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1 /12 >,‘ • 4+:X.ll} fio, tag A holdeti of wt. ‘.: 4,2 n - x=rt - _,,,r - I . • • • ' ° • t• fir. protection of the e le V r* - bindowners Sir E. K ia N t l he - 12 210 -1 7 beitio :; . :7 1; : Tpeti .ds i t i o o n n e s , •,•-• • ' f 11111hh„. occupiers of land in Romney-marsb, . /so pPm. OzTOPqrr, 4 1 • • • u ~„ et.., AriP A I. : ;,...; • . l aw ; ...ansonk ,•., ' • 4.11; 1 CONTRACT FOR DEALS; CANADA FIR, AND - WHITE OAK TIMBER, AND ASH RAFTERS. NAVY-OFFICE, Miaca 24, 1827. THE principal Officers and Commissioners of his Majesty's Navy do hereby give notice, That on THURSRAY, the 19th of April next, at One o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be ail hug to contract for stippiying the following Articles, viz. Archangel, Canada, or Baltic Red Wood, Deals, or Canada Spruce Deals, cut from Timber grown on the Banks of the St. Maurice. And Canada Red and Yellow Pine, and White Oak Timber and Ash Rafters. from the from the TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 1827. No. 10,784. PRICB ID. To be delivered at His Majesty's Dock Yards, according to Distributions, which, with Forms of Tenders, may be seen at this Office. No Tender will be received after One On the Day of Treaty, nor any noticed unless the Party, or an Agent for him, attends. Every Tender must be accompanied by a Letter ad dressed to the Navy Board, and signed by Two responsible Persons, engaging to become bound with the Person t endering, in the Sum of 1,3001., for the due performance of the Contract for Deals, and in the Sum of 3,0001. for the Contract for Timber and Rafters. THE NEW ARGYLL ROOMS. ON FRIDAY, the 6th APRIL, MISS FANNY WOODHAM'S GRAND MISCELLANEOUS CONCERT OF ANCIENT .AND MODERN MUSIC. The following celebrated Vocalists have kindly offered their • services on the occasion : . Mademoiselle- FANNY AYTON, A LADY (first appearance in public), Miss GRADDON, . • and Madame .CORNEGA ; Mr. SAPID, Mr. GOTADEN, Mr. PYNE, Mr. WELSH, and Mr. ATKINS. Leader, Mr. KIESEWETTER. This day were published, in Bvo., price twelve shillings, and in 4to, on India paper, price one guinea, dedicated, with permission, to Sir Thomas Lawr e nc e , P.R.A., TWENTY ENGRAVINGS (Accompti panied by Quotations and Descriptions) illustrative of THE TEMPEST, being No. I. of the SPIRIT of the PLAYS of SHAKSPEARE : a Series of Outline Plates, exhibiting the Story of each Play. Drawn and Engraved by FRANK HOWARD. London : printed for T. Cadell, Strand (bookseller to the Royal Academy); C. and J. Riving,ton, St. Paul's Church-yard, and Waterloo-place, Pall-Mall ; Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, Paternoster-rew ; and J. Booker, New Sond-atreet. To be had also , of Mr. F. Howard, No. 5, Newman-street, Oxford-street."' Conductor, Mr. T. WELSH. Tickets, 10s. 6d. each, to be bad of Messrs. 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This day was published, Bvo, price 3s. 6d. sewed, :THE COLONY of SIERRA LEONE VINDICATED from the MISREPRESENTA TIONS of Mr. MACQUEEN, of Glasgow. BY KENNETH MACAULAY, ESQ., Member of Council at Sierra Leone. J. llatchard and Son, Piccadilly; and Lupton Relfe, Cornhill. CABINET-MAKERS' SOCIETY. CHEAP -CABINET & UPHOLSTERY, at the LONDON REPOSITORY for the CA BINET-MAKERS'. SOCIETY, being the only real one now existing in London, No. 71, corner of LEADEN 'HALL-STREET, opposite Aldgate Pump, and' which has been established upwards of Six years. Far Ready Money, and no Abatement. The Trustees and Committee respectfully inform the Nobility and Gentry, that they still conduct the above Establishment for the Benefit of industrious and ingenious Mechanics (who have large families), by offering their Manufactured Articles in the Cabinet Line of the beat workmanship, and cheaper than by any House in London, no other profit being required than to satisfy the warehouse rent and incidental expenses ; being satisfied with constant employthent to enable them to support their familks, the number of whom appear by the Books of the last Quarterly Meeting to be 148. From the great patronage the Com mittee have received, they are in hopes of increasing that number. The following is a Specimen of the Low Prices asked ; all Goods warranted : Five feet Mahogany Bedstead, four-post £4 10 0' 1 6 0 1 1 0 3 5 0 6 10 0 2 0 ,0 Tent ditto Bordered Mattress to fit - Mahogany Drawers with solid ends - Eight Mahogany Chairs - Mahogany Pembroke Table Feather Bed free from dent and smell, from £2 12 0 to 8 8 0 Drawing-room Sofa, from £5 5 0 to 7 7 0 Sofa Bedstead - 3 8 0 Mahogany Horse-Hair Sofa - 6 10 0, A quantity of Paper Hangings for Bed, Dining, and Drawing.rooms, at nearly , Half-pries. The Trade will find it worth their attention. Houses Furnished at a few days' notice, and Apartments in a few hours.—Goods packed free of expenoe except the matting. THTJRNELL, Agent. J. HASLER, Secretary. SELECT ARTICLES Prepared and Sold By Messrs. BUTLER, Chemists, Cheapside, Corner of St. Paul's, London ; 54, Sackvillo - street, Dublin ; and 73, Princes-street, Edinburgh. FLUID EXTRACT of SARSAPARILLA, for making the Decoctions, and particularly suggested to Surgeons and Physicians, for its portable convenience and economy. The Diseases in which it has proved most beneficial are those of the Skin, such as Scorbutic Affctions,. Eruptive Diseases, s e condary Symptoms, &c., arising from a diseased state of the System at large. PURE 11IAGNESIA, superior to any Article of the kind heretofore offered to the Public, being perfectly free from taste. PURE EPSOM SALTS, in large Chrystals, thereby a preparation for maki n g Saline avoiding ciTß A th T e E rese D mKbAlaLnic,e to Oxalic Acid. Draughts, recommended by the Profession for it s conveni ence, and being more certain in its operation than those prepared with Lemon, &c. CARDIAC TINCTURE of TURKEY RHUBARB, a warm and pleasant Laxative, adapted to Gouty Constitu- tions. STOMACHIC BITTER TINCTURE, a very agree able Tonic, recommended in Indigestion, debility of the Stomach, &c. VEGETABLE TOOTH POWDER and ASTRIN GENT TINCTURE, for preserving and beautifying the Teeth and Gams- ANTACID LOZENGES of QUININE, for relieving Heartburn, Flatulence, Indigestion, and giving tone to the Stomach, they are also extremely serviceable to Gouty and Dyspeptic Persons. ACIDULATED LOZENGES of CAYENNE, for habitual Sore Throats, Relaxation of the Uvula, Hoarse ness, &G., also a refreshing stimulus in Fatigue, Field Sports, &c. STOMACHIC CANDY; composed of Rhubarb, Gin ger, &c., an excellent and agreeable remedy for all com plaints of,the Stomach. s • C Tile above Preparations when Genuine, will have th e Name and address of MUSKS. BUlt,Zit, attached to them. BAKER'S PATENT MANGLES and AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. R. BAKER (by appointment), Mangle and Engine Maker to His Majesty, respectfully acquaints the Public that he has manufactured a large assortment of the follow ing Machines : PATENT and Portable Mangles; Wasliing and Wring-. ing Machines ; Laundry JackS ; Crimping Machines, and Table-cloth Presses, with other articles used in the Laundry. GARDEN and Green-house Engines, Rollers, Insect Destroyers, Syringes, Fruit Gatherers, and Gardening Tools of every kind. CHAFF Engines, Malt, Oat • and Bean Mills, Corn Measures, Dr. Munro's Cattle Tubes, Haymaking Machines, Ploughs, Drills, Turnip Slicers, Cattle Weighers, Winnow ing Machines, and Agricultural Implements of every descrip tion. BUTTER Churns, Cheese Presses, and Dairy Utensils. COFFEE Fanners, Cane Top Cutters,lndia Corn Husk ing Mills, and Wine Coolers, with other Colonial Tools. FAMILY and Counter Weighing Machines, Patent Dial Scales ; Bennett's Patent Filterer ; Machell's Patent. Shower Baths ; Masterman's, Patent Bottling and Cork ing Machines ; Patent Water Closets; and Iron Bedsteads ; with a variety of domestic and commercial Machines. To be seen at R. Baker's Patent Mangle Manufactory, 65, Fore-street, or at his Warehouses, 42, Fenchurch_ street, corner of Mincing-lane, and 309, Oxford-street, op posite Fladong's Hotel.—The Trade supplied. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. FUNDED DEBT CREATED IN THE YEAR 18 9 6. An Accouicr of the CAPITAL of FUNDED DEBT created in the year 182 G, in return for. Money and Exchequer Bills, the amount of each separately, the price agreed on, and the periods of payment ; together with the application of the Money that was received in part of the said Capital created. s 8,560,000 0 Thc capital created Viz. : 8 For V 354,350/. in Exchequer Bills funded, being at the rate of 1071. for every 1001. of such Exchequer 8i115... 3,589,144 10, For 4,668,9181. is. paid in cash, being at the rate of 1071. for every 1001. 10s. so paid 4,970,80 WI 9,56 0 ,00 0 0 The periods fixed for the above payments in bills or cash were, 12th April, 1826 lO per cent. 24th May, 1828 lO ditto 14th July, 1826 2O ditto 22d August, 1826 lO ditto 17th October, 1828 2O ditto 21st November, 1826 lO ditto 16th January, 1827 The money received as above was applied, To make good to aids 1825, the sums issued, there out for the discharge of Exchequer Bills charged on aids 1826 To discharge Exchequer Bills in 1826 Remaining in tin. Exchequer, to pay off bills Towards the Ways and Means of 1826 Whitehall, Treasury-chambers, March 26. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. 953,450 0 2,491,500 0 3,444,950 0 772,350 0 4,217,300 0 451,628 5 4,668,928 5 ERRIES. The Petition of the Committee of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, presented to the House of Com mons on the 23d March instant, has produced a great sen sation in Scotland. As this petition will probably be often referred to hereafter, we now transcribe it from the Jour nals of the Howe : " A Petition of a Committee appointed by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland to attend to the pro gress of any proposed alteration on the existing Corn Laws, was presented and read ; setting forth, that the petitioners having now seen that such alterations are contemplated, re quest permission, in discharge of the duty intrusted to them, to approach the House on behalf of the Parochial Clergy of the'Established 'Church of Scotland; than whom no class ' of his Majestyi subjects are more deeply interested in the decision of this question ; that by Act 48 Geo. 111., c. 138, their stipends are' made payable in Grain, at the rate of the fiars or average annual prices of the several Counties, and by the same Act are, after one augmentation, precluded from receiving any further increase until after a lapse of twenty years ; that, for several years previous to the passing of this Act, the prices of Grain had been unusually high, and therefore a smaller quantity was assigned as stipend to each Minister than would have been the case in other cir cumstances ; consequently any measure having the effect of producing a considerable diminution in the money value of Corn must reduce those stipends below the amount con templated by the Legislature, and fixed in each case by the Court of Teinds ; that the petitioners are further induced to urge this point upon the attention of the House, from the consideration' of the proposed rates of duties for regu lating the importation' of Barley and Oats, which are mani festly too low, and which,. if adopted, must prove highly in jurious to the agriculture of Scotland, and, they greatly fear, most detrimental to the petitiOners„ the amount of whose stipends almost entirely depends upon the prices of those descriptions of grain ; that the petitioners, along with the expression of their entire confidence in the wisdom of Parliament, do earnestly pray of the House, that nothing may be done prejudicial to the well being of the various parties connected With the value of agricultural produce." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, ArluL 2. The Lord Chancellor, Earl Bathurst, and the Earl of Shaftesbury, as his Majesty's Commissioners, gave the Royal Assent to the Duke of Clarence's Annuity Bill, the Irish Public Works' Bill, the Mutiny Bill, and several other Mr. John Smith, and others from the Commons, brought up the Spring Guns Bill, the Costs on Distress Bill, and other Bills. They also came with a Message.from the Commons to request that their Lordships would permit the Bishop of Chester to attend a Committee of the Commons. Their Lordships replied, that an answer should be sent by messengers of their own. CORN LAWS. Lord TEYNHAM presented a petition from the neigh bourhood of Southampton, against any alteration in the Corn Laws, and praying for protection to Agriculture. Similar petitions were presented by the Earl of Lauder dale, from the county of Haddington ; by Lord Viscount Melville, from the county of Edinburgh ; and by the Mar quis of Exeter, from the neighbourhood of Stamford, in the county of Lincoln. L o rd TEYNHAM also moved for an account of all Hops imparted from abroad, from 1823 to 1827. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY DlARY.—Tniatsosr, APRIL 5. Bage, A., Shrewsbury—Talbot, Shrewsbury ll Butler, R. t Nottingham—Punch-bowl, Nottingham lO Burrow, 1., Kendal—King's Arms, Kendal ll Carr and Co., Over Darwen—Winstanley, Preston ....„.... Dixon, W., Horncastle—Bull, Horncastle 5 Gough, J., Nottingham—Flying Horse, Nottingham ll Harris, J., Modbury—Globe, Exeter ll Jones, J., 131ackrod—Bear's Paw inn, Wigan 6 Newton, 1., Manchester—Star, Manchester lO Palmer, J. Shrewsbury—Talbot, Shrewsbury ll Partridge, T., Forebridge--Royal Hotel, Birmingham ll Panlington, J., Li v erpool—Mr. Leather, Liverpool Rix and Co., St. Neots—Falcon, St. Neots l2 Rogers, J., Shrewsbury—Talbot, Shrewsbury ll Tacham, W., Nottingliam—Flying Horse, Nottingham ll Thompson, 1., Bilston—Littleton Arnis, Penkridge ll 'Wheatley, J., lloorcroft—Littleton Arms, Penkridge 2 Whicher, G., Petworth—Half Moon, Petworth ll Wilson, R., Wellingborough—Hind inn, Wellingborough._ 11 Woodlcy, F., Andover—Star and Garter, Andover 3 INSOLVENTS APPLYIN Petitions to be heard at Portug Baker, V., Birmingham PRIL Bildhaucr, M., City-road Bishop, It., Stockbridge Briercliffe, WakOeld Bush, R., Stratford Cadogan, J., Strand Chapman, J., St. Pancras Cole, E., Grunstead Crickmer, It., Loddon Do'email, G., Birmingham 'G TO BE DISCHARGED, gal-street, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, AT NINS. Gouge, T., Milton Hooker, .1., Piccadilly Rightly, S., Stainford-street Pearson,2 si Lee,vo ll r i r i a i V s m , . V. , . ' . I ..: ji ,j. H o l low a ysu Fl ee t-str eet diHertfordNewburyu r y Roby, Watson,W S. King -street Younger, S., Minorieg COUNTRY.—At the Court-ho Ten o' luse, at Shrewsbury, April 6, al 'clock. IHolmes, 'l'., Shrewsbury Hughes E., Chirbury Jones, J., N., shit:hull Palmer, T, F arlow Young,l,Ketley Paton Jones, t , April '7, at Tcn. J., Tenby A.pril 9, at Ten. Coventry Alsop, W. Shrewsbury Bancroft, J., Hales-Coven Cartwright, J., Brose.ey Cund, R., Minton Davies, J., Nescliffe Ellis, IL, Shrewsbury Griffiths, V., Shrewbury At Haverfordwest Williams At Coventry, P . liggitt, R. ANECDOTE OF THE LION. . that when the lion has once tasted human Mesh, he thenceforth en tirely loses his natural awe of human superiority : and it is as serted, that when he has once succeeded in snatching some un happy wretch from a Bushman kraal, h e n ever fails to return every night in search of another meal ; and often harasses them so dreadfully as to force the horde to desert their sta tion. From a pprehensions of such nocturnal attacks some of these wretched hordes are said to be in the habit of placing their aged and infirm nearest the entrance of the cave or covert where they usually s l ee p, in order that the least valuable may first fall a prey, and serve as a ransom for the rest. The prodigious strength of this animal does not appear to have been over-rated. It is certain, that he can drag the heaviest ox with ease a considerable way ; and a horse, heifer, hartebeest, or lesser prey, he finds no difficulty in throwing upon his shoulder and carrying off to any distance he may find convenient. I have myself wit nessed an instance of 'a very young lion conveying a horse about a mile from the spot where lie had killed it ; and a more extraordinary e ase, which occurred in the Sneeuw .berg, h as been m en ti one d to me on good authority, wh er e a lion, having carried o ff a heifer of two years old, was fol lowed on the spoor or track for fully five hours, by a party on horseback, and throughout the whole distance th e car cass of the heifer was only once or twice discovered to have touched the grouud,.... Thompson 4 South Africa. CATHOLICS. Lord DUFFERIN presented a petition from certain Inhabitants of Donaghadee, in the county of Down, Ire land, against granting any fufther concession to the Catholics: The Marquis of DOWNSHIRE did not wish to oppose the reception of the petition, but he *as hound to state, in justice to a great number of the inhabitants, whose re spectability entitled them to he heard by their Lordships, that they did not agree with the prayer of the petition, and that they '•ontinued to believe that the Catholic Claims ought not to be opposed. The Marquis of LANSDOWN presented a petition from the District of Clara, King's County, praying for a Re moval of Catholic disabilities. IRISH GROCERS. The NOBLE MARQUESS also presented a petition from the Grocers of Antrim, praying that they might be allowed to sell spirits in their own houses. The Earl of RODEN thought such an alteration would add to the mischief that now arose from the ;rent use of ardent spirits. The Earl of CALEDON and the Marquis of DOWN SHIRE were understood to hold a similar opinion. PROMISSORY NOTE BILL. Lord MELVILLE, alluding to this Bill, which was then on their Lordship? table, said he did not know why Scot land had been included, and Ireland excluded ; and in the hope that some Noble Lord would on Thursday be able to explain this anomaly, he should appoint Thursday for the third reading of the Bill. - - - Lord SUFFIELD moved the first reading of the Spring Guns Bill ; and gave notice, thatas he had a small Amend• merit to propose, which might be printed with the Bill to morrow, that he should move the second reading to-mor row. The Noble Lord was understood afterwards to say he would appoint a subsequent day for the second reading. Lord BELINIERIN apologized to their Lordships for having committed a mistake; but he had received two pe 7 titions from the County of Fermanagh ; one intended for the House of Commons, and the other for their Lordships; aad he found he had by mistake on a previous evening, unintentionally, presented the petition intended for the other House of Parliament to their Lordships. He should therefore move that the petition he withdrawn. Ordered. --Adjourned. HOUSE: OF COMMONS, APRIL 2. At a quarter to four the Speaker took the Chair, and was summoned to the House of Lords. The Right Hon. Gentleman proceeded to the Upper House, accompanied by seveeal Members, and in a quarter of an hour returned, and announced that he had attended at the Bar of the Peers, and EA received the royal Assent to several Bills. Thc Bills were all private, except the Duke and Duchess of Clarence's Annuity -Mr. J. SMITH moved that a Message be sent to the Lords, requesting their Lordships' permission for the Bishop of Chester's attendance, to give evidence before the Emigration Committee. The Message was ordered to be sent accordingly. WESTMEATH ELECTION. Mr. WALLACE moved that the Committee appointed to try the petition against the return for Westmeath, be al lowed to adjourn till Thursday next.—Agreed to. BANFFSHIRE ELECTION. The Report of the 'Banffshire Election Committee was brought up, statirg that the Earl of Fife was unduly re turned to sit for that County, and that Morrison, Esq. was duly elected. DISCHARGE OF A MEMBER. Mi. W. BURFLELLsttited,. that Lord George Lennox having been ordered into the custody of . the Serjeant-at- Arm's, as a defaulter upon a call of the House, upon an Election ballot, his Lordship had requested him to say, that his absence had arisen from peculiar circumstances. He had been compelled to go to Horsham, to attend the Assizes, and he was occupied as Chairman of the Grand Jury, upon the day on which there was a call of the House. He (Mr. Burrell) therefore moved, that Lord George Lennox be discharged from the custody of the Serjeant at Arms, without paying his fees. Mr. CURTEIS corroborated the statement of his col league, the Member for Sussex. Mr: PORTMAN thought the excuse insufficient. It was a breach of privilege to summon any Member of that House from his Parliamentary duties to attend an Assize, or to sit upon a Grand Jury. Mr. CURWEN observed, the attendance upon a Grand Jury was not compulsory. The SPEAIER said, that the point was totally imma terial, as the privileges of the House were paramount to every consideration. When a limber was summoned to attend to his duties in Parliament, no duty in any other pl a ce whatever could supersede the necessity of his obe dience. Sir JOHN NEWPORT thought the excuse urged in favour of the Noble Lord, ene of the last that could be ad missible. . _ _ Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the Gal. lery was cleared ; but the application, was negatived with. out any division. CORN LAWS. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR presented a petition from the Dlttnufacturers of Flour, and from the Millers of Bishop wearinouth, in the county of Sunderland, against the per mission to import Foreign Flour. The Marquis of CHANDOS presented two petitions from Newport-Pagnel, and from the neighbourhood of Buck ingham, against the proposed alterations of the Corn Laws. Mr. CURTEIS presented a similar petition from Croydon. Mr. W. GORDON presented a petition of the like na ture from Elgin. Si r . 1 . MACKENZIE presented two petitions from Places ia the county of Ross, praying for protection to the agricultural interests. Lord G . HAY presented a similar petition from Had. dington. CATHOLIC CLAIMS. Lord LOWTHER presented' three petitions from places in Lancashire on e that no further concession s might be on e from a parish in Cumberland, and one front Chester, made to the Roman Catholics. M r . H. HUTCHINSON presented two petitions in fa vour o f Catholic Emancipation, from the parishes of St. ntry's and St. Ann's, in the city of Cork. M r . DAWSON brought up a Return of the number of persons who had been charged with criminal ca'rnees. ARIGNA MINING ASSOCIATION. M r . R, GRANT said, that the Committee appointed to inquir e into the Arigna Mining Association had postpOned their Report until to-morrow, in order to have an opportu nity o f a 4ding to it the evidence they had taken upon the subject. For this purpose, he moved, " That such evi dence be laid before the House."......A gre ed to. M r . WARD moved to postpone the motion of Mr. Al derman Thompson relative to the Assize of Bread within the Bill s of Mortality. Sir G. CLERK moved, to add Mr. R. Dumlas to the Committee on the Edinburgh Bridewell Bill, and the Leith Police Bill ; and Mr. Abercromby to the Committee on the Edi n b ur gh Improvement Bill. Mr. WARD moved for numerous Returns relative to the Exp or ts, Imports, Custom Duties and Shipping of the United Kingdom, which were ordered to be produced. BOROUGH OF READING. Mr. R. GRANT rose to present a petition from the Electors of the Borough of Reading. The petitioners stated that George Spence and Fyshe Palmer, Esqrs. were can didates at the last Election for that Borough ; and that the former Gentleman was returned. The Committee, how ever, to whom the validity of that Election had been,re fared, had decided that Mr. Palmer was the Member duly elected. The petitioners stated that they were competently advised that the Committee had not, by the Act of Parlia ment, any power to determine whether the party were the proper person to be returned. All they had any power to do was, to decide whether Mr. Spence were or were not duly elected ; aid in the event of their deciding this in the negativC, ',here ought to have been a new Election. The case of the petition rested upon 10 Geo. 111. c. 16, sec. 18. The power which this Act gave to Election Com mittees was not to decide whether the petitioner or the Sitting Member were properly returned, but merely to declare whether the return of the Sitting Member were valid or invalid ; and, if invalid, to direct a new Election. He wished the subject to go to a Select Committee. Upon the question that the petition be brought up, Mr. S. RICE said, if he rightly understood the petition it complained of a sett being held by a Member of that House, and no petition of that character could be received without a violation of the Standing Order. The petition complained against the decision of a Comrnittelei elvera., upon their oaths to do impartial justice between the par ties ; and if complaints were to be allowed, it would have the effect of reintroducing that which the Grenville, Act had provided against. He trusted, under these circum stances, that the petition might not be pressed. Air. R. GRANT said the question was, whether the petition should or should not be received? Mr. MONCK said it had been objected that the petition against the Return came, not from the late Candidate (Mr. C. F. Palmer), but from certain of the Electors ; but it appeared to him that an elector had as much right to peti tion against what he conceived to be an undue return as any candidate whatever. The Committee had, in the due exercise of the power entrusted to them, declared Mr. Spence unduly elected, and further, that the election fell on Mr. Palmer ; and if they were to allow such petitions as this to be received, there would be no end to them, as there would be nothing else but new elections, and the ap pointment of new Election Committees. Mr. ABERCROMBIE said, the simple question to be decided was, whether this petition be received, and in his view there could be no possible objection to it. The Com mittee having, upon their oaths, decided the late Reading Election to he in faveur of Mr. Palmer, it was altogether impossible that the House could now turn round upon that Committee, and say they had done that which was en tirely wrong. There was, however, a point beyond this, upon which it would be right to present this petition. If the Hon. Member thought that the law upon which this decision was made was a bad or inconvenient one, and ought to he amended, then he had an undoubted right to commence, by taking this mode of complaining of it. But so far as it affected the decision of the Committee, it was altogether inadmissible. Mr. C. W. WYNN agreed with his Hon. and Learned Friend who had just sat down, in the construction which he had put upon the Act of Geo. 111. It was the same construction which had been put upon it ever since the House had made the Act a part of the law of the land. The pre sent was by no means a new case. Indeed, the House had always shown a great regard to the rights of electors, and in cases where sitting Members had refused to defend their seats, had compelled their committees to decide whether their return was legal or not, to prevent their compromis ing the rights of the electors. He had no objection to letting the petition be laid on the table ; but he thought that nothing could be so dangerous as for the House to draw back to itself the pow er of revising the decisions of election committees en the allegation which was here made of some special mistake in its proceedings. Sir JOHN NEWPORT would not allow any interfer ence with the decisions of election committees. Mr. S. RICE contended that the . present petition was an election petition, and therefore could not be received in con formity with the rules of Parliament. Such petitions must be presented within 14 days after the return ought to he made. Now, though the return of Mr. Palmer had only just been made, it ought to have been made at the time of the election. The 14 days, therefore, were to be reckoned from the first meeting of Parliament, and within that pe riod this petition had never made its appearance. Mr. F. LEWIS thought, that the best thing which the Hon. Member who had presented this petition could do with it, would be to withdraw it. There were several statements in it against which objection must be taken at present ; but if the Hon. Member would get those state ments withdrawn, he might present another petition to the House, offering to prove that Mr. Palmer had been guilty of bribery at the last Election, which, irproved, would dis qualify him from taking his seat during the present Parlia ment. Y -- The SPEAKER then put the question as to whether the re petition should be brought up. The Ayes and Noes ap peared to be nearly equal on the s ub jec t. Strangers were ordered to ;hut n'henup, and th ordered egallery to was be Nearlyad w cleared, the petition ithdr IVas brou g ht It purported to come from T. Dundas, Rear-Admiral in the Navy, and complained that the majority by which F. Palmer had been declared duly returned, by a Commit tee of the House of Commons, had been gained by illegal means, and that the said Mr. F. Palmer was therefore disqualified to sit in the present Parliament. It therefore prayed the House either to issue a writ for a new eleetion for a Burgess to serve in Parliament for the borough of Reading, or else to allow the petitioner sufficient time to frame a petition against Itlr. Palmer's return, or else to seemedgive h to r equire . imtstch" oth er relief as the circumstances of his case On - the question that the petition be laid upon the table, Mr. C. W. WYNN contended, that if the sitting mem ber had been returned only by a colourable majority, he had a right, tl , Jugh not a petitioner, to show' before the Comm.:" .! that the other candidate had been guilty of bribery, inasmuch as the question before the Committee was, which of the two was " duly elected," words which admitted either party to prove, if they could, undue prac tices against the other. For that reason he could not allow the decision on the last Reading Election to be impugned in any of the modes suggested by the petitioner on the pre sent occasion. It was quite clear that the House could not issue a new writ, as that would be setting aside the decision of the Election Committee, which declared Mr. Palmer duly elected. It was equally clear that the House could not grant him time to petition against Mr. Palmer's re turn, as that would be in direct violation to its owu rule, refusing to receive any election petition after the expiration of 14 days after the return ought to have been made to the House. The last mode, which the petitioner suggested, was as objectionable as either of the'other two, for reasons which he would not trouble the House with detailing. He suggested that the petition ought to be withdrawn. Mr. SPRING RICE said, that if suck petitions were suffered to be laid upon the table of the House, petitions against election returns would be forced upon their notice day after day. Mr. R. GRANT said that, in compliance with the wish of the House, he would consent to withdraw the petition. The petition was withdrawn accordingly. dre S d ir s iC. U n BRRE Sussex, anLdLmprr.usEend a .te wop p E e i t i i o t u io s n E a from peti t t w ion o hfruon m a village in Norfolk, praying that protection might be granted to the Agricultural Interests. Sir G. CLERK presented a petition from certain inha bitants of Edinburgh, declaring their approval of the scale of duties named in the corn resolutions, but praying that those duties might be paid on the landing of the corn, and that no bonding might be allowed.—Laid on the table. Sir J. NEWPORT presented a petition from the own . _ _ ers and occupiers of land in the county of Westmeath, praying that the agricultural interest should be efficiently supported, Sir A. CAMPBELL presented a petition from the ship owners of Glasgow, praying for the due protection of the shipping interest. Mr. CHAPLIN presented a petition from the land owners of Stamford, praying for farther protection to the agricultural iuterast. Mr. BROWNLOW presented a petition from the tan ners of Newry, for the repeal of the duty on leather. Mr. ESTCOURT gave notice, that he would on Mon day next submit a motion to the House relative to the licensing of public-houses. Mr. D. GILBERT presented a petition from the owners and occupiers of land in the parish of Brotherton, Sussex, against any alteration in the corn laws. Mr. C. MAXWELL presented a petition from the land owners a nd commissioners of supply of the county of Lanark, against the corn-bonding system. Mr. WESTERN presented a petition from the land- owners and , , and from four other places - in the county of Kent, against the pro posed alteration in the Corn Laws. Sir F. BURDETT presented a petition from the seamen of Newcastle, complaining of the hardship they suffered, in consequence of their liability to impressment, and pointing out a mode equally efficient by which the navy might be manned; without having recourse to this oppressive prac tice. The Hen. Baronet gave notice, that he Would take the earliest opportunity after the holydays to bring this subject under the notice of the House. .Mr. C. GRANT presented a petition from the cotnmis sioners of supply, heritors, and justices of the peace of the county of Inverness, against any alteration in the Cern Laws. At the same time that he presented the petition, he thought it right to state, that his opinion on this subject did not coincide with that of the petitioners. CORN DUTIES BILL. Mr. C. GRANT moved the order, of the day for the second reading of the above Bill. Sir T. LETHBRIDGE wished, before he proceeded for state his opinion on this important subject to ask one ques tion. He begged leave to ask the Right Hon. dea,ti e m an (Mr. C. Grant) whether, under all the circumstances at tending this measure, not only in that House, but else where, especially as fresh information had been obtained through the medium of papers which bad lately come to hand, he would consent to postpone the second reading of the Bill until after the recess, to the Sd of May ? (A laugh.) Mr. C. GRANT said, that so far as he was personally concerned, he felt no disinclination to accommodate the Hone Bart. ; but he doubted very much, whether, if the Hon.' Baronet's request were complied with, it would be doing any favour or affording any accommodation to the House.—(Hear.) —The measure had been fully considered, and he felt it to be his duty to proceed with it.—(Hear.) Sir T. LETHBRIDGE rose to oppose the second read ing of this bill. He knew it was a very arduous task to resist the progress of a measure which had been adopted by His Majesty's Ministers after mature deliberation; and he feared that lee should prove but an indifferent advocate for a contrary line of policy. Convinced, however, as he was, that this measure was fraught with considerable danger to the landed interests of this great empire, he was impelled, by a strong sense of duty, to express his sentiments fully on . this occasion. He hoped that gentlemen, in consider ing this question, would not carry along with them the im pression which the Right Hon. Secretary for Foreign Af fairs had, by the magic power of his eloquence, created, when he introduced it; but that they would look st it lin its plain and simple form. He had recently b ee n informed, that the Noble Lord, who, but for his la mented illness, was to have brought the subject for ward elsewhere, meant to have introduced it as a mea sure of Government, and not as one which met hie own particular views and feelings. Now, be contend ed, that they were proceeding without due information ; and it was notorious, that in another place, an additi onal inquiry had been called for, and had also been con ceded. In his opinion, it would he wise and expedient if that House also appointed a Committee, to inquire further into the slbject, instead of legislating in this precipitate manner. He had made that observation before ; and ne had said, that if he met with the support to which he thought he was entitled, he would make a motion for a Committee. But the House did not concur with him in opinion ; and, therefore, he had made no such motion. The present measure was taken up on grounds that could not be supported either by experience or by sound argument ; and they were now about to legislate, with reference to a most important question, on very deficient and unsatisfac tory evidence. He, therefore, would proceed to oppose this Bill upon principle. If lie were asked to describe it, he would say, that it was a Bill for the more effectual encourage ment of speculation in the Corn trade—a Bill for the more rapid diminution of the growth of grain in Great Britain— and for the better encouragement of the growth of grain in other countries, for the supply of the British market.— (Hear, hear.)—Therefore it was that he rose in his place to oppose the Bill, on principle. This measure was founded on the prevailing love of free tade; hut, in introducing it, gentlemen ought to have furnished some examples, to show that other countries had, at any time, adopted a similar system. He found, instead of a general law on the sub ject, it had been constantly left in the hands of the ruling power in other countries, either to admit or prevent the im portation of grain, according to existing circumstances. He denied that this Bill afforded a just protection to the agricul ture of Great Britain. So far from that being the case, it would have the effect of keeping the price of corn between 60a. and 555. The Bills of 1815 and 1822 gave, in reality, no higher a protecting price than 60s. ; and it was impos sible that this Bill could afford a similar protection. It was quite evident, that if a surplus of corn were sent here, it would displace a corresponding portion of English grain. That part of their Empire, Ireland, had, since the union, and particularly during the last seven or eight years, gone on progressively increasing in the production of grain.— Now, ho would ask, could the House do a wiser or more beneficial thing, than to encourage the industry of Ireland, and to increase the wealth of that country? Was it not important that they should keep her in the condition (as an agricultural country) in which they found her, and not, by such a measure sa this, place her in a worse situation? (Hear.) --This point alone showed that they could not legislate safely, if, by that legislation, they interfered with the natural produce and industry of Ireland. Now, in his opinion, they ran the risk by adopting this measure, of in terfering most mischievously with the industry of Ireland, be cause it was a temptation to all the other parts of the world to send their surplus here, a temptation which they could not resist, and which would effectually glut the market. He knew it was said, that probably not more than 1,000,000 of quarters would be imported annually, and that that was a mere trifle. It was very true that 1,000,000 of quarters compared with the 50,000,000 annually consumed, was but a trifling amount; but it was not a trifle if it dis placed the labour of a number of men. He denied wholly and distinctly the statement which had been made in that House—namely, that ander the existing laws the people o this country paid a tax of 25,000,000/. on account of the landed interest. It was asserted that the people were im properly charged 10s. a quarter on 50,000,000 of quarters ; that they wee saddled with the sum of 25,000,000/., which was collected from the consumers of corn, and put into the pockets of the landowners. It did not go into the pockets of the landowners, but was distributed amongst all those who co-operated with them. He meant the occu piers and cultivators of land, and the various persons who were employed and paid by them. By foreign countries in general, - and by France in particular, a system of direct exclusion was practised towards us. When that was the case, why should we display such extreme liberality towards them ? It behoved the House to be cautious before they set aside the system of protection which had been so advantageous to the country. Muck had been said in that House about keeping faith with the public creditor. Now he thought that the agriculturists had a right to expect that faith should be kept with them. They were entitled to that degree of protection which wag absolutely necessary in the present state of taxation. If the House would only consider the burdens which the landed interest had borne during the wa r, and the unshaken loyalty which they had always dis played, he was sure that they would not consent to de stroy the main prop and security of Government. It was necessary also to remind the House of the probability of this Bill experiencing in another place a resistance which could not be overcame. He believed, too, that a difference of opinion existed in the Cabinet with respect to the measure, and that if some of the Ministers were to express their real sentiments they would describe it as one that was vicious in principle. He called upon the' landed interest to think for themselves upon this question—to consider the manner in which it would affect not only their own inte rests, but likewise those of other classes of the community, whose welfare was inseparably connected with their own. He hoped they would not allow themselves to be induced to give their support to the measure by any specious argu ments which might be advanced in its favour. He con cluded by moving as'an amendment that the Bill be read a second time this day six months. Mr. CURTEIS seconded the amendment. He stated, that the objection, of the agriculturists to the Bill were ac quiring additional force every day, and he was sure that a storm was gathering in another place which would anni hilate it. On all sides the agriculturist, complained that the Bill afforded them no adequate protection.-- Tließi he thought,loflB22 arose ou had been cond emne d unheard as it were, for it h a d intonevercometof ose doctrines eration. of Thenew measure,the political economists, which were of a very dangerous ten dency. There was nothing whatever which those men touched that they did not destroy. Whatever might be pro posed by them, he was determined constantly to oppose. The Bill before the House would have the effect of overthrowing the aristocracy, and through them the liberties of the country —and would once more compel us to revert to a paper cur rency. Mr. C. GRANT—The Honourable Gentleman who spoke last bad increased the long list of ills predicted by the Hon. Baronet, by the addition of a f e w trifling articles— the ruin of the Aristocracy, the destruction of the Clergy, and the abolition of a metallic aurreixey. Ale (Ur. C