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e ,a~~ " :2•N's - ZP4 -X -z,e2 f t . 0444. 0- NUMBER 10,149. WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 1825. ENGLISH and BRISTOL CHANNELS SHIP CANAL. GENERAL MEETI NG of the SUBSCRI BERS to the proposed SHIP CANAL, between the English and British Channels, will be holden on SATUR bAY, the 26th of March instant, as the LONDON COFFEE HOUSE, Ludgate Bill, at Twelve o'Clock, for the purpose of receiving a Report from the Committee of the present favour able state of their proceedings in the prosecution of the mea sure, and to consider the propriety of completing the negocia tion between the Bridgewater and Taunton Canal Company and this Committee. The Chair will be taken at One o'Clock precisely. By Order of the Committee. KING and LUKIN, 6, Gray's Inn Square. N. B. Subscribers are requested to bring their Scrips with them. THE BRITISH, IRISH, and COLONIAL SILK COMPANY. PATRONS. The Marquis of LANS DOWN. The Earl of LIVERPOOL, K.G. • PRESIDER T. i the Right Hon. WI LLI A /11 - . 11 US KISSON, M.P. VICE-PRESIDENTS. The Marquis of Salisbury Hy. Brougham, Esq. I}LP. . The Marquis 04' Downshire Chas: Rose Ellis, Esq. M.P. The Earl of Carrick Edwd. Ellice, Esti. M.P. The Earl of KingstOn Pasco Grenfell.; Lsq. M.P. The Earl Grey Wilmot Horton, Esq. M.P. The Attorney-General, M.P. T. A. Knight, Esq. F.R. and The Attorney-General for Ire- L.S. land, M.P. E. .1. Littleton, Esq. M.P. Sir J. Newport, Bart. M.P. Frankland Lewis, Esq. M.P. Sir T. D. Ackland, Bart. M.P. W. W. Whitmore, Esq. M.P. Sir Robt. Wilson, M.P. The Members of the The Lord AUCKI T S Alex. Baring, Esq. M.P. George Harrison, Esq. intended Corporation. 1.1 ND, Chairman. TEES. William Manning, Esq. M.P. N. M. Rothschild, Esq. TOES. I.P. Deputy Chairman. Samuel Hibbert, ESq. .Wm Holmes, Esq. M.P. Moses Montefiore, Esq. Jno. Plummer, Esq. M.P. Fras. Gybbon Spilsbury, Esq. DIRE( Joshua Walker, Esq. 11 Sir R. Farquhar, Bart. M.P. Rich. Badnall, jun. Esq. John Bourdieu, Esq. cornelius Buller, Esq. • Hart Davis, Esq. M.P. 4 0 11 n Heathcoat, _Toes. Welbore Ellis, Esq. William Howard, Esq. I William Hill. Esq. Joseph Sabine, Esq. F.R.S. Officers of the intended Corporation. •kNICERS-31eAsrs. Everett, Walkers, 3laltby, Ellis, and Co. ouNsEL—Williarn Harrison, Esq., F. W. Sarders, Esq., (Conveyancing Counsel), Geo. James Pennington, Esq. 1 / 4 ' ° LiciToits-;-151essrs. Lowdliam, Parke, and Freeth, 63, Lin coln's Inn-fields, London. ILAW AGENT IX DUBLIN—John Tew Armstrong, Esq. 4,I °.?ioRARY SuPERINTENDANT—Arthur Aikin, Esq. AUDI UP RRINTENDENT—SamueI Hopkins, Esq., Deputy Com- i ssitry-General - - - ARCHITE CT AND SURVEYOR—Thomas tiliaSOO, Esq. SECRETARY—P. H. Abbott, Esq. In vo ._ f klrth asequence of the numerous applica . tions for Shares ,na 1 1 „,.: t applications can be received, nor will any allotment of t r be made till the Charter of Incorporation has received istli tc l 4 t Seal, immediately upon which the Prospectus will be LOWDHAM, PARKE, and FitEETH, 23, 1825. 63, Lincoln's Inn-fields. u 11uACON FIRE INSURANCE COM-' LUNY. 41'4 181, litg ' en ? " 0 . A.THAM-PLACE, BLACKFRIARS; t:ttreet, Oxford-street. London ; and No. 60, Great King-street, Edinburgh. DI RECTORS. JOHN WRAY, Esq. Chairman. HENRY HALLAM, Esq. Deputy Chairman. I.3eni. Ansley, E sq . John Lainson, Esq. tient y J. Bouvet:le, Esa Sir Peter Lnuric James Bridges, E sti . '. Sir Gre.rory A. Lewin. Es P. Cruufurd, Esq. Esq. .lobert Ferguson, Esq. Thomas ' H. Longden, John Mansfield, Esq. . 4-4orge Hammersley, Esq. James Mackenzie, Esq• 4 • Adair Hawkins, Esq. Laurence B. Morris, Esq. Ruhert . W. Hay, Esq. Archibald Smith, Esq: ! t, ibt.J.Wilmot Horton, Esq. William siotimby, Esq. . M p. Sir Patrick Walker z'eut.-Gen. Hughes Vavid Lauc, Esq. Abraham Welland, Esq. M A NAGINO DißECTo'fl—John Clark,. Esq. AUDITORS. tv ..Petrie Cranford,' EdW. Penrltyn, and J. Abel Smith, Esqrs. nty•five per Ceti,. abatem en t o f th e o rdinary Premium 'tlnalitance on Private Dwellings r e duction proportion ,"ly lihtral on till other descriptions of property; and an .owitoce of Five per Cent. in all eases on the Duty pa;- aS lb to Governntent. REDIXED RATES. • • Prem. Duty. Total. s. d. s. d. s. d. (..)11 D well ing Housei and 1 .1 6 210 4 4 perCloo 0 u rniturc•not hazardous J 11 Shops or Warehouses, I'M Goods . th ere in, not 1 9 2,. 10 4 7 ditto. la zardotts Stock 1 9 2 10 4 7 ditto. tiamtu r crsleys and Co. Pall M a ll, and 1.„ Pole, Bart.; Tht,riotou and Co. Bartholomew-lane, I ZIon ; and Messrs. Jiitinvar and !•Zon, Edinburgh. t hli ° Average clause is inserted in Policies of this Company, Ls ' ktY special agreement. INTERESTING TO LADIES. LEONO It A'S -FINE SANO OILS, ~P.ASTE, and LAVO Q REA;II.-The . valuable the e d -re flaying laid slormant for -some time, in consequence 'of tu gs` e atit of the . Proprietors, the G ra nd-d aug ht e r is induced in 4 tti l luence of the numerous applications- from thobiltty Qi l !entry, to introd u ce those valuahle . Articles again... Sano only invention to eradicate and .prevent thegrowth of I,,,Vluous Hair, has beeu experienced by the first Nobility, Pil ah tever known to fail : sold in packets, containing de tieti7 Pot and phial, ors. Sano Paste the Proprietor par tiye"Y recommends to Ladies as a most excellent preventa -I,4o..against the effects of the sun and any inclement weather, bey A re ,riding or after sea-bathing; it beautifies the hands fi•u r ,i n ? . any thing , ever made, known, and cleanses the skin Ni c h"Purities, and renders it delicately white and smooth, fl ay " Ladies will pereive after using it one month they . will air, no occasion for any other ' addition ;it is also an ines tre'"le remedy for all sCaldt . 4 burns, - and. chilblains. Lavo / e l x 4 1 , justly esteemed for its ' excellent properties, by adding 41t e , ,l'aortlinary clearness or . fairness to. the the ; used user measles or small-pox it will cause the marks to wear Nr.prevents the hands or any other part from chapping, or Il av; ' in winter ; and particularly agreeable to gentlemen after t,1, 1 4) ,g, as it cools and heals the disagreeable remaining heat. t htt . 11 appointment by Messrs. Sanger, 1 . 50, Oxford-street ; Ni ts ' Pierce, fq, New Bond-street ; and by the Proprietor, ‘V, „ ti illiatns, 54, Gloucester l street, Queen-square, Holborn. Lai.h ere _ - o be had, Proprietor,Cold Cre am aril mayof the z„:2t_eade stater, of superior qttalities. , p it • " ERVOUS COMPLAINTS, and DEBILITY. I'HE late ceiebrated Dr..FOTII ERG ELL, in 14.44, the course of his extens i ve pract ice,. encountered re he y v ' I Y such o i stress i ng cases of Nervon' Complaints, that re 't ueed to direct his principal attention to the disco iti.,,K an effectual remedy, the invaluable Medicine here of -14:7t0 the Public attention, under the litle•of " Dr. Fo -11,, Ill's Nervous. Diops," was t h e result of his efforts. To 't 11 0 are afflicted with Nervous disorders, and their va !3/40;: distressing. affections, as Oppression of 'Spirits, Head ! .. 4 i, 1 1; Loss of App,tite, Indigestion, Spasms, ' Tremors, 1 a t u ,,,,. ) F Fits, and Debilds. or' Relaxation 'of the System, it i v q i ..auently recomme.nde4 to have recourse to the above •triitre'"e, by which they are assured of obtaininK immediate I,etifritind by a d ue'persererance in it, agreebly to the di -301, . given, the complete re-establishment of their health. Ibist:''.l4 ,Bottles, at 45.:6d.; I Is. and 225. by Butler, Clie ii,e..„.etreet ‘.11,i,,,.:, Cheapside, St. Pam's; Savory and. Co . 136, New i . 220, Re_ ent-street ; and by the Principal Medi v riders" througliout 'the United kingikint. '• - BRITISH STONE AND SLATE COM PANY.—Applications for SHARES will continue to be received until Saturday next, at Messrs. ROGERS, TO WGOOD, and CO.'S, Bankers, Clement's-lane, Lom bard-street; and Messrs. AN DE RT 0 N and W I LLI A MS, Solicitors, Quality-court, Chancery-lane, at which places Prospectuses may be had. SAWN WITH TWO NECKS, LAD-LANE, GENERAL COACH OFFICE. DOVER, DEAL, RAMSGATE, MARCuI TE, and CANTER- BURY PATENT COACHES DAILY. rip H E following ROYAL MAILS and POST- It COACHES depart front and arrive at the above Ina : New HOLYHEAD Mail, through Stoney•Stratford, Tow cester, Daventry, Duncburch ,. Coventry, /3irniinliam, Wol verhampton, Shiffnal, Shrewsbury, Oswestry, Llangollen, Corwen and Bangor, every Evening at half past 7, Sundays excepted, 7 o'clock. • . LIVERPOOL Royal. Mai - Coach, through Dunchurch, Co ventry, Coleshill, Lichfield, Newcastle and (./oilfetota, every , tr'efling-Iti--holf past. 7, Sundays excepted, 7 o'clock. BRISIOL Royal Mail, thtoUgh Reading, Newbury, Marl borou;:tr, Cattle and Chippenham, every Evening at halt pas 7, Sundays excepted, 7 o'clock, BATH and EXETER Royal Mail, through Devizes, Melk sham, Wells, Bridgewater, Taunton, and Collumpton, every Evening at half past 7, Sundays excepted, 7 o'clock. PLYMOUTH Royal Mail, every Evening at half past 7, Sundays excepted, 7 o'clock. EXETER Royal Mail, through Salisbury. Blandford, and Dorchester, every Evening at half past 7, Sundays excepted, 7 o'clock . I:ALMOUTF•I Royal Mail, every Evening at half past 7, Sundays excepted, 7 o'clock. MANCHESTER Royal Mail, through Northampton, liar borough, Leicestvr, Derby, Ash bourne, Lerk,arid Macclesfield. every Evening at half past 7, Sundays excepted, 7 d.'clock. BIRMINGHAM New Mail Coach, (in 14 hours), through Stoney Stratford, Daventry and Coventry (the nearest Road by 10 miles), every Evening at half past 7, Sundays excepted, 7 o'clock. CARLISLE and EDINBURGH Royal Mail, through Chor ley, Preston, Garstang, every Evening at half past 7, Sun days excepted, 7 o'clock. New CHESTER Mail, through Salop, Ellesmere, and Wrexham, every Evening at half past 7, Sundays excepted, 7 o'clock. New KIDDERMINSTER Royal Mail, through Birming ham, Dudley and Stnnrhridge, every Evening at half past 7, Sundays excepted, 7 o'clock. NORWICH Royal Mail, through Chelmsford, Colchester and Ipswich, every Evening at half past 7, Sundays excepted, 7 o'clock. POST COACHES. MANCHESTER New .Light Post Coach, . The Regulator, through Dunstable, ‘Vobersi,- Newport, Northampton, Flat borough, Leicester, Loughborough, Derby, Asbbourne and Buxton, at a quarter before 3 o'clock. HOLYHEAD New Light Post Coaches, through Birming. haw, Wolverhampton, Shiffnal, SIB - avlo)m.y, Oswestry, Cor. wen, and Bangor, every Morning at half past 5, and Evening at a quarter before 5 o'clock. GLASGOW and EDINBURGH Post Coach, The DeSanee, Garstang, Kendal, Carlisl e , A n n an and • at o'clock. • through M anchester, SOITTHANIPTON Light Cnach, through Staines. Hartf o rd Bridge, Bas'ingstoke and Winchester, every . Morning at ita:f past 7. ' • LIVERPOOL Light Post Coach, The Royal Champion, (in Y 8 hottr4, and driven through by Four Coachmen., only), through Stoney Stratford, Covent! y, Lichfield, Stone and Congieton, every Day at 4 o'clock. WINDSOR and ETON Coaches daily. MANCHESTER Royal Defiance, (in 24 hours), through Dunstable, Northampton, Harhorough •Leicester. Cavend;3ll Bridge, Derby, Ashbourne, Leek, Macclesfield and Stock port, every Day at 5. EXETER New Light Four-inside Post Coach, The Regu lator, (with a Guard, and out One Night only), through Ba singstoke, Overton, Andover, Salisbury, Blandford, Dorches ter, Brulport, Axminster, and Honiton, every Day at o'clock.. Passengers travelling t•v this conveyance proceeds without delay to-Plymouth and Falmouth. EDINBURGH and GLASGOW New Post Coach, The Champion, through Newcastle, Lancaster, Kendal, Carlisle and Dumfries . , at 4 o'clock, Bity:Tor, Regent Post Coach, through Reading, Newhnry, Marlhorough and Bath, 'every Afternoon at a qnarter before o'clock. BIRMINGHAM Light Post Coach, The Ba.loon, through Stoney Stratford, Daventry, Coventry and Stone Bridge, ercry Afternoon at half past 4. _ . ' FALMOUTH and PLYMOUTH Light Post Coaches, every Afternoon at 2 o'clock. WEYMOUTH and DORCHESTER Magnet Day Coach, in 15 boors, at 5 every . Morning, and from the Gfoucester Coffee house, Piccadilly, at a. COVENTRY Light Poor-inside Post Coach, every After noon, at a quarter before 5. The Prince Cohnurg to MANCHESTER through Coven try, Atherstone, Tamworth. Lichfield, Stone, Newcastle and ,Congleton, every Day at 4 o'clock. NOTTINGHAM New Light Post Coach, (in 1 B hours), through St. Alban's, Dimstable; Woburn, Newport ['agile!, Market Harborough, Leicester and Loughhorough, at 3 o'clock in the Afternoon. CARLISLE, GLASGOW, and EDINBURGH, Four-inside Coathes, Daily at 2 and 5 o'clock. CHESTER and .PARK. GATE. New Coach, every After noon at 5, and Morning at 6 o'ckek. . WORCESTER Coaches, through Oxford, Chipping Nor ton, PerShure and Illoadway, every Morning at 6. WARWICK and LEAMINGTON SPA Post Coach, every Evening at 5 o'clock. • ' • TAM WORTH, ATHERSTONE, and HINCKLEY Coach, every Day a 4 o'clock. DEII . INew Light. Post Coach, The Regulator, (in IR lir hoists); through Norihampton, Marta Hai borough and Lei cer. every Day at .3. • Nrw light Four-inside Post Coach to DUDLEY and ,STOUIt BRIDGE, every Afternoon at 5 o'clock. DOVER Union Coaches, through Rochester, Chatham, Canierbury, Margate and Ramsgate, at : half pass 7 and 11 o'clock every Moruing, and half past 6 in the Eveniug- PARIS New . Light Diligence, by way of Dover, error Morning at 7, and half past 0 Evening. TAUNTON, through Cross to Bridgewater, every After noon at half past 3 o'clock, at reduced Fares. BIRMINGHAM Light Post Coach, The Courier, through Oxford, ,Shiptorn, :Stratford-on-Avon and Henley Arden, every Morning at half past. 5. CHELTENHAM and GLOUCESTER Light Post Coach, carries 4 Inside, through Oxford, every Morning at . 6. ROYSTON and BUNTINGFORD Post Coach, every After noon at half past '2 o'clock, to the George, Buntingfurd, and Crown Inn, Royston. New Safety hay Times Post Coach to NORWICH, (in 14 hours), driven through by one Coachman only, at 5 in the Morning. • -- CAM'BRIDGE, Tally Ho ! Fast Coach, in 5 hours, at h a lf past 2 clock eveiy Afternoon, and from the Flower pot, Bishopsgate-street, at a quarter befOre 3. CANTERBURY Fast Coach, The Tally Hot every After noi.n, at halt past 2, itt 7 hours. BRIGHTON Coaches, at half past 8, and half past 10 o'clock every, Morning. Parcels and Laggage conveyed daily to all Parts of the North, and to - evetv City and Manufacturi n g" Tow I I in the Kingdom. iI'ATERHC.SSE a n d Co.. Proprietors. • t.4.t The Proprietcrs of the above Carriages beg leave to inform the Public, that they will not be accountable - for any Parcel -or Package whatever, nor fur any Passenger's•Lue gage.aboVe the'ralue of 5/.. Unless the same be entered and paid for accordingly at the tinie.ot the ilylivyry of any such Parcel, Package.; or Passenger's LnggFkge., to them o their •::igeuti.—Goods insured at U. modeea:e Rate. PAnLIAMENT, HOUSE OF LORDS, TUESDAY, MARCH 22. Prayers were read this morning by the Bishop of DowN and CONNOR, after which the Lord DEPUTY SPEAKER sat for furtherance of appeals, there being present the Marquis of Camden, the Earl of Essex, and the Lord Bishop of Down and Connor. Lord GIFFORD rose exactly at four o'clock, and at half an hour after, the Lord CHANCELLOR entered the House. Mr. IRVINE, from the Custom House. presented at the Bar the Annual Account • of the Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom, to the year ending the sth January 1825; and also an Account of Imports and Exports, pursuant to an Act of the 42d Geo. 111. MESSAGES FROM THE COMMONS. Mr. JOSEPH PITT, the Hon. Mr. FOLEY, and others, brought up the New aidstone Road Bill and the Shipton-on. Stour Improvement Bill, which were afterwards read a first time. .TREATY OF. GHENT. The Earl of LIVERPOOL'Iaid 'upon the table, by com mand of his Majesty, Copies of certain Articles made under the Treaty of Ghent. ATTORNIES AND SOLICITORS. Lord ELLENBOROUGH said, that before their Lord ships proceeded to the Order of the Day, he had a petition to present from several Members (Attornies and Solicitors) of the Law Society, who prayed their Lordships not hastily to pass the article of Clerkships Enrollment Bill. The petitioners now opposed the Bill on some grounds both public and private. It appeared that the number of persons at present admitted was not less than six hundred a year ' • it was desirable that not above fiv e h un d re d. an d s i xty should be admitted; but if the present Bill passed the number would be much increased. The greater part of the petitioners, now Attornies in the superior Courts at Westminster Hall, had been articled for five years, paid a premium t o the profession. an d b een o bli ge d to ta k e a Degree in either of the two Universities in pursuance of the Act ; with all these conditions, not less than six hundred a year had been admitted at practitioners, while the decrease per an num did not exceed the average of forty. The petitioners were surprised that a Bill of such importance was in progress through the House without being printed : and he begged to call the attention of the Noble and Learned Lord upon the Woolsack to it. The petition was then read, received, and ordered to be laid upon the table. The Marquis of DOWNSHIRE presented a petition, which he observed was most respectably signed, from the Protestant Inhabitants of the town of Newry, in Ireland, in favour of the Roman Catholics. Upon the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, the Army Mutiny Bill and the Marine Forces Regulation Bill were respectively read a third time, passed, and messaged to the Commons. JUDICATVRE_ OF SCOTLAND. Lord GIFFORD presented a petition front the inhabitants of Wigtonshire, in Scotland, who prayed their Lordships to ac cede to the Judicature of Scotland Bill. • Upon the motion of Viscount MELVILLE, the House proceeded to the third reading of the above named Bill, when one of. the claus2s was agreed to be re-drawn, and some slight amendments were .made ; after which the Bill (as amended) was read a third time, passed, and messaged to the Commons. GARDENS, ORCHARDS, NURSERIES. Lord SUFFIELD now moved the second reading of a Bill (introduced yesterday by the Lord Chancellor), entitled an' " Act for making further provision by law for the protection of property in Orchards, Gardens, and Nursery Gardens." The present Bill was accordingly read a second time, and ordered to be committedfor to-morrow. Upon the motion of the Earl of SIIAFTESBURY the An nual Duties Bill and the Irish judicial Commission Inquiry Bill were read a second - time, and understood to be committed for to-morrow, to which day their Lordships then adjourned. POUSE OF COMMONS. BRITISH GAS COMPANY. Lnrd LOWTHER moved the Order of the :Thy for the se cond reading of the British Gas Company Bill. Mr. .Alderman-WOOD opposed the Bill; by the provisions of which, although it was ostensibly to enable the Company to sue and be sued in the name of their Chairman, the Company might enter any town in the kingdom and break up the pave ment for the purpose of completing any contract, no matter how trifling, which they might have undertaken. Lord LOWTI-11:R defended the Bill. After a conversation, in which Mr:M. A, Taylor, Mr. J. P. Grant, %Ir. P. Grenfell, Mr. S. Wortley, Mr. C. Calvert, Mr. Alderman Heygate, Mr. Ellice, and Mr. Maberly took part, the gallery was cleared for a division which however did not take place; the Bill W:l3 read a second time anti ordered to be coin. mitted. The Stockport Gas Bill was, on the motion of Lord Lowther, read a third time and passed. 31r. 31. A. TA VLO ft presented a petition from the Imperial Gas Company against the British Gas Company Bill.—Order ed to lie on the table. NEW CORN EXCHANGE. Mr. CURTEIS moved the Order of the Day for the second reading of the New Corn-Exchange Bill. The SPEAKER, before putting the question, begged leave to state, that being astonished by the Report of the Committee upon the bill, which declared that it did not come within the Standing Orders, he had inquired of the Clerk respecting it, and was informed that the Committee had acted upon what they were taught to believe was hi s ( the Speaker's) opinion upon that point. Now, so far was he from having expressed himself up on the subject, that he had never 'heard of the Bill, except in that House. The Report of the Committee declared, that the Bill being for the erection of a Corn-Exchange, and not a Corn Market, took it out of the Standing Orders, which referred only to the erection of " M arkets. " But the Bill and purposes, a Bill fo r th e ere cti on o f a net t ents christened Ex c h ange, " he could not help feeling astonished at the con c l us i on to which the Committee being,ai "although had arrived, in declaring that it did not come within the Stand ing Orders. •. • 11.1 r. CLIRTEIS had been Chairman of the Committee and never heard a word about a n " E xchange. " , Mr. CA LCRAFT complimented the Speaker upon the clear point of view in which he had put the subject; and being op posed to the principle of the Bill; would move as an amendment that it be•read a second time that clay six months. .• • L • • Sir M. W. RIDLEY seconded the amendment, which, after .a few words from Mr. Alderman WOW, was carried. The bill wag o:nequally lost. Mr. C. CALVERT presented a petition from W. Jones ar.d J. Jones, against the South London Docks Bill—Referred to the Committee on the Bill. • Mr: PHILLIPS presented a petition from the Pawnbrokers of Manchester, against the London and Manchester Equitable Loan Bill.—Referred to the Committee on the Lend STANLEY presented a petition from certain Inhabi tants and Surveyors of Highways of a certain parish in Liver pool, against the Bill for the better regulatin g of the buildings in that town.—Referred to the Committee on the fill. NEW NORTH ROAD—FLEET-MARK ET. Mr. C. CALVERT presented the Report of the Committee on Standing Orders, which declared, that in the case of the New Nor be th d Road and: sFleh. et-market, the Standin g O r d ers ought not tu wit The Report was agreed to, and the intended Bill was conse quently lost for the present Session. CORN IS!! RAI L-ROA Mt. LYTTLETON presented a petition from certain Owners of mines and Collieries, against the Cornish Rail -road.—Re- ferred to the Committee on the Bill. WATER-WORKS. • Mr. WILSON presented petitions from the East London Water-works Company, against the, Metropolitan Water-wo r k s , and against the London Water-works Company. —L a id on t h e table. GAS LIGHTS. • ---- . Mr. DENNISON presented - a. pe titio n from the Gas Li g ht and coke Company, against the Brit i sh Gas Company._Laid On the • table. • • • • '. 1 ' ROOMS FOR COMMITTEES. Mr. CA LCRAFT complained of the want of room for the Sitting of Committees. He came down to the House that even ing a 'few minutes before the tirnefor business, and found the body of the House.occupied by one hundred and fifty persons. The House ought not to be turned to' such uses. T he Com. .mitiee-looms 'already existing ought to be enlarpd in size; they were mere closets. He hoped the Right Hon-Gentleman op- Posite would take the subject into consideration. Mr. S. WORTLEY agreed with the observations of the Hon. Member. He himself had seen two Committees sitting in one room, and Lawyers addressing each Committee at the same time.—(A laugh.) Mr. PEEL admitted, that every gentleman who had been a Member of a Committee could not but acknowledge the cor rectness of the Honourable Member's observation on the incon veniences arising from the want of a sufficient number of Committee-rooms. The subject was certainly deserving of consideration; and, as far as he (Mr. Peel) was officially con nected with a remedy of the inconvenience, he should give the matter his most prompt and particular attention.—(Hear !) Mr. LYTTLETON trusted that the occupation of the body of the House by Committees would not be again permitted. The SPEAKER stated, that it was himself who, on applica tion to him, had directed the Serjeant at Arms to open the House to the Committee alluded to. Ile agreed with those Members who thought that au alteration of the custom was ne cessary, but was himself of opinion that the desired alteration could not take place in the present Session. MR. GOURLA Y. _ _ Mr. J. BENET presented a petition from Ali'. Robert Gour lay, complaining of injuries suffered by himin person and pocket in consequence of the delays in-the proceedings in the Court of Chancery.—Laid on the table. , . .. . COUNTY RATES. The same Hon. Member .presented a petition from the Ma gistrates of Wilts, complaining of the increasing weight of the County Rates.—Laid on the table. HOUSE AND WINDOW TAXES Mr. LINDSAY presented a petition from the Corporation and Inhabitants of Perth, praying a repeal of the above taxes. Ordered to be printed. CATHOLIC BILL. Mr. ESTCOURT wished to ask a question of the Hon. Member for Westminster relative to the next discussion of the Catholic Emancipation Bill. He (Mr. E.) had heard that the second reading of that Bill was fixed' between the Hon. Ba ronet and his political friends for the 14th 'of April ; that day would fall in the middle of the Quarter Session week, when those Members who were Magistrates would be engaged in at tending their. Magisterial duties in the Courts of Session. The Hon. Baronet's arrangement would be very inconvenient to those Gentlemen. He wished to be informed whether the re . - ported arrangement had really been made ; if it had been, he trusted the Hon. Baronet would alter it for one (suppose the week after that) more convenient to Hon. Members on both sides of the House. Sir F. BURDETT stated in answer (as we understood him) that the 14th was the day fixed for the second reading; but as to the requested alteration, he begged to be allowed time till to-morrow for consulting many persons more immediately in. terested in the fate of the question. Mr. PEEL expressed his opinion that the :postponement of it for a week 'further would be most convenient. He hoped there would be no objection to fixing it for the 21st. He trust. ed that the Hon. Baronet, who was so anxious :nr the fullest discussion of the important question, would not object to it.— However, it was placed between two inconvenient periods—the Quarter Session week and the following on which the New market races would be held.—(Hear ! and a laugh.)—A discus.. sion the latter week would also be inconvenient to some Hon. Members—(a laugh)—but, however, less generally so than the week preceding. Beside there was a rumour of an intention on the part of Gentlemen opposite to bring forward other measures connected with that question. He thought it but just in those gentlemen to give the opponents of the question fair notice and sufficient time to consider those intended measures. Before lie concluded he would take that opportunity of stating that it was his intention to take the sense of the House on the second read; ing of the Bill..—(Hear !) kr. TIERNEir' hoped that his Hon. Friend would not post pone the second reading, but rather hasten its progress through the House, and send it up,to the Lords as soon as the forms would allow. The other House would want time to consider and discuss the question at large • if it should go up to them about the Ist of May, they would reasonably say, " Why have we not had it sooner; we have not had time to consider it." The present delay arose not from the wishes of that side of the House, but from the intervention of the Assizes, which had taken many Members from their attendance on Parlia mentary duties. As to the Newmarket race week, he would say, - without the slightest reference to the Right Hon. Secre tary, that there would be as many Protestant Members as Catholic found attending them.,-(A laugh.)—lt was but fair to give the Lords 'ample time for 'the consideration of the sub ject, a thing which could be done only by sending it speedily through the House. No county business, however important, could come up to the vast magnitude and intrinsic importance of the question of Catholic Emancipation—a clear month's no tice had been given. The Hon. Member concluded by hoping that. his Hon. Friend would not consent to postpone the measure. Mr. PEEL trusted that Hon. 'Members opposite would do him the credit not to suspect that he had any secret motives in requesting a postponement of the discussion..(No, no ! from the Opposition.)—He, however, could not help thinki ng th at the present arrangem ent was a departure from the practice of Parliament—(Heer !)—lt was most unusual to proceed to a second reading on the eve of a recess, and read it a third time immediately on their re -assembling. Even-Many Gentlemen "who took a different view from himself of the general question, entertained a Wish to obtain time to consider the other intended subsequent measures.—( Hear !) Mr. TIERNEY explained. Sir F. BURDETT would be happy to make the period of discussion convenient to all parties, but would be obliged to the lion, Member who interrogated him, if he would allow him to decline giving an answer until he should have consulted with his friends. dd 4i" , ," ki --,-..,- , ..,'„,-,40 10 , 4 ''Itto- - -_-- 1... - g-x 0 !-----... ciY ,---- --, • ~, ; 4 0 ~.-':--* i f ‘i °-,---- I -I,k, ----, - .51 , ` - - tvt, - - - --, r 0/ .4 I " ' I '1 HOUSE AND 'WINDOW TAXES. Mr. HUME, in the absence of Alderman Wood, presented a petition from the Ward of Aldersg,ate, praying a repeal of the House and Window Taxes.—Laid on the table. .. The same Hon. Member presented another petition from the Merchants and others of Manchester, in favour of the Small Debts Bill.—Laid on the table. . . . . Sir R. WILSON said, he rose for the purpose of platting a questiori to the Hon. Secretary for the Colonies, upon informa tion which he had received, in hopes of either reversing a sen tence relative to an unfortunate . person, if it were correct; or if incorrect, of rescuing the Authorities at Jamaica from possibly unmerited censure and calumny. . The representation heel been made in print by a Mr. Mickell, relative to an alleged irregu larity in the mode of passing sentence upon certain slaves, for a revolt in that Island ; although the sentence of the law had not been passed on the first day, .and the Jury had not beers regu larly convened, yet on the nest day a more than ordinarily severe sentence had been passed on these poor people. Mr. W. HORTON said, that as there was now on the table of •the house the .fullest infoiniation upon this subject, he should not enter further into the explanation soughtthan to say, that so far from any very severe sentence having been passed on the individuals alluded to, a mitigated sentence had been passed upon all. Upon the slave (Trelawney ), who mighi'have been sentenced to transportation, no greater severity was in flicted than three months' imprisonment, whilst other indivi duals were altogether excused, The Jury having once brought 'in these persons guilty, it only remained for the Court to' dis charge its duty, and pronounce the judgment fixed by law, on the occasion of such an offence.... By a reference to these papers the Hon. Member would find the complainant had onl y expose d his own ignorance of facts, and the improper inferences he had drawn. • • . • • . , • . On the suggestion of Mr. GOULBURN, Who stated, very inaudibly, the reasons which induced him to wish the postpone. merit of the lion. Member's _motion, relative to the Lord Lieu. tenant of Ireland, and the establishment at Dublin C.!as!le,. - Mr. llME'consented to postpone that motion, which 'stood for Thursday next, until after the Easter Holidays. POOR OF IRELAND. Mr. GRATTAN, pursuant to notice. demanded the atten tion of the House to the subject of a Still which he proposed to bring in for the consideration of the House, relative to some relief.for the poor of Ireland. The plan of this Bill, in a few words, was to establish, within each parish, a vestry, t o invea tigate and enrol the number of proper subjects for parochial relief; and in case other provision should not, or could not, be inade.for them, that such vestry should be at liberty to assess the firbli towards' their relief and maintenance. In fact, it would be found that some such practice had already an, exist. ence in Ireland, and that this was only . the extension of it ; in this respect, resembling the custom now in full and beneticill operation in Scotland. In many parts. of Ireland the poor were .thus roappprted by voluntary contribution : but, from .its lonk continuance in. these districts, it had now, hi might say, bd _ come cOniplsory upon those who. at first had volun teered' that subscription.. This, be felt, was a pm, now become absu. RICr SEVENPENCE.; lutely necessary to provide for ccintingent embarrassment in that country ; fur should the pressure of distress weigh, heavy on that country, as it had done three Years ago, he never could, consent to conic to that House begging again fol. its betfe‘idlen.c interposition* between the Irish poor and 'their cal:fmitieg,..-,: We now wanted a properly inethocliied titochiSl sisteni;"for the purpose of Classifying the poor. . Indeed without it ttri san guine hopes could be entertained of either quiet being enjOyed; or ,employment being permanently afforded to theloWer - or4ers of the Irish, population. lie stated that to give efliCacy to the arrangeMent, it'woold benecessary to secure persona should be perfectly competent to accomplish and methodi'ze a business necessarily very extensive. It might baexpedii, , iit, in the first instance, to render this measure only temporary, so a 4 io.make an experiment as to the merits or demerits which its probationary operation might bring to light ; and as he was now satisfied that nothing More was necessary to be, said 'ttpon the introduction of the Bill; which, in itsTurther stages, - wouii be more minutely detailed, and mare serupulously examinei; more particularly on the second reading, he Should - cozw::t himself with moving for leave britig in a Bill for ih& relief of the poor in Ireland. Mr. GOULBURN stated, that he perfectly 'agreed With tl;6 Hon. Member as to the propriety of postponing the further de tail or these regulations, though of a very comprehensive nature, on the subject of the relief of the Irish poor, until the Second reading of the Bill, which would be the more proper piriod. fie would lend his-assistance, as far as that was of service, L. wards culling from it whatever might be valuable in the supposing it were not adopted by the flouSe altogether. Ile• must, however, express, even in this stage, his dissent to troika any attempt to introduce the system of English poor laws into operation in Ireland.—(Loud cheers.) Sir HENRY PARNELL must also dissent from theidea of legislating for Ireland on the principle of the, poor laws of this country, because he was of opinion, that if attempted to be brought into execution, the greater part of the landtai pro, perty of Ireland would' be insufficient to answer the claims the poor upon it. Mr. VgSEY FITZGE RA LD contemplated the prOpoitidtv of to-night as one of the utmost importance. If the introduc tion of fhls'principle, upon a limited scale, should in the result tend to render its adoption more general,'its object, he predict ed, would be to perpetuate the poverty of that counqy, and de grade its population.—(Hear !)—Against such a pAosition,7in legislating for Ireland, he should feel it his duty, at the proper time, to enter his protest. Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH was not surprised to Lind the attention of his Hon. Friend drawn by a sort of hereditary feel ing of patriotism to the contemplation of this subject, and the promotion of a remedy for the unhappy condition of his country. But he rose now to say that, in his mind, the Poors' Laws of this country was the only curse with which Ireland had not been visited in common with this country since her More intimate political connexion with England.—(Hear!)—A tier our fatal. experience of these results, he should very much regret if he imagined their introduction in Ireland would be even in his Hon. Friend's contemplation Mr. CUR WEN said, he had experienced in his own town (Carlisle) the advantage of trying as an experiment on a large population of Irish working people there, the intimation that such as became chargeable to the pours' rates should be sent back again to their own country. The consequence was, that hardly had an instance of their becoming chargeable occurred since. Mr. BARING} apprehended that • the objection taken'to these Poors' Laws, which appeared to have no friend .in that House, was visionary. If the relief was confined to the old, the helpless, and the diseased destitute, as it had been originally intended, the Poors' Laws were decidedly expedient and wise. Mr. M. FITZGERALD sincerely doubted that Ireland was in a condition to. authorize the introduction of the Poors' Laws. No one would shut their eyes to the wretched condition of Ire land, where already the maintenance of the poor cost the Weal thier class a considerable sum. He had often wi s hed thi s sub ject of legislation might devolve on persons who might be able to do adequate justice to so very large and complex a question, whether the relief proposed resembled or not that contribution known here by the name of the Poors' Laws. Mr. CARIITS WILSON considered it possible that the Poors' Laws might be tried in Ireland with more probability uf giving public satisfactiOn, because, as they already had riO sys tem of that kind, the known inconvenience and oppressive re gulations in operation here . might be in their first introduction in Ireland altogether avoided. Mr. 11 lON said; that he had changed his mind consider_ ably within the last two or three years with regard to the Poor Laws. He was convinced that if it was not for their operation. and for the protection that they afforded to the peasantry, that the farmers would discharge the whole of the agricultural Work men whom they employed at two shillings a day, and tale on as substitutes the Irish peasantry, whom they could - get •to work for them at one shilling a day, and nothing restrained them from so acting; but the certainty ,that the English pea santry would then fall on them for support as paupers. • Mr. BENETT (Wiltshire): was convinced • that the Poor Laws were necessary,nd tic 'hoped that the Hon. ?M ember for Dublin would persevere; 'he would certainly giVe",kin) Lis support. After a few words from r. GRATTAN in reply, leave was given to bring in the Bill. TREATY OF GHENT. Mr. Secretary CANNING brought np certain papers rela tive to the first article of the Treaty of Ghent.. Ti r e Right Hon. Gentleman said, that in consequence of the diicnssion which had taken place last night in the Committee, on the es timates for Civil Contingencies, with reference to thSt part of the Treaty which had been referred to RuFsia, he had been in duced to inquire for the papers containing his Imperial Majes ty's decision, when he for the first time discovered that they had not been before laid on the table of the House. The de cision had been sent to' this country from Russia, in the kap - mor of 1823,. but some circumstances then happening - to pre vent its being laid before Palliainent, it had ever since been lost sight of, until the debate of last•night had brougtit it, into notice. He concluded by moving that the paperi be laid on the table. • . • i\lr. HUME wished to kriow if the whole of the article% con tained in the Treaty of Ghent had been carried into effect. 31r. Secretary CANNING reminded the Honourable Gen . tlernan, that it was not the Treaty of Ghent that he had then brought up, that it had been laid on the table long'ago, but was merely an article of it on a disputed point, which. had been left to the arbitration, of the Emperor. of Rusk,''' and . which related to the restitution of slaves in'Americ.a. 'The papers were then laid on the table.`. • CUTLERY TRADE. Mr. S. WORTLEY moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the prevention of fraud , in carrying on the Cutlery Trade in England. . After an observation from Mr. Hu }it', leave was given. PARISH SETTLE3IENTS. :ilr; S. BOURNE, in rising to move far leave to bring in a Bill tbr an alteration in the Law of Settlement, stated that it was his object to define'dectirately what: constituted a, tene ment, the renting of which entitled the tenant to; claim a set tlement in the parish. The. Right Honourable Gentlemen took a review of the Law of Settlements, the greater part of which, he contended; was of so contradictory and inconsistent a Charaiter, as very frequently to produce conflicting-decisions from the JudgeS. He wished, he said, to give effect to the 59th of the late King, which had been found so very beneficial, but which hail been nearly superseded by the revival of : someathe He thought that that Act:woulffbe best enforced by substittiting assessment for..value, and by putting the rent: of the tenement totally out of the question. The ,Itight fi - 19 11 - Gentleman 'concluded by moving for leave to bring in a Bill for altering the Laiv of Settlement, in so far as it regarded the rent ing of tenements, and being assessed to the poor rates, After a few 'words from Mr. Curtail ' Col. Wend, Mr. Sykes, Col. Davies, Mr. Bennett, and Mr. Lockhart, leave w.as.givcn to bring inffie Bill. 'TITHE COMPOSITION ACTS.- Mr. lIU3IE said, that about four years ago, an Act of Par liament laid passed, regulating the _Composition ; of Tithee in Ireland. At the period •of its passing, he did not...anticipate many advantages from it, but he had heard,- that it had, proved brought; before .any extremely beneficial, and by way of ascertaining what,its real results were, .he moved that there be laid on the.table, Returns of the number, and description of all persons in Ireland,. with the yeark4o22 . . whom'agreements had been Made under the,Corornimion Act. A return of the number of Tithe .Cases„tbat. had. been brottght be' o ein f ri- theAecisiotts thereon. before the ConsiStorial Courts in Ireland, -in' the , years.lB2g, and 1823, , stating in what way they had been disposedlg. Atraltirn o and rlti f 2 t ta h h e , er e(lot number iuvretsto: ti oT f t tAh i v es i ss l ,i l sw 3 ta i i l nt l i s it a t 3 e an r h td accountr • (101.11,1117TtN. said, that he had; no objeotiorrstk thetro litin,: though he- thouglit . there would be sorne,diiiieulti in die . •