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. .. ~ tention of his Nlajesty's GovernuLent to takathesense of 113 e Hou , ,. en any day previousiiYx“el. - t iitt- f tfricoecasion they would follev the same course as in ISIS. Ilia - Right Hon. Friend would stat , the principle, and explain ebir details:Of the'plan,'.wßieh would b: . e kV' in . a tketiios . - ut getieltitions, .-,..Theis .Itesolutiont, Wiley .k.,.;, 4 broughtliiiiit.foknii4 and the farther cm:tellsration of them poac r i paned to some other day. By this arrangement the Members c. the House would have as natch.tinten y. could desire for e,f . - . .' :mining*, Opp 4u 4-91,)14.b.c1,it t sorr Maori ..:.. ......„, said, he should .by y thatAiL Right Hor , i.:cy.ntleinars,.(3lg..Carining) sliotild be called- no 7 town . ~ 7 ~1e1}449,1t4i,-* di 0.44 i if .43.2#' 416 re: (hear, Vair . ' - ' l( ':.- 1 1 i? & ,.. • lifsilhtzPill, i'.a 4:Pf""4 i should % i'• :eitAim} ir .' 14 kr!. PAi tk Tall, t4;ip: l p*,;enFiii had betkilisd*sted'on ' . . s. e r prt o!ihe.,ikir, with„rixarVe)4 . l rk sit h , ringingi* - 3 Ihlt i kirt(lCriltjpa4 * C ~.W4.), ..., 7 -.-- TWeTti-S . 'EALICOIC6 - Alte VAC. tis4Lll64l,_ 1,;h0 serveti,,:tixat.-it ices; the feeling - of"iris RiAlit Heir. • -Friend :(31r..1, Canning) that it was his .duty to all" parties concerned, and that he would belitiiint in Conforinity . with the sense of the House, in keeping /I.Tiledge onMonday next to bring the question for ward. .'.'' his Right Hon. Friend was prevent:.:.l. by utter inabi- Hy frora attending, he would, trust to the P...;u::.;e_.cc of the House for another pestponement4 , Rut it wa› ids hope and belief of all his friends, as well as of himself, t.l..at he would be enabled to br i n g _ the question forward without delay. - Mr. HI CIE resented a petition froth the inha tants of Aberdeet, praying for the revision of the Corn Laws ; and Col. C.2y - ELNDISH to the same erect from Derby. Ped.tions for protection to the Landed Interest were presented oy Mr. M'QUEEN from the Owners and Occupiers of Land in Bedfordshire; and by Mr. TAL3IASH from the Landowners of Kssteren and another parish in Lincolnshire. • CORN LAWS. Mr. TALMASH presented petitions from two parishes in Lincolnshire, praying for agricultural protection. Sir W. INGILBY presented a petition from two other parishes in Lincolnshire to the same -Colonel CAVENDISH presented a petition from Derby, against the. Corn Laws. Mr. CALCRAFT presented a petition from and occupiers . of land in Norfolk, against the new regula tion of weights . an4 xes_sures: Mr. BROWNLOW preantal a petition from certain Catholics of Monaghan, praying for emancipation. The OentlOrnal also postponed his motion with respect to Orange proce.siods to Wednesday the 28th inst., on account of the ab team St;c Gottlburn. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. Mr. MABERLY, in consequence of the difference which had cteurlid on the preceding night with respect to the estimate atid cash account, moved that there should be laid be " Ore House certain additional accounts upon those subjects, '44::ch would make misunderstarrling hereafter impossible. Mr. HERRIES was prepared to prove that the statements already laid before the House were perfectly correct ; and there were papers upon the table trora which the Hon. Gen tleman might gather all the information that he wanteci. He should not, however, resist the production of the new returns. Mr. HUME would be glad to have the . .results distinctly in the documents of Ministers themselves; and then they cculd afterwards take no objection to them. CHURCH LANDS IN CANADA. Mr. W. HORTON moved, pursuant to notice, for leave to bring in a Bill, authorising the disposal of a portion of those lands called the Clergy Reserves, in Upper and Lover Canada; a contract for the sale of those same lands with the Ca nada ComPeny having recently been broken off. Mr. STANLEY believed that there would be but re' reeling throughout the Canadas with respect to this question ; %r all parties agreed that the existence of the clergy lands, in their present uncultivated state, was a serious obstacle to improvement in the colony. Mr. HUME supported the motion. Mr. LOMBE said a few words, which did not reach the gallery. _ Mr. i l 4. 14ORTON said that measures would be taken to have road. and other improvements made and kept up through those parts of the reserved lands which still remained in the holding of the clergy. In reply to-a question front Mr. Baring, Mr. HORTON said, that the church property was secured by the Canada Act of 1791, which appropriated one seventh of it in the manner he had stated. Mr. BARING had the strongest objections to this appropriation of land in Canada, for the Church of England. He concurred, howeTer, in the expediency of disposing of these re served lands in the manner - now proposed. M. W. HORTON explained, that whether this mode of appropriation of lands by the act of 1791, - was politic or not, still it was the law. But all he proposed was a cer tain alienation of the church lands, for the general improvement ; so that, as far as he went,' he was deviating from the provision which the Hon. Member deemed objectionable, and rather acting in the spirit of his suggestion. Mr. WARBURTON recommended, that instead of these appropriations of land for - Church purposes in Canada, en investment should take place to promote education in these wild districts. . Mr. STANLEY begged it to be understood, that la giving his unqualified support to the measure of the Hon. Gen t!ernan (Mr. Horton), he was by no means insensible to the ab surd provisions of the Canada Act of 1791, which had endeavour ed to establish a church where he thought it never could be esta blished. The present measure would not, however, impede the revision of the former Act, and he hoped it would take place. Mr. N. CALVERT said a few words, which were not heard in the Gallery. Mr. Alderman WA I TH M AN complained - strongly "f the Stock Companies which had been established for colo nization, and pointed. out how fatally they bad deceived indivi duals, who had under their auspices gone to Colombia. Mr. W. HORTON said, that a general declama t:en against these companies had nothing to do with the question before the House. Mr. DAWSON (of Louth) said that there were two great blunders in'the act of 1791; one vvas the appropriation of a provision for a clergy, before they had sought to provide any kind of congregation ; and, the other was the fixing of land in , c . t i es i ail tieal ;hands, to the iniury of the land iteelt. How were improvements 4o be effected - in these bad grants? all commissions for that pi:*pose would only raise up a system of jobbing. The Bishop's funds, is Ireland, were i always the because the shortneaa of their leases forbad,l naprovemeni:. The sam e evil would be fotmd in Canada, utiles* longer leases and better encou ragement were given. Leave was then given to bring in a Bill to authorise the alien ation of a part of the clergy reserves in Upper Canada. HALF-PAY OFFICERS.: Mr. HUMt role to britig 'o Yard - the motion of which he Itsd given notice ; it was in fact a continuation of the information which he had obtained last session, namely, returns of the number of officers of the army on full and on half-pay ; also the number of first couimisldons, and promotions in the last year in the army. His great object was to allow that, a great saving,Might be obtained by a more economical arrangement in this braueh r of the public service. The Hon. MeMber then moved for a r e turn of the number of pfomotions fror:. the 25th January, 1826, to' the. 25th Jan: . 1827, distinguishing the rank, and the number of officers on whole and on half-pay. Loid PALMERSTON wished to say a few words in explanation of the observations of the Hon. Member c'PPosit4-: The only case in which a clew i n dividual seas put into 4eesvice, was when there were vacant ensigncies to be disposed,of without purchase. These wzre very few in number, a nd wet-.geuerally given to the relatives of officers in the army, or to other,, who had similar claims. He wor '1 also take this opportunity of explaining, that the observation which lie lately made respecting the disinclinatio n of half-pay officers to return to sp a y , was not intended to refer to officer* of high rank. That meat officers bf high rank would gladly be employed, and •;..m, there were I F ec t uent applications t o t h at e ff ect cou ld not b e ‘loubted. Al! that he intruded to convey was, that among officers , f lower rink there was not unfrequently a disinclination to be put on full-pay. • Mr. MIME found from papers which had been 141 id on the table of that House, that in the last year 412 persons had been admitted to commissions without purchase, and he con tended that these were so many pensioners. Th e „ rat i o: , was t hen put, and agreed to. Mr. HUME said , th at his motive i n moving for these returns was merely to obtain a continuation of the papers which had been laid upon the table during the last Session. The Average of promotiors d ur ing the last ten years was 677 ; and he should now move for " a return of the total number of gentlemen who had received fivat commissions in regiments of cavalry and Foot Guards, distinguishing the rank of each, and whether grant ed 1)3: purchase or without, from the F!iyth of January, 1526, tip the 25th of January, 1527." The motion was then put and agreed to. Mr. HUME then moved for " a return of the nurn- 4.4berrof commissions which had' become vacant by death; 'removal, i!kflesignation, distinguishing. the rank of each, and , those.which had been filled•up'from' the half-pay, froth .theiJsth 7 .6f,..Tinuary, SIS 26, to the of January, 1827.:—Agreecifew 4 • • COMAIITTEES ; .(//:"; PRIVATE, BILLS._ BRANSIIY COOPER rose, pursuant Co the ;'notice which he bad given, to - move a resolution against adding , ioices" to committees on private bills. Ile should submit to , Ixt . toti-House the-fidloniug.resolUtion Resolved, thit'. - after 8114 omioittee on petition for, or en private bills, has been ap inter, i.accoziding tO - theneW list of counties, individual Members ma} be I wed tlkereto'oit,lepezial;apiilicaticrmln - th/t Ifoc and fist no - . 7kivitimber 1% aye - Ally- Yeast' ortdny-kuoll - eurnutittee, - exrciit thoQ gissally inckiaed in the new.ilist, .er subsequently added by perinis.. gun of the House. Mr. MUNDY seconded the motion. After a conversation between the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Wynn, and Mr. Caleraft, the motion was agreed N. CANADA. Mr. HL' CIE said,' that his attention had been again called to this subject from the fact that, of the persons who had emigrated to Canada, nut more than OW:, or one and a halt; of the total number had been able to overcome the impedimenta which stood in the way of settling there. He should submit to the Hon. Gentleman opposite how far it would be advisable to pre pare, at the Colonial-office or elsewhere, books or diagrams of the districts on which it wls prop , !3A that emicrants should settle. The Honourable Member concluded by moving, that an ad dress be presented to his Majesty for copies of the regulations lately adopted with respect to the grants of land in Canada, with the specific rates of fees, and the forms requisite on making such grants, together with an account of the lands sold to the Canada Company, the amount of money received, and to be received of them, and how disposed of. Also a list of the sales which had been made in the last year, and the number of acres, the names of the purchasers, the amount of money re ceived, and stated to he received by the public for the sale of such lands. Mr. W. HORTON was under some difficulty as to answering the questions which had been raised by the Hon. Member, and wished to do so at some other opportunity. The question was then put, when Mr. HUME begged leave to withdraw the last part of his motion. The motion thus altered, was then carried without a division. SUPPLY. On the Report of the Committee of Supply on the Army Esti • mates being brought up, Mr. HUME seeing the Chancellor of the Exche quer in his place, wished to ask him whether the estimates as they stood, were meant to include all the expences of the expedition to Portugal, or whether he intended to propose some addition at a future opportunity? He thought it was time for the Right Hon. Gentleman ti be looking about for the ways and means with which to pay the estimates. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that it was impossible for him at this moment to say whether he should propose to the House that the ad•litional expencas in curred by the expedition of Portugal should be defrayed by an addition to the Army Extraordinaries, or by means of a se parate vote. In whatever shape it might be presented, he did nut think it would he so formidable as the Hon. Member seemad to think. On the first resolution being read, Mr. WARBURTON wished to know whetikr all the expence of the Portuguese expedition would be tie frayed by this country, or any part by Portugal, and if so, what part ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that this Government was not to pay the expence of the sub sistence and the charges for barracks of the troops in Portugal, which were to be defrayed by the Government of that country. The resolution was then put, and carried. On the resolution fora grant to the Royal Military Colleges, Mr. HUME objected to the great expence incurred in the education of young men for the army at the various mili tary Colleges, which bore no proportion to the number of cadets. In the last year only 38 cadets who had been educated at the mi litary colleges had entered the army, and he believed thai ;or some year► there had not been more than ten young men at Woolwich. Mr. Secretary PEEL thought it was necessary that officers should be educated in such a manner as would qualify them for entering the service. The Honourable Member was mistaken in supposing that only 38 cadets had been educated ; for in time of peace 200, and in war 400, were educated at these colleges. Mr. MABERLY admitted that it was necessary our officers should be properly educated, but he thought this ought to be at the charge of their friends. He had no doubt that 10,000/. a year might be saved if the matter were referred to a Committee. _ Mr. D. W. HARVEY wished, that not only this branch, but the whole of the estimates, should be referred to a Committee, with a view to public economy. Mr. PEEL said the measure suggested by the Honourable Member had been adopted in 1517, when the scale of this part of our expenditure was fixed. Mr. D. W. HARVEY thought that it would be serviceable to the country if such a Committee were to be ap pointed every seven years. Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN remonstrated against the excessive expenditure on account of the military esta blishments of the country. ' Mi. LOMBE rose, but, from the situation which the Hon. Member had taken under the gallery at tie opposition side of the House, his observations were not distinctly -heard where we sat. The Honourable Gentleman went over various items of 'the Army Estimates, and complained g enerally of the Want of explanation which was visible in the accounts. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER explained. The Honourable Gentleman could not be aware that the votes to which he had alluded had already passed the House. Had the Honourable Member stated his objections to those -votes as they were separately proposed, he would have been answered at the time, for he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) was quite sure that there was no disinclination on the part of his Noble Friend (Lord Palmerston) to afford any information on the subject. Mr. LOMBE explained. . Lord HOTHAM defended the household troops front the observations of the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Lombe): Mr. MONCIC said, that the present vote was the most objectionable which the present estimates contained. The vote was then passed. . On the grant being propoted of 36,272/. for maintaining his Majesty's Garrisons at home and abroad, for the year 1827, Mr. HUME opposed this vote several years ago, and the time that had since elapsed had more and more strongly. convinced him of the necessity of adopting some salutary measure . of reform, not only in this particular vote, but with re gard to others. He would show that' in this estimate of 86,2721., the country was called upon to pay for a staff in places where no garrisons existed. - In abort, he meant to show that the present vote was for the maintenance of a nest of sinecures. When this grant was proposed to the House in the first instance by the Noble Lord, the Secretary at War, he said that his Majesty wished to have it in his power to bestow on officers who had distinguished themselves in the service of the country the appointments to the garrisons at home and abroad as a reward for public conduct. If that feeling had been acted upon in the present - instance, he (Mr. Hume) would not have felt it his duty - to rise and oppose this vote, but he knew that the opposite policy had been pursued with regard to it, and he believed it to be an undoubted fact, that persons were appointed to those gar rison situations no better qualified than he was to fill a military station. When he lately passed through Berwick there was not a gun in the garrison, the cause of which he (Mr. Hume) under stood to be this :—When the Radicals were making a noise in the country threatening the destruction of property and what not, the Governor of Berwick was so alarmed lest the guns of the garrison should fall into their hands, that he actually sent the guns from the place. Every gun in the garrison was swept away, but the Governor himself remained.—(A laugh.)— And what did this fear on the part of the Governor arise from ? Because the people were oppressed beyond their means. It was nothing but mismanagement on the part of the. Government o f a countr y that ever tem p t e d its people to rebel. The effect attended upon the cause. The sum required fur the garrisons in Great Britain, for 1827, he found, amounted to 0 3,18 1 1. The Governor of Berwick, to whom he had before al luded, received an annual salary of 5681., which would be paid out of this vote. The salary of the Lieutenant-Governor was 163/. per annum ; and then there was a Town-Adjutant, and a Town- Major, who had also separate allowances --so much for the gar rison of Berwick. Then there was the non-resident Governor of Lackness Castle; lie did not exactly know where the place s was situated ; all he knew was, that there was such a Governor, and he Was tion-resident. Ai Carlisle, there was a Governor at an annual allowance 01113/, And in Chadter there was a Governor at the same income. The Governor of Abel Cinque Potts bad also a salary of 1731. a-year, and so- .had. the Lord Warden and the Governor of Dover . c..astle. - There ,was.a iarrison at I)artmouth; and win) commanded it ? He found .that ,the; Governorship of Dartmouth was giren , to Arthur lIoWe Holds worth, Esq. Then-there Was anon-resident Governor of Dun - 4,-, liarten Castle and at, the Tower it. Nvit*.n9toifaiti that 'Many-of the iiidividuals WhO,,,held appeintinents. - there, • 'lived r,iffolki. Nor ethti; places. We Member concluded by opposing..the vote, and 'proposed as an F.mendnient to the effect, that the .1-louse conceived the system of granting sinecures and - ..pensionTas - .one, lighly`inekiedieni,Tantl• they gaVe for an exaropletheGovernorahip,of Berwick; anti-the-House further..,_ ihat pe . niipus should Le ,given. to meritorip,ps. retired ofthiers,lesteid of Useles:S sinecures. - • ' • Sir A. HOPE rose to oppose 'the amendinent of the Hon. Gentleman, who had not proved to the House that the situations of which he spoke were eirtecuieo. With respect to the Governor of Berwick, he'had been '62 years in the service, and the Lieutenant-Governor 49 years, making a total 'of 111 years passed in the service of their country. It appeared that there were 59 Governors in all, whese united periods of service amounted to 2,000 years. The Covernor of Chelsea Hospital and himself Ltd seen together a period of 104 years' service. There were, it ,appeared, 588 officers at present on the list, and many had not a higher income than some Hon. Members of that House were in the habit of giving their clerks.—(Hear, hear.)—lt was not true that the army had gone on increasing in its expenditure. For, to instance one class of officers—he meant the Colonels—they had not received the smallest adtlitiz.n to their pay since tlu. reign cf Queen Anne.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. MABEELY had advised his Hon. Friend (Mr. Hume) long ago, not to press his objections against those estimates, as such subjects could only be debated with effect in a committee. His Host. Friend, however, had followed his own discretion, and, perhaps, after all, he did right in keeping the subject so constantly before the public. It had, no doubt, the effect of putting a wholesome check to the expenditure of the country. Ile wished his Hon. Friend would grasp the entire subject at once, and move for a committee to inquire into the whole expences of the country.—(Hear I) Lord PALMERSTON observed, that the Hon. Member (Mr. Moberly) bad displayed some little inconsistency; for, from the line of argument he had used, it was natural to suppose that he would have opposed in Coto the proposition of the lion. Member for Aberdeen, instead of recommending him to bring it forward in an amended form. There was not the least doubt but that the proposition of the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Hume) was more consistent with justice and principle than that which the Hon. Member (Mr. Moberly) suggested. The noble Lord concluded by opposing the proposition of the Hon. Member for Aberdeen. Mr. BARING conceived that between the present time and next Session, it would be right to consider some method by which the accounts of the country could be simplifte.l. Mr. HUME yielded to the suggeqicn of his Hon. Friend, the Member for Abingdon, and carman:A to withdraw hie amendment. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that before the amendment was withdrawn, he wished to make a few observations as to the government of the Isle of Wight, which was at present held by the Earl of Malmesbury. The Governor cf that island never had been a military officer ; he had certain civil duties to perform, and acted rather as a Lord Lieu tenant. The office had been ordered to be abolished by an Act of Th , .cliament passed in 1807 ; and on the death of its present hoick:, the Earl of Malmesbur•, it would cease to exist. Mr. RICKFORD objected to the Government of Dartmouth being held by a gentleman who was.not in the army, and proposed an amendment, reducing the original grant by the salary paid to that gentleman. On this amendment the House diiided, when there appeared For it, 15 Against it, 45 Majority, 30, • The original resolut►on was then put, and carr►ed. The other resolutions were then agreed to, after a few desultory remarks from Mr. Hume. _ THE DUKE OF CLARENCE. Mr. HERRIES brought in a Bill to enable his Majesty to make a further provision for'their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Clarence. The Bill was read a first time. Mr. HUME hoped that this Bill would be read a second time when there was somebody in the House. Consider ing the present thinstate of the House, he could not designate the introduction of this Bi ll , r st so Late an 1:onr, by any other term than that of smuggling it through the House. He had been strongly inclined to have the House counted when it was proposed to read the BM a first time. Mr. HERRIES repelled, in the. strongest terms, the insinuation which the Hon. Member had made against him, when he said that he had smuggled the )3ill that evening through the House. Mr. HUME replied, that, in .what he had said, he had no intention to wound the feelings of the Hon. Gentleman, for whom he entertained *try, siucere respect. The Bill was then ordered to be printed, and to be read a second time on Thursday next. Mr. FIUME gave notice, that he would to-morrow move for espies of the pension list of England; Scotland, and Ire.; land. The Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at 11 o'clock. Erratum.—LAn error (which, we believe, was general through out the MOrning papers) appeared in our parliamentary report yesterday. The diviiion was, for the resolution respecting the grant, to the Duke of Clarence, 173 against 57. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. A Return of the Number of Bills filed, in each of the last seven years, in the Equity Court of Exchequer ; stating the latest number retraining to be "heard. I certify, that the number of Bills filed during the years afore said; is as follows: In the year 1820 •.'373 in the year 1824 1821 " $lO . -A= -la • 1825 ...... 230 1822 1823 And I further certify, that it . is found impossible to state to your Honourable House, the latest number of such. Bills remain ing to be heard, inasmuch -as many. of those . latterly filed may . never be brought to issue, c set down for hearing, .and many of them have been compromised by the parties thereto, without the knowledge of the Officers of the. Court ; but the number of Causes now standing in the General Cause Paper of the last Term, in which publication has not passed, and which are con ‘,.quently not ready for hearing, is twenty-nine ; and the number I of Causes now remaining in the:Lord Chief Baron's Paper ready for hearing, is twelve. F. H. DAVIS, Junior Sworn Clerk. King's Remembrancer's Office, Dec. 11, 1826. INSOLVENT 'DEBTORS. An Account of the Number of Persous who, having taken the benefit of the Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, have been !discharged from Prison under that Act, ,between the lit of December , 1824, and the Ist of December,, 1826 ; distin guishing the nu mber dischar g ed in each year, and the number remanded. 1 Ily the By the Cominis- Court in .ion,ra London. on the, Circuit, .1.--.-- 1 1,969 119 2,435 102 By Jul. t ices in 1 Betsreen Dec.), 1824 Number discharged and Dec. 1, 1825 Number remanded Between Dec. 1,1825 Number discharged and Dec.), 1826 Number remanded on 'l2 51 1,385 16A 1,905 .. 184 N.B.—ln this Return, the tarn " discharged," mearis,-Wr dered to be discharged forthwith ; and the term. " remanded," means, ordered to be discharged at. a, future period. J. MASSEY, Ch. Clerk. • Office of the Court for Relief of Insolvent Debtors, Lincoln's Inn-fields, Feb. 1,. 1827. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning...." '7 rainutea after 11. I Evening 41 minutes after 11. BANK NOTES. An account of the total number of Notes of th e Governor and Company of the Bank of England, under the value of 51., which has been issued lilehekoffrFoembrtuhaeryl,stlhsvofi and also th e t o t a l January, 1 827, until e the nu mber of Notes under the value of 5/. actua ll y in circulation at the d sa u t r u in rd g ay each preceding itndev every close of the business on every such Saturday, pursuant to Act 7th Geo. IV.. cap. Numberof Amount in Circuit Notes of tion of Notes undo 1 issued. the value of .£5.. From Jan. 15 to Jan. 20, both inclusive Nil Jan. 20 ... £738,200 From Jan. 22 to Jana 2'7, both inclusive 'Nil Jan. 27 ... £723,1,93 From Jau. 29ito Feb. 3 , hoth inclusive N il Feb. 3 ... X 712,110 From Feb. 6to Feb. 10, both inclusive Nil Feb. 10 ... £697,214 N.B. No other Notes under the value WMof 5/. . DAWES, have been issu ed. Aect Gen, Bank of England , Feb. 15 . (Signed) , LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRLTARY 21, 1827. NATIONAL MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE DUKE OF YORK, &c. rI-IE PUBLIC MEETING in Aid of the above Object will be held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen street, on MONDAY,. 26th jug. ; on which occasion His- Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON will take the chair, iintietually at One. FRED; MAITLAND, Gen. lion; . Flee Con:mit/et-nom" Royal Uni n Office, ~,. Laneaster-plac; Teb. 16. PAR L.LAMENTARY PROCED,ING•tS.. MOUSE OF COMMONS.. ._ ,7.;',iOTICES7OtNtriVPl4Milt PVIKAPIIik 1,131%7.: - 1. Mr. Powell Buxton— Appointment of the Mauritius '6l,are Trade Committee. ' Mr. Leader Maberly—ToconAider the Petition from the• Borough of Northampton, relating to the conduct of the Corporation of that Borough. 3. Sir John Newport—Select Committee on the Petition from the City of Waterford [presented 11th February], for the improvement of the communication to the South and South-west of Ireland by Milford Haven. 4. Mr. James Grattan—Return of the Parishes and Counties, with the names of landlords from whose estates the Irish emigrants were taken in the years 1823 and 1823. 3. Mr. Jonathan Peel—Return of the number of men from the last monthly Return of each regiment to make them effective. 6. Lord Vise. Milton—Petition from Leeds relating to the Corn Laws. 7. Mr. Whittle Harvey—Returns connected with Queen Anne's Bounty. Also, Returns connected with the sale and purchase of Crown Lands. S. Mr. William Smith—To refer to the Committee on the Norwich and Lowestoft Navigation Bill the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee in the last Session. ft. Lord Viscount Palmerbon—Select Committee, to prepare Militia Es- 10. Mr. Hume—Pension lAA, England, Scotland, and Ireland. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. 1. Supply—Committee. g. Ways and Means —Committee. NOTICE GIVEN YESTERDAY. Wednesday, Feb. 28. Brownlow—Copies of Correspondence which passed bet Ween the Irish Government and the‘Magistrates of Lisburn, and its vicinity, relating to Orange Parades on the 12th July, 1525 :—Also, Copies of the Opinions of the Law Officers of the Crown in Ireland which were laid before the Magistrates respecting Procession.. - PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 2OS 3 pet Cent. Red 82 %34 3 per Cent. Cons. 92 Ai 314 per Cent. 694 Ditto Red 6.314. 9 SS, 4 er Cent. New 63, Ditto, 1826 97 5 ,4 Bank Long Ann. 119.:1a %• 9-16 India Stack Ditto Bonds 50 52 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN F Austrian Bonds, 5 per cent ... Brazilian Bonds 63 Buer , :s Ayres Bonds. Chilian Bonus, 6 per ct. C )lornblan Bonds Ditto, 1824 Danish, 3 per cent. 6ll 1 Greek Bonds 13!,4 Ditto, 18:i6 l6 Guatemala Mexican Bonds D 0.2.1825 6 3M.,i 7% 3 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock Old Annuitice New Ditto Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d. .32 13 pl Ditto XOO 24:1 St 33 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial pm. Bank for Account India bar Account Cons. for Acct. ln 17.4 s% .NDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, 1824 Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds l7 nrussian, 5 per cent. Ditto, New — Russian, New, 5 p. c B9N % Spanish, 1821 13% 13 q 1823 French Rentes, sp. c —t —c. —Exchange —f. —c. - - 3 per cent —f. —c. Exchange —t. —c. PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid Per Share, Anglo Mexican Mining Company £Bo. 45 Brazilian Mining Company 4 2O VS 30 28 30 Potosi La Paz and Peruvian Assoc. Canada Company lO 9 33 MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due, O America 0 0 Guernsey. & Jersey. I O Brazil 1 0 Hamburg') 7 O Buenos Ayres O Donaghadee 0 0 Jamaica 0 I Dublin 0 Flanders 0 0 Lisbon 5l O France 0 0 Malta 0 O Gottenburgh 1 0 Waterford 1 b irt t. Z P. ~..N. EARL OF LIVERPOOL. We are happy to state that the sleep which the Noble Earl enjoyed last night was extremely sound. His Lordship is now perfectly able to understand whatever is addressed to him. At half-past twelve o'clock this day his Lordship's Medical attendants issued the following Bulletin : " Fife House, Feb. 21, 1827. " Lord Liverpool has passed a good night, and is rather better to-day." To our inquiries at half-past two this afternoon the an swer was, that his Lordship was a - little better. We have received the French Papers of Sunday, and the Etoile, dated Monday morning. They are almost en tirely filled with the proceedings in the Chamber of De puties, on Saturday, when the general discussion on the Law of the Press was closed in that Chamber. It now remains to examine the separate articles of the Project, and to dispose of the amendments proposed. It is scarcely possible that the law should be carried, without some very material alterations, against the powerful arguments of the Opposition. The Etoile contains intelligence from Constantinople to the 12rtohJeadtemcia;jAdvihyenwiathll newsuccess. The m easures of the Sultan proceeded Efoile also mentions that 'hostilities still continue in Tras-os-Montes , and that the Insur g ents, notwithstand ing they received a check on the 29th near Celanova, on the frontiers of Gallicia, are again masters of Chaves. The Quotidicnnc asserts, that all the letters from Ma drid confirm the accounts of the successes of the Royalists, and that confusion reigned in Lisbon. We have no space for extracts. By the Manchester packet, which arrived at. Liverpool In ad dition d e i h t to re t c h e e iv e e x d tr N ac e t7we York papers t on n 6t M h ult.l nd t. just received by an eminent mercantile }muse from th eir correspondents at . Baltimore, dated the 11th of January, subjoin, is a letter the t er which shelve that the Government of the United Steels have manifested some disposition to relax in their late demands respecting our Colonial Trade. " BALTIMORE, JAN. I I , 1827.—1 hasten to inform you, that it has been decided, by the Committees on Commerce in the Se nate and House of Representatives of Congress, to permit the trade between the colonies and this country to be carried on, for six months, in British vessels, after the passage of the proposed law interdicting all intercourse, in case Great Britain shall not assent to meet us on terms of perfect reciprocity, to be defined in the bill which will be reported in a few days. " It is considered just, that she should have the same notice of the interdiction which she intended to us. It may therefore be important for you to know, that, for six months at least, Br i t i ih vessels will be permitted " to enter and depart f rom our ports w i t h s c u a b r A g i e o ex e t s e:_ for w h , or r k c o i p e t s , r has the following p assage en t h e same . "WAIaIiNGTOI4, JAN. 10.—The committee on manufactures reported a bill this morning, but it is not probable that the House will venture to tamper with our tariff in the face of a declining revenue. " It is understood that our intercourse with the British Colo nies will not be interdicted before the 30th September, and that measures will be proposed by Legislation, which may, in the mean time, be accepted by Great Britain, in which case the in terdiction will not take effect. It is presumed that the committee will report M a few days. If those who preferred diplomacy had any belligerent notions on this question, they have been surrender ed to the more sober suggestions of policy and judgment" - (From the National Advocate, Jan. 16.) " What should be done in this hemisphere to prevent England from taking p ossession of Cuba in the name of Portugal ? Can our Government wake a move? We confess we do not see how. Yesterday accounts arrived that Commodore Porter, in command of a large fleet, was on a cruise from Vera Cruz. If the Mexicans and the Colombians immediately make -t decent oh ctiba and Porta Ripo:--if-all' the Spaddi b[l. this . eolin- - try to tlieiritith:--if the standoid repub should itovi he raid - ;iniC2lib? . ..liy • tlieniseli-e;,, andast4sted by•ibeir South Amerieanbreihreri,.that fine' island nu;.:v be.placed beyond -the... grasping l)0' of,.;Englaud-„ before. her Owe lipOn - 4114:t tea: pared for exemttion. - Zrt.‘altthis; . tbe . United fitlAeisniiit: observe the Stritest AtVrti;e;'.l " - oetbe and.,-tgland3 mar avail 'ltPr..telelif ttye occasion to point o err -Gbrenntrerft t - not shitlibef W feittittivhat we have said on a former oceasitid , --The - , Una`ted :States must :not allow Cuba to pass into the handsof-any other foreign Power. If the island is to change messtere,= (hate masters : masL . b., ourselrcs. HOUSE" OF RTVRESENTATIVEIS.' Wool-LEN MANUF;ICTUIREs. ...;~.; Mr. Mallary, from the committee on manufactures, to which had been referred petitions from various parts of the United States, upon the subject of woollen-manufactures, reported the following bill, " a Bill for the alteration of the Acts imposing duties on imports. " Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the United States of America, in Congress assem bled, that from and after the first day of August, 1827, in lieu of the duties now imposed by law on the manufactured ariicles hereafter mentioned, imported into the United States, there shall be charged and paid the duties chargeable thereon, in tle follow ing manner:— All manufactures of wool, or of ‘ , .-hich wool is a em ponent part, except worsted stuff goods and !defiles, whos.. ' act , !al value at the place whence ' - nported shall not exceed 40 cents per square yard, shall be deemed and taken to have cost 40 cents the square yard, and be charged with the present duty accordingly. " 2d. All manufactures of wool, Or of which wool shall lie a component part, except worsted stuff goods and blankets, whose actual value at the place whence imported shall exceed 40 cents the square yard, and shall not exceed two dollars and 50 cents the square yard, shall be taken and deemed to have cost three dollars the square yard, and charged with the present duty ac cordingly. " 3d. All manufactures of wool, or of which wool is a com ponent part, worsted stuff goods and blankets excepted, whose actual value at the place whence imported shall not exceed two dollars and fifty cents the square yard, and shall not exceed four dollars the square yard, shall he taken and deemed to have cost four dollars the square yard, and charged with the present duty accordingly. " Sect. 2. And he it further enacted, that all unmanufactured wool, now charged with a duty of thirty per cent. ad valorem, shall, from and after the Ist day of June, 1828, be charged with a duty of 35 per cent. ad valorem, and, from and after the Ist day of June, 1829, be charged with a duty of 40 per cent. ad valorem. And all wool unmanufactured, whose actual value at the place where imported shall exceed ten per cent. per pound, and not exceed 40 cents per lb., shall be deemed and taken to have cost 40 cents per lb., and be charged with the duty as in this sec tion is before provided. " Sect. 3. And he it further enacted, that all imported wool, on the skin, shall be chargeable with a duty of 30 per cent. ad valorem, including the value of the skin, until the Ist day of Au gust, 1827, when a duty of 35 per cent. ad valorem shall be charged and paid until the Ist day of August, 1828 ; after which there shall be chargwi and paid on the same a duty of 40 per cent. ad valorem." The bill was twice read, and committed to the committee of the whole on the state of the Union. Our Readers will perceive with much satisfaction, by our Parliamentary Report, that the health of Mr. CANNING is so much improved as to lead to the expectation that he will be able to attend in his place in the House of Com mons on Monday night, and bring on the important mea sures proposed by the Government in respect to the Corn Laws. Mr. PEEL, in answer to an enquiry made by Sir Tnomas LETtinainca, stated that nothing but an abso lute impossibility to attend, would prevent the Right Hon. Gentleman from submitting to the House on that night the propositions which his MAJESTY'S Ministers had deter mined to make on this most important question. We rejoice at this determination,. because the public mind :is more agitated with conflicting opinions on the subject of the Corn Laws than with any other which has occupied the attention of Parliament for some years, and it is desirable that this state of suspense should be speedily removed by a knowledge of what the proposed measures are to be. By papers received at the North and South American Coffee House, from Rio Janeiro, it appears that the .Em- Peror Dos PEDRO is resolved upon prosecuting the war against the Buenos Ayreans with renewed spirit, and has, for that purpose,embark ed personally in the war,as westated some time ago: This decision. however brave; we hardly think politic in his Imperial Majesty, whose presence can hardly counterbalance the danger likely to affect his dynasty, in case of any disastrous termination of the con test. Indeed the whole course of the wa has been very hostile to the interests of Brazil, and though Buenos Ayres has been partially blockaded and its commace injured, still the Estmiox has had, as yet, nothing to boast of. It appears somewhat impolitic for him to risk so much by persisting in a war of such doubtful character. Brazil is surely extensive enough for the most enlarged ambition, Without seeking to fix the outposts of his Empire at such a distance from home. No doubt his occupation of Monte Video would be a constant source of annoyance . to the Buenos Ayreans, but then lie ought to consider that a pos ! , session held under such circumstances can nererbe secure. The internal . improvement of Brazil—and the moral Cul tivation of his people arc objects far more worthy of a liberal Monarch—while his dignity and power would 13-a advanced in proportion to their increased loyalty and hap piness. Th following are extracts : _ RIO Jamtlao, DEC. 1, 1826. The Brazilian squadron, consisting of the Don Pedro, 74, the Nero frigate, end a sloop of war, together with several transports and two thousand troops, sailed . from Rio Grande, with the Emperor on board, who was determined to carry his point in the south. An embargo was laid in Rio, on the 16th of November, in consequence of the preparations for this expedition, and was not removed until the 27th, three days after it had sailed. The United States squadron, consisting of the frigate Mace donia, Conamc'Aore Biddle; corvette, Cyane, Captain Elliott, and sloop of war, Boston, Captain Hoffman, were at Rio on the above date. The brig Ruth, which had been taken at sea by one of the Brazilian cruisers, under the pretence that shy was bound to. Buenos Ayres, was given up 27th Nov.—The troops of the Emperor, and those of the Buenos Ayreans, had concen trated their forces at Rio Grande, and it was expected would soon cominence hostilities. The river La Plata was thickly block aded by about 60 sail, so that it was impossible for any vessel to get in. Provisions of every description are very high and scarce. Flour 60 dr. per barrel, in paper money. Prices at Rio, Fl our 9m. r. on shore, (about 5000 barrels unsold). Soap 14 m. r., Pork 16, Beef 12.—The Buenos Ayrean army is stated to consist of about 12,000, including must of the foreigners, (about 500), who bad joined them against the Brazilians.--The Brazilian sloop of war Gentle Americana, of 20 guns, was lost in a gale on the 29th of September ; eleven other vessels were driven on shore. Markets at Monte Video.—Flour 9 ds. on board, Pork 10, Beef 14, Soap 16, Hams Sli cents per pound ; no demand for' domestic goods ; spirituous liquors of every description dull. Produce of the country scarce and high. Coffee 2m. 700 a 3m. per dr. Hides 170 a ISO rs. per pound ; no Sugar in the market. The crops are not in yet owing to the heavy ra'ns which had deluged the country for several weeks with little in termission. By the schooner Laurel, Ken, from St. Thomas's, at Norfolk, we learn that the produce of the United States was allowed t 3 hr reshipped in English vessels from St. Thomas's for any Britlsh Island. Markets.--. Flo ur 8.50 drs. a 9 ; no Rice in market. The following is the copy of a letter received this morning fro al New York, dated 16th Jan. 1827 : There are a great many speculations afloat with regard to the course of proceeding which our Government will take in the question of Cuba : the importance of this island will be eons& derably diminished, if the Administration should resolve upon