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V 1/2 ATAIMALTY OPFICI„ Anti?. 24, 107. VOTICE is hereby given, That a SES 'sl6/%1 of OYER and TERMINER and GAOL DELIVERY, for the. TRIAL of OFFENCES committed on the HIGH SEAS, within the Jurisdiction of the AD MIRALTY of ENGLAND, will be held at JUSTICE HALL, in the . OLD BAILEY, LONDON, on Tun- DAY, the 29th day of May next, at Eight o'Clock in the iMorning; —And all Sheriffs, Gaolers, and Keepers of ns, in whose custody any Prisone rs , c h arge d w i t h ances committed on the High Seas, or within the said Jurisdiction, may be, are hereby required to transmit a enPy of the Commitment of every such Prisoner to Mr. Bi cxlitt,L, the S o li c it or o f t h e Admiralty, on Spring Oarden Terrace, London, in order that the necessary mea -I,llre alajesty's Gaol of Newgate, for trial at the said intended Session : And all Mayors, Justices, Coroners, and other Officers, before whom any Inquisitions, Informations, Ex amination; or Recognizances, may have been taken touch fg any su c h O ffences, are required to transmit the same forthwith to Mr. THOMAS SHELTON, the Clerk of Ar raigns of the High Court of Admiralty of England, at his Office, at the Sessions House in the Old Bailey, London. J. W. CHOKER. , .. - • - LV ••'''' ' . .f•'‘0 ,, f4,,, 4 i tn , f 1 # . , 0 2,74::7 ''''" :4rOji ' '' '' lll*-- %\ • - " . . 4 f t n 204 - : • . ...:,...,,,,,:7,,,,- °LF , ..;=-4 - N it' ;,..-_ A ...„). ._ "-4116. -q,'- t+ , , - 4 011161 4) _:_. — s - • ;- 4 bt Y ' -,(::# / ;" ' s ' ' 447, 4 ..... .,..m , 1.17 : : .. c' 4111P ir lt °IT 41'615 , • _ TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 22, 1827. No. 10,826. PRICE 7D. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. monopoly to one road, instead of leaving the competition between two . roads open. they had seen for some time; and yet he begged to know what sum the Government was disposed to advance in order to expedite the emigration of 10,000 persons of all trades from this country. Now he begged to declare, on the part of the Emigration Committee—and he requested to this declaration the favour of the attention of the HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 21. Mr. A. CAMPBELL contended that the House would find its beet guide in the Report of the Committee. After a few words from Messrs. GRAHAM, Humr, and MAXWELL, the House divided, For the Report 3O Against it 29 The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the tvool sack at Five o'clock. The Bishop of LANDAFF presented a petition from a hundred in Sussex, against any alteration in the Corn Laws. Similar petitions were presented from a Hundred in Sus sex, by the Earl of Malmesbury ; from a hundred in Norfolk, by the Duke of. Richmond; and from the vicinity of Dover, by Earl Stanhope. The Noble Lord also presented a petition against the Importation of Foreign Wool, from Kent. The petitions were laid on the table. Majority 1 Mr. HUME presented a petition from the Edinburgh Gas Company, against the Bill before the House. Lord NEWBOROUGH moved for leave to withdraw the Welsh Inclosure Bill.—Granted. DIRECT FOR SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES. THE remarkably fine new coppered Brig, WOODLARK, ROBERT BRASH, Commander. Boni:len 250 Tons. Lying in the London Dock. Has superior Accommodation for Passengers. For Freight or Passage apply to BUCKLES, BAGSTER, and BUCHANAN, 33, Mark-lane, under an Engagement with the Honourable East India Company to Sail on the 31st May next, FOR MADRAS AND CALCUTTA, (With liberty to call at MADEIRA), THE remark a bl y fi ne new co ppered Ship, PR INCE REGENT W. B. LAMB, Commander. Burthen 400 T ons. Lying iu the West India Export Dock. Rae superior accommodations for Passengers, and carries an experienced Surgeon. For Freight or Passage apply to BUCKLES, BAGSTER, and BUCHANAN, 33, Mark-lane. Under an engagement with the Honourable East India Company, to Sail on Ist June next, FOR CALCUTTA, T 6 yvitti liberty to land P assengers at MADRAS) , Fine First-Class Ship, YORK, then 50 0 ri LYRY R. WILKINSON, C omman d er. Bur- Z 3111 14 Lying in the East India Export Dock. H 4B Very superior Accommodation for Passengers, and will an experienced Surgeon. :For Freight or Passage apply to the Commander, at the usalem Coiree-liouse, Cornhill ; or to SUCKLES, BAGSTER, and BUCHANAN, 33, Mark-lane. RO YAL ACADEMY, SOMERSET-PLACE. 'IRE EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY is now OPEN. Admission (from Eight o'Clock till Seven) Is. Catalogue Is. H. HOWARD, R.A. Sec. TPORTABLE WATER CLOSETS. HE decided Superiority of HAWKINS' biiB6,PATENT over any other being now fully esta -I;hA,7' the Public are respectfully cautioned against spu- Z 44 i mitations, and are requested to observe that none are i a the original self-acting principle, which have not " S. the ILIC.iItS3 PATENT, 167, Fleet-street"—printed in ecil A la rge assortment in the shape of Pedestals, Chairs, , 1 1: 2 111 10de B e d steps, &c. To be seen at the Manufactory, FLEET-STREET, Price 60s. and upwards. BEAVER HATS. Lii.l-ONn, particularly. subject to Head-ache T t ,,, any pressure or constraint of the Forehead and la m ? ali ) I have been far from inattentive to all professed . t h e r nvements of the HAT ; but I have'never yet met with .Iy e,cIUaIofC O VINTON'S SHORTNAPPED BEAVER. the last is with out precedent, it 'retains its shape to lie u at in spite of weather, and is waterproof.—lt is as fo t ,. La l a f eather, a n d so e l ast i c as to a d apt itself most com ,,,vo".;Ar. to the wearer's herd.—Vide Stockdale's Budget, Thes e R 11 „ d ats are t o b e o b ta i ne d i n every ver it y o f Sh ape sid e ash l°n of th e M anufacturer, Covinton, 132,Chesp two doors from Gutter-lane. 1 hl2 „,-aY d W aS published, handsomely printed on decoy % • — 4 x, pri ce 3s. 6d. i n boards; or, in a smaller size, inferior paper, 2s. 6d. bound; S ELECTION OF PSALMS AND 12 1 , 1 HYMNS for Public Worship. of y o — r f at ed, by permission, to . his Grace the Archbishop . 114 The very ex t ens i ve c i rcu l at i on w hi c h t hi s 'S e l ect i on wh aPerienced cannot but be gratifying to those persons ; °4a be nevolent e x er ti ons h ave b een grea t i n promot i ng th e a nd it is t rusted that this success may still continue, as Pro contribute much to the welfare of the Widow Children of the late Rev. Thomas C o tt er ill, A.M., Petual Curate of S. Paul's Church, Sheffield. Printed for T. Cadell, Strand. Fq Of whom may be had, editio 43.11.,Y PRAYERS, by the ',ate Mr. Cotterill, sixth 7s• in boards. uThis day was published, in S vo . p r i ce 10s. 6d., IsToßy of the PROGRESS and ITAL Y S UPPRESSION of the REFORMATION in " in the SIXTEENTH CENTURY ; includ qto44BSketeli of the History of the Reformation in the th By THOMAS APCRIE, D.D. The History of the Progress and Suppression of sep ar — a e te ',l o. atiun i n Sp a in, will be speedily published in a P rit : lim e . 1.. Btra-u, „. 0 fo 4 rWm Blackwood, Edinburgh ; and T. Cadell, 11. I. The Lately published by the same author, 2 vole. e L IFE OF JOHN KNOX. Fourth edition, 2. Tr i "; 1 /. ls. e 'WE OF ANDREW MELVILLE. Second 'Editll, .v' B vo. IL 48. NATIONAL SILK WEAVERS' SOCIETY, tstablished ployment for the I purpose of giving constant Em- to th e Spitalfi e ld s poor a°e Weavers and their Families of I 1 and Ili PATRONS, and the NOBILITY , Publi . 4 ,,, „___ c, are most respectfully .w informed, that they at t :11 8 j eet, arehouse, No. 15, square,De l'(lt4l;einftneneed Itsh i c7 opposite the Church, Phre'rions oen in., thie7aßetail House, at No. 59, Oxford lif,,eet• They cut at their Warehouse any quantity of Silk nom the piece, at one penny per yard on the cost price, Where t hey always keep ready manufactured rich Ducape, ros dc Naples, stout us . g I'laln'a "` l fignred G L trin and Sarsnet, black aTid loured Levantines , and Satins of every de scription and wai t , ' rich Silk Daina, i k,;-' a I n ett, .a most extensive ‘a . assortment of t of others, Thirty new Patterns oefudeling2namong a ' which are perfectly. origlitazita:a Taberets, vanity of the Society, consequently will b found the greatest executed exclusively for Yelty ever submitted to public inspection no- Ladies are most respectfally informed. that it is not profit they seek, but only suffi, ien , .to cover expellees and keep the men in constant ernployra,nt. Those Ladies and Gentlemen who will honour the Society -13y ~„iing yearly subscribers of Ten Shillings, will be waited upon - a - t - their respective dwellings by one of the members of the Com- Mittee, with every new Pattern of Silk previous to their being submitted to public sale. The Sub scr i pt i ons w il l go to the Fund of the Society, to provid e for the benevolent purposes for which it has been established, vii . —at each member's death, 12/, A Meniber's wife's death,any member sick, 12%. per Week, and if out of employment, 10s. The purchasers, if they wish, May see rich Silks in the Progress of being manufactured. Due notice will he given to the Patrons and Nobilit y, 40, 1 P u bli c, the day on which they open in Oxford -street. Mr. Fearon, in his " Sketches of America," a Ys, that in his perambul a ti ons t h roug h New York, to discover what trades and professions Were likely to succeed, found that lawyers and medical practitioners were Paup ers in England. A as common there as B end walking gentlem an see i ng his f or l'' in Broadway, called out " Doc and immediately sixteen persons turned round to answer to the name. At almost eVery private-door, cellar, or boarding-house, a tin plate is displayed, bearing the Inscription c , At tigney-at-Law." - •- - -• . FOREIGN DEPARTMENT. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said, that being anxious to elicit every thing connected with the Foreign Office, for the purpose of contrasting its present state with what it was in 1822, he was now going to move for further returns. It appeared that large sums had been ex pended in building mansions and making great improve ments in the accommodation of the Foreign Secretary.- 10,0001. he understood had been expended in the purchase of a house. This, with the other sums expended within the last eighteen months, upon improvements connected with the Foreign Office department in Downing-street, amounted in all to 60,000/. The Noble Lord would not find fault with this extravagance, if it were once settled that the Foreign Secretary should be singled out, and provided with accom modation in every way superior to the Home Secretary, and those of the Colonial Secretary. This fact of the expendi ture of 60,0001. was, he believed, not generally known to the public. He should, therefore, move, that an humble Address be presented to his Majesty, praying that he might direct to be laid before the House returns of the amount of all sums expended on the Foreign Office buildings, since January, 1824, and also of all sums expended in the pur chase of furniture and other decorations, and likewise of the purchase money paid for the house of Sir Robert Preston in Downing-street. Lord GODERICH said that there was no objection whatever to furnish the returns, but the Noble Marquis was quite mistaken in supposing that the public were not acquainted with all the details of the expenditure. The fact was, that each item had been distinctly voted in the other House. The Returns were then ordered. THE NEW ADMINISTRATION. Lord MANSFIELD said, that iu obedience to the ad vice of his friends, he was about to move their Lord ships that the Order for summoning them on the 7th of June be discharged. lie at the same time informed them that he had no intention of renewing his notice of motion. At the same time he wished it to be dis- tinctly understood that his own opinions were perfectly unaltered. lle did not think it fit to ask or avail himself of the support of any of his Noble Friends whom be had not previously consulted, and they agreeing with him upon all general points merely differed upon the precise course of proceeding which he ought to adopt. They thought that it would not be - advi,seable to persevere in his motion, and he had, thercfote, Tu l l other option but to give it up.• He did not ine t an now to state his reasons for so doing, nor did he with to 'provoke a discussion upon the subject of his intended motion. He yielded in this instance to the *ice .his fiiends, but he begged to state that if upon an} other occasion a discussion should arise which would give him as opportunity of - expressing and acting upon his opinions, he would tilt himself -of it attlititigh his view might be different ft i th7iiginion of those with whom lie generally agreed. Upon such an occasion, with all his wishes for unanimity, he would ex press his own unbiassed sentiments. The order was then discharged. CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION. The Earl of HARE WOOD then rose, but spoke in such a low tone, that although the most profound silence pre vailed in the House, the Noble Earl was scarcely audible below the bar. We understood him to say that he felt a most anxious desire to ask a question of a Right Reverend Prelate opposite relating to a subject of the deepest importance. He did not mean to go into any details, but would rest satisfied with a simple answer to a plain question. It was a subject which he knew required to be touched with the greatest delicacy—it was one always of much import ance ; but it was of still more importance at this parti cular crisis, that the true state of this question should be understood. The Noble Lord had seen published and promulgated an address on the Catholic Question to the Bishops and Clergy of their dioceses by two eminent Divines.—(Cries of " Hear, hear, hear.")—He wished to ask whether the Right Reverend Prelate had made that declaration upon any authority, and if so, upon what authority ? It was necessary for the public to know the authority, for if those opinions were forwarded on autho rity they could not be promulgated unless by the authority of his Majesty's Council.—(Loud cries of hear, hear.) The BISHOP of LONDON—My Lords, I feel some difficulty in answering the question of the Noble Earl ; I have no difficulty in answering it according to my im pression of its general import, although the precise nature of the answer which he requires I cannot exactly under stand. If it be, whether a statement to my Clergy, made by me as to opinions entertained in a quarter which I cannot in this House mention—(Loud cries of hear, hear) if I repeat the question has reference to that statement, I feel no difficulty in saying that that statement was gene rally correct,—(Loud cries of hear, hear)—and (after a pause), if your Lordships wished me to go further and state more particularly I am ready to obey your com mands.--(Cheers. )_The Right Rev. Prelate here paused, and after a short interval he sat down amidst loud cries of " go on, go on.") Earl SPENCER rose to order. He stated that there was no question before the House, and lie had always thoUght it improper to excite unpleasant debate on any sub- jest which was not regularly before the House. On the present occasion, the answering the question of the Noble Earl might lead to a discussion of the greatest importance, to produce which, the Noble Earl had stated, was not his wish. The Earl of ELDON said, that the Noble Earl had asked whether the declaration, stated to have been made by a Right Rev. Prelate at a meeting of the Clergy, was cor rectly reported. To that question an answer had been given, and the question now proposed was, by what autho rity the Right Rev. Prelate had made that declaration. If it was intended by that question to elicit the statement of an authority which ought not to be mentioned in that House, he begged leave to say that he for oue would not give his consent to such a course of proceeding. The fact that the Right Rev. Prelate bad made the declaration which had been reported, had been established ; and that circumstance was sufficient. The Earl of HAREWOOD stated, in answer to the Noble Earl who spoke last but one, and who objected to the practice of putting questions as leading to debates, that he did not find that it was either an unusual or unparlia mentary practice; and he was the more inclined to follow that praotice, because he had heard questions put to which no direct answer h.sd been returned by the Noble Lords opposite, who stated, that whenever a motion respecting the stability of Government should be brought forward, they would then give an answer to the questions which had been put to them. He was not desirous of provoking i any discussion; and he had begun by saying that he was zic.'irft aware of the delicate nature of the question. All he wished to produce was, a declaration from the Right Rev. Prelate, that when he made the communication in question to the Clergy of his diocese, he had authority for so doing. That declaration he had produced, and he inquired no further. —(Hear.)—He did not inquire by what authority that . communication had been made; for lie knew that it must have been made upon the authority of his Majesty's advisers. The Marquis of LANSDOWN rose to order. He was of opinion that those Noble Lords to whom the Noble Earl had alluded, as declining to answer questions until they were put in the form of a regular motion, had only done that which it was competent for them to do; and he thought that by that course they had merely consulted the general convenience of the House, because much inconve nience arose from incidental and protracted discussions. It must, however, rest in the bosom of every individual in that House, whether he would exercise his own discretion in answering the questions put to him, and he must say that he (the Marquis of Lansdown) hoped the Right Rev. Prelate would pause before he answered the second ques tion put to him by the Noble Earl opposite; because, if the object of that question was to induce the Right Rev. Prelate to state an authority which he (the Marquis of Lansdown) would not name, if the Right Rev. Prelate gave an answer, from that moment he made himself the responsible adviser of the opinions which had been com municated, and lie must be answerable for every conse quence attached to those opinions. He did not, therefore, consider the question being put as obliging the Right Rev. Prelate to answer it ; and lie thought that the Right Rev. Prelate would refuse to give an answer to the question, which must commit him as having been the• giver of ad vice such as in the history of Parliament and the Constitu tion of this country had not been given before. He there fore trusted that the Right Rer. Prelate would pause be fore he gave an answer; and he was sure that the House would not insist on •an answer being given ; and even if any motion should be made, it would not be necessary to re- ply to the question. Earl GREY felt all the inconvenience of discussions like the present. He must, however, say one word as to the situation in which the House was placed in conse quence of the question put to the Right Rev. Prelate. He thought the Noble Marquis was right in saying, that though it was the constant practice of Parliament to allow questions like the present to be answered, still it must be in the discretion of the person. to whom questions were put, to answer them or to decline so doing. He would therefore have concurred with his Noble Friend, in think ing that it woul4 have been improper in the Right Rev. Prelate to have given an answer to any part of the question which had been put to him. He did think that the question itself was, both with respect to the character of Parliament and the situation iu which their Lordships stood in that House, in discussing public questions of the greatest importance; and it did appear to him, that such an answer was made by the Right Reverend Pre late to the first part of the question, as was in fact an answer given to the whole. The Right Rev. Prelate stated, that if the Noble Earl alluded to the account given in the papers of a speech delivered b'y him to the clergy of his diocese, that statement was substantially correct. And he understood the Right Reverend Prelate to proceed further, and to state that he undoubtedly would not have been so presumptuous as to make that statement, if he had not sufficient authority, for so doing. It was a fair inference to be 'drown from what the Right Reverend Prelate had stated, that that statement had been made under authority of the greatest „ public importance. He would not allude more Particulaly either to the subjecVor the consequences which such a declaration might have kereafter ; but it did appear to.him that tberewas ground, if the Noble Earl (Hare Wood) chose to.avail himself of it, in consequence of that statement; for coining down to that House with a motion to enable their Lordships to declare their opinion on the character of that proceeding, and upon the conduct of the advisers of the Crown. He had an opinion of his own upon the proceeding, which he should not express until such a motion should be made. As the question which the Noble Earl had put had been distinctly answered, be thought that the discussion had better drop. Lord ROLLE said a few words, which were not heard below the bar. The Earl of 1-lARROWBY said, that the point now was, had the question been answered in such a manner as Parliament, consistent with its duty, could recognise it to have been answered? If the House thought it necessary to put on the words of the Right Rev. Prelate the inter pretation which the Noble Earl who spoke last but, one, had put on them, then it was the duty of their Lordships to have stopped the Right Rev. Prelate in the midst of an unconcluded sontence, and prevent him from attaching to himself the responsibility which he might otherwise have to bear; because he (the Earl of Harrowby) was net blind in the importance of the question; nor blind to the impropriety of the suggestions now for the first time made to a British Parliament, respecting the private opinions of the King on any question which might be brought forward. He knew nothing so perfectly destructive to the character, so perfectly incompatible with every privilege of Parlia ment—nothing could render it so unsatisfactory to their Lordships in sitting in that House, and mocking themselVes and the country!with the idea of discharging their duties, as to permit themselves to suppose, many manner or degree that there was upon any measure, whether now pending or which might hereafter be pending, a previously formed opinion of the King. He would state, and state it without fear of contradiction, that no man had a right to presume before hand, what would be the opinion of the sovereign upon any measure which might be brought before him by both Houses of Parliament, or to say that he would take or 1 ject the advice of those persons who were at that very mo ment his confidential servants. If such were not the true doctr; ,, e of the Constitution, then all those who had for centuries past been ~.ndeavouring to establish a free and representative Constitution in this country had been mis taken. Upon th ;se grounds he trusted that their Lord ships would not permit themselves to be carried into far ther discussion upon an incidental subject ; and if ever there should be brought forward a motion in consequence. of the manner in which the question of the Noble Earl had been answered, it ought to be met by a direct and indig nant negative. Earl GREY thought the mode in which any motion ought to be treated must depend upon the nature of the motion itself. The Earl of HAREWOOD begged, whatever impro priety or informality there might be in the present course of proceedings, that the whole burden might be thrown on his shoulders. He would not have started the subject, for he was aware of its delicacy, had he not seen that a declaration upon a question that was connected with the best interests of this country was made the subject of pub lic communication.--(Hear.)—He then thought himself justified in bringing forward the subject, on the ground that that declaration was no longer a private declaration, but bad been made public.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MONDAY, MAY 21. The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes before four o'clock, and forty Members being present, the House proceeded to business. Mr. W. DUNDAS brought up the report of the Edin burgh Improvement Bill. Sir W. RAE, elected for Harwich, took the oaths and his seat. Mr. Alderman WOOD moved the third reading of the Thames Watermen Bill, which passed. AYRSHIRE ROADS. Mr. A. CAMPBELL moved the second reading of the Ayrshire-Road Bill. • Mr. KENNEDY objected to one of the amendments pro posed by the Committee, upon the grqund that it gave 4 Mr. PORTMAN presented a petition from certain Pro testant Dissenters in the county of Dorset, for the Repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts. Mr. M. WILSON presented a similar petition from llemmerton, in Yorkshire. EMIGRATION. Mr. MAXWELL wished to put a question on the sub ject of the intentions of Government with respect to the aid they were willing to afford to persons desirous of Emi grating. A number of petitions had been presentNl to the House on this subject from Scotland, and it was most important ihat they should know the opinion of his Ma jesty's Ministers on this most important question. Mr. CANNING assured the Hon. Member that the subject to which he alluded had occupied very much the attention of His Majesty's Government, as well as of com mittees of that House; and if the conclusion to which they had come, was (as he was afraid it would prove) not en couraging for the views of some of the constituents of the Hon. Member, yet it was one which, upon the whole, the public interests imperatively demanded. The case upon this question stood thus :—ln consequence of the inquiries of the committee which sat upon the subject of emigration, some cases of very peculiar distress and suffering in certain parts of England and Scotland were disclosed, which, from their evident emergency, pressed for sepa rate and immediate consideration. The very same cases had struck the attention of the committee of gentlemen which had for some time, with so much credit to them selves and advantage to their country, sat in the city of London to relieve distress in the manufacturing districts. These gentlemen communicated on the subject with the Parliamentary Committee ; and the substance of their pro position was, that they would advance, out of the subscrip tion fat ds placed at their disposal, a certain sum, to faci litate the emigration of some classes in particular districts of the country, provided that double the amount of that sum were granted by Government in aid of the same be nevolent purpose. The result of this communicaion from the London Committee to that which sat up stairs, was transmitted by the latter to Government, accompanied by an approving expression of opinion, that it should be car- ' ried into effect. This reference to Government took place between one and two months ago, and although there was no circumstance at the time which ought to have actually excluded its consideration, yet there were some circum stances which operated to prevent him from taking a lead in its further prosecution at the period to which he alluded. During this interval, he was happy to say, that communications had passed from all the parties who were principally interested in the promotion of the plan, an nouncing a greater degree of employment for those who had little or none before, and that there was a sensible and growing improvement in the trade of those classes for whose relief the emigration expedielt bad been sug gested : so much so, indeed, that though their wages were not at present very high, there were yet few, if any, work men actually out of employment.—(Hear, hear. )—The ac counts, in fact, stated, that no willing hands were out of work; and similar reports had been received by the dif ferent Committees. It was, under these improved cirs cmnstances, gratifying to find that the favourers of the original plan were not called upon to prosecute their first intention; and when he had had the honour this morning of meeting some of the gentlemen who were engaged in the recommendation which had been transmitted to Go vernment, he put to them this question—" If you were called upon now, with the light of this change of circum stances, and with the conviction (which all throughout had expressed) of the sensible inconvenience of such a precedent for the application of public money, would you be disposed to repeat the recommendation which under the pressing circumstances of the moment, you transmitted to the Government ?" Their answer was, "No : it was only under that pressing emergency we expressed the ra commendation."—(Hear, hear.)—lt was clear that in principle the precedent would have been full of evil, and that it could have been alone justified by the peculiar apo- logy for a deviation from sound policy which the parti cular circumstances disclosed.—(Hear, hear.)—And be was sure that the House would think the Government bad but one duty to perform at this moment, and that was to adhere to the sound principle itself, which most fortunately it was not necessary now to infringe, from the removal of an imperative pressure of an emergency which could alone have sanctioned the deviatien.—(Hear, hear.) --Having adverted to the labours of the Committee, it was only justice to those who composed it, to say, that both in what they had brought to light, and what they bad kept from it, they had performed a signal service to their country. By the confidence which they had justly acquired, and by the calm and deliberate manner in which they had conducted the inquiry, they had aided materially in the preservation of a state of tranquillity among the suf fering classes, the value of which, both for these labouring people themselves and for the public at large, could only be appreciated by those who recollected the violence and mischief which had characterized other times, when dis tresses had unfortunately existed.—(Hear, hear.)—He had already explained the intentions of the Government. They were not prepared to promote the plan which had been submitted to them. It was a great consolation for them to know that the parties by whom it had been suggested had now avowed, that under the present gratifying im provement of trade, they would not themselves have made it, because the severe urgency of the distress of some classes, which overbore for the moment the safer principle, had happily passed away.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN inquired what had been done with a petition presented from persons desirous of emigrating to Colombia? Mr. W. NORTON said it had been referred to the Emigration Committee. Mr. WOOD wished it to be understood that though the distress in the Commercial and Manufacturing districts had been alleviated, it was not removed. In act, whilst the currency continued in its present state, the Manufacturing districts would be subject to a kind of intermitting fever, and he hoped the Emigration Committee would continue its labours. Mr. CANNING explained. Mr. BARING was one of the Relief Committee. A case of urgent distress had been brought before them, and though averse to the general principle of granting money for the relief of local grievances, they thought they could not do better than recommend that a small suns should be granted, to enable the individuals that were suffering so much at home to emigrate. The Committee had been unanimous on the subject, but he admitted that, if the question was now brought before them, the condition of the persons referred to having so much improved, he was quite certain the Committee would not have suggested any such grant. Mr. PHILLIPS was also on the Relief Committee, and though generally averse to the principle of holding out bounties for emigration, which for his own part he deemed quite :unnecessary, yet a case of such extreme distress had been pioved to the Committee, that he (Mr. P.) had given his vote for a recommendation to Government to grant 50,0001. Mr. W. HORTON said he held in his hand a petition from 9,000 persons, inhabitants of Manchester and its neighbourhood, of almost every trade. He believed, in deed, that it included the names of persons engaged in 30 different trades. The petition was accompanied by a letter from the Secretary of the Committee, in which he stated that the market for goods 'of that day had been the best House—that the pecuniary relief they proposed to afford to those who were disposed to emigrate, was intended solely for a particular description of persons, the hand-loom weavers, and founded upon the peculiarity and urgency of their particular case. Now, as it appeared that the peculiarity of the rase and urgency of distress had ceased, the Committee adopted the course which has been already explained. The report of the whole proceeding would, he hoped, be very soon in a state to be laid on the table of that House; and it would be then seen that the money of the country had been in no single instance idly expended. Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN complained that his ques tion had not yet been answered. He wished to know why that petition, which had been for four or five months in the Right Hon. Gentleman's (Mr. Wynn's) hands, was not yet presented to the House ? Mr. C. W. WYNN said, there was nothing which made it imperative in him to present it; and the only answer he could give was, that the petition complained of a grievance which it was not in the power of the House to remedy. These persons complained that they had emigrated, and they found themselves mistaken in the hopes which they bad formed of success; and he tiad handed it to his Friend the Under Secretary for the Home Department, in order that its statements might be examined by the Emigration Committee. That course lie considered the best adapted to the objects of the petitioners. The petition was then read, and after a few words from Mr. MAXWELL, ordered to be printed. THE TEST ACT. Mr. WILKS presented a petition from certain Pro testant Dissenters attending Divine Service in Warburton, Henley, praying the Repcal of the Test Act. PENRYN DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL. On the motion of Mr. LEGH KECK, the evidence taken in the Committee on this Bill was ordered to be printed. EAST AND WEST INDIA PRODUCE. Lord STANLEY presented a petition from the Mer chants, Manufacturers, and others, dealers in woollen and cotton goods, in the town of Rochdale, in Lancashire, praying for an equalization of the Duties on East and West India Produce.—The same Noble Lord presented a petition from the President of the Emigration Committee of Black burn, praying for the assistance of the House. THE ADMINISTRATION. Mr. EASTHOPE, having presented several petitions from the Protestant Dissenters of Sittingbourne, Chepstow, and Chipping Norton, praying for a Repeal of the Test Act, and having called the attention of the House to the very remarkable circumstance that net even a single peti tion had yet been laid upen the Table of the House against the Repeal, Sir THOMAS LETHIMIDGE rose to take the oppor tunity of asking the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (he meant the Chancellor of the Exchequer), a question or two which he considered of some importance. It was his ori ginal intention to have deferred the putting of these ques tions until the House went into the Committee of Supply, but he had been told since he came down to the House, that the motion of his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Peel), which stood for that evening, was, from its connection with the administration of the law, likely to produce a debate of such length and interest, that it was not at all likely the Supply would be taken that evening, and he, therefore, seized the present occasion to ask a question, or a few questions, which he might say arose out of the an swers he received to a question some ten days since, to which, as well as those he asked now, he was most anxi ous to have an answer. It was the more necessary that the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Canning) should give an explicit answer to these questions, from what he perceived had taken place elsewhere, and from the declarations made by a Noble Person, once the colleague of the Right Hon. Gentleman in office, at the time when questions were pre ferred for the purpose of clearing up those circumstances which led to the late changes in the Government. It would perhaps be recollected, that the question which he then asked the Right Hon. Gentleman (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) was, whether or not he had any commun►- cation with the leader of the party opposed to him in that House, or if not, with the heads of that party, as to any offer of accession or support in the event of his becoming Prime Minister ? That was, he believed, the situation of the question ; and the answer, lie thought he was warrant ed in saying, admitted most fully that some , overture or communication had been received from the Leader or Leaders of the Opposition to that effect. He certainly took it at the time that the answer admitted fully the existence of such an overture ; and he, with equal cer tainty, recollected having asked, at that time, when such overtures bad been made. It was probable that the ques tion had not been distinctly heard, as be was convinced the Right Honourable Gentleman, in the candour of his mind, would not have hesitated to give an answer. He would now ask, however—and he hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would now answer—when any such overtures had been made?—(Hear, hear, hear.)—Whe ther the Right Hon. Gentleman had communicated such overtures to his Majesty ?--(Hear, hear.)—and when he had made that communication ?—(Hear, hear, and a laugh) —and whether he had made the communication known to all or to any of his Right Hon. Colleagues.—(Cries of hear, hear, hear.)—He apprehended be had made these questions sufficiently clear and distinct to avoid all mistake of meaning, or misconception of terms ; and he hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would now give such answers as would prove satisfactory to his mind, to the House, and to the country ; and give at the same time, that clear under standing of the late transactions which was absolutely neces sary at once to the protection of his own character, and the character of his Government.—(Hear, hear, hear.) — It was not his wish to provoke any discussion or debate ; and he only, therefore, made such observations as were ab solutely necessary to explain the motives which influenced him in the course lie thought it his duty to pursue. Mr. N. CALVERT objected to the course which had been taken on this and many other occasions by the Hon. Baronet and his party. He, for his part, thought, from the Hou. Baronet's observations, and from the time he se lected for them, that he was going to ask some questions about the Protestant Dissenters. As it was, he could only express his hope that the Right Hon. Gentleman would not reply to one word of those questions which had been addressed to him. Mr. CANNING..-..Sir, I shall hardly comply with the whole of the request which the Honourable Mem ' her who spoke last has so kindly preferred to me; but at the same time, I will take leave to divide the ques tions and observations of the Honourable Baronet into two parts. One relating to what took place on a former occasion, and the other to those queries he has thought proper to propound to me this evening. I may say, how ever, that if the Hon. Bart. was to be no more fortunate in understanding the reply I might give to his new questions than he has already shewn himself to be with respect to the old, our time and the time of the House would be lost in very useless discussions. But, Sir, with reference to what the Hon. Baronet has alluded to as having taken place on another occasion, I say I did not admit in any terms that there had l►een any negotiation ; but I said, on the con trary, most distinctly, that there were no negociations or overtures—if by negociations are meant the interchanges of messages and proposals. There was no letter of any kind whatsoever transmitted either to me or by me upon that subject ; but a letter written by an Hon. Member of this House to a friend, was—whether by a pardonable breach of confidence or not, I do not stop now to determine— shewn by him to me. That letter contained all the com munication, if it can be called so, that I received. But let not the Hon. Baronet be mistaken on this subject. I have received an abundance of overtures and communications with which I have no doubt he would feel exceedingly mor tified, to the same effect ; and though I did not think the Hon. Baronet entitled to any such disclosures, I could " Shew his eyes and blast (grieve) his heart." with professions of support beyond his utmost conception. Now as to these new questions which the Hon. Baronet has proposed to me, I will adopt the enggestion of the Hon. Member for Hertfordshire (Mr. Calvert), and refuse to answer.—(Hear, hear.) And it is not, Sir, because there are not those present to whom I would answer, and who could answer for themselves ; but because I think it is my duty, and necessary for the support of the dignity of this House, to check those practices which have become so pre valent, and to refuse to lend myself to any further depar ture from the regular Parliamentary forme. If I am called upon by A regular motion, according to those forms, I will afford, every explanation which may be required ; but I repeat, that I must refuse to answer questions propounded in any other manner. We ought now to know too what is the Opposition we have to encounter, and who is to be its leader. If the Hon. Baronet is not the Phoenix alone of that Opposition, I challenge him now to find his corn peers.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. BROUGHAM—Sir, I too wish, most sincerely, that the old Parliamentary ways were more strictly enforced, and that Hon. Members might not be permitted to put questions in this House, with a denial at the time of all intention to promote or excite discussion of any kind, although it is plain that those questions are put for no other pus lose than that of exciting discussions, the most unfair and unjust, and injurious to those whose conduct they propose to question. lam sure the Hon. Baronet does not mean it, indeed I know he does not; but the effect is, undoubtedly, what I describe it to he. This, too, is not the only place in which questions of this kind are proposed, night after night, not simply for the information of the House of which those persons are Members, but to go forth to the country; for which, I believe, their effects are principally intended. I wish to speak with all due respect and decorum of all persons present and absent, but I cannot help expressing my sincere regret, that the prayer which I heard yesterday has not prevailed, and that it has not " pleased Divine Providence to endue all the nobility ' of this realm with grace and wisdom, and understanding." —(Hear, and laughter.) Certainly a very great propor tion of them are so inclined ; but sorry am I to say that a proportion, perhaps nine -tenths, of the remainder of these Noble Personages, sadly require the earnest prayers of the. Church.—(Loud laughter and cheers.)--I shall continue to pursue the course I have taken with respect to my sup port of the Government ; for until I heard it from the pre sent quarter—the last from which I expected to bear it—l never could have supposed that it was unconstitutional to tender my regular support to his Majesty's Government when I think their measures are conducive to .the prosperity of the country. That support rshall take care to afford as a friend of the Constitution, wholly unconnect ed with all views of advantage ; and feeling only, that the Right Hon. Gentleman's Government deserves the confi dence of the country. One thing I cannot help asking, however, from the Hon. Baronet. I believe the House would be inclined to make to him. the same request. lam sure it is the desire of the country; I know it is the wish of the Government, that this prayer may be acceded to. I would, therefore, implore the Hon. Baronet to abandon that unfair, ungenerous, and unjust mode of warfare which he has hitherto adopted, and at once :come forward with a question, which would, in a fair open Parliamentary manner, enable the House to come to a deliberate conclu sion upon the confidence which ought to be reposed in the Administration—(Loud cheers.).-I am sure, if the Hon. Bart. will consent to name a day and give notice of a mo tion, there is no Hon. Member on either side of the House who would not be most happy to stand out of the way, in order to let the question be brought forward. Let that p q u u e t s u t in p o on b e t h b e i u rt trialbroughtb forward--1 y a regular e d t i t t i h n e c t G v o a v r ef i n e in m e e n n t t a b e y motion—l am sure they will rush with delight to the meet ing with their opponents, and I am equally sure that Iwill look with equal confidence and delight to the result.... (Cheers.) A MEMBER from under the gallery expressed his de light that there was at length some appearance of an Oppo sition, although he wished, at the same time, to know a little more of the intention of the party or parties who were thus opposed to the Covernment. It seemed to him to be a party which resembled a body without a head, or else it was a bead without a body. He bad heard once, indeed, of an Opposition which was conveyed home front that House in four hackney coaches—(Laughter).--but if the present Opposition did not soon display more strength, he thought it might very well be taken away in a via-a via —(Laughter.) Sir THOMAS LETHBRIDGE said, that whether he left that House in a vis-a-vis, or in a hackney coach; no one should prevent him from doing what he pleased.' If there was no other mode left to him of coming at the in formation' be required, however small the minority might be in which he was left, nothing should deter him from pursuing the course which he thought the most expedient to procure for the country an Administration bottomed on sound political integrity, and calculated, from its compo sition, to promote the best interests of the State.—Mear. ) —That course he would pursue without waiting until he was assured of the co-operation of others ; but if he was not joined by them in an endeavour to effect such an object, he must say, he, for one, would take it as a melancholy sign of the times.—(Hear, and a laugh.)—Some persons might laugh, and be inclined to take it all as 'a good joke, but his determination was taken, and be would abide by the result. He had not wished to provoke discussion, but he had %.tx answer to the question he proposed, trader the subject of the overtures made to the Right Hon. Gentleman (not ne gociations, as he had thought proper to call them.)—Hear, hear.)----He wished to know distinctly whether the Right Hon. Gentleman had made his Colleagues acquainted with the overtures or negotiations which were made to him by the Leader of their Political Opponents. He would ask that House—he would ask any individual in the country, whether, as a man of honour—whether, as a man of politi cal integrity, the Right Hon. Gentleman was not bound to communicate that overbite to his Colleagues the moment he received it.--;-(Hear.)—He could not conceive how and• individual, however highly talented he might be; could act faiily, unless by communicating instantly to his Colleagues the receipt of that proposal. Lord JOHN RUSSELL rose to order. The question before the House related to the bringing up of some Dis senters' petitions ; and the Hon. Baronet, after asking a question, and receiving a reply, was going into a lengthened statement and comments upon that answer. The Hon. Baronet was well aware that no answer would now be given to his further questions ; and lie would put it to the Chair whether the Hon. Baronet ought to be allowed, on that occasion, to go into statements and comments which more properly belonged to an express motion, and without which motion the Hon. Baronet could not be indulged in such a course of observation? The SPEAKER, thus appealed to by a Member of the House, felt himself bound to say whether the Hon. Baronet was or was not in order. In his conception, every Mem ber of that House was bound, as far as possible, to conform his observations to the subject matter before the House ; and it was for the Hon. Baronet to say how far he was now acting in compliance with that principle. When h h departed from it, any Member of that House was, of course, at liberty to call him to order, and to insist upon his re turning to the subject before the House. Sir T. LETHBRIDGE contended, with all submission to the Chair, that it was the constant practice of. the Members of that House to put questions upon petitions; he had known it to be done through the whole of his Parlia mentary life, and he had at the same time observed, that Members were constantly allowed to reply to those obServa tions or answers which were made upon or given to these questions ; that was the course he was pursuing. He was going, in a manner perfectly Parliamentary, to reply to what Lai fallen from the Right Honourable Gentleman and others. Sir R. WILSON here interrupted' the Honourable Baronet, and rose to speak to order. The Ifinourable Baronet, after, the observations from the Chair, had ad mitted there was no connection between his observation 3 and the subject before the House. As one of the Repre sentatives of the People, and sent there to take a part in discussions for the public benefit, he felt bound to protest against the course which the Honourable Baronet persisted in adopting. He called upon the House not to allow its attention to be diverted from the important question upon the Criminal Law, which awaited its decision, by any further prolongation of a discussion, which could not ter., minatt , in any possible public advantage. Sir It . LETHBRIDGE rose again amidst loud cries of " Order," and repeated his conviction that what he w as doing had been done over and over again.—(Cries of No and Order !)---He had seen it done. He had seen the same use made of opportunities of that kind, and replies as frequently permitted to those who put questions--(Order, Chair !)--He did not mean to set himself in opposition to the ',pinions of the House. He bowed in submission to their wishes—(Hear, hear!)but he thought he had been rather hardly used in not being allowed a reply to the Right Hon. Gentleman's observations. He could, how-. ever, take another opportunity—(ffear, hear)---and he would now sit down in obedience to the will of the House.. --(Hear.) Mr. CANNING begged the favour of one word, although he admitted it was a breach of the order of the House. It might, however, be airnatter of convenience to the Hon. Bart. as well as to others, to know that he was determined to adhere to the declaration he had made in all solemnity and sincerity, that lie would not again answer a single question relative to the late transactions, unless that question came before the House in the old and convenient Parliamentary form of a regular motion. He would appeal to that House, and through that House to the country, whether he was not justified, from the course which had been hitherto pursued, in making that determination.—(Hear.)—At the same time, while he thus refused to answer any questions so pro posed, he meant to protest most strongly against the Hon. Baronet, or any other person, taking advantage of the re fusal to answer, and putting into his mouth answers which he never gave or intended to give, That, said the Right