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lo !Spain, he was convinced, with the honourable Member, it . have been better for both countries that a British sol -friar had never entered it. And .31inixters had confirmed this opieion by their own arguments; for who,in a late-debate, had tevoinkled the House of former jealousies betwixt them, as a - graining for the future?, ,The proverb said, "liars should have ssood memories,", ani' se should politicians, who could make VITP Or the very arguments urged against themselves when doing •it which they now pretended to be the wish of their oppo, neota ; for - when they sent troops to Spain, their .opponents; reeid-to them—" If. England - were invaded, would Ili. ilish sob Je n a ate each that - Spaniards should defend her ? Then why, in ro e ease of Spaip, should -the proud Spaniards heless jealous th a n etieens-•lvea?" Stich. were the arguments of common sense, which, if the hlinisters had then consulted, would have saved Stalin from France, and minions. upon millions to their own coo itTy. Sr much tar their e hlignient of the Spanish charac s ?i.e.; and what did they say of France?. They prophesied and i.rayed in the last session that the lolly and rhatineisit of the Bour hee Goverment should recoil upon its own head. But if they had really believed and wished it, why not have made assurance (loos bly gyre, by casting their trident and thunder (as they had called them) into the scale of Spain ; . the fact was. they dared not, as 's ranee knew hut too well ; for her Ministers were neither the madmen nor fools they had been celled ; nor, like these modern .Ilachiavels, who had inherited the feeling of their prototype, Ipi 4 .llout his brains. The French Ministers, on the contrary, ire the conduct of their -wicked policy, to which they had been .riven by the English Government and the Holy Alliance; 'had- acted throughout with ability and cautiou; feeling at evsia step the pulse of the British naidon, whilst her own inlstera were lying on their isahke, butand hand and foot..—: For how stood the fact ? Had God listened to their prayers, by alelivering Spain from. her enemies, and their predicants • -of the slowhfidl of the Bourbons. had been fulfilled, the liking ruin most have fallen cai.,themselves.; fer how were they to have commenced another revolutionary war, with *. their recognizances of eight hundred millions, to keep the. peace ? It was utterly impossible. -What then was -to be done.? Honest Ministers would have seen at once, that Reform was the only remedy ; but these, who looked only .to themselves, had sold the - reversion of the liberties of their • • country for annuities upon their own lives- - For'by this last • act of their wretched policy they had so strengthened and se .. cured the power 'of the French (government, ,that nothing but - reform or revolution could enable England much longer to de fend herself; as France at the present-moment wedded all the - force of military despotism under- the musk of civil . liberty; -for what with her Ele ct i ons , S e pt enn i a l Parliaments, and other :imitations. of the some precious - system, - she had just finished ;a fac-simile of the mock English Constitution. As to Eugland, -the - Hon. Member had only to hope that the nation, before -it was too late, would-open its eyes to the conduct of Mini sters, and the real danger of the country; for at. present he 'must confess that, of all the dupes upon earth, he considered -John Bull to be the greatest, and could find no better parai elel to his character, conduct, and present situation, looking to „the state of Europe, than that which 'he should conclude _ ;The Ministers, as all knew, had-On unlimited power ever the' purse of the people, bat not their liberty of speech. As to the 'finst, to do them justice, no Gentlemen of their vocation could be more active, or understand their business better; and if in ' ~' , picking John Bull's. pocket, they could only stop his mouth, all might go on smoothly. But here lay the rub; for John • •resembled a certain animal in the act of being killed, .whose -only defence was to set up a cry Which disturber! the .whole ' • -neighbOurhood, whilst ail he got'for 'his pains, was the hearty -wish of those within .reaeh of his ; vice, that means had been ibubd 'to stop it. And thui it was with Mr. Bull; for whilst -the Ministers were bleeding him to death, he too set up a cry which was heard throughout 'Ettiepth, and naturally alarmed the combined Powers, who said to the English Government, " Use him as you please, for that is your affair, but stop his mouth, as this is ours; and unless you can do this, by the holy od we must do it for yoh." • Mr. DENMAN opposed the. Bill, and regretted that they • who sat on that side should be forced to wear out the patience of the house by repeating arguments which had been so often urged. It was encouraging, however, to them to find that the powers exercised under it were no longer claimed as part of the prerogatives of the Crown. That question had.been left where it was placed by his iloh. Friend the Solicitor-General two years ago. The Right Hon. Gentleman had not-attempted to disturb it. In that reign to which the Right Hon Gentle man had referred, as the ne plus ultra of Parliamentary degra dation, when the Proclamation of the King was declared of superseding all law—in that reign he found a law hOd • , passed for removing certain people called Eteyptions, who pre . tended to skill in palmistry and witchcraft, and the provi - slicing of that Act were s o ilictent to establish the fact, that the powers exercised under the Alien Act were not among -the Prerogative of the Crown. The Right . lion. Gentleman .had, said then, a sovereign power must exist in the- State to -deal. with aliens as it should think fit. The sovereign. power might also deal with the Members of the two Houses of Parliament, and with every native subject; but here the question was not aa to-the authority Possessed of interfering with aliens, but as ta the propriety of exercising it. Ile objected not to the alien being brought within the reach of the law, but to his being denied the prerection of all law. It had once been proposed that the Alien' Bill should not apply but toeiliens who had not Steen ten year% in this country. Then. the idea was scouted, - but now die principle was adopted, and all who had been re aalent here for several years were .to be .exempted .front - its operations. But this did not convey .the objects. of that •'aide of the House to the Bill. They claimed hospitality thr the Spaniard, for the Neapolitan, for the Sardinian, and for every man woo suffered from . persecution. - It was impossible • net to look at the three Secretaries to whom the powers given by this Bill were to be confided. He-objected to give them to the Noble Secretary of State, who had been entrusted with them 'for the last five years ; considered them as tie did, to have been grossly abused hi their application to the few 'followers of Buonaparte who were faithful to him in his misfortunes. lie °la-jetted to give them to a night Honourable Secretary oppo site, who, on this as on a former occasion, had claimed them almost - as a plotter - of course, and. in a manner which, 'as lich(Mr. Denman) had once before remarked, spoke him to have little thought of the heavy responsibility which attached to-their exercise. With respect to the third Secretary, speak ing of 'the Right Hon. Gentleman with all possible respect for the liberal feelings which he had manifested on so many men sioos, and which did him great honour, wishing him to remain as:leng as any one of his present colleagues in thht Cabinet, of which he was no doubt the brightest ornament,- to him alsO i.e - objected to entrust the powers of the Alien Bill. Without en tailing into the history of Spain, without censuring the circum stances connected with the origin of the late war, without con demning the conduct pursued in the Congress at Verona, where is was made known, that come what might, this country would -not interfere far Spain, anti without rJerriag to the offers of En glish meliation, when both parties refused it, or to the advice Oren to Spain in adversity, to truckle to France; withoutrefer ring to these, he objected to give the powers of the Bill before the House to that Right Hon. Secretary. It had been seen how -the Right lion. Gentleman acted in the case of Mr. Boweing. -for his conduct on that occasion, the Right Hon. Gentleman was entitled to the thanks of Mr. Bowling and of the country. The Right Hon. Gentleman had referred the question to some eminent lawyers in Paris, - to inquire if that Gentleman had been 'treated as, under similar circumstances, a Frenchman would have been treated ? It was answered in the affirmative; but had the answer been different, in what a situation would the Right Honourable Gentleman. ltave stood ! What con 11 he have replied, if the French Government had said, we also have an Alien Bill, and claim a right to deal with a foreigner, not as if ha • were a native. Frenchman, but its. you claim .a Tight to deal with French subjects •in England. He would take the liberty to tell the Right Hon.. Gentleman; that.uf all the means he had .resorted - to thr obtaining popularity,. there rat nothing which. did him so much honour as the way in which he had spoken of his lion. and Gallant Friend (Sir R. , Wilson.) It was an.honour to him wile. Was the object or it, but it was still more to the honour of him that uttered it; and • there was not-one generous mind in the country, nor in Eu rope,' which did not feel grateful to the Right Hrpn. t3eatleman dhr it. He heard it with peculiar pleasure. became: it told the. Moly Allence.,. that by stripping him of the paltry hortours which they had the power of conferring and taking away, they did not strip him of the regard of his countrymen, and of all who abhorred oppression and bad faith. He hailed it also 'because he saw infamous libellers, in the Wry sincerity•of their meanness, trying to trample on him, when they supposed him in a fallen and it humbled state. He could - not, however, entertain the same feelings in respect to the course pursued by the Right Honourable Gentleman towards . the • French Government, when he informed them gratuitously that-Sir Robert Wilson was gone to Spain, • and, appeared .so hasty in disclaiming his condtict . whatever it might be. In what he had said to that Government, .he did not think he had acted as became a Minister of England. towards a subject of these real Ms. • lie might have, at least, waited until an expla-- hation was required. Something indeed had been advanced about proceeding to extremities . in case of his falling into the hands of the French armies and some principles of interna tional l aw were quote d for ids protection. But it would have. been one thing if France had dared to ask an account of an - NhOloihman's conduct, and had been put to the. proof of her auertiolm• But he must say, that under all the circumstances, , it was one of the strongest instances of frankuess, from one • itoverninent to another, that ever he met tvith. What could have been expected 'froth such an application to the Govern ment of Prance ? What had they to do with Grotius and Vat- - • tel,.after the infamous outrage which had b e en committ e d upon every . principle of the lawof nations by the invasion of Sp ai n, as the tools of the Holy Alliance ?—(Hear, bear !)—hie knew that they had been lectured in severe terms for the Jan ./loge in which they expressed their feelings towards foreign. Monarchs. He allowed that nothing would be more base and vulgar than to pander to the low spirit of detraction against those Sovereigns. But let them remember that this was the only country in which their conduct could be canvassed, and that they were only attacked because they were the aggfessors, and because they hadeset to work those mighty machines of mischief which were intended to desolate and lay waste the liberties of mankind. They must he teme . bee that beautiful passage in the life of Mr. Fox, - wlitre • as complaining of I f ,h.be Manner - in which Hurtle had - Om , over the crimes of rrincese thereby Softening that jukignte t of posterity which ieepesed the Meet powerful restraint urpn their conduct. They were told„that this measure•wes to expire in two years; but he • wan at a loss to know.hovi that could'he construed into an argu ment for its continuance at preSene If it would be unnecessary two years hence, why , was it necessary now? He desired to have a reason why they'were to change the law from that. which was the law from the time of James 11. down to the French war. It was- the custom to meet any proposal for removing abuees by asking why they should alter laws under which the country had acquired its present happiness and enjoyment. It was said they were not to repeal the Usury Laws for the same reason ; and he believed that upon the Game Laws they were told that under them the country had acquired its glory and its greatness, and therefore they ought not to he touched. Nay even that infamous traffic for the abolition of which they had just taken another important step, had been defended upon the same grounds. The greatest of all traitors to the prin ciples of liberty, lie who paid them the greatest honour by seek ing their shelter in the hour of distress. Lord Strafford, upon' his trial for treason implored their Lordships not to make hint the victim of constructive laws, by departing from the old principles under which their country had flourished in glory and happtness. He (Mr. D.l would now say the same.— ( Hear!)— There We's nh:period• in which the history of this country slimed so favourably is- from the Revolution down to the commencement of the American war. During that time no' such law existed; and why, •he would ask, ,did they now wish to depart from the course which then led the country to its greatnees and glory ? ' The lion. Member then supposed the case of one of the Powers of the Holy Alliance applying to this Government, and declaring that there were individuals here plotting against the authority of such Power. If this Govern ment did not belieVe such to be the case, they would itthse to give .up the pdrson, and then they would be placed in• a dilemma to' which they ought not .to be liable. The eight hundred millions of debt would prevent them .from going to war, and he sup posed Prance would be called in to mediate, and then we should be advised to concede the point—to accept the same an vice which we gave to Spain under the mask of friendship. Ile;* as an humble individual, would lift up his voice against placing - a powe r in the hen& of the Secretaries of State which they ought not to have, and without which the country had run her most glorious career in the time to which liehad de. scribed. He thought it the duty of every man to get rid of the Bill—not in two years, but in the very first -instant at which it *3 . 3 possible: :It appeared, i n d ee d, t h at t h ey s h ou l d have got rid, ' of it, but for a plot that was discovered a fortnight . ago. What an opportune and •seasonidele plot ! This may be a good reason with Mi n i s te rs f or propoeingehe renewal of the Bill, but was it any reason wily Parliament should grant it ? They might know a great deal about this plot, but what did the Parliament know of it ? All they had hitherto known of plots was, that after throwing the country into consternation and disorder they turned out to be the laugh ing stocks of the world. 'Yet they had suspended the Habeas Corpus, they had suspended the Trial. by Jury, they had de stroyed the lives and happiness of the people.—(llcar, hear !) If he objected to the bestowing of the power upon other grounds, he certainly should not be disposed to yield it upon this. It had been admitted by the Right Hon. Gentleman 1 that this was not a perfect measure in reference to its object,— But he had been connected with the Government for the last eight years . during. which it had existed, and yet he had sup ported its imperfections. To be consistent the Right lion. Gentleman must not be liberal only upon minor points, but look with the same sentiments to those great things of the law—mercy and ' justice. He should support the amendment, and there would be Sufficient time, in the course of three or four weeks, to bring in a measure which might secure our ami cable relations with foreign states from interruption ; which gave to the Government a power more consonant with the prin ciples of the Constitution, and to the stranger who sought re fuge on our shores, a protection from arbitrary power, and some thing like a feeling of safety. Lord J. RUSSELL supported the amendment. Much had been said about the danger of conspiracies, and that, indeed, appeared , to be the only ground upon which the Bill was•now maintained. Let them examine - what a conspiracy-was. It was necessaey to a conspiracy that there should be the persons who conspire, and the object .against which they are conspir ing; and it was equally necessary that the parties should be in presence of each other, so far as to be in the same country. It' any foreigners were to conic here, and conspire against the English Government, both parties being present, the crime would be manifest; but it' they conspired against a fo re4;ll Government, there would be only one party, the actors, c onsequently there could be only the sha aanoll not o h t the aoonhjecspirt, conspiracy and not the substance. Ile opposed the Bill, but he certainly did not wish the country to go to war in the cause of aliens. He trusted this would be the last time that the Bill would be proposed to the House, and that the prey =lent which it afforded would never again be considered as an example worthy of imitation. . . The House teen divided, when the numbers appeared— For the Amendment - - - 40 . . For the Third Reading -- - - 93 Majority . . . _53 - While strangers were excluded from the Gallery, we were informed that Alr. Denman moved to limit the duration of the Bill to one year. The Amendment was lost; and . upon the question " That the Bill do pass," the 'louse again divided. Ayes - - - -11 l Noes - - - - 47 Majority . - - - —__,44 BANKRUPT LAWS. The Bankrupt Laws' Amendment Bill was recommitted, and several Amendments agreed to. The Bill, With its Amendments, was reported, and the Re port ordered to be taken into further consideration on the 3d of Nay. . . . NEW CHURCHES. The CHANCELLOR of the .EXCHEQUEII moved the bringing op of the Report of the CoMmittee upon the Church Building Ads. - Mr. HUME could not allow the report to be brought up, because he was not satisfied that sufficient reason had been shewn for appropriating so large a sum of money to such a purpose. Besides this, he believed that there was no instance to be found within the last fifty years where Parliament had been called upon to vote money that would not be want e d i n the course of the year; and th e y - had it upon official authority that this money would not be required for three years to come. In the second place, he thought the grant would increase the -patronage and influence of the Church, and he considered the influence of the Church to be the 'nest baneful of all influences that could be exercised. He therefore moved - that the report be received that day six . months. - Mr. WARRE said that he had attended to the argnments on both sides of this question, and upon the whole he thought it right and just to support the Vote.—(llear, hear!)—The Hon. Member for Aberdeen had indulged in somewhat of a tone of asperity towards the Established Church. He stated that the Dissenters were every day increasing, but he (Mr. W.) would put to his candour whether he could deny that'in many populous towns the people were driven to Dissenting Chapels from their -inability to procure admission to the service of the Church—(Hear, hear, hear !)—lle believed, because he knew it to be true, that in some minions towns people who at 'tended such meetings woula.not do so if there was a church with the &Ay well performed.—(Hear, hear!)—He hoped that something would be done in the Bill to change the mode of presentations; and when it came before the House there :was much that might be said on that point. He could not giVe a silent vote upon the occasion, because he differed Brom those with whom he usually acted, and in whose opinions lie gene rally placed the greatest confidence. Mr. Alderman BRYDGES. made some observations which were ' Mr. EVANS said, that although he was inclined to vote for the Grant,' he did not altogether approve of the plan of the Chance'lvr of the Exchequer. Mr. ,SMlTH'said, t hat as far as his experience went there were a greater number of Dissenting. Churches than Establig;ed ones, though he did not say that this was because the 14tter Were ill served. lie did .not, however, entirely disapprove of the idea of election to fill them ; nor did he think election was necessarily inconsistent with dignity. Sir IL ytunuisos and Mr. BIRCH opposed the Vote. Sir I. COFFIN supported the Vote. Ee thought we should be undermined if we did not keep a sharp look out and keep the methodists out of our houses as well as our churches.—(A laugh.)--They were such a set of rooted fellows that they would make their mty through the cellars.—(A laugh.).;.-Their influence led to prostitution and dishonesty ; and to counteract that influence, he, as an honest churchman, would support the Vote.—(Laughter and loud cheers.) Mr. BUTTERWORTH supported the Vote, and defended the Methodists against the charge brought against them by the gallant Admiral, and that also by a Learned Gentleman (Dr. Lushington), on a, former evening. The illethodists were of much use in educating the poorer classes. Ilethought the in crease,of the number of places of worship generally led to a. similar increase as to schools. He supported the vote, though , he was sorry to find that the Church of England could not be supported without reflections on the Members of other Com munities. Mr. THOMAS WILSON sroke in favour of the motion, on account of the disproportion in number between the Esta blished and the Sectarian places of worship, thosgh he wished not to convey any reflection on Dissenters. He particularly re gretted that the,systern- on which our churches were built was one. which appeared to have in view the personal comforts of the rich and neglect those of the poor. He trusted it would be altered on the building of the new Churches►. The - House then divided, when there appeared— For the Motion . - 144 Against it . 30 Majority - _ll4 CUSTOMS. On the Motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the House resolved itself into a Committee on the Customs Duties Bill.—Report on the 3d of May. GAME LAWS. .. On thoinotion 'of Mr. S. Wo Y, the House went into a Committee on .the Game Laws Amendment Bill; and the House being in Committee, Mr. S. WORTLEY proposed that the . stealing of rob- - bits should be punishable as well as the stealing of game.— Agreed to. On the clause giving the Magistrates in Petty Sessions the power to convict for a third offence, Mr. MUNDAY thought this power should be given only to , the Judges of Assize or the Quarter Sessions. lie proposed an Amendment accordingly, to give the tried"by those Courts. prisoner the option Of being Mr. S. WORTI.EY agreed to th e amen d men t, w hi c h was adopted and incorporated with the clause. Mr. S. WORTLEY Proposed a clause enabling persons, having a certain quantity of land (500 acres), to appoint Game keepers. At present this could be done only by Lords of Maurs. •_ . _ Colonel WOOD objected to the clause. It would contribute to make the Bill unpopular, by increasing the number of what would be called Lords of Manors. He believed half the poach consisted of. gamekeepers.—(ll ear, hear !)—The clause would, therefore, increase the number of poachers. He op posed the clause. Sir J. WROVITSLEY also opposed the clause. Colonel DAVIES supported the clause; and added that he would even make 100 acres, a sufficient qualification for the appointment. Mr. MONCK opposed the clause. He thought it an ag gravation of .all the mischief of the tiame Laws. He objected to a multiplication of gamekeepers who possessed extraordinary and dangerous powers. Besides, the number of acres was not a proper criterion to ascertain the value of property. • Mr. Secretary PEEL thought the clause was objectionable. It did not assist the main object of the Bill, and was so worded as to invite litigation. • 31r. 'S. WditTLEY said the powers of gamekeepers were limited by other parts of the Bill. He however would consent to withdraw the clause; and it was, withdrawn accordingly, after a few words from Mr. F. LEWIS and Sir J. NirnoT. TESTACY. • On the clause prohibiting the fixing of shares, excepting by gamekeepers, • - Colonel DAVIES objected to the clause, so far as it per mitted the 11. , . of snares at all. It would enable small proprie tors to obtain the game from their neighbours' covers. He moved an amendment accordingly. Air. S. WORTLEY supported the clause. Ifgame was to be made property on a man's ground, he should have a right to take it as he pleased. • Sir JOHN SHELLED' . said the greatest preserver in the country did not kill a head of game an acre. The setting of snares near preserves would destroy the field sports. He should support the amendment. He knew it would be said, that the poor man could not destroy rabbits eating his cabbages. He wished there were no rabbits, but every man imight destroy ranks by traps without snares. He had been told of abuses under the game laws, but had never known any injury done to individuals. If the lands of farmers were subject to the sports of a Lord of the Manor, he had the grounds in general cheaper. Sir J. SE BRIGHT supported the clause. Mr. Secretary PEEL was persuaded that a compromise in most cases woulal.be made between the rich and the poor man. Colonel DAVIES said his .opinion on the subject remained unaltered. • Mr. SYKES 'opPOsed the amendment. The amendment was then negatived without a division. • Mr. R. COLJ3ORNE:- rose •to oppose the clause which pro hibited all persons from selling •game without license He ob served that venison, poultry, and- other articles, were sold with ous lieens2, and he did not see why game should be sold with license. • • Mr. S. WORTLEY supported the clause, which was finally ak, , reed to. • Mr. S. WORTLEY dis cuss the principles of the -sittaitlcidoraetcsiit,-.3cii,iags the r i e n p t c o n a t . i on to The remaindt , of the clauses having been agreed to, Mr. S. Woecri.r.l7 introduced a new clause respecting night poachers. The clause gave the power to seize such night poachers. A second clause gave the Magistrate power in cases where the poacher offers violence to commit him for trial on a charge of felonV, and in the event of conviction he is to be liable - to trans portation for seven years. After some conversation the .new clauses were added . to the Bill. Mr. S. WORTLEY then stated, that it was his intention to take the Report into consideration on Wednesday. . The House haling resumed th e R eport was or d ere d to b e received on Wednesday. The other Orders of the Day were disposed of, and, the House adjourned at ONE o'CLocx. . LIST OF TIM. MINORITY Who voted against the Third Reading of the Alien Bill. Abercromby,Hn.J. Allan, J. H. _ Pergusson, Sir R. C. Nugent,. Lo r d . P Caskell, B en j . almer, Colonel Althorp, visa.Grattan, J . P e l ham, J. C. Baillie, Colonel Gordon, R. Phillips, G. jun. - Baring, Sir T. if obhouse, J. C. Rice, T. S. Kenyan, B. Hume, J. Bickford, Wm. Bernal, R. Kemp, T . • Smith, Wm. Calcraft, J. 11. Leader, W. Stanley, Hon. E. C. Calvert, C. Lenaord, T. B. Warre, .T. A. Calvert, N. Leycester, R. • Williams, W. Carter, J. Moberly, W. L. Whitmore, W. W. Clifton, Viscount Mackintosh, Sir J. Curwen, J. C. Martin, .y. TELLERS. Davies, T. MOnek, .1. B. Denman Thos. Ebrington, Visct. Moor; Peter Russell, , Ld. J. Evans, W. Normanby, Visct. After the first division some Members left the House,. and the following 3lembers came in, and voted in the Minority of 47, for making the duration of the Bill One Year : Birch, J. Sefton, Earl of Wharton, J. James, W. Slnith, Itobt. TELL.r..us• Lambton, J. Cr. Townshend, Ld . C . D enman, T. Russell, dW. Whitlread, 8. C. Nugent, Lord Robertson, A. FOR THE SUN. ST. KATHARINE DOCK. Mn. En'Tort—A letter appeared . in the John Bull newspaper of yesterday, signed Veritas, which, as far as relates to the above proposed Docks, is full of misrepresentations. As au act of justice to the 1270 gentlemen who are asso ciated in a great public undertaking, calculated to promote the commercial prosperity of the Port of London, I hope you will give immediate insertion to this my most unqualified contradic tion ; and, with the view of placing the facts be fore the Public, a small pamphlet has been pub. lished, which, as will be seen from an advertise ment in your Paper• of this day, may be had of Mr. It !CHAR DSON,• Corithill. London, April 12, 1824. ►'ERAX. It should be impressed on the minds of all who value Fortune and Independence, • that One of the Three R 20,000 Prizes, on TUESDAY next the 20th of April, is sure to be had for the trifling risk of 51. 19s. ONLY, the cost being 251. 195.; and every Ticket that does not obtain One of the Three £20,000, or 13 Capital Prizes, may have 20/: returned on or before the 29th of April. Such a chance was never offered before, and is certain to cause as great a scarcity of Whole Tickets BEFORE the 20th instant as was so lately experienced, as there are only 986 remaining this 12 , h of April. The risk of One Sixteenth is only Os. and Shares in proportion.—J. and J. SIVE WRIGIIT, Contractors. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSS OF COMMONS. Lunge, 12° die Aprilis, 1 824. Mr. SPEAKER reported the Royal Assent—to Four per Cents. (Ireland) Bill, Union Duties Bill, Silk Duties Bill, Postage Rates Bill, Penitentiary Convicts Bill, 'Board of II orks (Ire land) Bill, Lancaster Judges Lodgings Bill, Worthing Cha pel Bill, Roundhay Church Bill, Stow Hundred Poor Bill, Plymouth and Keighley Improvements Bills—Sandon and Bullock Smithy, Span Smithy, Broadway and Mickleton, Redbrook and St. Aryan's, C erne Abb as, Al ston and Bur tryford, Kingsbridge, Whitchurch, Worcester and Broms grove, Glossop and Marple Bridge, and Chester and Nant wich Roads Bills—Plymouth Embankment Bill, Wedmore Highways Bill, Thornhill's Estate Bill, and Wenden Lofts (Essex) Inclosure Bill. IMPROVEMENTS—Evesham—Petition of William Bonaker, against, referred to the Committee on the Bill ; and from E. Rudge, Esq. in favour, to lie on the table. Leeds--:Bill read a second time, and committed. ROADS—Blackburn and Preston, and East Retford and Little borough—Bills reported, to be ingrossed. Barton Bridge, and Camden Town—Reports on Petitions for additional pro vision read ; Instruction to Committees on the Bills to make provision accordingly. Teddington and Evesham—Petition for additional provision referred to a Committee. Scartho and Louth, Blandford and Poole, and Staffonl and Sandon—Bills read a third time, and passed. Canterbury —Bill read a se cond time, and committed. Finchley—Petition for leave to present a Petition for a Bill referred to a Commitee. INcLosunEs:—Swanland (York) (Petition of .T. Ringrose, Esq. against, referred to the Committee on the Bill), Stu r- minster (Dorset), and Potte rne (Wil ts)—Bills read a se cond time, and committed. CANAL—Lancaster 1 Bills read a second time, FIRE INSURANCE—Kent .1 and committed. SOClETY—Manchester Benevolent 1 Petitions for leave to pre naltKET—Canterbury j sent Petitions for Bills Petitions referred to Committees. ASSAY OFFlcE,Birmingham Bills reported,•to be in- PILOTS REGUALAT lON—Liverpool .1 1. grossed. aas. LlGHTS—Margate, and London and Westminster Oil (1.5 Petitions, in favour, and 6, against, to lie on the table, and Petition of J. Williams, of Corichill, against, referred to the , COmmittee on the Bill)—Bills read a 2d time, ;pad com . mitted. .gAfinouil—Brenogue--Bill read a second tiMe,_and commit li - ted. Sandwich—Petition for leave to present a Petition for a Bill referred to.a Committee. DRAINAGE OF BOGS SOCIETY (Ireland)—Rccommitted Re port on Petition for Bill readh Bill ordered to be brought in. CosIPANIES—West India—Petition for leave to'present a Pe titicin for aßill referred to aCommittee.' General Gas Light —Petition from Oxford, against, to lie on the table. BRlDGE—Hammersmith—Petitions front Proprietors of Put- ney Bridge, and Charles Pitt, against, to lie on the table. , TOBACCO DirriEs—Petition of Chamber of - Commerce of , • Dublin, for the reduction of, to lie on the table. NOTARIES PUBLlC—Petitions for repeal of the Duties on Li cences to act as Notaries Public, from Orkney, and Pres ton, to lie on the table. PROCTORS' COSTS (Ireland!—Bill -read a third time, and passed. SMALL DEBTS—Dublin—Bill read a first time, to be read a second time on . May 6, and to be printed. NEW STREET (Marylebone)—.Bill read a first time; to be read a second time this day. . SALMON FlSllEltY—Petition from ITawick, for the regulation thereof, referred to the Select Committee on Salmon Fishe ries. COUNTY COURTS BlLL—Petitions from Coekermoath and Kettering, in favour; and from Samuel J ones, against; to lie on the table. Further consideration of R eport d e f erre d till Monday. May 3-; Bill, as amended, to he printed. on WOOL—Petition from Bristol, for a' Drawback o f Dut (Coals further and Li ne consideration ns of R eport on Monday, _Bill conside re d i n C ommittee C tfasnTms and (3 reported bonded Wools ; and from Framlingham, ag a i nst reduction of Duty on Foreign Wool ; to lie on the table. On ow ma Cnors Br Ll.—Second Reading deferred till May 3. P tIBLICAN s—Petitions of Licensed Innkeepers and Victimallers of Isle of Wight, for the repeal of the increased Duties on Li cences ; to lie on the table. COMBINATION OF WORKMEN LAWS—Petitions from Hud dersfield and Northallerton, against, 'referred to the Select Committee on Artizans and Machinery. Cont. DUTlES—Petition against the Duties on Coals, from Briekniakers, &c. in the neighbourhood of London, to lie on the table. JUDGES IN WALES BlLL—Committee deferred till Friday, May 7. BRISTOL Towx DuEs—Five Petitions, against, toe on the table. • Ass ESSF.I3 TAXES—Petition from Axbridge, for the repeal _ thereof; to lie on the table. . _ FatemAsolfs.:--Fetit-ion of Freemasons of Armagh, com plaining of Act of last Session, which prohibits the meetings of certain Societies ; to lie on the table. Cmuncit BUILDING GRANT—Petitions of Inhabitants of Carlisle and Manchester against,—to lie on the table. COLONIAL ECCLESIASTCAL ESTABLISHMENT—Petition of Thomas Easton, Moderator of the Presbytery of Fodar, for Ministers of the Church of Scotland to of in the Colonies on the samelooting as Clergymen of the Church of England, —to lie on the table. TEA TRADE—Accounts ordered— "Of the several Tea Sales of the East India Company, in the two years ending sth January, - 1324, specifying the quantity of each kind of Tea sold, the averace price at which each kind was put up, and the average price at which each kind was sold at each sale. " Of the rate of freight per ton paid by the East India Com pany from China, on the average of the whole tonnage of the years 1822 and 1823. "Of the quantity of registered Tonnage belonging to the East India Company, clearing out annusily from the Port of Canton, for the years since 1820, as far as the same can be made out. "Of the quantity - of Tea exported from Great Britain,lin each year from the year 1818, as far as the same can be made out, distinguishing that sent to the Colonies and the Continent of Europe. " Of the quantity of British Manufactures imported by the East India Company into the Port of Canton, in each year from the yearllll9 to the latest period the same can he made out, distinguishing the v a l ue and qnantities of Woollens and Cottons imported. 4 Of the quantity of Tea exported by the East India Com pany from Canton, specifying the several kinds of Tea, and the prime cost of the same, in each neat since 1819, up to the latest period the same can be made out. "Of the expcnce of the East India Company's establishment at Canton, specifying the names of the servants, and the amount of the salaries and emoluments of each, and of the whole cost for the maintenance of the same, in each year since 1819. "Also, a Statement of any other expences incurred by the East India Company in carrying on the►r trade to China, and in their conduct of it in England, in each year for the last 7 years." NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. 1. Mr. Peter Moore—Bill to repeal Combination Laws. 2. Dr. Philimore—Bill to amend the Laws regarding the Bap tisms, Marriages, and Burials of Roman Catholics in ----- -- England. 3. Mr. Fowell Buxton—Address f or cer t a i n R e t urns and Pa- pers from the \Vest India Colonies. 4. Sir George Hill—Bill to amend Act for regulating Vessels carrying Passengers between Great Britain-and irelaltd.- 5. Mt'. Kemp—Bill to authorize the establishment of a Re gister Office for concentrating the Registers of Baptisms, Marriages, and. Burials, in England. 6. Mr. Solicitor-General —Bill to enable infants to transfer Di. vidends, uncle the directions of the Court of Chancery. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. 1. British Museum Bin—Second Reading. 2. Hammersmith Bridge Bill—Second Reading. 3. WarehouSed Wheat—Committee thereupon. 4. Insolvent Debtors Bill—Third Reading. 5. Marriage Act Amendment Bill—Second Reading. 6. Crown Debts Recovery (Ireland) Bill—Report. 7. County Treasurers (Ireland) Bill—Third Reading. 8. Juries (Scotland) Bill—Further consideration of Report. 9. Innkeepers Bill—Third Reading. 10. County Courts Bill (Compensation to Officers of Courts of Justice)—Report thereupon. 11. Highland Roads Bill—Report. 12. Vagrants Bill—Committee. 13. Fisheries Acts—Committee thereupon. 14. Glass Duties and Sweets Acts—Report thereupon. thereupon. 1 1 g Law .. Saving Stamps a ßa n p 1 % Repeal Acts—Committee Bil —ICo i Bill—Committee. 17: New-street (Mary-le-bone) Bill—Second Reading. 18. Rum Duties Bill—Second Reading. 19. Sugar Bounties Bill—Second Reading. 20. Exchequer Bills ( Public Works) Bill—Second Reading. 21. Beer Duties Bill—Second Reading. 22. Millitia Pay Bill--Second Reading. SOUTHERN OCEAN. ( From the Calcutta Monthly Journal for October last.) HUNTER'S ISLAND. " Whatever is new is interesting, even if there be nothing else to recommend it—but when a new thing p?s scsses other claims to recommendation, besides novelty, the In terest is increased. We have been very obligingly favoured with an account of the discovery of a new island in the Southern Ocean, whi ci ': we trust, will Prove agreeable to all our readers. Subjoinca are the documents which certify the event. The merit of this discovery rests with Captain Hunter of the Donna Cartnelita, which ship only arrived here a few days qv. The discovereri went through the ceremony of taking P° 9 " session in the name of his Majesty George IV. of England, by turning up a clod of earth, hoisting the British flag, and nam ing the hew land Hunter'S Island. The inhabitants agparently had never befo re seen an E uropea n , an d t h ey could ard l .9 be convinced that the cloth es o f the Donna were not Carmelita's people W' not natural integnMent s o f th e i r b o di es. It appears that an inte rc h ange o f garments i s rec k on ed the highest mark of respect among t h e nat i ves o f H unger ' s Island' We have seen anti h a ndl e d t h e c l ot h presente d b y t h e King i° Captain Hunter. It is abo u t 6 f eet l ong an d 3 broad; ("In' an oblong square. It app ears t o b e ma d e o f h emp, or 5 0112 e vegetable fibre resembling it. It i s no t d ye d. I t i s cloself woven, and ends in a fringe all roun d. Th e l a b our o f weaving. such a garment merely with th e h an d, an d w i t h out t h e a id of a loom, thread over thr ea d, m ust h ave b een extremely grei_t• particularly considering the patience nec essar y f or suc h a tao• It is remarkable that o n com p ar i ng t hi s c l ot h w i t h a bi t o f ills manufactured stuff which envel o p e d an E gypt i an mummy-" they appeared to be ex ac tly th e same . Wi t h out f urt h er pre; lude we now present our r ea d ers with the documents referTra to, being an extract from th e log-book of the Donna Carmelite , and the statement of the chief officer of the same vessel : Extract front the Donna Carmelita's Log-Book. July 20.—Fine clear weather, carrying all possible mai% 'A t 11. 30. P. M. saw the land, bearing S.W. by W., distance d, miles —up courses and shorten e d sa il to t h e - topsails, - and stood towards it at daylight—fresh breezes—the land discovcral proved to be an'island. _ _ - At 43 A.M. closed in under the lee of it—observed a" nu fiber of fishing canoes to. leeward, which were plying for the shore with all possible dispatch--bore down and intercepted one of them, and with a good deal of persuasion got one of the people to come on board, when I presented him witiLa hatchet, and a piece of white cloth, which pleased him much, as he shewed to all the canoes that were about the ship,.and after that we dia, not want visitors. About thi s ti me a Chi e f came on b oar d, and on my making signs that we wanted refreshments,_ he sent al , the canoes on shore, and staid on b oar d hi mse lf with a few others. At 11. 3Q.,close in shore—armed and mann'd the cutter, and - dispatched her on shore in charge of • the first officer and our friend the Chief, keeping another on board as a hostage. L . At 1 P.M. the canoes returned from s h ore , t o t h e nu mber ~thirty, laden with hogs, yam, pla n t a i ns , an d ot h er f ru it s , sa" . : traded with the greatest hone s ty f or i ron h o O ps , na il s , sin" pieces of white cloth, &c. They seemed to be.very expert swimmers, as they often `tuna their canoes overturned, but it never incommod e d them in the least, for they soon put them to rights. They are about the colour of Malays, but have more of the European features. The island from the ship appeared mot beautiful, and it seemed to be well cultivated and inhabited. The canoes were very handsome, not unlike the Ceylon canoes, and ornamented with shells. At 4 P.M. the cutter returned from the shore, having on board twelve hogs, a great quantity of yams and tropical fruit of different kinds. The Chief Officer related the foll" in g particulars : Chief Officer's Report concerning the Isle of Onaseus e, or _ Hunter's Lland. At 1 P. 31. got close in shore, the native desired us to pull in, when we observed a great concourse of people assembled on bluff point of land. The surf being pretty high, landed oppo site the people. The Native in the cutter pointed out the King (Funafooali) ; the King with his attendants came round and seated himself. close to the boat; the Native desired me to walk towards the King. thought it best to go unarmed; as it would make them have more confidence in us ; most of them were armed with war clubs, with short round Iteads,'some With spears from 24 to 40 feet long, afterwards I saw some longer. A great number of women, numbers a whom carried two spears, I judged for the use of the men. I was desired T. sit down close to his Majesty ; afte r ma ki ng m y o b e diencF, made him a present of a white shirt, putting it on him ; I like' wise gave the same to his brother; they seemed highly pleased: and in return made a present of a hog, a basket of yams 0 , 13( ,1 baoanahs and cocoa-nuts. After sitting some time surrounde d by men and women, I made him a present of a looking-gt,s s s which seemed to surprise them greatly ; it went from the Nil to the Queen, a nd f rom h er a ll round, every one taking a at it, and then touching the crown of their heads with it; that ceremony they performed with_ every little thing given them. He took a shell from his neck and gave it me. I then made signs if there was any water to be had, they said //outow, and pointed . amongst the hill s . I s h owe d t h em a small cask, the King immediately gave orders to two of the natives to go an d fill it. I expressed a wish to go anti see' the watering-place. the King got up and desired me to follow with our friend the Native-1 took the carpenter and four men armed, in ease of an accident—the King had gone by a shorter route over the. hill; however, I soon found it was not the watering-place they were taking us to, as we found ourselves on the beach, not far from the boat, in a kind of cove, with a smooth beach, when we saw his Majesty seated with all his attendants, and I 'wee requested to sit down opposite him on the ground, which I accordingly did ; the beach was .marked out in apartments by . rows of stones, the upper part of this spot having a little grog of cocoa-nut trees, and a great quantity of large calavancq- I tasted some, they were very good—they seemed to be on their guard, as all round the place were bundles of spears of a great length, but tied together, as indicating their peaceable inten tions. The women were ordered on one side, but only for I. short time, when they all crowded round us-- , -they were parti cular in looking at our shoes and buttons, but were very civil- After sitting some time, I presented the'King a sheet, tying i t round his body; in return he presented me with his covering from the same place, likewise with another hog and some yams &c. its before. I then gave him a small penknife, he seemed highly pleased, anti sent immediately away for more hogs and fruit, desiring us to wait until they brought them ; at the same time, as far I could understand, he wished to go on board the ship, and to take the present for the Captain—at this time the small cask came down, carried by two men ; we found, instead of water, it was milk f rom t h e cocoa -nuts, w hi c h made me think they had not a great plenty of water—the water the natives drank was very good. Shortly after,•the King's mother came down, an elderly woman, about 50 years—the King him self seemed about 30—his .Queen about 20, stout, an d good looking, and was the only one that had part of her bosom co vered. She was a fine stout woman, and a fine figure—her teeth perfectly even, and very clean ; all the women and inen had their little fingers cut off b 7 the second joint on the left hand ; and the women . had their cheek bones pe - forated, and the blood smeared round about an inch ; I suppose a mark of beauty. Some of the women were tat tooed, with a red colour instead of Mack, more erpe cially in their arms, mostly in circles, about an inch round; they were uncommonly civil, and did not seem at all bashful—some of them very pretty girls. The signal being made from the ship for us, I expressed a wish to go on board, but the King wished me much to stop until the things came down from . the'cotintry ; but thinking the Captain was wishing to make sail, and finding no water, at least not in sufficient quantity to dispatch it quickly, thought it best to go off. The King expressed a wish to go, but I wished him 6a take canoes off to bring him, which he would not do, was ashore; however, it getting late, and the ship a good distance'off, I got into the boat, after leaving a ram, and a (aye to the King, by Captain. Huotei's orders, for the benefit of future navigators--having made sigps as well as I could for them not to kill them ; pulled some grass and gave it to them, to spew how they lived. The native we brought from the ship and the two others, came in the heat. We shoved off, and meeting several canoes returningfrom the ship, one of them informed us that the natives we had left on board had gone ashore. The native in our boat seemed very sorry, and imme diately embraced and kissed me, as he likewise did the car penter, in a friendly 'manner, and seemed v,:'ry sorry at part ing : he jumped overboard and swam to a canoe. He seemed a very gOod man, and interested himself very much about us on shore. We brought a number of their arms, which we got for trifles. The King could not go in a canoe. They did not seem to have seen any fire-arms befbre one of the natives that came on shore with us had a sword made a present to him by Captain Hunter. Iron hoops, knives, or iron of any kind, was the best articles of trade. There was only one man that was different from the others ; his body was smeared with some yellow substance; he was one of the King's train. The ladies were all naked—only a small covering round their body, and that not particularly well fitted. !'he men mostly wore a kind of mat round their body, made with leaves of trees rove into them, made like a Highlander's kilt. The island was entirely composed of lava, in some places almost a metal. Being so short a time on shore, could not get up into the country to look for any thing the island produced ; but by the appearance of it it must be fruitful and very populous, as we could see numbers of the natives all along the island. On the beach the most numerous were the women ; they were mostly ornamented with shells, their hair cut short ; some with a kind of sub- • stance resembling flour paste on the top of the hair—it had a curious appearance with their dark faces. It lies in the latitude of 15. 31. South, and. longitude 176. 11. East, by observation brought up by chronometer for 4 days previous."