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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. POOR RATES. FRENCH PAPERS. ABSTRACT of Rxruaxs, showing the AMOUNT of MornEs levied in each COUNTY in ENGLAND and WALES, iu the (Prom the Gazette de France of Weduesslay, March 19 .) Year ending 25th March, 1827 ; distingui s hi n g th e P a y me nts made thereout for other Purposes than the Relief of the Poor, and the Sums Expended for the Relief of the Poor, and stating the Number of Parishes in each CORFU.-On the 10th February, General Guille- County in which Select Vestries have been formed, or Assistant Overseers appointed, pursuant to Act 59 Geo. 111., minot, who had been excused from quarantine, left c. 12.1 specifying the Rate of Increase or Diminution, as compared with the preceding Year. the Armide frigate and landed in our port amidst °- salutes of artillery. Major General Woodford re- Payments th2re. .. -4 r'.' ,v,.•-• .-. out for other Sums expended es ~,c4 :,) ct . .-, g c nr,..- ceived him at the head of the Staff, and of a guard Counties. 'iota sums Purposes than for the Relief Total Sums ex. ?.',- et e t ~ ..i. n 4 ;: 9 of honour, on the beach, and conducted him to the levied. the Relief of of the Poor. pended. 19:e.2., ED, '';'' 2- i t :: : r ~, - :-. 4. . r• .-, the Poor. palace of the Lord High Commissioner, where he is to reside. ENGLAND. . £. • a. .E. s. X. E. £. s. Lieut.-Colonel Rudswell, Secretary to the Lord Bedford 92,340 11 9,399 16 81,959 18 91,359 14 19 25 High Commissioner, has returned from his secret Berks mission. According to the reports of Colonel Fab- Buckingham ' 1b3,912 9 19,638 12 132,677 1 152,515 19 58 51 5 vier to the Greek Government, the port of Scio Cambridge still made an obstinate resistance on the 7th Feb. Chester oimai l 148,493 1 38,371 9 108,753 0 14 7, 124 9 119 9 5 24 Cornwall However, the Colonel gives the assurance, that in a sally made the 23 d Jan. by the Turks, only 200 out Cumberland Derby of 1,000 returned into the fort, and that their colours 97,532 0 22,949 12 76,568 13 99,518 ' 5 •76 S 1 11 and principal officers }tad fallen into the bands of Devon the victorious Greeks, who lost only 40 men.- Dor s et Durham Auisburgh Gazette. Essex PARIS, MARCH 18.-It is said that the Govern- Gi o „, •es.. er . meet is endeavouring to hire at Marseilles 10(1 user- Hereford chantmen, which are to go to Toulon, to be employed Hertford as transports; it is not known whether for the ex- Huntingdon pedition which is preparing for Greece, or for that Kent . 384,120 11 54,420 18 337,832 18 392,253 16 58 146 3 destined for Algiers. Lancaster The detachment of artillery intended for Toulon, Leicester left Toulouse on the 14 th March ;it consists of four Lincoln Aliddlesex 666,418 5 99,727 2 612,147 14 711,874 16 17 53 10 eight-pormders, two howitzers, a n d 30 pow d er wag - If onmouth g.onF. This battery is served by the sixth company Norfolk.. 343,970 17 47,793 18 297,156 3 344,950 1 - 81 96 II of the Third Regiment of Artillery, consisting of Nor tliampton 100 men, tinder the command of Captain Thouvenin. Northumberland . 78,923 17 . 9,827 10 69,290 '7 79,117 17 54 54 3 The detachment of the train consists of two officers, Nottingham 119 men, and 195 horses. Oxford 139,005 0 16,147 1 119,738 19 135,886 0 50 54 3 It will be difficult to describe the eagerness of our Rutland soldiers to prepare for their departure. Several Salop men of the sth Regiment of , Artillery who were to Somerset have their discharge in December next, have re- Southampton quested to Le enlisted again. At the moment of Staffnill Suffolk 253,475 19 29,246 12 223,037 2 252,283 14 66 107 4 their departure, the officers and soldiers were ani- Surrey mated with the noblest enthusiasm for the glorious Suss ex ,Ill'i . 274,185 2 33,885 9 239,778 12 273,664 1 64 93 cause which they are going to defend. Warwick Orders have been received to org nine a moon- Westmoreland 31,029 15 4,400 9 27,114. 3 31,514 12 to 9 21 19 rain battery for the same destination. Wilts Lieutenant-General Count Clauz .-:1 '.et out last Worcester 93,685 16 15,754 13 76,954. 6 92,708 19 45 61 6 Wednesday from Paris. He is to take the corn- East Riding rnand York North Riding of a division going to assemble at Toul o n. 98,532 12 20,164. 13 76,566 4 96,730 17 115 53 6 (From the Conßtitutionnel of Tuesday.) West Riding 391,404 14 90,247 16 209,482 13 388,730 9 146 139 31 PARIS, :MARCH 18.-It is easy to see, from the -- Total of Eni;lind language of the English Journals,that constraint alone WALE-;. obliges them to acknowledge in Russia the right of A iig h,,,,,y intervention which she has assumed. We can easily Brecon conceive all the embarrassment of England at the Cardigan moment the war commences, when we reflect on all Carmarthen the efforts she has made for the last ten years to C.trnarvon prevent it from breaking out. Jr is now clear that Denbigh the Treaty of the Gth fluty was concluded only With Flint 22,468 15 3,530 8 19,037 2 22,567 10 13 14 4 that view; and yet there is no doubt that this Glamorgan Treaty hastened rather than ret ar d e d i t . Aferionetb 16,691 12 2,141 0 14,477 '7 16,618 7 4 10 1 Montgomery 36,276 19 6,012 12 Perhaps, if' with re.spect to that T reaty we pone- Pembroke 28,211 12 36,010 4 24 18 1 28,211 6 5,126 17 22,506 8 27,933 5 29 12 2 trated a little into the mysteries of Blitish polio, Radnor... 14,985 14 2,891 0 12,020 19 14,914 19 10 3 5 we should discover the real motive which produce'd _____ 3 the late change in the British Cabinet.. Th e fi rst Total of Wales - - - 315,131 10 52,561 O i 261,210 15 313,771 13 249 19196 -- overtures for the Treaty wete made at Petersburgh - - - by the Duke of Wellington, who, we know, was but Total of ill inclined towards the C-ireas ; but Mr. Cannimy ENGLAND and WALFS 17,784,351 1911,362,377 12'6,441,088 8 , 7,803,465 IS 2868 2934 9 overtures for the Treaty were made at Petersburgh by the Duke of Wellington, who, we know, was but ill inclined towards the Greeks ; but Mr; Canning was still alive, and guided the English policy. He wished not to-exclude the unfortunate Greeks from the benefit of civil and religious liberty. He, how ever, desired the maintenance of peace in Europe. Therefore it was that he concluded the alliance be tween England, France, and Russia. We may be lieve Mr. Canning would, by the ascendant of his' character, have attained the result he wished, lq delaying the crisis on which we are entering. His snccessors, however, have not been able to attempt his purpose with any hope of success. Hence the ::esignation of Viscount Goderich, and hence the accession of the Duke of Wellington, and the party supposed to be more Turkish than Greek. The Duke, therefore, has been called into office, exactly because he did not wish war. He, how ever, finds war commence on the very morroW of hi; accession. Who knows whether the choice of him has not exercised some influence on the prompt and decisive resolution of the Cabinet of Peters burgh 7' Who knows whether Russia has not sus pected, in such a choice, a be g inning of a re t urn inwards views hostile to the Greeks ? and who Jcnows whether that suspicion has not determined the order to pass the Proth without England being informed of it before 7,784,551 19 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, MMccH 20. 1,362,377 12 The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat at a Quarter before Five o'clo c k. Mr. 11'41.MES and others from the Commons brought up the Annual Duties Bill during the present year. Also a Bill to indemnify such persons in the United King dom as had omitted to qualify themselves forcertain offices of employment, and to extend the time for that purpose till March, 1829. Also, a Bill for more effectually re pairing Roads in Kent. General GASCOYNE brought up a Bill for enabling the proprietors of the Liverpool, Manchester, and Foot's-tray Rtil-way, to alter it. . _ Lord STARLEY and others brought up a Bill for more effectually repairing roads in the County Palatine of Lan caster and Cumberland. Earl FITZWILLIAM presented petitions from the Protestant Dissenters of Mill-hill Chapel, Leeds, of North gate Chapel, Halifax, of Ilarnesby and of Attereliffe, in the county of York, for the repeal of the. Test and Cor poration Acts. Does not this give the'key to the species of acri mony, with regard to Russia, which prevails in the English Journals ? Her right of attack is not posi tively denied, except by those London papers de voted to the interests of the Aristocracy, and the political successors of Lord Castlereagh. . For some clays there has been a rumour of an ex pedition. It is certain that several bodies of troops have marched towards our ports on the Mediterra nean, where preparations for embarkation are making but there is no certainty as to their destination.— We may suppose, however, that they will not re main inactive if England sends troops into Greece while Russia occupies the Principalities. in case France and England should send an ex pedition into the Morea, these two Powers would most directly make war against the Porte. In Mol davia and Wallachia, the Russians will not find a single Turk to fight; they may occupy these two Ppovinces with Out firing a shot. And besides, the rte does not deny some claim in Russia on the Principalities. The Ottomans do not, however, Nield one of their pretensions to the absolute Sove reignty of Greece: Here they may have both ar mies and 'subjects : the war would therefore be more active in the Morea than in her Principalities. As far as the Danube, then, the Russians may march forward without any obstacle, while, by land ing in the Morea, the English must draw the sword. ' On the other hand a hope is entertained that every thing will be arranged when the Russians are en camped on the borders of the Danube. Turkey will no more yield on the Danube than she did on the Frith. _ . • The Bishop of BRISTOL Presented a petition from the Archdeacon and Clergy of Leicester, against any further concession to the Catholics. Also a petition from a person in the county of Durham, of the Established persuasion, against the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts. The Bishop of WINCHESTER presented a petition to the same effect, from the Archdeacon and Clergy of Win chester. 7,80:3,465 IS the House with such a statement as would be satisfactory to a vast number of merchants anxiously looking up to him for it. Earl DlJDLEY.—Undoubtedly war had been carried on between these States for a considerable length of time, and in a manner calculated to do considerable harm to our own commerce, but he could assure the Noble Lord and the House, that from the beginning of hostilities, both antecedently to his coming into office and ever since, no endeavour was wanting on our part, aided by the great zeal and ability of our Ministers at Buenos Ayres and the Brazils, to procure a reconciliation between the parties. Hitherto these endevours had been tried witjiout success, but he could assure their Lordships that he was justified upon a former occasion in holding out a prospect of a hope of approaching pacification. It was impossible to speak with certainty in cases of this kind, but this much he would say, that the hope which he had previously ex pressed had not quite vanished ; indeed it was revived by the most recent accounts from these parts, at the same time he did not wish to be understood as 'making a state ment in any degree certain on the subject. These two nations had been so much embittered against each other by long warfare, and by what they conceived conflicting interests, that greater difficulties would arise in reconcil ing them than at first appeared. With respect to the par deniar suffering of our own commerce, and the practice of privateering, he would promise that hisMajesty'sGovernment would do all that the law of nations would warrant. We heard some time since that privateers received letters of marque from these Governments, although fitted out else where, upon which instructions were instantly sent out to our Admiral on that station to take the most energetic means for counteracting any mischief which might arise to us from the continuance of such a system. With respect to the blockade, which certtiuly, by putting an end to all our commerce by locking up a large portion of our capital did our merchants great injury, the Noble Lord assured the House that this Government had taken the only steps svhicli under the circumstances they could resort to. As soon as he heard of the blockade and of its conse quences, he lost no time in laying the papers before the Law Officers of the Crown, by whose advice, and by whose advice only, he was bound to act. He put to them the question whether that blockade was an effective blockade, and if these officers had declared that the blockade was not effectual, slum the most speedy means would . have been taken to disregard it. The opinion of the Law Officers was, that we were not then in possession of such information as could Lead us to think that the blockade was what is called a proper blockade ; but whenever it shall turn out that it is not an effectual blockade, then it shall be disregarded. Lord STRANGFORD feared that no very qualified re monstrance would produce any effect on the parties. It was notorious that many of the Ministers of that Govern ment were owners in the privateers. Looking at the Acts of Bankruptcy by which these Governments had swindled us of 20 millions; if we called theM into existence, if we created them, it was clear we had no right to be very proud of our works.--:(Hear, and a laugh.) Lord SHAFTESBURY moved the second reading of a private Bill. The Duke of NEWCASTLE came forward to present a petition respecting a Bill in progress in the other House (the East Retford Election Bill). The petitioners com plained of the proceedings on that Bill— We see, therefore, that the further we advance in reasoning and probabilities; without mentioning Austria, which trembles at tli,l sight of the Russians in motion, the more numerous become the compli .cations of those grave questions, in which so many .different views, contrary objects, and bogile interests, are concerned. (Fawn the Courier Francais of Tuesday.) FARts, MAacti 18.—It was expected that in the late sittings of the British Parliament some ques tions would he put to the Ministers on the subject of the affairs of the East; the expectation has, how ever, been disappointed. There would be cause for wonder at this silence cm the tart of the Opposi tion, were not the conduct of the Ilfiiiisters. on seve xa important subjects Demembered. We have seen them, by confidential communications, avow pes t-ions which would no doubt have been addressed .to them ; awl explanations which must of necessity ._give some indication of the projects of the Govern ment. The Journals, however, which have received these communications, make conjectures, reflections, and threats, which. are galculated to remove the po litical veil with which Bsitia policy would fain re main enveloped. F KENN ; Folins.—Rentegi,•,Fi v e per Cent„ 1021. 10c. ; Three per Cent., 69f. 15e. 10c. ; Royal 13onds, Bank Actions, 1,890 f. 'Rentea, Cert. Fal., '7sf. al Spa nish ryoif; 71 f. ; FonEtort FUN nS .—Nea p otitm v 10e. 15e. ; Roy Inter minable Spanish Annui ties, 48f. ; Raytian Loan, 6751. fi72f. 50e. - - • STATE OF iItADE. --H UDDERSFIELD I Mattes 18, 1828,—Trade still continues brisk, but the generality of tradesmen complain, though ther e i s p l enty of business doing, the profits are very shadowy and unsub. stantial. We have had a very busy market here to-day, and beautiful weather for it.--Leeds intelltqcncer. We understand the conduct of the liev. J. St. AUBYN, Vicar of Crowan, Cornwall, who was the defendant in a recent crins. eon. caw, tried in the Common Plea., has led to the institution of a suit against him, by his Diocesan, in the Eceleiiiastical Cow t,—Eveter Alfred.. The Noble Duke was - here interrupted, and told by the Earl of Shaftesbury that be could not bring forward such a subject on the present occasion—the Bill must first be brought up from the Commons. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented a petition from the inhabitants of the vicinity of Down, praying for the abolition of the Slave Trade. Lord ROSSLYN presented a petition from the Pro t.estant Dissenters of Denbigh, against the Test and Cor poration Acts. Lord WHARNCLIFFE presented, a petition from the Protestant Dissenters of Market Drayton to the same effect. Lord DARNLEY presented a petition from the Roman Catholics of the city of Derry, against the Sub-Letting Act. Earl DUDLEY presented a petition from the Protestant Di' enters of Stafford, of a meeting-house, in Wolverhamp ton-street, Dudley, of Wolverhampton, Kidderminster, and Rewdley, against the Test and Corporation Acts. The Marquis of L ANSDOWNE presented a petition from the freemen householders of Castle Baynard Ward, in the city of London, praying they might be entitled to the election of the chief Officers and Parliamentiry Representatives of the city of Loadon, as well as Liverymen. This being the first petition on this subject presented, the Noble Marquis would give no opinion upon it, farther than moving that it might be read. It was read accordingly. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented petitions from numerous places against the Test and Corporation Acts. The Noble Marquis moved that his Order for summon ing the House, on his Bill, on ThUrsday next, might be discharged, as the House had been previously summoned on that day for the Came Laws, and that his Order might stand for the following day.—Agreed to. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said that he felt a strong inclination to go further than his Noble Friend in asking questions, but the task was of so very pecu liarly delicate a nature that he would not, on thi . s oc casion, trouble the House. From what transpired, however, he could net refrain front asking their Lordships to turn to the Foreign policy of this country before the forma tion of the last Cabinet, and then to see how we at present stood with respect to south America, Portugal, and Greece. The expedition to Portugal he thought had turned out one of the most unfortu nate expeditions this country had ever engaged in. Whatever the feelings of the people of Portugal were, he hoped the people of this country would not oppose them. We were now placed in a state more 'depend ant on the great Continental Nations than we ever before were. He sincerely hoped his Noble Friend at the head of the Government, would see his way through all the difficulties which presented themselves, as he cer tainly had been left by his predecessor a worse legacy than ever had been bequeathed to any statesman.—(fletu%) The Howe then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MA RCII 20. The SPEAKER took the Chair at four o'clock. Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, presented an account of the Annual Hop Duties. On the motion of Lord STANI.EY the Bohoa and Lee Hail-way Bill was read a third time and passed. Lord STANLEY presented a petition from Mr. John Hatfield, of Hatfield Hall, praying that the Aire and Cal der Navigation i3iJJ might not pass into a law, and "that he might be heard by Counsel against it at the bar of the House. Lord STANLEY presented a similar petition from Oa land-owners in the same neighbourhood. Sir WM. HEATHCOTE brought up the Report on the Gosport Market House Bill. The amendments were agreed to, and the Bill was read a second time. General GASCOYNE moved the third reading.of the Bill for enabling the Proprietors of the Liverpool and Man cheter Railway, to alter and amend the said Railway. The Bill was accordingly read a third time and passed. CORN LAWS. The' Duke of WELLINGTON begged to give notice, that on to-morrow se'nnight, he should move fur certain re turns respecting corn, and that on that day he should state to the House what measure he meant to propose respecting the Corn Question. BUENOS AYRES AND BRAZIL Lord STRANGFORD seeing his Noble Friend the Se cretary for the Foreign Department in his place wished to submit a question to him of the utmost importance to a commercial country. He alluded to the tlital- operations of that absurd and most tyrannical warfare which had been permitted so long to exist between Buenos Ayres and the Brazils. Some time ago his Noble Friend gave hope tothe merchants connected with the South American Trade that his influence would be used to put a stop to that warfare under which this country had suffered. He bad no doubt his Noble Friend's zeal had been exercised, though it produced no good result, because hostilities were still going on, accompanied in corps in stances with such atrocious barbarity against English Mer chants, a; he verily believed, were never equalled, unless by the old Buccaneers. Histioble Friend would allow him to say that whatever might be thought of our trade with the new (angled States of South America, he had lived long enough to knew that there was but one trade of the slightest im portance to this country—the trade with the Brazils. This was entirely snspetadO, DwiPglo the insecurity which grew out of this track of warfare. Hp happened to know per sonally, that there were at this mokneAt fifteenhundred thousand pounds sterling, ready to he shipped to the Brazi lian market, Wit which the merchants here did not dare to ship so long as the present state of circumstances was per mitted to go on, a state very like that which h a d b een made on a former occasion the growl of an extreme war in another part of the world. There were also to his knowledge nearly two millions sterling locked up at Rio de Janeiro ready to be, but which could not possibly he, transmitted to this country, in con sequence of the tyranny to 'which he had alluded.— Under circumstances so big with importance as these, he trusted his Noble Friend would, on this occasion: favour MARYLEBONE VESTRY BILL. Mr. ASTELL presented a petition from a numerous body of gentlemen, inhabitants and vestrymen of the parish of Marylebone, praying that the Bill for the repeal of the Act by which the Select Vestry of Marylebone was constitut e d might not pass into a law. Those gentlemen were at a loss to, conceive what misdeeds they had com - nutted which could draw dow❑ upon them a punishment so severe as that proposed to he inflicted by the passing of the Bill before the House. The petition was then ordered to lie on the table. Mr. TOMLIN presented a petition from the gentry and merchants of Holditch, in Lincoln, in favour of the Aire and Calder Navigation Bill. Mr. J. RUSSELL presented a petition from the inha bitants of Kinsale, in favour of the Bill for erecting a bridge over the river Blackwater. Sir JAMES GRAHAM brought up the Report on the Carlisle and Bampton Roads Bill, which was ordered to he recommitted to-morrow. Mr. FYLER presented a petition from a person named J. S. Hawkins, praying the Whitechapel Tram Road Bill might not pass into a law and that he might be heard by Counsel at the Bar of the House against the same. Mr. N. CALVERT gave notice, that when the Order of the Day should have been moved to-morrow for the House going into a Committee upon the East Retfurd Dis franchisement Bill, he should move that it be an instruc tion to the Committee that they have power to make pro vision for the prevention of corruption and bribery in the Borough of East Retford. Sir GEORGE HILL presented a petition from the city of London Steam-packet Company, praying that the Bill for the Incorporation of that Company might pass into a law. TEST ACT. Mr. W. DIJNDAS presented a petition from the Cor poration and Town Council of Edinburgh, praying for the repeal of the law obliging Dissenters to take the Sacra mental Test. Mr. FERGUSON hoped the Honourable Member for Edinburgh would not object to the petition being read at length. Mr. W. DUNDAS said lie had not the least objection. Mr. KENNEDY asked. whether the petition met with the unanimous concurrence of the Corporation of Edinburgh. Mr. DUNDA understood the petition was unanimously agreed to. Mr. FERGUSON regretted that the petition was not presented sooner, as he hoped it would have induced th e Hon. Member for Edinburgh to vote in favour of the 13111. He. believed the petition spoke the opinion not only of the corporation of Edinburgh and its inhabitants, but of the whole kingdom of Scotland. He was also sorry that the Right Hon. Gentleman who noticed the absence of petitions from Scotland was not in his place. lie hoped this peti tion would be followed by many others from that coun try, and that they would have an influence, nut only on the vote of the Hon. Member for Edinburgh ; but on the votes of many other Hon. Members, who unfortu nately voted against the repeal of those Acts, which pressed so heavily on the Scotch Presbyterians. Mr. W. DUNDAS said, if he were even more wedded to the opinion he entertained as to the repeal of the Cor poration and Test Acts, he would feel himself bound to defer to the opinion not only of those who did him the honour of sending him to the House, but of the whole of Scotland.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. RIDLEYSOLBORNE presented a petition from the Protestant Dissenters of St. Giles'a, Cambridge, for the repeal of the Test and Corporation Arts. The lion. Member said that the petition was signed by 57 persons, at the head of whom he was happy to perceive the name of the clergyman of the parish.—Laid on the table. An lion. Member, whose name we did not learn, pre sented a petition from the Archdeaconry of Wilts, against any further concession to the Roman Catholics. Mr. WALLACE presented a petition from Continuo and Kilsharman, in favour of the Catholic Claims. THE MALT ACT. Mr. TOMLIN presented a petition from the maltsters of Stamford, county of Lincoln, for the repeal of the Malt Act. Mr. FELLOWES presented a similar petition from the Maltsters of Huntingdon.—Ordered to be printed. THE VESTRY ACT. Mr. VILLIERS STUART presented a petition from a parish in the county of Waterford, against the Vestry Act. The Hon. Member said, that as the Hon. Member for Aberdeen had engaged to bring this question before the House during the evening, he would not trespass on their attention, but merely observe that amongst all the great grievances under which the Roman Catholics laboured there were none more crying than those produced by the Vestry Act. Nothing could be more oppressive than to tax a majority without their consent. It was a robbery under the name of law, and a law which was ail. verse to the Constitution The petition was laid on the table. Sir H. PARNELL brought up a report of the expendi ture of the Commissioners of the Holyhead Road.--Laid on the table. CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION. Lord EBRINGTON presented a petition from the pa rish of Killee, county Waterford, praying for Catholic Emancipation. Mr. O'BRIEN presented a similar petition from the in habitants of the county of Clare. Mr. JAMES GRATTAN presented a petition from certain Members of the Hibernian Joint Stock, praying that the Bill for the incorporation of that Company way not pass into a law. Mr. JAMES GRATTAN also presented a petition from the Roman Catholic Inhabitants of the united pa • riches of Kilkenny, against the . , Vestry Bill. Lord NORMANBY presented a petition from the inha bitants of Mahon, praying for a repeal of the stamp duties on receipts. Lord MOUNTCHARLES presented a petition from the Catholic inhabitants of Culdall; county of Donegal, against the Catholic disabilities. Mr. HUME presented a petition from the Catholics of Ireland, to which he begged the particular attention of the House. This petition, he had had for five weeks, but he was unwilling to present it while they were engaged on an important subject, which he trusted had been disposed of to the satisfaction of the country; it was agreed to at an aggre gate Catholic meeting, and although it bore the signatures of only a few thousands, among whom were Peers, mem bers of both learned professions and merchants, he believed it spoke the sense of the whole Catholic population of Ireland upon the subject to which the petition related. The de tails set forth in the petition were well worthy of atten tion, particularly when it was known that Ireland was distracted by religious parties, without adding an other cause of irritation, by passing the Vestry Act of 7th George 11., which the petitioners wished to have repealed. The petition stated that Ireland was governed by a church establishment to which not more than 700,000 persons, out of a population of seven millions, belonged, and the interests of the whole population were made subservient to the interests of those who belonged to the church establishment. The petition stated that there were in Ireland 22 Bishops and 1,300 Rectors, which Was a Bishop to every 60 Rectors, and a Rector to every 500 Protestants; and that if the church establishment of Ire land were put upon the same footing as the church esta blishment of England as to their relative congregations, the number of Bishops in Ireland would be but two, and the number of Rectors three hundred and eighty, and this calculation was made upon the supposition that the whole population of England were members of the Established Church. He thought this fact well worthy of attention, particularly at a time when the House seemed disposed not to adhere to institutions, however ancient, or however ne cessary when they were formed, if it could he shown to the House that at the present day they were unnecessary. So far from the clergy having a right to tax the Catholics to contribute to their support, it appeared from Parliamentary returns that the church property in Ireland was adequate to their support ; 'from those returns it appeared that not less than one million english acres were in the posses sion of the Church Establialiment in Ireland, and stating the rental of that property at the average rental. Of land in Ireland, it could not be less than one million an nually ; and as a proof of the enormous sums paid to Irish Bishops, the petition stated an instance of a late Bishop in that country, who, when he was promoted to the Bench, was not worth 1/., but who at his death had left a sum of 400,000/., which was accumu lated whilst Ike held that dignity. In addition to dais property the Church derived an annual income of 2t0,0031. from 940 parishes out of 2,4,36 which had commuted for their tithes, thus giving an annual income of 3501. to each incumbent; and it was eit p leulated that, if every parish were to commute, the income of each incum bent would average from 7001. to 8001. per annum, ex" elusive of the sums arising from first fruits and othersour ces, which made the total annual income of the Irish Church Establishment little short of 2,300,000/. Such being the fact, he thought the prayer of the petitioners to be relieved from the Vestry Taxes ought to be wanted, and if that prayer were granted the Catholics of Ireland would be relieved from an annual tax of 575,000/. imposed upon them by persons of a different religions per suasion, and for purposes from which the Catholics derwal no benefit, and in voting, which the Catholics were not al lowed to have a vote. . He should in order to give the House an' idea of the nature and extent of those Vestry talcs,tsx, read the item of a Vestry bill of a parish in th e county of Dublin set forth in the petition. The Bill amounted to 8121., and was imposed by that Act of which the Catholics prayed the repeal. The first item was 2001. for the salaries of two curates for performing morning serv i ce . Now it was well known that the average annual salary of curates; in Ireland was from fifty to seventy-five pound:, and there was not a doubt that the salaries in this in stance would have been more, if they had to be paid by the Bishops or by the Protestants exclusively. The next items were, 2 71. for the beadle, 36/. for the Sexton, 211. for his assistant, 36/. 18s. for teaching the parish children to sing, and 15/. for brushes and mats for the use of the Church. The latter sum was more than was expended throughout the year by a gentleman of large fortune. The next items were 601. for covering the communion table, to which the payers of the tax had not access ; 60/. for painting the church ; thirteen pounds fur prayer books, never read by the Catholics; and 33/. for putting the church in mourning for the death of the Duke of York.— It was also represented that an estimate had been laid be fore a parish vestry for the erection of a church for 16,000/. and yet that vestry built the church for 67,0001..---(Hear.) —That of the 4-1 items char g ed under the 7th of George Second only five items could have been assessed under the previous Act of the 12th George the First, so that thirty-six new items were made legal by the present statute. In the parish of St. Andrew's, in the city of Dublin, there was an additional charge of 300/. a year for curates for performing morning service. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER con demned, as highly inconvenient, the custom of discussing questions of great importance on the presentation of a pe tition. He defended the existing measure as being a great improvement on that which had preceded it. Sir J. NEWPORT censured the existing law, as placing too great a power in the hands of those who acted under it. He conceived that no time could be improper for the intro duction and discussion of so important a question, and a question which involved the right of taxing 4,000,000 or 5,000,000 of people without representation. Sir R. INGLIS admitted that there had been irregu larities and infractions of the law under the old system, but contended that they were not enough either in kind or degree to warrant an exnactment which would have been attended with greater evils than those it proposed to re medy. He complained that on occasions like the present, the Hon. Baronet (Sir J. Newport), and others who thought with hint, brought forward a certain number of stock stories, ready cut and dried, for the purpose of making out their case, anti that the Catholic Association had done its utmost by its quackery to aggravate and inflame a wound, at first of little importance. lie then read a passage from a letter from Mr. O'Connell, and an ex tract from one of his speeches, in the latter of which that Gentleman insisted that " the grievances of church rates was a grievanFe exceeded by no other that was felt in Ireland." The Honourable Mtaronet went on to examine in some detail the extent of this grievance, and adverted to several distinct cases, as made out by the Petitions and Returns upon the table. The first was that of Drogheda, which he argued was inapplicable ; and the next that of Ferns, where 32/. had been charged for hangings in the church; this sum, he contended, was not unreasonable, re collecting that Ferns was the residence of a great Ecclesi astic, and that the Church was the largest in the diocese. He also adverted to the situation of the parish of Trelony, as exhibited in a petition presented on the 11th of Feb. anti contended that in all these cases the evil complained of had been greatly exaggerated. If the fact were as Mr. O'Connell stated, that this was the greatest - practical grievance in Ireland, he congratulated that country on the little it had to endure. He also argued, that much of the money raised, as appeared by the Returns, was devoted to benevolent purposes ; and in some cases the Catholic Schools were supported, the Catholic Chapels repaired, and the Catholic Priests paid out of the rates. On the whole, it amounted in most instances to about 1 d. per Irish acre, which was the sum of Mr. O'Connell's practical grievance. Were it not invidious, he would ask what proportion this rate bore to the rent of the land in Ireland, for which 12 guineas, six guineas, and three guineas per acre were paid ? In the North of Ireland the amount of the rate was so small, that it could only be stated in decimals. He re gretted that lunch of what bad recently passed upon this subject had destroyed the harmony and good feeling for merly prevailing between the Protestant and Catholic Clergy. The result of the whole of his inquiries was, that a state of irritation had been produced, which Parliament might find it difficult to allay. Mr. J. GRATTAN defended the Catholic Association from the charge of quackery or impropriety. After a few words from Mr. S. RICE, the CHANCEEEOI4 of the EXCHEQUER. and Sir JOHN NYWPORT, the petition was brought up, and ordered to lie on the table. In moving that it should be printed, Mr. HUME expressed a hope that the Right Hon. Se cretary for Ireland would, in the course of the Sessions, in• troduce a Bill to amend the Act.--The petition was er• dered to be printed. Mr. HUME then presented a petition to the same effect from the parishes of St. Micham and St. John, in the city of Dublin. Mr. A. DAWSON supported the prayer of the petition —Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. THE MALT ACT. Colonel WOOD presented a petition from the maltsters in Brecon against the Malt .petition from the Dis senters of Newbridge, in o,e .1 of Radnor, against the. Corporatiori. and Teke 1- LIMERICK. Mr. W. PEEL presented a copy of the treaty of Lime rick, which was laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Lord F. L. GOWER presented a copy of the minutes of the proceedings before the' Privy Council in the appeal cases from Berbice. —Ordered to be printed. Mr. BRIGHT prevented a petition from a person in Bristol, against the Stamp Duty Receipt Tax. FOREIGN CORN. Sir A. GRANT presented a return of all the accounts of the prices of foreign corn, which had been received up to the latest period at the Foreign Office from the British Consuls abroad.—Ordered to be printed. RIBANDS AT ELECTIONS. and that the silk trade wastsahtne. eGHeooontirogvu.e—r Mr. FYLER presented two petitions, one from the manufacturers and weavers of Coventry, and the other sign e4 by 1,800 of the weavers of Spitelfields, praying for the repeal of the Bill prohibiting the wearing of ribands at elections. After observing that it was the Hon. Member for Limerick who tacked the clause against the wearing of ribands at elections to the Bill, which originally contem plated no such enactment,--and that, too, on the third reading of the Bill ; the Hon. Member said he must inform the House of the manner in which the Bill passed. The Bill was brought up, like a great many others, at the end of the Session, when many Honourable Gentlemen had left town, and at two o'clock in the morning. There were not at that time forty Members in the House, and he knew that the highways and byways were search ed for two Members to complete that ominous number.— He had often heard the "lon. Member for Limerick expa tiate with great eloquence and feeling on the infliction of unjust penalties on the people, and particularly on the people of Ireland, and he (Mr. Fyler) thought it strange that that Hon. Member should have been the person to in troduce a penal law like this.—_(Hear, and a laugh,)—As one of the professed objects of this enactment was to pre vent expense, he had looked back into the origin of laws of such a nature, and had found that the first of them was passed in the reign of Edward lII. (Laughter)—at a remote period, when our commerce was yet in its infancy. After observing that one of the maxims of those who brought about the revolu- Ho th n e , i t l i a o o n ds of of 1688 was, w fo a r s, th t e ha b t en p efi ow t power t t s h , a e s an tr y u , st tbe in Member contended that this maxim was departed from when such laws as these were passed, founded on selfish the considerations, mecp pae d. t and he ben Encouragementefi not t oofntii the working d ought obaought considerations stu gnt hoa ett ihun f 4rts o aos r lgbt t oi oehvf given ntet w hchteoe e ol 1 soil peoplef eo a cc iroltee com merce, relatsng the origin of the silk d nah , niti t ir i c i .r e :iin : s i nu o i l lt l fe . ttder A ra. lei.ther adverted to what had n occasions in that House on the t t o b( h rue l that e i g s den exotic.-..- (Hear, tt r c s i i, l a o t n eo ai u dnE n cb i o, r i t ng y l tm a o l , a y princi ples of free trade, and contended that this Act was in direct contradiction to those principles. It was not his inten tion then to enter into the discussion of the principles of free trade. He did net mean to raise imaginary phan toms, or put up windmills for• the sake of turning them ; but be would contend that a fatal blow kad been given to the skill of this country in a flourishing branch of its trade. In Coventry nineteen -twentieths of the inhabitants were weavers, and When trade was slack, the masters, in stead of turning their• men upon the parish, used to em ploy them in making election ribande, well knowing that though there was no demand for them, the time would come when there would be an election, and they would be wanted. This, however, was now done away with. They had deprived these poor people of a considerable portion of their labour, and taken away front them an asylum in dis tress--a sheet anchor in a storm.—(Hear, and laughter.) must say, that he thought it extremely improper to restrain the demonstration of public feeling, by outsvattrie and visible signs like the wearing of ribands. Let - House look at France. Could she, with her military r p o l Po lice and gens-d'armes, restrain the Buonaparttiistrg their wearing their violets, or the Bourbons from wea fleurs-de-lis ?—(Laughter.)--He won from his countrymen would like to be debarred s7He would ask wear ing the shamroek on St. Patriek's h D ow y he would like to had no annual festival • a leek on St. David's 4anbyle 1-lon. Mem licenser fm•Litfnreormick:les,hear, and la ughter)—how have a law passed against ,wearing o p f ay this nature, ( day was kept; and h e did t t it bard, that when the t m ost impor ant of their rights people came to exercise Oa iear and . e l p a t ug n h o te w r. ) ahnidn : then, would dwal —the right of sending Members to Parliament-- 6 1 should not b e a ll owe d to wear b a d ges of distinction. Le". the House look back to the houses of York and Lancaster —(loud laughter,)—and to other parties famous in historP and they would find it had always been the custom to glee publicity to opinions by outward tokens of some sort r other. If the House removed the ribands, the peoP le would wear colours of a darker hue in. their countenance s, and the orange in their hats would turn to bile in the if faces. (Hear, and laughter.) The Hon. 'Member c oa' eluded by moving for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal s ‘' much of an Act of the last Session of Parliament a s pro' hibited,' under severe penalties, the use of ribands at elections. Colonel WOOD was inclined to support the motion' because he once commanded a regiment in which there were several hundred Coventrymen (laughter) ; and when 1 5 / parted with those men, be promised to do them a good turn whenever he had it in his power.—(Hear, and laughter.) Mr. SPRING RICE acknowledged that the speech of the lion. Member for Coventry was by no means destitute of variety.—(Latighter.)—He had, indeed, taken a wide range—Edward the Third and Lord Bacon—free trade anti the Game Laws—and the wisdom of our ancestors and pool laws. But he (3lr. S. Rice) would " not march througll Coventry with him, that was flat."—(Laughter.)—Legie' lation on this subject was not petty nor improper, a s any measure tending to lessen the expences of elections w e nt to make them more free and enlarge the circle of candidates. Nor were the sums expended by candidates on ribbons so rely trilling as had been supposed. At the Northumber land election alone, the charge for ribbons was 6,000/. and at one election which occurred since the Bill passed. 1,500/. had been saved to the candidates. The Honour able Member's attempt at repealing the existing Act for the benefit of the ribbon .makers of Coventry, was as absurd as if he (Mr. S. Rice) should bring in a Bill compelling the inhabitants of Coventry, Lady Godiva, Peeping Ton), and all, to wear Limerick gloves at the celeirated Covent* , festival. He hoped the House would support him in oppos ing the Bill. Lord LOWTHER believed that many of the restrictive laws at elections added to the expense of the candidate ; but he thought the riband law advantageous, .and should op" pose the Bill for its repeal. Mr. FYLER shortly replied. After which the House divided, when the numbers were, For the Bill, 9 I Against it 91 I Majority 82 RIGHT OF ELECTION IN COUNTIES PORATE. Mr. SYKES moved for leave to bring in a Bill de claratory of the Rights of Electors in separate districts and counties corporate. The principle on which be pro ceeded was this—that, when the districts to which be alluded (eighteen in number) were separated by R o yai charter from their !Arent country, whatever other altera tions were made in their condition, their elective franchise remained as before ; because that particular right or pri vilege it was not in the power of the Royal charter to touch. If he were permitted to bring in the Bill, he thought the best course for him would be to avoid details at present ; and the general discussion upon the merits of the measure could be taken at the second reading. Colonel SIBTHORPE supported the Bill. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL would not oppose tLa motion for bringing in the Bill. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. Mr. GRATTAN rose to move for leave to bring in a Bill to render the lessor liable for county and parish as sessments in all future lettings of land in Ireland. After a few words from Mr. V. FITZGERALD, Mr. W. LAMB, Sir J. NEWPORT, and Mr. DAWSON, leave was given to bring in the Bill. VOTING IN BOROUGHS. Mr. ROSS rose to move for leave to bring in a Bill to regulate the admission of freemen in cities and boroughs. The Hon. Member was not distinctly audible, but we understood him to say, that the object of his Bill would be to declare that no person should be allowed to vote at the election of Members of Parliament for cities and boroughs, unless he should take up his freedom within 12 months of the period when it might accrue. • Lord NUGENT would give the Hon. Hon. Member all the a , sistance in his power in framing the provisions of the Bill. Lord LOWTHER would oppose the introduction of th. measure. Mr. BATLEY also was opposed to the Bill. Mr. HARVEY was of opinion that the proposed altera tion of the present law would tend rather to increase than diminish the expenses of candidates. The question was then put on the motion for lame to bring in the Bill, and the gallery was cleared for a division, which, however, did not take place, owing, as we under stood, to Mr. R o ss having withdrawn his motion. SHERIFFS IN IRELAND. Mr. W. LAMB, pursuant to his notice, moved for leave to bring in a Bill for regulating the offices of Sheriff and Sub-Sheriff in the counties of Ireland. It was the inten tion of this Bill to provide for the better regulation of the duty of the Sheriff and Sub-sheriff on both ravine and final process. A part of the 1411 would also regulate the expellees incident to the process of execution, and also the fees and emoluments of these officers. Mr. S. RICE admitted the existence of abuses in the present state of the law respecting sheriffs, and trusted the Right Hon. Secretary for Ireland did not intend to stop short here, or that another session should not be allowed to pass over without a statement officially from him how far he intended to propose an effectual reform in the abuses of courts of justice in Ireland. A short conversation ensued, in which Mr. LAsta, Sir H. PARNELL, and Mr. WALLACS, took, part, after which leave was given to bring in the Bill. PASSENGERS' REGULATION BILL, Mr. HUSKISSON moved the order of the day for the House going into a Committee ou the P 4 ss enger , , R eek , tion Bill. Sir 11. PARNELL belied the Right Hon. Gentleman would not precipitate through its stages a Bill of such im portance to a large class of shipowners. Mr. HUSKISSON regretted that the Hon. Baronet should have viewed the Bill as a regulation of trade. It was primarily, and in strictness, a regulation of humanity, and respected not so much commercial property as the value of human life, and the curtailment of human suffer-. ing.—(Hear.)—With this object in view, he did not think he asked too much in begging to be allowed to pass the Bill through a Committee this evening, and proposing that it should be printed and circulated so as to be understood generally by all whose interests were likely to be affected. Sir H. PARNELL conceived that the effect of the Bill's p ass i ng would be to raise the fare of the emigrant, and thus discourage, what was most important for the benefit of Ireland at least, the spirit of emigration. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON believed the Bill, if passed into a law, would promote rather than discourage emigra tion. After a few words from Mr. SYKES and the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the Bill then went through the Committee, the report was ordered to be brought up, and its further consideration fixed for Monday next, if then printed. The order of the day for going into a Committee oi; the Life Annuity Repeal Bill was postponed until to-morrow, SALMON FISHERIES' REGULATION BILL. Mr. W. WHITMORE moved the order of the day for the consideration of the Report of the Salmon Fisherire Regulation Bill. Lord LOWTHER opposed the Bill. was averse ee o bj ected to urgedt t h o e t he a i a l Bill l in in s t its n i s t After some further discussion, it was found that the order of the day was for the recommitment of the Bill, which was moved accordingly by Mr. WHITMORE. Mr. LOMBE would not refuse to vote for the recommit ment, thoughprese nt ng fo th r m e , he on account of its fixing a period applicable to all rivers. Mr. FERGUSON thought some regulation was neces sary, but conceived the present Bill liable to objections ; in the open sea, and in estuaries, though wholesome particularly from its p fr r o e m venting L p L oo o r y i D nd , ividual s from fish ingDob fish might be taken there at periods when they could not be caught in rivers. . t o d t u o r , i. Sir G. HILL also opposed the Bill. After a few words , Ai r . Mr. Kl4l%l*}"D " Sir S. Mo t ß h L e AN objections in support of the Bill, could easily reply to all debate, but contented I imself, at that late hour, with ex nre,,sing his concurrence in th e op i n i ons of those who had supported it. The House then went into a division on the amendment, when there appeared_ For the Amendment ... . .. 32 Against it ....................... ...... : ................. 23 Majority ........ The other orders of the d ............. 9 ' ay were then disposed of, and the House adjourned st a Q uarter after Twelve. G. _JRA ND CHRISTENING. Theis Royal Aglinesses the Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER ho ;loured the Earl and Countess of Kninouu. with their company at dinner, on Wednesday, at his Lordship's reel deuce in Grosvenor-street, on occasion of the Christening soil, the Vi scount DUPPLIN. The . cere onflotnhyeir was infantp erformed by the Lord Bishop of ROCHESTER. 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