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We, -a e • Z* - /21. J/ztl.ee/ 411 t .1 1 k1 • • , . • I 1 . , . * • • "bisor./ • 11 1) ft • " • , • - . . • ; 14'•7' .1 :- 47 6. t .1 1 ,, .. ". ‘‘S.l;l‘l:4: 7, 2 • 4.1:111 - Itoir 4144, rings with ler now hol THE EXAMINER of Sunday next, March 21, . 1, will be accompanied by a SUPPLEMENT, *qua' in size to the ordinary paper. Price Sevenpence, ths Supplement GRATIS. • Examiner Office, Feb. 26, 1828. were put i$ of Carlisle , marriage)-' of the wit' Titten p a rt, le his name , ~,and Elliott .ould de. I others, bar lrithis time- Green here -11. I can't Ir, and t he RS. t. 28. eld tie ;ter 11) ............. ............. m.......... 10 r ewtown ll 10 11 11 it 1 :4A4GEDI Februari 29, 7 ketper 4exs, Mon MIS born female Entry-lane, iered by its o'clock on body bafort Jury. The that the her situa age, of the Feat reluc the habit ashel, on elling ou Id put it followed valn him. nediately the old he poor 3 he fell d. The er in that t the in shillings And inquest returned ;conded, =lam ptain Sir ;bun., her shire, the vt, COU. y of task Toad, Or of Healy dace, to Eliza, ?, by the to Mrs. If Upper. te-street, ace, Re = of the F &NWT, Church. sespon of St. 6, relict widgir ire, Oki ,'Sams tive. 'der, o f . Cititiok . 4 01.111 ~,• ~,~, THE MISS PORTERS' NEW NOVELS. This day was published, in three vols. 12mo. price 1/. 10s. COMING OUT, and THE FIELD OF THE FORTY FOOTSTEPS. By JANE and ANNA MARIA PORTER. Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Loudon. Of whom may be had, by the same Authors. TALES ROUND A WINTER HEARTH. 2 Vole. 16s. DUKE CHRISTIAN of LUNEBURG. S vols. 241. HONOR O'MARA. 3 vols. 245. On the 29th will be published; BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MA GAZINE, No. CXXXVI. for March, 1828. Cowrincrs—l. Passages in the Life of Francis Flag ateffe, Esq. late Major in his Majesty's Service—ll. The Broken Lute, by F. 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War-Office, Feb. 25, 1828. sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet John Wal lace' King to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Streattield, who retiree. Dated Feb. 14, 1826. Richard Steward Wardell, Gent. to be Cornet, by pur dza**, vice King. Feb. 14. 9th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. lion. William E. Fitsfilautice to be Captain, by purchase,. vice Callaghan, appointed to the 15th Light Dragoons. Feb. 26. Cornet J. Hope Grant to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice FitiNlaurice. Feb. 26. Henry Willoughby Legard, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Grant. Feb. 25. 11th Ditto--Cornet and Adjutant William Ready to be Lieutenant, without purchase. June 28. To be Cornets. Samuel Fisher, Gent, without purchase, vice Kirke, degassed. June 15. Mattiaaw Franks, Gent. by purchase. vice George, pro- rooted. June 28. 13th Ditto—Lieutenant Wm. Hake, from the lith Light Dragoons, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Grove, deceased. May 7. 14th Ditto—Captain Win. Beckwith to be Major, by purchase, vice Mulles, who retires. Feb. 14. Lieut. John Woolmore Simmons Smith to be Captain, by purchase, vice Beckwith. Feb. 14. Cornet Charles Barton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vise Smitb. Feb. 14. 15th Ditto—Captain Walter Scott to be Major, by pur chase, vice Studd, promoted. Feb. 26. Captain. George Callaghan, from the 9 th Light Dragoons , to be Captain, by purchase, vice Scott. Feb. 26. 16th Ditto—Cornet Charles Frederick Havelock to be Lie u t en ant, without purchase, vice Hake, promoted in the 13th Light Dragoons. May 7. Edward James Pratt, Gent. to be Cornet,vice Havelock. Feb. 14. Sd Foot—Lient. Thomas Henry Owen to be Captain, without purchase, vice Mackay, whose promotion has not taken place. Nov. 14. Ensign Lawrence Desborough to be Lieutenant, vice Owen. Nov. 14. _ Winship Roche, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Desborougk. Nov. 14. sth Regiment of Foot--Ensign Thomas Colmar, from the half-pay, to be Ensign, vies James Atkinson, who ex flanges. Feb. 13. 7th Ditto. To be Lieutenants. Ensign John Wingfield King, from the sth Foot, without jurchase, vice Ogilvie, deceased. Dated Feb. 13. Ensign George De la Poer Ilsresford, from the 88th Foot. by purchase, vice Phillips, promoted. Feb. 14. 11th Ditto—Lieutenant John Singleton, from the half pay, to be . Lieutenant, vice William Haggup, who ex changes, receiving the difference. Feb. 14. 12th Ditto—Lieut. Richard Octavius Ward, from the half-pay, to be Lieutenant, vice Charles Williams, who exchanges, receiving the difference. Feb. 14, 20tk Ditto--Lieutenant Edward Cates, from the 77th nlet, to be Lieutenant, vice Herbert. Feb. 14, 22d Ditto—Captain Thomas Poole to Major, without purchase, rice Steuart, deceased. Feb. 14. To be Captains, without purchase. Lieutenant Peter Valentine Wood, vice Norton, de ceased. Feb. 13. Lieutenant William Raban, vice Poole. Feb. 14. To be Lieutenants, without purchase. Ensign Peter John Petit, vice Gordon, deceased. _ . Feb. 12. . Ensign David Rea Smith, vice Wood. Feb. 13. Eagign Charles John Gouldeu, vice Raban. Feb. 14 To be Ensigns, Without purchase, William Glascock, Gent. vice Smith. Feb. 13. Thomas Sydenhato Conway, Geut. vice Gouldet Feb. 14. 26th Ditto--Lieutenant John Alexander Campbell, from ate Royal African Colonial Corps, to be Lieutenant, vice appointed to the '76th Foot. Feb. 26. 80th Ditto—Captain Charles Harry Roberta, from the wth Foot, to, ba. Captain, vice Lynch, promoted. Feb. 26. To be Lieutenants, without purchase. Ensign W. B. Staff, vice Thompson, deceased. Dated March 10. Ensign Thomas Robert Burrower, vice Backhouse, de• clisEl. May 16. Ensign John Gaspard Wright, vice Tobin. deceased. blay 26. To be Ensigns, without purchase. Wil - William Marlt on , Gent. vice Staff. March 10 • Lag , Armstrong Steele, vice Burrowes. m a y 16. "c G. Perrot, Geat. vice Wright. May 26. 39th t of Regimen Foot—Ensign George Greene to be Liantenaut, with out purc h ase , v i ce Mi nc hi n , deceased. Jun* 29. William Gamul Edwards, Gent, to be Ensign, vice Greene. Feb. 14. 41st Dit to_Quartermaster-Serjeant Jamee Davidson, from the 3d Foot Guards, to be Quartermaster, vice Randle ii.ceaied. Feb. 14. 45th Ditt o —Lieutenant Frederick Ebhart to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Hamilton, deceased. Jan. 3. ensign Edward Thomas Coke to be Lieutenant, vice Eb hart. Jan. 3. Willia m Graham, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Elliott, promoted. Jan. 31. 47th Ditto—Brevet Major Thomas Backhouqe to be Major, without purchase, vice Ramsey, deceased. June 29. Captain Thomas Daly, f rom t h e h a lf- pa y, t o be Cap tins, vice Backhouse. Feb. 14,. 48th Ditto—Copt, John Irvin g Moss, from half-pay isth Light Dragoons, to be Captain, rice Roberts, ap pointed to the 30th Foot. Feb. 26. 49th Ditto—Captain George Johnston, from the half rto be. Captain, vice Hirzel Fr e d er i c k d e Li s l e , w ho ex bY an t gea, receiving the difference. Feb. 14. folla Dittu..Secoud Lieut. Francis .le,sop, from the LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 27, 1828. No. 11,065. 87th Foot, to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Morris, who retires. Feb. 14. 61st Ditto-Capt. Francis Dayrell, from the half-pay, to be Captain, vice Robt. Elisha Coghlan, who exchanges. Feb. 14. 76th Ditto-Lieut. George Blake Hildebrand, from the 26th Foot, to be Adjutant and Lieutenant, vice Rooth, promoted. Feb. 26.-Ensign Thomas Wilmot Thomp son, from the half-pay, to be Ensign, rice William Brydges Bowen, who exchanges. Feb. 14. 77th Ditto-Lieut. Denis Herbert, from the 20th Foot, to be I.ieutenant, vice Cates, who exchanges. Feb. 14. 87th Ditto--Charles Twisleton Graves, Gent. to be Se cond Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Jessop, appointed to the 60th Foot. Feb. 14. SBth Ditto--Edward Fawkes, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Beresford, promoted in the 7th Foot. Feb. 14. 96th Ditto--Lieut. Wm. Hope bo be Captain, by pur chase, vice Ferns, who retires. Ensign Jackson W. A. Wray to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hope. Edward Wills Bleacowe, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wray. Feb. 14. Ist West India Regiment-Ensign Alured Caddy to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Mompesson, who re signs. Henry Capadosa, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Caddy. Feb. 26. 2d West India Regiment.-To be Captains.-Captain Thomas Inigo Wickham Freeman, from the half-pay, vice Tait, appointed to the 22d Foot. Feb. 13. Captain Arthur Thomas Stephenson, from the half-pay, vice Ric ketts, promoted in the Royal African Colonial Corps. Feb. 14. To be Lieutenants.-Ensign Stephen John Hill, with out purchase, vice Moriarty, promoted. Feb. 13. Lieut. Edward M'Vicar, from the Ceylon Regiment, vice Gordon, whose appointment has not taken place. Feb. 14. To be Ensigns, without purchase. -Henry Wase Whit field, Gent. vice Macdonnell, supereeded.-Feb. 13. Chas. Liddell Duffield Wilson Crompton, Gent., vice Stephen John Hill. Feb. 14. Royal African Colonial Corps--Lieutenant William Frederick Vernon, from the half-pay of the Corps, to be Lieutenant, vice Campbell, appointed to the 26th Foot. Feb. 26. Itisarracunn.-Major Edward Studd, from the 15th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant-Colonel of Infantry, by purchase. Feb. 26. Lieutenant Harry Shakespear from the 7th Foot, to be Captain of Infantry, by purchase. Feb. 14. The undermentioned Officer having Brevet rank supe rior to his regimental commission, has accepted promotion upon half-pay, according to the General Order of the 25th April, 1826 ; Brevet Major B. R. Lynch, from the 30th Foot, to be Major of Infantry, Fab. 26. The under-mentioned Lieutenants, actually serving upon full-pay in Regiments of the Line, whose commissions are dated in or previous to the year 1811, have accepted pro motion upon half-pay, according to the General Order of the 27th December, 1826 :- To be Captains of Infantry.-Lieutenant Edward Briscoe, from the 41st Foot. Feb. 26. Lieutenant Wm. Dempster, from the 18th Foot. Feb. 26. Lieutenant Aaron Warlock, from the 69th Foot. Feb. 26. Lieut. Moses Campbell, from the ltd Foot. Feb. 26. Lieutenant Benjamin Rooth, from the 76th Foot. Feb. 26. Sr ar F.-Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William Henry Sewell, on half-pay 60th Foot, to be Deputy Quarter master-General to the King's troops serving in the East Indies, vice Read, deceased. Feb. 14. HOSPITAL ST AF F. -Hospital- A ssistan t Robert Joynt Gordon Grant to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Hanley, deceased. Feb. 14. To be Hospital-Assistants to the Forces.-William Campbell Robertson, Gent. vice Smith, deceased. Feb. 14. William Odell, Gent. vice Laing, deceased. Feb. 14. BazvEr. -Colonel Charles Dallas, Governor ci St. `'Helena, to have the rank of Brigadier-General on that Island only. Feb. 14. The under-mentioned Cadets, of the Honourable the East India Company's Service, to have temporary rank as En signs during the period of their being placed under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Pasley, of the Royal Engi neers at Chatham, for field instructions in the art of Sap ping and Mining. Gentleman Cadet Michael Allen Bird wood, Feb. 14. Gentleman Cadet Andrew Scott Waugh, Feb. 14. Gentleman Cadet John Clarke Shaw, Feb. 14. Gentleman Cadet Thomas Sydenham Kennedy, Feb. 14. Gentleman Cadet Robert Martin, Feb. 14. Gentleman Cadet Barre William Goldie, Feb. 14. Gen tleman Cadet Henry Watts, Feb. 14. Gentleman Cadet John Parry Powel, Feb. 14. Gentleman Cadet Francis Edward Burlton Bennett, Feb. 14. Gentleman Cadet Edward Lacon Ommany, Feb. 14. MEmouaNna.-Lieut-Colonel Philip Hughes, of the Royal Invalid Engineers, has been allowed to dispose of bis commission, Feb. 26. The Christian names of Captain Mackenzie, who was appointed on the 17th ult. to au Unattached Company, are Robert Andrews, and not Robert Hay. Errat 'Jo in Gazette of 12th Feb. 65th Foot—For Captain Arthur Sullivan, from the half-pay, to be Captain, vice Peter Maclaine, who ex changes, receiving the difference—read Captain Arthur Sullivan, from tht half-pay, to be Captain, vice William Maclean', who exchanges, receiving the difference. Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Kent. Richard Milord, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant of the county of Kent, and city and county :of Canterbury. Feb. 19. 3ommissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Hertford. Daniel Goodson Adey, Esq. to he Deputy Lieutenant. Sept. !O. Hertfordshire Militia. Thomas Goode., Esq. to be Captain, by Brevet. Se pt. 22, Whitehall, Feb. 25. The King has been pleased to appoint James St. Clair, Earl of Roselyn, to be Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of the Shire of Fife, in the room of the Earl of Kellie, deceased. Whitehall, Feb. 23. The King has been pleased to present the Reverend George Gillespie to the church and parish of Cumbertrees, in the presbytery of Annan and county of Dumfries, vacant by the death of the Rev. Thomas Gillespie. Erratum in the Gazette of Tuesday last. _ For Joseph de Conroy Laffan, of Cobham, in the county of Kent, read, Joseph de Courcy Laffan, of Otham, iu the county of Kent. Crown-Office, Feb. 26. MENIIIFFIS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Shire of Edinburgh—Sir George Clerk, of Pennycuiek, Bart. City of New Sarum—The Hon. Buncombe Pleydell Bouverie, in the room of Viscount Folkestone, now Earl of Radnor, one of the Peers of the United kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. verpool. Blackstock and Bunce, Temple, London ; Bard wall and Son, Liverpool. Andre Charles Francois Genden, Somerset-street, Port man-square, bookseller, March 11, at twelve, 18, and April 8, at one, at the Court of Commissioners. King, Bedford-place, Russell-square. William Holland, Rotlserhithe, linen-draper, March 4, 11, and April 8, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Farrar, Godliman-street, Doctors' Commons. Moses William Hall, Liverpool, kaberdasher, March 7, 8, and April 8, at twelve, at the Clarendon-buildings, Liverpool. Adlingten, Gregory, and - Faulkner, Bedford row, London ; Mawdsley, Liverpool. William Brumfit, Leeds, victualler, March 4,5, at eleven, and April 8, at one, at the Court-house, Leeds. Woodhouse, Temple ; Stott, Leeds. Robert Bell, Wakefield, York, woolstapler, March 21, .it eleven, 22, and April 8, at two, at the Sessions-house, Wakefield. Bettye, and Co. Chancery-lane ; Cuttle, Wakefield. Jonathan Walton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant, March 10, 17, and April 8, at eleven, at the George Inn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Williamson, Gray's Inn, London ; Inglociew, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. John Bell, Carleton, Cumberland, cattle-dealer, March 6, '7, and April 8, at eleven, at the Bush Inn, Carlisle. Addison, Gray's-Inn ; Wannop, Carlisle. James and Joseph Wragg, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, flax-dressers, March 10, at two, 11, at eleven, and April 9, at two, at the Angel Inn, Chesterfield. Vickery, New Boswell-court, London ; Gillett, Chesterfield. John Harrison, Liverpool, flour-dealer, March '7, Si, and April 8, at one, at the Clarendon-buildings, Liverpool. Blackstock and Bunce, Temple ; Brabner, Liverpool. Daniel Terry, Spread Eagle-court, Threadneedle-street, tailor, March 4, 11, and April 8, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Fitch, Union-street, Borough. William Marriott, Broad-street, London, stock-broker, Feb. 29, March 7, and April 8, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Sutcliffe and Birch, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. _ _ William Nelson Heward, Bridlington, York, timber merchant, March 6, at six, 7, and April 8, at eleven, at the Red Lion Inn, Great Driffield, York. Ellis, Walms ley, anti Gorton, Chancery-lane, London ; Scotchburn, Great Driffield. Richard Clarridge, Coventry, victualler, March 11, at four, 12, and April 8, at eleven, at the Castle Inn, Co ventry. Wragg, Bedford-place, Southwark-bridge-road. Henry Palmer, Essex-yard, Whiteebapel, coachmaker, March 4, at ten, 14, at twelve, and April 8, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Hill, Wood-street, Cheapside. vv Robert Hope, Liverpool, joiner, March 7,8, and April S, at two, at the Clarendon-buildings, Liverpool. More croft, Liverpool ; Chester, Staple-inn. Henry Crawford, Whitehaven, Cumberland, painter, March 20, 22, and April 8, at three, at the Golden Lion Inn, Whitehaven. Helder, Clement's-inn ; Armistead, Whitehaven. ..... _ Edward Cooper, Little Russell-street, Covent-garden, haberdasher, March 4, 11, at ten, and April 8, at nine, at the Court of Commissioners. Smith, Carthusian-street, Charter-heuse-square. Worthy Bedford, Bristol, brewer, March 18, 19, and April 8, at one, at the White Lion, Bristol. Vizard and Blower, Lincoln's-inn-fields ; Wasbrough, Bristol. Abel Armstrong, Penrith, Cumberland, grocer, March 10, 11, and April 8, at eleven, at the Office of Mr. John Jameson, Penrith, Cumberland. Jameson, Penrith ; Hel der, Clement's-inn, London. Charles Baxter, Ipswich, linen-draper, March 10, at eleven, 11, and April 8, at eleven, at the Queen's Head Inn, Ipswich. Pearson and Lawrance, Ipswich ; Taylor, John-street, Bedford-row. John Ash Vickers, Leeds, York, patten-ntaker, March 14, 15, at eleven, and April 8, at eleven, at the Court house, Leeds. Battye, Fisher, and Ludlow, Chancery lane ; Rayner, Leeds. William Shaw, Liverpool, builder, March 7 and 8, a•4,d April 8, at two, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Finlow, Clarendon buildings, Liverpool ; Chester, Staple inn, London. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. I. Sir ThOMaSAciand—Bill for the better regulation of Di. visions of Counties. 2. Mr. Hume—Address for Copies of the Public Acts of the Legislative Assemblies in the several Colonies; also, Copies of all Orders in Council issued for the regula tion of the Colonies. 3. Sir Edward Knatchbull—Bill for allowing Appeals from Minor Jurisdictions to the Sessions of the Peace for the County in which such Jurisdictions are situate. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. 4. Supply—Committee. b. Ways and Means—Committee. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, FEBRUARY 26, 1828. Mr. C. PM ea and others, from the Commons, brought up the Bill for regulating the Assessment of Taxes and Rates in the parish of Saint Mary Merton, surrey. The Bill was read a first time. Lord SPENCER presented a petition from certain Pro testant Dissenters residing at Poole, in Dorsetshire, against the Corporation and Test Acts. The Noble Lord pre sented similar petitions from Gibsley and other places. Lord CAWDOR presented similar petitions from Water gate Chapel, Brecon, and from several other places in Brecon. _ Lord DARNLEY presented a similar petition from Maidstone, Kent. . . . . , Earl CARNARVON presented s similar petition from Union-street Chapel, Brighton—Wingrove, Bucks—and Haddenham. Similar petitions were presented by Lord DACRE, from Hinscliffe Chapel, Affingh am—Bradhints—Newt on— Bradford—Wilts--Bathersden—Crassington, Yorkshire— St. Clare's, Carmarthenshire—King-street Meeting-house, Bristol—Cannon-street Chapel, Manchester—Story-street, Nottingham—Parish of Moerfield, Yorkshire--Denhigh---- the Baptist Chapel, Grafton-street, Soho—Winslow, Bucks __Lonsdale, Westmoreland—Long Sutton—and several places in Monmouthshire, Carmarthenshire, and Carnar vonshire. By Lord KING, from Hat rogate—a place in Cardigan— Dover-street, Leicester—and Mowbray_ The Noble Lord said that lie had also a petition to present from a Clergy man, in the diocese of Chester. He had shown the peti tion to the diocesan of that place, and informed him that as he knew nothing of the ease, he had no wish to present the petition. Its prayer was properly worded, and it contained nothing but what might fairly come under the cognizance of their Lordships. The petition chiefly related to the powers given to the diocesan, which the petitioner thought contrary to the passage in Holy Scripture—a particular chapter in Ezekiel. He complained that the curates were not sufficiently provided for by their Father in God, as he called the diocesan, who, he stated, was bound to provide for all his children in the diocese. The Bishop of CHESTER did not rise to trouble their Lordships with any observations on the subject of the petition, but to return thanks to the Noble Lord for the kind manner in which he had presented it. He un derstood that the Noble Lord had kept back the petition while he (the Bishop of Chester) was out of town. Several other petitions were presented, after which the House adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FEIRUARY 26. Mr. CHAPLIN presented a petition from the borough of Stanford, in favour of the Ayr and Calder canal. . . _ _ . Sir C. HASTINGS presented a petition from Leices ter in favour of the Ayr and Calder canal. Mr. MUNDAY brought up the Report on the Ash bourne Roads Bill and leave was given to bring in the same. Lord F. OSBORNE moved the second reading of the Bill for enclosing certain lands in the neighbourhood of Cambridge. Major PEEL presented a petition from the Shipowners of Norwich, in favour of the Wakefield and Ferrybridge Canal. Mr. Alderman WOOD presented a petition from a con siderable number of the Protestant Dissenters of the City of Gloucester, praying for a Repeal of the Test and Cor poration Acts. Also a similar petition from Greenwich. Mr. Alderman WOOD moved for returns of the number of imperial gallons of foreign wine imported during the last year. Also similar returns as to the number of gallons of foreign spirits. Sir E. KNATCLLBULL presented a petition from a place in Kent, praying for a repeal of the Test and Cor poration Laws. Sir W. ROWLEY presented similar petitions from Wrentham and other plices iu Suffolk. Lord JAMES STUART presented thirty similar peti tions from the Dissenters of Brecon, and from various places in Cardigan, Carmarthen, Radnorshire, and Mon mouth. Sir C. COLE presented similar petitions from the Dis senters of certain places in Caermarthen and Glamorgansh ire. Sir E. OWEN presented a petition from the Maltsters of Pembroke, praying for a repeal of the Malt Act. Mr. PONSONBY presented a petition from the Dis senters of Christ Church, praying for a repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts. Lord CHANDOS presented a petition from the Land owners of the Hundred of Desborough, praying for au alte ration in the Poor Laws. Lord ALTHORP presented petitions from the Dis senters and Baptists of Kettering, in Northamptonshire, praying for a repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts. Sir C. HASTINGS presented a similar petition from the Dissenters of Ashby-ds-la-Zouch. Mr. WM. SMITH presented 73 similar petitions from the Dissenters of various towns in Warwickshire, :Cam bridgeshire, Yorkshire, Leicester, and various other counties. Lord TAVISTOCK presented thirteen similar petitions from the Dissenters of certain places in Bedford and Cam bridge. Mr. LEONARD presented similar petitions from the Dissenters of Chelmsford. Mr. WESTERN presented 14 similar petitions from the Dissenters of Saffron Walden, Rochford, Newport, Cobham Hall, and other places. Lord RANCLIFFE presented seven similar petitions from the Dissenters of various congregations in Nottinghamshire. Lord MANDEVILLE presented a similar petition from the Dissenters of K;rabolton. Mr. CORBETT p a resented a similar petition from the Dissenters of Ossuliton. Lord F. OSBORNE presented five similar petitions from the Dissenters of Wisbeach, and other places. Mr. BYNG presented similar petitions from the Dis senters of the Iloxton and Moberly Chapels, in Middlesex. Mr. O'HARA presented a petition from the Catholics of the parish of St. Nicholas, iu the city of Galway, in fa vour of the Catholic Claims ; also petitions from two other parishes in the county of Galway. Sir ROBERT HERON presented petitions from the Baptists of Lincoln, and from the Dissenters of Horncastle, Stamford, and another place, praying for the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts. Mr. B. BARING presented similar petitions from the Dissenters of Thetford and Ilminster in Norfolk. Mr. MONCK presented similar petitions from the Dis senters of places in Berkshire and Oxfordshire. Mr. P. THOMPSON presented similar petitions from the Dissenters of Dover, and from three other places in Essex and Middlesex. Mr. CALCRAFT presented similar petitions from Mal don and three other places. Mr. DENISON presented three petitions on the same side. One, he said, proceeded from the Protestant Society for the protection of religious liberty—a body which re presented no less than 1,000 congregations.—(Hear, hear.) —Another was from the Rev. Rowland Hill's chapel, Blackfriars-road. This venerable gentleman had attained the age of 84, and is widely respected for his talents and ' virtue. He is uncle to the present Commander of the Forces. The third petition was from the Dissenters of in the county of Surrey. Mr. LANGSTON presented a similar petition from the city of Oxford. Mr. HOBHOUSE presented a similar petition from the Dissenters of Deptford, in Kent. Mr. DUNCOAIBE presented a similar petition from Hickerley, in Yorkshire. Mr. EitNETT presented similar petitions from various places in Wiltshire. Mr Alderman THOMPSON presented three similar PRICE 7D. petitions from the Dissenters of Congregations in the Poul try Chapel, Buntingfield, and Cotton -street Chapel, Poplar. TEST AND CORPORATION ACTS. r ng Mr. A. DAWSON presented a petition:from th e R oman Catholics of a parish in the county of Louth, also praying for the repeal of the Test Acts. I n p rese nting this petition he could not, he said, forbear to mention as an i nstance of the diffusion of the principles of relig ious lib erty through out the domestic empire, that at the very time wh en t h e Roman Catholic peers and commoners of England were en gaged in preparing the petition for the relief of the Dia sea , tees, which had been presented to the House last night by a Noble Lord (Nugent), some of his (Mr. Dawson's) con.. stituents, without any concert or communication with their brethren in England, were preparing the petition which he bad then the honour to present.--The petition was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. LEGH KECK presented three petitions from Lei cester, also praying for the repeal of the Test Acts. Similar petitions were presented from Brighton, Tre gony, and Melton Mowbray. - Sir J.. NEWPORT presented a petition from the malt sters of Waterford, far a repeal of the Malt Act. _ Whitehall, Feb. 22. The Lord Chancellor has appointed James Rayner, of Wigan, in the county of Lancaster, Gent. to he a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. William Stacey Hills, Darby-street, Rosemary-lane, common-brewer. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGE. Sir Charles Henry Rich, Beenham, Berkshire, Bart., dealer and chapman, from March 4 to April 22, at eleven. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. Adam Charlton, Walthamstow, cattle-dealer. George Alsop, Nottingham, blacking-manufacturer. BANKRUPTS. John Garner, Newgate-street, butcher, to surrender Feb. 2 9 March 7, and April 8, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Price, Falcon-square. William Henry Parker, jun., and John Parker, Here -20 R o bi nson , Walbrook ; 20, 21, and April 8, at eleven, a f G o t r o d t :t g h h b° e , Hereford. Simon dlnn, March Hereford. Simon Jackaman, Ip swich, mone y -scriven e r, March 7, at eleven, 14, and April 8, at ten, at th e Court of Com missioners. Bromley, Gray "-Inn. William Odell, C a therine - street, Westminster, boarding house-keeper, March at ten, 11, and April 8, at nine, at the Court o f Commissioners. Howaid , :Bouverie - street , booksellers, Fleet-street. David Christie, Liverpool, merchant, March 4, at ten, 11, and April 8, at nine, at the Clarendon-buildings, Li- DIVIDENDS. March 19, G. W. Wentworth, R. Chaloner, T. Rich worth, I'. Rishworth, jun. and J. Hartley, York, bankers —March 18, G. Croft, Oxford-street, mercer—March 18, D. Rogers, Upper North-place, Gray's-inn-road, grocer— March 18, J. Kesteven, T. Kesteven, and J. Kesteven, York-street, Covent-garden, men's-mercers—March 18, W. Ellman, Lambeth, miller—March 28, T. Morris, Re gent-street, Blackwell, carpenter—March 4, J. Harrop, Grasseroft, Yorkshire, clothier—March 19, J. Andrew, Swindon, Wilts, mercer—March 26, R. Wright, Hollin wood, Lancashire, hat-manufacturer—March 18, T. Maltby and H. Buckland, Gutter -lane, Cheapside, lace-manufac turers—March 18, S. D. Neely, Regent-street, book seller—June 6, G. Clarke, Basinghall-street, Blackwell hall factor—March 21, J. P. Kensington, city, banker. CERTIFICATES, MARCSi 18. W. Bush, Brighthelmstone, Sussex, dealer—H. Buck well, Hove, Sussex, baker—J. Garrett, sen. and J. Gar rett, jun., Hereford, bankers—T. Roberts, Rochester, Kent, brewer—J. Blomiley, J. Blomiley, and T. Blomiley, Heap, Lancashire, cotton-spinners—J. Buttivant, East India Chambers, Leadenhall-street, merchant. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. E. Curtis and R. S. Gritten, Reeve's-wharf, Cannon row, army-contractors—J. Horn, E. Holaie, and John Charaley, Liverpool, millers—lL M'Calmont, W. Inglis, and C. Ironside, Liverpool, merchants—J. P. Hicks, C. E. Hicks, and H. P. Hicks, Eastington, Gloucestershire, clothiers—W. Arnold and J. Matthews, Crenshole, Glou cestershire, speltre and brass-makers--P. Beck and J. Jones, Shrewsbury, wine-merchants—E. Taylor, J. H. Hama], and T. Newsom, Hull, " bone-merchants--G. Phipps and J. Phipps, Bristol, timber-factors--C. Calvert, J. Forster, and H. Shubrick, Upper Thames -street, brewers, as far as regards the said H. Shubrick—J. Hatch and W. Drinkwater,Pershore,Worcestershire, auctioneers- • H. Mills, H. B. Mills,W. Stead,W. Bardy, and G. Harker, York, car ters—R. Goodwin and H. Tootill, High-street, Isling ton, coffee-house-keepers — P. Hall and J. Lockitt, Con gleton, grocers—W. Bird and G. Bird, Cardiff, book sellers—J. H. Tarlton, T. S. Tarlton, and H. Simms, Liverpool, merchants—G. Cumming and E. Senior, Manchester, commission-agents--.J. Turner and W. Smith Wakefield, drapers—T. W. Hodgetts and R. Martineau, Dudley, Worcestershire, merchants—G. Steel and M. Goodwin, Ray-street, Clerkenwell, pattern-makers—T. Crompton, R. Holmes, and J. Mort, Manchester, bleach ers—J. Mundy and .1. R. Butler, Bruton street, Bond street, turners—T. Barton and T. Knight, Wadhurst, Sussex, grocers. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Lawrence Hood, Perth, ship-owner, Feb. 29 and March 14, at the George Inn, Perth. Andrew Gray, Leith, merchant, Feb. 27, and . March 19, at Mrs. Pratt's tavern, Edinburgh. William Innis, Edinburgh, grocer, March '7 and 21, 9t the Waterloo tavern, Edinburgh. MEETINGS 'OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY DIARY.—FIIIDAY, Fes. 29. Addis, J., Abergavenny—Angel, Abergavenny ll Ilattye, K, Burton Salmon,) :;rkshire—Green Dragon inn, Pontefract Binns, E ' Bath—White Lion, Bath ll B o gg, J., Tattershall, Lincoln—George, Ilorncastle Edwards, T. Swansea—Jones's, Swansea l2 Hall, E., Ashton—White Bear, Manchester ll Heynes ' S., Cheltenham—Royal hotel, Cheltenham ll Banks, P., BiLston—Littleton, Penkridgei ll Ilooton and Co., Birmingham—Royal hotel, Birmingham l2 Ilughes ' J., Liverpool—Clarendon, Liverpool Hume, J., Liverpool—Bardswell, Liverpool Nadin, J., M a nchester—Dot Manchester 10 P ren tice, A., Manchester— mite'sV, Manchester lO Tomlin, A., Liverpool—White's, Manchester Wilson, J., Coventry—Court-house Leeds 1: Moyle, J., Manchestet—White's, daachester 9 Young, J., Leeds—Court-house, Leeds 1 INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED, COUNTRY.--At they Zen urt- house , at Cardiff; March 1, o Powell, Griffith, Glycorrwg, fanner At Carnarvon, arch Mar 1, at T we l ve. Denman, Wm., Bangor, shoemaker Edward, Win., Trerdriw, Llanidan, yeoman Roberts, David, Carnarvon, slate-merchant At Gloucester, Feb. 29, a t Ten, Appleby, Wm., Berkeley, labourer Ansley, M., Brockwear, carpenter Bailey, Mary, Wootton-under -Edge, carpenter Fowler, Thos. W ootton - u nder -Edge , auctioneer Evans, Wm., - Cheltenham, gardener Bonstead, F., Cheltenham, carpenter Cosens, Edw., Liverpool, deputy-lest master Mayor, H., Chalford Lynch, widow Page, A., Cheltenham, labourer Sutton, Thomas, Woodchester, weaver Pratt, Joseph, Cheltenham, coachman Vick, Charles, Painswick, labourer • • Wallop, J., Upton St. Leonards, Innteeper Pat, Aaron, Cheltenham, labourer CURATES OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH IN IRELAND. Sir J.-NEWPORT moved that an humble Address be presented to his Majesty, praying that there be laid before the House an account of the number of unbeneficed curates in the several dioceses in Ireland, setting forth the length of service of each individual, and the amount of his salary and allowances. He did this, he observed, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the regulations of the Established Church for the maintenance of its Curates had been com plied with, and whether those meritorious individuals re ceived that provision to which they were so well entitled.— Agreed to: REPORT OF SUPPLY. On the motion of Mr. PEEL, the Order of the Day for bringing up the report of Supply was read. Sir A. GRANT brought up the Report, and the reso lutions of grants on the Navy Estimates were read and agreed to. Lord JOHN RUSSELL brought forward his motion, and spoke to the following effect :—Sir, I rise fur the purpose of bringing forward a motion which, although it has not been made for many years, I am still sure will not, on that account, be considered less worthy of the due estimation of the House, nor do I conceive that it ought to be deemed less worthy of their consideration, from the acknowledged weakness of its advocate. I am persuaded that the voice of the numbers who have laid their petitions on the table of the House, on the ground of religious liberty, are, at the least, worthy of its deepest consider ation, and that their claims will not be rejected without the fullest and fairest investigation. In bringing this motion forward, the .only doubt—the only embarrassment I feel—is not to be attributed to any feelings personal to myself; for, on the contrary, I am sure that if I brought it before a House which had so prepossessions, no precon ceived opinions on the subject, that tke strength of my ease would be sure to meet with their unqualified ap probation. Neither should I have any difficulty on ac count of the conduct of the petitioners whose case I am to advocate—quite the reverse; for there is no one in the House who can, in the slightest degree, impugn or ac cuse the conduct of the Protestant Dissenters. There is, however, another circiunstance, which I confess induces me to broach the consideration of this subject with awe, and which, but for the vast difference in other matters, would almost cause me to despair, namely, that the last time this question was brought forward it was introduced by the eloquence and the argument of Mr. Fox, than whom no other individual ever skewed more eloquence or chewed more strength in argument ; and yet, notwith standing which, his proposition was rejected by the House. I confess that such a consideration would af fect me with utter hopelessness, and, instead of entering upon, would ahnost influence me to give up the case, were s it not for the reflection, that although I possess not the weapons of Fox, yet have I not also the same enemies to encounter, I am satisfied that in the thirty eight years which have elapsed since the question was brought forward by him, that public opinion has :mule such progress, and such an improvement has takes place in the public mind, more particularly in the middle orders of so ciety, that many who were then strong opposers of this measure are now amongst its warmest supporters. To countenance this impression I need only refer to the change which has taken place in the Common Council in London, which, together with the Court of Aldermen, in the year 1790, passed resolutions against the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, and thanked their Metobers for having voted against it. At the present day, however, see the change that has taken place, for the same body has not only passed resolutions contrary to the suppression cf the principles of religious liberty, but has petitioned the House in favour of this measure. So much for the change which has taken place in the public mind ; but beside that, I have another great authority to produce, one of the most formidable an tagonists of Fox—l mean Mr. Pitt ; and I am now enabled to state, that it was his wish to see the Test and Corpora tion Acts repealed, when he saw, as every enlightened mind now sees, that the state of the world has altogether changed, that the contest is no longer one of rival religions ; and that when it originated it was not only one of religious, but against political opinions which tended to the overturns ing of the Constitution. I shall now say no more in the way of preface than this, that if I am asked whether I have any test to propose in lieu of that which is to be taken away, that my answer is, I am against all religious tests. And that the principle I advocate is, that there should be no restriction, save that which is directed by the sth Geo. IV., which declares, that all officers in the Customs and Excise should not be liable to any other test or declaration than the oath of Allegiance.—(Hear.)—This is the state in which I wish the whole of our establishments to be; and that no man shall be obliged to undergo any further test than that of " swearing faith and true allegiance to our Sovereign Lord King George the Fourth," Holding these views, I would therefore deem it improper to propose any other test as a substitute for that which I seek to remove ; and shall now, therefore, proceed to the great principle on which I ground my motion. That principle is the same which is expressed in the greater number of petitions laid upon the table of the House, which has been adopted by the Roman Catholics, and by those members of the Church of England who have joined is the prayer for relieving their dissenting brethren, namely, " that every man should be at liberty to form his religious principles from the impressions of his own mind, and that having so formed them, he should have free liberty to put them in practice without any re striction, on the ground that every penalty, restriction, or disqualification whataoever, for religious opinions, was of the nature of persecution, and insomuch was an offence to God, and an injury to man."—(Hear.)—This is the prin ciple upon which the Dissenters claim their rights, and upon which they are entitled to them ; at the same time that I fairly admit that there are certain exceptions to it, which I think may be illustrated by the general rule of the non-interference of nations with the internal affairs of each other: The rule in itself is strict, but if nations are so constituted within themselves that from their princi ples they become dangerous to others, then those other States Lave a right to interfere with thou, and if they complain, to say, the fault is not ours, but yours, for it is from your conduct that we are compel led, for our own sakes to interfere with y q. In the same way, if any religios contains any political principles hostile to t tpis hostile ti e le tci political be religious opinions tests, est entertained er and are ed y only the Constittitioo of the State, or if it be inimical to civil liberty, then there is full right to impose restrictions, obwhlyi;hl restraints satilnch e i a t o .a i e as professors. Haying said thus much I strait now go into the history of those acts, and the causes from which they sprung, in order to see whether there be any thing which can Justify their continuance at present, and I shall then consider the general principles of them. It 1 h perfectly well known to every one who has studied. the history of those times, that after th instance, !very struggle which was entered, into was riot purely religious, but a combination of rehgions and politics. F or in that great contest which took place in the Netherlands,. Philip IL acted with the 'nixed view of nsaintainiic rah_ mg his rights as a Sovereign, and establishing t h e Cath!n gion, by which he thought it most likely . that his powerwould be upheld. James I. also a cted in the sam e way in giving all his countenance to the Church of England,the principles of which he deemed most conduci ve to t h e maintenance of his author it y . That p ro d u ced those struggles with the Puritan s, in regard to who m M r • Hume observes, that it w as owin g to their struggles that we are indebted for all that we now p ossess of religious li berty. The Presbyterians and the Independ en t s were t h e persons who carried on the war a g a in s t Charles the First, and when his son Wu tutored, one of his first, steps Was to restrain those who had contributed to the deposal and death of his father.' With this view the Corporation Act was introduced. The preamble of that Act recited, that as the power of Corporations ought not to fall into the hands of persons hostile to his Majesty's Government, and that it was well known there still were many: of these evil spirits in existence, therefore, ha order to counteract the workings of these evil spirits waS the bill passed. It empowered the King to appoint Commissioners for the regulation of Corporations, who were to remove all dan gerous persons, and obliged every one taking office in Corporations to renounce the solemn leagu e and cove nant, and also the legality of in any cave taking wars against the Government. During the discussion of this Bill there was a difference of opinion between the Lords and Commons, the Lords wishing that the Crown should have the power of keeping the Corporations always under its controul, but the Commons succeeded in preventing this, adopting, as a kind of - set-off, a clause, that persons taking office should receive the sacrament according to the forms of the Church of England. It seems pretty remark able that Hume thought this of so little importance, that although he gave a long abstract of the provisions of the Act, he never thought it worth his while to allude to the last clause I have mentioned. So far from there being at that time any wish to shut out the Dissenters, there were then actually fifty Presbyterian Members in the House of Commons. If the Dissenters afterwards left thy:, pale of the Church, they of course incurred the Peu sties which the la w h ad prov i ded for such a departure from the Estab ,:a fished re li g i on. I merely mention the,e circumsta n c es tck show th at t h e Act in question had the effect- of excluding Presbyterians though assuredly suc h was not i ts original intention. such, then, Sir, was tile Corporation Act, and I have thus adverted to it that the House might have its spirit e ind scope full in view, before I entered upon the next subject, to which I would direct attention, That subject is the Test Act. That is the next Statute which .1 shall propose to refer to a Committee. The object of that Statute was to preseat the dangers which at the time of its passing were apprehended from Popish recusants. That Statute, as its preamble states, was passed for the pur pose of quieting the minds of all good subjects of his Majesty. In no point of view can that Act be regarded as having reference to Protestant - senters, for while it was under deliberation, several well. known Dissenters were in the full enjoyment of all the rights which could appertain to a British suk . ,3Kt. I shall now, Sir, beg leave to point out more par'Llcularly the dif. ferenca between the two Acts of whick, 1 have been speak ing. The Corporation Act WAS Pfrassed most unquestion ibly for the purpose of excludin!.‘ Dissenters from any such station in the country as to`,'ght confer on them influence which could be turned account, either in disturbing the dynasty then seated the throne, to which, certainly, the , : were all offeeteit, or in altering the Constitution of the country as tl,en established. The aim of the Test Act was to keep 't.:atholics from offices of trust and profit, precise]) for ,sesame reason, lest they should disturb existing insti tutions, not that the Legislature feared they would take the ...time steps for that purpose as the Dissenters ; but though the mode of proceeding likely to be adopted by each parts ?night be different, yet as the same result was appro bolded from both, namely, a change in the existiaz Government, the measures directed against either war: , evere and coercive, though dissimilar in other respects. —(Hear, hear, hear.)—As the objects were different, , :so were the enactments most unlike, and it is to the distinc lion between those to which I should desire to call the at tention of the House. We have always been hearing rood, of the wisdom of our ancestors—and though I am per. iectly free to admit that, on many occasions, they eviner,t the highest degree of wisdom, yet they, too, had their fol .:es. Their impression, upon which they acted most d.: eidedly, was, that if the Protestant Dissenters, by mea3, of their influence throughout the country, were eligible to corporate offices, they might acquire much power in the State, which could not but fail ultimately to endanger the security of any Government which their principles ,end their interests might induce them to oppose. There was little danger, as must be well known to all acquainted with the history of that period, that the Catholics should gain atkuision into the Corporations—No ; the danger then was from the Dissenters, and accordingly from them it was the object of the Legislature to exclude them. Th 2 policy of that period was, to exclude Catholics from court offices, and, as I have already stated, Dissenters from Cor porate offices, for the one had influence with the people, and the others were favourites with the King. The Test Act was introduced to render ineligible those whom the King should appoint ; the Corporation Act to render inch gible those whom his subjects should choose. In this view, both enactments were rendered as general and comprehen sive as possible, but subsequent experience has incontestab4 proved, that a religious test is amongst the most efficacious means of excluding from offices of trust and profit, those who are, or are supposed to be, dangerous to the State.-- During the time that the Spanish Armada threatened this country, the sagacity of Queen Elizabeth did not permit her to limit her selection of officers to any religious corn - Intmity. She knew those on whom she could d e pend ; sh e selected them without reference to creed, and the result proved the wisdom of her choice. The Irish Rebellion of 1798 afforded innumerable instances of the total inefficacy ~f a religious test. Theobald Wolfe Tune, for example. would have taken any religious test that any theologies,, could have devised, and yet what could be more impre;: i bi policy l eusul''3h which .lent than to entrust such a man in any confidentisi . he L:g i i t s u l: -- 1 t W3B in th a t t t i o o r n e ? p r 0 B e e u ed t ed y e tins s u t c h h e reign contrary to the wish of the w re as ign th o e f p c ol I .ing that the Catholics should be persecuted, et l ) l l ricuted they were, most ener-:- getically, by the House • of Commons ; it was contrary to the wish of the C , :Ann:ions that the Dissenters should be persecuted, Yet; the King was most active in thwartir the wishes in. this respect of his Parliament. Both wera strong for the purposes ofpersecution—both were weak for the purposes of relief. I come now, Sir, to the period of the Uevoltttion, and it will naturally be inquired why at that time no measures of relief were extended to the Dissenters? But I presume it will not be forgotten that the change of the dynasty, which then took place, and the vast alterations at that time made in the political institutions of this country, could not but indispose prudent legislators from pushing change much further. It is, therefore, no matter of sur prise, that amidst the many salutary alterations thus ef fected, some that now appear highly important should then have been overlooked. such being the co: - ,e, I ,hall, with your permission, Sir, avail myself of the authority of Bishop Burnet, to show that tfre Church party, at that time, wished for a repeal of the Tolera tion Act, and yet wished for the restoration of the Stuarts. In the reign of Geo. 11., Lord Stanhope thought that a Bill might be safely introduced, containing a clause to re peal the Test and Corporation Acts ; and accordingly his Lordship did propose such a measure to the other House of Parliament, where it met with such an opposition as led to its abandonment. But, Sir, notwithstanding this, senti nients were expressed on that occasion, evincing 'a degree of public spirit not very common any where, at the period to which I refer, and at the present day even unusual in the quarters whence they proceeded. I mean the Right Rev. Bench of aishops. We have, Sir, the authority of most learned men to support the views which the advocates ui this repeal would press on the attention of Parliament ; % % s e have it from a %tarter where liberality is rare, and a tol,erant spirit matter of stuTaise—we have it from the 13i!.ilops of York and Lincoln of that day.—(The Noble Lord here read extracts from the speeches of Bishops nadir! and Kennet, in which the former strongly censured the • principle of per secution as one, apart from other Ole's:dons, that if prac tised by Protestants against Protest - anta, might be pleaded ill iustifioation of the persecution of Christianity itself ; and in which the latter contended against the irnpolicy ca raising an outcry that ,b, Church Was iu danger-- m outcry which mulct have uo weight with any body but silly woolen and childron,)—(Hear, hear, h eat .) These, sir (pursued his Lordship) are the opinions,, not of laymen, but of the Clergy —not of Clergy of an inferioi rank, but of Itish°P" of Prelates, of the heads of 1 the Church. They felt, as all membc,rs of the Church of 1, , ,, g 1and should feel, that the doctrines and l e , of the Church of E ngland were founded on a orincip ;•o' ck, and were, as the ? - , should be, toverior to any protec tion that could be derived from st'al outworks as the Test and Corporation Acts, or to ';‘ny defence that a spirit of persecution could imart, Yet, Sir, notwithstanding the qupport of those eX.P, ) ,ted and enlightened Prelates, Lord Stanhope failed in Ifobject. S . R Walpole,when is Priu'. Minister behalt .. of this country, was applied to on f the Dissenters, I believe every Hon. Member who hears in liiilni the history of that re m ar kable man will go long With me in the assertion that he ne ver sacrific e d .t , In'actical g oo d f or t h e sa k e o f es tablishing any general 1 Principl e , f or t h e sa k e o f carry i ng i nto e ffect an y l arge or extensive scheme of policy or legislation. He thought, and probably the circumstances of the times warranted such au .Ipinion, or, if not, palliated it, that the safety of the family then recently placed on the throne demanded the conti nuance of those Statutes. Be that as it may, that Minister, in communicating with the Dissenters, admitted to the fullest extent the fairness of their claims. •‘ I ac iinowledge," said he, " that there cannot he greater in ;ustice, nor in the abstract more unwise policy, than to exclude you or any portion of his Majesty' ; Majesty's sub j ects from .situations of confidence and emolument, but yet I will never support your claims.—(lleac, hear.)—l think the ;maintenance of the House of Hanover on the Throne cf those realms a matter of the last importance, and I will