their proceedings, and that it would be impossible for the Officers of the House to know upon whom, an order so worded was to be served. He must, therefore, oppose a motion so drawn up. Lord HOLLAND thought the term public anther rifles had been recognised in Acs of Parliament, but if there was any ambiguity in the term the Noble Earl could inform-his Noble Friend in what way the motion could be properly worried. , Tire Earl of Livearoot, said, it Was for the Noble Earl (Grosvenor) to frame his own motion according to his own view of- it. As at present worded it would certainly be impossible for the Officers of the House to know upon whom to serve the Order, so as to obtain a Return. The Noble Earl, indeed, did not seem to Understand the effect of his own motion. The Earl GROVENOR, adverting to the charge of not understanding his own motion, observed, that he had left it as general as possible, in order to obtain all the requisite information. He did not mean by the term. Public Authorities to in chide any Authorities that were not appointed and removable by the Crown. This definition, however, upon consideration,' lie did not deem sufficiently applicable, and at length he withdrew the motion for the purpose of wording it in a dif ferent shape.—Adjourued till to-morrow (this day). HOUSE OF COM,MONS. • The House met at three o'clock, and proceeded to elect Committees by ballot, to try the merits of the Elections for the Boroughs of Fowey and Cameltord, on the Petitions which had been presented. FOWEY ELECTION. The following were reported as the Members chosen for the •Fowey Elect on :—Nlr. A. W. Robarts. Sir M. W. 'Ridley, Mr. It. B. Cooper, Mr A. Hudson. Sir W. Guise, Mr. J. Dunlop, Mr. S. W. Bowman, Mr S. Horrocks, Mr. W. Lewis Hughes, Lord J. Townshend, Lord A ltbcrpc, Hon. F. Doug las, Honoorahle Sir A. Hope, Mr. H. Wrottesley, Right Hon. T. Wallace. This Committee was dirtcted to meet forthwith. EXTENTS IN AID. Mr. LITTLETON presented a Petition from certain tlanli ers in the County of Staffird, praying for some alteration in the Act 57 Geo. 111 1 relative to Extents in Aid, as the provi sions of that. Act were not adequate to the repre , sion of the mischiefs which it was intended should be prevented by it. The Petition was read and ordered to iie on the table, and to be printed. IRISH GRAND JURIF,S. Mr. DA\VSON rose to present a Petition front the Magis trates of the County of Londonderry, against the Irish Grand .lury Ri)). He toot. the opportunity of eallink the attention of the House to the abuses which had existed in the Grand .Inry system of Ireland. Reports had been presented to Par liament which fully ex t iosrd the nmore and extent of those abuses. His Right Lion. Friend, the Member for Clare, last Session introduced the Bill Of which this Petition complaio ed, because it would be inefficient, so far as it related to the County of Londonderry. But it would 6te east•, without any great alteration in the Bill, to adapt it to the tit cum stances of that County. This Petition had been .Irawn op in• consequence of a meeting of the \la;istrat•:s of the County, assembled for the pru•pose of contidering how the Bill could he rendered efficient. The Petition stated the various:objec tions to the Bill, and the way in which it was proposed to obviate then. The Petition was brought up and read. On the question that it should lie ,m the table. Sir J' )11N STEWART said a few words against the Bill. General HART said a few words td the same Oleo. and said that the abuses under the former system had been ex aggcra►ed. Nlr. V. FrFZGERALD defended the. Bill, and iniiited much on the abuses which existed in the Grand Jury system before he had introduced the Bill, and on the ditcultik un der rslich tie bud carried it through the House. Ile knew. • .. that the provisions of the fill had, in malty parts of Ire land,' been executed, and executed with applause. lie warned the House against altering the great principles of the Bill. pOr his owin part., he altieitld certainly decline bringing' forward tlae proposed amendments, because he thought they: would go to trench upon the great principles of the Pill.= Ile pressed the propriety of Government' supporting and countenancing. measures of this kind, which were of too great importance to be left to the unsupported efforts of any single individual . • " Sir H. PARNELL ag'reed with the Right Hon'. Gentleman who spoke last, in Alt that he had said, and.thought great obligations were due to him for his exertions in hi iii ig in this Bill. He was sore that when the matter was sifted to the bottoiu, it would be found that there was no curet._ in the objections to the Bill. in the county which he had"the Ito ilour to represent (queen's County) the provisions attic Bill had been carried into execution without any diilictiliy. Sir G. HILL spoke 'in favotir of the Petition, and main • tttined (he necessity of the amendments which the Petitioners required. He. observed that the Petitioners approved of iumly parts of the Bill. . . Mr. V. Fitzgerald and Sir O. Hill explained. Mr. PE'J remarked that the objections to the Bill had h?en made in a peat degree by anticipation. If there reailY had been any adegnake experience of the Bill, the case would he different-. But if the House seat thus to bear objections to this Bill, which had been hardly tried, and to hear nothing ' of, the defect's which that Bill kvas intended to correct, alt 'tironeous impression must be •produeed. Hti shortly called tire attention (.1 the House to the abuses of the old system.— It gave to certain individuals the power of levying taxes for certain purposes to an unliwiqq.l extent. To such length hail the abuses gone, that at one time, within a year; 1,000,0001. hay - thus- been levied, when the total ainotint of the revenue of Ireland was' only 4,ooo,oool.—(Hear, hear 1 .)---The pre sentment: tinder altieh these SUMS were raised, w:ere hurried thromf,h the hinds of .the Judges of Assize in sod) a way, that it was calculated on one uccasimr, that so twiny pr,usent mews had Teceivef! the'fiat of the din.lge in a short time, that the average time allowed for the con,ideration of each was a minute and a half.--Hear, hear!)—Then, there was no suf ficient check on the application 011ie money thus raised. Of the tnisUpplicat kin of in many gross instances had come wit link his own (nisei ration. He therefore begged the House ni t hastily to agree to the repeal of the Bill now in' force, and, above all, he hoped 'that nothing would induce them to re turn to the out Sir JOHN NEWPORT observed, that ail the objections which had been made to the Bill were merely appliiable to its details, and none of them went to impeach the general principle of it: He presse:l the truth of the observation of tin, Right Hoc►. Gentleman who sprlie last, that the Bill had not yet been fairly tried. But above all, he deprecated any return to the old syA m. There might be some alteratio►r necessary in certain provi , :iuns• of the Bill, lint he implored the autism to adhere to the principle of it. A MEMBER, whose name could not he learned, moved, that the petition b e plinted'; and gave notice th it he in tended to ►uore for the appointment or a Committee to lA.. quire into the present state of the lows relative to Grand Ju ries in greland.—The motion was agreed to. THE CKLNIINAL LAW. Mr. WILEIERFORCE rose to present a Petition, te which he implored the attention of the House, nut only on account ot the importance of the subject, but also because of the chs racier of the Petitioners. It was from certain Members of the Society of Friends, praying the House to mussed to the revision of the Laws oil 'the Sratllte Book, which impose the punishment of death. In presenting this Petition he could . not but advert to the exemplary character Of that clasS of persons . from .whom it came. He could never forget that they had been the first to call on the Parliament to pat iui end to the Sluice Trade, at a time when it had attracted little. of the general attention. it seemed of this Society that they abjured all hostility only for the purpose of waging a more vigorous war against every thing tending to injure their fellow-creatures. The subject of this Petition was in itself must important; and it was impossible to advert to it in this House without remembering the signal exe!.tions in be half of humanity in this particular, by a distingoishell turn who was noW no more. mongall the ohiigations which llLltna uity owed to that eminent person, there was none greater than that dne to his unwearied exertions for the reformation of our criminal code. He could not but hope that 'so good ti cause would still find many supporters in this House. In truth, it was to he regretted, that notwithstanding all that haul been written and all that had been done from the lime "of Mr. Howard, that so many of our most revolting laws re mained unchanged. It seemed as if a remedy was despaired of, although all experience, proved that many were attain able. The spirit of uncertainty in our criminal law had pr . ydneed the_ most miserable consequences. It had induced criminals of the more depraved class tt'r a system of gambling on their liVes• He remembered to have heard Judge Buller mention instances of .the extent to which this horrible prim-- lice had been carried He trusted that some one, whose ac quaintance with the law would give efficiency to his endea vours on this subject, would turn his attention to it. nub effect of the two different systems, of rigour and of endea• yonring to reform the moral character, were before us. It was an inhunian mistake to say that 'arty offender could he SO depraved a , to be beyond the appeal of all principles and motives. The reformation of the Criminal Law was a sub-_ ject which had attracted the attention of Mr, Pitt, and if that' great man had lived, it was his intention to have taken eff;c tual steps to accomplish that great work, The Petition from the Society of Friends (Quakers), as mentioned by Mr. Wilberforce, was then received and tend, and ordered to lie on the table. WINDSOR ESTABLISHMENT. Lord CASTLEREAGH, apprehensive that the Report would not be made sufficiently early to nett the consideration of the House previously to the day now. ordered fur the fur ther disewoion of the New Establishment for Windsor,which stood for Thitesda)i next, moved Ore postponement of the lat tcr,business till Thursday se'nuight..Ordercd. CIUMINAL CODE. Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH, in au inaudible voice acres% the table, put a qucstiou to Lord Castleicagh. Wt were given to understand that it was requiring what was the inten tion of his Majesty's' Government respecting some amend ment of the law in cases of forgery ? Lord cAsTLEREAcm. thinking that Sir James meant to make a motion on the subject on some future - day, observed, that the Hon. Member might exercisa his discretion so tar as regarded the business alluded to. Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH then gave notice, that he would sup mit to the House his motion that day three weeks. No rriNon A NISH IRE PETITION. Mr. BROUGHAM gave n ,, tice of his intention to wove the House uu the subject of the Petition to-morrow. POOR LAWS. Mr. STURGES BoortNe rose to move for. the revival of the Committee on the Poor Laws. , lii was within the recollection of the House, that from the laudable labour and reseatches wl , ich, the Committee had made, services of the first im portaice to the Community might be expected. Mr. S. Bourne then gave a kind of abstract of their proceedings. The Committee were well aware that it had tt encounter many serious dif ficulties ; but he had no doubt but that every ob stacle would be removed, and that so far as tint United wisdOm and talents of such a Committee could accomplish. many benefits would he derived to the public.' The present stare of the pour laws claimed the immediate attention of Parliament. The deliber a tio ns of toe Committee would go io check, it not to remedy, a great, a growing, and ran alarming evil. If Psrliament did riot soon legislate some amendment of the laws, the distresses of the poor would increase with the difficulties of the times. But the grievances which the Corn matte were called upon to redress did - not bear 131)9n the p o o r alone, hut affected : in an alarming' degree every landholder. Pa ripe ris m Lad arrived to such an enormous height, that the time might come, if not prevented by the •interpo. , i(ioti of P:iiiiante.ht, when Ibe landholder would he obliged to sacrifice rite whole profits of the soil- for the maiortuance of the poor, ' In recommetoling t h e immediate revival of the Committee, he fl,ittes,d linaself with the personal aid a nd conctirrence of an 'Honourable mud Learned Cientleiwto -(Mr. Brougham, we learnt), whose abilities would. give wt iglu to their deliherations,. Should they even fail to produce at once all the desired. effect, the coorrry, however, would be satisfied that no elfort lead been wairtiog op this town:mous UCC3„,