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PglcStv-ptisc VIG7'U,IL LING-OFFICE, June 5, 1844 THE COMMISSIONERS for VICTUAL LING His 111,LIESTY's NAVY, 13fc. do hereby gibe Notice, that they will be ready to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up), and addressed to them, on Friday, the 25th Instant, from sitch Persons as may be willing to con tract for CONSTRUCTING a RESERVOIR, to contain Wa ter, at a place called Bewis's Field, near Plymouth; and fir Providing- and Laying a Line of CAST IRON PIPES ,4- , 771 thence to the Naval Hospital at Stonehouse, and on to mill Point ; agreeably/ to Plans, Specifications, and Form Tender, to be seen at this Office, and at the Office of t • ~ , , , issioner Crcyke, at Plymouth Hospital. regard will be had to any Tender that is not made tVrecable to the prescribed Form, nor will any Tender be re . teived for perfrrming part of the Work only, but a Price Must be inserted against every article. -Each Tender must be delivered to the Board before One • 'Clock on the said Friday, the 25th instant, and the Per . son who makes the Tender, or some Person on his behalj; must attend to answer when called for. Each Tender must be accompanied by a Letter, signed by two responsible Persons, engaging to teeomc bound with the Party tendering, in the Penal Sum of 2,5001. for the due performance of the Contract. M. WALLER CLIFTON. F OREIGN LOTTERIES, PRIVATE LOTTERIES, LIT TLE GOEg, AND RAFFLES. LOTTERY OFFICE, SOMERSET PLACE, May 15, 1824. %JIIEREAS by several Acts of Parliament passed respectively in the Reigns of George the `First and George the Second, the offence of selling Foreign Lottery Tickets, or publishing Proposals for selling the !acne, is punishable as a Misdemeanour, and Persons guilty thereof are subject to the Penalty of Five Hundred Pounds 4 r each offence: and by the Annual Lottery Act, the ° ftence of selling Tickets in any Lottery not authorized by Par liament (whick has been held to include all Foreign and Private -Lotteries and Raffles), or publishing Proposals for the same, 41 4 subjected the persons guilty thereof to be punished as I logues and Vagabonds, and made them liable to the Penalty M Fifty Pounds for each offence. And whereas the Offences above described baying become 4,0 frequent as to require immediate attention, to put a stop !ti them, Notice is hereby given, that all Persons offending in th e above particulars, whether before or after the English State Lottery shall be discontinued, will subject themselves 4 0 the above-mentioned Pains and Penalties. L. HESSE. Inds 0( on the cribiag 2 Just r with° in , bed being Llatio o i nearest pie° y part t by ti Avert' me the' which esidest rill ne harav ircum their tribut' ouriag to in' 1a .11,. to AC. :atiott :hank n the hai !ntivo to othcr ON• e oc o_ the laced lice- Vec w inpa- I one spair fear cher )pOS .I-1 arr con- ever, and. t was urgi' case' tour, urn.) i us, L. Ione? !etirdi r 014, ...ow ..--..-• w 1 19 ~~ Nog!: u, a- we, ales ,bert ,cted low, cl. 1111. ARMY CONTRM.TS. Commissariat Department, Treasur3 Chambers, June 3, 1824. I‘ . ..OTICE is hereby given to all Persons de ou, of contracting to supply the following Articles f or the U., of the Army, vie.:— BREAD--To his Majesty's Land Forces in Cantonments, Quarters, and Barracks, in the under-mentioned Counties:— Camberlaud, Lancaster, and Somerset. BEEF and MUTTON, to his Majesty's Land Forces it t'antonments, Quarters and Barracks, iu the undernien. tinned Islands:— Guernsey, Jersey, and Alderney. OATS, to his Majesty's Cavalry and Artillery Horses, it V 'Qntonnients and Quarters, in the under-ntemtioned Conn , tits Cambridge, Cumberland, Derby, Gloucester, Leicester, I\lantuoutb, Salop, Stafford, Westmorland, and Worcester. FORAGE, viz. —OATS, HAT, and STRAW—To his Ma jesty's Cavalry and Artillery Horses in Barracks, and Oats, j h Cantonments and Quarters, in the under-mentioned eutlqies Berks, Cornwall, and Northumberland. That the Deliveries are to commence on and fur the 25th d aY. Of July next; that Proposals in writing, sealed up, 4114 Marked "Tender for Army Supplies," will be received +lt this Office on or before Friday, the 25th day of June 4 t, but none will be received after Twelve o'Clock on that ar. p roposals must be made separately for each County, and the Channel Islands to be included in one Tender; and each Proposal must have the Letter which is annexed to 114 ° Tender properly filled rip, by Two Persons of hnoWn : I.o Perty, engaging to become b o und with the Party ten eying, in the amount stated in the printed Particulars, for Itl e due Performance of the Contract ; and no Proposal wi ll be noticed unless made on a printed Tender, and the vices expressed in Words at length; and should it so aPpen th a t during the continuance of the C o nt rac t no 41.0 0ps should be supplied by virtue of the same, the amount of the Stamps on the Contract and Bond, paid in the first irla tance by the Contractor, shall be refunded to him. p articulars of the Contracts may he bad upon application yt these Chambers between the hours of Ten and Four. I '. S. Samples of the Bread and Meal may be seen at the _thee between the hours of Twelve and Two. EAST INDIA HOUSE, June 9, 1824. ?PIE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG kAN.r TRADING to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Notice, That they have received it Letter, Copy of which is as fol viz.:-- (" ro the Honourable the Court of Directors of the East India Company. London, June 5, 18 4 24. We, the undersigned Proprietors of East India Stock,.duly ; 1441 i6ed, request the General Court of Proprietors, summoned the stod instant, may be made Special, fur the purpose of 1 4h ing into consideration the State of the Public P ress i n tid i 4 s the Regulations that are now in force respecting it at the several Presidencies in rtulia, and also the Proceedings Rbkh have attended the Suppression of the . Calcutta Jour -441) and the Banishment of Mr. Buckingham and Mr. Aruot, tW ° of its Editors. " JOSRPH HUMS. " DOUGLAS KINNAIRD." ti o l lie GENERAL COURT, appointed to he bold at this viAlke on the 2 c 1 Instant, is therefore made further SPE- L accordingly. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. HAMILTONIAN SYSTEM.-Mr. HA MILTON respectfully informs the Public, that a FRENCH CLASS of GENTLEMEN BEGINNERS com menced on Monday, at 25,•Cecil-street, and will continue open during the week. It is not intended during the summer months to form public Cl asses f or an y o f the Languages. Private Pupils for Greek, Latin, French, German, Italian, and Spanish, will be received every day and at all hours. Classes in all will be formed each Monday. Mr. Hamilton's Key to the Greek Gospel of St. John 7s. 6d. Latin Historia Sacra - - ss. - Key to St. John's Gospel, French 4s. French Grammar - 2s. Latin Grammar - - - Is. 6d. To be had of Messrs: Boosey and Son, Broad-street; or Mr. Hamilton, 25, Cecil-street, Strand. Mr. Underwood's Studia Metrica, 35.; Key to ditto, 2s. Of Mr. Souter, 73, St. Paul's Church-yard • or as above: Mr. Hamilton's P u bli c Cl asses at the Paul's Head, Catea ton-street, the Public Classes which meet in Cecil -street, at Clapham, and Islington, will continue to Meet once a week during the summer months. Those whose proficiency in the Latin and French may qualify them to become Members will be received at the beginning of each . section. SLAVERY. Just published, in Svo. price Is. THOUGHTS on the ABOLITION of SLA VERY; humbly submitted in a LETTER to the KING. London: Published by Baldwin, Cradock, and Jey. TEAS. DEACON and CO., of the COFFEE MART and TEA and SUGAR WAREHOUSE, No. 4, SKINNER-STREET, SNOW-HILL, LONDON, establish e d 1811, beg to inform the Trade, and Shopkeepers generally, that they continue to supply their Teas and Coffees in Pack ages of Pounds, Half-pounds, and Quarters, well secured in Lead, and which are warranted to keep good for any length of time. Full Particulars forwarded o❑ application, post paid, stating the net profit allowed to those selling the Package Teas, also the lowest market price fur the chest, or smaller quantity. N.B.—Dealers in Fine Prepared Chocolate and Cocoa Paste. WI LK INS 0 N'S ANTI-CORROSION PAINT.—J. 11. WILKINSON, Sole Manufacturer too the Hon. Boai . d.of Ordnance, and the Hon. Corporation of London, No. G 3, Upper Thames-street, near the South wark Bridge, and at the Works, Surrey Canal Bridge, Kent road, begs particularly, at this season, to recommend this valuable and economical Artiele, which is patronized by the principal Nobility, Gentry, and Public Bodies, as the most tfitatual Coveting for all exterior , purposes of Painting on Iron, Copper, Lead, Stucco, /lonian Cement, and Tiling, to represent Slates, or any other substance, being equal to Stone when dry. It resists every 'species of damp, water, or marine acid, preventing iron from rusting, not blis tering with the sun, nor can it he rubbed off. This Paint will uover equally well on rough boards as smooth, thereby preventing the expense of planing; and will last consider ably longer than any other paint. It may be had, in Casks of 501bs. or 100Ib with the prepared Oil, proper Brushes, and directions for use on each Cask (which at e so simple that &+>;y person can use it.) Fine and Olive Greens, and all Other Colours. The Public are particularly cautioned against any Colours th at atav be imposed upon them for the genuine Anti"-Corrosion. Exterior and interior Painting and Deco rations executed by the best artificers, and upon terms parti cularly advantageous. THE REIN DEER. (From Capt. FRANKLIN'S Narrative.) The Rein Deer has a quick eye, but the hun ter, by keeping to leeward and using a little caution, may approach very near: their appre hensions being more easily roused by the smell than the sight of any unusual object. Indeed, their curiosity often causes them to come up close to, and wheel round the hunter ; thus affording him a good opportunity of singling out the fullest of the herd, and upon these occasions they often become so confused by the shouts and gestures of their enemy, that they run backwards and forwards with great rapidity, but without the power of making their escape. The Copper Indians find by experience that a white dress attracts them most readily, and they often succeed in bringing them within shot, by kneeling and vibrating the gun from side to side, in imitation of the motion of a deer's horns, when he is in the act of rubbing his head against a stone. The Dog-rib Indians have a mode of killing these animals, which, though simple, is very suc cessful. The hunters go in pairs, the foremost man carrying in one hand the horns and part of the skin of the head of the deer, and in the other a small bundle of twigs, against which he, from time to time, rubs the horns, imitating the ges tures peculiar to the animal. llis comrade follows, treading exactly in his footsteps, and holding the guns of both in an horizontal position, so that the muzzles project under the arms of him who carries the head. Both hunters have a fillet of white skin round their foreheads, and the fore most has a strap of the same kind round his wrists. They approach the herd by degrees, raising their legs very slowly, but setting them down somewhat suddenly, after the manlier of a deer, and always taking care to lift their right or left feet simultaneously. If any of the herd leave off feeding to gaze on the extraordinary pheno menon,it instantly stops, and the head begins to play its part by licking its shoulders, and per.. forming other necessary movements. In this way the hunters attain the very centre of the herd without exciting suspicion, and having leisure to single out the fattest. The hindmost man then pushes forward his comrade's gun, the head is dropped, and they both fire nearly at the same instant. The herd scampers off, the hunters trot after them ; in a short time the poor animals halt to ascertain the cause of their terror ; their foes stop at the same instant, and having loaded as they teyran, greet the gazers with a s e c on d die cha The consternation of the deer increases, they run to and fro in the utmost confusion, and sometimes a great part of the herd is destroyed within the space of a few hundred yards. A shocking accident occurred at No. 3, Bed ford-row, Holborn, early on Tuesday morning. A man servant residing there had been on Mon day night to Greenwich, and was attempting to scale the area on the next morning, for the pur pose of getting in before the family were up, when his foot slipped, and he was precipitated on his head and killed instantaneously. PAR LI A . :A ENT. lIOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 9. ROYAL ASSENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR, the Earl Of LIVERPOOL, and Lord MELVILLE sat as Commissioners, and notified the Royal Assent to the Scots Distillery Bill, the Hides and Skins Bill, the Leather Duties Bill, the Commissioners of Public Chari ties' Bill, the Mar Peerage Indemnity Bill, and several Pri vate Bills. The Earl of DERBY presented a petition from Salford and Manchester, in favour of the Joint Stock Company Bill. Mr. HumE, and others from the Commons, brought up the Combination Laws Repe a l Bill , the Masters and Workmen's Bill,thethe Irish en dm e Distressnt: of the L or d s agreed to. Bill ; and returned the Silk Duties Bill with The Earl of LAUDERDALE presented petitions against the Equitable Loan Bill, from cerir: inhabitants of the p ar i s h ofSt. 111artin-in-the-fields, the City of London, and the Borough of Southwark. The Noble Earl presented some other petition s against the same bill ; an d Lord HOLLAND presented one, but the places from winch these petitions 'came were not heard. The crowd below the bar was this day unusually great, and it was with difficulty any of the proceedings could be collected with accuracy. Earl GREY presented a petition from the debtors confined in Whitecross-street prison in favour of the Equitable Loan Bill. ROMAN CATHOLICS. Earl GREY afterwards rose to present two petitions, one from the Roman 'Catholics of Cork, and the other from the Roman Catholics of Galway. In consequence of the crowd and confusion to which we have alluded, the Noble Earl was not perfectly audible below the bar. He was understood to say, that the petitioners thought it right, notwithst a nding the disappointments th e y h a d experienced, to continue their efforts, and to persevere with spirits unbroken, in seeking the res toration of their civil and religious rights.. In this deter mination they proceeded upon just grounds, for lie conceiv ed that the right of all his Majesty's subjects to equal civil and religious liberty was a perfect right of which none could be deprived without special reasons. His opinion, therefore, had always been, that nothing but the safety of society could excuse the enactment of the disqualifications of which the petitioners complained. It was, therefore, for those who main tained the necessity of disqualifying statutes, to sliew that the security of the community depended upon such laws. Ac cording to his view of the subject, this case certainly could not be made out by the opponents of the Catholic claims, and he therefore fully concurred with the petitioners in the opinion that there never could be peace in Ireland, and that the British empire never could be in a state of security, until the laws imposing disqualifications on the Roman Catholics were repealed. One of the petitions which lie had to present, when transmitted to him, was accompanied with a letter, requesting that lie would, if lie thought it advisable, call their Lordships attention to the consideration of the Catholic claims before the House adjourned. For his own part he would have readily complied with that request; but lie was convinced, from every thing lie saw and heard, that his originating any motion during the present Session would not tend to promote the object of the petitioners. He was the more confirmed in this opinion in con-' sequence of knowing that it had been stated elsewhere, by a Member of the Administration holding a high office in Ireland, that this question could not be discussed at present without the greatest possible danger to the interests of the Catholics. He therefore should not now propose any other motion than that the petition do lie on the table; but it would be necessary for their Lordships to direct their serious attention to the subjects at an early period of the ensuing Session ; for if the present state of things were alloWed to continue in Ireland, the discon tents must end in some convulsion which would shake the Empire to its centre. The Marquis of LANSDOWN presented a Petition, signed by a considerable number of the C at h o li cs o f I re l an d at the time in Dublin. It p ra y e d f or the same object as those just pre sented, and after what had been stated by his Noble Friend he need only say, that the signatures were those of persons of great respectability. It had been placed in his hands in con sequence of a Nobl e E ar l (Donouglinnore, we believe) who was to have presented it, not being able to attend in consequence of ill health. . The Marquis of DOWNSIIIRE presented a Petition to the same effect, from the Roman Catholics of the county of Down. On the motion of Lord COLCHE STER , the appellant juris diction Bill was read a second time. GAME LA,ws. Earl GROSVENOR rose to introduce a Bill for amending the present Game Laws. After expressing his regret that the Bill on this subject, lately i ntroduced into the house of Com mons, had not passed, the N oble Earl stated that he thought it was the duty of his Maje s t y ' ; Ministers to bring forward some measure calculated to Nettle a question of so much im portance to the good order and morals of the country. Since, however, that had not been done, he had resolved to propose to their Lordships the adoption of a measure which did not inter fere with the state of the (h Laws generally, and which went no farther than to repeal a number of statutes by which the sale anti purchase of game was prevented. He would move the second reading of the Bill to-morrow, and on its passing through that stage, its committ a l on Friday. The Earl of LAUDERDALE did not object to the mea sure, but regretted that his Noble Friend had brought forward the Bill at so late a period of the session. lELD approved o f the Noble Earl's Bill as far a objecti on was, that it did not go far g Noble Lord then specified several objects which e ns out Lord h . S went.o The H i s only he wished the Bill to embrace, - and intimated, that if nothing effectual was done this year, he should consider it his duty to bring tbrward a measure next session. The Earl of LIMERICK, its we understood, supported the Bill. The Earl of CARNARVON also supported it, though from the state of the population of the country he did'not expect that the measure would have all the effect which some Noble Lords expected from it. He approved of the repeal of the statutes to which his Noble Friend had alluded, for the laws against the sale and purchase of game did not prevent the offence of poaching. The Earl of LIVERPOOL regretted with his Noble Friend (the Earl of Lauderdale) that the Bill h a d been brought in at so late a period of the Session, and thought it would be better to postpone it to next year.—The Bill was then read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. EXCISE OATII BILL, The Earl of LIVERPOOL moved the third reading of the Excise Oaths Bill. ges at pec P t re wsbellieth required by law, was due Lord A L'EIIORPE, before the Bill pass e d, t h oug h t it right to say that he considered the measure an act of inj us ti ce t o th e Catholics, sin ce it o n ly did that partially, and cover tly w hi c h ought to be done fully and openly.l be N o bl e Lord also de pwriel i e c a h t e t t l en the ( s i u theoerdfliumo i u n s i st s l w t n ea n r to the solemnity of taking an oath. A memorial h a d l ast year been presented to Government from the Merchants of Liverpool on the subject of oaths, and he was sorry that no sneasure had been adopted in con sequence o f that representation. If no correct io n of this evil s h ou l d be propose d by his A!aJesty's Alinisters in the course of next Session, he should think it his duty to call their Lordships' attention to the subject. The Bill was read a third time, and pusset..,_, Idjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER was summoned to theglouse of Peers to hear the Royal Assent given by Commission to several public and private Bills. On his return, he informed the House of the names of the Bills. (See the Lords' report.) IRISH EQUITABLE LOAN BILL . On the motion that the report of this Bill he agreed to, IVIr. 0 0 ULBuitN expressed his disapprobation of any mea sure which, like the present Bill, would have the effect of de priving a large body of traders of their means of subsistence. as an amendm ent, that the report He thought tli at i f the conduct o f the pawnbrokers was egiwl asimtiprvoe measure. He s h ould move, . per, the e v il m i ght be remedied by m be received that day six months. Sir R. SHAW supported the Bill. lie thought every mea sure should be encouraged which would tend to introduce Eng lish capital into Ireland. After a feW words from Mr. S. RICE, Mr. GRATTAN, Mr. DAWSON, and Sir J. NEWPORT, in support of the Bill, and from Sir 11. PARNELL, against it; the House divided, when there appeared— . . For the original Motion - - 35 For the Ainentiment - - - 17 Majority - - - —lB' The Report was . then agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time. CITY BONDS INTEREST REDUCTION, BILL. On the motion that the Thames Navigation Debt interest Reduction Bill be read a third time, Alderman C. S3I IT II opposed it, as uncalled for, and unjust towards the present holders of those bonds. Mr. HUME supported the Bill, as likely to effect a con siderable saving to the public. After a few words from au Hon- Member whose name we did not hear, • Alderman WOOD, in defending the Bill, observed,' that when it was before the House last, it was lea in its present • state in consequence of there not being a sufficient nuraber.of Members left in the house to divide. That deficiency had been erroneously attributed to several Members having gone out to see the balloon ; but he should rather attribute it-to the indifference which was sometimes shown by Members to ethe discussions on private Bills. „ Strangers weren ow or d ere d to withdraw, and the gallery was cleared; but on our re-admission we learned that the Bill was passed without a division. eee,;„ie motion for the third reading of another of the Bills fo; 4 the c House ng , r it the tii i v n i t d e e r , e i s o ti f ie tl n ie un C ib i e ty rs d l e v b er ts e— (the Coal-market For the motion, 30 Against it, 35 Majority, 5. On the motion for the third reading of the last of these Bills, namely, the Orphans' Fund Bill, the House again divided, and the numbers were— For the motion, 38 I Against it, 22 Majority, 16. NET Hi ERLA NDS TREA TY. Mr. CANNING laid on the table a copy of the Commercial Treaty between his Britannic Majesty and the King of the Netherlands. As an Hon. Member opposite had intimated a wish on a former night to obtain some information respecting parts of this treaty, he (Mr. Canning) wished to state that as it was intended by a provi s i on i n t h e treaty, to place Sincapore and another place on the same footing as Bencoolen and other possessions of the East India Company, it would be necessary to bring a Bill into Parliament to give effect to the treaty, and when such a Bill was introduced, the proper time would arrive for conveniently discussing the general subject. The copy of the treaty was ordered to be printed. CASE OF JAMES TAYLOR. • Mr. R. MARTIN had to present a Petition from Mary Taylor, the wife of James Taylor, who had been trims ported to Botany Bay, most improperly, as he conceived, upon a conviction for smuggling. The Honourable Member detailed the nature of the case as it was set forth in the Peti tion. Taylor, with 18 others, was indicted for landing and re moving by force of arms sonic smuggled goods on the coast of Kent. Of four witnesses for the Crown, one only could speak directly or indirecely to his identity ; whilst, on the contrary, four credible witnesses proved an alibi for hint ; the Jury re commended him to mercy. Four of the parties convicted were hanged; and they, dying, declared their own guilt, and Tay lor's innocence; nevertheless, the latter had been transported to Botany Bay. Taylor was further charged with having fired upon the revenue-officers, whereas, in point of fact, it was an other man who had fired, and who came forward to avow the fact, saying, adsuni qui feci. lie had made every effort to avoid presenting this petition, hoping that justice would be otherwise done to the unfortunate family ; five months, how ever, had elapsed, and no redress was administered ; it became therefore necessary that he should present this petition. On the question that it be brought up, . Mr. PEEL said, that as the responsibleOflicer of the Crown, in a case of this description, he was naturally unwilling to re main silent, even under the imputation of an error in judgment, for he presumed nothing more was imputed to him in the part he had taken with reference to the petitioner's case. He thought that his duty in the situation which he had the honour to fill was clearly defined. If his mind was made up respect ing the guilt of any individual against whom a verdict was re corded, and sentence passed, and that neither in the proceed ings nor in the sentence could lie find any informality or undue severity, it became his bounden duty to uphold the verdict and the sentence, and to withhold any interposition of the Crown for mitigation. It must be obvious that the extension of mercy, where mercy could be extended, would he to him a more gratifying and easy task, than to refuse the solicitations of those who had been painfully and ignominiously- plac e d by a conviction. But in this case his opinion, upon a mature consideration of the evidence, was, that the man was clearly and justly convicted, - anti that, his subsequent sen tence of necessity followed. The Itight Honorable Gentleman then referred to the minutes of evidence taken upon the trial of these parties, which he contended fully supported the verdict, and justified the sentence. lie had received a communication from Mr. Baron Wood, who tried the prisoner, upon which he had written as a memorandum, long before he expected this case to come before Parliament—" Mr. Baron Wood says that lie has assured himself of Taylor's guilt, and that if he had known at the trial what he knows now, lie would certainly have left him for-execution." He asserted that lie had made every inquiry into the circumstances of this case which its import ance required, and assured the House that lie had fully satified himself of the guilt of Taylor. Under such circumstances he felt that lie should not be justified in recommending the. Crown to extend mercy to Taylo r . The petition was not brought up. A petition from several other individuals upon this subject was offered to the House by Mr. HONEYWOOD, but was after wards withdrawn, after a few observations from Mr. lion- NOUSE and Mr. PEET., Sir J. ASTLEY presented a petition from Mr. Robert Gourley, respecting the establishment of schools throughout the country. Mr. GRA TTAN gave notice that he should, in the next Session of Parliament, move for an inquiry into the County Assessments of Ireland. Mr. HOBHOUSE presented a petition from several inha bitants of Seven Oaks, Kent, praying for a repeal of the win dow-tax. The lion. Member gave notice, that he should at an early period of next Session, bring forward a motion to carry the prayer of this petition into effect. 31r. EGERTON presented a petition from several manu facturers of white salt, in Cheshire, against the repeal of the duty on foreign salt. • Mr. HUME presented a petition from a person of the name of Jones, residing at 24, George-street, Bagnigge-wells, com plaining of the Magistrates of Hatton-garden, who had offered to administer an oath to him in the usual manner, which his religious scruples prevented him f rom ta ki ng, and who had re fused to swear him upon the Bible according to a form which he had suggested. The petition, by the desire of Mr. HUNE, was ordered to be printed. Mr. HUME presented a petition from Mr. Hislop, of Dum fries, against the Weights and Measures hill. COMMITMENTS BY MAGISTRATES. Mr. HUME moved for a return of the number of persons charged with criminal offences committed to prison on sum mary process in the different counties of England and Wales during the years 1822 and 1823. Also for a return of the num ber of commitments to prison in Scotland for the last 14 years, together with the number of convictions upon those commit_ Tents, and for similar returns with regard to Ireland. Mr. PEEL said, that he should take that opportunity of mak ing a few remarks upon an observation which had fallen some time ago from the Hon.3lember for Aberdeen. That lion. Mem ber had contrasted the nuneber of commitments for seven years after 1810, with the number of commitments for the last seven years; and from that contrast had come to the conclusion that in the last seven years there had been a great increase of crime in the country. He had stated that the number of commitments from the year 1810 to the year 1817 was 47,950, and from the year 1817 to the year 1824 was 93,000 and u p war d s. N ow, though this was a melancholy fact, it was still some consolation to find, that since the year 1819 there had been a great decrease of crime, notwithstanding there had also been in the same time a great increase in the population. The number of commitments for the.last five years were as follows :—For 1819, 14,224 ; for 1820, 13,710: for 1821, 13,115 ; for 1822, 12,241 ; 12,263. So that there had been a decrease of 2,000 in the year in the interval since the year 1819. He reminded the House, T ia e i that up to the year 1815 we were in a state of war, on of peace. since that time we had fortunately been in a state . during Now, in comparing the number of commitments commitments during dif ferent periods of peace with the number of l found, not similar extended periods of war, lie had invariab l y e number of only that the number of commitments, but also t peace than in capital executions, was much greater in time o f for 1823, time of war. Th e Ri g h t H on . we were unable to this assertion by a det a il of figures, -which 'S e cretary proceeded to. prove . , . catch, from the low and hurried tone in which he repeated them. He mentiOned these faCts in order that it might not be sup_ posed that increase of crime was so surprisingly great as the .Hon..Metnber had,inferred it to be from the documents which he had read to the House. The Returns moved for were then ordered to be laid on .the table of the House.. -• Mr. MARTIN obtain,ed leave to bring in a• Bill to abolish Bear-baiting and other cruel sports. On the motion of Mr. Miter RLY, a.Return was ordered to .be made of the stuns collected in each parish of the metropslis for lighting, watching, and paving its, streets, distinguishing the expence (Wench, during the last seven years. Mr. C. - HUTCHINSON said; that he had given notice that he should present a petition that day from Cork,' respecting the -claims of the Roman - Catholics of Ireland. In consequence of the thin- state'of the Muse,. and of the absence of several Gen tlemen who he knew were anxiouato be present at the discus sion of this petition, he should postpone the - presentation of it till to-morr ow . , . •The other Orders of the Day were tht;n disposed of,- and at Five Minutes before Eight the House adjourned... INLAND NAVIGATION. Yesterday a Meeting was held at ttu!'holidit Tavern, to take - intb consideration a plan for making a Ship Canal between the Bristol and the British Channel, in order ta avoid the dangerous navigation round the Land's-end, especially in winter. Sir T. LETHBRIDGE took the Chair of the Meeting. He felt high satisfaction in thinking that the measure contemplated wOulti,be. of great national benefit. As far as he was ac quainted with it, and the support it had received, he thought there would be no dissentient opinion. It would be of the greatest advantage to the line of country through which this ship Canal was intended to pass ; but it could never succeed without the assistance of the great and opulent bodies of the metropoli. 'Mr. Rennie's opinion was, the plan was perfectly feasible, although it was then considered too gigantic an undertaking. The proposed line was not the same with that of Mr. Rennie, which was only intended for vessels of 120 tons. They were sure of the co-operation of the landholders. Mr. Rennie's estimate of the expence was from 1,000,0001. to 1,300,0001.; but from the redqction in the price of labour, the larger plan might be carried into effect for a suns not much ex ceeding that estimate. From what he had heard from the monied interest, he had no doubt the necessary sum would be raised. He had heard no dissenting voice as to the great mer cantile advantages of the measure : and he had no doubt it would receive the sanction of. Parliament. Mr. PoLLocx was glad to hear a probability of the mea sure being carried into effect; and he had no doubt that it would be advantageous to those who should subscribe to it. It appeared that above one million of tonnage passed the Land's= end last year, and lie was justified in supposing that about half of that would have passed through the canal, if such canal had been formed, besides half a million of tons of coals. This, on a line of canal of 36 miles; at ld. a mile, would produce 136,000/. The expence of cutting the canal would be amply provided for by a suns of 1,200,0001. for vessels of 200 tons. .If they took the wear and tear, and repairs, at 1,0001. per mile a year, there would be left 60,0001. as a return for the capital. There would be a difference in the expence of insurance. Their canal would enter into the sea at Seton Bay, and by, it they would s ave th e h a lf o f two per cent., the difference be tween the rate to Portsmouth and that, to Bristol. Half the light dues would be saved, as would the wages of seamen, pro, visions, the wear and tear of the ships, &c., which would be great inducements to merchants sending cargoes by the canal. He then read a string of resolutions, expressive of the advan tages of such a canal, &c. A Gentleman asked the amount of the proposed toll on the canal. Mr. PoLLocs said ld. per mile s per ton, which wou.ld be 3s. per ton for the whole distance. Mr. BROOKE said, he had been a large subscriber to the former plan, and thinking the money was extravagantly waisted, he wished to enter a caveat against expending in the same way the money which might be subscribed now. For this purpose, he thought 800,0001. should be subscribed before any money should be expended. People in the city would not subscribe at first if they thought they could enter afterwards into the con= cern at a discount. Mr. Por.Locx said, one of the resolutions provided that no money should be expended until a certain suns should be sub scribed. The former plans would be at the service of the new corn ' pany, and that would save them a great deal, probably, in the expence in surveys. He wished the gentleman to point out a plan to prevent the sha res f rom falli ng to a discount before the Canal should be opened ; but. lie did hot anticipate that they would ever be at a discount. No gentleman would consult his own interest if he subscribed under such circumstances. Mr. BURBIDGE regretted that the plan had in a most inex plicable manner bee:a abandoned. lie was sure that the ton nage on the iron and coal alone would amply repay the sub scribers ; and he hoped that the old subscribers, who had sunk their money, would have a preference over the new. Mr. Rennie's line of canal was as good as any that could be devised,. and the following it up would save the Company a great deal of money. Some tti q e u e. Sir questions were then put as to who were to be of the Com Com m T. LETHBRIDGE said, it would be for the M ee ti ng to its own Committee. Mr. POLLOCK said, that many of the landholders were hos tile to Mr. Rennie's plan and line of canal, and it would bede sirable to find one more to their liking and equally advantage ous to the Company. This would occasion expence previous to an application to Parliament. At any rate, it would be ne cessary to have a new survey, on account of property having, in many cases, changed hands since the last was t a k en . Mr. BUILRIDGE said, thin canal would be the means of sav ing many lives. Mr. POLLOCK said, the average loss of lives in going round the Land's-end was estimated at 80 per annum ; and in the last three years there had been a loss of property to above 3 00,0001. Sir T. LETHBRIDGE said, the loss of lives was estimated at 200 per annum. The resolutions for entering on the undertaking were all agreed to unanimously, and tle meeting dispersed. (tlosuucrev:teYr- TII THE GEORGE CALCULATINGBIDDER, the BO c for whislillsrsnaattuEradi (whose juvenile powers excited so much astonish diff, employed in the Ili s t nationalver t tractable, a c s t u a r b v l: celebrated 13 7a tr l o c n u s lato of r a astonish ment in his day), have ohtaiued for him an aii intabluerngths so pointment in the Royal Engineers. He has carried on by. Major C g o r t i e tt : recently joined the party now stationed at Cal tinsorddierreettoi:heatiind. ing department, e st m ru in c e te n d tly by qu a a n liee e frym m i i tnl i k l eil e tenn t l i ti. t te rio d ie e s g i e r e i . l promising youth, a nd has attained a good classtil tuitionedu catic of i, s u m u e d lie retains the power of memory and calculation unimpaired Journal. ) in the dig ACCIDENT. --An inquisition was yesterday even- Acc ip:adriegdgintghet h ed founda tionece a sed j og t a ken before Mr. SHELTON, at the QuPen's "lead, St. Martin's-le-Grand, on the body of long and had at watering aiteptelthe excavation made, (tw w , l ia em ploy ed rn 7 l a is t ie s te o ;i ' .oe n i faf a eti s tiidehl eiulhipNarTodlesne O 1 anf n nodtti ßeardon, o Mo nd ay os laidbtw l uOl t ri before the bank of of an hour before he who immediatelywas found by the labourers, When found he was quite dead. lie is supposed to commenced ie d him. d l ig t g w i n a g s . upwards have laid himself ,• Verdict--" Accidental Death. , near the bank for the benefit of the shad e . 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