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lAIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE . OF COMMONS; MAY 15. The House proceeded to business this day at, the usual hour. Sir E. KNATCHBULL presented a petition from Fa versham, against the Ale-house Licensing Bill. Sir E. KNATCHBULL also presented a petitiOn from the Maltsters of Chatham, against the Malt Act. FOREIGN WOOL petition from Moldash, Mr. CURTEIS presented a praying for a tax on the importation of foreign wool. Sir THOMAS LETHBRIDGE said the country looked with great anxiety to this subject. As an inquiry was going on in another place, he had not presented some pe titions which were forwarded to him, and Le hoped, what ever was the result of the inquiry, it would satisfy the c omplainants. Colonel SIBTHORPE expressed his hearty concurrence in what had fallen from the Hon. Member for Somerset. H e thought that it would go forth with an ill grace that t h e y were bestowing thousands of pounds in pensions, when the farmers had already so much to pay anti so little to pay with. If the farmers got what was their right,. they would be the last men to refuse to reward merit. He hoped that very material advantage would arise to the wool-growers from the discussion going on in the House, and he could move the House that in his own county, Lincoln, the wool buyers never made their appearance at all till now ; and three years clips were lying wholly unsought for. The petition was then laid on the table. Mr. MUNDY presented a petition from the owners and occupiers of collieries at Nottingham and Derby, against the Act limiting the circulation of one pound notes. SCOTCH GAOLS BILL. Mr. K. DOUGLAS presented a petition from the Royal Borgie of Annen, relative to the maintenance of prisoners in the Cielols of Scotland. Mr. H. DRUMMOND wished to know whether it was the intention of the Noble and Learned Lord to proceed with the Bill this Session. It involved a question of taxa tion, and without entering into the details, he thought it would be better to let the Bill go down to Scotland, an d • be considered before it pasted. The LORD ADVOCATE was perfectly willing to be guided by the feelings of the Members for Scotland. If they wished it to lie over lie would submit, or he was willing to refer the Bill to a Select Committee if that was considered better. Mr. KENNEDY thought the Noble and Learned Lord had done his duty in introducing this Bill, for that it was ,calculated to cure a great and growing evil. Whether its Provisions were the heat which could be introduced lie ',lid not take upon himself to say, but his own wish was for a Committee up stair e. The petition was ordered go lie on the table. Mr. WODEHOUSE gave notice that then the House went into a Committee on the Corn Bill he should move " to add to the list of places already e numerated in the Bill as those from whencee returns of the prices of Corn and Grain should be taken, the cities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Haddington, Dumfries, and Dundee, in Scotland, and Dublin, Cork, Waterford, Limerick, Belfast, Sli g o, and Galway," in order t ha t i n fu t ure returns mi g ht be made from thence in like manner, as are now made through England and Wales, respecting the prices of all British Corn and Grain except Wheat. Mr. RICE presented a petition from the Chamber of Comraere.e of the city of Limerick, against the importa tion of Foreign Flour. MR, SERGEANT ROUGH'S CASE. Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH' presented a petition from Mr. sergeant Rough, late President of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Colony of Demerara, who was sus pended front his office by the Lient.-Governor of the colony. For integrity and honour and judicial capability few men could surpass Mr. Sergeant Rough. Although, when his case came before the Privy Council they declared his suspension illegal, yet three years had elapsed, anal un less something was now done for the petitioner he and his family would be reduced to the brink of ruin. He did not mean to complain of any Member of his Majesty's• Gover nment, fir the petitioner's sole hopes now relied upon their consideration and that of the Haute. He would not at tempt to criminate the Governor, for be considered it was unnecessary to the attainment of his present object. He would noteven name him, far be (Sir J. Mackintosh) was a suitor, and not an accuser. Mr. Sergeant Rough was appointed to this difficult office in le n; ; , difficult he called it, herons,- Holland ,and its COlonies allowed a greater tatitude to the Roman law than was permitted in most other countries. But this very circumstance Tendered Mr. Sergeant Rough peculiarly fitted for theeny, *talent, for few English lawyers were so well qualified f o r it by reason of his enlarged mind and general acquire- ments. Between 1819 anal 1821 differences arose be tween the President and the Governor, whirls differ ences the Pt;iwy Council attributed 'to the ill-defined authority of eider, As the Privy Council had • thus given an atteriesty to both parties with resp ect to those diff e rences, he would also pass o ver them in silence and come to the fact at once, that io /821 the Governor sus• pended the President, Then arose A state of things entirely stew; it' the euepension were justifiable, or even excusable, then the character of the President must stiffer irreparable degradation. He must be presumed to be not only incapable of public trust, but of individual confidence; even his ,bonour was called into question by such a proceeding. Coder these circumstances lie returned to England, to vindicate his character. He might o bserve, that in this case there Was one additional circume stance of aggravation. He had been cut a from all his professional connexions', which, of course, had gm* into other channels, from which they could not bat recovered, awl hie services, though conspensaiod, and he admitted liberally so for the time, were not stainiently so to be considered as an equivalent for that loss. For consider eble time after Isis return he was occupied in endetenaoring to secure his honour which bad thus been assailed.--e He applied to two private friends, who held him in high estimation—the prurient Lord Chancellor and Mr. Den man : he also applied to the Colonial Office, soil the re enit was, that it was deemed advieeble not to bring actions against the Governor of the Colony, which would render the matter too puldic, when he might attain his object by a hearing before his Majesty in Council. Tide wasthougha the roost advisable course, and the conclusive judgme, nt of the Privy Counsel was, that his suspension was not i rnee. " - rifled.. Thus was Mr. Rough's character perfectly re-esta- Mished, and thus was he held out as the victim of the wanton, inexcusable, and unjust exercise of authority:— His mind - and time bad been much employed in the vindication of his character, anti had not been directed towards the recovery of his practice. He had been also , obliged to invade the provision made for his children in the defence of that which should be as dear to them us to non—their father's good name. He had hopes that, from the capability he had shown i n !lot office from which he had been suspended, the Crown Patrouege would have re onapensed him by giving him an employment enoivalent to t h a t which he had lost. He did not mea n to - blomat any , on e whatsover , bu t those ho p es Ited at length failed hien; (Sir J. Mackintosh) tad still h o p es , but he that Ministers m i n i ee h M This ajesty yet to do an act, whi c h wou ld b e would . puldic, and liberal and equitable to t,45 wasted his eieu f , ax. safor to the after having If the joetitioner .were, Pule& leis pri vate far oe, and lost the advant ages of leia heft w iehont pr i ovi . si l on or redress, whet a proOtssion, tel ha lesson would he read to the onte oJodgee, ume whom learning, ability, And i n d e p . entle7 ai Lp . r b o a s t pe s r u ity 4 of the colonists mainly depoOded , be an ex leecrni and ample would deter profeasio.na gentlemen for Colonial office ng ability from becoming catulneee' r a last it v, en d he should deeply lament that our eyetet iiOt. houtra avin'. tutions should be justly open Pe the TePriselt o f a g te e. provided any remedy for so gros s and Vag.llnt g e--(Hear, bear.) Ihe petition having ...en brought up and tlieqtei . 4l7 ;hat it be now read having ixen put, tiowroN said, as ii;.e night Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Colonies was absent thro u g h indisposition, and 'as hie Noble Friead the r'der Secre tary for the Colonies wag riot in office when thie ireetter was suiemitted to the considerat,iork of the Privy Counati, he (Mr. W. although not in office at the time when those iliiauseions in the Colony hrigineted, was still anxious to put the lament in possession of vita fects within his knowledge. He admitted that the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite had adopted Ow most camellia- • in presenting the p e ti t i on, tory tone ste e l he dirk not make any complaint o f the manner'n which that statement La heee made ; but as the R ight Horn. Gent. hail alluded to note advice received by Sergeant Rough from else Colo nial Deenortment--in tact alleged to have been received • from hint (tZt - e- w. Ii• ), a nd as there was inaccuracy in the statement, he should shortly state th e whale case. The P r ivy' Coeincil did net in fact decid e t h at 03e " n ee merely decided that the L eo n Governor was not justified by e suspension was ill gal, ne cessity in suspending Arty that the transac tions Sergeant Rough—and retnarlet:- d, ccom ; panied by which preceded the sue pension ever; ; irritation between the parties, and that rite's ~,3 5 .1 ° arisen from the indefinite nature ofthe powers of both ?OK e n from Council added, there was cause to regret the India. creet conduct pursued by Mr. Serjeant Rough oyou some occasions ; he stated this as the opinion of th e Privy CDlin cil, and not from any wisti to re/het upon, or eet dOtrzteit 'rem, the reputation which that Learned Gentleman had the good fortune to acquire. (Hear, bear. Ae tke House would see that the object of the petitioner was. to obtain some Judicial appointment from the Secretary of State, he (Mr. Wilmot Horton) could not forbear mentioning that Lord Bathurst had in fact offered to Sergeant Rough the appointment of Chief Justice of Dominica, and that Sergeant Rough declined the appoint ment on the ground of his family's ill health. The Right Hon. Gent. had said that Sergt. Rough Was induced to appeal to the Privy Council, in consequence of advice to that ef fect having been given by him (Mr. W. H.). He begged to state that he had never given such advice. What be told Sergeant Rough was, that he could not 'proceed by action against the Governor, and also appeal to the Privy Council, and that be must therefore make his election between the two modes of proceeding. The Learned Gentleman did appeal to the Privy Council, and every assistance was afforded him by the Colonial Depart ment to bring his case before the Privy Council. The Right Hon. Gentleman had made a conciliatory and tem perate appeal to the House ; and although this was a case in which, as it appeared to hint (Mr. W. H.), that House could net interfere, he had no doubt that the appeal would not be made in vain to the Executive Government. Mr. SYKES having borne testimony to the petitioner's high honour, integrity, learning, and delicacy of feeling, observed, that the decision of the Privy Council appeared to him to establish that the suspension was illegal. In ad dition to the other sufferings produced by this suspension, the death of the petitioner's wife, produced by anxiety of mind, must not be omitted. _ After a few observations by Mr. Sergeant ONSLOW and Lord F. L. GOWFR, the petition was ordered to be printed. Mr. PAULETT THOMPSON present:•d a petition from 100 of the most opulent of the Merchants, Bankers, and Traders of London, praying for a repeal of the Usury Laws. Mr. DAVENPORT and Mr. CALCRAFT opposed, and Nlr. 111111 E and Mr. MABERLY supported, the prayer of the petition. Mr. Secretary PEEL said, that he could not conciliate the support of the Hon. Member for Wareham (Mr. Calcraft) to the first reading of the Bill, by holding out any expectation to the Honourable Member that Govern ment would take the measure into their own hands. There were at present so many subjects of the most pres sing description under the consideration of Government, that it was impossible for them to give proper attention to many others, which were, perhaps, abstractedly right. (Hear, hear.) He suggested that the Honourable Member for Dover should postpone the discussion, in order that sufficient notice might be given to such Members us were anxious to oppose the Bill. For his own part he was not prepared to assent, under existing circumstances, to any Bill for the repeal of the Usury Laws. Sir GEORGE PHILIPS was glad that this question was taken up by his Hon. Friend, and recommended to such Hon. Members as had not made up their minds upon the subject to read the admirable treatise of Mr. Bentham. Mr. Secretary PEEL understood that the Hon. Mem ber for Dove; intended to oppose the total repeal of the Usury Laws, but if the measure merely contemplated the modification of those laws, he (Mr. Secretary Peel) would not at present pledge himself as to what course he should pursue, until made fully aware of the precise nature of those modifications. Mr. BRIGHT was decidedly opposed to the repeal of the limitations of interest on the loan of money. He would, however, have no objection that the Honourable Mem ber should -repeal some of the penalties, provided he did not touch the rates of interest. Sir J. WROTTESLEY declared himself unwilling to adopt any theoretical opinions on that subject, unless they were in some degree reconcilable with experience, which was, after all, the best guide that legislators or other prac tical men could adopt. Mr. HEATIICOTE deprecated any further discussion at a time when there was really no question before the House. Mr. P. THOMSON said it was his intention to intro duce the Bill on Tuesday next, and expressed his surprise tbat Hon. Gentlemen should pledge themselves to oppose the Bill before they knew what it was. Mr. Sergeant ON SLOW supported the prayer of the pe tition, and observed that the existing laws operated heavily on the lower and middling ranks, who could not give ade quate security for the sums which their necessities required. Ths petition was then brought up, and ordered to lie on the table. FELONS' COUNSEL BILL. Mr. G. LAMB said he would not detain the House with any observations upon the present occasion, as he un derstood that no objection would be made to the introduc tion of the Bill. Pie would state, however, that the object of it was to afford prisoners the right of reply by Counsel, in cases where the 'Court might• think fit. The Hon. Member then moved for leave to bring in a Bill to enable prisoners to inal(e a full defence by Counsel under certain regulationa.—Leave was given. Mr. WODEHOUSE gave notice of his intention to move on a future day, for a Select Committee to inquire into the means for a better and more efficient regulation of Parochial Returns. BOROUGH POLLS BILL. Colonel DAVIES moved the order of the day for the se. cond reading of the Borough Polls Bill. Mr. JONES opposed the Bill. He thought that clause was particularly objectionable, which curtailed the period of voting from fifteen (lays to six, because it affected the rights of those who sent them into that house. Besides, there would he a great difficulty in identifying the voters at the different booths. There was another provision which empowered the returning officer to close the poll on any day when 200 voters had not polled, a provision which in trusted too great a power to such persons. Upon the whole, he trusted that the Hon. Gentleman would pause and allow the present Session to pass before he brought in tii,e Rah _ _ _ Colonel PANTIES said he was surprised that the Hon. Gentleman should complain of the want of time, when the Bill had been already three months before the House. He was persuaded that six days would La found sufficient to aver all the purposes of borough elections, and under these circuzaztances would persist in pressing his motion. Lord LOWTHER said he was as anxious as any one to facilitate the taking of polls at elections, but the preient Bill would, in most cases, have the effect of limiting the elections to two days, and was in its general tendency inju rious. Mr. BARING thought the Bill was calculated to pro duce entire confusion in the proceedings at elections. It gaye great power to returning officers, a class of persons who o4ht not to In , intrusted with much power ; and the plan of diviiii4g potinties into different districts would add greatly to the expena2, hy obliging the candidate to have confidential agents in every siiatrict. He objected to the limitation of the poll to six days, utiiich lie contended was not it sufficient time, and thought that in many cpntested elections it would often be impossible to poll 200 voters in a day. Alr. ROSS stated several clauses in the Bill which he considered objec,tionable, and would render it inoperative. He concluded by niavii4g, as an ainenq . lnept, that the Bill be read this day six monti:s. - Mr. BERNAL felt there were so many jutrieacies in die ena-47,!,ents of this Bill, that it could not fiii to puzzle any returning 4,4 , ,er in attempting to.discharge his duty under the provisions of i.:. :n his mind the fill required priming with no sparing hand, fie ,several of its clauses were so 14,glily obnoxious, that he considered i,t, unlikely it could be ever ta,r,:ied into effect. Mr. NO*Tit rpm . i(lered it desirable that a Bill similar in principle to the present !hoold be introduced relative to the mode of conducting elections ip !Maps]. lie regretted that this species of Bill was even more necesavy ip jreland than here; and mentioned an instance of a 'Member, a hisopp g o on ne d n opponent o n:: e d r ur p ,: .?:. fza,e,nd of his, who had been obliged to keep open the poll on his eikcgo . Tl for 13 days, during the first four ofsvhich single g a., l! ni i n n q an n , in a e n . d not polling a 11,Irlf , !t d h a e r s ep in . BRIGHT objected to the till; as it appe7',;-cd to him 1 wefttain such inconsistent andexceptionable ' • minutia' that he keikir t ied it was unwis e voting attempt to amend it. For there reason;, V Dreferred as it would get rid of the ... rr , t it l m , g for Sessionthe amendment, Mr. GORDON said, ,tt iii : ) ,y.i i. 14., altogether. f in d fault i with the Bill for dein , * t oo „ mo b , f l ' e ;, Q 47: p o c L .. 4 ...p t •bee4ti•? , ;4 'lid too little. Although he 'l approved o j f - tlii. principle a tii9e Nll i he should, because lie thought the Bill inefficient, support ttsa ci3etidrnent. Air. D. IV. HARVEY thought : 11 ';:l RiA wa.s a very fair exeiair.ification of the difficulty so g ener al ly experiencrd ;n attempting ief7 ma k s a measure palatabl e to every one.- The Bill certainly warlf.;Od in principle, though ill shaped ar4 l defective i n its PrOcatiC'6o'fficle; ''es.troyed, also, the re sponsibititi of the returning r., who tiy ~pp often a partisan at electii;i;.;> If it Pa s ' ° ." .:, e l. t .r. ct %."4 1 4 Le. p-, own all the Petro.'lN render it absolutely n ecessarV to hl'inf.'i" • tied rst politan freeholders and :voters in sf ii , instance, even to the most distant parts of the kingdom, w/orn would prove enormously and often veto needlessly tspensive Mr. SYKES hardly knew whe ther, in the treatment the Bill had received this evening, the qcr. Mover had been treated worst lay leis friends o,r lifs foes. He admitted that the Bill ought to lie siMpMed. V . ith that view he hoped leave would be given by the tio;,:ae to ols Hon• and :pant Friend to revise the Bill, and produce it id .:. N.lVre iine?teept;oh.al,ile form. Atr..d. N,17. yV:":41; approved of the provisions of the pill, ,0 far as they relates! to ,41 - 4;nwering the voting . officer to remove the poll to niore convenient ptaces, it Peass'rY, and )imitiu , the duration of the i)olls in plan P r boroughs. He Ihl not feel the weight of the objections which had been urged. Mr. ROBINSON felt the objection as to limiting the polling days to six in number so strong, that he would acquiesce in the propriety of the amendment, although friendly to the general principle of the Bill. Sir J. NEWPORT believed the evil intended to be re dressed by this Bill was inherent in the system, and not to be reached by any thing short of a positive enactment to prevent the rights of the actual resident freeholders and persons having property in the county or city from being invaded and rendered valueless by the out-voters at elec tions. That corrupt influence was generally more easily discernible in that class of voters, no person who had the misfortune to experience in his own person the conse quences of a contested election would deny. He would ronfine the right of voting in boroughs to persons either residing or having property within them; for withotlt wine such enactment, it would be quite impossible to have any security against corruption. The House then divided, when there appeared__ For the amendment... 2O Against it 23 Majority On our re-entering the gallery, the SPEAKER was put ting the question that he should now leave the Chair. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL rose to Oppose the mo tion, saying, that he could not give his consent to the Bill which was at once egregious injustice and egregious ab surdity. He then entered into a minute investigation of clauses, for the purpose of showing that it was calculated not only to multiply the expense, but to increase t h e con fusion of elections. . . Mr. C. W. WYNN objected to the Course taken by the opponents of this Bill, which, to say the least of it, was most unusual. After an amendment had been negatived for deferring the consideration of a Bill to that day six months, it was not very usual to call upon the House within ten minutes afterwards to reconsider its determina tion by putting a question, the same in substance, b ut dif fering a little from it in form. He expressed himself fa vourable to the principle of the Bill. Lord LOWTHER objected to the Bill entirely. Mr. ROSS defended the conduct of the Attorney-Ge neral against the imputations of the Right Hon. Gentle man, who had said that his opposition to this Bill was unusual. Surely Hon. Members were not bound to let this Bill go into another Committee, if the only object of the gallant Officer was to alter the Bill in it in such a manner as to make an entirely new Bill. Colonel DAVIES entreated the Home to let the Bill go into a Committee. Hon. Gentlemen did not so much object to the principle of the Bill as to its clauses. The Noble Lord did object to this Bill when it was before the Committee up stairs. Lord LOWTHER—No; because the Bill up stairs was very different from the present Bill. Colonel DAVIES—It was the same Bill, except the first clause, which, he admitted, had been altered. Lord LOWTHER—Why, the second and third clauses are altered too. Colonel DAVIES still insisted that such points would be better considered in the Committee. Mr. BRIGHT was hostile to the Bill, and believed that no alterations which a Committee could make in it would reconcile him to it. Mr. JONES complained that the Gallant Colonel had taken part of a clause, which he had suggested to him, hut had omitted the only material part of it. He agreed with some of the principles of this Bill, but could not give his consent to it in its present shape. Mr. SYKES shortly supported the Bill. The question was then put, that the SPIAXER do leave the Chair, and was carried is the affirmative. The House resolved into a Committee. After some dis cussion, finding it difficult to proceed with so few Members in the House, Colonel DAMES agreed that the Chairman should report progress, and ask leave to bit again, which was assented to. The House then resumed. EAST RETFORD BILL. Mr. TENNYSON postponed the Committee upon this Bill to Monday next, with an understanding that on that day it should have the preference of all other business. On the motion of the LORD-ADVOCATE, the Scotch Gaol Bill was read a second time, an then referred to a Select Committee. BANKS (IRELAND.) Mr. S. RICE gave notice, that on Wednesday next he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the laws relating to banks in Ireland. The other Orders of the , Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Nine o'Clock. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.—Captain Byng, in St. James's-square, from York ; Major and Mrs. Moore, in Regent-street, from the Continent; Countess of Rothes and the Ladies Leslie, at Cook's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from their seat in Surrey; James Trotter, Esq. at ditto, from his seat in Surrey; Captain and Mrs. Fitzgibbon, in Brook-street, from Paris; Colonel Munro and Major Turner, at the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, from the North ; Robert Bruyers, Esq. at ditto, from Dover; the Rev. J. Tomkinson, at ditto, from Oxford ; Sir Robert Bolton, Bart. at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Cheltenham ; Thomas Page, Esq. at ditto, from his seat in Surrey ; Hon. Mr. Mills and family, at the 13ath Hotel, Arlington-street, from Yorkshire ; J. Stone, Esq. at ditto, from Worcestershire ; Mrs. Polworth, at ditto, from India ; Mr. and Mrs. Dupree, at ditto, from Bath ; Major and Mrs. Coles, at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Scourfield, at ditto, from Chel tenham ; Sir Edward and the Misses Kynaston, at ditto, from Suffolk ; Captain Wills Johnson and Mrs. Johnson, at Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street, from Bath; Mr. and Mrs. Henson, at ditto, from the West Indies ; M. La maine, at Syinmons's lintel, from Paris. DEPARTURES.—The Hon. H. Lindsay, and the Misses Burrell, for their seat in Hants; Lord Thomas Cecil, from the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington-street, for Brighton ; Colonel Dwyer, from ditto, for Ireland ; Captain and Mrs. Parsons, from Conuaught-place, for Brighton ; John Taylor, Esq. from Symmons's Hotel (late Jordan's), St. J.,nes's-street, for his seat in Worcester shire; Captain Wilson, from the Bath Hotel, for Dover; Mr. and Miss Foreman, from ditto, for Hants ; Captain and Mrs. Storey, from ditto, for Bath ; Colonel Gordon (of Cairness) and Captain Leith, from Fladong's Hotel, to the Continent; Rev. Mr. Mrs. and the Misses Fell :from ditto, ou a tour. ARRIVALS AT BATH.—sir H. and Lady Mathias, Sir C. and Lady Constable, Lady Bush, Lady Tuite, Col. Byres, Cipt. Porter, Dr. and Mrs. Bell, Dr. Wilson ; Rev. Messrs. Griffiths, Ward, Curtis, Coney, DiiiPan, Palmer, Turner ; Mr. and Mrs. Salmon, Hayden, Savage, Hill, Struneday, Hampton, Everett, Morris, Spooner, Ramsden, Strong, MaiNVell, Wetherly, Gren ville, Etners, Newman ; Messrs. Entwisle, Moore, Ward, Selway, King, Wolseley, Lovell, Fowns, 'Mortimer, M‘Don !tell, *image, Clutterbuck, Ganasford, Harrison, Long, Lee, Willy, Wilk, Watson, Dynely, Rnasell, Dampier, Ro binson, Edw4rds, Dill, 41anaford, Parsons, Elden, Shep pard,. • `Winter, g4 g !andp Barclay, Tottenham, Gye, Lovell ; Mistresses savage, Ilertie t Wirkham, Upton, Probyp, Same her, Bertie, Jackson, Roe, Markham, Sealy, Toole; Misses Savage, Griffith., Chilcot, Jane, Blosse, Wood, Harly, Cowdry, Morri, Newman, &c. &c. ARMVALS AT CHELTENHAM.—EarI and Countess of Cavan, yiscp 4 o Deerhurst, Sir John and Lady SherbrOoke, Sir Richard Plasket, the Very Rev. the Dean of Exeter, Rev. - W. AutChinson, Rev. J. Bateman, Rev, C. Hill, Rev. E. SOUthotiSe, Rev. Mr. Griffith, Major Hartle, Jatnes England, Captain Hilton, Captain Meredith, RS., Captain pnren, Pent. Carnie, Mr. Mrs. and the Misses Sheppard, Mr. and Mra. Nicholls, Mr. and Mrs. Littledale, Mr. and Mrs. Bateman, Messrs. R. Allen, T. Scott, C. Holland, Wintle, Harvey, Reads, E. A'. 4euk, fie r Tnessey, R. D. Cole ? W• Gray, Barbi Can; dilace, C. 'rif'Garel, Giller, W. Smith, Jones, Mangles, Gunstone, Thwaitee, .t. Barlow, J. B. Lloyd, A. Rietti, Hillman, Jenkins, Gleede, Fitzherbert, Sherwood, Paul, Broomley, Price ; Mistresses Browne, E. ißgl:i:7pn, Barclay, Bromley, Stoughton, Colonel Carnie, 13kitlail; Rosa, 1.97, Scott, Warren Misses Jebb, J. Jebh, C. GOidon,'Cirnie, Boseawen, KIDDERMINSTER WEAVERS.—At a Meet ing of the Magistrates of the Lower Divisibn of Halfshire Hun4red, he et Kidderminster, an order was made by them upon the 'Tre'asityei tor the ponnti, (flrider a late Act of Nrliarnent) to pay Mr. BOWYER, a carpet manu facturer, the whole Of the'damageS Atte to his building and furniture by a mob in March last. This proceeding will convince fl;,-)ntied workmen that their riotous pro ceedings will not cause any i45,:3,3 jo thpir masters. The weavers are deceived by a Committee, who publish misre presentations and scurrilous abuse against the masters, in (74eY 4ritate the weavers against them ;'it is the interest of tlt! ts C omp -4 4:4 , who are well paid, to keep the men out of employ as long as they COL Si:me of the wqp , n, have appli e d f or par i s h ' ass i s t ance ; this was refused, bit tiot time an offer was made them of c9.n , tar4 work, ko be viaranteecito them f ten to twelve ora: leat twelve years of age, otay oy w or ki ng t we l v ratan, v it4 child from tr A ntlg, witerOiy hpura, get five shil lings per day, without any deductions; this they refused, preferring going about the country begging, leaving their families at home in a wretched state.— Worcester Journal. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the llfessager des Chambres, May 14.) PARIS, MAY 13.—Extract of a letter written off Algiers, May 2, 1828 : " The naval force of the Regency of Algiers is entirely. dismantled. The frigate and four corvettes had suffered so much in the action of October 4, 1827, in their attempt to escape, that they are in very bad condition. " The only vessel in good condition now remain ing in Algiers, is a frigate of sixty guns, launched some time ago; the Algerines are destitute of all the necessary means to complete it. " Of the three Corsairs which they had at sea, they have only one left, which is now pursued on all sides. One of the twe others was sunk by the Astrea frigate, and the other succeeded in returning by running along the coast in the night; it has been dismantled, and the Captain cashiered, for having done nothing on his cruise, because he was constantly pursued by our cruisers." CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.-SITTING OP MAY 13. The Older of the Day was the general debate on the Project of Law to authorize the Minister of Fi nance to inscribe in the Great Book of the public debt to the amount of four millions of renter, M. CHARLES DUPIN said, that if he could think the dignity, the safety, and the independence of the country and the throne endangered, he would de chtre that 80,000,000 was too small a sum to assist, as their zeal would prompt them, in the defence of such precious interests ; but that now only measures of mere precaution are in agitation relative to events that are going to take place on a theatre very re mote from us. We are quite in the dark respecting the part that it is wished that France shall perform, and the services which it will have to render to a cause which is unknown to us. According to the communications made to the Chambers, the Mi nistry had received, on the 7th February, the Turkish Manifesto, and declared on the 7th March that all hope of a reconciliation appeared to be dis pelled by it; yet on the 12th March they pre• sent the Budget for 1829, by which the army and navy are on the peace establishment, so that it seems peace was expected to continue for 1828 and 1829. This morning the Moniteur announces a levy of 60,000 men, of the contingent of 1827, in addition to the measures of the contingent of 182.5 and 1826, which allowing only 10,000 for each, will make a total of 80,000 men. We are now called on for a credit of 80 millions, when a deficit of 200 millions has been announced to us. The Speaker declared, that with this addition the deficit would amount to 300 millions in 19 months, even if they remained on the footing of peace; he could not contemplate with • out alarm such an addition to the public burdens. He wished the credit of 80 millions to be divided into two parts—one to be granted immediately, the other at a future period. The MINISTER of FOREIGN AFFAIRS said, I hoped that the Chamber would have been satisfied with the explanations given by the Reporter of the Committee. The Ministers will always be ready to give every desirable information which is con sistent with their duty- 7 -there are cases when pru dence commands silence. Being charged with the task of watching over the interests of the glory of France abroad, I accept the responsibility which so noble a task imposes on me ; but this very respon sibility gives the King's Ministers a right to claim a degree of confidence, which shall leave at their dis posal the employment of the means, the effects of which can be imputed to them only on this condi tion. Important modifications in foreign affairs, since I had the honour to speak to you on the sub ject, have made it my duty to calculate all contin gencies—to call the attention of the King and his Council to the possible consequences of anew situation, and to show that at all events our first care should be to place our military force on a footing of relative equality with those of other Powers : and it is to attain this object that the Ministers of War and Marine have judged it indispensible to ask for an additional Vote of Credit. Demands so moderate as those which have been made, and so fully justified by circum stances, must justify the Ministry in your eyes, and cannot excite any surprise. We have published the documents which we have received from St. Peters burgh, announcing the grounds of the war, and fix ing the conditions, the fulfilment of which may limit its duration. Already the Russian troops have passed the frontiers, and the Emperor himself is on the way to place himself at the head of his army. Certainly we cannot deny Russia the right of en forcing the execution of its treaties with the Porte : yet, without desiring to exaggerate the consequences of this separate action, it must be felt that the re spective situation of the Powers, with regard to Turkey, now requires from them some explanation on the mode of carrying into execution the treaty which is common to them. All we are permitted to say is, that his Majesty's Allies declare that they in tend, like him, to keep their engagements, and to ob tain the objects indicated by the Treaty of the 6th of Jury. France, for its part (and till the common intervention can be combined with the separate ac- ' tion of one of the contracting powers), cannot behold with indifference the protracted misfortunes of the Greeks, to whom this intervention of the three great Powers has given a right to entertain better pros pects. The solicitude of the King, in concert with the wishes so often and so strongly expressed in the two Chambers, will take care that measures be taken to relieve, at least, so much misery. In this point of view, we hope that humanity will never have any cause to reproach the policy of France; and we are assured, Gentlemen, that the succour and the support, whatever be their nature, afforded by the Government to that unfortunate people, will never be placed by you in the number of sacrifices which can merit your reproaches, or give you cause for regret.—After some further observations, the Minister concluded by saying, that Europe had its eyes fixed on their deliberations, and that in the midst of some differences on points of internal ad ministration, alight to offer the improving spec tacle of the sincere union of the Chambers with the King, in every thing that interests the country. This speech made a profound impression, and was received by a considerable and long-continued agitation—the proceedings were in a manner inter rupted.. Several Members on the left called for the closing of the debate, and seemed to wish the (11'4es tion to be put to the vcite a r t, once, M. Bignon baying spoken against the measur e , the Minister of Marine, in his reply, used the follow ing expressions : "It is said, we should have our eyes to the Pe ninsula; we hear of troubles, of usurpation. Gen tlemen, the reports of journals are not official arti cles. The Government knows that the queen of Portugal is in Brazil, acid tilt } ; at Lisbon there is only tie Regent rs. a 1 9 1 h x f a mb P a iotdre Portugal." gda adjourned, o s . r d n l u t i l , e Tracey having s poken against th e p ro j ec t, an d M . B ess i eres, i n fa yoll:fleosfs c GERMAN PAPERS. SMYRNA, APRIL 21.—The Turks, made prisoners by the Greeks within these few months, in the INlorea and the Archipelago, about 700 in y,umber, and who aTe qt 4 libeTty by Count Cap &Istria, have arrived here; . they are' all new clothed, and cannot sufficiently extol the treatment they have re ceived during their captivity. Admiral de Rigny, who came here a few days ago from Poros, ac quainted our authorities that the Greek Governmcnt had declared t h e ports of C an di a , , Coron Patra, an d'P re.ves a state of block a d e , IV,lodon, Nar ttr i n , and that ' Ad m i ra l S ac h tury Lad been ordered, with eight men of war, to Preresa, to enforce the blockade in those seas; the .4,10 1 . 4 1 Failed an the 26th of March to Pragomestre, with instructions to Genet* Church, who is no longer Generalissimo of the Greek military force; but 114 s only the command in chief of the Greek troops in Western Greece, as Prince Ypsilanti has in Eastern Greece : the latter is said to be ordered, with 4,000 or 5,000 regular troops to Salonithi, and is supported in his expation by the LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 1828. We received at a late hour, this afternoon, (by express) the Gazette de France, dated yes terday, by the extracts from which it will be seen that the Emperor of RUSSIA had set out from his Capital, and passed ,Riga on the 23d of April, on his way towards Warsaw, from which he would proceed at once for the army. The opinion entertained by competent judges is that the campaign will be a very short one on account of the immense preparations made by Russia, and the numerical force of her armies, urged on by the prospect of plunder, and the national desire of revenge. The troops of Tur key, however enthusiastic, have no chance against the disciplined legions of the Emperor NICHO LAS, who will not stop short , of Constantinople, now that his armies are - in motion.' The SULTAN will now find that submission to the Treaty of the 6th July will be of no avail— so far as Russia is concerned—for NICHOLAS, having once drawn the sword, will look to other objects than the independence of Greece. By the Gazette de France of Wednesday, we are given to understand that the Russians have ac tually crossed the Pruth—and the Danube, and are in full march for Constantinople, while other accounts say that_ the opening of the campaign is delayed a little longer. It is said that 250,000 men are in motion towards the Turkish frontier—that the Black Sea is covered with ships—that Odessa is filled with provisions, and that the greatest energy pre vails everywhere in making preparations for war. Nor is it in the East of Europe alone that preparations are making ; the French Minister for Foreign Affairs says that since he had last the honour to address the Chamber—" Im portant modifications in foreign affairs have' made it my duty to calculate all contingences, to call the attention of the KING and his Council to the possible consequences of a new situation, and to show that at all events our first care should be to place our military force on a footing of relative equality with those moderate as t h ose and it is to attain this objectC'f ottilitear P o wers; and the o rsMi nisters of War and Marine have judged it indispensable to ask for an additional -vote of credit. D een em m a :d d e s , so and so fully j ust ifi e d b y which bv eircumstances, must justify the Ministry in your eyes, and cannot excite any surprise. We . have published the documents which we have re ceived from, Saint Petersburgh, ann ounc i n g the grounds of the war, and fixing- the con ditions, the fulfilment of which may limit its duration. Already the Russian troops have passed the frontiers, and the EMPEROR himself is on the way to place himself at the head of his army." He then points with prophetic truth to the situation of the Greeks, and anxiety of the French Government to take prompt mea sures for deciding the question of Greek Independence. In fact, we have no doubt that the army collected at Toulon, and the naval preparations in the various arsenals of France, are directed to some important event in the East. The following are extracts from the Gazette de France of Wednesday. Th e Funds were on that day :—Five per Cents. 103 f. 15c. Three per Cents. 70f. 30c. The Russian armies have crossed the Pruth, and will also luss the Danube, and n o doubt are in full march for cutistautinaple. Instead of 4.0,000 being sufficient to in vade Moldavia and Walachia, 250,000 me n are i n mot i on. The Black Sea is covered with ships. Od essa i s fi lled w i t h provisions, and preparations for war are making there with the greatest energy. The sw or d 1 5 d rawn, an d the Turksmust give in their submission at the head quarters o f th e Commander-in-Chief of the Russian army, should th e y desire to comply with the Treaty of the 6th July, as well as promise the payment of the expenses Of the war, to stop the progress of their invaders. It appears that Ibrahim Pacha has received instructio° that should he find himself hard pressed, to march to the North, and unite with Redschid BERLIN, MAY 5.--A Cabinet Courier has ArriyB 4l lr rect from Constantinople. The despatches, which he VI from M. Canitz, are supposed to be of the greatest i ta. portance. On their immediate reception frequent co.f er . ences were held between Count, Bernstoff and the Sir sters of the great Powers. Count Alopeus, the R ' oitt, Ambassador, sent off his Secretary, as co u r i e r, to 0 , Petersburgh, with important despatches, suppos ed to the Treaty. ot TRIESTE, APRIL 30.—1 t is stated from Zante shit English ship of the line and a brig, having trooV' board, sailed for Cerigo. TOULON, MAY 6.—We have now in the Afediterrae 87 ships (King's), of all descriptions :—Six line, 19 frigates, 22 corvettes, six gabars, and S 4 br 3 the crews of which consist of 17,000 sailors. mote importai me re extent surp r i se d i n a session of the and taking pm st antinople. tions and appr s i .Y that h er v i i inee in posse! lion to Smyrna The territory a qu'red • by its late triaing importa liskitchivan, whi flat formerly m "de Peniian Empi t il esin superficia tt, Wurtemburg. 10 ,000 souls, s anaut a s many W eizoar. If th utter for parts of these provins istist important •ths• With the P o ssession of the °lthe chief Patria J?Ya extraordinary 41 alto in great est s idered to be equ Turkey there are i liaa Christians, at won of Etchmi 46 „P10, and what :gas of the capil adopt, in COoo Pa rtY. In a mil loritory is perhs ,4tained Mount ip a Suding Mount A circumstances el t a l Psa Ersernm, wit A n t way is from T • vale of the Ara : • dby Bajazid Ks 4t • eemely fertile c It to Scutary, (Nicol l u siated with this Z t et, Tournefort, 2stier, Gardanne, 'velus that an art : 11 : 410wt.L i mtli : r d tl ean t u t tan f banw y jso t o h d e u P e n e al a ddm E r e o ll nm fi a c o c ul up o t k u n i a tai l Ong that road. Zl ) aginning of ti I ,„Z road against tl 'V, merely crosse The Times of this morning alludes to an 3 .118 : which is abroad, th a t th e con f erence between the two Houses, in the Painted Chamber, is if, posed for the purpose of obtaining a r epeal ° those laws, whereby any negotiation with th e i Church of Rome subjects the inhabitants this land to severe pains and penalties. I:; ° Cotemporary observes, that Mr. PEEL is nv, expected to oppose the conferenc e ; an d, indee d ' in the present' state of the Catholic Que r tion, we will candidly own that it is to hi ° we chiefly look for the adoption of 6 10 ° happy mode of reconciling conflicting nions—as occurred with regard to the Ile of the Test and Corporation Act s . 'P e decision of the House of Commons had, ° that case, the effect of inducing the Right H° Gentleman to modify his own views of P e subject : and though the majority on the C r tholic Question was unfortunately not so decisiS' yet the solemn and deliberate vote of one Bra n ch of the Legislature should always have due i n ,; fluence with the Members of his MAJEs O Government. Whatever may be our hopes and expectatiO on the subject, it is clear that there is no cepi tainty of the Bill of fo rmer y ears p ass i ng throug l the House of Lords. We are th e ref o re induce" to seek for some modification, which may ren t der it palatable to that august assembly, sono - 0 whose opinions seem coeval with their pate ° , of Nobility, though it may be doubted how 9 ; the heroes of Cressy or Poictiers would 0 0Ig suitable legislators for the nineteenth century. a The modific a ti on w hi c h we h ave b e f ore stst e :s j as appearin g lik e ly to p ro d uce t h e most b en e6° results, with the least sacrifice of principle, is 14 ' lieving the Irish members, and them only, fr ca : taking the oath of supremacy. We are no . going to argue in favour of the abstract pri'l c t pies of compromise and partial legislation, 04) ., have we the fear of the POPE before our eyes , a but when it is notorious that multitudes in the 1 0 4 are terrified out of their wits at the very thou g ht of his Holiness and his Bulls (which are, 14 m e an m y o o st f the anti-Catholic i atho u l ad ic r p op et ed iti s, o ) ne vi rs e b :d el o iev t e o al : b that as the case will not come up, to our notO of legislation, our legislation must descend to 0. necessity of the case. EXPR F rom the Gaze dyed ed this day fr it a to presume tl r ° °Ps will be re ' ll) te recent, fn 44 t e that the Se Grand Vizie teklation from 4141 / 1 quiet, as , \ I Y IENNA, ° ldavia a nd 441 do not aim( : 44 army, whirl :1,4,:bn every naots t : l t's will arriNa ier has bri L l P'ia of the 4 t:l4aietT r,, Amt. , ourt, wit post flatteril th :gibs, M 4 gifting the I is thr th t t °Pe and in N i t esult ; the L till tvent is for til kt t to divine ti tt tne Emper I April, ,strived f rom Th e Gazette s 'i t eves a Su tain t have passe( 'the Proclar The constant argument with those who rs' l about danger to the Constitution, is that though at first, perhaps only 20 or 30 Catholics migh t get into Parliament, this leaven, as they nl O strangely concede, is sufficient to leaven th e whole mass, and ultimately the whole of til e Members would become converts to 01 Faith. It is perhaps difficult t o s ee whi this rapid conversion should go on more than at present, as Parliamentary speechei' are seldom theological—but unquestionably th e apprehension exists. Now, by our plan, this objection a t least 10 got rid of—the maximum is fixed at 100, and as the greater part of the property in Ire land belongs to Protestants—there is n o chance of half that number ever being t' e alloy in our orthodox Parliament, which may' to be sure, consist of every other persuasion O der the sun, whether Jews, Turks, or Infidels; but then—they don't believe in transubstantiation' qli i‘ appears 1 1Q,„, 41- ay, that ti fo t l lities up to 4 ders to ma h 1), follow in '143 of the 9i It is very easy to say that this makes an W l ' fair distinction, to the prejudice of the Engli sh Catholics, who have fully as strong claims on t he justice and favour of Parliament. But is o° t this a mistake ? Would not their condition , in stead of being worse, be actually improved ?'' Might not many of them sit for Irish borough s ' and is not that better than being altogether ex cluded ? We would have no exclusion at all, but if half the English nation are insane cu t the subject, and would be satisfied by such a security against the preponderance of Popery in Parliament, should four-fifths of the whole be refused—as if the chance of getting the remaining, fifth was thereby impaired ? In this view we are also borne out by iln logy. Did not the Irish Catholics alone obtain the elective franchise. In this country, Catholic° are a mere sprinkling, and therefore may be o" pressed (so think th e i r o p pres sors)' but with lrelandsafetyit is a far diff erent case . it is a Catholic country, and if the laws here shot."'" have reference only to the majority of the population, surely on every principle of justic e they should have the same in Ireland. But if any thing on a more enlarged scal e can be obtained by negotiation with the Pol"N' minorall e. Wes of relief must sink into th e Catholic a shad only hope, with the Times, tha t the Priesthood will be prevented from marring the plans measure. They may have been instrument a l i n preven ti ng t h e I r i s h from still a g reater excesses and actual anarchy , but it i s t h e i r o b v i o us i n t erest to consu l t their impo r t ance by perpetuati ng t h a t sta t e o f t hings, during which spiritual power is the substitute for civil government, and as such they should have no voice in enacting laws far the Catkolic laity ° I. Ireland. kral Church 41 4 4 ° Colonel F. I kha b tr Y . talents, w ok Wa Ypsilant , 4 41 Thes.saly, t , t) , (l cavalry ; 414 0 r to whit Saloaichi a -1 4''ked o f d eter] (1 1 ''t . Greece, or declared the 13.)1; 1 1tria has s t c ,V ll4 lss be one Ypsilanti, ar It! Naelusios. i ti ),lghness tllf weeks. • e ursiosi in t 11 1 Ache following of Spee f . ,,,' 1 ,t/lornin L A NTA ° ,, 16,:t .hirn if, h 4. " th" c h air ij : 44 ' , or •• UN 4 4 4 , gr% u 1., 44 4 t N ,u,ed to ex} rt 11-„i Vec in th e , r . tly4 l 4lli; tie cot 1, 4 Y f ella t, than by ko , fig Ile • 4 srt i i i IL in col ," given k Oii„ j 'itt ' 1 44 not 'r.t "Th übl Yi .(Nle c P • sem 1 1, 4 t 4 1 : s ty ' i ) n co . nfes: qi ° iot Y Ilti: h et eqcual 41 4 t .4 of . "Y bad ~,Nterd , !ii;"1, p ele 'e tour 'Sr ' 411 44 -4 nnin 4 1 /7 th, t , t kstin ion i • he c ur 1, ' , I, Ye • The Nuremberg Correspondent of the S he rs „"e v inst. contains what, we presume, to be a verff te oppc,r T t hi, - c , ,i v o e s r e correct estimate of the great advantages Whir l ' kre at 4 1 ',,itYr wl " , rt' 'egre e Russia has obtained by the Persian Nvtir.."' eof b l i u s 4 of AL Reckoning by the German Principalities, has added a kingdom to her already ii th" tly h e ol e manse Empire But her conquests are .tnit",„l Greek men of war. An arsenal is forming at Poros, and a cannon foundry, on a large scale, is to be esta blished there. Several Greek ecclesiastics are vi siting the islands of the Archipelago, by order of the Patriarch at Constantinople. They preach peace and concord, and promise the Greeks pardon from the Porte, if they submit. The military contribu tion levied in the islands, by order of Count Capo d'lstria, is said not to have brought in above 50,000 dollars. The accounts from Alexandria are to the 23d of February. Colonel Cradock and the son of Admiral Codrington, who were sent to the Paella of Egypt to induce him to recall his troops from the Morea, are said to have entirely failed in their mis sion. A French brig from Syria had been put under strict quarantine at Alexandria, because the plague had broken out in Mount Lebanon, and in the vici nity. The English Governor of Sombay bad ar rived at Alexandria.—Courrier de Smyrne, April 23. ST. PETERSRURGII, APRIL 28.—Yesterday the 27th, after mass, his Majesty's manifesto announcing the war with Turkey, was read in the church of our Lady of Kasen. His Eminence Seraphin, Metro politan of Novogorod and St. Petersburg!), assisted by his clergy, chanted Te Deum, to implore the di vine blessing on our arms. The same ceremony was performed in the other churches of the capital. His Royal Highness Prince Eugene of Wurtem burgh has arrived here. (The St. Petersburgh journal is accompanied with the manifesto, and other official documents already made known, but contains no farther intelligence, nor any mention of the departure of the Emperor.) PRICES OP IRISH STOCI Bank Stock Cornets. 3 per cent. Gov. Stock, 3)6 per cent 9 1 34 Ditto, New 91N 4 per Cent. lOl Gov. Deb. 3 per cent. Boyal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent BalLiut Office Deb. 4 p. ct MA Arrived. • Due. O America 0 O Brazil 1 O Buenos Ayres 1 Dublin O Flanders 0 1 France O Guttenburgh 0 0 Guernsey& Jorsey 0 :s.—OUBLIN, MAY 13. St. Patrick lnsur. (per sh.) 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