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4 , 19 - Z fr „ ° tz 1 0. 1 %N - - 4~ •~, i r. 7 ~ , .. T c - • :A, . 41 * 41; ", e 1 t . . .. -A ....... (~ . .: 47 . /., ,„ ....„ ~ ..„,_......., „..4......4„...,. Nt':',!l!7-7,R p997.] WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1821 PRICE S EVtNPEN E. WESTMINSTER LIFE INSURANCE and ANNUITY OF FICE, STRAND and CORNHILL, LONDON, -EISTABLTSHED in 1792, for Insurance on :61z:4 t Lives and grant i ng Annu i t i es, on t h e same ad van ,aeuus Ter ms to the Public as have hitherto secured to this Establishment their decided Patronage and Support. DatiteTOßS, TRUSTEES, AND AUDITORS. T JOHN SOANE, Esq. Chairman. .he Ron. DO.UGLAS KINNAIRU, Esq. Deputy Chairman. G. P. Harnpsor, Bart:: William Fitzhugh, Esq. 11/in Sir F. Cox 1 Tipoisl e y, B ar t. Ral fl Leycester, jun. Esq. J o h 'ant Agnew, E sq . N e ill M a l co l m, E sq. tatn • • nthb, Foq. Geo. 0. Mills, F. q. F. n Esq. G. H. Sumner, E 9. M.P. . C Swincy Tootie, Esq. eorg e Rd. Williams, Esq. Solicitor. "n 44& !ietity Deacon E4‘ 1. RICE Tile Pr,prietorg are regpectfi is in Mt: worse of pay :with —._ • ARO I3ARNF.S, Secretary. illy informed that the Dividend NEW MUSIC. Just puhli.►t'd, by the ROYAL. HARMONIC INSTITLT ' 1 - 10 S-...1.4.)wer Saloon, Argyll-Rooms, Reg-9;04.41feet, . THE favourite BA fiCAROLLA . froth .the'po „ Polar Ballet of Th e C arn i v al of Vcisice, arranged .as a H.lnldo f or t h e Pi ano F orte, b y Ignace osclieks, 35.; !' The ar ninuious Blacksmith," with entirely new Variations, by sante Author, 25: 6d. ; The Kremlin, a set of Qoadrillts, %vith new Figures, by D'Egville, as danced at his Academy, c lr itYll . Rooms, the Music by C;allcott, 45.; ",he Valliant ~.!°lltl s dour," w i t h Va r i a ti ons , 2s. 6d. ; an original Swedish i w v altz, wi t h Variations, 3s - ., both for the Piano' Forte, by-J. bp i _ Holder ; " E ve l yn ' s B ower, " arrange d- as a D uet t f or the ; it on Forte, by F. W. Crouch, 29.; Scherzetto," a Rondo, Beale42s. 6d. ; Four New Waltzes, tor the Piano Forte, 1 ,7 L.• Abel, Book I , acid 4, -each 25.; " The 'Russian Song,", by .1. D e al t , Is. 6d. ; " " Hee that 'loves a . ' t '"ats" (a Sonnet, by Carew, 1640), Harmonized , for S" v . nives, by J. ; Why doubt my Truth.? a tIY Fisin, Is. bd. ; " This Rose my gentle Blue Ey'd . x l it ''' . Song, by F., W. Crouch, 2s. ; a New Set of Italian by tts, hs.;and a First Set of Italian Duetts, 55., composed .• rcrdid by W nand Sor Hawes, ; " The 2i Green Spot - that Blooms," a Song, , ou' . y. . U NF-CIITALLED TRAVELLING To DOVER, DEAL, p„ R ANISGA'rE. ARGATE AND CANTERBUM INSIDE COACHES,. AM) KEEP GOOD 'FLAIR, BY S. . OUNTAIN a Co. . ' ll :tilCEN B 'S y HEA A D M INN, SKINNERSTR nd EET, SNOW HILL, LONDON. r tlIE following POST-COACHES, MAIL,' COACHES, &c. set out from the above Lan : Th.. It In • - eiegrap h "- DOVER, Deal, Ramsgate, Margate, ''"tlerhury, Fevershani, and Sandt.vich, new Post-Coach, retry iklornin,,, at a quarter east 7 o'Clock.—lii consthe . Pro equence • the d, • - • coaelL. citled prererenee given to the at etors are determined expence shall be }parrs. to render rst conveyan ce : on that road. • 1 T I PM PTON, Chatham ; R oc he s ter, Stroud, Sittingbou-rne "ainhan i , every Morning at a quarter past 7. A T t e , P ,' II OUTII, Plymouth, Exeter, Weymouth; D s orches : tiartmout IL and Salj„Oury, every morning , at ev . en 4°l 'o Hortiton, Axminster, Bridport, l3landford, Basing %tr, , and Bagsbot. ‘• t " Unit, n ," SOUTH.IMI'TON, Lyiaington, Winches afOnl Basingstoke New Four Inside Coach, every Morning 11, ; arrives at the Coach and Horses, Southampton, by NI••• to ,• is a most delightful Conveyance to the. Isle of ( :4,i f 't•AtVnev, Guernsey, t. MaJoes,_lrrse.-Grfiee r &c. The Propt ietors of the above C uC tell hoOt 1 4..:,"'ee a continuance of that support which has hitherto Nr.it''"Perieticed since the commencement of the " Union." 4..!N' with other Cui; hrs. 'land BRISTOL Flying Post-Coaches, through Chip - .. 4 !tri- - .. 11 ) Cable and - Alariliorough, every Afternoon at one;. '''""lll ai t , Mr. ' t May's, :the Greyhound Inn, 'Bath, and the , • i n - L 4 rern Won't:ls-street, and the Swann, Bristol, next Coaches toWells, Bridgewater, Taunton, and N'ot etI MPIRE, a New LIVERPOOL Light Coach, only one 0 1 1--- "I th e R oa d, carrying Four . ltisitle, sets out Daily at IV:, e t, ; , ' , rive s at LiverpOol next afternoon at Seven, through Northampton, Welford, Lutterworth, Hinckley, titi K i c • t :Tc .. ,,Lichfie t lcl, Stone, Newcastle, Knuteford, War -41,;•„-tto reston. ' err r ,7,z‘r SBURY, Wellington and Shiffnal, Post-Coach, ''g e nitit; at Five.—Gttartle:l. „ - ",' - NION, WEYMOUTH, Dorchester, Blandford, Sails- Blackwater, Bagshot, end Basingstoke new C;u'"ach, ever,' Afternoon.. The Weymouth 'Packets to • 'l ' l' 3 ' l , 'Jersey, Cherbourg, St. Maloe's, &c. gi v „ 'e RO CKINGHAM, LEEDS new light Coach,- sets ottt gi,, s4 Y Morning, at Eight; and pasSes through Baldock, Sttlswae, Eaton, &lion, Grretloam, Gi.atitham, Bawtry, tia l l‘, n ,-.,' fu rtl, Newark, RAO lot tl, Doncaster, and Ferrybridge, to `olden Lion Leeds next morning ht Ten. Notwith allo4'ilig the uncommon Expedition of this Coach, it is ty, ‘ ll 'ie _ 4 e to - be the most agreeable and complete Public Con uLc . 01 1 th e it„,o, being unequalled by.any other. tr,),k-SGOW, Longtown, Grettoi-green, Annan, Dumb ies, ktid Thornhill, Saminhar-Kiln, Cantnoek, Kingswell, y ( li; Parts of Scotland, a Post Coach (daily). . • !asti, Sc arborou - 11, Whitby, Shields, Sunderland, New • 411, 1 Edinbu'rgh, New Post ;;oath, _ with a Guard ; sets out - e v e rv. Morning at Nine, by Way Of tfOrd, Tadt.!asi'er, Darlington, Northallerton, `AL A peth, and Berwick. Passengers finding them fatigued on the journey, may rest what time they „“ tad then proceed without any additional Fare. LBOROUGH and Swiodon, new four-inside Coach, l' rt eiv;gh Aldbourn, Reading, Latubourn,Torton, Lydington, bh Woottlt. , sbury Hunger ford, and New ry,•e 011 Bisset, all. • LI• A:th ‘r 'D . 1 ". „ ' r NWalsal, Shrewsbury, and Holyhead do ICi Coach, eve, y evt. ning. paltling, Petra bOrough, Stilton, and Hunting s"'tints;`,lja' Nlail Coach, every Eve fining to Spilsby, Louth, ic., ,Ctl. - RtQpd .Afternta.n- at a Quarter before Six. Penritli, and Whitehaven Post Coach, goes °• Ugh, " ) , , ses, aud Gould all the way, passes . through bbrPPLeby, Greta-bridge, Richmond, Catteriek, t3o -ts Wetherbv, Aberferd, Doncaster, and Grantham. g r eate ti s Alorniti'g-, and performs the journey with the Itess 'acility. Passengers detained on the Road by htisi iktag sretti,easure, Passengers the peculiar advantage of their Seats iti.EN T ,;red in the next Conch. ''ht•irl e , — ,"Ls Lancaster, Preston, Kirby-Lonsdale, -Bolton, noon inulairk, and Garstaiig Post Coaches, every Alter . Livp. b ite• atitul",. "POOL, NVarrington, Knutsford, Stone, Stafford, befi a l ` e llfield new light Four Inside Post Coach, called The Head n r c e n , every Evening at Five o'clock, t o th e S aracen ' s w.,"' N„n, Dale -street, Liverpool. •ell EFIELD Post-Coach, every Morning. Wi e t t ESTER, Newport, Wilitechurch,' Tarporley, Nioupt im ~,., No o'n hwich, and . Middlewich Post-Coach, every E vening AI • feo Clock. • JUN D ERLAND, Stockton, and Y arns C oach, every x i nig, to th e George Inn, Sunderland. ~41',4rieFIES..PER, Winslow, C o ngl e t on , N ewcastle, Walsal, tel".sor orr olv erhumptun new F o ur I n s o l e P os t-C oach, every Af ~TIE. FFIELD and Rotherham Post-Coach, called the Rock- Matn, every Morning. ie: RNI INGHAM Putt Coach, se t s out every Afternoon at )earryin g Four Inside; an d passes through Warwick, 1 niington and Daventry, to th Sa7aecie e et Birmingh am , next Morning e at Ten. s Head, Bull- HULL Lincoln, Norflicave, Howden, and Doncaster, Post /1 ,. L. every Morning, to the Cross Keys, Market-place, vrHERTFORD, Wa re , H o. l desdon, and Cheshunt Coach, , , • '3 aforintig. and Edmonton Coaches (daily), at Eleven, half -past Two, Five, and Eight. MOUNTAIN and respectfully acquaint their art y cis and the Public, that they will not be accountable for 44:%);01:atirciiielp Pa?engtit's Luggage, Writings, Plate, &c. of ere ye Pounds Value, if lost, stolen, ot damaged, un -41. : 11, tsar:Lei s a il i c i l ,, L al n i t i Z it tzu .i r i t i T i e , e L p u a n i d d on f t.ir accordingly,. BATTLE OF WATERLOO. CELEBRATION OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO AT HAMBURG. On the 18th inst. the Club called" the British Harmony," *consisting entirely of British subjects resident at and in the neighbourhood. of Ham burg, celebrated the Sixth. Anniversary of the never-to-be-foigotten Victory on the plaing of Waterloo, by a grand dinner at the Hotel de Rain vine. At six o'clock the Chair was taken by THOMAS TATLACK, Esq., and the Vice Chair by the Rev. RICHARD BAKER, A.M., British Chap lain at Hamburg. The company consisted of nearly fifty persons. After five superb courses, which included all the delicacies of the season, the President rose to propose the first toast, which, was, 44 The Health of King George the Fourth ;" it . was drank with enthusiasm and four times' four. A Gentleman present, a fine singer, was so obli g ing as to sing the grand national an them, " God save the .King." The company stood up and joined in :chorus_: the effect was truly imposing. The next toast was " The Duke of York and the Army ; which was folloWed by " The Duke of Clarence and the Navy." The Chairman then, in a concise though emphatic manner, proposed the health of that distinguished hero, who, with his brave comrades, had freed. : the Continent from Gallic Slavery, and given re pose to suffering humanity—we hardly need mention Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington and. Prince of Waterloo. This toast was received in the most rapturous manner, and drank amid thunders of applause.. Captain May, of the 52d Itegt. of Infantry rose, and, in neat terms, ex pressed his sense of the honour that had just been conferred on all those who had fought under the i banners of the greatest Captain of the age—asl one of that mass he begged to return his sincere, acknowledgments; and to assure the company that he shouhrlong retain a recollection of the plea sures he was that afternoon experiencing. The Chairman then rose and proposed the health of the Honourable Gentleman on his right hand— an individual certainly every way deserving the best attention of the company present, whether he was regarded in his public capacity or as a private gentleman, at all times ready to do his utmost to counsel and assist his fellow country men—he meant William Mellish, Esq. his Britan nic Majesty's Charge .d'Affaires and Consul General at Hamburg. Drank with great ap plause and three times three. Mr. Mellish rose, and elegantly though briefly returned thanks for the unmerited honour conferred upon him by the Chairman. It was his highest ambition to en deavour to stand well with his countrymen, and he was proud to think his efforts had not alto gether been unsuccessful.—(Applause.)—Mr. Mellish concluded by proposing the health of the worthy Chairman, who was so truly indefatigable in his arduous situation. Mr. Tatlack rose and said he felt deeply the honour that had so oblig ingly been conferred upon him. It was a source of great happiness to him to contribute his best in the direction of affairs on that interesting oc casion, though he was sensible the kind partiality of his friends far overrated his abilities, his zeal they could not.—(Applause.)—The next toast was the Senate and town of Hamburg. The Vice President then gave the visitors who had that day honoured them with their company. Mr. Grieveson (of Newcastle) rose and return ed thanks on behalf of the other strangers and himself who were that day so pleasingly gratified, surrounded as they were by so large and respect able a body of their countrymen, met together for an object so truly congenial to the British bosom. If there was any one thing more refresh ing than another it was to see the subjects of his Britannic Majesty, on foreign soils, with one heart and one mind, celebrating their great National Victories, free from any alloy of party spirit. He was but an humble individual ; buf he trusted he would be excused for thus tres passing. Hamburg was dear to him from early associations, and he should do injustice to his feelings were he not to avow his supreme exulta tion at once more beholding a congregation of his enterprising countrymen on the banks of the Elbe, whose united industry and talent not only benefitted themselves, and the Mother Country, but very materially promoted the welfare of the State under whose protection they were for the time domiciliated. From the very bottom of his heart they had his best wishes. With the per mission of the Chairman, however, lie would give a toast (assented to) which he felt convinced all present would most cordially join in : Mr. G. then gave 46 An Increase of Prosperity to the trade of Hamburg.," which was drank with great applause. In the midst of intense conviviality the English Mail of the 12th arrived, bringing certain and official intelligence as to the day on which his Majesty George the 4th is to be crowned at Westminster. The news was received with the greatest delight. And on the motion of the Chairman it was resolved, unanimously, that on the 19th July next (the day appointed for the august ceremony of his Majesty's Coronation) a Grand Dinner in honour thereof should he given to the British inhabitants of Hamburg ; the ma nagement of the same to be confided to William Mellish, Esq. his Britannic Majesty's Charge d'Affaires and Consul General at Hamburg, as sisted by a certain number - of Stewards, six of whom were immediately appointed. This spon taneous homage to the Chief Magistrate at home reflects honour upon the British Community in this place, though, no doubt,the day will be cele brated as a Jubilee wherever the British flag can be unfurled. Exclusive of the dinner just mentioned, the Blucher Club, con sisting of the most respectable German inhabitants of Hamburg, had a grand entertainment at Eimsbuttel, in honors of the Vic ; tory of Waterloo, his Excellency Count Blucher, President of Altona, in the 'Chair. PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 26. Mr,. 13Ii0GDEN and others brOught up from the Commons.the Corn Average 13114 • the Custom Duties Bill, the. Dublin Foundling Hospital Bill, and the Land Tax Commissioners' Names Read a .first. time. BANKRUPT LAWS.i . • . After a short conversation betwe en th:4ol-ID . CHANCELLOR and Lord DACRE, the Committee on the Bankrupt Laws Amendment Bill was post poned to Friday next. _ The Irish Coal Yards Bill, the East India Trade Itt, , ulation Bill, and the Fu Trade Regu lation Bill were read a third time, passed, and sent to the Commons. PUBLIC EXPENDITur The Earl of DARNLEY rose \lft4itte regret to request that their Lordships uottld allow him to postpone his motion on t)le subject of Public Expenditure, which stood/for this evening, to another day. When they knew, however, that he did so at the particular request of the Noble Earl opposite (the Earl of Liverpool, who ap peared for the first time last night in the House since his recent loss and illness) he trusted that he should stand excused. Before he sat down, he ,also wished to state that a Report had been pro duced by a Committee of the other House, which tended to confirm the opinions and' principles on which his .motion should be founded. He there fore thought it would be desirable that it should be laid before their Lordships, and should move that a Message be sent to the Commons to re quest a copy of that Report.—Agreed to. On the motion of the Noble Earl, the Lords were also ordered to be summoned on Monday next, for which day his motion respecting the Public Expenditure is now fixed.—Adjourned. lIOUSE OF COMMONS. The Greenwich Hospital Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed this day. The Bill for repealing the Husbandry Horse Tax was order ed to be read a third time this day. Mr. ABE RCRO M B Y presented a Petition frdm the Brewers of the County of Clackmannan, against the Malt Tax. JAMES HATFIELD. Mr. WILLIAMS presented a Petition from an insane per son named Hatfield, confined in Bethlem Hospital on a charge of High Treason,'for having attemptedin 1800, to shoot his late Majesty. The Petitioner complained that he had been removed from his former to his present place of confinement, where he suffered unnecessary rigour. The Hon. Member made several observations in support of the Petitioner, but added he was satisfied no blame was to he imputed to his Majesty's Govern ment.—Ordered to lie on the table. The Mohair Bounties Bill went through a,Committee, and the Report was ordered to be. received this day. The Captured Slave Bill was read a-second time, after a few words from Mr. \VARRE and from Mr. ARBUTHNOT in an swer.—The Bill was ordered to be committed on Thursday. Mr. HOBHOUSE presented a from Sam:Fl:‘,..iaLer, a Brewer in Westminster, complaining of some individual grievance under the Excise Laws.---The Petition appealed to be informal in its prayer, and the Hon. Member therefore withdrew it. Mr. JOHNSON, from the Office of the Chief,Secretary of Ire land, presented certain papers relating to the orders of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland. The Lagan Spirit Duties' Bill went through a Committee. The Isle of Man Trade Bill was read a second time, and or dered to be committed this day. The Hops Exportation Drawback Bill was read a second time, and.ordered to be committed this day. The same course was taken with the Stock Cancelling Bill. IRISH REVENUE COMMISSIONERS. The CHANCELLOR of the - EXCHEQtrER moved the 'Ord reading of the Irish Revenue Inquiry Bill. 'Mr. DENMAN opposed the Appointment of Commission ers under the• Bill. He had no objection lb the first Commis sioner appointed by the Rill. That Gentleman was the Presi dent of the Board of Trade (Mr. Robinson), and. he (Mr. D.) was quite satisfied with the appointment. He had however a strong objection, in principle, to the appointment of Members of the House to offices of emolument. He thOught such ap pointments contrary to the Letter of the Act of Settlement. The observation that the holding of office would not affect the minds of Honourable Members, went in fact to repeal the Law. If the remark was true that the Government was opposed because its opponents were desirous of office, it was no unfair conclu sion that the Government was supported by those who desired to retain their offices. The opinion itself became influenced by the . ernolument of office, however sincere might be the motives of the Member • and no man was supposed to depart from the ordinary principles of human nature. With respect to the case before the Hbuse, he really thought the salary itself took away from the' weight of the respectable personal character of the Commissioner. The Hon. and Learned Member here made some legal references to chew the inzapc.±v 'of persons holding offices by appointment of the Crown to sit in the House of Com mons. He should therefore move, as an amendment, that no Member of the Ho - Use should receive any salary as a Commis sioner under the preSent Act ; and to exclude all the worils which were repugnant to the meaning of this Amendment.-- His object was to retain the principle of the law, and to pursue the question of Reform into the quarters of the enemy. Mr. 0 811 0 i :SE seconded the Amendment The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the strength of the argument adduced by the Hon. and Learned Member depended upon the fact, that the Commissioners were appointed by the Crown. But the Commissioners were ap pointed by Parliament, and the emolument was also paid b; Parliament, although the Crown had the power of nomination, in case of the death or resignation of a Commissioner. The Honourable and Learned. Member forgot; that in either of those cases the Crown could not nominate a Member of Parlia ment to the vacancy; and the Hon. and Learned Member had therefore completely failed in bringing his argument within the letter or the spirit of his legal references. There was therefore an end of the general argument. Its particular application would deprive the Public of one of the mast useful Members of the Commission. . • ' Mr. HOBHOUSE denied that the argument of his Hon. and Learned Friend had been answered. • The country was by this time pretty well convinced that it was the duty, or at least the practice of the House, to obey the Minister. PerSonal eulogy was out of the question. The argumeni applied, whether the Member was the worst or the best man in the world, As to in fluence having no effect upon Parliamentary conduct, the statement was a perfect insult to common sense. - • Mr. SMYTH approved the • principle of -the Dill, and the appointment of Commissioners with salaries. It was an aris tocratical idea to require the exertion of talent, without emolu ment in return. • • Mr. S. RICE admitted the justice of the general principle laid down by . his Hon. Friend (Mr. Denman); but he thought the present situation of Ireland warranted a departure from that general principle. Ireland had become a perfect Augean stable through the misgovernment of Ireland; .and an nide pen dent Commission was necessary to dete4 great abuses; and to punish eminent delinquents. • fle approved of the Commis sioners being Members of the House, • in order that they might be called to account for their conduct. Mr. D. BROWNE defended the Government of Ireland against the observation of the last S‘iertker comparing that Government to an Augean stable. I. department of the Excise was as pure as that of England. Mr. SCARLETT thought the character of the House would stand higher with the people of England, if it retained from granting any of the public money to its own Members. The eulogium on the individual (Mr.F. Lewis) he had no doubt was d eserved ; but tilt seine - eulogiurn would be pronounced en :any other Honourable Member nominated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The most objectionable mode of appointment was that caused by a majority of the House of Commons. The French Assembly lost its character with the people by appoint ing its . own Members to office. He really preferred that the appointment should'be with the Crown;as the ministers would then be responsible. He should, however, support the amend ment. Mr. SMYTH explained. Mr. RICE also explained.—lle had no wish to cast any im putation upon the Individual at the head of the public depart ment of Ireland. Lord A. HAMILTON here asked a question respecting the intended course of the Orders of the Day. The CHANCELLOR of 'the EXCHEQUER answered across the table ; but in &Limy a tone of voice, that the 'sub stance of it could not be heard. • Mr: DENMAN shortly rePlied.—He agreed that the public business could not be performed without the liberal pay - - if:ern of its Officers. He objected only to ;their votio g in the House - of Commons. He trusted the Bill would be print, cd, in order that the House Might be enabled to consider its . . . . p t r ic : ai v:ions f The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER thought it unnecessary that the Bill should be printed.--rt would lead to Mr. , DENMAN, then. proposed a clause prohibiting . any Member of the House fiom receiving payment as Coinraissioner under the Bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the adoption of the clause would destroy the principle which the House had already agreed to, and would render the Bill nu gatory. Mr. DENMAN then withdrew his former Amendment, and said he should take the sense of the House on the printing of the Bill, and should move th% adjournment of the debate until Tuesday. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided upon Mr. Denman's last Amendment, when there ap peared— For the Amendment - 31 Against it - - - - - 75 Majority - - - —44 The Bill being read a third time, The question was put " that the Bill should pass." Lord MILTON said, he thought that at all events the Com missioners ought to be persons already holding offices, and whose time was not sufficiently occupied by their official duties. Three years ago the House appointed Commissioners for in quiring into the abuses of Charities, and declared that no one of them should receive emolument for their services. He be lieved there were 70 persons in the House holding places under the Crown, and surely some of those might be found with leisure time sufficient to enable them to perform the labour of.the Commission. For their present salaries, he was assured, they did little or nothing. Besides, he thought a salary in prospect was much more dangerous in principle than a salary in advance. The Noble Ford then, concluded by moving a clause similar in effect to that which had been moved by Mr. Denman, incapacitating the Members of the Commission from receiving salaries for their labour. The House immediately divided, when there appeared— For the Clause - - - - 36 Against it - - - 81 Majority - —46 MR. OWEN'S PLAN. Mr. MAXWELL rose to make his motion for the appointment of a Commission to examine into the expediency of Legislative Encouragement of the New Lanark arrangements for the benefit of the labourin classes. lie observed that it was painful to contemplate famine and tattered rai ment in the midst of abundance, without exclaim ing with an intelligent Frenchwoman on following the modern Brennus through Switzerland,." Les montagnes furent verdoyantes]comme autrefois, les prairies florissantes comme jadis, le cceur d'homme seul pourquoi n'etoit it qu'un desert ?" His object, however, was not to expose the tot tering state of public credit, or the unjust gains of the fund-holder and money-lender, but to de scribe the condition of the manufacturing la bourer, and to enforce the necessity of trying some experiment for his relief. Born in some hamlet, whose green common was only separated from his father's cottage, the radical of the present day was once the affectionate child that watched the little property of his parents, or carried with joyous promptitude to the neigh bouring market the earnings of honest frugality, and the refuge store of grey hairs against the hu miliation of a parochial pittance. But the wise provision of wiser Legislators than those who had for years ruled this Empire, was swindled by Commissioners and Attorneys from the dotage of an aged sire, and the benevolent entail of ages was broken under the countenance of those whose judgment and wealth ought to have op posed so unwarrantable a barter. No longer the little liampden of his village rights, the freeborn workman of the parish, and the independent artizan of his own fortune,hecame the servile la bourer of his wealthier neighbour, and lost his liberty with his feudal property. But soon the want of his common made his cottage less advan tageous than the farmer's offices, and he sought the roof of his employer as a cheaper residence. The restriction on cash, payments long before rendering the value of money 30 per cent. less than its nominal worth, made it the interest of the farmer to give him paper wages instead of food and clothing ; he was sent from the house of his employer to that home, which the meadow no more gladdened and maintained. No longer able to appear in the clean and decent habiliments with which his association of respectability was wedded—no trace of those scenes which con stituted the happiness of early life, and brought back the memory of those with whom his fondest recollections were indelibly en graved, he flew from the disfigured prospect, and sought obscurity in the crowded districts of trade, to withdraw from the observation of others w hat he could not banish from himself. But here his calamities were but for a time mitigated, for soon the taxes carried the inge nuity of man into new experiments, and artificial labour escaping from some of those burdens to which was subject, reduced his paper wages to the lowest rate at w hich life could be main tained ; his employer must reduce his wages to the level of machinery, and the steam-loom w ork ing in all the elasticity of lighter burdens, be came the regulator of the value of his industrY. Pressed upon by famine and indignation, he com bines.against his master, and joins his comrades in an effort to improve their circumstances. But his master is a Senator, and shows him that al though he has only followed the example of his employer, that a poor imitation of a rich prac tice may and showers down from his Cornish be Boriolegati u l gllhe inequitable Combination Laws. In despair at what he feels to be initts• tice in the fountains of law, he endeavours to re dress his own grievances, and to bring back the means of subsisting his family. Seized in - -the act of detnolishing a frame or a .steam-loom e lle is carried to gaol and immured with the thief and the robber. After lingering for months, he is perhaps liberated—hut - to what ? To find . his wife the .beggar at the door of the overseer—hie sons without honesty, and his daughters without honour. He (Mr. M.) would put it to the min of feeling, and to the• man of spirit, whether he was surprised at the meeting of Manchester or the rebellion of Bonnymuir—whether he did not think that this man's blood must be liquid flame I He would ask the most unfeeling Member, the most frugal guardian of the public purse, if some step should not be taken to rescue this wretched being' from the hell into which his moral and physical existence had been placed by circum stances over which he had littleornocoutroul ? and he implored him to assist in restoringsuch a what-happiness or want of pain it might be possible tosecure to him. Mr. Owen told them he could improve such a man's condition, and save-others from his sad career, arid appealed to his own establishment. Should they wait until his - organs of belief are fashioned by hypocrisy into the af fected dimensions of their own, before they per:- mitted him to bring that Radical's mind into the calm and ,unavenging temper into which alone heavenly feelings and celestial inspirations-could ever enter ? . Should they delay giving ease and comfort to the deranged orders of society, be cause Mr. Owen's theories differed frorn , their own ? Or should they hesitate to. try any expe riment which had humanity for its basis ?`Should they allow a machine or a horse an advantage over their fellow-creatures, if they had the ,means of giving man the preference ? Or shoeld they seek to make those profits of the rich manufac turer, which ought to be the perquisite of his . work - man, find their true destination ? Should they force the labourer to pay the profits of retail on what he might himself produce, or procrastinate a systein of education which not only inculcated morality hut enforced its practice, beCinse its author had theological speculations which they did not comprehend, although in the full practice of the decalogue ? But all Mr. Owen's plans were to be.subordinate to the Bible, and to the established form of worship which he (Mr - . Max well) should ever recommend. He knew no -sub stantial foundation of morality, no More attrac tive forM and character of the spirit of, the uni verse, than what was developed in the New Tes tament; and yet he believed. that he was pro moting Christianity when he supported the s7B - of Lancaster, and the practiCe of Mi. 0 wet , , 'because he thought that ignorance and immorality were. the great obstacles to the practice of the obligations to our neighbour and to Ci s od; - which the Gospel promulgated. It was in such a view that he brought forward the present motion, con vinced that the working classes had been throWn into a depression by the introduction of artificial labour, which'weakened the energies of the coun try, and which could not cease, until some chani,e in the mode of raising the Revenue were effected, which would either increase the cultivation of the soil, or substitute the indUstry of man to a greater extent than at present, to the labour of the horse. The division of domestic employments might be improved, and the expences of the workman diminished, were the poor more able . to know their true interests, and taught more mutual con fidence in each other; 'and surely. if the desire of intoxica:ion, and of every useless stimules, were banished, and plain and cheap vesture rendered popular .by habit and education, much unneces sary expence, bad practices and temptation to vice would be removed from the humbler, but the most numerous and most valuable portion of the community. He should not farther detain the House, but move, " That an humble Address be presented to his Majesty, that he Will be : gra ciously pleased to issue a Commission to visit 'NeW Lanark, to examine the ; condition and treatment of the working classes in that establish ment, and torepOrt on.stich further arranmements as Mr. .Owen proposes to make for the a.tvantsge of MatiOracturing 14imitrers, and to assure - Ibis Ma jesty that the Ilettae will make gOod the satne:" He would only add, that if any Hon. Member conceived the picture which he had drawn too gloomy, he.raerred him to the list of c onv i c ti ons —to the Report on Gaols—to the language of what were called demagogues and the seditious press—to the spies and standing armies=-to the admission of the Law. Officers of the Crown, that transportation is no punishment—of tho2b who have most studied 'the feelings of _criminals —that death has little effect on the mass of con victs—athe assertions of Ministers as to the in crease of blasphemy—and of this being the firit year of domestic peace. Mr. DAwsoN said, the plan of Mr. Owen! - had net been treated with all that attention Nv.1,40 - 1 any proposition for the improvement of the coun try deserved. 'He wished the motion•before th Hone hid been brought forward at an early period of the Session. They had now carer:My examined the Estimates, and voted thtr.t.inppfies. They had heard an insufficient kepkirt on Po reii-,rn Trade, and he wished he could •say they had heard none on '.4griculturar Distres* A -- (llearl)—ln the Report of the Committee on Agriculture, which. was tvell written and a b le, they had an account. of all the speculations of every speculative farmer and tradcFmaa which had been decies repetita in :the public prints. The sum of the Report waytliat the firmer must receive less for his produtte, thht th Lndlord must receive leis rent, and that Ole shopkeeper must receive less .profas* t, ~,_~