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3 4ir - - trarc , rz s 4- - , —I a Pease, 29 per ' 49, ' ' : • • • vs_ro 's,-. • r... * ~,,_, ... ri: ~.._ . 4 g ~ 0.3 --. .. . 0.4.,..tx,....„ 44„,„ t 0 ANA . ~, - -; ,:, . 4 ( 2____ ex. 4 , a._ / ~r... 77......„ - • " 6its lawn, , od a SUN. 370 d —5 Od 36 , oti —s - l4g ° 43 ;65 Od NUMBER 9860. TUESDAY, MAR CSI 30, 1824. PilicE 'S.VEIIPEgt;.; VICTUALLING-OFFICE, March 42, L 24. COMMISSIONERS for VICTUAL - ram; His MAJESTY'S WAVY, etc. do hereby g i v e Notice,thal on Friday, the 9th April next,"they will be ready t ° receive Tenders in writing (sealed rip), and treat for the " . IiPIV of all such quansities of SEA PROVISIONS, includ ng-RII, as may be demanded for the use of his Majesty's "'Skips and Vessels at Galway . and Clifden, from the date of the Contract to the 31st December next ; and also for the sup- NY 9f what FRESH BEEF may be required for the ase of "%a_Majesty's Ships and Vessels at Belfast, Carrickfergus,. Larne Harbour, and Newry, and also at Creenoch, during 'l46 ifore-mentioned period. Separate Tenders will be required to be made for Me Sea .Itotrisions and Fresh Beef Contracts. The Conditions of the Contracts may be seen at this Office, " 1 1 applying to the Collectors of the Citeonst at Galway, 49 eVart, and Greenock, respectively. irach Tender must specify the Price in Words at length,: "( 1 6 e delivered before (hte ("Clock en the day aPpointed ; and be accompanied by a Letter signed by two responsible - engagisig to become bound with the Party tendering, 14 .! Penal sum of 5001. for the due perfo r mance of each of the Contracts. P AR Person who makes the Tender, er some Person & hie b e h, v , '. must attend to answer when called for. M. WALLER CLIFTON. EAST INDIA HOUSE, March 5,. 1814. JURE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of 'MERCHANTS of ENG TRADING to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Thu a GENERAL COURT of. the said Company will ,!,k1 at their House in Leadenball-street on WEDNES „_"!, the 31st Instant, from Eleven o'Clock in the forenoon Pulr'otplirretxoirZtl v i i e z Evening, at the desire of the undermenrionud : James Patterson William Flower J. C. Farmer Randle Jackson G. Chalmers . Samuel Dixon Henry Gahagan Edward Goldsmid John Addinell Alexander Nowell. Edward Walpole, To bollot on the following question, viz.:— " That application be made to Parliament in the present _.tasion for the Repeal of the 46th Clause of the Act of the ,53d ' L. . en. ILL cap. 155, by which the Court of Directors is pro hibited from sending to India, in the capacity of a Writer, any 'Ptrson who shall not have resided during Four Terms at the Haileybury College." JOSEPH DART, Secletilty. EAST INDIA HOUSE, March 1824. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of 'the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG LAND TRADING to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Notice, That the COURT will be teady to receive PROPOSALS in.writing, on or before WEDNESDAY, the 31st of March, instant, from the Owner or Owners of good sound and sub gantial SHIPS, of the Burthen of from 400 Tons to (300 Tons,. Registered measurement, specifying the Rate of Freight at Which they may be willing to LE L' such SHIPS for ONE VOYAGE to and from BENGAL and MADRAS, to carry out ""Jt bring home Goods on the Company's account. The Court will also be ready to receive PROPOSALS. in, 'Triting, on the aforesaid 81st March, from the Owner or Ovineri of good sound and substantial SHIPS, of the furthest "g front 450 Tons to 550 Tons, Registered measurement, •pe. ;ifYing the Rate of Freight at which they may be willing to '-ET such SHIPS for ONE VOYAGE to and from BENGAL a nd RENCOOLEN, to carry out and bring home Goode on the Company's account. The Tenders, with the words "Ship Tender" on the cover, to be severally sealed up and left with the Secretary; at this tin tise, at or before Twelve o'Clock at Noon, on the above- Mentioned day, beyond which hour no Tender will be re ceived. • • • JOSEPH DkitT, Secretary. Particulars of the Terms and Conditions upon which the Ships will be respectively employed may be had on appii catiun at the Office of the Clet Is to the Committee of Ship ring, at this House, on or after Monday next, the 15th inst• TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, CONSIDERING the very extensive nature of the Canvass for a Seat in the East India Direction, and the shortness• of period in which I have had an opportunity of entering upon that Canvass, and of becoming acquainted with the great and independent body of Proprietors of East I ndia Stock, I feel no less gratified than encouraged by the result of the Ballot on the 211 d inst. I avail mys e lf o f t hi s t h e ear li es t o ppo r t un it y to return my sincere Thanks to the numerous and kind Friends who came forward in my favour on that occasion ; and at the same time gratefully to acknowledge the many flattering assurances I have received of that additional support on the next Vacancy, which previous - engagements prevented my being honoured With at the last. Having already submitted to you the public grounds upon which I p resente d myself before you as a Candidate for the honourable situation of an East India Director, it only remains for me now to renew my exertions to secure your confidence and your support, and to repeat my pledge of going to the Ballot on the first Vacancy. I have the Honour to be, with great respect, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient and humble servant, ROBERT T. FARQUHAR. Briton -street, March 24, 1824. ••••••••••••1111•11• 1 1 0 •........... 111 A PROTESTNT ASCENDANCY, and NO POPERY THE BRITISH GUARDIAN, and PRO s .TESTANT ADVOCATE, a Weekly Paper, Price , pen evence, devoted to the CHURCH and STATE, the AL fIAR, and the THRONE, and sanctioned by several of the Chief Dignitaries of the Realm, is published at Four o'Clock, s,,,e"el Wednesday Afternoon, at No. 1, WELLINGTON 'I•EET, STRAND, where Orders and Advertisements, &c. are received ; and may also be had of all News-Venders. PRIVATE EDUCATION. ABENEFICED CLERGYMAN, MAR- ItIED, and of long experience, both as Tutor to a Nobleman, and subsequently receiving a few Pupils into his ? . n H ouse , i s d es i rous of filling up a VACANCY, with a Gen. 9yrnati's Son, w h ose Health or Education may require more -than usual attention. His Residence is within a moderate distance of London. 'Letters - left for the Reverend B. 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Mr. Mas&nghain attends at the Box. Office, as usual, fmin Ten to Four on the days of Lecture. BRITISH FIRE OFFICE, - STRAND and CORHILL, FSTABLISHED in 1799 for Insurance of Houses, Buildings, Manufactories, Goods, and Mgr ehandize, Ships, Vessels, and other Property,. on the most equi/able terms, and on •principles affording solid and per manent security to thoSeinsured. DIRECTORS, &C.. SIR JOHN COX HIPPISLEY' BART. Chairma n . GEORGE HOLM E SUMNER, ESQ. M.P. Deputy Chairman. Hon. D. Kinnairti Thomas Maude,'Esq. William Agnew, Esq. George G. Mills, Esq. Sir Robert Wigram, Bart. Neill Malcolm, Esq. J. P. Atniol, Esq. Richard C. Plowden, Esq. John Bebb, Esq. John Soane, Esq. James Henry Deacon, Esq. Joseph IVarner, Esq. Francis Freeling, Esq. James West, Esq. William Marsh, Esq. Richard Williams, Esq .JOI-IN HELPS, secretary. This Day was With 39 Plates, lto. price 41. 14t. CAPTAIN PARRY'S JOU[tNALof a 'SE COND VOYAGE for the DISCOVERY of a Non:rtI WEST PASSAGE. Printed for JOHN MI7II.IIAT, Albetnarle-street. PAR I, I A 31E NT. HOUSE OF LORDS , MArtcm 29. Earl KINGsToN took the Oaths and his Seat, as Baron Kingston, of the United Kingdom. His Lordship's sup porters were L or d R EDESDALE, an d L or d LIMERICL as - Baron Oxford. Earl GROSVENOR moved that the Returns of the Sine cure Offices abolished in et,i Colonies be printed.—Ordered. The Noble E ar l t h en move d f or a Return of the reduced Sa lary of the Clerk of the Pells in Ireland.—Ordered. sig SILK MANUFACTURES. The LORD CH ANCELLOR sa i d t h at h e beld'a petition ,700 Silk 'Weavers of the • Parish of Sp italfields, in the ned by 25 City of London, against the Bill now in progress through theit , LordshiPs' House. He had read•the petition attentively, and' as it appeared to him in all respects unexceptionable, he thought it his bounden duty to present it.—Read and laid on the table. The Marquis of LANSDOWN fully concurred - in the opi nions embodied some years ago in theßeport of their Lordships' Committee relative to the opening of the Silk Trade ; opinions, however, from which. he should not have hesitated to depart, if he had seen the least ground for altering his 'mind ;. all.he rose for now was to do justice to one of the individuals who'had at tended that Committee, Mr. Hale. This Gentlemat.than whom there was not a more respectable individual, had been con sideredforeign more friendly than he really was to the' admission of t h i a o N n n e n d _g r e been sp e texpungeding the from the es fo ß r Report. silks, in consequence of a passage of his evidence_ introduction the iiehad . .b f een eo _q re u i e g s j, silks which would arise from a change in the law, and had -an swered that they would be very great, following up that slate went by giving the names of several Ladies .who had availed themselves of the facilities which already existed, to procure abundant supplies of those articles. The part of his answer containing those names had very. properly been omitted, . and hence arose the misconception; for the next question having been whether he considered that inipbrtation unfavourable to the trade, he knowing that the question related to the irnOorta tiOn effected by those Ladies had answered that he did not, because it created a taste for silks and made them fashionable. - Now, on account of the omission which he - had Mentioned,' that reply had been thought to relate to the free importation of fOreign Silks in general; which, on the contrary, Mr. Hale' regarded as likely to prove fatal to the Silk "Trade in this country. EDUCATION. • Earl DARNLEY after congratulating the Muse on the ap pointment of a Commission to inquire into .the state of ,Edu cation in Ireland, in conseqUence of a motion made in another place, and stating that it would enable him to curtail whit he had to say on the general state of Ireland, moved for certain Returns respecting Protestant Charity Schools in Ireland. — Ordered. The Marriage Act Amendment' Bill wvis read a third time. SLAVE TRADE. Lord BEXLEY moved the second reading of the Slave Trade Piracy Bill. The Marquis'of LANSDOWN wished that notice of the motion had been previously given, as he had an objecti o n of some importance to make to the Bill. Earl GROSVENOR stated, that it was urgent there .should be as little delay as possible in the liassing of the measure. The Marquis of LANSDOWN had no objection, as that was the case, to postpone his obServations till the question that the Bill be committed. Lord BEXLEY said, that it was only half an hour ago that he had learned that his Noble Friend (Earl Bathurst) couldnot attend, he would be to-morrow in his place, he (Lord Bexley) should propose that that Bill be now read a second time, and that it be committed to-morrow, and that their Lordships be summoned.—Agreed to. IRELAND, AND MARRIAGE OF DISSENTERS. The Marquis of LANSDOWN had intended to preSent several petitions relative to the Tythes Commatation Act in Ireland, but as he had some observations to make on the altera tions which it was believed would be proposed in that Act, and as he understood that Friday would be the earliest day on which' the Noble Earl at the head of the TreaSury (whose illness he much regretted) would be able to attend, he should postpone his intention till that day. For the same reason he should also postpone the second reading of the Bill for the relief of the Uni tarian Dissenters from the Marriage Act to the same day, and consequently moved that the Order for its second reading be discharged and renewed for Friday neat, and that the Lords be summoned.—Ordered. Earl DARNLEY and the Earl of KINGSTON also postponed the Petitions which they had to present, on the subject of the Tythes Commutation Act, to next Friday. The Penitentiary Convicts' Bill was read a second time. Mr. JOHNSON' presented certain Returns, pursuant to the orders of the House, from the office of Chief Secretary for Ire land.—Laid on the table.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. MISCELLANEOUS. General GASCOYNE - presented a petition froth certain in habitants of the Town of Liverpool, against the Lancaster County Court Bill.—Laid on the table. Sir W. CONGREVE presented a:petition from certain in habitants of the City of London, praying for leave to present a petition to incorporate the Amicable Loan Society.—Ordered to lie upon the table. Mr. HUSKISSON presented a petition from an individual against the Bahkrupt Laws Amendment Bill.—Laid on the table. Mr. Alderman WOOD presented a petition from a number .of Watermen, plying at the Tower, against the St.. Catherine Docks' Bill.—Laid an the table. Air. T. WlLT6NPresente:Ci petitions from the Watermen of St. Catherine's Stairs, Alderman Parson's Stairs, and the .Tower Stairs, against the New Iron Bridge on the table. . . 14r. HUSKISSON presented a petition from certain Wool Growers, praying- for the recluction.of the Duty - On Foreign Wool to what it was, before it was raised. After a few words from Mr. G. Bennet, Mr. ITuslcisson, Mr. .W. Curteis, Sir H. Parnell,-Lord Milton, Mr. W. Courtenay, 111 r. Curwen, Sir E. Knatchbull, Mr. S. Wortley, and. Mr, Bright, the petition was ordered to be printed. Mr. HUSKISSON p re ,ie nt i,d a s i m il a r petition from the to be printed. Wool Growers of . th e C ounties of Durham an d Northumber land.—Ordered"Mr. HITSKISSON presented a petition from the Weavers of Manchester against th e C om bi na ti on Laws.—Referr e d t o the Committee onArtisans. 31r. DAVENPORT resented a • petition from the Licensed Victuallers of Cobham, aa'ainst the Duties on Excise' Licenses. —Laid on the table. Mr. P. MOORE. Presented a:Petition from the Journeymen Brassfounders of London, 'against the Combination Laws.— Referred to the: Committee on Artisans. - Mr. MACPIIERSON GRANT presented a petition from the Wool Growers of Sutherland, praying the' repeal of the Duty on the : Exportation of Wool. • • Mr. LAMBTON presented a pion from ,Sunderland, against Slavery in the Feat Indie.s.: - '4Zaid on the table. Mr. LAMB'rON Presented a petition from-South Shields, against the Hides and Skins BilL—Laid on the Table. . Mr. LAMB ros .gave notice, that soon after Easter he should present a petition from Mr. Buckingham, relative to a gross aouSe of the liberty of the press in India. Mr. C.U.R.WEN moved for Returns of the Exports and Im parts of Corn, - Malt, and Flour, for England, Ireland, and Scotland, within the last five years..—Ordered. • Sir R.. SHAW presented a petition from an indi victual named froughtOn, a .woollen manufacturer in the County of Kildare, against the - Union Duties.—Laid on tile table. Sir E. KNATCHBULL presented a petition from the parish of St. Paul, Deptford, against tile Duty on Coals. Also a pe tition from the same place, praying the repeal of the Window Tax.—The petitions were ordered to lie upon the table. • Sir E. KNATCHBULL presented a. petition from an indi vidual named Harvey Bishop, an inhabitant of Maidstone, praying that the advantages given to the Distillers of Ireland and Scotland might be extended to those of England.—Laid on the table. Lord EBRINOTON presented a petition from the Licensed _Victuallers of the Borough of Tavistock, against the Duty on Exci3e Licenics. Sir W. INGLEBY presented petitions from Sleaford and Thorn in Lincolnshire, praying the abolition of Slavery in the West Indies. Similar petitions'were presented from Uppingham and ano ther place in the County of Rutland, and from Lanark.—Laid on the table. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR pregenteda.petition from the Farmers of Durham against the Hides and Skins on the table. Air. Alderman WOOD: presented a petition from Halifax against the COmbinatiOn Laws.-.-11eferred to the Committee . on Artisans. COAL DUTIES. Lord EBRlNGT6lpriseirt;lle7iTions from two places in Devonshire against the Coal Duties.—Laid on the table. Mr. COURTENAY presented a similar petition from Exe ter. The Hon. and Learned Member was anxious to impress • upon his Right Hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the 'Exchequer, the severity with which this tax affected the poor. He thought vernment.• it was one which 'deserved the earliest attention of the Go- Mr. NEWMAN supported the prayer of the petition, and maintained that no tax could he more beneficially repealed. Mr. G. BENNET said, that the impolicy of the tax in a county like that of Devon, where there was the finest lime stone in the kingdom, was equal to its injustice, and called for its immediate repeal. Lord MILTON thought the Right Hon. ChancellOr of the Excluiqtier bad not made a wise sylection in taking off that part of the duty which affected the people of London In his opinion such taxes should b e, reduced as pressed Upon the.people• generally. rcSSCd his h ope t h a t th e su bj ect wou ld be kept t 9 sightn lF Eofitt ex p ousc by the constant' presentation of next enabled Chancellor of the Exchequer was make when t a v ke l fur i t i l e ler reductionse would bear in mind petitions t f e eling of th e countryit. ie : stro andn gto that Orioniono Die retMr. W. SMITH contended for the •pro Th e CHANCELLOR of t h e EXCII EQUE9 sa id , that, in consequence of the observ a ti on the Hon. Oentleman had made i N. C f r epeal in; the a nd tax, few words. lie could not help thinking that there had been a "P" this subject, it w as perhaps necessary for him to say a misunderstandin a the I .„ d H e never maintained that 0 • b .1) 31 duty Pressing had proceeded. severity upon many, parts of • wa s not a pressing with much the country. But it was a duty which had exited for th e l ast century, and-he always thonglit • himself bound to consider - the interests which h•4l. grown .Up under it, before it was repealed all at once. At the same time lie never held it right that such considerations • should prevent its removal, so that due notice w as given, and the reduction effect ed by gradual means. In addition to this looking at the-ge neral state of ottr tax Lion, tion, he did not thi n k this a tax so much heavier than the rest as to require the application of theentire .million of revenue Which th ey had to spare in the present year. The sum which he thought shoUld be .fairly given to it, he had -bestowed upon the 'additional dUty imposed on the City of London, thereby removing what he considered to be an ag gravated injustice. In adopting this coarse, he could not 're train from ; believing that lie had begun at the right end of • his work, and that he had done only 'What justice demanded.— (Hear!) Sir W. RIDLEY said, • he did not complain of taking off the three shillings and fourpence additional duty upon the London coals, but he rose to protest against the unequal and unjust continuance of 6s. duty on, sea-borne coals, while only ls. duty was paid upon those imported by inland navigation. The lion. Baronet gave notice that soon after Easter he should submit to the House a proposition for reducing the duty on coals car ried coastways. Mr. LITTLETON said that when the proper time arrived he had. no doubt of being able to defend the justice of the.mea sure proposed by the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exam quer for reducing the duty to Is. upon inland coals. Mr. S. 'WORTLEY thought that his -Hon. Friend would find some difficulty in persuading the HouSe'that it was a fair measure to make sea-borne coals pay a ditty of six shillings, while in-land coals paid only one... An fact, it was giving a bonus of five shillings to a worse and a dearer article. Mr. HUME said the Chancellor of the Exchequer might re move the diffictilty by repealing both duties.; and he tould en able himself to do this, by giving up the Sinking Fund. Lord Mir.TON explained. Sir JOHN NEWPORT objected to the principle of inequal relief alluded to by his Noble Friend. _ Mr. MABERIX said, the Hon. Gentlemen who had sup ported Ministers in their view of the Sinking Fund, ought now to hold their tongues, and not object to it. They were incon sistent in suppOrting Ministers and then presenting petitions • against their measures. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he had no objection to the Resolution on the Duty upon Coal being recommitted, in order to a further discussion of the principle embraced by. that Resolution. He would propose Thursday for the discussion, if convenient to all'parties. Mr. Alderman WOOD spoke a few words in favour of the City privileges. Sir M. W. RIDLEY said the Coal Owners of the North had no wish for exclusive privileges. He however afterwards gave notice of a motion for Thursday, as suggested by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, merely, as he said, to bring the subject un der discussion. The Petition was then ordered to be printed. Lord WM. BBNTINCK presented. two Petitions against Negro Slavery.—Ordered oh the table. A Message from.the Lords here announced their Lordships' assent to several Bills. Mr. Sheriff' WHITTAKER appeared at the Bar and presented a Petition frOm the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of ,I,ondon, in Common Council .assembled, against a Priiate Bill—Refurred to the ComMittee on the Bill. Mr. BUXTON presented a Petition from Chichester against Negro *Slavery.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. MABERIX presented a Petition from Abingdon against the Alien Bill. The Hon. Member took that oppor tunity of explaining a statement he had made on a former evening, respecting a survey of the kingdom with a view to equalize the window Duty. The Petition was ordered to lie printed, as was,a Petition from the same place against; Negro Slavery, and another from Tipperary' against the reduction of the Linen Bounties, pre sented to the same . Hon. Member. WORTLEY .presented a Petition "frbm Yorkshire, praying for the gradual Abolition,of Negro Slavery, inlvidd sentiment the Hon. Member concurretl.—Ordered to lie on the table. _ Mr. S. RICE presented' two petitions from Limerick and Cork against the Repeal of the Linen Bounty.. • Sir R. FERGUSSON'spOke against the petition, and hoped the Chancellor of the Exchequer would persevere in his inten tionlepe rint shortly ed. to repeal those bounties. Mr. C. HUTCHINSON supported the petition;_ and con tended that the bounties ought to be continued a few years longer. S in support of the T rpetition o C a Mr. CUItTEIS presented a petition from Brighton against' inNn w h ic hi i N t t w e E e a sl o W Po n d t e r Re C dT o t Un s bP° ty Courts Bill w a s p os tponed to be r. the Duty,on Excise Licenses.—Ordered to lie on the table. Lord BELGRAVE presented a petition from Chester, praying for a survey of the kingdom.—Ordered to lie. on the table. Mr. KENNEDY 'presented a petition from .Ayr, against Negro Slavery-Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. HUME moved for several Returns relative' to. the Sei zure of Spirits on the Coasts.—Ordered. LEATHER DUTY. Mr. CA LCRAF gave notice of a Modern for the 18th of' May, for the repeal of the Leather. Duty. e BURIALS IN IRELAND. Mr. PLUNKETT moved the Order of the Day for the 'second reading of the Burials in Ireland Bill. The Right Hon. Gentleman observed, that this being a Supply night he would not have pressed the motion respecting this Bill had he not received satisfactory assurances from Hon. Members on all sides of the House, that there was not so much division of opi nion on the subject as to render it probable that it would lead to any protracted debate. The Bill before the House related to the celebration of funeral rites in the Protestant church yards of Ireland, according to the service of the church in which the persons about to be buried should die. Although it was a subject of delicacy and importance he did not apprehend that it would occasion any reasonable alarm among the Members of the Protestant religion. It had been originally introduced to the House by his Right Hon. Friend (Sir J . Newport), who, the House were aware, was fully equal to _the advancing this or any other subject connected with the public good ; but it had been considered better that the Members of the Irish Govern ment should promote the measure, in order to shew the public that there was a sincere disposition to follow it,up with effect, though there were many reasons for its not having been brought under the notice of Parliament before. The first part of the Bill went to repeal the statute of the 9th. William the Third, cap. 9. To explain this it would be necessary for him to state that in Ireland there were a number of sites of Abbeys and Convents appropriated to the religion of former times ; and which were still held in respect. They had been richly en dowed, and were tenanted alternately by superstition and bigot ry, and real piety and religion. These lands were now vested in the State. From the Reformation down to the Revolution they had been used as places of burial for Catholics as well as Pro testants; but at the Revolution, the performance of the burial service in those places by the members of either religion had been strictly forbidden. It might be difficult to account for this general prohibition ; but it had probably its origin in an apprehension that these places revived the remembrance of the ancient religion. But whatever might be the cause of it, he believed the House would agree with him that it was not pro per to be enforced. This indeed was abundantly proved by the present practice which was in disobedience of the prohi bition. Haien thelaw. was disobeyed, and the disobedience was not considered reprehensible, there could be no doubt that the law itself ought to be repealed, and that it was pro posal to do by' the present Bill. A clause, however, was introduced, limiting the extent of the repeal by protecting. private property, as some of these seites had not of late years been used as places of burial. Having said thus much of the first part of the Bill, he came to the more important part- e -that which referred to the DiSsentets right of inter ment In ihe Protestant Church-yard. The Noble Marquis at the head of the Irish Government had felt• the deepest anxiety on this subject; and the object which, after the most mature deliberation, appeared to him advisable,was the giving to all Dissenters, Catholic or not, the right f interment, not inter , firing, however, with that just vigilance which might be sliewn by the Established Church. This being, in the opinion of the Noble Marquis, the , proper object, it had fallen to his (Mr. Plunkett's) lot to state it to the House, in consequence of his legal connection with the Irish Government, and the friend ship in which he had the honour to be held by the Noble Marquis ' whose views and opinions on th a t a c coun t, it was thought he was peCuliarly enabled to ex pl a i n . H e t h oug ht it would be better for him to commenc e with a statement l o e f ll tl a ie s, buria l a ri gi By the Act of Uniformity he was bound on occasion ofthose of the law as it now stood. The Freehold of every Pro testant Church-yard was by law in the Rector or Parson and. no one could come upon it without h is ex p ress or implied per.. ce remonies,mission. andH aa t l h o i n s e w hadas z t d h u e ty su m i l ie h r is superintendence as ce v ceremonies to read the service appointed by the Liturgy, and no other. Indeed he was bound not to permit any other. If this were acted upon strictly, it would exclude a great body . of the Irish people from the rights of interment. Ile was n ot in quiring, nor was it for the House to decide whether the people were right or wrong in this. He was speaking only to the fact, and this was established by a reference to their known feelings e nd prejwlises. He repeated that a full exercise of the legal rights would amount to an exclusion from the rights of burial. At common law every person had a right to interment in the Protestant church-yard, subject to the right or duty he had before mentioned of the Protestant Clergyman. Yet, on the other hand, if the Protestant Clergyman waived this right or duty, there was no law prohibiting the funeral service in the Protestant Church-yard, according to the forms and ceremonies of any other religious persuasion, however ostentatiously or offensively they might be performed. In Ireland there had , laws imposing penalties on Catholic Priests, unless they caused their names to be registered in a prescribed form, a b n eeYe d n g cm a a v ua e l:y certain securities for their conduct. By Act of Par liament in the 21 st an d 22d years o f th e re i gn o f the late King, these penalties were done away on certain restrictions, one of which was, that thes e Priests should not perform the Catholic ceremony of burial in a Protestant church-yard. If he did, he became liable to the penalties inflicted by the former Acts. Is was this laid Act which had led to a belief that the performance of the Catholic ceremony itself was prohibited. However, all doubt on this subject was removed by the Act of 1793,' which removed all penalties except those to which Catholics and Pro testants alike were liable. This was the state of the present law, under which it was the duty of the Protestant Clergyman to perform the Burial Service in all cases : and after which Service, the . Catholic Clergyman might, without violating any law, come upon the ground and perform his own. He asked the House, whether such a law, if acted upon, was not calcu lated to sow the seeds of discord among the community 2 (Hear !)—But until lately, notwithstanding the existence of the law, its non-observance had rendered every thing peaceable, so much good spirit was there in the people of the country, what ever might be their religious opinion. And he was here bound in justice to the Protestant Clergy of Ireland (a body of men who, on many occasions, had been much misrepresented) to state that, in general, they had not interfered with the religious principles of the Catholics; and, oh the other hand, the priests of the latter had not performed their ceremonies in a manner calculated to give offence to the Protestants. The CatholiCa, in general, did not offer to perform any ceremony whatever in the church-yard ; all prayer being said, and all ceremony per formed, before taking the corpse there. In a .few instances, where the deceased belonged to the better classes of life, the priest performed a short ceremony in one of his robes. He was convinced that these facts could not but be satisfactory to the House, as they.shewed there were hos that mildness and con ciliation would do much to 'remove a ll grounds of contention.— (H ear !)—ln this state of things, it must be obvious that it would have been most unwise in the Government to interfere one way or the other. But about four or five years since complaints began to be heard respecting the conduct of the RoMan Ca ' tholic Priests. These complaints, in the course of time, became more frequent, but whether the fault lay on one side or the other, lie was neither competent nor willing to pronounce an opinion. Probably the House would agree With him that it was better to. leave the matter in this state of ambiguity, and not attach blame to either party.—(Hear ! )—However, without entering into the question of " who was right" or " who was.wrong,'" all that • Government, with prudence, could do, was to.rernonstrate. If they stated the law which gave power to both parties ty per • form the service, they would be only inviting mutual discord. 'But, as the l aw b ec am e known, the q uestion presented itself, and was now before the House, " whether such a l a w ou g h t to remain ?" He again repeated thaea full exercise .of it would deprive a large Majority of the people of Ireland of the privi lege Of interment in the, tombs. of thei r ancestors, a, privilege the desire of which Was inseparable from human nature, which was common to the most barbarous,. as well as.the most enliglit • ened of mankind, it desire which proceeded from a sourpe out of tlusreach of all reason Or . philbSophy, and whiCh proved to us, beyond all 'controversy; that there was a something Which directed our hopes to look beyond the grave,Wear, hear If this desire were thwarted, and this - law allovied to remain, new evils`and epniests would arise. The loWer Orders pf ;the people were already fttriously disposed, and if just offilnce were riven to the higher orders it would iMpossible to an swer for the Consequences. lie would, - however, take it 'for granted, that the douse would 'go along with him in thinking that the fitv, as'it now stood, ought to be altered, and he would therefore address himself' to the terms of the proposed altera tion. When this part of the subject was first considered,it was thought that the establishment Of separate. burial places would be desirable, but this was abandohed on reflection, as likely to draw a line of demarcation between the Catholics and Protestants f and widen the breach which unhappily wasalreadybetween them. Indeed, when it was recollected that a . Catholic and Protestant might marry, and that the proposed separation- woulckend to exclude their enjoying the last Satisfaction of being entombed together, lie. was satisfied the House would at once see the im policy of spell a course. He should Propose therefore to declare the right of interment in the protestant church-yard, but to provide against its beingoffensively exercised. At present tbere were many cases by the existing law, in 'which, without some special provision,' many difficulties might occur. That would however he matter for consideration in a Committee. That main part of the Bill was its giving all Dissenters the full benefly of interment in the Protestant church-yard, according to cere monies of his own religious persuasion. This alone was a 'barter of toleration, for which the Catholics "ought to, and would be grateful. The Protestant ;Clergyman . would be en abled,to grant the exercise of this right ; but he would have the power to refuse in writing to the party applying for the interment, stating his reason for refusing, arid forwarding a copy of that writing to his Bishop or'his Ordinary, who would be directed to forward it to the. Lord Lieutenant. In this re spect, the law to a certain extent was mandatory on the Cler gyman. There would be some provisions necessary with regard to the Burial. Service, which, in the Catholic Religion, differed froth that which was performed at the grave. The Right lion. and Learned Gentleman here entered into an explanation of the difference., but the noise in the Rouse rendered hint inaudible -He was not surprised that alarm was felt by the Protestitnt Establishment at the first mention of the proposition he Was making to the House. It was doing what had never yet been done, viz. introducing rites and ceremonies within the pale of the Protestant Church, which had hitherto been excluded, and which were besides the rites and ceremonies Of • another Church. A great deal of the :force of this objection, how ever, was done away by the consideration that ill,: abolitiOn of the power in question was doing away with a privilege which had never been acted on, The provisions of the Bill under This view were rather relieving the parties from an irksome task than depriving them of a right which they were in the habit of ex ercising. The principle of the measure he considered to have been conceded already by the Protestant Church. Although not performed in the Church-yard, the Protistant Parion knew very well that the service was performed in a room before the body was brought out for burial. Were this not the case, it would be his duty to perform his own service over the body rattler than allow it to be thrown into a hole like a dog. It was there fire a fair conclu s io n , th a t by hi s f o rbe arance he proved that he knew and tacitly assented to the observance of the rites 'in question, and admitted the body into the Church-yard in con sideration of those rites. Thus it. might be ar'=i'd, that this Bill proposed to ma k e t h at l aw w hi ch , by the forbearance of the Protestant Parson, was already law in fact. !le was sure that the law would meet with no praCtical difficulties in Ire land, and that it would prove in its operation one further proof of the wisdom and liberality of the Lord Lieutenant, and pre sent Government of Ireland. The ,Honourable Member 'con cluded by moving the second reading of the 11111. The question having been seconded, was put from the Chair, and carried stem. con. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-MorreW. • MILTON'S 'MANUSCRIPT. On the motion that the House should resolve itself into a Committee of Supply, Mr. W. WILLI , MS begged to Put a question to the Right Honourable Home Secretary, with respect to a MS. lately dis covered, and said to be the Undoubted work of Milton. He understood that there was no question whatever as to the ge nuineness of the work; that it was in the hand-writing partly of Phillips, Milton's nephew, and bore' otherwise sufficient marks of authenticity ; and lie was desirous, therefore, of knowing how it had been disposed of, and whether it was to be printed. Mr. PEEL said, that the MS. in question had been found among some state papers. It was a theological work, de Pei Cultu, treating of the truths of the Christian reiigion, and no doubt, as far as evidence could go, authentic. How the MS. had come into the situation. where it had been discovered, it was impossible to guess; but it had been submitted to the Icing, who at once had said that it was fit it should be given to the public. Accordingly, it was placed in competent hands, and would shortly be printed, under the auspices of his;Majesty. Mr. W. WILLIAMS m ere ly mentioned it as a subject which had excited very general curiosity. POSSESSIONS IN INDIA. Mr. HUME, alluding to a treaty whiCh he under Stood to have been entered into with the Netherland:, by which Eng land gave up some valuable islands in the Indian Archipelago, in return for some territory, of whatever value, ceded to her. on the continent of India, requested to know when the particulars of that transaction were likely to be laid before the House ? Mr. WYNN said that such a treaty bid been entered into, by which Sincapore had been ceded to the English. As We understood the Honourable Gentleman, he said that the papers in question would not be upon the table before May, as it was necessary to wait the meeting of the States-General of the Ne therlands. Alr. HU said, that, according to report, Bencoolen had been given up, without any stipulation with the Dutch Govern ment in favour of the individuals who had been so Tong our subjects there. Mr. WYNN declined at present entering into particulais ; but he believed that when the papers came to be laid before the House, the Hon. Gentleman would.see that the subjects as to which he inquired had.been attended to. BRITISH MUSEUM. The House having resolved itself into a Committee of Supply, Mr. BANKES moved that 4,8471. be voted for the expences of the British Museum for the year 1824. The ,Hon. Gentle man observed, that a smaller sum.Of 5001. might also be re quired for the same service, arising out of a bequest of certain topographical documents highly illustrated, the condition at tached to the acceptance of whiCh was, that 5001. should be paid to the Execu tors. Mr. BENNET took occasion to make some remarks upon the management of 'the British Museum upon this motion, The state of the treasures of the Museum had.been well de scribed by a Journal called the Edinburgh Review, which it was well known had a wide 'circUlatiOn. Ile took this state ment for his foundation, and confesSed he placed implicit reliance in it. He could from his knowledge take upon himself to say that it 'was generally correct. It had created the greatest clamour amongst literary men to know who was the author,. but that had not been discovered. In his collectioninirie s he lef i t ia f to ad the l - eilf u c s o e n u f in irn b ia y tit of Hanthis s i s o ta a t n e e m , f e o n. In r t instan t c h: he.found that the greatest •haioc'had been made. There were very few of his collection left.. They bad been left to Perish in the vaults of the Musethn.. He had left at least 5,000 in sects and I,ooe. birds, and upwards of .1,00 of the class of marnmalia.. Now the insects ought to keep at least fifty years, but they. had almost all perished. Great complaint had been made of the want of room; but he, could admit of no such .ex cuse so long as 59 apartments were occupied by the 04!ers of the establishment. It was fairly establiSlied that the exhibi tion of Zoology was very disgraceful to the country, and the more so as compared With the stOres.that We liad, but neglected to make use of. In this respect we were 'far behind Holland and France, and rather than valuable speciMens should perish, bethought some of the Officers Of the might take some of them into their rooms. He .knew that Dr. Leach had grie vously complained of a want of room ; and if the TrUkees had come to Parliament with that coMplaint' it wOUld have. been at tended to. . In Pari s th e b ea k were kept openly exhibited in a living state,. and, when dead, were first anatomically dissected, and then stuffed.; after which the bones were Put together, and furnished part Of a Museum of cOrnparative Anatomy, Which existed no where else. noisy differently things were managed in this country ! 'rite fate of Sir JOSePh Banks's,fine collection of birds was well known. It Was left to the Museum, who gave it to the College of Sur eons WhO again e c xc i li kc an t r o :t! t le s present of the' Museum .with Mr,, : his o sold, and" the'Museurn became purchasers at a great expellee he! lie I r ter rter hci 45 0 1 6 6 Oa oil"' ss 63 -s e4 '4 ~,,t 59 le3dr od 6 a os path )8 od 16 od rs od , oa oa ; ca pd 48; 3Si 28 8 5O Od pJ oti ac XO4 I 45