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Treasury, who, feeling that he occupied a comfortable man- more in buildings, especially in prtaiding houses for Ministers. tome of his own, did not wish to leave it. His Friend, the Se- He never found them unwilling ,to retain their places because eretary of the Treasury, occupied the house appointed for the they had not houses provided for them at the public expence— Chancellor of the Exchequer; the First Lord of the Admi- (A laugh)—and though they had not yet enjoyed that clime rally found it necessary to the public business to occupy the nience, the affairs of the public had gone on just as well as if house appointed for him. He thought that much caution ought they had been more magnificently lodged. He did not wish to be exercised in erecting new residences ; but with respect to that any public building should be erected for any public offi- Abe public buildings, he felt that (whatever might be said by cers, and if they did not like to continue in office because they economists) they were necessary to the true dignity of the had to come from their private residences to their places of Lotion. business, why let them resign. Mr. LOCKHART objected to any sort of additional expence 31r. T. WILSON said there were many cases in which it tong incurred for buildings, until the public purse should be in was necessary to spend a shilling to save a pound. It was so such a good state as to warrant the House in using its contents in the present instance. No man could so well 'attend to for such a purpose as that now proposed. H e could not see his business who was not on the spot where it was carried why we should now incur a large expence in building Palaces on ; and he therefore thought that money expended in such foe the Ministers, which might have no other effecrtban that ' a way would be well laid out, - even with a view to public of rendering them more dignified and less accessible. economy. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed, that. Mr. PELHA3I slid a few words, after which the Resolution the apprehension expressed by the Honourable Member for passed without a division. Oxford, respecting Palaces being built for Ministers, to render On the Resolution that a sum of 10,000/. should be granted them less accessible, was without any foundation. The house to defray the charges of the College of Edinburgh, • he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) now occupied, was his Mr. HUME asked whether the gross sum voted three years own e and the furniture in it belonged to him, and had not ago was not sufficient to defray the expellees of this College. been furnished at the public expence. He was for himself Mr. BERRIES, as we understood, said, this item was part perfectly satisfied with it, though he must say, that if he of the sum originally granted, which would cover all expences. shoald be put into another erected at the public cost. he should The Resolution was then passed.—A sum of 15,900/. was Let be less accessible than at present ; and as to what was his then granted for the expences of Portpatrick Harbour. _Another neediness at this time to receive any Gentleman who might call of 19,130/. for the Harbour of Donaghadee. And 45,0001. for ern him for the purposes of business, he could safely appeal to Kingston Harbour. most of the Members now present. The Hon. Member from NATIONAL PICTURE GALLERY. Oxford very seldom bad occasion to honour him with a visit of A Resolution was then proposed for granting the sum of this public nature; but though that Hon. Member did not, he 40,000/. to defray the expenses of the works of . the British coda assure the House, that most of the other Members had Museum. nose so in the course of this Session. Mr. R. COLBURN, said, that he was desirous of preserv- Mr. LYTTLETON did not think it necessary to provide all ing any advantage which the British Museum might at present the Ministers with - houses built at the public expence, for the possess, but he had always thought, that it might have been purposes of their office; but there were some among them, for erected in a more central situation, and in a spot where it could owitoM such an expence was absolutely necessary. lie would obtain means of exhibiting to advantage the works of art in hastance the Right Hon. Secretary of State f or Fo r e i g n Affairs, p aintin g , which had lately been procured for the public, in whom lie regretted not to see in his place to night—no one could this country. For that purpose, it seemed to him, that a situa doubt that it wwi absolutely necessary, both on account of the tion in Russell-square would have been very advantageous._ ..stigThity of the office which that Right Hon. Gentleman held, He threw this out merely as an opinion, on a subject deserving and on account of the convenience of the Foreign Ministers, of some consideration. - with ,whom he was constantly in the habit of transacting bust- Sir C. LONG said, that the collection of Marshal Soult sera news, to provide him a house at the public expence, where he tainly contained some very fine pictures. Of the . collection of could be more conveniently visited than at present. With re- Cardinal Fesch he did not think so nighly. If the Trustees of sweet to the other Ministers, whom he believed to be underpaid, the British Museum bought whole collections, they would not perhaps it would be better that they should have an increase of want many of the inferior works included in it, and were those salary than that houses should be provided for them—(Hear !) to be sold at a great loss, or to be preserved ?—Sir T. Lawrence lle was sure the country had great reason to value the services had been principally concerned in the choice of the Angerstein of the present Ministers, and would not grumble at a fair in. collection, and among them all, there was scarcely. a single se crease in the amount of their salaries. cond-rate picture.—He (Sir C. Long) had no objection that the Mr. W. SMITH said a few words on the question. national gallery should be at the West-end of the town, but the Mr. J. n 1 ARTIN wished to know out of what funds the difficulty was this :—Certain individuals had left collections of r: pairs of the present Custom-house were to be defrayed, what pictures to the Trustees of the British Museum, and were they was the estimated amount of those repairs, and what had been to be sep arated from the establishmen t in Bloomsbury ? If the done on the subject ? House voted a sum for the erection of a gallery, worthy of the The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated, that character of the nation, he should most gladly give that vote his is was intended they should come out of the funds of that de- support. ptertment of -the revenue. It was impossible for him to say Mr. PEEL observed, that the superintendence of the Na. what would be the amount of the expences of repairing that tional Gallery, wherever it might be situated, ought to be left place. It was true that it had been built at a great expence to to the Trustees of the British Museum, for certainly there was the public, under the direction of an architect, who was not no public body so fit to undertake the duty ; for this suffi at the time under the same controul, as that under which the cient reason, Sir George Beaumont had made the donation of other architects employed in -public works at present were—he his collection to them. At the same time he must say, that meant under the controul of the Board of Works. He trusted, if the National Gallery were banished to the neighbourhood of however, that no• architects would be again employed in the St. Giles's and Russell-square it would much lessen the value same manner, or remain raider -so little controul as the ar. of the collection : it ought to be established, to use an expres chitect of. the Custom-house • had been. In fact, he :was the sion of Dr. Johnson, where followed" the great tide of human architect to the Customs, and, in consequence of holding-that existence," and he knew of no more fit situation than the situation the task of erecting the Custoca-house, had been neighbourhood of Pall-mall. The British Museum was al entrusted to him. He had employed a builder under a-, ready a most extensive congregation—books, coins, minerals, contract. In that contract the specifications were all drawn statues, and stuffed animals—and it was quite enough for out,- and -when the building swas finished, the architect cud- any body to spend one day in going over them, without the fled that the work had been done according to the specifica- addition of a picture gallery ; the picture gallery ought to be at lions. It turned out, however, that part of the building known some distance, and to that the stranger might well devote ano as the Long Room, had given way, and he feared it was too ther day. Per haps the same liberality on the part of the public, true that a scandalous fraud had been committed upon the which induced it to grant its money for the purchase of pictures, public. It was to have been built upon piles, and the Long would lead it to afford a further sum for the erection of a gal- , Room especially was to have stood, according to the specitica. lery to contain them. Von, on an arch, the pillars of which were to have been sup- Mr. HOB HOUSE agreed, that it would-be almost useless to ported by nine regular piles of considerable strength. New in- banish pictures to the British Museum ; if they were sent there stead of this having been done, it stood on only four pile's and they would he passed over like the paintings in the Vatican. He a half which were not placed regularly; and instead of these -had visited it several times before he was aware that, after a piles being round pieces of strong timber, cut like the masts of wearying tour round the other parts of the building, there still ships, they turned out to be merely trees, with the 'ranches remained an apartment, appropriated to the Raphaels and chopped off. That was undoubtedly a fraud, and every pains had Michael Angelos. It was highly injudicious to banish works of been taken to obtain repayment from the builder for the loss that art to a street which was an hour anti a half's walk from the west had been suffered. He was generally believed to be a person of end of the town. He hoped that Gentlemen would take care that large property, and means had been adopted to render that pro- they were not all collected under one roof, to be liable to one perty available to alsw4 the expence, soould he ultimately be casualty. He agreed in what had been remarked, respecting found to be liable. He did not know that the parties concerned the collection of Marshal Soult plundered from S'pain ; he had in this building had done any thing to bring themselveswithin obtained them for nothing, and he ought to have nothing for tne operation of the law ; but that point was at present under them.—(Hear, hear !)—ln the whole of the collection of Car t'ae consmeration or the 5 officers of the Crown, and if it dinal Fesch, there was not a picture worth buying, excepting should be found that they had rendered themselves liable to the one or two by Flemish masters. The trustees of the Museum, operation of the combination law, they would be proceeded or those employed in selecting paintings for a national gallery, against for a conspiracy. Whether there could be sufficient ought not to buy whole collections, but choice master-pieces proofs of a combination between these parties, he did not know and they ought to be accessible in that part of the town which —hut undoubtedly he could say this, that means had been taken was best capable of estimating their value. to examine fully into the matter, in order to afford the fullest Mr. R. COLBURN explained. satisfaction to the public. Mr. HUME called the attention of the Committee to the larg e Sir. Alderman WOOD knew one of the individuals who had vote of last y ear for th e B ritish M u s e u m, which was in t e nd e d bell alluded to, and with respect to whom he believed such an for the erection of a picture-gallery. He thought that the pub animation as that made to-night would be proved to be Com. lie Ought not to be put to any needless expence. He was of pletely unfounded. However, whether it should ultimately opinion that Charing-cross was the fittest spot for erecting a ' _prove unfounded or not, made no difference as to the manner national picture gallery. ne which it had now been brought forward. He did contend, Mr. CROKER said, that Sir George Beaumont had made that if any charge was to be made, it should be specifically his bequest after the question had been mooted as to the situa stated, and should not be suffered to rest on general imputation tion of the gallery. He bad intrusted his pictures to the Trus anwne. Many reports had been, and many more would now be, tees of the British Museum, as a corporate, body acting on circulated, to the prejudice of that geooleman's character and behalf of the public, and for the public benefit. The Dul reputation. This was wrong. If he was to be tried, he ought wich collection was at least as fine as that of Sir George a least to have a fair trial, and not to be stripped of his means Beaumont; it was quite as distant as Russell-square, though of defence. or to have those means weakened. He had always he did not profess to know exactly where Russell-square was.— nitherto conducted himself with the greatest propriety, and he (Hear and laughter).—Sir F. Bourgeois had given his pictures ought not now to be attacked in this manner upon mere suppo. to Dulwich College, because he knew not where else to deposit siion. them. The first use of the arts was perhaps the enjoyment of The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER assured the the few ; but the great object ought to be the improvement honourable Member that he should not have stated what he and civilization of the many ; it was the business then of Le tad done, had not the question been put to him. He did not gislators and Patrons of art, to afford, not merely enjoyment, c'targe either of the parties with having acted improperly, he but a useful lesson : to place that lesson where, as had been had merely said, that if it should appear they had acted collu- said, the great tide of human existence flowed, and not in Itus o rely, they would te proceeded against. He had not the sell-square, where the collection would only be visited by a few atorlitest wish to institute proceedings against them, but if pro- cognoscenti virtuosi and picture dealers. credings became actually necessary, they certainly would be in- Sir C. LONG observed, that many persons were of opinion odtuted. that the national statues and pictures ought to be placed in the Mr. Alderman WOOD did not accuse the Right Honourable same gallery. The returns upon the table shewed that in the Gentleman of any wilful intention to injure the character of any last year upwards of 100,000 persons had visited the British one. All he meant to say was, that these premature statements Museum. no matter with what intention they were delivered—were calcu. Mr. CROKER added that he had been credibly informed ltrld to produce that effect. that many thousands had been attracted thither by the two white Mr. MABERLY said, that if Ministers were-underpaid, bears, imported by Captain Parry.—(Bear! and laughter.) foeir salaries ought not to be made up by building them magni- Mr. MA BERLE Y saw no reason why the Trustees of the Loent houses, for that would only be attended with an increase Museum should not he transferred with -all their property to a of expence in their Style, of living. The only true way to re. more convenie n t s ituation. Lar g e sums had been already very move the evil, if it existed await, was to increase their salaries unsatisfactorily expended upon the building in Bloomsbury. so as to afford them a proper remuneration for their important Mr. PEEL repeated this decided opinion, that the site of a labours. national gallery ought e nearer the resort of the public than air. BERNAL said, that with respect to one of the in- Russel-square. It might be established in the vicinity of Wain s is a id u als who had been alluded to, he understood that that Mall, leaving it still under the administration of the Trustees parson, instead of being liable to refund any money, of the British Museum. actually had an action against the Treasury for a sum Mr. BERNAL asked why the King', Mews at Charing „rabove 20,0001. He spoke of the builder who had been cross might not be applied to such a purpose ? Common report employed upon the Custom-house ; he had not had much gave out that Sir It. Birnie, as Chief Police Magistrate, was to business to transact with that Gentleman himself, but have a house on that spot, and that another was to he built for be knew him to be spoken et* by many Gentlemen who the Rector of St. Martin's. It was also said, that the Royal had employed bins in very high terms ; and lie was Academicians were to be turned out of their apartments in at this moment engaged in many works of considerable im- Somerset-house. portance ; and, among the rest , the rebuilding of that school The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was very glad in St. Paul's Church-yard. It had been stated that the piles to see so general a feeling prevalent in the House.—(Hear, were defective, and the foundation bad. If that were true, the hear !)—lie did not believe that Honourable Gentlemen who builder was not solely responsible, for there must have been a cheered him knew exactly what he was about to say ; he was person possessing a superintending power, to whom the fault glad to see so general a feeling prevalent that the Trustees was in a still greater measure to be attributed. He (Mr. B.) of the British Museum were the fittest body to be therefore did hope that the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite entrusted with this national charge ; this circumstance would suspend his invectives for a time, at least until the truth - shewed the degree of confidence justly placed in them. of Ids imputations could be fairly ascertained. and no doubt any pictures confided to their care would be Mr. BARING thought that the private character of indi- preserved in the most admirable manner. He knew enough of eiduals ought not to be attacked in this House, where all that the locality of the Mews to be able to say that, if it were in. • as said was privileged, unless on very strong grounds. His tended that there should be a large open space in front motive in rising was to say a word or two on the other subject of the present stables, that there would be no room for a which was before the House. He was in favour of the proposi. national gallery. Before that plan were abandoned, the sub tion for the building of a house for tile Right Hon. Secretary of ject ought to undergo much consideration, as it would be a State for, Foreign Affairs, not as, another mode of raising his very magnificent undertaking. It 'might not be difficult to salary—(hear, hear ! from the Ministerial benches). but for the accomplish both objects, if that monster of taste, the. Golden more convenient dispatch of the public nosiness with which he Cross, and other private buildings, belonged to .the Crown.— was entrusted. With regard to the Royal Academy, no man could deny that Sir M. W. RIDLEY was of the same opinion. If thnlion. the members were at present very badly accommodated— Member for Oxford had had to visit the-Right Hon. Secretary nothing could be worse; the approach was extremely incono aa after. as lie had done, that Hon. Member would have agreed venient, as no two carriages could pass, and the room eli te the proposition without hesitation, on account of- the great propriated to sculpture, from its weight, being necessarily convenience it would afford. As. to the questions respecting on the ground floor, was so miserable and paltry a hole earne of the public buildings, he had no wish to satirise the or- that he was surprised that artists would consent to exhibit their cilitects of any of them, but he must say, that the fruit of that works there. (Hear I)—The other apartments were exceedingly Winding now erecting in Parliament-street, seemed only fit to bad, and the large room was such an enormous height, that a give a good view of a passing procession to persons stationed on gouty gentleman or a corpulent lady had no chance of seeing thwtop.—(A laugh.) .. the pictures in it. When the exhibition should be removed to a Mr. HUME thought the system of givinghouses to public more advantageous spot, the view of the best paintings would officers had been attended with great abuse. , ; He knew of one not be confined to those who ' had sound legs. It was not in instance in which a public officer receiving 1201. per annum, oc- tended to convert the space now assigned to the Royal Acade copied a house of the value of 2,0001. 0r2,5001. per annum. He micians into Government Offices, but to appropriate them to thought the grants of the preceding year for buildings ought to the Royal Society, which-much wanted such accommodation. leave been found quite sufficient. A sum of 500,0001- had then Mr: HOB HOUSE hoped, from what had been j ust said, leeen granted for the building of churches; another, of 800,000/. that it w a s not intended to fit np the King's stables at Charing for.the repairs of Windsor Castle ; and a third, of 200,000/. cross, as a barrack. Last year he had made an ineffectual the the British Museum. Were not these sums enough effort to , -prevent it. The facade of the building behind the for the required purposes ? He protested against expending walls was extremely fine. 'Elie .inhabitants of the neighbour- hood contended that they had a right of way through the Mews, and if it were to continue a barrack they would endeavour to enforce their claim, but if the noble building were to be con .verted into a national picture gallery, the public would no doubt relinquish what they considered their right. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, that there were many reasons for converting what was formerly the Stable in the Kiag'lt Mews into a Barrack. The area of the square to be formed there would,• as formerly, be open to the public. It seemed to him that the Honourable Member spoke rathertoo highly of the- front of the Stables. It was designed by Kent, and certainly was a fine pile of building, but it did not deserve such- extravagant praise. Although easily con vertible into a barrack, -it would hardly be possible to alter the stables so as to form them into a Picture Gallery worthy of the Works of Art to. be exhibited there. 3lr. CROKER said, that the Royal Society was placed in a most disgraceful situation. They were now in possession of a Most valuable library, which, in fact, the members could not get at, for, on account or there being no room, the books were packed up in boxes and cases. If the room that was now ap propriated to the reception of pictures were adopted for the purpose of receiving the library, it would be matter of great advantage ; and he . could say, from his experience as a Di rector for many years, that the Society were not able to do their duty to the public in the apartment in which they now were. Mr. W. SMITH said, that that part of Somerset House next the water was in a most disgraceful situation from its un finished state. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he had directed Mr. Smirke the architect to prepare plans for the finish ing of that part of the building. STAMP DUTIES. Mr. BROGDEN brought up the Report of the Committee on the Stamps and Customs Consolidation Bill. Mr. HUSKISSON said, he did not mean to bring in any specific Bill on thi s s.stibjeo, as all the matters of it would be - incorporated in a Bill 'of (leneral Consoldition, which his Right Honourable Friend the;•Chancellor of the Exchequer would . bring in. CANADA. The Rouse then went into a Committee on the Report of a Committee formerly moved, which Committee reported that leave should be given to bring in a Bill for the purpose of altering and amending the sth of his present Majesty with re spect to the Trade of Lower Canada, and for the purpose of annexing a part of the coast of' Labrador to the Government of Lower Canada.—Leave given. THE GAME LAWS. The House then resolved itself into a Committee on the Game Laws. After all the clauses were gone through, re ceiving some interlocutory remarks from several Members, Mr. DENISON moved that a clause be inserted; altering ansl repealing so much of the 3d of William and Mary, as in demnified game-keepers, warreners, and park-keepers, from the consequences of killing poachers who resisted, after hue and cry raised. Several other clauses were then proposed and agreed to, and the House having resumed, the Report was brought up, and ordered to be received to-morrow.—The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half past Eleven. ROMAN CATROLICS. FOR THE SUN. AIR. EDITOR-1 send you a short extract of an account of the origin of the MAssActle of the PROTESTANTS in Ireland, taken from BURNET'S LIFE of Bishop BEDEL, which I think worth put ting in your Paper at this critical and awful state of the country. March 29, 1825. A CONSTANT READER. " I must here open one of the bloodiest scenes that the Sun ever shone upon, and represent a nation all covered with blood, that was in full peace under no fears, nor apprehen sions, enjoying great plenty, and under an easy yoke, under no oppression in civil matters, nor persecution upon 1 the account of religion ; for the Bishops and Priests of the Roman Communion enjoyed not only an impunity but were almost as public in the use of their religion, as others were in that which was established by Law, so that they wanted nothing but empire, and a power to de stroy all that differed from them, and yet on a sudden this happy land was turned to be a field of blood ; their Bishops resolved in one particular to fulfil the obligation of the oath they took at their consecration of " Persecuting all Heretics to the utmost of , their power," and their priests that had their breeding in Spain, had brought over from thence the true spirit . of - their religion, which is ever breathing cruelty, together with a tincture of the Spanish temper that had appeared in the conquest of the %Vest Indies; and so they thought a massacre was the surest way to work ; and intended that the natives of Ireland should vie with the Spaniards for what they had done in America. The conjecture seemed favourable, for the whole Isle of Britain was so embroiled that they reckoned they should be able to master Ireland before any forces could be sent oacr to check the pro:tress of their butchery. The Earl of Stafford had left Ireland some considerable time be fore this; the Parliament of England was rising very high against the King; and though the King was then gone to Scotland, it was rather for a present quieting of things that he gave all up to them, than that he gained them to his service, so they laid hold of this conjuncture to infuse it into the people that this was the prop er _ time for them ,to recover their ancient liberty, and shake off the English yoke, and to possess themselves of those estates that had belonged to their ancestors ; and to such as had some vests of duty to the King, it was given out, that what they were about was warranted by his authority, and for his service; a seal was but from another Charter, and put to a forged commission, giving warrant to what they were going about, and because the King was then in Scotland they made use of a Scotch seal; they also pretended that the Parlia ments of both Kingdoms, being either in rebellion against the King, or very near it, that the English of Ireland would be generally in the interest of the English Parliament: so that it was said, that they could not serve the King better then by making themselves masters in Ireland, and then declaring for the King against his other rebellious subjects, tlvse things took universally with the whole nation ; and the conspiracy was ce-: meated by money, oaths, and sacraments ; and in conclusion, all things were found to be so ripe that the day was set in which they should every where break out; and it was resolved that they should seize on the Castle of Dublin, which would have furnished them with arms and ammunition, and have put the Metropolis, and very probably the whole island, into their hands ; but though this was so well laid, that the execution could not have missed, in all human appearance, the Castle of Dublin was preserved, and in effect Ireland was saved, for in Dublin there was both ,a shelter for such as were stript and turned out of all they had to fly to, and a place of rendezvous where they that had escaped before the storm had reached to them, met to consultabout their preservation; but though Dublin was thus secure, the mat of the English and Scotch in Ireland, particularly in Ulster, fell into the hands of those merciless men, who reckoned it no small piece of mercy when they strip ped people naked. and let them go with their lives ; but the vast numbers that were butchered by them, which one of their own writers, in a discourse that he printed some years after, in order to the animating them to go on, boasts to have exceeded two hundred thousand ; and the barbarous cruelties they used in murdering them, are things of so dreadful a nature, that I can not easily go on with so dismal a narrative, but must leave it to the historians." During the course of the last week, as the Earl of WEsTmontAxn was riding towards Chelsea, he dropped the ring of his watch, to which were attached a seal of exquisite workmanship, and particularly valuable from the beauty of its engraving, together with three keys, one of which belongs to the Cabinet (as we have heard), containing the Privy Seal ; the custody of which is vested in his Lordship, by virtue of his Ministerial office of Lord Keeper. The inconve nience arising in the t ransa ction of public business to his Lord ship from its loss w as great in . the extreme ; and he at once applied to Bow-street, in order to its recovery.— He, however, in the interim, luckily discovered that the Lord ' Harrowby would remedy the temporary inconvenience. Hand bills offering a liberal reward - for its recovery, were widely distributed, and' a most minute examination of the different roads his Lordship had traversed in the course of his ride, took place . under the superintendence of the officers of the different Police Establishments of the metrop6lis, but all' to no purpose. E very ho p letepe -of its recovery had c om p vanished, w h en a young man, in a shabby genteel gait), presented himself to the Magistrates of -Queen-square Of fice, and st a t e d t h at h e h a d - found on the Chelsea-road, a ring, seal, and three keys W and that being igno rant of the per son who h a d l ost them, he Wished to know from-their orships if they could inform - who it was ; and if not, what he was to do as to their di sposa l ? Th e M ag i stra t e s, on examination, dis covered from-the description in the hand-bills, and the arms on the seal, th at t h ey were t h e o bj ects o f the late an xious search, and transmit te d t h em to hi s L or d s hip, add, rew ar d e d t h e h onest pr i nc ipl e s of ,their find er in the most liberal manner.—(Morning Pax.r.) w ho, it is unnecessary to PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. ITO L:S E OF COMMONS. Luna', 28° die Martii, 1825. .I%lEssaar: from the LonDs—That they have agreed to— Weights and Measures Bill, Judicial Inquiry (Ireland) Bill, Creditors (Scotland) Bill; Stock and Bradley (Worcester), and Weston (Norfolk) Inclosures Bills; Caisnscross and Sfroud, Grantham and Trent Bridge, and Mailing and Strood Roads Bills ; and Bolton and West Leigh Railway Bill, without amendment. • That they request Copies of the Reports and Minutes of Evidence of the Committees of last and present Sessions on the state of Ireland.—Copies delivered. PORT OF LONDON—Copies of Bye Laws, &c. presented— . - to lie on the table. - • CllAPEL—Gosport Bills read a first WATERWORKS—AImond (I thne. BOUNDARIES OF TOWNLANDS (Ireland) _ _ ... ... ROADS—Dawlish and Exeter, Shaidon and Torquay, Glasgow and Redburn Bridge, Halifax and Sheffield, Glasgow and Parkhead, Kensington, Fulham and Kensington, and Work. sop and A ttercliff—Bills read a second time, and committed. Gravesend and Wrotham—Bill read a third time, and passed. Haleworthj, and Eccleshill and Bradford—Bills reported, to be ingrossed. Mary-le-bone and Finchley—Petition of J. lon, against—to lie on the table. Cockermouth and Mary port—Petition from Wigton, against—referred to the Com mittee on the Bill, Counsel ordered. Cork and Ballyhooly, . and Leeds and Halifax—Bills read a first time. Rochdale and Burnley—Petition of Trustees of the Rochdale Roads, against—referred to the Committee on the Blli, Counsel ordered. Two PENNIES SCOTS—Dalkeith.—Bill read a third time, and passed. Lixr.osunEs—White Ladies Aston) (Worcester!, and Garford Becks) ESTATE—Rowbottoes CH U RCH YARD—Stratford-le-Bow NAVlGATlON—Portsmouth & Arun- del GAS LlGHTS—Glasgow and Louth Bills read a second time, and committed. ST REE T—Glasgow CHURCH—Chelsea PAymc—Norwich Do cKs—South London—Petitions, against, from Rev. A. Ker steman and J. T. Wheeler—referred to the Committee on the Bill, Counsel ordered; and from Watennen of Mill Stairs—to lie on the table. Liverpool, and Bermondsey Col lier—Bills read a second time, and committed. Isle of Dogs —Petition from West India Dock Company, against—re ferred to the Committee on the Bill, Counsel ordered. Port sea Wet—Petition for leave to present a Petition for a Bill, referred to a Committee. POOR—St. Bride's 1 Petitions for Bills referred to Corn- GAOL—Cambridge mittees. COMPANlES—Edinburgh and Leith Water—Bill read a se cond time, and committed. Atlantic Steam Navigation— Bill read a first time. Equitable Loan Bank—Petition of B. Ross, in favour—to lie on the table. Metropolitan Fish— Petitions from Brighton and Worthing, in favour--to lie on - the table ; and from Fishermen on the Thames and Medway, against—refered to the Committee on the Bill, Counsel or dered. Metropolitan Water—Petitions from Bartholomew's Hospital, and New River Company,!against—referred to the Committee on the Bill, Counsel ordered. Hibernian Gene ral Railway—Petitions from ViTaterford, against—to lie on the table. IMPROVEMENTS—Dundee, Louth, and Abingdon—Bills read a second 'time, and committed. Oundle—Bill read a third time, and passed. Beverley—Bill read a first time. RanwaYs—Limerick and Waterford—Bill ordered. Stroud and Severn—Ten Petitions, against—to lie on the table. Dublin and Kingstown—Petition of Grand Canal Company, against—to lie on the table. BANKERS (Ireland}—Bill " for the better regulation of Co partnerships," read a first time. ROMAN CATHOLIC Cnatats—Petitions against, from Arch deaconry of Cornwall, and Bandon ; and, in favour, from Limerick—to lie on the table. ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL—Two Petitions, against, from Glasgow—to lie on the table. AT TORNIES Tax—Petition from Kincardineshire, against —to lie on the table. CORN LAWS—Petition from Kincardine, against—to lie on the table. HOUSE AND NVINnow TAX—Petition for the repeal thereof, from Sheffield—to lie on the table. NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. 1. Sir' Francis Ommanney—Account of Piratical Vessels taken or destroyed by Ships of War on the Jamaica Station be tween Ist April 1823 and Ist December 1824; together with the number of Pirates tried and condemned in the same period. 2. 3lr. Hume—Papers relating to the Burmese War. 3. Mr. Peter Moore—Bill to repeal Act 6 Geo. 1, c. 18 [Bubble Act.l 4. Sir Henry . Parnell—Bill for further improvement of the . . • Holyhead Road. 5. Mr. I-I uskisson —Select Committee on the effect of the repeal the Combination Laws. 6. Mr. Secretary Canning—To move the adjournment of the House from Wednesday, the 30th instant, to Thursday, ' 14th April. 7. M r. Arbuthnot—Bill for extending the provisions of the Act 15 Geo. 41, for more effectually paving, &c. the new street from the Regent's Park. 0. Mr. Arbuthnot—Bill for dividing and inclosing the Forest of Salcey. 9. Mr. Arbuthnot—Bill so extend the provisions of the Act 159 Ge. 31, relating to the disposition of certain real and personal property of his Majesty. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. 1. Tewkesbury and Cheltenham Roads Bill—Second reading. 2. Dissenters's Marriages Bill—Committee. 3. Barikers (Ireland) Bill—Second reading. 4. St. Andrew's (Holborn) Church—Report from Standing Orders Committee, to be considered. 5. Police Magistrates Bill—Second reading. C. Threatening Letters Punishment Bill—Committee. 7. Felonies Pardon Bill—Second Reading. 8. Supply—Report. 9. Game Laws Bill—Report. 10. Judicature (Scotland)—Second reading. 11. Fisheries Bill—Second reading. 12. Small Debts (Scotland) Bill—Committee. 13. Debts Recovery (Scotland) Bill—Committee. 14. Prison Laws (Ireland) Bill—Second reading. 15. Sheriff Courts Fees Bill—Third reading. 16. County Treasurers (Ireland) Bill—Third reading. 17. Arrests for Debt Bill—Committee. 18. Fishery Bounties Act [5 Geo. 4, c. 64j—Committee there upon. 19. Colonial Intercourse Bill—Second reading. NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. Wednesday, March 30. 1. Mr. Alderman Heygate—Bill to repeal the penalties and forfeiture under the Usury Laws, and to substitute others in lieu thereof. 2. Mr. Hume—Papers respecting the past and present state and expence of the Settlement of Sierra Leone. 3. Mr. Kennedy—Return connected with Parochial Education in Scotland. Thursday, Aprill4. Sir John Newport—Bill to limit the power of holding a plu rality of Benefices, and to repeal the Statutes granting to the Archbishops and Bishops the power of forming Epis copal Unions in Ireland. PRIVATE BILLS. Second Readings .for This Day. livirCockerham r s es ' t India, and Cod Fishery ; and si TitheslSatwr a s t I f ; o lc r , d ai e a e rs n t d ec or ') ' m l o pr Bridgeeatnoe s; , a; nLeithdH D er u rßi ff ne r gs y e n ravn l Rai lw a ys Docks. b 3 o l a s r t d ß t i ii m e e n n t t n w d h i a o m w a n e providers- a s n o duiat Gil CHATHAM , MARCH 27.—Yesterd a y a ft ernoon the detachment tially rescued li ng hani.bridge,where a band was in attendance to escort them to B ram pton-barracks. The Royal Marines had invited a few f:iendsffi to meet these officers at their mess,t o we l come theirreturn; to-day t h e y dine with the 60 th regiment; to-morrow with the 51st regi. nt from of theo n me nt ; in fact, every heart seems anxious to sympathize with t h es e sufferers ; particularly the p o o r women ; t h e mot h er , w ith her infant (who was born in the midst of the distressing scene), are both landed in safety. The whole party attended this day at the Garrison Chapel, for the purpose of returning thanks to Almighty God for his late merciful protection in the hour of such frightful danger. During the Diadem's passage up the Medway, on approaching the Prince Regent, of 120 guns (the pride of England's Navy), that active and meritorious Officer, Lieut. Cole, who is ever a li ve to t h e f ee li ngs o f ot h ers , ca used the ship's rigging to be manned by the of and men, who gave the officers and soldiers in the transport as they passed, nine hearty cheers, the band at the same time playing th " Duke of York's March." A sad accident happened on board the Prince Regent just at this time, a sailor went up to the mast-head to clear the Admiral's flag, while at the very top he unfortunately miss e d man was literally dashed t o p i eces ; i n t h e fall he struck the sentry and knocked himdown, who down es caped with only a slight bruise. his hold and fell, when the poor Hull CORONATION OF THE RING OF FRANCE. It appears that the Coronation of CHARLES L is further postponed to the nth of June. There are several reasons assigned for this delay—lst, the impossibility of closing the Session at the time prefixed ; 2d, certain demands by the POPE, who seeks to be indemnified for the sale of church property, and for the loss of Avignon ; 3d, the embarrassment caused by an obligation in the ancient oath of the Kings of France, whereby they undertook to extirpate heresy, which might not sound so well at present ; and also, the doubts and fears which attend the mention of the word charter on an occasion so conspicuous. —lt is supposed that it was on the subject of the claims of His Holiness that the diplomatic assem bly took place at Prince METTERNICH% on Wed nesday, at the breaking up of which a courier. was dispatched to Rome by the Papal Nuncio. Four Dukedoms are, report says, to be created on the occasion of this solemnity. The parties, named for the dignity are the Count de VILLELE,' „ Count d'EscAas, the Marquis de ftivrEaE, and Count CHARLES DE DAMS. The following is the' Etoile's account of the postponement of the Coronation : According to several Journals, there is still great iincetaintY as to the epoch of the Coronation. Some say that the 15th May is the day fixed for this great ceremony, others the 15th June. We do not understand upon what foundation these reports rest. The King having said, at the opening of the Chambers, that the ceremony would terminate the Session, it can only be because the public at that time calculated that the Chambers would finish by the 15th of May, that this period was assigned- Now that the term approaches. the impossibility of the Session terminating so soon is felt, and the period is said to be put off to the 15th of June. Nothing then is certain, unless it be the words * of the King, that the Coronation should terminate the' Session.—( Etoile. ) * This Journal gives the words by way of note—" I desire that the ceremony of my Coronation may terminate the first' Session of my Reign." WEST INDIA. DOCKS. STOCK ACCOUNT for the Week ending Saturda of March, 1825. the 26th Articles. Hhds West India .t Trs Bls Sugar IBrazil - Chests [Havanah Boxes East India & I- Bags Mauritius Casks 1 Pns Hds Pns Hds f Pns Hds Casks j Pipes 1 lids Tts ills t Bags j Casks 1 Bags j Casks I. Bags _I . Casks 1 Bags j Casks Bags Bales 1 Bags Gourds Casks 1 Boxes Molasses - Rum - Brandy Hellen& - Arrack - Wine - Coffee Cocoa Pimento - _ Ginger - . Pepper - - Cotton - - Aloes - - Arrow Root - Balsam - - f Boxes ( Jars {Casks Serons Bdls Bags j Casks A Bags 5 Bags i Serons No. f Casks 1, Boxes Tons No. No. ' Sel on:. f Casks 1 Bags Bales Galls Bak - Cloves - - Cochineal - - Elephants' Teeth Gum - - Hemp - - Hides - - Horns - - Indigo - - Ipecacuanh a - Jalap - - { Whale - Oil Castor - Coco Nut Palm - Pearl Shell - Pine Apple .: Rice and Paddy Sago - Sarsaparilla - Tallow - - 10g 24 Casks Casks Casks Casks SerOns Casks I Casks A. Bags Boxes Bales Casks 5 Casks 1 Boxes Casks 19 6 46 46 3 4 49 , 4 Tortoise Shell Turtle - WOOD. {Logs Pieces Plks & Bds I Logs Pcs & Plks' African Timber Logs 1 Pieces Santa Maria ji Logs 1 Pieces Ebony - Tons Lig. Vita - Tons Box Wood Tons Log Wood Tens Fustic - Tons Nicaragua Wood Tons Cam Wood. Tons Bar Wood 1 . Tons 1 Pieces Brazilletto Tons Saunders Wood Pieces Lancewood Spars No. Staves - -, No. Mahogany 1,9 2, ? 12, 4 57 71g 5,045 t ,. 97 5 33 Cedar - 13 283 24 5,67 4 4 1,46 5 1 474 39 7,00 451 6, 51 . 1 ! 4,551 ANKRUPT LAW IN UPPER SAM): ice 1135 GERA, MARCH 17.—The following no been published here : f all A Bankrupt who shall be unable to satisfy the claims 0- t o his creditors, either by his misfbrtunes or by enterprises , failure of which could not be expected on probable grouns' re . not to be punished, even when an actual bankruptcy is r t o vented by a general composition, unless there be fraud's composition. But bankrupts who are convicted of Ist, fined 2d, imprudence or rashness ; 3d, negligence, shall be pun -the according to the degree of ,- ,heir guilt, with confinement 113 0 ; House of Correction, in the first case from four to eight Ye a e to in the second from one to four years ; in the third trona ° fl fo g twelve months. Thy are never to trade again ; and be avoid their punishment by flight, their names are t° posted on the pillory. If the wife of a fraudulent rupt has participated in the transgressions of her husb_ B c al , she loses her own separate property, which falls to th e tors and she is liable to he confined in the House of ()eel, rection for half the time to which her husband is sent e T t are If the bankruptcy has been caused by excessive expo,'"gla and extravagance, with the participation of the wife, or to r . toT ss her means, she is placed on the same footing as other c rab and loses all the privileges of her separate propertY• w e of donations made by the husband to the wife during the rd a their marriage, and all purchases made with the htls' - I,oo' e money in the wife's name, are, when the insolvency o f th band is proved, ipso jure so far and void, and the itbias i% ib tpe Iso given or purchased, which are still in existence, w, 001' exception only of the necessary clothing, linen, and be ds, be added to the estate. Delivered. Exporta tion. Mine Con sumption. 1,378 75 4 Stock on Hand• 15,323 905 179 2,162 13,347 8,546 522 20,537 1,331 323 1,403 997 9,967 1,883 49,50 f; 1,353 3,485 19 5,353 39 4,960 153 543 3.190 1,013 146 2,151 304 (11 1d 1 121 41 4 9 4 - , 1 24,723 16,99 3 231.3