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IMPIRIAL PARLIAMENT. HOCSE OP LORDS, MARCH £9. CORN LAWS. Lord ARI3HTHNOT presented a petition from the Lando nets of Kincardineshire, against any alteration of th`e Corn Laws. lord BELHAVEN presented a petition from the Land owners of the County of Lanark, praying their Lordships to pass the. Resolutions which had been submitted to the other House of Parliament, but praying also for the repeal of the Bonded Sys. Lord CARRERYpresented a petition in favour of the Resolutions on the Corn Laws, from some parishes in Cork. Lord TEYNHAM presented a petition from a Hundred in Norfolk, against any alteration of the Corn Laws. Earl POWIS presented a similar petition from the Landowners of the cottty of Montgomery. Lord GOWER, presented a similar petition from the county q Sutkrland. DV: Da'ke of RUTLAND presented a similar petition frot ths' county of Suffolk. Loti REDESDALE, in rising to propose certain Reso lutions for their Lordships' consideration, said he did not wish at that time to say one word concerning them. He only wished to lay them on their Lordships' Table, and re serve the consideration of them for some period after the recess. If he were then to explain their object, it would Wily he a needless waste of their Lordships' time; be should, therefore, with the consent of his Majesty's Mini sters, merely lay them on the Table, and move that they be printed. The Noble Lord's motion was agreed to, but the nature of the Resolutions did not transpire. Lord BAYNING presented a petition from the Ma gistrates and other Inhabitants of the Hundred of Stowe, in Suffolk, against granting any further concessions to the Catholics. MR. PARKER. Lord KENYON wished to offer a few observations to aheir Lordships' notice, which, though he was convinced they were irregular, he felt were necessary to explain a misunderstanding which had occurred. In one of the Morning Papers of that day, a paragraph had been inserted relative to some proceedings which had occurred in their Lordships' House, but that paragraph had been inserted by his particulardcsire. He had desired this because he thought he had not done his duty to the person whose petition he had presented to their Lordships' notice a few evenings be fore, in omitting to notice an observation which lied been made by his Noble Friend (the Earl of Caledon), on the cross-bench. In transmitting_ that communication for publication, his only intention was to make amends for that omission. If be had thought there was in it the slightest intention or even tendency to make any impu tations against any individuals, he should feel that his conduct had Veen: very improper. He only wished to reply to the obetrvation of his Noble Friend on the Cross Bench, who lwa complained that the petition was presented when she kadividual against whom the petition was directed was ;eat in the country—that, as he had informed his Noble 'Friend, he had two years before known it was the intention of the petitioner to offer the petition to their Lordships' notice. The petitioner had wished him (Lord Kenyon) to present the petition in 1825, and again in 18'6. He then induced the petition er to refrainfrom presenting his petition, and be could not refuse to compl;, with his request this, Session, as he pledged himself to present any petition which had for its object some compensation for his losses. He himself did not know that Col. Bird was in England in 1826, nor did he know that he was absent from England in 1827; and he trusted their Lordships would give him credit, when he istated that he never would encourage any persons to present petitions against individuals who were absent at the time. His only object was to do justice, and in that view he would briefly advert, to another point. It bad ly..en stated that Mr. Parker knew that Col. Bird was a Catholic, when he had made those observations in his presence against the Catholics ; but the truth was, that Mr. Parker did not know that Col. Bird was a Catholic till after the conversation relative to his having brought with him a Catholic Priest. The Earl of CALEDON had only stated the fact, that Mr. Parker had withlseld.bis petition in 1826, when Co lonel Bird was present, and had prevented it in 1827, when he was absent. His only object, however, in the few ob servations he had addressed to their Lordships on a former evening, was not to attack Mr. Parker's character; but to defend that of Colonel Bird. According to the present explanation, he was to understand, that, omitting to pre- , sent tha petition rested with his Noble Friend, and SICA. with Mr. Parker. The LORD CHANCELLOR said a few words, disap proving, as we understood, of the observations of Lord Kenyon, as irregular, and condemning the introduction of the subject to their Lordships' notice. Lord HOLLAND thought the Noble Lord, when he began his speech, meant to make a complaint of a breach of privilege, which it turned ont had been committed by himself. Unless the Noble Baron meant to follow up his observation by some motion, he must say they were ex tremely irregular. If he meant to make any motion, it must be, he thought, a motion to reprimand those who had caused the publication of the paragraph. POOR LAWS.--IRELAND. The Earl of DtillNTEY,seeing:liol;le Lord in his place (the Earl. of Carbery) whwhad paid great attention to the subj e ct of the Poor in Ireland, wished to know from him if ' r e was his intention to-submit, any motion to their Lo; s hip on this subject ? At present the Poor of Ire land were suffering very great distress, and many of them had, he believed, perished of hunger. If it were- not the Noble Lord's intention to propose any Resolution to their Lordships, he did not know that he should himself call their Lordships' attention to the subject. He did not sup pose that the system of English Poor Laws could be intro • duced into Ireland, but he thought it was their Lordships' duty to take the subject into their consideration, particu larly as all consideration of that measure had been rejected to which he looked to restore the tranquillity of that coun try. Notwithstanding the Poor Laws were, he knew, a subject of great dislike to some Noble Lords, particularly to a Noble Lord opposite, who entertained the most serious apprehensions en this subject, he must contend, that in the present situation of the poor of Ireland, something ought to be done. He wished, therefore to know of the Noble 'Earl, if it were his intention to propose any measure for their Lordships' consideration, otherwise he should probably think it his own duty to call their Lordships' attention to this subject after the holidays ? The Earl of CARBERY replied to the Noble Earl in so low a tone that he was inaudible below the bar ; but we understood him to say, in substance, that he had, on former occasions, moved for some Returns relative to the Poor of Ireland, which were then on their Lordships' table ; and though he did not at present intend to submit any motion to their Lordships, he had a Petition to present on this subject, and when he presented it, he should explain his views- Re wished it, however, to be understood-, that he did not suppose that the English system of Poor Laws could be introduced into Ireland ; though he felt that the poor of Ireland could not be left in their present situ ation. The Earl of LIMERICK having been alluded to by the Noble Earl, could assure him that he was mistaken, in supposing that he (th e Earl of Limerick) entertained more serious apprehension s on the subject of introducing Poor Laws into Ireland, than any other person. He saw many Noble Lords neat him, who felt quite as apprehensive on th e point as he did, and were convinced, that of all mis chiefs, none could be so great as that of introducing Poor Law s into Ireland. Was there not, he would ask, misery e nough in Ireland already? Would their Lordships call more into existence, by telling the lower classes, already Prone to sedition, that they were starved by the epper or ders? Re called on their Lordships, for God's sake, to take care e how they employed their talent for making B P' n st, which he admired as much any man ; but he conjured th eta to choose some other subject for display than that bl 'inre their Lor d s hi p s . . • They could not choose one which w su ffering than the Poor Laws ' x 'ld inflict more would cause in Ireland. attributed The Earl of 11 1 to the Noble et—r—ArXNLEY explained. He only - --..‘nioat a pp r ehension from the Poor Laws. He ag reed that the poor Laws, as they existed in Eng land, could not b e : '''weduc e d into Ireland ; but he could not agree, that in k i, - -/ilixed country, left to die without any nftico. the poor should be It was not to be tolerated, though their Lor . dahlias it riot b e I, that it medy for this evi l , 13 n 14 not be inquired into. He able to find any re hoped that the Noble Lord, w h en ,_ ' l.O presented the petition he had mention ed, would make a specieth a t his M 4 ya ajesty 0 ' G o vernment m& - -een,...,' motion, and t to tak e th e sub ject into consideratio • The Earl of LIM ER ICK p ule ICK had beard o f ...- i . but h e did n ot give cred it to eve ' I thing which in r ha t in not people perish of appeared is newspapers; and did other coun t r i es a s well as Ireland ? It was , he 't not very lik e ly to occur there, f or the peasantry of thhta t . count r y, with all their faults, were as charitable and lan mane as any in the world. Lord HOLLAND was of opinion, t h a t before their Lord s hi ps i nst i tuted an.inquiry into w h at ou ght to be done f em the relief of the poor in Ireland, they ought to ascertain ` , ltt had already b een d one. He was not lawyer enoug h to know what was the state of the law for the relief of the poor of Ireland ; he had not any particular acquaintance with that part of the country, but he could not believe that law which tended to the relief of the poor. The first in quiry should be into the state of the law on this point. The Earl of ENNISKILLEN . knew that there was no Noble Lord who was a greater friend to Ireland than the Noble Earl; but he thought a great deal of mischief might be done by proposiieg to introduce Poor Laws into Ireland. It would excite hopes among the people which could never be gratified. The poverty of the people in Ireland was caused by a succession of bad crops, by an over-population, and by the non-residence of the Ittideti proprietors. Lord REDFSDALE stated, that in the neighbourhood of Dublin there were collections made at the Churches for the poor, and by that means they were relieved. The whole body of the people were in such a state of poverty, that what they could contribute was not much, and they were unable to relieve one another. He was afraid, however, that were a system of Poor Laws introduced, it would destroy ail industry among the people. The best mode of relieving the poor of Ireland, would be to introduce a better system of farming, to abolish small farms, and have a body of farmers like those of England. If there were such a body of men, there would be more em ployment, and not so much misery in Ireland. But to have them several things were necessary. The farmers must have capital, and they must be intelligent, for it was rather to the skill of the superintendents of the labourers to which he looked, than to the labourers themselves. When small farmers cultivated land themselves, they grudged every shilling laid out for labour, and their land was never properly tilled. In most eases, where the Poor Rates were excessive, they were made so either by manufactories being established in the neighbourhood, or by the land being divided, as in some parts of Sussex, into small portions. Wherever the farms were large, the labourers were better off than where the farms were small. He did not wish to see compulsory relief for the peer introduced into Ireland, as that would destroy in dustry ; and after a better system of cultivation was in troduced, probably the best mode of administering relief would be by voluntary contributions. In Scotland this was the general practice, but in some places compulsory rates had been introduced, and they had been followed, he understood, by unfavourable consequences. Connected with this subject, he must remind their Lordships of the Corn Laws. At present the English market was open to Irish corn, and cultivation, had been much extended in that country by the exclusion of foreign corn. He hoped, therefore, that their Lordships would remember, whenever the subject of the Corn Laws came before them the bearings of these laws on the cultivation and prosperity of Ireland. Lord ELLENBOROUGH, like the Noble Lord wko introduced the subject, and like other Noble Lords, depre cated the introduction of the Poor Law system into Ire land. The Noble Lord who had spoken first insisted on the necessity of doing something ; but he entreated their Lordships to take care, if they consented to make any com pulsory regulations, that they were not led further than they intended. Let their Lordships recollect how the English Poor Laws had been twisted from their original form, and consider, if a compulsory system were intro duced into Ireland, if it would not be twisted in the same manner. Some inquiries had already been made on this subject, and he was of opinion, that organizing a system of voluntary collection and distribution, as had been re commended by the Committee of Sit?, was the only safe course. He entreated their Lordships, before they begat with any compulsory enactments, to consider where they meant to stop. The Earl of DARNLEY explained, that he had not taken kis information from newspapers, but from authority on which he could depend. He expressed some doubt as to the effect of large sums, hut was quite sure such a sys tem could not give immediate relief. He had no intention of proposing any compulsory laws, but in the present state of Ireland the subject urgently required the consideration of their Lordships. The Earl of BELMORE meant only to make an obser vation on a single point. Though there was no Statute Law in Ireland for the relief of the Poor, there was a Com mon Law, which was stronger than Statute law. There was also a common right, which was considered so by the pauper, and acknowledged to be so by those who never failed to give them relief.—(Hear, hear.)—lf a law were to make it compulsory to provide for the poor, that law would diminish the means of providing for those now in existence. GRANT TO THE DUKE OF CLARENCE. Lord KING ptesented a petition, - which had on a foi mer occasion, been withdrawn as informal, from the Work ing Classes at Manchester, against granting an additional sum of money to the Duke and Duchess of Clarence, and praying for retrenchment. The Bill granting 9,0001. to the Duke and Duchess of Clarence, was read a third time, and passed. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that it was customary to send such Bills to the other House by the Judges, and not by their Lordships' Messengers ; but at Present some of the Judges were absent, and some indis posed, and it would be necessary, therefore, to send the Bill down by their own Messengers. It would be neces sary, in doing it, that an entry should be made to the effect he had mentioned, in order that it might not be considered as a precedent. Several other measures were forwarded one stage, and the House Adjourned. • HOUSE OF COMMONS, Maui 29. ELECTION COMMITTEES. The House at its meeting proceeded to form, by ballot, two Committees ; the one to try the merits of the petition complaining of an undue return for the Borough of Hedon, the other to try the merits of the petition complaining of an undue return for the county of Westmeath. DEFAULTERS. The list of the defaulters on the last ballot, who were ordered to attend this day, was read over, and the follow ing Noble and Honourable Members, who were not pre sent, and for whose absence no valid excuse was offered, were ordered to be taken into custody by the Sergeant-at- Arms, viz.:—Lord Bruce, Sir Robert Farquhar, Mr. Robert Grant, the Hon. Greville Howard, Lord George Lennox, Mr. Waring Maxwell, Mr. Foster Pigot, Mr. Protheroe, Sir Nicholas C. Tindal, Mr. Tomline, Mr. Wells, and Mr. Wilks. With respect to the last named Gentleman, Mr. WYNN said that he had received a note from him, stating that urgent private business would pre vent his attendance on the present evening. The House did not, nowever, consider the excuse sufficient. HEDON. Mr. Dyson appeared at the Bar with the following Re duced List of the Committee to try the merits of the peti tion complaining of the undue return for the borough of Hedon, viz. :—George R. Robinson, Eeq., James Balfour, Esq., Lord Viscount Ebrington, Right Hon. William Vesey Fitzgerald, Sir Charles Wetherell, Lord Robert Manners, Sir W. H. Clinton, Hon. George M. Fortescue, Lord Viscount Duncannon, Sir Francis Burdett, Sir James W. M'Kenzie, Alexander Baring, Esq., Charles H. Bat ley, Esq., Daniel Sykes, Esq., and Horace Twiss, Esq. DENBIGH. Sir GEORGE ROSE reported from the Committee appointed to try the merits of the double Return for the borough of Denbigh, and of the petitions from the several parties, that Joseph Ablett, Esq. was not duly elected, and ought not to have been returned ; and that Frederick Richard \Vest, Esq was duly elected for the said borough ; and that the petitions were not frivolous or vexatious; and that the opposition to the petitions was not frivolous or vexatious. The Deputy-Clerk of the Crown was ordered to attend to-morrow to amend the said Return. COUNTY OF WESTMEATH. Mr. T. TYSON brought up the Reduced List of the Committee appointed to try the election for the County of Westmeath. The names were—J. Bond, Esq., J. Guest, Esq., P. Price, Esq., Lord J. Hay, Lord Viscount Valle tort, F. H. Scott, Esq., R. Colborn, Esq., T. S. Ric e , Esq. the Earl of Brecknock, Richard Arkwright, Esq., Lord Arthur Hill, the Right Hon. R. W. Horton, Leslie Forster, Esq., the Hon. Stuart Wortley, and a name which could not be distinguished in the gallery. The House went into a Committee upon Jamieson's Di vorce Bill, and Counsel and evidence were heard at the Bar. CORN LAWS. The Hon. C. H. HIIT — CHINSON presented a petition from the Millers of Cork, praying for additional duties on Foreign Corn. Mr. FLEMING presented a petition from Fareham, praying that the impO scale b of duty upon Foreign Corn m ight be calculated upon til a t sis of 645. instead of 625. taken and that the a vera g es mi ght he every six weeks. Sir T. LETH BRIDGE ha d .. understood that the ave rages were to be made u p weekl y , out upon the aggregate of the previous !:::: weeks. :?: rtg"Mr. C. GRANT was not aware that a misunder standingo could exist upon th e subject. Th e were to te taken every week, without re ference to an;preceding period, Mr. h,c.i.. subject had CRAFT said, that a differen t conce p tion of the their mind. :ntertained, and if Governmen t had made sup tate the resolution po nt:e question, it would be as w ell to . had formed to the House. Mr. C. GRANT repeated what he had before said. Many of the highest e, Mt/1112.4;P% nnn 1.1,11 ellMod.+ TO, five weeks, now approved of taking them upon each week singly. Opinions were coming round upon the subject. Mr. PEEL said that the weekly averages were less liable o fraud. Mr. CURTEIS presented a petition from a parish in Sussex, prayingfor higher protecting duties on Corn. Mr. PLEMING presented a petition from Petersfield to the same effect. Mr. C. W. WY NN presented a similar petition from Montgomeryshire. Mr. FLING presented several petitions from 'Winchester, and other places, objecting to the present low rate of Duty upon Foreign Corn. Mr. LIDDELL presented a similar petition from the Millers and persons engaged in the flour trade of Shields. Mr. WODEHOLISE presented two petitions of a similar description from two hundreds in Norfolk. Mr. CLIRTEIS presented a petition of the same nature from Westroy, and Col. BAILEY one from Inverness. ARMY IN INDIA. Mr. C. W. WYNN gave notice that he would, early in May, move the Thanks of the House to the Troops en gaged in the late War in India. Mr. CURWEN moved for a Return of Tallow, Hides, and Flax imported for one year, ended sth Jan. 1827; with a similar Return of Butter and Cheese, specifying the Rates and Duties levied upon each. STATE OF THE NATION. Sir E. DAVENPORT had given notice of a motion for a Committee of Inquiry into the Causes of the present National Distress. He had then supposed that the new Administration might by this have been formed. That, however, not having taken place, he would postpone his motion till after the holidays. There was no open day for discussion before the 17th May, which he would fix upon for taking the subject into consideration. GAME LAWS. Mr. ESTCOURT presented a petition from the Ma gistrates of Devizes, praying for an alteration of the Game Laws. The petition stated, that one-third of the commit ments to gaol were of poachers; and that at present, out of 232 persons under confinement, WO were committed under the Game Laws. . _ . .--....._ _ Sir JOHN NEWPORT presented a petition from the Spirit Dealers and Grocers in the county of Kerry, pray ing for an Alteration of the present System of Licensing Trades. Mr. FORTESCUE presented a petition from the Inhabitants of South :Bolton, praying the establishment of Mails to Ilfracombe.—Ordered to be printed. A MEMBER IN CUSTODY. The Serjeant at Arms having informed the Speaker that Col. Anson had been taken into custody, pursuant to an Order of the House, it was ordered that the Hon. Member be discharged, upon payment of his fees. CORN LAWS. Mr. C. GRANT, in bringing in a Bill founded upon the late Resolutions with respect to the Corn Laws, said he wished shortly to state what it was intended this Bill should do. It was a measure which had grown out of the Resolutions lately adopted by the House upon this subject. It was intended to divide the new re gulations upon the Corn Question into two Bills—the one having for its object the regulation of the importation duties ; and the other to direct the mode of taking the avera and the internal machinery of the measure. He now pro posed to introduce the first Bill, founded, as he had already said, upon the Resolutions, and he hoped in a few days to be able to introduce the other Bill, which was meant to com pass the objects which he had already described. This Bill enacted, that the averages by the Imperial measure were to be struck weekly, and that the end of every month they should be published in the Gazette, and Also an account of the quantity of corn entered and warehoused in each year. It was intended, with respect to time, that this Act should take effect from the period of its passing into a law ; but not to affect any importations allowable under the present Act, if any such should be allowable, upon taking the ave rages on the 15th of May. But those species of corn not admissable by the existing law are to be subject to the pto visions of the new Bill. The Bill was then brought in and read atirst time. Sir T. LEI'HBRIDGE said a few words, which were inaudible in the Gallery. After which the Bill was ordered to be read a second time on Monday next, and to be printed, BANK RETURNS• Sir H. PARNELL moved for a variety of Returns re lative to the Debt due by Government to the Bank ; the Balance IA Public Winne., in the liande`critit , lSault oral , the sum paid in 1825 to the Bank for the management of the National Debt ; including the sum of 4,0001. for House Expences, and 18901, for the management of the South Sea Debt. After a few words from Mr. MANNING, which were inaudible in the gallery, Mr. HUME expressed l.is regret that the motion of his Hon. Friend had not been of a more extensive nature; of such a nature, in fact, as would at once bring the question before the public view—the precise nature of the connec tion between the Bank and the Government. The Charter of that Company would expire in a few years, and yet the H ouse and the country were left in the dark eti to the future intentions of Government. It was highly necessary to the financial, commercial, and trading interests of the ,country, that the public should have timely notice of the intentions of Government upon this important subject. It was the duty of his Majesty's Ministers to see that any change—if change there was to be—in the intercourse be tween the Bank of England and Government, should be made gradually and in time. Unless some immediate step was taken upon this subject, Ministers might come down to the House and say, " We have made such and such ar rangements with the Bank, and we call upon you to sup port us in carrying them into effect." Unless some step was taken to prevent this, the country would be again sad dled with this odious monopoly, for in his view all mono polies were odious. He hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite would be induced at once to state his views upon the subject. After a few words from Sir H. PARNELL, the motion was agreed to. MAGISTRATES OF LISBURNE. Mr. BROWNLOW then rose, in pursuance of his no tice, to move for certain correspondence which had passed between the Irish Government and the Magistrates of Lie burns. He commenced his observations by declaring that one of his reasons for bringing forward his present motion, was to furnish the House with a sample of that had ar ticle, called Government in Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) — After several declamatory remarks on the division and irri tation which had so long prevailed in Ireland, the Hon. Member called the attention of the House to the Bill that was introduced two years ago for the suppression of illegal associations in Ireland. Various grounds hail been taken in the debate upon that Bill. Many members thought that it had emanated from what was called the Popish part of the Cabinet ; others, that it had emanated from what was called the anti-liberal party, for the mere purpose of putting down their respective political partisans. A third party apprehended—and he confeseed that he belong ed to that party—that the Bill was passed with the honest intention of putting down all political agitators, without any regard to the faction to which they belonged. Now, what had been the practical effect of that Bill ? He appre hended that he was not called upon to prove that that Bill had not suppressed the Catholic Association.— Every man who heard him knew that the Catholic Association exercised throughout Ireland the power of taxing and governing the Catholic,. Let no man, there fore, ridicule that Association, because the speeches made in it did not usually square with the rules of good taste ; for he would tell the House, that every word which issued from the speakers of that Aseoeiation found an echo in tho bosom of every Catholic in Ireland, and that every order which came from them was either executed to the letter, or if it failed, only failed becaitee those to whom it was addressed lacked the ability, not the inclination, to execute it. There was a time when the Catholic aristocracy and prelacy stood aloof from such conventions ; but now all classes of Catholics looked up to the Catholic Association, and from the highest to the lowest received its orders with a degree of implicit obedience which had never been ren dered in any country to any government that be was ac quainted with.—He contended that such a state of things ought to attract the eeriotse attention of every gentleman in the House, and also of his Majesty's Ministers, whilst there was yet time for measures of deliberation. Ile said that the Catholic Association ought to he put down ; but then it could not be by Acts of Parliament and legal penalties, as the House well knew from long experience ; it must be put down by the wisdom of concession, and by consolidating the interests of those who composed it with those of the commu nity at large. Having said so much with regard to the Ca tholic Association, he would next consider whether the Orange Associations had been suppressed by the bi of whirls he bad before spoken, and the consideration of that point would bring him at once to the subject matter o f hi s present motion. In the beginning of July, 1826, the ma gistrates of Lisburne were called upon by the Irish Go vernment to take measures to prevent the usual parade made on the 12th of July by the Orange Societies, and to consider the opinions which the law officers of the Crown had given upon that subject. On the 11th of July five of these magistrates met. Four of them agreed with the law officer e, that the Orange processions were illegal ; the fifth (the Rev. Mr. Johnson) expressed himself opposed to the lb les, and di ;,ninion .)f h, colleazu , issented from the ♦iew take: General for Yreland. On the next day, the 12th of July arrived, and along with the usual parade and riot in the town of Lisburne, thousands of Orangemen were as sembled. The four magistrates to whom he had before alluded, went up to them, told them that they were an illegal body, and Warned them that if they did not disperse they would bring down Upon their heads the penalties of the law. Whilst this was gone , en, the Rev. Mr. Johnston came up and said to his brother magistrates, " What are you doing ?" One of them replied, "We are dispersing an illegal body and bidding them go home, lest they make themselves amenable to the punishment of the law." " Ah," said Mr. Johnston, who was himself bedizened with all the insignia of an Orangeman, " that is as you think—my opinion, however, is very different." A thousand hats were then flung up into the air for Mr. Johnston, loud buzzes followed, and the town of Lisburne for the remainder of the day, was one continued scene of confusion and riot. On the 13th the magis trates met to take informations against the rioters, and to receive affidavits as to the conduct of the clerical magis trate, Mr. Johnston. After they were taken, the whole of fhe informations and affidavits were transmitted by the ma gistratei to the Lord Lieutenant, and by the Lord Lieute nant to the Lord Chancellor, as involving the character of a magistrate. The Lord Chancellor took some days to consider the documents, and shortly afterwards sent a letter down to Mr. Johnston, congratulating him upon his con duct, and on the satisfactory explanation which he had given of it. Mr. Johnston showed that letter to his brother magistrates ; and when they first saw it, they could hardly believe their eyes. They said, "We are called upon to take measures against the 12th of July, and we took the very steps recommended lay Government. This letter must ' therefore be a base fabrication ; for it is impossible that you, who marshalled the Orangemen the way in which they were going, can have received a letter from the Lord Chan cellor, approving of your conduct." One of the magis trates, a Mr. O'Shaugh, said that it was barely possible that one opinion might be held by one member of the Ca binet and another opinion by another member. He there_ fore wrote a letter to the Chief Secretary of the Govern ment, stating that, as Mr. Johnston's conduct on the 12th of July had met with the approbation of the Lord Chan cellor, he was anxious to know in what light his own con duct, which was diametrically opposed to it, was to be viewed. He received a letter from the Chief Secretary, which with the permission of the House he would read to it. The Hon. Member here read a letter from the Irish Secretary of which the substance appeared to be that " he had no diffi culty in assuring Mr. O'Shaugh, that his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant approved of the exertions which belied made to prevent the continuance of the Orange processions." Some further correspondence (theHornMember stated the nature of it, but it was inaudible in the gallery) took place between the Government and the local magistracy, which was con cluded by the magistracy receiving a letter from the Se cretary to the Lord-Lieutenant to the same effect as that which he had Just read to the House. Mr. Johnston, how ever, still relied on the letter of congratulation which he received from the Lord Chancellor; and, in consequence, the magistrates sent in a memorial to the Government, with a view of getting a definitive answer as to which of them was right and which wrong, to which no answer had hitherto been returned. The Hon. Member here read the memorial in question, but in a tone of voice which pre vented us from hearing it distinctly. Ile contended that all that Junius had ever written was mere milk and water to the burning words of scorn and contempt which this memorial fixed upon the Irish Government. He asked, was such a state of things as that which he had just sta ted to the House to be designated Government? Was it government to sow dissensions among the magistracy, and to array one gentleman in the commission of the peace against another ? Was the country to be the victim of each man's individual interpretation of the law in his dreaming and dozing moments, or was it to he regelaSed by one general and universal code of law equally applicable to every member in it? He did not bring forward his mo tion as a motion against Orange societies; no such thing— he had himself once been an Orangeman, and should never be ashamed to own it. He believed that his Majesty did not possess in his whole dominions a more public-spirited set of men than the Orangemen of the North of Ireland.— Thii e however, he was- obliged to state—that if one elan of the' community was permitted -to make one triumphal procession on certain days in the year, the other ought not to be prevented from doing so too—and if such party pro cessions were permitted, collisions could not be avoided, rjete would ensue, life would be lost, and the green fi elds 6f _ eland would be stained with blood.- Thence confu sion, and insubordination and anarchy would ensue ; thence want of employment, of food, and of all necessary contributions to the exigencies of the State ; thence Ire land would become one vast mad-house of demoniac spirits hear)—of which one party would range them selves under the banner of any friend of ascendancy high in office, and the other would form the willing soldiers of any desperate chieftain, who had the heart to lead them into revolution and bloodshed. - The Hon. Member, after expatiating for some time open the necessity of putting a stop to these divisions, if the House wished to save Ireland from the dangers and miseries of civil contention, con cluded by moving for " copies of the correspondence that took place between Philip Johnston, Robert Williams, and two other Justices of the Peace for the county of An trim, and the Right Hon. Henry Goulburn, relative to the marching of a body of Orangemen in Lisburne, on the 12th of July, 182 ; also for copies of the correspondence that took place between the .aforesaid . Magistrates and the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, on the same subject; and likewise for a copy of the opinions of the Law Officers of the Crown in Ireland on the same subject." Mr. GOULBURN commenced by observing, that in the case which the Hon. Member had brought before the House, the several Members of the Irish Government had concurred in the opinion which had been pronounced upon it. He would take theliberty of stating very shortly to the House the real facts of the Case. Previously to the 12th of July, 1825, the Government of Ireland took every means in their power to prevent any expression of feeling which might create public disturbance. With this view they caused to be circulated the opinions gieen by the Attorney and Solicitor-General of the illegality of Orange associa tions. On the 11th of Jnly the Magistrates of Lisburne had a private meeting to decide upon the measures most fitting to be adopted to give effect to the wish expressed by the Government. Five Magistrates were present at this meeting, four of whom were of the opinion which the Hon. Member had stated. The fifth, Mr. Philip Johnston, differed from them, but not to the extent stated. He ex pressed his doubts - whether the bill which Parliament had passed for putting down Orange associations at all affected Orange processions.. He, however, at the same time ex pressed his perfect willingnen to co-operate with hie brother Magistrates in endeavouring to stop those processions ; but recommended that fore 4 should not be resorted to in the first instance, nor, indeed, until all means of persuasion had failed. When it was considered that Mr. Johnstone was a clergy man, this attempt to temper the execution of the laws with humanity, so far from being thought blameable, would reflect credit upon him. On the next day (to use the words of the Honourable Member) the 12th of July arrived, and in the early part of that day a riot took place in Lisburne. The Hon. Member had stated, that in order to excite disturbance, Mr. Johnston had cir culated his opinion of the legality of Orange proces sions. That was denied upon affidavit ; and in the same manner it was distinctly proved that he did not appear in Lisburne until after the riot had taken place. He then exerted his influence to induce the multitude to disperse, and succeeded, and no farther disturbance took place that day. The Hon. Member had stated that the Lord Chan cellor of Ireland had written a letter approving of Mr. Johnston's conduct. It was not a little curious that the Hon. Member had not seen that letter, and that -he had not was evident from the manner in which he had described it, if, as he said, it had been generally circulated. The Lord Chancellor received two letters from Mr. Johnston, the first containing merely a statement of his own, and the second recapitulating that statement, supporting it by affi davits, and calling for a decision upon his conduct. The letter written by the Lord Chancellor to Mr. Johnston was as follows :—" Sir—l received your second letter on the eve of my departure from Ireland, otherwise I would have acknowledged it sooner. Be assured it gives me mach gratification to find that a gentleman of your re spectable character has not by any inadvertency rendered yourself obnoxious to censure. The explanation given of your conduct is quite satisfactory. I certainly, however, cannot agree with you as to the construetion of the law; for, undoubtedly, if Orange societies be illegal, any ems re equally e tionfrom t e he , m, or procession representing them , must independently of the tendency which such procession must have to produce irritation in the minds of the people," The Hon. Member might, per haps, object to the opinion of the Lord Chancellor, because h e w as opposed to Catholic emancipation. He would, therefore, read the opinion of the Attorney -General, who could not be liable to the Same objection. That opinion, which was formed upon a careful examination of theostato flints and - evidence. on both sides, RUIN fallerf!!i' LjeL thial the magistrate has given an explanation SUim— Ciellt to do away with any necessity. for his ietnoval."— Mr. Johnston then applied to the Lord-Lieutenant for copi es of the statements which had been made against him, in order to make them the subject of judicial investigation. however, refused the application, The Lord-Lieutenant. excited should be allowed to subside as soon as possible.— It was for the same reason that he felt it his duty to oppose the production of the papers now 'moved for. He could not see what other effect the motion could have, than to rip up occurrences which had taken place two years ago, and would, but for this motion, have been forgotten.— Since the period alluded to, these had been no disturbanoe in Lisburne, and the Orangemen had abandoned their pro cessions. —(Cheers.) Mr. S. RICE contended, that the production of the papers moved for could occasion no consequences snore in convenient than must necessarily result from the debate which had taken place in the House, and enforced the arguments of the lion. Member for Armagh, as to the conduct of the Rev. Mr. Johnston, and the letter written to that Gen tleman by Lord Manners, the Chancellor of Ireland. Mr. PLUNKETT said, that the House would feel that he could scarcely give a silent vote ,upon the present occa sion, He did not agree with those Hon. Gentlemen who treated the question as a question of fact : the fair question he thought was this—whether the lion. Members for Ar magh and Limerick had made out such a prima facie case as called upon Government to produce the correspondence referred to ; and he had no hesitation in saying that, in his opinion, no such prima facie case was established. In fact, he did not recollect ever to have heard a com plaint brought before the House, which had been pressed with more earnestness, or been snore destitute of real ground to stand upon. It was difficult to collect the object of the complaint. He gave every credit for purity of motive to the Hon. Gentleman who had introduced it ; but he did not see what practical advantage was to be gained by in vestigating the history of an insulated transaction, which was two years old, and which everybody had forgotten. The Hon. Member for Limerick had expressed Isis regret that he (Mr. Plunkett) should take upon himself the task of defending the Lord Chancellor of Ireland. He had no doubt that this regret was meant in a complimentary sense ; but it was a compliment which he could not accept, for he had no hesitation in saying that upon the present transaction, as well as upon every other point connected with the administration of justice, he was most per fectly ready to identify himself with that Noble Lord. It could hardly be necessary, he hoped, for him to defend himself against every imputation of favour to Orange prin ciple or Orange feeling. In office, and out of office, he had incessantly showed himself an enemy to the Orange system, and had done his heat to put it down. In his endeavours to accomplish that end, he might perhaps be accused of haste or indiscretion ; hut there were few who would refuse him credit for having been sincere in his endeavonrs. There fore, while he agreed with his Hon. Friend near him (Mr. Oonlburn), that the great body of the Orange party was composed of as honest, independent, and worthy men as any in Ireland, yet he thought that their very connexion with that system poisoned all their utility, and defeated all the advantage of their existence to the country.—Now, in the case of the transaction immediately in question, his Hon. Friend, the Solicitor-Genaral for Ireland, (with himaclt), had been consulted, as to the exhibition of processions of the same character with that of the 12th of July; and they had at once been of opinion that they were illegal. The society, whether it were one of Masons or of Orangemen, being illegal, it followed that its procession must be ille gal ; and it was farther illegal, because it was sworn upon affidavit, that it was likely to lead to a breach of the peace. Then what, upon the showing of the Honoura ble Member for Armagh himself, had been the conduct of Mr. Johnston ? Mr. Johnston had thought, and thought very weakly, that because the word " proce 'ion" did net ap pear in the Act of Parliament, therefore the procession could not be illegal ; but that was Mr. Johnston's opinion only. The question now, was not upon his opinion, but on his conduct. From what had been said by the Hon. Member for Limerick, the House might be led to suppose that Mr. Johnston had promulgated this opinion to the mob, but he had done no such thing ; he had expressed his opinion to the Magistrates, but to the mob he had used no advice, but that they should at once yield to the law, as it was laid down to them, and disperse : and they had, in conse quence, dispersed without any breach of the peace, and from that day to the present there had been in Lisburne no similar procession. The mob were aware of Mr. John ston's opinion ; but' they yielded to his advice; and, in stead of producing mischief, he had rendered a service to the country. And now what was the charge against Lord Manners ? It was, that he had written a letter to Dlr. Johnston, in which he explained to him that he had been mistaken in his view of the law, but had approved of the conduct which he had actually pursued. Why, this was exactly the true state of the case—Mr. Johnston's law had been wrong, but his conduct had been judicious and considerate. There was no congratulation in the letter of Lord Manners. It merely said, " You are altogether mistaken in your view of the law as to these processions, but I am happy to find, from your explanation of your conduct, that you have done all in your power to discourage them ; and that the unpleasant duty does not devolve upon me of passing censure upon an individual of respectability." There was one part of Mr. Johnston's conduct, certainly, which he condemned—he meant the ' , rearing of the Orange riband. This had been made the subject of a good deal of rhetorical exaggeration. It had been called a " coming down decorated with Orange emblems," &c. The short fact was, that he had come down with an Orange riband about his neck—a sort of decoration which he had been in the habit of wearing for years ; but there could be no doubt, that to do so at such a time had been indiscreet.— Still Mr. Johnston could not be prosecuted for wearing an Orange riband. To have removed him from the magis tracy for doing it, would not only have been unreasonable, but highly impolitic and mischievous. And giving, agile re peated he did, every credit to the sincerity and puce intention of his Hon. Friends the Members for Limerick and Armagh, he could not help doubting whether it had been worth while to rake this stale story out of the oblivion into which it had fallen. He left this question to the House. The intention of the Hon. Gentlemen, no doubt, was excellent ; but the circumstances had all happened two years since; they were forgotten over and over again ; and the place in which they had occurred had ever since been perfectly tranquil. Sir JOHN NEWPORT regretted deeply that the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman who had just concluded, should have condescended to identify himself with the Lord Chancellor of Ireland ; and he believed that in many in stances that Noble Lord had exercised his own powers with respect to the magistracy of Ireland in a manner which, he repeated, he could not bnt be sorry to hear the Attorney- General for that country defend. He was certain that the processions of Orange Associations did snore mischief to Ireland than any thing else, by reviving feelings and recol lections which ought to be buried in oblivion.—(Cheers.) Mr. PEEL thought that the question upon which the 'House had to decide was this, —is there such a prima facie case made out as to satisfy the House that farther in vestigation was necessary ? For his own part, he thought that there never was a' case produced to which less suspi cion attached. He thought that he should argue the ques tion fairly and properly, if he took this view of it—that a magistrate had or had not acted improperly, and that the Chancellor of Ireland had or had not supported and en couraged him in his improper conduct. First, however, he must be allowed to say that he heartily wished all these associations were at an end—(Hear, hear;) he believed that they were dying away, but at the same time he did agree with the Hon. Baronet, that if the processions were done away with, it would be better for the peace of Ire land,—(Cheers.) — Any opinion, therefore, which he might hold—any of the strong opinions which he was known to entertain respecting Catholic emancipation, could net fairly be supposed to enter upon this point, or to influence him upon the prevent question. If he were a private gentleman in Ireland, be declared to God that he would, by his influ ence, by his example, by every means in his power, endea vors'. to put down these associations and processions (Cheers). With respect to the question before the House, they were now called upon to investigate circumstances which had happened two years ago. He held in his hand the statement of Mr. Johnstone, respecting these circumstances, and Isis motives. It must be recollected that the person in question was a very old gentleman ; that be had been in the habit of see ing these things done all his lifetime, and at times when exhibitions of this nature were not looked upon in the way in which they had subsequently been viewed. Some allowance must be made for circumstances and example, and a little consideration should be had for persons, and adherence to former opinions. He did intreat his Hon. Friend (for he must allow him to call him so) to recollect that this circumstassee took place in July, 1825, and that in the Marsh preceding, his Hon. Friend had presented the petition of the Orangemen, which prayed an inquiry into the institution, objects, signs, oaths, and paes-vrords of the Orange lodges in Ireland, and stated that the Orange men were most anxious for inquiry. He (Mr. Peel) had taken a part in the debates of 1825, and he then held pre cisely the same language which he held now, and said that no thing could compensate for the existence of these asso ciation. He never could agree to th e p ro d uc ti on of pal'!" which would inculpate parties wh o h a d no 'dispositio n whatever to violate the l aw , an d un d er t h eses eirenrosstancas he should decidedly o pp ose t h e mot i on . - Dr. LUSHINGTON sa id, that ° night Hoe. Gen tleman opposite h a d pronaul;ated Alt the doctrine, that the beat way to j u d g e o f Mr. Johnstmes motives, was to ref er to that gentleman's eawnsetatement. For his part, how.. ever, he thought the fa cts of the case would be a mu ch surer guide to this point . It was stated, that one of the ,arties which formed these_ processions marched ander his he thought that the person who had so prostituted justice ought not to be allowed to remain any longer in the com mission. The House then divided, when the numbers appeared to be— For the motion 69 Against it, 124 Ahajority against the motion, —55 On our return to the Gallery we found Mr. HENRY GRATTAN moving, pursuant to the notice he had given, for the producteon of a copy of a Re port made by Commissioners appointed to inquire into the state of the Richmond Penitentiary in Dublin.• He had to complain to the House that the punishment inflicted in. the Penitentiary had b e en most unjustifiably perverted from the object which the justice of the country had contem plated, and had been applied for the purpose of making proselytes. It was with great pain and horror that he stated this had been carried so far, as to cause the introduc tion of a species of punishment repugnant to the law of the land, and - revolting to humanity. The House would be shocked to hear, that a cruel species of torture had been applied to the prisoners in the Richmond Penitentiary. The Hon. Gentleman thee► made some allusions to evidence which, as he had been informed, had been given before the Commission which his motion related to. By that evi dence it appeared, that an instrument of torture had been used on the prisoners. He bad that instrument in his possession, and he now produced it.—[The Hon. Gentleman here placed on the table an instrument of iron, capable of passing over the head of a human being, and con•- fining the jaws.]--This instrument, he said, had been used for the purpose of gagging the prisoners. The Secretary ef State for Ireland would net like the production of this machine. In earlier times a species of torture had been de vised by the Bishop of Exeter, which was from that cir cumstance called "the Bishop of Exeter's daughter." He hoped that this machine would not turn out to be the in vention of the Marquis Wellesley, or the offspring of the Se cretary of State for Ireland. A great deal, had been heard about the reformation in Ireland, and the denunciations of " woe" to whoever should seek to stop the flood of light, which, like the falls of Niagara, was about-to pour upon that benighted land. He (Mr. Grattan) cried woe ! to any one who should presume to use such a species of toi ` - ture towards any of his Majesty's subjects, whether for the purpose of proselytism or punishment. Of 200 indivi duals who had been confined in this Penitentiary, 141 were said to have changed their religiose. The names of some of them would be recognized by an Honourable Gen tleman on the floor as those of excellent Catholic families. It appeared that some of them had alternately changed from being Catholic to Protestant, and from Protestant to Catholic hack again ; so that, by the evidence of the Governor of the gaol, it seemed that in the result six only of the proselytes remained in the, religion they had adopted. The Honourable Gentleman concluded by moy.. ing, " that an address be presented to his Majesty for a copy of a report made to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland by the commissioners appointed to inquire into the Rich mond Penitentiary, at Dublin, together with copies of the rules and regulations of that institution ; the orders entered from time to time in the order book ; when and by whom they had been made; and netting forth the number of male and female prisoners who had been confined therein; the names and numbers of officers, with their salaries; the titles of all books and tracts used in the institution, or which had been used therein, and by whom brought in." Mr. GOULBURN found it difficult to express the sur prise he felt at the Hon. Gentleman's motion, because he had stated to the Hon. Gentleman that he was quite ready to lay the report on the table of the House. He (Mr. Goulburn) was ready, if the 'House thought it necessary, to go into a defence of the whole transaction, hat he thought it would be felt that he acted more discreetly in abstaining from that course at present. Ile would, how— ever, say, that the result of the enquiry was not only that the charge of cruelty, for the purpose of making proeelytea had been disproved, but that it had been abandoned even by the person who brought it forward. It was trite that when a tremendous riot had taken place, in which one of the prisoners possessed himselfof the keeper's razors, and it was thought necessary to remove the prisoners who had occasioned the riot from one quarter of the gaol to another by force, such of them es made a great noise were gagged dining their progress. If he, however, had chosen to keep up the dramatic representation with which the Hon. Gentleman had treated the House, he might hare produ ced the keeper's razors, to keep in countenance the ma chine of the Hon. Gentleman's, and he should then have been more on a par with the Hon. Gent. than he at pre sent felt himself in this respect. Mr. MOORE said a few'words, and Mr. Gnarl. Art re quested permission to add to the motion—" And all docu ments connected therewith," which W 8.9 acceded to. Mr. HUME thought that there should be a return of the number'of the instruments produced which were kept in the Penitentiary.—lA laugh.) The Sergeant at Arms reported that Sir ROBERT FAR QUHAR and Mr. ARCHDALL were in custody by order of the House. They were ordered to be discharged on pay ment of their fees. Mr. HUME postponed his motion for a Select Commit tee of Inquiry into the state of the Fleet and other prisons, for 'the confinement of debtors, till Tuesday next. Mr. SPRING RICE brought in a Bill for the Regula tion of Market-Tolls in Ireland, and a Bill for the Regula tion of Petty Sessions in Ireland. Mr. ROBINSON moved for some returns connected with the trade of Newfoundland and Labrador. Dr. LUSHINGTON presented a petition (as we under stood) from persons in custody on charges of forgery and coining, praying for an alteration in the laws respecting coin. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Eleven o'clock. LIST OF TH. WRO VOTED FOR RR. OF THE CORRESPONI E MINORITY OF BROWNLOW . B NOTION )13/4 - Cli BETWEEN TUN [aim ocrraßsimarir, fHeneage, G. F. !Heron, Sir ;IXTY-NINE, FOi TIM rzolivenc4 MAOtWTRATE or me- IN MA RESpECTING O'Brien, Lucius Poneonby, Hon. F- Ponsenby, Hon. G. Parnell, Sir H. Russell, Lord Wm. Russell, Lord John Robinson, George Robarts, A. W. Rumbold, C. Smith, W. Sykes, D. Stanley, Hon. E. Stuart, Villiers Tomes, J. Tierney, Right Hon G. Western, J. C. Warburton, 11. Wood, Ald. Wood. C. Harvej, D. W. Howick, Lord Honyw,;o,4*. P. Howard, Hon. H. Heatheote, G. Hutchinson, H. Jephson, C. 0. Kennedy, T. F. Kemp, T. R. King, Hon. W. Labouchere, H. Lushington, Dr. Lombe, E. Martin, R. Marshall, W. Moberly, Colonel Morpeth, Viscount Monck, J. B. Mettle, Hon. W. Macdonald, Sir Jas. Marjoribanks, S. Nugent, Lord MUIR 1.1 Brownlow, C. Rice, T. & BURNS AND THE ORANGE PEOCESSIO , Althorpe, Viscount Abercromby, Hon. J. Buxton, T. F. Baring, Alexander Baring, F. Bentinck, Lord W. Co'bourne, N. IL Calcraft, John Clifton, Viscount Davies, Col. Dawson, A. Denison, W. J. Du Cane, Peter Easthope, J. Ebrington, Viscount Fortescue, Hon. G. Fergusson, Sir R. Fazakerley, J. N. Fitzgerald, John Graham, Sir J. Gordon, R. , Grattan Henry Grattan, James Hume, Joseph PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. .HOUSE OF COMMONS. ORDERS OP THE DAY FOR. THIS DA!. I. Writ of Bight Bill—Committee. 4. Supply—KePor t ' Thi . 3. Spring Guns Bill— n„d reading. 5. S u pply—Comm i t tee. and Means —Committee. S. War , 7. Defaulters absent at the Ballot yesterday to he reported. 4. Copyhold Estates Bill —Third reading S. Deputy Clerk o f t he Crown to emend Return for Denbigh. p Costs of Distresses Bill—Third reading. 10. Irsst India Heir Pay Bill—Committee. 11. Imakeepers Bill—Committee. NOTICES OP MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. 1. Lord Viscount Palmerston —Disembodied Militia Estimatea in Committee of Supply). ?. Dlr. Hume—Address for Copies of all Treaties at preterit in force between his Majesty and the King of Portugal, and every Foreign State or Po4ver, involving offensive or defen sive alliance, pecuniary or other assistance, os either side. NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. Tuexday, April 3. 1. Air J° " Newport — To refer the Irish I%.tima tea to a Sete P t Committee. 2. Mr. 1- fume—Select Committee to inquire into the state of the fleet and other Prisons for the confinement of,Di:om4 b n tor e s , ; t a tb in: t i l; e e b o t eration of the Laws of Arres t and Imp 3. ilr. Kennedy—Bill to regulate Parochial Settlement. in Scot land. t. Mr. rowel] Buxton—Copies or EXCTACtS of all Communica tions relative to the amelioration of the condition of the Slaves. in the late creedal, Mal I. I. Mr. 1/47N- Thanks to the Officers and Men engaged founded on the id . .2. Mr. Legh Keck—Motion, mutes of the Pen ryn Election C omo Vu e r e ;day, May 17. Committee ' Mr. Ed • I Davenport —Select to inquire into the Edward ,hich has afflicted t'l u C severe distress ,t. ommercial and Indu t - the Communit I ' trious Classes o y ( unng the last. and presen t Williamsglorionuns—succeSSe6 in India. REpRESENTATIONOF CANTERBURY.—Las s evening a Meeting of the Freemen of Canterbury, resident in Londo n and its vi cinity, woe held at h Tavern, Giltspur-st reet ; i lr. George Amos, of Oxford te White fla il str eet, in the Ch a i r. T he object of the Meet i ng wa s to consider whom t h ey would select as their Representative';in the room o f D r. Lushington, who, i t i s repor t e d, 11 ° been app o i nte d to the Presidenc of Madras. 31 r. S hel ' drick p ropose d a ser i es.o f Resolutions, the object of w hio : y Waal to appoint one of their number (the Chairman vvs: ultimately selectedto wait upon Colonel Torre ns with .F; requisition, calling ) upon him to b eco me a C a ndidate for.,r, Representation, and in the event of his accepting the !arta to convene a Meeting of the freeme n g enerall y , in oralto sound their disposition toward s the Colonel. These re' t he tious were passed unanimou sl y , and a requisition t° ,v_ ~..3.--_,,,ar,r;,,,,,,,i was siened by all present.