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PAR .1, I A Vit E N T. HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH 17. The House proceeded in Trelawney's Divorce 1-I,,rrison attended as Counsel for the l'e• - itioner. Witnesses %vete examined, and the torther hearing was postponed tdl Monday. Ihe Oiths were administered to the Earl of- C ; 1t.,1 Ma , ine Mutiny Bill %VHS brought up tr ,, m 'the tloi!se Of Comino;is by Mr. Brcigden and r Members, and read a first time. Swinbut Ile presented at , Annual Account f+oto the C.molissioners of lYestruinster Bridge. o:ticted to Fir opon the table. The ludenini:y Bill was read a second time, and Committed to-morrow. "'he Commit tee on the Poor Laws' Amendment 1;j1 was postponed till Friday. Petitions ngaiust any alteration in the Duty on Coals were presented by the of Northum berland, the Earl of Shattesbury, the Earl of Aberdeen, and Lord Grenville, from Newcastle upon-Tyne, St. Mary, Islington, Glasgow, and Bristol ; for a Revision of the Criminal Laws, by Lord Holland, from Bedford and Woburn; and against the Renewal of the Insolvent Act, by the Eat I Grosvenor. Lord Holland, Lord Gren ville, and the Eat! of Shaftesbury, from Chester, Stockton-upon-TeeS, Bristol, and Cordwainers• Ward. Lord Holland, on preSetaing the Stock ton Petition, took the opportunity of expressing his opinion, that thong undoubtedly the Insol vent A,,t r,..quired amendments, yet that he would rather see the. Act as it was again in operation, than recur to the old system, %%filch opaateo so much injustice, and produced so much cruelty anti oppression Upon i tiividttals.—All the Peti tions were ordered to lie upon the On the motion of tt:e Mat queLs of LAN:q)UI,VNE, 9 Nie,sage wag 0! dCred to he sent to !he House of Cotuntons, requesting copies ot two Re e orts re - pecting the drainage of bogs in Irel MUTINY BILL. The E 3EI of LIVERPoOL, on moving the second reading of the Mutiny Bill, stated there were only two alietations in it, as cowpared with the Act of the Idst year—one was extending the time to which Court Martials were allowed to sit to font. o'clock instead of three, and the other so h. jectin4 Ordnance Storekeepers on foreign service to law. The Bill was read a second time, and commit ted for to-morrow. AI.IENS' AND DENIZENS' BILL. Lord Vlscoont SIDNI ,, UTII moved the Order of the Day for the Commitment of the Aliens' and I.) , •sliz;:its' Bill. Lot (I HOLLAND said, he did not mean to enter into discussion of this measure at the pres , iit moms n; ; he wished, previous to another stage of the Bill, that some information might be given to the flonse as to what the actual state of fire law was upon his subject. Lord Viscount SIDMOUTLI Said, he could not take upon himself to go through all the Acts of Pailid;tit.nt that applied to this question ; but the oljtct (if the Bill merely was to suspend the al legt•d rich: of obtaining Naturalization by the means alinden to, until an adjudication had been pronounced upon the question as to the legality of that alleged right. The Bill passed through the Coulinittee, and was reported without amendment, after a lest wor 41, zil Lord HOLLAND, agntiii expresing a tvisli that tit-- House should be put in possession of the real state of the law upon the subject.— Aojournect till to-1110110w (this day.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. Th^ Bill for better Lighting the Streets of Lon don and Westminster with Glis was read a 3e c:,11(1 time, and ordered to be committed. Tile Commissioners of Westminster 13iidge pre s••nted the Account of the Expeaces, &c. of that A revion from the Penitentiary, Millbank, pre sented bollie Papers relative to. the Expenees'• al redi;y incurred, or likely to be incurred, in that Establishment. The Chtitenham Gas Light Bill was read a d time and passed. - Air. liousToN, Member for the Glasgow Dis trict of Boroughs, presented a petition from the Merchants' House of Glasgow, against the pio posed Daly on Coals. Mr. EnwAy.os presented a petition, which he awed was most numerously and respectably by the inhabitants of Neath and its vici nity, against the imposition of any new Duty on Coals. Air. S. WORTLEY presented several petitions on the same subject. _ Mr. S. V. - ouTt.cy presented a petition from Halifax, against the continuance of the Insolvent Act in its present state. A petition was presented from Carrickfergus, Against the Window Tax.—ltead and ordered to Lc printed. A petition was presented from Derby, against tlie extension of the Coal Duties. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' ACT. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR presented a petition from Doi ham, against the continuance of the Insol vent Act.—Read and ordered to be printed, and iderrcd to the Committee or, the Act. NOTTINGILANI ELECTION. Mr. Scrjeant COPLEY presented a Petition from the Liectors of Nottingham against the decision the Select Committee —The objection was, the Cmiltnittec had decided on the form, not on the tocri:s of the case. Mr. FAZ.NKEBLEY Sfild, the regular mode would hr 10 call tor the Minutes of the Committee. Sir JAmEs MAct:INTosH felt that the Hon. uoulfl not aflude to what vas not stated i;) , he Orport of the Select Committee. e SI'6AKIzR said, that if any reference was made to what was not before the Committer, the Fiwise could not a ttend to it, as it bail Isol !ling ::efore it. The tega;-ir course certlittly would tit , f) rail for :he Mlntite of the Committee who nt.iCe this liepost, .6'4tn.iffHto then gave notice of his tii‘to I tot the said Minutes on Fitrldy. GRAISViLLU SG:JUR-SET pfebeiltvd A PcCO lion• from Atv!rgavennv, in the Conn! y of Mon mouth, against any extension of the Duty on Coals. Sir J. GRAUAM presented a Petition from Car lisle, agaibst the continuance of the Insolvent Act in its present state. Mr. CunwFrii said, he could . heartily support this Petition, hecanse many persons in that City had been con! , ,iCerable sidles-en) by the trawls practised n u de/. this Art.—Read, and vrdered to he lefetted to the Committee nn the Insolvent Act.—A similar Petition was presented from Abington. Mr. DICKINsoN presented a Petition from So mersetsiore against any extension of the Duties 01) Coals. tier al (ii osvENOR presented a Petition from the City of Chester against the Insolvent Act. Mr. Alderman WAyrnm AN presented a similar Perri ~n from the Wait! ct Curnhill, in the City 411 London. lie could not but observe, that in the list of Gentlemen nominated by the Attorney- General last night, and agreed to by the House, tiffre was a deficiency. He saw there ten or 'twelve professional Gentlemen, while there were only two mercantile characters connected with the City of London: The City of London was deeply inlet ested in a question so vitally import ant as the consideration of the Act was, and lie thought there was an absolute necessity of adding some commercial characters to the number of Members. He proposed the following names to be added to the Committee :—Mr. John Sunlit ; Mr.N. Calvet t ; Mr. Wm. Smith ; illr. Curwen ; Mr. Wm. kVilliams. Mr. littouGnAm tho►lj:ht that his Hon. Friend, the Worthy Alikrumtt, inid tor : ..t)tien that one of ihe very Gentlemen he now proposed was a lawyer.. He conceived nothing could he more fair than the selection made by the Attorhev•Ge neral last night. The motiwi wag then pia and agreed to. Sir Wm. I.h. CRF.SPIGNY presented a Petition from Sotithampton against the Ittsohent Act. Read and ordered to be referred to the Com mittee on that question. WESTMINSTER ELECTION. Sir F. Boubwrr presented a Pe;ition from cer tain Electors of Westminster, complaining o f the return of the. Honourable George 1,3 , 11 h.— The Petition stated the different parishes in which the right of Electing was vested, including at the same time St. Martin's-le-Grand. It charged the Hon. George Lamb, or others connected with hini, of inducing persons to give their votes by, g iving them money, treating them with meat, drink, &c. for the purpose of securing his Elec tion for the said City. That particularly on the Saturday 811 d Sunday before the close of the Elec tion, such practices were resorted to, a nt i th a t snine hundred persons •;vere hired before the last day of [tic poll for the pnr,)ose of obstructing the Electors—( laugh),—ar i d committing riots and assaults persons who came vote.-- hear, and laughter.)—That a considerable number of Electors had been deprived o f t h e i r privilege in consequence of the assaults thus made on them.—(Hear, anti a laugh.)—lt nuttier com plained, that Arthur \iorris, Esq. the High 13,614 and Returning Officer for the City and Liberties, had acted partially and unfairly, in having admit ted a number a voters for Mr. Lamb, while the friends of :Or. Hobhouse were excluded by his de cision. The Petition prayed that the Ho„,, would take this into consideration, and per m i t thrm to he heard by Counsel at the Bar iu sup port of the rights. When the petition was read, some Members requested to hear the names of the petitioners.— They were, Stephen Ackerman, G. Barber, John Wild, and Isaac Rainer. The Petition was fixed to be taken into consi deration on the Gth of May next. On the motion of Sir J. SEBRIGHT, there was ordered to be laid before the House, Retorns of the Quantity of Cotton Wool imported from the year 1812 to 1817—of the Quantity of Cotton Wool exported from Great Britain during the same period—likewise, a Return of the Quantity of Cotton Twist exported during the same period. SA LT DUTIES. Sir M. W. RIDLAY, by the desire of his Hon. Friend (Mr. Calcraft) postponed that Honourable Membur's intended motion on the Salt Duties until to-morrow. Sir M.W. RIDLEY presented a Petition, most re spectably signed, from several inhabitants of New castle-upon-Tyne, against the renewal of the In solvent Debtors' Act, under any modification. — He ter,retted that he differed in opinion from some as to the extent to which t h ey carried their oppo sition, but as the question would be hilly can vassed in the Committee, lie bad the strongest hopes the revision of the law would remove every objection. The Petition was then read, and ordered to lie on the table. MARRIAGE ACT. Doctor PHILLIMORE, in conformity with his , notice, rose to submit a motion for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Marriage Act. The imme diate object of his Bill would be, to amend that part of the existing law as-referred to the marriage of Minors, and his remedy intended to apply to such marriages, whether by licence or banns. As the law, now stood, any marriage by li• c'nce contracted by a Minor, vithout the previous consent of his parents or guardians, was null and void. The enactment was absolute, and Courts of Law were compelled to, set aside all such mar riages. The evil results of such a system were, that snits were instituted for many years after such marriages had _taken place. There were instances where parties, after a lapse of twenty years, and with a numerous issue from the connexion, have claimed the benefit of their own pet jury. The evil, however, did not rest there, for the law in flicted its vengeance on the posterity ; it being in the power of the next of kin at any time to intcrpo'e his objection, founded on the minority of the father, and thus dispute the property of the parent from bring possessed by the child. Such a state of the law was a scandal and disgrace.— Th e object of his proposed Bill was to li mit the time for instituting such suits He eicutld prop.ise that the parent or guardian should be limi:ed to the time when the minority ceased, ow . that tie suit of the minor should couun , acc year after he came of age. With respect to his second object, the marriage by banns#it was notorious that in the Metropolis, and in other large Cities, the publication of banns was a mere nullity. His 1%-medy would be, to place tumors under this description of marriage on the same footing as the amended law would place minors by license, with this addition, that the parties marrying by banns should have a com plete residence of one fortnight in the parish where the banns were published. He begged to assure the House, that in submitting that mea sure to its consideration he was ►netnated by no imaginary or visionary ideas of improvement, but solely by tie desire to correct a growing and ad mitted evil —(-lear, hear !) The motion was then agreed to, and leave granted to bring in the Bill. ORDNANCE SALES. Mr. Alderman WOOD observed, that he had so shaped his wozion on the present subject, as to allow him to hope that the information he sought from the Board of Ordnance would not be refused. And he begged to premise, that in seeking for that information, he had no intention of urging any charge against the Ordnance Department or the Treasury for their conduct in the transaction. Saks had been made ot articles principally con sisting of iron. brass, sulphur, and muskets, to the amount ot 200,0001. It was on commercial grounds that he wished to know the precise prices at which these respective articles were sold. He therefore moved, that there be laid be‘ore the House an Account of all Stores pm-chased by Mr. Samuels, of the Board ot Ordnance, from Jan. 1818 :0 19. Air IL Virv3r) stated, that the Worthy Alder man had exonerared ;he Board of Ordnance from any blame in this transactio , ,. The fact was, no blame could be impured }1 ( - :;rile neces sary, in compliance with the expressed wishes of that House, to get rid of the very extensive ma.. gazines in which these stores were deposited. Such an arrangement rendered their sale neces sary. GRONFELL contended, that the sale in question c►mg;<t not to have been private. There appeared to be no reason for departing from the establibhed .and approved sys'em of open comi►e tition. As be thonalit all the circumstances of the transaction o.ight to be before the public, he would move, as an amendment to the motion of the Worthy Alderman, to add the words " toge ther with the prices at which such Stores have been sold." The CIIANCELLOA of the EXCIIITQUER consider ed that the arnundrnent only served to render the mofion still more objectionable. Any inquiry, if inquiry were i!ectued necessary, ought to fol low the conclusion of a contract, and not to be set on foot while it was going on. The B rd owed this duty to the party with whoiti they Lad contracted. Mr. BARING argued, that there W 35 no ground for deprtitig from the wind course in the trans don in question, and for making a bargain in the Clark. He thought that the information ought to be produced. Mr. BnouGnAm, conceiving that the subject could not rest where it was, and must produce future discussion, suggested to his Hon. Pr;:ynd to withdraw his amendment, and to the Hon. Alder man to rest satisfied at the prsent with the Papers conceded to him, and if they did not prove sufficient, when in the possession of the House, to take another opportunity of moving for the rest. Mr. R. WARD defended the Board of Ordnance frost► the attack made upon it. If, in speaking of the usual system, the Hon. Gentleman had substituted the word " combination" for the word " competition," it would have been nearer the truth : be instanced various cases, in which this combination had proved highly injurious to the public service, and in which private contracts were found to be much more beneficial. - In an offer made some time ago by competition, for the purchase of a quantity of brass cannon, a' house, to which the Hon. Gentleman was related, offer ed the smallest sum of all the competitors, name ly, 591, a cwt. while others offered 755. If Go vernment had closed with that offer, he was per suaded not a word of the transaction would have been heard from the Hon. Gentleman. As to the observation of another lion. Gentleman, that the bargain in question had beets made in the dark, he defied any one to spew that it was not in - all its bearings a proper transaction. In support of his arguments, the Hon. Gentleman entered into a variety of statements with respect to the sale of gunpowder, ropes, &c. and concluded by ex pressing his conviction, that the Board of Ord nance had most noxiously exerted themselves to discharge their duty. Mr.GRENFEi.L disclaimedharingbeen influenced by any personal motives in the part which he had taken in the discussion, and observed that the in stance quoted by the Honourable Gentleman of the competition for the purchase of the cannon, was rather a whimsical proof of the existence of any combination on the subject ! He was con vinced that money was lost to the public by not adhering to the principle of competition. Mr. WARD explained. Mr. D. GILBERT observed, that many cases might exist in which a sale by private contract would be more advantageous to the public than an open sale. Mr,. HuttsT declared, that in his opinion the recent exertions of the Board of Ordnance did them the greatest honour. Mr. GRENFELL offering to withdraw his amend ment.if the Hon. Gentleman opposite would then agree to the original motion, and .Mr. Ward ac quiescing in that arrangement, the amendment was accordingly withdrawn, and after a few words from Mr. Baring and Mr. Forbes, the for mer of whom disclaimed throwing any imputation on the conduct of the Board of Ordnance, the motion was agreed to. On the motion of Mr. R. Warm, a copy was or dered to be laid before the House of the Memo rial of the Gunpowder Merchants to the Lords of the Treasury, dated Nov. IG, IBIS, and the ob serrations of the Board of Ordnance on the same. TAUNTON. On the motion of Sir J. GHANA:4, the 'Order Fur taking the 'Lawton Election Vetition into consideration on the Ist of April was discharged, and a new Order made for the Gal May. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. In the Comtnittee of Supply a Resolution w B5 - agreed to on the motion of Mr. K. WARD , t° grant 150,0001. to his Majesty on account Of tlie Ordnance Service for the present year. The Re " port was ordered to be received to-morrow. The Alkali Duty Bill, the Wellington Estate - Bill, and the Exchequer Bills in Aids' Bill, 'v el , 6 read a second time and ordered to be commit- 0 P the first on Friday, the two others to•morrow• The Portugal Slave Trade Bill went throug h Committee, the ::sport of which was ordered t ° be T received to• morrow. he British Plantation Wool Bill, the N' s-- % Salt, Bill, and the East India Goods' (Ireland/ Bill, were read a third time and passed. At the suggestion of Mr. Grenfell, in conse : ( - pence of the thin attendance, the Chancellor o r . • the Exchequer consented to defer until to' nwr a row the Committee•`on the Consolidated 1 4. ° 11 Produce LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. LADY EMILY VANE' TEMPEST. 51 6' Yesterday Sir A. PIGG'oTT said lie had 0 tion to. make in this case, which was of consider; se able importance, it his Honour would be plea to hear it. The motion was directed by 11 : e d Lord Chancellor to be made to his Houour, had'for its object the prevention of any ifl e°'" i ' ei nience that might arise from delay. It deed of certain insertions might he made in the oe -600 settlement to he, drawn up previous to th e r t ie:rulization of the marriage of Lord S te ' - : a a rl with Lady Emily Vane Tempest, been inadvertently omitted. The first Was " I r 3 s specting certain estates to which'Lady FA)" li. entitled as tenant in tail ; and also of certoitl mitations in respect to some coal,mines , its event of Lord Stewart surviving Lady t o which had been inserted by misteke as to g 0 tettints in tail male, whereas, for the sec uritY a e , the female part of the claimants, the es the should have been described as to revert to as tenants in tail geueralir. Certain diteel juns be to the working of the collieries would a i l ° , Id neces3ary to be inserted ; namely, that °ci d be binding on the parties during the litetiw e it Lord Stets art to work the said mines, would be to the disadvantage of the estate "die so ; and if, at the death of Lord Stewart, event of his surviving Lady Emily, the should not be worth more than they were at he at time, then the persons in possession mig ht as at liherty to take fresh leases at the same ra te present. Mr. HART said, he appeared for fiadY A heir' and had no objection to the insertion s made. 5 10 Mr. ROUPELL, on behalf of the 0 .04 • g ly consented to the motion, which Was accortitiiP granted. AMERICAN THEATRICALS,—Mr• Maywooo are playing at the N C% Theatre. Mr. and M BARTO 3I( petted from the eastward, where they . rece" • full share of merited applause, Wit/100 attractbins the usual crowded houses, which is to be mscil i e s to the times and the season. M r , puILIPF S ' t a c i t no reason to complain of the audience in ,ed Carolina and Georgia ; and his trip lins P r ' ) to profitable and agreeable. He will retu, ifofig laVriteLet.4:aci.licyy.e:4l.4li this City, we learn, in u short Paper.) DUMFRIES, MARCH 9.—During the la s t 5 o jr" seven days the weather has been uneornnietery fine, and although the air is still a to irl other appearance of the earth and sky see; l ; - I,bour dicate the commencement of spring fe ed ; n of every description has seldom bee canoed at the same season of the year, and 100,04- days we hope to see the busbandmo tl,cit." Ling the seed to the grateful earth, ttu rlv and cnmstaores that will go far to ensure "ration, ebtradant harvest. The progress of vege becite which, in many instances, was scarcely ever i r s a aa ed, can already be traced in numerous b"` t he blossoms, and although the earth is stil l ha no t to wood-lark, the blackbird, and the thru sh ' " e yed mention a crowd of interior songsters , are where heard in full chorus. COAL MARKET, MAncu 17. ro c& O A, Ships at Marl et. Ships sold. 46i Newcastle/ ... i 13 Sunderland ll.. T4s. to s. 6 6 1: 44g3ss>4" BIRTH. rj ,e n ral 13".411 On the 3d instant, at Holywell, the Lady of Reynardson, of a son. MARRIED. Hampste _ imiir ,tr. On Tuesday, the 16t „4 And re' : - g 0" soar Spottiswoode, Esq. of Bedford-square, to A o re, daughter of Thomas Longman, Esq. of Mooo l stead. 0010,,,l e ,„ 1 ' DIED. On Wednesday, the 3d instant, at his residen°e:asrar P. .,.. ' . lanscheg (formerly of the Strand), of an apoplectic attack on the 29. d ult. Mr' fo f li t 'v e .5 0 14 i. PROVINCIAL BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND P rraP BIRTHS. el 1143 Lately, at Athlone, the Lady of Lieut.-Coloo C. B. Assistant Adjutant-Gcneral, of a son. ta sto M rs ' id the 68t1 1 Ye a ' At Strailaniglo Field, Scotland, on the 6th ins Thomas Walker, of a son. h e lls , eldestOn the daughterlh o inst. i APneatreer,:iiAie:;'ilaEotrp: Esq. Esq. W. S e . s to IS a ' - r ' of W tbarns, nel o E f d O t l i n t: b e t u b ll t il e ih pl i a n c s e t.. at St. Al )ha e, Greenwich, Th elnas lieliff Player, Esq. of ;haze-hill, dreeflwicb, to Misr; Rebecca Kali"' DIED. ,rojea On the sth inst. at Frinsted Place, the Rcr. R. C . " i ; •I'.. Pattenson, of Ibornden, Kent, Rector of Frinstedtaell:-:110, ostfe(Ki,e(n)nt.e of his Majesty's Just ices of the Peace for ti ' flarli." 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