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;r I e ) ,,,ITSTONI- HOUSE, LONbON, MAY 1, 1833. HE C OMMISSIONERS of his MA JESTY'S CUSTOMS do hereby give Notice, that Will he ready to receive at the Custotn-House, Lon pa the Ist of June next, Tenders in writing (sealed tad treat for the supply of PROVISIONS, for the '2: the C ruisers and Vessels employed under their di n, for Y Twel ve C alendar Months, from the 6th of , ere n e!t, to the s t h July, 1834, inclusive. To be de hifoliouir:::iz.all charge into the Boats of the said Vessels, • . _ • . 7... _ • ,•, ,c-407-1,- LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1833. (PRICE 7D.) ENGLAND. *Milford Quarantine Sta- Dept ford Berwick tion Gravesend Grimsby Burrowstow 'Chatham Boston ness Margate North Yar_ IRELAND. Dover mouth Kingstown Hastings Harwich (Dublin) Seaford Quarantine Carlingford at to Portsmouth Stations Larne I LoWes Hull Killibegs Pool Liverpool Westport W eymouth SCOTLAND. Galway Exmouth Leith Cove of Cork Plymouth Stranraer Castletown- Fow ey Stornoway send ,:Ilic Falm outh Greenock Kilrush. l ,d in LPen zance Nike c r A the Quarantine Vessel and the Establishments at 411,i 'lCand Milford Haven. ' kn. ENGLAND. ' ' '' l ' 4 lk.p I Sheerness ( kt,h,_ ..f Deal 1,,,,-Atei at Rye ' or,j s 7 , Biixham Ilfracombe Douglas, Isle of Man. 11 ' ; 44 egard Will be ' had Tender . . . 1 6 1 , to any in which the 41 ok 'uot be inserted in words at length, or that kti l' l . be made on, or annexed to, one of the printed 4: 4 411 ) to be procured from the Custom-houses at, tc), l . t t°, the Places where the said provisions are to 4 4 1 : er ed, and at the Secretary's Office, Custom-house, kli a ,' 414 at the Collector's Office, Custom-house, LesAdicl and Leith (at which last mentioned places the ,741 1 ' °41 ef the Contract may be seen); or that shall not ' Q l l' 7, e d in or sent ost aid, addressed to the Secre :'lA . " e s ail! Custm p n-bo p use, London, before Twe!ve 'ken, " t} . l ° said Ist of June next ; nor unless the same t" . Pallled Ititl i en by a Letter signed by two substantial " le t C g l i alt to become bound with the party ten- "Wip e t i he penal bum or sums mentioned against the L i ' I'Vli- laces in the following List (according to those ? C ', l :tr: e n t e Y may tender) for the due performance of I t 11 ' Lod °Ptl 4l ''s may be made for one or more Ports at pqL q the party tendering. l th ie ttt. AND. Ply mouth £6oo' ''k}" ,, a" . •••• xlOO Fowey — 150 N+,. , a1., 1 ''''''' • 300 Falmouth n a ,Nii ''''' .• GOO Penzance .••••• 450 0,. L e """ 1 50 Ilfracombe l5O ,-t '. '''' ''' , l4 . '" ... , ' ' ) .%liltbrd p k HI .... ". 3 00 Douglas .'", ' 3 ' , ' Flerwick 450 ~, .., ....... 15 ' . 1,, 4 : 4 ' , ..... ,Grimsby rtlz, .... . " 5 () Boson l5O N, 'llth '''' 3 00 Yarmouth 3OO 1, ".•.„,:" 6 00 Harwich 6OO e N , ..., • • 300 Hull l5O I' 4 l ,ko,j t i t ' l '''' ' ‘ , 300 Liverp00l 'k4„,: 'al Lei 7 , OTLAND. . £6OO -'''' ......... 150 Montrose 13 Y Order of the Commissi (No. 12,680.) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. five years, was—for Berko, 8551. ; for Wilts, 1,0001. ; a n d for Gloucestershire, 1,2851. Thus much for the road from Londen to Ireland via Bristol, On the road by waY of Liverpool, the increase was of a similar nature. The Hon. Member concluded by moving for the Select Com mittee. At b e t , 1 741 } ,lrkr 13 " f L' e t EAST INDIA HOUSE, APRIL 30, 1833 . THE COURT of DIRECTORS o f the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENGLAND TRADING to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Notice, That a GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY will be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, ou TUES DAY, the 14th May, from Nine o'clock in the Morning until Six in the Evening, for the ELECTION of a DI RECTOR of the said COMPANY in the room of JOHN BAILLIE, Esq., deceased. PETER AUBER, Secretary. HOUSE OF LORDS, MAT 7. Lord SUFFIELD presented 50 petitions from Wes— leyan Methodist congregations, praying for the immediate repeal of slavery. The Earl of RIPON presented four petitions to the same effect. ti • P h t'ag cY , •tit ch Batley The question having been put, Lord ALTHORP admitted that great inconveniences had arisen from the system complained of, and be thought it deserved inquiry; he would not, however, while he assented to the motion for a Select Committee, pledge himself to any particular course at present. Mr. COBBETT trusted that in any law that should be proposed by the Committee, due consideration would be had for the situation of the persons spoken of. Their country was comparatively destitute of food, although it furnished two of the largest counties in England, York shire and Lancashire, with large quantities of provisions ; some consideration was therefore due to:the Irish labourers, when they came to this country in search of food.—( Hear. ) The rich had been taken into consideration, and it had been said that the burden falls heaviest on the agricultural inte rest. That was not so, for Lancashire, which was not an agricultural county, paid more in poor rates than seven counties, beginning with Bedfordshire and coming down alphabetically; and he believed that Manchester and Salford paid more than all the county of Bedford. Dr. LUSHINGTON was gratified that the Noble Lord (Althorp) had acceded to the motion, and be hoped some measure would be devised, if not to do away with, at all events, to equalise, the burdens. Mr. EWART corroborated the statement made by the Hon. Member for Oldham, and hoped that in any mea sure which might be introdueed, care would be taken that the burden of supporting the Irish poor should not fall with disproportionate severity on towns situate near the coast. The Earl of Rosslyn, the Duke of Richmond, the Bishop of Winchester, and Earl Cawdor, presented petitions to the same effect. The Duke of WELLINGTON presented a petition rom the Mayor and Corporation of Waterford, praying for an alteration in the navigation laws. SCOTLAND• :Montrose Aberdeen Cromarty Campbelton•n. EAST INDIA HOUSE, APRIL 24, 1833. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENGLAND TRADING to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Notice, That a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY will be held at their House in Leaden hall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 19th June next, at Ele ven o'clock in the Forenoon, for the purpose of declaring a Dividend from Christmas last to Midsummer next. That the TRANSFER BOOKS of the said Company's Stock will be SHUT on TUESDAY, the 4th June next, at Three o'clock, and OPENED again on TUESDAY, the 16th July following. And that the DIVIDEND WARRANTS on the said Company's Stock, due on the sth July, will be ready to be delivered no SATURDAY, the 6th of July next. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition from the Protestant Dissenters of London and Westminster, praying for the total and immediate abolition of slavery. The Noble Lord then presented several other petitions to the same effect. The Earl of HADDINGTON, seeing the Noble Secre tary for the Home Department i❑ his place, was anxious to ask him a question, which was of very great importance to that part of the country from which he came. It was well known that his Majesty was visiter of the universities of Scotland, which was performed by commission ; one on which he sat, made a series of reports, one upon each university, and In 1830. they made a very full general report, which contained to by recommendations for changes in the system of conducting those establish ments. He was not now going to say whether all those recommendations ought to be acted upon, but he was most anxious to know from the Noble Lord whether Govern ment intended to carry them into effect or not, or whether any of them were intended to be so. Since the report had been made it had excited a lively feeling in Scot land, which had now grown into great anxiety. Lord MELBOURNE said that thoine of their Lordships who were acquainted with the case would know that the report was a very volumin. us one, and contained recom mendations which, if carried into effect. would alter the whole constitution of the universities, as well as the course of study pursued by the students. These were the only reasons why Government had not earlier brought forward the subject. He would, however, assure the Noble Earl, that the case was now under the consideration of Govern ment, and some of the recommendations had been referred to those who could best decide upon the expediency of them. PETER AUBER, Secretary. PROPOSED NEW LAW OF PATENTS FOR IN- VENTIONS. Al A PRELIMINARY MEETING of GENTLEMEN interested in the pending proceedings of Parliament on the LAW of PATENTS, held this day at the Museum of National Manufactures and of the Mechanical Atts, No. 28, Leicester-square, It was resolved To invite to a PUBLIC MEETING, to be held at this place, TO. MORROW, THURSDAY the 9th inst., at One o'clock precisely, such persons as feel an interest in the important subject of PATENT LAW, with the view of adopting such measures as may be deettied advisable for conveying to the Legislature the opinions of practical men on this extensively interesting object of legislation. By order of the Meeting, CHARLES TOPLIS, Hon. Secretary. No. 28, Leicester-square, May 6, 1833. Lnrd SANDON denied that the poor rates fell more heavily on manufacturing towns than on agricultural districts. Aberdeen £lso Ciremarty l5O Campbeltow n... 150 Greenock Stranraer Stornoway 3OO Borrowstowness 150 IRELAND. Kingston Carlingford lOO Larne Killibegs 3OO Westport Galway Cove of Cork OOO Castletownsend 300 Kilrush ...... 150 loners, C. SCOVELL, Secretary. The Earl of ROSEBERRY said that he had the honour of presiding over the board spoken of, and he felt deeply upon the question. Not only those belonging to the Universities and the students, but the public were much indebted to the Noble Earl for the answer which he had elicited. He hoped Government would now have time to tur❑ their attention seriously to the subject. He felt anxious upon the subject, because he was aware that many of the recommendations, if carried into effect, would have a most beneficial tendency. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. G UILDHALL. Yesterday a man named Thomas Jenkins, otherwise Field, and Sophia, his wife, were brought before Mr. Alderman KELLY, charged with being manufacturers of base eoin, and against the male prisoner there was a fur ther charge of burglary. The prisoners, who offered no observations, were re manded. N 14114 lit!" Copyhold Ground Rents, Croydon and amounting to 115/. per annum. T O BE SOLD BY AUCTION, 41 By Mr. J. 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S. .... rA N▪ ss . i tv fr'v!` hei rfi petl e e at a the 'me to ~00 , 0 ,rd A 1 1" . elte or „ h i d " His t 00:iucer, and : op fo d' hie ,„id we 0- , t, Whic" tho $. , more 'Co .0 b y ed to I) -, O rP , a nd rew he N ctie iced r, t he on wh ich j Park' .(4P thee" f upo fi MAR YLEB George Smith was yesterday placed at the bar, charged before Mr. HosKitis, o❑ suspicion of stealing a quantity of linen, cheese, brandy, vinegar, and other property, to a considerable amount, from No. 2, Duchess-street, Port land-place, the residence of the late Mrs. Kenyon. William Bridgeland, police constable of the E division, deposed, that at half-past 10 o'clock on Monday night he saw the prisoner come out of the area-gate of the above named premises, which was opened by a female, and that he was carrying a large clothes basket ful of linen, &c. On the witness questioning him as to where he was going, the reply was, " I am going to take the things to Frederick-street, Regent's-park, to my wife, who washes regularly for the family." Prisoner cv,is then taken to the station-house. On searching his lodgings, various articles, consisting of knives, forks, cheese, brandy, jam, &c., were found tied up, and placed in different parts of the room. On the prisoner's person were four keys and a bottle of white pepper. Francis Searancke, Esq., nephew of the late Mrs. Kenyon, being sworn, stated, that since the decease of his aunt, whose funeral he had that morning attended, he had received information that the premises ought to be carefully watched, his informant, who was a perfect stranger to him, intimating, in no very indirect terms his suspicions, that during the time Mrs. Kenyon lay dead, property to some amount had been clandestinely removed. Witness went on to state, that there were four female servants in the house, one of whom wis Smith's, the prisoner's, wife, who was engaged for a short period as charwoman. He, witness, should have thought it proper to have taken an inventory of Mrs. Kenyon's goods at the time of her decease, if he had not consiibred that from the number of years the servants, particularly Mary Weaver, the cook, had lived with her, every ci.nfidenee might be placed in them ; he had subsequently ascertained that at Smith's house there was a great quantity of linen, which, ❑o doubt, was int: oiled to be kept, as it ought long since to have been sent home. Prisoner was in the habit of going to Mrs. Kenyon's house on Mondays for clothes, and was not aware of any thing being wrong on the occasion alluded to. Mr. HosKiNs desired an officer to bring the women servants before him immediately. In about half an hour Martha Weaver, the cook, Louisa Weaver, her niece, Smith's wife, and Martha Groom, the housemaid, arrived. Alr. Hosxtsts then asked the policeman if he could dis cover among the women the one who let the prisoner out at the area gate? The policeman could not swear to either of them, but be was told by the prisoner that Martha Groom had given him the linen to take home. Martha Groom said if the magistrate would allow her she would explain the affair. The things in the basket belonged principally to herself ; some of them, it was true, were her late dear mistress's, and she had sent them to he washed. _ _ _ The policeman here drew from the basket a loaf of sugar, some candles, soap, &c., when Mr. HOSKINS (addressing the female witness) slid— How came those things in the basket? Were they sent to be washtd too ?—Martha Groom said that the sugar be- longed to her uncle ; the brandy, vinegar, &c., were her own. Mary Smith (prisoner's wife) said that she knew no mote about it than that her husband was going to take the linen home. Ile cheese was her own, Mary Weaver (the cook) having given it to her. Mary Weaver admitted this, and contended, that as the property was her own she bad a right to give it to whom she thought proper. Louisa Weaver said, she had been in the house but a short time, and knew nothing at all about the matter. Mr. HOSKINS desired that all the servants should be kept in custody till the evening, in the mean time a strict search should be made for other property, which the policeman said there was good reason for supposing might by that time be discovered. Mr. Searaneke said that Mrs. Kenyon had left by will one hundred pounds to the cook, Mary Weaver, together with all the linen she possessed at the time of her death. At seven o'clock the prisoners were again placed at the bar, when additional evidence was gone into, from which it appeared that during the afternoon a further search had been made at Smith's house, as also at Weaver's (who is the eon of Mary Weaver, the cook) in Wimpole-mews, at which place property of various descriptions was disco vered, a great part of which was identified as having be longed to the late Mrs. Kenyon. The prisoners were all remanded till Thursday, with the exception of Louisa Weaver, who was discharged. The floor of the office was literally strewed with the property, the 7alue of which must have been considerable. A WOMAN OLDER THAN HER PULSE.—. A Scotch paper notices an old woman living at Gloslough, who is a hundred and thirty years of age ; and adds, that " her pulse does not exceed scventy."—Scotsman. Private accounts from the Mauritius state that General NICOLAY has acted with so much decision, promp titude, and firmness, that there is the greatest reason to believe that the island will soon be restored to complete tranquillity. PARTY AT ASHBURNHAM HOUSE. —•The Russian Ambassador gave a grand dinner, on Sunday evening, to his Royal Highness the Duke of BRUN S wicK and his suite. Amongst the distinguished com pany invited to meet his Rjal Highness were—Th e Marquis and Marchioness of Cr—tram/ 1 / 4 ROE, Lord PAL mEttsToti, Earl and Countess of HA RROWEY, Lord and Lady FREDERICK FITZCLARENCE, Lord JOll N RUSSELL, Earl Bnowtit.ow, Lord and Lady WILTON, Baron de 13u- Low WENDMAUSKINT, Maim. BAUSE, Lord AUCKLAND, &e. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the Government had not only received the report alluded to by the Noble Lord, but several reports from other places, upon which they intended to act as speedily as possible. Earl FITZ WILLIAM presented several petitions for the abolition of slavery; also a petition from the members of the political union of Glasgow, praying for the repeal of the corn laws. Mr. BERNAL and others brought up the Personal Estates Bill, Cotton Duty Repeal Bill, Tiles Duty Repeal Bill, and several Road Bills. Earl GREY presented petitions from London and other places for the entire abolition of slavery. The Duke of SUSSEX presented a petition, agreed to at Exeter-hall, for an ulteiation in the criminal laws of the country. The petition was signed by 5,300 persons, several of whom stated that they had not come forward to prosecute in several cases owing to thi severity of the laws. In looking over certain tables he had found that when the punishment for any offence was capital, the number of acquittals increased, whilst, when the punish ment was slight, the acquittals were on the decrease. Lord LYNDHURST called the attention of the House to a Bill which passed the House at a late period of the last session, which changed the punishment of death lor horse-stealing to transportation for lif , and in twenty-nine cases out of thirty the law was enforced. As the law at present stood, the greater crime might be punished by imprisonment for twelve months, while the lesser was punished by transportation for life. The avowed object of the Bill he complained of was to make punishment certain ; but could not that he done by leaving a discretion in the court ? No doubt one offence might be tried before a judge who was more severe than another ; there the punishment for the same offence would be different; but he did nut consider that a sufficient reason why the judge should he deprived of that discretion which he had always heretofore used. Ie it were right to take away that discretion, iu this particular case, it would be expedient to do it in all. He threw out these hints for the consideration of the Noble Viscount, and entreated him to bring in a Bill to amend that one of which he complained. One other subject be would lay before them, which was, the great incre: - .se f crime within the last 20 years. 1(11822, the number of criminals did not amount to much more than 6,000, while in 1832 they amounted to upwards of 20,000. This was not confined to any parti cular district, but was the same in agricultural as in manufacturing districts. Neither bad it been in any year, but had bern gradually progressing.—( Hear, hear, hear.) He made these statements from returns on their Lordships' table, and, therefore, entreated the Noble Viscount and his Majesty's Government, first of all, to see whether there was any fallacy in the returns, and if they proved correct, anxiously to inquire into and ascertain the cause. Lord MELBOURNE answered the Noble Lord at some length, observing that in no case where a judge had re commended a mitigation of the sentence, had it yet been retused. Lord LYNDHURST explained, that the amendment referred to by the Noble and Learned Lord had been made on the suggestion by the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and supported by the late Lord Tenterden. Lord SUFFIELD presented petitions for an alteration in the criminal code from Londonderry and another plice, and also praying that persons under conviction, or for trial, be better maintained. The Bills brought up from the Commons were then read a first time, and the House adjourned at half•past six o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS, 1114 tr 7. The SPEAKER took the Chair at a little before five o'clock. QUAKERS' AFFIRMATION. Some private business having been disposed of, the Coleraine Election Committee came to the table to be scorn, and was called over in the following order :—Mr. Irton, Lord Sandon, Sir Stephen Glynne, Mr. Parrott, Captain Clietwynd, Mr. Pease, Mr. Chaytor, Mr. Hardy, and three others. The names having been called over— The SPEAKER said, I wish to call the attention of the House to the situation in which it is now placed for the first time. I feel it to be my duty thus to arrest the course of its business; but when I have stated the cause of my having done so, it will he for the House to decide what course it will pursue. The reduced list of eleven Members in this Election Committee has now been re turned to this House. The Act states that these eleven shall be embodied into a Committee, and, before it proceeds to any business, shall be sworn at the table. One of the Members so returned, the House has decided is competent to discharge his duties as a Member of the House on making his affirmation. But the ques tion for the House now to consider is, whether that deci sion necessarily comprehends the duty to be performed by a member of this Select Committee under a special Act of Parliament. Can the Hon. Member sit in this Com mittee without taking that oath, or doing something Cise which the House shall decido to be synonymous, and equi valent to that oath? In other words, is the affirmation upon which the Hon. Member performed the duties of a Member of this House to be considered equivalent to the oath direct e d to be taken by this separate Art ot Parliament? Mr. O'CONNELL-1 rise to move that the affirmation of the Hon. Member fcellurham be taken as equivalent to the oath requi re d b y the Act to be taken by the members of Election Committees. The principle on which we for merly o!cided that the Hon. Member could take his seat on inaking his affirmation clearly governs this case. That decision tat ours rested upon tbeconstruction of various Acts of Parliament enabling the people called Quakers to nuke an affirmation instead of taking an oath. Those Acts do nit expressly contemplate the else of a Quaker becoming d Member of Parliament; but the House considered it to be implied, and the implication seems of necessity to follow in the present ease. The principal Act of Parliament re ferred to oubstituto t,tn affirmation in All cases, with three exceptions—any case not excepted comes of course more stronely within the general rule, and this is not an ex cepted case.—(Cheers.) The SPEAKER —What are the excepted cases ? Mr. O'CONNELL—The excepted cases are, the giving evidence in criminal cases, the being upon juries, and the holding of emolumentary offices under the Crown. Now certainly this is no office under the Crown. The Com mittee is not a jury; nor is it a criminal case that is to come before it. I therefore beg to move that the affirma Lion of the Hon. Member for Durham be received instead of his oath. The SPEAKER—I am persuaded that no Member in the House, not even the Hon. and Learned Gentleman who has just addressed it, will conceive that I was improperly actuated in bringing this matter -forward.— (Cheers.) lam sure be will pardon me, also, for my, perhaps, rather disorderly call upon him to state the ex ceptions. Of course the third exception, that preventing the affirmation of Quakers being taken upon entering into any office of emolument under the Crown never came across my mind. What did occur to me was. whether it was possible any analogy might be thought to exist between this case and that of serving upon juries, or giving evidence in criminal cases. The Hon. Member is of opinion, and probably the House will he of opinion, that the case before us comes within neither exception ; but, looking to the criminal consequences that might occur to parties interested, I felt it to be my duty to bring the fact before the House.—(Cheers.) Mr. O'CONNELL—I trust the Chair did not so mis understand me, as to suppose I could say any thing that did not recognise, I hardly like to say, the propriety, for it is too weak a word, of its interference ; for I felt, in common with every Member of the House, that what was done by the Speaker was per fectly consistent with the whole course of his con duct. It is impossible to doubt the fitness of his calling the particular attention of the House to this case, being the first of its arising. I have now the Act of Par. liament, containing the exceptions belore the House, and I find them to be what I stated. Having allowed the Hon. Member to make the affirmation on becoming a Member of this House, it would be an anomaly indeed, for the House to decide that more than his affirmation should be required of him to discharge one of its incidental duties. Sir ROBERT PEEL said that the anomaly might exist, and require to be removed by an Act of Parlia ment. He did not think the decision they had come to in the former case necessarily governed this. which rested upon an Act of Parliament pissed subsequently to the Quakers' Relief Act. He considered, however, that this Committee did not come within either of the three exceptions in that Act, and that, therefore, the Hon. Gentleman might be allowed to make his affirmation. Mr. GODSON read the clause in the Act of Parlia ment, providing for the admission of the affirmation of Quakers, and stated his opinion to be that the affirmation of the Hon. Member in the present instance came under that permissive clause. Lord MORPETH was understood to say that he had a notice on the books which he trusted would remove all difficulties like the present. Mr. J. JERVIS said, he knew that Quakers were ad mitted on Juries to try civil cases; indeed he knew an instance of a Quaker having been on a jury, which con victed a person of a capital felony, and the man was executed. Lard ALTHORP thought that as the House had al ready decided that the Act of Parliament did not prevent Quakers from taking their seats in the House, the same rule should apply in the present instance.—(Hear.) The SPEAKER said that he had only done what he conceived to be his duty in culling the attention of the House to the subject.—(Hear.) As the House seemed to feel so strongly and to concur so unanimously in the reception of the Hon. Member's affirmation, he would suggest that the affirmation be received with the consent of the House, but without the formality of putting the motion of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman (Mr. O'Connell.) Mr. O'CONNELL, with that understanding, withdrew his motion. Mr. Pease's affirmation having been accepted, and the oath having been taken by the other ten Members, the Committee withdrew. On the motion of Sir G. PHILLIPS, the Bill to en able the Stratford and Moreton Railway Company to make a new line, was read a third time and passed. On the motion of Mr. lIODGES, the amendments made in the Committee to the London and Greenwich Railway Bill were read a second time. The Ross and Abergavenny Road Bill was read a third time and passed. WARWICK ELECTION. Mr. RHODES appeared at the bar, with a list of the following Members who had been ballotted to form a Committee to try the merits of a petition against the le turn for the borough of Warwick :—Ellis Cutiliffe Lester, Christopher Thomas Tower, Hon. John James Knox, Sir John Hamilton Dalrymple, Lord Arthur Marcus Cecil Hill, Lord Viscount Molyneux, Thomas Hutchinson Stavely, Hon. Charles Langley, William Tattoo Egerton, and Sir Ronald Crauford Ferguson. Having been sworn, they withdrew. A message from the Lords announced that their Lord ships had given their assent to certain private Bills. Sir R. INGLIS brought up the seventeenth report of the Select Committee on public petitions.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. 11. DA RE presented a petition from the Justices of Peace of Epping, in the county of Essex, against the Beer Bill. The petitioners stated that crime had greatly increased since the establishment of the beer shops; and prayed the House either to pass some preventive mea sure, or to repeal the statute altogether. The Hon. 'Umber corroborated the statements in the petition, and begged leave cordially to support it. Referred to the Committee on the Beer Bill. Sir R. BULKELEY presented a petition from the con gregation of Particular Baptists of Bangor, in the county of Anglesea, against negro slavery ; also three other peti tions from different parishes in that county to the same effect. The Hon. Member also presented two petitions from the landowners of the county of Anglesea, and certain coach contractors and proprietors complaining of the high rate of fares kept up by the Government steam packets between Holyhead and Dublin. A Committee had last session been appointed on this subject, and had made a report, to which he gave notice that he would, on the 11th of June, call the attention of the House. Mr. O'CONNELL hoped the attention of the Govern ment would be given to the subject, as it was considered a great grievance in Ireland. The charge between Holy. head and Dublin was as high as from Liverpool to Dub lin, giving au undue preference to the Liverpool station. Lord ALTHORP said that the attention of Ministers had been called to the question ; considerable difficulties attended it, but the House might depend upon the best attention being given to the subject. Mr. HUME wished to know whether the country was supporting these rackets now, at the annual loss of 50,000/., as it did last year. He hoped that the rates and passengees now fully paid all expenses. No answer. Mt. J. ROMILLY presented two petitions from parishes iu Gloucestershire against slavery. Sir E. KNATCHBULL presented petitions from Rom ney Marsh, Ashbury, and Redburn, for the abolition of the duty on malt, and from several parts of Kent for the abolition of slavery and the better observance of the Sab bath. Col. WOOD bore testimony to the great hardships sus tained by the industrious Irish who come over from time to time to labour in this country, and gave it as his opi ❑ion that the only way to alleviate their burdens would be, to place Irish paupers on the same footing with Eng lish and Scotch. The great evil of thelpresent system was, that unfortunate Irish paupers were treated as va grants without havine committed any acts of vagrancy. Lord DUNCANNON corroborated the view given of the great hardships sustained by the Irish poor, and hoped that the measure which might be introduced, would ade quately provide for their relief, not only in this country, but on their being sent home to Ireland. Mr. H. GRATTAN thought the Noble Lord opposite (Sandon) had touched the real point in this case, and be fully concurred with him on the necessity of the introduc tion of poor laws into Ireland. He hoped the Committee would be so managed as not to introduce any feeling of asperity between the two countries. Mr. SLANEY felt glad that the Committee had been appointed, though he did not think much benefit would be derived from it. Mr. O'CONNELL said that the more Ireland was op pressed the more would she enforce her rights. No Par liament more deserved the hatred of Ireland than the present; it had done nothing for her, but everything against her. The motion was agreed to, and a Select Committee appointed. Colonel TORRENS postponed his motion for a Select Committee on the commercial policy of the country. Mr. R. PALNIER rose to make his motion for a Se. lect Committ-e to inquire into the law relative to the passing of Irish vagrants, with a view to its amend ment, and to report their opinion to the House. This subject, he said, had been brought before the House in 1828, when a Select Cammitt.e was appointed, whose repo, t was a recotninendation that the law for the passing of Irish vagrants should be repealed. A Bill was then brought into toe (louse, which was abandoned, and a siiiiillr one in the last session, but why it was not carried into effect it would be, perhaps, now unnecessary to inquire. He had made written inquiries in the various counties which were most affected by the operation of thi s l aw , and the replies he had received enabled him to say that there was a progressive increase of List, vagrants, and of consequent expense. In the county of 11-rks the number of persons passed by this law for the last five years had been 2,272, 2,660, 3,300, 4,300, and 5,359 ; at an expense of 5681., 6661., 8251. 1,0'"x5/., and 1,175/. I n Wil ts an d Gloucestershire thete was a correspondi ng i ncrease , a nd he might state that the average cost to th e th ree counties for the last .„--- ,-- - ) - X l7 - - , -.:" . w N\ \ 4 a . . h• toting the disposal of this pr o p er ty, that nau i pur- . ' A chase money should remain on mortgage, at two and a half per cent. It was important entirely-to get rid of the establishment attached to this property, and' ,to the ex , i.ense of the collection of its revenues, whic t n hotouoted to fts - ...... 4 -7 - , „,0 per cent. He had no doubt, if the subject were fol -71 lowed up as it ought, the property might be made one of our most useful resources in time of need. 51r. HUME expressed hie satisfaction that the subject was about to be inquired into, and hoped it would be ex tended to Ireland and to Scotland. Lord DUNGANNON thought that the first step to 933. (PRICE take was the appointment of a Committee. If that Com mittee should be of opinion that a Commission was de ore five years, was—for Berko, 855/. ; for Wilts, sirabl e , hi s M a j esty ' s G overnment wou ld not o bj ect to suc h I e• for Gloucestershire, 1,2851. Thus much a prop osi ti on . T he H on. M em b er f or C o l c h ester h a d ad from Londen to Ireland via Bristol, On the i vetted to l arge sums rece i ve d f rom t h e W oo d s an d F orests , of Liverpool, the increase was of a similar na and not b roug h t to the public account. But the Hon. Hon. Member concluded by moving for the E Gentleman must he aware of the heavy debt upon it, tree. amounting to 1,5 00,000/. Last year 250,0001. of that debt had been paid off, and 100,000/. more would be paid "he question having been put, in the present year. The expense of collection was not rd ALTHORP admitted that great incor half what it had been described by the Hon. Gentleman. sen from the system complained of, and h Mr. COBBETT reprobated the course t a k en by th e NI inquiry; he would not, however, o the motion for a Select Committe Commissioners of W oo d s an d Forests in beautifying ' streets, building houses, &c., in the metropolis. Of all ay particular course at present. tile mistakes ever fallen into by our Government, none IETT trusted that in any law that al Committee, dire consideration w was greater than that of expendi ng l arge sums of motley on this particular spot. Instead of accumu l at i ng and lion of the persons spoken of. aratively destitute of food, althc adding to the crowd of idlers in Lond on , i t oug h t to b e se largest counties in England, the object of Government to dimi n i s h it. A s i t was, ' with large quantities of provi however, something was taken a w a y f rom every part o f therefore due to . the Irish lobo the country, in order to enlarge Lond on . Th e b ui ld ing o f unity in search of food.—( H the Penitentiary was a m os t unw i se measure. I t cost a to consideration, and it had religion of money, and a num b er o f persons were b roug h t viest on the agricultural up to London to assist in i ts erection. 'What he rose, Lancashire, which was however, to observe was, that as soon as poss ibl e, e ff orts re in poor rates than se should be made to recover C rown property w hi ch hire and coming dc had unjustly got into other hands, in o r d er to ena bl e t h e s that Manchester i Treasury to take off taxes. The Hon. M e mb er f or Col vof Bedford, cheater valued the property at 15 million s . H e (M r . d that the Not Cobbett) was more sanguine. He h a d k nown a t r ifl e pa id ion, and he hop, for a very valuable estate. Now, th e y a ll k new th a t w h en do away witl a steward had unjustly di s p ose d o f hi s master ' s property for a small consideration, the landlord's remedy was in the made by th Court of Chancery. In the c a se o f t h e C rown l an d s t h e any mea- country should have its C o u r t o f Ch ancery—name l y , t h at taken that a House. The l e a ses , fi nes , an d a ll ot h er c i rcumstances not fall ought to be strictly inquired into, and if it were found ear the that Crown property had been sold or let for less than its value, the agreement ought to be cancelled by Parliament, iore l Fraudulent contracts ought not to be permitted to endure. , a 1 lie was born on the borders of the forest of Holt, and he well remembered, when he was young, that it was full of fine and lofty timber. Many thousands of acres of trees were, however, struck down, lopped, barked, and then disposed of; and it was not improbable that Government had been treated on that occasion as Lord Peter borough had been treated by his steward, who knocked down hii house, sold the materials, and then brought in his Lord ship a bill fur repairs.—(A laugh.) There had been enough wood cut down in that forest of Holt to have sup plied the Royal Navy for several years. He hoped that the Hon. Member for Colchester would be a member of the proposed Committee, and that the Committee would go into the consideration of the subject honestly, without any respect to persons, and with a determination that the public should have justice done them. Mr. SLANEY agreed with the Hon. Member for 01J ham, that if the Committee discovered any disgraceful job they ouhgt to bring it to light. It was only by such a course that the House could satisfy the people. Mr. E. STANLEY expressed himself to the same effect. Mr. HUNIE wished to know if it was meant to ex tend the inquiry to the duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster? Lord DUNCANNON replied in the negative, Mr. HUME thought that those duchies were fit sub jects for inquiry. Mr. W. HARVEY was of the same opinion. He knew of a case in one of those duchies in which a fine of 71,0001. bad been exacted for three lives, thereby de priving the public of nearly a quarter of a million. He would not allow the session to pass without making a specific motion on the subject. The motion for the address was then agreed to, and a Select Committee was subsequently appointed. ADVERTISEMENT DUTIES. Mr. BERNAL brought up the report of the Committee on the Stamp Duty Acts. Mr. HUME considered the duty on advertisements as a tax utterly unworthy the consideration of the Noble Lord, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He trusted, at all events, he would be induced to try a duty of Is. on each advertisement, satisfied as he (Mr. Hume) was, that by so doing, the revenue would be increased to a far greater amount than by the sum of Is. 6d., now proposed. Mr. COBBETT wished to ask the Noble Lord (Alttiorp) whether, in his intended modification of the stamp duties, he would make freehold property liable to the legacy and probate duties, in the same way that personal property was? If he did not so propose, he (Mr. Cobbett) should, without delay, give notice of a motion upon the subject. Lord ALTHORP considered the proper opportunity for the Honourable Member to introduce his propositions was when he (Lord Althorp) brought forward the sche dule of duties in the Bill for the consolidation of the stamp laws. He certainly did intend to make a freehold property subject to a probate, but not to a legacy duty. Mr. R. WASON was sorry to say the landowners in that Howse seemed to be determined to throw the we: gg i, t l''' n i a ° o u re td d er is s : o i t he th p e e p o u p b le lic w b e u r r e de e n ver e y nt d ir a e y ly g f e ro tt t i n ng th m ei o r re ow ,n n d contented at seeing enormous masses of wealth hoarded vid by individuals, whilst they were sinking deeper and deeper in poverty slid suffering. Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL denied that the landed interest endeavoured unworthily to ahuffie off their lair share of public obligations. There was no class more distressed than the proprietors of small parcels of land. After a few words from Lords &armor; and At,. THORP, the report was agreed to. SAVINGS' BANKS' ANNUITIES BILL. Lord ALTHORP said it was his intention to defer the third reading of this Bill until to-morrow, not being com-. pleiely prepared to announce all the alterations that migb,t be desirable in it. Mr. COBBETT hoped the Noble Lord would alter tbo clause which required a month's notice of the withdrawal of any deposit. Lord ALTHORP intended to alter that clause, and, it was also his intention to put any person withdtawing his payments in the same situation as if be had never made any. Mr. T. ATTWOOD strongly denounced savings' banks, as being originally intended—let. to make country bankers a scape-goat for the faults of Government. 2. To bolster up the Government by means of placing masses of money in the bands of Government by which to susiaiu the funds ; and 3. To enable Government to have a claw on the pockets of the people, and, by what he should call an infernal partnership, allow it to scourge, coerce, and abuse them. The Hon. Member went on in this strain for some time, amidst, at one time, peals of laughter, and another of strong expressions of indignant reprobation. Lord ALTHORP conten.:ed that Savings' Banks had been of the greatest possible advantage, and ought not to iie held up to public odium merely for interfering with he profits of private bankers.—(Loud cheers.) He be lieved it to be a good principle to connect the working people with the Government of the country. Mr. YOUNG (Tynemouth) considered that the depo sits in Savings' Banks were allowed to be too great in their amount. Mr. F. SHAW considered these institutions as most advantageous, as they were admirably calcula , ed to itr,, prove the condition of the milking classes, and intereek them in the peace and welfare of society. Mr. SLANEY considered there could ho nothing wiser in the people of this country than to prefer the security of Government to that slippery one—the country bankers, .itm.nf whom had at times Liiled.—(Loud cries of " Hear : , hears") Au !lox. Mnitixil. (name unknown) was, underst.rod to complain that the expense of management would, under this Bill, be defrayed by the Government. den Lo w r h d Li A te L ve l r li th O ro ß w P e ii r on pl t ied, llere t v h i a n t u t e h ._ ere T w h o e uld be Bili thee{ ordered to be read a third time to-morrow (this, day). On the motion of Mr. F. PALMER, tbt,t the Sheriff's, Bill he read a second time, The SOLICITOR- GENERAL said that he was de, cidedly opposed to the plan of throwing the expenses of the office of Sheriff upon the county rates. There was now an understanding between the Sheriffs and Under Sheriffs, the latter of whom agreed to bear the expense; and there were fees of office that enabled them to do so. The expense might always be limited, at the pleasure of the person who held the office, and it would be hard to make the farmer and the occupier pay three expenses incurred at the discretion of an individual. Sir E. KNATCHBULL perfectly agreed with the Hon. id, .he lt tr w us a t s er a i u that offi" noo: honour,expens withdrawn.6tno o ji L .r . e cor now, ti3 G %Ev e Gentlema n, ledmsaaaff amount tad that o f6 p : e oh d eo o t e h tx. a p t iefn i h tsic e ie ß actn i l ao w ti 8, nuetuseldd werebteo would counties connected with the ind . i u ob t rtuel o .d f t weTtincnioluuepoßottoyngriaiateithdse the counties Mr office of Sheriff, and if gentlemen of suitable fortune were THE CROWN LANDS. On the motion of Lord A LTHORP, the order of the day for taking into consideration the King's message rela tive to the better arrangement of the Woods and Forests, and Land Revenues of the Crown, was read. Lord ALTIIORP observed, that although there could be no doubt that much exaggeration had taken place with respect to the value of woods, forests, and land revenues, belonging to the Crown ; yet that it was certainly desir able that an inquiry should be made into their state and condition, with a view that they might he rendered as be ❑eficial and productive as possible. The course which he intended to pursue was, in the first place, to move an address to his Majesty in answer to his Majesty's most gracious message, and afterwards to propose the appointment of a Select Committee on the sub ject. The Noble Lord concluded by moving that an humble address be presented to his Majesty, assuring his Majesty that the House would take the subject into immediate consideration, with a view to the adoption of the most effectual means for rendering the Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues belonging to the Crown, as beneficial and productive as possible. Mr. D. W. HARVEY said, he had always thought that the time of that House would be most economically and usefully employed by attending to one subject at a time. Very soon after he had become a Member of the House, he had adverted to the subject of the Crown Lands ; and four years ago had pressed the House to inquire into the real state and condition of the property in question, respect ing which he had submitted to the House much information, acquired by considerable inquiry and labour. He was very glad to find that his Majesty's Government were now disposed to take up the question. He was personally glad on the occa sion, because he had given notice of a motion on the subject for next week; and he was happy that he should be saved the trouble, and also that the time of the House would be saved. All that surprised him was, when he called to mind the surrender by his present Majesty, in the speech which he made at the commencetnent of his reign, of his interest in the hereditary revenues of the Crown, and of the manner in which that surrender had been dwelt upon by Ministers as a most liberal act, that two years and a half had been allowed to elapse without any step having been taken on the subject. It was, however, better late than never. There could be no doubt whatever that considera ble advantage might be derived by the public from the in vestigation of the subject. The Noble Lord thought that the value of this Crown property had been greatly exag gerated. It might be so. Where darkness was thrown over objects, it was difficult to ascertain their exact dimen sions. But when he saw the magnificent establishment in Whitehall-place—when he saw the distinguished persons who presided over that department of the public service— when he saw that even the hereditary Counsellors of the Crown did not hesitate to become land-surveyors, and to cast their eyes over the royal territory and domains, be was compelled to believe that the matters to which such persons directed their attention must be of considerable importance. That the aristocracy of the country had greatly diminished this property since it was surrendered by the people to the Crown, in the reign of William 111., he was quite aware. Some great families possessed at the present moment noble estates derived from it, for which they had given very trifling consideration. In truth, a very small part of the revenues of the crown lands came into the Exchequer. From the year 1794 to the year 1804, 580,0001. had been received, of which only 10,8001. had come into the Exchequer. From 1725 to 1826, 2,374,321/. had been received, of which only 8,7601. bad come into the Exchequer. From the year 1826 to the year 1829, 1,500,000/. had been received, not a chilling of which had been paid into the Exchequer. If, therefore, there had been, as the Noble Lord supposed, some little ex aggeration in the value of these revenues,there was evidently a foundation for extensive arm beneficial inquiry. When the Noble Lord the other night had a difficulty to find five or six millions which were cut from under his feet by the partial rcpeal of the malt tax, and by th menaced repeal of the house and window duties, he might have found in the crown lands an ample fund for meeting the chasm in his resources. He would only have had to go with the Act of Parliament in his band into the money market, and he might have raised five or six millions on this property. There was another advantage to which this property was applicable. Why not create ten or fifteen millions of notes, to be called crown land notes, to be received and Paid in taxes, but not to be convertible into gold at all ?—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord was ab"ut t‘, appoint a Committee. He would not find t hat sufficient. Such a Committee would have to send individuals to make inquiri e s in every county in England, and in many court ties i o Ireland, and to call witnesses before them from all quarters, which it would be impossible to dolwithout gr eat delay and s erious expense. He had no doubt that it would be found more expedient to appoint Commissions to go into every county, and find out all about this property. In the year 1756 several Commissions of this natur composel of three or five persons each, were appointed, and made some most valuable add important reports. If those reports had been followed up, instead of the Crown propert : , flaying been misapplied, it would now be worth double its present valor.. What he suggested, therefore, was, the appointment of a Commission. He had paid a great deal of attention to the subject, and he was satisfied that the Crown lands might be judiciously, gradually, con verted into a sum of money that would not fall stun , Of fifteen millions. lie suggested, as the best mode of faci- ,Ao