The Sun. — London, England, 1828-07-03 00:00:00

W e do not know that we were surprised at Earl 'Grey's opinion given on Tuesday night, respecting the extinction of small notes. His Lordship spoke with a caution becoming his character : he only ad vised the consideration of the subject. For our own parts, we think that if the subject is not understood ne,w, no consideration, no investigation will, in any degree, tend to surmount the difficulty : and we think farther, that if public attention be not un wisely and unnecessarily called to the measure now lit pros ees for the total extinction of the small notes, The few that still remain will be called in with as little difficulty,—indeed, we may say as impercep tibly, —as the many which have already retired. The person whose petition Earl Grey presented, Henry Burgess, states, on we know not what grounds, that the small notes nets in circulation are twice as many as the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated, and that they amount in fact to 5,000,000/, instead of 2,500,0004 Well, be it so, if Mr. Burgess pleases ; what is the subduction et 5,000,000/. from a circulation of 65,000,0004 'e And it being even allowed that the remaining por tion does amount to the aforesaid 5,000,0004, even this is but a third of the mass once in circulation : sad why should the recall of theremaining third pro duce earthquakes, inundetions, and conflagration, when the extinction of the first two-thirds has hap pened with a cee'im sky? Can Mr. Henry Burgess tell us thae'e Or has he told it to the House of Lords 'in his petition ? However, we do not be lieve Mr. Burgess's statement ; for we think, first, l i aat the Chancellor of the Exchequer exhibited can didly all the criteria by which a judgment could be formed, and drew his conclusion; fairly froot his pre mises ; and we are certain, next, (for tve con trust oursenses even on this marvellously obecuresubject), that ocular observation confirms the Right lion. Gentleman's statements. If there are 5,000,000/. ,f small notes still in circulation, where do they cir culate ? Neither ourselves nor our connexions see many of them. The fact is, that various petty in conveniences arise front the want of that small note circulation to which we have unhappily been so long subjected, as men aspiring to virtue feel ecca eional uneasiness 011 quitting their bad habits; and there is at this time a perfect redundance of gold on the market, enough and more than enough to b 11• ply the place of the 2,500,0004 of small no , - .0 there are in truth no mo re ) which are •, repatin . t . o retire, we hope for ever. B u t it • zor the very high character of Lord Gr . their traeli uon the 1/ 1 ey `et encourage ment to the country l 'eteers tee continue slzoving p /. ar/ta 111) to the last moment, the fearful period e.r, April, 1820, the result will be that many Heirwill then break ; and their merit ed inisforti,,,,, their well-earned punishment, which by mo( 1 -eration and prudence they might have avoid ed, by them, but not by the public\ be attribut ed to the obstinacy of 'Ministers, in 'bringing beck the nation to a sound state of carrency. This ob etitiacy, if such it be, honourable at once to the Go v eminent and to the resources of the country, will, we hope, be shown., Nn counsel can be pursued Imre agreeable tie the wishes of the people, or more ealculated to promote their permanent interests. 'Government ought to stand or fall by this question. But then they should give - full notice that such is their intention—that they will suffer no relaxation it the measure of driving I?. notes out of the circu intim'. And we should like to see that Admini etratiott which should come in upon the principle o bringing us back to small notes and Bank restric. Aecounts are published by order of the House of Commons, to show the amount of foreign silk ma nufactures imported into the United Kingdom through the Custom-house, and also of those which had been seized by the officers as contraband, and sold, restored, or otherwise disposed of : the latter account covering the whole period from July, 1826, to the Oth of last April ; the former account—viz. of unlawful importations —being for the first quarter of the present year. Both accounts arc in an inconve nient and slovenly form, not pi esenting, in any one clear view, the total value or quantity - required. But after some search, it is easy to see that, neither from the sinuegler nor from the fair importer, has the British silk-manufacturer the slightest cause for complaint or dissatisfaction at the present state of the duties on foreign silks.—lbid. W e publish the report of a meeting held yester day at the Crowe and Anchor Tavern, iii aid of the election of Mr. O'Connell for the county of Clem. The only striking circumstance in the pro ceedings was a statement made by Mr. G. Dillon, that Mr. Butler, the iearned and highly respectable _English Rome)) Catholic lawyer, had given it as his positive opinion, that Mr. O'Connell might, if re turned for Clare, take his seat and vote in Parlia. meat, without taking the oaths, arid without in curring a penalty for the refusal to sweat. Now, if this be so, a consequence follows for which it seems a little unaccountable that neither Mr. O'Connell, nor Mr. Butler, nor any other Catholic should be pre pared,—via. that there is in that case no need of emancipation, for there is in fact no grievant e--the Catholics can already sit and vote in the House of Commons, and a fortiori in the House of Lords. What is it, then, that they still complain of? and what means all this pother ?—lbid. Iffere is one good that will attend the election 'fer the county of Clare—it will benefit the Irish Revenue, arising from the drinking of spirits, and other exciseable commodities; it will also affotd amusement and conversation, and relieve for the time ennui . among the people of that isolated part of the United Kingdom. We hope the Government will neither interfere with the election nor the Associa tion in Dublin. The subscription raising for Mr. O'Connell's return, when distributed among the lower classes of people in Ireland, will be beneficial to them. It would appear from the subscriptions that the Irish arc not so poor as they have repeatedly told us they were. We would recommend the Mi nistry to lay on Ireland again the assessed taxes. Ireland could and ought to bear a much greater pro portion of the taxation than she does. Talk of grants, indeed, for Ireland, when Dublin, in so short a space of time, could muster such a grant for Mr. O'Connell's return to Parliament We would have the Duke of Wellington and Mr. Peel bear this in mind when next any Irish Company applies for a grant. We would also have Mr. Hume, Alderman Waithman, and others to recollect Ireland's grant for Mr. O'Connell, when next "grants for the improve :peaty. Ireland" are applied for by Mr. Spring Rice, Mr. James Grattan, or any other Irish Member of the House of Commons.—Morning Herald. The contested election for tie county of Clare is the subject which of all others at the present moment engrosses public attention. We have nothing new to communicate respecting it, excepting the report of a Meeting which was held yesterday for the pur pose of supporting Mr. O'Connell. His return, we }relieve, is all but certain, and maNy persons enter tain the idea, that he will not only be returned, but 'ill also be able, owing to the deficient provisions of the law, to sit, speak, and vote in Parliament. His return will, at all events, bring the Catholic Ques tion before the House of Commons in a novel point of view, though we must, at the same time, express our doubts how far it will tend to advance it with the people of England.—Morning Advertiser. The Meeting of the Catholics in London, to which we alluded on Tuesday, was held yesterday at the Crown and Anchor. Lord Rossmore was in Ike Chair, supported by some dozen of gentlemen; and Henry Hunt, a much greater man than Lord Rossmore, was in a chair, which he contrived to make a much more conspicuous one, supported by Sir Charles Wolseley and about the same number of his friends. One half of the room was empty, arid the other was filled by a miscellaneous assem blage of persons with shock heads and broad shoul ileis, to the number of about two hundred and fifty ; among whom there might be at least twenty clean shirts, so that, considering every thing, we may say in the language of the Reports, the Meeting was numerous and respectable. The Resolutions pro posed by the Committee were not more objec tionable than might have been expected. They were moved, seconded, and carried in a very cool quiet way, and we were not a little apprehensive that a farce, which had been got up with some care and much industry, might pass off without a single laugh. We were, however, agreeably relieved by Mr. Hunt's rising. He spoke, as he usually does, about reform and all that, and much breath was wasted, and many horny palms were wearied, in re sponding to his declamation. So far all was well, but when the Resolution which he had risen to move was laid before Lord Rossntore, his Lordship would not put it to the Meeting. He said it was contrary to the requisition, and there en sued, in consequence of this praiseworthy resolution, such a clamour between the supporters of Daniel O'Connell and the supporters of Radical Reform, that for an hour by the clock, a spectator would have imagined that Bedlam had broken loose, and the fugitive inmates sought shelter in the Crown and Author. A vote was at length taken, and Hunt's radical resolution was carried, but the Chair man insisted that it was not carried, and then a di vision was called for, when it was carried again, and his Lordship and his immediate friends and suppor ters rushed out of the room. Such a hasty retreat was not relished by the radical party, and Sir Charles Wolselcy was put into the Chair, and the resolution was put over again, and, as may be imagined, carried unanimously, notwithstanding the laudable endeavours of a middle-aged gentleman, with a ragged coat and a greasy handker c hi e f, w h o insisted on " :Taking," becau se he was an Irishman and a Catholic. Laying aside further consideration of this piece of well intended mischief, we cannot help feeling gratified at the expose of the senti ments of the Catholics which took place. It com pletely bears us out in all our anticipations. The object boldly avowed at the meeting, and unani mously applauded, is not the mere ousting of Mr. V. Fitzgerald, nor mere opposition to the Wellington's Ministry, but the estabL sthoent of of system, in pursuance of which every man who shall venture to dispute ~.e c I ,arrests tna Catholic fasso elation, in the mo meet with sir c minutt particular, may look to in the • treatentatir. Our anticipation, that event of aaeneral election the same game .‘otild be played all over Ireland, we have no doubt wiP hr fulfilled to the letter ; and, not satisfied with the notable folly of returning one Member who cannot sit, they will return fifty. We were in formed, indeed, by one gentleman at the Meeting yesterday, that Mr. Butler had consulted the highest legal authority, so high, that it could not be named (Lord Eldon F), and that authority enabled him to say that Mr. O'Connell might take his seat ! O‘Connell, though he endeavours to persuade others that it is true, is not so simple as to believe it himself, for he has, it seems, determined to set up Mr. Pierce Butler as a third candidate for Clare, in order that, however the game fall out with himself, Mr. V. Fitzgerald may if possible be defeated.— Has Mr. Fitzgerald ever offered any personal slight to the Libertador? Public principle is seldom so persevering without a little private rancour to urge it on.—New Times. CORONER'S INQUEST. An inquisition was yesterday taken before Thomas Stirling, Esq., at the Green Man, at Wemley, on the body of John Llearden, better known as " Long .John," who was killed in an affray with a body of Irish labourers, now in custody, on the evening of Sunday last. Henry Racket, labourer, on Sunday night was sent by his master for a loaf, and on passing a field near the Green Mat), he heard a noise as of several persons quarrelling. On looking to the spot, he saw a body of Irish in the employ of Mr. Read at hay making. Among others he saw ,John Casey, John Cochrane, James Barry, Cornelius Barry, James Shea, Jeremiah Murray, James Hayes, Dennis Burke, Catherine Casey, and Timothy Connor. They were quarrelling with the deceased. The first blow lie saw was given by John Casey, who with a black-thorn stick struck the deceased across the shoulder, and knocked him down. He then knelt upon him, and kept beating him over the bead with a stick till the blood flowed copiously. After a time he desisted, and Long John got up and stripped to tight with his fists. The whole of the prisoners then cattle close up to the deceased ; one of them, James Barry, had a blunderbuss, and most of the rest had pitchfoiks. As soon as they had closed round the deceased, Casey struck him across the loins with the staff-end of a fork, and he fell to the ground and never spoke afterwards. The rest fell on the deceased and struck him with their forks. Witness, and four other Englishmen. named Arnold, Nix, Barry, and Ball, who in the meantime had come up, now ran to the spot, arid endeavoured to protect Long John. Witness had a stick in his hand, with which lie struck Casey on the hand. —The Irish in a body attacked witness and the rest of the English with their forks, and com pelled them to run away. When Long John got up after being knocked down the first time, he seized hold of the black-thorn stick which Casey had in his hand, and wrested it from him, and flung it to a distance. Casey instantly seized hold of a fork, and with it struck down Long .John the second and last time. After considerable questioning, it was elicited from the witness that he had interfered when Long John was first knocked dos‘n, and had then struck Casey with a stick he had brought from home. The others fell on witmess, and he was con polled to run across the field. lie afterwards re turned, and saw Casey knock down the deceased with a fork. Several of the Irish jumped upon the deceased after he was knocked down the second time. When they left, witness returned. The de ceased was lying on the ground, but was not dead. Elizabeth Reeves—On Sunday evening was with him at a public-house. The deceased drank but little, and was quite soker. There was no Irish in the room. Witness and the deceased left the house together, and got but a few yards when Casey cal led out, " Here. is an Englishman, let's kill him," and instantly knocked him down. The deceased g'ot up, and called to Arnold to assist him, and at the same time knocked Casey down. Four other Irishmen came up, and were all successively knocked down by the deceased. Casey in the mean time had got up and was again knocked down by the deceased. A number of ether Irish arrived on the spat almost immediately, armed with forks and scythes. Casey got hold of a fork and knocked down the deceased, dnd four or five others then surrounded him, and world not let him get up, but beat and cut him cruelly with their forks and scythes. Catherine Casey jumped upon the decea sed's face, and John Casey jumped upon his chest, and left him for dead. John Casey returned about half an hour afterwards armed with a scythe and fork. He asked witness whether the man was dead, arid she told him he was. He said, if he was tiot dead, he had come back to kill hirn. !fess assured him he was quite dead. Casey then went away. In the course of the affray, witness was struck several times. She heard one of the ►ish call out, " Don't kill the woman." After some further evidence, the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against John Casey, and against James Cochrane, James Barry, Cornelius Barry, James Shea, James Murray, Dennis Burke, and Timothy Co►►nor, of aiding and abetting in the perpetr►tion of tl►e murder. COTTON WOOL. LIST OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. EX PORrED. ThiN year. 1 19'18 Bags, S.:c 7 031 25,5:03 Bags, &c. Liverpool . 355,757 London :itt,lll7 Glasgow 23,t;'); Totiti exported in I! Same ;Same tie- Irreriott,_ nod lazt ly this' year. year. (Bags, &c. Bags, &c. 425,510 297 34,50;7 60, 32,535 33,601. 33,051. In 7 1311'ORTED. SECOND EDITION. SE?: OFFICE, Semi o'Clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (TH/6 EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The Criminal Justice Ireland Bill, the Larceny Laws Ireland Bill, the Stamps on Policies of Insu rance Bill, the Plate Glasa Duties Bill, and the India Prize Money Bill, were read a third time and passed. Mr. it. GORDON and others from the Commons brought up the County Lunatic Asylums Bill, to which an amendment to their Lordships' atnertd went had been produced. On the motion of the Earl of LtinitlCK, cer tain returns connected tt/itli the Irish Butter Trade were ordered. Lord CIAVTON presented a petition from Dun dalk, against the Market Towns in Ireland Bill. Lord GWYDWR presented a petition front Boston, Lincolnshire, against Slavery. The Hate! Licensing Bill went throne Coni mittee. Lord GWYDVR pfesesented a petition from ceartain lead tnitaers in Carnarvon, praying for ad di.tiona! protection to British lead. Mord GOSFORD presented a petition from the Irish Mining Company, praying for protection to the Mining interests in general. Lord KING said that before their Lordships tires ceeded to the question to be disctissed thic evening, he felt it his duty to ptegeot t' them a petition closely connected with the subject. It came from an person known to their Lordships, to whom he was sure they would pay every attention. It was the peti• of Mr. Cobbett, and the petitioner's object was, that their Lordships sL oil id no t i n any t,'„,: ti, degree vary th e Act of I by which the virettlation of notes under I 3 . 1 ., Was to cease after n ex t A pr il . F or hi s own part, ithe Neble Lord thought th a t t h e wors hi ppers of paper-money, were of the worst description of heretics. lie was an enemy to declarations of any sort, but if he were to have a declaration, he cer tainly would prefer one, stating that the worship of paper money was a superstitious and damnable idolatry.—(A laugh.)—He thought that by this means he would exclude from Parliament persons much more wicked than those against whom decla rations were at present levelled. In fact this love of paper was the most damnable of all heresies; he had called it the other day the Manichatan heresy, because its votaries worshipped the very principle of evil ; for paper money was their god, and high prices their heaven.—(A laugh.) The petitioner stated that efforts were made by the Representatives of those who wished to extend their circulation, to convince Parliament that they were the friends of the poor. Mr. Cobbett, on the other hand, stated that—awl in this the Noble Lord fully agreed — with him—none suffered so -much front the Small Note currency as the Poor. Who, he would ask, suffered most by the failure of Banks P Those, who could not afford to refuse a If. note, or those who were too ignorant to know its insecurity. It was, therefore two absurd for any person to say that he wished to assist the poorer classes by keeping up an insecure, and useless paper money. The Noble Lord well remembered when in 1826 one of those issues of paper money became embarassed, he was examined before a Committee, who were enquiring into his affairs. when asked what quantity of his Notes were out ; his answer was, I don't know. He was asked what rule be went by in is•tring his money, and his answer was, none. He was then asked, what limit there was as to quantity ? he replied, we issue our notes according to the wants of the public ; that is to say, he issued all that he could send out, and this he called attending to the wants of the public. The Noble Lord, after attending. to the Earl of Stanhope's eulogy on the Bank Restriction Act, said that the petition characterised the power given to Bankers of issuing Notes as an invasion of the King's pre rogative.—(A laugh.)—And very justly; for why should Parliament grant to unauthorised persons the privilege of coining. This progativc had been given to his Majesty for the purpose of se curing and regulating the currency. If this power were also extended to these paper shops, it could he looked at in no other light than as an invasion of the privilege conferred ern his Majesty for the security of his people. If such a system were allowed, the effecs would be, that there would be no security from panic. As to payment in gold, beino a complete cheek 00 the issue of paper—it was In fact none. There was an esprit de corps among these issuers of paper, and if a gentleman were to ask assistance from them, the very first question would be " is he one of those whoever asked gold frOm us, if so he can have no assistance." The Noble Lord then presented the petition, which was read at length by the Clerk. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented ;e petition from Wexford, complaining of the conduct of the Constabulary force. Se‘T ral other petition s were pi esented. The Duke of WELLINGTON then moved the order of the day. The object of the Bill was to carry into more complete execution the law of 1826, the object of that law being to prevent the circulation of Scotch Bank Notes under the value of .5/. within the kingdom of England. The measure came before Parliament recommended by aCommittee of both Houses, and rather than it should not take ef fect, it would be better to put an end to the circulation of small Notes in Scotland altogether, notwithstand ing the great inconvenience that would he occa sioned there by such a measure. If this law were not to be put into execution a great many Banking establishments would be instituted on the frontier, and by a sort of fraud the object of 1816 would he evaded, This was an Act adopted by Lord Liver pool's Government, founded upon the necessity of the times, and in which he entirely concur red. Nor did he rest on any such theory as had been dilated on in the House a few nights ago ; existing circumstances had within the last two years rendered this Bill, in his view, imperative..Thera was 110 want of capital nor currency in England, and in support of which, from papers on their Lordship's table, he showed that the net amount in circulation at present was no less that 63 millions of circulating medium, besides the One Pound Notes. Since the commencement of the gold coinage in' 1816, not less than forty millions of gold, and ten millions •f rilver had been issued, the whole •of which remained in the country, except about six millions, which had been exported in 1824 and 1825. With this strength and resource of the country he earnestly recommended this measure to their Lordships. (Carr sir-mg.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr;WATMORE brought up an account of the re ceipts and appropriation of the pew -rents of the pa rish of Lambeth, during the years 1b21,--25.26 a nd 1827. Sir H. PARNELL postponed the Order of the Day for the committal of the Liverpool Roads Bill until Monday next. Sir F. BLAKE'presented a petition from the inhabitants of Berwiek.upen-Tweed, in favour of Scotch Small Notes in that town. Mr. WEBB presented a petition from the Inha bitants of Nailsw•orth, against the Slave Trade. Mr. MARSHALL presented a petition from the Inhabitants of Sheffield, signed by upwards of 10,000 persons, against the additional Churches Bill. Mr. BURRELL presented' petitions from the Landowners of the Western arid from the Land ownefs of the Eastern Division of Essex, praying for a protecting duty on the importoion of Foreign Wool. Mr." HANEY brought or the Report of the Committee on the PoorLawS, which was ordered :o be printed. Mr. MABERLY presented a petition from the inhabitants of the City of Westminster, against the Additional Churches Bill. Mr. V. STUART presented a petition against the Slave Trade from the inhabitants of Cardiff. Mr. BARING presented a petition from the Planters of St. Christophus, Tortola, and othe Islands against the Four and=a-half per Cent. duty Also a petition from the Planters of St. Vincent's' Nevis, and nominica, complaining of the manner in which they had been traduced on the pound of the Slai-e Trade. Mr, DICKENSON! presented a petition from Yeovil, praying for a duty on the importatiod of French Gloves. Sir F. BURDETT moved dill. the petition re lative to th , -.3 Httpply of Water to the Metiopolis be trferted to the Committee thereon.—Agreed to. Mr. .J. WOOD presented a petition from the in habitants of Chorley against the Additional Churches' Mr. SLANEY hoped that this measure would be deferred until the ensuing Session of Parliament, Mr. JONES said thAt the Bill gave stith extra- ordihdry powers to i . iituithWatclehs as he was sure air ,Iltittse ilevi3r would consent to the petition was then ordered to be printed. Mr. BENETT presented a petition from the itl. habitants of Devises, praying that the House would enforce the regulations relating to Slaves sent out to the Colonies in the year 1823. Mr. H. OORDON said that some kind of antello 'Atkin had taken place in alitiest every Colony. M. AST ELL brought in a Bill to extend the i'd . ovisions of the East India Mutiny Act to the I3ombay Marine. - The Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Tuesday next. FOREIGN ENLISTMENT BILL. Mr. LUMLEY presented a petition front the Manufacturers of Fire-Arms at Birmingham, against so much of the Foreign Enlistment Bill as prohibited the exportation of arms and warlike instruments. Mr. LITTLETON cornplaned that the Hon. Member for Surrey (Mr. Falliner) gave notice of a motion for a Repeal Enlistment Act ; but after the notice had been on the paper for two months, it was dropped at so late a period of the Session as to prevent any other Member from advantageously taking it up. The Foreign Enlistment Act was of the greatest possible injury to commerce, for it pre vented us front carrying on a trade in those articles in which we could command a preference. Yet the despotic Government of Austria, and the enlightened Government of France, permitted this trade to be carried on. Ile was sorry the Hot). Member for Surrey was not in the House to explain why lie had abandoned the Bill. Mr. BARING could not conceive why every state in Europe should allow its subjects to supply foreign countries with ships and fire arms, whilst the inhabitants of this country were alone shut out from this profitable exerdse of industry. He did not think it was too late to introduce a short Bill to place our manufacturers of arms and the ship-build ing trade on a level with those of other countries. Mr. HUSKISSON said, that the year this Enlistment Act was passed, this country was under an absolute pledge not to interfere between Spain and her Colonies. The Hon. Member who pre sented the petition, seemed to mistake the law. At the period alluded to, his Majesty was advised to issue ant order, prohibiting the importation of warlike That order was repealed in six months, and stores of this kind might now be exported. By the Act, however, we were prohibited from fur nishing foreign powers with vessels which might be used as transports or ships of war. This, he thought might have been a very wise provision when it was passed, but he did not think it ought to become the permanent law of the country. A ship might be converted into art article of war, but it war, but it was not necessarily so. Our artificers were not fully employed, and he thought this part of the Act might be advantageously repealed. It i s c l os i ng up on e s ource o f British industry, and there fore he did not conceive that it was at all necessary. He should therefore join his Hole Friend (Mr. Baring) in requesting his Majesty's Government to modify the existing law, so as to give facilities to our shipping trade. Mr. LAWLEY said the petitioner's were aware that the Order of Council was repealed, but they understood that ships carrying articles of war into port might be seized. Mr. HUSKISSON explained. Mr. R. WILSON—This law was passed at the instance of the King of Spain ; and in proof of this assertion he mentioned what fell from Mr. Canning, when the Hon. Member for Montrose proposed the repeal of the law, in order to ennt'ole our subjects to enter lute the service of Portugal. The Right Hon. Gentleman then said, that such a repeal would be but an act of political justice. This being the case, it was clear that the Bill was originally in tended to be merely a temporary measure, and it was unjust towards the South American States, and other states on the Continent of Europe, to allow it to remain a permanent part of our law. Mr. PALLIER expressed himself favourable to a repeal of this law in the form in which it now stood. - Mr. Secretary PEEL did not at that late period of the Session think it prudent to make any decla-ra tion as to the policy intended to be pursued by his Ma jesty's Government upon this subject,ltut he had given tine subject sufficient consideration to justify imn in express my doubt as to the propriety of the line.of policy pointed out by the lion. Member opposite, who thought that every subject of this realm, should be at liberty to enter into the service of a Foreign State, without any restraint, save and except the power of the Crown to recall such persons. his Hon. Friend had shown that, by the present state of the law. The free export of military stores was permitted, and the only restrictions left were that, British subjects should not be at liberty to enter into the service of Foreign States, and that Foreign Powers should not be at liberty to resort to this country for the purpose of building ships of war in our Ports—the free permission to do either of which would in his (Mr. P.'s) opinion be highly inexpedient. He put it to the House whether it would be wise, whether it would be decent to allow British subjects to serve, for instance, in the Turkish or Egyptian fleets in theLevant,:whilst our fleets were employ e d i n block ading those ports, some of which those fleets wished to enter and depart from. With respect to the un limited right of foreigners to build vessels of war in our harbours, he wished to know whether that ought to be alloWed when the probability was, that ships so built- would be employed in annoying and committing depredations upon our commerce. All nations had, under the present state of the law, the right of building in our ports ships for commercial purposes. Ile now conceived that the right of restraining them from build ing ships for other purposes than those of commerce, out to be allowed to remain in the Crown, the more especially, as the House must be satisfied, that such right would now be oppressively exercised. After a few observations from Mr. P. THomP sos, Mr. BARING, and Mr. C. W. WYNN, the petition was brought up, read, and ordered to be printed. stores• (Lett Sitting.) TA rrERSALL's THIS DAY Many of the members being at the Bath Races, very little betting took place, must of it o❑ the July Stakes at Newmarket, which will be run on Monday. They closed as follow JULY STAKIP:ti (NEWMARK ET)• 4 to 1 apt Mr. Greville's Fancy 4. to I apt Mr. Wyndliam's brother to Twatty 4. to I agst Duke of Grafton's Artist ti to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Dulcinea filly ti to 1 agst Mr. Wilson's f. by Cervantes ti to 1 agst Mr. Rogers's Bravo DONCASTER ET. LEGER. 47 7 to 1 apt Col. King's Bessy Bedlam 43. to 1 agst Mr. Armitage's Velocipede 5 to I agst Hon. E. Petre's The Colonel 28 to 1 agst Mr. Gascoigne's PARMA MENTARY PROCEEDINGS HOUSE OF COMMONS. Noricks or JIO7IONS FOR Tills DAY. I . Ir. 31aurice Fitzgerald—Extracts of Corresponfletme be tween the English and Iri.h Governments at the pe riod of the Union. 2. Mr. Spring Rice—Return of names of the Butter Tasttre in the several Ports of Ireland, and their elllO - ORDERS Or TDE DAY FJR, THIS DAY. I. New South Wales Bill—Third reading. 2. Liverpol Road Bill—Committee. 3. Additional Churches Bill—Committee. 4. Savings Banks Bill—Committee. 5. Customs Acts—Committee thereupon. 6. Pilotage Bill—Committee. DROPPED ortnetts or THE DAY OF TUESDAY. 1. Corporate Funds Bill—report. 2. Sheriffs (Ireland) Bill---I orther consideration n Report. 3. Game Bill—Committee. Charing Cross Improvement Bill—Report. .. Night Poaching Prevention Bill—Further considers• tioh of Report. 6. Militia Rill—Report. 7. Constabulary (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 8. Regent's Park Bill—Third reading. DROPPED NOTICES OF' MOTION'S or YESTERDAY. E Mr. Stewart—Papers connected with Revenue and Expenditure of the Island of Ceylon. Mr. Williams Wynn—Select Committee on Standing Ordefs, relative to the Trial of Election Petitions. Sir LimWport—Copy of Dintensatlons or Facul ties granted to Archdeacon Turret's, the Rev. Poet. Beresford, and the Rev. 1)r. Why, for holding plu rality of Benefices. 4. Dr. Phillitnore—Bill to enable the Deputy of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports to act for the Lord War. den in certain cases. DROFFED ORDERS OF THE DAY OF YISIEEDAY. I. Benefices Resignation Bill—Second reading. 2. Criminal Justice (India) Bill—Further consideration of Report. 3. Insolvent Debtors (India) Bill—Further eonsithfrarion of Report. 4. Supply—Committee. 5. County Bridges Bill—Committee. 6. Ways and Merms--Committee. 7. Longitude Acts Repeal Bill—Report. 8. Prerogative Court of Canterbury Bill—Second reading. 9. Beer Bill--Second reading. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY 2. THE KING V. miwEs AND TWO OTHERS. This was an indictment against Messrs. Hawes, Hodges, and Bolton, charging them with a conspi racy to sue out a commission of bankruptcy against Mr. Welch, the musician. It appeared that Mr. Welch and Mr. Hawes were partners in the Argyll Rooms, and in the management of that concern there was considerable disagreement between the parties. Mr. Hawes wishing to dissolve partnership, offered Mr. Welch 10,000/. for his share, or to sell his own share for the same sum. Welch being unwilling to comply with either of these offers, Mr. Hawes said he would become a bankrupt, for the purpose of dis solving the partnership. He accordingly consulted Mr. Bolton, his attorney, and ultimately was made a bankrupt. The petitioning creditor was Hodges, who, it appeared, had a good debt. In order to make out the conspiracy, it was contended that time could not be the least pretence for imputing insolvency to Mr. Hawes, whose income was from seven to eight hundred pounds a year. The bank rupts paid twenty shillings in the pound. After the above facts had been proved, Lord TENTERDEN Wits of opinion that there was no evi dence to support the charge of conspiracy. The circumstance of the petitioning creditor having a good debt, removed all pretence for the charge of conspiracy. The Jury acquitted the defendants This case attracted the attention of nearly all the musical persons in London. The Court was filled and the galleries crowded. Earl Ferrats sat on the Bench, and his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex was in a room adjoining the Court. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL —Yesterday one Joseph IVarc was hrought to this office, charged with a species of felony which the "gentlemen of the Fancy" and the police deno minate kidding. It consists i❑ lying in wait for errand boys, and robbing them of any property which they may have in their care; and it is called kidding, because in Fancy language all boys are called kids—probably because the gentlemen of the Fancy, judging their neighbours by themselves, consider human beings to be a species of per pendicular goat—an opinion iu which they are in sonic degree supperted by Shakspeare, who makes Hamlet the Dane exclaim against all mortal men as " goats and monkeys !" Be that as it may, the prisoner, Mr. Joseph Ware—who on this occasion thought fit to call himself Joseph Shepherd —has lung been .considered by the police as a practical • professor of the art or mystery of kidding : and the fol lowing is the way in which he happened to be called to account for having practised it in the present instance : An apprentice , to a composition doll-maker in Long lane was going through Bow Church-yard, Cheapside, with a large parcel of dolls, when " a gentleman" tapped him On the shoulder, and said to him, " My boy, that gentlianati wants to speak to you," at the same time point ing to this Mr. Joseph Ware, who was standing in the passage of one of the warehouses there, without his hat. The boy walked towards Mr. Joseph Ware; and Mr. Jo seph Ware said to him, " My lad, I want you to run into Cheap•ide and call a cabriolet for me; and I'll mind your parcel for you the while, and give you sixpence for your trouble." Sixpence is a large sum to a doll-maker's ap prentice, and the unsuspecting lad instantly put down his parcel at the feet of Mr. Joseph Ware, arid ran off into Cheapside for the cab ; with which he returned in about two minutes, and found that his parcel and Mr. Joseph Ware were both missing from the passage in which lie had left them. Luckily fin• him, however, his parcel had been stopped in trawilu by Roe, one of the city officers, who chanced to be passing through Bow Church-yard, and, seeing a gentleman whom he knew to be a professor of kidding trotting along with a parcel, he naturally suspected how he came by it ; and by virtue of his office he seized him by the collar, or, rather, he made an attempt so to do ; hut the professor, suspecting his in tention, threw the parcel at him and bolted. " The thing was done in au instant," as Roe said ; but, neverthe less, he would have followed in full cry, had be nut at that very instant perceived Mr. Joseph Ware bustling along in the same direction ; and, having no doubt but that lie Was " a party concerned," seized and detained him until the boy came back and then the whale mystery was ex plained, and Mr. Joseph Ware was conveyed to the Compter. This wets the substance of the evidence, against him ; but, like most eminent professors in the same line—or any ' line contrary to law—he bad engaged a solicitor, learned in the loopholes of the law, to see whether he could nut pull him through one of them. The ALDERMAN, however, thought it his duty to detain Mr. Joseph Ware for further examination ; and it so hap pening that another charge of his having obtained 27/. worth of silk from another boy, by an exactly like process, was preferred against him at his second examination; be was fully committed to take his trial in both cases. OLD BAILEY. THE ENSUP A F.I'M MARY sTATEMENT DESCRII WITH NV/MIT THE I'ItISONE/O: CIIAIVIED. VIZ.:— MA(6gpuEly Shooting 1 Rape Highway Robbery HOusebreaking ......... Stealing letters from a Post- Oflice 1 Stealing in dwelling-houses 4 Stealing inail.bags Stealing Cattle ................ I Cutting And maiming ;(4 SESSIONS. 7TIN L 0 1"111E ()M.:NCO 3 FOR TRIAL SLVERALL V STAND Lnthezzling Stealing from the person 33 Bigamy 9 Fraud Receiving Stolen Goods 5 Larcenies (Perjury 1 Assault 1 Uttering counterfeit coin 2 Total 209 charged with crimes continittvd County. Of tlic above number, 14 are in the City, and Its in the ' STATE OF HIS 3fAJ EST' Prisoners Under Sentence of Deat Prisoners under sentt►nce of trap ''S GAOL OF NEWGATE I, and ordered for EXecution t portation for life l7 14 years 7 years Impr-soned for felony and misdemeanours for certain peri o d s 9 For trial at the ensuing Sessions Cominitteu under the Bankrupt Laws ....................... Wln.se judgment s are respited Remanded from last Sessions Acquitted on the ground of insanity For trial at the Admiralty Sessions ...... ..................... 9 Tow n 1 ditto Respited *luring Royal pleasure ll Acquitted and Idetaint'd Committed by the In-oh ent Debtors Court tOr eonterrip! I Males 219 I Females ........... 113 I Total , 311 1 ?In EAST INDIA HOUSE. One of the. most numerous Meetings of Proprietor' of East India Stock held for a considerable time, the T, l l . took place yesterday, in consequence of the adjourneti 14 4 , , , debate relative to C a p ta i n P rescott ' s patronage. Cl Two new bills were l a id on t h e ta bl e, which are vat about to be brought into Parliament, for amending that th 4 the criminal law in India, by assimilating some mine tile powers vested in the three Supreme Courts of Judi' roe kze cature, and to extend the Mutiny Law to tht „„ii mot Bombay Marine. sub kri The clerk then read the following resolutio o arag l' ; which fo rme d th e su bj ect o f t h e a dj ourned debate-1 the " That the Court of Proprietors fully approve 0 'lt w , the measures adopted by the Court of Directors 11 14 w o , bringing the ease of an abuse of patronage before $ 6 01ea l i legal tribunal ; and although Captain Prescott .1 , I''ctLniat pears to have acted incautiously and itoprueleotlY , c ip te a yet, having b ee n acqu i t t e d b y t h e ve rdi ct of a jurl WI of the ch arge p re f erre d aga i n , t him, and th e Pro' at prietors b e i ng a l so sat i s fi e d t h at h e was not actuated:enYP by any corrupt motive, they are not disposed It to •,!' withdraw their co n fid ence f rom hi m as a member 11. 1 .._ the executive body." eallm oh The CHAIRMAN (J. Astell, Esq. M:P.) said, ths. k.fr e , t in consequence of the great importance of this Tie at 11 for tion, the Court of Directors, in their capacity t$ W ill be t Proprietors, are determined that the sense of tlit _Jam e , Company should be taken on it by ballot.—(lie ft e) --This was the more necessary, as the case we' One which afreaed a Member of their own body. P wrore General THORNToN wished to khoNi; whttbet Captain Prescott's patronage was withheld froth r ithtb r because of what had already taken place, or in cow sequence of any ulterior proceedings which might he contemplated. 17 Mr. D. KINNAIRD said, this question had 'bee' answered last day ; they only awaited the dieisiol pr i t of the present question by the Proprietors. Jah n The CHAIR3tAN also explain e d th e circumstance NO.; under which the p a t ronage was Wi t hh e ld; as aimed,' c. fully stated. Mr. LOWNDES and several other Proprietors, ad' 4 Ecic Al dressed the Chair at great length; but the qu es tios being to be decided by ballot, the result was not C t netatiE known. 1 - 01 ;ter for Fertil Pr espe §O4 to th ET.—July Walls End Newmarch— 345.0. 4 IMP] Ditto Perkins and Co. 3:1 6 FR Ditto Walker 85 0 k „. Walls End Hett on 36 3 ' 0 1E8': Walls End I-A :t3 3 Ditto Stewart's 36 Russell'skletton'sW.E. 35 0 2sl 6 J 1 Celia w Hartley Grant Walls E. New Eth er l ey 29 6 vrant Walls End Elgin 32. 11 GeOrge Old and New Etherley 20 0 C omet Walls End small 21 sold. p3 1 4---,Unsold, 11. h. A 1 THE MARKETS. COAL MA/1 Beaumont . 30 . Het)burn 14ar n Hol . y we! 32 0 Maio.,.-- 3tl 6 Pontop Windsor . 30 0 Taritiekl Townley 31 0 WallsEndliewieke&Co. 35 6 Ditto Bell Robson & Co. 33 0 Ditto Carr and Co. .29 6 Ditto Clarke a n d Co. _32 Ii Ditto Crainlington :29 0 Ditto Hotspur 0 Ditto Northumberland 31 0 Ships at market, 13-Shipr COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE t'VEEA., Wheat. Barley. j 0 . 31.8. Beata. Per Quarter. a. to s. I. to 8. S. to s. r. Abiiglon--- 52 68 35 12 35 42 6'2 Andover— 58 39 I— 23 Birmingham— 48 51 32 36 22 36 4 7 Bridport .r.,._.,....,,52 55; 32 39 255 28 _ J h Cirencester 50 56 'iB 32 23 26 tit Faringdon„-- 49 51 36 35 24 31 It l .G uild ford -- 44 61 36 45 22 30 .55 Henley—,—. 50 Gti 32 43 26 J 1 4 (se 1 1 ereford ---- 61 66 46 50 42 7 5 Highworth 16 62 SO -36 23 34 55 Maidenhead -- 60 68 i3B 42 215 65 Oakingliana -- .56 60 31 36 28 36 Reading 5.5 74 23 33 21 31 Salisbury 5O 60 30 32 22 26 —6! Southampton Stroud ---.. 56 60 32 20 32 547 Tewkosbury 54 60 40 42 32 38 li Uxbridge , 55 74 30 31- 21 32 %Vantage l9 65 26 28 17 '24 41 1 Warminster.— 44 61 29 23 27 6.11 Windsor.—,.. C. 6 73 33 31 -32 Worcester 53 56 21 31 24 26 50 HULL MARK - LT.—July I. 111, 1 .folio i :Wiliam; At . 6-2 141. :5 0 ; ti! Two -t) Periodic with 75 tached t . yg A divi 66 56 after whi 4 4 De.ed of 54 6i "Pon whi its b , estne C " :1 Rate* a 4' P" Y ', 01 6P Wwns the 50 ..LTEL MARKET. luly 1. ........______ We have a ve.y slender attendance of farmers to thi° day's market, which may be attributed a good deal to the L 4 1 ,113 A present extreme fine weather, and their being busily en' gaged with the Hay. The little Wheat offering fully equalled the demand, and the millers supplied themselves with the TO best qualities, at a reduction of Is. per quarter from the Wi t hi n t currency of last week ; secondary runs, and chambered on wa l parcels, are quite neglected. We cannot notice any altera' o'Clock tion in the value of Oats ; the very trifling business passing ALL in them is at last week's prices. Beans and Pease without alteration, although the formertb eispriincelvera);cliziit:,idiaslititilisyi., he Tshoil.(, : 1 11 , 1 No Malting Barley offering, t a h e e reo T , it a le , trifling quantity of Grinding offering sells at late prices , Rapeseed and Linseed in litiiited demand at late prices. k'questrab Wheat, Old sos. 525. ....6. . ..... Now ....... --e. 4Es. 30 5 . Oats, Poland —s. 20s. 2'.25....... Old ...... ... ~ .B. 265. .....4 1 , from the Small or iced.,,, —s. lls. 18s. Foreign -s. 19s. 22s --3. —,s. --s• I , e whole Barley, Norf. & Suf --- Foreign -.-. S. +6. •••• 4 '. large woo , Beans , 3t4s. 40s. 425. Foreign -.5c... . L...., Pease, White --s —s. —s. Grey . Tares ~ aos. 4os. Foreign ......... --a. Ms. ste. k•rown.str Rapeseed, in bond per last none. Free ............... --/. V/. 2 31 " LW, CH ELTENH AM Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d. d. to (1. Wheat Barley ....... ......... 3 6 4 0 Mutton Oats Pease 5 0 8 0 P or k 6 7$ Hay 3l. Os. to 4/. Os. per ton. MA Itlif —July 1. 1 Per 11% hr ?rounds a 44 held feu Meet o httw een t axed to tl The gre cif Leith tc and accor d wing fee it ; and 'evenne of Plated witl 'a upward' ulay be rut For fur a l'. Ferri t ° Air. Thi of whom Edinbur —.., LEWES MARKET.—JuIy 1. White Wheat (per quarter)....... £3 0 0 to £3 4 0 Red ditto Barley Oats, New Pease 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oil Cake, New • CIIESTSR..Wheat, per 731 b. Os. Od. to 95.3 d. , Barley, 30 g ee ss. Ocl. to ss. Cal. ; Oats, lilb. 3,. Od. to 36. 3(1.• NANTWICII..—WII eat, per 731 b. Bs. 2d. to Bs. 6d. ; Batley, 58 grts. 35. (3d. to .ss. 3d. ; Oats, ',..*lb. 2s. od. to 3s. Od. DUMFRIES MA. s, ci. s. d. Wheat, Imp. Bush... 7 oto 7 3 Butter, I6oz 0 7to 0 Barley 0 0 Egg s, dozen 0 5 _ _ .GETS.—June 23. 0 Oats 2 2 2 S Beef, per ... ..0 4 9 6 Flour, 111 b. Oatmeal Potatoes, cwt. CATTLE 1114titKET.--The show to-day consisted of 1227; viz. 44S three -years-olds and upwards; 213 two year,olds, 267 stirks ; 123 highlanders ; 163 quest, and 23 cows. The show of drove cattle excelled any we have bad for a long time; the best lot was from the Stext;artry of Kiikcuilbtight, and we can safely say that we have Seldom seen its equal at-the age and price; it was bought for the Norwich market at 11/. 15s. per head; the other lots though in good condition, were considerably inferior to the One we have mentioned, and sold at from Si. 10s. to nine guineas per head. The two-years-olds were -s poor show, both in point of numbers and quality, and the prices are the same as formerly. The highlanders looked very fresh, and sold well: the best lot of drove ones bought 81., and the next best 71. 10s. per head. The show of stirlo was a Lir one, and they generally sold well; superior beast.s brought from 5/. to 5/. 104., and interior front Sh to 3/. 10s. per head. A number of the two-years-adds were rather late in taking their departure from the Sands, consequently we may infer that dealing in that description of cattle was rather dull. l week ) l . o b. —Nizietevn carts, prices and dealing sa me as latt BIRTHS. Oa the 28th ult. at Bower's Rectory, the lady of the Rev. J. Bluck, of a daughter. On the 30th ult., at the North Gate, Warwick„ n the lady of Teter F. Luard, Esq., M.D., of a Boa. On the Ist inst., at Walton Hall, Derbyshire, the lady of Edward C. Disbrowe, Esq., of a: daughter. On the Ist lost. at Tooting, the lady of Horatio Ripley, Esq. of a soy. MARRIED. On the la int. at Edmonton Church, by the Rev. 1,... , 50n Warren, M.A., Vicar, the Rev. Thetnat Bits land, M.A., - min-:-ter of St. Paul's Chapel, Winehmore- Ind, and chaplain to the Right lien. the Lord Baxley, to Eantna, only daughter of the late Thomas Borton, 'Esq. On the Ist inst., at Little 13addow, Esiex, by the Rev. A. Johnson, the Rev. D. Bishop, classitxd tutor at the Mis , ion College, lioxton, to Sophia, second daughter of the Rev. S. Morel!, of the former place. DIED. O►► the plat of June, Mr. C. Dixon, of Thames -street, ' liotherhithe, in his 52d year of his age, highly respected for his urbanity of manners, and deeply regretted by kis su► viving family and friends. On the :30th inst., at his residence. St. Miehaere-ter race, Stoke, Devon, after a severe illness, borne with ez eu►plary fortitude, Joseph Wood, Esq., aged 62. On the 22(1 ult., at 51, Upper Charlotte-street, Fitz -I.ieutenant-General Stevenson, after an Wm , of only two days. a considers t., he Lan substantial 1 01, sterli and litnesto and 'also the The Lan, on the rep For f ar th osll . difV.-5 'fitittili isreit] ion, E sq., tow; or to On the 2Jth ult., at Worthing, Lacon Lambe, Esti., of 11enwood, lielefordildie, aged 64. Px;NTED and PUBLISIIIIIO by M:I.)1706, at the y'UN s°. 112, Stiiiiik4o6.24,ll%