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This Number contains condensed Reports of the Pro gress of the Mining Companies—Correspondence from the Alining Districts—Reports of General Meetings—Mining Tables—Glossary of Spanish Alining Terms—and other useful information—with Section and Ground Plan of the Gongo Soco Mine, from drawings by Captain G. F. Lyon, R.N. Published by T. and T. Boosey, 4, Broad -street, City ; and Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers'-court, Paternoster row. Just ready, in Two Yoh. Sro., with Map and numerous Plates, TRAVELS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF PERU, including . 1 year's residence at Potosi. By EDMUND TEMPLE, Knight of the Royal and distinguished Order of Charles 111. of Spain. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 8; , New Burling. ton-atreet. This day were published, in Bvo. THE REMINISCENCES of HENRY ANGELO. The Second and Concluding Volume. Angelo taught his present Majesty and eight other members of the Royal Family the art of fencing. His seminary,in Carlisle street, Soho-square, was the resort of persons of the highest rank, both natives and foreigners for fifty years; and his society was courted by most of the in dividuals who have been distinguishei in town for the last fifty-five years."—Morning Chronicle. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 8, New Burling ton.street. MR. GALT'S NEW WORK. This day was published, in 3 vols. post Svo. LAWRIE TODD ; or the SETTLERS in the WOODS. By JOHN GALT, Esq. Author of " The Annals of the Parish," " The Ayrshire Legatees," &c. . 1 This Work is highly credi , able to the talents of its justly celebrated author, and will, we have no doubt, at tain the popularity some of his earlier novels have so justly Merited. As a painter of Scottish character, in all the variety of its phases, Air. Galt has few equals, and as suredly no superiors. We are proud of him as our coun tryman, and as the annalist of our rapidly chang:ng man ners. When a few years are gone, many of the customs of our forefathers shall have found a rescue from oblivion onl y in his Pages-"—Edinburgh Literary Gazette. Henry Colbura and Richard Bentley, 9, New Burling tan-street. TRANSLATION OF XENOPIION. This day was published, in small Bvo. neatly bound, No. 111., price only 4s. 6d., embellish e d w ith a fi ne l y engraved Head of Xenophon, THE FAMILY CLASSICAL LIBRARY, or English Translations of the most Celebrated Greek and Latin Historians, Poets, and Orators. Edited by A. J. VALPY, A.M. No. 111. containing XENOPHON'S ANABASIS, or the Expedition of Cyrus, end the Retreat of the 10,000 Greek,. " The idea of this work is an excellent one, and the work sannot fail is be acceptable to youth of both sexes, as well as to a large portion of the reading community, who have not had - the beoefit of a learned education. 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The ,-• nws. n e Premises g denominated the LONDON " GRATE BAZAAR, being required for the 12.ew line of approach to London Bridge, the most erten ,e and v a l ua b le Stock of Furnishing Ironmongery in the .4_4llllldorn must be sold forthwith, preparatory to pulling v_...ven the Premis in compliance with the Act of Par .arnent. The Goods are arranged for public inspection, aid the Pries attached to each article. • FIS H - STREET-HILL • 4 ,,, A , PER'S IMPERIAL NEUROTI C BALSAM, OR '`IIIUYOUS AND STOMACHIC RESTORATIVE. THE Proprietor of the above Medicine feels great pleasur e i n b e i ng ena bl e d to state t h e many "ded testimonials he has received of its speedy effects in "s4°6 4' tone to debilitated st o m ac h s , an d by so d o i ng , t s tr- n phettiug th e di gest i ve organs; nor l ess so i f t h e bene . trial results that have attended its administration in cases th l °Wlatsie of spirit s an d genera l nervous d e bili ty , d ur i ng fe short tilne it has been before the public. He also eels confident in stating, that as an antidote against Sick -1;t41:2 I°l4 of App e tit e , F a i n ti ng an d Hy s t er i ca l Aff ect i ons , s s unrivalled, and is a speedy cure for the Ague. Prepared only by E. Palmer, 249, Tooley-street, ; and sold in bottles at 4s. 6d., 11s., and 20s. . 14 ; the latter containing as much as six small ones; ?" *hay be had of every Medicine Vender in the King -9'4, as those dealers who may not be already supplied, 1 11 p rocure it when ordered, a considerable allowance being made to tetaitere. HE STItATFORD FESTIVAL.—The young and gay are protnised a rich treat in the festivities which the Members of the Shakspeare Club are preparing to af ford them on the approaching Anniversary of SLIME SAPRAIIes Birth-d ay , in April next, at Stratford-upon van. Amongst other amusements projected, we under at.mul th ere will be a procession of the principal dramatic ci aracters of the immortal bard—masquerades—concerts ii t ' all '--publie breakfasts—fireworks, &e. &c. We are IZw(lrtiell that the %hol e ar r angemen t s w ill h e un d e r very -vaiir°l patronag., and th a t a c o n s id e r a bl e a nxi e ty pre u/4), the part o f th e con d uctors , to ren d er t h em ever y te t o_ a ' o rthy of th e tru l y i nterest i ng occas i on t h ey are ip -0 to celebrate. No. 11,693. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(LAST NIGHT). COMMISSION. The Royal Assent was given, by Commission, to the Consolidated Fund Bill, and the Lunatic Asylum Balances' Bill—the Commissioners being the LORD CHANCELLOR, Earl BATHURST, and the Earl of SHAFTESBURY. Earl DUDLEY presented a petition from a parish in Staffordshire against the " Truck" system. EAST INDIA AFFAIRS. Earl BATHURST moved for several returns connected with East India Affairs.—Ordered. The Noble EARL then moved for leave to report from time to time the evidence taken before the Select Com mittee sitting on the Inquiry into the Trade with India and China, and to have the Reports printed.—Agreed to. The Bishop of LONDON brought in a Bill, the object and title of which were not heard below the Bar, Which was read a first time. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE took the opportunity, having three or four petitions to present against the re newal of the East India Company's Charter, of stating, that the petitioners had expressed a desire of seeing what the nature of the evidence given before the Select .Com mittee was, .if they could be made acquainted with the proceedings consistently with the forms of the House. The subject was one of considerable importance to them and to the country. It was very natural for the petitioners and the public to be anxious to know what was the nature of the evidence offered before the Select Committee, and if the forms of the House permitted, he, for one, should like to have the evidence made known. Petitions from the Merchants, Manufacturers, and Tradesmen of Glasgow, of Blackburn, in Lancashire, and the Proprietors of the Dock Company at Hull, against tie renewal of the East India Charter, were then presented by the Noble Marquis, and ordered to be referred to the Committee. DISTRESS-COLONIAL EXPENDITURE. - - - - --- The Duke of GRAFTON presented a petition from the Gentry, Freeholders, and others, of the county of Suffolk, complaining of distress, and suggesting the repeal of the Acts which impose duties on malt and beer. Ile gave the Ministers credit for their desire to economise, and promote the interests of the country, and for the great measure which they had carried towards the close of the last Ses sion of Parliament, he was disposed to believe that the present Session would not pass away without their suggest ing some measure for the relief of the suffering population. The Earl *of STRADBROKE bore his testimony to the distress which, unhappily, pervaded every part of the county from whence the petition came. Farmers, he said, whose circumstances had been good, were under the ne cessity of disposing of their stock to the utmost disad vantage, to pay the demands made upon them. In almost every parish were to be seen, working on the roads, from 20 to 50 able-bodied men, who could meet with no other employment.—(Hear, hear.)—To inquiries made in every town respecting trade, the answer was the same—" Trade never was so dull—nothing is doing." The timber, merchants, who, in 1814, sold timber at 6s. a foot, and that readily, said that timber equally good could not now be disposed of at any price. In short, all trades were suffering with the agriculturists. Lord - CALTHORPE—It was the bounden duty of Par liament to endeavour to ascertain the nature of the distress, with a view of affording relief.—(llear.)—His Majesty's Ministers were called upon to do their utmost to diminish the burdens which pressed so heavily upon the people. He, for one, was disposed to give the Government credit for their sincere anxiety to diminish the expenditure of the country, and thereby . afford relief to . the distress which un happily pervaded every part of the kingdom. He thought that the taxes which pressed most upon consumption and the raw material might be much diminished, and yet leave the resources of the empire in a flourishing condition. The Duke of WELLINGTON—My Lott's, I beg to assure the Noble Lord, and the House will, I think, accord with what I say, that his Maje.ty's Government are dis posed to afford every; information in their 'power on the subject alluded to, and that they are disposed to afford relief, the estimates which have been brought forward in another place testify. ' Those estimates have been considerably di minished in the . present Session of Parliament, compared with preceding' Sessions. So, also, were they 'greatly diminished the last Session, in comparison with others. My Lords, with' respect to diminishing the expendi ture, all that I can say on the 'subject is that every thing which his Majesty's Ministers could do to reduce the expences, consistently with the safety and honour of the country, has been done. 'No expences exist, my Lords, that are not absolutely necessary for maintaining the inte rest and honour of the country—extended as those inte rests are to all parts of the globe. Although it is per fectly true that this is an island, and only forms a very small portion of the globe, yet the interests of the country extend to all parts of the world, and must . be maintained at the expen ce o f the country .—( Bear.).-There are only 12,000,0001. of expenditure susceptible of reduction, and within the last two years, 2,000,0001., on this particular part of the expenditure, have been actually saved. There are other parts of the expenditure which cannot be touched. I do maintain, my Lords, that Government have done all in their poWer in reducing the expences of the country. With respect to • the military force, every thing to diminish it had been accomplished. The number of troops was lower than it was in the year 1792, if their Lordships took into consideration the additional colonies now belonging to the mother country. The military establishment was lower now than at that period, taking the facts to which I have alluded into consideration...-. Your Lordships will not fail to bear in mind that the con quests made since 1792, and the necessity of having large bodies of men in the colonies thus conquered. • There are some parts of the world---some very important stations, — necessary for the maintenance 'of the country—which have been added since that period ; for instance, the Cape of Good Hope, the Mauritius, Ceylon : in all these places we had no stations in 1792. Then, again, in the Medi terranean, there Was• Malta added, and the lonian Islands. All these stations, my Lords, require a considerably mili tary force. These colonies cannot be maintained without expense." The Navy Establishment, as the Noble Duke was understood to s3y, was at present higher; but there had been a necessity of employing additional force in dif ferent parts of the world. Their Lordships, lie was per suaded, could not desire the stations to be abandoned, and that they would consider that every diminution of expen diture had been resorted to, consistently • with the true interests of the country. Lord CALTHORPE explained. The Earl of MALMESBURY said that there was one point not adverted to by the Noble Duke, connected with the colonial expenditure—a very important point—which cost the country prodigious sums of money, besides the lives of many valuable soldiers—a point upon which no Noble Lord had dilated—he alluded to the colony of Sierra Leone.—(Hear, hear.)—He was surprised that no Noble Lord had called the attention of the House . to that sub ject. He believed that the maintenance of that colony bad cost the country a 'million of money. Large as that sum was, and lost as it had been, that was not the worst, for thousands of lives had been sacrificed.—(flear.)— He wished to know why that colony had not been aban doned? The expenditure was great, and, if saved, would , afford some relief. There wete other colonies, the expen diture of which he wished to see diminished, and saw no reason why such a course should not be adopted. At the colony of New South Wales—the country had been scarcely colonized in 1792—there were no less than two regiments of infantry stationed, besides the large civil establishments. The colony, however, to which he had risen to call their Lordships' attention was the one he had previously named—Sierra Leone. Both as respected hutnarf ty and economy, that colony ought to be abandon. ed. The Noble Earl then proceeded to speak of the Cur rency question, believing that part of the distress had arisen from the state of the currency. The Noble Duke who moved the Address, and the Noble Lord who seconded it, both of whom were from Scotland, spoke of the distress as being there comparatively light. In that country their Lordships knew there was a piper cur rency ; and this he (the Earl of Melmesbury) believed was the reason why distress was not so prevalent nor so great as here.—(Hear.)—He also thought that the state of the Poor Laws contributed not a little towards the distress of the country.—(Hear,)—This was a subject well deserving the consideration of the House. First, the mode of assess ment, next, the appropristion of the money collected. The tax called poor -rates was applied to other object*. The subject was, however;likely to be brought forward for (lit- LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 5, 1830. cussion, and he would, therefore, abstain from any further remarks respecting it. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE gave the Noble Duke every credit for his sincerity in the belief that retrench ment had been carried as far as it could consistent with the interests of the country. Their Lordships were, how ever, aware that in a former Session of Parliament, when some retrenchment was made, it was then said that no further reductions could be carried into effect; but it was found that, by the application of Parliamentary investi gation to the subject, reductions were still possible— and, indeed, retrenchments were made. The Noble Mar quis disdained any wish to throw out imputations against the sincerity of the belief of the Noble Duke, or of the Members of the Administration, that no further reduction could he effected, but he (the Marquis of Lansdowne) could not assume, because a considerable reduction had been made, or was intended, therefore no further retrench ment could be carried into effect. He, indeed, hoped, and should do so to the last day of the Session, that a further reduction in the expenditure of the country would be accomplished. The Noble Duke had adverted more particularly to the Colonial expenditure, assuming the impossibility of carrying on a further reduction in that department. There were, however, two views to be taken on that subject. The one was that which the Noble Duke had taken, by stating the minimum of ex penses of civil and military establishments by which the Colonies could be maintained by the mother country ; the other view was that to which the Noble Duke had not ad verted—by introducing a good system of policy and go vernment, so as to enable the Colony to assist the mother country. This was the most important view of the two. The petition was then read, and laid on the table. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from the farmers and tradesmen of Louth, in Lincolnshire, and vicinity, complaining of agricultural distress, and praying an inquiry into the subject. "As I have, my Lords, given notice of a motion for a Select Committee to inquire into the internal state of the country, so far as the working classes are concerned, I will not trouble your Lordships at present with arty further remark than this, that I have heard with considerable p'easure the speeches of my Noble Friends, and I hope, from what they have stated, to be supported by them on Thursday next"—(Hear.) would make it imperative to accept of it. The third peti tion was signed by 10,000 out of the 19,000 inhabitants, and they complained that the Rector was a tithe farmer and grazier, who resided 50 miles from the parish, that some years back when distress generally prevailed through the parish, and when subscriptions were entered into for the relief of the distressed, the Rector contributed nothing to their relief; that he took tithe upon hay and wool, a practice not before known in the parish.---Ordered to be printed. Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice that on Tuesday, the 4th of May, he would move fcr leave to bring in a Bill for placing the charitable bequests of Roman Catholics on the same footing as those of Protestant Dissenters; and also a Bill to render legal, in certain cases, the marria g es of Protestants and Roman Cath o li cs i n E ng l an d, an d t o do away with certain penalties attaching in Ireland to Roman Catholic Clergymen for celebrating the ceremony of mar , riage between Protestants and Catholics. Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice that on the 6th of May he would bring forward a motion for the effectual and ra dical reform of the system of representation in that House. Mr. A. CAMPBELL presented two petitions from Glasgow, against the renewal of the East India Company's Charter.—Ordered to be printed. On the motion of Mr. PROTHEROE, various Returns were ordered, connected with the preparation and the printing of the Public Records, and showing the manner in which the sums voted for that purpose in 1829 had been employed. Mr. SPRING RICE had a petition to present of a very peculiar character from the Roman Catholic inhabitants of the town of Gal Way. This was the only place since the passing of the great measure of last Session, in which such disabilities still existed, by reason of difference of religion. In the reign of George the First an Act of Parliament bad passed, giving to all Protestant merchants who should re side in Galway for the space of seven years, the right of claiming the freedom of the town. Protestants, and Pro testants only, had the right of sending Representatives to Parliament. As the Relief Bill of last Session did not do away with this particular Act, the Roman Catholic mer chants and traders of Galway were excluded from the right enjoyed by their Protestant townsmen. He trusted the town of Galway could not remain the only exception to the wise and salutary measure of last Session. If the pe tition were received. by the House, he would, on Wednes day next, move for leave to bring in a Bill founded upon it, and which would have the effect of placing the Pro testants and Catholics of Galway, on the same footing. Mr. PROTHEROE supported the petition. Mr. PEEL said that, in his apprehension of the mea sure of last Session, the intention of it was that Roman Catholics should not remain under any disabilities, either as to eligibility to civil offices, or as to municipal privileges, from which Protestants were exempt, he was prepared to maintain that principle either in Galway or any where else. He should, however, in this particular case, re serve for the present his opinion as to the way in which it might be most convenient and desirable to carry the prin ciple into effect. Mr. PROTHEROE expressed his satisfaction at what had fallen from the Right lion. Gent. Lord F. L. GOWER said as the Bill proposed to be brought in was a public, and not,a private one, he should follow the example of his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Peel), and reserve his opinion until the Bill was brought in. Mr: PEEL, in answer to an observation from Mr. H. Inglis, said the Hen. Member had misunderstood him. lie (Mr. Peel) apprehended that Protestants, after residing seven years in Galway, had a right to insist upon the free dom of the town, as the,law now stood. Protestants thvre- fore; and Catholics in. this particular instance, might be put upon the same footing, either by depriving Protestants of the right, or by extending it to Roman Catholics. The object of the measure of last Session was that all muni cipal situations, and civil offices, with the exceptions men tioned, should be open alike to Catholics and Protestants Mr. WYNN would object to any mode of equalization which would have the effect of taking fro m th e P ro t es t an t s of Galway the rights npw enjoyed by.them. ' Mr. PEEL meant to give no opinion either way. He spoke only of the general principle, and .reserved to him self the. freedom of applying it in this case in the way that might be judged most. advisable.. Mr. O'CONNELL said .the Bill of last Session effected an equality in all COrporations except • Galway. 'He wee certain .that the Roman-Catholics of that' town w ould prefer having their petition rejected to a measure that would have the effect of taking away any right from Protestants. Mr. S. RICE said his Bill would not interfere with any corporate regulation or any by-law of the Corporation. Mr. DALY said such a measure as that now proposed would have the effect of abrogating entirely the rights of the Corporation. Sir C. WETHERELL said that at present he could not give an opinion one way or the other. When the Bill was brought in, there were some considerations to which he should draw the attention of the house. Mr.. NORTH said the object of the law which gave this right originally to the Protestants of Galway, was to induce. Protestants front other parts of Ireland to come and reside in the town, the population of Galway having been then in a great measure Catholic. The policy, how ever, was now, happily, altered.. The best way of pro ceeding, in his opinion, would be, to repeal the original Statute which created the disqualification. Mr. LAMBERT supported the petition. Mr. DALY said there were many resident voters. Mr. O'HARA said the time was come when distinc- ions should no longer exist between Protestahts and Catho- lies. .On 'the 'unanimity of all classes depended the prosperity of Ireland, and he would support any measure that tended to promotelt.—(Hear, hear.) • The petition was ordered to be ',tinted. .. DUTY ON BOOKS AND PRINTS. Mr. BERNAL asked the Chancello'r of the Eichequer what had been the result of his enquiries into the mode in which the duty on books and prints was collected in this country. • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER answered that for some time past considerabl.'! difference 'of opinion had prevailed as to the mode in Which the duty no books with prints in them and books of prints stuck together should be charged aid collected. The Commissioners of Customs • had, however, recently agreed upon a fiesh or der, stating the opinion of the Board, that Where prints •and maps served merely to illustrate a work, they wereto be deemed part of the book and charged with duty ac cordingly ; but where prints and maps were without let ter-press, or where the letter-press was only descriptive or explanatory of the prints or maps, then they were to be charged With duty as prints and not as• books. Mr. BERNAL said it was fit that the regulation re ferred to by the Right Hon. Gentleman should be sent to the coast for the guidance of the inferior Custom-house of ficer% in future. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER admitted that the officers might have deviattl from the strict line of their duty, and expressed his readiness to attend to any facts the lion. Member was in a condition to communicate. COURTS OF COMMON LAW. Mr. PEEL moved that an humble Address be pre sented to the Crown, for a Copy of the Second Report of the Commissi oners o f E nqu iry i n t o t h e P rocee di ngs of the Superior Courts of Common Law.—Ordercd. Mr. BROUGHAM Wished to take this opportunity of stating why he intended to postpone his motion connected with the object of inquiry of the Commissioners. It had stood fir yesterday, and he owed an apology to the House for not then attending to . defer it,'although it was generally known that he did not mein to bring it on. The post ponement of the Report now moved fur was in fact the cause of the postponementof his Motion ; for until the re commendation of the Commissioners was known, the dis cnssion would be premature, although he had reason to believe that they only touched slightly upon the subject he intended to treat. He should therefore renew his dropt notice for the 29th of April, being the earliest day after Easter when he should be able to bring forward the sub ject. Ile should have attended yesterday; but after the lengthened discussion of the night preceding, he really did not give Ilun. Members credit fur activity enough to Make a House. COLONIAL -JUDICATURES. Mr..BROUGHAM, on presenting a petition from a town in Yorkshire, against Slavery in the West Indies, asked the Right Hon. Secretary for the Colonies what were the intentions of Government topecting the proposed Bill for introducing Reforms into Colonial Judicatures ? He had. w und e r s t oo d th a t t h e diffi cu l t i es t h at presente d them selves were great; but he wished to know if they were in surmountable, or whether they were such as to render ne cessary a poitponemint of the attempt until another session. PRICE 7D. At all events, he hoped that something might this year be done, in order to establish the admissibility of the evidence of all classes. Sir GEORGE MURRAY replied, that the principal difficulty arose out of the increased expence which won'd be occasioned by the proposed reforms, and of that expence he had not yet been able to procure an estimate. As far as that difficulty could be overcome , h e should be happy to use his best endeavours to introduce measures for a par tial, if not for a general Reform. TIMBER. Earl DARNLEY moved for areturn - of the contract price of timber, of whatever description, used in the Navy for the la,t twenty years: He was ready to give full credit to his Majesty's Government for their desire to economize and retrench; and he hoped to see some retrenchment in the stores, and what he might call the dead stock in his Majesty's dock-yards. He concurred in the observations made by the Noble Marquis respecting the colony of Sierra Leone. Viscount MELVILLE had not the slightest objection to produce the returns moved for. The returns were then ordered. FOREIGN CORN. The Earl of MALMESBURY moved for returns of foreign corn brought into this country from the period that the last Corn Bill passed, the 15th of July, 1828, to Fe bruary 1, 1830, with the amount of duty paid. Lord CALTHORPE presented a petition from the Chamber of Commerce of Birmingham, against the re newal of the East India Company's Charter. The Noble Lord also presented two petitions against the truck system, from Dudley and another parish in Staffordshire. Adjourned at Twenty Minutes past Six. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(LAST NIGHT). Mr. Pussy, for Rye, took the oaths and his seat. ROYAL ASSENT. The House attended the House of Peers, and heard his Majesty's consent given to certain Acts, for which see the Lords' Report. An Account of the gross amount of Public Annuities was laid on the table. On the motion of Mr. Alderman Wimp, the London bridge Bill was read a second _time and committed. Mr. SADLER presented a petition from the, Dowager Marchioness of Hertford and others, against the Leeds and Selby Rail-Road Bill. Mr. MARSHALL moved the second reading of the Mr. SADLER opposed the motion on the allegations of the petitioners. After a few words from Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. F. Wm sox, and Mr SYKEs, the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. EAST INDIA QUESTION. Mr. MARSHALL piesented a petition from a Society in Bradbury, coMPlaining of the monopoly of the East India Company. Lord STANLEY presented ,a similar petition from Blackburn. The petitions were referred to the Committee on the East India Charter. Mr. WARD brought up a Report from the Select Committee on the East India Charter. Mr. HUME wished the testimony of every witness to be reported as soon as completed. After a few words from Mr. STUART to the same effect; The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER depre cated the interference of the- whole House with the Com mittee. Lord ALTHORP thought it would be better if the Committee reported the evidence in small parcels. There might, however, be sons objection to such a course. . After a few remarks from Mr. WARD and Mr. R ICE ; against the interference of the House the Report was ordered to be'printed. Sir W. •HEATHCOTE presented a petition from King'sclere, in the county of Southampton. It w as signed by every landed proprietor in that neighbourhood, excepting the Noble Duke at the head of his ALliesty's Government. It complained of great distress, and played the House to inquire into the causes. Sir C. COCKERELL presented a petition from Leo minster, coriiplaining of distress, and praying for relief. EAST RETFOTtD. Mr. F. CLINTON presented a petition from certain Burgesses of East Retford, against the East Retford Dis franchising Bill ; also a similar petition from the Corpo ration of East Retford. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR brought in a Bill for Lessening the Expellees in Lunacy Commissions. The Bill was i ead a first time, and the second readieg was fixed for Friday se'nnight.—The Bill was ordered to be printed. JUDGE JEBB. Air. O'CONNELL rose to move for a copy of the peti tion presented to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, by Francis- Mackriant, complaining of the conduct of the Sub- Sheriff of the county of Fermanagh. He would take that opportunity of asking the Noble Lord opposite (Lord F. L. Gower), whether there would be any objection to furnish an authenticated copy of a charge delivered last year by one of the Irish Judges (Jebb, we believe) : and whether a proclamation issued in the course of last sum mer, purporting to be from the Lord Lieutenant, was an authentic document, sanctioned by the Law Officers of the Crown in Ireland. Lord F. L. GOWER said it was certainly true that the proclamation alluded to by the Hon. and Learned Member was issued last summer by the Lord Lieutenant, and the name of the Attorney-General being signed to it, it was hardly necessary to say that it was done with the full ad ♦ice and concurrence of the Law. Officers. With respect to the other. question, whether the Lord Lieutenant was aware of a . particular charge delivered by one of the Judges, the Lord Lieutenant could have no cfficial know ledge of it, nor was it any part of his duty to exercise controul over the Judges. The Lord Lieutenant had no means of becoming acquainted with the charges but through those sources of information that were open to every person. Mr: O'CONNELL regretted that Government did not feel itself justified to proceed further in the proclamation. The motion for a copy of Machriant's petition Was agreed to. PROTESTANT CLERGY. Mr. O'CONNELL held in his hand three petitions, from the three parishes constituting what was called the Union of Foxford, in the county of Mayo. One of these petitions was signed exclusively by Protestants, and he considered himself much h onoure d b y the i r selecting him to present it. In the first petition, signed entirely by Protestants, they complained that for 30 years they were deprived of the opportunity of hearing divine service. The complaint of the second petition was, that though the petitioners offered 3161. in the way of composition for the tithes, it was refused ; and they prayed that when an adequate composition was thus offered, the Legislature MILITARY PUNISHMENTS. Sir F. BURDETT begged to know from the Hon. and Gallant Officer whether any objection would be mate to a Return of the Punishments in the Army, distinguishing the Inflictions in each Regiment, during the last twelve Months? Sir H. HARDINGE felt a very strong objection to such a Return. Sir F. BURDETT inquired whether in former times such Regimental Returns had not been made? • Sir H. HARDINGE added, that no such Returns had ever been made. At the same time he should have no ob jection to state to the Hon. Baronet the number of punish ments in . each regiment, although he could not consent that it should be made the subject of a formal Return. CHURCH OF IRELAND. Sir JOHN NEWPORT brought forward his motion on the State of the Established Church of Ireland. Before he stated the precise nature of his motion, he wished very shortly to call the attention of the House to the progress of the Establishment at different periods. The com mencement of the Reformation in Ireland presented one of the most extraordinary instances of legislation in the history of legisletive absurdities. The Act of Uniformity passed in the reign of Elizabeth was verbatim extended to Ireland, with the addition of a remarkable clause, which provided that inasmuch as in some parts of Ireland neither the Priests nor the people understood Eng lish, the matins and the rest of the service should be per formed in Latin, of which both Priest and people were equally ignorant. Neither was it fair to impute this blun der to Ireland—she had enough of her own to answer for, without the addition of those of Elizabeth, Lord Burghley, and the rest of the Privy Council. Coming down to the reign of James the First, he would refer the House to the statement made by Sir John Davies to the Earl of Salis bury on the Ecclesiastical state of Monaghan; Fermanagh, and Cavan. He complained that such of the churches as were said to he in repair were only covered with thatch— that the whole district was within the diocese of Kilmore, and that the Bishop held also the living of Trim—that in fact he had two bishoprics, and that Divine Service was performed in neither. Sir J. Davies added, that the Bishop of Kilrnore might have saved himself the labour of in quiring touching matters Ecclesiastical, if he had been as careful in the repair of his churches as he had been indus- trious in visiting his barbarous clergy, in order to procure their contributions, which had made it in Ireland a pro ver!,, that a parish priest was better than a mulch cow. In that diocese at the present d a y, o ne li v i ng h a d a — glebe of 1,300 acres ; yet the incumbent was non-resident,' and in another diocese had a glebe of 400 a c r es . Th e 12 t h Geo. I. deprived Roman Catholics of the right of voting in Vestries, because they obstructed votes for the repairs of Protestant churches; and as from that time Protestants had the sole management of the affair, if the churches fell into decay, they had only themselves to blame. Never theless, since the Union, large sums had been borrowed 'to be repaid by the parish at large, for the repair of those churches ; and the Roman Catholics might naturally think it hard, that having been excluded from all share in vestry proceedings, they were required to pay because the Protestants had neglected their duty. In 1819 a docu ment had been lain upon the table, showing the progress made in uniting and disuniting parishes in Ireland; and hence it appeared that in the sixty- two years after the 2d George 1., thirty-seven parishes had been united, and as many disunited. At that time the country was very much in pasture; but from about 1780 to 1800, the tillage of Ireland was very much increased, and of course the ne cessity for uniting parishes was so •far diminished; yet, in that period, twenty-five parishes had been united, and only seven disunited—so that the operation proceeded in an in verse ratio to what it ought to have been. In the eigh teen years down to 1818, ' the same result was more strongly exemplified, for thirty-four• parishes were united, and only four disunited. NOtwithstanding the expense to which the country was fi ut for the maintenance of the Established Church—notwithstanding the large revenues the Bishop derived from lands belonging to the See, many of the Cathedrals were out of repair ; and of many that were not dilapilited it might be truly said that they -were not made use of for the purposes for which they were intended—there were in many instances no services performed in them. From a paper which Bishop Pococke left left behind him, it appealed that in the diocese of Ossory, in 1731, the number of Protestant fa milies amounted to 1,180; and from the survey of Mr. Tyghe, it appeaied that in 1800, the number was reduCed to '7ll. In the former year the aggregate population was 41,200, ill the latter year 83,000. To show the House the plan on which the union of Irish livings • was effected, and the consequences of those unions upon the inhabitants, he would instance his own parish; that parish was united to another, and the effect of that union was that many of the inhabitants were removed to the distance of eleven miles froth the parish church. Thus were they obliged to pay church-rates for repair and building of churches, though it was utterly impossible, both from the religious peritiasion and tlie situation of the residences, that they could derive any advantage from the use of that church— not even those whose interest lay the contrary way, could fail to see the injustice of per Sons paying for 'the'repair and building of a church which was in the parish they did not reside. in. The injustice was so apparent, that the parishioners of the one parish came to a resolution that the others should pay only two-thirds. of the rates hereto, fire imposed on them ; and a Noble Lord, the Member for Kilkenny, and he (Sir John Newpntt), took upon them selves to see that arrangement carried into effect; but they found they could not • do it. The inhabitants of the parish in which the church was not situated were riot obliged to pay as before. But he did himself and the. Noble Lord in justice —us they had undertaken to see that the thing should be' done, they would not allow the poor people to suffer any disappointment ; they paid the money themselves. The grievance of which he complained was one which called for an immediate remedy, for it operated on one of the most flagrant pieces of injustice that could well be ima gineel—an injustice not surpassed in any country but in Ireland. Complaints had been made in various places bf the unnecessary splendoUr of the new churches in Ireland-- unsuited as they were to the circumstances of the peop!e, and the character of the surrounding buildings. In answer to that complaint, he heard it said that no more was ever granted by the Board of First Fruits for rebuilding than I,4ool.—that was the highest sum. This he should not have mentioned, had it not been generally stated, and cur rently believed throughout Ireland. He made it his busi ness to inquire into the matter at the proper office in Dublin, and there he learned that so far from 1,400/. being the maximum, there were instances as high as 3,7001., and even 4,000/. having been granted for rebuilding, and in one case the sum of 10,000/. Since the Legislative Union between this country and Ireland, a sum of 250,000/. was expended in the rebuilding of churches, the whole of which expence devolved upon the people—a people, not only not interested in the repair•, but a people no way concerned in permitting the dilapidation which made that rebuilding ne cessary: The subject to - which he would next advert, was the condition of the unbeneticell curates—that condition was most forcibly exemplified in the case of a poor gentle man, 'from whom lie had received a letter, some portions of which, with the permission of the House, he would read. The Hon: Bart. then read extracts, which in substance were as follow :—The writer stated that he was ordained on the 241 or June, 1773—that he entered upon his duties p,fi a t.eon t f,tu,y a ,:n.i s ,,fil, a :,r l :t a e r t y b fi 4 f o ty / , . a year—that he had officia tea 'at that rate dining a period of thirty-six years, always, of course, en residing with his parish—that for the first few years he ingag appointed.ain 1) e ca i t;: ) e r v a a e p : e c.i r i t tg , and not of lebe house, iug and had ever since been paying rent for o ne. On the bene lhiiit'elllein, he an n 55 1( '. 1 15 g provide ‘s..l' B :re n s residence fur uninha bitable, r i ' t i n n se h f, fiee where he did duty beconilitg vacant, lie applied to lie appointed to it, but a young gentlenitin was sent to fill the vacancy, who had not been hot n till after the writer years he hail done the duties of a Curate for non• t then sixty, and at length, uni►er the gentleman e n i t ' lema T n h l e vi i i i : dent inctimbents. That his salary was first forty entered t , l , i , e m ( .)B. 'h Act Of Parliament, it was raised to seventy-live pounds; at that amount it remained till within these few years, when the Incumbent, agdiil all incumbents iu Breland—re duced it from seventy-five pounds to sixty-n i n e pounds firm shillings. The Act of which he spoke was that for the assimilation of the currency of Great Britain and Ireland. During those fifty-five years he had been under the givern.. ment of six several Bishops, to each of wham he appli-d —they admitted his claims, but gave him no preferment. He was at the time of writing the letter seventy-nine years of age—was likely soon to be incapable of performing the duties of a Curate--and as there was no fund for super annuated Curates, he was in the utmost danger or being reduced to want. On this letter be had to observe, that it presented one of the strongest cases that could easily be supposed capable of occurring. He had made in quiries into the character of the writer, and found that that character was perfectly unimpeached—none need be more respectable; yet six successive Bishops plotted him by, and promoted those who were junior to him, and who had, to say the least, no better claims than his. It was rather remarkable that one of these six Bishops happened to be the present Bishop of Ferns—the transactions of which he spoke took place in the See of Limerick. Now it was pretty well known that the Bishop of Ferns could see no abuse in the present state of the Irish Church—yet that Bishop went out of the See of Limerick, leavit g this poor Curate exactly as he found him, though his claims were stated to, and admitted by, that Prelate. It is gene rally supposed that the Curates receive a salary of 75/., that has been reduced to 691. 45., though the incumbents do not receive their incomes in the depreciated currPncy. But that was not the only deduction from their salaries— the law declared what their salaries should be, but it spe cified no deductions ; nevertheless deductions were made. He next called the attention of the House to a letter from Cork, from which it appeared that in that city there were but three Curates possessing salaries of 751. From this subject he again returned to the ease of the Curate whose letter he first read, and dwelt upon the injustice of leaving a man of his excellent character so long as 30, 40, and 50 years in the subordinate and distressing situation of a Curate, at the same time putting boys, just ordained, over his head. He then mentioned the case of another Curate, who had been a Curate eight-and -twenty years, and doing the duty of three parishes—for ona of these he received 18/. 9s. 2d., for another 9/. 4s. 7d., for the third 91. ss. 311., making his total income 361. 184. that was an income upon which he could net lire, did he not possess some private property. Could there then, he a stronger case calling for a modification of the laws relat ing to the salaries of Curates ? The situation of the un happy Curate was just this—the Rector might refuse to pay him any thing but what he pleased ; and in any man ner he pleased ; and the unfortunate Curate was without remedy, for did he venture to complain the incumbent im mediately would reply— Do as you please; go about your business ; I can do the duty of the parish myself, or I can find others who will." He would now come to the subject of pluralities. He understood it to be the fact that the Primate had no power of refusing faculties for holding pluralities, provided the livings are within thirty , miles of each other. Some time since he (Sir J. New port) introduced a Bill for remedying that defect in the state of the law, and he was induced to withdraw it, on the assurance that the Primate was doing all in his power to remove the inconvenience, and the injustice, against which the Bill was directed. Those exertions, however, were not attended with success ; and, therefore, some new measure on the subject became absolutely necessary-- something of the sort must be done; there was no postpon ing it any longer, the time for legislating upon the subject of the union of Irish livings had arrived ; and an attempt to protract the period must be attended with the worst effects. He should now state to the House the motion w;th which he intended to conclude. He should move that an humble Address be presented to his Majesty, praying that he would be graciously pleased to appoint Commissioners, to be selected from the Privy Council of Ireland, to examine into the Unions of Parishes in the several Dio ceses of Ireland, the authority under which those Unions had been effected, and the value of each ; also whether the Parishes so united were contiguous or remote, and how far remote; with the number of Churches which they contain. .Finally, to direct their attention to each va cancy.of such .Unions as they may arise, whether by death or otherwise, and to report the same, with their opinions thereon, to his Majesty. Secondly, he should seek to make it compulsory upon .the Archbishops and Bishops to institute. a strict inquiry at their annual visitations into the payments nude by the beneficed Clergymen to .their Curates, for the purpose of seeing that those Curates re ceceive their full salaries of 751. in British currency . , and that no deduction are made from them except suell'as are expressly authorised under the Act of Parliament.._. Thirdly, he should move that there be laid tnicire the House information respecting the authority exeteised by the Primate, with respect to faculties for holding plurali ties—the number of faculties granted or withheld.— Fourthly, he should move an Address, humbly recom mending to the consideration of his Majesty to suspend the appointment by the Crown to any dignity or benefice that may happen to become vacant, by death or other wise, until a strict inquiry should be made into the state of the Cathedral; and should rebuilding or repair be come necessary, that the first year's income of such dignity or benefice should be applied to that purpose, deducting what might be necessary for the celebration of divine ser vice, and the duties of the office ; as in the reien of his late Majesty had been done with respeet to the Cathedral of Lichfield. Sir ROBERT INGLIS observed that the number of resident clergymen had greatly increased within the last twenty years. The increase amounted to 697, which was nearly equal to the whole number of resident clergy in Ireland in the reign of George I. When such were the operations' of the Church when left to itself, he thought that any legislative Act of the House would otily retard the object which was already in progress. That there were insulated places where curates were pining in obscurity and poverty, he admitted ; but he did not think thit they formed a sufficient ground for interference. There was already an Act in existence for the diminution of this evil, (71(1 it was in the power of the bishops and the ,curates themselves to obtain a fair hearing of their case. In the diocese of Armagh the number of residents' in 1828 was equal to the whole number of residents in all Ireland in 1792. In his opinion, the facts stated by the Right Honourable Baronet were not sufficient to evince that the Church of Ireland was too largely endowed ; and it was to be remembered that there were 1480 glebes in the hands of laymen; so that if he could concur in any part of the Right Hon. Baronet's motion, it would be for the purpose of ascertaining what portion was paid by impropriators, being laymen ; and he believed that it would turn out to be a . very small proportion indeed._ ( Hear, bear.)—lf the Right 'Hon.. Baronet had contented himself with moving such an Address is that which he had moved on the 22d of April, 1819, in which "the Prince Regent was requested to direct an inquiry by communi.. cation into the state of the Church of Ireland, bra com munication with the Archbishops and Bishops of that part of the United Kingdom, similar to the inquiry instituted in June, 1806." . lie (Sir R. Inglis) would not have ob jected, though he still should have been of opinion that the better course would have been to have left the matter quiet: As it was, however, be felt - bound to move the pre vious question. The Right Hon. Baronet had said that the ReformatiOn never Idly took effect in Ireland, and certainly it was. a. long time before it was fully embraced and at work there. This being the cue, he would ask whether the actual state of the Church of Ireland was not Much better now than could have reasonably been Ex. pected, under the discouraging circumstances with Which it bad met ? With such discouragement on the p;irt of Thu Crown from the period of the Revolution to that cf the Union, he would ask whether there had nut been more done, or whether there was not more thing by that Church than could have been fairly anticipated? lie put it to the Right Hon. Baronet's candour wholuir this was' not the case? and he therefore requested him not to retard wILIA was already doing, by im attempt at anY legislative: measure.. . Lord F. L. GOWER—IIe Was not able to aioaent to the proposition tither - of the Right Ifunouvatde Ba ronet, or of the Hon. Member for Oxford, The Right i H m o c n k . s ß om ar e o w ne h t, in the atfuroie c r otirse of than w go ; te but i perhaps neces s ary i there were one or two ottservations on which it might be tof Qyuneenfe%Eviizib wor e c; h fHe should ' . ay that t o li: s. service in the Litin language wa s a proo f t h at 's m il ( t:e l e l r :t ti oea to fl she was desirous of acting with more regard for the feel ings and prejudices of the pecld t( e tti itiac,ks ,far whichi:iai.. thatcountry e_thiair ti i: i4 her father•, Henry the ia: _i attacks membered rightly, one of the tu~tde ors the prejudicci of the 1 Irish, was t 6 com signal pel thewto tell their bi ads in the Engliih tongue: it strn4 daughter gigs that the eagac ; ty o the her dis c Baronetu :l meet there e 7that failure. The Right llon. h d said th ,► t y o hail been a great increase of unions since the Revolutio.. Ile could not profess the great knowledge of the Right Honourable Baronet on this pint ; but as lie lookect in it, :null a circumstance ',might have ati , eit without attaching, any odium to the 13isi:op. 4 He believed that it had sometimes happened that the unions of nine pal ishea had been dissolved into unions of three; and if that were the case, the account would stand—one dissolution against three unions. --(Hear, hear.)—in which event, - what Litt Hon. 134ronet was standing tip tea was substintially of fecto.l,—( Hear, hear.)-11dancholy as the facts were which th.. Right lion. Baronet had st a ted with regard to the Citra'es of Irelaud, Le Lutist say ttiat he knew of au