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Fra al possessed ,ing to \Vey' 'm out into a tenement ire generally of poor Is. r only pay $ etion comes r a wealthy 's, whether m a certain e instantly he " base • VICTUALLING OFFICE, FEB. 5, 1878. r r HE Commissioners for Victualling his - IL Majesty's Navy, &c. de hereby give Notice, that en TUESDAY, the 19th inst., they will he ready to receive Tetaders in writing, (sealed up), aud treat for .. - -.4.....- ~.... • ~ . . . ,4•4 74 '' , l ,4' 4 ' li 4 re -r.• ' . -5 4 440... H.. r''' . " .. " 1,11.1 . ' • .1.,t.g.,..5."' Aio ., i ~ iN 00 ).- 'J ' 7 ,- ti -.. ~ 4- -4 W -"*:.:'• ' ,L , ,1 :,•,.. ~, 447 / 1 , ! • .-• '. i :.' ..• . ~ , .• 7. 1 . i, 'I- ,''_: l ' ~'', . ,',-" t' • - -, ?, 4 V ( ~.i .," 7 --,.................. : - --ril tt.. ~ .. -,„„ ~_ k„ ... ,..4, A .. .t• , „....,....,_ „...„ '''/- 4-.1 ,„ 5 ''. - ,1,7 17 , ' -'t Ne.:::.......z.......,,,:d., f' ' ,‘" l '' '' ''.11 , ,, ,. - 4,1 0 . - 7 .< • 1it.....5. 'I) -1: T-...trti.:lV"'"‘' dersh.e doubts; he did not mean as to the 7.-lon. nen tlelnall'S continuing in it. If that gentleman had secured such stipulations as would allow him to pia sue his former measures, he might remain with ad, vantage; but if by an influence which he could not withstand, his measures were to be thwarted, let him retire from their councils ; this retirement would. be hallowed by the blessings of a grateful nation.— . One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Gallons of WEST INDIA RUM. Thirty Tons of COCOA (British or Foreign Plantations). Six Hundred Sacks of Kiln-dried household FLOUR. Two Thousand Four Hundred Sacks of BISCUIT MEAL. Five Hundred Quarters of. Kiln-dried PEASE. Twenty Tons of Black Smyrna RAISINS. (Cheers.) Mr. HUSKISSON woke nearly to the following ef fect :—Gentlemen, the Rev. Gentleman who has just attracted your notice, haz stated to me his wish to postpone those observations, which he is desirous to address to the freemen of Liverrool, until he has heard from me those sentiments which' I am most anxious to avow before this meeting, and I only trust that in common fairwcs and jus!ice, if it No. 11,048. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1828. PRICE 7D. in their same offer operations :with their ed into a due legal persons of Hogs (or salt") for ry. The !returned BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL. rtriE GALLERY for the EXHIBITION -a- and SALE of the WORKS of BRITISH ARTISTS is OPEN DAILY, from Ten iu the morning until Five in the evening. LIVERPOOL ELECTION. One Hundred Tons of SUGAR, and Fifty Tons of New OATMEAL. To be delivered into his Majesty's Victualling Stores, at Deptford, one-half thereof by the 10th of March next, and the remainder by the 20th of April next following. Samples of thc Cocoa, Pease, Raisins, and Oatmeal, mita be produced by the Parties tendering, but that fei 'sugar will be exhibited at this Office. The conditions of the Contracts may be seen at thi, Office. LivEitPoor., TUESDAY, FEE. 5. Yesterday morning the election of a Member of Parliament for the town of. Liverpool, vacant by - he appointment of Mr. Huskisson to the office of Secretary of State for the Colonies, took place in commencement of the proceedings was ten o'clock. front of the Exchange. The hour appointed for the The friends of Mr. Huskisson assembled at his inn, and conducted him to the hustings, Where he arri ved at half-past nine, and almost immediately after 'ards the hustings, and all the passages leadin g to - hem, were crammed with freemen and others anxious to hear the explanation which it was known Huskisson was to be called on to give. Ater .he proclamation had been read, the usual oaths ad ministered, and the other preliminaries gone through, should be necessary for me to make any ob7ar ~ a oons in reply to what may fall from the Rev. Geifilernaa, rl!at I shall be allowed to do so in my own defence. Admission, le. ; Catalogue is. WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper. But, Gentlemen, nme, 14ore I proceed to lid ":ert to the topics so at: : : ouched upon by my ho nourable friend Mr. Currie, and my Honourable Friend who did me the .tour to second my nomi- IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, FEBRUARY 6, 1826. COMMITTEE OF PRIVILEGE. the eon- unblush- Each Tender must specify the Price in words at length, find he delivered before One o'Clock on the day appointed ; and the person who makes the Tender, or some person on must attend to answer when called for. A Committee of Peers sat at two o'clock, to prosecute the inquiry into Lord Haywarden's case. The Conimittee was engaged principally in searching fur precedents, and having found several, exonerating the High Sheriff of the county of Sussex, and ordering the Under-Sheriff and his officers to be summoned to attend at the Bar to-morrow, at four o'clock, the Committee dissolved. The House Lust again at five o'clock. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY moved that no petition for Private Bilis be received after Thursday the 20th of March, and that no Report be received from the Judge, upon private bills after Monday, the 21st April. L no anger , at have he .Igreatest F hay -- come M. WALLER CLIFTON. ht struggle, I to great wl iich you he unction •th; tt \Vey- Cho • reason ave a pur and if it be rae will be rpi ocure ;at id their success. I •goni .de his a on, or vievt •; but Right hare let!, k is de- the ' Wey- I - e al y dispi , 'ayed g the .. wills 'ath a } 'iece h, by a vio eehold l lro led a g► •ant nce," 01 •to g," claim led In the cal pa ral hunch .ed day; ant I a of his lay v freeholdel ost populs it a stop t clear, that t e county °if ,s not worth ; nay, if the• flints might voters; and in his next with a Wey ight to the in that ex- luee all who uk and shut It disgraceful stifled, or, at tranquil; but )urge of the q., has been to be swcala to be paid at ction. The tiirday, (the morning), to ►ose business iit him to be I a circular, hopes of ul rival, Major sing; and his SONS, AT eehold Estate, lwelling-house, 's -hill, Doctors ed bricklayer's nises aro let on 24th of June, 8301. eficial Lease of de of St. Pauni be granted for ; the tenant to 001. eitold Premises, ing-house, and Lterooster-row ; iness of a pub- 'hold Estate, situate on the t on lease for a or bound to in- ;h there has ton Market W O bags, at last ele the other ntleinan, a lady nt to my little Ir, he will cer- " The lady as mute of it!" -green, the }ally daughter. vickshire, Lady Eason. f Church, Air. ulpton, to 111iss of the Wag utenant-Colonel ch regretted by rid Balfour, LbS m.eresc,ent. piece, Begent'l• 1-street),, Ab . 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The novelty of fact exhibited will command wonder, only to be explained by the circumstances which have titen'tbe author access to public as well as private archives hith erto a fountain shut up, aid a book sealed.' The elisste' and nervous elegance of the style, and the liberal end truly philosophical cast of thought and sentiment, are What no one need be surprised with, who has read some of Livp:evioua writings ; but this performance Ss every way a kortilatarite one than any of those, and of higher pre tensions,—pretensions Which we have no doubt the world bill pronOtince to be justified in the result. ro throw an 4 le of iota povelty on a theme of ancient interest,--to write histoo, l :ivisere previously there had been only m&noires Pour se rvir; 4 _ euc h h a s been our American countryman's ProtuFaifeippi ; and with unmingled pleasure do we con tort)P lite the fruit of his long and arduous labours."—Lite rozy Osiette, Feb. 2: Printed for John Murray, Albemarle-meet. SALE OF GAME. Lord WLIATINCLIFTE said, that in the course of last Session there was a Bill on their Lordships' table, respect ing the Sale of Game, which he bad thought it his duty to oppose. He had thought that a Committee ought to have been appointed f-r :a.quiry into the state of the taw, as it affected the sale of Game, and that the result of such an inquiry would have led to the bringing in of a Bill that would have met with the approbation of the House; this opinion he still entertained, and he therefore begged to give notice, that on an early day he should move the House to appoint such a Committee. The House adjourned at a few minutes past five. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FEBRUARY 6. The House met at four o'clock. Mr. HE ARIES, Mr. M. FITZGERALD, Sir JOHN BEctcrr, and another Member, took the oaths and their Seats. Mr. GREEN brought in the England and Wales Tithe Commutation Bill, which was read a first time and or dered to be read a second time on Thursday the 14th inst. CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION. Mr. A. ELLIS presented petitions in favour of Catho lic Emancipation from Naas and New Bridge in the county of Kildare, and from a parish in the county of Kilkenny. Major General KING, in presenting a similar petition,- said that he entirely differed from the sentiments it ex pressed, but as it was respectfully worded, and respectably signed, he felt it his duty to present it to the House—he also felt himself called on to say a few words respecting the subject of it, as he was one of those denounced by au illegal association as an enemy to his country, because be supported the present Government. The Catholic Associa tion might continue their denunciations ; but of this he was certain, that he would never be intimidated by any men, or by any party, from prosecuting that line of conduct which hie conscience pointed out.—(Hear, hear, hear. )—He placed the fullest confidence in the distinguished individual now at the head of his Ma jesty's Government, and he was convinced that ke would be as tenacious of the interests of his country in the Ca binet as he was of glory in the field, He had been a witness to his valour; he had served under him, and observing the energy and coolness displayed in the midst of danger, it was but fair to conclude that the Noble Duke would anxiously exert himself to preserve his country in that happy state which his own achievements had procured for her. The Gallant General did not see how the statements in the petition could be entitled to any credit. How, for instance, could the violation of the Treaty of Limerick, entered into 140 years back, reduce Ireland to her present distressed state? or how could the establishment of a Popish Supremacy spread the blessings of contentment and civilization throughout her laud.—(Hear, hear.)—After alludinv to oso tLe isailent Member said that he utterly diszegarded the menace and in timidation resorted to by the Catholics, echoed as they were by Members in that House, who, with fire in their eyes and paper in their hands, delivered such violent and astounding speeches. For his own part he would not for the fee simple of the county which he represented, yield to demands urged in such an unwarrantable manner. Sir JOHN BRYDGES was as much opposed to the measure of Catholic Emancipation as be had ever been, and if he had not been hostile to the demands of the Catholics, the debates in their Association would made him so. Their friends must admit that their cause is the cause now pur sued by that body. The measure so earnestly urged by them, had, in his opinion, but little to do with the state of Ireland, which wanted employment only to fill the pockets of her inhabitants. Mr. LEYCESTER rose to present a petition from a parish in Ireland, in favour of the Catholic Claims.—. He (Mr. Leycester) did not consider the army the best school for a constitutional Minister. It was said the Duke of Wellington possessed decision as a General, and therefore it was inferred that he must possess decision as a Statesman. As to his decision as a Statesman it was yet to be proved, for his conduct on the Corn Bill last year, and the treaty of Petersburgh were no great evidence of Statesmanlike de cision. With regard to the expression which had been so much talked of, he did not think that it was a happy selection. The phrase " untoward " was doubtless an am biguous one ; it was . " hinting a fault, and hesitating a dislike ;" but it was not only awkward and ambiguous, but in the highest degree unjust. So far from being an untoward event, the battle of Navarin was a very " to ward " and auspicious event. It was likely to lead to a happy arrangement in that part of Europe, and if the present Mi nisters should be able to arrive at that happy consummation, their success would be in a great measure owing to the battle of Navarin. There was another objection to the Duke of Wellington, he was anti-catholic--he prevented Catho , lic emancipation, and by so doing he prevented, capital from flowing into Ireland, and thus perpetuated the poverty of Ireland. Shoals of Irish came over in every steam-boat, and threw themselves on the parishes here for subsistence. Ragged legions of Irish actually invaded this country—their rage were their armour—their poverty was their sharp edged sword, and by their miseries they invaded this country, and waged war against its finances. Nos saevior armis Panperies urget miseramque uleiseitur Erin. The petition was then brought up. Sir JOHN NEWPORT said that the compliment paid to the Duke of Wellington by the Hon. Gentlemen with respect to his military character, was in accordance with the feelings of the whole Empire. But, lie would ask, did the Duke's military renown entitle him to confidence as a Minister? Military and political abilities were two dis tinct things, and seldom found united. It had been thrown out, however, that when Irish Members talked of the de gradation and distress which afflicted Irelanl, they attri buted too much to the effect produced by the remnant of the Penal laws which remained tinrepealed. He (Sir John Newport) had spoken so often on this snbject within the last twenty-five years, that he was almost ashamed to trouble them with the repetition of an oft told tale ; but he was convinced —and the more he thought on it the more convinced—that Catholic Emanci pation was of paramount importance to Ireland, and that all the degradation and distress which existed in that country, might be traced to the reluctance which was felt towards a s a tisfactory adjustment of that question. Sir T. LETHBRIDGE could not help directing the at tention of t h e House to the self-constituted body whichexisted in Irel an d, issuing summo nses and m andates to the people of Ireland, and assuming all the formalities of a Parliament. Latterly this body had taken the measure of imposing a regular weekly assessme nt on the p e ople of I re land. It was not yet k now n bow the fund thus 001- l ec ted would be applied, but he (Sir T. L.) thought it wouldnot be long w ere the H ouse would see that this fund was applied to purposes to which this House could not assent. Whilst thi s illegal body existed, bully in g the g Government, an d thre atening and denouncing all those Members who sho uld s upport the Government happ il y formed under the Du ke o f Wellington, h e (Sir T. Leth bridge) thought that th e Irish Members, for their own consistency, were bound to vote against the Catholic Claims. Whilst the system of intimidation was persevered in by the Association, he trusted no Gentleman in that House would be found to propose concession. As the present Government had been spoken of by different Gentleman, lie (Sir T. Lethbridge) took occasion to re mark, that he expected the most signal service to the coun try from the Administration lately formed. He prophe sied that the Ministry formed under a lamented statesman could not stand two years ; and if it could not stand sup ported by that great man's tact and talents, of course i t could not have stood without his aid. The Hon. Member for Westminster (Sir F. Burdett) said the other night, that the late Ministry had broken in pieces from its own diffi dence, but he (Sir Thomas Lethbridge) thought it was broken in pieces by its own imbecility. From the present Ministry, however, he expected that great advantages would flow to the country. Mr. SPRING RICE was willing to acknowledge that the Honourable Baronet, who bad just sat down, was a fair opponent of the Catholic Claims. Indeed, he was willing to believe him the embodied opponent of those claims. Great as was his respect for the Hon. Bart. and the Gallant General, he did not believe them to be the best judges of what was law. The Hon. Baronet seemed t, think that the Catholic Association was illegal. In answer to that proposition he (Mr. Spring Rice), would cab up as a witness a Right Hon. Gentleman who, he was sorry to see, had not yet taken his place in the House— he meant the Right lion. the Home Secretary. The Catholic Association had existed for years, whilst that Right, Hon. Gentleman was at the head of the Irish Government ; and if it were an illegal association it would have been his duty, and no doubt he would have performed that duty, of putting down that illegal association. There was Lord Man ners too.-- the late Chancellor of Ireland—would his Lord.- ship, residing in Dublin, have allowed the Catholic Asso ciation to persist in its meetings, if it could have been put down by the existing lass's. There was another ques tion in which the Honourable Baronet (Sir Thomas Lethbridge) was deeply interested, generally called the Corn question, and the Delegates from the agricultural counties held their meetings in Palace-yard and discussed their grievances, yet no body presumed to say that their meet ings were illegal. He asked for the same measure of justice for the Catholic Association, as he was ready to give the Hon. Bart, and Mr. Webb Hall.—(Laughter.) He did not mean to defend the Catholic Association—he deprecated the proceedings of that body ; it had a tendency to produce a separation between the two countries, and, in deed, to produce mischief in every possible way. This lan guage was not new to him ; he had made use of the same language at all times; even when abusing and opposing that absurd and useless Act, which was passed for the pur pose of putting down the Catholic Association, and which he supposed it was the intention of some Honourable Members to press the Government to revive.—He was for putting down all demagogues and agitators, whether they held their meetings in the Palace Yard, or in Dublin, but he was by no means certain, that this was to he effected by coercive laws, which had frequently been tried, but had never been found availing. The Government might come down for leave to bring in a new Act to put down the Association ; they might bring in an Act to prevent reading, writing, or expressing opinions, but they could not prevent thinking and feeling. He was, indeed, a bold man, and an unfeeling one too, who would refuse the oppressed and suffering the power of making their complaints known. He wished to deal courteously with his opponents, and he expected the same courtesy in return. There had been one ob servation made, to which he could not but reply. It had been suggested, that there had been a disinclination on the part of the friends of the Catholic question to press it on during the present session. This charge was, as regarded both himself and his friends, entirely void of foundation ; and they should be unworthy of their seats in that House, if it were not so. He would appeal to the whole House, whether the conduct of the party with which he acted had not been uniformly the same, whether in office or out of it? His feeling upon the petition presented to the House would have been exactly the same, had he sat on the oppo site benches when it appeared as it was at present. The question, indeed, of Catholic emancipation was too large and too pressing an one to be made a question of party. And God forbid that there should be a man in that House, far less a Member connected with Ireland, who could make any question in which the peace or interests of that country were concerned, the means of annoying an admi nistration, or acquiring for himself a transient popularity. it ii a 4 been urged by . those who twos.' ....ancipation. that the remedy for the evils of Ireland was employment. But as long as this grievance remained in issue, employment would produce fresh opposition, and fresh resistance, rather than peace. Reports were abroad, that the present Minis ters were to be neutral upon the Catholic question—that the Administration had been formed upon the understanding that they were to be so. The question would shortly come before the House, which would then have an opportunity of judging whether this neutrality was to be real or affected. For himself, he stood there disposed to serve the country as far as he could. He would support the new Administra tion in any measures which he believed likely to tend to the common advantage ; and after this declaration, his voice, perhaps, would have more weight in resisting those of a contrary character, than if it were supposed that he had fixed himself in downright uncompromising opposition; Mr. FERGUSSON would give his cordial support to those who advocatedCatholicEmancipation, &measure which was in his opinion every thing to Ireland, and every thing to England.—He would not have trespassed on the House on the present occasion but for the feelings ex pressed by the Gallant General (King) who believed himself to be one of those attacked by the Association, and who, therefore, took the pains to dispute every allegation in the petition which he had been entrusted to present. The Hon. Member implored the House to grant now, whilst they could do it with honour, what might be hereafter wrung from their fears. General KING explained—He begged to add the ex pressions of his satisfaction at the return to office of the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Home De partment, who, he was stye, would not have accepted of an appointment from any personal motives, but only with a view to promote the advantage and prosperity of his country. He (General King) might not be able to give a very acute or correct opinion as to the legality or illegality of such a body as the Catholic Association—but he would leave it to the House to judge whether any body of men should be tolerated in denouncing as enemies to the country any Members who should support the Administration formed by his Majesty. Sir JOHN NEWPORT also explained. Mr. LEYCESTER said that he had treated the sub ject as one of pounds, shillings, and pence ; and if he could only matte that apparent to the people of England, he was convinced that they would to a man become advocates for Catholic Ewancipation.—(A laugh.) Mr. FERGUCSON felt quite sure that no threats would intimidate the Hon. and Gallant Member, (General King) from the performance of that which he felt to be his duty. For the Catholic Association, he thouglit, than its conduct generally, no course of proceeding more destructive to the Catholic cause could be imagined. The petition was then ordered to lie on the table. Mr. W. SMITH, in presenting a petition from Kil mayne, in the county of Mayo, in favour of Catholic claims, adverted to a paragraph which had appeared in certain newspapers, stating that the Dissenters of England had formed a union with the Catholics of Ireland, for the pur pose of procuring the removal of religious disabilities. This was not the case, no such union had been entered into. Those who thought the Dissenters hostile to Catholic emancipation would be mistaken ; the Dissenters were friendly to that object, and he (Mr. W. Smith) had con stantly voted in favour of it. But the Dissenters wished that each cause should be aided and promoted upon ita owi merits. The petition was then read, r.qici ordered to lie on the table. Sir G. COCKBURN laid upon the table the Navy Es-, timates for the present year.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. HUME presented a Petition from Mr. Robert Gourlay, on the subject of Emigration. TEST AND CORPORATION ACTS. Mr. DENISON presented a petition irom;heDissenters of Clapham, for the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts. The Hon. Member for Norwich, (Mr. W. Smith) had stated, that there was no union formed between the Catholics and the Protestant Dissenters. He (Mr. Deni son) wished that there were a general union of all the talent and strength interested in the question, to procure the removal of all religious disabilities. Sir M. W. RIDLEY presented a petition from the Dis senters of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, praying the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts. ABOLITION OF MESNE PROCESS. Mr. HUME rose for the purpose of bringing a subject before the House upon which he had made two motions in the course of th e last session—the abolition (upon mesne process) of imprisonment for debt. The alteration which he proposed upon the present system—that of increasing the power of the Creditor over , the property of his debtor, and limiting the opportunity to confine his person, was not founded upon any vague or untried theory, but on a prac tice which had, for a very long time past, been the law o' Scotland. In Scotland, no man could be imprisoned un less under the verdict of a court ; and yet, in Scotland the amount of money recovered frcm bankrupts and per sons similarly involved, was, in the proportion of OIL pound to ten, greater than in this country. As the law stood, every man in England was liable to be arrest,- and carried to prison, on the mere oath of an individual who might, or might not, have a just claim against him, an, who might possibly be a person utterly unworthy of credit Peers, and Members of Parliament, it was true, were ex empted from the scope of this enormous and unconstitu tional power, but upon grounds which to him (Mr. Itlume, were by no means satisfactory. Imprisonment for del . could under no circumstances be productive of advantage. A man's body within Ibur walls could pay no debt, no, raise the means of paying any debt. The right law wa that, therefore, which gave the most complete power over his property. From the present system followed Bankrup Courts, Insolvent Debtors' Courts, and the like, that which nothing could be more detrimental to commerce. The Hon. Member then proceeded to read, from the re turns which .were last year laid upon the table of the House, the number of persons then confined in the differeir prisons, and contended it to be clear from these returns, that arrests effected nay thing but the proposed end. via. the payment of debts. It was absurd to sup pose that by confining a man within the walls of prison was the way to make him pay his debts. Our of the most glaring instances of the folly of this pro ceeding was the case of Mr. Haydon, who was prevented by imprisonment from exercising his profession, for whom a public subscription was entered into, and who, at a pub lic meeting, showed how short-sighted the persons were who placed him in such a situation. He (Mr. Hume; wished Hon. Gentlemen would apply Mr. Haydon's rea soning to the cases of others in a similar situation, hav ing professions to follow, and yet deprived of their only resource, by being shut up in a prison. He thought the subject in every point of view so ex tremely important, that sinless it were included in the motion which the Honourable Member for Win chelsea was to bring forward to-morrow, he should cer tainly move for a Select Committee to inquire into it. He would rather leave it in such hands than take it up himself; and having said thus much he should content himself with moving that there be laid before that House a return of the number of prisoners committed to the pri sons of the King's Bench, Fleet, Whitecross-street, Mar shalsea, and Horsemonger-lane, in the year 1827 ; distin guishing those whose debt amounted to above 1001., to between 501. and 1001., between 20/. and 501., and to less than 201. Also, a return of the number of warrants to arrest, granted by the sheriffs of London and Westmin ster and the Sheriff of Surrey, and the number of bailable processes executed by them in the year 1827. The motion was then put, and agreed to. PUBLIC INCOME. Mr. G. DAWSON moved, that there be laid before the Mouse an account of the net public income of Great Britain and Ireland, and also an account of the balance of public money now in the Treasury.—Ordered. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. The House having formed itself into a Committee, Mr. G. DAWSON moved that it appeared to the Com mittee, that a sum not cxeeeding 23,900,000/. should be granted to his Majesty, to make good the Exchequer-bills of last year. Mr. HUME wished to know what these bills were. No account of them had been laid before the House. Mr. HERRIES said it was very easy to understand the nature of these Exchequer-bills. The House had last year allowed a number of Exchequer-bills to be issued in order to pay off others. This vote, therefore, was only carrying into effect what had been allowed last year. Exchequer-bills to this amount had been allowed to be issued last year, and of course they must be provided for. The present vote merely said that tiloy should he charged upon some aids : what these aids were to be, would be of course settled in the Committee of Ways and Means. lie. HUME protested that still he was unable to under stand the nature of the vote, and must beg of the Hon. Baronet (Sir J. Wrottesley), and the Hon. Merchant (Mr. Alderman Atkins) near him, whose votes were asked in support of this resolution, to rise and tell him if they un derstood, what the meaning of that Right Hon. Gentle man's explanation was. If they voted the issue of bills, they must either be paid in money or bills,—that was quite clear. That he could understand. But he thought that they ought to have a statement of the bills—of their dates_.. of the time at which they were to come due. Mr. Alderman ATKINS thought the Hon. Member had very clearly shown that he stood in need of no assistance upon the subject. Mr. HURST perfectly understood the nature of the resolution. Mr. HERRIES said that an account of these bills had been laid upon the table, but that it had not yet been printed. By the time they went into a committee upon the ways and means, the account would be in the hands of every body. After a few words from Mr. lliaarcamt, which were inaudible in the gallery, Mr. HUME said, he thought that such large issues of Exchequer bills was extremely dangerous. Mr. HERRIES said this vote gave no power of issuing, but of paying hills already out. Mr. MABERLY agreed with his Hem. Friend (Mr. Flume), that this species of debt by Exchequer bills was extremely dangerous. Sir J. WROTTESLEY (as we understood him, but he was very indistinctly heard in the gallery) wished the Right Hon. Gentleman to inform him if the Exchequer bills now out had been issued for the purpose of meeting the deficiency in 1826' Mr. HER . RIES said, that papers would be laid upon the table, he believed, that night, which would explain the whole acconat. He did not exactly understand the Hon. Baronet's question. There bad been no increase to the unfunded debt last year. The papers, which would be laid upon the table, would show the amount of the un funded debt. He believed it was about 27 millions. Mr. MABERLY objected to the system of leaving the sinking fund as a kind of permanent charge on the conso lidated fund. It had been held in that House, and very justly, that a sinking fund ought to consist of our surplus revenue ; and he had no doubt, at least so he hoped, that it would be considered in that light by the Committee of Finance about to be appointed. Mr. HUME observed, that the practice hitherto adopted with respect to the issue of Exchequer Bills was extrava gant. in 1825 eight millions of Exchequer Bills were funded, to lighten the unfunded dt:bt. That was with the understanding that the amount of unfunded debt would not be increased; but since then we had by our extravagance got back into debt as much as ever. Upon Bull a course some effectual check should be established. The resolution was then put and agreed to. Mr. DAWSON next moved, that a sum not exceeding 734,200!. be granted to his Majesty to pay off and dis charge Exchequer Bills, advanced for public works, carry ing on fisheries, and building churches. Mr. HUME said this vote was one example of, if he might so call it, the folly of that House at a time when the country was in debt and difficulties, in borrowing money for the purpose of building churches, for people who, if left to themselves, would make ample provision for their wants in that respect. The million and a half thus voted was no vote of his. He had not consented to any part of it, hut he wished some means might be found to pinch those country gentlemen who had consented to that vote, and to make them feel the effect of such extravagant ap plications of the public money. Mr. HERRIE S said the sum granted for the purpose mentioned by the Right Hon. Gentleman was limited, and part of the sums now voted was the last of it. Mr. DAWSON then moved that a sum not exceeding 5,000,000 1 . be granted to his Majesty, to discharge the amount of supplies granted in the years 1823, 1821, 1825, 1826, and 18 27—Agreed to. Mr. IIUME asked (as we understood) when it was in tended to move for the vote of seamen, of which notice had been given last night. HERRIES answered on Monday.. Mr. HUME said that no vote ought to be asked, not only until the estimates were in the hands of members, but until sufficient time bad been allowed for their examination. The House now resumed, and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow.—Adjourned. The workshops erected in the Green Park, during the building of York-hone, have been pulled down. Mr. GLADSTONE came forward to address th freemen ; bat during the greater part of his addre, he was inaudible where our reporter sat. We un derstood him to recommend again to their notice Mr. Huskisson, who had ever been their zealous advocate, and who, with soundness of intellect and integrity of purpbse, had pursued his liberal and enlightened views, confined to no party; who had been ever attentive to their interests, and anxious to promote their welfare. On some of his measures, he (Mr. G.) had looked with much jealousy, but he was satisfied that the Hon. Gentleman, in fearlessly and independently, and from a knowledge of the facts, advocating them, aimed only at the good of the country ; he had gone into neither of the extremes, he had not followed those who desired the removal of all restriction, nor had he given way to the fears of those who had from constitutional adherence to custom, opposed all inno vation ; but with a just view of the state of the country, and rightly weighing the claim of all parties he had formed and brought forward such measures as he thought beneficial. Mr. G., after some re. marks upon the restrictions on the trade with China, and other countries, concluded by proposing Mr. Huskisson. Mr.Tuoreen said he hoped he would be allowed to come forward to address the Freemen, but was for some reason or other prevented. Mr. W. CURRIE said, as some difficulty had oc curred as to the right his friend had to address the' freemen, he would take his place. Like him, he was a Whig of the old school, and was one of those who had given the Hon. Gentleman his vote at the last election; he was also one of those who had signed the requisition which was sent to the Hon. Gentleman in September last ; he was also at a meeting of that gentleman's friends, and had himself proposed the resolution absolving the Hon. Gentle man on account of his state of health, and the im portant business he bad on hand, from appearing at the hustinge to solicit their votes. He had been much blamed for doing so ; he had been told it was an infringement on an old constitutional principle, which made it necessary for any candidate to appeal before his constituents to undergo the ordeal of a re-election ; but in doing so he was prompted by an impulse which he feared not to avow. A short time before that meeting Me. Gladstone had me. tioned the very precarious state . of the Hon. Gentle man's health, and that was a sufficient reason fol . not requiring his presence. The resolution was I passed unanimously, and he was prepared to prove its propriety. Since that time, however, circumo-..,,, had alterediwithin the last month occurrences hadtaken place, which rendered it imperative on the Hon. Gentleman, both for his own credit and for the sa tisfaction of his constituents, to appear before them (Cheers.)—He did not mean to say that there was any want of confidence in the Hon. Gentleman's in, tegrity ; he himself had not attended the two las meetings of the friends of the Honourable Gentle men, but it was not that he thought the Hon. Gen tleman incapable of satisfactorily explaining his conduct; but he did not wish to commit himself by expressing any approbatiou of conduct which he might afterwards find it his duty to condemn. He would ask the Hon. Gentleman how it was that those men, with whom he had been associated it the Ministry—in that . Ministry without a part of which no new Ministry could be formed—how it was that those men had been allowed to fall to tit. ground without any opposition from the Hon. Gentleman. The measures which the Hon. Gen tleman had brought forward had been uniformly op posed by the men who stood in their shoes, and by these men he had himself been called a rash inno vator. He thought the freemen of Liverpool hat' a right to express a desire that such condue, should be explained, on account of the gen tleman's own character ; and he expected that the Hon. Gentleman came there prepared to give such an explanation as would place him as lug,: as ever in the estimation of his c onstituents. — (Cheers.)—Whatever explanation might be given. he assured the Honourable Gentleman lie woult offer no opposition to his election; but he ryas anxi• ous that it should be explained—though it might, perhaps, be called a mere point of feeling, and In was glad to know that there was some dissatisfac tion manifested amongst what were called the Ultra Tories, as this gave some guarantee that the talents of the Honourable Gentleman, the anxiety which, he always had manifested for the good of the country. his correct views on most subjects, had produced their influence, and he would be permitted to pm sue the bright course be had hitherto run. (Cheers.) One point on which some explanation was required, was the Corn Laws. They had heard that the Premier had stated, that a Bill was to be brought forward in the present Session—not the same Bill as the last, but on the same principle. But, if not greatly altered from the last, it might as well not lat brought forward; for as long as cash payments were made, and be hoped any other mode would sever be resorted to, the bill would be altogether inoperative. The opinion of many who ought to know best was, that the pivot would very little exceed fifty shil lings. He thought the Corn Laws would be as well to remain as they were, for in a ease of emergency the Minister might remove the restriction without calling together the overgrown landlords. Another subject he would like to have some information re garding, was whether any retrenchments were to be made, the necessitfof which was evident, and the country had a right to expect something to be done to alleviate its condition. There was another sub ject, a local one, which he would just allude to be fo-e he concluded, and that was a s p ec i es o f bli ster —(Loud laughter)—in the shape of au assessor or taxes. In his remarks he did not mean to say any thing personal of that gentleman, he was only a ser vant of the Commissi oners , an d h e b e li eve d was only doing his duty. It it were found necessary to increase the the funds of a declining revenue he would not object to the rigorous exaction of taxes; but Liverpool had for many many years laboured ender the burden of a partial assessment ; he would not complain if their neighbours were subjected to an equal taxation. The rack rent was, he i not, the most correct method, as it left nothin g, either to the discretion of the Commissione rs or tin favour of the assessor. He might recd to the recol lection of their late, and he doubted not he douhted would soon have to say their present Member, that L ov Goderich, four years ago s ignified a suspicion that the country was not equally assessed, and said he would give orders to that effect; this declaration was heard - of with much pleasure in Liverpool, but nothing had since been heard of it: he hoped thh , would not escape the Hon. Gentleman. As to the duration of the present Ministry there were ccnsi nation, to express my unfeigned and sincere regret, at finding myself' again before j you a candidate for those honours which you before conferred upon me; and that regret is certainly more sincere because I was anxious to avoid giving y ou the trouble of a re election. It was no fault of mine—it wee no wish —no seeking of mine, that I find myself deprived of a seat in Parliament, and am again j obli_ ed. to solici t t h e h onour of your suffrages. When the ,administration of Lord Liverpool ceased to exist by the unfortunate visitation of Providence which bcftl that nobleman during the last spring, it was in my power if I looked to personal gratification, or to ob jects of personal ambition, to have asked and ob tained from my late much lamented friend, who wag, then authorized by his Sovereign to frame a new j Adroinisteetihn, a higher situation, at least a situa -1 don higher in public importance and estimation, than that which I then held ; but I felt that in the s T it r t a ia d t e i , o t n ha es t •h l ic h h ad l I h m e d ld th a e s Presidentpodfortui(f fortune, by diligence, iijo,igrreneco,f by assiduity, and by a laborious dischaose of the duties of my office, to merit some degree of approba tion from this enlightened community, and to afford some satisfaction to the community at large. At the same time that I met with the encouragement to which I have adverted, I also met with much obloquy and opposition, and I was anxious to clear myself and those measures which I had advocated from the imputations which has been cast upon nee and them, and I was anxious to repel those impute dons, and to stand forward,not only in support of the measures themselves, but in support of my public character ; and I may say my personal honour. therefore declined making any application to my much-lamented friend for a higher situation, and re mained at the post in which I was then placed.— Among the other reasons which influenced my coo duct in not soliciting any higher office, I can assure you that the reluctance which I felt and feel at all times to put this town to the inconvenience of an election, and thereby to interrupt tIo industry which the people of Liverpool, with so much benefit to themselves and the country at large, are habitually engaged in, was not the least ; and I therefore hope: that no one will doubt the truth of my assertion, because I happen afterwards to be called by the occurrence of lamentable events to a higher station, that I never sought or foresaw such an occurrence. It is, I trust, unnecessary for me to claim your indul gence upon the present occasion, but / do so with unfeigned regret ; first from being in a bad state of health and net able to address you as fully as I could wish ; and secondly, I can assure You, however much I may endeavour to steel myself against the imputations which have been east upon my character, I feel myself overwhelmed when consider the place from which I address you, and the occasion en which you are assembled, and that the voice, which years ago from this busting& aroused you to exertion, was listened to with plee-- sure and admiration ; and allow me to say, with bene fit and instruction—is now mute for ever—that that heart-stirring power, which, in the moment of difficul ty that surrounded the country, aroused the energies, not only of Liverpool, where that power was more ely displayed, but of the whole country, to meet the dangers, and to overcome the difficulties which seemed ready to overwhelm us—that power which called forth the energies of the mpire, invigorated the weak, confirmed those who suggestions, eui s r nlga e ti n gi sense of stateo rl s , the people of were hesitating, and doubting the possibility of bringing the contest in which we were then engaged e hpfbr n aleoat d ime( e: a ea p 3rt:t p ipsae e ril i a nedn l lse e ysda d u ras t eit o ttoot fa t h h hti is e teohrt to a successful issue—which encouraged the timid, England, against the insidious designs of men who Y t to ifi t the threats hie s , one, then then considered an irresistible foe ; and if we and peace, but a state of security and peace with o " .f . e e might eurit the loss of national honour—that power is lost to the country for ever ! That persuasive eloquence which, when disaffection to the law presented itself in various shapes throughout the land, inculcated reverence to the law, attachment to constitutions; freedom as contra-distinguished to licentiousness And wild innovation—that constitutional freedoms. ,vhich is the best bond of union between the Crown and the country, and the best security for the maintenance of their respective rights., that constitutional freedom which gives a pre-emi nence to this coiffure. :n the councils of civilized Europe, and gives us tight to insist that no com bination of great Sover.._ms shall prevent the im provement of mankind—(cheers)—gives us a right to insist that all institutions, having for their object :he welfare of our fellow-creatures in this and all ether countries, shall be respected—that constitu tional freedom, which has enabled this country to maintain a high character in war, and after the war to maintain the character of the arbiter of peace and distribution of happiness to mankind. can never more be heard.— (Loud cheers.) Gen tlemen, you are all aware of the long political and private friendship which subsisted between 'hat highly-gifted and esteemed individual and myself, end you are all aware that the principles upon which he conducted himself in public life have been the 4uide of my political conduct, and I can only say now, that the public is prepared to do ample justice to his memory; and the exertions which he made for the benefit of mankind, that if the freemen of this town should think me not determined in the maintenance of those Pri"eiPles, Or if they should think those principles wrong, and ought to be no longer a dhered to, you ought to dismiss me from your s"rvices for I am no longer fit to be your representative. (Loud cheers.) But I know, Gentlemen, that the principles to which I advert, are those which animate the great mass of the population of this country ; which are felt by all enlightened classes of this enlightened community, and those principles must be the guide to the future councils of tale country, if this country wish her to maintain present station among the Nations o f the world. (Loud and reiterated cheers.) When, by t h e dispensation of Providence, to which, however grievous, we must all bow, the Sovereign an d the people of this country were deprived of the va luable ee e ,,,i oes my much-lamented Friend, I *vsa endeavouring to recruit my impaired health in a Idistant part of the world; and although I could not witness, I weil knew the general sorrow and regi et which pervaded this country, from the highest to the lowest—from the Monarch on the throne to the peasant in the cottage, at that lament able circumstance. My own personal regret it hiegt iet,oo.mpyi would be idle and presumptuous in m e to mention or. this occasion, but the necessity impo sed upon me to return to .y.,ngland gre w out o f t h e commands of my Sovereign to come a n d fill a higher situation, at least one of greater weight and respon sibility in the Councils of the country ; but I can not pass over the melancholy summons without say ing, that in the foreign countries through which I was obliged to wend my way, the same sympathy, the same regret which was felt in this country, ac tuated the bottoms of the untutored peasants of UN RESERVED SALE OF TWO VALUABLE PICTURES. 311 ESSRS. 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