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~~~ NUMBER 9899 ROYAL ACADEMY, SOMERSET PLACE. THE EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACA DEMY is now OPEN. Admission.(from Eight o'Clock till Seven), Is. Catalogue, Is. HENRY HO‘VARD, R.A. Sec. iIePTFoRD VICTUALLING-YARD. May et, 1844. THESE are to give Notice, That on Tuesday, the 15th of Nest Month, at Ten o'Clock in the Morn- li V, will be put up to PUBLIC SALE, at His Majesty's P ictualling Yard, Dept ford, sundry Lots of the followiug Old Stores, now !yin. in the said Yard, via.:— ~read Vinegar Staves. Isread Dust Butter Puncheon lou r Cocoa Hogshead lour Sweepings Wine Barrel P ease Beef Kilderkin Pease Screenings Pork &c. &c. atmeil Suet - Heading Tight and Raisins . Bags and Rags Dry eatavances 1 Cocoa Rags Wine Pipes Bakehouse Sweep. Waxed Bags Wine Hogsheads lag s Staves. Irish Tierces Preserved Meats Leager Irish Barrels Tea Chests Butt &c. &c. &c. 4 Deposit of 25/. per cent. in Cash or Notes of the Bank 1 tßagland, is to be made upon the stmonnt of each Lot at th e time of Sale, and the remainder of the purchase -24611ey to be paid before the Stores are removed, for which PairpOse a period of fourteen working clays will be allowed Aosft the day of Sale; the Buyers particularly observing t 4 40 not less than one half of the quantity is to be taken away within the first seven (lays, and the remainder in ti ie /eves following days, otherwtse the Drposit , Money will be ' l r./bitted, and the Stores remain the prOyerty of the Crown, 41 no extension of time will, on any acca , unt, be granted. t'he - Stares may be viewed during the working hours of the P litd, On the three days irantediately preceding the day of 4 ak. Catalogues may be had on application at the said Yard. JOHN HILL, Comptroller. TRINITY-HOUSE, LONDON, JUNE 1, 1824. NOTICE is hereby given, That a BUOY striped Black and White from the Nozzle to the a White Circle upon the Head, and a Black Centre, w ith the words " KENTISH KNOCK" in White Letters 9 0 n it, carrying a Beacon or Staff, on the top of which is a Globe quartered perpendicularly Black and White, has been placed on the EAST SIDE of the KENTISH KNOCK, four miles and three-quarters from the S.W. end, and two .Iziles and one quarter from the N.E. end, in Five Fathoms at low water, Spring Tides, with the following Bearings by Compass, viz.:— . • The North Foreland Light, S.W. westerly 18 miles. The Sunk Light, N. by W. Ri The Galloper Light, East, northerly 11. By Command of the Corporaticn, J. HERBERT, Secretary. ST. KATHARINE DOCKS. MITE PROMOTERS of the BILL for con structing certain WET DOCKS, WAREHOUSES, &C. in the Parish of St. BOTOLPH WITHOUT, ALDGATE, and in the Precinct of St. KATHARINE, entertaining but slight hopes, from the advanced period of the Session, of ob taining the sanction of the Legislature to the measure in the present Sitting of Parliament, d hereby . give Notice, for the Information of all parties concerned, that it is not their inten tion to proceed further with the said . Bill, but that a renewed application will be made to Parliament the next Session, for leave to bring a Bill for the like purposes. WILLIAM TOOKE, London, May 31, 1824. Solicitor for the said Bill. FOR ROTTERDAM. With a BAG of LETTERS from the POST-OFFICE. THE KING of the NETHE RLANDS • Steam Packet, Captain JOHN SLATER, will proceed from oft the Custom-house every Saturday Morning, at Eight ?'Clock, returning from Rotterdam every Wednesday Morn- U, with Passengers, Carriages, and Luggage. The Proprietors beg to announce to the Pohlic they are 11 0 w, building a Second Ve.sel, which will he got ready with 1 1 possible dispatch to afford the accommodation of a con veyance twice in every week between London and Rot. I egtam For further particulars and to secure places, application try b e made at the General Packet Office, 358, Strand ; No. 36, Regent Circus, Piccadilly ; or to N. W. Symoods, No. 37, Crotched Friars. ELECT ARTICLES, Prepared and Sold by Messrs. BUTLER, Chemists, 4, Cheapside, Corner of St. Paul's ; 220, Regent-street, near the Argyle Rooms, London ; Waterloo-place, Edinburgh ; and Sackville- street, Dublin : FLUID EXTRACT of SARSAPARILLA, for making the Decoctions, and particularly suggested to Surgeons and Phy sicians for its portable convenience and economy. The Dis eases in which it has proved most beneficial are those of the Skin, such as Scorbutic Affections, Eruptive Diseases, Se cotidary Symptoms, &c. arising from diseased state of the System at large. APERIENT SODAIC POWDERS, forming an agreeable Draught, and at the same time a ctin g as a mild and p leasant Laxaitive, relieving Heartburn, Bile, Indigestion, Nausea, Acidity in the Stomach, &c. SODAIC GINGER BEER and LEMONADE POWDERS, fOr producittg the much-esteemed Beverages of the same maim., equal to that contained in Bottles, and without the inconvenience of bulk and breakage attending it in that form. CITRATED KALI, a Preparation for making Saline Draughts, recommended by the Profession for its conve nience, and being more certain in its operation than those Prepared with Lemon, &c. CARDIAC TINCTURE of TURKEY RHUBARB, a warm and pleasant Laxative, adapted to Gouty Constitutions. PILLS of TURKEY RHUBARB and JAMAICA GIN GER (known by the name of Dinner Pills), found particu larly useful it, Indigestion, Flatulence, &c. FAMILY PILLS, anti-bilious, gently aperient, and parti cularly useful in Hepatic or Liver Complaints. STOMACHIC BITTER TINCTURE. a very agreeable Tonic, recommended in Indigestion, Debility of the Sto mach, &c. VEGETABLE TOOTH-POWDER and ASTRINGENT TINCTURE. for preserving and beautifying the Teeth and 'Gums.--Much approved. TONIC PILLS, recommended in general Debility of the Constitution, also as a safe and excellent remedy in those periodical irregularities which Females of delicate and lan guid circulation are liable to. EFFLORESCENT EPSOM SALTS; the disagreeable fla vour which accompani es E p som Salts is great liobviated in this preparation, besides which, only half the quantity is re quired for the dose. COMPOUND TINCTURE of POMEGRANATE, as an Astringent much used in Affections of the Bowels, indicat ing Relaxation, Griping, Diarrhoea, &c. A.MMONATED SPIRIT of LAVE NDER ; a pplicable in Nervous and Hysteric Affecti ons, Lowness of Spirits, Faint ings, &c. CONCRETE JUICE of LIMES for Punch, Limade, Sa line Draughts, Ices, Jellies, or any other purpose where the flavour of the Lemon is required. a R The above Preparations. when Genuine, will have Messrs. BUTLER'S Name and Address attached to them. called• under on hi 9 reason he was knew" e hando ►n ; his as that of the etter to est evt td been iken in was de' t of the reason he had ow th• se horse It was n good• s denied manner ent that charac; and the r to his ye been him of whether quested .rit with wed it ; he had ht lend family for its rn good down. Aaintiff ury,• onlmoo hole of wima* 771. by he at' though Presen t rhen he don defence 7, 142° )Idler ng I . IOC ired•-" iectio • • I. 41i A n 42s v" ixl•e t° 3scp, t° ; ton, 1° ;roIfl" Judd' Page t° Tcron ) . 05e5....._,.".' Sel(' ("4 , d et,Prt, IRISH EQUITABLE LOAN BANK. MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of this INSTITUTION will be held at the LONDON 'TAVERN, on FRIDAY, the 11th Instant, at Twelve for One o'Clock precisely. By Order of the Directors, EBENEZER FERNIE, Hon. Secretary. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IBEG leave to announce to you my intention of offering myself as a CANDIDATE for the EAST INDIA DIRECTION. Having been in the service of the East India Company for upwards of thirty years, during a principal part of which I have held the highest offices in the Revenue Department in Bengal, I trust that I shall not be thought presumptuous in tendering to you my services on a favourable occasion in the di rection of your affairs, and in soliciting the favour of your support. I shall endeavour as soon as possible to pay my respects to you individually, to request the honour of your votes. I have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient Servant, C. INHALER. London, June 3. RIVING 'ION'S ANNUAL REGIS TER FOR 1823. THE - Public are respectfully informed, that this Volume is in the Press, and will be published on the Ist of December next. _ The Volumes for 1920 (commencing with his present Ma jesty's Reign), 1821, and 102-2, way he had, price IBs. each. St. Paul's Church-Yard, and Waterloo-place, Pall CAPE . OF GOOD HOPE. This Day was published, in 12rno. price 4s. in boards, .... ND O IVI E ACCOUNT of the PRESENT STATE of the ENGLISH SETTLERS in ALBANY, SOUTH AMERICA. By THOMAS PRINGLE. Printed for Thomas and George Underwood, 32, Fleet-strut ; and Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh. DR. PHILIP ON INDIGESTION. FOURTH EDITION. This Day was published, in Bvo. price 9s. A TREATISE on INDIGESTION and its CONSEQUENCES, commonly called the Nervous and Billions Complaints, with Observations on the Orgarfic Diseases in which they sometimes terminate. By A. P. W. PHILIP, 9LD. F.R.S..Ed. &c. Fourth Edition. Printed for Thomas and George Underwood, 32, Fleet-street. NEW WORK ON DISEASES OF THE SKIN. This Day was published, in Octavo, price 14s. in boards, with two beautifully coloured Engravings. . APRACTICAL TREATISE on D I SEASES of the SKIN, arranged with a view. to illustrate the Con stitutional Causes of these Diseases, as well as their local CharaCter. B SAM PLU Member of th e Royal Colleg U e EL of Surgeon M s ßE of , London, Stc. &c. . Section Ist, Comprehends the Description and best Me thods of Treatment of those Diseases which most affect and disfigure the Face, together with Ringworm, &ailed Head, &c. 2d, Those which depend on Debility. 3d, Eruptions most prevalent in Spring ; the Eruptions of Infants, and those which exert a salutary influence on the System. 4th, Chronic, or Scaly Diseases ; as LeprOsy, &c. .sth, The Itch, Mercurial Eruptions, &c. Printed for Thomas and George UnderwOod, 32, Fleet street. This Day was Published, Price 2s. THE CONSTITUTION of FRIENDLY SOCIETIES, upon Legal and Scientific Principles. examplified by the Rules and Tables of Calculations, adopted under the Advice and Approbation of WILLIAM MOR GAN, Esq., F.R.S., and WILLIAM FRIEND, Esq., A.M., for the Government of the Friendly Institution at South well ; together with Observations on the Rise and Progress, as well as on the Management and Mismangement of Friendly So cieties. The Second Edition. By the Rev. JOHN THOMAS BECHER, M.A. Prebendary of the Collegiate Church, Southwell; Chairman of the Quarter-Sessions for the Newark Division of the County of Nottingham, &c. London : Printed for W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, Sta tioners'.Hall-court. Sold by Hatchard and Son, Piccadilly, E. Wilson, Royal Fxchange, John Anderson, Junior, Edin burgh ; and R. M. Tims, Dublin. On the Ist of June was published, Part 11. Containing five Numbers, price 1 s. ; fine Paper, ,Is. 6d. of THE COTTAGE BIBLE, AND FAMILY EXPOSITOR ; containing the Authorized Translation of the Old and New Testaments ; with Practical Reflections, and Explanatory Notes, calculated to elucidate difficult and obscure Passages. To be completed in two handsome Volumes, octavo. _ _ _ London : Printed for NV. Simpkin and R. Marshall, Sta tioners'-hall-court," Ludgate -street ; W. Oliphant, Edinburgh ; Chalmers and Collins, Glasgow ; R. M. Timms, Dublin ; and to be had of all Booksellers.—Of the above Work one sheet of sixteen closely printed pages is published weekly, price 3d., and a Part, containing 4t(or 5 Nos. when five Saturdays in a IFIontli), on the first of each Month, price Is. Fine paper, in Monthly Parts only, ls. 6d. *.* Specimens may be seen at the principal Booksellers in Town and Country. PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF I,OIIDS, JUNE 3. ROYAL COMMISSION. At a quarter before four o'clock the Speaker of the House of Commons, attended by several Members, applared at the Bar to hear the Royal Assent given by Commission to the Stock Transfer, the Custom Duties, Assessed Taxes Composition, the Four per Cents. Re-payment, the Wool Duties, the Assize of Bread, and several private Bills. The Commis sioners were, the Lord Chancellor, Lords Shaftesbury and Melville. APPELLANT JURISDICTION OF THE HOUSE. Lord COLCHESTER presented a report of the Committee on the Appellant Jurisdiction of the Hause, which was ordered to be printed. The Noble LoTd then brought in a Bill to regulate the Ap_ pellant Jurisdiction, which was read a first time. EXCISE OATHS BILL. The Earl of LIVERPOOL moved the second reading of the Excise Oaths Bill. The Earl of CARNARVON observed, that the present Bill omitted the two most material points of his Noble Friend (Lord Lansdown's) measure, viz. that respecting the Earl Marshal, a regulation with regard to whose office no objection had been made, and the oaths of Magistrates. He could assure the House that Catholic, in niany parts of the country, acted as Magistrates, and availed themselves of the Annual Indemnity Act to be screened from punishment. His' Noble Friend's Bill had been lost by a great majority, but now that a part of it was made a Government measure, not a voice was heard against it. He regretted that the Bill had not passed. as the Noble Marquis had introduced, for it was desirable that Magis trates should be all protected by the same law ; as it was, how ever, the present measure should have his support. The Earl of LIVERPOOL saw no reason for the Noble Earl's observations, as they were all agreed on the measure. He had voted for the Noble Marquis's Bill, but others might conscientiously object to it; and if all could not be obtained, it was desirable, under any circumstances, that this measure should be carried.---The Bill was .then read a second time. INSURRECTION ACT. The Earl of HARROWBY moved .the second reading of the Bill for continuing the operation of the Instiriection Act in Ireland for another year. Lord CLIFDEN . objected to the measure, and said, that the censequerices of it would be miSchievous in the extreme. ' "ri7o , dr. ,*4llfr'l';',\: jo / .. dr ENID AY, JUN E 4; 1824 trusted that their Lordships, in another Session, would serious ly take the state of Ireland into their consideration. The Earl of LIM EItICK supported the measure. He ob served, that the men of substance in Ireland would consider themselves abandoned if it did not pa ss . The Bill, after a very few words from the Earl of KxNas- TON, was then read a second time. CHARTERED COMPANIES. The Earl of LAUDERDALE presented a petition from certain individuals, praying to be heard by Counselagainst the Grand Alliance Insurance Company. Bill. 'The Noble Earl also presented a petition from Nathaniel Smith, of King-street, Covent-garden, praying that the Equi . able Loan Bill may not pass into a law.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. ROYAL ASSENT. At a quarter before four o'clock the SPEAKER was summon ed to the House to hear the Royal Assent given by Commission to several public and private Bills, of the names of which he acquainted the House on his return—tfor which see Lords). • CANTERBURY MARKET: The Canterbury Market Bill was read a third time and passed. SLAVE TRADE. Mr. H. DAVIES presented a p;Ytitionfrom Bristol, against the Slave Trade.—Oidered to be printed. COUNTY COURTS BILL. _ _ Mr. SMITH presented a petition from Drogheda, praying for the extension of the County Courts Bill to Ireland, which, after a few words from Sir J. NEWPORT, was ordered to be printed. FREEDOM OF DISCUSSION OF RELIGIOUS OPINIONS. Mr. HUME presented a petition from Stokesley, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, praying for the freedom of discussion and •publication of religious opinions. The Hon. Member said, that he concurred ehtirely in the prayer of the petition, and he was sorry to observe, that since the Learned Attorney-General had come into office, the inquisition for the suppression of re ligious opinions seemed to acquire new vigour. He regretted to find, in the present enlightened age, such bigotry in public officers. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR was willing that every man should worship God in his own way, but he would not consent to have the Scriptures reviled by open professions of blasphemy, and to leave the ignorant and illiterate people exposed to the de struction of every principle of religion. It was but a short time ago that, passing down Fleet-street, he saw a shop announced in large letters as the repository of the Deist and Republican. Mr, HUME requested that the Hon. Member would give a definition of blasphemy : it was a common term, and often used by people who did not understand its meaning. He thought his Hon. Friend had been making a speech on an imaoinary case, with which the petition was in no wise con nected. Mr. M.A. TAYLOR requested that the petition should be read (which having been done by the Clerk)—he said, that he would still maintain, that although the petition was cautiously worded yet it struck at the very foundation of our religion, and at the truths of the Gospel. He observed, that all the punishments inflicted by the Court of King's Bench, were for the circulation of opinions, and not for the opinions themselves. He remem bered well what Lord Mansfield had said on the subject, that if the Devil came into Court, the Devil must have justice. He denied that lie could be fairly accused of cant and hypocrisy, which lie had been in the brilliant eloquence of his Hon. Friend.—( Laughter.) Mr. W. SMITH would say a few words in support of the petition. He referred to the case of Galileo, in favour of the argument for free discussion. He observed, that if laws were to be made against the expression of opinion, there would be no knowing where to stop. The cause of truth would be better served by the banishment of all restriction. After some further observations from Mr. HUME, Sir R. WILSON, and Mr. WARRE, the petition was ordered to be printed. Mr. HUME presented a petition from a Quaker of the name of Moline, against the continued imprisonment of R. Carlile for blasphemy. After some remarks from Mr. Hume, Mr. M. A. Taylor, Mr. W. Smith, Sir T. Lethbridge, Sir It. Wilson, and Mr. Alderman Bridges, the petition was laid on the table. .111 R.. - SMITH, THE MISSIONARY. Mr. PORTMAN presented a petition from Chard, Dorset shire, praying for an investigation into the case of Mr. Smith.— Ordered to be printed. SCOTCH POOR LAWS. The LORD ADVOCATE p rese nted a petition from the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, against the Poor Laws' Bill. After a few words from Mr. KENNEDY, the petition was ordered to be printed. CATHOLIC CLERGY. Mr. M. FITZGERALD presented a petition from Mr. Jas. Devereux, one of • the five Deputies from the Catholics of Ire land to his late Majesty in 17 -• 9 3 , with the Catholic petition, on which the concessions then m a d e were f oun d e d, and from 111 r. Eneas INPDonell, a gentleman of considerable eminence and talent, praying for a provision for the Catholic Priesthood and pl a ces of worship. The petitio n was as f o ll ows To the Right Honourable an d H onoura bl e , the Knights Citizens and Burgesses of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, " The humble petition of James Edward Devereau and Enaes Macdonell, two of liis Illajesty's Irish Catholic subjects ; " Most humbly sheweth— " That your petitioners have been informed of an application being made to Parliament for providing places of worship for certain classes of his Majesty's subjects. " That a very large proportion of the Catholic population of Ireland is destitute of convenient places of public worship, and also of the means of providing them, at the same time that the want thereof is grievously felt and lamented by them. " That one of your petitioners having in the month of Octo ber last past, made particular inquiry into the state of the Ca tholic Archbishopric of Tuam, did thereupon ascertain (as appears by the statement hitherto annexed) that of one hundred and ten congregations, only four have commodious places of worship; sixteen have unfinished slated chapels, sixty-six have wretched thatched cabins, which they use as chapels, and there are twenty-four of those congregations without any place of worship whatever, and which are necessarily compelled to as semble on the Lord's -clay in.the open air, subject to all the vi cissitudes of weather. " That the whole of the Archbishoprick is perfectly free from insurrection or disturbance. " That such want of places of public worship prevails parti cularly in the southern and western districts of Ireland, and is most prejudicial to the public weal and repose, as limiting the diffusion of moral insquction among the peasantry, at the same time that it keeps alive recollections in reference to the causes thereof, which it must be the desire of Government to obliterate. " That it is a fact, gratefully attested by the most esteemed British historians in ancient and modern times, as Venerable Bede, William of • Malmsbory, Cambden, Lord Lyttleton, Archbishop Nicholson; and also by Irish Protestants,' Primate Uilier, and Sir James Ware ; and that the inhabitants of Great • Britain are indebted to the Irish nation in a principal degree for their civilization and conversion to Christianity; and that some British Princes, and great numbers of the people, were not only hospitably received and entertained, and gratuitously educated, and provided with books in Ireland—but that after their conversion had effected, the Irish Catholics founded churches and colleges, an d provided pastors and other religious and literary instruction for them in different parts of Great Britain. " Your petitioners are unwilling to dwell upon the return which I re l an d h as hi t h er to received for such contributions to the civilization of Great Britain, but most humbly submit that it is not unreasonable to suggest that some, onsideration should even now, for the first time, be given to the claims which such benefits and services naturally create. " That a moder a te provision for the erection of some places of public worship for his Majesty's Catholic subjects in Ireland would not be inconsistent with the most scrupulous regard for: the maintenance of the Established Church ; and your petition ers humbly submit that they do not propose to obtain a.greatef exercise of liberality towards the Catholic subjects of his Ma jesty, 'than i s exten d e d to the Protestant subjects of some Ca tholic States.. " " In proof and illustration thereof, , your petitioners humbly refer to the state of the Protestant subjects of his Most Christian Majesty, Louis XVIII., and the aid given by the Catholic (kovernment of that country tcTFds the support of their gicos institutions; for your petitioners are enabled to . state, that the Protestant subject* of his Most Christian Majesty are, not' . only admissible and admitted to all offices of trust, honour, and emolument in their native country, but actually Posse" a' larger extent of accommodation for religious worship than provided for any class of Protestants in Great Britain. ; c T o i nl a si t s t to h r e ies Protestantsinth eyyear 19 of France, amounted to as ascertained by their own 532,000 souls, being about one fifty-fiftk part of the population of that coun try, and less than one-eleventh part of Ihe amount of the Ca tholic population of Ireland. " That this enumeration comprises the Protestants of all de nominations in France; that they possess 345 temples, and 138 other houses of Brayer, making a total of 483 places of re ligious worship, of which 21 had been_ Catholic churches, be ing in the proportion of a place of worship for every 1,122 per sons of all ages of that communion throughout France. " That since the restoration of his Most Christian Majesty. in 1814, the Catholic Government of France has contributed to the maintenance of the religious institutions of the Protest ants in that country the suns of 4,499,441 francs, in the follow ing manner :—For temples, 541,686 ; for pastors, 3,901.279 ; and for occasional relief for pastors or their widows, 56,476 ; all which aids are exclusive of the provision made by that Go vernment for the education of Lutheran and Calvanist Mi nisters, in the two faculties of theology at Strasbourg and Montaban. " Your petitioners most humbly submit, that no valid reason can be given for the Protestant Government of Great Britain not imitating the liberality of the Catholic Government of France, even if the Irish Catholics did not possess the 'above mentioned peculiar claims upon the gratitude and justice of Great Britain. " And your petitioners respectfully urge this consideration the more earnestly at the present moment, because it must 'be admitted that whatever may be the financial -difficul ties of Ireland, no part thereof has been produced by the mismanagement of Catholic Administrators of the public funds, or by any expenditure of those funds upOn the Ca tholic portion of the population, either as salaries of office or pensions, or in aid of their institutions. On the contrary, the only aid given to them by Parliament is the reduced an nual grant of 8,923/. to the seminary of Maynooth ; whereas, if the same liberality had been extended by the Protestant Go vernment of Great Britain towards the Catholics of, Ireland, as was extended within the same time by the Catholic Govern ment of France towards the Protestants of that country, the contributions in the aid of the Catholic institutions of Ireland (taking into account the ratio of the population) must have ex ceeded 2,062,0001. sterling. " Your petitioners, therefore, humbly implore this Honour able Ilouse to consider the destitute condition of a large por tion of his,Majesty's Catholic subjects in Ireland, and that it is owing to circumstances necessarily resulting from the past system of British policy and government practised towards that country, that the great body of her population is deprived of places of public worship, and of the means of erecting them, that it may, therefore, please this Hon. House to extend to matters of religion the same liberal principles as have been lat terly applied to questions of commerce and revenue, and to adopt such measures as in its wisdom may be esteemed best calculated to provide convenient places of worship for his Ma jesty's Catholic subjects in Ireland. " And your petioners will ever pray, " JAMES EDWARD DEVEREUX. " ENEAS MACDONNELL." The Hon. Gentleman hoped this petition would produce a deep impression on the-House. Mr. D. BROWNE bore testimony to the want of Roman Catholic Chapels iii the Diocese in which he resided.—Ordered a) be printed. IRISH LINEN TRADE. Mr. Secretary PEEL presented a petition from the bleachers of Belfast, praying for the continuance of protection to the Irish linen trade.—Ordered to lie on the table. THE LATE MISSIONARY SMITH. On the dropped Order for resuming the debate on the Ad dress respecting the late Missionary Smith being read, Dr. LUSHINGTON moved that the further discussion should be Postponed till to-morrow (this day) se'nnight. The postponement was rendered necessary, by the absence of so many Gentlemen who had left town for the holidays. Sir It. WILSON rose to put two questions to the Colonial Secretary ; first, whether the printed minutes of evidence laid on the table of the House contained the whole of the official copy of the information sent to Government ? And, secondly, whether he was prepared to admit or deny the authenticity of the notes of evidence published by the Missionary Society ? It was obvious that if there bad been any suppression of evi dence, a serious charge rested upon the Authorities of Deme rara, and that until the correctness of the notes of evidence published by the Missionary Society was ascertained, it, was impossible to determine the degree of misconduct that ought to be imputed to the proceedings of the Court by which Smith was tried. Mr. V. HORTON said, he could inform the Hon. Member for Southwark that the copy laid on the table was printed vet.- ?want from the copy transmitted to Government, without the omission or addition of a single word. With respect to the authenticity of the, copy published by the Missionary Society, he was not in a position either to affirm or deny it. Mr. F. BUXTON said, that as some doubt had been stated as to whether hearsay evidence was refused in favour of Mr. Smith, he begged to inform the House that Mr. Elliot, a Mis sionary, who was in the Court during the trial, could prove the fact, that the Court would not allow Mr. Smith to pursue the course in his defence which was followed for the prosecution. Mr. LOCKHART asked whether it was true that a Procla mation had been issued by the Governor for the revocation of martial-law ? On the question for postponing the debate till to-morrow sennight— Mr. BROUGHAM said, that he felt it would have been much more expedient only to have adjourned the debate till to morrow, had lie not ascertained that so many Members had left town for the holidays, and therefore that the resumption of the debates before their return would expose them to great incon venience, and to the almost inevitable risk of dividing the House without their presence. Ile therefore very reluctantly consented to its postponement so long. The motion was then agreed to. SCOTCH COURTS OF JUSTICE. • Mr. Secretary CANNING suggested to the Learned Lord (Advocate), who had a motion for that evening, to refer to a Select Committee the Ninth Report of the Commissioners of Courts of Justice in Scotland, whether, as the Report was ex ceedingly voluminous, it would not be advisable to postpone the motion for the present. After a few words from Mr. AntucitomßY and Lord A. HAMIL T ON The LORD ADVOCATE agreed to postpone his motion. —He gave notice that he would bring it forward early next Session. NEW CHURCHES On the Order of the Day being read for the House going into Committee on the New Churches Bill— Col. DAVIES, as a matter of personal convenience, request ed that the Committee might be postponed till to-morrow. Mr. JAMES would prefer that the question should be then disposed of. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then moved, that the House resolve itself into the Committee. Mr. JAMES said, it was his regard for the Established Church that induced him to oppose the motion. These grants rendered the Church a mendicant body, and thereby degraded it in the opinion of the public. The Church of England was splendidly endowed, and able, from its own funds, if they were properly applied, to erect such places of worship as the increase of the population and other circumstances might render neces sary. '‘Vhy were not the members of the Church as zealous in building as the Dissenters? Because, after three presentations, the right of presentation to a church built by an individual, devolved to the Bishop of the Diocese. He recollected some years ago that a respectable Clergyman named Bragg opened a chapel at Liverpool, in which he celebrated worship until he was deprived by the Bishop of Chester, for preaching in an unconsecrated place. The Rev. Gentleman then took out a licence as a Dissenting Minister, but continued to read the church prayers. On his decease the chapel was sold, and it was now converted into a great sugar-house; a large boiler occupying the place in which the pulpit formerly stood.--(A t au o.)—The Right Hon. Gentleman must have a heart of adamant to call for such a grant, considering how the people were burdened with taxes of every kind, even on the air they breathed. He should therefore move, that the House resolve, itself into Committee not until that day six months. :Mr. HUME seconded the amendment. He was the more ready to support it, as it was stated that the money would not be used for some time, during which the interest was to be ap propaiated to the support of the new shops in the West Indies. No account had yet been given of ßi the rnillion formerly voted for this purpose. At Islewingtoz, toie62. had been ab,. PRICE -SEVENPENCE. sorbed in law expellees by one attorney, respecting the building Of - a church in . 'that parr h. For the payment of.these rates, 124 distresses bad been, levied, In that number:he did not include eighteen Quakers, whose goods they had allowed to .be taken from . .theiii. He begged to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he intended to insert a clause in, this Bill to enable the Commissioners at Newington to increase their assessmehts ? The. CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the Hon. Gentlemen had made a wonderful, confusion between the Commissioners under the general Act in 1817, and those under a private Act for the parish of Newington. -He had no know ledge of the Newington*Commissioners - ; and knew of their exist ence only from the squabbling which he remembered four or five years ago in that House respecting tf►is Act. Mr. HUME said he would divide the House, Wanly his Hon. Friend (Air. James) divided with him. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, but we understood that' no division took place. The amendrimt was then negatived, and the House resolved itself into a Committee of the whole House on the New Churches Bill. 111 r. M. A. TAYLOR suggested the propriety of allowing persons who subscribed towards the building of churches to have a vote in the selection of tlic clergyman. If such a per mission were given, lie was 'satisfied it would do much to strengthen the growth of orthodox Protestantism. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the Bill contained such a clause. Three trustees were to be appointed at the request of subscribes, who were to elect clergymen for two terms of forty years. The Bill went through a Committee, and after a few obser vations from Mr. Maxwell, Mr. C. C. Western, and Mr. Monck, the Report was brought up, and ordered to be taken into further consideration to-morrrow. ii'AREHOUSED WHEAT BILL. Mr. HUSK ISSON moved the third reading of the Ware housed Wheat Bill. Sir E. KNATCHBULL wished the duties on wheat and flour to be equalised. Mr. HUSKISSON had no objection to the principle of the Hon. Member's suggestion, but he feared it could not be prac tically acted upon at present. CUItTEIS expressed a hope that some permanent law should be adopted with regard to the corn regulations. As au agriculturalist, he wished to know what he was to get before he gave up that which he had. The Bill was then read a third time. Mr. CUR TEIS wished a clause to be introduced appointing Inspectors-General to look to the averages. Mr. lIUSKISSON observed, that the Government had no wish to extend their patronage by any such appointments ; as• he and they were satisfied the persons already appointed would do their duty. The Bill was then passed. VAGRANT LAWS. On the motion of Mr. ESTCOURT, the tiOtise went into a Committee of the whole House on the Vagrant Act Bill. Mr. JOHN SMITH wished, that in all cases where a party was charged with the indecent exposure of his person, that he should not be punished without the intervention of a Jury.— Such a charge would crush any man in public opinion, which was a punishment too severe to be visited on any subject by the summary decision of one Magistrate. lie believed that the Magistracy of London generally discharged their duty very well ; but there were many Magistrates, particularly in small corporate towns, to whose decision he should not like to be subjected. Sir J. NEWPORT objected to summary convictions before one Magistrate, and on the evidence of one person. The higher the offence, and the higher the punishment, the greater should be the benefit of trial by .Jury. Mr. ESTCOURT said, that it was the intention of the Committee at first to omit the clause; but they found, on con sultation with the Magistrates, that some provision to meet the offence was necessary. The clause, however, was so narrowed, as to apply only where the indecent exposure was made to offend the feelings of a woman. Mr. MONCK thought that an appeal should be allowed to persons charged with such an offence, from.the decision of the Magistrate; and no sentence should be inflicted till the appeal was decided. Mr. PEEL obsterved, that this case was to be decided on evi dence ; and, from all he had heard, he believed that the pro. posed clause was`hbsolutely necessary. As the security of an appeal was now given, and no man could be sentenced without a trial, he must support the Bill. He felt a delicacy in dis cussing any such clause • but he bad .the best reason for stat ing, that the frequency of the crime rendered a summary pro ceeding necessary, though only in the first instance. The fear of punishment should be held over the head of such offenders. Mr. Alderman BRIDGES said a few words, after which the clause was agreed to. c r On the clause that persons who had been twice convicted, who had broken violen violence, prison,sho i uI and be personsdeenled who le res r i o st g e u d es, the t . u3d officers im prisonedwi twelve months and whipped- Mr. MONCK moved, as an amendment, that the words, " and whipped" be left out of the clause, as 'he considered whipping as an undefined and degrading punishment, and in nowise tending to the reform of the morals of the prisoner. Mr. LOCKHART and Mr. .1. Satins supported the amend ment; the latter Hon. Member observing, that in France no corporal punishment was inflicted, except branding, ani that if thirty millions of people could be controulled withoa it, he thought it a fair argument that it might he dispensed with. Mr. ESTCOURT was in favour of the clause. He desired that it might.be recollected that tile law was greatly altered; that it was formerly incumbent on the Magistrates to See that all rogues were whipped, that punishment was only now re served for incorrigible rogues. Mr. PEEL also supported the clause. He did not see any thing so very unpopular in whipping. The discussion should be confined to the whipping, as directed in the particular. clause ; and they ought not to go into the general question. From the experience he had had in criminal justice, he thought that the fear of whipping operated very much to .the suppression of offences ; every effort made for the improvement of a prison lessened' very much the terror of imprisonment ; he cg uld not therefore go the length of abolishing all bodily pain in award ing punishment. - Mr. R. SMITH said, that he had no objection to the in fliction of the punishment on the two first classes of offenders; but lie confessed that the mere circumstances of opposing the officers of justice was too vague an offence to expose a man to such a punishment, as a person very often might, from sud den indignation, at being charged with a crime of which he was conscious of being innocent, be induced to oppose and commit an assault on the officer ; and he thought it too much to say that for such conduct he should be treated as an incor rigible rogue. He, therefore, unless some alteration-was made, would vote for the amendment. After some further observations from Mr. W. Smith, Mr..T. Smith, Mr. Martin, Mr. illonck, and Mr. Estcourt, Monck consented to withdraw his amendment ; and oy, the svgs. gestion of Mr. R. Smith it was then agreed, that, 'petsonß...op posing the o ffi cers should not b e consid ered as incorrigible rogues till after they had beer: convicted V. -the'oance for which they were apprehended. The clause was then agreed to. , . The other clauses of the bill 'were weed to, till HOUse re sumed, and the report was ordered to he received to-Morrow. COMBINATION LAWS REPEI I, DILL. Mr. HUME moved, that the C o mbination Laws-Repeal Bill should be re-committed for to-morrow. Mr. J. WILLIAMS druid, that he was happy to find that the whole operation of-the Combination Statutes-would be swept away by the present hill. Mr. G. PHILLIPS hoped that it woulttbe understood, that notwithstanding the repea l of the lawN.combination" would be y possible means. discouraged by ever Mr. Alderman C. S.MIT Li said a few words against the re_ peal of the I3i/l• lie thought it would . do more harm than good. • Mr. /lEJIVLE made Fame observations ;' after which the Bill, was re-committed for to-morrow. SLA UGnTERI - HORSES On t he motion Mr. MARTIN, the Slaughter erg Horses Bill was read a 'tecond time, and ordered to be committed to morrow. AIARINE-INSURANCE BILL. Mr: F. BUXTON ' , moved, that the House shoUld resolve itself into a Committee on the Marine Insurance Bill. • On the motion,that the Speaker do leave the Chair— Mr. Alderman THOMPSON opposed it. lie observed that there, were I,soV persons. of . whctse interests wc;uld be compl ete l y ru i ne d b y t h e opera ti o n of tilt. : present Ilia. He believed th e p re sent sys thereforetem of Marine Txxsurance was. the b est t h at could be devised ; and, he i. 49,1414 move„ .as an amen d ment, that the B i ll b e re f er red to the