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ever, notwithstanding that the laws were greatly improved ; and yet they were told that•religion was to be known by good works. There were but two ways of preventing crime, that he was aware of—the fear of man and the fear of God—and he was sorry to say that there was no instance in this country of this latter species of fear being very prevalent or influential. Look at London on a Sun day, and behold the state of the poor : did they go to church ? The shops were open, and the butchers' stalls were busy, exactly the same as upon a week-day. Sun day in England was notoriously a day of dissipation ; and tradesmen would acknowledge that on Monday morning it was impossible to get their men to work, from their ex cesses of the preceding day. Such was the state of the population, and it was evident that the church was ineffi cient in correcting the lives of the people, notwithstand ing its professions and pretensions were so great, and its revenues and privileges so immense. His Lordship con cluded by moving as follows .—" That a humble Address be presented to his Majesty, praying that he would be graciously pleased to appoint a Commission to inquire into and state if any and what abuses exist in the church establishments of England and Ireland ; and if any, to report the measures most expedient to the removal thereof." The LORD CHANCELLOR put the motion from the Woolsack, when it appeared that the majority was of the Non-contents ; and at Twenty-five Minutes past Eight the House adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS--(LAST NIGHT). Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from Bristol against the truck system. The Deputy Clerk of the Crown attended to amend the return for Limerick, by substituting the name of J. Massey Dawson, Esq., for that of Colonel O'Grady. Petitions against the Beer Bill were presented from Nottingham, Del by, and other places. Sir J. NEWPORT presented a petition from the sur geons f Waterford against the monopoly of the Dublin Col! eg,e. Mr. HUSKISSON presented a petition from Liverpool in favour of the Bill for the Emancipation of the Jews. The -lon. Member said the petition was signed by nearly two thousand of the most respectable inhabitants, ineltul- ing the Mayor and every Banker in the place, and they prayed that the House would pass the Bill. General GASCOIGNE said he should feel bound to oppose the Bill. Mr. O'CONNELL thought the Gallant General would only show his consistency by so doing, for he had opposed the Catholic Bill on religious grounds. But in his (Mr. O'Connell's) opinion the only recompence he could make for his opposition to the Catholics would be by voting for the Jews' Bill.—(A laugh.) Mr. LEG If KECK presented a petition from owners and occupiers of public houses in Le'cestershire, against the Beer Bill. The lion. Member said he should give his decided opposition to the Bill, as it was calculated to ruin a great number of individuals who bad embarked their whole property on the faith that the laws would not be changed. Sir CHARLES HASTINGS said he should not op pose the Bill in iota, but he should feel called upon to pp pose that cl iuse which allowed beer to be consumed on the premises. After a faw words from Sir JOHN NEWPORT. in sup port of the Bill, the petition was ordered to be printed. Mr. LECH KECK then presented several other simi lar petitions from places in the county of Leicester. Lord F. OSBORNE presented several petitions com plaining. of general distress. Lord UXBRIDGE presented a petition from the Magis trates of Anglesea against any alteration in the Welch Judicature. Mr. FLEMING presented a petition from the Clergy and Gentry of the Isle of Wight against the Beer Bill. The followin g petitions were presented against the Beer Bill :—By Mr. Huskisson, from Liverpool; by Mr. Marshall, from a parish in Yorkshire; by Mr. Bickford, from Aylesbury ; by Sir Charles Hastings, from Ashby de la Zouch ; by Lord Stanley, from the hundred of Brad ford; by Sir W. Heathcote, from Fareham, Flants; by Lord C. Manners, from a person named Watts, and from the licensed victuallers of Wisbeach ; by Mr. Ti. Calvert three petitions from Hatfield, Bishop-Stortford, and a parish in Hertfordshire; and by Sir J. Ashley two petitions from Bradford and Trowbridge. Mr. HUSKISSON presented a petition from Liverpool, against the infliction of death for forgery. Mr. WESTERN presented two similar petitions from parishes in Essex. Mr. HUSKISSON presented a petition from the West India merchants, relative to slavery. Mr. MARSHALL presented four petitions from the West fl.iding of Yorkshire, praying that the assizes might ha held in the town of Wakefield. Mr. LECH KECK presented a petition from a town in Leicestershire against the India Company's monopoly. Lord F. OSBORNE presented four petitions from pa rishes in Kent, complaining of distress. General PHIPPS presented a petition from the mer• chant seamen of Scarborough against compulsory contri• butions to Greenwich Hospital. Mr. ROBINS presented a petition from Worcester, pray ing for a reduction of taxes. ;Ur. C. W. WYNNE rose to pres nt a petition from gmoo Hindoo-Britons, complaining of grievances, and pray ing for relief. The petitioners complained of being ex cluded from all offices under the East India Company—of i,eing deprived of the benefit of trial by jury—and of be lug subjected to excessive degradation and to numerous kljsethilities. There were those who talked of an inherent inferiority in those persons. He would be ashamed to argue with these gentlemen upon such a question—be would he ashamed to cite the many cases of men of this class who had, by the force of talent, made their way, in spite of all obstacles, to honour and distinction. He would however, allude to the case of Colonel Skinner, whose mother being a native, he was prevented from holding rank in our service ; but he nevertheless raised a body of eight thousand men, and earned the highest distinction by his conduct; so that at last lie was made a companion of the Order of the Bath. It had been observed that those persons were regarded in a degraded light by the native n3ians, hut nothing could be more unjust than this; they first sweated a grievance, and then upbraided the sufferers with tl f e consequences of the injury which had been in flicted upon them. And here he would beg to refer to the opinions of Sir Thomas Moaro.—(Here the Right Bon. Member read an extract, to the effet, that we could not talk with any grace of our paternal Government, when we excluded those persons from all offices of trust and emolument; and that the offices to which we did ad mit them only served to show more clearly the degradation of the country at large. As to the present degraded state of the natives, it was true of all natives ; and if Great Britain were subjected to a foreign power to-morrow, her -rives would soon become unworthy of trust, and all her and literature would not prevent her from utter con tinent tempt, ) , ,,,e , ,vhole statement was well worth the attention of wuuld be soon laid before the House, and Government• he h ope d eve ry man would take the trouble of reading it, • and he could as-Mre themhich i they t would be wellHe remar rewardedked by the enlightened sios'i w expressed. as a distressing th i ng , t h at according to the regubitions of the society established in f,adras and Bombay, it was in dispensable that every w idow pr child subscribing to it should prove that both parents wee.e of unmixed European blood, or were at least four degrees removed from African or Asiatic blood. But he trusted that whatever might be the issue of the inquiry now on foot—whatever might be the system of Gm eminent finally determined on—the Mi nistry would take into consideration the situation of the petitioners and the natives, and admit them to every office to which their education and abilities would fairly entitle them. Mr. S. WORTLEY could assure the Right Hon. Gentleman, the House mad the country, that there was by no means that contemptuous feeling towards the petition ers, of which they complained. The Government was not insensible to their grievances, of which there were some relating to their marriages and successions, which might he remedied, but there were others which the Right lion. Gentleman had classed under the same head which could not be lightly disposed of, because it involved the most important principles of political Government. He accordingly declined entering farther upon the subject at a time so inconvenient; it was an extensive question, and must come before a body delegated by that House. Sir J. MACINTOSH had had the opportunity of ob serving the conduct and character of tlio•e persons, and he had spared no inquiries respecting them. He had heard much of the natural inferiority of particular races —that there was one race born to command, and another to obey; but this he regarded as the common place ex pression of a slavish faction; and he knew there was no foundation for it in any part of India. This, lie de clared, he spoke upon due consideration, because he had observed boys of all races in places of public education. He hail observed the clerks in counting-houses, and even in the Government offices, for some were admitted to the subordinrte situations, and thus allowed to sit in contact as it were with all the objects of their ambition, thou g h they were only tantaliz e d by the vicinity of that which they could never attain. He was convinced that there was no race, which was not actually in a state of slavery, that was used with more needless harshness than that to which the petitioners belonged. Mr. C. FERGUSON, shortly after he had obtained $ he honour vl a seat in that lbw ; had vaned their atten tion to the subject of the hardships suffered by the class of half-castes in India. He was happy to be able to say that a liberal system was gradually making its way to India, and he was convinced that, in point of policy, the British Government must draw more largely than they had done on the intelligence of the native inhabitants of India.— There were some statements in this petition that were questionable ; but at the same time it was quite true that those persons were in a painful situation, and he hoped that some means would be taken to put an end to the dis abilities under which they now laboured. There was one point which had not been noticed, but which was de serving of consideration—he meant the situation in which those persons of half-caste, who were Christians, stood with regard to the other inhabitants of India. He thought that both in policy and justice these persons, being Christians, ought not to be subject to the administration of the laws by the Hindoos. He could bear testimony to the honour and ability of the half-caste, whom in those respects he considered equal to the Europeans of full blood. Mr. WHITMORE supported the petition. Sir C. FORBES concurred with all that had been said as to the justice and propriety of removing the disabilities of thehalf-caste of Hindoo Britons. He had been seventeen years in this country, after having been twenty-two years there, and the more he saw of the old country the better he liked the Indians.—( Hear, and laughter. ) Mr. J. STEWART also bore testimony to the merits of this class of native population in India. The petition was laid on the table. Mr. C. WYNNE moved for a copy of a minute of the late Sir T. Munro relative to the state and condition of the inhabitants of Fort St. George.—Ordered. Mr. C. WYNNE presented a petition from the in habitants of Montgomeryshire assembled at Welshpool, in favour of the proposed change in the system of Welsh Judicature. He should always be happy to present the petition of the inhabitants of the county, but he was more than usually gratified in doing so when he could declare, as in this instance, that he most heartily concurred with the prayer of it. BEER TRADE. Mr. C. CALVERT presented a petition, not from the brewers or publicans, but from the Vicar, Curate, Church wardens and Overseers of the parish of Isleworth, against the Bill now in progress to allow the sale of beer in houses without regard to the character of the occupier, the wants of the public, or the wishes of the neighbourhood, and without consideration for the ruin of those who had already invested their capital in public houses. Some of the country gentlemen who were now so anxious to support the measure, would, ere long, rue the day in which they gave it their assent. The same Hon. Member, at the same time, presented another petition from three hundred persons, inhabitants of the parish of Paddington, against the said Bill ; and a third petition from one Stanley Gainer, of Seacombe, in the county •of Chester, who complained, that having laid out the sum of 3,0001. in building a house intended as a victualling-house, that he was now in danger of being ruined by a person who, in anticipation of the change to be occasioned by the Bill now in progress through the House, had purchased a small house, where at the expense of 30/. he would be able to retail beer to all the neighbourhood. The three petitions were laid on the table. Mr. BYNG presented a petition, signed by 9,000 per sons, against the Bill. The petition was from the pro prietors and occupiers of public•houses in London and its vicinity. Alderman THONIPSON had heard with regret the Right Hon. Gentleman state the other night, that it was the intention of the Government to proceed in strictly en forcing the Bill which he had introduced into the House. After a few words from Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN awl Mr. BENETT, the petition was brought up, laid upon the table, and ordered to he printed. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON presented a petition from Amersham, with the same prayer. Mr. G. LAMB presented a petition from Dungarvon, against the renewal of the Charter of the East India Com pany. Mr. DUNDAS presented a petition, with the same prayer, from the clothing district of Horseforth, Yorkshire. Mr. G. LAMB presented a petition from the Colliery district of Monmouthshire, against the Truck System. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON presented a petition from the Manufacturers of Tobacco in London, Westminster, and Southwark, against the alteration of the laws relat ing to that commodity. Lord MILTON presented a petition from Pontefract, praying that the Yorkshire Assizes might be removed to Wakefield. Also petitions from Leeds, Halifax, and Hod. dersfield against the Sale of Beer Bill. Mr. WARD presented a petition against the Sale of Beer Bill from the parish of St. Luke. Mr. A. CAMPBELL presented a petition from the Fa culty of Procurators, Glasgow, in favour of the Scottish Judicature Bill. Mr. BENETT presented a petition against the Truck System from Trowbridge. Mr. F. BUXTON, on presenting petitions from Dar lington, Keikby Kendall, and King,bridge, against the se verity of the law against Forgery, even as it was proposed to be amended, read the following extracts of letters on the subject from highly respectable bankers:— " Sunderland Bank, April 21st, 1830. " The inefficacy of the existing law is most glaring, and bank ers, who, perhaps, see more infractions of this law than all others put together, have long and keenly felt upon this sub ject. Between 50 and 60 years have elapsed since our first esta blishment, and, during the whole of this period, although num berless forgeries have passed under our observation, yet in no instance, excepting one, have we dared to prosecute, because we should have hazarded the life of a fellow-creature; and, in that one instance, two individuals, in all probability, would have forfeited their lives, but for our withholding the fatal evi dence." " Banbury Bank, April 21, 1800. " If the Home Secretary were made acquainted with the sen timents of the banking interests generally on this subject, he possibly might be induced to propose a less sanguinary punish ment for offences of this description." " Wakefield, Yorkshire, April 23, 1830. " I am largely interested, as a banker in the West Riding of this county, in the towns of Wakefield, Doncaster, and Pon trefract. After a long experience I can declare that 1 shall re joice to see the new law with milder penalties, conceiving my self now placed out of the protection of law, as I feel it impos sible to prosecute offences where such a penalty is assigned." Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from the news paper reporters of Dublin against the proposed increased duty on newspapers, which would either totally destroy the Irish press, or deprive it of every vestige of inde pendence. The Hon. Member had the honour to be ac quainted with nearly all who had signed the petition, and many of them he was happy to rank among his particular friends. _ _ The same Hon. MEmsErt presented petitions complain ing of being rated by the vestry fur the payment of the organist, organ-tuner, organ-blower, sexton, sextoness, &c., to the extent in the whole of 1,7101., from the Ito. man Catholics of St. Peter's, Dublin. Also a similar pe tition from the Protestants and Catholics of St. Andrew's, Dublin. Also a petition from Naas, against certain tolls still collected as for the maintenance of fortifications, when every vestige of fortification had disappeared. The char ter which required the payment of one farthing upon every sheep had been construed into one penny for every lamb.—(Laughter.) Also a petition from Balbriggan against the tax upon coals. Also a petition from certain operative spinners of cot ton wool in Manchester and its vicinity, complaining that children of nine years of age, and of both sexes, were still kept at work in manufactories all night, notwith standing the existing law, to the great injury of their health and morals. Petitions against the Beer Bill were presented by Mr. O'Connell, from Kidderminster ; by Mr. Stoney, from Whitchurch ; by Sir H. Mildmay, from Winchester ; by Mr. 0. Cave, from Sussex ; by Mr. Coke, from the Nor folk Agricultural Society, and the yeomanry of the county I skf Norfolk ; by Mr. Littleton, from eight places in Stat . - forth.hire ; by Sir E. Kerri:son, from Ardale ; by Sir T. Freemantle, from St. Mary, Teddington ; by Mr. Houlds worth, from Market Harborough ; by Lord Sandon, from the Corporation of Tiverton, and the victual'ers of Tiver ton ; and by Mr. Wells, from Maidstone and Aylesford. DUBLIN POLICE ESTABLISHMENT. On the motion of Mr. O'CONNELL, a number of ac counts were ordered to be laid before the House of the fines, fees, forfeitures, and other monies, received by the Divisions of Justices of the Police Establishment in Dub. lin during the last twenty years, and of their application. IRISH CONSTABULARY FORCE. Mr. O'CONNELL rose to move for a return of rather a singular nature. A I,lw bad been introduced for im proving the constabulary force of Ireland, since the pass ing of the 3d of the present King. But it was an undis puted fact, that an immense number of persons had been killed in Ireland by the armed police since that alteration had been effected. When, unfortunately, att mpts were made to resist the police, the people were put to death at once. Here, if an illegal resist ince were m ,de to the civil force, the offence was punished as a misdemeanour ; but in Ireland, where the police were armed with deadly weapons, the people were put to death. Ile concluded by moving for a return of the number of persons put to death by the constabulary force appointed under the 3d of George IV., cap. 110, and which Act was amended by the sth of George IV., distinguishing the number of deaths in each year. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ex pressed his intention to oppose the motion. Mr. O'CONNELL, with the permission of the House, ,could withdraw Ms motion, and he would hereafter bring it forward in another shape. Mr. DOHERTY wished to say, before the motion was withdrawn, that he objected, not to the motion itself, but to the statements which accompanied it. The Hon. ►nd Learned Gentleman had, if he understood him cor reotly, stated, that in Ireland, the practice, where there arose resistance to the police, was to put the people to death without scruple. If he were accurate in his view of what the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had said, he could not understand how an individual of his experience in life—how a gentleman who was so much accustomed to weigh his expressions, and who well knew their force— could make such a statement as that, and yet declare that there was nothing offensive in it.—(Hear, hear.) Why, if it were the system of the Irish constabulary force to put the peasantry to death without mercy, it was the duty of the Hen. and Learned Gentleman to bring the charge gravely and seriously before the House.—(Hear.) And he wondered that the Hon. and Learned Member should, without notice, have introduced this subject, when he had had abundant opportunities for calling the attention of Parliament to it in a regular man ner.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. and Learned Member knew well, that, upon the occasion, with respect to which he had impugned his (Mr. Doherty's) conduct, there was a deadly conflict between the peasantry and the police, which was the legal force ; and the Hon. and Learned Gentlemen well knew the bitterness and acrimony of feel ing that grew out of it. No man in the creation knew better the reason of that bitter and acrimonious feeling be tween them than the Hon. and Learned Gentleman did. But he also knew, that with reference to that melancholy transaction, the police came out of it utterly blameless, After a solemn investigation, before several juries, formed with the greatest impartiality, a verdict of acquittal was re turned on the part of the police. He was not in the habit of Iconstruing men's opinions or feelings by their look or g as . tures; but, if he were not deceived, he saw the Hon. and Learned Gentlemen smile at this declaration. He wished to God that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman would give him an opportunity of entering on this subject, by having recourse to words instead of gestures..—(Hear, hear.) — He wished that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, after what had been done since these transactions, would, in the face of that House and of the country, make any direct assertion, on which he could join issue with him, and which would enable him to prove, as he could prove, that what had been sail with respect to these trials was utterly false.—(Hear, hear. )—He utterly denied that Roman Ca tholics had been challenged, or that Roman Catholics were not on the jury. —(Hear, hear.)—He begged pardon of the House for trespassing so long on its attention—(Hear, hear)—but he would say, if those gentlemen who sur rounded him felt for the situation of Ireland, and wished to render the peasantry quiet and happy, they ought to keep far from them those inflammatory harangues, and speeches, and statements, which were calculated to keep them in a state of cons t ant irr it ation.—( H ear, hear.)— If blood had been shed, on the heads of those be the crime whose conduct had instigated the unfortunate people to illegal resistance.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. O'CONNELL did not bring forward this motion for any purpose but his simple one—namely, to arrive at the fact, how many of the King's subjects had lost their lives through the employment of this constabulary force ? When he spoke of resistance, he mentioned it with the phrase of " illegal" resistance. His information was de rived from persons who embodied their statements in the shape of petitions, and alleged that they were ready to prove the assertions and representations contained in them. The Learned Gentlemen courted investigation. He (Mr. O'Connell) had a notice of motion on the books, connected with the subject, which might afford the opportunity required. Motion by leave withdrawn. Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice for the 10th June of a motion for a repeal of the law empowering vestries to levy rates for the building and repair of churches in Ireland. Petitions against the Sale of Beer Bill were presented by Mr. Slaney, from the publicans of Whitchurch ; by Mr. P. Mildmay, from magistrates and inhabitants of Winchester ; by Mr. 0. Cave, from brewers of Sussex ; by Mr. Coke, from the agricultural society of Norfolk, arn4 from yeo manry and gentry of the same county ; by Mr. Littleton, from Dursley ; also seven other petitions, from places in Staffordshire, to the same effect ; by Sir E. Kerrison, from Ardane ; by Sir T. Freemantk, from St. Mary's, Teddington ; by Mr. Houldsworth, from Market Har borough ; by Lord Sandon, from the Corporation of Tiver ton, and from the licensed victuallers of the same plice ; by Sir W. Ingilby, from Louth and Horncastle (Lincoln shire) ; by Mr. Fellowes, from the county of Hunting don, also from the parish of Little Stukeley ; by Mr. B. Baring, from (we believe) Thetford; by Mr. Monck, from magistrates and brewers of Reading, and from licensed victuallers of the same borough, also from pub licans of the Isle of Wight; and by Sir T. Lethbridge, from owners of public-houses not being common brewers in the city of Bath. Mr. WELLS, in presenting a petition from licensed victuallers of Maidstone, against the Sale of Beer Bill, said the whole of these petitioners were most respectable per sons, who, together with a considerable number of others whose names were attached to a petition which he had likewise to present from the same neighbourhood, would be ruined by the proposed measure, especially if a clause were not admitted to prevent the beer being drunk in the shops were it was intended to be sold : he knew a very old Magistrate who was of opinion that unless this was prevented, it would demoralize the whole mass of the corn- munity. The Hon. Member also presented a petition from Ailes ford against the Bill. Mr. COURTENAY presented a petition from Totness in favour of the Jews' Relief Bill. Mr. 0. CAVE gave notice fur that day week, of a mo ,ion that all children born of negro parents, subsequently :o 1831, be considered free. The nom. Gentleman presented a petition front Ad stead, in Leicestershire, complaining of distress, and for a reform in Parliament. Lord TULLAMORE presented a petition from Tulla more (King's county), against the increased duty on Irish spit its. Colonel BERNARD supported the petition. Lord W. PAULETT presented a petition, signed by 30,000 persons in the county of Durham, complaining of distress, ocasioned by the low price of lead. Mr. LITTLETON presented a petition from John Webb, of Stafford, complaining of the auction duties on the sale of butter, cheese, and bacon. _ Lord RANCLIFFE presented a petition from Thomas Wass,ll, of Nottingham, complaining of the depressed state of the lace trade. Mr. Alderman WAIT HMAN postponed the presentation of the petition of the London ship-owners, complaining of the distressed state of the shipping interest, till Thursday. Mr. DOWNIE presented a petition from the town council of Kirkaldy, against the spirit duty. Mr. SADLER presented a petition from the town of Tullamore, in favour of the introduction of poor laws into Ireland. The Hon. Member stated, that it was his inten tion on the Ist of June to,move for leave to bring in a Bill to better the condition of the labouring poor of the British empire. Mr. O'HARA presented,a petition from the linen manu facturers of Manchester, complaining of distress. Mr. BROWNLOW presented a petition from the parish of Killeagh (Westmeath) in favour of the introduction of poor laws into Ireland. Mr. O'CONNELL rose, pursuant to notice, to move for leave to bring in a Bill, the object of which would be to place the charitable bequests and donations of Roman Ca tholics in Great Britain on the same footing with those of Protestant Dissenters, and also the better to secure charit able bequests of Roman Catholics under certain circum stances, The Hon. Gent. proceeded to show the necessity of the measure which he contemplated, and observed that Roman Catholics in England were differently circumstanced with respect to charitable bequests from the same class in Ireland. In the latter country Roman Catholics' charitable bequests were as valid us the bequests of Protestants, but here the case was different. The Hon. Member went on to prove that the relief afforded to Roman Catholics, ft um time to time, had not been effected by repealing the penalties im posed by law, but by abolishing certain oaths required to be taken, and giving political privileges, formerly conditional, upon those oaths. At the same time almost all the statutes enacting penalties continued in force, notwith standing their operation had been modified. The statute against supersitious uses was still in force in this counttV, and Roman Catholic charities might be considered as eoming under its provisions. The charities of Protestant dissenters and Jews were entitled to protection, but those of the Rowan Catholics were not protected by the law. To that if the trustee of a Catholic charity violat.d his trust, there was no ranerly. The property in question might vest in the Crown, but the Lord Chancellor could give no r,l;ef. He truste Ihe did not demand too much when he asked leave to bring in a Bill to secure Roman Catholic charitable b. quests, so that individuale of that re ligion might be enabled to bequeath money for the erec tion of schools, &c., on the sante terms as Protestants. He did not want to alter in favour of the Roman Catholics any law such as that of mort-main, or to give them any undue whatever, but s i mp l y to g i ve t h em the protection of a advantagec C ou rt of Equity. H av i ng exp l a i ne d the objects of the Bill, be should leave the details fur another ..I►. occasion. The Hon. Meinber concluded by Inolibg fur leave to bring in a Bill foNtheVipose%foreetated. Sir C. WETHERELL thought, judging from the brief explanation offered by the Hon. Member, that the objects of the Bill were rather large and indefinite. However, till he knew more of the nature and details of the Bill he should reserve his opinion. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL considered, at the period when the Roman Catholic Relief Bill was passed, that the Roman Catholic religion was to he left to stand exactly where it did before. All men knew that there were a great many charitable bequests, the object of which might be the furthering of the Roman Catholic religion in a manner not allowed by law. If it were the Hon. Gentle man's intention to bring in a Bill to alter the law on this head, the measure (which was most important) would re quire the most mature and deliberate consideration. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL made an observation with respect to superstitious cases, the exact purport of which we could not collect. Mr. O'CONNELL should be ready to lay the Bill before the House in a few days. It could then he printed, and Hon. Members would be able to form their opinions upon it.—Leave was then given. ROMAN CATHOLIC MARRIAGES. Mr. O'CONNELL had now to move for leave to bring in a Bill to tender valid, in certain cases, the marriages of Roman Catholics in England by a Catholic clergyman, and to abolish in Ireland certain penalties imposed on Catholic priests for celebrating marriages between Catholics and Protestants. The Hon. Member observed, that marriages solemnized between Roman Catholic parties by Roman Catholic priests were perfectly valid in Ireland. There were three distinct modes of marriage in Ireland—that cele brated according to the forms of the Protestant establish ment ; that by Protestant Dissenters ; and that by Roman Catholic priests. The latter was the only form of mar riage to which he should allude. His object was to do away with the penalties to which Roman Catholic priests were liable for marrying persons, either of whom were not of the Roman Catholic religion. The Roman Catholic priests were the only persons subject to these penalties. He would not go through all the statutes relating to these penalties, but content himself by observing that one of them made it felony for a Catholic priest to marry Pro testants. That penalty still existed ; for, though the 33 Geo. 111., c. 21, enacted a penalty of 5001. for the same offence, from which it would seem that the penalty of felony was intended to be thereby repealed, yet it had been solemnly ruled that both penalties were in existence. It would be seen, therefore, that by law they could hang a Popish priest and fine him 5001. afterwards. —(Hear, and laughter.) What he proposed to do was to take away the penalty of death altogether, to lower the pecuniary penalty to a small amount, and to allow the in fliction of such penalty only in cases where the priest could have actual knowledge of the religion of the parties. At present, the Catholic clergy were obliged to go back for twelve months, in order to find out what the reputed religion of the parties had been during that period. This was asking too much. He wished to confine the penalties to cases in which the malus animus on the part of the priest was manifest, by allbwing them to be inflicted only where the priest must have had distinct knowledge of the reputed religion of the parties. Let, therefore, the reli.. gion professed by the parties at the time of their marriage he taken as their reputed religion. Under the present sys tem, Catholic priests were very oft .n deceived by design ing persons. He knew a Catholic priest who was com pelled to fly the country for three years, under such cir cumstances. The parties had pretended they were Catho lics, and got themselves married by this gentleman, for the purpose of afterwards prosecuting him for the offence.— (Cries of " Oh, oh," and " Hear, hear.") He should wish also to extend his Bill to tie marriages of the poorer classes of his own countrymen in England; but if that were objected to, he would not press it. He begged, therefore, to move for leave to bring in a Bill to abolish in Ireland certain penalties imposed on Catholic priests for celebrating marriages between Catholics and Protestants. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, reserving himself till he saw the details of the Hon. and Learned Member's Bill, would only at present say, that he thought the object of the Hon. Member not only not objectionable, but very de sirable, so far as it regarded Ireland. Lord F. L. GOWER saw no objection to the proposal of the Hon. and Learned Member with respect to the Catholics of Ireland, but would reserve himself till he saw the measure itself. Sir J. BRYDGES would not oppose the motion for leave to bring in the Bill, but he should certlinly oppose the measure at every stage after it was brought in. Mr. NORTH agreed with the Hon. and Learned Member for Clare upon the main features of the proposed measure. _ _ . _ Mr. CROKER would take this opportunity of sug gesting, as he had on a former occasion, the propriety of assimilating the law of marriage in this otherwise united kingdom. After a few words from Mr. TRANT, which were not audible in the gallery, leave was given to bring in the Bill—to be brought in by Mr. O'CONNELL and Mr. JEPHSON. Mr. W. HORTON moved for leave to bring in a Bil to enable parishes in England and Wales to mortgage their rates for a limited period, for the purpose of permanently providing for their unemployed poor at home or abroad, and to regulate the mode of keeping parish accounts, so far as regarded the sums collected under the poor-rate. The Hon. Gentleman observed, that if he were allowed leave to bring in this Bill, on the understanding that the discussion upon it should be taken on the second reading, he would not trouble the House with one word on the present occasion.—Leave given to being in the Bill. Sir C. WETHERELL postponed his motion on the subject of the Court of Chancery till this day se'nnight. Sir G. MURRAY moved for leave to bring in a Bill for amending the statute 31 Geo. 111. c. 31, so far as re spects the admissibility of aliens, naturalized in the pro vince of Lower Canada, to sit in the Council and As sembly of that province.—Leave given. SALE OF BEER BILL. Mr. CALCRAFT said the object of the Bill could not be misunderstood by any one who had read it. It was to promote the sale of beer, by giving greater freedom to the trade, and the mode of giving that freedom was to grant licences for two guineas to persons inclined to sell beer.— Two great points of objection had been raised to the Bill. The publicans objected to it as interfering with their busi ness, and as hurtful to their interests. This objection was naturally to be expected ; but when it was carried farther, and when it was said,—and he that night heard an Hon. Member for London support the position, that the Bill in terfered with the vested rights of the publicans—(Hear, and laughter)—he thought the publicans and theic advo cates hurt their own case by urging what was not to be listened to. What vested rights had the publicans? Their licences were in the power of the Magistrates, and renewed year by year. A trade in which 60,000 persons were engaged, and in which a capital of many millions was em ployed, ought, doubtless, to be dealt with with considera• turn and deliberation ; but, certainly the interests of such a trade ought not to overbear the interests of the people— (Hear, hear,) —which ought to be, and which, he hoped were, the main objects of the legislation of that House.— (Hear. )—The object of the Government, of the committee, and of himself, as chairman of that committee, had been merely to provide that a better beverage should be provided for the subordinate ranks of society.—(Hear.)--By what ever means that object was to be effected, still that, and that alone, was the object they bad is view..--(Hear. ) No one could take up a newspaper, no one who knew that there were now pending 500 or 600 informations against publicans for selling beer mixed up with deleterious drugs, could doubt that they, who loved the plain old English beverage, called beer, ought to be protected against these practices. He said nothing against the brewers. These practices proved that the publicans did not sell their beer as they received it from the brewers, and it was notorious that some of them reduced it from 20 to 25 per cent. in standard and qua lity. He believed that the inhabitants of the metropolis world have good beer if the publicans sold it as they re ceived it from the gentlemen who supplied the town with porter.—( Hear, and laughter. )—The only way to meet this evil was to introduce competition—( Hear, hear) — which could be done by giving freedom to the trade. The next point of opposition to the Bill arose out of the un limited number of persons who might obtain licenses, and the chance that it might lead to the establishment of tippling houses throughout the country. Now, as to the establishment of tippling houses throughout the country, let it be recollected, that the penalties, the restrictions, and the controul which the Bill placed over these new houses were very strong. Magistrates would have the power to correct, or put down altogether, such houses us were improperly conducted. For the unlimited number of persons who might obtain licenses, the numb e r o f ap plications might, and lie dared say would be, very great at first ; but these would not continue long ; like all other trades which were overdone, this would find its level. If the measure were unpalatable to the brewers in the country, and to the publicans in towr, he must say that they had in a great measure brought it on themselves, by their numerous offences against the health of the beer drinkers. He was quite sure that if the brewers in the country had not possessed public-houses of their own, they never could have got rid of what some of them called beer. He had only now to notice that some of these per sons had set up a claim for compensation, in the event of ' \ this Bill passing. —(Hear, and laughter.)—This claim was t 99 ridiculous to be entertained, for if it were seriously listened to, they could never pass a Turnpike Bill, or effect any, even the slightest improvement. He would detain the House no farther, and he had only now to move that the Bill be read a second time. Mr. PORTMAN should move the postponement of the second reading; and he hoped thAt if the House agreed to this amendment, the Chancellor of the Exchequer might be induced to repeal the malt tax, which would afford much greater relief than the present measure ; or at least the repeal of some tax directly, not indirectly, affecting the public. For example, taking the excise duty off soap and candles would more essentially relieve the poor. The present Bill was not to effect a free trade in beer, but to relieve publicans and brewers from the controul of the magistrates; but if magistrates were to have the same re sponsibility with a more limited power, it would be im possible for them to preserve the public peace. No modi fic .tion of the measure would, in his opinion, obviate the objections to it ; he should therefore move that the Bill be read a second time this day six months. Mr. DICKINSON seconded the amendment. Mr. BENETT observed that although he considered the Bill worthy of the times, and of those who proposed it, he wished he could prevail on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to prefer a reduction of the malt tax—(Hear) — but he feared it was impossible to expect this, and he (Mr. Benett) was willing to accept the good which was offered, anticipating from this first step in a right way, that in another Session the malt tax would be got rid of. Mr. HEATMCOTE was of opinion that his Majesty's Ministers had exercised a sound discretion in preferring this measure to a reduction of the malt tax. - - Mr. SADLER contended that this was no measure of relief, and that the present system of magisterial inter ference was beneficial, and had been well conducted. Mr. FOWELL BUXTON said, that those who con- tended that the malt-tax should be taken off, instead of the beer tax, could not know the state of the case. Equal justice should be dealt to the rich and to the poor ; but the rich paid a tax on their beverage of 65 per cent., the poor of 156 per cent.—(Hear.)—The Right Hon. Gen tleman (Mr. Calcraft) had, upon the ground of an unfor tunate but isolated expression of the Hon. Member for London, charged the publicans and the brewers with de manding compensation; but it would have been fair in the Right Hon. Gentleman to have looked into the evidence given before the Committee of which he was chairman, to see whether such claims had been advanced. He (Mr. Buxton) spoke for the brewers, and said openly, that they considered that there was nothing more ridiculous and idle than a claim for compensation.—(Hear. )—But though he (Mr. Buxton) made no such claim, and considered that the public welfare was the one great concernment, he hoped the House would consider seriously one part of the proposition : when the time arrived, it could be shown that the public were not advocates for the measure. With regard to the publican, he asked net for compensation, but that his fall might be broken, and that he might be treated leniently. He admitted that if this Bill would be certainly followed by none btit beneficial consequences to the public, then the public benefit should outweigh the in jury inflicted on the publican ; but if there were a doubt, then the claims of the publican were entitled to some con sideration. The conduct of his Majesty's Government, ir. reference to the Bill introduced two years ago by the Hon. Member for Oxford, was a virtual pledge to the publicans, that the present system would not be disturbed; and as if that were not sufficient, a Right Hon. Gentleman at the time rose in his place and said, that the system should be continued, if not as one of revenue, as one of police. It was said, that the monopoly of the brewers mainly de pended upon the licensing system. If their monopoly did not depend, as he believed that it did, upon their superior capital and skill, then it would fall with the licensing system undoubtedly; but if it did not depend—and he was sure it did not depend—upon that system, then they would still remain in undisturbed possession of the market. It was unfair to charge the publicans with looking for compensation or with having put a claim on the ground of vested interests. They had done no such thing ; but having embarked a large capital in this trade, on the im plied faith of the Government that no alteration would be made in the system by which it was regulated, they bad now a strong claim to the consideratio❑ of the Govern ment and of Parliament. Mr. SADLER explained. Sir C. BURRELL was of opinion that it was the malt tax which should have been taken off. Mr. I!ABERLY did not rise to oppose the Bill. He wished merely to state that though opposed to some of the clauses of the Bill, he approved of the general principle of it so much that he should certainly vote fur its second reading. He admitted that the publicans had no claim upon the consideration of the House on the score of vested interests, but they had strong claims on other grounds to the consideration of the House. They had embarked an immense capital in this trade under a system, which had continued for years, and which, at the time they embarked their capital, they bad no reason to suppose would be turbed. Ministers now turned round on them and said that the system was founded entirely upon the principles of bad legislation. Under such circumstances, he con ceived their claims to the consideration of the House ex tremely great, and he would throw out this suggestion for the consideration of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. CALVERT entirely concurred in all that had fallen from his Hon. Friend the Member for Weymouth (Mr. F. Buxton). He should certainly support the Bill of the Right Hon. Gentleman, and he trusted that in the committee the publicans would be fairly dealt with, and every consideration given to their just claims. Mr. R. PALMER thought the measure went a great deal too far. If it were a proposition for the repeal of the malt tax, he should give it his support. Mr. C. BARCLAY thought the Bill would be bene ficial to the country at large, and it should have his sup btuhe t sup port. Lord MILTON was opposed to the Bill, though not to would body afford of the relief people to , the general principle on which which it was founded.— The large,oft Ii e and maltto the great tax he did not anticipate such effects from this Bill. Mr. C. CALVERT explained. country repeal a t Mr. HOULDSWORTH opposed the Bill. Lend G. SOMERSET supported it, from his convic tion of its salutary tendency for the brewers, the licensed victuallers, and the public. Colonel SIBTHORP thought that the way to benefit the public would be by the repeal of the malt-tax. The relief by this beer bill would be nothing—it would be only a flea-bite.---(A laugh.)— Let the House be, as it was last night, determined to oppose the Chancellor of the Exche quer, and he would retrace his steps. Mr. BROUGHAM was decidedly in favour of this Bill, because its inevitable tendency was to increase competition, and thereby improve the quality of beer, which being (when good) the favouri , e beverage of Englishmen, would then supplant spirituous liquors, which had now unfortu nately, in many places, suiplanted it. He related an ex ample given at a recent trial, where the badness of the beer had created a rum trade in a licensed victualler's, and when at the risk of ejectment he had changed his brewer, and got a better article, the previous consumption of malt liquor speedily returned, and the effects of the continued use of dram-drinking were obviated. He differed also from the lion. Baronet as to the propriety of withdrawing the malt instead of beer duties. Taking off the tax on beer was a relief to the poor man, who did not brew, but was obliged to buy his beer ;—taking off the tax on malt would be a relief to the rich man, who brewed, and seldom bought his own beer. He was happy to say, that upon the present occasion he thought that the conduct of the brewers was highly creditable to their good sense, and formed a striking contrast to their conduct seven or eight years ago, when he had them on his back even after he had diluted them —(A laugh,)—by altering his Bill, and by introducing into it this restrictive clause, and after !wiled reduced them, as he thought, by the introduction of it as a sort of deleterious in gredient. Notwithstanding all that, he might as well have kept out his water and his coculus zndecus from the brew ing—(A laugh)—for the brewers joined the publicans against him, and the Bill was thrown out almost as speedily, and with as great a majority, as if he had intro duced the Bill without the restrictive clause. He congra tulated his Right Hon. Friend on bringing in this Bill under happier auspices ; it showed that, owing to the march of intellect, brewers, as well as beer, were im proving.—(Hear, and a laugh.) It likewise was a happy illustration of a remark of Lord Coke, who was no less an ornament of that House than he was of the profession with which his name was so inseparably connected. — That great man had said, " Never was a good proposal made in Parliament that was wholly lost to the country. Make the proposal once, it may be defeated ; repeat it, it may be defeated again ; still persevere, and depend on it that if it be worth acceptance, it will ultimately be a'- cepted."—( Hear.) Mr. B. COOPER addressed the House, but amid deafening cries of " Question," which prevented us from hearing on which side he intended to vote. The House then divided, when there appeared— ' For the Bill 245 Against it 2S Majority for the Bill 217 The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, an the House adjourned at a Quarter before Two o'clock. [Mr. O'Connell gave notice of motion yesterday, for • Wednesday, the I.Sth of May, for copies of all deposi tions and informations, relative to certain conspiracies t° murder, wherewith Edward Connors and others were charged, at a special commission held is Cork, is October last ; and also for copies of the notes of Mr. Baron Pews' father, who tried some of those cases.] rr OF THE MINO ON IRE BEER BILL. ITY Bell, M. lieailicoie,P.: ---. Tynte, C. K. Burrell, Sir r. Heatlacote, Sir W. Vyvyan, Sir R. Byron, T. Hodgson, H. A. West, F. Chandos, Marquis of Inglis, Sir It. H. Wells, J. Drake, T. T. Keck, G. A. Legh Williams, 0. Drake, W. T. Knatchbull, Sir E. Williams, T. P. Fane, J. Milton, Viscount Willoughby, H. Foley, E. F. Rickford, W. TELLERS. Fremantle, Sir T. Sadler, M. T. Dickinson, W. Gordon, R. Sibthorpe, C. D. Portman, E. B. LIST OF ONE HUNDRED AND MITTEE ON THE MISC MOTION, TO REDUCE 32,0001. TO 10,0001. Althorp, Viscount Baring, F. Baring, W. B. Bastard, E. P. Bankes, H. Belgrave, Viscount Bernal, IL Bentinck, Lord G. Birch, J. Brougham, Henry Brownlow, C. Burdett, Sir F. Calvert, C. Carter, J. B. Calthorpe, Hon. F. Cavendish, W. Clive, E. B. Clements, Viscount Clinton, F. Cholmeley, M. Colborne, N. R. Cripps, J. Crompton, S. Davenport, E. Dawson, A. Davies, Col. Denison, W. J. Dickinson, W. Dundas, Hon. T. Easthope, J. I I brington, Viscount Ellison, C. Euston, Earl of lane, J. Ferguson, R. C. Fazakerley, J. N. Fitzgibbon, Hon. R. French, Arthur Eyler, T. B. Gordon, It. Grattan, James Graham, Sir J. Guise, Sir W. Guest, J. J. C OF THE MINOR TWENTY-THREE, WHO :•ELLANEOUS ESTIMATE THE GRANT' FOR PUB .ITY D VOTED IN THE COP IS FOR HR. GORDON S dLIC BUILDINGS FROM Harvey, D. W. Howard, Henry Howick, Lord Hollywood, W. P. Hobhouse, J. C. Hulse, Sir C. Ingilby, Sir W. lephson, C. D. Knight, R. Knatchbull, Sir E. Kennedy, T. F. Kekewich, S. T. Killeen, Lord Lamb, Hon. G. Langston, J. H. Lambert, J. S. Lennard, T. B. Labouchere, H. Lawley, F. Lester, B. Marshall, W. Mabcrly, J. Maitland, E. F. Maxwell, J. Martin, John Marjoribanks, S. Macdonald, sir J. Milton, Viscount Mildmay, P. St. John Mostyn, Sir Thomas Mosck, J. B. Morpeth, Viscount Nugent, Lord Newport, Sir J. Osborne, Lord F. Ord, W. O'Connell, D. Parnell, Sir H. Palmer, C. F. Pendarves, E. W. Palmer, R. Poyntz, W. S, Power, R. Ponsonby, Hon. G. Pryse, Pryse Price, Sir R. Phillips, G. R. Protheroe, E. Rumbold, C. E. Rancliffe, Lord Rickford, W. Ridley, Sir M. W. Robarts, A. W Rooinson, Sir G. Rochfort, G. Sibthorpe, C. D. Smith, Vernon Smith, W. Sykes, D. Stuart, Lord J. rTaylor, M. A. Tomes, J. rant W. H . Thomson, C. P. Tufton, Hon. H. Vaughan, Sir It. Vyvyan, Sir It. Warburton, H. Western, C. C. Westenra, Hon. K. Webb, E. Wilson, Sir It. Wilbraham, O. Williams, 0. Whitbread, W. "• White Col. Wood, C. Wrottesley, Sir J. TULLE RS. Hume, Joseph Dawson, J.l\l. PAIRED OFF. Portman, E. B. Waithman, Ald. SHUT OUT DURING THE Wood, John Sebright, Sir John LIST OF THE MAJORITY ON MR. HUME'S MOTION : " That leave be given to bring in a Bill to revive, amend, and render perpetual, the Act 57 Geo. 111. c. 45, to continue everi person in office at the demise of the Sovereign, until remo v e or discharged therefrom by the succeeding King or Quee n this realm." Althorp, Viscount Inglis, Sir R. H. 'Wood, John Brougham, Henry Maberly, J. Dawson, A. O'Connell, 1). Graham, Sir J. Thomson, C. P. Hobhouse, J. C "frant, W. H. TELLERS. Hume, Joseph Warburton, 1-L MINORITY Croker, Right Hon. Gilbert, D. G. Planta, J. J. W. Herries, Rt. Hon. C. TELLERS. .. „ Dawson, G. R. Holmes, Wm. Lewis, Right Il°' - ' Goulburn, Rt. Hon. Murray, Right Hon. F. H. Sir G. Scarlett, Sir James FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT War-Office, May 3, 1830. MEmonarrounr.—The hilf-pay of the undermentio nea Officers has been cancelled from the 4th inst. inclusive' upon their receiving a commuted allowance fir their car missions:—Surgeon William Milieu, half-pay 29th meut of Foot; Lieutenant Edmund Stackpole, half-pal 49th Foot; Lieutenant Henry de Gingins, half-pay Witte' ville's Regiment ; Lieutenant James George Powell, half pay 26th Foot ; Lieutenant John Thompson, half-paY 79th Foot. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the Wel t Riding of the county of York, city and count,' cd . the city of York. Ist West York Militia—John Henry Lower, Esq. be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Smith, deceased. Yorkshire Hussars—Lieutenant the Hon. Frederick William Robinson to be Captain, vice Lee, resigned. Southern (West Riding) Regiment of Yeomanry C' valry--The Hon. James Stuart Wortley, to be Captai n ' vice Rimington, resigned; Cornet Christopher Alderson, Esq. to be ditto, vice Skirt, resigned ; George Wrigh t ' Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Foster, resigned. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. Edward Chittenden, Ashford, Kent, ironmonger. Henry Ford, Eastbourne, Sussex, trader. BANKRUPTS. Nathan Davis, St. Mary-Axe, wine merchant, to O r : render May 11, 18, and June 15, at eleven, at the Cou r t of Commissioners. Yates and Sydney, Bury-street, S t. Mary-Axe. Hugh Doyle, Red-cross-street, Barbican, victualler, MO 11, 18, and June 15, at eleven, at the Court of Commi e ' sioners. Parton and Ellis, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry. Robert Crooks, Cornhill, t tilor, May 11, at twelve, 18, and June 15, at eleven, at the Court of Commissione rs ' Pasmore and Co., Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. Richard Martindale, Brabant -court, Philpot-lane, bro' ker, May 14, at one, 21, and June 15, at two, at th e Court of Commissioners. Swain and Cu. Frederick-plea' Old Jewry. John Jones, Liverpool, merchant, May 18, 19, al' a June 15, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool' Finlow, Liverpool ; Chester, Staple Inn. John Harrison, Bury, Lancaster, hardwareman, M'' 24, 25, and June 15, at nine, at the Star Inn, Mancheste r ' Woodcock, Bury ; Appleby and Charnock, Gray's London. Joseph Giles, Leeds, stuff-merchant, May 29, 50 ' and June 15, at ten, at the Sessions House, Leeds. B a ttle , Fisher, and Sudlow, Chancery-lane, London; Lee, Ledo. James Hartwright, Cheltenham, woollen-draper, M 4 18, at four, 19, and June 15, at eleven, at Shipton'o Hotel, Cheltenham. King, Lincoln's-inn-fields; Packll wood, Cheltenham. Henry Rollason, Birmingham, g ilt-toy-maker, Abi 20, 21, and June 15, at eleven, at the Union Hotel, Sir' mingham. Holnee, Frampton, and Loftus, New 1 0 London ; Bartlett, Birmingham. _ Tlieophilus Jonas Sutton, Scarborough, master-marina' May '7, 14, at twelve, and June 15, at eleven, at th e Court of Commissioners. Nind and Cotterill, Throgruor ton-street. DIVIDENDS. J. Crosse, Lad-lane, lacemen, May 28, at eleven, at tb i Court of Commissioners—J. P. De Roure and J. Ha'r'p' , brook, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, merchants, M a ' 28, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—W. Great Dover -street, St. Mary, Newington, coffin-malce" , May 25, at three, at the Court of Commissioners— R. Turner, Great Dover•road, looking glass manufactur e r s ' May 25, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners- -- T Horden and J. Crosse, Lad-lane, lacemen, May 25, $' eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—J. Jones, u p per Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, tailor, May 14, at twelve' at the Court of Commissioners—F. Downing, fluddee°', field, Yorkshire, grocer, May 27, at eleven, at the 1 1 °, se and Crown Inn, Huddersfield—R. Pullan, Leeds, Yo rh' shire, merchant, May 2S, at eleven, at the Court of Cora. missioners—J. Norton, Brompton, master mariner, 3! a i, 28, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners—W. 0. 11111f1 Upper Rathbone-place, pawnbroker, May 28, at eleven' at the Court of Commissioners—R Gribble, Barnstaple' Devonshire, linen-draper, May 27, at two, at the W":, Lion Inn, Bristol—J. S. Tait, Liverpool, milliner, 3/ 01 , 25, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—J. Ebors l " Lichfield, mercer, May 27, at eleven, at the George Hotel; Lichfield—C. Feldon, Oxford, tailor, May 26, at telly ° the Three Goats Inn, Oxford—E. Beaman, ;Winniogro°,: Cheshire, salt manufacturer, May 26, at tw el% e,at the Croo' and Anchor Tavern, Northwich—H C. Watkins, Live' pool, cotton-broker, May 28, at one, at the Clare Rooms, Liverpool—G. Hamby, Liverpool, brewer, 101 28, at one, at the Office of Mr. P. F. Curry, Liverpo T. A. Salmon, Leeds, Yorkshire, snuff-merchan t ' May 31, at twelve, at the Court House, Leeds—J. r: Kensington, London, b a nk er , J une 4, a t n ine, at t v . ; Court of Commissioners—J. W a lk er , L e y M oor , Golc 3 '' t Huddersfield, Yorkshire, cloth-manufacturer, June 1, s five, at the King's Head Inn, Huddersfield. CERTIFICATX6.-HAT 25. J. Janie, Liverpool, wine-tnerChant-- Baynton, s e ? Gloucestershire, coach propri e t or —W. G ee , Murcott Childswickham, Gloucestershir e , silk-throwstei--- 1; Armstrong, Birkenhead, Cheshire, draper—G. Meta l ; Liverpool, grocer—M. Holmes, Leeds, Yorkshire, bull e t —T. Hill, Macclesfield, Cheshire, silk-manufacturer-- --e Marsden, Halifax, Yorkshire, coach-proprietor —J. S te' Yens, Plymouth, ship-owner—D. Weaver, Winslef! Shropshire, timber-merchant—W. James, Westbiol: Wiltshire, clothier—G. G. Giroux, Webb's Coung, terrace, New Kent-rJad, music-seller—R. Geddes, F e( :, church-street, London, wine-m e r c h an t —M. Wake, Hig' , ; street, Wapping, chain-maker—W. Watson, Cliffe. o ' Lund, Yorkshire, miller—J. needy, Bristol, grocer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED J. and E. Bell, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, cordwainewi, T. Want and J, Richardson, Grove-street, Camden Tu' Th was a cc r JESTIi Th St. J opens by th day. issue( satisfi the Ii At MAY Boot Ai ziliar Cobol DI Ali Ea MAR] Ca ItARi Vi GAG Bi LO KIN( La EASI LEOD Ca Ba R. Vivi W. I W. J. C MOR' STA I HOR ANT: W ON MIT( TON. Clar by i Th e town of A at brou nigh visit Trea an a Dra o'cic Sir Lon time Hai COI side him stea riim and mai hol Ha elegy rei% the con atm