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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 2. Lord KENYON presented a petition from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the city of Exeter, against the unqualified repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts.—Ordered to be laid on the table. On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBUTtY, thr. Appropriation Bill was read a third time, and pasaed. FINANCE COMMITTEE. Sir ALF.X ANOKA GRANT, and others, brought up a Message from the ?Louse. of Commons, requesting that their Lordships would give p e rmission to his Grace the Duke of Wellington to attend, to-morrow, the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the Receipts and Etpeni'hare of r. :„ United Kingdom, and to be examined thereqn, if he should think proper. , • The Earl of SHAFTESBURY moved that the Noble Duke might be at liberty to attend, in pursuance of the de sire of the Commons.—Agreed to. The Duke of WELLINGTON then signified his wil lingness to attend, and give evidence. Si' ALEXANDER GRANT, and others, brought up a message from the Commons, requesting that their Lord ships might communicate a cdpy of the report of the Selert Committee appointed to consider the nature and Operation of the Game Laws. The Messengers were subsequently informed that the re port would be communicated to the Commons puksnant to their desire. Mr. GORDON and others brought up the Comity Luna tics' Asylum Bill, and the Pauper Lunatics Regulation Bill. The Earl of MALMESBURY thought that before their Lordships entered upon the consideration 'of these two important Bills, they ought to be furnished with every possible information on the subject, with that , view he moved that a ,message might be seat to the Commons re , questing that they might communicate a copy of the report of the Select Committee appointed last year to consider the state of pauper lunatics in the county of Middlesex,• and also the state of County Lunatic Asylums.—Agreed to. Lord TEYNHAM moved that there be laid before the House certain returns respecting the sums of money levied in England and Wales, for the support of the poor. • Lord LAUDERDALE moved for returns of ;the aver age price of corn, from July, 1827, up to the latest period, one solemn setting forth the average prices, according to the existing system of taking them, and the other column s etatiog what the averages would have been, if taken under the Bth George IV., cap. 28, sec. 47. The Noble Lord also moved that there l ;gilt be laid be fcre the House returns of the quantity of ivheat 'taken out of bond, from July, 1827, to the latest p rind, up to which the returns could be made. On the motion of the Earl of ROs-SLYN other returns respeceing the Corn Laws were ordered. The Earl of DARNLEY, after some prefatory aserra tions, moved for returns of the number of deck and steerage passenger's who had come to this countq from Ireland in the several steam packets during the - years 1825, 1826, and 1827, distinguishing the number that came in each year. Lord MELVILLE presented a petition from the College of Eurgeons in Edinburgh, praying for the repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts. The Earl ofMALMESBURY moved folr a copy of the in ' structions given to Mr. 'Jacob, when that gentleman was sent out in 1827, to make inquiries respecting the prices of fo reign grain.—Orelered. • The Noble Earl then presented a petition from certain Dieventers of Christchurch, pra)ing for the repeal of the Corporation - and Test Acts. SUBJECTS FOR ANATOMICAL DISSECTION. Lord CALTUORPE presented a petition from the Plsyr:eians and Soxy,eoes of Birmingham, complaining of the intonveniences the Medical profession laboured under front the want of enhjects for dissection, and praying their LordaLips to adopt means for removing such impediments. Th e Dr o hc, , Lord zealously argued at considerable length OH t h e i re pa re e;ee necessity of an immediate compliance with the petitions oithis nature that had been brought before the House. Lord LAUDERDA.LE Loped there would always be subjects sufficient for the itetruction of youth in the me,- dical profession, but be depracAte4 lengthened public dis .cuseions on a subject like the present. The petition was, we believe, on e aoc..onnt of some in forme2ity, withdrawn. 'rhe ids -Rill was read a third time, and passed. Earl CAWDOR (in the absence of the Earl of Carttar•- y en ) snore d U suspension of the standing orders No. 26 and 125.—The ;notion was then agreed to. The Penryn Witntss Indemnity Bill was then read a second time, committed, reported, engrossed, read a third time, 'and passed. CATHOLIC QXSSTION. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, As be understood that the Repose would adjourn to-morrow for tee holydays, begged to take the present opportunity of calling their Lordships' attention to a subject . of the deepest import ance, which had on frequent occasions engaged the serious consideration' of both Houses of Parliament; and would, doubtless, be again discussed before their Lordships &tiring tit:. present Session. The subject to which be alluded was -contained in a petition he then held in his band, and which proceeded from a coneideralel.e. ,nymber of his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects in Ireland, praying that the lion. House would fix the earliest opportunity fob taking into consideration the Jaws affecting them, and that the Govero ment would adopt measures for the speedy rethoval of their grievances. In presenting the petition which he then told, and which oon;.ained a full and complete account of all those civil dieahilities eider which his Majesty's' Roman Catholic subjects were forced to: labdur, and of which its own character was sAcient to prove the importance that attached itself to the sullest to which it referred, ;IC would decline, :for the - Present, making any obseryctieetts, did not a strong sense of dutii 'revail upon him to eel:eta:se, in a few words, the ground, :Ton wbiete with a mind teneitenged—(Hear, hear)—with a determination as firm as it Was patine.—(Hear, hear, bear)—with .a resolution strengthened dly the length of time in whirit tine meaenre bad continued in ;eviiieeeing un <certainty, an.'. by a wive of the vast importance witigii ;l eached- itself to a subject, • which it was inipossible could conger contieue undecided,--(llear, hear,)--he was found eee,ain to corns forward as the hetlile, and yet the zealous .edvocate of a cause, founded upon the ante basis - of justice cud policy._(t beers.)—leis Lordship peoeiredttl to state that lee was narrow prepared to fix a specific deer on which he should bring the subject for dismission before the fioloft, he would, however, Pike care that sufficient previous no, tice s hould be given. He was anxious, as• he had before sa id, in a few words, to ,state -he grounds upon which he continued to he the warm friend toPAtfeolic Emancipation; and altlioug;.' it was* not usual upon 5905.1 wasions to go into a detail, ,felt himself called upon to aeon:A:et fur the motives which shoult: influence him bringing the we enie before , their Lordships, end which for many reatoue fee deemed to be most exoedient should precede the mea sure that had already come hefiere the House, and which his Noble Friend near Hind (Lord iliolland): had given no tice of his intention to bri n g f orward .for 'discussion at a e'cry early period after the recess. Both subjects were Antheybat a nalogous, WA, for the same reason which influeeneed hint so form a judgment „en the one which he was then engaged, he 4etined it bOti t i • liti- •ind unwise to press the ' disenceion of impolitic er of When it became his duty to bring fith foeward the Tneaagp, h e would then state more clearly and explicitly the variotte ;motives which influenced him in the course he had taken, and he would now , confine himself to the chief reasons. It had not yet been mentioned whether it was the intention of Government 10 renew the Act which had been passed in both Houses of Paeliament, called -" The Roman Catholic ~Association Act," and ve're.i.ch wesuld expire during the present Sessien ; nor wag it his iMent;ohe ut pwent to ask any question upOAl fire alject. , had. on a former occasion stated instancesin-wl4ch. the existence of the Catlu.lic Association had proved detrimehitf,l to the best interests el the Catholics of Ireland.--=al le felt .10;irse4 that in many tances it hail ;. and yei 11'0) 31 4 1. 0 1 liimstif called trpog .to oppose the . introduction of any ineasure to put down the Association, misting circumstances , sue t, because , under attempt' Would he wicked end nugatory. He could not, however, 'shut Lis eyes . against the evils attending the existenee of such au Asso . cietion, and the ill-consequence, which and mist continue to reeu!t, from soda a measure ; 4111 ypt he could not see how a stop could in justice put to sukii a ffstern, while Irelan3 was Permitteel ;to remain :6 it was ; and the only way' to put down . illegal Asso ciations was, not by Jan's cf restrictinii—(lisa;•, bear, he a r)--but by laws of peace a4d c l onciliation. eo4. by allowing the public opinion of Ireland to pass through these legal channels, by which• alone it Gould JIT rendered effectually beneficial to the conntry', .nod onducive the strength and prosperity of the Empire.-7ee (C beers- ) Those were partly the motives which influenced Hero to come for ward in support of the measure--he dedlareol kninself an . enemy to the Catholic Association as it 'inow exiatee, one.! • be wished to secure the only means that could put a fiaal stop to its operations, which wr, that of granting E me ncipation. There were, however, motives of a weightier nature, and they' were' the sense which .he enter tained of the justice, the policy, the nece S sity, of conceding to them those rights to which as British 4ubjeCts they were entitled. The Noble'Marqtris again statid his inability for owing any specific day for the introduction of the measure, and - concluded by moving that the petition be read at length. The petition was accordingly read; and,ordered to lay on the table. The Noble Marquis then presented petitions _ to the same effect from the Roman Catholics of Roscommon and!Tip perary, which were laid on the table: Lord HOLLAND rose, to preseit a petition from the same source, and similar to that which his Noble Friend the Marquis of Lansdowne had just submitted to their Lord ships, but embracing only a branch of the grievances under which the Catholics of Ireland laboured. What the peti tioners complained of was the use of the epithets idolatrous 'and superstitious, in reference to - the doctrine of transub stantiation. All the individuals of the greatest weight, as well in that as in the other House, who were opposed to the claims of the Rornan Catholics, distinctly disclaimed any in tention to interfere`with the religious or speculative opi nionsof any part of his Majesty's subjects. Where, then, was the necessity for denouncing those opinions as idola trous and superstitious? It might be urged that that very obnoxious opinion with regard to the supremacy ' of the Pope, could only he reached through this denun ciation, but he (Lord Holland) hoped to be able to Prove to their Lordships that such was not the case. The doctrine of the supremacy of .the Pope did, indeed, include the doctrine of transubstantiation, for it was one of the tenets of the church over whin the Pope presided—but it was net equally true that the doctrine of transubstantiation in chided that of the supremacy of the Pope—there avers in fact hundreds and thousands who believed in transubstan tiation, and who did not acknowledge the supremacy of the Pope. The Greek and American Churches, for example, both professed a belief in transubstantiation, and half the Aniericatiand the entire of the Greek Church had no con nection whatever with the Papal See. History, and, in a particular manner, the History of England, proved that those doctrines were absolutely distinct. To whom were the people of England indebted for the benefit of being re leased from Papal jurisdiction ? Who destroyed the power of the Pope in England ?• Was it not Henry VIII. ? And if any one during the reign of that Monarch had gone to the foot of the throne, and demanded the Royal sanction to a Bill, to exclude from the House of Parliament all those who professed the doctrine of transubstantiation—What would have been his Majesty's reply ? Fire and faggot ! Smithfield and the stake would have rewarded his temerity.. But that of which the petitioners justly complain, was that this species of denunciation not only exchrded from the benefits of the Constitution those who professed ,that doc trine, but tended to perpetuate animosity, and keep alive in the minds of all those feelings of acrimony :-,nd hatred which were equally contrary to the principles of both Churches, for both taught charity and brotherly love. He (Lord Holland) believed that the petitioners wished him to found a motion on their petition, but lie thought that the discussion on the general question would be sufficient.— Ile should, therefore, allow the petition to rest on its own merits with their Lordships. The petition was then read. Lord HOLL AND presented petitions from the Roman Catholics of the King's County, and from a parish in Ire land, in favour of the Catholic Claims. OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved that the House should go into a Committee on the second reading of this Bill. The amendments which he hail to propose, with the exception of one, were merely verbal. He should not therefore, at present detain the House by entering into them ; but he had on! to propose, or rather to submit, to the consideration of his Noble Friend, the Chief Justice of the King's Bench, who had made so many useful amend ments throughout the Bill, which, in the absence of his Noble Friend, he should of course not bring forward. It referred to that clause which related to Lord Ellenbo rough's Act, concerning minor punishments to those who had intended to commit murder, but had repented before the crime was actually perpetrated. The Noble Lord (Ten terden) bad not included in his amendments the intention to poison, supposing perhaps, that there was not time to repent after the determination to administer poison. He (Lei d L.) however, knew that such might be the case ; and instanced the case - of Cascal, who, having determined to murder his friend, bad attended him for three weeks, and administered a part of the poison, but afterwards repented. The Noble Marquis expressed his intention to move, on . the third reading, that this exception should be left out, and that the amendment should include poisoning, strangula tion, and drowning. He hoped their Lordships would not object to the -Report being published to-morrow, and moved that the third reading should take place on the first day of sitting after the recess. LAW OF EVIDENCE. On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, the House went into a Committee on this Bill, which was likewise read a second time. His Lordship expressed his intention to take the same course by this Bill as the last. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, AYAIL 2. The SPEAKER took the Chair this evening at the usual hour. Mr. Ai denl l 4 l WOOD presented a petition from the Trustees of the London Hospital, against the London Rail-way. Mr. HUSKISSON presented a petition from Liverpool against the Aire and Calder Canal Companies Bill. Mr. Crater, from the Treasury, brought up certain re turns relating to the importation of foreign wool, silk, copper, and spirits. FINANCE -COMMITTEE. Alr. 1-TERRIES moved that a message should be sent to the House of Lords, requesting that House to alloW his Grace the Duke of NVellingtuo to be exauriped ,beke the Finance Committee. Mr. LITTLETON presented a petition against the Tees Navigation Bill. Mr. GRATTAN presented a petition from the Hiber !llan Joint Stock Company, praying that the Company may Oct he dissolved. - FEES ON .PRIVATE BILLS. Mr. W. BURRELL presented a petition from the Trustees of the Horsham-road, against the fees of the House of Commons.on Private Bills. .The lion. Member expressed his concurrence in the statement of the petitioners. Mr. LITTLETON . said lie would giv:e notice of an earli da.,;; after the recess, for submitting some res o lutions to the Hop:.'., ill Of subject (,f the: Fees tai4en on Private Bills. After a few Words from' Sir 'M. W. Arpt.yy and Mr. Secretary litisxissow, the petition was read at length and ordered to be printed. Mr. LITTLETON gave notice that on Tuesday, the 't.h 0' April, he would move for leave ki bring in a Bill to abolish Yees Lll for the Regulation of Turnpike.roads. - RETAIL UREWERS. The lion. Member also presented 4 petition frojn I'lad leigh, Staffordshire; 'praying that the Churchwardens and • t bumbles may .have a concurrent power with Excise_ Officer* iu laying informations" against Retail Brewers. The ]gusher said that the business of retail hreWers was puvartgd, ank thefr breweries turned into drinking houses, whilst the ocers gxFise refused to interfere or lay informations against thom, w414/0 fro::l . a from the Board. After a few words from Mr: EsTcouaT, the petition was laid on the table. iSir THOMAS ACLAND said he bad a petition to present ,compiain;ag of the disorderly manner in which re tail cider houses were l:ept. They, paid a duty of 10s. a year, and were Ale resort of thieves pod poachers. Sir 401-1 N SEBR!GHT said phut houses which let for 101. a year tvAPiit a license; were worth 601. or 701. a year, when a tieemmse wet gmka: Mr. HUME Was opposed to any measure which injured • the retail brewers, because such measure woala nphold the monopoly of the great brewers. He thought no additional penalties Should be imposed on persons selling beer, 'and that there'should be no additional duty on cider. . After a few words from Mr. MABERLE V and Mr. LIT TLETON, the petitie.4 was laid on the table. LANDLORDS AND Ta.74.I4.NTS' ACT. RUSKISSON presenteUa petition from ;hp inlia bWints. il.4yerpool, praying the Hotise to make some a mendment iu Pip I,W Felating to La n dlords raNNYSON atu tae h?d. received letters frimi 3lanchester, Itirmingbalia; #yd . 411e0eld, the inhabitants' of which fully sympathised with the people of pverpool on this subject. He had conversed with Ins I,; e2 i u.e df7ri,,l the Solicitor - Ge neral on the subject, who suggested ILt it should be referred to the Ctimmission on the state of the 4a,w.:-,.-The petition was laid on the table. DUTY ON RECEIPTS. Mr. Seerei4ry fuiS-'4,4q459N presented anoth e r petition, which lie stated Wzts stgued E i 2FpCTS al . all classes in Lizarpool, praying f or the repeal of "tte Stamp p i g, 7 Receipts. go said the tax of which the petitioners coon. ained ,was one cer4i p )y open to much objection, anti he was very sorry that the present'` ptatc of the country pre vented his Majesty's Government frons fl tinting to the wishes of the petitioners and repealing the tax. -Mr..GA.J.CRAPT topk that opportonity of stating that strong complaints had been made to him upon the subjeet of . the ;loin? Receipt Duty, and his reply was- 7 -!! If you can substiAtte apy thing better, or less Objectionable, we can hear you, but we cannot afford to part with a penny of the tax without an equivalent." The Stamp Receipt Tax was in one point of view less ,objectionable than others, for the money was, paid by the receiver, and et a time when ECODgy was actually passing; so far it Was less ob- jectionable than other taxes, though h e still did not wish dice onl y is. 6d., he could promise the Hon. Gentleman to be understood as being an advocate for it. that the article of dice should receive his consideration. Sir T. ACLAND presented a petition from the Licensed PENRYN WITNESSES INDEMNIFICATION BILL. Victuallers of Tiverton and its neighbourhood, against the 1)r. PHILLIMORE moved for the first reading of the Cider shops. . Bill (from the Lords) for indemnifying the witnesses exa- Mr. FARQUHAR presented a petition from the Pro- i mined on the Penryn Disfranchisement Bill, and gav 4 ± vost and Council of Dunfermline, praying fur the repeal of notice that he should move the standing orders be suspen the Test and Corporation Acts. ded to morrow, for the purpose of passing the Bill through Mr. FARQUHAR presented several similar petitions all the remaining stages to-morrow. from the Corporation of Weavers, Shoemakers, Hammer- J. NEWPORT recommended that the Pill be sent Sir amen, and other Corporate Trades its Dunfermline. through all its stages this night (Wednesday.) Sir J. GRAHAM presented a similar petition from the inhabitants of South Shields. The SPEAKER reminded the House that it was quite Mr. HUME presented a petition from the inhabitants 1 against its forms to carry a Bill through two stages on the of Greenock, against the Greenock Harbour Bill. same night—a departure from the usage was only,justified Mr. HUME presented a petition from the Perthshire and by some paramount necessity. It was, for the House to d other Scotch Fire Insurance. Companies, pray in g fOr an decide whether, in the present ease, the amount of the alteration in the law relative to Fire Insurances. necessity was sufficient to warrant- the violation of the Mr. HUME presented a petition from the Dean and forms of the House. As the introduction of this Bill Was Guild of Montrose praying that the Receipt Stamp Duties rather a surprise on the House, be should feel inclined to Bill might be repealed. The Hon. Gentleman then said recommend the postponement of the second reading until something as to the Insurance Duties, which was inaudible to-morrow.—Ordered that the Bill be read a second time in the gallery. to-morrow. Mr, CALCRAFT said the rate of duty ou insurances The Cities and Boroughs' Poll Bill, on the motion of was enormously high, for out of every five pounds paid for Col e Te a l nd Da. p v as i s E ed s,.was.referred to a Select Committee. insurance three were paid to the Government. He thought The Stamp Duties' Bill was committed, read a third however that those persons who had evaded a tax carne to time, the House for its repeal with a very bad grace. On the motion that the Orders of the. Day he now read, Sir JOHN NEWPORT concurred quite with the last Mr. P. THOMPSON expressed a wish that 'a motion speaker as to the fact, that those who had evaded a law' made for obtaining Returns relative to the quantity of came with a very bad grace to ask for its repeal. • Wool imported in Foreiqn or British vessels should be Mr. HUME said there was no such thing as evasion rescinded. He thought it would be better for the lion. in the case. The law did not compel a man to insure, Gentleman to withdraw his motion for these returns ; and and it could not therefore be said that he had evaded the if he might say so, without offence, he did wish that Hon. law, because be chose not to insure when such a duty was Gentlemen, intending to move for such papers, would make required beyond the sum for which the insurers were will- it a practice to apply to the officer within whose depart ing to incur the risk. meut the duty of making out the order for them lay; and Mr. LITTLETON presented a petition from the who was always ready, as he (Mr. P. Thompson) could Clergymen, Manufacturers, an d ether inhabitants of the testify, to render every facility, and answer every inquiry. town,of Burslem, in the Staffordshire Potteries, against I Sir CHARLES BURRELL expressed himself satisfied the Retail Brewers. . . . . of the sufficiency of the reasons which had just! been tms. _ _ . Alr. G. W. DAWSON moved for leave to bring in a Bill to enable Barristers to act as Solicitors or Attorney; in any Court or Jurisdiction in the United Kingdom for the collection of the Public Revenue. Mr. ALEXANDER DAWSON suggested that Bar risters at Law should be allowed to practice in Civil Courts as Doctors. signed by the Hon. Gentleman for his recommendation ; in which, accordingly, he would acquiesce by withdrawing his motion. Mr. SPRING RICE, in illustration of what had fallen from his Hon. Friend the Member for Dover, adverted to a case which had happened during his connection with the late Government, in which, from a want of that previous enquiry which was necessary for the due regularity of the proceeding, some returns were moved for, which, had the order been made, would actually have required 15,000 letters to be written to different parts of England. To these there would have been 15,000 answers, and the House might judge how enormous a sacrifice of time, trouble, and expence would have been requisite to prepare and digest this mass of matter for the purposes of the re turn to the order. On the .motion of the CHANCELLOR of' tl:e EX CHEQUER, the Order of the Day for resolving itself into a Committee of Ways and Means, and likewise the Order for the Committee of Supply, were postponed till Monday, the 14th April. CONVENTION WITE.I PORTUGAL. Mr. BANKES moved that an Address he presented to his Majesty, praying that his Majesty would be pleased to direct that there should be laid before the House a copy of the convention entered into by the Government of Portugal to defray part of the expence of the British troops while' serving in that country.—Agreed to. The Hon. Gentleman also moved for "An AccOunt of any suns paid or now due to Great Britain, nndei the said convention."—ordered. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN NEW SOUTH WALES. 'Mr. G. DAWSON brou g ht in a Rill for the better ad;. ministration of justice in New South Walk and - Van Diemen's Land.—Read a first time, and ordered to be read a second titneort the 18th of April, and to be printed. BILL TO AMEND THE LAW RELATIVE TO TES TATORS AND EXECUTORS. Mr. S. RICE, in rising to move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the law relative to testators and executors, said that he wished, in the first instance, to set himself right with those individuals who had fallen into a mistake with respect to a Bill on this subject which had been re printed. Those persons conceived that the Bill which he was about to introduce was the same, in effect, as that to which he had alluded. This, however, was not the case. The new measure was undoubtedly founded on the same principle as the old, but it was intended to carry thr : t principle 'into effect by means directly opposite. The House must be aware, that in cases of personalities, undisposed of by testators, they at present became vested in the executors. This nice construction of the law gave rise to great litigation and much uncertainty, and in many instances prevented the original intention of the testator from being carried into effect. When they considered the circumstances under which wills were made, and the persons who made them L--individuals who, in num berless cases, were ignorant of the proper formes—it was easy to perceiVe that the executors had often a very great interest in those instruments. So' far back as the year 1736, the inconvenience which arose from the doubt and uncertainty attendant on the law, attracted the notice of the Legislature, and the Jodges were ordered to prepare a Bill to remedy the evil. A Bill was accordingly brought into the House of Lords, which was known as Lotsl Ray mond's Bill. That Bill vested personal prolierty, uodis posed of by will, in the executors. It removed the doubt and uncertainty of the-law, but it was most likely, in many cases, to run counter to the will of the testator. He wished to alter this enactment ; and for that purpose the new Bill would declare that, in the absence of express terms, giving the property distinctly to the executor, it should be vested in the next of kin. • In' making the slightest reform in the law, lie would not act solely from his own views, sr from the dictates of his own mind, without consulting others; but while he was in his office, he had been informed by a learned civilian with whom he had conversed on this subject, that such an alteration in the law as he was now about to propose would check doubts, remove uncertainties, and prevent liti gation, more than any other measure that could he devised. He had stated, he hoped, sufficient to induce the House to give him leave to bring in the Bill. He trusted that the' Hon. and Learned Gentleman opposite (the Attorney-Ge;. neral) would have, the 'goodness., to look into the measure, and if he favoured the principle, and would give him' his advice as to the best mode of carrying it into effect, lie should receive it with much satisfaction. The Hon. Gen tleman concluded by moving "for leave to bring in a Bill for settling the rights of executors in eases of undisposed residues of personal estate." • After a- few .words from the Arrom,stEv-Grattat.., Sir JOHN NEWPORT, Mr. Eximussots, and Mr. A. DAWSON, leave was given to bring in the Bill. To be brought in by.,Mr. S. RICE and Dr. LINHINGTON. The House then adjourned at Seven o'clock. Mr. D. W. HARVEY thought the Bill was oppressive to Solicitors who were better qualified than Barristers for the performance of their duties. There ought to be high prizei in the profession of an'Attorney or Solicitor, as well as in that of a Barrister. If legal men were wanted in the public offices, he did not undervalue barristers when he said that men every way qualified fur those offices could be 'found amongst solicitors. Their education, be conceived, was qualified to render solicitors more conversant with legal questions than barristers. When a young man was appointed to an attorney, 3001. or 4001. was paid as a premium with him ; but when a man wanted to become a barrister, he had only to enter into one of the Inns of Court, where he was obliged to dine for four days every Session, eating' mum& and turnips one day, and boiled beef and carrots the next ; and he then walked off, learned in the spirit and practice of the law.—(A laugh.) He would only refer to the late Mr. Bricknell, the Solici tor for the Admiralty, than whom no man could perform the duties -of his office with more respectability. That Gentleman was also succeeded by a solicitor of great re spectability, and there could be no doubt that solicitors could always be found to fill any office which they were competent to fill. He (Mr. Harvey) had for some years withdrawn from the practice, but he considered himself called upon to'make those observations. The LORD ADVOCATE said, there were advocates in Scotland as competent to discharge that duty as those in England, and he was sorry to see that they were not com prehended in this Bill. Mr: DAWSON begged to assure the Hon. Gentleman opposite, that it was not the intention of the Government to employ barristers in all those situations, and to deprive the Members of the other.branch of the profession of the good things of the law which they now enjoyed, but the object of the measure was -to give to Government the option of employing barristers, which the Government was restrained from by the present state of the law. With respect to what had fallen from the Lord Advocate, he (Mr. D.) could only say it was not intended at present to extend the measure to Scotland, nor to deprive the gentle men of any privileges which they now enjoyed. Mr. 1-1. DRUMMOND said the Lord Advocate did not complain that this measure would take any thing from the Scotch advocates, but that it conferred upon English barristers a privilege from which the Scotch advocates were excluded.—Leave given to bring in the Bill. CARDS AND DICE. • The House having hone into Committee on the Acts relating to Cards and Dice, Mr. G. DAWSON, in submitting certain reselntions to the Committee, for the repeal of the duty on cards and dice, stated that he was induced to take that course by his conviction that the duties on these articles were too severe, and that they gave rise to much fraud in the manufacture and sale of the articles in question. His object would ba to repeal the existing Acts, with a view to a reduction of the duties. His motives were a desire to take away the existing temptations to fraud, to simplify the duties, and to prevent, by the proposed reduction, the surreptitious im portation of foreign cards, and the sale of home-made se cond-hand cards in ,the shops. The present Acts on the subject were found insufficient to protect the public revenue or the public morals. The result of the present duties was a fraudulent evasion of the law. In the reign of Queen Anna the first duty (Gd. a park) was imposed on cards. In the reign of Geo. I. it was increased to Is. on each pack sold ; in Geo. 11. to I s. Gd. ; in 1792 it was raised to 25.; and in 1822 to 2s. 6d. a pack, being Is. 6d. on the ace of spades, 6d. on the wrapper, and 6d. on the label. These duties on the wrapper and label were intended to prevent the sale :of second-hand cards. But he (Mr. Dawson) could see no reason why persons who paid so high a duty as 2e. 6d. a-pack on an article whose manufactured value was only Is. Gd. should be prevented from selling them again. And his doubts of the justice of these duties were confirmed by the fact, that though the duties were increased from time, to time, the amount of revenue arising Irons them did not increase in proportion. For instance, when the duty was first increased,, the amount received was, in round numbers, 26,6711. Of the second increase, the receipts of duty were about 24,332/, In 1792 the amount of duty paid was only 22,000/. and in 1826 it was reduced to 18,000/. FrOm this it would appear that the increase of the duty did not increase the amount of revenue. The revenue was defrauded of ae duty by various means, Ist, by servants selling second-hand cards, which were re-sold as new, without paying duty ; then, by a practice among some manufacturers of getting cards stamped as for exportation, and" afterwards selling them in this country duty free, under the cover of that stamp, thus fraudulently obtained. Another way of defrauding the re venue of the duty on cards, was the custom in foreign countries of fabricating cards, and forging the English stamp, amid then Smuggling them into this country, and selling them at a lower price than the regularly stamped eardt-coeld be sold at. This custom of fabricating cards 1u imitatioe of the English stamped cards, was carried on in Brussels by houses establialted for that particularpur , pose. These various frauds lessened the revenue, injured the fair manufacturer of cards, and corrupted the morals of the people. To prevent these injurious effects, he consi dered the best plan was to remove the temptations to fraud, by reducing the duty on cards. Sir JOHN NEWPORT had no objection to the mea sure proposed, though he could not help thinking that while the enormous duties on fire insurance existed, the article of cards was an odd one to snake the s ubject of an esperiment in the way of a modification of dutie s . Air. HUME thanked the Right Hon. Gentl eman (Mr. George Dawson) for his measure, and hailed it as a sign of the approaching prevalence of sound prinCiples. As to the effect of this repeal of duties on the public morals, would it not remove the temptations to smuggling and forging :The measure was an excellent one, and he hoped to see the Goyeiranient extending the principle of it to many other ar ticles that were subject to high duties. Sir pHAIIf.ES pvitgELL qrsite agreed sen timents of the last speaker ; and, further, r w ec it o h ir? t , l n se e:de,, the repeal or modification of the House tax, as an ,arid oppressive impost ? particularly in the way in which it was so capriciously 4114 upjustly leyied by the ves tries. Mr. DAWSON, in reply , regretted the fir st tax he had to propose for repeal, since his succession to the Treasury, was not a more important one, but that was not his fault: The duty on fire insurances, in which allusion bad been made, was under consideration by the Chancellor 'of the Exchequer; and if d e termined to be repealed, s hould re ceive hys ready support ; as he should acknowledge it was hard that persons insuring against fire should pay an amount of duty twice as much as the sum of insurance. The resolutions were then read. First, that a license duty of five shillings should Ise paid'hyeVery person m akin g cards; secondly, that there should be - a duty of one shil ling paid on every pack—sand a duty of twenty shillings on every set of dice. Mr. HUME asked whether the duty on dice was not to he repealed by the present measure ? Mr. G. DAWSON answered * that the, dinsinutien of the present dety on dice ,vas not included in these resolu tions ; though when he remembered the duty on dice was twenty shillings on each set, and the value of each set of PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEPINGS. HOUSE OF COMNIONS. . NOTICLS OF 31011014 FOR THIS DA\. 1. Mi. W ) on—Bill to consolidate -and amend the Laws - for the Trial of Controverted Elections. 2. Mr. Secretary Peel—To move the adjournment of the House for the Easter recess to Monday, 14th April. 3. Dr Phillimore—To move the passing Penryn Witnesses Indemnity Bill through the remaining stages. 4. Mr. Hume—Series of Returns relating tp the extent of arrest and imprisonment for debt in Scotland during the last five years. ORDERS OF TIM DAV' FOR THIS DAY. I. Roman Catholic Land Tax B:ll—Report. • g. Salmon Fisheries Regulation (Scotia:ld) cond reading. 3. Stamps on Cards and Dice Acts—Report thereupnt; 1. Penryn Witnesses Indemnity Bill—Second reading. • NOTICE GI FN YESTEEDAT. Tuesday, April 15. ' Mr. Littleton—Resolutions for the abolition of fees and charges on renewal of Turnpike Bills. . • SCOTCH AND IRISH •WHISKEY.—A late Vallianaentary return makes a sti iking exhibition of the effect of those excise icgtilations; which have so long formed a subject of complaint amongst the Irish Distillers. From. April, 18?7, to January, 1828, the following were the, gallons of spirits distilled in the three parts of the United Kingdom respectively :—' England 4,284;684 SCOiland ' 7,243,819 Ireland 7,281,792 This sheave an enorinous increase in Scotch Distillation, and comparative falling off in the Distillation of. Ireland. The number of these ;aliens which were distilled in'Scot laild 2,434,704,•were eported to England, whprers only 422,764 gallons of Irish spirits found their way uncle} the existing regulations to that country. Nay, more--679,021 gallons of the Scotch whiskey. were introduced ei•en into the Irish market, though a single gallon could not advan tageously be sent from Ireland : into Scotland. All that . was done to the prejudice of Ireland was against an article of the Union, but as long.as the papists are kept down and the business of legislation for Ireland can be managed at Westminster, that does not seem to he regarded ,as a thing of great importance !—Dublin Morning Register. LISBON GAZETTES, STAT! 'PUY LISBON, MARCH 16.—8 y a Royal Letter the 10th, Major-General the Count De Villa Floe is dis charged from the Government of the Province of Alentejo, with which he was charged by a Royal Letter of 30th November, 1826; and also from the Government, ad hiterim, of the District of Oporto, with which he was afterwards charged by a !Loyal Latter of 7th August, 1827. " WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 15, •1828.' " As I have leant thatevil-rni tided persons, enemies of the peace and happiness of the nation, go about scattering . reports among the soldiers of the army, whiCh Put them in fear respecting their future des tiny, it is my duty, as the Head of this Department, to recommend to the Generals of the Provinces and the Commanders of Corps, to do away with the irri pression which such reports produce, asSuring,with the greatest frankness,• that his, Highness the Infante Regent has, and always will have, the highest cOn sideration for all the military who follow, without deviation, the path of honour. His Highness already has proofs of what the Portuguese soldiers are capable, by the noble resolution which they took . in 1823, to assist him in destroying the faction which unhappily then existed, with the design of destroying the holy religion which we profess, and the throne ; and is convinced that; they are ready to give others when an occasion shall offer;. and,-principally, if im- . pious persons should endeavour in any manner to at tack those two objects always so dear to the Portu , girese. " In communicating in this manner to the Generals of Provinces, and the Commanders of Corps, the' beneficent intentions of his Highness, above stated, I must also declare that his Highness is resolved to be inexorable towards every soldier, whote conduct shall not be conformable to what the laws prescribe, because the essential ditty of the soldier is to be obe dient to the law, and he who departs from it is un worthy'of belonging to so noble a class. " CONDE DE RIO PARDO." IMARCH 18.—The Gazette contains two Decrees; one accepting the resignation of the Conde de Villa Real, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and the other appointing the Viscount de Santarem to that office. These Decrees are dated .l3th March. DEPARTMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE KINGDOM. " It being at presentimpracticable immediately to convoke a Chamber of Deputies in the place of that' which I have thought fit to dissolve by a Decree dated this thy, because the law to regulate the lections is not yet made; and those regulations which are ordered to be observed by the Decree of the 7th of August, 1826, being acknowledged de fective, as experience has proved, I think fit, in the name of the King, to do away with the said Decree of the 7th August, 1826, and to give orders immedi ately to proceed to theorganization of new instructions, which being conformable to what is ordered by the Constitutional Charter, shall also be analogous to the' ancient usageandlaudahlecustomsof these Kingdoms, suitable to a Monarchy,and as far as possible not liable to be eluded and -evaded, thus facilitating to the loyal Portuguese nation the means of being worthily represented, and as an affair of such great importance ought to be enfrusted to persons fearing God, faith fal to the Throne, and lovers of • the country, also think fit, in the name of the King, to appoint. for this purpose only a Junta, of which the Bishop of Vize.tt shall be President, and its Members the Vis count de Santarem, N. Gomei Ribeiro, J. de Mattos, e Vasconcellos, B. de Magalintes, A. J. Guiro, 'J. Ribeiro Seraiva, J. J. da Cruz e Carvalho, J. Berate Feire de Lima, J. de. Figueiredo, and the. Counsellor M. J. Maria de Costa e Sa, who shall act as Secre tary, and who shall report their proceedings to me. Senor de Barros, Minister of th Interior, is ordered to take the necessary steps for this purpose. — March 13." *. MARCH 19.----The Gazette contains only the decree dissolving the Chamber of Deputies, and a letter from the Minister of Justice, expressing the indignation of his Highness at the conduct of same Magistrates, who, possessed with the spirit of party, have, since the -return of his Highness to . these kingdoms, exercised the, most rigorous &Spot ' ism against several persons, upon no other ground personthan i,he o f heir of ftahzies being Gazettes fti ntebses, e 2 n ao d nt to d n2olt ßoya s at,d.aoipl l dtt adopting a n2g2 d i; r ,h d ec contain ta the l extra vagant liberfd opinions which they follow.' .nothing of importance.. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. Ilse" Marten greatest alarm • prevails among the Constitutionalists, as welt'as among all those who have any thing" to lose; the British merchants in particular. , • The conduct of the (•:titeeu Mother and of Don Miguel exceeds all bounds. This Prince treats his Ministers with nearly Asiatic ferocity. ' If 1 - eport be true; his acts to the Conde de Villa Real have 'been both cruel and savage. The Count having refused to sign certain papers, as being contrary to the ,Charter (some say it was a note to the British Ambassador, to state that the delay of the British troops would he regarded as an act of invasion), he slapped him in the face; aad kicked him, telling him not to talk to him of Charters or traitors. "Your Highnets has now completed your . perdition —I am not, and I never was a traitor," was the - dignified reply of the Count, and he retired. There are other Noblemen who, because their lives are not. sacred,--tor ,the houses of many have been searched at night, in order to their being arrested, and, perhaps.executed summarily by a military tribunal —have fled on board the packets which sailed on Sunday for Falmouth, and are now out of the reach of the blood .thirsty minions of the Apostolic faction. The packet is said. to be full of such refugees, .and sonic notice having ein pre- given to Captain . liorteous of the packet being about to be searched, he applied for advice to the Admiral, who, with the bluntness and bravery , of a British sailor, said " It is not usual to have the packet searched on leaving r s th en e c T e ag of u t s i , le at f i o d u . a d u( a irigat The ni r Engli h men-o!' tear ow river have prevented those persons perhaps thrown into a dian.,,,ecai. The little army onshore, awake to all the horrors w hich, lour ,over the City, keeps it qniet as yet, and •nothing has,been attempted against the 'British merchants. • • . The mob of Lisbon, in various • places led on by the half-pay officers, have gone through' . the ceremony of burying the Constitution —at Buenos Ayres, and at Carhpo ,Santa Anna. The Constitution is represented by a young female figure, ,dressed up in light blue and white, holding a paper book in liar hand, which • after some 'mock cere monies, is consigned to the grave with great indignities and rejoieing.—Jhe police had received orders to prevent these exhibitions, but, as they do not fink a yConstitu tion, they contrived to, arrive at the places when the noise was over. The soldiers of the 7th went through the sa int'', form at the Grillo, opposite the Conde de . Taipa's house. - • The alarm of , the British merchants is 'very great, and each of them is calculating upon the decision of the Bri tish Cabinet, as to the protection which will be extended to them. All feel confident that they will not be left at Don Miguel's mercy.; It is asserted by some that applica tion bad been made to the British Ambassador, respecting their fate, and that the answer was—" They might be as sured no harm would befall them." 'The two parties are btisy iit 'circulating reports favour able to _their sentiments. The Absolutists speak of Chaves being created a Duke, 'under the name of Duque da Fe (Duke of the Faith). They have also stated that the Conde da Povoa has made large advances of money to'tbe Government, and that he is to be created a Ma r q uis. The, Government paper money has risen, in consequepnleayieonfg this rep.ort, from 2:4 to 22 1 discount. Exchang e on London, 4: u i s icia A n s n o d i th t e i r , e Guards extraordinary have C b o e r e c n u O fl da o;g reportfii that the . Constitutional Hymn. Every lie hai some effect at this period.. There was another report, of the same ori g in, circulated this morning among the lower classes—that there were fifty thousand French troops in Elvas—twice or thrice the number that fortresi could contain. kap pears that there was some a ttempt made there to proclaim the absolute King, - by the Corporation ; but the soldiers put it down.' Another report of that kind was circulated yesterday, without Mundation; of St. Übes ; but though windows Were smashed, heads broken, and much mills . siOn, no acclamation of the King took place. All are looking to Lisbon, and' Lisbon is looking to the decision of the British Cabinet. The agitation still continues among the British ; and all are anxiously waitii4g for 'the answer which the steam bolt may bring,' abdut Wednesday next; as it is , calculated. The worthy. Caunt of Louzam, who was forced into tlie ministry, against ,his_ will, resigned at the same time Count Villa' Real did; and' as the Regent would' not can sent'to it, and insists oil his remaining in office, he insists alio in not doing' any thing lin his public situation; sad therefore the business of his department is at a stand...-. tie is a very uptight and hianeat Nobleman, and although reckoned a Corcunda, he abhors the actual sestem and practices. •He is the reverse of the Viscount. Santarem, although he is not richer than him. It is now Well known, that previous to. the ceremony of taking the Oath, to the Charter, Don Miguel had the text of it altered, and that the written one presented to him on the occasion, and of which nobody heard him utter 3 saying g ure w lv 'i i c f h e, for me w an h in o g m i mother hel syllable, instead of saying that he w o uld re t urn th e Go vernment of the kingdom to the King, he had it writ^ ten Igi'ti,lelac n without he tasad intends to ruarry.whomso.- t: • w's nut' t o i t nise carete Queen,' da n ee, , farthing, ever lie pleases when'King absolute ; for be acknowledge , uo other authority than that of his worthy mother. Now, as to positive and evident facts. We have first the riot at St. Uhes. There the Camara had aTs Dews sung,in honour of Don return,. and a sermon preached in the style of the infamous Padre Jose AgO' tinho, that exalted the beads of some of the rabble of the place ; and immediately afterwards food and wine was dis tributed profusely by the Camara, with the injunction of proclaiming Don Miguel King absolute, which was obeyed in the west riotous way. This princely gang went tp the bar racks of the 13th RegiMent of Infantry, summoning the soldiers ti vociferate in the same way ; and as, they re , fused, they were attacked with innumerable stones, and $ sergeant was shockingly wounded. However, they tridi to persuade the rioters to get out of their way, but all 1 0, vain, so that the guard was obliged to fire a volley 0$ them, by which several were killed, and about twenty seriously wounded. This put a stop to the fun there, b o ' the Loyals sent their complaints to the Government, wbs blamed severely the officers and soldiers, and forbad tbev, to interfere another time in the amusement of the loyal ID' habitants ; and we hear, that since, that regiment has bee°, sent to the fortress of Elvas, and is subStitutedby the. Pitb' a very bad one, that was sent out of . Lishon softie time age. In consequence, it is said to-day that Don Miguel will D e l proclaimed. there absolute King,,with all the. f orma lities' Most of the respectable people have fled. freer St. Übe.; as well as seVaml of the foreign Vice-Consuls. One ° I them _(the American) had stones thrown at him, notwisle standing having in his carriage his wife and several yoga children., In anothe'r part, a most horrible act was coo'', matted. On Monday last,' as, three of the professors ' 1 the University of Coimbra, with the Dean and a PrebeO' dary of the see of the same town, were on their road Lisbon to compliment the Regent, and it is said with great Likelihood, on account of the bad characters ef the said deputies—for they were of the worst -some scholnr: it 'is said ten, waited for them near Condeixa, about 0 ° leagues on this side of Coimbra, and when the deputatio e , passed along the road, they stopped it, ordered- every 00 le to alight, took them into a field close by, and there le gin shooting them. Two professors were killed at 014 first volley, and the two Padres most severely wounded' The firing. and the cries of the survivors attracted sotn 2 peasants and militiamen who happened ,to go near t. 11 ,` place, and who rescued the travelling. party, , and got bol l of three of the villains, who were masked, as were all th i band ; but they were then discovered to be scholars of t 1 University, in consequence of which several Me d sonments have taken place in the University, $ ll ,, a very severe prosecution has began. This f s `.; is horrible, but it shows well the opposition tfr exists in the 2,000 or 3,000 young men of family at tY University, against the tendency of Government. WO will it be, then, if Government acts openly in rebellio°, Auather instance will show us also a s a mpl e o f th e co uotP l , party.' The younger"brother of the Count of Ficalho midshipman in the navy, and attends regularly the mss 7 o school at the Royal College. As he was coming out of yesterday, very quietly, -talking with sonic of his friel3l( another midshipman, : Guarcla hlarinha, , ran him throw;, `with his sword most treacherously,' telling Here', what deserves a Negro," using this expression in the t nish•sense. as applicable to the Constitutionalists. S , luckily the sword passed only through the side of the b°, and his life is not desp lived of. The young assassin . imprisoned immediately after, and remains so ; but I d et, say not for. a long while, whilst those of Coimbra will so o r na mercy. Of these lam sorry to say some belong to ve respectable and wealthy parenfr. off si Yoe, may therefore judge how ;things will to r- duc if the English troops are ordered away. - Their ea is admirable in every respect, for their excellent (nee - plina inspires terror .iia the ruffians, whilst their .manity• gives shelter in their barracks to • those I :ii i have • reason to dread persecution. Th e !E ng li s h 0 j n . has - been equally admirable for its imposing fcw„ ~ and shelter. Ge n er a l Sald an b a , w h o arr i ve d .rester from from London in the steamer Duke of York, went 0 „ mediately on board . Admiral Beauclerc's ship, who'll; remains. His' appearance has given great fright to Cs vernment, who placed boats in the Tagus all night, numerous patroles of police on all the quays, and partic , larly near the hotel where Sir F. Lamb lives, and V) very busy all night, searching and examining every ons e l Supposition that Saldanha would' come ashore to meet ' e l Frederick ! All this would be laughable if it was n ot have monstrous consequences in case the only reined/ not applied,—and that is in sending away the Queen Dan Miguel : for another proclamation has been cirou,j, ed among the trcops, calling on then to rise in his fa o ,,, and to go to meet their companions in arms that are e t s , ing from Spain, and who have upheld the dignity of i • nation (meaning 'the rebels), and telling them that 11, must be aware that this was the Regent's wish, will i tl even to say the contrary; because he may be obliged Sol do. Now, as Don Miguel sent, under the pretext of hunting party, part of his equipages to Alentego, , • about 20,000 milrees in specie, every one expects that of these nights - he will take himself off, as he did in li' to realize the order of tile day of the Minister at War', that front*illavigoisi he • mill try to 'put the count y . conflagration; especially if he learns that the news exPe' from Eng,leuad are not favourable to him." . . The 6t' of • Don Miguel's acts is Manifest from 4 , prorlanlati6n &tended to be dispersed among the peoPl'd the 't outitrey; as soon as Don Miguel escaped to Villa 1 coca, front whence, at the bead of Chavet's troop'' litt,ed to advance' and to destroy the Charter. I had n° ; Marry speak of the proclamation within the last few 4 , 31 ,,i but althou g h I as k e d, requeste d, an d o ff ere d mone y, ' 0 unable to obtain a copy of it until Wednesday. It is A' lows : I, , • - PROCLAMATION. ." Portuguese ! Will you be subject to the mal e the Brazils, and dependent on its Government ? Is 0,, remain degraded from the rank of tiations— Portuga l ' o ro formerly was respected in Europe; traversed the t o zone in search of victories; the arbitress of peace an ds , w ho, herself a warrior, passed the gulfs and bays an d o of Africa, America, and Asia, forming establishnieri t9 ) each and every coast ? Is she, the mother country of so'' ' x States, to become the colony of Brazil, once her 01,, lolly? 'The Brazilans did . not choose to continue si i i .,, to the Government of that mother country, which o',, vexed, - eoncpiered, peopled, and civilised those States; and Will you, yielding up ail your rights over, r !! zil, allow yourselves to he.humbled to the baseness ol'i jecting yourselves to the Government f me u i n it d o a f lu y en o t u a r i i f a o w ro s ie o r f : lunies, thus trampling d t State, which it is not lawful either for the MoruirL.o the people to infringe o n o r to alter—thus breaking '' the privileges of the nation, and abolishing. its usage cus t oms ? :Will you behold with indifference the 10 11 ! ) lion of the i u6cnon.Ateisigititeblel First hie iis in from i your lawful rili d b Ici:g' th o e ve thoi Sovereign D of Portugal—that the schemes may be ‘0 plated of the Revolutionary. Hydra, supported as tb'YA •by the faithless Cabinet of deceitful England? Wil l :{, beindifferencehold w ith it, the outrages perpetrated on )i i(,,, ,h i i t lepeebti dence by pret en d e d recourses to t h e cases fte u was the nobiou the period of hi s d epar t ure - f or t h e B raz il s ) , is c c alled forwa r d i n t h e m id s t o f t h e dissensions $lll/;. Sovereign gla Don . forward John i i s i ,1 0 . : to aid with the army nosy disunite you, in order that English bayonets ina);', pose on you a C ons titution a l Ch arter , d es t ruc ti ye O." yi t ,e h w e tmoh p oti t esh i ht v : il ps e dir g lioa. e imay s tiei o ifog f uf the l E i eonpngi Portugalla) i 8 opprobr iu m English lui. commercei ' Will you behoW • religion of our ancestors, of the Royalties of the Cr ° indifferincie the renewal between you and Great B r io', treaties, a pw n oi d vtlei o r tt t . l nl it o ?t li ve r i r la i l o mi s dy t o l ui n n i.s dvi. e i ; will baud down to posterity the name of Portugal cox withindifferenee England taking possession of yoq l '. marine. possessions, the remains of your ancient ell order:to.form their new l on ian Islands? Will you h i with indifferenc e Lisbon, the ancient emporium o f , riches of the world, made into another Gibraltar ti l Portugal, which has always been a free and indel' e I ~ I kingdom, should b ecome ano th er I re l a nd? W o 'el behold with indifference the august name of the 1 , ,,,A of Irrazil,us e d. for the realization of the projects eoll s ril more than a century since, and begun to be put inlr js liii Aim by the T rea t y o f M et h uen , f or t h e purpose o f F 1 you regist ere d s l aves o f E ng l an d ? deg ' "Nu, Portuguese ! you will never consent to sue!, re - dation. 'More poor, more reduced in number, r r 4 aucient Lusita u i ans , ; w h o , suppor t e d so l e ly by ' Sl' e r i ".. h valour, by their own courge, a s w e ll a s by dl r .° "t~+~v~ w.~ ~ ~,. cant the ; cessi theit nicia ,itbd Brit Level test the (;re Per whi an ( off Lot adu app a v 1:b pri