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CERTIFICATES.-MAY 13, T. Musgrove, grate-manufacturer, Liverpool—T. C. Henderson, dealer in dressing-cases, New Bond-street— M. Samuel, merchant, Liverpool—G. A. Brown, baker, Dockhead, Shad Thames—J. Howard, victualler, St. Mary at Hill, City—W. W. Bailey, commission agent, Quarndon, Derbyshire—R. Kendall, draper, Gloucester —B. Eyre, innkeeper, Huddersfield, Yorkshire—J. Ed wards, cheesemonger, St. Marylebone. • AL FARBROTHER MAYOR. A CUill'RT o E f MAYOR , and ALDERMEN, hel d in the Inner Chamber of the Guildhall of the and in th Cit 7 L e °l ' l4 °n, on Tuesday, the 22d day of April , 1834, fourth 'ear of the rei of William Fourth of th e Ki ng, tjing, &c.e.,i ted Kingdom of Great Britain and the Ireland, nesol C ourt unanimously,—That the cordial thanks of this broth - , '" given to the Right Honourable Charles Fare cuti r, Lord Mayor of this City, for the efficacious pFe of th °ll e ar Y measures adopted by him for the preservation tiz e , P u blic peace, and the safety and security of the .ci a d of London, on the recent occasion.of the assembling u l' u d e P a s,,sing in procession of vast moltitudes of person!, n ie , t r Lne denomination of Trades' Unions, to the =pall of public business, and danger . to the peace of the . taLoertdosr p?lis; and alsO for the promptitude with which pr eset nl l Convened his brother Magistrates to assist him in R es ' l , 4 'g the peace. ° ved unanimous) That the thanks of this Court a'nedpresented to his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, f the Members of the Honourable Artillery Company, iZsetie,.readiness with which they . assembled, for the pur ee u,f affording any assistance that might be deemed Ir . - ii e Y to the civil power in the preservation of the public the the Cit of Londn on Monday, the 21st inst., 'fruies,tinoc Unions. of the as s assemblage and procession of the be lft° „.„ l ved unanimously, That the thanks of this Court abl / ; - t l s se nted to th e Chairman and Directors of the Honour- Whi ch " East India Company, for the handsome manner in in t hey so rea dil y com pli e d w ith the wishes of this Court and 10 the labourers in their warehouses to be admitted of th - e l r u as Special Constables to act under the directions Pe ace Magistrates of the City in the preservation of the ease of nee d. are ( e iV v ed unanimou s ly,—That the thanks of this Court 11 0 , F, and th e same are h ere b y presen t e d, t o th e severa l e atne 'epold ers and Inhabitants of this City w h o so willingly ° rward in their respective Wards to be admitted and Pre se _ as SPecial Constables, to aid the Magistrates in the .vatioo of the public peace. WOODTHORPE. 1116- i 4 LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. , --•ajj un- --•••••••-- NOti 31 BERLAIN'S-OFFICE, APRIL 17,1834. O r d e . c e is hereby given, that the Knights of the several Lev 4s ar e e e wear their Collars at his Majesty's next cRI W ednesday the 23d instant, being a Collar-day. Th e WHITEHALL, AUtclL 21, „ K ing has been pleased to constitute and appoint h g ht non. Robert Montgomery, Lord Lelhaven, to ajesty's High Commissioner to the General nu oly of the Chureh of Scotland. T h ST. JAMES'S .PALACE, APRIL 16. )(Ik e ICing was this day pleased to confer the honour of of niuthood upon John Williams, Esq., on e o f the Barons e Court of Exchequer. l '°RD The Hon. and OFFICE, APRIL 19. p le m org O Neville Grenville, M. A. , ':been appointed Cha . dinary to his Majesty, tile room of the Rev. George 0. Townshend,resigned. WHITEHALL, APRIL 19. h c , Al T e king has b een p l eased to present the Reverend li re ,latder Low to the church and parish of Keig, in the deb} of the Rev lf erend Alexander Smith. „ 7'he Lo rd ,..WHITEHALL, Aran. 8. L to w „uhancellor has appointed Henry Goodwin, of AlL; er an u, County of the town of Southampton, Gent., to v-x traordinary in the High Court of Chancery. RoyaIFFIE OF _um.-- 21. , . ORDNANCE, AP RIL Ilt to Regiment of Artillery—Major-General IN . .1\ r 11 .1 1.. 1 , , kbe Colo Bent viee Major-General Si Smith d eceased, dated April 12, 1834. C 0 1 ,4 , nissi " in the Aberdeenshire Regiment of Militia, C va t . signed by his Majesty. "liii i o ) . s '. l . Rland to be Adjutant, dated March 27, 1834. W i i sl °rls by the Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets. e°4l . B e , ; eth °n l , Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. nil °ll by the Vice-Lieutenant of the County of S lr Tr Derby. 1 1 til ''' J . J. Hunl o k e , B ar t., t o b e D e p u ty Li eu t enan t, ,3111 mission by t h e L or d Lieutenant of the North Forth y Riding of the County of York. C. P.. 4 .., to pe r k Regiment of Militia—Sir T. Constable, - wor n . s l'e Captain April 8. 13134 by the' Lord Lieutenant of the County of "On Southampton. t° ''' Co ll Ra nts Yeomanry Cavalry—W. Grmeme, Gent., v,,,rult rne, April 1. ,_ l'sin ns by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of A1,,5 1 he R n Worcester. - .ch °-• R. H. Clive to be Deputy Lieutenant, W o 31 * 11 ai r tn i l l re,e t ste sq r . sh , i t r _e Regiment of yeoman Cavalry—J. H. ,W . ',cm, Ge lit ' 4 be Captain, vice yer7on, resigned ; J. h . a "ne, Gent, ° De Lieutenant, vice Howard, promoted; 4(--. 18 - ' t 'c' be Cornet,. Nice Curtler, promoted, DEC --.0m.--- ItVILLTAL„ARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. 'ho s A P ARISH i ROBERTSON, merchant, lo ßisi 3' res. , - BACON, plasterer, Greenwich. J o R , BANKRUPTS. at eleven, at the ~'411.0,,'-'4 BATTY victualler, Ware, Hertfordshire, to k.,%.,-"4.4er May 2, at twelve, and June 3, hr of Bankruptcy. Crocker and Dixon, a King's Arms ti Ai ....rol -street. - ''''3 °man SCHLOSS, bookseller, Strand, May 2, at I 'll, a E n ß d T June 3, at on, at the Court of Bankruptcy. qgi, Walbrook-buildings. . . A Ppir U RGE ADNAM, commission agent, Brighton, ,:op 2 9, at eleven, and June 3, at half-past twelve, at the u tliki i ,, of Bankruptcy. Rogers and Sons, Manchester- JAV.,, Westminster. j i "', aratußeVY, ironmonger, Fleet-street, April 29, at out, N ew Bo a, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. ~ (;F:oR,,,,swell-court, Lincoln's Inn-fields. .'kll `"'' WILLIAAISON baker, Ivinghoe, Buck t('''iratinosfhbire',lllaY I, at one,: and ' June 3, at eleven, at the "clshir -..an!ruptcy. Ginger, Leighton Buzzard, Bed- It)iil ‘ Y M illitrus and Bethell Lincoln's Inn-fields. Il i t, ti ir l' o, atRARDING, timber-merchant, ' Kensington, N A ° 11 „?. z and June 3, at eleven, at the Court of for \ d 'V ILLT A Y ' m t ;,,dwards, Jame s-street; Bedford-row. t; s hire ~' i HOMPSON, coach-maker, WitneyOx i o ats I ' ' l ay 9 and June 3, at twelve, at the Three hir b e, P.l, xfrd. Robinso and Co., til•l3Zitti.gu,; Dudley, Oxford. Charter-house- C-4; May I'6 LE DOARD, oil-merchant, "Mirfield, York (lot .Re I r ,, ~?s , at eleven, and June 3, at twelve, at the \i,jaeol'Oluddersfield. Van Sandau, Old Jewry, Lon- Wici,'LLlA,a",,l Tindale, 'Huddersfield. iss'nql,4,l-` . nR AITHWAITE, jun., brewer, 11lil o d ol le .. - Itree l t -4e lso' iL re, May 7 and June 3, at ten, at the C 'oodo'n."lailtlols, Manchester. Higson and Son, Cross 'JOHN este r; Johnston and Weatherall, Temple, kh. ,Olll A HA L , .cy j‘ , .) 4 A ~LAM, JOSEPH HALLAM, and ~.- " tti,cle 3, ~..- 4 LAM, builders, Nottingham, May 14 ' l, eli . gtla rn. "' eleven, at the George the Fourth Inn, nnu L enrsham Nottingham ; Gregory, Cle -2 Ol f ' ond o ' ON j • As 1 ., 0 1 1 1 ' 11. 1( e Il tie 3 , 'AMER, woolstapler, Huddersfield, May 'acl, 4 „ a lid '4, 0 ten, at the George Inn, Huddersfield. Ci s ti Ev" qll b''` e alf, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London , White ',Ay° 1480 11 Rudd rsfield. p t se h: f ari,Cl3Ol4l3S, m e oney-scriviner, Liberty of the ;in • ~.Red 0, Wiltshire, April 29 and June 3, at eleven, qr k ;„ tiilii,,,, 'on Inn, New Sarum. New Sa- H°dding 'l, id' s • 1 6 ,90 11 - i' Lewis and Hillier, Raymond...Au ing , J 44 tl l ' (4) nd ' e 1 4 T on. N' ' a te '' ll zt1 1 11 ire:::eo, at the Town-hall, Sheffield. idon ; R V oid ck g e e r r s s , , "ILL ' 440 , Bishopsgate-street, -on , I/ A I•°iti l, a.t,-11 SW ANWICK, innkeeper, Nottingham, 4 , 4 1 h4 ta e .' ev r ., e ta, and June 3:at two, at Wilson's Hotel, 11141111.11.0„dorl'Atnpbell, Nottingham ; Johnson and Co., I' Jti 'Alkt 11,, ale' 3 t -I..:K.ER grocer, Thirsk, Yorkshire,May6 tii, - 14 2 4, ele 'ven, :t the Feece Inn, Thirsk. Lowe, Le e ' ,111.tk-'1", ; Clark, Gainsborough. ; 111 4:1. 414 3': ' e'VERTON, miller, 3lonk Fryston,York '44, L 81 ter kl June 3, at eleven, at the Court-ho ar us . e s , ° No ll. , York ; Strangeways and Co., Barn d 1 ~, 41 4 4 alk 4 14 1 15 .0 4. a m li DIVIDENDS. 1 .,, ke r, ~,It 12 , , , • Francis, brokers, Threadneedle-street, P. Luke, boot t4qpty_ rihhil:.'ne Court of Bankruptcy-J. hl Nr, i.`, 1 1. w).-Place, M ay 15, at 11, at the Court 0 A Ptti fleet Tatent portable watercloset-manufac llatil4 • k e . et l ylay 15, at one, at the Court of Bank l'h , r4, 4 _ars, m -..ackenzie and E. Abbott, merchants, rto 11 P taktH i '''Y---,w ayls at half-past twelve, at the Con k r f Ill aylitc7,...%st . r eet, h 3l a p . , , Russia and insurance broe, at eleven, at the Court of Of' , ,„''llai it. 4 ,, ‘ llt rov Coleman 15, nurserywoman , Tottenham, i:L'ankr,:,:,..ll4l)„eLat the Court of Bankruptcy-W. Scott, Z.„-3'il, Alavrp„l4,-Y-eireu_ ,s May 15, at twelve, at the Court kt o aray: f, rit,.., HaYday warehouseman, Milk-street, IN.otie Bunt thNlik4te, at the Court of Bankruptcy-H. 13 Court gbr o „ e i . -,oxi„°' , L awrence-lane, Che .. !pside, May , 112" ° f 13 -',' I‘lo.' Rankruptcy-T. walker, victual ti k,ver,,, klitcra ~t w ol v tail ors, Pttleyht4H.4tocnshire, Slay 14, at eleven, at the T. Johnston, and W. ti;:l eer, elkreaitlitlille co llela rt ri o e f ttaf ' s ni tr e e r e o t7 , Westminster, May , 14, " , ,ns t ,, 4 4 of eto , str Bankruptcy-S. Sotheby, auc :_ir,v •.a. hub ankru eet, Strand, May 13, at twelve, at 14Ii it', aC et4 rers t tk Y--H. Newark and J. Toms, rib .rof,,the Ci.r Wa}--H• Cheapside, May 15, at kt ‘rUpt,s" Rail l - s - t t °f 15, at Inglis, baker, li"htle, at'y---,0. Ante May 15, at one, at the Court o r f et. (1 ,„ 1 the C 6,,• Dix, pawnbrok r Liverpool, May la, ) 41 ' °II.? l'ail-rn-arilufd°n-rooms, Liverpool -J. Wilksan d ) at the Laaoturers, Rochdale, Lancashire, May gle alld Child Inn, Wigan -P. M. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. H. Roberts and R. Jones, joiners, Liverpool—J. Richardson and C. Richardson, millers, Bishopwear mouth, Durham—C. Maples and H. W. Mirfin, surgeons, Thorne, Yorkshire—A. P. Soulby and R. W. Soulby, printers, Crutched-friars—J. Naylor and Co., wire drawers and wire-workers, Manchester,—R. Gordon and Co., London—J. Renwick and E. Proudfoot, wine-mer chants, Liverpool—H. Steele and J. Grace, corn and flour factors, Bristol—W. Hathway and J. C. Hall, woollen drapers, Bristol—J. T. Shewell and E. Corder, linen drapers, Ipswich—W. Drummond and Co., quilting-manu factnrers, Manchester—T. Etheridge, jun., and W. Phillips, importers of foreign burr-stones—J. Mackay and Co., crown-glass-manufacturers, Eccleston, Lancashire — S. Roberts and Co., silversmiths, Sheffield, Yorkshire — J. Smith and J. Smith, jun., coopers, Chippenham, Wiltshire—J. G. Dixon and Co., chesiemongers, Queen's buildings, Knightsbridge, as far as regards T. Dixon. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JAMES. and ALEXANDERM'GRIGOR, merchants, Glasgow,. tat he examined in the Sheriff Clerks* :I ce, Glasgow, April 28, and May 13, at twelve o'clock. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke of Cumberland honoured the concert given by Sir Colquhoun Grant, on Monday evening, at his residence in Grosvenor-square, with his presence. The Duke of Wellington, as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, accompanied by the Deputy Warden and other officers of the Castle and Port of Dover, had an interview yesterday with Earl Grey, at the Treasury. Prince Talleyrand and the Portuguese and Spanish Ministers visited Viscount Palmerston yesterday at the Foreign-office. A deputation, headed by Mr. Marryat, had an in terview yesterday with Mr. Secretary Stanley, at the Colonial-office, on business connected with the Island of St. Lucia. Lord Auckland visited Earl Grey yesterday. A deputation, headed by Mr. Lyall, M. P., had an interview yesterday with Lord Auckland, at the office of the Board of Trade. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. PROSECUTIONS FOR LIBEL. A RETURN of all Prosecutions for Libel since the Ac cession of his present Majesty William the Fourth, either by ex officio Informations or Indictment, conducted in the Department of the Solicitor for the Affairs of his Majesty's Treasury. 1831.—Rex v. William Cobbett William Alcock Haley Ditto. Richard Carlisle 1833.—Rex v. James Reeve Ditto. John Ager, Patrick Grant, and John Bell Henry Hetherington, and Tho mas Stevens 25th March 1834. Indictment. GEO. MAULE. IMPORTANT TO SHIPPING. QUARANTINE IN THE SEA OF AZOF. By intelligence from Petersburgh, dated April 2, there has been received a copy of an edict of the Russian Go vernment, declaring the Sea of Azof to be in free pratique, that is to say, " closed against all merchant ships which have not elsewhere undergone a quarantine of observation." The following is a translation of the decree : First—The quarantine establishments at present exist ing on the coasts of the Sea of Azof, shall be suppressed; namely, the Lazaretto of Taganrok and its dependencies, and the quarantine barriers of Mariopol, Berdidusk, and Yerekala. " Second—Of all the persons employed on these esta blishments the medical men are to be retained, to do the duty of physicians of the districts. " Third—The quarantine guards of the Sea of Azof are abolished. " Fourth—A quarantine barrier is to be formed at the town of Alouchta, on the South Coast of the Crimea. " Fifth—A steam-boat will be maintained at the Go vernment expense, to keep a regular communication be tween Taganrok and Kertch ; and a steam dragging ma chine will be stationed at the mouths of the Don, as well as one at the Dneiper, to keep the channel clear." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-THIS DAY. (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, APRIL 22.—Wind E.N. h. , moderate.—Ar rived the Union, Theaker, from Shields ; and Matilda, M'Kenzie, from London. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 22.—Arrived off port the Nor folk, Foster, from Memel ; and William, Bentinck, from London, for Madras and Bengal. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 22.—Wind E.—Arrived off port the Margaret, Harvey, from Lisbon. FALMOUTH, APRIL 21.—Wind E.—Sailed his Ma jesty's ship Pike, for Oporto and Lisbon. Arrived the Albion, Champion, from Palermo ; and Hebe, Partridge, from Cadiz. DARTMOUTH, APRIL 21.—Arrived off port the Batavia, Bruhn, from Padang. LIVERPOOL, APR I L 21. —Arrived the Elizabeth, Ogilvie, from Messina ; Concordia, Sumnan, and Braha, Stohlberg, from Finland. PORT PATRICK, APRIL 20.—Arrived off port the Hark away, Fisher, from Virginia ; and Silvanus Jenkins, Coffin, from Mobile. NEWPORT, APRIL 20.—The Perseverance, of Ports mouth, off the Nash Point got in contact with a loaded brig, and received considerable damage, the latter sup posed to be the Apollo, lost her bust-head. HuLI., APRIL 22.—Arrived the Ceres, Schultz, from Memel. PENZANCE, APRIL 21.—Arrived off port, the Chance it, Potts, from Charente. RAMSGATE, APRIL 22.—The Ida, Deprez, from Ham burg to Havre, must discharge to repair. NEW Yona, AlAacti 18.—A vessel, supposed to be a brig, with all her masts gone, was seen on shore at Cape Hatteras ; a bright-sided brig was seen on the 4th inst. on Memory (Little Bahamas) with wreckers alongside. GENOA, APRIL 14.—The Sarah, Wilson, from Liver pool, has not arrived, but as the Emma, which sailed from Bristol about the same time, only arrived this mornin pi ) after a passage of 110 days, it is probable the Sarah has experienced the same contrary weather. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY MORNING. TIIE CHESTER TRADE CUP, P.P. Speculation upon this event continues almost to absorb the whole attention of this market ; the sums pending are unprecedentedly great, and every change of the highest importance. For the last three days there has been a great disposition to lay 6 to 1 on the field ; from this the cognoscenti conclude that there is a " screw loose" with Perseverance. Speculator is in particular request, 7to 1 having been taken until the layers are " told out." The Controller and The Cardinal are also in high call. There is also a disposition to back Sir Thomas Stanley's mare. The latest prices of the present morning are as follow :- 6 to 1 agstPerseverance ;of111.)1 Bto 1 agst Solon (taken) 6i to 1 agst Speculator (taken) 12 to 1 agst Mona's Pride(offd.) 7to 1 agst Controller (taken) 14 to 1 agst Les Graces (taken) 71 to 1 agst Independence 15 to 1 agst Bridegroom (tak.) 9to 1 agst Cardinal (takers) 18 to 1 agst Ratcatcher 18 to 1 agst Capt. Ross (takers td 20 to 1) Offers to back Lord Derby's horse agst any other for 50 or 100. THE DERBY The result of the Craven Meeting has been a thunder bolt to the .Manchester books, as a matter of course, no thing but Plenipotentiary and one or two others being worth a thought ; however, the First Spring Meeting may give " the fieldsmen" fresh courage. Thus stand the prices : 7 to 2 agst Plenipo (4 to 1 taken freely) 6to I apt Shilelah (taken) 116 to 1 agst Viator (taken) 6to 1 apt Bubastes (taken) 120 to 1 agst Br. to Kate ( o ffd.) 8 to 1 agst Bentley 130 to 1 agst Delightful (taken) TILE OAKS. Nothing but Cotillon now - goes down ; more takers of 4 to 1 than layers. THE GREAT ST. LEGER. Mr. Batson's second Priam has come with a rattle into the bettings, 100 to 8, and 100 to being taken upon Plenipotentiary to a considerable amount, HOUSE OF LORDS, April 22. The Yarmouth Road Bridge Bill, and the Wigan and Preston Railway Bill, were read a third time and passed. Lord DACRE presented petitions from the Protestant. Dissenters of Enfield, and parishes in the counties of Hert ford and Cambridge, praying for relief. Lord FOLEY presented petitions from parishes in Wor cester for the abolition of beer shops, and the better ob servance of the Sabbath. The Earl of UXBRIDGE presented a petition from Burton-upon-Trent, in favour of ecclesiastical reform. Also a petition from the Isle of Anglesea, for a repeal of the corn laws. The Earl of R 0 SEBERRY presented a petition from the county of Ayr, against the Scotch Ministers' Church Bill. The noble lqrd trusted that on the second reading of the bill, as it involved matters of so much importance, and of so novel a nature, it would be referred to a select committee. The noble earl also presented petitions from parishes in Ayr, i n favour of the present system of church patronage in Scot land ; and for the better observance of the Sabbath. Earl HOWE presented several petitions from the dissenters of parishes in Derby, praying for relief. The Bishop of LICHFIELD and COVENTRY pre sented petitions for the better observance of the Sabbath, from parishes in the counties of Leicester, Derby, Mont gomery, and Stafford. The Bishop of CHESTER presented similar petitions from Oldham and Ashton-under-Lyne. The Earl of WINCHILSEA presented a petition from Canterbury, for the better observance of the Sabbath. The noble earl expressed his sincere concurrence in the' prayer of the petition, and trusted that the early attention of Parliament would be called to so important a subject. THE BEER kir Lord SUFFlELYpresenteda. petition signed by every magistrate attending the Quarter Sessions for the county of Norfolk, against the Beer Bill. The noble lord took that opportunity of presenting the petition, as the bill for the amendment of that measure stood for a second reading this evening. The noble lord considered that beer-shops had been productive of great mischief, inasmuch as a great number of them were kept by notorious poachers and thieves, and were the resort of all those who concocted crime. The Earl of MALMESBURY expressed his thanks to the noble lord for presenting the petition, but was afraid that it would be impossible to accomplish that part of the measure which prohibited the drinking of beer upon the premises. He was as anxious as any man to remedy the evils that had resulted from the beer bill, but he thought that a fair trial should be givento it before it was attempted to be amended. • . The Earl of WINCHIL SEA thought there was no question that would be more worthy of the attention of their lordships, nor one which it was more necessary to have considered, than the one which had now been brought forward by the noble lord opposite. (Hear. ) He considered that the beer-shops had completely failed in producing the beneficial results that were contemplated by those who introduced the measure for establishing them. The shops were open at isolated spots, some of them about three or four miles from any other house ; and there the most diabolical and aggravated plans were concocted. Within four miles of where he resided a man had been murdered in one of those beer-shops in open day, and he felt that the time was arrived when some alteration with respect to them should be made. Lord WYNFORD said that since the beer-shops had 'been established, instead of beer being a wholesome beve rage as it was formerly, it was one of the most deleterious liquors that could be drank. His object in voting for this bill, was to put an end to the monopoly of the brewers, who made money by an iniquitous system which he would do all in his power to put an end to. According to the present law, a constable would not be justified in entering one of those houses unless he was called in, and therefore it was his intention to propose a clause in his noble friend's ( Lord Kenyon) bill that constables might enter beer houses when they might think proper for the purpose of seeing what was going on, and he should endeavour to find some means to compel them to discharge that most important duty, particularly on Sundays, in order to put an end to those infamous scenes which so frequently occurred in thoselouses. Lord SUFFIELD said, that with regard to what the noble earl opposite had stated respecting magistrates not discharging their duty, he would just mention that there had been a lottery very lately, not far from where he resided in the country, which was the cause of a great deal of drunkennesS and riot ; and so difficult was it to obtain information, that although the printed bill was put into his hand, being a magistrate in that part of the country, advertising the lottery, and some of the principal offenders were brought before him, still they could not obtain that legal evidence which would enable them to punish the delinquents. Lord KENYON said that he intended to make an al teration in the bill, which was to limit the hours more than he had originally intended. He should be most happy to receive any suggestion from any noble Lord and more particularly any suggestion that might be made regarding the Lord's Day. • Lord MELBOURNE said that considering the very strong feeling that existed in the house upon this subject, he should certainly vote for the second reading. He would put it to the noble lord whether this bill would put an end to the grievances which had been complained of, because, in his opinion, the bill did nothing more than remit the hour to which they should be opened. ( Hear, hear.) It was also to be observed, that this bill made a great distinction between the beer-houses and the licensed public-houses, which had always been made a matter of complaint, and the complaint which had originally been made, about the public houses being' the scenes of drunkenness and disor der, was now levelled against the beer-houses. (Hear. ) He would advise the noble lord to consider whether it would not be better to extend the measure to the low class of licensed houses, which he believed were not better con ducted than the houses opened under the new act. He did not think (he wished he had reason) that the increase of crime in the country was attributable to the beer shops. If so, it would not be so difficult to put an end to it, as he was afraid it would now be found. After a few words from the Duke of WELLINGTON and the LORD CumicELLon, who both recommended that the bill should be sent to a select committee, Lord KENYON moved that the order for a committee of the whole house be discharged, and that the bill be re ferred to a select committee, which was agreed to. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE then moved the adoption of the Resolutions of the Library Com mittee with respect to the printing which had been ordered by the house. He did so because he believed that the plan proposed would be found to be much more economical than the one now in existence. He knew that he and many other noble lords had often been deterred from moving for information on account of the great expense to which the print ing of it would put the country. (Hear, hear.) By the proposed plan, the printer of the one house would print one class of papers for the use of both houses, while the printer of the other house should print another class, in the same way. (Hear. ) It was also proposed that bills shoiild be printed in the — same way as at present, but that there should be no second composition, and also that a list of the papers ordered to be printed by the other house should laid on the table daily, so that noble lords would know, and could at once move for any information they wanted. By the regulations pointed out, no less a saving would be effected than from between 20,0001. and 30,0001. annu ally. In addition to this it was proposed that permission be given to the King's printer to sell in another shape to booksellers the paper ordered to be printed for the use of the house. The report and resolutions were then agreed to, and ordered to be communicated to the House of ommons. EXCHEQUER OFFICES' REGULATION BILL. Earl GREY rose to move the committal of the Ex chequer Offices' Regulation Bill, and proceeded to enter into various details respecting the alterations and improve ments it was intended to effect in the business of the Ex chequer. In the first place, it would produce simplicity in pleading, and cause a great saving in the public expen diture, by the abolition of offices which, it was found, could readily and without detriment to the public service be dispensed with. The enactment of the 7th of the late King had already done much. By that act of the Legis lature, the clerkship of the Pells in Ireland was done away with, and also other offices. The present bill proposed to abolish the offices of auditor, of Clerk of the Pells, and of the four tellers of the Exchequer, and various subordinate offices. The next object was to introduce greater simpli city in pleading—in fact, to dispense with all the cumbrous machinery of the.present system —a system inappropriate to the present day ; and, therefore, loudly calling for a change. The entire management was antiquated and ob solete, and unfit for mode rn p rac ti ce . A s h e had b efore stated , it was proposed to abolish the offices of auditor, tellers, and Clerk of the Pells, and establish in their place a comptroller and various assistants. At present all the moneys coming from different branches were first paid into the Exchequer, and then into the bank, which often led to much and serious inconvenience. The bill at present be fore their lordships provided, that all moneys hither pay able at the Exchequer, should go at once to the Bank of England, and that all moneys paid to the Exchequer account should form one fund in the bank book. Power given to the treasurers to Owl- K nip e th e mo d e in which the accounts should be kept, and the form of the returns, and also the mode of keeping and stating the ac counts at the Exchequer and Paymaster's offices. Orders for the payment of money should be given under the sign manual of the Royal hand to the Treasury, for the full amount of all the moneys voted by Parliament. The Royal order and the warrant would not however constitute together the whole order for the Exchequer grant. There was to be a letter of issue before the Comptroller could issue his draft for payment on the general account; and before the Comptroller could execute that ' grant, he would have the opportunity of examining the Treasury grant, to enable him to see whether it was within the terms of the act. Under the present sys tem sixty-five individuals were employed in the Exche quer, at an expense of 41,900/. The bill now in progress would have the effect of reducing that sum to 11,0001. The number • of individuals employed would be decreased to 629, thus causing a saving of 30,q001. (Hear, hear. ) This saving to the country, however, was not the only consideration to be regarded. The great advantage which would accrue to the administration of justice was also a matter of much gratification. In respect to the officers to be retained; and first, the Comptroller. The Comptroller being an officer who would have to superintend and audit the expenditure of the executive, it was of course essential that he should be independent of the Government, for which reason it was proposed that the office of Comptroller- General should be held for life, removeable only on the address of one of the houses of Parliament. The office Was not to be considered a sinecure, but its duties were to be performed in person. It, therefore, becanie necessary to provide • for the •sickness or unavoidable absence of 'IV - 4e Comptroller, The bill, consequently, provided an as sistant, but his office was not for life, and his salary was to be voted yearly by Parliament. This would have the effect of rendering him more under the control of the legislature. (Hear, hear.) The noble earl next proceeded to speak of the offices held by Messrs. Bat hurst and Percival, whose salaries were to be continued to them for life ; and to the Marquis of Camden, who had so gene rously, so nobly, sacrificed 244,4671. 10s. I Id. to the pub lic service, to which money he had as much right as any noble lord had to his estate. It was considered right not to interfere with his interests, but in recording this splen did instance of his generosity, to also leave it to his discre tion to deal with the payments made to him out of the ex chequer as he thought tit (Hear), confident as they were that the public reliance would not be misplaced. There was one omission in the bill introduced in the other house of parliament. By the melancholy death of Mr. Yorke therewere 30,0001 in the chest which could not be touched. The person s who were in the office could not be considered part of the establishment ; it would, however, have been a great hardship to have deprived them of their situations. The House of Commons could not interfere. It was in the power of the Crown, however, to appoint another teller, whose functions would cease on the passing of the present bill, and then the clerks would be otherwise provided for. The noble earl, after a few remarks upon the clerkship of the Pells, concluded by expressing his willingness to give any further information that might be deemed requisite. The bill then went through a committee, and the report was ordered to be brought up on Tuesday. The house then resumed. IRISH JUDGMENT BILL. Lord WYNFORD asked a question of Lord Plunket respecting this bill, which was inaudible in the gallery. We, however, understood the latter noble and learned lord to say that he was fully cognizant of the various details of the measure. The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be read a third time on Friday next. SMUGGLING ACTS' AMENDMENT BILL. Lord AUCKLAND moved the committal of the bill. Viscount STRANGFORD said, in reference to what had fallen from him on Friday last, he was desirous to fol low it up by moving for copies of correspondence between his Majesty's government and the French authorities, re specting the smuggling trade going on in the French ports, which was so injurious to the English trade. Lord AUCKLAND considered he had a right to com plain of the course pursued by the noble viscount opposite. He came down to the house on Friday night last to make heavy charges against his Majesty's government. He charged them with a neglect of duty ' • with being badly served by their diplomacy abroad ; and on Tuesday even ing he followed up his proceedings, by moving for that information which would have the effect, he thought, of convincing himself and convincing their lordships of the truth of the statements he had made. Now he (Lord Auckland) thought it would have been more consistent for the noble viscount to have reversed the order of his pro ceedings. He should have moved for evidence first, and grounded his charges upon that evidence afterwards. He (Lord Auckland) was enabled to vindicate his Majesty's government from the charge of total neglect made against them. Still he regretted lie could not comply with the noble lord's wishes respecting the papers sought for. Oneof the accusations made was that they had not obtained sufficient secret information, and still that secret in formation was then moved for. This he would say was not consistent. It was like a request made in another place, to know how the secret service money was disposed of. (Hear, hear.) Noble lords would see the utter impossibility of carrying on the public business if con fidential communications between ambassadors and the foreign secretary were unreservedly exposed. Such would cripple the acts of the public servants, and, in fact, render them of no avail. He would, however, state the substance of what had occurred, which he hoped would satisfy his lordship that ministers were not entirely deficient in their duty. (Hear.) Communications had been made to the French Government, from which it appeared that a regu lation had begun in 1791 for the reduction of the duties on tonnage of vessels going into foreign ports. That regula tion continued in force till 1803, in fact, to the present period. Smuggling to a great extent had, no doubt, been the result. But that could not justify the representation of one Government to another. It was only when the mask was taken off that remonstrances could be effectually and unreservedly made. In February, 1833, the Board of Trade made representations toLord Palmerston on the sub ject, who immediately communicated with the Ambassador in Paris, stating that the Government of his Britannic Majesty had the greatest confidence in the faith of the French Government, and felt it could not sanction, directly or indirectly,. any violation of the law of England by its subjects. In consequence, our Ambassador had an inter view with the French Minister. Viscount STRANGFORD—When? Lord AUCKLAND—In September, 1833, every as surance had been given, but it was found a matter of much difficulty, and would require time to abolish a custom of forty years' standing. A . commission had, h owever , b een appointed, and a reduction of duty would be the result, which would leave the profit to the smuggler so slight, that there would be very little temptation for them to pur sue their trade. -- Ni;;;;;CSTRANGFORD explained. The noble lord had misconstrued what had fallen from him. He had spoken of the culpable facility given by the French govern ment to smugglers. He had not said his Majesty's former government evening, Nve were c heo a n ;a b r u e t of had the a d e x asked t othemtheme on they e a sys tem pursued? The noble earl opposite did not condescend then to give him an answer. The noble baron had now, however, given him the information sought. He had never doubted but representations would have been made but he was yet to be informed of the effectual steps (if any) which the government of the French King intended pur suing. He would conclude by asking:whether English cruisers were allowed to enter French ports? Lord AUCKLAND said that by a regulation, made in 1828, our cruisers could not enter French ports. This had become necessary on account of the serious disorders which had previously prevailed. The Duke of WELLINGTON said, he certainly had never heard of the inconveniences complained of till they were mentioned by his noble friend (Lord Strangford) the other evening ; and he must say, that the explanation which had just been given by the noble lord at the head of the Board of Trade, was perfectly satisfactory to his mind. The noble lord had shown clearly that his col leagues had always remonstrated when any circumstance came to their knowledge which required them to do so, He only regretted that the noble lord opposite had not en tered into his explanation the other night. He (the Duke of Wellington) was perfectly satisfied ; for the noble lord had distinctly proved that many of the inconve niences had been put an end to ; that others were in a course of gradual decay; and the house and the country would quire more. Lord AUCKLAND said he had given a general denial to the charges the other night ; but he distinctly stated he was taken by surprise in what the noble lord had stated, and should lose no time in inquiring into the matter. The motion was then negatived without a division, and their lordships adjourned at a few minutes after seven. HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 2g. DUNOARVAN ELECTION COMMITTEE The house met shortly after four o'clock, and proceeded to ballot for a Committee on the Dungarvan Election, the members of which were as follow : Cilsborne, T. (Chair- Carew, R. S. Crawford, J. man) I Clayton, Sir W. I Wernyss, Capt. lister, E. C. F e ild en, W . Scott, J. W. Robinson, G. R. __ Watkins, J. L. Steuart, : R. REPEAL OF THE UNION. f Previously to the opening of the gallery we understood the following observations were made by Mr. JAMES, on the presentation of a petition from Carlisle, in favour of a Repeal of the Union] : Mr. JAMES presented a petition, numerously signed, from the inhabitants of Carlisle and its vicinity. The exact number of signatures, he believed, was 2,100, pray ing for a repeal of the legislative union between Great Britain and - Ireland, and that the latter country might again possess her own domestic legislature. (Hear, hear.) The petitioners were all in the humble ranks of life. They were poor men, but as they were honest and industrious, he trusted their petition would not be the less favourably received by the house because they were poor. and did not belong to the more wealthy and privileged classes. They had requested him, as far as he conscien tiously could, to support the prayer of the petition. As the gallery was, however, not opened it would be useless, he feared, to say much upon it. He would remark that if it were intended to give to Ireland such a parliament as she formerly possessed, he did not think a much greater curse could be inflicted upon that country (Hear, hear), but if the future proposed representatives for Ireland were to be fairly and freely elected,. he thought it might confer many advantages upon Ireland, and some upon England. He thought it would confer a direct benefit upon Ireland, by enabling the Irish people to make laws. upon many subjects, such as the formation of railroads, draining bogs, and other improvements upon which we at this.side of the channel could not, of course, possess so perfect a know ledge as those who were on the spot. It would confer an advantage upon Ireland indirectly, by taking back to that country a large number of the absentees, and he apprehended there was no gentleman but would ailniit that as4enteei sm was oneof the great causes of the evilswhich unhappily afflicted that - country. (Hear.) One of not the least advantages that England would deriVe from repeal would be (and he said so without intending the slightest disrespect to the Irish members) the getting rid of those gentlemen out of that house. (Laughter and cheers.) He thought the house, as now constituted, too numerous for a deliberative assembly. If the Irish members were sent back to their own country, to which he dared to say they would have no objection, the business of the nation would in their absence be transacted more advantageously, more conveniently, and with more satisfaction to the public than it was at present ; for they all knew that those members were so eloquent on all occasions, and made such lengthy speeches, that sometimes an English member could not get an opportunity of saying all he might wish on some sub jects ; but nothing could stop an Irishman. (Much laughter.) However, the subject was one of too much importance to )e treated with any thing like levity. He must confess it was one upon which he had not made up his mind as to how he should give his vote, nor should he do so until he had had an opportunity,of having it fully and fairly discussed in all its bearings. He would beg leave to bring up the petition. (Cheers. ) Several petitions were then presented by Mr. FINN for a repeal of the legislative union, and the call of the house was then proceeded with. Owing to the call of the house the gallery was not opened until a quarter past six o'clock, when petitions in favour of the repeal of the union were presented by Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Callaghan, Mr. O'Callaghan, Mr. Blake, Mr. Vigors, Mr. Dobbin, Mr. CLainnan, Mr. D. Roche, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Fitzsimon, O'Connor Don, Mr. W. Roche, Dr. Baldwin, from Cork, signed by 35,000 persons, Mr. H. Grattan, Mr. Lalor, Mr. Shell ; Mr. d(son , from Kidderminster, and Mr. Ruthven, from Presto' • and against the repeal of the union by Colonel Verner 1 Me E. TENNANT said he had a petition from Belfast against a repeal of the union, and also praying that some steps might be taken to put an end to mischevious agitation in Ireland. (Tremendous cheering, which lasted for some time.) A number of the most opulent, thinking, and intelligent Roman Catholics, had signed it. ( Renewed cheering.) The number of signatures altogether were 12,000. If he were asked why, from such a town as Belfast, there was such a deficiency, he would have recourse to the very ingenious answer that was furnished by the hon. and learned member opposite (Mr. O'Connell), that it was owing to the cholera mor bus, and the extreme unanimity upon the subjeet.--(Tre mendous cheering:) Mr. BARROX 'presented a petition from Waterford for the repeal of the union, and it was laid upon the table af ter a few words from Mr. CHRISTMAS. The SPEAKER then called upon Mr. O'Connell to proceed with his motion for the. • REPEAL OF THE UNION. Mr. O'CONNELL, having deliberately arranged his books and papers upon the table, addressed the house. He said that it had happened to him a few days ago to be speaking to a member in the lobby, when he was accosted by a gentleman who had before been in conversation, and who asked him when the question of the repeal of the union was to come on. He (Mr. O'C. ) was about to re ply, when he was interrupted by the gentleman, who ob served, " The Canadas are endeavouring to escape us— America has escaped us, but Ireland shall not escape us." He believed the hon. member for Wiltshire, not now in his place, would recollect that last year, when the Coercion Bill was under discussion, amember, with something very like an oath, declared to him in the library, that Ireland should not escape. (Cries of " No, no," and " Name," answered by cheers. The Speaker emphatically enforced order. ) It was a little too soon to begin with that. (Hear, hear. ) He was convinced that the feeling of superiority—that ge neral notion of the right of domination by England over Ireland, had been the greatest bane of both countries : it had been a main source of all the evils England inflicted upon Ireland, and of many of the calamities that for cen turies had visited England. He did not believe that there ever existed a greater mistake than the supposition that England had any right of dominion over Ireland, or that Ireland had been rightfully subjugated by her. He would wish gentlemen, when they came to reflect' upon this great question of the restoration of the Irish na tional legislature, to divest themselves of every feel ing but this, that the subject was one of the highest national importance, and demanded, therefore, the ut most impartiality. (Hear.) The spirit of domination to which he had referred had prevented the fair and legitimate discussion of this and other questions in which any British interest was adverse in any degree to the interest of Ire land. His first and greatest anxiety, therefore, was to de monstrate that England had no right to Ireland by subju gation. Had that title existed, it would have been derived at one of two periods—either before the Union, or by means of the Union. He intended to canvass both, and he would do so as briefly as he could, consistently with the magnitude of the subject. The first point was to consider the title that England could have before the Union to look upon Ireland as a subordinate part of her dominions, and not as another and distinct country, subject indeed to the same King, but totally independent in its legislature. He said again that he should be as brief as he could, for it was quite clear that no man ever yet rose to address a more un willing auditory. He had been interrupted in his very first sentence, and that which he might almost call inde cent occurred even before he began. He had a great and important duty to perform ; he might be mistaken as to the impulses which induced him to come forward, but he obeyed the call of nature, of his country, and of posterity. In dis charging this duty, he was addressing men who were to relinquish the power they now possessed, to give up domi nion they had long held, to give up the pride and power of dominion, which was infinitely more difficult than to induce them to bandon the lesser inerests which appeared to be involved in the continuance of the Union. He would be gin with 1174, when the first regular treaty was entered into between the inhabitants of Ireland and a British mo narch ; bnt only about 250 years had elapsed since Ire land was recognized as an independent portion of the dominions of the crown of Great Britain. It was in the year 1614, and not earlier, that the distinction be tween an Irishman and an English subject—between an Irish enemy, for so he was by law considered, and an Eng lish subject--was destroyed; in 1614 they were considered distinct inhabitants, and the Irish were recognised as a distinct and separate nation. No title by battle had ac crued before or since—no right by reason of conquest— nothing which jurists and writers upon international law would consider established a claim—no submission by the Irish as subjects—and, above all, no recognition of the Irish as subjects, He was not speaking merely for the present hour—he was not addressing the house for the present pacification of Ireland, but he was making the first step toward national independence, and he was bound to lay his foundations broadly, distinctly, and, as he thought, irreversibly—he was bound to have recourse to some an cient documents to prove the perfect accuracy of what he had advanced, viz., that there was neither submission nor recognition by or of the people of Ireland, as subjects. The first document was dated in 1246, in the reign of Henry 111. He knew how unwilling the house always was to listen to documents of any description, but more especially to those which contained no matter of present or immediate interest. In the reign of Henry 111. a num ber of Irish had applied for the benefit of the English law, of the English constitution, and to be recognised as sub jects, The King, therefOre, issued a inandate, under the great seal, requiring eight English barons, who possessed part of the territory of Ireland, to permit the Irish to be governed by the laws of England. The English barons, however, thought that the effect of it would be to con trol their oppressions --to limit their exactions upon aliens for the furnishing of th e i r petty wars—to restrain thei r rapine and massacres, s i n ce they might be exposedto th e visitation of a more severe tribunal. succeeded. therefore, in getting the King'e, t.undate ' W ithdralre, and this was the first proof he adduced to show that the Irish well 113 theft re6ogniscd '44 subjectsZ 411 tll Vett rary, it appeared that the King had intended to recognise them, but that his intention waCdefeated by a party inte-. rested in preventing the establiihnisint of, a uniform sys-' tem of government in IrelanchoeWsecond'docinnenteil lustrative of the same point, wis:ian offer made in the year 1•278 by a number of IrisWef- ne less -=than 800 marks to be given to King Edward L-fcir the enjoyroe_nCi f of the English laws, and the establislitueut;of ire - giatf . government in Ireland. In this instegigeW issued a mandate, stating that the eomniffintrerlieland had tendered 800 marks for this purpose ; and he suggested the propriety of consulting such of the prelates and nobles: of the land as were well affected to his government upon the subject ; the grant was to be made or withheld accord-• ing to the decision of the majority. In this case, as well as in the former, the wishes of the Irish were disappointed, and their application was rejected. The next document, establishing the correctness of his position, was a similar application through Th omas of Lancaster, in the reign of Richard 11., which was attended by a similar result. The same course had been repeated in the reign of Henry VIII., by Sir Lionel Grey and Sir Arthur Chichester; but with no better success. The policy of the Crown of England was illustrated in the next demand in the year 1584, dur- • ing the reign of Queen Elizabeth. It was .on the death of the Earl of Desmond, and when Sir Henry Sydney and Sir John Bennett were interested in the affairs of Ireland. The Queen and her Council were apprehensive that if Ire- ' land were allowed the benefit of equal laws and liberal treatment, she would become too strong for the government of England. It was the policy of England to keep Ireland down—a line of policy which she had since pursued with the most unre mitting perseverance—as much to-day as in the reign of Elizabeth. In the period to which he had referred, the right of Ireland to a separate parliament was recognised ; ' the parliament of the Pale was formed—a parliament of British subjects was formed. In that interval the first at- ' tempt was made to have representatives for Ireland to sit in the parliament of England ; they were summoned in the reign of Henry 111., but the people took care in returning the members to deprive them of the power of granting money : they were, therefore, quite useless, and the at tempt entirely failed. Thus up to the time of James 1., there was an obvious anxiety on the part of the Irish to he governed by British laws instead of their own, while on the • part of the British government there was a constantresist ance to and refusal of the request. It might be said that he was thus anticipating proofs that might he adduced out the other side, but it showed that during the period to which he alluded, no little had been acquired by subjuga tion, and that there had been no acknowledgement of the Irish as subjects. They had evinced a disposition to submit as subjects, but not to submit to the mere rule and autho rity of the monarch, but in order and " curlity" (such was the word employed) as the subjects of a distinct country. During the greater part of that period a parliament had been sitting in Ireland. Why were the wishes of the Irish resisted? Because the English settlers were desirous of snaking the Irish objects of plunder and robbery—because they could carry on a land war by which they enriched themselves at the expense of the inhabitants—because the power of the crown was lessened, and the power of the individual was augmented. He thought he should be able to show, before he sat down, that the disposition was to allow individuals, one after the other, to encroach upon the property of the natives. Thus they obtained an entire com mand of the wealth and resources of Ireland, and they became the objects of rapacious cupidity. Means were taken, and j ustly and properly taken, to restrain the atrocities of the Eng lish ; it was the desire of the Irish to become subjects of England, but it was the invariable disposition of the ruling powers in England and Ireland to prevent it. At length, in the reign of James 1., the entire inhabitants of Ireland were amalgamated under one government ; and .this event grew out of crimes, at the bare mention of which humanity started with horror. The dominating party had resorted to all expedients—they fomented pri vate feuds—they supported the O'Donnells against the O'Neals, and maintained the cause of the illegitimate 'brother against the legitimate brother : when the legiti mate brother had established himself in his possessions, they invaded his territory and deprived him of his rights... seizing the whole county of Tyrone, under the pretence of forfeiture. By this cruel policy, to which he reluctantly referred, because lie was bound to do so, inroaAls were gradually made upon the property of the native Irish in habitants ; and at last the English settlers obtained the entire rule of the country. He begged to inform the house that this dominion was obtained not by voluntary submission, but by a series of the most horrible cruelties that one class of men ever inflicted upon another. The stories of the barbarities of the Spaniards in South Ame rica were moderate compared with the atrocities of the • English in Ireland, particularly during the reign of Eliza beth. Upon this point he might extract passages from Irish historians, not Catholic writers, after the distinction had been made, but from authors whose authority could not for a moment be disputed. He charged upon that period of English domination the greatest cruelties that ever disgraced humanity. This was evident from Moryson'g History of Ireland, who related the most horrible massacres committed on the peaceable Irish gentry. The Catholic historians bore testimony to the same fact. A great part of the county of Down was obtained in 1593 in the following manner :—" In the beginning of the year 1593, or about this time, a northern lord, Mac guire, began to declare himself discontent and to stand on his defence upon the execution of Macmahown, and the jealousies then conceived by the northern lords against the English. This Macguire, chieftain of Fermanagh, avowed that he had given three hundred cows to free his country from a sheriff, during the Lord Deputy's govern ment—and that notwithstanding one Captain Willis was made Sheriff of Fermanagh, having for his guard one hun dred men, and leading about some one hundred wome n snl boys, all which lived on the spoil of the country, Hence this barbarous lord, taking his advantage, set upon them, and drove them into a church, where he would have put them all to the sword, if the Earl of Tyrone had not interposed his authority, and made composition for their lives, with condition that they should leave the country." In 1590 the county of Monaghan was thu tt obtained—" About this time Macmahown, chieftain of Monaghan, died, who in his lifetime had surrendered this his country, held by Tanistry, the Irish law, into her Majesty's hands, and received a re-grant thereof, under the broad seal of England, to him and his heirs male, and for default of such, to hisbrother Hugh Roe Macmahown, with other remainders. And this man dying without heirs male,his said brother came up to the state, that he might be settled in his inheritance, hoping to be countenanced and cherished as her Majesty's patentee • but he found (as the Iri s h say that he could not be admitted till he had promised to give about 600 cows (for such and no other are the Irish bribes), Afterwards he was imprisoned (the Irish say for failing in part of this payment), and within a few days again enlarged, with promise that the Lord Deputy himself would go to settle him in his county of Monaghan, whither his lordship took his journey shortly after, with him in his company. At their first arrival, the gentleman was clapt in bolts, and within two days after, indicted, arraigned, and exe eehfooludned rsraoildty dratb y a, of sety ei tem cuted, at his own house, all done (as the Iri s h sa id), b y such officers as the Lord Deputy carried with hi m f or tle at Ir e i n sh ae s m aid eo , heor freeholders, was purpose.sol soldiers, T but The e o g four English soldiers were suffered to go and come at pleas sure, but the other being Irish kern, were kept straight and starved, till they found him guilty. The trews' for which he was condemned, was because some two years before he pretending a rent due unto him out a the Ferney, upon that pretence levied forces, and se marching into the Fer ney in a warlike manner, made a distress for the same (which by the English law may perhaps be treason, but in that country, never before subject to law, it was thou s'a no rare thing, nor great offence). The greatest net ° of the country was divided between lour gentlemeee of that name, under a yearly rent to the Queen, and fr . ., they said) not without payment of a good fine underhaeeee, But the further progress of this rebellion was re,arked by. crimes of a higher nature than these. It was produced on the part of the English by wilful fire raising, by hiring bands of am_ g':;ins to come and exaspe rate the people, and 'ay the total devastation of the country. It was aTeseful duty which fell to him to recite those facts, but painful as it was, he considered it a duty incumbent to lying forward the history of atrocities prac tised in..ehtaining that country at this part of his address, in order. to show that he had proofs of the necessity of the motion which he should submit to the house. From 1580 to 1590'the same system was pursued, and Moryson, in speaking of that period, says that the atrocities committed were too horrible—too shocking evert to be recounted. What must they have been when even an enemy declared that he could net eecoent them In another part he mentions the state to which the country was reduced, and, among other horrible scenes, describes one where three children were seen feeding on the carcase of their own mother ; and beyond that, multitudes of people lying deed, He added, that it was lamentable to find that in the course of a few months no less than 3,000 human beings had died of starvation. And thus it wee that the spirit of the I r i s h nation was broken, There was another document give n by Moryson, which showed the cruel nature of that specie s of petty warfare Which was then carried on, in which it was stated that notwithstanding the province of Munster had then been free of war for a year and a half, still the people looked like anatomies, anti as if they had risen from their graves. He was g i l d to have such documents to refer to, as they would show how ignorant persons in this country were of the woes and sufferings of Ireland, and of the indecent audacity and cruelty of its conquerors. Su- . were the acts which gave auth ority to the English * . 41 Ireland, He did not mean not?in to say that a similar f that was the feeling i n t h e present day toward ce mg to y o . wards Ireland. No, the good feeli ng o f the present day we e • id prevent any such barbarities. H e f e l t i t as a painful 4 l ity to go through t hose atrocious acts, but they were w i t of little conseq uen ce as they show e d t h e manner in which the ce - xquest was made, and the successful stem plundensued. This part of the history or Ireland h which bo it should be the besle referred to because some - his argument. There were some present in that house - who woud now hear for the first time et . these atr ocities, in the brief outline which he shouldle ehab' • to gi • . He knew that these quotations w ould tecapt te make L e unfavourable impression, hut he ..tought it right that they should be given, in order to sc t the qnestion of right between the two countries on an in telligible footing. It was proper that the people of both countries should know the real foundation of that right, -