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CPIPIrU Mr. tV HIS MAJESTY'S LET ".. - g PATENT. THE ROYAL FILTER - ffOR CISTERNS. ' • IN submitting the - Above invaluable Discovery to the attentior, ®f the Public, incumbent on t the Proprietors feel it /- ...em to enumerate a few of its leading characteristio- The prevailing opinion of the impurity, and conser. i nent insalubrity of the Water supplied to the Inhabi*.ants of this City, is so well founded, and so amply borne out by the numerous Testimonials of the most Fitnirient of the Metropolitan Faculty, and by the recent communications made by the Commissioners appointed by Parliament, that any comment in this place would appear like questioning the national common sense. This mode of Filtration not only clarifies, but purifies, the most turbid, fetid, stagnant water, rendering it of a crystalline brilliancy, and at the same time most effectually destroying both SMELL and TASTE. Its adaptation to Cisterns enhances its valuable qualities, by obviating the trouble of repeatedly charging it as heretofore, and ensures an effeztual preventive against the possibility of employing uny other Water than that which has passed the Filter, either for Culinary operations, or in fact for any domestic purposes. The rapidity of the process of Filtra.- Con, stands conspicuous amongst its advantages. The P! - oprietors do not (as hitherto has been usual in advertising Filters) state the precise numberof Gallons capahlezdf being produced ; but are enabled confidently to assert that so fast an the Water is supplied at the top of the Filter, so fast will it discharge itself from the bottom in a highly purified state.—lts moderate Price, (from Three Guineas upwards, but rarely exceeding Six, in proportion to the dimensions of Cisterns) by rendering it attainable to all Housekeepers, eonfera a real blessing on Society, by at once removing the cause of a multitude of Diseases, which are justly attri butable to the noxious particles contained in the Water. The Prospectus may be had, and Filters, in full opera tion, may be inspected, at the Office of the Patentees, George Robins and others, No. 69, Strand, opposite the Adelphi Theatre, where Orders are requested to he addressed. MARBLE CHIMNEY PIECES. rrHE Nobility and Gentry are respectfullr A_ invited to an inspection of a Splendid COLLEC TION of ITALIAN and ENGLISH MARBLE CHIM NEY PIECES, some of which arc just imported from ROME. Also, a variety of Portland Stone and Cast Iron Chimney Pieces, which are offered on very reasonable terms, at the London Stave Grate Bazaar, Fish -street-hill ; where also may be seen the largest assortment of Stove Grates of every description. Kitchen Ranges, Fenders, Fire Irons, Patent Lamps, Tea and Coffee Urn,,, and Enterers ; Papier _Macke and other Tea T':ays, Knives and Forks, Patent Dish Covers, and Ctili7,ary Articles in general. Shipping orders executed with despatch. LITERATURE. A TALE OF ARABIA, AND OTHER POEMS. LONnoN.-18?5. We have been pleased with this unassuming little volume : it is from the pen, we understand, of a very young lady, and displays a promise which, we doubt not, with care, and an attentive perusal of the best models among our English Poets, will soon ripen into excellence. The first poem in the collection, and the longest, is the least to our taste ; but, among the miscellanies, may be found some very sweet and de licate blossoms, the produce of an intelligent, and, what is better still, a well-difciplined mind. We have no space for ex tract-, ; but may venture to recommend our fair author' Stanzas on Byron : they are just the lines that stould proceed from the pen of a lady— plaintive„ elegant, and insinuating a proper re gret for the follies of the it lamented subject. To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR-Observing in your Paper of the 12th instant an Account of a gentleman, named Henry Lawson, who was formerly a Captain in the Army, and was reduced by a series of mict)rtl.l es to the necessity of seeking pirochial relief ; for purpose he appeared at the Union Hall Po lice-dFce, before the Magistrates, R. J. Chambers and die Swabey, Esqrs. As you are ever ready to aid the unfortunate by bringing Their 'distress into public notice, and this is a case that peculiarly deserves conipassion, I take the liberty to en. close an order for 10s. 6d. for Henry Lawson, which you will have the goodness to give to him. Perhaps the insertion of the circumstance in one of your columns might attract the notice of a liberal and generous public, and might be the means of causing a small sub scription to be entered into for the relief of the unfortunate awson. I trust you will pardo❑ the liberty I take in giving you t.. 0 much trouble—humanity is the motive. I am, Sir, out obedient servant, Sandgate, iNlay 532. E. W. B. [We have received 10s. lid., which shall be paid as directed.] COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL NEW LONDON BRIDGE. YeAerday, a Court was held for the consideration of .5 motion relative to the New London Bridge, which has ;7,15-en rise to touch dispute and opposition in the neighbour hood of the building. Mr. PEw - raess presented a petition from the Ward of Bridge. It set forth, that the Act of Parliament expressly provided that the new Bridge should be built as closely as passible to the site of the old one, and that the old line of approaches should be adhered to. The petitioners were greatly surprised to tind proceedings taken for the forma tion of new lines of approach, as if no Act were in exist ence. The Committee had received a great number of plans, and souse of them were about to he submitted to the Lords of the Treasury for their approval. The petitioners complained, that these steps had been taken without their concurrence, or without reference to their interests. They complained of meditated deviations, and especially of Mr. Jeffery's suggestion of an nrch over Thames-street. Mr. 'UironNuns. (one of the petitioners) addressed the Court in a long speech in support of the petition. 'Mr. PEwntrss supported the petition. And moved that the petition be referred to the Bridge Committee, with directions to hear evidence thereupon, and report to the Court.—Mr. CHILD, jun., seconded the motion. _ . Mr. STEVENS called the attention of the Court to a sub ject rdtreat importance to the City, and the whole of a ore l dded in the line of approaches. It was essen tial onsubject of this magnitude, that no step should be taken without mature deliberation. Why then were the proceedings o f t h e Bridge Committee kept secret? Plans had been sulimit toil t o t h e C omm itt ee by men o f talent, independently of those submitted by Mr. Rennie ; yet the Court knew nothing about them. Why were they with held from investigation?.— (Hear. )_Why was all to he n carried ou in secrecy mysteriously ?He hoped the Court would not allow this co per mit any improper dictations at any e f t u o tu i r'eeetit pp; on. r r i s o u tl e . d, or A alderman GARRATT supported the petition. Mr. S. prxost also contended, th a t the plansl,LCommittee should be laid before the Court. He believed that acted upon int', irm ation from the West -coil. ' Mr. R. L. JoNE s (Chairmainofthe6e Brio immittee, assert dge Committee)— —With respect to the proceedings of rd that they were in conformity with the Resolution, by which it had been originally formed. The Committee had reported to the Court every m e asure which it was essential should he known to it. If the Court thought proper to withdraw its confidence from the Committee, they were ready to resign their trusts, but hitherto they had pro ceeded with a determination not to he swayed by any local interests, but to be guided by what they considered the in terests of the City and public at large. He had ever acted, and should continue to act, on that prin ci p le. bear.) --(Hear, Mr. N. SAUNDERS supported the Resolution. Mt: FAvm, defended the conduct of the Committee. Mr. R. TAYLon reprobated the whole work as a ruin ous jot). Alderman Wool) should support a compensation clause, because the plan for an approach by arch would be cheaper by 200,0001. than the one for preserving the old line. Mr. PEwrazss replied, and the motion -.vas carried by a very large majority. SUPPLY OF GAS. A petition was presented from the inhabitants of Saint Cripplegate, praying that gas pipes might be per mitted to he laid down by such Companies as would sup ply the inhabitants on cheaper terms than those on which the Chartered Company furnished that a r ti c l e . Mr. TAYLon supported the petition. Mr. Srs:vENs was against referring the petition to the Commissioners of Sewers, and, as an Amendment, moved, That n Special Committee should he formed, to whom this petition, and the petitions from Bishopsgate and other Wards should be referred for inquiry." Mr. TICKNER deprecated the introduction of competi tion between the Companies, as fraught with great incon venience. An adjournment was then moved and carried. A parcel of very fine ripe May duke cherries, were shown yesterday at Net's fruit shops, 77, Prince's street, and 44, Leith-street.—Edinburgh Evenip:, Courant. VOIMIGN INTELLIGENCt. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France, May 22.) ST. PETERSI3I:RGH, APRIL 26.—For some weeks past people are all in a warlike mood, and the enthu siasm of the military is boundless. The troops which leave this city will go at first only to the environs of Tulezyn ; those which have long been cantoned in the South of Russia will open the campaign alone ; this resolution was scarcely known when most of the young officers of the Guard asked to be sent to the Regiments which are going to invade the Turkish territory ; but the Emperor has not con sented. These, however, who were about him on the important day of 26th Dec., 1825 (the revolt at St. Petersburgh), will accompany him. His depar ture is fixed for the 7th of May. Many foreigners have also offered to serve as vo lunteers in this campaign ; but the Emperor has not granted their request. Our capital will soon be de serted, for the whole Court will accompany the Em press to Odessa, and will reside there for some time, and most of the wives of Generals and Officers are going to Tulezyn to wait for what may happen. ODES , 4A, APRIL 25.--(Extract of a Commercial Letter.)—On the 6th or 7th of May, the army will pass the Pruth ; on the 22d, Moldavia and Wal lachia will be entirely occupied : on the 23d the Emperor will arrive at Ismail ; and on the same day a part of the army will pass the Danube, while the Black Sea fleet, consisting of ten sail of the line and six fri;.,fates, will land a body of 10,000 men near Varna, to support the ,movement of that which will advance from Ismail, at the same time the army of Georgia will attack the Turkish possessions in Asia ; and Poti and Ancha will soon be in our pos session.* TRtESTE, Al.tv 6.—A ship, which has arrived in ten days from Corfu, brings word that two French frigates and two brigs were waiting in tlat port for the expedition from Toulon, with 60,000 men, to sail with them to the Morea. (From the Quotidienne.) BERLIN, MAX 7.--(PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.) —Fresh troops, both infantry and cavalry, are conti nually arriving to reinforce the Ottoman army as sembled on the plains of Adrianople. Several Tar tars, despatched from Constantinople, have announced to the Pacha of Adrianople the speedy arrival of the Grand Vizier. The Governor of the important fortress of Silo=la. has been reinforced by 2,000 chosen troops. It cannot be denied that the greatest enthusiasm animates the Turkish soldiers, whose fanaticism is carried to the greatest degree of exaspe ration. It is thought that the Suhall will not join the army till it is raised to the force of 130,000 effec tive men. Regiments drawn from several fortresses in Hungary have arrived to reinforce the troops sta tioned on the frontier of Servia, in the Ruethorvina, and in the Bannot of Temiswar. It is obeerced that active officers go to and from the Ser•ian territory, where they are well received by the Turkish officers. This good understanding between the military of the two nations is divinely interpreted by our politicians. (From the Messages des Chambscs, dated Thu►sday, May 22.) PARIS, MAY 21.—1 n the Chamber of Deputies, after the discussion of all the amendments proposed to the project of law o►► the loan of 800 millions, the President said, " Before the Chamber proceeds to the scrutiny on the whole of the law, I give notice that it is to meet to-morrow at noon, in the Bureaux, to receive the communication of a proposition which will be developed i❑ the public sitting, on its open ing the Chamber in the Bureaux, and nominate the Committee which will have to examine the propo sition, and take it into consideration." The Presi dent then having announced the Order of the Day for to-morrow, the sitting, on the whole of the law, of which the result was as follows :—Number of votes, 352. White Balls 267 Black Balls 6:i Majority The law is adopted. The Chamber of Deputies has voted to-day, by an immense majority, the Project of Law for a loan of 80 millions. This act of high confidence of the Elective Chambers has been merited by the frank conduct of an Administration which has openly made known its intentions. It is by this honourable har mony of the powers of society, that, after many years of trouble, we shall obtain the consolidation of our institutions, and the national developement of all the sources of the prosperity of France. These arc two out of the five fortresses which Russia, by the Treaty of Bucharest, had promised to give up to Turkey; and are the only ones that were really given up. But with the new frontier of the Russians beysnd Mount Caucasus, it was impossible that they could long remain in the hands of the Turks. Poti, situated on the left bank of the Rion or Maris, commanded the mouth of that river, which is so necessary to the communications of the Russians in Mingrilia and Imerilta. Anossa, on the coast of Alasia, at a smalldistance from the mouth of the Kuban, is surrounded on all sides by the Russian posts, but the Turks only set the higher value on this account upon that little fortress, by means of which they keep up a com munication with the tribes of the Caucasus, especially the Circassian', whom they excited to make incursions into the Russian boundary, and of whom they purchase the slaves, so famous for their beauty.--Note of the Editor of the Gazette de France. LISBON PAPERS. LISBON, MAY 12.—The Gazette contains an ()Fa cial notice to the following effect : Desiring to complete the loan of four millions of milrees, authorised by the law of 31st March, 1827, I think fit to open a loan of two thousand and ten contos and five hundred milrees, which are still wanting to complete the said 4,000 contos of rees.— (Here follow the conditions.) MAY 4.—The Gazette contains an official article in which the Regent orders to be published a decla ration of his Sister, the Infanta Donna Isabella Maria, to the following effect : I, the Infanta Donna Isabella Maria, declare that evil-minded persons, animated by sentimemts con trary to the peace and tranquillity which ought to be maintained between good Portuguese, have unjustly and improperly made use latterly of my name for a false pretext, to inculcate into the unwary erroneous and pernicious doctrines, with the wicked design of destroying the Altai and the Throne ; and I, being informed of this audacious abuse, think fit, of my own free will, to declare such imputations to be false and perfidious, diametrically opposed to the senti ments of my Royal heart, which is always disposed to promote every thing that can be useful and ad vantageous to these kingdoms. This I declare on my IRoyal word. (Signed) INFANTA DONNA ISABELLA. Palace of Ajuda, April 20, 1828. The Lisbon Gazettes, to the 17th May inclusive, contain various accounts of rejoicings in different places on account of the return of Don Miguel, but nothing of any importance. The mackerel fish, 0 I ves at St. I appears to be only have been taken during the poor _Dorset Chronicle. on the decline ; a f ew fish only , a E , , n rTE of last week, and those very T HE LITERARY GAZETTE May 21, (NO. 592) contains interesting articles rg .its ust►al novelties, Saturday, Piquant Extracts from, the suppressed A the following work c Accolint of, and Rocke's Letters to the King of England ..13 entitled Capt. I. Early Anecdotes of, and Unpublished po Y e r t o r n'a i na, No. Bvaos ; Review, with copious Selection, 3, 1 : , ,y, Lord WALsii's (Chaplain to Lord SraANet•oao) Journ i e ' from Dr. Constantinople, over the approaching seat of War y: bei the best and latest description of the Turkish Capital being the Country thence to the Danube; French Notice of th, Fate of Major Laing ; Synopsis of the Proceedings of the Royal Society and Royal Institution, by eminent persons, on important scientific subjects (viz., Magnetism, Dip of the Needle, Musical Sounds, and Ship-Building); and a ; r e markable picture of the Progress ofEuropean Intelligence in India, as shown in the original writings of Native So vereigns 'anol Bramins. The remainder of the Number is devoted to such ether New Works, the Fine Arts, Theatres, Vdreties, &c., &c., as claim the most immediate public notice. Published every Saturday, by W. A. Scams, 7, Wellington-street, Strand, and 7, South Moulton-street , Iprice Rd. ; or stamped (for country circulation by post) ; Is. IMPERIAL PARL►_AMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY ,‘S. The Royal Assent was given, by Commission, to the Elections Trials Consolidation Bill, the Irish Passengers Regulation Bill, and to 45 Private Bills. The Lords Commissioners were—the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, and the Ela of Aberdeen. Lord KENYON presented a petition from Peckham, in Surrey, against granting any further concessions to the Roman Catholics. The Earl of RADNOR presented a petition from the Roman Catholics of the city of Bristol, praying for Catho lic Emancipation. The Earl of GLASGOW presented a petition from Paisley, in favour of the Scotch Parochial Settlements Bill. The Duke of WELLINGTON moved that the House at its rising do adjourn to Monday, the 2d of June.— Agreed to. The Earl of ROSEBERRY, in presenting a petition from the Magistrates of Glasgow, in favour of the Scotch Parochial Settlements Bill, gave notice that he would move the second reading of that Bill on Wednesday, the 4th of June. The Earl of BELHAVEN gave notice that he would move the second reading of the Scotch Peerage Bill on Monday the 2d of June. The Earl of STANHOPE in presenting a petition from York against any alteration in the Corn Laws, said that he considered the Bill introduced by the Noble Duke worse than the measure of last year, and that he would give it every opposition in his power. The Noble Earl presented a similar petition from a pa rish in Surrey. The petition also prayed that a duty of 6d. in the pound might be imposed on foreign wool. The Marquis of EXETER presented a similar - petition from Wisbech and other parishes in Lincolnshire. Mr. RICE TREVOR, and others from the Commons, brought up two Road Bill.. Mr. CI ;der, from the Treasury, presented nn account of the vessels which entered the ports of Scotland within the last year. • Lord CLIFDEN presented a petition from certain Roman Catholics of Bristol, praying for C itholic Emanci. pat ion. The Duke of NEWCASTLE presented a petition from Newark and Nottingham, and from Woodbridge, in Suf folk, against any alteration of the Coru Lass's. On the motion of Lord MELVILLE, the Justiciary Courts (Scotland) Bill was read a second time. BRAZIL AND BUENOS AYRES. _ _ Lord STRANGFORD vas anxious to know from the Noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs, whether there was any truth in the report that an armistice had been con cluded between the Governments of Brazil and Buenos . Ayres, through the influence of the British Government. The Noble Lord, after alluding to the perils to which our commerce had been exposed by the trade of warfare carried on between these two countries, said that he would shortly after the Recess present petitions to the House, which would corroborate all that he had said upon a former occasion respecting the conduct of one of the parties to that war. Earl DUDLEY said, that no such transaction as that which had been alluded to had taken place ; but the last despatches received from that quarter contained an account of a negotiation then going on between the Governments of Brazil and Buenos Ayres; altogether there was from these despatches a better prospect of its ending in peace than could have been anticipated from any previous account. The Duke of NEWCA.STLE presented several petitions from places in Derby and Nottingham, for the Repeal of the Act of 182, prohibiting the circulation of Small Notes. SALMON FISHERIES. The Earl of HADDINGTON moved the second reading of the Salmon Fisheries Bill.—Agreed to, - and ordered to be committed after the holidays. The Promissory Note Bill (Ireland), the Hornings Rn• gister Bill (Scotland), the Crown Solicitor's Bill (Ireland), severally went through a Committee. Several other mea sures were forwarded one stage. Lord DARN LEY could not let so long a period telapse as till the House met again, without calling the attention of their Lordships to a subject in which the honour of this country was deeply interested. He had hoped that ere this the subject would have been brought forward by those much more competent to discharge the task than himself. He alluded to what had taken place since the battle of Navarin with regard to the inha bitants of the Morea. If he had not been misin formed, 4,000 inhabitants of that unfortunate country, consisting of those in the very flower and prime of their youth, had been transported to Egypt for porpo,es too de testable to be named—some to be detained in public assem blies—some for one purpose and some for another. Now the conviction on his mind was, that if instead of having designated the battle of Nayarit', one of the most glorious, and likely to have been one of the most useful events that could have taken place, by the appellation applied to it, they had dune as might have been expected, that glorious achievement would have been followed up in a manner that would have prevented the possibility of such a horrible circumstance taking place. What the Noble Lord was anxious to know from the Noble Duke was, cer tain as he was the Noble Duke and his Majesty's Ministers must feel the honor of their country deeply interested in the ' event, and that they must be anxious to take measures to prevent a recurrence of it—what he was anxious to know was, whether measures had been or were about to be taken, not only to prevent the recurrence of it, but also to restore as far as possible those individuals to their ceuntry. He trusted that in bringing forward this subject, and in putting this question to the Noble Duke, he would not he considered as acting with the slightest hostility, for he could assure the House that he should be extremely sorry, indeed, if any went happened calculated to remove the Noble Duke from the bead of the Government, who of all others seemed to him (the Noble Lord) the fittest person to be there. He cer tainly acted in this instance in no spirit of hostility, and thought it highly satisfactory both to the House and the public, that the Noble Duke should now give a pledge that at least his best endeavours should be exerted to prevent a recurrence of what hail taken place. The Duke of WELLINGTON said it was true that a number, how many he could not say, of the inhabitants o f the Morea, had been carried away by the Egyptians—that was a fact ; a fact exceedingly lamented by Government, and he was bound to do that Government the justice of saying that it had done every thing in its power to prevent a recurrence. He could now state that he was quite certain measures had been taken to prevent a recur rence of such a circumstance, and that directions had been given to the Egyptian troops to have those unfortunate persons returned. It was not quite certain that persons who had been once carried away could again be restored to their friends, but every thing practicable would be done to have that accomplished, if possible. The House then adjourned till Monday, June 2. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MAY 23. At four o'clock the Speaker, accompanied by several Members, proceeded to the House of Lords to hear the Royal Assent given by Commission to several private and public Bills ; for which see Lords' Report. Sir C. HASTINGS wished to present a petition from the Borough of Leicester ; which the SPEAKER de cided could not be read, as it contained a breach of privi lege, by commenting on what had passed in the House. Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury brought up certain papers relative to the woollen manufactures. Mr. BYNG brought up the Report on the East London Road Bill. Mr. ASHURST presented a petition from the inhabi tants of Chipping Norton, complaining that the crime of horse-stealing had increased, and praying that some remedy' might be adopted to check it. Mr. LAMB brought in a Bill to enable persons accused of felony to he defended by Counsel. The Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on the 6th of June. Mr. CURTEIS presented petitions from Ashworth against the importation of Foreign Wool, and praying for restrictions upon the importation of Corn. Mr. CURTEIS moved for returns of money laid out in various ways upon the Milbank Penitertiary, and the number of prisoners confined therein. Sir JOSEPH YORKE thought the motion unnecessary , because the returns were annually made. If that building were to be placed under the controul of the Secretary of State, it would, he thought, he differently conducted from the manner in which it was managed by the Committee. Sir M. W. RIDLEY felt it necessary to meet this nact tion with a direct negative. The information was alreadY in various shapes before the Hote.e, if he would only take the trouble to find it. This was one of the cases which be had tried to put a stop to, as tending to throw all ex treme and unnecessary onus on the officers of the different establishments. Mr. HEATHCOTE hoped that Hon. Members would pause before they would permit these unnecessary returns to be made ; and he hoped the Hun. Baronet would divide the ?Louse upon it. Lord LOWTHER said that if it went to a division he must give his vote fur the motion of the Hon. Member for Sussex. If the information was before the House, he for one could not find it. The buildi ng h a d cos t b e tween five and six hundred thousand pounds, and there was, besides, an annual grant of 25,000/. He thought it would have been much the wiser course to have accepted the offer of the Middlesex Magistrates. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR said he lino', of no such offer, though he had heard an intimation that it was wished to have it as a new jail for Westminster. He had objected to the Penitentiary, .as being unwholesome, and he would not consent to any further cost. Mr. HOBHOUSE agreed with the Noble Lord (Low ther) that the Penitentiary was a most useless charge. There was no instance whatever in which any building cost so much, and was of so little utility. It was, in fact, prejudicial to the very objects it was meant to promote. The best thing they could do would be to accept the offer of the Magistrates, and thus put an end to the expellees of that establishment. Mr. BYNG said that no offer whatever had been made. Mr. WM. PEEL said that all the information required was already in print before the House. Mr. PORTMAN suggested to the Hon. Member for Sussex the propriety of withdrawing his motion for the present, and of giving notice of it for another night, and in the interim he might ascertain the extent of the in formation before the House. Mr. Secretary PEEL thought the Hon. Member for Sussex had better withdraw his motion for the present, as thereby he would enable himself to be better prepared as to the returns which were actually necessary to be produced. He believed the greater part, if not the whole, of the in formation sought by the Hon. Member was already before .the House. After a few words from Mr. CURTEIS, the [notion was withdrawn. _ Mr. FYLER presented a petition from the Operative Woollen and Silk Weavers of Newchurch and Rochdale, i❑ Lancashire, complaining of distress, and praying for a free Importation of Corn. Mr. H. DRUMMOND brought up the 'Report of the Select Committee on the Alehouse Licencing Bill, which was ordered to-be taken into consideration this day se'n night. Mr. MUNDAY presented three petitions from Derby shire, against the Small Notes Bill. Mr. W. SMITH presented a petition from the inhabitants of Diss, in Norfolk, against the continuance of slavery in the West Indies. Mr. HUME presented a petition, signed by 960 of the Friendly Society of Carpenters, held at the Hole-in-the- Wall, Fleet-street, praying for the free importation of Corn, and that the corn resolutions should not be suffered to pass into a law without the House having previously examined witnesses at the bar in support of the prayer of the petition. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR presented a petition from the in • habitant± of the city of Durham, praying for the abolition of slavery in the West Indies. Mr. PENDARVES presented four similar petitions from Cornwall, stating that the petitioners were willing to contribute their proportion of any sum of money which might be awarded to the Planters as indemnification. Mr. W. PEEL moved for a return of the 19th Report of the Commissioners of Charities. Mr. PEEL brought up copies of the correspondence be tween the United States and this country, relative to the West India Islands ; also a return of the prisoners corn mitted during a specified period to Leicester gaol. Mr. HEATHCOTE presented two petitions from land owners and wool-growers of Carnarvon, praying for a duty on foreign wool. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL gave notice that he should, on the 12th of June, bring in a Bill to prevent the undue assumption of the title of Baronet in Ireland. Mr. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from Yorkshire against the importation of Foreign Wool. Sir J. NEWPORT presented a petition from the Chamber of Commerce, of Waterford, praying for the ad mission of foreign flour into Ireland. Sir J. GRAHAM presented a petition signed by the Merchants, Bankers, Tradesmen, the Sheriff of Cumber land, and 800 others, assembled at a public meeting in Carlisle, against the Small Notes Bill, and.praying that the Small Note circulation should not be prohibited in England, whilst it was prohibited in Scotland. Mr. SLANEY presented a petition from Sheffield against the Malt Act of last Session. The Hon. Member inquired whether there was any intention to alter the law. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he could not promise that any change should be made with respect to taking the duty on malt. Mr. WOOD said the present system operated unequally, and that what the Maltsters wished was, that the duty should be taken before the malt was sprinkled. The petition was then ordered to he printed. Mr. SPRING RICE brought in a Bill to render pro missory notes payable in the places in which they were drawn.—Read a first time, and ordered to be read a se cond time on Friday next. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. Mr. Secretary PEEL moved that the House, at its rising, should adjourn to Friday next. I❑ doing this he observed that the state of the public business would not allow of a long adjournment of the House, but as Thursday next was a day on which the House could scarcely sit, and Wednesday was a day on which there was little business, he proposed to adjourn to Friday next. Mr. HUME took this opportunity to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he would postpone the Miscel laneous Estimates until Monday next. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was desirous not to take the House by surprise, but there were many of the Miscellaneous Estimates which would not call forth any opposition, and he thought those might be passed. Mr. HUME said, the first items related to the Diplo matic Estimate, and would excite a long discussion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER agreed to postpone the Estimates. The Pension Act was then read a third time and passed. LAW OF EVIDENCE BILL. . The Law Of Evidence Bill was read a third time, and passed. OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON BILL. The House, on the motion of Mr. PEEL, resolved it. self into a Committee upon the Offences against the Per. son Bill. Mr. HYDE 'VILLIERS thought the law, as now pro posed, left no middle point between severe punishment and entire escape ; and he therefore wished to introduce a clause that would leave the same discretion in the Judges in cases of cutting and maiming, where the offence did not amount to murder, as they new possessed in common cases of manslaughter. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL opposed the clause, on the ground that it would convert every case of common as sault, while the parties were infuriated, into a prosecution for felony. Mr. PEEL pointed out the difficulty that would arise from the finding of the Jury. Under Lord Ellenburough's Act, the Jury must find an intent to kill ; but in this case the party might be indicted under the proposed clause, where there was no such intent, and where it could not be stated that there was even any previous malice on the part of the assailant. After a few words from Mr. VILLIERS, he consented to withdraw his clause. Mr. PEEL proposed a clause limiting the summary power of Magistrates, in order that they might not inter fere in cases of assault arising out of disputes regarding property ; and after a remark from the ATTORNEY GENERAL and Mr. G. LAMB it was introduced. Mr. CARTER objected to giving Magistrates a power of decidin g upon assaults ex-parte. As the Bill stood at present, if it were proved that a summons had been left at the house of the party accused, the Magistrates might pro ceed to conviction. He wished that they should only be allowed to decide when the offender was before them, and capable of making his defence either in person or by his ad visers. Mr. PEEL admitted that the suggestion deserved atten tion, and promised to consider it before the third reading. He also made a few observations upon a clause proposed on a former evening by Mr. Martin, inflicting severer penal ties upon persons guilty of cruelty and ill usage to chil dren under a certain age, objecting to it that it would not touch many cases of an aggravated kind, and that it would be attended with many practical difficulties. Mr. MARTIN withdrew his Clause. The House having resumed, the report was brought up and ordered to be received on Friday next. WAYS AND MEANS. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER, the House went into a Committee of Ways and Means. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER proposed the following Resolution :—That " towards making good the Supplies to his Majesty, there' be issued and applied the sum of 352,0501. fas. 7d., being the surplus of the Ways and Means granted in 1823, 4,5, 6, and 7." The House hating restnned, the Report was brought up and ordered to be received on Friday next. CORN BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the third reading of the Corn Importation Bill. Mr. WESTERN rose for the purpose of recording his opinions, by placing a series of Resolution. on the Jour nals. He did not now rise to invite discussion, but merely to give a substantial shape to opinions be had entertained for many years, and which he had stated when he intro duced the Bill of 1804, and repeated in the Debates of 1815. lion. and Right Hon. Gentlemen had changed their notion!, and, no doubt, had bad sufficient reasons for their conduct; but he was nevertheless not prepared to abandon his early, and, as he believed, well-established opinions. He entertained most sincerely great apprehen sions as to the result of the present experiment ; he thought great dangers might arise from it; the farmers were now in an improving condition, but they were still struggling with difficulties, and even a slight check might throw them back to the state of 1822, and be ruinous to thousands. Mr. FRANKLAND LEWIS .was not surprised, con sidering the deep interest the:Hon. Gentleman was known to take in this question, that lie should have chosen that opportunity to record his opinions, and show • his consti tuents and the public that his principles and views re mained unchanged. But the circumstance of the Hon. Gentleman having chosen that time and mode absolved him (Mr. F. Lewis) from the necessity of entering into any general discussion as to the principles on which the system of our Corn Laws should be constructed. The House would feel, therefore, that it did a kindness to the Hon. Gentleman by allowing him to record his opinions, which was, no doubt, all that he desired. In the present stage of the Bill, any discussion should be confined rather to particular points than to general principles. Mr. F. WILSON having that evening presented fifteen petitions, praying for Effectual Protection to Agriculture, would only state that he had also twelve others, equally • respectably signed, to the same effect ; but that he did not think it necessary to present them. They all agreed to the proposition of his Majesty's Government, so far as related to the duties on foreign Corn ; but objected to the bonding system, as highly injurious to the country. The Hon. Gentleman then read the prayer of the petitioners, by which they solicited that such restrictions might he im posed on the importation of foreign Corn, as would insuTe the home market front any sudden influx, by which the price might be ruinously depressed. For this purpose they suggested that the payment of the duty should be exacted on the landing of the corn, or that the importer should enter into a bond to pay the duty at a certain period, or re-export the corn. The Hon. Gentleman was proceeding with the petition, when— The SPEAKER called him to order. Mr. MONCK said for the future, he was perfectly con vinced the landed interest must expect corn to sell at a very reduced price. In this view, that result was not tie con sequence of this Bill ; but this Bill itself was the conse quence of the great improvement in the cut rency. It was evident that the same price would not be maintained now that was obtained during the restriction of cash payments, and while the great demand for corn continued during the war. As Parliament was undoing with regard to the currency what had then been done, the lauded interest must return to their old prices. From the reign of Charles the Second to 1815, it had been the policy of the country to encourage agriculture, but only to the extent of securing as high a price to the home grower as corn sold for on the Continent. About 1773, England became first an im porting country ; but the policy remained the same until 1815, when there was a departure from that system equally injurious to .all parties, as, whatever was anti-com mercial must, in the end, prove mischievous to all the in terests of the country. In so far as this Bill would affect the price of corn, it would lower it rather than raise it, as it appeared by Mr. Jacob's Report, that in 1826, the King of Sweden, by raising the duty on foreign corn to thirty-eight shillings a quarter, had lowered the price from twenty-eight shillings to eighteen shillings in a few years. The Resolutions were then negatived without a division. Mr. CIIARLES PALLMER moved the addition of a clause to the same effect as that in the Bill of last year, known as the Reciprocity Clause. By this clause, his Majesty in Council was empowered to prohibit the impor tation of corn from any foreign country that refused to act upon a system of reciprocity with regard to British ships and British goods. Mr. BENETT said that this was a most valuable clause and he hoped it would be adopted. Mr. F. LEWIS said the only reason why that clause was omitted in the present Bill was, that there seemed DO necessity for it. He had no objection, however, to invest this discretionary power in his Majesty's Government, if the House thought proper to give it to them. The clause was then added by way of rider. Mr. F. WILSON then moved that a clause be added, " that before any foreign corn or meal should be ware housed, the importer should enter into a bond either for its exportation or for the payment of the duty required by law within a certain time." Mr. CURTEIS seconded the motion; and trusted, that as the Right Honourable Gentleman had not made one concession to the lauded interest in the pro gress of the Bill, he would now take the opportunity of being somewhat gracious to the farmers. It would 1.4 valuable acquisition to the landed interest if the duty were fixed on the importation 61 the corn. He wished the Right Hon. Gent. had acceded to his proposition re lative to the corn trade of the Isle of Man, as he was satis fied that, for want of the clause he had suggested, great in jury would result from the importation of Foreign corn into that island, and its exportation again to this country on payment of the duty of •I 5 per cent. When he heard the Right lion. Gentleman declare the other night that be was a friend to the principles of free trade, and considering that this question was in the hands of the Board of Trade, with which the Right lion. Gentleman was connected, he (Mr. Curteis) could not avoid feeling - greatly apprehensive of the danger to which agriculture was exposed, though he rejoiced that the doctrines of free trade, and the sect that upheld them, were going fast out of fashion. He gave the Right HOD. Gentleman warning, since he had made that declaration, that he (Mr. Curteis) would narrowly watch all the proceedings of the Board of-Trade as to agriculture, as he suspected all the measures of the free trade school must he ruinous to it. Colonel SIBTHORPE cordially approved of the Clause moved by his Hon. Friend (Mr. F. Wilson). Mr. FRANKLAND LEWIS remarked, that the Hon. Member for Sussex had supported this Clause by discussing another subject. He could assure him that there was not the slightest foundation for his alarm respecting the Isle of Man. Tile provisions of the Bill that had been passed would prevent all inconvenience from that quarter. The Clause proposed by the Hon. Member went directly to overthrow the warehousing system altogether—a system adopted after the most mature and cautious deliberation. Why was the House on the third reading of the Bill to be called on to agree to such a proposition as this? The object of those who had put the Clause into the Hon. Member's hands was evidently to destroy the warehousing system. He would use only one argument against this clause, hut that he trusted would be sufficient. By the Act of 1815, a highly restrictive system with regard to the Corn Laws was established. Modified as it was by this Bill, it still remained a restrictive system, and he would say that such instantly ountr,,. Hoa system could not be risked unless there were corn in store to meet sudden emergencies. Besides, if they destroyed the bonding system in this country, it would only be to remove it to the Dutch coast, where it would f t le e esta blished. He begged the House to think what would be the state of the country with a bad harvest, and the shores of the Baltic frozen, if we had no supply in our own ware houses. The restrictive system of the corn trade had only been established on condition that the bonding ) stein should should be a n therefore appendage Mr. SYKES said, that it appea,,A o him that the only effect of not having re t s o ist it o fi i t e r nt,hoetiosnat.'es6tyi'llrL. ( .„ssaaroarebonsed in this country would be, that it would,.;/ stiirehoused on the opposite side of the water, ready -o pour in upon this country.— (Hear, hear.) --The object of the present law, he thought, would be to raise the price of corn to double what it was in the free ports on the Continent; for instance, while the price of corn in Rotterdam or Amsterdam was perhaps 305., the price here would be double, or more. He would ask whether, by proceeding in this man ner , they were not tax ing the patience of the country too • h much, out proceed ing to the monstrous length of saying that no corn should be warehoused in this country, let the necessity he what it might ? Mr. WODEHOUSE hoped that the Hon. Gentleman would withdraw his Amendment ; and with respect to the Bill itself, he was afraid that all its advantages would be counteracted by the contracted currency of the country. Mr. Alderman C. SMITH said a few words that were inaudible in the gallery. Mr. BENETT observed, that the object he hail in view was to give the corn growers a moderate remuneration ; and he was sure that the low price of corn could only finally be supported by encouraging the home growth. -- With regard to the importation of flour from the Isle of Man, alluded to by the Hon. Gent. (Mr.Curteis), he would only say, that he felt the greatest confidence that the Right Hon. Gentleman would do all in his power t o remedy. that evil. But as to the necessity of the establishment !7d gra naries to guard against a time of famine , be d e nied it alto gether ; for he believed that the best granary was the far mer's stack-yard :it was on this that the country had long depended; and if the farme r !vas sufficiently sup_ ported, he thought that they might s tlll continue to depend upon that source. He, therefore, hoped that the lion. Gentleman (Mr. Wilson) weuld withdraw his amend men t. Mr. F. WILSON said , that his object in making the amendment had been to prevent the monopoly t hat had taken place among the corn factors ; but as it r opeared that the sense of the House-was against the motion, lie had no desire to press it. The amendment was accordingly withdrawn. Mr. BANKES complained of the barley and u ts' ave• rages, which, he said, had been taken from those of sixty years age, and were new very much altered. In fact, iraTo an average which he bad made of the last five years, al pi ice of wheat was 565. ld., that of barley 31s. 10d., and that of oats 22e. 11d. lie did not intend to move 'any amendment, but he trusted that what be. had let fall would call attention to this part of the subject. Mr. F. LEWIS objecfed to the ave ra g e bein g taken 00.„ five years only, especially as 1826 had been one of scar city An average, lie thought, ought to be taken rather on P. years ; and then lie thought that the proportions woulobn, found to be correct. Mr. BANKES thought, that if the average was take on the last 12 or 15 years, it would bear cut his obeer' , vation. The Bill was read a 6;111 time and passed. FREEHOLDERS IN DISTRICTS. Mr, SYKES proposed the postponement of the furtbt l consideration of the Report on this Bill. The ATTORNLY-GENERAL objected to any furthe f postponement ; but after a desultory conversation, which Mr. Sykes, the Attorney-General, Colonel Sib' thorn M. Fyler, and Col. Davies, took pa rt, the furtbef consideration of the report was finally postponed till MO° week. STAMPS' ALLOWANCES. Mr. STUART thought the allowance made the 0, 9 tributors of Stamps was too great. It appeared by A lest in his possession from Mr. Griesly, that that gentler's ° could get a deputy to do all the business of the distr9W turn for per cent., while he actually received front VIM vernment Four per Cent. for the same thing—(Hear and he (Mr. Stuart) certainly thought 2k instead of four per cent. would he quite sufficient to remunerate the die tributors, by which there would be a saving to the country of 35,000/. a year.—(Hear, hear.)—ln Bills of Exchange, which included more trouble and greater. risk, the charge for agency was but one per cent., and he therefore c ertainly could net see why the agents of Government. should be se much better paid ; he them efore proposed to introduce 0 clause into the Bill to the effect; that " it was expedient 0 reduce the Revenue from stamps, by enacting Bart tb allowance to Distributors and Sub-distributors of SMO , l l* in Great Britain and Ireland, should not exceed 2-k e r cent. on the amount of stamps distributed by them." The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, do"' the clause proposed by the Hon. Gentleman appeared td him to have no reference to the Bill then under discussion' The present Bill was confined to a particular point ow nected with Receipts' Stamps; and now the Hon. Gen es tleman wanted to introduce a general arrangement, which' whether it was proper or no, he would not say, hut at all events, it was impossible to introduce without onto' ing into the examination of a great deal of detail. Mr. SYKES agreed with the Hon. Gentleman, tblo the per centage allowed to the distributors of stamps WO much too large; for as very little discretion in that parti . cular was required, he thought that the Government ough t to go on as economical a scale as po ssible ; and therefore gentlemen could he found who would undertake the de tribution at 2 per cent. he did not see why Governme o should continue paying four or five per cent. He likswi ° objected to the splitting of the country distributions int! several parts, as it made the sums paid by Government f selling stamps heavier than was at all necessary. I lf! was not, however, quite sure that he agreed with tb6 r Hon. Gentleman in pressing the Clause on the notice e' the House during the progress of the present Bil l.—(lle2fr hear!) Mr. HUME supported the Amendment. Mr. G. DAWSON objected to the Amendment, on the , same ground as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that nut sures were already in progress for effecting all necessfoL. • reductions in the next Session. As a proof of th e anxie4 t of the Government to effect reductions in this departmeok a he observed, that the poundage upon Stamps in the distr id bution of Scotland had been, within the last fortnight, re. doted from 11,0001. to 8,000/. flor Mr. HUME did not know that the present Chance-,,, - of the Exchequer would hold a situation to fulfil his plk" next Session, and therefore persevered in his opposition. r Several Members recommended the Hon. Member (M" Stuart) to withdraw the Clause, and he ultimately consent.' ed, after the Gallery was cleared for a Division. Upon the Motion that the Bill be engrossed, Mr. HUME complained of the Regulation respectig, soiled Stamps being defeated, and the remedy rendered tte pensive by the exaction of an oath to the fact. lie e complained of the hours of attendance at the Stamp OfOto being too few in number, and recommended attendance exchange soiled Stamps every day in the week. CITIES' AND BOROUGHS' POLLS' BILL. In the further consideration of the Rep ort upon 110 Bill, Colonel SIBTIIORPE opposed the principle of „ me asure, and declared he thought it would increase the Pu s rase of elections, by compelling voters to be bro i l . ' suddenly horn a great distance in a short period. He all . objected to the Bill as interfering with the constitutio na enjoyments of the people. Mr. FYSHE PALMER also opposed the Bill. Mr. O'NEILL slid not consider the time specified in 06 Bill sufficient. Mr. ROBINSON approved of an extension of time. After some conversation, in which Mr. FTLett.. M r ; BATLEY, and Mr. TRANT took a part, the Galle r ' was cleared fur a division ; but no division took Ogee; The Clauses were then agreed to, and the Bill was °Mere', to be engrossed. LABOURERS' WAGES' BILL. Mr. SLANEY moved the second reading of this The object was to correct the abuses which he statedi`e arise from the payment of able-bodied men out Of t poor-rates. Mr. BENETT thought the clause of the Bill aught t" be carefully examined. The principle of the Po or L , was sound and necessary, and should be preserved, t., same time that any abuses which existed should be ere dicated. Sir T. FREMANTLE said, that abuses to a serioiros, extent prevailed in many parts of the country to his kW' r ledge. In some places the labourers were only paid 6°l six shillings a week, and he was informed that the farcPe,,,r4, entered into an agreement not to pay more to their bourers, butt() make up the remainder of their wage °u of the poor rates. Mr. SLANEY did not propose to interfere with t.r.h: principle of the Poor Laws, but only meant to correc t 1 " abuses of them. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to " committed. BANKRUPT LAWS' AMENDMENT BILL. The Bankrupt Laws' Amendment Bill having been r e a third time, On the motion of Mr. lIORACE TWISS, a clause agreed to, by way of rider, empowering the Lord Cb°ll' cellor, und er certa i n c i rcums t ances , i n cases o f b a nkruP tc/ s ; or declarations of insolvency, to dispense with lier e° ,ly service of n o ti ce to attend the meeting of creditors 00 creditor . out of the kindom. r. HORACE TWISS then proposed to omit the 60t clause of the Bill. • Dir. After some conversation, in which Mr. SUGDZ , 0 , • JOHN WOOD, and Mr. HORACE Twiss participated, it , on' agreed to defer the further debate on the subject until 14° day se'nnight. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of 'Fr' at a Quarter before Eleven the House adjourned to 'l.. day next. The Earl Of ABERDEEN, Lord ELI'S: . BOROUGH, and Lord SEAFORD, transacted busines s Ye °, ' day, at the Foreign Office, Downing -street. Earl DUDLEY and the Right Hon. GEolt of; Lama visited Mr. Secretary PEEL on Thursday. , tu .. The Marquess de PALMELLA, the r0.. 4 , were received yesterday, tit the nurse Ambassador ; and Count de Mor,rxx, the Da ° , /- , yes tera a ' Minister, transacted business with Earl Drowsy at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affaillfle ColioneiaslPoatfficchee,s from the Non. General PoNsoxes ' Lieut.-Governor of Malta. BARBAROUS MURDER.—The neighb°' r i hood of Antr i m was on Monday evening last, the SteU e ; were waylaid, about a mile and a half from the to wn, a m ost horrible murde r , w hi c h h as c rea t e d a great de g' a of excitation in that place. As three very respectable and of l'i'erb Protestants, were peaceably on their re; t u rn home from the f a ir of Antrim, on that evening tl'oe;t • t h e Kells roa d , a b out nine o ' cloc k, b y about fifty or 515 t ) be miscr ean t s, all of the oppos i te party, w h o, without tit slightest provocation whatever, attacked them in the In°'; barbar ous manner, an d c o n ti nue d t h e i r mur d e rous sl i . ,, i until they supposed their victims ceased to live, frequen , shouting , — Could King WILLIAM help them t henfr e One of those unfortunate men, an opulent and highlY r sp eetn bl e m an of the nam9 of BuowNLIEs, from to, nei g hbourhood of Kells, fell a victim to their horrible 1910 1 tality. 1)r. LETn.am was called on soon after ti , /14I t y esis poor man , and promptly attended, and used °fat exertion in his power to render him all the assistance yo professional aid could afford him, but in vain. H ies was fractured in so many places, and the bones 50 " ri.e e in his brain, that, to give him the only remote chance e,. had for his life, he was o bli ge d to t repan him in t wfl :he parate places ; but the extensive injury inflicted on it o , brain by the pressure of depressed bones and a large 4 ° oo tity of extravasated blood, by the murderous blows a lio i 4 assassins, was so great, that be ceased to live in a time,— Cork Constitution. 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