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1 t. • . . ' 4 .ki lild W ' *,. :C.....-1 - ..;:k e•-, - ....-_,-,414 , ' , - . ... ... . I P L' . , - ts'' ). ' --- . a %IA -,•• ~,-tt C. '.ll V - --`-• tft , , / 7 - - i . :..., Y - ':,'! ' ,',/,'/‘' *' ''" ' 'IJ , • ~, ,-, .1 7,./, 4 "- -.," .4.0 • d no , t o 4 . - • - ... V.- - • );.:311ti,,7'"A,..r.4:rit,,,- 1Z '. !API" • ~,,, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1827. -A , No. 10,791. PRICE 7D. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. , LADITS AND GENTLIMIN, INToffering myself as a CANDIDATE for a Seat in the DIRECTION of your Affairs, on a future VACANCY, I t a k e th e lib er ty o f stating the grounds onWhich I aspire to the honour of your suffrages. ncated in the strongest attachment to India, to which -1 1+ 4 9-,bound equa lly b y f ee li ngs o f duty and g ra tit u d e , I P n r°4l3 myself animated by an ardent anxiety for the good uov ernment'of that important branch of the British Em- Pire,-;and for the happiness and improvement of its Native Community. Occupied solely in the duties of a Member of the House C ommons--a situation not only compatible with, but au xiliary t o an e ffi cient discharge of the O ff i ce o f an East hdia Director, mr time and attention would be zealously t'd independently devoted to promot e th e i n t eres ts of India, e most valuable dependency of the British Crown. I have the honour to he, very respectfully, Ladies and Gentlemen, . Your faithful and obedient Servant, rare, April 9, 1827. JOHN FORBES. THE FOR SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES. THE remarkably fine new coppered Brig, WOODLARK, ROBERT BRASH, Commander. 1514. then 200 Tons. Lying in the London Dock. Has superior Accommodation for Passengers. For Freight or Passage apply to BUCKLES, BAGSTER, and BUCHANAN, 83, Mark-lane. Under an engagement with the Honourable East India Company, to Sail on Ist June next, FOR CALCUTTA, (With liberty to land Passengers at MADRAS), 11 HE Fine First-Class Ship, YORK, ,:HENRY R. WILKINSON, Commander. Bur gs► 500 Tons. Lying in the East India Export Dock. Ilan; very superior Accommodation for Passengers, and will Carry an experienced Surgeon. For Freight or Passage apply to the Commander, at the Jerusalem Coffee-house, Cornbill ; or to BUCKLES, BAGSTER, and BUCHANAN, 313, Mark-lane. VERY FAST AND SAFE TRAVEL LING to BIRMINGHADI and LIVERPOOL, Day and Night Four-inside Coaches, which keep good Time, T ‘T „,, PR °P 4 THE SARACEN'S HEAD INN, T e lt-STREET, SNOW-HILL, LONDON, following Light Post Coaches, Mails, &c. set out from • Birtnthe above Inn - 5-usin Tally Ho in 13 hours (driven through With Coach men on l y ) , M orn i ng , t h roug h • R e db urn, Briekbill, Fenny Stratford, Sto "Vabrd, Towcester, Weedon, Daventry, Dunchurch, -- ` 41 7, and Stone Bridge, to the Castle Hotel, Birming sa to Shifnall, Wellington, 'Bridgenorth, Shrewsbury ? tl3 n, Oswestry , Nantwich, Tarporley, Bangor, Chester,- 4 d Holyh ea d . e23,...irtningliam Royal Express, in 15 hours and only two tsi - ', 4 7 4 :en, every Afternoon, four Inside, through War anti", -Leamington, Southern, Daventry,Weedon, Towcester, - St °ney Stratford, to the Saracen's Head, Birmingham, B S the next morning. xf a , r nataple, Southmolton, Crediton, Cholmley, Tiverton, c i 7 t n Lawton, Hatherleigh, Oakhampton, Torrington, lifracomb, and Bideford, every Morning. n or and Bristol, through Chippenham, Caine, Marl s-r°llgh, Hungerford, Newbury and Reading, every After /3°ll at one ; - arrives at the. Greyhound Inn, Bath ; and --° t (1 . 111 1 Tavern, and Swan, Bristol, early next Morning. 4,7t0n Mail, to Louth, through Royston, Cambridge, g a - , ll tlngdo n , Stilton, Peterborough, Deeping, Spalding, 4 4) Y, Alford, and carter Grimsby. Evening, at half-past , en, Sunday, at a before seven. ,th,ranhridge Mail, through Ware, Buntingford, Buckland, Royston. Even ing, at half-past seven, Sunday, at a der befo.;ning, seven. a tu i e t, r lisle Express, only one night on the road, to Penrith, t w hitehaven, with a Guard all the way ; through Ap- Ils 1 3rough, Bowes, Barnard Castle, Greta Bridge, ea t e i .,_ 4lll "„d, Catterick, Boroughbridge, Ferrybridge, Don eiewark, Bawtry , Grantham, Greetham . , Stamford, di r t ', Fliggleswarle, and Baldock. Morning. The only Coach to •Carlisle. ester, through Newport, Whitchurch,Nantwich, Tar ry'keY, Middlewich, and Northwich, Morning & Afternoon. tl it s4w entry Tally Ho ! every Morning at half-past six, W °ll gh Redburn, Dunstable, Stoney Stratford, Towcester, " 111 ‘, Daventry, an d Dunchurch. 'over and Paris, Morning by Canterbury and Chatham. til/ntehester, in 14 hours only, through Egham, Bagahot, S t ub ater, Basingst o k e , O ver to n , Whitch urc h, Andov e r, fi s ilua rY, Woodyats Inn, and Blandford, at a quarter past %and eight in the Morning. 13,,!'artmouth, Morning, to Newton Bushel, Paignbon, Kingswear, and Torquay. eCleter Umpire, Morning, through Honiton, Axminster, LL'arniouth, Bridport, Dorchester, Blandford, Woodyats : 1 ,2 Salisbury, Stockbridge, Sutton, Basingstoke, Black -7, Bagshot, and Egham. ' a jil agove, Longtown, Gretna Green, Annan, Dumfries, ve r s n -wu bill, Thornhill, Sanquhar Kiln, Kilmarnock, Kings "„,", end all parts of Scotland, Four Inside. in ,i l . °l Yhead, through Shiffnall, Wellington, Shrewsbury, fr a i„°l), Morningand Afternoon. ea t&n u u Express, through Northcave, Howden, and Don- It a - ' , „_,Atorning, to the Cross Keys, Hull, and also the k n. „ -tal ngh ghat in the Afternoon at two. Ct, Or l , 4 1 y Lancaster, Preston, Kirkby Lonsdale, Bolton, eY, Orrnskirk, and Garstang, Mo rn i ng an d Aft ernoon . for e edsßocki ng h am , Aft ernoon at two; through Baldock, atle, Eaton, St. Neots, Buckden, Stilton, Wands -4 tafnford, Greetham, Grantham, Newa r k, T u xford, Fe„,"LonMoor, East Retford, Bawtry, Donca.ster, and A te bridge ; arrives at the Golden Lion Inn, Leeds, next fair rnoon, at three o'clock, in time for the Bradford, Hali snes ski n, and Huddersfield Coaches. ' With four Coach f...°lll3l.--Luggage and Packages only 2d. per lb. pkitiv,erpool and Staffordshire Potteries, Morning at half L,. 1 . With four coachmen only. and ~.`411)001 Umpire, in 27 Hours only, Daily at One ; N et :gives at Liverpool next Afternoon, through Woburn, ten t Lathbury, Northampton, Welford, Lot rtm;ll, Hinckley, Atherstone, Tamworth, Litchfield, fore:„, , Sandon, Stone, Newcastle, Congleton, Knots wP a rrington, and Prescot. r os,ool Royal E x p ess in twenty-six hours, with four er'''''"- i vern nglet oo eu °III Y, through irescot, Warrington, Knutsford, and N ewcastle, Stone, Rudgeley, Lawton , Litchfield, atri, e "'nord (only one night on the road), every afternoon 4 ,6 at 'th e S aracen's Head, Liverpool, next a f ternoon. salle lis ster and Altrin ham, morning to the Moseley and Sw an Inns. g ha rn i a t ch tliter to Congleton, Newcastle, Walsall, Wolver g;n, and Knutsford, ht four inside Coaches. nge, Nevebury, - 11)° / ( lugh and Swindo g n, through Maidenhead, Read one Ramsbury, and Albourne, with reotottchman a nly. The nearest conveyance to Lambourn, n, ',Gotten B il assett, and P ewse y. Afternoon, e‘vca atle-uPOII-Tyne and Under-Line, Only one Plymouth -mire to n ight on the road. Morning and button, Penryn, To Falmouth, Truro, Bodmin, Ash ; Ramsgate Royal tnTeesel Newton ,Bushell, morning at 7. Broad stai rs, e g r aP , to Margate, Dover, Deal, Canterbury, Feversham, and Sandwich, morn ing at half-past seven. Sheffield Express, and also the Rockingham, through itot hersm, morning and afternoon. Union to L u, Southampton ,Winchester, through Bo's - n k stake, rst and Yrnington, Lyndhu , ;qter, and Bagshot, every Hartford Bridge, Black ch and Horses, and mornin and arrives at the 'Wightful conveyance to the Isle of Was, .inn, Southampton, by five, Jersey, ' Guern laY, St. Maioes, Havre de Grace, ke.l - ei!taffordshire Potteries, Afternoo n , to La n B ur d en) , Tunatall, Lawton, If a nley " a n ci l' St°ke Pei. only Coach direct to th e Potterie''. 11°Imee ve warveick and Leamington Day and Night, through Da_ Weedon, Towcester, and Stoney , Stratf ord. Z 4 e, Bridgewater, Taunton, Fahnouth,- and b e y " W - ' and to all parts of the West of Engla n d. s waf:Mouth Magnet, through Egham, Bagshot, Bl ack _ bu ry " , to a 'ingstoke, Overton, Whitchurch, Andover, s a ll a _ at as . " °°4 S'ltta Inn, Cashmore, Blandford, and Dorchester, quart er morning (only one Coachman.) NVoi 'Past five in the verh a Day, through West Brom_ wich, 10 Pton and Dudley W,or etiden, and Coventry, Morning . y, and Afternoon. woods meter Aurora, every Morning, through Oxford, ton, .„.8--,-orh, Eustone, Bourton, eworth, Chipping Nor.. r irok r eton in the Marsh, Hampton Parva, Evesham, I • th same Even pershore ; arrives at Worcester ear yin e t o lord, Tenbury, Kin ig, from when there are Coaches to Ludlow, a.' parts of South "Wales York •Eipresa, to Scar borough, Kinst on, Leominster, Drornyard, and ugh whitby, Shields, Sun derland, Nevreastle, and P.d* h out ; Morning, b y Way 0 7' 1 rgo, with a guard . throug Ferrybridge, Tadcaster, all Newark, Retford, Doncaster, rton, Darlington, Rush ford, Durham, Morpetla, Rush early; next Morning. • Berwick, arrives at York S. A. Mourralst and Co. respectful will not be -ontint their Friends and the Public, that they for any 'Parcels, Passengers' Luggage, Wtiti n g,: e g:ntable of more' than Five Pounds Value, if lost, stolen or te ' 8 " e " arnag e d unless entered as such, and the Insurance paid aceordingli at di fi sgAßAClN'lt HEAD INN, Skinzer.otreet, Saolr-hii, PIANO FORTES AND HARPS. CABINET PIANO FORTES, Mahogany, Rosewood, and Square Pianos, New and Second hand, at the trade price. No allowance or discount. Mr. WATLEN, IS, LEICESTER-PLACE , recom mends his friends and the public to inspect .his Stock, which is well seasoned and can be warranted. Double Action Harp, 80 guineas new, cost 125/. ; Single 12, 18 , 35, 45 ; Cabinet Piano, 40 guineas, worth 60 guineas ; Rosewood Cabinet, 60 guineas , new prim 85 guineas ; Square Pianos, 25, 15, ind 12 guineas each. ECONOMY AND CONVENIENCE COMBINED. WILLIS'S PATENT PERIPURIST, or Portable Economical Cooking Apparatus, enables any person ins, few minutes to prepare a comfortable meaI_BREAKFAST, as it prepares coffee in a very superior manner, boils Eggs, and cooks a beef-steak or a slice of ham, and all in less than ten minutes. For Dinner it will prepare soup, steam potatoes, and cook a mutton chop or steak, &c. at the same time, and for this one FARTHING'S-WORTH of FUEL is more than sufficient, and the operation may be performed upon a dining table without soiling the cloth or producing smoke or unpleasant smell, and travelling in a Carriage without danger or incon venience, and for pedestrians it may be carried in the hand, and in cold weather answer two purposes, for Tea, it answers the purpose of an Urn, and saves the trouble and expence of lighting a fire; it is admirably adapted for warm weather, and hot climates, for Taverns and Coffee Houses, and parties of pleasure in rural rambles ; also on board of vessels in rough weather, as the motion of the vessel does not affect it, and the saving of fuel will more than pay the expence of it the first voyage. To be had of the Inventor and Patentee, No. 20, Henrietta -street, Covent-garden, from 14s. and upwards according to size, a liberal allowance made to Captains and others going abroad. rip CLARK'S GENERAL OUTFIT -1- • TING WAREHOUSE, for the EAST and WEST INDIES and SOUTH AMERICA, EXETER 'CHANGE, STRAND. _ Officers, Cadets, and Writers going to India, and Gen tlenien proceeding to, South America, or any other part of the Globe, will find in this Establishment the whole of their Military'Appointments, Swords, Chacos, Sashes, Belts, Pistols, Sm. together with a large and well-manu factured stock of Sea Cots, Couches, and Bedding; Cabin Wash.hand Tables, Chairs, and Lamps ; Sea Chests, Mule and Bullock Trunks, and every other description of Travelling Equipage. AN ASSORTMENT OF CANTEENS, ready fitted with the necessary requisites for India and other tropical climates ; likewise a great variety of Silver and Plated Articles, Knives and Forks, suitable for families going abroad ; Military and Hindostannee Books, Maps, &c. A FASHIONABLE STOCK of Carriage, Curricle, Tandem, Phaeton, Stanhope and Chaise HARNESS, with every description of Saddlery, /cc. &c. for home use, East and West Indies, and South America, which merit inspec tion from their excellent quality, first style of workman ship, and moderate prices. All the Articles in this Establishment are warranted, and the excellent plan of fifty years standing is still strictly adhered to, of asking one Ready Money Price, but from which no abatement will be made. DR. JAMES'S FEVER POWDER AND ANALEPTIC PILLS. rTHE FEVER POWDER is allowed to be the most valuable Discovery ever ma d e in the ! Science off' Medicine, and is administered with equal success , in FEVER, MEASLES, ST. ANTHONY'S _FIRE, 'PLEURISY, SORE THROAT, RHEUMATISM, &c. When given freely upon the first attack of Fever, it gives . decided relief in a few hours, and generally effects a cure. In Colds or Catarrhs, partaking more or less of inflamma tion, it is found invariably to shorten their duration, and to ;prevent their terminating in Pulmonary Affections; in Packets, at 2s. 9d. and 245. 4 The ANALEPTIC PILLS, from theif influence in ex citing the natural secretions, are an excellent Alterative Remedy in CHRONIC DISEASES, RHEUMATISM, 'HABITUAL FEBRILE and GOUTY AFFECTIONS, 'INDIGESTION, BILIOUS and other"-COMPLAINTS of the STOMACH and BOWELS. They are mild in their operation—do not require the least restraint or con finement to the Patient—and, as a general Family Medicine, 'they have no superior; in Boxes, at 4s. 6d. and 245. "„* IL G. G. JAMES, whose signature is affixed to the stamp and label of each package, thinks it necessary to inform the public that Messrs. Newbery, the late Agents of his grandfather, his father, and himself, are now vending 'articles of their own composition, under the name of Dr. , James; and that he has appointed, in their stead, as Sole Agents, Messrs. BUTLER, Chemists, Cheapside, corner of St. Paul's, London; 54,, Sackville-street, Dublin ; and 73, Princes -street, Edinburgh. They may also he had retail of Savory and Co. 136, New Bond-street, and 220, `Regent -street; and the most respectable dealers in Patent 'Medicines in the coast y. OLD BAILEY, APRIL 10. ROBBERY FROM THE TRAVELLER'S CLUB. Thomas Samuel White and Samuel Solomon were capitally indicted for stealing seven silver candlesticks, the property of the Traveller's Club; in another count the pro perty was laid in the Marquis of Lansdowne, one of the Trustees of the Club. White was indicted as a principal, and Solomon only as an accessary. The Jury, without a moment's hesitation, returned a ♦erdict of Guilty against both the prisoners. After the trial concluded, the CHIEF JUSTICE said he would allow their expences to all the witnesses except Mr. Sillen and his foreman; but if refiners chose to purchase plate under those circumstances, and sell it two hours after wards at an advance of 61 an ounce, it must be at their °will peril. _ _ Benjamin Black was indicted for stealing a bottle of port wine, the property of George H o lt, his employer. The prisoner was a cellarman to the prosecutor, and was detected in taking the property from the premises. He put in a written defence, in which he stated that at the time of the theft his wife was confined with her twelfth c hild , an d was in a state of the most wretched indigence. He had not stolen the wine with the intention of. . making a pr o p er t y o f it, but intending to alleviate the distresses of his sick wife, who was nearly at death's door. The prosecutor recommended him to mercy on account of his large family (eight children), and his previous honesty.— Guilty. On the trial of the Duke of Devonshire v. Hodnett, a man named Denis Crowley , w was in waiting to be examined for the defendant, o was in his 108th year. He was in the full exercise of hiseac faculties , and spoke and ease walked about with as much a man of sixty.— Cork Paper. On the night of Wednesday last, the coas t s o f this Island were visited by a very severe storm, o and Castle town, early on Thursday morning, accou nts we rer eceived town, that a brig in distress had been see n to the :tthe ward of Derbyhaven , dri ftin g towards. Kirk , St. Ann'sn , , Head. The Castletown Life-boat vas in nalediately con veyed on her carriage by horses, accompanied by her crew and some gentlemen of that Committee to Derbyhaven, aid immedi atel y p roce eded to sea; where she was launched, and in about an hour, having reached St. Ann's Head, they there foend the upper parts of the masts of the vessel above water, about 150 yards from that steep and inacces sible point surrounded with a dangerous surf; but, unfor tunately, all search to discover any of the crew proved in vain. Th us di sa ppointed in their obje ct, and unable fro m the se t o f th e tid e a nd the violence of the storm t_ return to their own port, they took two sails from t hewreck v, (m ar k e d " D o d s on, sail-maker , Whiteha en,)urand at eight o ' c l oc k a t night reached Douglas harbour, after having b een t en h our s at sea, where , by or der of the Douglas Committee, they received every accom modation they could require, and on Saturday returned to Castletown. Early on Thursday morning, a boat without any person on board, drifted across Douglas Bay about a mile from the land, on returned w h the coast, who ich a m es senger was sent along I i t th intelligence of the wreck, and that the Castletown b was on the spot. The only hope wh ich now remains for th e safety of the vessel's crew i l , that at the time sh e struck they may have got, by mean s of their other boat , on . board o f some ve ss el, there being two or three at no very great _distance: The vessel is supposed to have been a loaded collier froin *MlNlaven. This is the th ird time this w i nter that the Castletown life-boat has thus been promptly launched, an d sea t. ot 6 . iid'Of vessels in distrax...2frinnx 6`un; FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. War-Office, April 9. Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain John Potter Macqueen, from the half-pay, to be Captain, vice Thomas Nutcombe Quicke, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 3d Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet William Walter Congreve, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rat cliffe, promoted to the 6th Dragoons. 11th Ditto—Lieutenant Edward Arnold, from half-pay Ist Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Maxwell, deceased. 16th Ditto—Cornet Corbet Cotten, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice J. Douglass, promoted 1 Lieutenant John Vincent, to be Adjutant, vice Hilton, who resigns the Adjutantcy only. 17th Ditto--Cornet Samuel William Need, to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice St. Quintin, promoted ; Archi bald Hepburn Mitchelson, gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Shawe, promoted. Ist Regiment of Foot—Liextenant Norman Maclean, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Wetherell, promoted. 12th Ditto—Captain Richard Alexander Butler, from the half-pay, to be Captain, vice Southwell, promoted. 23d Ditto—Lieutenant Malcolm Ross, from the half pay, to be First Lieutenant, vice Forster, appointed to the 24th Foot ; Arthur Johnstone Lawrence, gent. to be Se cond Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ross, promoted. 35th Ditto—Quartermaster-Sergeant Wm. Howe, to be Quarter-master, vice Price, deceased. 36th Ditto—Ensign William Townsend Gun, from the half-pay, to be Ensign, vice John Pierrepoint Taylor, who exchanges, receiving the' difference. 40th Ditto—Captain Evelyn Spencer Boscawen, from the half-pay, to be Captain, vice Elliot, promoted. 42d Ditto—Gentlemen Cadet Wm. Oliver Grant, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Grant, appointed to the 92d Foot. 45th Ditto—Captain John Cole, to be Major, vice Stac poole, deceased. To be Captains—Lieutenant James Reid, by purchase, rice Cole; Captain Edward Caulfield Archer, from the half-pay, vice John Grant, who exchanges. To be Lieutenant—Ensign Edmond Wilson Lascelles, without purchase, vice Forbes, d ecease d. To be Ensign, by purchase—James Patrick Meik, gent. vice Armstrong, who retires. 54th Ditto—Assistant-surgeon Robert Russel, from the Ist Foot, to be Assistant-surgeon, vice Macdonald, who resigns. 56th Ditto—Major John Peddie, from the half-pay, to be Major, paying the difference to the Half-pay Fund, vice Cairns, promoted ; Lieutenant Forrester Owen Leighton, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thorne, who retires; En sign Boyle Travers Finniss, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Leighton ; Amos Thorne, gent., to be Adjutant, with the rank of Ensign, vice Woulds, deceased. 59th Ditto—Ensign Wm. Jesse, to be Lieutenant, vice M. C. Pitman, dead of his wounds. 60th Ditto—James St. John Munro, gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cromie, promoted. 63d Ditto—Captain Lord William Paulet, from the half pay, to be Captain, vice Jacob Jordan, who exchanges, re ceiving the difference. _ _ _ _ 70th Ditto—Lieutenant Benoit Bender, from half-pay 40th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice James Fleeson, who ex changes; Edward Kelsall, gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Harvey, promoted. 78th Ditto—HospikaLAksistant Arthur Wood, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Duncan, deceased. 79th Ditto—Lieutenant James Macdonald, from the half-pay, to be Lieutenant, vice Alexander Cameron, who. exchanges, receiving the difference. 86th Ditto—Captain Lewis Robert James Versturme, from the half-pay, to be Captain, vice Abraham William Wynne, who exchanges. 87th Ditto—Lieutenant James Kennelly, to be Captain, without purchase, vice C. L. Bell, promoted in 41st Foot; Ensign Thomas Miller Creagh, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, rice Masterson, promoted ; Ensign Charles . Frederick 11TMahon, from the 2d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Creagh. Riffle Brigade—Richard Eaton, gent., to be Second Lieu tenant, by purchase. vice Williams, promoted. Ceylon Regiment—Lieutenant George Adolphus Trau chell, to be Captain vice Driberg, deceased. To be First Lieutenants—Second Lieutenant Richard Jefferson, vice Woodford, deceased; Lieutenant Oliver De lancey, from the half-pay, vice Nason, whose appointment has not taken place. To be Second Lieutenant—Ensign William Justin M'Carthy, from half-pay 40th Foot, vice Edward Archer Tumour, who exchanges. Cape Corps (Cavalry)L-Cornet Peter Tooke Robinson, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Armstrong, promoted. UNATTACHED.-Major John Elliot Cairnes, from the .56th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel of Infantry, by pur chase, vice Hon. John Finch, whose promotion, by pur chase, has not taken place. To be Lieutenants of Infantry, by purchase—Ensign Gerard Lake Harvey, from the 70th Foot; Ensign George Benjamin Tathwell, from the 12th Foot. Hosrrrai. STAFF—Thomas Coke Gaulter, M.D. to be Hospital-Assistant to the Force, vice Murray, appointed to the 96th Foot. AIEMORANDA.-The undermentioned officers have been allowed to dispose of their half-pay : Lieutenant John Mackintosh, half-pay sth Foot; Lieut. John Preston Walker, half-pay 85th Foot. Royal East India Volunteers—Sidney John Smith, gent. to be Ensign. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. R. G. Steel], Tokenhouse-yard, merchant. BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED. G. W. Brearley, Manchester, draper, from April 13, to April ?4, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. M. Folks, Goodman's-fields, smith, from March 2, to April 20, at ten, at the Court of Commiesioners. T. Stanley, Stockport, hat-manufacturer (trading under the firm of T. and J. Stanley), from April 17, to May b, at twelve, at the Red Lion, Heaton Norris, Lancashire. BANKRUPTS. C. J. Hurcombe, St. Paul's Church-yard, oilman, to sur render, April 17, 24, at twelve, and May 22, at one, at the Court of Commissioners. Richardson, Ironmonger lane, Cheapside. J. Burch, Downham-market, Norfolk, grocer, May 1, at seven in the morning, 2, at eight in the evening, and 22, at ten, at the Crown Tavern, King's Lynn. Slade ar_d Jones, John-street, Bedford.row ; and Oldham, King's Lynn._ _ _ _ S. Cooke, Salford, Lancashire, timber-merchant, M a y 3, 4, and 22, at one, at Hayward's Hotel, Manchester. Redhead, Manchester ; and Milne and Parry, T emple. S. Taylor, Alilnthorpe Landside, Westmorland, inn keeper, May 2, at two, 3, at nine, and 22, at two, at the Commercial Inn, Kendal, Westmorland. Addison, Vern lam-buildings, Gray's Inn ; and Wilson, Kendal. W. Tickner, Tenterden, Kent, maltster, April 20, 21, and May 22, at eleven, at the White Lion Inn, Tenterden. Muun, Tenterden ; and Highmore, Walbrook. C. Denbigh, Skipton, Yorkshire, ironmonger, April 18, at six, 19, and May 22, at eleven, at the Black Horse Hotel, Skipton. Beverley, Garden-court, Temple ; and Alcock, Skipton. A. Draper, Gloucester, plumber, April 23, at six, 2 4 , and May 22, at ten, at the Spread Eagle Inn, Gloucester. Watson and Broughton, Falcon-square ; and Gardner, Gloucester. S. Clemesha, Liverpool, tailor, April 20, 21, and May 22, at twelve, at the George I nn , Li verpoo l. Norris, John-street, Bedford-row ; and T ou l m i n, Li verpoo l. T. Crossley, Elland, Yorkshire, d yer, M ay 15, a t six, 16, and 22, at ten, at the White S wan, H al i fax, Y or k s hire, Walker, Exchequer-Office ; and Scatcherd, Halifax. : 1 11. Tinling, - Salford, Lancashire, joiner, April 23, 2G, !Ind May 22, at two, at White's Hotel, Manchester. Booth, Marsden-street, Manchester ; and Hurd and Johnson, King's-Bench-walk, Temple. G. A. Gasley, Great Newport-street, Long-acre, up bolsterer, April 17, 24, and May 22, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Walls, Hart-street, Bloomsbury. C. Lupton, St. James's-place, Clerkenwell, jeweller, April 24, May 1, at eleven, and 22, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Spyer, Broad-street-build i ng-s. T. Gibb s , W es t- square , Lambeth, ship_ owner, 24, and M a y 22, a t e l e ven, at the Court o f C omm i ssioner s. Browne, Fen c h urc h- s t ree t. _ April 17, W. Row, sen., St. Peter's, Northumberland, merchant, April 19, May 8, at eleven, and 22, at one, at the Turf Hotel, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Bainbridge and Tappen den, Carr 'and lobling, Newcastle-upun..TYn e . Brown, F a nchureh.street. Chamberlarie, Leamington Priors, Warvs4clrshire,' 4'ictualler, Nay 2, sp and gg, e t t top, at the Crown 11ote, Leamington Priors. Patterson, Leamington Priors, and Platt, New Boswell-court, Lincoln's-inn. J. Mitchell, Liverpool, woollen-draper, May 8,9, and 22, at eleven, at the York Hotel,. Liverpool. Robinson, Liverpool ; and Blackstock and burice, Temple. DIVIDENDS. J. Cowper, Copthall-court, merchant, April 20, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners--F. Robbins, Dore tend, merchant, May 2, at twelve, at the Royal Hotel, Birmingham—T. A. Minchin, W. G. Carter, and A. Kelly, jun., Portsmouth, bankers, May 11, at nine, at the Court of Commissioners—R. and W. Ryland, Savage gardens, corn-factors, May 1, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—H. Mure, 11. Mare, and W. Mure, Fen church-street, merchants, May 1, at ten, at the Court of Commiseioners--R. Waters, Union-court, Broad-street, merchant, May 1, at ten, at the Court of Commis sioners—J. Gear, Nottingham, fishmonger, May 2, At eleven, at the Punch Bowl Inn, Nottingham —T. H. Smith, and J. Pember, Hatton-garden, tailors, May 1, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—R. Kershaw, Dukinfield, Cheshire, timber-merchant, May 15, at nine, and two, at White's Hotel, Manchester—J. Gibbins, W. W. Smith, and W. Goode, Birmingham, bankers, May 11, at ten, at the Royal Hotel, Birmingham—J. Burdwood and W. EL Coltman, Devonport, linen-drapers, May 8, at nine at the Court of Commissioners—J. O'Neil, Liverpool, mer chant, Mav 1, at twelve, at the George Inn, Liverpool— J.- Ne 1.2),, and V. A. Sturges, Bow-lane, Cheapside, ware housemen, May 1; at nine, at the Court of Commissioners —.l, Hampton and R. Windle, Liverpool, coal-merchants, May 2, at one, at the George Inn, Liverpool—R. Anthony, Plymouth, grocer, May 2, at five, ,at the Royal Hotel, Plymouth—R. Tutin, Birmingham, builder, May 2, at twelve, at the Hen and Chickens Hotel, Birmingham—P. Robinson, Claypole, Lincolnshire, maltster, May 1, at twelve, at the . Hotel Inn Newark-upon-Trent--I. Joel, Church-street, Preston, jeweller, May 1, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—W. Cooke, A. Carson, stn., D. Parry, and A. Carson, jun.; Liverpool, merchants, May 2, at one, at the George Inn, Liverpool—J. Longton, sen. and J. Longton, jun. Liverpool, ironmongers, May 2, at one, at the York Hotel, Liverpool—R. Hine, Sutton, Cheshire, grocer, May 3, at eleven, at the Angel Inn, Macclesfield _W. Crook, Benacre, Wiltshire, farmer, May 1,, at one, at the Bear Inn, Melksham, Wiltshire--J. Hatfield, Cam bridge, linen draper, May 1, at ten, at the Court of Com missioners—J. Avison, Brighouse, Halifax, Yorkshire, grocer, May 17, at nine, at the Star Inn, Manche s t e r. - - CERTIFICATES.-DlAr 1. B. Thomas and W. Mathias, Narherth, Pembrokeshire,' bankers—G. A. Mills, Everett-street, grocer—D. Green, Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, linen-draper—G. Hopkins, Oversley Mill, Harrow, Warwickshire, miller— E. Jarman, Holcome-Rogus, Devonshire, tanner—J. Ousey, Manchester, oil-merchant--F. Langley, Bolton street, Piccadilly, dealer—F. Rix, G. J. Gorham, and W. Inkersole, Saint Neots, Huntingdonshire, bankers—W. Bradshaw, Manchester, tailor—W. H. Ryder, Norton- Falgate, tailor—W. Teague, Redruth, Cornwall, merchant —J. Shorrock, Over Damen, Lancashire, grocer—T. Roberson, Oxford, monev-scrivener—T. Palmer, Man chester, music-seller—J. Welsford, Little Guildford-street, Southwark, timber-dealer—S. Lake, Alfred-place, Bed ford-square, builder—N. R. Holmes, Fenshurcla-street, hop-merchant—J. Emmerson, Whitechapel-road, corn factor. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Flight, J. Grout, B. Shaw, and G. Huudleby, deal ers—S. Lloyd and J. Smith, Bennet's-hill, ironmongers-- J. Goodwin and J. Lialewood, Sheffield, Yorkshire, file manufacturers—T. Collin and W. Higton, Newark-upon- Trent, Nottinghamshire, hat-manufacturers—S. Holmes and D. Hcskins, Cainscross, Gloucestershire, blacksmiths— J. Wren, sen., and J. Wren, jun., Southampton, dyers— J. Wood and J. Wood, Chandos -street, Covent-garden, warehousemen—R. Chadwick and J. Chadwick, Manches ter, cotton.manufacturers—W. Robinson and W. Pearson, Maryport, Cumberhind, timber-merchants—G. Foster and R. Palmer, Kinto,noLincolnshire, surgeons—J. Thornton and S. Ilikuton, Mithehester, perfumers—R. Newberry, sen., R.. Newberry, inn., and J. Cook, Taunton, Somer setshire, Huthwaite, W. Huthwaite, and T. ScottOromley-10-Aqw, Middlesex, common-brewers— T. D. liutker and A. Wood, Liverpool, chemists—G. Collie and J. Durno, Aberdeen, wholesale and retail clothiers —E. B. Breton and W. Clark, Gloucester-street, Queen square, wine-merchants—R. Hebblethwaite, J. Hurst, B. Crossley and W. Stephenson, Halifax, dyers—J. John ston and-H. Douthwaite, Little Moorfields, saddlers. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. L. M'Ert an and Co., merchants, Glasgow, April 11 and 28, at one, at the Eagle Inn, Glasgow. G. Matheson, postmaster, Edinburgh, April 11 and 26, at, one, at the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh. J. Wills, hatter, Edinburgh, April 10 and 25, at two, at the Royal Exchange Coffee-rooms. J. Harthill, merchant, Aberdeen, April 14 and so, at twelve, in the Lemon Tree Tavern, Aberdeen. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY DIARY..—THURODAY, APRIL 12. Butterfield, R., Scriven—Elephant and Castle, Knareshro' 12 Ellis, G., York —Bay Horse, York ll Evans, D., Swansea—Bush, Bristol Fidler, M., Norbury—White's, Manchester lO Gill, T., and Co., Coventry—King's Head, Coventry Holliek and ambridge--Eagle, Cambridge Liverpool—George, Liverpool 6 H Ni u c t h c o h l i s i o is n o , n j a: I`2 Co.,d Co., Stockton—Bl ac k Lion, St oc kt on :, 11 Osborn and Co., Northampton—Guildhall, N o rthampton Partridge, a Birmingham—Royal Hotel, Birmingham 1 Pickering, V I / Worcester—France and Co., Worcester 10 Rayner and Co., Newport—Guildhall, Newport 2 Sent'er, J., Bristol—Bush, Bristol ll Slater and Co., Pradshaw—Bridge inn, Bolton 5 Potter, FRIDAY, APRIL 13. Leeds—Court-house, Leeds Fortune, T., ifeighington—Spa hotel, Croft l2 R ., Teirmouth—Half Moon Exeter ll . 11 To e r yw dan a , rd iv T , ., Totness—Somerset Arms, Bridgetown I 5 11 Hereford —Greyhound, Hereford Robinson, T, nirkby—Court-house, 'Leeds Trehern and Co.. 11 IRELAND. CORK ASSIZES, FRIDAY, Aran. 6. (From a Cork Paper.) MURDER AT KILLEADY HILL.--Danie/ Mahony was put to the bar, and charged with the wilful murder of a person unknown, at Killeady-hill, on the 13th November, there was another count in the indictment, charging him with the murder of Edward Fitzgerald.—Verdict, Guilty. His Lordship addressed the prisoner in the most im paryessni evxet,maanndn e h r i ,. and body o executionrd th ered be h e i i m ven for overto the on cotm Mon dtySurgeons for dissection. Th e prisoner is a miserable being, with scarcely any clothing ; he has a high prominent forehead, and sunken eyes , which convey rather a marked countenance. He tiainite the dh t h et o e Lt li la a er r netdi' close i j tl of Judge his h weastr face aal r ,i a d t r h e e Hs s r ei n fl dg t i i d s h h in e mo d t: occasionally asserted his innocence, and spoke au s w t nt edi re i d h lea itlthv unmoved omerdnaiont:nca of his good character, and when about to be removed from the bar, He app ears to b e a bout 28 years of age, and will was obliged to be assisted by some of the pri soners. be executed at the new drop in the County Gaol. This was an C OU NTY RECORDS. D UPE OF DEVONSH IRE V. HODNETT. Weir on part of the Noble plaintiff's property, on the river action of trespa ss, for erectin g a Scotch Blackwater, n ear Youghal, The damages were laid at 5001. and . the defend ant p l ea d e d the general issue. Verdict for plaintiff. ---.6d. Damages, and 6d. Costs. LIBEL. This was an action for libel, brought by Robert Deane, Esq. against Philip Barron, Esq. Proprietor of the Water ford Chronicle. The damages were laid at 5,000/. and the defefidant pleaded the general The J ury retired for about 20 minutes, and returned a verdict of Thirteen Hundred and Fifty Pounds damages, and 6d. costs. ExEcu TioNs .—This day, the five unfortu nate men who were tried on Wednesday, are to be exe cuted at Grange. They were sentenced to die yesterday, but their lives have been prolonged until this day, as it was discovered that they had been sentenced, not on Wed- In the course of Thursday, t h ey we re, by order of Jud ge B urton , b roug ht to the bar o f t h e Court, and inform e d o f t h e change o f t h e day of night, b u t on Thursday morning. their execution. They bowed to his Lordship and then retired from the bar seemingly gratified even at the short repriev e a llowed them. Four of them, we understand, persist in d ec l ar ing their innocence ; but the fifth acknow ledges his g n ii t , and testifies as to the innocence of his un happy emn iianion a. The man w ho ackn owled g es his guilt is not one of those who had been identified by Mrs. Barry. .42 3 iperary sec Press. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, ArRIL 10. Sir Alex. Grant, and others from the Commons, broughi up some public and several private Bills. PEERAGE. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM, with reference to the Petition he yesterday presented, rose to call their Lordships' attention to their Standing Orders. His Lordship then read the 128th Order, which requires that their Lordships shall not proceed to consider any case relative to the Peer age till after the petition calling on their Lordships to con sider it, shall have been fourteen days before them. This Standing Order, however, did not bind the party present ing the petition to proceed within any limited period ; he should, therefore, move their Lordships to mate an amed ment to this Standing Order, requiring all persons claiming a Peerage to lay a printed statement of the evidence for their claims before their Lordships within six weeks froth the time of presenting the petition, if P ar liament were then assembled, or within six weeks after the next meeting of Parliament. After a few words from the Earl of LAUDERDALE, this amendment to their Lordships' Standing Orders was agreed to. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM then moved, that Mr. Chandos Leigh's petition be referred to the Committee of of Privileges, to which the petition of Mr. 0, Leigh was re ferred, giving him power to cross examine witnesses, and to bring forward such evidence as he might find necessary to rebut any assertions of Mr. G.. Leigh's statement, injurious to himself. After a fr•w words from the LORD CHANCELLOR and Lord REDESDALE, the motion was agreed to. CORN LAWS. The Earl of MALMESBURY moved for a Return of all sheeps and lambs' wool imported int 6 this country since the year 1826, distinguishing such as had paid a duty of one penny in the pound, from such as had paid only one halfpenny. His Lordship explained, that this return would shew their Lordships what sort of wool had been imported into this country, and in what manner that importation had injured the agriculturists. His Lordship also moved for a re tnrn of the quantity of grain and flour warehoused in this country, or entered inwards to be warehoused, up to thelatest period to which such returns could be made up,distinguishing the place where such corn and flour were warehoused. This return was already before their Lordships up to Feb. 1 ; but with a view to the discussion of a pending measure, it was desirable to have it made up to as late a period as pos sible. His Lordship also called their Lordships' attention to the returns relative to the duties levied on our mannfac tures in foreign countries, for which he had previously moved, and which were now of considerable importance, in consequence of an important clause which had lately been added to the Corn Bill. That clause was: important, not only from its bearings on th e d oc t r i nes o f free trade, but also from its stamping that Bill with its true commercial character. He did not refer to the returns for which he had previously moved, that they might be forthwith pre sented to their Lordships ; but only that they might be laid on their Lordships' table before they were called on to discuss tl.e Corn Bill. INDIAN ARMY. The Earl of CARLISLE, seeing some of his Majesty's Ministers in their places, begged leave to ask them a ques tion. He was not in the House, when a Noble Duke, not then in his place, had asked his Majesty's Ministers whe ther or not it was their intention to propose a vote of thanks to Lord, Combermere and the Indian Army. He under stood the answer to have been, that high and meritorious as were the services of Lord Combermere and the Indian Army, they were not of such a character as called for a vote of thanks from their Lordships. He wished to know, now that the combined services of the Army in India had been concluded, and the war had been brought to a suc cessful termination, if the Ministers did not think it right to move a vote of thanks to the whole? He had less scruple in putting the question, because he understood a notice had been given in another place of a motion for a vote of thanks. The Duke of WELLINGTON answered, that in the absence of his Noble Friend, he could only say, that he had reason to believe a vote of thanks would be proposed after the holidays. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. The Marquis of LANSDOWN also wished to ask a question, but of a much less military nature than the last, and of less national importance. He wished to 'ask if any day were yet fixed for the Adjournment of Parliament, and if it were yet settled of what duration the holidays would be? The Duke of WELLINGTON said he could give no answer till he had seen his Noble Friend. On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWN, the Costs of Distress Bill went through a Committee, and was reported to their Lordships with Amendments ; which, the Noble Marquis said, would make the Bill more efficacious, and prevent brokers and others from levying more than a certain amount for costs, and prevent them from mixing a distress for rent with tithes and poor rates. Several measures were forwarded one stage.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, APRIL 10. BOROUGH OF READING. Mr. F. PALMER took the oaths and his seat for the Borough of Reading, in the room of Mr. Spence, who has lost his seat by the decision of an Election Committee. INLAND NAVIGATION, IRELAND. _ _ Mr. Johnson, from the Office of the Chief Secretary for Ireland, brought up a copy of the Report on the Inland Navigation of Ireland.—Ordered to be printed. CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION. Lord DUNCANNON presented two petitions from the Roman Catholics of Galls Town, and another district in Ireland, praying for Catholic Emancipation. EMIGRATION. Mr. MAXWELL presented a petition from the Opera tives and Cotton Spinners of a district in Lanark, praying assistance to emigrate. TEST AND CORPORATION ACTS. Lord JOHN RUSSELL postponed his motion relative to the Test and Corporation Acts, to the 10th June. Mr. SPRING RICE presented a petition from a dis trict in the county of Limerick, praying for Catholic Eman cipation. Mr. GOULBURN presented a petition from several persons in Dublin against Combination Societies in that city-.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. B. WILBRAHAM presented a petition from a District of Lancashire, praying the House to fix a mini mum of wages.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. PAULETT presented a petition from the House holders of South Shields, in favour of the Roman Catholic Claims. COUNTY FIRE OFFICE. , in a p b u ou rs t ua l n ,7 c o ; o 7;f persons his 6 o c notice, , the o present H a O pe S ti FtriOZSsignedrose, highest respectability, who were Directors and Subscribers to the County Fire Insurance Office. About 600 of these petitioners were his own constituents ; and the subject on which they approached the House w as an injus • • tice by which they complained of being affected by the Report of a Commission of Inquiry, constituted under the high sanction of the name of the Right Hon. Ge ntleman op posite (M r . W a ll ace ). It wou ld be in the recollection of the H ouse th at some years ago , in co nsequence of abuses which had arisen in the collection and management of the revenue in Ireland, a Commission was appointed to inns- ' tigat e th e nature and extent of those abuses ; and that the inqui r y was afterwards extended to Scotland, and its op e ., ration subsequently app li e d also to England. Sev era l Reports had been made by the Commissioners ; and the Fourteenth Report, w hich related to the Stamp-office, h a d been laid before the House. Having stated these prelimi nary circumstances, he would now come to the gri evance of which, on behalf of the petitioners, he complained. The County Fire-office was, as the House was aware, a great and flourishing commercial establishment. It had, for many years, enjoyed the c onfidence of the public—it had issued nearly a million of policies—and had connected with it names of the highest respectability and distinction in the city of Westminster. In the summer of the year 1925, certain individuals, authorised by the Stamp-office, called at the County Fire-office, and demanded to examine the books of the concern. The Directors were also ap prised that tl!e Commissioners wished to see some of the clerks in their employment at the office, and orders were received that the books should be sent to the Commission ers for inspection, which orders were complied with, and the books, to the a mount of four coach-loads, were sent as directed. The natural consequence of these proceedings, and of the notoriety of the investigation which had been instituted, was, that conaiderable r ublic anxiety and Atli 4410,. 'lO l 4/4..V, ; • 1 1 4..,V r.r i Y P `)` oe, Alf rumou rs conmerie were ; And tion were pr diree e joi ted eid lo to th t t e CahtyXr e.eStel; ' sus these rumours went stf far t that astatement of Exchequer processes haying been ;mud against the •ffice got into the newspaPeras This led to the withdrawal of some of the insurimees, and the stability and profits of the establish ment suffered a very material prejudice. It was natural, undex those circumstances, thet the Geatlemen having the direction of the County_ Fie Office, should be anxious to know what was the subject of the inquiries which b a d been set on foot, from whence they had been instituted, and to what object they were directed; and accordingly the Ma naging Director, Mr. Barber Beaumont, wrote certain let ters, in a tone, perhaps, not so measured as might have been palateable, but which the injurious tendency of the steps taken against the County Fire Office had excited. Mr. Beaumont desired to be examined by the Commis sioner,. He was so examined, and having been examined, he thought that the investigation was favontable , to his own character, and to the reputation.of the office with which he was connected. But,the Directors were not content with this, they wished for further investigation; and seeing from the newspapers that it was possible that Exchequer processes might be issued, they were desirous that this opportunity should be given them for their justification, and it was not without regret they found that this course was not pursued. However, after suffering from the most unfounded imputations for a period of more than seventeen months, out came the Report of the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, and his colleagoes, accompanied by extremely bulky evidence. The first point of which the petitioners now complained, was that instead of the Report. having been presented within one month after the meeting of Par liament, as was directed by the Act of Parliament under which this, as well as all similar commissions, was insti tuted, it was delayed so late as the 26th of May, 1826 the consequence of which was, that Parliament having been shortly afterwards dissolved, those who found their cha racters thus impeached, had no opportunity of applying to the House of Commons, by petition or otherwise, for re dress. When the Report appeared, the Directors imme diately perceived what the character of the investigation was. They found that they were charged with crimes, and with very great crimes, • on-the evidence of persons whom they conceived to be perjured informers. They im mediately resolved upon bringing forward a prosecution against these , individuals, and they applied to the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, and his colleagues, for the means of giving effect to their proceedings ; for in order to lay a successful indictment, it was necessary for them to have not the Report itself, which would be of no avail for that purpose ; but the short-hand writer's notes, -or the confession of one of the Commissioners, or the' form of the oath administered. They accordingly applied for these formalities, and hs now held in his hand theanswer return- - cid by the Commissioners, in which they stated that they did not conceive it their duty to furnish the information te quired. Now hi would like to know from the Right Hon. Gentleman, as the Commissioners refused to give the information necessary to sustain an indictment for perjury, he would like to know why, by the Act which constituted the commiesion, power was given to the Commissioners themselves to institute prosecutions against perjured wit nesses- Surely this authority could not have been con fided to them solely with a view to be exercised accord ing to their own arbitrary will. It must have been in tended for the protection of the revenue and of the public. And without impugning the motives of the Right Honour able Gentleman and his colleagues, he (Mr. Hobhouse) must say that when a great and respectable commercial body was charged by the Report with that which in an individual would amount to the total loss of honour--when they were charged with fraud—he could not think that it was just or reasonable in the Commissioners to withhold from them the means of rebutting the accusation. Now, with respect to the suspicion conceived by the Directors, that the charges against them were bottomed on the evi dence of perjured informers, that appeared to him to be a rational and well-grounded suspicion-_for who were those informers? They were persons who had been discarded from the County Fire-office for misconduct, and the first amongst them, when asked his name, refused to make it known. He (Mr. IL) would put it to the Mouse, and to the candid and impartial sense of justice of the Right Non. Gentleman opposite, whether this respectable com mercial body had not reason to complain of having been denied the means of establishing their innocence of the acts imputed to them. He would now come to another branch of the complaint, and ask the Right Hon. Gentleman how did this inquiry come to be instituted by him and his colleagues, seeing that , the Stamp-office had sufficient power to accomplish its objects without an y• intervention of Parliament ? By the 22d of George the Third, chapter 48, the Stamp-office was invested with authority to inspect the books of Insurance Compinies, with a view to the protection of the revenue and of the public. He would beg the attention of the House to a portion of the evidence on which the charges were founded. The principal evidence was that of Mr. Godfrey Sykes, the Solicitor to the Stamp-office. That gentleman was not present, but as he was in no danger of being with out defenders, he (Mr. H.) did not apprehend that he ran the risk of being accused of attacking him behind his back, when he declared that throughout the whole course of the Report and the evidence, he did not find any thi n g which could reconcile or account for the conduct of this very respectable Solicitor, as he supposed he must call him. Mr. Godfrey Sykes alleged as the reasons Why the Commissioner. had taken up this subject—fitst, that Mr. Barber Beaumont might have thrown some impediments in the way of an investigation by the Stamp-office; and secondly, that the Stamp-office had no authority to inspect the accounts. To both of these propositions, he (Mr. H.) gave an unqualified denial. It had been in the power of the Stamp-office—it was in their power under the Act of Parliament which he had quoted—to institute an inquiry, and he would venture to say that this was the first time it had been found necessary to scrutinise the private books of t commercial body through the agency of a Parliamentary Commission.—(Near, hear.)--The next cause of com plaint was couched in the evidence of Mr. More, Mr. Sykes's clerk, who it appeared commenced the inquiries, not only without ascertaining the name of the person on whose intelligence be proceeded, but even after that informer, having been asked his name, refused to dis close it. On this description of evidence, and on this extraordinary mode of obtaining evidence, what charges would the House suppose the Right Hon. Gentleman and his colleagues bad felt themselves justified in advancing against the County Fire-office ? It was alleged, that when ever the country collectors failed in their returns, 111 r. Beaumont ordered lists to be made out, and claims to be made to the ;mount of those defaults ; and it was stated that this practice was carried on to the extent of 2 ,0001. annually. He (Mr. Hobhouse) did not hesitate to say, that if such a charge as this were true, the Commissioners would have been deficient in their duty if they had neglect ed to institute an inquiry into a practice so fraudulent in itself and so injurious to the revenue and the public. But he took upon him to say, that the charge was unfounded. or at least that, even if true, it was not borne out by that on which alone the House was to form its judgment, name ly, the evidence. The petitioners denied it positively and in toto, and he must beg to say that the petitioners had c i• fo e hr a a s rr o ge n to complain of injustice, and to affirm that the that after a legal in in i a e c s iin t o i g g n a t t oo io f etuagrnasinosft duty, owasfn the haem. o n i o n t uf o s nr u t Ds of t sustained, nr country whene solitary t i appea red anc defaulters, o title o f x 9 w d9d h ec o naeu death c o la f i m co s lfai , tmh th es e lni' g a r ra as e. se lected at the option o was at length found out, of the default of a cti.lector at Edinburgh, amounting only to the aunt of twenty-four amountngs, sb_Afterli o t f hane th d e exthaamt defaults of the Edinburgh agents was only 7561. odd, thus approving the statement of their own wit nesses; but the conduct of the agents ought not to jus tify a charge of fraud against the whole body in London. The directors submitted their accounts to a public ac countant and two uditors, and on the examination of the hooks of the Fire-office from 1807 to July 1825, the gross amount of the defaults of the whole concern during that y period was 6,5707. This examination was conducted ica 00i.iae: b most respectable persons. He was aware that it was very possible that ce.-tain persons connected with the County Fire-office may have been guilty of certain defieienees of to duty with respect to the R eve n t u oh e ne . enta l imm t avoid certain errors and frauds being committed by their agents. e ih th T e h c er o e un w ty as F a ir tw e_ eso o ffi n ce o a f t of e d bu t 6 i LI d y a.:e i s mpossible wilful i f u ged l in a conspiracy to ruin them. The petitioners declare fraud, they would give up their case. The Fire-office that if they can r were in the habit of paying a profit in advance on all po licies, and h e (Mr. H.) could not see why the Right lion. G en tleman (Mr. Wall ace ) comp l a i ne d o f the . . Re venue being i nured by this means, if they chose to pay 5,000/. or 10,000/. in advance. The Commissioners in terpreted this proceeding as a charge against them, of en deavouring to make it appear that they were doing more business than they really did. This could not be the case s for when time duty came to be claimed bythe Stamp Office, the real state of the affairs would appear. The net pro duce only appeared at the Stamp Office. The Commis sioners have found out another charge against the Directo re, not less criminatory than this—namely, that of accusing Mr. Barber Beaumont and the Directors of throwing im pediments in the way of the examination of the books of the office. This would he most positively denied, even by the evidence before the COMmiesionere. Mr. Haynes etatee