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Wivtk; , tf.t.." 1.411 ( , - rritA k 11 1 , , -",‘ to) • ' """ L. <0 • • , 4? - " I r. 1. `.4:0-k . • - • kW . • • •. • • V 7O t r _ _ CONTRACT FOR DANTZIC OR MEMEL GOODS. NAVY-OFFICE, APRIL 3, 1827. THE Principal Officers and Commissioners of his Majesty's Navy do hereby give Notice, That on ttnrs.snAY, the 19th instant, at One o'Clock, they 'will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to contract for supplying his Majesty's several Doak Yards, with b ANTZIC or MEMEL GOODS, consisting of Fir Timber, Oak Plank, and Deck Deals. A Distribution of the Goods and a Form of the Tender may be seen at this Office. No Tender will be received after One o'Clock on the Day of Treaty, nor any noticed, Wefts the Party, or an Agent for him, attends. Every Tender must be accompanied by a Letter ad dressed to the Navy Board, and signed by Two responsi ble Persons, engaging to become bound with the Person tendering, in the Sum of 5,000 E., for the due performance of the Contract. TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1827. No. 10,790. PRICE 7D OAN CONTRACTED for His Majesty. ILA the KING of PRUSSIA, by Mr. N. M. Roths child, in London, in 1818 . —Notice is hereby given, that, in conformity with the General tond, signed by His Ma jesty the King .of Prussia, at Belin, the 7th of May, 18 18, wherein reference made the contract of the above mentioned Loan, dated 31st of March, 1811, according to which a sinking fund was provided, whereof the Seven teenth Half -yearly Redemption fell due on the first of the present month of April, his Excellency Baron Maltzabn, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the King of Prussia, jointly with Mr. N. M. Roths child, in the presence of Mr. Bonnet, Notary Public, has en the 9th instant CANCELLED and DEPOSITED in the Bank of England, according to the form prescribed, the following amounts, viz.: Twenty-five Thousand Pounds Sterling in Special Bonds of the said Loan, being the first Half-yearly Redemption in the ninth year, viz.-_1 per cent. per annum on the laid Loan. And also the amount of Twenty-one Thousand One Hundred Pounds Sterling in said Bonds (as included in the specification below), be ing purchased from the interest of the Eight Hundred and Forty-three Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds Sterling, redeemed from the first of April, 1819, to the first of October, 1826, both days inclusive. NUMBERS OF 178 SPECIAL BONDS CANCELLED. LAW INTELLIGENCE. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. on Distress Bill. Although he did not anticipate any op position to the principle of the Bill, he begged to call their Lordships' attention to it, and he was sure they would give that the more readily, because the Bill went only to relieve the middle and lower classes of society from a grievous op pression, to which they were subjected by levying distresses. Many years ago a Bill had been brought in to relieve them on one part of these costs, which had received the sanction of the Legislature, and was mentioned in the Bill then be fore their Lordships. It was the Act of 57th George 111., but it applied only to distress levied for rent, and by it brokers were forbidden to exact more than a certain sum as costs. But it did not affect distresses levied on account of Church Rates and Poor Rates, on which people were still subjected to most exorbitant charges. This was not all. It had become a practice, he understood, among bro kers who were employed to levy a distress for rent, to as- , certain if they could not also levy a distress for Church ' Rates or Poor Rates, and thus compel the parties to pay as large fees as if no law had ever passed to protect those on whom a distress was levied for rent. He could quote many instances of most exorbitant charges, but not to tire their Lordships, he should content himself with one. The Noble Marquis then read a bill of costs on a distress for a church rate of 3s. 6d., which amounted to I/. 13s. This was a sufficient case, he thought, to induce their Lordships to consent to the second reading of the Bill. If there were any inaccuracies in the Bill, they might be amended in the Committee. HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, ArRIL 9. APPEALS. FLETCIIIM V. LORD SONDES. SIMONY.---FINAL JUDGMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 9. At the close of an Appsal case, which concerned the pa tronage of Church-livings, it being a case in which a bond had been given to present to a living, The Archbishop of CANTERBURY brought in a Bill, having for its object, as we understood, to relieve both the Patrons and the Receivers of such Bends from the heavy penalties to which they are subject by the present law. The Bill was read a first time and ordered to be printed. Mr. Monday, Sir James Graham, and others, from the Commons, brought up several Private Bills. Mr. Tomlins, from the Treasury, presented at the Bar an Account of all the Imports from Russia, Prussia, Swe den, and Denmark, since the year 1814. ARCHANGEL, BALTIC, OR CANADA DEALS. Navy-Oratca, APRIL 4, 1827. THE Principal Officers and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy do hereby give Notice, That ""! Dimensions of the Deals, for which they arc to re ceive Tenders on THURSDAY, the 19th inst. have been al tered, and that th e P ar ti cu lars of the Alterations may b e known on application to this Office. After a few observations from Lord REDESDALE as to some informality in the Bill, and an observation of the Marquis of LANSDO\VN in reply, the Bill was read a se cond time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. QONTRACT FOR DEALS, CANADA FIR, AND WHITE OAK TIMBER, AND ASH RAFTERS. NAvy-Orricz, MARCH 24, 1827. THE principal Officers and C omm i ss i oners of - 1 1- his Majesty's Navy do hereby give notice, That on Tuunsio.mr, the 19th of April next, at One o'Clock, they Will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be wil ling t o contract for supplying the following Articles, viz. Archangel, Canada, or Baltic Red Wood, Deals, or Canada Spruce Deals, cut from Timber grown on the Banks of the St. Maurice. And Canada Red and Yellow Pine, and White Oak Timber and Ash Rafters. To be delivered at His 'Majesty's Dock Yards, according to Distributions, which, with Forms of Tenders, may be seen at this Office. No Tender will be received after One on the Day of Treaty, nor any noticed unless the Party, or an Agent for him, attends. Every Tender must be accompanied by a Letter ad dressed to the Navy Board, and signed by Two responsible Persons, engaging to become bound with the Person tendering, in the Sum of 1,3001., for the due performance of the Contract for Deals, and in the Sum of 3,0001. for the Contract tar Timber and Rafters. EAST INDIA HOUSE, JAN. 24, 1827. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the , U NITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of -c,NGLAND Trading t o th e EAST INDIES d o h ere by give N ot i ce, .That a GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY 11 '' 11 be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on Win ;.PA.Y, the 11th Ap r il nex t, from Nine o'Clock in the ofear& SI X °ri ling until Six in the Evenlaid ing, for the ELECTION k' DIRECTORS of the COMPANY for Four JOSEPH DART, .Secretary. T° THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE ELECTION of SIX DIRECTORS for :, ""EDNESDAY, the 1 lth April next, the favour of 4r Vot e and Interest is reque!ted for the following Gen "flies, CTIARLES ELTON PRESCOTT, ESQ. GEORGE SMITR, ESQ. SWENY TOONE, ESQ. WILLIAM ASTELL, ESQ. CAMPBELL MARJORIBANICR, DSO. JOHN MASTERMAN, ESQ. Which will much oblige, Ladies and Gentlemeu, Your most humble Servants, GEORGE A. ROBINSON, HUGH LINDSAY, J. DLTPRE ALEXANDER, HENRY ALEXANDER, JOHN BAILLIE, JOHN BEBB, ROBERT CAMPBELL, WM. STANLEY CLARKE, JAMES RIVETT CARNAC, NEIL B. EDMONSTONE, ROBERT T. FARQUH AR, JOHN LOCH, CHARLES MILLS, JOHN MORRIS, JOHN P. MUSPRATT, EDWARD PARRY, JAMES PATTISON. RICHARD C. PLOWDEN, GORGE RAIKES, JOHN G. RAVEN SHAW, JAMES STUART, JOHN THORIVHILL, H. ST. GEORGE TUCKER, WILLIAM WIGRAM. 4 et India House, March 28, 1827. I° TH E PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIE S AND GENTLEMEN, A VING the honour of being recommended Ito you by the DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA ro'ANY as CANDIDATES for the DIRECTION, hellchosen this year, we take the liberty of requesting leer chosen of your Vote on the day of ELECTION, 'I)NESDAY, the 1 lth A.pril next. We are, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient and most humble servants, CHARLES ELTON PRESCOTT, GEORGE SMITH, I TO A O s N T E E , LL, I S V W I L E L N I AIV Y CAMPBELL MARJORIBANKS, JOHN MASTERMAN. India House, March 28, 1827. To TH EE T P ROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. r at ' i ll'e AND GENTLEMEN, aOffCring mys e lf a 8 a CANDIDATE for eitkireavSeat in the DIRECTION of your Affairs, on a wei e b A , CAN CY, I tak e th e liberty of stating the grounds t d aepire to the honour of your suffrages. acated in the strongest attachment to India, to which I p r B ,: f beund equally by feelings of duty and gratitude, G o et ' mYeelf animated by an ardent anxiety for the good pireerninent of that important branch of the British Ein- c on ' il and for the happiness and improvement of its Native OcT mtY. of c onaiimpioe,_d soteyitinthi: duties of a Member of the . House auxiliery t o an e ffi cient India Director, my time and e of an East discharge of the Office us,v Le l a only compatible with, but ,attention would be zealously the and independently devotee to promot e the interests of India, the most valuable dependency of the British Crown. I have the honou r to be, very respectfully, y our Ladies and Gentlemen, P' faithful anti obedient Servant, iteroy-square, April 1 827, JOHN FORBES. FALKIRK ALE VAULTS, S, CROSS-STREET, eruer sim ,,, x ,,..._ SQUARE. ITKEN and Co. beg to acquaint the Pub s' r 4., lie,street that Fi the sb y y -s have takenare, extensive CELLARS, at Create-, nurqu for th e et ALE, brewed by themselves at Falkirk. exclusi ve SALE e Aitken and Co. have been induced to make this endea -Z to introduce their Ale into London, from the encon eOreent they have experienced in Scotland, in the hopes 1 4 1 t : 1 4 ,7 measures which have rewarded their exertions, ' ele er e e . eueY had to compete with long-established Brewers, be .-er e ell th e consumers were judges of the article, will attend ed results to them here. tein Pabj g Bre we , e with the same the Ale they are now offering to the London "Poe ' te ' "7 'wish to rest their claims to support solely th * uti lity They have devoted particular attention itxigeoilho_ttling and from the whole department, and, from the thorough know_ pro es :Y e Poleeas of its management, conducted under th e i r e' brewing and • bottling being r — Personal s uperintendence they with confidence can !,Iniend their Bottled Ale to private Families, as a Wishing, agreeable and econom i cal beverage . A ref erence to they prices q u otedl will show that Aitke n and Co. are offerinfhtheir Al N es ki t w unch under what is generally Charged for solicit a trial as the test best Scotch Ale, awl I lation.Whether their's merit that aPPe' - Price 75., Sc. 6d., and 9., 6d. money; empty bottles must be returre er hen d w dozen, th f o r ready delive re d, or na il f or at the rate hen Ale is of BN. A diecou n t o f 6d. per d ozen will be "n. to thos e who reed an d t a k e th e Ale from the prem. alle . ee e e Aitken and Co. b rew Al e for Exportation, w hi ch ettliarly adapted for hot climates. Fr om t h e exteßnsice stock which they will always have, dealers will be slip- Plied on advantageous terms. Letter 1 , 4 m A. 50 61 72 102 366 391 413 431 472 478 1013ondsofJE1 ' 000 £lO,OOO B. 7 66 107 138 139 174 191 201 246 515 525 527 565 592 613 644 723 725 729 782 788 839 986 1062 1233 1259 1293 1346 1347 1382 1391 31 Bonds of , C5OO 15,500 C. 102 103 177 202 228 229 272 321 418 436 442 520 765 796 849 1068 1182 1463 1517 1641 1654 1758 1824 1954 2181 2422 2499 2687 2745 2746 2780 2800 2965 3005 3012 3046 3121 3126 3152 3425 3585 3641 3776 3800 3826 5845 46 Bonds of £250 11,500 D. 105 107 111 231 232 233 234 235 397 641 989 1102 1609 2137 2330 2751 3230 3285 4383 4762 5192 5937 6521 7028 7217 7565 7773 7885 7925 8316 8317 8360 8102 8473 8906 9080 9081 10529 10530 10583 11444 11584 12118 12374 13109 13120 15316 15348 15800 15860 15861 15991 16555 16629 16928 17007 17617 17618 17619 17620 • 17621 18725 18882 19550 19559 20186 20973 20943 21190 21445 21641 21759 22482 22505 22518 22534 22883 23030 23313 23552 23603 23606 23607 23805 23909 .3932 24021 21175 24246 24445 21520 91 Iknldsor,Eloo 9,100 Total 17S Bonds, amounting to £46,100 On Saturday next, will be published, in 3 vols. post Bvo. 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DISTRES SING ACCIDENT.---Last night, about half-past seven o'clock, as some workmen of Mr. Bute, cabinet-maker, were rolling a large log of mahogany, weighing upwards of two tens, down the Old Post-office close, High-street, to the workshop, br some accident the g tackling b y which it was held ave way at the narrowest part of th e c l ose, which was only three or four inches wider than the log itself. At this moment, one of the men who were in front fell down, and the heavy mass which they were movin g on rollers, being impelled for ward by its weight, went over his body, which was so dreadfully crushed, that he Only uttered a shriek and a l m ost instantly expired. The log was of such a size, and there was such a aarrow space in the close, that it was forty minute s b e fo re the b ody could be ex t r i cated. We understand that the name of the workman is John Mac pherson, about 34 years of age, and he has left a widow and three children to lament his untimely burgh Evening Courant. This case, which has been for some time before the pub lic, and excited no inconsiderable degree of interest, not only on account of its importance, but on account of the difference of opinion which existed respecting it in West minster Hall, has at length received a final decision. The circumstances attending it are as follows :.--Lord Sondes being the patron of the rectory of Kettering, in the county of Northampton, presented the Rev. Mr. Fletcher (the appellant), to that living, some years ago, on the latter entering into a bond in the penalty of 12,0001. to resign' the said rectory, upon request, when any of the younger brothers of Lord Sondes should be capable of taking an Ecclesiastical Benefice. In the year 1820, the Ho nourable Henry Watson, one of his Lordship's brothers, being in the condition above mentioned, Lord Sondes re quested of the appellant to resign the rectory, that he might present his brother thereto, but Mr. Fletcher refused to comply, whereupon, Lord Sondes commenced an action in debt on the bond. The appellant suffered judgment to go against him by default, and a writ of inquiry was executed before the Chief Justice and a special Jury, who astessed• the damages at 10,0001. Judgg_ ment was signed, upon which the appellant brought a writ of Error, in the Exchequer Chamber, where the judgment was affirmed, against which decision an appeal was lodged in the House of Lords. Council having been heard on both sides, their Lordships directed that it should be sub mitted for the opinion of the twelve Judges, who after twelve months' deliberation, delivered their opinions seriatim (with the exception of Mr. Justice Bailey and Mr. Justice Littledale, who could not make up their minds on the sub ject,) in the House of Lords, in the last Session, seven of them being opposed to the judgment below, and three of them (Chief Justice Best, Mr. Justice Guelee, and Mr. Justice Burrough) being in favour of it. The LORD CHANCELLOR having gone through all the , circumstances of the case, as above detailed, observed, that the appellant, on bringing the case into the Court of Exchequer Chamber, had set forth the errors, and the respondent pleaded in null° eat erratum. The Court perceiving that there were none of these errors on record, which could warrant them to enter into the merits of the case, affirm the judgment, without hearing the arguments of Counsel. The question now for the consideration of their Lordships was, whether this was a bond on which the parties were entitled to sue ; and in coming to a conclusion on this subject their Lordships should con sider themselves as Judges in a Court of Justice, and his (the Lord Chancellor's) duty was not to state the case on any other grounds than that which was warranted by law. , 1 His Lordship had not the slightest hesitation in saying, that before the decision given in the case of the Bishop of London against Ffysche, this bond would be held legal, but he was of opinion that it came within the same principle which governed that decision. It was argued by Counsel at the bar that this bond could not be considered simoniacal, as the condition of the resignation was the presentation of a particular person, and that the obligee might see that the Bishop should take care that on his resig nation no other person should be presented but the Rer. Henry Watson, the brother of Lord Sondes. Now, if the resignation were conditional, it would cease to be a resig nation at all, and after an incumbent had resigned, he (the Lord Chancellor) would ask any man conversant in law or equity, was there any law upon earth which could compel a patron to present any particular person? It had already been decided in several instances, that a re signation, to be good, must be pura et absque conditione, otherwise the law said it was no resignation, or it was void. True it was that two or three eminent and distin guished leading characters were adverse to the decision in the case of-the Bishop of London,find Firyiche, among whom was Lord Kenyon, to whose opinion in legal matters he ;Aid the highest respect, and it was consequently urged, that that decision should govern no other case except that which was strictly in point, but his Lordship thought that there was nothing in this case which should take it out of the rule by which that decision was governed. The Bishop of London and Ffysche was a bond of general resignation,and if the incumbent resigned in this case, could not the patron present whom he pleased ; and how then did it differ from a bond of general resignation? It had been urged that if this bond should be judged simo niacal, the incumbent and the patron would be subject to heavy penalties, but it was their Lordship's business not to attend to any thing but to the subject proposed for their consideration, how could they with propriety pro nounce against the law to avoid the conseqences of an ille gal act. When his Lordship looked to the cases in the books which were advanced in support of this judg ment, he should say they were not Well considered.— One of them said, that a bond of resignation might be made in favour of a brother ; another said in favour of a cousin or a near relation. But his Lordship would ask what had the condition or relationship of the person in whose favour the bond was made to do with the question? that ought to be left out of consideration. Could a patron take a bond in favour of himself? If not, he could not make it in favour of any man on account of relation ship, for no man is more nearly related to a patron than himself ; and, if he could make such a bond, it would in construction of law be the same as a general bond of re signation, for it was evident he could present whom he pleased after; but, again, it was said, that it could not be held simoniacal, unless it appeared that some benefit could be de rived from it; might not such a bond be made covertly in con sideration of money in this manner ; when the time for re signation arrived, the patron might say to the clergyman, if you pay me a certain sum of money, " I will allow you to hold your living longer ;" could not such a thing b e eas il y effected ? His Lordship had no doubt but that this deci sion would come by surprise, and bear harshly on many patrons and clergymen, but he was not one of those who would hesitate to indemnify those who had hitherto com mitted themselves by such bonds, whether patrons or incum bents, provided that were done without touching on the ge neral principles of the Ecclesiastical laws of the country, some of which it should be admitted were too severe. On the grounds before mentioned, his Lordship did not see how he could do otherwise than adjudge this a simoniaoal contract; now, after the most profound consideration, he would move their Lordships that the judgment in the Court below be reversed. The Archbishop Of CANTERBURY entirely concurred in the opinion of the Lord Chancellor, which was ag reea bl e to that of the majority of the J u d ges ut he had to implore their Lordships' attention to this circumstance, that a large number, both of patrons and incumbents, had exposed themselves to severe penalties. But his Grace trusted, that, however erroneously, they had thus committed them selves, that House would afford them protection. A patron was liable to a penalty of double the value of the living, and the forfeiture of the patronage for that time, and the incumbent was liable to double the value of the living, and to he disqualified from holding it. Such were the se vere penalties they were innocently exposed to if not pro tected by that House. He held in his hand a Bill containing such restrictions as would protect bonds of this nature heretofore made, and exempt the parties from the penalties above alluded to, with their Lordships' permission he would move that it should be now read, pro forma, and on the second reading he would explain its provisions. The LORD CHANCELLOR put the question, and the Bill was accordingly read a first time. COURT OF CHANCERY, Aram 9. It was fully expected that the Lord Chancellor would have sat to-day in his Court at Lincoln's-inn Hall, as be promised on Saturday to do ; but at half -past nine o'clock a message arrived from him, stating that he had found it impossible to sit to-day. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, APRIL 9. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. The Vrcx-CHANCELLOR, on coinin g into Court this morning, intimated that he would on Thursday next give judgment in Harris v. Kcmble, the particulars of which were exclusively stated in our Paper. A very fine shoal of millet was enclosed last week at Hop e Cove, and such was the eagerness of the fish to escape from tho nets, that several hundred weight jump ed ashore, and were taken alive. Some of them weighed from two to six pounds each. --Plymouth Journal. On Saturday last, some melancholy thief broke into the premises of Mr. David Haddon, in Aqueduct street, and stele a coffin, that was partly made, and wood enough to complete it....., anchater Paper. The Duke of BUCKINGILAM presented a petition from Mr. C. Leigh, to which he wished to call their Lordships' attention. The petitioner was of a very old and highly respectable family, and he came before their Lordships on account of a petition presented to their Lordships by ano ther gentleman, claiming the Barony of Leigh Stonely. To this Barony Mr. Chandos Leigh made no claim, but the petitioner who claimed that Peerage, also claimed a considerable property in the possession of Mr. Chandos Leigh. lle had served ejectinents to upwards of fifty of his tenants, not one of which had been prosecuted. He bad filed a Bill in Chancery, in 1820, "..liich had never been carried any further. In the petition he had presented to their Lordships, he had sustained his claims, by calum niating Mr. Chandos Leigh's relations; the petitioner, therefore, prayed their Lordships to compel Mr. Leigh, the former petitioner, to proceed with his case, and also to allow him to cross-examine his witnesses by Counsel, and bring forward such evidence as he might he advised to idna O A e f t eto e hn r es some iDdeurka etioonf conversation,o-ito-morrow. Buckingham, oro bring forwa r d t o re b ut t h e ca l umn i ous accus ations of the former petition. wi.uwl L ii o c r h d tl n ie ol E lt i l i n r d l , of au L d at L id o e r r d Redesdal e took part, - the petition was ordered to be taken STATE OF THE ADMINISTRATION. Lord KING said, seeing half a dozen of his Majesty's Ministers present, such as they were, he wished to ask them two or three questions. He would not ask them whether or not the Irish were starving, for about that they knew nothing, and he believed cared nothing. He would not ask them about things nearer home—he would notask them whether England was prosperous, for that was a part of the Government which belonged to none of their de partments. He would not ask whether Portugal were safe or not ; for one half of them would rejoice if the plan were to fail, which the other half had adopted to give security to Portugal. He would begin secundunt artem, by asking that question he cared least about ; he would first ask whe ther the present Ministerial interregnum was ever to have an end? He would ask them who were 12 jurymen s worn to give good advice and true, whether they had yet selected a fore man, or consented to receive a master? Whether the Mi nistry were complete or not, was to him a most unimport ant matter, for of all the animals in the Ministerial mena gerie, the Prime Minister was the most unnecessary. He stated this advisedly, and on the highest authority. In 1800, an experiment had been made of what sort a thing it was possible to make a Minister of, and by the experiment it had been ascertained, that you might make a jack boots a Prime Minister. Now, an experiment was trying, if the country could not go on without any. Mi nister. First, it had been proved that any person would make a Minister, and now it seemed to be ascertained that no Minister at all was wanted. He was surprised that the Noble and Learned Lord who had such a hatred of innovations, did not raise his voice against this danger ous innovation. If this year it was ascertained that any body might be Minister, and the next that we could do without one, was he not afraid that in a short time inno vation would extend, and his Majesty might do without something else? The second question he wished to ask was, whether there was any truth in the alarming reports which were in circulation of the falling off of the Revenue? It had been stated in the newspapers that the quarter's re venue was 500,0001. short, and of this 400,0001. was a falling off in the Excise. During the time of our pros perity, the increase of the Excise, they were told, was a strong proof of the increasing comforts and wealth of the people, and he wished to know if that Excise had fallen off, if the Ministers would acknowledge that that was a proof of our decline ? He would further ask, if the Ministers could give them any hope of a restoration of public credit, or would they say, what he believed, that it was not likely to be restored ? If he were to ask them why the Revenue fell off, and why public credit was not likely to be restored, they would give, no doubt; a variety of reasons, but they would not give the true one; they, would not say it was all done by the Corn Laws. The Corn Laws im peded prosperity, prevented the restoration of credit, and injured the revenue. Another question he wished to ask was, whether, under these circumstances, they were determined to maintain that plan of profuse and extravagant expenditure which was laid down_ the revenue was fruitful and the country prosper ous? :Were all the palaces to be finished on the same magnificent scale as was voted when there was more revenue than they knew how to expend? In all well-regulated Monarchies—at least it was so in the time of Louis XlV.—if his Majesty's Minister of the Menus Plaisirs were sick or were to die, not a single half hour would elapse before his place would be filled up--(Hear, hear); if one palace were to be pulled down, and two others built, a superintendant would be immediately ap pointed o f fine taste and a strong love of profuse expendi ture; but when a Minister died, or fell sick, on whose ex ertions the good of the country depended, who was the su perintending genius of the country's welfare ?—his place might remain five or six weeks unoccupied, or the appoint ment might be postponed, sine die, till the intrigues had worked themselves out, or till the intriguere had failed to give us a Government good for nothing; then, and not till then, was it likely that they would consent that we should have a Government good for something. To keep himself perfeCtly in order, he would conclude by moving, that there be laid before their Lordships a Return of this Quar ter's Revenue, as compared with the Revenue of the fore going Quarter.—Ordered. Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from the upper part of Tyndall Ward, Northumberland, against any alte ration of the Corn Laws. CATHOLICS. The Marquess of CONYNGHAM presented several ye titions from the Roman Catholic Inhabitants of several pa rishes in the County ,F Donegal, praying for relief. The Bishop of DURHAM presented a petition from Southampton ; an d a l so , a pet i t i on f rom F ern- Kent, aga i ns t granting coneesons to the Ca tholics.bßc:rdY'lbgl2:' The Bishop of LANDAFF presented a similar petition f rom a part of the county of Glamorgan. Lord CLIFDEN presented a petition in favour of the Catholics, f rom Kilconnel and another parish. The Noble Lord, in presenting it, said, some of their Lordships might flatter themselves that this question was settled, but in that they were Mistaken. A petition was then preparing , sign ed by a great number of Noblemen and Gentleme n w ho possessed as much property per sons in Irel and claiming tb e ir a r s ig a h n t y s. equ T a h l e n q u ll nb est e lo r n o ‘fVoul d never be settled till their claims were granted--and till it was settled Ireland would be full of the most inte mperate passions, and a ll c h ar it a ble feelings would be banished from the laud. The claims might be resisted this year and the next—two years be thought might pass, but at the end of that tine these Noble Lords who were now most hostile to the Catholics, would be the most urgent with their Lord ships to grant them relief. As to the conversions, of which so much had been said, he thought it tram impossi ble to convert the Irish n ation. They might make a few good Cath olics into b a d Protestants, or th ey might make them of no rel i g i on at a ll, but they would not make good Protestant s o f t h em . It reminded him of w h at Swift said of Tho mas Lord Wh ar t o n, "=at he tio f l' e a i d th l a a t id all, d Or w h n ig h h i : father's re li g i on, an d t a ken up anoth er , w hi ch was worse ;" i t n h i e n y de m d ig li h b t er m al ak D e Deists, 6 111)e c r i ll s a as, it of it was said, there were many in this country. The Irish might, perhaps, be driven into rebellion, to which he begged to remind their Lord ships there were, as Lord Clarendon said, always two par ties, in as adultery. At present there was nothing but hostile and angr y feelings in Ireland, and they would be come wors e , till such a state of things would arise, as would force their Lordships to give relief to the Catholics, The Noble Lord co ncluded by presenting his petition, which was read a n d ordered to be laid on the Table. COSTS ON DISTRESS. The Marquis of LANSDOWN rose to move, according to the Order of the Day, the second reading of the Costs SCOTCH PEERAGE. Lord BELHAVEN ruse to postpone a motion, of which he had previously given notice. Its object, he explained, would be to place Scotch Peers on the same footing as Irish Peers. The eldest sons of 4 i- _ latter might sit as Repre sentatives of Irish Counties and Boroughs; but eldest sons of the former could not he elected to represent Scotch Counties or Boroughs. He believed there was no law which established this distinction, and he should propose to remove it. He was afraid, however, there would not be time to give the subject any consideration before the holidays, and therefore he should postpone his motion till some early day after they had terminated. SPRING GUNS. Lord SUFFIELD moved the third reading of the Spring Guns Bill. Lord ELLENBOROUGH rose to oppose the Bill. He could not consent to pass an Act, which left the law on this subject in its present state of uncertainty. This would be the case as long as the word engine were retained in the Bill.• That word, in its widest sense, meant any thing which might inflict an injury, and their Lordships would be obliged to remove every thing like a spike or a fence from around their houses. In a more restricted sense, if it were understood to mean any thing which only inflicted injury by being set in motion, it should be so expressed, and the law should be made wore precise.— It was stated in defence of the Bill, that it was a maxim, qui facit per cilium facit, per se ; and though this was true, it was not the whole truth; for if persons setting spring guns gave proper notice, the law held that it was not they who committed the injury, but the thief who came to invade the property, and was shot in the attempt. He was persuaded that the contests between the gamekeeper and the poacher, to which the Bill would give rise, would do much more harm than spring guns did. It ought to be tecolle6ted, too, that the evil resulting from the latter was confined, inasmuch as it was stationary. It had been argued, that the accidents resulting from spring guns ought to induce Parliament to abolish them. If, however, they were to legislate against accident, their labours would be endless. The object of setting, spring guns was not per sonal injury to any one, but to deter from the commission of theft ; and that object was as completely obtained by hitting an innocent man as a guilty one. He conceived that the Bill was contrary to that principle of the Eng lish law which gave a man protection for his property, in proportion to the difficulty with which it could be pro tected by the ordinary means; and that it was calculated to increase the temptation to crime, by diminishing the obstacles to its commission. If, however, the Bill should be rejected, either in that House or elsewhere, he would introduce another Bill, declaratory of the law as it stood. This would, in his opinion, be much better than any change ; for he had frequently heard from those, whose knowledge and experience gave them ample opportunities of judging, that where any innovation was made upon the common law, it generally appez..rd afterwards that the principle thereby abrogated was a wise one, and that our ancestors knew very well what they were about. Lord SUFFIELD said, that all the arguments urged by the Noble Lord had been so frequently answered in for mer debates, that he would not trespass upon their Lord ships' patience by any further reply to them; satisfied as he was that they considered the Bill as a good one, and con fident as he was that they would pass it. There were, however, one or two verbal amendments which he wished to propose. Lora ELLENBOROUGH observed that these amend ments could not be proposed until their Lordships had determined that the Bill should be read a third time, on which question he would certainly take the sense of the House, Their Lordships then divided on the question for the third reading of the Bill— Contents Non-Contents 28 Majority The Bill was accordingly read a third time, and passed GAME LAWS. On the motion of Lord WHARNCLIFFE, the House resolved itself into a Committee on the Game Laws' Bill. Various verbal amendments were int ro d uce d i nto t h e Bill. _ _ The Marquis of HERTFORD wished the provisions of the measure to be extended to roads and lanes, as it was well known to be a common practice for unqualified per sons to shoot game from suc'a places. The Earl of CARNARVON observed that if any each extension were to take place, it ought not to be applicable to the Lords of the adjacent Manors, or persons authorised by them. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said that in the.progress of the measure he would endeavour to prepare a clause which should meet the case in question. A long conversation took place on a clause proposed by Lord WHARNCLIFFE for giving to persons who had leases for ninety-nine years the same rights with respect to game as if they were the owners of the land. Eventually, the Noble Lord withdrew the clause. On the ninth clause being read, Lord ELLENBOROUGH could not agree to let the pe nalty imposed by the Bill be simpl y a pecun i ary one. If he understood the object of the Bill it was to do every thing possible to make Game considered as property. Now the law did not visit violations of property simply with pecu niary penalties. If partridges were to be considered as property, the stealing of partridges ought to be visited by a punishment similar in character to the stealing of a turkey or a cow. the ste a li ng stealing repri manded Duk e o f BUC KINGHAM was not pre pared to visit of aotfurakp7arotrridagecor:v;awtbheicshamwsaps li f n e i l s o h n u y i . ent A as b t o li y e might in a m ere f ro li c comm it the one act , and it would be intole ra bly severe to pun i s h hi m as if he had committed the other. At th e l as t A s sites for the Co unt y of Wilts, a schoolboy w h o h a d run away with a ta me rabbi t was most aud ac i ous ly c h arge d with felo n y by the o wner and tried. He was of course acquit ted, and the Jud g e shar p l y manded the prosecutor. B ut if the Noble Lor d's prioposi_ tion were acceded t o , every boy who committed such an act would be found guilty of felony. Lord ELLENBOROUGH by no means intended to pro pose that a perso n who stole a pa rtrid g e should be deemed gu ilty of felony. All that he contended WAS, that the pu nishment of the one act, instead of being a pecu n i ary one, should partake of the punishment of the other - ier act, although in a less degree. Lord WHARNCLIFFE remarked that the penalty was for the trespass. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY was of opinion that a pecuniary, and the Marquis of SALISBURY that a per sonal penalty was the better. The Larl of CARICARVON warned the House against exhibiting too much lenity in the treatment of crime. While they were diminishing the temptation to crime, they ought to be cautious not to render the punishment of crime too light. He did not conceive that the great increase of crime in the country arose so much from the Game Laws as from much deeper causes. Whatever had a tendency to throw th e po pulation of the country out of employment, and to shut the paths of honest exertion must essentially contribute to the growth of crime. With respect to poach- A'' Ai ..- .P4 1 1 ) ) ©-,.,,,•....-.: --,,...,_,,t, , c, , ...54:,.., toseried to far the parpoes of itiPbting the iint.tla may, ea frequently u for the purpose of su pplying the P° oll2 o , with the meant of de bauchery. There were few Leon ia* o f i n dust r i ous labourer, who were poachers. Lord ELLENBOROUGH move!, as an Amendment to the clause, that any offender-should be imprisoned and kept to hard labour at the oriecietioU of the Judges, for any term not exceeding three days. • ' The Amendment val .: negatived without a division. The original anise was then agreed to. The Marquess of LONDONDERRY' proposed that their Lordships would adjourn the further consideration of the Clauses of the Bill at present. Lord ELLENBOROUGH had no objection to any rea sonable proposal of delay on the ground of the thinness of the House; but he certainly did not see any reason why their Lordships were to continue to postpone all business day after day, the moment the dinner hour arrived. If, however, it was intended to move for delay, with any hope of getting rid of the Bill altogether, he would give such a motion his decided opposition. Earl DE LA WARR was•willing to consent to the Ad journment, but not, as the Noble Baron seemed to fear, from any desire to get rid of the Bill by a side stud. Lord WHARNCLIFFE, while he protested in am strongest manner against any delay, could not resist their Lordships' wish for that delay, when it was so decidedly expressed. Lord DACRE thought their Lordships might go on at present with all the 'clauses up to,those which involv the question of the Licensing System. That point, as the most important, might be reeerved for another occasion. Lord LONDONDERRY said, his intention, and he did not hesitate to confess it, was to protract and to oppose the measures of the Noble Lord (Wharneliffe) by every means in his power. If he could effect that purpose by delay, he would not hesitate to resort to it ; but, at any rate, he was prepared to contend that a Bill, every one of the details of which appeared to him of the utmost importance, ought not to be disposed of. in a House when not more than half a dozen Noble Lords were prevent at tht discussion. If the Noble Baron therefore persisted he would certainly take the sense of the House upon the question of Ad journment. After a few obser\ ations from the Marquess rf QuEsics- BERRY and the Marquess of Sauseuesr, whc wished the whole question postponed until after the holidays, Lord CLIFDEN begged their Lordships to consider how discreditable ; t must be to let it go forth to the world that their Lordah'lll were unwilling to continue their de bates upon any 'while business after the dinner hour. He hoped they would see the propriety of avoiding. such an imputation, and allow the other slasses to be taken into consideration. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM thought that a measure which went to overturn all preceding regulations with re spect to Game ought not to be considered in so thin a House. It was notorious that all public business excited less attention far two or three days before the holidays. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY repeated his objec tions to go on, and observed, that he was the more deter mined to oppost. the Bill from there not being a single Mi nister in the House. Lord ELLENBOROUGH said, that was the first time he had heard that the Noble and Learned Lord was no longer one of his Majesty's Ministers.—(A laugh. )---Ile saw no pretence for delay, as the details might just as well be ob jected to after the Report was printed. After some further observations from Lord LONDON DERRY and others, The Marques of SALISBURY moved that the House resume, in order to postpone any further consideration of the Bill at this time. Their Lordships then divided. For the Adjournment 6 I Against it $ I Majority 2 On our re-admission we found the Earl of CARNAR VON moving a Clause, by which all persons found after an immediate pursuit with Game of any kind in their pos session, or having about their person any Snare-gun, or other engine for the destruction of game, shall be consi dered as trespassers upon the ground, and liable to th- isi unities enacted by the Bill. This Clause, after some conversation, was agreed to. Upon the next Clause, excepting those persons engaged in Fox-hunting from the penalties of trespass under the Bill, The Duke of BUCKINGHAM objected altogether to any such Fox-hunting Law. There were scarcely any persons who did more mischief than persons engaged in that sport. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said, the Noble Duke had a remedy before by an action of trespass against such in truders, and he had the same remedy still. Fox-bunting was a favourite amusement, he confessed, with him and many others, and his only object was to exempt it from the penalties under the provisions of the present Bill. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM declared his opposition to the clause. Nothing was more annoying than the tree passes committed by those who followed game in that man ner into grounds. They trampled upon ladies' flower gar.. dens, and did a great deal of mischief long before any one could peesibly warn them off. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said, this was one of tke evils of the Noble Baron's measure. By the first clause he repealed all the existing laws upon the subject of game, and then he found himself embarrassed with the details consequent upon the repeal. He could not, how ever, understand why there was to be an exception in favour of hounds without including greyhounds. Lord DE LA WARR apprehended that the affect of the Bill would be to multiply the number of sportsmen. Lord WHARNCLIFFE denied that the Bill would have any such effect ; the number of sportsmen must be much fewer when no man could go upon another person's ground without leave. Their Lordships seemed also to forget, that there was such a thing as the Law of Quali fication still untouched. If a person sported without a license, he was liable to a fine of 20/. ; and if he had a license, he was still liable to an action for trespass. It was, however, he apprehended, altogether impossible to impose any penalty upon persona following hounds. After a long conversation upon the propriety of in cluding coursing as well as hunting, in the exceptions, their Lordships divided upon the question of allowing coursing the same privileges as hunting, when there ap. peered to be— For the addition of coursing 8 Against it Majority —l —Upon a division the clause was car ried we ause foundsitoge altogether . D . uke He of si BUCK _ INi U G p lim on k o l ur op r po e-a si d n m g is a very unpopular thing, but he couei Lot ried g h i e ve w i a t s his i c n o g n sent. - Contents 9 Nen-Contents '7 Majority... 2 Upon the next clause, giving a power to seize nets and other articles found upon it poacher for the destruction of game, Lord ELLENBOROUGH did not see why the gun of the poacher or trespasser might not be seized as well as any thing else. Lord WH..kRNCLIFFE thought it a very dangerous thing to give a power to seize a gun, and be had intention ally omitted it. After some discussion it was determined, however, that the power to seize a gun was not to be excepted. Upon the m otion for the consideration of the 16th clause, Lord DACRE asked if that was one of the clauses re specting the Licen sin g System ? Lord WHARN havin z rep li e d i n the affirmative, The Marquis of SALISBUR Y moved than the Chair man do Nobledooilh t v progress, and would to hope postpone h the further c ons id erat i on of the Bill until after the holidays. the then ß repo He wished that co - use to be adopted the more earnestly, as it would not be is his power to be present at any discussion to-morrow. Lord Vi T HARNCLIFFE begged their Lordships to recol lect, that this important Bill had to go down to the other House after it hAd received the consent of their Lor(lships. He hoped that the convenience or inconvenience of any in dividual would not influence their Lordships' decision upon the propriety o: expediting a measure so important. Lord ELLENBOROUGH believed that there was no other business before their Lordships to-morrow, and he • mi ght therefore calculat e thought they both upon time to consider the provisions of the Bill, and a very full attend ance of Noble Lords for that consideration, up to the fatal hour of half-past seven. Lord CARNARVON alluded to the time approaching when the Sessions were to he held all over England, and expresse d his hope that their Lordships would allow the Bill to he put in a state fit for printing and circulation b e f ore that time. It would be a matter of great por t a nce to have its provisions made known to those as sembled at these Sessions. Lord LONDONDERRY, h av i ng again expressed his determination to oppose the Bill by delay, and having de clared his continued conviction that its provisions were equally oppressiv e and unjust, and that it could not be known whether they would not prove even more oppres sive and unjust than those which the Noble Baron aarac terised as the object of repeal ; Their Lordships divided upon the Question of Reporting Progress—. Contents, 6—Non-contents, 7.--Majority, 1. During our absence, it appeared that— The Marquees cf LONDONDERRY had moved the