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Alter the experience be had already encountered, he wail pre pared to believe it possible that he might lose the present mo tion ; but he should nevertheless feel it his duty to take the sense of the House on the resolution. He concluded by saying ttiat he hoped, if he were defeated, his labours might at least have the effect of convincing the House of the Injustice of con tinuing this burdensome tax on the people, and that some other more fortunate person would propose a measure which, if it did not do away with it altogether, would divide its weight equally , between the rich and the poor. The Hon. Member then moved, " that from and after the 6th day of January, 1826, all the du ties on beer should cease--(Cheers.) Mr. BROUGHAM said, that in rising to second the motion of his Hon. Friend, he could add little to what had been so ably waged by him. He felt, however, compelled to mention once again, in addition .to the hardship on the poor man of pay ing 50s. while the rich paid only 20s. (it was, indeed, rather more than this, for the duty on beer exceeded 305., and that on malt was only 205.), that other tax which he was compelled to pay by reason of the retail trade not being free. Why the sale of beer should be placed on a different footing from that of any other commodity, it was impossible reasonably to conceive. Attity it should be exposed to the operation 'of a restrictive tax IQ barbarous that it could not be equalled by any in the world, excepting that most barbarous Spanish tax of al cabala, no - man could offer the semblance of a pretext. It was wholly impracticable for a person desirons to trade in beer by retail to do so unless he made friends with the brewers, who had influence with those worthy persons, the magistrates, by whon - i, in various parts of the country, the regulations were framed relative to licences.: , He knew he spoke this in the hear ing of many worthy friends of his who belonged to that class by whom beer was prepared for the use of his Majesty's sub , jests, and he knew that they had certain prejudices on this subject, but if the duty were taken off, he believed these pre j'adices would be in a great measure removed, and that they would consent to the freeing of the retail trade in beer from the present restrictions. To the persons interested in growing malt, this would be a decided advantage, because it would encourage the growth of grain upon middling land, which was at preSent used for grazing, and would thus materially benefit the open and 'barley countries. Another' rdvantage attendant upon t4rowing the trade open, would be found in providing the poor man with a cheap and wholesome beverage, which lie might procure without the inconveniences of sending his dmighters or other females of his family to the public hOuse, to encounter,all the inconveniences which at present could not be avoided. Gin would be in a great measure dispensed, with; and his notion was, that the more the beer shops could be brought into coin petition with the gin-shops the better. He thought too that the duty oir beer was peculiarly burdensome and unjust upon the poor at this time, when the duty on wine had been rithiced. He said nothing with respect to that upon spirits- God forbid that he should ! He would rather even that the duty should be kept up unnecessarily high upon them —he would rather even that the natural liberty of the people should be in such a degree infringed upon, than that any facility should be afforded to the consumption of spirits, always, however, keeping the duty as high as to prevent the encouragement of private distillation, which of the two evils was the greater. He was sure that' by encouraging the con sumption of beer, the gap which the losa of the duty might occasion in the Exchequer would very soon be filled up. He gladly seconded the motion of his Honourable friend. What ever might be the fate of that motion, he trusted that his Hon. Friend would bear his ill•success with patience ; froin others he might learn fortune • ; but from his example, and from that school of disappointment in which they had both been exercised, he might be taught not to relax his labour and per severance in a cause which was worthy of them.- ( Hear !) * Disce, puer, virttitem ex me, verumque raborem ; Fortunam ex aliis. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was compelled to oppose the former motions of the Hon. Gentle , risen, because there was nothing in the subject which required an examination by a Committee. ;Now the Honourable Gen tleman, proposed to place the beer duty on malt, and on this he would make a few observations. As to the total repeal of the duty without any substitute whatever, he did not feel called upon to argue that question, because the Right Hon. Gentleman himself did not seem to think it was practicable to take off three millions. A few weeks ago the Hon. Gentleman proposed the reduction of the Window -tax, amounting to 1,250,000/. The same arguments which had been used against that measure applied to the present motion, and he did not think the House would choose to listen to a repetition tif them. He was aware that in so immense a system of revenue as ours, there might be very sound objections brought against many • branches of it, and this might, perhaps, be stated of all ; but beyond this general fact the argument could not be urged. The petitioners probably believed that the substitution of the beer duty on malt would materially reduce the price of beer ; but he should- be able, he thought, to satisfy the House that this was not the case. The. beer duty produced at present 3,000,0001. per annum. To raise this tax by the substitution proposed, it would be necessary to lay an additional tax of two shillings on the thirty million bushels of malt which must be consumed; - -this would raise the price of beer 10s. per barrel of 36 gallons, or about Id. per quart. If, therefore, he admitted that the objections of the H on. - Gentleman were valid against the ine 4-quality of the present duty, still the burden would rest, as it , glid now , upon the consumer, who, although he would have the satisfaction of knowing that his neighbour paid more, wothl himself pay nothing less. The Right Honourable Geb. - Oinnan could not admit that this tax was paid by the poor classes of the community exclusively, or chiefly. In this • town a great portion of the consumers of beer were not of this description, and in the country a great number of families were in the practice of brewing their own beer. Upon them - this substitution would fall very heavily. The Honourable Gentleman had assumed, too, in his calculation, that the beer consumed by the rich and the poor was of the same etrength— that it took in all cases only one iinarter of malt to make three barrels and a half of beer. On the contrary, the beer of the rick man, whether he drank it himself or not, was much stronger than that brewed for ordinary consumption. In this .point of view, therefore, the calculation of the Hon. Gent. as to the inequality was erroneous. The Hon. and Learned Gentle man (Mr. Brougham) had said it would be highly desirable to give greater facility to the retail trade. H e Sthe Chancellor of the Exchequer) agreed With him. It was that opinion that in - • laced him to bring in a Bill to accomplish that purpose, and erilich he had got the House to agree to, but with no small dif -ficulty. " The Hon. and Learned Gentleman," said the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, " may , learn fortunam ex aliis • but not ex -me. To me the other part of the line, veriernque laborem, calf applies." The Right. Hon. Gentleman had endeavoured at the ;time time to effect" another measure relative to the esti- mating and collecting the duty, and althOugh all were agreed upon the principle, so Many obstacles were thrown in his way, that he was obliged to abandon every thing else, and to fall back upon the other measure, which was the real object of the apprehensions of those who caused the obstacles. Although he • could not pledge himself to any measure on the_ subject, he •should be very glad if the state of the finances would allow him 'to take off the duty altogether; but he could not conceive that the proposed substitution would be in any respect desirable. The Hon. and Learned Gentlenil..n had said, that he wished the re duction of the duty oir spirits had been postponed to that on beer. If by a wish-he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) could have ma naged the matter, it would have been done ; but tie was obliged, in dealing with the spirits, to provide against any diminution of the revenue, and - to do it, in fact, when he could. The object in reducing the dotty on wine had been not so, much to relieve any particular claw: of the people as on a principle of corn:mi.- - eat policy to bring back the consumption to that point from which, •in consequence of the intercourse with the continent, and other causes, - it bad fallen oft: All he could say on the subject before the House was, that it would give him great sa tisfaction. if he were able to reduce the duty on beer. If his ex pectationrshotlld be realized, lie would take the first opportu. tunity - of dealing with the subject, but he must not hold out ex pectations of the fulfilment of which he was not certain. With respect to thelion-aentletwarras - opinunt respecting the collec tion, he had -explained on a former occasion, that cilia was founded on a misapprehension : it was impossible to ascertain expence of the collection, bec.- use the same individual was frequently employed in collecting various branches of the re . venue. He could assure the Hon. Gentleman that if lie were. more deeply initiated into the mode of collecting the Malt Ditty, he would know there was none • in which more frequent attempts at evasion (many of them successful) were made. Frequent prosecutions were the. consequence ; and if a double ditty were imposed, a double, t e mptation would be the conse quence. For these reasons he . could not consent to the reduc tion of 3,090,000/. of taxes, nor at present to,any other modifi cation of the duty. 'Mr. BERNAl,supported the motion. lie maintained that very few of the class of labourers; or even of respectable shop keepets, had the means of brewing their own beer. He denied that the transfer of the duty to malt would occasion any consi derable increase of expence in the collection. Mr. WO DE H 0 USE was of.opin'tan that the proposed trans fer of duty would by no means render beer ch e aper. %Ir. HUME said, that the transfer of the duty would not operateinjuriously to the Exchequer, whilst at the same time it would have the effect of placing the poor and the rich on an , equal footing. Colonel DAVIES supported the motion. Mr. Alderman SMITH argued (as we underrood) that the beer tax was moat unjust and oppressive towards the poor. Mr. J. BENETT differed from the worthy Alderman in the view which he took of the question. He believed that the shift ing of the tax would cause great inconvenience, without being of any advantage to the poorer classes. _Mr. BERRIES oppoecd the resolution, and denied that the ~447., • , Chancellor of the Exchequer had at all pledged himself to en tertain the principle of it. Atr. Alderman WOOD complained heavily that, with all the alterations made in the course of the present session, not one shilling had been taken from the taxes that pressed immeCiately upc.•:: the poor. Mr. aIONCK wad in favour or a duty, on, beer to one half the existing amount, 'and wished that the Hon. Member for Abingdon would amend his resolutiOn, to that effect. .4s the - motion stood, however, if it was persevered in, .he should cet tainly support it.. , Mr. ROBERTSON oppoSse — tt any reduction of taxes which could lead to the slightest chance of trenching upon the Sink ing Fund. Mr. CRESSETT PELHAM said a few words in a very low tone of voice; we unders:ood-him to think that the lower classes would be no gainers by an alteration. Mr. J. SMITH thought, as regarded the question of the Sinking Fund, that any deficiency occasioned by taking off the beer tax might be made up by the imposition of some other.— He would not at-all object to putting the whole duty upon malt, which was proposed to be reduced on the manufactured article : but he certainly did feel that after so Much had been done for the advantage of the higher classes in the course of the present Session, something ought to be, thought of before it concluded, for-the benefit of the lower. . Mr. MA BERLY, in reply, regretted to see the benches on his side the House so thinly attended. After what he had done so far, he did not think he should stand fairly in the eyes of his country, if he withdrew his motion. lie hoped, if it was thrown out (as it stood, pehaps,-in a fair way to be), that it would not be long before the table of the House would be covered with petitions for equal representation: The House then divided— For the motion, 23 Against it, 88 Majority, 65. TRIALS IN SCOTLAND. - - - Mr. J. P. GRANT rose. pqrsuant to the notice he had given, to move for leave to bring'in a bill to alter and amend the existing law respecting wrongous imprisonment, and delays of trial in Scotland. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman said, it must be evident that it would be better that all the laws on this subject should be comprehended in one Act, rather than spread, as they now were, in a variety of Acts over the whole statute beedc. It was allowed by every holy, that the Scottish law was extremely defective on these points. Nothing could be more absurdthan that' the inhabitants of one end of the coun try should live under one system of laws, so vitally affecting their interests, while the inhabitants of the other end shoUldtve under a different system. He could assure the Learned Lord opposite (the Lord Advocate) that it was not his intention to interfere with the office of Lord Advocate. His objects were principally these—first, to throw greater remponsibility.on the Magistrates in granting warrants for the apprehension cf cri minals; next, to give a more enlarged power to the Judges of the criminal courts, for the better protection of the liberty of the subject ; also to remove doubts and difficulties where they existed ; and lastly, to place the poor man on the same footing as the rich, with respect to trials. The lion. and bearned Gentleman then proceeded to explain to the 'House, the insuf ficiency of the present law, and the absolute necessity of its amendment. He added, that if the House should allow the bill to be brought-in, he would propose that a distant day should be appointed for its second reading►, in order that it should in the mean time be printed and sent down to Scotland, for the purpose of being submitted to the law authorities of that country for their opinion. He concluded by moving for leave to bring in the bill. The , LORD ADVOCATE said he did not mean to oppose , the bringing in the Bill, but at the same time he thought that, great catttion should be observed in interfering with a law which had existed for upwards of one hundred years, and which might be considered the habeas Corpus act of Scotland. The Learned Lord then proceeded to call the attention of the House to the advantages of the present law, and contended that the Act of 1701 afforded a greater protection to the people of Scotland against wrongous imprisonment, than was afforded to the people of England by the,habeas corpus act. He hoped, however, that his Hon. and Learned Friend would bring in his Bill rather for the amendment than the repeal of the present law, as the word " repeal" might excite some alarm among the people of Scot land. The changes which the Bill of. Ibis lion. and Learned Friend would introduce into the law of Scotland would cause all the criminals of that country to be tried in Edinburgh, and would so create an annual expellee of 15,0001. or 20,0001., without conferring any benefit on the.public. r. A BE RC RO.MB Y thought that extreme caution should he used in meddling with an Act so dear to the people of Scot land as the Act of 1701. He therefore concurred with the Learned Lord in suggesting to his lion. and Learned Friend the propriety of denominating his Bill a Bill to amend rather , than a Bill to repeal that Act. lie was aware that there were some defects in that Act which required amendment; and he thought that his Hon. and Learned Friee:l, in bringing them under the attention of Parliament, was doing that which would not only confer honour upon himself, but also great benefit upon the community. , The SOLIUTOR-GENERAL would not give his support to this measure without taking time to consult those parties in Scotland who were best acquainted with the practical operation of the Act of 1701. At she same time he allowed that there were several discrepancies in that Act, which appeared to him to require the consideration of Parliament. _ _ _ Mr. DENMAN cOmpliinented the Learned Lord on the conciliatory ton© in which he had met the motion of his Hon. and Learned Friend,' and stated that he should be very happy to give his humble - support to amending any defects vrhich should be proved to exist in the Act of 1701—an Act which, though it might not be perfect, was passed in very good times, and for a very good and useful purpose. Mr. G RA N T, in reply, said that he would comply with the suggestions which had been made to him, and would alter the title of his Bill from " a Bill to repeal," to " a 130.1 to amend," the Act of 1701. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. CRUEL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS. Mr. 31ARTIN asked for leave tobring in a Bill to extend the provisions of the Act 3 Geo. IV., cap. 71, to prevent the cruel and improper treatment or cattle. his Bill was the exact copy of a Bill which had been drawn up by the Attorney- General, and which had formerly undergone discussion in an other place. The object of it was to render the cutting and maiming of animals maliciously, punishable as a misdemea nour. Formerly, that offence was punishable under the Black Act as a capital felony ' • but the repeal of that Act had brought the old Law again into force, which punished the cutting and maiming of cattle with transportation, provided it could be proved that the party guilty of such cutting and maiming was actuated by malice against their owner. Now he wished to give to animals the right of protecting themselves--(Hear, anti a laugh)—or rather to give to any person who chime to act as their prochnin cmi, the right of covering them with the protec tion of tile law. With that view he submitted to the House the draught of a Bill which had formerly been drawn up by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman who now filled the high situ ation of his Majesty's Attorney-General. Mr. PEEL would not oppose the introduction of die present Bill : on tl contrary, he :was rather desirous to see it, as it purported to come from his.llon. and Learned Friend the At terney-General. He wished the Hon. Member for Galway would introduce into.one Bill all'the objects of his compassion; beCause, if he did not, the statute-book would soon be increased to a very inconvenient bulk. - He likewise wished that the lion. Member would define more clearly what he.meant by the word " malice." Was it malice against the animal, or malice against the master, which he wished to punish ? Both; but particularly malice against the animal." , - • Mr. PEEL.—Was it then to be considered malice against the animal, if any person cropped .a dog's ears ? If the do g was tcr be the judge, - he would certainly deem it malice against himself that led anyilersOn to muli•ate his body. If he un derstood any thin gof the Hon. Gentleman's Bill, it would cer tairfly tend to put dOwn,seeeralpractices which At present were very prevaleift in atir`niode of treating brute animals. Mr. PYBI4E PALMER read the preamble of ,the aet which this Bill was ititrodUced t o extend, and contended that front the -very large terms of it, any extension of its powers. .must be quite tmnecessary. Ne had intended to have opposed the introduction of the measure ; but be would forego his in tention, in consequence of what had fallen from the Right Hon. Secretary for the Home Department. A.Meatrte a under the guLety wished to know whether the nicking of horses, a practice to which the countrymen of the Hon. Member for Galway were much addicted, was to be made an offence tinder the present Bill ? Mr. I%IARTIN replied, that-he had made nothing an of fence in his bill which had not been previously declared such executed.—(A laegh.) — lt might under th e Bl ac k Act—an Act under w hi c h severa l men h a d been hung, and r epeatedly be a very i good joke—though, for his life, he could not see the wit of i t—to ask hi m whether he meant to make the cropping of a dog's ears a miedenteanour. He had, however, a very triumphant answer to give to it. It was not declared a hanging matter under the Black Act to crop a dog's years; and it would not, thee:,fore, under his Aet be declared a misdemeanour._ His bill would not prevent any Gentleman from bestowing on his dog the discipline i t oug h t to f o ll ow i n the el t 1 : he might that punishment which was necessary to remind it of whip it if he pleased from sunrise to suited; but he must not cut it or maim it wantonly, because such cutting and maim ing could neither improve it as a setter or a beagle. In the Committee, if this bill should ever get so far, he should pro pose several additional clauses; but at present he should con tent himself with introducing it as it had been prepared by his Hon. Friend the Attorney-General. The Hon. Member then detailed the clauses which he intended to introduce, of which the most remarkable is, to allow a known constable to appre hand any man whom he shall sec maiming or attacking any animal. After a few words..in explanation from Mr. PEEL and Mr. Ma irrt sr, leave wit given to bringip the Bill. Mr. PLUN NETT obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the amendment of the laws with respect to special juries and trials in Ireland. Ile stated his object . to be, to assimilate the law in Ireland, for striking special juries,..to that in England ; - and also, in certain cases, to enable parties, as was the case in Eng, porate to the adj o ini nl i. land by an Act of 17113 to remove the venue from towns.cor county. Mr. DENMAN hoped that the Right Hon. Gentleman would introduce a-clause in his 8i11,,t0 enable defendants to pray a tales-in special jury cases, without being obliged to re quest a warrant froni the Attdrney-General. He hoped the Right Hon. Secretary (Mr. Peel) would introduce a similar prevision-in.his general Jury was - then g:ven to bring in the Bill. • PRISON ABUSES. Mr. JOHN SMITH, in rising to move for an Address to his Majesty, for a copy of all correspondence between the Lord Lieutenant of the \Vest Riding or the county of York and the Secretary of state. respecting certain abuses and mismanage ment in the gaol of BrAford, said, that'his reason for calling the attention of the House was this:—An individual had 'been arrested for a small su m of money, by virtue of a process, and he soon after broke loose from the bailiff, and was speedily re taken, and lodged in hi s gao l , w h ere, ow i ng to t h e gao l or b e i ng an so kept for s even wee k s , except at i nterva l s o f fi ve this prisoner w a i loaded with irens • and -hand h;eincidle minutes once a week, to enable him to change his linen. The prisoners at large complained of their treatment in this gaol; and such was the petty tYranny which had been exercised, that on application to the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of York; and on reference to the Secretary of State, a prosecu- j tion was ordered,-and one miscreant was convicted of cruelty to a prisoner in his gaol. lie was glad to hear that no opposition was intended. to his motioni'and that every desire had been ex. pressed to correct such abuses and punish the delinquents. He believed that in the paupers treatment of in some of the gaols, the utmost barbarity was inflicted. Mr. PEEL said that the lion. Gentleman had only done him justice when he anticipated that he would not oppose such a motion as this. If tach.abuses as were represented had been committed, he shoultrnot so far disgrace himself as to attempt to vindicate the delinquents,' or to oppose the production of any correspondence which was calculated to throw a light on the 'subject. He then stated that ori,receiving a communication from the Lord, Lieutenant of this district, who hail'done him self great credit by his conduct in this particular business, he , (Mr Peel) had referred the subject to the consideration of the Attorney and Solicitor.:General, and eventually 'ordered a pro secution, in which one of the parties had been convicted. He was most anxious to see the small local jurisdictions throughout the country avail themselves of the power which they now had of sending their prisonensto the general county:gaol, upon paying a small quota of expense: he wished this transfer to be more generally exercised; indeed, he was disposed to go farther, and say., that he did not think the . general administration of the justice of the country would be injured if these petty courts of jurisdiction were abrogated in certain cases:—(Near!) Mr. A IItRCROMIIV could not refrain from expressing the gratification which he felt at the deck:teflon just made by the Right Hon. Gentleman; and he-was rejoiced to find he Inol brought his mind seriously.to consider the nature of these petty jurisdicti ons . Th e best' way to give effective consideration to this object would be to appoint Commissioners to inquire . throughout the country into the condition of every court of petty local jurisdiction. The motion was alert *reed to. COTTON AU NUFACTURES. Mr. HOBHOLISE said,. that as he understood, no objection would be made to his Motion, he meant simply to move for leave to bring in a Hill for the better regulation of' the working hours of children employed in cotton-manufactories. Mr. JOHN SM ITU highly approved of this Bill, and-wished his Honourable Friend would extend the provisions of it to children employed in other factories besides those for the manu facture of cotton. Mr. HOBIiOUSE was afraid he should find quite enough to do in directing the provisions of the Bill to its present purpo se . Mr. CA RUS WILSON wished to see it extended to children employed in dressing flax. Mr. PEEL entreated the House to pause, before they carried their benevolent feelings - too fnr in the business of lest they should compel manufactories to give up the employ-• mentof children altogether,.rather than expose themselves to harassing regtilatiori. He mad& this remark merely_ w ith re ference to a too great extention of legislative interference; Mr. W. S3IITH said, that it was obvious masters ed children for their. own profit,, and would therefore continue to do so, • notwithstanding Legislative interference. Leave was given to bring in the bill. SEDITION IN "SCOTLAND. • - The LORD ADVOCAT F 4 of SCOTLAND obtained leave • to bring in a b i n to restrict tie pu n ishment of leasing-leaking,. and sedition - anti blasphemy in Scotland, and .to Alter the nld law respecting these oflimces. • • - • Lord JOHN RUSSI;•LI, approved of the proposed altera tion, which he was himself accidentally prevented from Wl miffing to the iloave a few years ago. • • Mr. J. P. GRANT also approved of the revision of .the old laws. : ISLE OF MAN. Mr. BERRIES obtained leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Lords of the Treasury . to purchase the rights of the Duke of Athol, and of the heirs generally of the seventh Earl of Derby, in the Isle of Man. _ . BONDED CORN. The Bonded corn Bill was brought read a first time, and or dered to be read a second time - to-morrow. . . The Comm ittee on the Quarantine Law's was po s tp o ned until Tuesday next., - - The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIST OF. THE MINORITY Of. 23, who voted on 31r. 31: , berly's Motion for taking off' the Duty on neer, from January, 1826. Allen, J. H. James. W. 'Smith, C. Bernal, R. Langston, J. H. Smith, W. Calvert, C. Leader, W. Wilson, Sir 11. . Cradoek, S. 31onck, J. B. Wood, Alderman Denman, T. 31aberly, W. L. Western, C. C. Davies, Col, Palmer, C. F. Grant, J. P. .--. Points, W. S. . TELT.r ns. Honeywood, - W. P. Pryse, P. Jitupe, J. Hobhcase, J.. C.. Smith, J. 3laberly, J. SOUTH AMERICA. PERU. Wehave teceived a Litha Gazette of the lit of January. It contains the result of the summons to Callao, in consequence Of the treaty .concluded with La Serna at Aya cucho.-An officer, it appeared, as soon as the official dispatthes had arrived, wits sent with a flag of truce to that fortress, but was not admitted beyond the outposts of the Spanish force, and General Rodll, who commanded in Callao, refused to receive any propositioni for a surrender. By command of the President Bolivar, the Commissioner of the Government and of the Spanish army which capitulated at Ayacucho, then repaired on board his Majesty's ship Cambridge, which cast anchor out of reach 'of cannon-shot from Callao. The Commander, Cap. taro Maling, afforded every fwility for this negotiation, and forwarded a note. to the GOvetnor of Callao, explain. ing the nature-of thepippoiltiotit Abont tin be made to him, and offering his ship for carrying on the conferences, if Rodil chose to'send Commissioners- on board. The reply of the Governor of Callao was a refusal of all mediation : he even expressed a, doubt of the events of Ayacucho, and added a strong protest that he would never admit communications, under cover of a flag of truce, from the enemies of his King. There remains no longer any hope of a successful issu&, the Cambridge sailed out of the' harbour, and landed the commissioners at Chorillos. from whence they returned to Lima. This paper also contains a letter from A dmiral Rommel, commander of the French naval force in the Pa cific, to the President Bolivar, in whiCh he declares that he had been placed on that station to protect the commerce of French subjects, and to ensure respect to the French flag; that he was instructed to preserve the strictest neutrality between the belli gerent potters, and above all,•to. contradict the rumours circu lated by ill-disposed persons, that France entertained, designs of a hostile nature against those -- countries. The Admiral agrees to recognize any blockade of the edast which shall be an efficient one. An extraordinary number 'of the iligos of Buenos Ayres contains the following convention for an armistice between Ole— neta and General Sucre. It had received the ratification' of the former, but not that of the Colombian General. Art. I. There shall be a suspensiOn Of hostilitien during four months between the Royal - and liberating armies. 2. Du r i ng t h at time the armies shall remain in their present positions, one to the north, the other to the south, of the De. guadero. Th e line of d emarc ation shall be the same as that which has hitherto divided the two Viee-Royalties. 3. Colonel L anza shall occupy t h e i n t er i o r of the values, or towns of I nqu i s i ve and their vic i n i t y as f ar a s Palca. If any of his troo p s shall have approac hed as far as Vungas, they shall retire t o th e point marked out, leav i ng t h e t err ito r y s u bj ec t t o the Government o f L a P az , a s well . as those other towns oc i ps that province, and that of Cochabamba, which were not in his • power before the events of Ayaeucho. 4. The district of Tarapaca, which belongs to the province of Arequipa, shall continue under the orders of the Commander of the Royal Army. In order that the territory of the - =,province of Arequipa may not be dismembered in consequence of the foregoing article, the district of Apolobaniba, belonging to this province, shall be incorporated with that of Puno. The undersigned commis sioners shall be at liberty to retire with their property and fami lies to Belcisa, in order to enable diem to arrange their affairs ; and the same privilege shall be acceded to anyother inhabitants of the district. 6. The period of the armistice shall be reckoned from the date of the ratification by General Antonio Jose Sucre. 7. Should hostilities unfortunately be renewed, the campaign shall - not recommence without eight days' notice given ; by, either party.. - 8. The province of Salta is included in the suspension of hostilities and in the present'airnistice. • Paz, Jan. 12, 1U25. Si gne d b y t h e Commissioners, JOSE MENDIZAB:3I. E BIAS. ANTONIO DE ELISALDE. Head-quarters at La Paz,• Jan. 13, 1825. - - Ratified in all its parts. PEDRO ANTONIO DE OLANETA. • [FROX THE ATLGUS OF BUENOS AYRES; MARCH 5,1' BUENOS AYRES, FEB, 26. We have obtained, by an extraordinary chance, the Treaty between Great Britain and the United Provinces. It is as follows : " Be it known, the Treaty of Friendship, Navigation, and Commerce, having been concluded, in due form, on the 2d of this month of February,. by Don Manuel Jose Garcia, Pleni potentia:y of the United Provinces 'of Rio de le Plata, and Mr. Woodbine- Parish, Plenipotentiary of his Britannic Majesty, the following is a true copy of the same : • " An extensive commerce having existed for many years between the dominions of his Britannic Mejesty and the United Peovinces ef,Rio dele Plata, it seems advieeahle, for the safety and promotion of the said ,commerce, and the consolidation of good understanding between his Majesty and the said Pro vinces, that these existing relations should be formally recog_ nized and confirmed by a treaty of friendship and navigtition.— . With this view, they have named for their respective Plenipo tentiaries,..viz. his Majesty the King of Great Britain, Mr. W.oodleine Parish, his Majesty's Consul-General at Buenos -Ayres; and the United Provinces, Don M. 'Jose Garcia, Mi nister for Foreign Affairs, &c. who having exchanged their full passes, have agreed on the following articles:— . " Art. 1. Stipulates perpetual friendship between the do minions and subjects of the two parties. • " 2. Reciprocal freedom of trade, on the same footing as any other foreign subjects, " 3. His Britannic Majesty agrees that in all his dominions in Europe; and other parts-Qf the worldethe inhabitants of the United Provinces shall enjoy: the freedom of. trade stipulated in the preceding articles, to the whole extent that is now per. mitred, or may be permitted in future, to any other nation. " 4. No article of the produce or manufacture of either party. shall be subjected, in the dominions of the other, to higher du ties than similar articles from other foreign countries ; nor shall any prohibition to export or import any articles of. pro duce or manufacthre, from or into the respective dominions, be imposed, unlesssuch prohibition include the- same articles of other countries. . " 5. Vessels of above 120 tons of either party shall not pay • in any of the ports of the other party, higher than the national ' vessels of the country to which the port belongs. • " 6. Articles of the produce or manufacture of either party shall pay the same import duties in the ports of the other, whe ther they are imported in the ships of Great Britain or of the United Provinces; and the same bounties, allowances, and drawbacks shall be paiet on the exportation of such articles of produce or manufatture from tither country, whether exported in British ships or those of the United Provinces. " 7. To prevent misunderstandings, it is stipulated that all ships built in his Majesty's dominions, which are owned, man. ned, and registered according to the laws of Great Britain, shall he considered as British ships; and that all,vessels built in the territories of the said provinces, duly registered, owned by citi zens of the same provinces, or of airy one of them, whose Cap- taih and three-fourths of the crew are citizens of the said pro vinces, shall be considered as vessels of the United Provinces. " 8. Every merchant; commander of a ship, and other sub jects of hit Britannic Majesty, shall enjoy in all the territories 'of the United Provinces, the same liberty as the natives to ma , nage his own affairs, te confide them to whomever he pleases as his factor, agent, or interpreter, without being obliged to employ or pay for that purpose any personi whatever, unless he thinks fit to employ them; the buyer and seller to have at all times full liberty to contract and fix at their pleasure the price of all effects, merchandise, &c. imported into or exported from the said United Provinces. • " 9. In all points relative to the unloading of vessels, the security of merchandise and effects, thedispoeal of property of 'every description by sale, tlonation, exchange, or Other mode whatsoever, as-well as -to the administration, of justice, the subjects of the contracting.parties shall enjoy respectively in the dominions of each other the same rights e privileges, anff frane chises, as those of the most favoured nations. They shall not pay higher duties in taxes than the subjects of the state ht Which they reside; they shall be exempt from all military 'service whatever, either by sea or land, from all forced loans, exactions, or military requisition ; nor shall they be obliged to pay any ordinary contributions under any pretext, greater than the na tural subjects and citizens of the other party. " 10. Each of the parles may appoint Co isuls as usual, who shall not exercise their functions tilt duly approved by the Go vernment to which they are sent, and either party may except to the residence of COnsuls in such particular places as it may please to except. " 11. Foe the greater security of cumenerce between the sub ,jects of the contracting parties, it is stipulated that in case of any unfortunate interruption of the amicable relations of com therce, cr a breach between the two parties, the subjects and citizens of each residing in the dominions of the other shall have the privilege. of remaining and continuing their trade, without any interruption, so long as they behave peaceably, and do not in any way olehd the laws; and their effects and property, whether confided to individuals or to the state, shall not be subject to embargo or sequestration. 12. The subjects of his Britannic Majesty, residing in the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata, shall not be disturbed, persecuted, or molested on account of their religion, but they shall enjoy a perfect liberty of conscience in them, celebrating divine worship in their own houses, or in their own particular chinehes or chapels which they shall be authorized to build and maintain in convenient situetiens, which shall beapprovcd of by the Government of the se id United Provinces ; it shill also be permitted to bury the subjects of his Britannic Majesty, who shall die in the country of. the United Provinces, in their own cemeteries, which they may in like manner form and main tain there. On - the other hand, the subjects of 'die said United Provinces shall enjoy in all the dominions of his Britannic 31a. jesty, a perfect and unlimited freedom of conscience, and the exercise of their religion, public or private, in the houses where they reside,- or io the chapels and religious houses destined for that purpose, conformably to the system of toleration establish ed in his Majesty's dominions. " 13. The subjects of his Britannic Majesty residing in the United Provinces may freely dispose of their prope r ty o f every description'in whatever form they please, or by will, as they think fit; - and if a 'British' subject should die in the United Provinces without .a will or disposition of his property, his Majesty's Consul-General, or, in his absence, his represents:. tive, shall be authorised to appoint guardians, who shall take care of the property for the lawful heirs - anel creditors, with.. t o h u e, Di a a:n n i od. y nt esTter tr affic. netin Buenos-Ayres, o.bnu interference, oyevnewosthr..eeAra g e:oy i giving' notice to the. Authorities of the country, and reciprocally. " 14. His Britannic Majesty, anxiously desiring the abolition of the slave 'trade, the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata en gage to co-operate with his Majesty in accomplishing so bene ficial a work ;'and to prohibit all persons residing in the United Provinces, or subject to r t f h esst e lh: i a r el j hls u ea r i bi2te s id d pr i oa c ,f t et Fn o fii n eepb n :t i e n ananr t t y h ida e :t m ienes othr ratification yfieecaa rt effectual ionf manner, and by the most solemn laws, from taking any part in exchanged in. 4 months, or sooner, if possible. here unto set their hands and seals. our Lord 1825, (L. S.) (L. S.) " M. J. GARCIA. "WOODBINE PARISH." •••-• •" We, Juan Gregorio de las Heras, Captain-General and Governor of the Province of Buenos-Ayres, charged with the supreme executive power of the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata, now assembled in Congress, having, in conformity with the fundamental law of the 23d January, 1823, communicated the said treaty to the Constituent Congress for its assent, and having obtained its full powers and approbation to ratify and confinn•the said treaty, by this present Act we ratify and con firm it in due form, promising and engag . ing, in the name of the said United Provinces , that all the stipulations and obliga tions in the same shall be sacredly and inviolably fulfilled. " In testimony whereof, we sign with our hand the present instrument of ratification, and have caused it to be attested by our .31inister of War and Marine, solemnly sealing it with the national seal at Buenos Ayres, the 19th of February, 10 die year of our L or d 1 825. • " JUAN GitEGORIO DE LAS HEMS. " FRANCISCO DE LA CRUZ." PARLEAIIENTARY PROCEEDINGS. lIOCSE OF COMMONS. Jovis," 5° die Maii, 1825. MESSAGE from the LORDS—That they have agreed to.-- the Rotherhithe Dock Bill, without amendment. ROADS—Berwick and Morpeth—Report of Mr. Telford to the Treasury presented—to lie on the table. Ross.shire—Peti. tion front Train, in favour—to lie on the table. Fulham and Kensington, and I-I aslingden—Bills reported, to be ingrossed , Bawtry and Sheffield—Bill read a third time, and passed. Leeds and Whitehall—Petitions from Leeds and Rochdale, in favour; and from Gontersal, .against —to lie on the table. COMPANlEs—British Gas 'Light —Edinburgh Gas Light Com' pany, against—referred to the Committee on the Bill, Court-. sel ordered. Western Ship Canal—Petitions from North' bury, &c.. Broadway and l)onyatt, and North .Petherton, iii • favour—to lie on the table. CHURCH—Chelsea—Bill reported, to be ingrogsed. CANAL —Gloucester and Berkeley—Bill reportedi-Report tD lie on . the table. IMPROVEMENTS—Godahning—Petition of Inhabitants of; against—referred to the Committee on the Bill, Counsel or dered. Newbury—Bill read a third time, and passed. COUNTY COURTS. BlLL—Petition .of C. Short, Esq. Clerk of the Rules and Orders of. the Court of King's Bench, for compensation —to lie on the table. CORN , LAWS—Four Petitions againit any alteration therein, anti Two for a revision thereof—to lie on the table. COMBINATION Laws—Five Petitions concerning—referred t°, the Select Committee. BEER DUTlES—Thirteen Petitions for the repeal thereof—" to lie on the - table. ROMAN CATHOLIC CLAlms—Three Petitions, against, and One, in favour—to lie on the table. COUNTY RATES—Petition from Herefordshire, for an equa. lization thereof—referred to the Select Committee. CATTLE ILL-TREATMENT ACT—Petition from WestmitV ater, for an extension thereof-to lie on the table. DISSENTERS Matt RIAGES —Bill read a third time and passol• Tnitowx SILK Aci. REPEAL-43111 read a second. time. COTTON MILLS REGULATION- , -BilI" to make further pro: visions fbr the regulation of Cotton Mills and Factories, and for the better preservation of' the health of young persons employed therein," read a first - time, to be read a szeorla time on Friday next, and to be printed. SPECIAL J URIES (Ireland)—Bill "tor the amendment of the , Laws with respect to Special Juriei and Trials In Ireland, read a first time, to be read•a second time on Thursday next, and to be printed. LEASING MAKING (Scotland)Bill " for restricting the „ nishment of Leasing.making, S e diti on , an d-Blasphemy, in Scotland," read a first time, to be read a second tune ou Monday next, and to be printed. A LIME N T oriParsoNE tts (Scotland)—Bill "to amend an Act of the Scottish Parliament, relative to the AliMent of poor Prisoners," read a first time, to be read isecorid time on Monday next, and to be printe& WAREHOUSED " to permit, for a limited time• the entry for home consumption of Warehoused Corn a nd Wheaten Flour, upon the payment of certain Duties, an d to alter the Duty on Wheat, the produce of the British) Co . " • lonics in North America," read a first time. LEVANT COMPANY—BiII tend a first time. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. I. Spring Guns Bill—Second reading. 2. Gardens Protection Bill—Second reading. 3. Judicature (Scotland) Bill—Committee. 4. Customs Laws Repeal B ill—Further consideration of Report . ' 5. Customs Management Bill—Further - consideration of .130" port. G. Navigation Laws Bill—Further consideration of Report 7. Custpms Regulation Rill—Further consideration of RePort' 8. Smuggling Prevention Bill—Further consideration of Re' port. 9. Goods Warehousing Bill—Further consideration of Report. 10. Isle of Man Trade Bill—Further consideration of Report. 11. Stealing in Mines Bill—Second reading. 12. Roman Catholic Relief Bill—Committee. 13. Elective Franchise (Ireland) Bill—,Committee. 14. Transports in the Colonies Bill—Second reading. 15. Colonial Intercourse Bill—Further consideration of Repot' 10. Canada Tenures Bill—Second reading. 17. Distillery Bill—Committee. 18. Pirates Head Money Bill—Committee. 19. Salmon Fishery Bill—Further consideration of Repor t . 20. Lunacy Travtrse Bill—Second reading. 21. Supply—Committee. 22. Settlement of the Poor Bill— port. Further consideration of Re. 23. Ways and Means—Committee. 24. Bankers (Ireland) Bill—F urt h er cons id erat i on o f Report -25. ChanCery Court (Irel an d) Bill — R eport. 26. Thrown Silk Act Repe a l Bill—C omm i ttee , , 27. Isle of Man Acts—R e p or t th ereupon. 28. Sealing of 'Writs (Irel a nd) Bill—Second reading. 29. Warehoused Corn Bill—Second rea di ng . 30. Levant Company Bill—Se con d rea di ng . - • NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DA Y. , o 1. Mr. Grattan-;-.Motion for Copy of Address from Parishior ds; of St. Andrew's Parish (Dublin) t o th e Lo r a Li e l l ten7 respecting the Muse ValUation Bill. 2. Mr. Dawson—Select Committee, to inquire into the opt: tion of the Acts which regulate the conveyance of Bircs ß " NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. • Monday, May 9. Sir George Hill—Select Committee on the Laws respect - the Butter 'Trade of Ireland. Tuesday, May 10. gal Mr. Moncit—Bill to prohibit, i n certa i n cases , t he P a of any part or portion of the wages of Labourers Pu t the Poor Rates. Tueaday, May 17. tu t The Lord Advocate of Scotl a nd—Bill t o ex t en d to Scotl ll- a part of the provisiona of an Act (43 G eo . 3, c . V] (JO Ellenborough's Act). Thursday. May 26. Mr. Edmond Wodehouse—Motion for obtaining furthe r formation respecting the prices of Foreign Corp, thr ow the medium of His Majesty's Consuls abroad. PRIVATE BILL. Second Reading for This Day. Doncaster and Thorne Road. LoNbox socii:TY FOR PROMOTING Cligh" „ .° TIANITY AMONGST THE JEWS.—This morning a M on . -,-11:104 ' reus and respect a bl e eeting, the majority of which e a .n.. of Ladies, took pl ace at t h e F reemasons ' Tavern Great 4 :2 1 •! e - T. street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, in support of this S ociety..si r BARING in the Chair, supported by Lord Bexley, Lord 11 ° ° , savage, Lord Gambie r , 8,-;c. The report was read by the 6ec tary, and represented it t o b e i n a flourishing condition. „,,,ei. ing the past ye ar Mi ss i onar i es h ave been sent to distant pu t , to accomplish the object of the Society, and religious have been circ u l a t e d amongst the Jews. Seminaries have n o . established in various parts with proper tutors, and se veral ', di stances of conversion has taken place. The report met v" considerable applause, and s e ve r a l gentlemen addressed Lhe meeting. A number of persons were at the doors distribu tlPP religious tracts. LONDON FEMALE PENITENT/ART.—yestera ti f the annual meeting of. the London Female Penitentiary s i l l held at the Crown and Anchor, in the Strand. The oble c f b ro this excellent institution is to afford a temporary asylum to ° n og tunate females, and .to give them the means of again beconthso useful and industrious memb ers o f society. The instituti° o f existed for some years at - Pentonville, and has been the o ccasio_U io rescuing from misery and depravity many a w r etched feT7i t e who otherwise might have perished in an hospital or 4 . 4. :b le, streets. The meeting, thou g h "n o t numerous, was re specT and consisted principally of females. Soon after tvielve o'eoft,e Sir George Rose haying been called to the chair, explai r g d pel• object of the meeting in a short and impressive speech: iv latt,Esq.Secretary, then proceeded to read the report, tailed a number of interestingcases in which the institution ad afforded successful - relief. Mr. Harkey, the treasurer, wen t l e a a statement of the receipts and expenditure of the initituti from which it appeared that, in consequence of the nut9b er t . by applications last year, the expenditure exceedel the receipt' about 200/. The Rev. David Ruel, in moving that the rei:o gt adopted, said that of all insetutions none was more inter e n i u none more calculated to promote the cause of morals en" this , manity than this. It was a remarkable fact, that the _ his against which it was directed existed to a greater extent t ., Metropolis than in any other. Their exertionsshould be P r i .7at, tioned to its magnitude ; and he trusted that the result of the day's meeting would shew that they were not insensible to the wretchedness and degradation of their fellow-creatures . Rev. Gentleman, in a very impressive manner, alluded to vidual cases in which the institution had been productive o.ich best effects. The Rev. J. Garratt, seconded the motion, w ° , t o .was unanimously agreed to. Sir G. Rose , having occas:o4o, attend another meeting in the city, left the chair about past one, and was succeeded in it by Mr. Hankey. , ing broke up at an early hour, and a collection was made doprs. .