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F. ighton, aughter Ire, 1-1. ►ughter -street, ietOrof France, :'hoinas ;night awick, e 69th nouth- timiana, 'on der fly 000 a ing big which reiving band a G, At TWICKENHAM. r I I O BE. LET FURNISHED, • for SIX WEEKS about MIDSUMMER, a Detached Good FAMILY HOUSE, with Lawn, Garden, Coach-house, and St Abling. Letters to-be addressed to W. X., Post-Office, Twick enham, Middlesex. This day was publishad, in Two Vols. Svo., with fine Portrait, by Worthington, LIFE OF DR. EDMUND CALAMY. Written by Hi:nself. Now first printed from the Original M.S. " We know of no Work of rarer value than the pre sent : it will not henceforth be safe for the historical stu dent to possess himself of Burnett and of Clarendon un accompanied by the corrector of their errors, Calamy."— Literary Gazette. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 8, New Burling ton-ttreet. This day were published, in Svo. THE REMINISCENCES of HENRY ANGELO. The Second and Concluding Volume. " The same liveliness, and amusing mixture of anecdote and character, that graced the former ♦olume, abounds also in the present one. Few profeslionsl people have ken better known in their time clout the elder and younger Angelo, (it is the-younger who is the autho r of this work) --they lived much about town, were patronized by the most eminent among the aristocracy and commonalty, and bore high characters for their activity, talent, and gentle manly companionable qualities: Of coarse the recollec tions of such men must teem with interest ; and Mr. Aa lelo accordingly not only details the most varied and enter taining anecdotes that amused the town from time to time within the period of his personal experience, but those also which he derived from hearsay from his father. The volume, theref ire, is full of amusement, and will be doubt less devoured by a large portion of readers."—Sun. Henry Colbur n and Richard Bentley, 8, New Bu!ling ton-street. LIBRARY OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE. THE SOCIETY for the DIFFUSION of USEFUL KNOWLEDGE have now published Seventy-five Numbers of their Treatises, out of which teveral volumes are completed, viz.—Natural Philosophy, Vol. I. consisting of the Preliminary Treatise, Mechanics, ilvdrostaticg, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Heat, Optics, and Po . larizltion of Light; a volume containing the History of Greece ; and a volume of Geometry. There have also been published the Lives of Wolsey, Coke, Blake, Caxton, Niebuhr, Mahomet, Wren, Newton, Galileo, and Kepler, Which will speedily be made into a volume. Besides these, the following treaties have appeared, many of which are compl e t e : ___A n Account of Lord Bacon's Novmn Organum ; an account of Sir I. Newton's Optics; Opti cal Instruments, Electricity, Galvanism, Chemistry, Ve getable Physiology, Animal Physiology ; Thermometer and Pyrometer; Arithmetic and Algebra ; Navigation ; Mathematical and Physical Geography ; and the Art of Brewing. London : Baldwin and Crolock, Paternoster-row. Price 6d. each Number. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTHMOUTII, MAI( 15.—A letter from Malta of the 28th of April states that the Russian duet is gone to Caglani, from whence it is suspected they will proceed to co-operate with the French expedi tion against Algiers, while Admiral de Rigny with a French squadron, remains in the Archipelago to keep in check any attempt the Turks may make to send relief to that and the other Barbary States. From Marseilles on the 4th of May, we find that Count Bourmont has issued his first bulletin of the African expedition. This docu ment asserts that from the 20th to the 25th inst. 50,000 Frenchmen (35,000 colliers and 15,000 seamen) will have landed on the African shore. The army was to commence embarking on the 10th, and was to get under Weigh on tbe 15th, expecting to reach Algiers and disem bark in five days. Among the defence of the Algerines is that the Bedouins had brought down to the coast a host of camels, which were to form a rampart to cover the Alge rine soldiers, and receive the first fire of the French soldiery. A tolerably strict blockade is kept up on the Coast; but not so strict but that several vessels do push in and out with and for supplies. • The Bey- of Tunis has le fased to render any assistance to the Dey of Algiers, Under a fear of French displeasure, and under fear also of punishment from the Pacha of Egypt, who recently mo destly desired the Tunisian Governor to vacate his seat, and throw his country into an Egyptian province. This was refused, but it is strongly suspected that the Egyptian Chief will, ere lung, march an army to Tunis, to make a conquest of that territory. Extract of a letter from Constantinople, dated May lst, 1830 :—" The Turkish Government has decided on obtaining a loan of money from some foreign country, and offers the Wand of Candia as a security. It offers this island also for another reason, for the purpose of preveri!-- ing the Pacha of E gypt from having any controul over it, as in 1824 , when h e sent his son with 15,000 teen to the Mores to put down the Greeks; he did so under the pro mise that this island should be ceded to his Pachalik. The _Pasha has b een deceived, and has threatened to declare Egypt independent. This threat the Porte fears lie will Put in execution, if the French attack on Algiers be suc cessful. The Plenipotentiaries here find great difficulty in arranging all the details of the late peace at Adrianople. The Turks delay everything, and allege they must hear on each head from their Ambassador at St. Petersburgh. A declaration has coasequently been given into the Divan, that if all points are not settled by the Ist of July, Russia will enforce what she thinks correct in the several matters." The French corvette Fleche sailed from Toulon on the 6th May, with 25,0001. on board, for Navarin, for the service of Prince Leopold's Government. The first timber ship of this season from the Baltic, the Ilebe, Captain Domaneky, arrieed yesterday. She is con signed to Messrs. Biffin, of Chichester. The superannuation granted to the men discharged from th e Ordinary on the late reduction does not exceed 81. an nually, on the average, per mau. We understand that no Pensions in future will be granted in the Ordinary for length of service, neither are they to be permitted to take their provisions on shore. The Reserve Companies of the 11th Regiment, which arrived in the Amphitrite-eransport, from Cork, disembarked nu Monday, and are quartered in Cambridge Barracks. The detachments arrived in the Britomart transport, from Gibraltar, embarked yesterday (Friday), on board the Am phitrite, for Chatham. The operation of finding the centre of gravity of a ship, by experiment, has been, for the first time in this coun try, performed on his Majesty's ship Scylla, previously to her going out of harbour, by Captain Hindtnarah and Mr. Morgan, formerly of the School of Naval Architecture. We understand that the method adopted was nearly the Same as that recommended by the eminent naval construc tor, Chapman, and generally used in the Swedish navy.— .....Hatnpshire Telegraph. At the Nairnshire County Meeting, held on the 30th ult., resolutions were passed on the subject of the rum and spirit duties, in accoldance with the resolutions of the county of Edinburgh on the same subject ; and copies were forwarded to the Right Hon. the Earl of Ciwnort, and ROISEKT GRANT, Esq. M.P., with a request that they would support them in Parliament. The County also resolved to co-operate with Renfrewshire in its exertions to get the law relative to heritable securities Simplified, and in particular to get heritable securities de- Clare(' transferable by simple indorsation.—Liverness Courier. BRADFORD, MAY 14.--Our market yester day was unusually brisk, and an almost immense quantity of goods were sold.—Leeds Intelligeneer. The Queen's County, we are happy to ob serve, is at present in a most peaceable state ; and as an indication of the permanency of its tranquillity, we may mention, that within the last few weeks a quantity of fire arms have been given up tip the local authorities, through the advice and instrumentality of the Catholic Clergy. ---- liublin Morning Register. INVER GORDONMURDER.--.-JAMESM UNRO, nceroit MUNR O , and Join; APLEon, the parties ac cused of the murder of HELEN MACKENZIE, have been liberat e d f rom confinement b y or d er o f t h e l aw autho rities of th e Crown. It will be recollected that these men were indicted to be tried at our late Assizes, but the Ad vocate Depute did not consider the case against them suffi cient to proceed to trial. It in a remarkable circumstance that during the three months that have now elapsed, no thing should have transpired to discover the perpetrator or perpetrators of this barbarous and atrocious murder.— ,Scotsman. No. 11,756. NEW LONDON BRIDGE. (From a Correspondent.) This great work begins to display its fine features and proportions, by the great progress that has lately been made with the works. All the arches are completed, and the timber centerings nearly wholly removed, and presents to the eye five of the finest arches in the universe. The cornice is also almost completed, w th the exception of a small portion on the east side, and the workmen have nearly finished the gravel roadway, ready to receive the paving. On the south side the arch communi cating with Tooley-street is turned, together with three smaller ones; and the walls to carry the small arches for the roadway are up to their springing height—that is, so far as can be accomplished until the Borough High-street is closed, and the houses on the east side removed. On the City side much more activity has been shown. The arch over Thames-street has been commenced, and yesterday the centering began. • • We were much struck with the massive grandeur of this part of the work, and its beautiful execution ill granite, but could not but regret to see a large portion of the retina ends so excluded by the present state of the houses on the alignment of the bridge road. To the coLtralling powers we should cer tainly recommend their serious attention to this point, as the coin-dend of the work cannot be complete without the face of the houses are set back to the new Work. The houses on the site that was for merly Crooked-lane, are nearly all now no more, and their demolition, to all appearance, has not taken place before required as many of them were in a most ruinous condition, both on the north and south side. The grandeur of the undertaking gives it a just claim to rank as one of the finest works of art and science of either ancient or modern times, and reflects the highest credit upon all parties con cerned. The bridge, it is believed, will be finished iii about ten months. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(LAST NIGHT). Lord DE DUNSTANVILLE presented a peti tion in favour of the Jews. Lord RODEN presented a petition in favour of the East Retford Disfranchisement Bill, and praying for Parliamentary Reform. Lord ROLLE presented petitions from Tegn month and Crediton, against the punishment of death for forgery. Lord RADNOR presented a petition from a So• ciety for Promoting Co-operative Knowledge, in favour of Mr. Owen's plans. Lord DYNEVOR presented two petitions from Carmarthen and Carnarvon. against the Welch ju dicature Bill. The Earl of WESTMORELAND presented two petitions from Belfast, against the increased Stamp Duty. The Dulie of RICHMOND presented a petition from an individual in Kent, praying for an extension of the poor laws to Ireland. The Duke of BEALFORT presented a petition from certain Iron Masters, against the East India Monopoly. Lord CLIFDEN presented a petition from Cole raine, against the tithe system. The Bishop of BATH and WELLS presented a petition from Frome, against Negro Slavery. The Learned Prelate said that slavery was abhorrent to the laws of God, and the House would not be true to itself as a Christian Legislature, if it did not abolish slavery. Lord DARNLEY presented a petition from a parish in Ireland, against the duty on spirits ; and a petition from Canterbury, in favour of emanci pating the Jews. - Lord LILFORD presented a petition from Car rick-on-Suir, against the increased duty on Spirits. Several private Bills were read a third time and passed. The House then resolved itself into a Committee on the East Retford Disfranchisement Bill, and proceeded with the examination of witnesses until nine o'clock, when their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(LAST NIGHT.) Mr. Waller, from the Office of Woods, &c., ap peared at the Bar with a return to an Order of the House of Commons, dated 13th May, 1830, as to Fees, &c., received in the Office of the Commis sioners of Woods, &c. within the last seven years. Mr. O'CONNELL moved the second reading of the Dublin Steam Navigation Bill. Mr. MOORE moved as an amendment, that it be read this day six months. Mr. HUSK ISSON supported the amendment. Mr. RICE supported the original motion. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL opposed it. The Bill (as - we understood) was read a second time. STAMP DUTIES ON NEWSPAPERS, &e. Mr. J. H. HUTCHINSON presented petitions from the merchants, bankers, &e. of Cork, against the assimilation of stamp duties in England and Ire land; and from the letter-press printers of the same place, against the assimilation of these duties, but especially against that of the duties on news p a pers. Mr. J.EPHSON presented a petition against the assimilation of the English and Iriah stamp duties, from the landowners, &c. of Cork. Mr. P. THOMPSON presented a petition from the newspaper proprietors of Ireland generally, against the increase of the stamp duties, which were directly or indirectly laid upon newspapers. He observed, that the petitioners considered the men sure of the lion. Gent. opposite as a blow at the whole newspaper press of Ireland. In his opinion the Government ought to give this subject their most serious attention ; and he now gave notice that it was his intention to oppose that part of the Right I-lon. Gentleman's Bill which related to stamp duties on newspapers. Mr. O'CONNELL wished distinctly to state, if the Right Hon. Gent. proposed by his Bill to bt nefit the public revenue, his object would be most completely, most utterly defeated. If he wished to suppress the newspapers of Ireland, his purpose would unhappily be successful. ' Mr. G. 11100 RE said, there was no measure that could have a greater tendency to diminish the public revenue than that which the Right Hon. Gen• tleman had proposed. Mr. J. GRATTAN was of the same opinion. Sir J. NEWPORT was most anxious to impress on the House the importance of this subject. So far from the augmentation of the Irish stamp duties, especially the duties on newspapers, being attended with advantage, he thought the reverse would be found to be the fact, and that they ought to be dimi nished both in England and Ireland. Sir H. PARNELL concurred most heartily in giving his support to the petition. The petitions were laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Mr. HUSKISSON presented a similar• petition from the letter-press printers of Liverpool, who stated, that if the duty was diminished one-half, the revc nue_ would suffer no loss, for that the increased de mand for newspapers would amply make up the dif ference. if the premises they stated in their pet - tion were correct, he had no doubt of the truth of the inference they drew from those premises. FREIGHT ON BULLION. Mr. HUSKISSON was now about to present a iMNDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 1830. petitions from the Merchants of London trading to the Mediterranean, South America, and other parts of the Ni•orld, from which they were in the frequent habit. of importing bullion. They stated that they suffered great injury from the high rate at which the importation into this country of bullion, carried in the King's ships, was charged. Whenever that article was imported, King's vessels were selected for the purposes of safety, and the petitioners com plained that the Commanders of these vessels were ;Authorised to exact two per cent. for the importa tion—a charge almost sufficient to abstract all the profits of the transaction from the importers. The consequence of this system was, that the com manders obtained a greater profit on the importa tion of the bullion, than the merchants engaged in the traffic. If one per cent. was sufficient compensa tion, as it seemed to be, to commanders, for carry ing this bullion, in some instances, it ought to be so in all ; and there could be no doubt that that sum afforded an ample remuneration to the • lieutenants who comminied the frigates in which the bullion of private individuals was imported. Even at that rate he would often be obtaining 50/. or COI. a day. The petition was laid on the table. PAY TABLES. Mr. IMSKISSON presented a petition from a number of most respectable housekeepers against the system of masters paying the wages of the work men in public-houses. Lord BELFAST presented a petition from Bel fast, against the increased Duty on Stamps. Mr. O'CONNELL and Mr. BROWNLOW bore testimony to the rank and respectability of the petitioners. sented a petition froni the city of Cashel, against the increased duty of stamps and on Irish spirits.—To lie on the table. Lord CLIVE presented a petition from Ludlow, in Salop, in favour of the Beer Bill.—To lie on the table. Mr. COOTE presented a petition from Cionmel, azainst the assimilation of the stamp duties.—To be printed. . . _ Lord STANLEY presented a petition from the cotton spinners of Manchester and the workmen in their employment, taking notice of a Bill intro duced by the Hon. Member for Stafford, and pray ing that it might not be so framed as to prevent landlords deducting rents due to them out of wages which they might have to pay.—To lie on the table. The same NOBLE LORD presented a petition from the Chamber of Commerce, Manchester, against the punishment of death for forgery.—To be printed. The same NOBLE LORD also presented a petition from Burton-upon-Irwell, against the paying of poor's rate by the occupiers of small tenements. Sir JOHN SEBRIGHT presented a petition from Royston, praying that the duty affecting corn should be transferred to rum. Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from hree individuals, which he knew could only be re ceived as coming from t:iem, it being actually signed by none others, though it proceeded from a much larger body—the Radical Reform Association of London—praying for a reform in Parliament.--•To lie on the table. Mr. JOHN MARTIN presented a petition from the Catholics of Worcester, in favour of the re moval of disabilities affecting. the Jews. After a few words from Mr. PROTIIEROE, the pe tition was ordered to be printed. Mr. BARING presented a petition in favour of the Jews, from the inhabitants of London and its vi cinity.. It was signed by upwards of fourteen thou sand persons—amongst whom were some of the highest respectability. The petition was worthy of attention, because, out of the 30,000 Jews resident in England, about I 8,000 resided in the metropolis, and therefore this petition might be looked upon in the light of a testimonial to their good character from those best acquainted with their dealings and general conduct. General GASCOYNE admitted that there were no petitions against the Jews, but it was because the country had not the slightest idea that the House of Commons was in earnest in what it was doing.— (A laugh.)—A Noble Lord had pledged himself to prove that the emancipation of the Jews would be the means of increasing Christianity—that was cer tainly a hold assertion. Mr. O'CONNELL said, that the statement of the Noble Lord (who was not in the House) had been, that it would strengthen the principles of Christianity—(Hear,)—and he was happy to say, that he took exactly the same view of the subject. After a few words from Mr. EwART, the petition was ordered to be printed. • Mr. BROUGHAM presented a petition from persons resident in and near London, to the same effect, 150 of whom were Barristers—among whom he saw the names of Mr. Denman, •Mr. Rose, Mr. Treslove, Mr. Bingham, Mr. Butler, Mr. Hum phries, and many others equally well known. Not withstanding he might expose these persons to the indignation of his Hon. and Gallant Friend (General Gascoyne), he could not forbear stating a few words contained in the petition_ They stated it as their opinion, that disabilities for holders of civil offices were repugnant to the tolerant and benevolent spirit of Christianity, and injurious to the strength and solidity of his Majesty's Government ; and they were, therefore, of opinion, that the Jews were en titled to the protection of that House, in common with Dissenters and Roman Catholics. Mr. N. CALVERT objected to the measure be cause it was partial, and not general. The society of Friends, commonly called Quakers, would still be excluded, and that appeared to him to be the height of injustice. It might be said, that they did not petition, and that they were an unambitious people; brat though that was true, that was no reason why Parliament should not do them justice.—(Hear.) Mr. BROUGHAM entirely agreed that it would be unjust to make a distinction between the Jews and the Quakers; but it was not by excluding the Jews, but by admitting the Quakers, that justice was to be done; and he marvelled that the Hon. Member for Hertfordshire should be for taking up the question at the wrong end. If the Hon. Gen tleman voted against the Jews now, en the same principle he ought to have voted twice over against the Dissenters and the Roman Catholics, when their relief measures were before the House. Mr. N. CALVERT had had a thought of moving on a former night, by way of amendment, that a Committee should be appointed to consider how far oaths might be dispensed with as a qualification for holding civil offices. He thought that a simple de claration was enough to answer all purposes ; a de claration was sufficient to bind an honest man, and no oath or declaration was sufficient to hind a man that was not honest. Mr. R. GRANT would propcse a very fair bar gain to the lion. Gentleman. If he would vote for his (Mr. Grant's) Bill on this occasion, he (Mr. Grant) would vote for the lion. Gentleman's Bill in favour of the Quakers when he brought it which of course he would do, after what he had stated. General GASCOYNE explained. The petition was then ordered to be printed. Mr. BENETT presented a petition from War minster in favour of the general removal of Civil Disabilities. lie agreed with his lion. Friend (Mr. N. Calvert) in the observations which he had made with respect to the Quakers. Lord E. SOMERSET presented a petition from the parish of Cole, in Gloucester, against the Sale of Beer Bill, Petitions in favour of the Jews were presented by Mr. Pendarvis, from Falmouth; Mr. Benett from Woolwich ; and Mr. Marshall, from Leeds. Mr. 0. CAVE presented a petition from Leices ter against the punishment of death for forgery; also a petition from the same place, for an altera tion in the laws between Landlords and Tenants ; and also another from the Unitarians of Chichester, for an alteration in the laws of Marriage. Mr. 0. CAVE presented a petition for the Abo lition of Negro Slavery, from Bassingbourne, in C a mbridgeshire. - Sir G. MURRAY would take that opportunity of correcting an error with respect to what he bad stated on Friday, in answer to a question from the Hon. Member for Dumfries. Pie was told that he had been un d ers tood to have said, with reference to the increased quantity of sugar imported from the Mauritius, that that had arisen in a great measure fl E l o y r ' rect . The importati on had taken place t he illegal importati on o f s l aves i n to th a t co- He begged to say t h at t h at i m pression was i be tween 181-1 and 1821 ; an d i t was an A ct w hi c h had passed in 1825 that was the main cause of t h e increase alluded to, for that Act had in tended to induce planters to employ estates, which up to that time had been differently occupied, in the growth of sugar, to which were to be added the great improvements that had taken place in the roads in that colony, and in the machinery there, partieu lady in the use of steam-engines. • The petition was then ordered to be printed. DISTRESS AT BIRMINGHAM. Mr. E. DAVENPORT presented a petition from Birmingham, signed by 25,000 persons. The petition prayed for an effectual arid speedy Reform in the House of Commons ; and went on to corn p!ain that the effect expected to result from Mr. Peel's Bill of 1819 had not taken place. He be lieved, before Mr. Peel's Bill passed, that the rise in the value of money had been 15 per cent., and subsequent to that period, and between 1828, that the rise had been 20 per cent. Since then he be lieved that the rise in the value of money and the fall in the price of commodities since 1828 had been 20 per cent., which ought to be added to the 30 per cent. difference in the value of money between the termination of the war and 1828. He had re ceived from the petitioners a list of 26 articles, chiefly made at Birmingham, and all hardware, which articles confirmed in a striking manner the view he had just laid before the House. The lion. Member would not read ever the Pet, but he would state the result. The - sum of all the list was, that between 1818 and 1828, the price of all these articles on an average had fallen 36 per cent. Since 1828, the petitioners stated, that prices had fallen 22, bearing out, its a remarkable manner, the statement he had just submitted to the House. The general fall in the price of commodities since the period he had alluded to—since 1819, when the IZight Hon. Gentleman's Bill passed, and since 1828, when the small notes were suppressed— showed the operation of some general cause, and the effects were such as might be expected from altering the standard of value. There were other circumstances noticed in the petition. The peti tioners complained that nothing had been done to relieve them of the burden of taxation. The peti tion, he should observe, had been drawn up and signed before the Beer Bill had been introduced into Parliament, and before the Government had announced any reduction of taxation. '1 he peti tioners stated, that to enable them to carry on their business there must be a great reduction of taxatiou. They stated that at present the rates could not be levied, and that the taxes could not be collected. These, the petitioners stated, were the consequences of the Bill for regulating the currency. To these present calamities was to be added the apprehensio❑ of scarcity, for we had a Corn Law which kept the produce of other countries from coining into this country. The petitioners riot only prayed for a great reduction of taxation, but also for a Reform of Parliament, and they said that they could not expect any attention to their griev ances till there was a Reform in Parliament. The petitioners also noticed one circumstance, to which the Right Hon. Gentleman had referred on a former occasion. The Right Hon. Gentleman had stated that Birmingham was in a state of pros perity, and he had quoted as proofs of this the traffic on the roads and canals, and particularly the increase of traffic on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. The reason of this was, that the canal had been, as we understood, extended to Gloucester.—(The lion. Member, stated some other reasons for the in crease of the traffic on this canal, w.bich we could not hear, owing to the noise in the House, and to the low tone used by the Hon. Member.)—He next referred to the statement of the Right Hon. Gentle. man that some ground rents had sold in Birmingham for one hundred years' purchase. But the fact in this case was, that by the purchase the ground was converted into freehold, and by the purchase its value was considerably augmented. The contract price, as we understood, was 3,5001., while the profit derived from the purchase was 5001. n-year. fire Right Hon. Gentleman had also quoted the number of four-wheeled carriages in use in Birming ham, but he believed that the four-wheel carriages referred to by the Right lion. Gentleman were only pony chaises, which the people had taken to use in stead of gigs. The real four-wheeled carriages, such as gentlemen use, and such as were really under stood by the term, had increased, he believed, in Birmingham, since 1818, about one-fortieth. In 1818 there were thirty-eight such carriages in Bir mingham, and in 1828 there were twenty-nine. But a different sort of proof might be derived from the state of the poor in Birmingham. In the last year the ow-door poor had increased 41.5, and since 1818 they had increased full I,4oo.—(Some impatience being here manifested by the House, the Hon. Mem ber observed, however impatient the Members were to give relief to the Jews, perhaps they ought to think that some attention was due to the complaints and sufferings of 25,000 Christians. Ile Hon. Member then adverted to the state of the iron trade, and stated that of the Staffordshire and Worcester shire furnaces no less than 45 out of 107 (we under stood) haul been blown out; while of the 45 fur naces in Shropshire 14 had been blown out. Mr. TRANT here rose to order. The Hon. Member objected to the Hon. Member entering into so many statements on presenting a petition.— (Cries of " Order," and " Chair, chair,") ---The lion. Member might content himself with an im promptu speech on such a subject.—(A laugh.) Mr. E. DAVENPORT, in continuation, said, the petitioners prayed for Reform in Parliament, and in that he cordially concurred. He had been a re former since the time of the disgraceful expedition to Waleheren. The Parliament was not a fair re presentation of the people. As it was a selection from the mass, it ought to be better than the mass of the people ; but it was\ not. He did not think it wits a fair specimen of the average talent of England. If he threw a net across the Strand, he believed that the first 658 men he caught would constitute a House of Commons which would obtain the confidence of the people, and be more worthy of it than the present house of Commons. A reform might be obtained on constitutional prin ciples, which would satisfy him. lie would have the Septennial Act repealed ; and he cordially con curred Nvith the petitioners in desiring to see the ex pellees of elections diminished, so that talents and character might have a fairer chance than at present against money. If any person should propose the vote by ballot, it !should have his consent. The reform meeting at Birmingham had been followed by similar meetings over the country, amid reform was becoming a,:.Z• ,, ourite topic with the people. For the rest he ' the never been slow to express his opinion either in that House or elsewhere, and he should still have the courage to do so without enter taining any apprehension that the societies he had alluded to could meet the fate of other societies across the water, or that he should be afflicted with the " Scarlett" fever. The Hon. Member concluded by moving that the petition be brought up. Sir It. PEEL was never more surprised than by the speech which the Hon. Gentleman had just de livered. Part of that speech he was told to con sider as affecting him personally °, but how it could lie understood to affeee him lie was totally at a loss to imagine. The lion. Member, he was informed, had repaired to Birmingham for the special purpose of collecting facts which would enable him to con tradict what he had slated on a former occasion, when he represented to the House that that town was not really suffering under any distress which a little time would not be likely to remedy; and what was the result ? He had tdrtatiy said that he would all of ov.the prosperity which e tr l i i b e e rt thought u s g p i e , t t ( i ) f i li; et t h h ie e 4ti ~es; t s l indications o‘l.t;li;ecdi) upon as tests, and had offered to judge of the exist any 11.eg merited rrsi tiga thet t the increase recogniseßini e r r n e l a i slagslOsf7"tTbi.ey lie had i e ffTo .a f l e e c i e l saries of life, the increase of the tells on the Ron pike math, as well as on every canal which was used in conv eying the produce of that great com mercial and manufacturing town to other parts of the kingdom. But none of those topics were al vertcd to by the Hon. Gentleman, with the excep tion of one canal, where the increase of the toll, for the fact itself he did not deny, was'partially ascribed to the operation of other 'causes. 'He had specified two-wheeled as well as four-wheeled carriages in his own statement, well knowing that the Hon. Member would be the first to turn round on him with the objection that he had only referred to articles which were used by the rich alone, and the increase 4 which, therefore, implied the growth of luxury, without giving any information as to the actual con dition of the poor. He did not know from what source the Hon. Member had his knowledge of the details to which he alluded, but he would readily tell him how he had himself arrived at his conclu sions, and should second his motion if be thought tit to move for the documents from whence he had deduced them. He had applied to the excise to ascertain what reduction had taken place in the con sumption of those articles that paid duty since the passing of the unfortunate measure to which his name was commonly attached. In 1819 the num ber of four-wheeled carriages entered for taxation amounted to 38; in 1822 to 44; in 1823 to 55; in 1824 to 68 ; in 1826 to 106 ; in 1827 to 136 ; and in 1828 to 157.—(Hear, hear.)—The Hon. Member accounted for this increase by assuming that the gigs had been converted into four-wheeled post-chaises.—(Laughter.)—Such might be tl!e case : he did not question the correctness of the Hon. Member's information, but then there ought to be a reduction in two-wheeled vehicles before it established any thing in favour of his argument,. Unfortunately, however, for his hypothesis, no such reduction appeared. In 1815 their number was 301, and in 1828 it came to 470.—(Hear.)—Rest ing on these facts, he still maintained that Birming ham was in an improving state, notwithstanding the measure which, it • was alleged, had increased the public burden 56 per cent. He most confidently Believed that the value of property, on the contrary, had increased 20 per cent since 1820. It was sa 7 d that taxes and poor-rates could not be levied, such was the existing distress; but the fact was, they were never levied with less difficulty. Mr. E. DAVENPORT-1 meant in general. Sir R. PEEL was willing to abide by the Hon. Member's explanation. In that can the country in general was supposed to be in distress, while Birmingham was ar: exception.—(" Hear," and laughter.) The arrears of the Birmingham poor-rates in 1819 were 3,5401. ; 1820, they were 8,5711. ; and in 1829, they only came to 1,031/. If the Hon. Gentleman looked to the arrears of taxes paid in Birmingham in the years he referred he would find that they had decreased very much within the last two years as compared with the preceding, In 1825 the arrears amounted to 5,7481. ; last year they were but 2,0221. Then, with respect to the Hon. Gentleman's t la)sustecrii oer's n n w a a f haile r d i o m c n asi ish o n et , i that re th t e on h a c n sp ti one-thirdtf t i that town within the last few years, he could only say he hid made inquiry into the matter, and he Sound that there were no means of ascertaining the fact positively; hut that, front the imperfect data which could be pro cured, it would appear that the Hon. Gentleman', ass er tion was erroneous. In fact, there had been an increase in the consumption of all articles and commodities with the exception of two, of which he would give the, llon. Member the benefit—namely, the amount of duty paid by horse-dealers and on hair-powder, owing to the disuse of that article. These were the only exceptions. There had been an increase in the demand for houses, windows, horses (draught and other), carriages of all descriptions, armorial bearings, dogs, and of every other commodity or manufacture in licating increased means of consumption, in the year ending April, 1830, as compared with the preceding year. As the 'Hon. Gentleman had not punned his statements on a former evening, relating tit the other topics touched upon by hint, he would not thein take up the time of thw House by a repetition of them. Mr. ROBINSON contended that, however plausible might be the arguments of the Right Hon. Baronet to show an improvement in the condition of the working classes in Birmingham, there was on• fact which, in his mind, more than outweighed them, and which should lead the House to a ♦ery different conclusion,—he meant the fact, that there had been an increase of 50 per cent. in the number of families charged on the poor-rates in that town between the years 18'26 and 1830. The distress of the agricultural classes was also great, and manufacturers had experienced a depreciation in value of 60 per cent. After a few words in reply from Mr. DAVENPORT, the petition was ordered to be printed. JEWISH RELIEF BILL, Mr. R. GRANT had, previously to moving the order of the day for the second reading of this Bill, three peti tions in favour of it to present to the House. The first came from the Jews themselves, and was signed by 692 of the most wealthy and influential of that persuasion resi dent in the metropolis, and was in itself a refutation of the petition which bad been presented by the Solicitor_ General from an individual named Levi, which that Hon, and Learned Gentleman had cited as a proof of indiffe rence of the Jewish body in relation to the present mea sure; the second came from a gentleman resident in Hun tingdon, and grounded its prayer on a prophecy, which, whether true or not, was at least consistent and charitable; and the third came from Mr. Robert Owen, a gentleman well known to many lion. Members. On the question that the petitions be laid on the table, Sir J. WROTTESLEY said that he would take ad vantage of that occasion to observe that he was friendly to the principle of admitting the Jews to all the advantages of the Constitution except seats in Parliament. Should they become eligible to seats in that House, the result very soon, from their command of money, would be that they would purchase an influence which might be very preju dicial to those, not members of their religion. Mr. R. GRANT thought that, for the sake of consis tency, Hon. Members who, like the lion. Baronet, ad mitted the principle of admitting the Jews to the advan tages of the Constitution, were bound to allow the second reading of his measure. In Committee they might state what restrictions they would impose on the application of the principle, but not before the Bill was in that stage. The petitions having been bid on the table, and the or der of the day fir the second reading of tie Bill read, General GASCOYNE rose to express his dissent from the measure. He should have withheld, he said, ltis oppo sition, till the:Bill was in its next stage, did he not feat that it was meant to have iediscussed and shaped in Committee on the same plan with the Catholic Relief Bill of last Ses sion. There was no argument to that measure founded on the essentially Protestant Christian genius of the Con stitution which did not appear to him to apply with in creased force against the:present Bill. Already, lie would still repeat, had the Protestant femal of the Constitution been too much broken in upon—rendering it the more incumbent on all true friends of that Constitution to vigi lantly watch the proceedings of those who, within three years, had repealed the Test and Corporation Acts, had passed the Catholic Relief Bill, and had introduced a Bill to emancipate the Jews from their civil disabilities.— ( Hear.)—These were times of startling changes. Would not a tight look-out have been kept to the titan who a few years ago would have predicted;that those great measures of relief—(Hear, hear)—to which he had just alluded would have obtained the sanction of a Protestant Parliament? To be sure, much was said about the blessings of what was called religious liberty,—of which, by the way, he had no great opinion, —which, in fact, meant nothing but such a union of sects,—(Laughter, we believe owing to the lion. and Gallant Member's pronouncing the word " sects" as if it were "sexes")—as very often led to an indifference to all sects. He had heard, he repeated, no argument aginst the Catholic Relief Act which did not apply with in cre ised force to the present measure. All the differences of degree in the application pf the objections fouudel on the Protestant principles of the Constitution was in favour of the Catholics. They were a numerous and highly re spectable body ; they possessed much law led property ; they had large stakes in the country—they were our fel low-Christians, professing that form of Christianity which our common ancestors had bequeathed to us—the only ob jection lay in the anti. Protestant tendency of their tenets. But what was the case with the Jews? They were not numerous—indeed, were so few compared with the rem of the population, that the smallest unit in the representation would be their just proportion, admitting them to the right. They hid not the equal stakes in the country with our Catholic brethren, and were essentially inimical to all Christian institutions. It was no argument that because the paling of the Constitution had been here and there broken down, that therefore the whole should be left to bi come a waste; quite the contrary, it should only induce them to mare careful) , guard those few fences which re mained, and this the rather, as the spirit of innovation, so characteristic of the age, had been extending to tell gious topics with as much rapidity as to our commercial institutions. It was, in his opinion, quite impossible to unagine that, under any circumstances, Jews could be I;iund to embody themselves with the essential interests of a Christian people. He should therefore conclude by THE JEWS. The following petitions were presented in favour of the Jew Bill :—By Mr. Cavendish, from certain clergymen of the E'tablished Church at Cambridge; by Sir H. Parnell, from Canterbury; by Lord Mil ton, from certain Dissenters of Sheffield ; by Mr. .13. Carter, from one thousand inhabitants of Ports mouth—including the whole Corporation ; and by Mr. Hume from Uxbridge. DISTRESS. Mr. Alderman WOOD presented the petition of the Lord Mayor and Livery of London, complaining of distress, and praying Parliamentary Reform. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON expressed his de termination to support the motion of Lord J. Rus sell, if it should be again brought forward, for ex tending the elective franchise to • large towns like Birmingham, Leeds, and Manchester. Mr. WARD supported the petition. Mr. HUME recommended (he citizens of London to begin their reforms at home, and they would then come before the House with a better grace. At pre seat a large bode of their fellow-citizens were ex cluded from all share in the representation.—( hear.) After a few words from Mr. Alderman TElO3a• SON, Mr. FIEATIICOTE, and Mr. Alderman WOOD, the petition was laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Captain WEMYS presented three petitions from the counties of Forfar, Fife, and Berwick, against an increased duty oh corn spirits. Also a petition fiom Forfar against an increase of the stamp duty upon inventories of the goods of deceased persons. Mr. BROWNLOW presented a petition from the Society for the Improvement of Ireland, pray ing the House to take into consideration the impo verished condition of that country. POOR LAWS IN IRELAND. Mr. FRENCH presented a petition from the county of Roscommon against the introduction of poor laws into Ireland. Mr. J. GRATTAN was confident that, if the condition of the Irish peasantry were improved by the adoption of poor laws, there would be an end at once of the much talked-of evil of emigration to this country. He was sorry that the Chairman of the Committee was not present, that the House might hear from him the progress made, and tha present state of the inquiry up stairs. Lord ALTHORP, as a Member of the Com mittee, could assure the Hon. Member that the investigation had been impartially c onducted. Sir J. NEWPORT said that the first business of the Committee had been to examine persons who were favourable to the introduction of the poor laws; and when that part of the inquiry had been completed, they proceeded to examine those who were of a contrary opinion. Mr. MONCK remarked that people with whom he had spoken, and who had excellent means of judging, were decidedly in favour of the introduction of poor laws. Mr. O'CONNELL adopted the principle of the poor laws, though he saw difficulty in carrying them into effect. Mr. TRANT complained, that in the Committee sitting on the State of the Poor of Ireland, the name of the Member who brought the question forward was omitted. lie thought that when Committees were moved for, the names of those intended to be put on that Committee ought to be previously stated. The petition was then brought up and laid upon the table. THE JEWS. Mr. LAWLEY presented a petition in favour of the Removal of Civil Disabilities affecting the Jews, from Birmingham. Sir GEORGE PHILLIPS presented a similar petition from Manchester. Mr. RUMBOLD presented a similar petition from Great Yarmouth. Sir ROBERT WILSON presented a similar petition from Southwark. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, on the presen- tation of this petition, wished to state, that on a former night he presented a petition sent to him by Mr. Bicknel, the solicitor to Greenwich Hospital, from a person named Levi, praying that such laws as affected the possession of property by the Jews, should be repealed : and stating further, that he con versed with several Jews on the subject, and he had reason to believe that there existed no desire among his nation for the possession of the elective fran chise, or for seats in Parliament. Since then an announcement was made denying that statement; but he had since received a letter from Mr. Bicknel, confirmatory of it. • . _ . Mr. BROUGHAM wished to know who the in dividual was who thought proper to put himself for ward as the Representative of the Jews. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL had no know ledge of Mr. Levi. After a few woids from Dr. LUSIIINGTON and Sir It. WILSON, the petition was ordered to be printed. Sir It WILSON presented a similar petition from Norwood, in Surrey. Mr. O'CONNELL presented two petitions to the same effect from the City of Dublin, and frotn the village of Clowarf. Lard KILLEEN presented a similar petition from certain Catholic inhabitants of the City of Dublin. Mr. LAWLEY presented a petition from the President and Directors of the Chamber of Com merce, Manchester, against a certain clause respect ing arrests on Mesne Process, contained in a Bill now before the House.—To lie on the table. The same HoN. MEMBER presented a petition from the churchwardens and overseers of the parish of Coleshill, in favour of the Bill for altering the law respecting the assessment of small tenements for the payment of the poor's rates.—To lie on the table. Mr. LIDDELL presented a petition fri'm the journeymen paper-makers of Durham, complaining of tlistiess and the use of machinery. Mr. RICK WORT El (as we uziderstood) pre- PRICE 7D.