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Tontine Society of Ireland, complaining of Agricultural Distress. General PITT presented a petition from Scarborough, pray ing for the Repeal of the Assessed Taxes. Mr. DAVENPORT presented a petition from the opera tive Cotton W,:avers of - Stockport, against the Combination Laws.—Referred to the Committee on Artiauns. The ATTORNEY-OENERAL presented a petition from Ashburnham against Slavery. The lion. Member also pre sented a Petition *coo the same place against the exportation -of bong Wool. , Mr. STANLFY presented several petitions from Manches ter and its neighbourhood against Negro Slavery. A petition wag presented from Woolwich- and Charlton against the Duties on Excise Licences. Mr. CURIVEN presented a petition from Iladdington, in Cionberland, against Negro Slavery. Sir OE( )110E WARREN DER presented a petio.on from Ate County of Derry in favour of the Exportation of British Wool. A petition was presented from Birthcormack, in Ireland, against-the Tithe BIM Sir E. KLATCH BUM, pree4ented a retition fiom Green wich, complaining of the burthen of the Poor Rates. The Hon. Member presented another petition from the same place, in favour of the Repeal of the Window Tax. A Message from the Lords announced their Lordships assent to certain Privare Bills. A petition was presented from Guildiord against Negro Slavery. i4r. LAM BTON presented a petition fro-II the Shipbuilders of the port of Sunderland, prayiog for a red - action - of the duty on Cordage. Mr. STUART.T WORTLEY presented a petition from Ha lifax,. against the Hides and Ski n s Bill. The lion. Member presented a similar petition from Shef field. He also presented a petition from Amersham, praying for the reduction of the duty on Swedish Iron. Lord EASTNOR presented a petition from Hull against Negro Slavery. Lord E. SOMERSET presented a petition from Minchin ham, in favour of the repeal of the Wool duty. Mr. E. CURTEIS presented a petition from the neighbour hood of Lewes against the repeal of the duty on Wool. Sir JOSEPH YORKE recommended his Right Hon. Re lative, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, after the various peti tions presented, ro retrace all his steps on the subject of Wool and Silk. He could repeal all the Assessed Taxes at once, and next year hold out his hands to the Sig.=- arid Wool gentlemen, with the offer to relieve them whenever they should have made p theirminds.—(A laugh.) • Sir J. MACKINTOSH presented a petition from Hoff ham, Wilts, against Negro Slavery. It was signed, he said, by all the respectable Inhabitants, with the singular exception or the Clergyman. Mr. HART DAVIS presented a petition from the Wool Dealers of Bristol, praying that they may he allowed the same Drawback as the Silk Manufacturers are allowed. . . Mr. BRIGHT supported the petition. . Mr. HUME presented petitions from the Boot and Shoe makers of Aberdeen, Dundee, King's Lynn, Norfolk, Bury, the Journeymen Mechanics of Windsor and Eton, and Shoe makers of Westminster, praying for the Repeal of the Com bination Laws.—Deferred to the Committee on Artisans. - Mr. LINDSAY presented petitions from certain Spinners of Yarn in Perthshire, praying for the appointment of In spectors. Mr. MABERLY spoke against the prayer of the petition. These petitions were severally read; laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. The Irish Burial Bill was brought in and read a first time. The petition was ordered to lie on the table. \ - SLAVE TRADE BILL. 11r. Secretary CANNING rose to put ofF an Order .of the. day—the third reading of the Slavt Trade Bill, till to-morrow. Ba hoped, however, that no accident or considerations of indi vidual convenience would lead to its being postponed beyond to-morrow, as the nub chance of the measure being of use in the present year might depend on the Bill reaching Anierica before the Congress had closed its Sittings. • The third reading of the Bill was postponed till to-morrow. MOTION RESPECTING SOUTH AMERICA. • Sir J. MACKINTOSH, in rising to withdraw a notice which ha had given, hoped he might be indulged with the permission of the House to offer a few observations on the causes of' his doing so. Since he gave the notice some important declarations. •had been made by Ministers. He would not name the occasion, the places, or the time when these were made; but in his judg ment, according , to his recollection and understanding of them, - it had intimated that if any considerable armament left the ports of Spain for South America, while the French army remained in Spain, such armament would not be regarded by this GoVern ment as really Spanish, and would consequently come within the view taken of the subject of foreign interference in the last dispatch of Sir Charles Stuart. This had a great etTect on his mind. It so narrowed the question relative to practical hostilities and hostile menace, that it would not become him' to ta!ze a course which would make it appear in foreign countries that after such a declaration as that to which he had alluded, 'the intentions of the Government were mistrusted at home. — lie had heard from a private, but in his judgment trust -worthy quarter, that one of the Great Powers of , the Continent had (Unlined being a party to the threatened Congress on the affairs of South America. This, as he had Stated, came to him from -11 private qnarter, and had not the sanction of official audio tit/ ; but believing it entitled to credit, as he did, it cer tamly had some weight with him. He could not say that conduct would be at all influenced by the ambiguous lan guage wench he found in the speech of the French King. Had tie words used by him, or his Ministers, been more precise than they were, after tire language which they had held in the. yeses No') and 1823, he could not say that he should have had any reliance on their professions. The circumstances to which lie had referred, induced him to withdraw his notice. He rnight, if he thought proper, put it off to a future day, but he thought the mere proper and manly course was to withdraw it altogether. Poing this he looked up to Government fbr an early recognition of the independence of the New States of South America, reserving to himself, of course, the right of giving a niew notice on this subject if, in his judgment, the course of events should make it expedient to do so. Mr. Secretary CANNING said his Hon. Friend had unques tionably a rinht to withdraw, to postpone, or to bring, on the Motion, of which he had given notice. If he had decided on Making it, an opportunity wculd have been afforded_ to him of debating it, and perhaps the course he had now taken presented seine facilities for delivering his sentiments on the subject.— But, upon the whole, he thought he'should - best perform his duty by abstaining altogether from offering any remarks nn this occasion. He would only desire that the - Honse would be as_ food as to bear in mind the former debates which had taken place, and the public declarations of his Majesty's Minister;,. and judge of their policy and conduct by these, and not from any opinions formed, or inferences drawn, by his lion. Friend, the correctness of which he would neither ahirm nor deny. BOUNTIES. Mr. MABERLY, on presenting a petition respecting the duties which affected the Shipping interest, thoUght, as the duties taken off' had undergone considerable discussion, it might .be proper that those bounties proposed to be repealed, should he debated, and wished to know when the Chancellor of the Exchequer thought these could be conveniently taken ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought the most convenient time Would be when the Bill to which the question of the Hon. Gentleman related should be in a Com mittee: In that Committee the Hon. Gentleman could not bring forward any specific motion with respect to the duties on Hemp and Fiax, to which he understood him particularly too . efer, but they could then be discussed. Mr. liIJME, on the presentation of a petition from certain Ship Owners and others relative - to the duties which press on the shipping interest, reminded the Chancellor of Inc Exehe- Tier of a pledge given last year to take this subject into con sideration, and hoped that pledge would shortly be redeemed, and that measures would be taken to relieve the shipping inte rest cf this country, so as _to enable the British ship builder to compete with the foreign ship builder. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated - the subject to have been under consideration, and admitted it to one which deserved the attention cf the House. This was all which he could say. now. Mr. BRIGH T trusted the Right Hon. Gentleman would give them- hopes that something would be done in the course of the present Session. After a few words from Mr. HusrE and Mr. GRANT, the Petition was read and ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Alderman HEYGATE presented a Petition from the Licensed Victuallers of the Borough of Sudbury, praying the repeal of the Excise Licence Duty.—Ordered to be printed. Colonel WOOD presented a Petition from James Williams and certain Wool Staplers at Radnor, praying for a drawback of the duty on th e i r s t oc k i n h an d.—Ordered to lie on the table. Air. BuTTERWORTH presented a Petition from the in habitants of Hammersmith against the continuance of Slavery in the West Indies.—Ordered to-lie on the table. GAME LAWS. Mr. MONCK presented a Petition from certain owners and occupiers of -land in the County of Berks against the Game Laws' Amendment Bill, in which the Petitioners called on the House to mark their contempt for the provisions of that Bill, and expressed -a perAuasion that such a one would never have been even presented -to a House of Commons, which was freely chosen by the people at large.—The Petition was ordered to be printed. ASSESSED TAXES. Lord CLIFTON presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of Canterbury against the Assessed Taxes. The Noble Lord briefly set fords the claims of the Petitioners to the relief they prayed ; and, not suggesting any thing himself, recommended the subject to the consideration of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. Mr. MA BERIX said when he had lately given notice of a motion for the repeal of all the Assessed Taxes, it was re ceived with a general laugh from the Gentlemen opposite.— The Chancellor cf the Exchequer had manfully braught for ward his plan for the relief of' the public, and the moment that bad passed, and halls the window tax had been repealed, the Commissioners or Texes'went to work to - endeavour to bring what remained of the Assessed Taxes up to the former amount of the whole. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had sanc tioned this proceeding from a wish to eqUelize the duties. But what became of this principle, when he (Mr. M.) brought for ward-his motion relatives to the duties on malt and beer? The measure now taken to equalize the Assessed Taxes would, he doebted, finish by increesing the house tax from 25 to 5 0 per cen t. He Was glad to I v ied the people began to understand what was meant by equalising. He thought the Right Hon. Gentlem an ought to have looked . if it- were not possible' to reduce the House Tax before he expended 900,0001. on building Churches and repairing Palaces, and before he made that injurious con tract with the Bank, by which 1,500,0001. was lost to the pub lic. lie wished the Sinking Fund to be abandoned, and if that fraudulent Sinking Fund were properly applied, the 3,900,0001. raised by the Assessed Taxes might be remitted to the public. The people would apply the a mount better than by purchasing Stock at 901. or 95/., which had been created for 551. The Chancellor of the Exchequer could not continue to go on at this rate. Some such measure as had been suggested ought to be adopted, and be thought when a n y thin g of the kin was proposed, it ought not to meet with such unmannered treatment (he did not impute it to the Right Hon. Gentleman) as to be laughed at. The CIIA.NCELLOB. of the ENCIIEQUER was obliged to offer a few words, though it was not a convenient mode of bringing to debate such a variety of subjects. As to the un mannered conduct complained of, if the notice of the Hon. Gentleman had celled forth a smile from that side.of the House, he did not know that he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) had joined in it, and he believed it wholly to have arisen from his having fixed it for a day on which the House never sat—the day on which his Majesty's Birth was celebrated. If th e n th e Hon. Gentleman charged him with acting the un man l y par t described, he could not plead guilty to the charge. Neither could he admit that be was well grounded in supposing the survey which had been ordered was to increase the amount of the Assessed Taxes ; as he had already stat e d th e rea l o bj ec t of it was to reduce the tax if possible, and thus save the people money instead of taking it from them. Mr. INIA.I3ERIN had not said the Chancellor of the Exche quer himself laughed when his (Mr. Maberly's) notice was given ; but if by what he had now t said be meant to get rid of the charge for his 'colleagues ' he (Mr. Moberly) begged most distinctly to say, that when he gave his notice they did laugh. —(A laugh.) Mr. fIUME wished the Right Hon. Gentleman to take off all the Assessed 'faxes. Sir T. LETHBRIDGE hoped in another year to get rid of the Assessed Taxes. He thought it possible to do without them. Without giving up the Window Tax, however, there was a way of relieving the public by allowing all windows which had been stopped up on account of the tax, to be now opened without exposing the inhabitants of the houses to which they belonged to an additional charge. This relief might be afforded with great advantage to the public, and without injury to the revenue. Mr. N. CALVERT would not call for the repeal of the As sessed Taxes till the duties on malt, salt, coals, candles, and all exciseable articles had been entirely taken off. Sir .1. YORKE said, if the Hon. Gentleman who had just spoken would pledge himself that manufactured articles would be sold one penny cheaper in consequence of the repeal of those duties which he wished to see abandoned, he (Sir J. Yorke) would join hand in hand with him to call for their reduction. The petition was ordered to be printed. LEATHER DUTIES. Sir H. PARNELL presented a petition from certain Tan ners, complaining of the Leather Duty, and the mode of col lecting in Ireland. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated the subject to be under the consideration of Commissioners, whose report was shortly expected. After a few words from Mr. T. Ettas and lir. CALCUAFT, who announced it to be his intention to bring the subject before the House after the Easter- recess, the petition- was ordered to be printed. Sir M. W. RIDLEY presented a petition from certain Tanners of Newcastle against the Hides and Skins Duty.— Ordered to lie on the table. TURNPIKE • ROA - Ds. Mr. CRIPPS took a view of the Acts relating to the Turn pike Roads, pointed out certain defects which he wished to correct, and moved for leave to bring in a Bill to consolidate and amend the several Acts relating to Turnpike Roads passed in the 3d and 4th years of George the Fourth. Mr. T. LEWIS explained the course he had formerly been induced to take in order to amend these laws. He was happy to resign the task to the Hon. Gentleman, but suggested that another Session or two ought to elapse before they were again altered, in order that the effect of the present laws might be better known. Sir M. W. RIDLEY thought it would be advisable to with draw the motion for the present. Mr. Secretary PEEL was of the same opinion, and was con fident the lion. Gentleman would readily acquiesce in a sug gestion which he would feel was thrown out for the public good. Mr. CRIPPS hoped, if nothing occurred in the course of the summer to alter his opinion, that in the next Session his motion would not he opposed, and for the present most cheerfully con. sented to withdraw the motion. EDUCATION IN IRELAND. Sir J. NEWPORT rose to call the attention of the House to a subject of considerable importance, which required not elo- Oucmce to entitle it to their attention—the state of Education in Ireland. In discussing this subject, he would abstain from ' every thing likely to create an acrimonious feeling, and view the improprieties which had occurred, as the result of mea sures adopted with the best intentions. He stated this sub ject to have been taken up in_l7B7, and described the mea sures pursued. in consequence of the determination,then come to by the Government and Parliament of...lreland. An Act had passed to give effect to the resolutions to which he had alluded, which was continued by two other Acts of Parliament up to the year 1796, whets the last of them was suffered to expire.— In 1805 the subject was again taken up ; Commissioners were appointed, among whom was found that great name -for Ireland—the nanie.of Mr. Grattan. These reports were made by the Commissioners at different periods which came before that House in April, 1809.. He then noticed the appointment of Commissioners of education in 1812, read passages from some of their Reports, and strongly supported their recom mendation that the people of Ireland should be educated un ' der the same system, and under the same establishment, that all classes might avail themselves of the advantages of instruc tion. This could only be effected by avoiding all religious te nets, and even the appearance of seeking to m a k e p rose lytes. —lt would appear, upon an examination of the Royal schools, that they were in an imperfect state, very expensive, and hav ing very few scholars. Where the Roy a l mun ifi cence had extended endowments, tuition ought to be moderate in its Ca pence, and rendered easily available. There was a great ob jection in the body of the people to have gratuitous instruction, for their children, and when such an h onoura bl e f ee li ng existed among the people, it was still more the duty of the Legisla ture to extend education upon the lowest possible charge.— The .Right Hon. Bart.thenread extract s f r om th e 14th Report, shelving the anxious disposition of the people to give educe tien to their children, and the opinions of individual Gentle men appended to that Report, as to the proper regulations for feneral national schools. They recommended that no reli gious distinctions should be made, and that the children should • be taught the four great points, of duty towards God, duty towards each other, duty towards their . country, and duty towards the Government. By the last returns it was seen that at the endowed schools there were very few free scholars.— They found six in one, thirteen in another , and nine.ein another. Now he considered that where the Royal munia cence had provided emoluments for the matters, the terms ought to be so moderate as to come within the common means of the great body of the people. The Right Hon. Baronet alluded to the Reports of some London Companies, the Fish mongers and Drapers, upon the subject of education in Ire land, and stated that the soundness of their principles and the correctness of their views would do honour .to any Statestpen in Europe. This was not his own opinion merely, but one which had also been declared by his Noble Friend, the Chancellor of the University of Oxford. He was afraid that a good deal of jealousy and distrust had been expressed in Ireland upon the subject of extending education. But it was only just for the House to make allowance, and remember that they were Protestants, and that they were legislating for a large majority of people holding diErent religious opinions. It was their duty to endeavour to abate the jealousy e and not to make it a ground for refusing the education. It appeared that education was mak ing some progress, and that a great many schools had been esta blished upon private foundations. There Valg an individual, iiu 111- ble in rank, an inhabitant of the city he had the honour to repre sent, who was originally a butcher, and thence becoming a drover, had realised a certain quantum of property which he devoted to the support of schools. As a mark of the benefit which these schools conferred upon society, he would mention that the Quakers always took the boys educated at them in preference to any others, for their good moral and orderly conduct. In Tuam there were 116 Roman Catholic schools, and in another dio cese 159, containing together 21,000 scholars, who were taught reading, writing, and arithmetic, at the rate of twenty shilli ngs per year each. He felt it was the duty of the Legislature to un dertake this subject, and be saw two modes in which it might be done. The one was by a Committee of the House, the other by a Commission to proceed to the spot, and to report their opi nions to the House. A Coineaittee, he was aware, would bet ter attract the public attention of this country to the subject, but a Commission was preferred by those who were entrusted with the Government of the country, and whose peculiar care it was to watch over its tranquillity and happiness. There was another ground upon which he made up ilia mind, in fa vour of a Commission ; and that was the great advantage which Ireland had derived from the labours of two other Commis sions, which were appointed to inquire into the Courts of Justice and the Revenue of Ireland. Of the good which had been done by the latter, and of- the re a di ness w ith w hi c h t h e Government had carried its recommendations into effect, it was impossible that any man should say too much in praise. After thanking the House for its attention, the Right Hon. Baronet concluded by moving " That an humble Address be presented to his Majesty, praying that he will be graciously pleased to issue a Commission under the great seal for enquiring into the nature and extent of the several institutions in Ireland, esta blished for the purposes of education, and how far they are either wholly or in part -supported by the public funds ; for enquiring into the state of the diocesan, and district schools, and the nature of the instruction there given ; for ascertaining what regul a ti ons w ill be fitting for th e parochial schools, and to report such m ea sures as can be ad opte d f or exten di ng t h e benefits of education to all .parts of the people; and that his Majesty will be graciously, pleased to order and direct the pro ceedings of such Commission to be laid before Parliament." Mr. GOULBU RN highly complimented th e tempey a nd mo deration of the conciliatory speech by which the Right Hon. Baronet had p r efaced his /notion. If education was a subject of high impo r t a nce here, bow much more was it so i n I re l an d, where its first object was to raise the people to a level in ac quirements and tranquillity with the people of this country : — He agreed with the Right Hon. B aronet t h at a ll i rr i tating t9pics ought to be avoided when treating of this question, and he should think himself highly Culpable if he made use of any expressions calculated to disturb the unanimity which ought to prevail. The greatest anxiety was kno wn t o ex i s t on the part of the people of Ireland to Procure 'education, and great pro gress towards affording it had certainly been made. The atten tion of the higher classes had been more called to the subject, and the Legislature had likewise seen the necessity of inter posing. He should content himself with expressing his con currence - in the motion, and with once more acknowledging the temperate, judicious, and manly speech with which the Right lion. Baronet had introduced it to the House. Mr. J. SMITH said, that in consequence of the manner in which the motion had been, met, he should not detain the House with what he had intended to say upon the subject. lie felt grateful for the concession which the Government had made; but while speaking upon the subject of Education, in Ireland, he could not help expressing his surprise at the manner in which the House had heretofore neglected it. 'He recollected hearing some years ago a very eloquent speech from a Right Hon. Gen tleman, at that time connected with Ireland, setting . forth the advantages of education. But he had since looked in vain for the effects of any practical measures adopted by that Right Hon. Gentleman in an improved tranquillity of the country._ They could never expect the people of Ireland to change their habits, unless they taught them how to do better. To use a familiar comparison, they had their dogs and their horses train ed before they expected them to contribute to their pleasure or use. But man—man alone, was to be left a prey to his own natural vices and fullies, and then came hanging or transport ation for acts which they had not taught him to avoid. While people were kept in this st a te of darkess, and we neglected to educate them, he protested against the application of our bloody and ferocious laws. He confessed that he should have prefer red the appointment of a Committee before sending out a Com mission. A Committee of that House, he thought, was always sure to get at the whole truth of any thing that came before them. He trusted that in the nomination of the Commission,_ the Government would exercise that candour and f a i rness w hi c h alone could make its services of value. Mr. Secretary PEEL said, that from the course which the debate had taken, he should not have troubled the House but for an observation addressed personally to him by the Hon. Gentleman opposite, who charged him with having made a speech in favour of Education, and then with not having acted upon it, because they saw no consequent increased tran quillity in Ireland. He begged to observe, that whatever might have been dope since that period, the visible effects of s ie , nd a ut nil et t i Ao h n e c. of education could not yet be expected to appear. But he ght Act which was anxious to convince the Honourable Member that he had not neglected to. act up to the sentiments expressed in that Speech, The 13 Reports o.f.,tlte. Cornmi . .ssioners contained ac -14 h `" - c r o e l,n;m:yn t r ( o l e" . t d i b i", lin;s e s fiat ting ge Reports, n r e t e n s r:a w l h ' e v si l : r t s o e c u u t prevented the recurrence of the abuses they exposed. turning the other part of the subject in his mind with the ter greatest anxiety, he was afraid that the then state of public feeling would not permit that he should propose another Act for the appointment of Commissioners to regulate the educa tion of Ireland. There was at that period so much distrust and jealousy abroad, that he felt, instead of advancing the cause of education, he should only be doing it disservice. To shew the extent of progress which education was making in he ' land, he mentioned that a society composed of persons of dia. rent religious persuasions, established in 1816, three hundred and twenty schools. Their object always was to have a system which would at the earliest period of age unite the Protestant and Catholic, so that they might afterwards grow up in amity. He wished to see the instruction in such schools founded upon true Christian principles, hut for religious doctrines to be left to the Pastors of the different sects. In the Society he had named, the number of schools grew in two or three years to 513 ; the next year it was 7 2 7, and last year the number increased to 1,108. There were other institutions its the country which had likewise forwarded the interests of education. The best way, therefore, was to examine into their several merits, and adopt. such plans as appeared most eligible. Let them enquire—let them appoint Commissioners on whom they could rely, and then they should know how to act with safety and with satisfaction. He agreed that the utilitYof the measure would greatly depend upon the constitution of the Commission. Mr. BROWNLOW thought the only hope for Ireland was in a liberal and complete system of education. He should object to any plan which did not combine and unite the Pro testant and Catholic in one establishment. Any attempt at having separate schools for the two classes, he should consider as a wretched and wicked s-stem of perpetuating the feelings of animosity which every ' honest man desired to suppress. He would never consent to any specious plan of morality without religion ; for although instances were pointed out, such as Mr. Hume and Others, of men who were good moral characters without religion ' . yet he defied any man to point out to him the people who were ever permanently great and happy, and were religious instruction did not form a part of their education. He wished it to be distinctly under stood that lie desired no conversion or proselytism, and least of all the conversion of boys at school. The Hon. Member concluded by complimenting the Right Hon. Baronet upon the manner in which he had brought forward the motion, and ex pressed great pleasure in agreeing with his opinions., The Motion was then carried unanimously. LA 130 URING POOR. Lord JOHN' RUSSELL presented a petition from Mathew Philips, civil engineer, praying that the House would order an enquiry into the condition of the Labouring Poor—Ordered to be printed. Lord J. RUSSELL then prefaced the following motion by some observations, which were so frequently inaudible that we could not catch their tenour :—" That a Select Committee be appointed to enquire into the condition of the Labouring Classes, with a view to the practice of paying the wages of Labourers out of the Poor Rates, and to report their observa tions thereupon to the House." Mr. Secretary PEEL suggested that some alteration in the wording of the Inotion would be necessary, as it proposed to enquire into the condition of the labouring classes without limit—a sea on which they would be embarking as it were without chart or compass. He thought it would be better to have some such words as these t—" That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into a practice which prevails in some parts of the country of paying wages for labour out of the poor rates, and to consider what measures may be carried into exe ution for the purpose of altering that practice." Lord J. RUSSELL adopted the proposed words, the mo tion was agreed to, and a Committee was accordingly ap pointed. Sir H. HARDINGE obtained leave to bring in a Bill to remove doubts as to certain property formerly vested in Bar rack property, andnow transferred to the Ordnance. _ CRO - IiER obtained leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Commissioners for Victualling the Navy to purchase certain premises for the Navy Victualling Office near Ply Mouth. SILK DUTIES BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the third reading of the Silk Duties Bill. Mr. DAVENPORT made a few observations upon the Bill. After a few words from Mr. BILIGIIT, Mr. P. MOORE thought more time ought to be given than was proposed by way of experiment. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. GAME LAWS. I Mr. S. WORTLEY Moved the recommitment of the Game Laws Amendment M.—Agreed to. And the House being in a Committee, some verbal amendments were agreed to. On the clause describing the animals to be treated as game, Lord MILTON opposed the clause as an enormous ex tension of the Game Laws. It proposed the extending those ilaws to woodcocks and other animals not now treated as game. The business of the House ought to be to attend to the interests of the people, and not to those of Sporting Gentlemen alone. He objected, therefore, the applying of those laws to animals not now the subject of them. He object ed indeed to almost every clause in the Bill. He did not wish to legislate upon the subject at all. He wished if possible to do away with all legislation upon this unpopular subject. The only good principle in the Bill was, the licensing of the sale of game; though he thought the proposed mode of licensing ca pable of amendment. The whole of the present laws excited horror and disgust. Sir JOHN-SE BRIGHT thought these laws were deservedly unpopular, because they gave the game to a privileged class.— The game was bought, would be, and ought to he bought.— (Hear, hear !)—He, for one, was prevented sheaving civility to many of his friends, merely because they were not qualified. It often happened that a pauper was qualified, while a man of respectability and property was not allowed to shoot on his own land. lie highly approved of the Bill. Lord .111 I LT 0 Nexpla!iried. . _ Mr. S.'WORTLEY denied that the animals alluded to by the Noble Lord were made game by the Bill. It only made them the property of the owner of the soil. Mr. BERNAL thought the clause should be cautiously worded, as the taking away of this property, by a trespass, might, in some cases, he considered a felony. Mr. S. WORT LEY expressed his readinass to remove every doubt on this subject.. . . _ _ Mr. JONES denied that the taking of this property would be felony as the clause now stood. Mr. BRIGHT Mr. 111b)tcx, and Mr. BE RNAL , exc h a nged a few words, when it was agreed to leave out the names of all the animals not considered as game at the common law. Sir J. WROTTESLEY Objected to the........e of the clause, because it interfered with the vested rights of Lords of Manors. Mr. GOULBURN also objected to this part of the Bill. Mr. BERNA L denied that the Clause interfered with mano rial rights. A lord of the manor had no rights over the game on the land of his tenant if the tenant chose to forbid him. Lord MILTON was convinced that the Bill would trench upon manorial rights, and not answer the desired object, namely, clearing the gaols of offenders committed under the Game Laws. . Mr. PEEL was disposed to support the views,of his Hon. Friend (Mr. S.. Wortley.) . Sir JOHN SE BRIGHT was perivaded the Bill, whatever might be its fate, out of doors would meet the approbation of the country. 11 .1r.6.13ANKES was of opinion that all property which had been handed down from father to son, ought to he protect ed. He did not think the Bill would do any good. if they passed it, they would never be able to retrace their steps. Lord BINNING thought the Bill should not be passed without an assurance that advantage would arise from it. Le galizing the sale of game might prevent poaching, therefore he should not oppos e the Bill, but in case he was called upon to invade manorial rights, he should agree to the proposal with great reluctance. _ _ _ _ . After a conversation between Mr. Ev .. Ass, Sir J. :lIELLET, L Sir JOHN WROTTESET and Mr. 8. WORTLEY, the Com mittee divided on the question that the words proposed to stand part of the clause, Ayes - - Noes - - - 82 • Majority - - - —53 The clause without the words was then agreed to. On the clause which takes away the right of the owner to shoot game on the land of the tenant without permission, a dis cussion of some length ensued. Mr. S. WORTLEY finally consented to postpone the con slieration of the clause, and the Chairman having reported progress, obtained leave to sit again on Monday. The other Orders of the Day were then postponed, and the House adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'clock. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, MARCY! 25.—The Chancellor's gold medals for the two best proficients in classical learning among the com mencing Bachelors of Arts, were on Saturday last adjudged to Messrs. Frederic Malkin and 'William Barham, both of Trinity College. At a Congregation on Wednesday, tile following degrees were conferred :- -DocTon. IN DIVINITY.--Lord Frederick Ileauclerk, Trinity College. DOCTOR IN CIVIL LAW.—Henry Vanne Sainsbury, Fel low of Trinity Hall. MASTER OF ARTS.—Robert Booth, St. John's College. BACHELOR s IN CIVIL LAW.—Rev. Charles Day, St. John's College, and Richard Abraham Templeman, Trinity College. At the same congregation, George Leapinwell, B.A. of Corpus Christi College, was appointed Deputy Esquire Bedell, on the resignation of John Smith, B.A. of St. John's College, now Master of Gordon-house Academy, Kentish Town. The following gentlemen were ordained by the Lord Bishop of Lincoln, in the Chapel of St. Mary-la-bonne, London, on Sunday last:--. DEACONS. Thomas Wentworth Gage, B.A. Magdalene College, Cam bridge. Bardley Childers, B.A. Scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge. Henry Schneider, B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge. John Holt Simpson, B.A. Pembroke Hall, Cambridge. Thomas Beach Whitehurst, B.A. St. Peter's College, Cam bridge. Henry Manton,B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge. Thomas Henry Winbolt, B.A. Pembroke Hall, Cambridge. Richard Brown, B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge. Robert Frost, B.A. Catharine Hall, Cambridge. John Teeson, B.A. Scholar of Clare Hall, Cambridge. Christopher Milnes, B.A. Lincoln College, Oxon. John Hewlett Watson, B.A. Wadham Coll. Oxon Ralph Drake Backhouse, B.A. Clare Hall, Cambridge From the Archbishop of Canterbury. Charles Joseph Camidge, B.A. Cath. Hall, Cambridge } From the Archbishop of Y or k . Robert Agassiz, B.A. Trinity College, Cambridge Dacre Barrett Lennard, B.A. Jesus College, Cambridge . 1 Wm. Edward Hoskins, M.A. Brazennose College, Oxon I Richard M4Donald Caunter, S.C.L. Sid. ColL Cambridge David Evans, B.A. St. Peter's College, Cambridge Vere Monro, B.A. University College, From the Bishop of London. Robert Francis Campbell, S.C.L. Magdalen Hall, Oxon Charles Pitt, B.A. Christ Church, Oxon From the Bishop of Salisbury. George Pooley, 13. A. Pembroke College, Cambridge , From the Bishop of Hereford. William Clark King, li.A. C.C.C. Cambridge From the Bishop of Norwich. Richard Hill, B.A. Exeter College, Oxon John Harding, B.A. Balliol College, Oxon Gilbert Butland, B.A Pembroke College, Oxon From the Bishop of Exeter. William Penfold, B.A. Lincoln College, Oxon From the Bishop if Chichester. PRIESTS. James Bnrdakin, M.A. Fellow of Clare-hall, Cambridge John Culling _Evans, B.A. Fellow King's College, Cambridge Charles Wm. Dodd, B.A. Christ Church, Oxon James Arrott Stewart, B.A. C.C.C. Cambridge Valentine Green, B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge Robert Hopton Smith, B.A. Queen's College, Oxon Wm. Penry Lendon, B.A. Trinity College ' Cambridge Charles Wright, B.A. Emmanuel College, Cambridge Wrn. Williamson, B.A. Sydney Sussex College, Cambridge Wm. Mudge, B.A. Queen's College, Cambridge Richard Higgs, B.A. Wadham College, Oxon John l'loverley, B.A. Queen's College, Cambridge Thomas Newte Stevens, B.A. St. John's College, Cammb. Richard Charles Coxe, B.A. Worcester College, Oxon. John Sandys, B.A. Queen's College, Cambridge. Franz the Archbishop of Canterbury. 1 John Digby Wingfield, M.A. Exeter College, Oxon. From the Bishop of Bristol. Tobias Furneaux, Magdalene Hall, Oxon. Charles Davies, St. John's College, Cambridge. From the Bishop of Exeter. Charles Rookes, LL.B. Jesus College, Cambridge. From the Bishop of Bath and Wells. William James Ulten, BA. Trinity College, Cambridge. John Packer, Literate. From the Bishop of London for Foreign Possessions. The 'Worshipful Henry Kaye Bonney, D.D. Archdeacon of Bedford, has appointed Richard Smith, Esq. M.A. Official of the same archdeaconry.—The Rev. Nathaniel Dodson, M.A. has been collated to the prebend or canonry of South Searle ' in the cathedral church of Lincoln, and in the gift of the Lord Bishop of that diocese. FlRE.—Last night, about eleven o'clock, a fire broke out at the house of Mr. CRUMP, a tallow chandler, in Hunter-street, Brunswick-square, and which raged with considerable violence for about an hour, when the whole of the front of the house fell in. The flames soon after com municated to the adjoining houses, one of which it entirely destroyed. It was, by the exertions of the firemen, who had a plentiful supply of water ; got under about twelve o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Jovis, 25° die Marta, 1824. CATHEDP.AL—Derry—Petition for leave to present a Peti tion for Bill reported, and leave given ; Petition far Bill re ferred to a Committee. 11 WAT —Wedmore PLYMOUTLE EMBANKMENT Bills reported, to be ingrossed• IMPROVEMENT- - --PlymOUth JJJ WATERWORKS —Cheltenham—Pour Petitions against, to lie on the table. Bill read a second time, and committed. GAS LlOHT—Greenwich—Petition for a Bill referred to 3 Committee. Edinburgh—Bill read a.second time, and com . mitted. Manchester—Three Petitions of Inhabitants 6f Manchester, against, referred to the Committee on the Bill: RoAus—Sandon and Bullock Smithy, and Snan Smithy and Talk—Bills reported, to be ingrossed. Blanaford and Pooic —Petition of Trustees of White Street Hill Road, against, to lie on the table. - Patrington—Bill road a second time, and committed. Cambridge—Petitions of Edward Richard Adams, and William Jones, Esq., and of Owners and Oc cupiers of Land, referred to the Committee on the Bill. DOCKS—South London—Petition for Bill reported, Report to lie on the table. CO3IPANY —London and Westminster Oil .Gas--Bill ordered to be brought in. VESTRY—Southwark John's)—Petition, against, from St. John's, SOuthwark, referred to the Committee on the Bill. SUSPENSION BninoE-St. Katherine's—Pctition from St• John's, Southwark, against, to lie on the table. CANAL—Thames and Medway—Bill read a second time, and committed. • WOOL—Petitions frorri 15ley, Minchin Hampton, Painswick , Wootton-under-Edge, Stroud, Dursley, Bristol, and Itaa" nor, for the repeal of the Duty on Foreign Wool, with an allowance of Drawback on Wools in Bags ; from Barnhill' castle, against alteration of existing Laws relative to the ex portation of Foreign Wool; • from Lewes, against reduction of the Duty on importation of Foreign Wool ; and from Ber" wickshire, for the repeal of the Dut,es Oil Foreign Wool, and of the restrictions imposed on the • exportation of British Wool ;• to lie on the table. FARMING SOCIETY ( Ireland )—Petition of Members of the Farmer's Tontine Company, relative to the payment of their debts, to lie on the table. P UB LICA NS—Petitions of Licensed Innkeepers and 'Victuallers of Bosraere and Claydon, Sudbury, and Woolwich, Charl ton, &c., for the repeal of the increased Duties on Licences , to lie on the table. ASSESSED TAXEs—Petitions from Blandford, - Canterbury , and Scarborough, for the repeal thereof ; to lie on the table. COMBINATION OF WORKMEN LAWS—Petitions of JourneY" men Shoemakers, &c. of-Hereford, Aberdeen, King's Lynn* Westminster, Stockport, Leicester, Bury, and. New Wind' sor, against, referred to the Select Committee on Artizan_ s and 3fachinerL: ; and frum Preston, and Dudley, to lie on the table. TITIIES COSIPOSITION ACT—Petition from Rathcorrnac, Cork, against any compulsory Clause, to lie On the table. POOR LAWS—Petition from Greenwich, for the amendment thereof, to lie on the table. WINDOW Tam—Petition from Greenwich, for the repeal there of, to lie on the table. • 111 Es sa FROM. THE LORD s —That they have agreed IP Appleby and Kirkby-in-Kendal, and Amblesitie andßirkby - Kendal Roads Bills, Carnerton (Cumberland) Inclosure without amendment ; and to -Arundel Road Bill, with en amendment. CORDAGE AND SAIL CANVASSES DUTlES—Petition of 514' buiders of Sunderland, against, to lie on the table. HIDES AND SKINS REGULATION BlLL—Petitions of Tan" ners, &c. of Halifax, Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Newcastle-upon Tyne, against, to lie on the table. Inox DUTlEs—Petition of Corporation of Hallamshire Cut. lers, against, to lie on the table. YARN—Petition of Manufacturers and Weavers in Perth, re lative to the Laws regarding hand-spun Yarn, to lie on the table. LINEN BOUNTlES—Petition from Caher, against the =peal/ to lie on the table, and to, be printed. HIGHLAND ROADS REPAIR—Tenth Annual Report of Cow' missioners, to lie on the table, and to be printed. GAM E LAWS A3IENDMEN T —Petition from Berwickshire , against, to lie on the table. - TANNING TRADE (Ireland)—Petition of Tanners of Queen . ° County, complaining of the destruction of the Trade by th manner of assessing the-Duty, to lie on the table. TURNPIKE Roans—Motion for leave to bring in a Bill to consolidate and amend the several Acts relating to the Turn' pike Roads passed in the 3d and 4th years of George Iv • made and, by leave, withdrawn. EDUCATION ( Ireland)— Resolved " That an humble Addres s , be presented to his Maj es ty, t h at h e w ill b e grac i ously pleas e" to issue a Commission under the Great Seal, for enquiring into the nature and extent of the instruction afforded by the several institutions in Ireland established for the purpose of Education, and maintained, either in whole or in part, froo the public Funds ; for enquiring into the state of the Dioces' an and District 'Schools, and the nature of the instruction there given ; for ascertaining whether any and what regulal tions may be fit to be established with respect to the paror.lih" Schools ' - and for reporting as to the measures which can h e , adopted for extending generally to all classes of the peoPL e the benefits of Education; and that his Majesty will 17 1 pleas& to direct the proceedings of such Commission be lin u before Parliament." LABOURERS WAGES—Select Committee appointed " quire into the practice which prevails in some parts of the Country, of paying the Wages of Labour out of th Poor Rrates, and to consider whether any and what measures (- - -' l n be carried into execution for the purpose of altering that prac , tice; and to report their observations thereupon to the House :"—Lord John Russell, Mr. Secretary Peel, Alr' Sturges Bourne, Mr. Grey Bennet, Mr. Wood, Mr. Ridley Colborne, Mr. Courteney, Mr, Western, Mr. Courts' nay, Mr. Denison, Mr. Smith (of Lincoln), Lord AlthorP , Lord Milton, Mr. W a rr e , Sir T. A c kland, M r . Scarlett, API Brougham, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. S. Rice, Lord Sandon, and Mr. Phillips.—Power to send for persons, papers, and re' cords : Five to be the Quorum. PLYMOUTH VICTUALLING OFFICE—BiII " for enabling the Commissioners for Victualling his Majesty's Navy to pa" chase certain premises for completing a Victualling Establish .- at Cremill-point, near Plymouth, in the County of Devonl and for supplyi ng th e sa id Establishm en t w ith wa t er ;" Tee" a first time ; to be read a second time this day. BARRACK DEPARTMENT PROPERTY—BiII " to Senloll-"' doubts as to certain Property formerly vested in the Barrae lt Department ;" read a first time ; to be read a second time this day. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. 1. Qualification of Jurors Bill—Committee. 2. Usury Laws Repeal Bill —Committee. 3. Juries (Scotland) MlL—Further consideration &Report 4. Aliens Bill—Second Reading. 5. County Courts Bill—Committee. 6. Slave Trade Piracy Bill--Third Reading. 7. Game Laws Amendment Bill—Committee. 8. Insolvent Debtors Bill--Committee. 9. Customs Acts—Committee thereupon. 10. Constables Act Amendment (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 11. Clergy Residence (Ireland) Bill—Further consideration of Report. 12. Tithe Composition (Ireland) Bill—Second Reading. 13. Courts of Justice (Compensation- to Officers for losses in consequence of County Courts Bill)—Committee there upon. 14. Board of Works (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 15. Rum Duties Acts—Committee thereupon 16. Supply—Committee. 17. Ways and Means—Committee. 18. Cattle 111-treatment Bill—Further consideration of &wort' 19. Union Duties Bill—Committee. 20. Plymouth Victualling Office Bill—Second Reading. 21. Barrack Department Property Bill—Second Reading. NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. 1. Mr. Martin (of Galway),—Bill to regulate the promeding• by Outlawry, and . subsequent proceeding by Custodia o thereon, in Ireland. 2. Mr. Bankes—British MuSeum Estimates. (In Committite of Supply.) NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. Monday, March 29. 1. Mr. Kennedy—Select Committee, to inquire into the Loll relating to the Salmon Fishery in Scotland, and the Unite" Kingdom. 2. Mr. Gipps—Motion - for the better employment of Agriall tural Labourers in the Winter season. Tuesday, Mardi 30. 1. Lord Viscount Althorpe--Bill to abolish Settlement by Mr' ing and Service. 2. Mr. Ellis (of Dublin)—To explain and amend Act 38 Geo. 3, for better ascertaining the amount, and securing par ment of Bills of Costs of Proctors in Prerogative and Ad' iniralty Courts. PRIVATE BILLS—SECOND READINGS for THIS DAY' Ulceby, Long Crendon, Sutton Coldtkld, and Bincombe In closures Bills—Trent Bridge, Camden Town, Commercial , Litdeborough, Bluemantle Hall, Halifax and ShefFeld, Bland" ford and Poole, Greenwich, Durham and Tyne Bridge, Mir' well, and Teddington and Evesham Roads Bill —Harwich Church, Evesham Improvement, Leeds Oil Gas, Kelso Tvil Pennies Scots, Bifmingham Assay Office, and Sunderlarlo Coal Trade.