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E, Ni7IBER 9872 • N TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1824. A ItNI Y coNTILI cTs. Commissariat Department, Treasury Chambers, April 2, 1824. NOTICE is hereby given to all Persons de sirous of contracting to supply the following Articles ,for the Use of the Army, viz.:— BEEF and MUTTON, to his Majesty's Land Forces in f ; antottments, Quarters and Barracks, in the undermen linned Comities : Bedford, Berwick, Cambridge (including the Town of Newmarket), Cornwall (including Scilly), Cumberland, Der- Dorset, Durham, (including Holy Island), Gloster (is. : eluding the City of Bristol), Hereford, Herts, Hunts, Lin:. coin, Oxford, Rutland; Salop, Somerset, Stafford, IVilts. That the Deliveries-arc to commence on and for the 25th 'hi'. of. May next ; that Proposals in 'writing, sealed np, and marked "Tender for Army Supplies',' will be received at this Office on or before Tuesday, the 27th day of pril next, hut none will be received after Twelve u'Clock Pn that Day. Proposals must be made separately for each County, and each Proposal must have the Letter which is annexed to the Tender properly filled op, by Two Persons of known Property,-engaging to become bound with the Party ten dering, in the amount .stated .in. the printed Particulars, for the due Performance of the Confract- : ..and no • Proposal will be noticed unless made on a printed Tender, and the Pric es expressed in Words at length; and should it so happen that during the continuance of. the Contract no Troops should be supplied by virtue of the same, the amount of the Stamps on the Contract and Bond, paid in the first instance by the Contractor, shall be refunded to him. PartiCulars of the Contracts may he bad upon application at these Chambers between the hours of Ten and Four, TO GAS mean CONTRACTORS. THE COMMISSIQ,NERS of WIDE STREETS of CORK Cit y wi th to receive PROPO SALS for LIGHTING that City with COAL or OIL GAS for 14 or 21 yea , . o Proposal s are t o be lodg e d at th e Office of the Commissioners , z uth Mall, Cork, n which dayt h e or before lst o f none w ill received.—April 6, 1824. July next, after e•T"E QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. LI X. WILL BE PUBLISHED ON SATURDAY NEXT. T HE F WESTMINSTER REVIEW. MAN O 1,0 11"'ERS M , No. ~ price 4(1 ., for SATURDAY, will contain the REPORT of t he CORONER'S INQUEST on the WESTMINSTER REVIEW. By the Author of " The Trial of the. Rev. Edward Irving." With the usual quantity of Wit and Waggery. __London Knight and Lacey, Publishers, Patemoster.row. DR. GRAHAM ON EPILEPSY. Lately published. price S. THE RESULTS of EXPERIENCE in the • SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT of EPILEPSY; point ing out a Safe Remedy that has been effectually employed in above Fifty Cures. By T. J. GRAHAM, M.D. ;Member of-the Royal College of Surgeons in London. Sold by Callow and Wilson. Princes•street, Soho; James Smith, 163, Strand, London ; and all booksellers. PROTESTANT ASCENDANCY, and NO POPERY ! THE BRITISH GUARDIAN, and PRO TESTANT ADVOCATE, a Weekly Paper, Price Sevenpence, devoted to the CHURCH and STATE, the AL. TAII, and the THRONE, and sanctioned by several of the Chief Dignitaries of the Realm, is published at Four o'Clock, etery Wednesday Afternoon, at No. 1, WELLINGTON STREET, STRAND, where Orders and Advertisements, &c. are received-; and may also be had of all News-Venders. LONDON REPOSITORY for the CABINET MA K_ERti- SOCIETY, for every Description of CABINETFURNI. TURE FEATHER BED and MATTRESS MANU FACTORY, No. 71, Corner of LEADENIIALL' STREET, London, opposite Aldgate Pump.-Ready Money Only. HE Society of Cabinet-Makers respectfully inform the Public that they still continue the above establishment, for-the Benefit of Industrious Mechanics who hale large Familes, by offering them Manufactured Articles in the C a bi net Li ne ,' of the best Workmanship, and Cheaper that, any House can do in London by twenty-five per cent., there being no other profit required on the Goods but the bare house expences ; at the same time will be sufficiently satisfied with having constant Employment for themselves and families. This Society was Established in June, 1821, consisting of 2 0 Mechanics, adding the number of their Wives and Fami lies, amounted to 66 ; in June, 1819, five more were added to the Society ;in June 1820, 19 ; and in June 1821, 8. The total Number now receiving Support through the Means of this Establishment is 191. The Society and their Families beg leave to return their iincere thanks to those Ladies and Gentlemen who have hitherto honoured them with their Orders and Recommends liens, and shall always feel happy in their endeavours to give future satisfaction ; at the same time solicit a Continuance of t heir Benevolence, whereby they may be enabled to increase the Number of the Society. The following Articles axe inserted as a Specimen of the very Low Prices, all warranted.-Ready Money only. Ftll size Mahogany four-post Bedstead, lath bottom 31. 15s. --Full size tent Bedstead If. 65.-Bordered hair Mattress to fit 11 .. 1 s.-Mahogany Drawer, solid ends 31 35.-Feather Bed 21.108.-Ditto, free from dust and smell, full size - 31. 10s.- S,IX japann e d Ch a i rs o f any d escription in oil 11. G s. -B est d o . Wash-hand-stand 165.-Ditto, Dressing Table lfis.-Hearth Rugs 145.-3 ft. 6 inches Chest of Drawers 41. 45.-Three-foot Mahogany Pembroke Table 11. 18s.-Thre e -foot ditto on pil. lars and claws 31. 155.-Mahogany Dressing Table 11.-Ditto Bieett, be s t 11. 45.-Ditto Bedsteps 11. Bs.-Ditto ditto 11. 12s. --Ditto ditto 21. 25.-Ditto Box Glass, 2 drawers, best British Plate 155.-Ditto ditto Is. 63.-Ditto ditto 11. 18s.-Ditto Swing Glass, large size, commode 35.-Ditto ditto 55.-Ditto ditto Bs.-Ditto ditto 125.-Sea Bed and Pillow ss. 6d -Ditto ditto 65.-Ditto ditto 75.-Tray Stand 75.-Long Mahogany Tray 14s-Japanned Book Shelf 75.-Tea Caddy 10s.-Porta tile Desk 215.-Desk covers in number 14s-141usic Chairs 'Y pattern Bs. 6d.-Eight ,Mahogany Chairs, covered with horse hair, brass nailed 61. 65.-8 ditto ditto 61 155.-8 ditto ditto 71.75.-8 Trafalgar ditto 91.95.-,Mahogany Sofa to match 71. 1 0s. -Ditto Couch 71. 10s.,Ditto ditto. 81.10 s. -Ditto, with Bedstead 71. 10s.-Set of Mahogany Card and. Sofa Tables, on turd legs, banded in rose-wood 81. 155.-Set of Mahogany TAbles two Card and Sofa, on pillars and claws 121. 12s.- Ditto, the best that can be made--to order or pattern IQ 10s. --Handsome 7 foot 6 pedestal, Sideboard, with carved back,l7L-Ditto 7 foot 161.-Ditto 6 foot six 151.-Set of "bung Tables, of the last pattern, 4 foOt by 10 foot 61 11.-- Ditto.-4 foot 2by 11 foot 6,151.-Ditto, 4 foot 6by 12 foot 6, 1 61. 165.-If S pan i sh, an advance of 31.105.-Straw Palliasse 11. Is.-Tent Bedstead and furniture 31.15.-Bamboo Bed stead and French elyptic top, with drapery and fringe, 81. 10.. -Five-foot mahogany four-post Bedstead and furniture, with French draperies, lined all through complete, 151. 10s.- Five -foot ditto, ditto 16s. 1 0s.-Ditto ditto, with cornice, of a superior make, 181. IN.-Ditto ditto, with gold cornice, ele gant drapery rune and Curtains, of the best Mo. re and Chint z , fi tte d for window, 61 6d.-Ditto ditto V. 7s. -Ditto, of a superior and elegant style of work, 101. 10s.- Drawing-room rose -wood-Drawing-room Trafalgar Chairs Ditto, inlaid with buhl. 20L-Table, 2 Covers, and Sofa, 181. 18s.--Ditto 11. ls.-Drawing-room Sofa M. 65.-Ditto, 71. 7s. -Ditto 81. Bs.-Horne-hair Cushions, each ss. 6d.-Covered ditto 41. W. THURNELL, Agent. COVNIIRY DEALERS SUPPLIED. G 0045 packed free of expence, except the materials, and sent 10 all parts of Great Britain, and to the East and wrest In cbec -Captains fitted out, and merchants supplied with Ca binet 'Goods for Exportation. li e" Apartments Furnished at a few hours' notice, and }follies two or four days. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA SLOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE ELECTION of SIX DIRECTORS of the, EAST INDIA COMPANY being appointed'for WEDNESDAY, the 14th of April next, the favour of youl Vote and Interest is requested for the following Gentle- awn, viz. :-- Josias Du Pre Alexander, Esq. Hon. Hugh Lindsay Robert Caniphell, Esq. John Morris, E4l. Neil Benjamin Edraondsone, John Goldsborough Raven- Esq. straw, Esq. Which will Touch oblige, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your mO4 humble Servants, Charles Mills, jun. Strilliaw Wigram William Taylor Money William Astell John Petty Muspratt John Baillic Edward Parry John Bebh James Pattison Jacob Bosanquet Richard Chichi!ley Plouden William Stanley Clarke Charles Elton Prescott ;lames Daniell George Raikes Jolidguillestr George Abercrombie It.obiroorrn John Loch . • George Smith -C!trophell NI a rjori banks John Thornhill John Nlasterman. Sweny Toone East India House, March 31 1824. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES - AND GENTLEMEN, H AVING the honour of being recommended • to you by the Directors of the East India Company, as CANDIDATES for the 'DIRECTION to he chosen this Year, we take the liberty of requesting the favour of your -VOTE on the Day of Election, WEDNESDAY, the kith April next. We are, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient and most humble servants, JOS' AS DU PRE LEXANDER. ROBERT. CAMPBELL. NEIL BENJAMIN EDMONSTONE. HUGH LINDSAY. • JOIN MORRIS. ' o JO s l e l , N Nl G ar O ct L . D 3 1 S , B(. 1 ) 8 R 2 4 0 . UGH RAVENSHAW. East India Hu WAR-OFFICE STEANI-PACKETS.-BRISTOL AVD DUBLIN DIRECT. T H E .Nobility, Gentry, and Public, are re spectfully informed, that THE PALMERSTON, JOHN HYDE, Commander, Sails for DUBLIN direct every WEDNESDAY, and leaves DUBLIN for BRISTOL every SATURDAY. BSTOL AND CORK. The GEORGE T RI HE FOURTH, JOHN BROW. E, Commander, Sails for CORE every SATURDAY direct, and leaves CORD BRISTOL every TUESDA Y.. Births secured, and Cards, giving the. Days .ana Hours of Sailing for .the Season, may be obtained on application to Bishop and Cooper, White D'art, and Wm. Dore, White Lion, Bath; William Neylor, Plough Hotel, Cheltenham; J. R. Williams and CO, No. 11, element'.4-lane, Lcimbard-street, or Wm. Robinson, New White Horse Cellar, Piccadilly, London. Carriages and Horses Carefully Shipped. • ROBERT SMART, Agent. NVar-Ofnce Packet-Office, 1, Broad Quay. A PUZZLING CASE BRILLIANTLY • SETTLED. In vest of snow-whiteness, and Boots of jet tit.. A Hair-dresser ran, we 'night rather say, flew, So rapid his pace, powder lin¢ in his And turn'd into Exeter.strert in the Strand: — Where rounding the corner, in contact he cause With Sam, long accustom'd Soot-ho! to proclaim. So fierce the caneussion that both sta;mer'd back, Ail white the Soot bearer, the Barber ail black, Excepting his Boots, for-they lost their jet glow, Anti secni'd as if coret'd with flakes of purr snow ; For Soot versus Powder both hap were at work, The Combatants fighting like Grecian and Turk. Of Justice the parties now souAlit, each, redress, And each his great damage now plane to express " Your Worship perceies," said the indignant barber, This plight in, that no one my person will harbour; My rest, lately white,. with vile soot badly suits, And worse the hair-powder that covers my boots."— " And who its his service," ask'd Soot-ho, " will A dandefied, powder'd, full-dress'd Chimney-sweep?" • The Justice Was pnr:rled, aid friendship aileir'd, " Reflection." he said, "should be. cherish'd and priz'd."— ,‘ Reil , ction I" the Frizeur txclaim'd, " Sir, 'tis gone!" Which way?" ask'd the. Justice, " why, Sir, it is lacking; For never the worth of reflection Was known The lustre when absent of WAiotEN's Jet Blacking !" The Pun was received with eclat, and SAM Sweep Reflection in pristine accuteness to keep, Applied to the Roots a restorative hand, Renewing the visions distinctive and bland; — The parties agreed, and each fairy-like shade Still pone is the Hair-dresser's Emits to preemie. Thii Easy Shining and Brilliant BLACKING, prepared• by ROBERT WARREN,, SO, STR IND, London ; and Sold in every Town in the King. in.hottirs, tod., 124., and IRd. each.— Also PASTE BLACKING, in Po►,. t2d., and I s c h eac h. *** Ask for WARREN'S Blacking. SILK WEAVERS.—The following is a Copy of Mr. PEEL'S letter, communicating his MAJESTY'S answer to the petition of the Spitalfields•W eaversg---" Sir, I have had the honour of laying before the King the petition transmitted in your letter to me of this date from the operative Silk Weavers of Spitalfields and it: vicinity, and I am to acquaint you, and request that you will communicate the same to the petitioners, that his Majesty cannot, consistently with the advice which he has received from his confidential servants, accede to the prayer of the petition, and withhold his assent to the bill relative to the silk trade. But his. Majesty has particularly directed me, in making this communication, to observe; that he is very sensi ble of the uniform loyalty and good conduct of the Weavers of Spitalfields; and that he places the utmost reliance on their as surances, that under all circumstances they will remain steady in their attachment to his person, and will continue to set that example of industry and good order for which they have al ways been conspicuous. " jam, sir, your most obedient humble servant, (Signed) " HOBERT PEEL. t ril 9 t0 , n 1 , 82 E 4 5 . q., " , N , V T h o ite ß h o al b l e , r . t B IP &c. &c." On Wednesday last, a poor elderly man at tending the cattle market, dropt his, pocket-book, containing nearly - 19/. in Bank-notes ; but having circulated hand-bills, the book and money were sent on Friday forenoon, addressed to Mrs. TitaiSr, Grassmarket, Edinburgh, who immediatey returned them to the owner. This pleasing instance of honesty has had the effect of relieving " the sorrows of a poor old man —the remainder of whose days must otherwise have been embittered by the loss of so much money. To the unknoWn individual it must be a source of great satisfaction to learn, that he has thus conferred so much happiness on an aged person. . CORONER'S INQU rsT.---,Yestorday afternoon Coroner's inquest was held, at the Lord Rodney public house, 'Westminster-road, on view.of the body of JatnesJ^ohn Grif fiths, a child aged eight. years, who was run over by Greves Woolwich Coach, 'on Wednesday evening la E. Nrerdics= " Accidental Death." •. PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL it. The Royal Assent was given by Commission to the Irish 4 per Cents. Bill, the Silk Duties Bill, the Union Duties Bill, the Postage Rates Bill, the !Milbank Penitentiary Bill, the Irish Board of Works Bill, and a number of Private Bills. The Commissioners were the Loan CHANCELLOR, the Earl Of - SHAFTESBU'RY, and Earl BATHURST. The Bishop of EXETER presented a petition for the Abo lition of Slavery from a p l ace in Cornwall.—Lord RoiviNEY presented a petition from t h e Clergy of Sutton, i n K ent, against the Unitarian Marriage Bill. —Lord CALTHORPE presented petitions from Sheffield, Doncaster, and Bridport, against cruelty to animals.—The Marquis of LAN-spowg presented a petition from the Journeymen Boot and Shoemakera of Glas gow, against the Combination Laws ; (this petition was after wards withdrawn on account of informality, the word " hUmbly" being omitted) ; a petition from Darlington, praying for a Bill to facilitate the recovery of small debts ; and a petition from certain Ministexs and Elders of 'congregations in connection with the established Church of Scotland, in the North and West of England, praying that they may be permitted to celebrate Marriage according to the forms of their own Church. The Marquis of LANSDOWN gave notice, that he would on Tuesday, the 4th of May, move the committal of the Uni tarian Marriage Bill. The Noble Marquis also took that op portunity of presenting for a first reading, a Bill similar to one which had been brought under their Lordships' consideration in, the last Session of Parliament. The object of the. Bill was to enable the Roman'Catholics of England to vote at elections in the saute manner as those of Ireland. lie would move the second reading on an early day after the holidays. He also intended, at fl subsequent period, to bring in another Bill to enable English Roman Catholics to hold the same offices as those to which Roman Catholics in Ireland were eligible.—The Bill was read a first time, and the House adjourned. HOUSE OF' COMMONS. NEW WRIT. - A New Writ was ordered for Lancaster in the room of Ge. neral DOVETON deceased. -Shortly after tour o'clock, the House was summoned, in the usual form to the House of Lords, to hear the Royal Com. mission read for giving his Majesty's Assent to several Bills. (For which see Lords' Report.) _ . OIL' GAS. • Mr. LINDSAY presented a petition from the Whale Mer chants of Dundee, praying for the adoption of the Oil Gas Bill. Sir I. COFFIN assured the House that the Greenland. Whale Fishermen were of no use to the country, nor to any but themselves. During the last war they had not supplied one man to the Navy, whereas they had got 16,000 from the coal trade.. He hoped therefore the Coal Gas would carry the day when the gitestion - came fairly before them. The petition was read and laid on the table. Mir, GORDON presented a similar petition from Peterhead. Ordered to be printed. Similar petitions were presented . from Salop, Leith, Ber wick-upon-Tweed, Bristol, and Crome. Mr. Alderman SMITH presented a petition from the Rad cliff Coke and Gas Company, against the Oil Gas Bill.—Or dered to be printed. Mr. P. MOORE presented a similar petition from the City of London and Gas Coke Compariv.—Ordered to be printed. The London and Westminster Oil Gas Company Bili was then read a second time. On the question that it be committed, Mr. P. Moons moved that it be committed this day six inOnthS. He made this motion because he thought the Coal Gas Company entitled to a longer period, in order to obtain a proper return for their capital. • Mr: GRENFELL said, that, as a consumer of Gas, he wished to see the two Companies established, because he should then have the material at a cheaper rate. Colonel DAVIES .supported the amendment, and assured the Hon. Member who spoke last that the Oil Gas Company did not pretend to offer gas at a cheaper rate. Mr. N. , CALVERT supported the measure. Mr. Alderman BRYDUES spoke in favour of the amend ment. Mr. SYKES said. there had not been the shadow of an ar gumentagainsarndthtbe e ar p ti t c l l b e lir of w (Lil la (k b as e . grietatlwykr bane a an fa e- r offered fi be tt t e t t e i r b t y hi i n t —e hoped the House would. at least go into a Committee on the subject. unfair C f b a o i e r na mi o n itatht the . 0 Com pany,uil read Ir a s E i et. c t n. : L pf gs ta i ii r C n : t ip E r i i : u t s e d t t e h t : l :o f tn j iat:e:ythem i e t r u Ns et , o o. lot The House then divided— For the Amendment o h e e g x o p v e e n r ye intoe _ . 71 . Against it 74 • Majority —3 The Bill was accordingly sent to a Committee above stairs. A Petition was presented against the Hammersriiith Bridge Bill from the neighbouring.l n h abitants gradual al tham Abolition babfe favour of the County Courts Bill. Mr. CURWEN presented a P et i t iO n from Cockermouth, in Mr. FOWELL BUXTON pr esente d P et i t i ons. f rom Hor d two other places, pray ingrea- dinessYthaav a ery, and declaring a sham for r P the a r k g i a r a g d , Way towa r d s t h e i n d e m n ific a tion of the Slave Owners.—Read rs. contribute R in any way ord ere d to b e pr i nte d. Mr. HART DAVIS . Presented a Petition from Bristol, praying for a Drawback on Unsold Wool.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. C 3 RATTAN presented . petition from Tipperary against the Tithe Composition Bill:—Ordered to be printed. Lord PALMERSTON presented a petition from the Li censed Victuallers of the Isle of Wight against the duty on Excise Licenses.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. JAMES presented a petition from certain inhabitants of Carlisle against the grant of money for the building.of Churches. The petitioners thought the money would be better in their pockets.—Ordered to be printed. SMALL COALS. - Mr. Alderman WOOD preSented a petition from two indi viduals, who are considerable brick-makers in the neighbour hood of London, praying . for a removal of. the duty on small eoals (strained through 'a one -inch sieve) coming into the port of London. The subject he considered to be one of great im portance, not merely to the petitioners, nor to individuals who were similarly situated, but to the public at large. Vast quantitities of small coals were annually consumed for no par= pose but to make tar for ropes:. If the prayer of the petition were complied with, the. small coals might be used to make fire-balls,as was done in various parts of the country, and would thus prove a great benefit to the poor. lie hoped the• Chance llor of the Exchequer would give the subject his attention.—The The petition was read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. STUART 'WORTLEY 'ln.esented a petition from the Presbytery (as we understood). Of'Forfar, North Britain, pray ing -for the total repeal of the Window Tax.—Ordered to be printed. Sir T. LETABRlDGE.presented. a petition from the In habitants of Axbridge, in the County of Somerset, praying for the Repeal of the Assesad TaXeS.—Ordered to be printed: Mr..CURTEIS presented a petition from the Inhabitants of the neighbourhood of Framlingham, against the remission of the Wool Duties.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. HUME moved for a series of Papers relative to the Teas imported from Canton and the British manufactures sent thither, &c.—Ordered. Mr: HUME presented a petition from the Inhabitants of the neighbourhood of- Northallerton against the Combina tion Laws.—Referred to the Committee on the Laws relating to .Artisans. HUM E presented a petition from an individual of the name of Samuel Jones, of Barnard's Inn, who had practised as an Attorney in the Court of King's Itench for twenty-eight years, complaining. that he had been deprived of his practice by certain late Acts of Parliament, and praying compensation. —Ordered to be printed. NEW - CHUB CII ES. Mr. IIUME presented a petition, sighed by eleven or twelve hundred inhabitants.of the town of Manchester against the new grant of 500,00 a to build additional churches. He had received this.petition from alnost respectable Gentleman, who assured him the parties whose names were to the petition were re- Tectable persons, mid had really signed it by themselves.— They strongly disapproved of the intended appropriation of 500,000/. to the.purpose of building churches, and desired that it should . be left for those who wanted them to pay for them He gave a stalernent'of the number of persons who had attend ed certain churches,in MancheSter, on..the different days, which were specified before the Commissioners for building Churches has begun to sit, and spewed, according to the information he had received, that no more than 1100 persons had been found where there were sittings for 6,000 persons. When the Borough reeve summoned the townsmen to deliberate on an application intended to be made to the Commissioners, on the shew of hands being called for, he was told the numbers were twenty to one . against it. On a division there was a majority of twelve for it; In the proceedings connected with this subject, he found an exemplitication of the extravagarfce indulged in by those to whom the disposal of the public money was intrusted, and a proof that no such grants were wanted. In the town of Man chester there had been two new churches built, and the inha bitants, fearful of being furnished with another, presented this petition praying the House not to sanction the new grant called for by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He (Mr. Hume) considered the grant to be an improper one, and how ever unsuccessful, should continue to oppose it. After a few words from Sir It FEnoussori the Petition was ordered to be printed. NOTICES. Mr. HUME gave notice, that on Wednesday he would move for a return of the manne r in which the 1,000,000/. granted for Building Churches had been applied, as that did not appear at present. He would also, on Wednesday, move for the Copy of a Treaty lately made with the Native Chiefs of Sumatra. The Hon. Member intimated his intention of founding a motion on this document when laid upon the table of the House. Mr. BROWNLOW presented a petition from the Inhabi tants of the County of Arniagh against the Slave Trade. — Ordered to be printed.—The lion. gentleman also presented a petition from the Freemasons of Armagh, praying to be put on the same footing with the Freemasons in England.—Ortiered to be printed. STAMP DUTIES. Sir M. W. RIDLEY gave notice that on the 2;:th of May he. would nity&for.leave to bring in a Bill to revise and conso lidate the Stamp Duties. Mr.-HOBHOUSE presented petitions against the Hammer smith Bill, the St. Catherine's Dock Bill, and the proposed re moval of Fleet-market.—Ordered to lie on the table— FOREIGN WHEAT, Mr. HUSICISSON gave 'notice that he woUld,` to-morrow, move for leave to bring in a Bill to allow the Holders of Fo reign Wheat, now in this country, upori bond, to convert the same into flour for exportation: The Right Hon. Gentleman also gave notice, that he would mote for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Law with respect to Principal and Factor. ALIEN BILL. Mr: Secretary PEEL moved the Order of the Day for the third reading of the Alien Bill. Lord NORMAN BY having, unfortunately for himself, been absent on the former discussion of this Bill, wished now to offer a few observations. He was gratified to hear that it was now to be renewed for the last time, but he objected to its being kept in force even, for the period to"which it was now intended that it should be limited. He considered it to be hostile to the principles of the British Constitution; and directed immediately against the unfortunate • sufferers, with whom, as Englishmen, we ought to sympathize. It made us parties to the undisguised hostility of others towards those unfortunates, and he particularly objected to it as an act of adhesion to the Continental policy. He was sorry that such a measure was now had recourse to—a measure which had never been deemed necessary when a Popish Pretender, sup ported by a Foreign Power, had aimed at the total over throw of the Government. This Act, when an Englishman on the Continent defended his Government from the charge of participating in the sentiments of the Holy Alliance, was always referred to as the link which proved the connection._ Te Right Honourable Gentleman had said, and lie could not doubt it, that this measure was not had recourse to at the instance of any Foreign Power ; but the policy of, the Right Honourable Gentleman would have stood higher had he declared against such a law altogether as being un- ! known to the Constitution, particularly when unfortunate patriots sought a refuge on our shores, expecting to be wel. 1 corned by freemen and kindred spirits, and that the liberty which we see highly prized for ourselves we were ready to deny to them. The House would do its duty—a duty which, he thought, could not be very. unpleasant even to -Ministers themselves, if they now threw out the Bill, and thus destroy ed the last link which connected the policy of this country with the tyrants of the continent. He moved, as an' amend ment, "that the Bill should be read a second time on that day six months." . _ ..... Mr. LEICESTER objected to this Bill being passed from the force of habit. if the habit grew stronger as the arenment" in favour of the measure grew weaker, there might be danger of its fastening on us for ever. It was not for domestic purposes that this law was wanting. But it was thought that in this country a conspiracy might be formed against the ami able Ferdinand. So much the better if one were. He should be happy if such an enterprize were originated on English ground. It was not our business, however, to subvert or to support the Government of Ferdinand , but passing this Bill was to Support and to make the Government of this country the conservators of his authority. Colonel PALMER stated, that being one of the half-dozen individuals mentioned in a late speech, as opposing the ge_ neral voice of the House and Nation in praise of the measures of the Government, he rose to defend his opinion and declare his objection to this Bill ; considering it to be only a further measure of that weak and dishonest policy which aggravated the danger of the country. For what was the object of the Minis tets ? It was not the' security of their own Government, but those of the Allied Powers, and to conciliate those whose con duct they had reprobated in the strongest terms of indignation in the last Session ; but whom in the present they had not only flattered by their praiies, but had-actually invited to keep pos session of the country of which they had so baselfand treach erously made themselves masters. But putting all honour, - truth, and consistency out of the question; the effect of the mea sure totally defeated its intention, for the indignant but honest language provoked by the discussion, and circulated through' out Europe by means of a free press ' must goad the hostility of the Alliee, their hatred to Englancl., and their eflbrts 'to de stroy that liberty, incompatible with the principles they had established on the - Continent, and had pledged' themselves to maintain. The Ministers, in the face of reason, common sense, and all the acts and declarations of both - patties, still boasted of the good understanding betwixt them ; but how was it possible these despotic Powers could be actuated by any more favour able sentiment than contempt fora Government, which, what ever might be its own feeling, was unable to controul the feel ings of the nation ? For these "reasons,' and frotn a conviction of the hourly increasing danger of the country in this cause, which admitted of no compromise, and wherein the Ministers, from whatever motives, were aiding and abetting by their con duct the avowed object of France and the Holy Alliance, the Hon. Member once more ventured to address the House upon the subject. And, first, he must return his sincere thanks to his Right Hon. Friend before him for his answer to The speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman, for it was the weight 'of his judg ment end opinion of the state of Europe, the conduct ofthe Al lied Powera, and their designs against the liberties Of England, which had' encouraged him again to stand up in their defence, and would, he , trusted, justify every sentiment he might utter before he resumed his seat. But the question of foreign po licy was sb involved in the system of the Government at home, he must necessarily refer to both in support of his ar gnment,"and would begin by answering an observation of the Noble Lord who in the late debate, upon a partial. qttestion of Reform, had so pointedly alluded to the case of the City - which he (the Honourable Member) represented, and to whom he must declare that for the same reason which had influenced his vote in the case of City of Edinburgh, he would have voted for the deStruction of every close and rotten Borough represented in that House. For he considered all half mea sures, whether of foreign or domestic policy, not only to be useless, brit dangerous and deceitful ; and so far agreed with the 'Right Hon. Gentleman, Who, as the determined enemy to 11 change of the existing system, had 'openly declared he would consent to no compromise whatever bitwixt the present state of I the representation of .the people, and a complete and radical Reform. Upon this issue the Hon. Member would' enter the lists with the Right Hon. Gentleman whenever that question might be renewed ; and in the mean time hoped that his Ho nourable Friends would enake up their minds to a measure which, if their own picture of the danger of the country was true, was the only remedy for the evil. For what could their eloquence avail unless they would act as well as speak ? Why moot these Spanish questions, and complain of loss of honour or danger to their liberties, unless they could redeem the one and save the other? Why talk' of their recognizance to keep the peace, unless they could suggest the means to pay it of? Why vent themselves impotent abuse, insulting and provoking those who could not call them to account, but might their country; or why turn Job's comforters, and remind the nation cd her danger, instead of setting eheirshouldere to-the wheel to help her out of it ? For what prevented them ? 'What ..- „ .. , e r i ,-7 , -- t -..-:., f r...:,-,/‹,.,, , , o _./ ci \IOA ,-rd,_ - It• ~ s ,i ,• ,_ : ..-.. , :',, 4161 E ~,„. Or; 1 - 11111‘) 3'L v (1 rl PRICE SEVENPISNC" infatuation, what lethargy had seized them ? .What ghost stood in their way ? What night-mare sat upon their breasts, and, in,spite of all their efforts . , pinned them down ? For himself, he saw nothing but the danger-of his country, and could look to nothing but the means to save her. In her cause there was --- no sacrifice lint he would - make, no 'hazard but he wou e ld en counter, and all the reward he sought was the glory of her ser vice:' In her 'cause he would say, with Hotspur— " By 'heaven, methinks it were an easy leap. To pluck bright honour 'from the pale-fac'd moon, Or dive into the bottom of the.deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned honour by the loelts.-; But out upon this half-fac'd fellowship ;" for, unless his Hon. Friende . would 'go all lengths, and make all sacrifices of private interest for the public good, there was no salvation for their country. " Virtue cola nobilitas" was the motto of his heart, arid he hoped too deeply written down to be erased by any temptation which the vanity of this world could offer it; and it was there alone; and not to the mottos in their shields, that true nobility and a high-minded aristocracy would refer those who once looked up to them, and who did so still whenever their conduct and example deceived it.— The Hon. Member was convinced that he appealed to those who were influenced by the same feelings with himself, and as individuals wouldeniake those sacrifices which they deprecated or despaired of as a body. Ile was convinced, for instance. that the Noble Patron, whom his Hon. and Learned Friend had represented, and not the people, in his late motion for Reform,. would readily sacrifice his private interest for the public OA: nor did the Hon. Member say it from his personal esteem of the individual, but because the whole tenor of his public and private life gave the assurance. So too would a host , of others, thchllower of the aristocracy of the nation; and who., in thus coming forwardn would carry the whole country with them e not that he claimed the monopoly of his feelings, nor any merit but that of treading in the steps of those who had set the exam pie, and above all, that individuals who, upon the question of Reform, and sill others involving the honour and interests of his country, has ever stood forward, whether in or out of that House, the firmest, - warmest, and most consistent friend both to the CroWn and people. But to return to his Noble Friend and others, who could not agree with them upon this subjece of Reform ; what was the difference of their feelings, unless that they were conscious of their own worth, but had a bad opinion of the world, whilst the Hon. Member and his friends thought better of mankind, and that others might be as honest as themselves. - Fonthey believed that God has implanted the same feelings in every human breast, and that education only made the difference. Not the education of colleges and schools, nor even writing or readng, but simply the education of example and good Government. They contended that the Government of a nation was like that of any smaller body ; nor could a better parallel be found than in his own profession. Suppose then a nation and a regiment, and the moral character and conduct of each to be equally good and unexceptionable ; only put a fool at the head of either, and it must fall to pieces. Let the system of each be perfection itself, " of one entire and per s fact Chrysolite ;" again he would say, put but a fool 'at the head of either', its honour, pride, feeling, name— " Yea all that it inherit shall dissolve y And like the baseless fabric of a vision. Leave not a wreck behind." A knave in such a case was infinitely preferable ; for without a heart, if he had judgment, he would learn that honesty was the better policy, and might at last discover that honour, chivalry, and a straight course, was the best road to his ambition. But a fool had neither heart nor head; he neither saw nor felt beyond the Circle of his own contracted mind ; and with the validity of the knave, without his sense, give him only the power, he never failed to abuse it. The Hon. Member hoped, that in that House he had been no egotist; and that the silent votes which, during sixteen years he had given in almost every instance upon public questions, might protect him from the charge, if in sup port of his argument upon this important subject, lie referred to his own experience for the fact. The case he would quote was that of the regiment to which be once, belonged, and which from the worst possible state of drunkenness anti neglect of duty was, in the course of only a few weeks, hiought to the highest degree of discipline and good order. And how was this effected ! Simply by justice, firmness, humanity, and corn men sense., Governed by these . principles, this regiment (as stated in evidence before a Come) was considered as a pattern to the service; and so continued so long as such system last ed. But the system being changed, the same corps which had been the admiration cur the army, because its .reproach, and the object of the severestcensure of its Leader. And so it hid been with this country; fOr she was once, - in every sense of the expression, the greatest nation in the world ; but she now stood degraded, insulted, despised, a bankrupt in character and fortune, and what was worse, lest even to the sense of her own dishonour. Nor was it his Om opi nion that he urged, but that of Eurppe and. the world ; and especially that Government, whose strength and resources were the main spring of those combined Powers, which, with out a change of system, must work the ruin of the country.__ Let the House look to the policy and intentions of the French Government, and their opinions and criticisms on the speeches of Ministers upon the Spanish and South American ques tions ; and it would find, whatever the case betwixt the Go vernments and the people, that betwixt the Governments them selves, viz., France, Spain, and the Holy Alliance on one hand, and England on the other; that England, neither in justice, honour, nor consistency, had an inch of round to stand on. But to return to the present system. It was supposed to be the law of nature, that all nations which rise and flourish must in their turn decay. But the Honourable 'Mem ber contended that nations might always flourish, but for 'the moral causes of their - ruin. For Governments were 'moral structures, easily damaged or destroyed ; but might always be .repaired.or rebuilt as long as the mat er i a l s ex i ste d .. See-Spain for instance ! Was ever a noble edifice in such a state ef ruin? For look at what she was, and what she is ! But etillethe mate rials existed, for it was the same country and the same people ; nay, a better; for it had. been the education and improve ment of the people struggling, not only against the ipso.- ranee and barbarity of their. Ruler, bnt the open hostility-of the combined Powers, and the basest.treachery on the part of England, which had produced the present chaos of horror and confusion in that devoted, country ; for it was base to insult even an enemy when fallen ; arid.how much more base, not only to betray a friend, but to blacken his character to excuse your own conduct. Not only to tear him-from his country, friends, chil dren, wife, and all that is dear to his affections ; but even to deprive hint of the only cOnsolation in his misfortune e " Who steals my purse, steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing : 'Twas mine, 'tis his and has been slave to thousands e - But lie that filches From int . my good name, 'Robs me of that, which nofenriches him, • And makes me poor indeed:" So the poor Spaniard, after bravely fighting in his- country's cause, until his last hope forsook him, (1 was now cell, by those who prayed for his success, a coward, and a fool ; nay worse, an idiot ! For who hut idiots, in spite of all they had seen, and was still before their eyes, could. prefer absolute mes narchy and King :Ferdinand, to the blessing of Conetim tional liberty. But was ever assertion so utterly false and on. fotinded ; so revolting against reason and common sense, or so foul a libel upon the wisdom and justice of the Almighty ; for if true, it at once reduced human nature below the level of the brute creation. Arid who was the author of this libel? Where had'he formed this opinion ? Where had he imbibed his knoiv ledge of mankind, and of the Spanish character ? In the Senate, Conventicle, or public feast? The Bible Society, or Caledo oever, n hs t i ea a t n e i mighti ?fleeting t be i v n e i g dte eu u t toon w . p h re Member l e , V e e r i t. i t mightLook_ rep a tp : G e a et b ni e et e rt n ao; t o je r ilii 7 anl h as not he a Spaniard ? Look at his brave army, were not they all Spaniards? And were there no other Minas in Spain ? Were there not thousands of his countrymen, to .whom Cod had &en the satin heartand understanding, and whoin Mina'snlacewould have acted as he haddone throughout? But they could not allbe leaders : and amongst those who had been,'Whanconntry bore. the bell ? He would a nswer—Spain ! For ofall the heroes of the., present a d s lai soTea day, in and good a man inion,anti,he b as Mina. elieved,lithethiselyeofGoda; it might, he was at least an honest man ; a r i d ()eau others.. the mos t 'competent to speak to the character of his nation. ...:What then said Mina, and every,Englishman, Frenchman, and others who had been upon the. spot, and with whom the Hon. Mem ber who had conversed upon the subject? One and all decl a r e d, that with the exception of the priesthood, there was net a man. or rather a mind in Spain, but hailed, nonhated the Const;tin don. Mina too declared, (as the lloriotrable,MeMber COll - that if Ministers had sent but half their ships to Ca diz ; and by repealing the Foreign Enlistment Bill, had only unlocked' the gate to let out British hearts to theecause of-in jured Spain; the flag of Constitutional lih6-ty would now be flying upon every . thstress in the kingdotti ;-this, - too, Mina declared was all they stood in need of, for as to sending troops : 0(1 ad od od od od a a d a