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1 1 // , t 1111 " BANK OF ENGLAND, MARen noses. THE Court of Directors of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England give Notice, That a GENERAL COURT will be held, at the Bank, on THURSDAY, the 20th instant, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, to consider of a Dividend : And also that another General Court will be held at the Bank, on Tuesday, the Ist April neat, from Ten o'clock in the forenoon till Four in the afternoon, for the Election of a Governor and Do- PutY-Governor for the year ensuing (which will be declared that evening) ; and the same Court will be continued, by adjournment, and held at the same place, and during the same hours, on Wednesday, the 2d of April next, for the Election of Twenty-four Directors (which will also be one of the Quarterly General Courts appointed by the Charter), and the Election of the Twenty-four Directors will be de clared as soon as the scrutiny is over. 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NOTICE is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of the IMPERIAL GAS LIGHT and COKE COM PANY, will be held at the London Tavern, Bishops gate-street, in the City of Loudon, on THURSDAY, the 80th day of March instant, at Eleven o'clock, for Twelve o'clock at noon precisely, for the purpose of electing an Auditor in the place of Ebenezer Fernie, Esq., who has resigned.—By order, BARTHOLOMEW MAYHEW, Clerk of the Company. IMPERIAL GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY, 10, Coleman-street, March 10, 1828. NOTICE is hereby given, that an Adjourned MALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of the IMPERIAL GAS LIGHT and COKE COMPANY, will he held, pursuant to the Act of Parliament for incorporating the said Company, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, in the City of London, on THURSDAY, the 20th day of March, 1928, at One o'clock precisely. By Order, BARTHOLOMEW 'MAYHEW, Clerk of the Company. COUNTY FIRE OFFICE RETURNS. NOTICE is hereby gi ven , th a t a ll P ersons who, in 1827, had continued Insured for Seven Years, whether upon Annual or Septennial Policies, or whether they had been Claimants for Losses or not, may receive a return of 20 per Cent, on their Premiums, on ap plication at the Head Office in London, or through the Agents with whom they have Insured in the Country. By Order, J. A. B. BEAUMONT, Secretary. Regent street, March 18, 1828. PAINTED and STAINED GLASS WINDOWS, and an Elegant ROSEWOOD CABINET PIANO FORTE. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION. By Mr. WILLIAMS, At the Auction Mart, on Tuna/may next, March 20, at Twelvedo'elock, TWO Handsome large Painted and St a i ne d GLASS WINDOWS, and Ten Ditto, of smaller dimensions. Also a very Fine Toned Six Octave and a half CABINET PIANO FORTE, in a Rosewood Case. To be viewed the morning of Sale, and Catalogues had at the Mart, and of Mr. Williams, Throgmorton-street. PICTURES OF THE ITALIAN, DUTCH, FLEMISH AND ENGLISH SCHOOLS. 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The following is a return of the sport, which was excellent : The Craven Stakes of 10 sovs. each, two-yr-olds, 6st. 41b. three, Bst. 41b. four, 9st. five, 9st. 51b. six and aged, 9st. 91b. One mile. Mr. Houldsworth's ch. c. Vanish, 2 yrs 1 Mr. Hopkinson's b. f. Eliza, 2 yrs 2 Lord Scarbrough's b. f. sister to Tarrare, 3 yrs 3 Sir J. Byng's ch. c. Pedlar, 3 yrs 4 Vanish was never headed, and won easy The Trial Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 10 added, for hun ters, four-yr-olds, I Ist. 121 b. five, 12st. 81b. six, 13st. and aged, 13st. 21b. Three miles. Mr. Whittaker's ch. h. The Justice, 4 yrs 1 Mr. Smith's br. g. Candidate, 6 yrs 2 Mr. W. Tute's b. g. Chance, 4 yrs 3 Two paid.—Won easy. A Silver Cup, value 50 sovs., given by G. S. Foljambe, Esq., for horses hunted with Lord Scarbrough's hounds; welter weights. Pour miles. Mr. Martin's b. m. Lady Easby, 6 yrs 1 Mr. Harrison's b. h. Blendcorn, 5 yrs 2 Mr. Haywood's ch. c. Morton, 5 yrs Three others started, but were not placed.—Won easy. The Ringston Hill Stakes of 5 sovs. each, four-yr-olds, 12st. five, 13st. six and aged, 13st. 41b. From the Red House, once round to the Ending Post. Mr. Gordon's ch. g. Cataline, aged 1 Mr. Clarke's ch. h. His Worship, 4 yrs Seven paid.---A fine race, and won by half a neck. The Badsworth Stakes were walked over for by Mr. Earnshaw's ch. h. Remus. FIGHT BETWEEN DICK ACTON AND NICHOLLS (A NEW BRISTOL MAN), FOR £25 A SIDE. This fight was fixed to come off at Hayes Common.— " 'Twas on this spot, in ancient lore oft fam'd, Jack Randall and Joe Parish once held sway." Poor Jack ! The vallies shone in their native loveli ness, and the hardy sons of Surrey, and "Men of Kent," streamed to this pastime of the brave and bold, when he sprang like a zephyr on the velvet turf (in 1817), and finished off his man with the agility of an antelope. Poor Jack ! The vallies still smiled—the unsophisticated sons of nature, rough and ready as their sheep-dogs, left the plough and harrowfor the truly British pleasures of the mill —the milk-maids, ripe and ruddy as summer peaches, smiled on their swains as they scoured through the briars and brake ; but poor Jack smiled no more. He was hit out of time last Wednesday, in consequence of toe often acting as his own bottle holder. It was here, however, that many a tale was told of his fistic prowess among the joakins; and one might , almost fancy that his youthful shade smiled o'er the ripg he had so honoured—" But Jack's no more, and so no more of Jack." Other, but inferior heroes were to grace the scenes, and as the anxious hour approached all were ready at the rendezvous, the Shirly Arms, Shirly Common, about three miles from Croydon. From information received, however, it was deemed expedient to prefer a meadow in Addington Lodge Bottom, about two miles distant; thither as pretty a ring was formed as ever contained a hero. The men were near at hand, Nichols appeared rather fleshy than otherwise, but in excellent spirits. He had been train ing at the Jolly Sailor at Norwood. The arena was in a valley of the most picturesque description, and the hills forming a sort of ampitheatre, were studded with groups of the natives—male and female. The betting was about five and six to four on Nichols. Mr. Cato, however, a country Magistrate, interfered, and sent them all a-going again. Smitham Bottom was then named, and to it they went across the country like wildfire. The ring was then pitched, and Nichols was waiting for full an hour, but Acton from some mistake did not make his appearance. The owner of the ground, Mr. Landsear, again interrupted them, and went to fetch a Magistrate, who appeared, and said no fight should take place there. The Fancy then adjourned to Wimbledon-common, where they had hardly pitched when Mr. Cato again appeared, and a move then took place to Middlesex. While the lads of the ring were some of them stopping with Acton, John Martin and Young Dutch Sam came into collision, and same words ensued, during which Martin challenged him to fight for love. Sam however declined. When disturbed at at Wimbledon Common twice, they removed to Parson's Green, and the ring was made for the fifth time at ten mi nutes past five. Acton Caine in first, and was loudly cheered ; he seemed in excellent condition. Nichols followed. The preli minaries were settled, and the men went to work, Oliver and Reuben Martin looked after Nichols, and Peter Crawley and H. Holt assisted Acton. At twenty-one minutes past five the men set to—they were well matched in size, and Acton made play first, but nothing was done; they rallied, and Acton drew first blood from the butcher's left eye. Sparring again— when Acton put in a heavy right-hander, but was floored by a body hit.—(Loud cheers for Nichols.) 2. Beth cautious, Nichols made play, but Acton jumped away laughing. Nichols stopped a straight lefthander, he fought cool and fretted the other, and was taken for choice, he however seemed weak; both then went in to rally, at which Acton had the best of the hitting but was thrown. 3. Acton let loose, but was stopped cleverly—encore. Nichols then began but did no mischief, he tried again and caught the other heavily on the head, and followed up his hits till he floored him. 4. Nichols began, jobbed the other cleverly, and floored him by a body blow. 5. Acton piping like a bullfinch ; Nichols led in, a ter rible rally, and both gave and took terrible punishment, Nichols was, however, swung down. 6. Nichols the favourite everywhere. He led as before, and Acton seemed almost useless; at length he was hit badly in a rally, and received such a desperate fall on his head and neck that he lay like a log, and all the efforts of his seconds could not make him hear " time." Nichols was therefore declared the winner, in 14 minutes, and we left Acton senseless on the ground. Some, however, mentioned the word " cross," but, we hope, only to sig nify that Acton lost his temper. The RECORDER will make his report of the prisoners that were capitally convicted at the last Old Bailey Sessions, to the KING in Council, this day, at St. James's Palace. GLASGOW mcceopdntsietohqneueronefcceeanoftfewitecul,ptorrita7jogien:peoloifußgblavnndS MARKETS, MARCH 15.--In li nt k tehli t i , e t u i dg : with little a t o e week ; the Sales are only 21 hhds. of Strong Brown Jamaictis, that were taken by a Refiner at 625., being a full price. Refined Sugars are very scarce and wanted, and are selling freely.—No sa l es ma d e i n D emerara Molasses, which are now offering at 255. 6d. a 269.—Nothing whatever done in Coffee, Pimento, or Ginger. —The Sales made in Jamaica Rum are confined to small parcels taken by the Trade at 3s. 2d. ; nothing done in Leewards, which are held at 2s. Id. for Proofs.—The sales made in cotton amount to 1,557 Packages; prices continue the same.—ln Jamaica Logwood there has been nothing done ; the inconsiderable supply at market is held at six guineas. —Ashes are dull; the transactions are confined to retail parcels at former prices.—Nothing whatever done in Tobacco, prices are without variation.—R uss i anY. C. Tallow is dull, and prices rather lower ; large parcels 465., and small 47s.—Fish Oils steady ; Whale at 19/. 10s. a 20/. ; Cod 20/. a 21/. ; and Pale Seal, 221. a 23/. per tun, old measure.—We have had large arrivals of Grain from Ireland this week. The finer qualities of Wheat are in fair demand, while inferior samples are dull. A consi derable business has been done in Oats, at a decline of 6d. per boll ; latterly the trade has been more firm. Prime Malting Barley Scarce, and in good request. Mr. Maurice Fitz Gerald—Consideration of the Petition for leave to deposit plan, &c. in the Private Bill Office, and proceed with the Tralee Canal Bill. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. I. Supply—Committee. 2. Ways and Means—Committee. NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. Thursday, March 20. Mr. Lamb—Bill to regulate the office of Sheriff and Sub- Sheriff in the Counties of Ireland. Tuesday, March 25. Mr. Ferguson—Petition from the British, Native, and other Inhabitants of Calcutta, respecting the Law of Real Property within that Settlement, and particu larly respecting the liability of such property as as sets (in the hands of Executors and Administrators) to the payment of the debts of the deceased. Friday, March 28. Mr. Charles Grant—Consideration of the present state of the Laws affecting the Corn Trade. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH 18. The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Sir A. GRANT, and others from the Commons, brought up the Westminster Sessions Bill. Sir W. GUISE brought up the Cheltenham Road Bill. Sir H. COOPER brought up a Road Bill. Sir A. GRANT brought up a Bill for erecting a chapel of ease in a parish in the county of Essex. Lord COLCHESTER presented a petition from the corporation of Colchester, against any further concessions to the Catholics, or any concessions which would endanger the Constitution.—Laid on the table. Lord KING brought forward his petition against any further grant of money to the Society for the propagation of the Gospel in North America.— The petition was signed by a Clergyman of the name of Griffin, who had been to the United States. — The grounds on which it was presented were the inefficiency of the society, the misinformation given to those who directed it, and likewise considerable abuses that existed in the distribution of its funds. Against the petitioner's moral character nothing whatever could be said, and the Noble Lord believe him to be a person fit to be accredited, in as much as an offer had been made to him by a person coming from the Society, first of 50/., then of 1001., if he would not bring the sub ject before the public. • The Society for the Propa gation of the gospel was incorporated in 1701, and existed for more than a century on voluntary subscriptions.— About 1814, grants from the Crown towards its support first began. Those grants increased until in the estimates of the present year the sum for it appeared to be 16,180/. and there was reason to believe the society intended to call for a con siderable deal more. The society had found out that Go vernment was a good milch cow.. Their Lordships had all heard of this society; but he believed that very few knew the purposes for which it was originally formed.— The object of the society at the time it was first incorpo rated was declared to be, to form a society for the purpose of providing learned and orthodox Clergymen for the ad ministration of God's word and sacrament in the aorth American colonies, where, for the lack of spirit, the King's subjects were abandoned to infidelity, atheism, Popery, superstition, and idolatry. In those colonies, the great majority of the inhabitants were not of the Church q,f i England, but P r esbyt er ia ns , B a pti s t s , an d o th er persu il sions, yet the funds of the society derived frond the public were devoted to the maintenance of Church of England Clergymen. The society stated their object to be the maintenance of learned and orthodox Clergymen. Did they then mean to say that Presbyterians were not orthodox ? The Government had, however, given salaries to Presbyterians, yet the society , confined their funds strictly to the maintenance of clergy men of the Church of England in those colonies where the majority of the inhabitants were not of that persuasion. This, he asserted, was not a fair distribution of the funds. Was it proper that money should be taken from the public for the maintenance ofan establishment which did not snit the population of the country? Having stated to their Lordships the original objects for which the society had been formed, he would now call to their recollection one material alteration which had taken place since its institu tion. In 1792 or 1793, when the Bill for settling Ca nada passed the Parliament, one-tenth part of the lands were set apart for the maintenance of the Protestant Clergy. An attempt had lately been made exclusively to appropriate that grant to the benefit of the episcopal clergy. That attempt had been resisted, and he hoped successfully; for a more narrow interpretation could not be given to that law, than by appropriating exclusively to the Church of England that which was given for the maintenance of the Protestant Clergy of all de nominations, whether Episcopal, Presbyterian, Bap. tist, or any other persuasion. The Church of Eng land establishment, he was sorry to say, when carried out across the Atlantic, exported with it the original sin which beset it in this country,—namely, a useless expense, and the sins of pluralities and non-residence. In the co lony of Nova Scotia one Clergyman was Archdeacon of the rectory of St. Paul's, with an income of 800/. per annum, Ecclesiastical Commissioner, with a salary of 3001. per annum, and, in addition to those emoluments, he received from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel 2001. yearly as a missionary. That was what he called being a pluralist ; and this person was the proto-pluralist of the North American Colonies. The first person who united in his person and in his purse those three offices was Bishop Inglis, Bishop of Nova Scotia, who, he (Lord King), thought resembled very much a certain Minister of State in this country, who some years ago, if he was not mistaken, united in his person the offices of the President of the Board of Controul, the Treasurer of the Navy, and Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland, who, he believes], augmented the emoluments while he held those offices.— Bishop Inglis might very properly, he thought, be described as the ecclesiastical Dundas of the colonies. To return to the subject of the pluralists—the ultra-pluralists they might well be called—he would state to their Lordships the emoluments of the professors of divinity. There were three professors of divinity in the colonies, with a salary of 800/. a year. Each of those professors also received from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, the sum of 2001. yearly. He did not think that that was a proper distribution of the funds of the Society. He could not see, if a person received a salary as a pro fessor of divinity, what need there was to give him 2001. besides as a missionary. There were also one or two in stances of Archdeacons getting 2001. from the society as missionaries. He now came to the class of non-residents. Bishop Stanger, not finding it convenient to stay in Ame rica, came to reside in England, and received from the funds of the society a pension of 1,000/. Four missionaries who resided in England were also receiving a pension from the society; and the missionary sent to Quebec lived in Prince of Wales's Island, which was only about 800 miles dis tant from Quebec, and received a salary of 2001. a year. In looking over the report printed by the society, he found that there were forty missionaries in Canada receiving each an income of 2001. yearly. The greater part of these salaries were paid out of taxes collected from the people in England. There were also four school masters there ; who received salaries from 15/. t o 204 though they were quite as useful, he thought, as mis sionaries. Their Lordships should remember, too, that the people of England were paying for the maintenance of the clergy, in a country where one-tenth part of the whole lands were set apart for that very purpose ; but the clergy were not satisfied with that provision, but were calling out for further grants. That provision for their maintenance had been first made, as be stated before, in 1813, under a Noble Lord who was much interested in the Colonies, in the times of profusion, extravagance, and Mr. Vansittart, who made a very bad Chancellor of the Exchequer. In looking at the estimates of the present year, he found that Government gave salaries of 70/. to two Ministers, to a minister of the Church of Scotland, 50/. ; to another, 100/. ; and to the Lord Chief Justice, 850/. In com paring the salaries paid by Government to those clergy , . men, with the salaries granted by the society, he found a great disproportion, the latter amounting to 2001. or 300/. He therefore asserted that the controllers of the funds of the society were most unprofitable stewards.— He would advise the Right Reverend Prelates, if they did not credit his statement, to turn to the Noble Duke, the First Lord of the Treasury, and ask him what he paid for the Ministers of the Church of England and •Scotland in the Colonies. When the Noble, Duke in formed them .that be paid 701. to those ministers, while the stewards of the society's fund wrote down 2001. and 3001., they would be convinced that those stewards were verily and indeed wise in their generation. Me would now draw their Lordships' attention to the expenses of this so ciety at home, and he found in the report of the society that the total income of the society amounted to 28,0001. and their Lordships would be surprised to hear what pro portion of that sum was appropriated to the management of the society's affairs. No lees a sum than 1,9601. was applied to that purpose. The different items of that ex pence were for officers' salaries, about 760/. ; for taxes 21/. ; for printing and binding the anniversary sermon Ind report, 666/. ; expenses attending the meeting, 70/. ; committee and other expenses, about 245/. ; making in the whole nearly 2,000/. He did not believe that Govern ment had ever, in the most extravagant times, expended the same proportion of its income for paying the expenses of the Administration. If the society were only expend ing their OWN money, they might do as they pleased, but it was quite another matter when they called upon the public to pay the sum which they required. It might per haps be told him that the petitionerwas exceedingly trouble some, and that it was very difficult - to find any one to agree with him. The petitioner had, however, explained to him (Lord King) the reason of that difficulty. By a ge neral rule of the Society, the Missionaries were directed to send home a report of the exact state of affairs in` the place to which they were sent—to state where they found no churches, nor congregations, and always to report the truth. The petitioner followed the direction of that rule, but was informed by Bishop Inglis that he must not do so, as the Society, did not like to hear unfavourable accounts. If a person told the truth, after being informed that the truth was not wished to be heard, well might he be consi dered as a person with whom no one could agree. It was, however, the duty of the trustees of the Society to encou rage one who spoke the truth, and to endeavour to find out where and bY whom they were imposed upon. The Bishop who thus put himself forth as the keeper of the conscience of the Society was the same person as the proto-pluralist, and he certainly had well provided for himself by first uniting three offices in his own person. His Lordship stated that the petition was a very long one, but he would mention the leading heads of it. The petition states the origin of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel ; it then goes en to say, that in 1814 began the grants to it from Parliament, and that in the space of 14 years it re ceived no less than 131,8121. drawn from taxes imposed on the people, and 43,0001. collected under the King's autho rity, making a total, exclusive of voluntary contribu tions, of 174,8121. Still more money was required if he were to judge from the report of the society, and the ser mon preached by Dr. Philpotts. The petitioner was a clergyman of the Church of England, who had gone out to Nova Scotia, and had been transferred from place to place, with great inconvenience to himself, and from being a wit ness to the abuses in the management of the society's funds, he was prepared to prove that more injury than benefit to the objects of. the Society was the result. The petitioner stated, that the trustees were grossly imposed upon by art ful representations. His Lordship then mentioned several instances of reports having been made of new churches being built, and congregations attending in them, in conse quence of which salaries were given to missionaries to per form religious duties, which reports were in the end found to be false, the new churches, in many cases, being nothing more than empty shells, without boards or coverin g s. He stated that the established religion, instead of increasing was losing ground, and public money was granted for the purpose of paying missionaries to persuade the people of Lower Canada, where the Roman Catholic was the esta blished religion, to reject the errors of Popery,—thus main taining a war against the established religion of the coun try. His Lordship then presented the petition, which was signed by Cornelius Griffin. The Bishop of LONDON did not think it necessary to follow the Noble Lord through all the various particulars of his long speech. Many of the statements of the peti tioner were full of misrepresentation ; and he considered the support which the Society for the Diffusion of the Gospel obtained, as a full indication that that it had, in the public estimation, fully discharged the objects for which it was established. Before the year 1813, he understood that the Society paid from its own funds 701. a-year to each mis sionary, and no one could think that sum too much, to in• duce clergymen to leave this country. The Government having also made a grant of 701. to ministers in the Ameri can colonies, it was thought that it would be more conve nient if the Society was allowed to be the channel for the distribution of that money to the members of the Esta blished Church. The Society had undertaken that duty with no view to the private advantages of individuals, nor with any desire of increasing its patronage. In fact, there was always a great difficulty in persuadiug clergymen to go out as missionaries. After that period Lord Bathurst recommended to Parliament to grant a sum in aid of the designs of the Society, by which it was enabled to raise the salaries of the missionaries to two hundred pounds. In the year immediately subse quent to the peace, the population of the American colonies increased to a great extent ; and upon the recommenda tion of the society, Government was induced to make a pecuniary grant to enable the society to pay additional re ligious instructors for the increased population, and in no case had that money been lavishly expended. The Noble Lord had made some remarks with respect to the building of new churches, but he should remember that churches took a long time building, and that they must at one time have been only shells. There were, he could assure the House, no less than 101 churches in Nova Scotia, 20 were building, and 20 more were wanted. With respect to the I credit due to the petitioner, though he did not wish to say any thing harsh towards him, yet he must say that he was very violent and vehement in his temper, and if the peti tion had been read at length to their Lordships, they would have been able to judge for themselves of the temper of the petition, from the expressions which it contained. The Learned Prelate then read an extract from a letter of Bishop Inglis, addressed to the society, stating the unfitness of Mr. Griffin as a missionary, and complaining of the violence of his temper, and his insolence towards several Mis sionaries. As to the lavish expenditure of public money attributed to the society by the Noble Lord, a very slight acquaintance with their proceedings would be sufficient to prove that the charge was unfounded. After some further observations, which were delivered in a tone of voice that was quite inaudible below the bar—as we regret to say that the greater part of the Right Rev. Prelate's speech was—he concluded by expressing his readiness to answer any question the Noble Lord might wish to put to him, or to supply any omission he might have made in the course of his address. Lord KING observed, that the real question was, whe ther the Society had not mismanaged the public money— a charge from which it did not appear to him that the Right Rev. Prelate had extricated them. The character of the petitioner had nothing to do with the question ; it was the conduct of the Society that required to be investigated, and as the Right Rev. Prelate had acknowledged his ignorance upon some of the topics which it involved, that was a good reason amongst others why the House should appoint a Committee to inquire more minutely into the subject. Earl BATHURST should oppose any motion for a Committee, on the ground that no case had been made out to attach suspicion to the conduct of the society,—a society characterised by the most exemplary devotedness to the great cause in which they were engaged. The Noble Lord had assumed that the whole of their duties were limited to the North American Colonies, but that was only a small part of the vast territory over which their labours extended. They had, besides their numerous Missionaries ; a c orrespondence with all parts of the world. conducted at an expense of not more than 5001. or 6001. a-year. After what the Right Rev. Prelate had already said, he (Earl Bathurst) should not have felt himself called upon to offer an y observation, if the Noble Lord had not alluded to a measure introduced by him some years ago, and described by the Noble Lord as the first instance in which public money had been advanced to the society. It was a mistake to represent that as the first period when public money wa s advanced to them, for at all times since their institu tion it was customary to charge the public 701. for every Missionary ; but no Missionary was appointed without. a recommendation from the Governor of the Province, stating that such an appointment was necessary. There was something very peculiar in the state of the Colonies with respect to those ecclesiastical affairs. At the time these Colonies were established, the Church of England was established also within the various (Hs, tricts. Unfortunately, however, it happened that while they established the Church, they forgot to snake any provision for the Clergy ; they even forgot to pro vide them with houses to live in, or with churches to preach in, or to take any one of the necessary steps which were required to give effect to their intention. It was owing in a great measure to this society th a t t h e negli gence of the Legislature was obviated. What had been since done was done by them. On looking to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, they would . find that there was a considerable growing demand in those colonies, which called for and obtained the active exertions of the society. The Right Rev. Prelate had justly said that no new church was built, and no new clergyman appointed, without an application from the inhabitants, who contributed to the expence of building the church and making the other ar rangements. The Noble Lord had said that there was a provision for that purpose of one-tenth of the waste lands. It was true that there was not a tenth, but a seventh of those lands granted for the building of new churches. But the lands were altogether waste and unproductive, and it could not be expected that the colonists would show so great an attachment to the Church of England as to pay for that land which was in reality of no use, and which they could get for nothing from the Government. In fact, it produced nothing; so that the clergy were obliged to come to the Government or to this society. Lord CALTHORPE expressed his coniktion that the proceedings of that truly valuable society need not shrink from any investigation, on which account he was rather disposed to approve the appointment of a Committee. At the same time he felt that the House would net deal more unfairly towards the petitioner, than be had dealt towards others, if they refused to enter into the merits of the society at his request. With regard to the proceedings of the so ciety in North America, he was not sufficiently acquainted with them to say how they were conducted. He knew enough of their conduct, however, to pronounce generally that their management of the funds was most judicious and beneficial. When their Lordships considered how unequal all the assist ance that could be afforded by societies of this nature was to the spiritual wants of the people, they would not be sur prised at the expenditure which had taken place from time to time. On looking at our empire in India alone, how vast a field presented itself for the benevolent exertions of those who took an interest in the cause of religion. The in habitants of that vast region could not now be said to live under the influence of a mild system of mo rality. On the contrary, the more they advanced in the arts of life, the more they degenerated into all that was hateful and impure in superstition. It was clear that the utmost range should be given to a society like that, which ought to be hailed with satisfaction by every friend of religion. After all that could be done, much would still remain to do. After the best directed and most active exertions that could be made, a vast por tion of that territory would still remain buried in the dark ness of superstition and idolatry. As far as he was ac quainted with the measures taken for the mitigation of that deplorable state of ignorance in which the Indian empire was plunged, he could say that they were highly valuable. Their prejudices were not insulted wantonly,—their opi nions were not assailed in any manner to give offence, but the Imre spirit of Christianity was taught and insinuated in a way the most likely to conciliate and improve. He was persuaded that the experience of the Colonies would tend to show that great benefits had been conferred on them by the zeal and discretion of the society. Lord KING then rose to move for the appointment of a Committee to inquire into the conduct and expenditure of the society, when it was suggested to him that he could not proceed without first giving notice pursuant to the orders of the House. His Lordship accordingly gave no tice, that he would move for the Committee on Friday next. TEST AND CORPORATION ACTS. Earl FITZ WILLIAM presented a petition from the in habitants of the town and borough of Melton, in the county of York, praying for the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts. The petition did not come from per sons interested in the repeal of these Acts, but was the result of a conscientious conviction upon their parts that their fellow-subjects ought to be released from disabilities. on account of religion, The petition was ordered to lie on the table. The Duke of WELLINGTON presented a petition on the same subject from the parish of Bolton-le-Moor. Lord HOLLAND, on presenting a petition from the inhabitants of Norwich against the Test and Corporation Acts, observed, that it was his fate for the last twenty years to be employed at various times in presenting peti tions to that House from the Dissenters,- praying for relief from the civil disabilities ander which they laboured. His feeling as to the justice of these ap peals was not different now from what it had been on the occasions to which he alluded. But still there was a difference, a great and striking difference in the feeling with which he approached their Lordships on the subject of those acts. He was always of opinion that the prayer of these petitions was founded in justice, policy, and rea son : he was always of opinion that the persons in whose behalf they were presented were entitled to claim the ob ject of their request from the justice of the country. But though he still maintained the same opinions—though he felt that he never could change them—it was with very different feelings that he now approached their Lordships. He had before entertained considerable doubts as to the success of any application to Parliament in the spirit of these petitions ; but when he looked to the votes of the Commons of England and saw that they were clearly the voice of the people of England—(hear, hear,)—he could not refrain from indulging the cheering hope that the time was not far off when that great and important measure would be carried to a successful result. (Hear, hear.) He believed that the other House of Parliament was occupied at that moment in the details necessary to complete. this measure. It would not become him to do more than merely allude to these details; but he was glad they were in progress—he was glad that the great object was advanc ing to its completion, though he should not consider it en tirely obtained unless the Dissenters possessed that which he, and not only such an humble individual as he, but Mr. Locke himself, had always recommended them to apply for, —he meant equal and impartial liberty. (Hear, hear.) The petition was then ordered to lie on the table. Lord HOLLAND presented various petitions on the same subject from different places, amongst which were, one from the county of Buckingham, one from Ebenezer chapel, six from Halifax, in the county of York, one from the Protestant Dissenters of Camberwell, three from Car marthen, one from the Unitarian chapel in Essex-street, Westminster, and one from the county of Warwick.—They were each ordered to lie on the table. • OFFENCES AGAINST TILE PERSON.-LAW OF EVIDENCE. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE rose pursuant to the notice he had given, to move the order of the day for the second reading of two Bills, for consolidating and amend ing the criminal law of the country. Though satisfied as to the utility of those Dills, they were improvements which he would not himself have ventured to carry into effect if he had not recently filled a situation which enabled him to obtain that assistance, without which he should have felt the utmost diffidence. He alluded more particularly to the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, and to a legal gentleman whose talents had been occu pied in improving the technical language of the law. After the work which that gentleman had lately pub , lished—a work which, by improving and simplifying the technicalities, had rendered the law accessible to the ca pacity of almost every individual,—it was unnecessary for him to say how competent he was to the task. He thought he should best consult the convenience of their Lordships by stating the substance of both Bills at the same time, it being his intention, if it met with their Lordship? appro bation, that the two Bills should proceed pari passu t o . their completion. The fi rs t wa s c hi e fly a Bill of consoli dation and was intended to comprise in one act the vari ous acts which referred to offences against the person, Their Lordships would reuollect that some time ago much discussion had taken place in Parliament on the state of the criminal law. A Right Hon. Gentleman, the Secre tiry of State for the Home Department, who then occu pied ae t t t h e e n tsioan'to me s t t u h a a t t p ion a ' r t ha o ( f l the law. The mintier in most com mendably directed li which he had done se had called forth much approbation, but not more than it was justly entitled to both from Par liament and from the country at large. His object was to consolidate and simplify the various laws on the subject. It was impossible that, in a field so extensive, every thing could be done at once. That large description of offences w hi c h referred to violence against the person lay scattered over a wide surface. To reduce them under one title, and comprise them within one Bill, was a task w hi c h presented much di ffi culty, while it promised great benefit to the country. There were no less than fifty-six Acts of Par liament on this subject, commencing with the reign of henry In., and ending with that of his present Majesty: The preliminary part of the Act was an accurate state ment of the substance of all these Acts, He did not mean to go through a detail of all those Acts which were to be re-enacted; at the same time he should be prepared to answer any question respecting them which their Lord ships might think proper to put. The great object of simplicity had been all along attended to : having stated which, he should now call their Lordships' attention to the present statute. In the 2d section, petty treason was put on 'the same footing as murder. Their Lordships were aware of the artificial nature of the crime which went by that name, and the artificial state of thelaw by which it was created. Petty : treason was murder, •and the only reason for substituting the charge in the place of that of murder was to invest the party with certain..Rsivileges which he could not have under the latter 4m.— When their Lordships considered that petty treason was not only murder, but murder in its most aggravated form —for instance, the murder of a father or a wife—they would think it extraordinary that any desire should be felt to invest the criminal with privileges which be could not otherwise possess. By the third section it was proposed that accessories after the fact to murder, should be liable to be transported, or to be imprisoned, at .the discretion of the court. By the law as it at .presen&i tood, • they were liabl e t o i mpr i sonment only. He thongtheir Lordships would feel the expediency of giving to the court a discre tionary power to transport or imprison, as there were many cases of this description in which there were such aggra vating circumstances as made it much to be regretted that according to the present law the offender was liable to imprisonment only. The eighth sectioi related to offences committed beyond the seas. By that section justices of the peace were empowered to take - Cognizance of the o ff en ce out of the limits of their ordinary jurisdiction. According to the present law, the case of a party charged with the commission of an offence beyond.. l / 4 the seas, could be inquired into only by the Privy Council.' Great inconvenience had been found to result r from the restriction under which , . Magistrates were placed with respect to these cases; and this had been strongly felt in the case of Governor Wall, who was exe cuted in this country many years ago under very peculiar circumstances. In many other cases also the greatest diffi echualtiy.gedhawditrannoffexp elie e e ri e e o n m ce in bringing committed ittedheyo beyond dsea t s o trial a p .The propaortsy_ ed alteration would remedy that difficulty. By the 9th section, provision was made for the trial of murder and manslaughter, where the death, or the cause of death only happened in. England : it was proposed, that all cases of manslaughter, where the offence was committed out of England, should be dealt with like those of murder, in the place in England in which the death or hurt should happen, as if the offence had been committed in England. The 12th section provided for cases where a person killed another in an attempt to prevent the commission of a felons.. It was .proposed by the present Bill that in those cases the offence should be considered as jus tifiable homicide. Ile now came to an important clause which had reference to one case in which a capital punish ment was proposed to be inflicted, and that punishment was required by strict justice, Under the late Lord Ellen borough's Act, which by some persons had been thought to contain some severe clauses, the offence of maliciously cutting or stabbing had been made capital. By the Bill now before their Lordships, it was proposed that any per son maliciously attempting to procure the death of an other, the intention being clearly manifested, he should be dealt with as a felon. The Act, as it at present stood, was extremely limited in its provisions. It was now pro posed, that in addition to the words " wilfully shooting, stabbing, or cutting," the word " wounding - should iss introduced ; and that instead of the words " fire-assts.,' to be found in Lord Ellenbarough's Act, the wows " any kind of loaded arms" should be introduced.— The present Bill also proposed to alter that part of the Act by which it was rendered essential, before a party could be convicted, that the instrument used should be a sharp one by which a stab or cut should he inflicted. A re markable instance had lately occurred, of a person indicted under this Act having been acquitted, because it was shown that the instrument he had used was one whiel, would not produce an incision, but a contusion, notwith standing it was manifest that he had intended the commis. sion of the crime contemplated by the Act. The present Bill proposed, that in all cases where the intention to in flict the injury was clearly manifested, the party should be subject to the same punishment, whether a sharp or ,s blunt instrument were used. By the next clause, if any person should maliciously attempt to drown or strangle an other, or should administer any deadly poison with intent to murder, he was to be deemed guilty of felony. It was, he thought, impossible to deny that if a person took the most effectual means to accomplish a guilty purpose, as by folloWing another by the side of a river or hedge, and then attempting to drown or strangle him by throwing him in, the crime which was intended to be provided for was not as fully completed as if the party had sue. ceeded in his design. Their Lordships would there fore, he hoped, see the propriety of extending ties provisions of the Act as proposed by the clause,_,._ By the 15th section, the using of an instrument with in tent to procure the abortion of a woman quick with child was made a capital offence. There was a singular anomaly in the law as it at present stood with respect to this crime. The 16th section altered the present law with respect to the concealment of a bastard child. It was proposed to make this a substantive offence instead of being preceded by an indictment charging her with murder. Offences of this sort were generally attended by circumstances which occasioned a great deal of harass and misery to the unfor tunate individual, and her family and friends, and it was proposed therefore that instead of indicting her for mur der, in order to obtain a conviction of the concealment of birth, she should be•indicted for the concealMent, and be punished by imprisonment. By the 17th, 18th, and 19th sections, some alterations of the present law were pro posed, but he (the Marquis of Lansdowne) w it: o hne u e,r l : d e:d. n i n t uts a ot l to aysi eiecr defilescg . vt t t h ooiaol e nni m ispaeo2narmro., now, teyi lAaoevfel introducedtactneisogir t houghteradhtiioeanofinigilyntac offence nrtnhoepaoe v future d t fi e y n i t u is,t r g l oe d f eltfihaevteheto tr i msuui of er abduction, by making the law apply to all eases where away by a party from motives of lucre, with intent to marry or abduction,f rise' nstilaaiwl be a marriage, as well as a forcible tal:ing away, and yet there were cases, where he (the Marquis of Lansdowne) thought a party was equally guilty, for attempting from avaricious motives to marry a woman against her will, and ought to sutler the same punishment as where he actually as . - complished his purpose; in this respect, therefore, he pro posed to alter the existing law. Section 21 proposed to make a clearer definition of the crime of abduction by ap plying the law to cases where a girl under the age of six_ teen should be taken from her parents or temporary guardiaes. The introduction of this clause had been suggested to him (the Marquis of Lansdowne) by the un fortunate case of Miss Turner, which excited so much in terest and occupied su much of their Lordships' attention during the last session. The 23d Section altered the ex isting law with respect to the crime of bigamy, making it felony in a party marrying a second time during the life of the former husband or wife, unless such husband or wife should have been absent for seven years, and should not have been known by the party to be living within that time. By the law, as it at present stood, a person whose consort had been abroad for seven years, • though known to be living, might marry again with impu nity. By the 30th section it was proposed to make cases of assaults, with the intent .to obstruct the buying or sel oluialdblielott ling of wheat or other grain, or the free passage thereof, punishable summarily before two magistrates, and a second offence to be made felony. By the 31st section, it %vas proved, that a discretionary power of imprisonment should n i f • edatsnhh:i p i s h i p r s r , , a and be invested in the Court, for abandoning seamen abroad. According to the law as it at present stood, a poor mariner might be left on a desolate island, under circumstances which amounted to little short of actual murder, and yet the obeinalpmriesonnambleentto, in n m t n h is e It was now proposed to make the party wilfully leaving a seaman behind, or refusing to bring him home, guilty of discre tion of the court. Ire (the Marquis of I.ansdowne) had gone through all the clauses in this Bill for consolidating and ta n h i ew a i s ri te sd i e amending the laws relative to offences against , the person, to which he thought it necessary at present to call attention. He would nosy submit to thei consideration the secon d Bill to w hi c h h e h a d a lluded,— e the Bill for amending the law of evidence. The first clause related to the admission of the evidence of Quakers upon their affirmation, in criminal as well as in civil cases, and he thought their Lordships would feel no hesitation in agreeing to such an alteration in the existing law, consider rug the very high authority ou which it had been deemed expedient that the affirmation of Quakers should be ex tended to criminal cases. The opinion of Lord M ans fi e ld an had given it as hi s op i n i on that Quakers itted as witn esses i n cr i m i na l as on this subj e ct was well known. That L earne d J u d ge , who from his peculiar attainments was one of the fitt es t t o decide upon oughtsuc t h o a be p d point, well as in civil cases. He had, in an able judgment, stated the grounds on which he thought that their affirma tions should be received. The exclusion of the evidence of Quakers in criminal cases had to his (the Marquis of Lansdowne's) knowledge been attended with great prat , • tical inconvenience. Front the disability of Quakers to ap pear as witnesses many crimes had gone unpunished. He had reason to Isnow that a system of depredation to a great