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~~ a - ,--,.- 1 ~ - r - .' ,- - 2-• 447.- i ...i......„ ____ .2(. / rd ,1 a ,i t, I 1 (X t ' NUMBER 10,181. FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 29, 1825. "NT ORTH and SOUTH SHIELDS PATENT .4 " 11 WROUGHT IRON SUSPENSION BRIDGE, Designed by Captain SAMUEL BROWN, R.N. PROSPECTUS. Though .the advantages that must be derived from the erec tion of a Suspension Bridge over the Tyne from North to South Shields, both in a local and national point of view, are obvious, a few of the most important may be thus enu- Merated : The population of North Shields and Tynemouth, and the Population of South Shields and Airestoe, form a total of 40,000 inhabitants, exceeding any town on the great North Road between London and Edinburgh ; but the river is a great obstacle to general intercourse. In passing, or conveying goods across the river at Shields 'by boats, it must be acknowledged that the risk, at all times great, has been rendered more so of late by the increase of traf fic, and the rapid movements of the numerous steam vessels, 'Which- greatly endanger the lives of persons crossing, of which there are innumerable instances. The Bridge would remedy the evil, and the large population of both towns, now divided, 'would derive incalculable advantages from the Union. North Shields would then be within 7 miles of Sunderland, though lit present any person travelling post between those towns, will tind the distance to be nearly 20 miles ; and the line of com munication between Sunderland and South Shields with Igor peth, the great mart for cattle, would be considerably shortened. Sunderland is 27 miles from Morpeth by Newcastle, at present the only road, but by way of North Shields, where there is now an excellent turnpike, the distance would be reduced to 23 miles. The distance from South Shields to Morpeth, through Newcastle, is 26 miles, but by North Shields it would not exceed 17 miles of good and level turnpike-mad. In each case, the hills and pavement, from the Barras Bridge at New castle to the head of Gateshead (an inconvenience much com. Plained of, and which does more injury to cattle than driving them 6 or 7 miles upon an ordinary turnpike) would be avoid ed, and the expence and delay of keeping the cattle upon the road (no trifling consideration) would be saved. The Resident in North Shields would have a conveyance from his own door directly southward, whilst those of South Shields and Sunderland would find a similar advantage in pro ceeding northward. The increasing populous towns of Blyth and Hartley, (of great consequence from their connection with collieries which are multiplying in their neighbourhood) the former distant from North Shields ten miles, the latter six miles, both situated on the sea coast, will receive the greatest benefit from the Bridge in their communication with the south, through sea port towns with which they have considerable and important intercourse ; and they will also partake of the general improve- Ment of North and Smith Shields. The persons interested in Sunderland Bridge and in the roads from South Shields to Durham and Stockton, from North Shields to Newcastle, and from Shields to illo r p eth, must reap , great advantage from the increase of p assa g e which the ...tria ge will promote. The project will bear consideration not I mere matter of ( " A i=al importance, but in a national point of view, as regards the ‘ l „" Q Yantage Government will derive from the facility which will N. ren to the passage of troops, ordna nce, and stores from South Shields. Tynemouth Castle has been long 11 ,„, as a depot for military stores ; but the want of a ready - "intunication with the southern bank of the river, was con _Tantiv felt during the late war, when a bri d g e of ,bar g es and zat bottomed boats was constructed at enormous expence to little purpose. It is understood that the distance from North Shields to Edin burgh, by a coast road, is shorter than from Newcastle to that city, by five or six miles, and by a more level road ; and that a saving of six or seven miles can be made in the distance from York to South Shields. It follows, then that, by a Bridge over the Tyne at Shieldsohe distance is shortened, between York and Edinburgh, twelve or thirteen miles, which will deserve the attention and support of his Lordship the Postmaster General An alteration is about to he made in the running of the mail, to pass from Sunderland to Newcastle, missing South Shields; yet it is certain this measure, so serious an evil to the inhabitants, is only resorted to for want of the projected Bridge. It is needless to comment on the advantages which will result to individuals whose estates are in the immediate vicinity of the Bridge, or the eastern parts of Durham and Northumber land. The establishment of a good market at Shields must necessarily follow, from the encreased demand of the large united population and the facility of supply. Though the great benefit the ancient ' awl commercial town of Newcastle, the capital of the North, must derive from the prosperity of Shields has tiot been stated as one of the advan. tikes to be calculated upon from the Suspension Bridge, in ought not to be overlooked, especially when the great increase of trade is considered which must accrue from the proposed rail-road to Carlisle. Capt. - Brown tmtlertakes that the cost of the Bridge and erec tions shall not exceed 93,0001., which is to be provided for by a capital of 100,0001. in shares of one hundred pounds each. It only, therefore,. remains to satisfy the Capitalist that he will receive a remunerating interest, of which there is every prospect. The tolls are estimated on the present existing intercourse between the two towns and adjacent country, at a very moderate calculation, to produce.6,oool:per annum, :though an immense increase may .be fairly contemplated as soon as the Bridge is opened. ' Indeed there can. be no .dotibt, independent of all the intercourse °fate district, that this will be .a consider able thoroughfare for travellers pursuing their route along the' cioast, who will thus embrace the o pp ortunity of crossing the Bridges of Sunderland and Shields, the latter promising - to be °Tie of the noblest works in the kingdom. Lastly, The advantages to be derived are not, as in most of Th!zi projects of the -present day, fallacious or visionary ; there can be no deception, .as the benefits, both public and private, tray be contemplated and appreciated by every one possessing local knowledge. Shields, N. B. Subscription lists are le ft a t the banks in Newcastle, Sitnderland,Durhanneand Stockton ; and with Messrs. trY and Chapman, bankers, London . One-third of the capital ' 8 already subscribed. QUININE LOZENGES, . Ynr relievi n g : Heartburn, Flatulence, lod,iges)ti,..).nu,niNelatttiistitiz ttosi of Appetite,-Waterbrash , & c. and 61y . i g I `Stomach. OV ail the recent discoveries `hiVegetable • ChemistrY, none . has been received by the Faculty snore at' taction than tha t p ro d u c ed by .the French ertivian Bark.. The inconvenience formirly 'f?'Perienceil in the administration of Hark, faint the hulk tie e'sgary•to,forsin o dose, and the irritating e ffects of the fibrous AArticleC it,cOntained, rendered the Patient .‘ t , , ft i e t t; e, n ,e n r n i b i l o e h l e 7 . VritVir, - eren.where no o th er renter. j• s Pe.ct, ~See'nted 'lftiely to' arcompliSh the o bject Of the Pr a c dipnet. The DecoctiOn Infusion, .and Tincture, hot! ttl . 7 . t t -I :, ei rinennyeniencies, either —2 ; l ‘,lerlstrua. from the (initially or quatity tonic ' a t'ne Sulphate of Quinine is found to possess all the t a r n . properties of the Permian a concen tf,."'d.s.ta,‘.e, deprived of the extractive resinous matter,: th • Vdin contains' all the essential 'pro . p'erties t r , it . 21 n:IJne 4raclun - of the Birk in its natural stn dept, s• therehire; that in . debilitated StOinachs, arising front "ate Yet caiise ntt . Medicire can bimoredesirable . Mit " . 11e formula.. from which these Lozenges :ore prepar ed, that the ulOtitte of Quinine forms the chief ingredient tvb,u(t.l,, ttr .t the effects may be more adapted to the o bject tor 211 7,1' are intended, it is ctimbitied in such propot•tion! . to 'd Absorbents, A nti•aeitis, and 'agree:llde rotnot . tt,•s,.:; render them applicable tdevery Stbmach lahJitrinF 911 o f ton •• . s 4 !!'_ i d in tt e 'o . .zes at 2s. 9d, by Butler. Chemist, 4, Clie t a a. psit t l i t: alsd .Co. 196, New - Bond-street, 'London.; am y i Al .t Oruggist s in the Kingdom ;of whom may be ulated Lozenges of Cayenne, fot reeent anitliabitual Sore f r lr i () . t, relaxation of the Uvitla, Hoarseneis, &c. also a te at ;i t : 6 4 . 1 619'0,0s I." . atigtte, Field Sporta, &c. b'oxes, Isi„ B . ,• Be careful to ask for Butlet's Quinine hatzettiies, or • . r • l .4cidulited Cavenne; PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 28. Mr. WODEITOUSE, Mr. AsimnsT, and other 'Members frorn the House of Commons, brought up several private Bills CATHOLIC CLA lII'S. The Earl of ENNISKILLEN presented a petition from Tyrone, and another from several parishes in the county of Fermanagh, against the claims of the Catholics. The Bishop of EXETER preynted a petition from Calling ton, against the claims of the Catholics. Lord KING said, he had a petition to present from certain perions residing in the town of Sidnionth, in the county of Pavon, in favour of Catholic Emancipation. A petition from the same town was presented a few days since by a Noble Lord (Lord Rolle) opposite, but that p e ti t i on was aga i ns t t h e c l a ims of the Catholics. His (Lord King's) petition was agreed to at a public meeting; such.; however, was not the case with the otber, which was sent round from house to house, and thus a great number of signatures had been procured. Lord- ROLLE obierved, that the petition presented by him contained thenatnes of a great many p ersons, an d was cer t a inly as respectably si,, , fied as the petition now presented by the Noble Lord. He (Lord Rolle) had, howeVer; some objections to this petition. The very first name contained in it was that of the late Member for the county of Waterford, who fled from such tragic scenes as had . been acted at Scullabogue and elsewhere, and now resided' in this country. He had been most actively engaged in getting up this petition. He (Lord Rolle) did not think the gentleman to whom he alltided had made a fair re turn for the kindness with which, he had been treated by the inhabitants of Sidmouth, in thus endeavouring to sow division -and - dissension,' while others were endeavouring to preserve peace. , • The Earl of LIMERICK said, that he knew the gehtleman to whom the Noble Lord referred, and knew that a more up right or more honourable man did not exist. Any one, to have heard the Noble Lord, would have supposed that that gentle man had been some person who had fled from his country to seek protection here : but he required no protection. He was a man of spirit, of honour, an d of integrity, whose character stood high both in his own country and in this, and was re spected and beloved equally in Ireland and England. He had sold his property in one land to reside in another; but he did not deserve to be stigmatised as he had been. There might be many higher names; but these was no name more honourable than the name of that gentleman. Lord ROLLE explained. He did not mean to say any thing disrespectful of the gentleman, with whom he was living on 'terms of intimacy; but still he did not approve of his conduct with respect to this petition. The Earlof LIMERICK submitted to the House whether the observations of the Noble Lord were not an attack on that 'Gentleman. He (Lord Limerick) was glad that he happened to be in the House to do him justice. Lord ROLLE again obser;redolzat he did not mean to hurt the feelings of the Gentleman to whom he referred. Earl DARNLEY said that in the name of the country to which the Gentleman belonged, he must protest against the ar gument that he meant to' create division and dissension,, by en deavouring to induce the people to express their sentiments on a most important subject. He did not deserve to be branded for such an act, as he did not think he was endeavouring to sub vert the Constitution by so doing, and be certainly was not. In his sentiments, he agreed with a great portion of the people of England, with nine-tenths of the people of Ireland, with one half of the Piotestants of 'that country, and with a majority of the other House of Parliament. The Bishop of EXETER said'that hebelieved, at all events, the Noble Lord (Rolle) had said no more than had been fre quently said of the Clergy by the Noble Lords opposite. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said that the Noble Lords op posite might thank themselves iljetitions against the Catholics covered the table of the House. _ _ Lord HOLLAND observed, that at all events, the feeling of the people could not be a very strong one, if they waited to have it forced froth them. The petition was then laid upon the table. The Earl of LIVERPOOL presented a petition from the Minister, Churchwardens, and the Inhabitants of Stoke, in the county`of Warwick, against the Claims of the Catholics; and a similar petition from the Trades' House of Glasgow. The Bishop of LITCHFIELD and COVENTRY present ed a petition to the same effect, from the Archdeacon and Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Salop. The Right Rev. Prelate ob served, that the petitioners prayed that no alteration might take place in the laws against the Roman Catholics. The petitioners added, that they hoped that whatever might take place with re spect to the Roman Catholics of Ireland, they hoped that the Roman Catholics of England might continue as they were.— With the exception of this latter sentiment, he fully concurred in the prayer of the petition. The Duke of NLWCASTLE presented petitions against the Roman Catholics, from Liffen, and another from Chip penham. The Marquis of LANSDOWN presented a petition from the Roman Catholics of the counties of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle, in favour of Catholic Emancipation. The Noble Marquis stated, that the petition was most numerously and re spectably signed. He felt it Scarcely necessary to observe, that in the prayer of this petition he most cordially concurred. He looked with very great anxiety to the determinatioh of Parlia ment on this very important subject, and on thoie other ques tions which were so immediately connected with it, and which tended equally to secure the tranquillity of the empire. The Noble Marquis then observed, that he had a petition to present on the same subject and to the same effect from an individual named Jordan, who had transmitted to him the petition from Ireland. As it was of some length, and, if read, would occupy half an hour of their Lordihips' time, he did not wish it to be read, and would merely move that it be laid upon the table. The petitions were severally laid upon the table. CORN LAWS. The - Earl of ESSEX presented a petition from Scarborough, against any alteration In the Corn Laws. The Earl of DERBY presented a petition from the tnanu facturers of Blackburn, and another from the inhabitants of Preston, in favour of an alteration in the Corn Laws. The Earl of LIVERPOOL presented a petition to the same effect from the inhabitants of Devonport. Lord KING said that he had a petition to present to their Lordships, which, as it also came from the county of Devon, it was not impossible that the Noble Lord opposite (Lordßolle) Would say emanated from persons who were disturbers of the peace. The petition was from Cullumpton and contained th e signatures of , 800 persons. H e (Lord King) hoped that the Noble Lord (Liverpool) would not 'oblige the people to pal , another year's unnecessary tax upon corn, for it was now ad mitted by all that the tax was unnecessary. If there must an alteration, he could not see any reason why that alteration . should pot be immediately made. It was confessed that next year this alteration must take place, and he entreated the Noble Lords not to make the people pay a tat- which, in their con sciences, they belieVed to be eicessive. If the tax were con tinued, as it now was, according to a moderate and fair calcu lation, every family would be obliged to pity 31. 15s. a year more than they ought to pay. The Noble Lord then presented a petition from Cullumpton in Devonahire, praying for an al teration in the Corn Laws. • • - Lord ROLLE said that he thought the existing system of the Corn Laws ought to be altered, but not at the present mo ment, nor until a full arid satisfactory inqUiry had been gone into: The Earl of LAUDERDALE said that he could not allow the observations of the Noble LOrd (Kinj) to past without some comment. lie thought those 'Observation infinitely more cal culated to disturb the peace of the country than any conduet such as that alluded to by another Noble Lord (Rollo.' He would ask the Noble Lord (King), if he had heard any com plaint of this excessive tax upon corn, of which he had spoken SO much, or why he conceived there would be any reason for such complaint ? We had heard in the Speech of lips Majesiy from the Throne, that the agricultural interests of the country 'were in a state of increasing prosperity, yet at the' titne • that such speech was delivered, the Noble 'Lord, who was present, had made no allusion to any such complaints. If the Noble le making a a lYu al l!t f C e t i to observations inflame tht lie minds i'had .L'ord wished to canvass for petitions on this subject, he could Earl had questioned It it his duty to repro he iiad heard them f justnot andloupite li b better oPrldawnhtilcha than wt Lauderdale bhast of Complaints such as those he had 1 • t as the Noble t him as to tow of f a s oer au people. c language, al luded to, he would reply, from the their Lordships' table; petitions that lay upon of the City of 1 ,he had heard am( from those them from 5,000 petitioners ; I A d and from many other places. rile noble Earl Of LiverpoOl, tad also aske not at the d him why he d id be • of ginning the SO- SAWN NVITII TWO NECKS,LAD-LANE, GENERAL. COACH OFFICE. DOVER, DEA RA NINGAT,E, MARGATE, and CANt ER BURY PATENT VOACHES DAILY. THE following ROY AL MAILS and POST COACHES depart from and arrive at the abovelna NeW HOLYHEAD Mail, tbrough Stoney Stratford, Tow tester, Daveutry, Dunchurch, Coventry, Birminham, %Vol, verhampton, Shaum, Shrewsbury, Oswestry, Corwen and Bangor, every Evenialc at half past 7, Sundays excepted, 7 o'clock. LIVERPOOL Royal Mail Coach, throughuDunchurch,_Co rentry, Coll'o6ll, Lichfield, Newcastle aitittongleton, every . Evening at half pa-t 7, Sundays excepted,..7 o'clock. BRISIOI. Royal Mail, through Readig, Newbury, Marl -I),Lrough, Calite and Chippenbarn, every Evening at half pas 7, Sundays excepted, 7 o'clock. BATH and EXETER Royal Mail, through Devizes, Melt:- sham, Wells, Bridgewater, Taunton, and Collutupton, every Evening at half past 7, Sundays excepted, 7 o'clock. PLYMOUTH Royal Nlail, every Evening at half past 7, Sundays excepted, 7 o'clock. EXETER Royal Mail, through Salisbury. Blandford, and Dorchester, every Evening at half past 7, Sundays excepted, 7 o'clock. FALMOUTH Royal Mail, every EVening at half past 7, Sundays excrptcd, 7 o'clock. MANCHESTER. Royal Mail, through Northampton, Har borough , Leiceste4, Derby, Ashhourne, Leek,andiMacclesfield. every Evening at half past 7, Sundays excepted, 7 o'clock. BIRMINGHAM New Mail Coach, (in 14 hours), through Stoney St atford, Daventry and Coventry (the nearest Road by 10 miles), every Evening at half past 7, Sundays,excepted, 7 o'clock. CARI,ISLE and EDINBURGH Royal Mail, thronzh ley, Pi eston, Garstang, every Evening at half pasta, Sun-- da.Vs excepted, 7 o'clock. tiew CHESTER Mail, through Salop, Ellesmere, and Wrexham, every Evening at half past 7, Sundays excqted; 7 o'cloCk. NeW KIDDER- MINSTER Royal Mail, through firming!. haw, Dudley and Stourbridge, every Evening at half past 7, sal-Ways excepted, 7 o'clock. NORWICH Royal Mail, through Chelmsford, Colchesqr and Ipswich, every Evening at half past 7, Sundays excepted, 7 o'clock. POST COACHES. MANCHESTER New Light Post Coach, The Regulator, through Duo table, ll'obt,rn, Newport,. Northampton, Hat borough, Leicester, Loughborough, Derby, Ashbourne and Buxton, at a quarter before 3 o'clock. HOLYHEAD New Light Post Coaches, through Binning haat, \% ulcci hampton, Shiffual, Shrewsbury, Oswestry, Car wen, and Ilancor, every Morning at half past 5, and Evening at a quarter before 5 (o'clock. GLASGOW and EDINBURGH Post Coach, The Dl.6a4e, through Manchester, Garstang, Kendal, Carlisle, Annan and Dumfries, at 5 n'clock. souTHAMPTON Light Coach, through Staines, Hartfol.ti Bridge, Basingstoke and Winchester, every Morning at 114 f L IVERPOOL Light Post Coach, The Royal Champion, (in 24 hours, and driven through by Font. Coachmen only), t hrbugh Stoney Stratford, Covent' y, Lichfield, 'Stone and Congletun, ere') Y at EA4Coo'cloc k. %%'iNUJttlt and 1; daily. mANcI-JE,'STI4IIt Royal Defiance, (in 24 hours), through Dunstable, Northampton, liarborough Leicester, Cavendish 1,3 ridge, Derby, Ashbourne, Leek, Macclesfield and Stock port, every Day at 5. • EXETER New Light Four-inside Post Coach, The Regu lator, (with a Guard, and out One Night only), through Ba singstolie, Overton, Andover, Salisbury, Bland ford, Dorches ter, Bridport, Axminster, and Honiton, every Day at Passietiiters travelling 1 - y this conveyance proceeds without delay to Plymouth and Falmouth. EDINBURGH and GLASGOW New Post Coach, The through Newcastle, Lancaster, Kendal, Carlisle eartdal'irnies, at 4 o'cloCk. UitisToLltegent Post Coach, through Reading, Newbury, Marlborough anti Bath, every tifternoom at a quarter before - o'clock. 13111N1INGHAM L tilt Post Coach, The Ba.loon, through s ton.e y Stratford, Div yentry, Coventry and Stone Bridge, every Afternoon at liait past 4. FALNIOUTH awl PLYMOUTH Light Post Coaches, every Afternoon at 2 o'clock. wEymourn and DORCHESTER Magnet Day Coach, in 15 hours, at 5 every Morning, and .from the Gloucester Coffee house, Piccadilly, at 6. •- • c ovENTILY Light Fonr-inside Post Coach, every After noon, at a a nal ter before 5. The Prince Cobourg to MANCHESTER through Coven try, Atherstone, •cantworth. Lichfield, Stone, Newcastle and Congleion, every Day at 4 o'clock. • NOTTINGHAM New Light Post Coach, (in 18 hours), through '4. Alban's, Dunstable, Woburn, Newport Pagnel, Market Elatrliorougli, Leicester and Loughborough, - at 3 o'clOcla in the Afternoon. CARLISLE. GLASGOW, and EDINBURGH, Four-inside Coaches, Daily at 2 and 5 o'clock. CHESTER. and PARK GATE New Coach, every After noon at 5. and Morning at 6 o'clock. WORCESTER. Coaches, through Oxford. Chipping Nor ton, Perstiore and Broadway, e very Morning at 6. WARWICK and LEANHNUTON SPA Post Coach, every Evening at 5 o'clock. • TAM WOR'I s H, A.IHERSTONE, and HINCKLEY Coach, every Day at 4 o'clock. DERBY ..*.eiv Light Post Corteh,• • fhe Regulator, (in 18 hours), through Nortlianiptimi, Market Harborough and Lei oar, every Day at 3. New tight Four. inside Post Coach to DUDLEY and STOURBIUDGE, every Afternm;n a t 5 o'clock. DOVER :Union Coaches, through - Rochester, Chatham, Canterinii y, Alargate and .11amsgatc, at half pass 7 and 11 o'clock every Morning; and halt past 6 in the Evening. PARIS New Light Diligence, by way •of Dover, every . 1 Morning:at 7. and doll past 6 Evening. TAUNTON, through Cross to Bridgewater, every After noon at half past 3 o'clock, at reduced Fares. BIR NIING I LAM Light Past CoaCh. The Courier, through Oxfirrd, Shiptort, Stratford-on-Avon and Henley Arden, every Morning at half past-5. CH El:It:NI-1AM and GLOUCESTER Light Post Coach, carries 4 !aside, through Oxford, every Nlorntlig at 6 ' - 1 1 , 0 n at half Bast 2 o'clock, toFtohßeDGePoorsgte, Coach, every After -0.1 Crown 1i111,.K n oysio. New Safety Day Times• Post Coach to NOBltut; i in c g i f i o ir ril, (;n an i d 4 hours), driven through .by one Coachman only, at sin the Morning. CAMBRIDGE , 'filly Ho ! Fast Coach, in 5 hours. at half past. 2 o'clock every Afternoon, and trum .the Flower- Put, Bishopsg.atv-street, at a quarter before 3. cANT,IOUSURY Fast Coach, Th e T a lly It o ever y After moon, at ,balf past 2, in 7 hours. isitKitiTON Coaches, at half past B and t if • t to ;! a c n a d in N ye k y w e n d ut ta c i t l t y n t i o ng alLP: i r i ts i o n f , la pas the o't k . eyery hloruing. • ! ..ai p ar cei,s and Logr " nd Co. I.roprietors. NKuitr)gtlot,oiaitin.d to EitHousE. 4. , Th e Proprieters of the above C arr i ages b eg l eave t o ju il u T ii. , , t h e ' , Wit!, tlrat they • will tiOt be aertruritable for any parcel or package whatever , nor for . any Pass e ng e r's Lug ottge above thy val u e of 51., unless the Sante he entered and I, nicunge , or l'itsettger's Lugg ag e , to t h ou ur the i r " iii i for ac cordingly at the time of th e delivery of any such P i o snred at - a moderat e -R AT ,. l arce ruuds :Icents.---i :1; 1. , 4 e - - -- - -- Ji • rt-lil p1.: 1 1.5 _.----,---,:-.-- \,..1 . : .. ip- ] , v 3-,.., • .A.:, 4: , - - • z,...a e t!ifirm'Cl• 4,, , , , -- Alt \''s• ...- -- --- It'e' - -•,:-,-,,<.,4 i 'F. { 7; - .% .--,, J... •*.t. -.-. 6 sion allude to those complaints ? He would reply, that the prices of 'corn bad since g one on increasing, and were now more than ever higher than they ought to be. He hoped; to see no Committee on this subject, 'because if a - Committee 'were ap pointed; we should be licensing a theatre where every'kind of spectre would be brought forward to frighten the - nerve's of the landed proprietors. T lie Earl of LAUDERDALE denied that any petitions, such as those alluded to by the Noble Lord, were presented eitheir in this House or in the Other; until the subject was agi tated by a Member of the other HOuse. The petition from the City of London, however respectable it - might be, was, how eVer, a petition from interested persons; .and'So - far, therefore, from having weight, had produced but very little effect•on' his Mind. The Earl of LIMERICK objected to the course pursued by • the Noble Lord (King). • The petition was then laid on the table. The Earl of LAUDERDALE presented petitions against any alteration in the Corn Laws, from the occupiers Of - land in Newbery, in the county of Berks ; from lirechin, in the county 'of Forfar; from Arbroath, in the' same county; acid from Montrose. - • Viscount MELVILLE presented nine petitions from various places in the county of Kincardine, against any alteration in the Corn Laws. The Earl of KINGSTON presented-a-petition to the same 11 effect-from the town of Fermoy, in 'the county of Cork. The Duke of NEWCASTLE presented a similar petition from the owners and occupiers of land of Redford, in the county of Nottingham, and another from Worksop, in the same county. The Noble Duke observed, that he fully concurred in the prayer ol' the petition. The Earl Of GOSFORD presented a petition to the same effect from Beccles. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a petition from the carse of Gowrie, and another from a place in the county of Kin cardine, against any alteration in the Corn Laws. The Noble' Earl then presented a petition from the Lord Mayor,,Aldernieti, and Common Council of the City of London, in favour of an al teratiOn in the Corn Laws. - The Earl of ROSSLYN presented a petition from certain Landed Proprietors in the county of Fife agairik any alteration in the Corn Laws. The Noble Earl stated, that any alteration in the present system would niat'rially interfe►e with the stipends of the Clergy of the Church of Scottand. The petitions were laid upon the table. EQUITABLE LOAN BILL. The Earl of ESSEX presented a petition from Stratford-le- Bow, Essex, in favour of the Equitable Loan Bill.—Similar petitions were presented by Lord Auckland, from Frome ; by the Larl of Tankerville ; by the Earl of Donouglinnore, from Limehouse (this petition was signed by '5,000 persons) ; by the Earl of Darnley, from Greenwich, Woolwich, and the neigh bourhood ; by the Duke of Beaufort, from Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. SEVERN RAILWAY. On the second read7ng of this hill being proposed by Lord E. SOMERSET, _ Lord FOLKSTONE opposed it, on the ground that there were two Canals on the line which it was intended to run, which already conveyed the goods at a cheaper rate than the rail-road possibly could. It was proposed besides to lead it through pri vate gardens, and would be otherwise a great nuisance to the proprietors through whose grounds it was to pass. Lord E. SOMERSET still pressed to -have the Bill - read a second time, and that it should • be referred to a Committee, where all private interests might be adjusted. Mr. H. DAVIS spoke in favour of the Bill. Mr. CRIPPS and Mr. LIT!' I,ETO N spoke strongly against it. Mr. Alderman WOOD thought there was no speculation in this•scheme, but it was founded on a fair calculation attic trade of the neighbourhood. Mr. CALCRA rr had no objection to rail-roads because. they were rail-roads, or canals because they were canals ; but he must oppose this. measure on account of the great in justice that attended on incroaching on the gardens, orchards, and pleasure-grounds of one of the most beautiful vales in England. After some further discussion be tween Mr. Alderman Bridges, Mr. H. Davis, Sir W. guise, and Mr. B. Cooper, the House divided, when there appeared Against the Bill, 140 ; for it, 39—Majority, 101. CORN LAWS. Lord LOWTHEtt pTesented a petition from Carlisle, pray ing that no alteration may .be made on the Corn Laws • , Mr. GREEN presented similar petition from the parish of Kirkby-Lonsdale, in the County of Westmoreland. The peti- • tioners had no objection that the mode of collecting the averages may be alterod. Sir E. KNATCHJJULL presented a similar petition from Canterbury and its vicinity.—On the question .that it lie on the table, Mr. BROUGHAM said, that in proportion as Members wished the motion which was that night to come forward re specting the importation of foreign corn should meet a fair dis mission, the same proportion ought they to abstain from premature discussion. In fact; if they did not do so, tliey would by and by be going over the same field. When no re. :I pitar debate was coming on with respect to any particular !! question, then, indeed, it was allowable, and often useful, that Members should state their views; but there was no one cir- Cumstante that tended more to stifle a debate than when the question Was already discussed petition by petition ; in fact, it threw a wet blanket on it.--(A laugh.)—Following then his own doctrine, though a petition front the county of Durham, most numerously and most respectably signed, praying that no alteration may take place in the Corn Laws, was put into his hands to present to the House, he, to save tune, would not present it till to-morrow. He felt, in pursuing that course, and at the same time stating their opinions, that he was giving to the view which they took of the question the whole autho rity of the petition. Sir E. KNATCHBULL thought the Honourable and Learned Gentleman had given a most extraordinary refuta tion of his own doctrine—(a laugh)—when he took up the time of the House in making a long speech on a 'petition ,not to be presented until to.moirow --(A laugh.) The lion. Baronet then presented similar petitions from Ashley, .Ptiver, and another place, the name of which we could_ not catch. The Honourable W. GORDON presented a similar peti- ' tion from the County of Aberdeen. The Honourable Mem ber also presented eight similar ones from 'certain farmers and others in the County of Kincardine. lie regretted that the subject had been at all agitated ; it only tended to disturb that tranquillity which before pervaded till classes of the corn. ' munity. • The Sherittii of the City of London appeared at the bar with a petition from the toed Mayor, Aldernien, and Coinuton Council of the City of London, praying for e.n alteraticin in the Corn Laws. • Mr. Alderman WOOD , i n moving that the petition be brought up, said it was unusual for the petitioners to ezPress: th t e hn C e orn Laws, the new system thenisaves satiStied with the policy p ors i i id: . b y his Aiajesty , s ppd. They by no means wished: Ministers—t A laugh); .however,.ocy t t e . 4: 4 l:7 a e r ft e l d l ~t r oo l 4t t:eu n in ief os r s , the measures lately adopted by them, towards establishing a: in eorn too low ; the present system . .well as the other members it encouraged fraud, and Was an advantage somei tw • r () c o e huli l ,oli,neibteot alteration f ecdo r h, a itis d tryie e t ti oe,o ; t iroikebtf. agriculturist pygtrhleraciei foreign .place same usn tu ri m a s only to the monopolizer. .. • Mr. TH0111:)S•WILSON said a few words in support of o te f n t t h k e 't the petition. I co to m . m inj unity_, On the question that it be printed, Mr. CHARLES CALVERT thought the country was put to:great expence by having every petitiOn printed ; there aUrtly via, 0 occasion . to have every word, printed, wh en it Would be quite • 'en o u g li to have it stated sh)ttly• what tilt 'prayer of the p e tition was, and the place' from which it Caine. 'ln th - OeoUrite of the eVenitig one Hon. Member (th e ' li on. W. Oordorl) presented twelve or fourteen petitions frotri' one county - , and all nea rly in,the same words, and yet it was: thought neces sary to lutvi eiery single one of them printed. Mr. BRIG E-cr thought the present -petition, coming as it did from the City of London, which was"at the head of the Cominercial -world, entitled to the gre a te st Consideration, The question was one which must materially 4e.,. ,,, _, , a.“.7et the ‘veirare - ox 'the commercial world; the petitioners had taken a most im portant. of if. ' There was riot fora long time •i - view ~ Q.o impor ented to the • House • h tant a Petition presented , . e therefore Artnitcd be that . no - opposition would made to its being - printed:— (Hear!) • LVERT had n Mr. c.I.I.ARL,ES CA ...Qt .the most reri ic te • PRICE SEVEN•PrNCF,. idea of opposing the prioting of that petition; he -merely spoke as to the.general practice of havir.g petitions.printed'. Mr. LIONEYIVOOD presented a '.petition from Fever shani in the County of Kent, against any alteration in t h e Corn laws., Mr. CALVERT presented, similar sines fnirri Whittingliatu and St. 'Andrew , Auckland, in the county of DOrtiam• - Mr. EGERTON presented a similar one from Basingstoke ,; —also a petition front the Millers Of the Isle of Wight', praying the flour trade may be,proteeted. Mr. H. DRITMALO.ND presented a similar petition from the Carse of flowrie, in Perthshire. Simihti petitions were presented-=from Belfast, by Sir A. Cum kiEsTtn; from Haddingtonshire, by Sir JAZoiXg Sirr- Tit ; from Atherstone and Bromsgrovc, by Mr. Dudrmi.l: ; from ten places in the.courity of York, ,by Mr. WoDgn (msg. Mr. NVODEH O.USE._presented a petition from certain Mil lers, praying that the flour trade may be protected. Mr. GOOCH presented 13- petitions from the county cf.sl.lf folk, against any alteration in the Coin Laws.—The Petitions were all ordered to be , printdd. CATHOLIC CLAIMS. Mr. EGERTON presented a petition from a parish in the couiiiy - of,Chester, against the 'Catholic Claims. On tite question that it . be printed, 111 r. P. GRgNFELL. said he hoped that he was too long A Member of that House, and that he Ispows it practice too well to refer to any thing that might occur in the other Howe ; at the same time he hoped and trusted that before the present Ses sion expired,, some Member of weight s character; and talent sufficient to qualify bim for taking so important a subject 440 bip hands, would, come forward, in consequence of what had occurred elsewhere.—He hoped that some individual in one of the two HouseS would submit a motion as to . the propriety of re-considering the Coronation Oath.---The petition was ordere'd to be printed. JURIES BILL. Mr. WESTON said, it was originally his intention to in. troduce a Bill, making persons possessing personal prOpertylo a certain amount eligible to • serve on juries, in the same Manner as thoSe possessing freehold property. A measure has hifely - been introduced by the Secretary for -the Home Depart- Meat, to regulate the summoning of juries, and also to consO lidate the laws respecting juries ; instead, therefore, of bring ing jn a separate Bill on the subject, he gave notice that he 'would Propose the insertion of his proposition, as a clause, into the Bill now going through the House, either on Monday, When the Bill was to go through a Committee, or Whatever subsequent day was fixed for that purpose. CORN LAWS. • Petitions for a revision Of The Corn Laws were preiented by 31r: Lindsay, froth the Provost and Magistrates of Perth; by Mr. 1-leskisson, from ,Maltby, and the Company: of Merchants of Edinburgh ; by Mr. Bart nails, .frOm the .Directors and Merchants of the ChaMber of Commerce of Bristol, and from the PrOprietors of foreign corn warehoused ,there; by Sir A. Campbell, from the Merchants and Ship-owners of Greenock ; by Mr. DOuglas, from the Merchants . of Leith, praying that bonded - coin may be admittcd for honie consumption ; and by Sir M. W. Ridley, from the Merchants - and' Manufacturers of Newcastle.upon-Tyne. Petitions againSt any alteration were pre: sated by Captain Wernys, fibm the 'County of Fife : by Sir C. Cole, from the Owners and Occupiers of Land in Ohnuorganshire ; bySir C. Dundas, -from the FarMers in the neighbourhood of Newbury, praying that, as far as they concern the importation of foi corn, the Corn. Laws may not he repealed ;'by Mr. J. nine, from Banbury, in Oxfordshire, by Mr. Lascelles, from l'onte-: fract, in Yorkshire ;' by Sir R. Vyvian, from the Owners and Occupiers of Land in the East and West hundred of .Corn wall ; by Mr. James Brown, from the county of Mayo ; by Sir A. Campbell, from the Corn Merchants of Glasgow ; by Lord Barnard, from the neighbourhtxid of Bandon, in Cork ; by Lord Ennismore, from the county of Cork ; by 11l r.'llume, from the Owners and Occupiers of Land in Abroath, .Montrose, and Brechin • by Colonel Bagwell; 'frail the Millers' and Corn Dealers of (Lorne% praying that, frOm their large Stbck Of grain in hand, no alteration may take place for:six nibtith,i-; by Sir AL W. Ridley, from Shrapliam, in Norfolk; by Mr. Curteis, from the Owners and Occupiers of Land in the neigb bourhood of Lewes, in Sussex ; and from the Editor of British Farmers' Chroriele ; by Sir J. Majorihatilcs, from this county of Berwick ; by Lord F. Osborne, from Various 'placer in Cambridgeshire imd 'Buckinghamshire, amounting to '57 ; by Sir G. Clerk, from the Freeholders. and Justices of the Peace in the county of Edinburgh, complaining that•the house was about to enter on the inquiry at tOo late a period 'of the Sesion ; by Sit J. Astley, from the Owners and Occupiers of Land in Devizes ; by,Mr. Chaplin, from the neighbourhood of Lincoln and Boston ; by Mrc Sotheron, from Newark, 011er ton,' Worksop, and Itotford, in Nottinghamshire ; by 111 r. Benett, from the Owners and Occupiers . of . Larid in the vicinity of Marlborough, in Wiltshire; and from Salisbury, in the Kiiit c e county ; by Mr. Ileatheote, from the East Iltindred a Rut landshire; by Sir - W. 'lngleby, from Burton-on-llutnber; and t5 - everitl places in Lincolnshire ; by Sir G. Warrender, nom Itaddington and Roxburglishires ; and by LOrd U'ibridg:, from . aOrtie'placa in; Atiglesea. Theie petition's Were laid on the table and ordered to printed. • - Mr. LESLIE FOSTER presented a petition from the Land_ owners of the County of Louth, against any alteration' in 'the Corn Lams. lIL had'been consulted on the subject orthe'Coi.:.: Laws, and had given it as his opinion that no alteration ought to take place - this year, but that a revision of thein.ihnultt gone into nextyear. Ile found since that he was correct in both of theie conjectural - opinions. ' • • •• • • IMPORTATION OF FLOUR. Sir J. WROTTESLEY Was - deSiroua of tatting the present opportunity; frorn the - fright Gentletican Oppdsite ( r. kiuskiSsOn), as he had given notice of.his interkiimi to stiblitil A proposition respecting bonded Corti, to ask whe;ther any part hid t)lan was to make any alteration with 'respect to the importa tion Of corn? Mr. HUSKISSON replied, that as it was his intention to .propose no alteration in the revision of the Corn 'Laws th is •y eat, be would adopt the tame plan with resl•ect to the importation of 'flour, and abstain from - proposing any alteration , from tyre present law upon that subject. CORN LAWS. Sir T. I.ET : IIIIRMGY, presented a petition .from certain landholders in the counties of Gloucester and sqtneret, against any alteration in the cairn laws. Mr. R. SAI,ITII presented a similar petition from the millers of the county of Lincoln: Lard E. SOMERSET presented a similar petition l'roni . ,Stowe-in-the4Vpld, in Gloucestershire. 'My. T. WILSON presented three petitions from the mer chants, shipowners, &c., of Leith, and one from the labourers on the Thames, praying for a revision or the 'Corn Laws. • . Mr. RlttGliT presented a petition t:ront the millers of Oris tQl, praying forprotectionfrnin the importation of toteign . porn. Mt. NE WALAN ,presented a petition from ihe eminty• of Devon; against the corn JaWs. ,Mr. HUME presented 'a petition from .Perth, praying for a revision of the porn laws. Ile expressed his full pnneurrence iu the expediency of such a revision. Sir E. HARV,R.Y . presented a petition from Rochfoo; in Essex, against any, alteration. , • ' 'Mr: S. WO wyLRY presented a petition ,from,Scarboroug,h. against any alteration in the Corn Laws, and A . petition . frbor Sheffield.; praying for a revision of the law between Landhliti and Tenant. • ,51r..MONC.K presented a petition from Reading, praying fora revision of the Corn. Laws. ' • ' - iclr.'DENlSo:l• , Fp;e;enteAftipetition from cettain Mille u rs in the county of Surrey, against the importation. 0f... Foreign Com, and also it.petition from the inhabitants of:Lambethngainsf he .Corn Laws. Sir T. ACLAND _presented two ,petitions, one from Tiver ton and the other from Dartmouth, againit the Corn Lows. 11r. COKE presented ten petitions from certain towns and. ,hundreili Noriblk,"ogainst anfalteration in'the'Corn"Li*s. At the sam'e'fitne" that he preierited these peti't'ions he ,bekOd to expresShiii dis Sent froth the prayer contained in'thetn.: r vfle woiof_opinion that some revision of those laws Was requiAte, and 'the pfeSerit existing Cam Laws werecoictilared to etianf a lermetii in the eMintry, and were at variance With the real hire -1.6-its of tht A grietilturisti themselveS. H e regretted .thiSidir fereriee of sentiment with the petifionera ; but he gave Alit,- eerily, and he Might' be presumed to know s.'oMetliinl.; on the Subject, at he had - deVOted his whole life to . - agricultural* lidr hear' ! )-- Ile at the same time disapproved of Any Sudden' or - Violent change.. 31r. FLEMlNG—presented petitions from Southampton, \% Peteisfield, ' Piktiniouttl, - Farnham, and other COLOMBIAN LOAN, 1822. THE HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND, due on the Ist of May next, on the BONDS issued by the Hon. Manuel Jose Hurtado, will be PAID on that and every succeeding day, at the Counting-house of Messrs. Herring, Graham, and Powles, 3. Freeman's —court, Cornbill, between the holm of Ten anti Three. The Dividend Warrants, with a List thereof in numerical order, are to be left on.e day previous for examination.