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THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the .ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE d o here by g i v e , tice, that their TRANSFER BOOKS will be shut, from VESDAY, the 15th of June next , to THURSDAY , the I ith of July following, and that the GENERAL COUR V of I \ l 'e said C o rp o rati o n will be holden at their Office on WED ,,ESDAY, the 23d of June next, at Eleven o'Clock in the ' , noon, to consider of a Dividend. SAMUEL FENNING, Jun. Secretary. ' The Chair will be taken atTwelve o'Clock precisely. Attendance is given, daily, at the said Offices, and Zlth e i r Offi ce i n P a ll-Mall, for the Assurance of Buildings, "di, Merchandises, and Ships, in Harbour, in Dock, or ti ' chile Building, from Loss or Damage by Fire • and also for h e Assurance of, and granting Annuities on, Lives. OAK BARK. DEAN FOREST, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, 13 7 Order of the Right Hon. CHARLES ARBUTHNOT, WM. DACRES ADAMS, and HENRY DAWKINS, Esqrs. Commissioners of his Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land xi Revenues, 'Y RICHARD WHITE and SON, at the BEAR INN, NEWNHAM, on THURSDAY, the 3d of June, 1824, be tween the hours of Twelve and Two , in se v e ral Lots, FYHE BARK of THREE HUNDRED and SIXTY-SIX OAK TIMBER TREES , fel l ed for the of the Navy; and SEVEN HUNDRED and FORTY -411 0 DITTO, fell fur sale within the said Forest. And about TWENTY TONS of COPPICE BARK, and Ilk of SMALL OAK TREES, felled for Sile in the 8 oods of the High Meadow Estate, the property of the yjown, adjoining the said Forest, called Nocka ll ' s Wood and "iw's Grove. Also, Sundry Lots of TIMBER and CORDWOOD. For a view of the Lots in the Forest, apply to Mr. Dud r°°llt Assistant Deputy Surveyor, Ellwood F arm, near Cole- N; or to the Keepers and Woodmen of the said Forest ; 4 " of those on the High Meadow Estate, to Mr. Turnbull, tit ;;Ir UNIVERSAL REVIEW. This Day was published, price ss. the Second Edition of No. I. of THE UNIVERSAL REVIEW. 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COURT OF ALDERMEN. --Yesterday a Court Of Aldermen was held at Guildhall, for the d;s- Patch of public business.—The Gaol Committee Presented a Report relative to a Bill, now before "'ornament, in respect of Gaols, and suggested the expediency of the Court endeavouring to oh tniq a claim to be inserted therein, authorising the Magistrates to commit prisoners from the torough of Southwark to Newgate and the Other City Gaols, instead of the Borough Compter, which the Court agreed to, and re ferred it to the Committee, to take the requisite MAYOR for effecting the object.—The LORD 411 A-yort communicated to the Court that the en suing Sessions at Guildhall would be held on Monday next, and at the Old Bailey on the Thursday following, instead of the days ori ginally appointed.—The Court was occupied for a considerable time in hearing a complaint against Swaine, a coal undertaker, and Counsel were heard both for and against him. After an I nvestigation of the circumstances, he was dis charged from his situation. LITERARY NOTICE. FIFTY-TWO SCRIPTURAL CARDS for the USE of CHILDREN, containing 454 Texts, arranged under their respective heads as a Daily Exercise for every Week in the Year.—Second Edition. The facilitation of early instruction is a dis tinguishing characteristic of the present age ; and those who know the difficulty and import ance of the work under any circumstances, will not be disposed to regard it with less interest than they view the more obtrusive and ostentatious triumphs of human knowledge in the application of steam and gas to the purposes of social life. It might seen ridiculous to claim the name of phi losopher for a person who invents an amusing method of teaching children their letters and points ; but although it may not require any profundity of philosophy to sound the depths of the infant mind, and thence seize those objects which most readily engage a child's attention for the purpose of fixing it on others, to which it ought to be directed, it may be a question whe ther any philosophers effect more towards the accumulation of knowledge than those persons whose humble labours are directed towards creat ing an appetite for learning in children, and sub duing thoseantipathies to its acquirement which the lightsome and buoyant spirits of childhood natural ly entertain towards any thing which offers itself in an unamusing form—" T-ti; lAN/TA xcorapolgEv 6r,Y.czv."—and many a young mind in its earliest advances to knowledge might have drooped and fainted in the exertion, wbich now, under the guidance and support of these useful pioneers, is invigorated and assisted to pursue its ascent with cheerfulness and facility. • The authoress of these cards (for we under stand theM to be the production of a Lady) must not suppose that we mean to degrade her pre tensions to those of the humble, though useful, compilers of books for the nursery. But we make the above remarks for the purpose of setting the excellenc e and utility of her work in the fairest and most conspicuous point of view. From the alphabet to the rudiments of almost every department of science, amusing books for the use of children have been composed ; it is, however, the shame of an age pre-eminent in its care of early education, that more have not been written on religious knowledge ; and of those which have been written, almost all turn on the knowledge of Scripture facts, without that application of them to the heart, which constitutes the Christian, and which, when habitually made in early youth, is of incalculable importance. The writer of these cards has supplied the de sideratum. Their plan and execution are equally excellent. They embrace all the great Christian doctrines and duties, and being in te very words of Scriptures, they are simple and intelligible. Of the extent of their subject some idea may be formed, when Ise state that they comprise the leading attributes of the Holy Trinity, collec tively, and in its several persons ; the subjects of Faith, Repentance, the Sacraments, Life, Death, and Eternity, the Scriptures, Prayer, Analysis of the Human Helirt,Moral Obedience, and Christian Consolation. They are a beautiful epitome of Christianity. They are easily learned, one or o texts forming a lesson for the week-day,and the whole six comprised in the card are to be re peated on the Sunday. The texts are brief and impressive ; and it is impossible for a child of ordinary abilities and feeling to learn them, and be unacquainted with the nature of Christian motives, and unimpressed with the importance of Christian conduct. Of all works intended for the instruction of children, we hesitate not to say that in object, conception, and execution, these cards are the best we have ever seen ; and we therefore earnestly recommend them to all pa rents. There is nothing in them to startle any person calling himself a Christian, unless he be a Socinian, and even he must' acknowledge that they contain the words of Scripture. The whole are simple and practical ; every thing which they contain ought to be known, reflected on, and acted on ; their brevity, and the method of learn ing them impresses them with ease on the me mory ; and their importance and authority must influence the feelings even of a reflective child.— The best interests of the human race are deeply indebted to the authoress for extending the uti lity of her work beyond the fireside for which it was at first designed, and she may be the happy instrument, under the good Providence of God, of sowing seeds in the heart of the child which may spring up, as he advances in age, to a rich harvest of holiness on earth and happiness here after. VALUE OF NUMBERS.—Nothing is more diffi cult than to form any just conception of any quantity that greatly surpasses those small ones with which we are familiar, but whose number is comparatively few. Even those who calculate and understand the value of numbers with quick ness and accuracy, are far from having correct no tions on this subject. To give an idea of The extent of numbers which are frequently named without attention, we shall state from the Ency clopedia Britannica these few facts.--:-If a per son employed in taking money reckon one hundred guineas in one minute, and continue et work ten hours each day,.he will employ near ly seventeen days to reckon one million! One thousand men would fake forty-five years to reckon 1,000,000,000,000 . PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY SCOTCH APPEAL. In the Appeal from the Court of Session in Scotland, heard last week, JAMES Wool), and *JAMES merchants in London, and their Mandatory, Appellants, v. the Stirling Banking Com pany, Respondents. Lord GIFFORD gave his opinion at considerable length, and concluded with stating, as the result of that opinion, that the interlocutors complained of should be reversed, as to the two bills of 641. 19s. 6d. and 2901. 10s. ; and that, as the pro missory of 251., also sued for in the Courts below, was in a dif ferent situation, a special finding regarding it should be insert ed in the Judgment, which his Lordship said he would draw up in form, and submit to the House to-morrow morning. PETITIONS. The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a petition from the Silk Merchants and Weavers of Dublin against the Silk Re strictions Removal Bill.—Laid on the table. Lord HOLLAND presented a petition from the Magistrates of the County of Lancaster against, it was understood, the Combination Laws.—Laid vn thwtable. Viscount CLIFDEN presentZsd petitions from the Freema sons of Wexford, and other places in Ireland, praying to be relieved from the operation of the Act that prevents the Meet ing of Secret Societies—Laid on the table. The same Noble Lord also presented petitions from the Se paratists resident in Limerick, Ennis, and Cork, in Ireland, praying to be relieved from the necessity of taking oaths.—Laid on the table. NEW BILLS. Lord ALTHORP, Mr. BROODEN, and others from the Commons, brought up the County Courts' Bill, the Irish Transfer of Dividends' Bill, the Irish Tythes Composition Amendment Bill, and several private Bills, which were read a first time. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES. The Earl of LAUDERDALE wished to fixa time for tak ing the Standing Orders of the House into consideration, with the view of making an addition to them. His obj e ct in doing so, was to put an en d - to that kind of speculation which had lately prevailed to such an extent in the Metropolis, or at least to se cure the public against the formation of unsafe Joint Compa nies. He should therefore propose that certain steps should be required in the passing ; of such Bills which would est a bli s h the efficiency of the ampany applying to be incorporated. In those established for making canals or building bridges, it was clear that a great portion of' the capital must be realized at once, in order to pay the expences of the works, but that was not the case in those of a charitable nature, which might be set on foot with little more than a nominal capital. What he sh6uld propose would therefore be no hardship in the first case, and would give the public ample security in the second. lie had put it in the shape of two resolutions to be afterwards in serted amongst the Standing Orders. The first related to New Companies applying to be incorporated : the second to Com panies which being already incorporated should apply for fur ther privileges. By the first it would be resolved that after the first reading 'of all Bills incorporating Companies for navigation, Canals, Railways, 'runnels, Bridges, Archways, Harbours, or for Lighting, Paving, and Watching any Town or l'arish, &c. &c., such Bills be referred to a Select Committee, and not allowed to be read a second time unless that Committee should have reported that four-fifths of the Capital was deposited in the Bank of England, or vested in Exchequer Bills or other PUblic Securities in the names of the Trustees. By the second it would be resolved that after the first readings of all Bills for granting farther privileges to incorporated Companies, such Bills be also referred to a Select Committee and not allowed to be read a second time unless that Committee should have re ported that all debts and capital had been paid up by the individual Proprietors, and were in possession of those en trusted by the Royal Charter with the management of the affairs of the said Companies. The Noble Hari having read his resolutions, gave notice that he should move them to morrow, and moved that th,:ir Lordships be summoned.— Ordered. The Earl of DARLINGTON presented a petition from the Tradesmen, Bankers, and Inhabitants of Winchelsea in favour of the County Courts Bill. EXCISE OATHS. The Marquis of LANSDOWN stated, that until a late period, the Act of Charles the Second for preventing persons from intermeddling with the Excise, unless they had previously taken the oaths of allegiance and supremacy, had been put in force. He understood however that this was no longer the case, and that in many instances those oaths had been dispensed with and officers admitted, without taking them into the Excise.— He rejoiced at the fact of such oaths being dispensed with, but wished to know whether any instructions had been issued on the subject, and for that purpose should move for an account of the oaths taken by persons serving in the Excise under the 12th and 15th of Charles IL, an d for any i nstruct i ons i ssue d upon the subject since 1822. The Earl of LIVERPOOL admitted that by the 12th of Charles IL all persons were requir e d, b e f ore e xecuting certain duties its the Excise, to take the Oaths of Allegiance and Su premacy. In the course of the last year an Act had passed con solidating the English and Irish Excise and much alarm had b een experienced in Ireland, a n d i t had' been represented as a serious grievance, that individuals who had for years been in vested with situations in the Excise of that country, on being before. No regular instructions pelled to take oaths to which ht t r ha a ed n y s been had t e ins d so tit U: Id 3 t chei on n , s s tu h hbe o m u s l it t it l bt ej b de e c c t o m , but it had been thought de sirable that an arrangement should be quietly made to the effect mentioned by the Noble Marquis, by which undoubtedly the oaths were not administered, but the individuals were com pletely indemnified by the Introduction into the Annual In demnity Bill of the 12th of Charles 11. Be had however given directions that an Act should be prepared conform able with what lie thought proper with respect to certain offices, which would remove all doubts and difficulties upon the subject. The Marquis of LANSDOWN observed, that as the An nual Indemnity Bill always passed as a matter of course, he was not aware whether the alteration made in it indemnified the individuals in question. He wished the Noble Earl would state what it was. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, that in former Acts of In demnity, the 12th of Charles 11. had not been mentioned amongst those, for non-compliance with which parties were indemnified. In the one for the present year, that Act had been inserted.— That was all the alteration which had been made. Lord KING doubted whether the Noble Earl would be able to carry the Bill which he had given directions to .draw. In former times, whatever the First Lord of the Treasury chose to introduce was sure to pass, but now - he was very likely to suffer another discomfiture, for the Noble and Learned Earl on the Woolsack held divided empire with him. " Divisum imperium cum Jove Cesar habet." He would give Cesar a little advice t it was to get the House to give Caesar the votes that were Caesar's, or else he would find the Noble and Learned Earl dthant, not refreshed with sleep or wine, but refreshed by two .victories and eager for more. There were Englishmen, Irishmen, and Scotchmen in that House, all looking to discover to whom the " imperium" belonged. Let the Noble Earl take care--he had a Minister dispelling Chancellor, who having called an administration to gether by a stroke of his pen, could dissolve them by another stroke. After a few observations from Viscount CLIFDEN and Earl DARNLEY, Lord 110 L LA ND expressed his astonishment that the clause added to the Indemnity Bill should not have attracted the at tention of the guardians of the law in that House. The great stones of the sacred structure were kept untouched, but the pebbles of it were suffered to be pecked at by inferior clerks. —Arrangements were quietly effected, and Officers Indemni fied for breaches of the law surreptitiously made, which James Second had been driven from the throne for d g oing openly. He did not disapprote of what had been done, but he wondered that the Noble Earl, sitting in a Cabinet so tremblingly alive to the dang ers o f t h e E sta blishment, should h ave ven t ure d to do it. A Noble Friend of his had inquired where was the seat of authority in that House? That was as difficult to find as the seat of the soul in the body. Some, with good old aris tocratical notions, supposed that every Member had a share of it. He had once fancied that it resided in the brains of the House, but he was no longer of that opinion. He had thought , of the benche s oppos i te, w hi c h were n ow so empty, but he supposed, aft er all that the Epicurean doctrine must be adopted, and that that "aura divina," that breath of life, must rest som e way or o t h er on neith er s id e, b ut towa rd s the middle, "in media reg i m e," about th e wa i st, per h aps on that woolsack or on that stool. However this inquiry was more important for the Noble Earl than fsr any one else. It must be any thing but diversion or pleasantry to him ; for those who were bumped and kicked found it a very disagreeable amusement or spectaculum in the morning: When a Noble Friend of his had last night made a motion consonant with the best principles of the Constitution, the Noble and Learned Lord had been tremblingly alive to the dangers of the State and Es tablishment ; but when the first Minister of the Crown told the House, that clerks of the Excise had been surreptitiously exempted from the Oath of Supremacy, and thus undermined the Church, that intelligence was received with very good hu mour, and no cry was raised of peril to the Church. What then had become of that supremacy of which the Noble and Learned Lord was so jealous the night before ? and how was it that he could hear it related with complete indifference that such oaths had been secretly dispensed with ? The whole of the laws ought to be put on an intelligible footing. He (Lord Holland) wanted to know whether any thing else bad been in. demnifled. The whole system was one of contumely and per jury, and rested on this : I am dressed with a little brief autho rity, and I will drive my superiority over my fellows. The Earl of LIVERPOOL explained, that indemnifying persons for not taking the Oath of Supremacy and the Sacra ment was regularly done, and had been done every year for a century. It was the regular practice of Parliament. For no reason, however, and in a most ex traordinar y man ner , the Act of Charles 11. had hitherto be - en omitted in Bills of In demnity. There was no motive for this, for why should the Acts relative to the Customs have been inserted, and not those respecting the Excise ? By mentioning the P2th ry? Charles 11., together with the other Acts, therefore, no al terations had been made in the Indemnity Act; but an omis sion had been rectified. He conceived, however, that, in the present state of our revenue, it would be more proper that there should be an uniform law for the service of the whole of its branches: Lord HOLLAND had imagined that the Indemity Act did not relieve from the necessity of taking oaths, but only from that of taking the Sacrament according to the forms of the Church of England, as required by the Test Act. He hoped that in its present state it would be found to indemnify the persons in the Excise who had not taken the oaths, but how would it cover those whose duty it was to cause them to be taken ? This practice proved one thing, however : that if the oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy might be dispensed with, they were not as necessary as the House were told by high authority they were. The Noble Lord concluded by quoting Lord Somers's recorded opinion, that not to be permitted to serve one's King and Country, was a punishment which ought to be inflicted only for a detestable crime. The Ro man Catho lics of England were now suffering that punishment without having committed any crime, and to subject them to it was a most crying and disgusting injustice. The Marquis of LANSDOWN was not at all satisfied, even after the explanation of the Noble Earl, that the Idem nity Act covered the persons in authority who had countenanced the evasion of the oaths. He approved of the oaths not being required, but he asked their Lordships whether it was possible to do that by a side wind, which he contended ought only to he done directly and openly ? For the purpose of ascertaining the practice as it stood at present, he should persevere in calling for information. Earl ROSSLYN contended, that if the persons whose duty it was to enforce the oaths had consented to their evasion, they had been guilty of a misdemeanour. The motion was then agreed to. NEWFOUNDLAND. Earl BATHURST postponed the third reading of the New. foundland Marriage Bill to next Friday.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. EQUITABLE LOAN COMPANY. Mr. MANSFIELD presented a petition from the Pawn brokers of Leicester against the Equitable Loan Company Bill.—Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. WHITBREAD presented a petition to the same effect from several Pawnbrokers of Middlesex.—Ordered to lie on the table. On a motion that the petitioners should be heard by Counsel against the Bill. Sir JAMES GRAHAM opposed the motion, on the ground that Counsel for and against the Bill had been fully heard in the Committee. Sir F. BURDETT supported the motion, observing that his opinion was generally unfavourable to Incorporated Companies The Company alluded to by this petition pretended also to be nevolent feelings, though many of its members had sold their shares at a, premium , making some substantial gain from their benevolence.—(A laugh.) The motion was then agreed to. Sir F. ST. BURD/TT e M p A re l s il :ited a petition f , ISLINGTON.rom several inha bitants of St. Mary, Islington, against the Bill entitled " Bill for the Improvement of that Parish."—Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. BYNG moved the third reading of the above Bill. Sir J. GRAHAM supported the Bill, which had for its principal object the limiting the number of the Select Vestry. The Bill was also opposed by Mr. IlonnotisE and Mr. HusiE ; and supported by Mr. PORTMAN and Mr. BYNG, and was read a third thou without a division. Sir F. BURDETT then rose to move an addition to the Bill of two clauses, which, as it now stood, would deprive upwards of 2000 persons from their right of voting at the Vestry. The first clause was for giving the right of voting to all persons as sessed at 16/. a year ; and the next was to provide for election of Members of the Select Vestry every three years. On the question for reading the first clause. Sir J. GRAHAM, Mr. Alderman SMITH, Mr. T. WILSON, Mr. LAMB, and Mr. SUMNER, opposed, and Mr. N. CAL. VEB T and Sir R. WILsoN supported the clause. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the Clause 37 Against it - 47 Majority - - - —lO In our absence a Division took place on the Second Clause, proposed by Sir F. BuRDETT, to provide for the Election of Governors every three years, there appeared— For the Clause - - - 61 Against it - - 39 Majority - -22 The Bill was passed. A new Writ was ordered for Oakhampton in the room of Lord DUNALLY, who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. The British and Foreign Alliance Assurance Company was read a third time and passed. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES. On the question for the third reading of the Patriotic Assu rance Company of Ireland Bill, Mr. GRENFELL objected to the provisions of the Bill, which proposed to limit the responsibility of the Proprietors. At present they were all liable to the amount of their shares ; but in case of this or any other Company being about to fail, the shares might be transferred to men of straw. He wished to be satisfied on this point. Mr. HERRIES said the question was too important to be answered without'the aid of the highest legal authority. Mr. BRIGHT and Mr. HUME thought the Bill ought not to pass until this point had been cleared up. Mr. S. RICE spoke a few words in support of the Bill, which was then passed. ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK. Mr. HUME presented a petion from St. Katherine's against the St. Katherine's Dock Bill.—Referred to the Committee on the Bill. Mr. LESTER presented a petition from Poole against Negro Slavery. Ordered to lie on the table. A Message from the Lords here announced their Lordships' Assent to several Bills. - _ _ BUTTER TRADE. Mr. T. WILSON gave notice, that on Thursday next, he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to regulate the Butter Trade of Ireland• CATHOLICS. Mr. DOHERTY presented a petition from the Catholics. of New Ross,praying for relief against their legal disabilities,— Ordered to is on the table. MISSIONARY SMITH. Mr. J. WROTT ESL EY presented a petition from Stafford, and another from Walsall, in favour of Mr. Smith's case.—Or dered to lie on the table. Mr. LAWLEY presented a similar Petition from Stockton, praying also that the House would adept some measure to se cure the future protection of Missionanes.—Ordered to lie an the table. Mr. LISTER presented a Petition from the Mayor Con.- ration, and Inhabitants of Shaftesbury, against Negro 'S l a very. —Laid on the table. f e- Mr. S. RICE presented a Petition from the Tanners Tra"l' raine, praying for some amendments in the Tanning Col Ireland. He also took that opportunity of inquiring for the satisfaction of the Petitioners, whether in the new arrangements with respect to the Leather Tax, would be included that which was now in course of tanning; and whether a distinction Would be made between the Currier and the Tanner. Mr. HERMES stated, that as the Act did not come into operation before the sth of January, 1825, there would be plenty of time to make such regulations as should prevent any of the parties being subject to a double charge. With reference to the second question, the separation between tanner and currier would not apply to any one now exercising the trade of either.. The Petition was then brought up, read, and ordered to lie on the table. TNEATY WITH THE NETHERLANDS. Mr. HUME wished to know whether it was the intention of the President of the Board of Controul to lay on the table of the House the Treaty which had been concluded with the Govern ment of the Netherlands ? It seemed that this Treaty had got publicity in other quarters, and it was desirable that the House should not be kept in ignorance of what was known to all the world. Mr. CANNING said, that according to the usage of this country, a Treaty could never be laid before the House before the ratifications were exchanged: Other countries had insti tutions of their own, which led to the publication of Treaties before they were ratified. In the United states of America, it was necessary that a Treaty, before it was ratified,. should be submitted to the Senate, and in the Netherlands it appeared also, that it was necessary a Treaty should be submitted before its ratification to the Legislature. It would certainly be more convenient to the Ministers here, that they should be enabled to lay Treaties on the table before they obtained publicity in the different usages of the two countries, and not of any want other Ways ; but what had happened was the necessary result of courtesy towards the House.--(Hear, hear !) IMPRESSMENT. Mr. HUINIF; presented a petition from the Seamen, Lighter men,.and Seafaring-men, of Greenock, praying for a Parlia mentary inquiry into the question of impressment. The Hon. Member observed, that by adopting such a course some means would no doubt be discovered for the mitigation of the evil.— We had been involved in war with the United States of Ame rica in consequence of this system, and a recurrence to it would no doubt have the same effect. He abstained, however, from saying . any thing more on the subject, as he had given notice of his intention to draw the attention of the House to it on the Ist of the ensuing month. Mr. BROUGHAM said, that this called to his mind that the lion. Member had two motions on the night in question—one relating to the West Indies, and the other to Impressment. He also had a motion on that night, and should be glad to know how he was to dispose of it? He presumed the Hon. Member did not mean to bring on both his motions upon the same night. He should hare thought one quite enough, but the Hon. Mem ber intended, it appeared, to favour them with the two. If then he would not give up one of the motions in his favour, he must take Wednesday the 2d of June. If he did not take that he must take the 10th, and then another Hon. Fnend of his would stand in his way. Beyond these he had no resource but in the I Ith of June, which would be incurring a risk of losing the opportunit , of this Session altogether. Mr. HUM E. said, he had put off his motionon Impressment four times already. It was one of great importance, and he should be sorry to lose the chance of bringing it on this Session. After some further conversation, in which Mr. BROUGHAM, Mr. Secretary CANNING, Mr. HuslE, and Sir JOHN NEW PORT particpated, it was agreed that Mr. BROUGHAM'S mo tion relative to the Missionary Smith should come on on Tues day next. . _ GAME BILL. Mr. STUART IS'ORiiEVpostioned the Order of the Day for considering the report of the Game Laws Amendment Bill to Monday next. The Hon. Member also presented a petition from the into'. bitants of Bradford, praying for an inquiry into the case of the late Missionary Smith.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. J. B NNETI' presented petitions from the Baptists of Bradford and Dissenters, and of several other places, praying for inquiry into the case of the Missionary Smith. The lion. Member also presented a petition from two pa rishes in Wiltshire, against Negro Slavery. The lion. Member also presented a petition from the Li, tensed Victuallers of Warminster against the Beer dered to be printed. OUTRAGES IN IRELAND. . . Mr. JOHN SMYTIIMoved that a petition which he had presented relative to a late outrage in Ireland be printed. Mr. GOUI.BURN did not oppose the printing of thepeti don, although he must say it came from a person unworthy of credit. He had, since the petition was presented, inquired into the matter, and he must say, that he found the petitioner in volved in many contradictions which were fatal to his credit. Mr. J. SMITH maintained that the case of M'Cusker was one of great hardship and oppression. The accounts which the Right Hon. Gentleman had received were no doubt tinged with party violence. If, however, some better means were not adopt ed for the government of Ireland, the most disastrous results must be anticipated. Even within the last 24 hours he had re ceived the communication from that country of a fresh outrage, attended with bloodshed and loss of life too. Mr. SPRING RICE expressed his thanks.to the Hon. Gen tleman who had just sat down, for his prompt and humane ex ertions in the cause of Ireland. Ile was sorry he was not in the Committee of Itmuiry up stairs, as his information would beef vast service. Mr. PLUNKETT said, he should inquire intosome parts of the petitioner's statements in the discharge of his official duty. It was then ordered that the petition be printed. Sir JOHN NEWPORT moved, that the name of Mr. Jolla Smith be added to the Committee alluded to. Mr. J. SMITH declined the proffered honour. He was' proud of the approbation of Hon. Members, but his knowledge of Irish affairs did not extend beyond what he had deriyed from an extensive correspondence on the subject of the distresses of the country. Mr. GOULBURN said, without meaning any disrespect to the Hon. Member, he should have opposed the motion. la order to ensure regularity of attendance, it was necessary to put limits to the number of a Select Committee. Sir JOHN NEWPORT thought his Hon. Friend might have been deemed an honourable exception to any such rules. Mr. DENMAN presented a Petition from the Pawnbrokers of Nottingham against the Equitable Loan Company.—Order ed to lie on the table. LIBERTY OF THE PRESS IN INDIA. Mr. LIMBTON rose, pursuant to notice, to present & petition from Mr. Buckingham, late Proprietor and Editor of the Calcutta Journal, relating to a series of acts of grievance on the part of the Indian Government. These details were connected with another subject of high importance, the Liberty of the Press ; which was no where more requisite than in India, where the happiness of so many millions depended upon . their being rescued from ignorance, which was slavery. t .!ai whichshould, 1 v a s i however, nvolv e abstain d in the from peit i n d n discus sing e b u n s complaint of Mr. Buckingham. These were detailed to in returned an e x 13 t e o .. petition, stated, that in state them shortly to the House. The petition at considerable length, hut he should vey. 1813, Mr. Buckingham left England upon a s commercial way on to age. Having proceeded to Egypt, he . t sin co g nfine bim . s l e , l i f Bombay, where he was obliged to return to Company in. cause he had no licence from the East ti India in 1816. In 1818 he was r 9 his possession. Having obtained made e o England, be. b tn e e . f e th u e ir nlave Trade, which he dition deNoted to the purpos ; declared was repugnant to h" j o urnal, which he did by pars that he set up the Calcutta other Papers, at an expense of chasing the stock of :9f:elings. At this period it was , conducted so much to the satisfaction of t3w T hoo h eor e ot 1 'hl:.n Paper golTi'soh}oli h tlsi a ni : id'iabaniiid e eijrna i teePle : ra: h tg li czace w dd l ihb i oi ymr t h t time v e t har payment e(licence,iyearlytht eaotchitoei property o nihon f reef° ctemtanet ende avour ci i ffl4tß e ieoTts r o a ew"i the t b :aP l j3. s e : stage for the circulation of it through.. I tTe it li : ' t : period of its establishment there was no such score of postage , h' on . the press of India, the .o‘bleman, in a . nswer to an address presented to him ia, Marquis of " tisving abolished the existing restrictions. The speech ti c i e a n t s°rs he w ould T trespass upon the time Lift he of th at o,.mili thing nu: e amto n slta t 1 nn o od f nni sat , this subject, was inserted in the Petition nd douse "nwort., . I ding it.--" The Hon. Member here proceeded to read the by r ea ding w eed] in question, the substance of which was an eulogiuni upon the freedom of the press, with the expression of a hope that the blessings of its establishment in India would be known and felt to the furthest bounds of the British Empire in that quarter of th e glob e.l—There was one thing, the Hon. Member observed, which might be stated in favour oi`Mr. Buckingham • this was, that during the whole period of his being editor of the Calcutta Journal, he was convicted of no libel, public or private- , A.