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' " IMPERIAL PAItLIAMENT • .• MOUlinr - OF LORDS--(LAST NIGHT). Several petitions were presented. AFFAIRS OE GREECE. 7iu - Mtitiiiis of LONDONDERRY wished to know 'When it was the intention of his Majesty's Ministers to put - the .-Horn and the country in possession of the state of onr relations with Greece. Those papers had been pro. mined a considerable time. It had also been stated that a Prince of this country was actually now King of Greece. That might not be the fact, but he thought it was .due to the House and the country that information should be furnished, and that immediately, upon that subject. He was also informed that a proposition hid been made to that Prince to forego his naturalization. He should wish to have information on these questions from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Earl of ABERDEEN was in hopes of being able to Zap on the table of the House all papers relative to the question by the Noble Lord. With respect to Prince Lelpold, be.(the Noble Earl) did not understand any di rect question to be put requiring an answer. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY considered that he lad put a direct question with respect to Prince Leopold. The Earl of ABERDEEN observed that the observa tions of the Noble Marquis were quite correct with reference to his Royal Highness Prince Leopold. The Allies had offered the Sovereignty of that State to his Royal Highness, and (as we undersmod the Noble Earl) it had been accepted by his Royal Highness, but that some points in the negotiation still remained to be settled. The Duke of WELLINGTON said, that with re ference to that part of the Noble Marquis's question, relating to the naturalisation, he could distinctly answer it in the negative. Allis Marquis of LONDONDERRY gave notice, that if the paperf respecting Greece were not produced very early in May, he would bring the subject befere Parlia. anent. w 3. •~,.~~c TERCEIRA. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE wished to know whether his Majesty's Government were in communicafoa with the Regency established at Terceira? The Esti of ABERDEEN begged distinctly to say thef :vere not. On the motion of Lord DURHAM, accounts were ordered of the sums paid by the Treasury for the Penryn and East Retford inquiries. FAST RETFORD ELECTION. On the motion of the Marquis of .SALISBURY, Coun lel and witnesses were then called in, to proceed with the examination of thin Election Bill. The examination of witnesses was continued till nine o'clock, when the further consideration was postponed till Monday next. Nothing new was elicited. —Ad journed till Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(LAST NIGHT). Mr. NORTH unwed the second reading of the Dundalk and Castle Blaney 'Boat Bill. Mr. DAWSON moved, as an amendment, that the Bill be read this day six months. A Dehate ensued, in which several Members took part, after which the House divided, when there appeared, For the second reading 2B Against it 2l .Majority in favour of the Bill— 7 SCOTCH JUDICATURE BILL. Sir. M. S. sTEWART presented a petition from the writers and conveyancers of Greenock and Port Glasgow, and practitioners before the Sheriff Court of Renfrewshire, to which he requested the particular attention of the Lord Advocate, for be was confident if the Learned Lord gave it his attention, he must also give his consent to the just and equitable prayer or the p e titioners. Thg Hon. Mem ber stated the scope and object of the petition. Among other things, the petition declared that the etpenee of loisiness before the Courts of Edinburgh is very great; bat that the expence of the Court of Session is greatest of ill ; that the High Court of Admiralty, besides its pri mary jurisdiction in maritime cases, is cumulative with the Court of Session in mercantile questions, end that Besieges prefer it, from the comparative cheapness of its ade ministration ; but still the petitioners are convinced that the Admiralty Court may, with great public advantage, he abolished, as 'proposed by the Lord Advocate's Bill, if its jurisdiction be transferred to the Sheriff Court?. The petitioners earnestly prayed that the competagey of the Sheriff Court, in Admiralty business, may not he line;ted to ewes below 25/. ; that such a restriction would be very 'detrimental to Scotland, and particularly to sailors and shipmnstert, in whose interests the Procurators of Greenock and Port Glasgow must unwitionably he pe ett;:arly convenient. He (Sir M. Stewart) would strongly urge upon the attention of the House and of the Loot Ad vocate the great public tollemtage of conferring the full jeriedietkin of the Admiralty no those most efficacious and coioparetively cheap tribunals the faleeriff Courts of Scot land (which bad been so ably and ao juatly characterized by his Learned Friend the Member for le:naresborough, in inis powerful and comprehensive statement last night), end snaking such jurisdiction alternative with the Court of &seine] in all such cases shove 251., and restrictive to the Sheriff Courts in those under that sum,—(Hear, hear. ) For proof of the great practical efficiency of the Sheriff Comte, he would only refer the House and Parned Lord (and no one was better acquainted with the Coe4i tution of t!,ese Courts than the Learned Lord) to one of hie own returns, from wields it appeared that out of 66,239., causes decided in the Sheriff Coto to in Scotland in three years, only 564 were carried by review to the Supreme Court.—(Hear.) —The petitioners also prayed that all inferior Admiralty jurisdictions should be ieb,oe Belled, and merged in the Sheriff, and in particular that this House may interfere to abrogate the authority of the Water Baillie of Glasgow, the existeneenf whose authority they atlted to be a serious grievance to per:oils residing in Renfrewshire. Ineooeluaion the petitioners declared that there was much to amend in the judicial system of Scot, land, and, if permitted, they would demonstrate the expe diency of introducing jury trial in tivil cases, before the Sheriff, parties being always allowed the option of a trial by jury or by the Judge alone, and they •t that they would further demonstrate the expediency of empowering the Sheriff to enforce his own decrees by imprisonment ' without the heavy expence of eignat letters of horning and ,caption ; and that the Sheriff should have the power of awarding sequestration of the smaller class of bankrupt estates, and of determining cases of cessio bonorune; they prayed this House to take these matters into considert tion ; and be (Sir M. Stewart) prayed that his Learned Friend (the Lord Advocate) in particular to take them into his oseosideration, and, if possible, to give them speedy effect. Seeing his Hoo. Friend (the Umber for .Ayr) in his place, lie could not help expressing an anxious hope that he would, without delay, renew his useful and much-required Bill for the transfer of heritable bonds by simple endoreation, by which he would confer very great benefit upon Scotland at large.—(Hear.)-14 also trusted 'that his Hon. Friend (the Member for Stirlingshioz) would turn his great practical knowledge and acute mind to the , truly important subject of seisios, with a view to their complete revision and reform; and that he would extend dill further the powers of that most valuable statute, the small Debt Act, for which he would deserve and receive lite gratitude of his country—(Hear, hear) —and he hoped 'tees vigilant friend', the Umbels for Westbury and Aber &era, would keep their chastening hands on that master grievance the Fee-fund, until it was altogether suppressed ; qr. at least, compressed into much more moderate dimen seen.e.—(Hear, hear.)—lle begged to take this opportunity ,Of Paying, that the observations that lie made pee a former evening, as to the L•igh rate of writers' charges, applied to the charges on corm-yawing, and especially the ad va boron charges, which ought to he done away with alto gether. As to the charges for court business, he presumed to give no opinion ; but from the differeuee of opinion that ire understood eziated at present among the leareeed bodies 011 the subject, as well as from the nature of the soyct itself, he thought that, iu justice to the Lords of Session, to the learned bodies themselves, arid especially to the pub lic, one of two courses should be adopted by Parliament —either that a parliamentary commission ehould be forth with appointed tote the regulation and publication of the ssvhole of these charges, or that they should be left alto.- gether without any regulation, and quite open to free coin petition.—(Heer, hear.) He anoved that the petition be brought up. Mr. MAXWELL took that opportunity of informing the Learned Lord that there was little or no ligeet.llity felt in Scotland to the improvements which lie had reeent i ly proposed to make in Scotch Law. The LORD ADVOCATE was happy to bear that no hostility was entertained in Scotland to his Bill, as he must canteor that he had been apprehensive of a different result. After a few words from Mr. KENNED 7, n. DRUM"' TIOND, Mr. Hume, and Sir C. FORBFS, the petition was laid on tho table, and ordered to be printed. BEER BILL. Mr. DEN ISnN presented A petition from the retail brew" of Su'reY, praying for the complete throwing open of the trade in beer, and at the same time thanking Government for the remission of the beer duties which had already been granted. Mr. MONCK asked a question of the Chancellor of the exchequer, which was inaudible in the gallery, but which elicited an answer from that Right Hon. Gentleman, de daring that the object of the new law tr as to place all retail dealers in beer on the same footing- with brewers. The brewers, however, if they become rvtail dealers in beer, must pay for a retail licence. After a few words from Mr. BRIGHT, t he petition was laid on the table. and ordered to be printed. Mr. DENISON presented two petitio na, praying for the abolition of the punishment of death in cases of for -ery, from Wandsworth, in Surrey, and. Leeds, in York shire. Colonel BRAMSTON presented three petitions of a similar nature, from Saffron-Walden, and from Braintree, in Essex. He also presented a petition from certain licensed victuallers in Essex, against the beer bill, and another from certain manufacturers of flour, praying for an increased duty upon foreign flour imported. Lord G. SOMERSET presented a petition from New port, in Monmouthshire, praying for the abolition of the punishment of death in cases of forgery. Mr. EGERTON presented a petition from the Li censed victuallers of Northwich, in Cheshire, against the Beer Bill. The Marquis of CHANDOS presented a petition from .he West India planters, praying for a reduction of the luty on rum. . . _ Sir R. INGLIS presented a petition from certain clergymen of the established church, formerly officers in the army, praying that the House would take measures to prevent the compulsory attendance of Protestant soldiers at the religious ceremonies of persons of a different per suasion. The Hon. 11Iemher observed that a few years ago Roman Catholic soldiers were relieved from the ne cessity of attending Protestant worship, and he only asked that the same privilege should he extended to Protestant soldiers. After a few words from Sir G. MURRAY, Sir E. KNATCHBULL, Mr. O'CoNwaLL, and Mr. TB.ANT, the petition was ordered to lie on the table. Sir E. KNATCHBULL presented a petition from Mr. James Best, common-brewer, of the county of Kent, against throwing open the trade in beer. He hoped that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would abandon that mea sure, and in lieu of it repeal the duty on malt. The How. BARONET presented petitions of a similar na ture from the Hundred. of Milton, from Ashford, and from Ramsgate.—Laid on the table. Sir E. KNATCHBULL presented a petition from the journeymen paper-makers of Kent, against the excessive use of machinery in the manufacture of paper. Mr. WELLS supported the petition. . _ Mr. HUME had been requested, by a deputation from the petitioners, to support its prayer, but he had declined to do so, because he could prove that a compliance with their wishes would add to, instead of diminishing, the general distress. Mr. BELL presented petitions from the licensed victuallers in North and South Shields, and also from certain inhabitants of the district of Derwent, in the county of Durham, against opening the trade in beer. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice, as we understood, that he would on Monday next move for certain depositions which had been produced on the part of the Crown in the case of the Doneraile conspiracy. Mr. HUSKISSON gave notice, that he would on Thursday next submit a motion to the House on the sub ject of the trade between this country and Mexico. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER hoped the Hon. Baronet opposite (Sir J. Graham) would not press his motion for an account of all salaries and emolu ments received by Members of his Majesty's Privy Coun cil, on going into the Committee of Supply. All the formation which the Hon. Baronet demanded would be laid before the House in the course of a fortnight, in consequence of .the motion made by the Hon. Member for Lincolnshire. Sir J. GRAHAM said if the returns alluded to by the Right Hon. Gentleman were Pat isfac tory, it would not be necessary for him to proceed with his motion, but if they were not so, lie certainly would persevere, and under thal feeling be consented to postpone his motion until the I I th of May, Mr. HUME said, in the formation of this new Com mittee, an Hon. Baronet (Sir Henry Parnell) the shiest man, he would say, that ever eat on any Committee, had been most unaccountably excluded. The (%H . 34 ., '!'cgfl.Oß of the EXCHEQUER said, that the Hon. Baronet TeOFFe4 tp, had been inadvertently, and not intentionally, exch : yied ; for his own part he had no objection that the Hon. fi4rollo 41,04 pl!tced on the Committee. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY.—ORDNANCE ESTIMATES. Mr. t'ERCEVAL moved the Order of the Day for the House re.olving ittelf into a Committee of the whole House to consider further of the supply to be granted to his Majesty. On the motion of the sung Hon. Oettile.• man, the Ordnance Estimates were ordered to be referred to Ole said Committee. In the Cnaunittee, Mr. PKRCEVAL moved that a sum not exceeding 62,011, be granted to defray the expenses of the corps of Royal Sappera a f td lfners, &c., for 1830. Mr. HUME objected to the vote. Hu congdpred this corps as entirely too numerous. In 1792 the corps of eng43errs had only 50 officers, there were now 230. Mr, PERVEVAL said, it was necessary, for the pur poses of instruction, to Jeep up the engineer corps in time of peace. Mr. O'CONNELL would vote for any raduction that the Hon. Member for Aberdeen might propose. After a few words from Mr. HUME, Mr. PaacxvAL, CO!OCel TIiFyCH, and Mr. O'CoNtim.r„, the resolution Walt agreed to, The next resolution was, f. that a sum, not exceeding 83,6261., be granted to his Majesty 1.0. 40fraying the re maining part of the expcnce of keeping up the hop - A Fp gimept of Artillery for the year 1830, the sum Of 200,0001, 41ready been granted by a vote of credit for the same purpose."--Agreed to. On the vote of 37,1111. for £be expnce of the Royal Horse Artillery, including the Rocket-troop ann. Riding House, for the year 1830. Mr,. PPM asked, what was the use of a rocket corps in a time of peai.:e? Lord E. SOMEItSET said the rocket corps was a force which could not be created in a rtey ; and it was ne cessary to keep it up that it might be in reedines,7 for a t;rp,e of war. Mr, O'CONNELL observed this sort of proceeding and argument eiiag.,ed an utter want of sympathy between the House and the peopia, whose money was taken to support such establishments. Lord HOWICK was of opinion that effective ec,enotiii was noii; likely to be promoted by objecting to minute items of expenditure in the spirit which appeared to actuate the Hon, and Lear4ed f,lientleman.—(Hear.) Mr. O'CONNELL did not feel lomd by the blame which the Noble Lord appeared disposed to a4aeh to his copatirct, any more than he should feel exalted by hie ap. prohatioar. Sir H. HARDIATPE stated that the rocket corps con s;sted of but 86 men. After an observation from Mr. itc f arti.y, Mr. \\rea m:more, and Mt'. DOHERTY ; the vote was agreeei to. 4 grant of 1,223/. for the expences of the Director- General of rke Field Train and the Field Trein Depart ment, for the year 1539 ; was agreed te. On the motion for a gewat p 1 9,127/. for the medical "establishment of the military depaitroo4 ,7f the Ordnance (pr the year 1830, HARDINGE, in answer to a question from Air. Alaberry, stated, that the establishment at Wool wich would be nisreilsAd with as soon as circumstances admitted, and the medical eatabh;elrinent of the Ordnance , • placed ut.der the army department.----Agr.ce4 tll. Mr. PERCEVAL moved that 3,402/. be grante4 to hia Majesty for the expenditure of the establishment of civil officers, profeseors, and masters of the Royal Military Academy at Wooiwi,eb, Mr. HUAIE inquired how guepy cadets were now upon the establishment ? Lord DOWNES replied 123 ; and added thiat ri,yripg i.he last year 12 had been admitted. Mr, WINE asked what portion of these were liens of military ofticersi Mr. DOWNES said en= } :•ere 20 sons of officers of a rtillery in the academy, and 10 or I; l l.ec,vs of officesin the army. Mr. HUME observed it would appear from this st,rte ment; that iAa r t,erul of being an asylum for the sons of me ritorious officers, this e;trtblishment had been converted into a nursery for favourites, evh;,i urp educated and sup ported like paupers at the public expert t. Mr. AIABERLY concurred in what had heed eaaei by bas Hop. Friend, that it was a desire to keep up patronage which it,thiced Government to keep up a school at the public expense; 1.)51,1f,:1c1i a school was to be at all con 'tinned, it ought to be fur tlae 4;4er;tgrieus officers, and not for those of civilians. Sir H. HARDINGE was not understood in :wha,t - 41 e had said. In 1829 there were 52 cadets admitted, 18 of . whorn were sons of officers; and in 11328, out of 24 cadets, were suns of officers, Would the Hon. Member . , . contract for sons 01 p,dlr2rs ? Mr. HUME asked why yell as for medical men, who were educated at their own ezpv.K.se, apd subjected to an examination as to their qualifications? He mnst Tepeat the term " paupers," as applied to those young men who were thus suppor t e d a t th e p u bli c expense. Sir H, kIgRAINGE protested against the use of the word " pititiers" to a let of yours; men just entering upon life. But he would not dwell further upon it, for he reated it with contempt. Mr. HUME rose to order. The Hon. Baronet in ap plying that term had acted in a manner unbecoming hi, situation. Lord MILTON was quite sure that the Hon. Member for Montrose misunderstood the Hon. Baronet. The term contempt was not intended to apply as an insult to the Hon. Member, but to the argument he used. Sir H. HARDINGE bad certainly not meant to offer' any thing like personal insult to the Hon. Member for Montrose. With respect to the Woolwich academy, be contended that it ought to be supported by the public ex pence, on the ground that it was necessary to keep our artillery in that state which rendered it the most effective in Europe. When he was attached to the Prussian army in France, an examination was ordered by the Prussian Government of the state of the artillery of the Austrian. Russian, French, and English armies, and it was admitted that the materiel of the English artillery was the most effective of all. Lord HOWICK, though he did not concur in the plan of general and indiscriminate attacks on every small item of expenditure, yet agreed with the Hun. Member for Montrose that this was an expellee which the public ought not to be called upon to pay. Mr. 11. GORDON should wish to know from the Gal lant Officer why the cadets at Woolwich should not he re quired to pay for themselves as well as those at the Mili tary College? Sir H. HARDINGE replied, that not being allowed to enter any other branch of the service but the artillery or engineers, and the promotion in both being very slow, and the study and application severe, it was only fair to give them their education at the public expense. Mr. R. GORDON professed that this explanation was any thing but satisfactory. Lord ALTHORP did not see why the same principle should not apply to the Woolwich academy as to the n'ival school at Portsmouth. He did not think the public ought to be called upon to pay for the education of persona for the army. After a few words from Sir H. HARDINIE and Lord ALTHORr, Mr. BARING contended, that it would be no hardship to oblige those ybHng men to pay for themselves. Mr. HUME contended, that the expense of this esta blishment was not merely 3,000/., the amount of the pre.. sent vote. The whole expense of living, servants, and other items, exceeded 11,0001. a-year. Sir J. WROTTESLEY opposed the present vote. Mr. Maberly, Sir H. Hatilinge, Mr. Perceval, Sir R. Wilson, and other Hon. Members then entered into a pro tracted conversation on the propriety of acquiescing in the proposed vote, or deferring it to a future opportunity. The question was at last put on the Resolution, when the Committee divided : Ayes Noes Majority in favour of the Resolution —72 The next Resolution was the sum of 587,1081. for de fraying the extraordinaries of the Office of Ordnance, for the year 1830, after a deduction of 167,547/. for the sale of old stores. Mr. MAZERLY, Mr. Hums, and Mr. R. GORDON opposed taking.the votes in this shape, and contended that it should be taken in five separate items; while the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, Sir 11. TT --ARDINGE, and Mr. Pattervar. maintained that this was the most convenient mode for taking it; and after a long discussion upon that point, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER consented to withdraw the vote, and so shape it as to meet the views of the Hon. Members opposite. In the mean time, on the suggestion of Sir H. Han. DINGE, the COmmittee proceeded to the next Resolution, which was for the sum of 4,084/. to defray the expences of services performed for the Office of Ordnance, and which had not been provided for by Parliament, for 1830. On the question being put on this Resolution, Lord MILTON was desirous to take the opportunity to enter his protest agairst the whole military system of this country. A Gallant Officer opposite had said, that having been in Paris in 1814, he saw the deficiency of their artillery there compared with ours, and he asked, would we now break down such a superior establishment? The fact was, that his Majesty's Ministers seemed to take for granted that, in time of peace, England should be pre pared for war, not in the way in which our ancestors would keep her prepared, but according to the new f.•mgled doctrines which a desolating war of a quarter of a century's duration had introduced, He (Lord Milton) would contend that we ought not to keep up a large stand ing army in time of peace. He had to complain not only of the Government but of that House, for maintaining the present extravagant military establishment of this country. -,-(Hear.)—He was opposed to the whole military system of this country. ministers had made a great noise and parade about the reductions which thay proposed to make, but the distress of the country would force them to make still greater reductions.—(Hear.)—Besides the objections which he felt to the magnitude of the expenses, he must say that they appeared to him objectionable owing to the 41t,ttltiopa which they were producing in the character of the nation itself.—(Flear,)—They were making us the paltry imitators titan immeasurable distance of thp great milit,ry powers of the Continent. He contended that at the present moment, the military establishments of Eng land were monstrous. A standing army of 90,000 men was a monstrous armament for England to maintain. To what dangers wero we exposed at present ? To the danger of invasion ? if so, was ii a force of 9P,01:T0 men that would prevent our land from being polluted by the hostile tread of the foreigner ? No, we must look for safety to the energy of the nation, and to its devotion to its free in stitutions, which would increase daily if the House would oniy yipld to the spirit of the times, and give additional strength to all our resouwt;ea by a reduction of overgrown establishments.—(Hear, hear.) The vote was then agreed to. The next grant proposed was a stun of 300,245/. for the military superannuated in the ordnance. —Agreed 'file neat grant proposed was a sum of 62,6551., for the consolidated ordnance 4nd barrick superannuated, in Great Britain, Ireland, and the colonies. After a few words from Me. Hum, the Crwici:r.Loa of the EXCHEQUER, and Sir H. Hamill:rot, the grant was g.greil to. 79,4554 ter:: then voted for the military store branch in Great Britain, Ireland, and the colonies. The next grant proposed was 66,1221. to defray the command pay and extra pay to engineers, and allowances for their servant.. It was agreed to, after an observation of £sir. Hung upon the strangeness of engineers, who received such liber4 pay, receiving double pay for any extra command, 115,4131. was then granted for ordnance works and repairs for the year 1830. The next grant proposed was 194,3351. for repairs of barrack's and tl i e expenditure of barrack-masters. Mr. HUME asked why we sh,onid pay 7,0001. for the erection of barracks at Gibraltar'? Taies, NA heavy taxes too, were levied on all British subjects in that Place for the erection of the fortifications, and yet, instead of being E i .polied to that purpose, they were quietly put into his :Majesty's pocke),. He considered that the taxes thus raised at Gibraltar were illegal,—they were raised by the King's warrant, and not in consequence 'of any vote of that House. Again, in Malta, 2,6971. was paid for the same object; and yet Ministers refused to tell Parliament 7 , liat revenue was raised in Malta, or what they did ;'_`P. in the West Indies 30,0001. was applied to the same object, though he 44i . per cent. duties were originally given to the Crown for" 'Twinc,f diffi culty ! why there can be none in England, when the pub lic: money is thus squandered upon objects for which the focal gr.,:icrnments either had provided or could provide funds of ibeie ir - s i?a,—(l-lear.)—Again, in Canada 66,000/. was devoted 'to liarraCii:- - bri;lrling, independent of 1,000,0001. spent in fortifications. Why the people of England should pay that money, he could not con ceive. If we continued to misgovern the Canadas, our Varrac."o end fortification would avail us not : if we go verned them (yea to be governed, they would find a sufficient defence inthear own b.aie hosoms against all the attacks of the United States. At keisenr, owing to our misgovernment, a civil war was all but raging in Canada. For his own part, nothing could please him bct;.er than to see Canada free and independent. In Nova Scotia, too, barracks at the public expence ; so, too, at the Cape of Good ila ji c, 7'here he sawa charge of 9,0001. debited to the public foi.` the same p4rposes. That colony would pay all its expences, if it were not un fortunately kept in leading -strings by its most sapient Gos , cirio%: There was a large charge for the same ob ject under the i i s.4 of Mauritius and Ceylon, though it had been stated that those would gladly pay all their expences if we would onli . aditiit they ygar at a less duty. We had done so, but they had performed their , F _ r e of the contract. Then there was 1,135/. for bar ir,Ttir.;,:c at Sierra Leone, a place which we ought long sit we He concluded by asserting, that if the House would` but appri ; ' ; 4. Committee to in quire into the expenditure of these sums, this gsauf would be reduced to a twentieth part of its present amount. Mr. R. GORD ON observed, th at it had been stated be barracks paido a u n t d of th e fortifications 4i.per in cent the had been mi sappropr i ate d f or a ivuaettisetas,lilutdliiiee,soeurxoput ehgn.4hs:ees,ttooo; ie long time past from V,A ri°43 A 79 $ i vys, 115 Hon. Friend, the Member for Aberdeen, had moved for a return of the sums thus obtained during the last few yearu . Ancritat s return had been put into the hands of Hon. Mnbeis that morning. All persons who held West Indian property had recently been great sufferers from the depreciation which it had undergone; and as those 4i per cent. duties were paid in kind, he wee afraid, that owing to the depre ciation of West Indian produce, the Crown would not be able to pay the pensions which it had granted upon them. To his great surprise he found, that in the last two years they had doubled, and nearly trebled, their former amount. Formerly they had amounted to the sum of 28,000/. or 29,0007. ; in the year 1828 they had amounted to 62,0001. ; and in the year 1829, to 66,0001. How had this increase been effected ? By calling in the aid of his Majesty's Attorney and Solicitor-General. They had dis covered that the King's sugars were not liable to duty; and thus no duty had been paid upon them since the 25th of March, 1826. Thus his Majesty now got the whole profits arising from the sale of the sugar, whilst formerly those profits were diminished by the pay ment of the duty upon them. He called the attention of the House to this paper, which had only been presented that day, and which had, on that account, perhaps, escaped the vigilant attention of his Hon. Friend the Member for Aberdeen. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the Act of Parliament prevented Government from im posing any charges upon these 4 per cents. in the Wes Indies, except for the payment of the church, and som e other services. This was the opinion of the law officers of the Crown. The remainder of the expenditure was made up from the general colonial funds. Mr. HUME said that these sugar duties bad however come regularly in, and been carried as usual into the funds of the Exchequer. In 1917 they left a surplus of 2,0001, and in the last year upwards of 66,0001.—where was the balance? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that these receipts had been regularly accounted fur. The resolution was then agreed to. In answer to a question from Mr. Hums, Sir H. HARDIN GE said that the expence of the bar rack department had been reduced 42,0001., and that in 1825, in consequence of an inquiry instituted by the Duke of Wellington into all the barrack buildings of the colonies, a great Living, both in point of expence and health, had been obtained by the use of iron bedsteads, instead of ham mocks. Mr. PERCEVAL next moved that a sum not exceed ing 211,2131. be granted to defray the civil and military contingencies of the office of Ordnance for the year 1630. The resolution was agreed to, as well as anothtr of 2,6001. for defraying the charges and fees payable to the Exchequer o❑ account of the Ordnance. Mr. HOBHOUSE wished to know whether the bar racks at the Mews at Charing-cross were to be still up held, to deform the got w and expensive improvement; made in the same neighbourhood. Mr. PERCEVAL said that quarters would be still found there for the original number of soldiers. Mr. R. GORDON objected to these barracks, more pat ticularly as it was intended t) billet soldiers on those who sold beer under the new regulations. The resolution was agreed to. The House resumed, and the report ordered to be re ceived on Monday. SCOTCH COURTS OF SESSION. The LORD ADVOCATE moved the second reeding of the Scotch Courts of Sessions Bill. Sir CHARLES FORBES gave notice that he would propose an augmentation of 1,0001. a-year to the salaries of Scotch Judges. Mr. R. GORDON pointed out the distinction between the duties of the Scotch and English Judges, which was greatly in favour of the former, from the better division of labour. After a few words from Mr. Houle and Mr. FERGUS.. sow, the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on the 20th of May. The other Orders of the Day being disposed of, the House adjourned at Two o'clock. MAGAZINE DAY. NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE An infinitely better number than usual, as regards first instruction, secondly, entertainment. The article headed " Monos and Daimonos," is of a wild imaginative character, powerful, im passioned—eloquent, but repulsive and strained in its effect. We think we can trace the style of the author of " Pelham" in this article. " Coquetry" is an easy playful article, light and superficial, and gracefully expressed. " Anecdotes of Russia" are for the most part new, they are highly amus ing. " A Brief Glance at the State of Parties" is penned in a manly and energetic spirit. The writer is a shrewd observer, though not without prejudice. We give the following remarks on Mr, Huskisson, as a specimen of the writer's powers " If ever man were placed in a more delicate trick m harrassing situation than another, as to the chances of power, it is Mr. Huakisson. His own party is strong as an ally—it is nothing as as a body. He attracts a consi derable notice--he may excite a very reasonable fear. He is powerful as a part of opposition, but he could no more form an Administration than Colonel Wilson or Sir Jo seph Yotke. Coalition is not only his evident, it is his indensable policy ; but coalition with whom ?—there lies the question. The Whigs?—What!—the Whigs hate him, and Mr. Huskisson knows it. No man can pass a night in the Howe of Commons, and not perceive the hit ter temper felt towards him by the and the of that long-inem9ried body. Note how coldly fall his speeches on the whcgtish ear ; note how loudly, how ebuckingly bursts the applause when any one —even though that one be Minister of the Home Department—refutes a statement or retorts a reproach Denied coalition with the Whigs,.-and we beg to rentlnd our readers that coalition with the Whip is a very different thing from acqttaint anceslaip with Lord Lansdowne—will Mr. Huskisson lean to rthe Tories—the High Tories? Some weeks since, it was expected that he would ; and certain measures towards a union between the two factions were (we use a coy , word) suggeste4, " Mr. Huskisson's speeches, since then, have proved the suggestion was without fruit. Nor would it be less than madness in him to dream of coalescing with a party which, having considered hint the Julian of his country, would now ask him to mend matters by becoming the JuOs of his principles. Mr. Hpskisson, indeed, stands upon an qllllllqoCe lofty and narrolv--one false step, and his fall is inevitable. He has incurred doubt; he 114, aroused hatred; he has forfeited power;—but hitherto he has clung to one tenet, tine or false, and the tenacity of his grasp has sayell 4lin," FRASER'S MAGAZINE. A remarkably clever and entertaining Ma gazine, whose caustic powers are prodigious, and whose sound critical facultiez are not to be less appreciated. The present number is replete with amusing matter of every kind and descrip tion. Among the higher articles is a capital quiz, sustained with all imaginable gravity, on Dr. Bowriiig's late translations of Magyar poetry. Medical Quackery and Mr. fit. John 4org," is another topic treated in a masterly spitit. From the intelligent article on Buckingham Pa lace, we extract the following remarks:— TRIIJMPHAL ARCH. " The first object of detail which atf,racte particular at tention is the triumphal arch, the greatest work of mere ornament which has yet been attempted by the moderns. In general effect it resembles the Arch of Constantine at Rome, to which it is equal in dimensions; and that of Napoleon, ;- f a groat of the Tuilleries at Pettis, which is on a sinalhr scale. The arch at Milan, founded by Napoleon, and now completing by the Austrians; can alone vie with it in dimensions. The Buckingham arch contains three gateway., the centre one rises to the architrave. Over the two side gates are tablets, containing en the one side female reprr.entatives of England, Scotland, at i fl Ireland ; and on the other the Gepins Rf gn g land inciting youth. Beween each arch or gate Way is a column, twenty feet high, of one block : these columns will support groups of trophies and figures. Behind these groups is a reprewn tation in 1)41 relief of the battle of Waterloo. Above t hi s is a large petle-td, with statues of victory at each corner, having in the centip iiurope and Asia, bearing the bust of the Duke of Wellington. Surmounting tLe whole will be an equestrian statue in bronze of his Ma jesty. The equestrian statue is by Chantrey, the other sculpture WA, designed and executed by Flaxnian, West maeott, and Roaai, The side of the triumphal arch facing the Palace presents emblems and decorations of a similar character to those on the other side. Over the small gate ways are figura+ of Valour and Virtue on the one side, and Peace and Plenty on the other. Occupying the same pl ice with the representation of Waterloo is the battle of bald relief, and corresponding witli Europe dud Asia, 'ng the bust of the Duke of Wellington , is glitritannialeit er attendants, contemplating a medallion of Nelson. The bas-reliefs are from designs by Flaxspan, end executed by Bailey. The whole of this gorgeous pile will, when finished, be about sixty feet high. The gates are to be of mosaic gold ; and the palisade, which is to connect it with the wings of the palace, are to be spears of the richest workmanship that has yet heed executed for such a purpose in that superb metal." The subjoined verses, by the Ettrick Shep• herd, are simply and feelingly written : I HAE NAEBODY NOW. 4. I hae naebody now—l hae naebody now To meet me upon the green, Wi' light locks waving o'er her brow, An' joy in her deep-blue een Wi' the soft sweet kiss an' the happy smile, • An' the dance o' the lightsome fay, An' the wee bit tale o' news the while That had happened when I was away. I hae naebody now—l hae naebody now To clasp to my bosom at even • - O'er her calm sleep to breathe t he vow, An' pray for a blessing from heaven ' • An' the wild embrace an' the glee some face, In the morning that met mine eye : Where are they now ? Where are they now ? In the cauld, cauld grave they lie. There's naeody kens—there's naebody kens, An' 0 may they never prove That sharpest degree of agony For the child of their earthly love To see a flower in its vernal hour By slow degrees decay ; Then softly aneath in the arms o' death Breathe its sweet soul away. 0 dinna break any poor auld heart, Nor at thy loss repine ; For the unseen hand that threw the dart Was sent from her Father and thine. Yes, I maun mourn, an' I will mourn, Even till my latest day; For though my darling can never return, I shall follow her soon away." BRITISH MAGAZINE. Incomparably the best number we have yet seen of this popular Magazine. All the ar ticles are good, and one or two of first-rate excellence. The Reviews also are penned in a fine discriminating spirit, combin ing sprightliness and acuteness with a stinging caustic power. Among the original articles we may select for especial praise the one entitled " A Visit (supposed to be made in the year 2,000) to the Grand National Cemetery in the Regent's Park." The idea is eminently felicitous, and is worked out with no less skill and grace. We quote a few of the epi taphs ; they are characteristic and elegant, and in the polished turn of their irony remind us not a little of some of the numerous produc tions of the late lamented Mr. Canning. Next to this monument is a magnificent tablet, bearing the following inscription " Erected by a-grateful nation in memory of the Rt. Hon. William Cobbett, M.P. Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mild and unassuming in his manners, actuated by the purest integrity and uncompromising priueiplcs, the private virtues of this distinguished patriot and philosopher, kept pace with his public abilities. Gifted with the profundity of a Bacon, and the philanthropy of a Howard, he was of course a mark for the shafts of calumny and abuse. Yet though he possessed a mind singularly sensitive, be endured his wrongs in silence. He never insulted an enemy, and never lost a friend. But the qualities that chiefly elevated him above mankind were Modesty and Disinterestedness. He saved, not only his country, but Europe and America, when nobody else could, for the trifling sum of sixpence— the price of his Register." _ Beneath this appears an interesting design, the princi pal feature, in which is a gridiron ; and scattered about are fragments of platted grass and Indian corn. Under a statue of Scott, who is designated the " Shalt speare of Prose," are placed the subjoined lines :- 6 , With a genius as perfect as free from pretence, He boasted that strangest of things—common-sense. A fine equanimity marked him throughout; You would scarcely believe that he heard of a doubt. His mind was as full and as fervent as spring— Yet he seemed not to know that he had such a thing. Perceiving—with all due respect for the sky— Mankind made for walking, he strove not to fly. The wonders of earth they awoke no surprise, For he knew what they were ere he opened his eyes. 'The ocean could charm him, the mountain still more; But he wisely sat still—he had seen them before. Yet, looking on nature with natural eyes, He degraded his spirit with doubts and disguise. The northern Enigma, the Sphynx of his day,' The monarch of marvels now melted away, He quibbled, coquetted, enraptured the town, And often like Cesar rejected the crown ; Till wonder worn out he stood forward—the sage, The wizard, the star, of the worshipping age! The being that burst, like a bird from its shell, And went winding and weaving a magical spell ; Entwining—while fairies glide round him in dance—. The grey head of Wisdom with golden romance." The monument beside this is covered with innumerable rolls of paper, repealed Acts of Parliament, and numerical calculations. There are some thousands of bills to be read a first time, two or three to be read a third time, and one positively passed. An epitaph to the following effect sup plies an explanation of the device : " Motionless within the tomb Lies what once was Mr. Hume; Statesman, who by heart could get Every figure of the Debt! Human ready-reckoner, He was never known to err, But his soul—how could it be ? Hung so long on L. S. D., He forgot—or listeners lied— All the alphabet beside; Though he rose to move and speak Twice ten thousand times a week. Death at last a motion made— That our friend should leave off trade That to dust he should be married ;..... No division—question carried. put consistent, faithful still, Mr. Hume opposed the bill;" The eye next rests upon a square stone, perfectly free frum ornament, but covered with curiously cut characters that resemble neither the Greek, Chinese, or Sanserit. As far as I could decipher them they run thus:— " In honour of Robert Owen, the Prince of Parallelograms, the Architect of Aerial CAstles. and the Hero of good Intentions. After geeing ail his plans understood and acted upon, he retired to his cottage, near the North Pole; where he introduced order and sociality among the Bears. and prepared his code of laws for the government of St. Luke's. This marble was raised to his memorf by the inhabitants of a It4fiatic AgnuTll in 4evr Hartnony;" My attention was then attracted by a monument pre senting some very curious anomalies—a medley that would have evited laughter if the feeling had not been repressei by popompt. There were hymn-hooks and broken glasses ; sprites in lawn sleeves; and in the midst sat a Moinus with a mitre on his head. The inscription be neath interpreted the allegory— " This stone is all that is left of the Random Records of tieorgc Colman the Vaungex, Dramatist and DepUty Licericei. His Broad .ribs areCollased in the narrow tomb, his farce has en ded in a funeral, and his bottle of red ink has sunk in the Red Sea. He was a monopolist of indecency. Adorning his dramas with oaths, and his tales with the coarsest licentiousness, he expunged from the melo-dramas of the day their legitimate interjections ; and banished Good tleavens ' from tho stage„ as an atonement for his early traiisgl4Ssioii. 'Mil wit liavltik 'peove.d insolvent, he grevi disgusted with the profligacy of society, , and became a monk. On this character he punished himself by a daily perusal of his own rhymes ; and died devoutly of a bottle of claret, . . which he had piously inflicted on himself as a tienance," This is succeeded by one of a more graceful character. A female figure is sitting at a window, reading a book by the light of a star, while a large lamp is burning en a table at a convenient distance. Her air is elegant and unaffected. A wreath, which seems worn carelessly, circles her forehead, In the curling stem of a honeysuckle that winds alopg the marble, you may clparly disc e rn the initials!' L. E. L.," together Willi the following epitttph A beauty, a feMing, an instinct divine, A thirst afteiloveliness; breathed in her line. A rose or a rainbow, a lily, a lute— If these were in sight she could never be mute. If she looked on an eye, or an exquisite cheek, Or a lip—'twas because she could print them next week. A whisper of music, a glimmering light, She des - :ribed 7 4ill one echoed, the other grew bright. Still dreaming of sunshine and (loath's; on hue, She fancied bright - scarlet a species oftlue. But nature, who never intended that - she' Should pluck the Sublime from the depths of the sea, The Beautiful only designed her to trace— An infant's pure glory, and womanly grace ' • To sing of lie„ its broken and wounded in lot, And to charm and take captive all those that were not." BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. " The Influence of the Church of England in Society," the first article in the present number, is of a dull, twaddling, hypochondriacal character, and totally unworthy the vigorous and elastic spirit of Blackwood. It is probably the composition of some superannuated country Rector, whose nerves naturally weak and genii' ay., have been thrown into maudlin despon• dency by a somewhat overindulgence in the old woman's luxury of weak tea. The writer IA panic-struck at the idea of any of the Protestant Bishops having voted in favour of the Catholics, and deduces from this alarming heterodoxy on the part of their reverences (as Sterne would call them) the downfall of the Church of Eng' land. " Letter de Arte Poetical from a Senior . Fellow," is lively and ingenious, and sneers.rith great propriety and considerable smartness of thought and expression at the canting religious poetry so rife in the present day. The nuisance, however, as the writer observes, is abating of itself. People are getting heartily sick of Angels, Dmmons, Mount Sinai, Mount Horeb, the Crea tion, &c., works which possess all the meritri cious glitter of Darwin, without one particle of his redeeming fancy. We wish the generality of our ambitious religious bardlings would learn to write English ; or if this be a hopeless task, persuade some patient friend to translate their sing-song trash into the vernacular. " Cloudesley" is a spirited and discriminating notice of Mr. Godwin 's late novel of that name. " The Silent Member" contains some satirical hits at certain Members of the House of Com• mons. In parts it is excellent. " A Greek Pastoral," by James Hogg, sadly wants character. Mr. Hogg is no Theocritus, not even a Moachus or a Bion. He wants archness, tenderness, every thing in short that he should have to write with any propriety on such a topic. His lines display fancy, and occasionally sweetness; but they breathe neither a classic nor a pastoral spirit. " The Currency Question" is dull, and will we fear have but a limit e d currency among m agazine readers. The " Noctes" are fi rst rate; the best we have pe r used f or mon th s , we m i g ht add, years. A rc h ness —k now l e d ge o f life—pa thos—eloquence—imagination, are a ll scattere d with a lavish hand through these unrivalled dia logues. What, for instance, can strike a finer, a truer chord of feeling than the remarks put into the mouth of the " Opium-eater" on the subject of his children, and the refined feelings they draw forth : INCLISTI OPIUII-EATER. ' It seemeth strange the time when as yet those See., Spirits were not in the body — an d th e a i r w hi c h I b reat h e d partook not of that blessedness which now to me is nl life. Another sun—another moon —other stare—since the • face of my first•born. Another earth--another ?leaven ! I loved, methought—before that face smiled—the lights and the shadows, the flowers and the dews, the rivulets that sing to Pilgrims in the wild,—the mountain wells , where all alone the book-bosomed' Pilgrim sitteth dose* _and lo ! far below the many t iver'd vales sweeping each to its own lake—how dearly did I love ye all ! Yet ws , that love fantastical—and verily not of ts' a deeper Imagination over this visible diurnal sphere,' spread out her own spiritual qualities, and made the beauty that beamed back upon her dreams. Nor wanted tenderest touches of humanity—as my heart remembered some living flower by the door of far-up cottage ,where the river is but a rill. But in my inner spirit, there was then a dearth which Providence Lath since amply, and richly, and prodigally fur nished with celestial food—which is also music to the ears, light to the eyes, and the essence of silken softness " the touch—a family of immortal spirits, who but for we never had been brought into the mystery of accountable and responsible being ! Of old I used to study the Spring —but now its sweet sadness steals unawares into my heart —when among the joyous lambs I see my own children at play. The shallow nest of the sunhat seems now to me a more sacred thing in the obscurity of the pine-tree- The instincts of all the inferior creatures are now holy in my eyes—for, like Reason's self, they have their origin in lova. Affection for my own children has enabled sue in sound the depths of gratitude. Gazing on them at their prayers, in their sleep, I have had revelations of tke pa tore of peace, and trouble, and innocence, and sin. and sorrow, which, till they had smiled and wept, offended and been reconciled, I knew not—how could 1?-40 be within the range of the far-flying and far-fetching spirit of love, which is the life-of-life of all things beneath the Ines moon, and stare." Of an equally higher class' of sentiment and reflection are the subjoined remarks. The first writers of the age might be proud of them : INCLISLI On UM. ZATIR. "That eye, which watches the approach Or departure of some living object yet unknown, which traverses its little sphere of vision to look for some living toy, is exercising that vision which shall one day behold all beauty, and read wisdom in the stars of Heaven. And that hand, with its feeble and erring aim now so impotent and helpless, shall perhaps one day *hope the wonderful fabrics of human in telligence—shall build the ship, or guide the pencil—or write down wisdom—or draw sounds like the harmonies of angels from the instruments its own skill has framed. And what are the words to which those lisped out murmurings shall change ? Shall Senates hang listening to the sound? Shall thronged and breathless men receive from them the sound of eternal life ? Shall they utter soi; to which un known ages shall listen with wonder and reverence? Or shall they only, in the humble privacy of quiet life, breathe delight with instruction to those who love their familiar sound—or the adoration of a spirit prostrate before it* Creator in prayer ?" In the spirit of Christopher North's observa tions respecting Lady Byron's late insinuations against her husband, we heartily coincide. She has either said too little or too much. In jus tice to the memory of the greatest poet that modern times has produced, the charge against him should he explicitly declared, for we cannot but suspect that many unworthy passions have of late been busily at work to blast his name with posterity, 6111 . 1111 D. "And what think ye, Sir, that a' this pollution could hie bean that sae electrified Dr. Lushington ? NORTH. " Bad—bad—bad, James. Nameless, it is horrible, named, it might leave Byron's memory yet within the range of pity and forgiveness--and where they are, theft sister affections will not he far—though, like weeping se raphs, standing aloof, and ♦eiling their eyes with their wings. SHBPNICID. " she should indeed have been silent—till the grave had dosed on her sorrows as on his Bins. NORTH. " Even now she should speak—or some one else for say her father or her mother (are they alive?)—and a few✓ words will suffice. Worse the conditiun of the dead man's name cannot bc—f4r, tar better it might—l believe it would be-,,were all the truth, some how or other, d.- dared—and declared it must be, not for Byron's sake only, but for the sake of humanity itself, and then a m i tigated sentence—or eternal silence." MONTHLY MAGAZIN& We Dave seen uo Magazine of the month better than this. It abounds in strong, lively, satirical, and intelligent articles, though we abhor its political tendencies. They belong to the year 1730, instead of 1830. The first article on the S7e4ioil of Parliament is clever of course, as all its author's political diatribes are, but it is truculent and inconsistent with i tse lf. What can be droller or more grotesque than to see a magazine which literally foamed at the mouth, and breathed " battle, murder, and sudden death," against all who advocated the admission of Catholics to power, recom mending the introduction of Jews into Parliament. " To think that because the Jews have lain under a di vine malediction for ages, men will please God by treating them with severity or injustice, is to mingle ourselveg with the divine wrath in a manner totally nnautherised and culpable. Our duty is, in all instances, to slimv mercy and love, t , i give every man service and justice. But the scriptures do not merely give this great conarnand, but plainly declare, that kindness to the Jew is an emi nently acceptable service to God ; that severity to the Jew is an eminently displeasing offence ; that le still loved thorn for the sake of their ancestors; and that .he will exact a terrible vengeance from their oppressors ; and that ;ills vengeance has followed, we believe may le shown In tte Mato] Vinous , nervous the wri Campbl (for his inanity, of the c Lord 13 one whl of his POSterit " The Satirical articles they are A v displayi critical " to coy( mous 1 which, of the most el a Ma g or matt Well as , This 18 1 4 ev i ts it gi Ve, d Indian tra ct , a Thi ! be dis en ougt notice. and is F bers us verse) want et inventi4 ber, as on the The of a pi fragran number year 1 notwitl speetei nnsnor displ a y with is fetninn that or flourisl battle Will do Soul law, a chief which with t matters The fashion atrikini bridge 48" all I tribUtk AC noon at Lone C BATH VILLE, CIIAI•ICI Th• mi, kainrd i