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Hence d relinquish rey) had re inder of the waited upon intention of to resign the that, in the omitted the Cust, bow' 7tailliy, had felt himself bat effect to made to his iron Stock' ied ; and o° undoubtedly y:il Higbee.' e this s tate' nfidence that appreciated , stisfactioe to ring.) his gratifies' he full righ t ;)ught prop r so have con. lg examine d it character, y hY prope trtlshipsrt held barges upon yal Highness House that , nut becaus e v the pub lic Royal High' ountry, vv 3g lent of Eng' , hich he du" r any trucv, of his Cep' of voice, be eed that the right to ad readiness t° to Woolsack' ore the rote' would be t (1 o produce pastor 00' as oppose d owner in ual footing' f the Nobly 'ogress. , of English s convicel subject° corn tnu tatioti le land, 01 land. Th e ° / , !struc tion th e tperty of . ti re, Was S U ' sides oug ht were not 6° to arbitrate lissenter, th e 7uples of th e all, and Ye t r this 130 1 ; the untpß e ' he Peace, or e elected hi went to t h e ls that cool id upon tb i : 11 b e read his 13i11 Pr o ' is, he felt the com mutati sli r tithes ; ee C would pi ration of t he ;etnent the/ ie up all tb ' ecclesiast ics , Isequenoe s :, t these le ou ,„ irtake of the lbent 113' 01 ' the noney in, r , !diately ei Le e At the saf e tilt that e(i t ,.., of oppOSolcli:i. Ay prod 7 .0 ,hought th at , t ready W 3 ed the , • °ble otherw?e, be hie" c ghest tor,. n troduce d ; or nrea lity, e 'o the paY ° o 4 Id inn-011,0 had in v ie a t rd would - - o ld Lord sily, p , shop of (lbe friend of a , e ii lid), 01 that it vi° o l : was 10 " t 0 .0! 3. , er t) a ttl. , oat de tt s i j :d. b e se t h.t , )t thin) , hle 113 e 0 idof who had introduced this Bill, and he was glad thit the Noble Lord had shown that the public interest and the in terest of the church were the same. lie feared that all that was wish, d could ant be effected by one measure ; but the measure of the Most Rev. Prelate was at least a good hecinning. He tl:erefore thought that it was highly desirable that this Bill should he carried into effect with the least possible delay. He was the more Pleased with the Bill, as it would put an end to the rdi , rtions that had been so long and mistakingly indulged in—that the church was opposed to amendment of all kind when their interests were at stake. The most Rev. Prelate had proceeded with proper caution, and hid Produced a Bill which was certainly the more practicable of the Iwo, and to it he should give his utmost support. Lord DACRE, under these circumstances, should with draw the II:11 ; but he must confess that be did not think the Bill of the Most Rev. Prelate would be found as excel lent as it was supposed. LORD LIEUTENANTS (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of Lord MELBounNE, this Bill was real a third time and pissed.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF CO3I2IIONS, JULY 18. At Four o'clock the SPEAKER took his sett, when veva 1 Members, among whom were Sir R. Vyvyan and Mr. J. Brougham, took the oaths and their seats. Mr. Johnstone appeared at the Bar from the office of Chief Secretary for Ireland, with papers that had been Moved for respecting endowed schools in Ireland. Mr. Danvers appeared at the Bar, from the East India House, with copies of resolutions of the Directors relative to granting pensions. A new writ was ordered, on the motion of Lord Km- LIE4 i , ) for the county of Meath, in the room of Sir Afaren s Somerville, deceased. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON presented a petition from the watertnen plying on the Thames against the Steam N wig ition Company's Bill. BOROUGH OF MONMOUTH. Lord BELGRAVE brought up the report of the Com mittee appointed to try the merits of the petition of the Marquis of Worcester against the return for the borough of Monmouth, and stated that he had to acquaint the House that Benjamin Hall, Esq. had not been duly returned a Burgess to serve in Parli i ment, and that the Marquis of Worcester ought to have been returned ; also that neither the petition, nor the op- N'ition to it, had been frivolous or vexatious. The Clerk of the Crown-office was then called in and ord ered to amend the return, inserting the Marquis of W orcester's name instead of Benjamin Hall, Lord MORPETH rose to call the attention of the House to a petition of very considerable importance, not "iy as regarded the honour and character of the House, but the interests of the public ; he begged to preface his °Le lervations, by stating that he would avoid expressing !fIY opinion upon the merits of the particular measure, in the progress of which those proceedings had occurred to which be was about to call the attention of the House; th e Merits or demerits of a rail-road Bill could not be dis cussed upon this petition, and any allusion thereto would ~,t /et "nly be superfluous but unfair ; but it was other with the proceedings of the Committees of ""e House. Tee petitioners described themselves as subscribers to a proposed Manchester and Leeds rail- L ea d ; they stated that a petition had been presented ; t his House for leave to introduce a Bill, which was ntsa ted, and on the 4th of July the Bill was referred to a Committee; that while the case was proceeding the Com mittee intimated to their Counsel that sufficient evidence ha d been produced as to the trade and population ; and not hthstandin_ e t that, toey understood that on the 12th Ju'y g e Com m i ttee came to a d ec i s i on t h at t h e pream b le of the ill had not been proved. They also stated that several Members who had not heard any of the evidence, and some who had only beard a part, came into the roo m While the votes were b e ing taken on the preamble. was this latter part which he (Lord Morpeth) felt, as M C bairm an , bo un d t o con fi rm ; h e could state also that those ember,, five or six of them, remained in the room tad gave their votes; which way they voted he was not called upon to say, as it was immaterial to the Present question. Such a practice he could only de scribe as very inopportune and one liable to great Ini koustruction. He had not been long enough a Mem ber of the House to know whether it was a rare occur rence or not; if it was, the sooner it was brought to the 4 ' 44 * of the House the better ; but he understood it bad v ery frequently taken place. It was very irksome to him to reflect ou Members of this House, but he would declare t hat he could not impute any private feelings or interests rail t . any indi v id ua l ; i t must, however, be perceived that ways formed comparatively new matter for legislative consideration; they involved interests and expense, anti 01 m atters could not be decided by ex-parte statements, (1 !? without hearing all the evidence. The petitioners p ‘ o nlitted t o th e H ouse t h at t h e ev id ence t h en pro d uce d ,tily established the preamble of the Bill, and they referred House to that evidence in support of their statement. tlineey therefore objected to the vote of the Committee upon sitP re anable,and prayed the House to adopt such measures, er by a recommittal of the Bill or otherwise, as might t ;',, u , s t and expedient. The Noble Lord found, on reference Pro" `"e Votes of the House, a resolution, in which it was ded that any arty interested in a private Bill, who aPPeared to support the Bill in the Committee, or were of the of the Bill, and were dissatisfied with the vote the Committee, might petition the House for its re- Minittal ; and that such Bill, with the report of the Co mmittee, and the petition, might be referred to a Select r 4 'llnittee of Appeal, consisting of seven Members, 1 ° hear argumeuts upon the rejection of the Bill, and re - Port thereon to this House. His Lordship then referred to a !ale airailar to the present, viz. the Clyde Navigation Bill, I n which that resolution was acted upon. The Noble Lord concluded by hoping that such a practice as Members tinting in Committees without hearing the evidence would I :,e ch ec k e d , as being at variance with the character of the Ho use, and of the interests of the public. WYNN suggested that the best course would be to Tove that the petition be printed, so that it would be in the bands of every M em b er, an d t h en to g i ve not i ce of his m ention to bring this subject forward in another shape. th Mr. LITTLETON was of the same opinion, and said lia vigationat was 69 course adopted in the case of the Clyde it 1 3a the petition b e i ng read, Lord 11101tPETH moved that 't pri n t e d , and he then gave notice of his intention to il've the H ouse on Wednesday next, to ta k e the subject ~`,,.0 consideration. l en at t LENNETT said that to-mo row he should pre hef°lin petiti on f rom G reat B e d w i n on th e su bj ec t o f t h e ;hat Bill, an that in Committee sould move that , at he ro ugh be removed from schedule A t to schedule B. spa r• ADEANE presented a petition from the owners b i .p ° ccupier s of land at Swaffham and Royston, in Cam • disotkshire, praying that molasses might not be used in , Il leries or breweries, and that the duty on sugar might lowered. ) tir p A Ivo tt ari • • presented a petition from the manufac ra and tra d esmen of Leicester, for the repeal of the „ _ t o La ves 41 r. HUNT presented a petition from Huddersfield, Yor kshir e t 0„,.., signed by about six thousand male adult I.;nitante, praying that they might have a share in the Ltii , c a er rta , tion ; that the suffrage might be extended to oe 4 ., or Preston suffrage, and that the voters might ; m atted by the ballot. Roo ' E. SUGDEN hoped that Government and that h er :* House would not be blind to the fact now brought of the them by this and similar petitions, that vast bodies Rehrt n B e People were discontented with the provisions of the eoill eh t es, • C ONNELL said he hoped the House would re- EN_ the infinite preponderance of public opinion in of tbe measure. tka: RoM foriousE suggested that considering the impor- N, of 'the R e f orm Bill, an d th e t i me i t was lik e l y to oc ezie Committee, it might be necessary to take some steps tp ea Peditiu g i taprogress, b y having, as at the Queen's trial, Fly s itting at tea o'clock. He was anxious that ev e ry ak ti r i tti nity for the due discussion of the subject should be Withas littl e d e l a y as p oss ible. Th e ques ti on b e i ng i n %N Onniatttee the Hous e would not suffer additi ona l em *ere i tn ents as two Chai rme n could be h a d ; an d if it Ote le ,', lll POssible th a t a ll th e M em b ers cou ld a l ways b e th e still a sufficient portion would be found to transact fee eoesi,ness. He thought there was an actual necessity •M r, ng to such a n arrangemen t. c aliht W YNN considered it impossible that the House Lot, . r 0 such an arrangemen t. tioti A LTHORP said it had been under the considera- Governm en t, see i ng t h e l engt h to w hi c h t h e Co -4 : e rn t c the R e f orm Bi ll was lik ely to extend, that some th et g e on ment sho u ld b e made. At present he did not think if al l thing which ou tlein had yet occurr e d wou ld j us tify the "%t ee _ ta king such an extraordinary step. He did think, amp Jr! it was a matter of great importance, and if be all lik::?t the delay occasioned was such as was at tit tle i TY to d e f eat a measure of such importance, by the the Tr' took in C omm i ttee, h e should think it the duty of do 4•41°.05e to adopt • some decisiv e means t o expe d ite t h e 6? 4l) `'j a .of th e House. At present he saw no occasion Measure. • ilstoe' l !l DAVIES considered if Hon. Members were to 11 1 giving notices as th ey b ad been of late in the l teek ii‘ e ' . r ll doing, instead of the R e f orm measure being three w oui.) gettin g through the Committe e , he was certain oteupy the 'Hotise six 'Moulin; at least, Great,, evil would attend prolonging the proceedings in this way ; many Members would have to return to the country, others would he tiken to Election Committees, and, shrive all, the public would become imp 'tient and consider that the House were not sincere. He hoped the Noble Lord would give the suggestion of the House sitting on the business his serious consideration. Sir E. SUGDEN could hardly believe that the Noble Lord was sincere in the threats which he had thrown nut. It was utterly impossible far the Noble Lord to take any step more likely to frustrate his own object, end injure this great measure, than attempting to carry it through the House with any thing like an improper haste. If it were meant merely to sub , titute sitting in the day-time for sitting. at night, that would be only the introduction of a novelty of the Noble Lord's, previous to what else was to fol low under the Reform Bill. It would be utterly impossible for Hon. Members of his own profession, for example, to give up their tither avocations and attend there during the day ; and if it were intended to extend the sittings of the House to both day and night, it would be equally impossible for him and many of his colleagues, or indeed for any one set of men, to endure it. Such an attempt would be alike unsatisfactory to the public and discredit able to the Noble Lord. Lord ALTIIOIIP said he had thrown out no threat. Nothing yet had occurred to induce him to propose any change in the hours of sitting, but should it appear that the Bill would occupy such a length of time in the Committee as the House now sat, that it would seem to he impossible to get through it, then undoubtedly it would be necessary to sacrifice a greater portion of time to its consideration.—(Cheers.) Ile was quite aware of the inconvenience that a greater sacrifice of time would occasion to some gentlemen, hut he had always understood the doctrine of that House to be, that the first duty of its Members was to attend to the discharge of their public business in the House of Parliament.—(Loud cheers.) 111 r. PRINGLE moved for a new n rit to issue for the election of a 31anber to serve in Parliament for the county of Peebles, in the room of Sir G. Montgomery, decea•ed. THE HON. WILLIAM LONG WELLESLEY. The SPEAKER—I have to inform the House, that on Saturday last 1 received a letter hem the Lord High Chan cellor, datid, _ _ " High Court of Chancery, July l(. " Ma. SPEAKER,..-I have the honour to make known Co you, for the information of the House of Commons, that I have issued my warrant for the commitment of the Hon. William Long Wellesley, Knight of the Shire for the county of Essex, for a contempt of the Court, confessed by him in open Court, for tak ing his daughter, a ward of this Court, from the custody of those to whom she had been entrusted by order of this Court, and for refusing to deliver up the said infant ward, when served with an order so to do, and for stating in open Court that lie was resolved not to give up the said ward,and that he had taken steps to with draw her from the jurisdiction of the Court. " The right of this Court to commit is unquestionable, and has been enforced against Peers of the realm ; but I have thought fit to make this communication to you, in order to bring the House of Commons acquainted with the fact, to account for his absence, and to testify my perfect respect for the Honourable House. "BROUGHAM, Chancellor." And this (lay I have received the following letter from the Hon. William Long Wellesley : "July 18. " MR. SPEAKER,-.4 have to inform you that on Saturday last, I was ordered by the Lord Chancellor into custody. lam not aware that I am so confined for any breach of the law, written or expressed, that could justify my detention. I therefore beg leave to submit this act as an infringement of the privilege of Parliament, of my constituents, and also of myself. " I have the honour further to request that you will lay this, my complaint, before the House, in order that it may direct my immediate discharge, that I may attend in my place there." Lord ALTHORP had directed inquiry to be made to ascertain if there were any precedent, but he had found no case m which a Member of this House had been committed for an offence by the Court of Chancery, though, it must be confessed, a Peer of the realm had once been committed under similar circutnstances. The privilege of Parliament extended to civil but not to crimi nal actions. This peculiar case was one in which he should say that both these points were blended. But it was a new case, and one of great difficulty, and which he thought would be better discussed in a Committee of Pri vileges than now.—(Hear.) _ _ Mr. WYNN thought the privileges of Parlia ment extended to all cases but those of treason, felony, and breach of the peace. Cases had oc cured in which the House had shown to what extent the breach of the peace was carried. He found that on the 14th of April, 1697, the House had passed a resolution that no Member of this House should have any privilege in case of breach of the peace, forcible entry, or forcible detainer. It was difficult to say if imprisonment for contempt of the Courts of Chancery or King's Bench was punishable by either branch of the Legislature. He therefore begged to move that the subject be referred to a Committee of Privilege. Sir R. PEEL expressed his concurrence in what had fallen from the Right Hon. Gentleman. Mr. O'CONNELL expressed a similar opinion. The SPEAKER put the question to the House, whether the said letters and the subject matter therein mentioned, be referred to a Committee of Privileges to examine the matter thereof, and report the same with their opinion to the House, when Sir C. VETHERELL rose and said he considered this to be a matter-of-fact contempt, and if upon inquiry it shduld torn out that a Member of that House was not amenable to that jurisdiction to which every subject of the realm was, it would be a matter for 'subsequent inquiry what should be then done. He collec - ed front the speech of the Hon. Member for Kerry that Members of Parliament were to be exempt from the payment of obedience to the orders of that Court. Mr. ROBERT GRANT observed, that though in the letter to the Speaker no allusion was made to force, it was apparent in the order for committal. Sir C. BURRELL considered it would be most mis chievous were the privileges of that House to interfere, and grant such protection, except in cases of absolute ne cessity. _ _ Sir J. SCARLETT took it to be quite clear that the Lord Chancellor had no right to punish for a breach of the peace. The general opinion was, that the process of contempt against a Member of Parliament in a Court of Common Law was by a writ of distringas, and in the Court of Chancery by sequestration. Mr. BARING concurred with the Hon. Member for Sussex. The letter was therefore reft , rred to a Committee of Privileges, to sit to-morrow at Twelve o'clock. Lord ALTHORP moved the Order of the Day for the House to resoive itself into a Committee of Supply. SHOOTING DOGS IN HYDE PARK. Mr GEORGE DAWSON wished to take that oppor tunity to ask the Noble Lord opposite a question in rela tion to the practice of shooting dogs in Hyde Park. He had seen no less than seven dogs shot in one day without any necessity. That, he conceived was a cruel and a wan ton practice, and he was sure that it could not be done with a knowledge of the Illustrious Duke who was the Ranger of that Park. He had before stated this circum • stance to the Noble Lord at the head of the Woods and Forests; but he conceived it his duty to ask the question publicly, in order that the Ranger of the Park might give more precise and definite orders. The number of slogs lately shot had created a great sensation. The practice was disgusting as.well as dangerous, for children took dogs into the Park without a suspicion of danger, and they might be injured. He had seen all kinds of dogs shot, from the lady's lap-dog up to the Newfoundland dog. He wished the Noble Lord would make some representa tion to the Duke of Sussex, so that the practice might be put an end to. Lord DUNCANNON was ready to acknowledge that the Right Hon. Gentleman had mentioned the matter to him before it was mentioned to the Superintendent, and he could assure the Right Hon. Gentleman that no dogs were shot unless they were chasing the deer. If any keeper shot dogs under other circumstances, he must exceed his orders. Mr. O'CONNELL said there could be no doubt that shooting dogs was perfectly illegal. EXPENCE OF THE CORONATION. Mr. BRISCOE wished to ask the Noble Lord a ques tion, as he said that it was se ttl ed that the coronati o n ahould take place on the Bth of Se p tember. It waspa rt of the compact betwee n him and his constituents, that he should endeavour to enforce the most rigid economy, With o ut that there could be no Re f orm — and without thai every other Reform would be useless. The laq corona tion was very expensive, and he wished. to learn from the Noble Lord what would be the expense of the next coro nation as compared to the last. It must cost a great deal of money, even when conducted with the utmost economy, and was little better than an idle pageant. The King reigns in the hearts of his subjects, and he could not wish for the vanity and pomp of a coronation. It•was a mea sure that appeared to him most unwise, and, in the pre sent state of the country, much to be deprecated. It would be cLasidered as a waste of the public money, which the country could ill afford, and was little disposed to give. He wished the cost to be ascertained before tan steps were taken to carry it into execution. He alluded to the subject with no unfriendly feeling to the Govern- Anent ;. and in doing so, he thought he was studying the honour and dignity of the Crown, and discharging his duty as ; ; an independent Member of Parliament. He wished, then, to learn from the Noble Lord what would be the expense of the coronation, and what was the ex pence:qf the last coronation? Loyd ALTHORP replied t that the coronation was, as most HonOnratde 'Gentleinen were aware, a ceremony which had taken place at the commencement of every reign. Soon after the revolution, certain oaths were di rected by Act of Parliament to be taken by - the reignin g Sovereign. He looked upon - it, therefore, as imperativ e in point of law, th :t a coronation should take place. He agreed, at the same time, with the Hon. Gentleman, that any extravagance at the coronation would be most injudici ous. He was happy, therefore, to say, that it was his Majesty's wish that no mete expence should be incurred than was necessary. It would, accordingly, he the en deavour of the Government to conduct the coronation with the least expence that was consistent with propriety. The expence of the former coronation was enormous, and he hoped that this coronation would wit cost one-fifth of the former.--(Hear.) Mr. HUNT recommended the Hon. Member for Surrey to move for the expence of the former coronation. Mr. C. PELHAM said a tew words, which were inau dible in the gallery'. Mr. HUME was prepared to hear what had fall, n from ' the Noble Lord as to economy, and he hoped, as Parlia ment was sitting, that the estimates would be laid before the House.—(Hear.) There was another expence eon - nectea with the coronation which he hoped will not be in curred. At the last coronation a large Brevet promotion was made, which imposed an expence of 10,0001. a year, and paralysed the active service. He hoped such a thing, Would not take. place at this coronation. Lord ALTHORP replied that the question was under consideration. BIRHOP OF DERRY. Mr. HUME, adverting to the circumstance of the recent death of the Bishop of Derry, and to the fact that the Governor of Malta had, in 1807, reduced the revenue of the Bishop there, on the death of an incumbent, from 3,8001. to 2,000/., recommended the Government to imitate that example, and curtail the revenue of the Bishop of Derry. The income of that See was from 14,0001. to 20,000/. a year, and it had 42 preferments as patronage belonging to it, with a salary of from 450/. to 1,4501. besides glebe lands from 900 to 1,000 acres. A reduction or the income of that See would give great satisfaction, and it was necessary to begin a Reform in that church in time, unless they wished to see the day come when a more ex tensive Reform would be forced on them. Lord ALTHORP was understood to say that the case referred to by the Hon. Member, of a Catholic Bishop at Malta, did not bear on the case of the Bishopric of Derry. PRINCE LEOPOLD'S ANNUITY. Lord ALTHORP then went on to say, that he would take that opportunity to call the attention of the House to a very different subject. In consequence of the accession of Prince Leopold to the Throne of Belgium, some ex pectations had been held out respecting the annuity en joyed by his Royal Highness. That annuity, however, was completely the property of his Royal Highness— (Hear, hear)—and had been settled on him by Act of Parliament. It was impossild., notwithstanding those expectations, that the King's Ministers should take any step to induce his Royal Highne-s to make such a sacrifice. He had the satisfaction to state to the House, that his Royal Highness had taken such a step of his own accord. He had written a letter to Earl Grey, and he could not do better than read that letter to the House. The Noble Lord accordingly read the letter (for which, see our report of the proceedings in the Lords). [lt was received with loud cheers.] Lord Althorp continued—He had also to state to the House that his Royal Highness had also signified to Lord Hill, the Commander-in-Chief, that he placed at. his disposal the regiment which his Royal Highness coin mande,l in this country. He was sure that the House would do justice to the great liberality of his Royal High ness's conduct.—(Hear.) Mr. G. ROBINSON had intended to ask a question on the subject of the Noble Lord, and was very glad to find that his intention was prevented. Sir R. PEEL was sure that there could be but one unanimous feeling in that House at tl:e extreme liberality of his Royal Highness. He was glad too that the Hon. Gentleman had not had an opportunity to ask the question. His Royal Highness had as clear a right to retain Isis an nuity as any Nobleman bad to the revenue derived from his estate. It bad been settled on him when he married the heir presumptive to the throne. As he was not called on to make the resignation, it was, 'on the part of his Royal Highness, a purely voluntary act. At the same time he believed that the act was a wise one, and would ensure for his Royal Highness the affections of the people. It was an act of unexampled generosity.—(Hear, hear.) . Sir G. WARRENDER also expressed his satisfaction at hearing this communication, which would add to the admiration which was already felt for his Royal Highness. Mr. G. ROBINSON explained. IRISH YEOMANRY. Mr. O'CONNELL wished to advert to a subject in which he felt a deep interest. When the subject of the Irish Yeomanry was formerly before the House, be had understood that the Right Hon. Gintleman had pledged himself that the issuing of arms to the Orange Yeomanry should be discontinued. But he had been informed, that on the 11 th of July a new company had been formed, called the Ogle Blues, and had received arms from the Government. That company did not stand high in the estimation of the County Wexford, in which it was formed. However, on the 11th of July it received its arms in the city of Wexford—they had gone up the river afterwards in a boat, bearing Orange flap, firing shots on- both sides of the river, and with a band playing party tunes. Such was the pledge which he understood had been given, and such was the manner ;n which it had been redeemed. More blood had been shed in Ireland. At Banbridge four men and one woman had been shot, and it was said that two or three Orangemen had been shot. The latter was doubtful, but it was quite certain that the Catholics had been killed. In the county of Enniskillen, General Officers had joined the procession of the Orangemen in their regimentals; and how was it possible, he would ask, to preserve tranquillity in Ireland if such things were practised, and arms given were put into the hands of one party ? That more blood had been shed was not, he believed, the fault of the Catholics, who had acted with a forbearance which entitled them to the protection of Government. In Enniskillen the proclamation bad been disregarded, and disregarded by the Magistrates, who had attended the procession which the proclamation forbad, As Lord Redesdale said long age, there was in Ireland one law for the poor, and another for the rich. In Ireland, too, bah these laws were ill executed. There , was one law for one class, and another law for another class of his Majesty's subjects. Let the House look at what had hap pened at Newtownbarry. The Government, indeed, had done its duty on that occasion, and deserved his thanks. But what had happened there? Why the private yeo.. foamy bad been sent to gaol, while the officer, he who had given orders to fire, according to the testimony of three or four witnesses, was let out on bail. This was extraordinary, too, because, of the three Magistrates who had conducted the investigation, two were for committing all the parties to gaol, but three or four Magistrates were let in from the county, and they over-ruled• the decision of the two Magistrates who had gone through the whole investigation. That fact made only one of a family, and it might give the House a clew to the disturbances in Ireland. One class of persons despised the proclamation of the Lord-Lieutenant—acted against it—encouraged processions, and saw the land deluged with blood. Ought these M igistrates, ought the people who do these things, to be entrusted with arms? On such a subject it was impossible for the representatives of Ireland to do their duty and remain silent. The processions of the Catholics were not joined by any one gentleman of family or influ ence ; they were exclusively processions of the people ; but the instant the proclamation was issued, the Catholic gentlemen used their influence and succeeded. There were no processions this year of the Catholics. The Ca tholic population had obeyed the Government; the loyal population—the population who called themselves exclu sively the friends of the Government—had disobeyed the law and defied the proclamation. He felt it his duty to ask, therefore, if he hail misunderstood the Right Hon. Gentleman, and if he had not pledged himself that no more arms should be issued to the yeomanry. If the Right Hon. Gentleman bad, as he understood, given such a pledge, he was sure that it was not the fault of the Right Hon. Gentleman if arms had since been issued to the yeomanry.. Mr. STANLEY, passing over all that the Hon. and Learned Member bad said about there being one law for the rich and another for the poor, meant to reply to the three or four questions which the lion. and Learned Gentleman had put to him. With respect to the first question put by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman relative to the Ogle Blues, it was the first time he had ever heard of the existence of that corps. With regard to the pledge, he would repeat it again. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman would re collect that, in the month of Match last, fresh arms were issued to the yeomanry, as such as were damaged and un serviceable were returned into the stores of the Govern ment. When the conduct of the yeomanry had 'been complain e d of, orders were given by the Government that arms should not he issued again to the yeomanry till fur ther orders. It was 'the first time he had heard of the Ogle corps, and the first time he had heard of issuing arms till the 12th of July. He hoped the information was incorrect. With respect to Newtownbarry, the Govern ment had employed a stipendiary Magistrate to investigate the business, and in consequence of the information taken' before him, forty-one individuls were implicated • se v e n of these indi v id ua l s were comm i tted to gaol, and ;he others were allowed to go at large on bail. With respect to Capt. Graham, the evidence was so contradictory con cerning► him, that one or other of the parties must have perjured himself. C:►ptain Graham was a gentleman of good fortune, and, under these circumstances, the Magis trate bound over Captain Graham in 1,0001. and two sureties of 5001. each ; and there was not the smallest doubt that Captain Graham would appear at the Assizes and take his trial. With respect to the affair at Banbridge on the 12th of July, he was informed that it was a pre concerted affair between both the parties, who were de termined to fight it out. The Protestants were determined to have the procession, and the Catholics were determined to prevent it, and it was agreed between the two parties that they should meet at a certain place and settle their diarence by a fight. When the procession took place, the pa►ty which attacked it were not of the neighbourhood, hot a faction called the Threshers, that were wandering about there, and laid wait for the procession• They were regularly dislodged, and though a great many shots were fired, he believed that no person was killed, and that those who died were drowned in the river. He had not heard that any person had died of a gun-shot wound, though three or four hundred shots were fired. A stipendiary Magistrate was sent down from the Castle to inquire into the matter, but a Coroner's inquest, composed of six Catholics and six Protestants, bad found such a verdict that it was unnece.sary. With regard to the processions, the Government had expressed astrong feeling on the sub. ject ; but it must be remembered that there was no law which made the Orange processions illegal. The Govern ment had discouraged such processions, but did not think it necessary to resort to any new laws for this purpose. Sir JOHN NEWPORT thought it was the duty of the Legislature to provide by law for putting an end to these processions. It was now more than a century since the events they were meant to commemorate happened, and it was time they were laid aside. If the battle of Culloden had been commemorated every year till now, would Scot land have enjoyed tranquillity ? The LORD ADVOCATE had heard of the unhappy affray to which the Han. Member had alluded. It arose from a procession which took place at Girvan on the 12th of July, when several bands of Orangemen had resolved to have a procession. Some stones were thrown, and on two constables stepping forward to remonstrate with the Orangemen, the latter fired at them, and one of the constables was instantly shot. More shots were fired, and several persons were wounded. He did not wish to enter further inro the subject, as it was his duty, and the duty of those who exercised his authority in his absence, to in stitute a public inquiry into this transac:.ion. Mr. JOHN WOOD had heard from good authority that Magistrates and officers wearing their regimentals had mingled with these processions ; and he would assert, that if any man bearing his Majesty's Commission, whether civil or military, joined these processions, he ought in stantly to be deprived of that Commission, and turned out of his Majesty's service. —(Hear, hear.) Mr. STANLEY had not heard of Magistrates being concerned in these processions ; and he could only say, that if any person under the authority of Government took part in these processions, the Government would know how t o deal with him, and would most assuredly punish him: Mr. COLE said a few words in defence (as we under stood) of the Fermanagh Yeomanry, but we were unable distinctly to understand the Hon. Member. Mr. GEORGE DAWSON did not wish to prolong the discussion, but he really could not hear the recommendations of the Right Hon.. Member for Waterford (Sir John New port), backed as they were by the Hon. Member for Pres ton (Mr. Wood), without entering against them his strongest and most earnest protest. He believed, from his knowledge of the Orangemen of the North of Ireland, that any attempt to put them down and to prevent their pro cessions by legislative enactments would utterly fail.-- ( Hear, hear, from Mr. O'Connell.) The Hon. Member for Kerry cheered that, he might do so with good reason, for no one had been snore successful in violating the law, as a member of illegal associations, than that Hon. Mem ber.—(Hear, hear.) He repeated, however, his firm con viction that the Orangemen were not to be put down in that manner, and that nothing would be more likely to perpetuate the evils of processions than to attempt to put down, by the means of legislative enactments, those privi leges which they believed themselves to have derived from their forefathers, who shed their blood to obtain - them. He was no Orangeman himself, but he knew much of them from his connexion with the county of Derry, and he believed he could say with truth, that in the north of Ire land, and particularly in that part of it to whiCh he be longed, there was the strongest disposition to comply with the views of the Government, and to put an end to all pro cessions. —(Hear.) Mr. HUME said, that all the evils of the system of Orangeism in Ireland proceeded from the Ministers who permitted- it to continue, and not from the ignorant and misguided men who took part in the processions. He certainty hoped better from the present Government, who uniformly held, when out of office, that those party dis tinctions were illegal and impolitic, and should at all ha zards be got rid of. From the former Government he expected nothing of that kind, because they had always shown a desire to support Protestant ascendancy. Here they bad 800 or 900 men assembled with arms for the purpose of celebrating this anniversary, and he thought that every drop of blood that was shed should be atoned for by those who suffered these arms to remain in their hands, rather than by those ignorant and misguided men who used them.—(Hear.) He understood it to be a fact, that of twenty-one stipendiary Magistrates appointed to preserve the.peace of Ireland. there was not even one Ca tholic. Why did not the Government act impartially ? Sir ROBERT BATESON deprecated the use of such language respecting the Orangemen of Ireland, and pro tested against their being put down vi et arniis because they wished to celebrate the 12th of July as their fore fathers-had done before them. He was sure that no such plan would succeed, and he hoped that the Government would not consent to put an end to the office of Lord Lieutenant, and thereby give an additional argument to those who wished to bring about a separation of the two kingdoms. Mr. GOULBURN defended the late Government from the imputation cast on it by the Member for Middlesex (Mr. Hume), and observed, that if that Hon. Member had taken the trouh:e to make himself acquainted with the subject, and looked into the Statute-book before he made his accusation, he would have found that the late Government did all in its power to put an end to the Orange Associations, and passed an Act for the express purpose of putting down all such Associations which were at that time bound together by illegal oaths.-.-(llear.) Mr. RUTHVEN strongly censured the conduct of the Orangemen, and observed that in one instance, when he had occasion to interfere at a time when disturbances were appr e h e nded, the principal persons among them read a war rant from the Duke of Cumberland, as Grand Master, which they thought gave them a right to continue their illegal proceedings. He was convinced, indeed, that but for the countenance afforded them by the Government, these Associations would long since have been put down, and all party spirit extinguished. After a few words from Mr. RICE, Captain GORDON, and Mr. PEnniN, the discussion _terminated by Mr. STANLEY intimating his intention to go on with the Re gistration of Arms' Bill after the Committee of Supply. SUPPLY.—SIR - A. B. KING. of Supply, DAWSON said, that as the speech of th e N o bl e ,Mr. DA motion for the House going into a Committee Lord King had produced a great impression th e o th er even . B. On ( t i. he ithorp) on the question of the pat e nt o f Si r A. he felt it necessary to make one or t wo o b servat i ons inno-nr on the statements which were contained in it. The Noble Lord had argued as if the Committee on the Irish Miscellaneous Estimates in 1829 was not in possession of t h e patent by which Sir Arthur Bradley King held his office of King's Stationer during pleasure. The patent bad be'" printed by or d er o f t h e H ouse twice—in 1817 „d 1819. Now, on referring to the volume of their he found a ' no t e i n t h e hand-writing of the Clerk o Jn f o Journals, ' Committee in question, requesting the Librarian to se nd the volume in which the patent was to be found. Th e fact was that it laid on the table fol . • several days, and that the Committee must, therefore, have been perfectly cognisant of it. lie had made this statement in justice to the Committee, and to relieve the Government of that day from the charges which had been brought against them by the Hon. and Learned Member for Newark, which c h a rges he was sure the Hon. and Learned Member would no w withdraw. Lord AI.THORP, as he was not a Member of the Com mittee question, o f course had made his statement the other evening in evening on information derived from others. He h a d taken the opinion of the Law Officers of the Crown on the subject. The grounds on which they have decided were not those to which the Hon. Gentleman adverted. Mr. GORDON maintained his former opinion. He w as a member of the Committee, and did not know any thing of the patent : and he believed the Hon. Secretary of the Treasury near him was in the same situation. He had read the two patents; the one of the King's Printer, a nd the other of th e King's Stationer. The first was for life—the second only during pleasure. Now, what vested interest could there be in a patent during pleasure ? Mr. DAWSON observed, that the patent held by the Ki n g's Printer was not for life, but for forty years. Mr. GORDON said, that, at any rate, it was not re vocable at pleasure, like the other. .Mr. S. RICE could bear out the Hon.-Member for Cricklade in his statement of the unacquainiance of the Committee with the patent in question. He had attended the Committee daily ; and he was perfectly apprised of the fact, that the patent was during •pleasure. It was only when by. the instructions of his NolA Friend, he had sub . . mitted the patent to the con'i•ieration of the Law Officers of the Crown, that he became a vare that it was revocable. Mr. Serjeant WILDE repeated his former arguments on the subject ; and although he ha I a great respect for many of the Members of the Government of that day, thought it surprising that the attention of the Committee in question had not been called to the patent. Tim House then resolved itself into the Comenitt,te er Supply. Lord ALTHORP rose, in pursuance of his notice, to trove a vote of 240,0001., to defray the charges hitherto provided for out of the Civil List, but for which no spe cific provision had heretofore been made, and to snake good such payments to the sth July inst. As he should have no objection to refer the greeter part of the items of which the proposed grant was compiled to tde consideration of a Committee above stairs, where there precise nature may be evp'ained, it would not be necessary for hi:n to trouble the House at any length on the present occasion. '1 hos, items were, principally, the salaries of the Lord Chancelita and Judges of England, t•ee Civil List Pensions. the Sala ries of the Lord Chancellor and Judges of Ireland, the• salaries of the Commissioners of the General Assembly in Scotland, the salaries of the Governors of the West India Colonies, the expenses of the works at the various Palaces, &e. He repeated, that lie would not go into the details of these different items, because as they were to be referred to a Committee above stairs, that could be better done there. But it was only candid to state, that he did not mean to refer the consideration of the Civil List Pension to the Committee. That was a question of principle., on which it was for the House itself to pronounce. He bail several times expressed his decided opinion on that question, hut it would be for the House to determine respecting it. The other questions, being matters of details, were fit for the consideration of the Committee. The grounds of his proposing this grant were, that the sums of which it was composed were already due ; and, therefore, were not liable to be refused by an ex-post facto denial. The Noble Lord concluded by moving the resolution. Mr. HUME rose, not to oppose the resolution, but. as it was not the intention of Government to refer the question of pensions to the consideration of the Com mittee, to lay in his claim not to be precluded by agree ing to the resolution from objecting to the grant respecting the pensions, whenever that question should come before the House. Mr. GORDON thought it would have been better had the Noble Lord divide; the resolutions into five different votes. The vote for pensions was one which, in his opi nion, it was most important to submit to the consideration of a question. Seventy-five thousand pounds had already been voted for pensions. But when seventy-five thousand pounds more was required, Parliament ought to pause, ;:s those pensions were not irrevocable, being granted only during the Yves of the grantor as well of the grantee. Be sk9ul.l feel it his duty to object to the grant, unless after inquiry. Lord ALTHORP said it was not usual when a vote was on account, to divide it under different heads. He did not so divide it, because he did not expect that any of jection would be made to the resolution. Mr. ROBINSON observed, that the course taken by his Majesty's Government was fraught with considerable inconvenience. It had been successfully contended that the pensions in question terminated with the life of his late Majesty, and as the Noble Lord hid himself admitted that there were many of them which ought never to have been granted, he was at a loss to understand how he could refuse to allow the subject to be referred to the consideration of a Committee above stairs. The vote to which they were then called upon to accede was for pensions in the present reign ; and if those pensions were granted to July, a precedent would be established for their continuance Ile thought it would be better to strike the 75,0001. for pensions out of the resolution, and give the balance. This would compel Government to refer the pensions to a Se lect Committee. He was by no means desirous of strik ing off a single pension, for the continuation of which a fair chins could be established ; but he was desirous that the validity of the various claims should he investigated. As nobody else had undertaken the task, he would move to reduce the vote by 75,000/. ; with a view, should th.t amendment be carried, of proposing the reference of the pension list to a Select Committee. Mr. HUNT cordially seconded the am. ndment ; which he would have moved himself had the Hon. Member not done so. The Hon. Members about him appeared to feel some delicacy in opposing any of the measures of Govern ment. He felt no such delicacy whatever.—(A laugh.) He would divide the Committee on the amendment. Captain HARRIS remonstrated against the argument that certain monarchial grants could be revoked, while other monarchial grants could not be revoked. Lord ALTHORP begged to observe, to the Hon. Member for Worcester, that at any raie his amendment should extend only to the sum of 56,5001. ; viz. 23,0001. for Ireland, 29,0001. for England, and 3,5001. fur Scot land. He hoped, however, that the Hon. Gentleman would not object to a grant which they were bound in honour to vote. The Hon. Member talked of striking off all the pensions which were not for public services. Now, the object of voting a certain sum to the Crown, for the purpose of granting pension?, had been to place that sum at the discretion of the Crown ; and if some of those pen sions had been improperly granted, they had uo right to go back, and deprive the holders of them. After a few words fiom Mr. Alderman VIiNABLES ) which were not audib'e in the gallery, Mr. BRISCOE did not feel he could, consistently with the pledges of economy he had given, vote for the grant. Mr. RICE said, that no gentleman, by giving his vote in favour of Ministers, would be precluded from voting for having the question referred to a Committee. • Mr. GOULBURN was willing to support the vote without discussion; but when the proper time came, he would be ready to r; peat the assertion be had already made, that the House had no right to refer the pensions to a Select Committee with that view wherewith they could alone he referred. Mr. MILLS would vote no pension to any person who bad not earned it by actual service. _ _ Mr. ROI3INSOR withdrew his motion ; and begged to substitute one to the effect—that the vote should be reduced to 56,0001. Mr. HODGES recommended the Hon. Member for WOrcester not to press his motion to a division ; and de clared that he would support the referring the question of the pensions to a Committee when the time came. Mr. STRICKLAND would vote for the present mo tion, if the Ministry would enter into an engagement not to oppose the reference to a Select Committee hereafter. Mr. P. COURTENAY supported the present motion, and stated his intention of opposing the Committee. Mr. HUME said it would be an act of injustice to the public, were Hon. Members to press their opposition to the present vote without due notice, and in so small a Housc. The grant was only temporary, and be had given notice that when the proper time arrived he would him self propose the referring this Pension List to the Com mittee. Lord ALTHORP stated that no gentleman would -be precluded by this vote front moving to have the question respecting the pensions referred to a Committee at a future period. He, however, would give no pledge that he would even assent to going into a Committee, or of re• dining their pensions. Mr. HUNT was in favour of the amendment. Mr. WALL (as we understood) recommended the withdrawal of the amendment ; but if driven to the ne cessity of dividing, he should vote for it rather than for the original motion.• After a few words from Sir JOll ti BURKE, which were not audible, Mr. O'CONNELL should have no objection to support any one of those pensions which could be shown to rest upon any claim of right founded upon services performed, but he feared that too many of them were like the 58,0001. Irish pensions, granted, almost without an exception, to the relatives of Members of Parliament. The only one of those pensions granted for real services was that to the descendants of Admiral Rodney. Mr. Serjeant WILDE, though as anxious as any Hon. Member for the strictest economy, should still support the present grant, in justice to those who might with full reason have anticipated the payment of their pensions on the faith of Parliamentary pledges; not that he thought the present Parliament bound by all that the former Par liament had done ; yet the expenditure of persons deriving those pensions had been formed upon the faith of former grants, and a gaol might he the portion of many of them if the grants were withheld or stopped without notice ; but though under some obligations not to telt,c just then, they were by no means bound to continue them in time coming. There was a point upon which he wished to obtain information from the Noble Lord, and he was the more anxious to obtain a complete explanation upon the subject, as in that part of the House they found the utmost difficulty in hearing what fell from the Noble Lord. He wished to know whether the 75,000/. formed part of an arrangement with the Crown ? He was no: aware of the circumstances under which those pensi,,n• were granted, and he thought an authentic statement of those circumstances necessary. Lord ALTHORP expressed his regret that the Hon. old Learned Gentleman shoubl not have heatd biro ' - loon farmer occasions. He should now procee d to starthe .ircurnstances connected with the 75,000/. H e perceived e need not inform the Hon. arid Learned Gentl eman t h at raler Mr. Burke's Act a certain sum was placetf.at the disposal of the Crown for the purpose of granting p en . inns upon the Civil List. and it was to that he all u d e ! on a former night. That sum had been reduced, cr w a r .mended to have been reduced to 1 4 0 ,000/. during th a eign of the late King ;.hut Hon. Members must be FA war 4 !at the legalcff, whichct ofi teas apt s 'ns g i r o a n n e granted, and ouid thatextelyonl he i reign every Civil ,ist was legally confined to the life of the Sovere'gn whom the pensions on it were granted. In the reigns oF Gear; e 111. and Gorge IV., however, and indeed at all tines, it had been held that pensions were granted tntlit for the life of the Monarch, but for the life of the pensioner. Now, what he proposed in the presentreign was, that in s-ead of 140,0001., there should he a sum of 75,000/. played at tire dispo,al of the Crown, and the remainder axe 1 upon the consolidated fund. Tire effect of that would be, that any pensions expiring upon the 75,0001., eft funds avail rhle for otter pensions, while from those which fell in on the consolidated fund the public were re lieved. Mr. JEPHSON observed that something had been said respecting the claims of humanity in the present case; but really, whenever a reduction of pensions was proposed, the claims of humanity would be urged as grounds for conti nuance, and unless they made a beginning, the work of reduction would never be advanced. Sir C. WETIIERELL said, he and his Hon. Friends near him were perfectly satisfied with the statement of the Noble Lord, and their saying so was a proof that their opposition to the Reform Bill Wad anything but factious. After a few words from Mr. ROBINSON, the purport of which Was not distinctly heard in 'the gallery, Mr. MILLS observed, that those who had practical op portunities of being acquainted with the habits and cir cumstances of the lower orders, had observed, that of ►atc years a change had taken place, amounting to almost a complete demoralization_that there seemed to be an earnest wish to come upon the parish as soon as possible. He regretted to say that, amongst the upper classes, there seemed to be something of the same sort of sentiment ; for they all seemed anxious to come upon the Pension List as soon as possible. An Iforr. MEMBER. said it was no [water of surprise that Hon. Members opposite should struggle so hard for tte con tinuance of the pension system, scch•g that they w.,re in fict advocates in their own cause, they having themselves the deepest interest in the result. Lord G. LENNOX supported the reductions of pen sions; and felt rush pride in the reflection that he had been one of a oFtjarity which took away the pensions of the sons of two Cabinet Ministers. Mr. CALLEY (as we understood) nrxt addressed the ilosue ; but amidst such loud cries of " order," and so much laughter, as to have been quite inaudible. The Committee then divided—For the amendment, 41 ; against it, and in favour of the original motion, 142. AL.jority, 101. The next vote was 41,0001. for Foreign and Secret Service Monev. Mr. HUME said, that as this country dealt above board, he did not see, why we should pay for secret service money. Mr. RICE said we were obliged lo do it, because other countri-s would not be as much above lxiaril as ourselves, Mr. HUNT thought it Idt,ly that a part of this money went to Oliver, Castles, and Eilwarils, who lad b.en well known as spies some years ago. He wished to know whether the Iris') Secret Service Money had been lessened ? Mr. RICE said that it was taken o❑ the avi rage. Mr. O'CONNELL did not tee the necessity for s,ctet ,ervice money in Ireland at al!. The vote was then agreed to. The following items were then agreed to :- 104 3001. for Printing for the two Housesof Parliament, 129,471/. for Stationery. 15,000/. for the Extraordinary Expences of the Mint. 8 0001. for Expenres of the Prosecutions for Coining. 15,000/. for Law Expenee‘. 108,165/. for the Expellees of Convicts at Lome and at 13.,rmuda. 25,000/. was voted to defray the Expenses of capturel Negroes, after a few words from Mr. Wsrd, Mr. Bur ridge, Mr. Hume, and Mr. Spring Rice ; who stated that the subject of the slave trade was under the consi deration of Government. 19,4501. was next voted fir the Salaries of Commis sioners, &c., appointed under Treaties with Spain and other Powers, respecting the Slave Trade. 112,1951. for Conlulls, Ycc., was the next yaw proposed ; and was postponed, after a short conversation, because the Secretary of State for Foreizu Affairs was not in the House. 120,0001. was the next Vote, on account of Expellees at New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. Mr. lIUME 4.bjecled to the Vote, that the House kncr.r nothing of the Colonial expenditure, though the House had been promised a Colonial Budget last year. Ile did not know why such a Budget was not brought for ward, nor what the Secretaries fir the Colonies were doing.—(A laugh.) I.;rd ITOW*Krxplained, that the accounts from Nov S,uth Wales had not yet come to band. Mr. GEORGE ROBINSON said that the delay was owing to the changes of the Secretaries of the Colonies, which rendered them quite insufficient to perform their duties. Mr. 111ABERLY expressed a hope that the Colonial Budget would yet be prepared. WAREURT6N thought that it was the principal duty of a Secretary of the Colonies to make ut an ac count of the expellee and revenue of c.:ch culony, ho that its value might be known. He complaintd of grants of land at New South Wales to individuals connected with the Government. Lord HO WICK explained, that orders had been sent cut to appropriate each convict, as he arrived, to some settler, and levy a tax on them.—The vote was then agreed to. Mr RICE text moved that a sum not excaedirg 14,2501. should be granted, in lieu of the fees to ti.e Clerks of both Houses of Parliament in Bills relating to Turnpike Rotids.—Agreed to. - Mr. RICE again moved that a sum not exceedin g ; 29,9001. should be granted to defray the expences of the Common Law Commission. Mr. HUME could not see what good was to be de rived from that expensive Commission, from which report after report had been received, but never acted upon. Mr. RICE (lid not think that it was a reasonable ground of ebitction to the Commissioners, to say that their re ( ommendations had not been attended to. , —(Hear.) It was to be remembered that the Commission had been forced upon the preceding Government, and the present Administration had not been sufficiently long in office to act upon the recommendation of the Commissioners.—. (Hear.) The other grants were then agreed to. BUCKINGHAM PALACE. Colonel TRENCH, having oliservedll:t . he had drawn out plats for the occupation of Buckingham Palace as a College, a Picture Gallery, and a Public Record Office, by the means of which, and- other arrangements, the country might obtain 1,700,000/. for that which cost 632,0004 concluded by moving, " That it be an instruct , on to the Committee on the Royal P.ilac2s, to inquire whether Buckingham Palace cannot he more advantageously em ployed in another manner, end in what manner." After a few words from Mr. Hume, Mr. Goul' urn, Mr. R. Gordon, and Colonel Trench, the motion was agreed to ; and the House adjourned at Half-past Two. DEATH OF DR. HALLORAN AT SYDNEY. —This gentleman, who was acknowledged by all as wwan of genius and a sander, died at his house in Sydney on Tuesday March 6, at the age of 65 year... Ir wilt no doubt, be recollected that, after having distinguixhed him self by his literary productions, and the eminent way. in which he conducted several seminaries in Exeter and ot , er places, he was brought to trial at the Ohl II,oh•y, el i fly at the instance of his Rector (Dr. Tow Nsits:Nn for defrauding the Post-office cotrorerteiting a nk. palue ten-pence. On being found guilty of -this oTero e he was transported to New South Wales, where tl e pro priety of hi, conduct oh: tilled him many fri,nds. A sub scription has been set on foot at Sydney-for the Rev.. Mr. HALLORAIA wife awl numerous Austra Liu', • JESTS ARE OFTEN DANGEROLTS.—COIAIt PETER, a Nobleman of great riches awl influence - . \OIL) had been the confidential friend•of BOLESLAS Wrtrnotyll, arid who lived in the court of LILA .nveigi,oil both in public and private against the measut es of the Dukt.. But ,s his opposition was ciinfinei to speaking, it hail not wholly destroyed his favour with the latter. One -day, both being engaged in hunting. Cloy ,tligoted to Like re freshment As they af6_,rwards recoiled on the r aid. cold ground (it was thy winter seJson). IhosoisLas fd,seived —" We are not so comfortably situated here, PETER, as thy wife now ie on a bed of down with her tat Abbot SKREZEPISKI !"—" No," replit±ll the other, " nor as yours in. the arms of your page Dont ESZ Whether either in tended more than as a jest is doubthil ; but the (2, not paid dear for his freedom. The iiieero , ed An?'" tt• e treated the te,nwee, Duchess), to whom the Duke corn ono . hut a contrived to vindicate herself ; darn a , rt his tongue and eye'. — ;I:on he Count• h c: l a a 6 n i d d vet tfe t p :l r .c ;v 7 ;l 4, l . );l .. : ( l : e th n e t eaininea4thrown destructionrr'drrcr oft