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UOCIET Y for the SUPPRESSION o f V [CE. —Committee Room, June, 1821.—T0 those who have witnessed the late efforts of the blasphemous and licentious Press, the Sociefyoffer the following statement:—ln the midst of •the alarm occasioned at the republication of the infamous Tracts of Thomas Paine, and the dissemination of other infidel works, this Society, by the successful prosecution, at their own expense, of Richard Cathie, presented some check to the threatened evil. Notwithstanding, however, the ex ample. of his imprisonment, the sale of many of these publi cations was afterwards-continued by Mrs. Carlile. -She has since been convicted. by Ihe exertions of this Society, and is now iniprisoned, on the information of the Attorney-General, fore seditious libel..—'l'o the exertions of the Society is also due the conviction of Davison and Tyler, for the sale of similar works; and proceedings are. now in progress against another publisher of blasphemous libels.—To prove, however, the daring and persevering profligacy of this class of delin quents, the Committee have only to state that the same Richard Carlile, although in gaol, continues to disseminate his baneful productions, and has declared his resolution a persisting in his offence, in avowed defiance of the law.—The Society, in discharge of what they conceive to he a so!einn duty to their country, will continue to enforce its laws against a confederacy so Ins rd cried and abandoned. The prosecutions in onestion are, howev.er, far more. expensive then isegcneratly sappOsed,* and the Funds of the Society have, in consequence of the above proceedings, been considerably reduced.—More, they trust, need wit be said to stimulate every friend of Re ligion and Morality to contribute liberally and promptly to the support of the objects they have in view, though they • cannot omit to nor ice with particular satisfaction a very recent and most important conviction of an offender for an attempt to corrupt the scholars of one o f our first public seminaries, by the sale of obscene snuffboxes. taxies: This -was to be done by the Commis- Sioners, upon whose Reports these Bills were founded. Another provision which 'he thought would meet with general approbation was, that of the appointment of two Officers for taxing costs in the different Courts. The'otner details would be best considered iu the Committee. A repre sentation 'and complaint had been made the -other day as to theexpence which the measure was likely to entail upon the country ; but the cxpence was provided for in 7 one pf - the - Bills by stamp duties, which would fall upon the suitors themselves, and be even to them . a considerable relief, inasmuch as they would be lighter and more definite than the - eXtravagant fees to which they were - now exposed.. fore the House which they apprehended would allow the expor tation of the long woolled sheep from this country. . Mr. LUSHINGTON said that he was, sure, on considera tion, the Petitioners would find they took an erroneous viuw of the effects of this Bill. _ Mr. li. DAVIS said that there .were some wools that could only be. obtained in England, such as the long_Wool, and there fore great caution should be .used`in aI:C/0174 the exportation of sheep. . . _ . . Mr. WSHINGTON said that the Bill would be confined to South Down sheep. . . Sir I. COFFIN trusted that a principle of greater liberality on this subject would animate the house in future.—Laid 011 the table. aI'OCKHOLM, ARCHANGEL, or BRITISH MADE PITCH, CURLED HORSE MANE and 'TAIL HAIR, and OX Mr. H. DAVIS presented a petition froth the Bankers of Bristol against the puniihment of Forgery Mitigation Bill.— Laid on the table. • • amt O\% `PAIL HAIR; , • I. 'e at 11.1$ .I.lajesto'iPnek:vards, accoi•ding to Dis tribution4,7,l2kkoeiek Forins of th,Tendersy Via,/ be seen at this Office. No 7'e,ndee . will be receieed after One o'clock cn the day tf neat', nor, any noticed, unless thy party, or an.ef-rent for hia, attends. POOR LAWS BILL. Lord \VALPOLE laid onihe.iage,3 — "iletition from Lynn against the Poor Laws' Amendment 13111.—Laid on the table. • - Mr. ,LENNARD' presented a petition from twenty four Paupers of the Town of Ipswich against tha Poor Laws' Amendment Bill. They entered into a detailed statemert of the causas of their distrass, attributing them generally _to the burdened state of the country. The lion. Member itdded xxne .ob.zervations in. support of-the .prayer of the ,petition, and en larged upon the nature and causes of the•ilistres - ifif the Peer. of this country. . . Tire Earl of DONOUGIIMORE objected to the second reading of the Bill. 11, denied . the 'as- Surription of the Noble yisfo w t, tl-1 . 1 1: all per sons must agree in the propriety of, die remedy consegneace of the notoriety or the evil. Ile for one did not agree in it, nor did the .ludgesof theConit - Or Exchequer in Ireland, whose opi nion was ; against the'principle of substituting sa laries for fees. He thought the Noble Lord bound to .postpone the second reading a few days longer, in order to give the liousu time to become acquainted with the measure and to read the reports. Would the Noble Lord Say that he had read them himself? Would he adinit that the JUdges had permitted their officers to become" extortioners for the space of twenty years, and that he did not know it before, or knowing it, did riot prevent it ? After some further observa flans, in which he repeated his former objections, and alluded to the present state of Ireland as a reason against imposing any new burthen upon that country, the Noble Lord concluded by mov ing that the Bill should be r ea d a secon d ti me that day six months. Lord READWALE expressed some doubt as to the policy of substituting salaries for fees in all cases, as he 'feared the effect might be to produce a careless discharge of. the duties of those offices. He doubted also whether the appointment of two taxing officers for all the Courts would be a good regulation ; but as the abuse was great, and Parliamentary interference was necessary, he was far from objecting to the second reading of the Bill. • Ev ery r ene t er mk.►e Fie aceompam:ed by a Lette 7 ' s , dressed t o th e Navy Board, and signed 4 by tiro responsible Pes. " 44 . engag - init to become bound with the Person tender ing; Stunts hereunder mentioned, for the due pecform 91ice !lithe Contrscl3, viz.-:-. Sir I. COFFIN. ridiculed the notion that the lower orders of (his country were as badly off as the Hon. Gentleman would re present them to be. He was - persuaded that any one who had experience of the lower. orders of other countries would Concur with him that there was no ..kingdom in which they were so happy—Laid on the Contract for Tar, 501. per 100 11firrels. l'itch,7ol. per 100' Barrels. Hair, - 5001. • By order of the Committee, GEORGE PRICHARD, Secretary. Subscriptions and Donations are received by the Treasurer, Henry Hoare, Es s. 37, Fleet-street ;, and by the Secretary, Mr. George Prichard, 31, Essex•street, Strand. • P.S. Since the advertisement last appeared, the Sorkiety has instituted two other prosecutions against the dealers in blas phemous publiCations, which renders it necessary to continue its appeal to the Public for pecuniary aid. The general labours of the Society are directed to stop the sale of obscene prints, snuff-boxes, &c. and to prevent gross and 'flagrant abuses of the Sabbath. Within the last four years they have instituted nu less than one hundred and ninety- on e prosecu tions, all of which have led to conviction, sir to recognizances binding the respective p aties against the repetition of their crimes. MR. OWEN'S PLAN. - liord A. HAMILTON presented a petition from the County of Lanark, praying that the House would take into its most serious consideration a plan proposed by Mr. Owen, for giving permanent power of Production to the Lower Classes.. The Petition was signed by.4l landholders, including one Peer, the son of a Peer, five Baonets, 37 Justices of the Peace, the ma jority. of the Clergy, the Principal and five Professors of the University of Glasgow, and the .chief Magistrates of all the towns in the County. TO ROAD CONTRACTORS. UCII .PERSONS may be willing to . CONTRACT for 'EXECUTING SUNDRY NWORKS, W 'tking an ALTERATION of a PART of the ROAD BE TWEEN DLNCHURCH and DAVENTRY, ht BRA (INS aracl ON-E 11 1 . 1.; another Alteration between Fenny Stratford Brickiti, at the Western entrance into Little Brickhill ; V,. Improvement up o n th e pres e nt Lin e o f R o ad, between """ekhill and liocklitfe: are desired to send Separriee.Propo ,l` ,for such o f th e sa id • LOTS as they may he w illi ng to "N IiTRACT for, sealed up, and din cted to ALEXANDER d En t . No. 1, Whit e h a ll, L on d on , on or b e f ore Satur -41 the 'fah instant. Specific'ations, and Particulars of the Worlts to he Zfiirrned, may be-seen on application to Mr. Easton, at the th e ra ! Mventi:v. It is desired, that in each Tender ` „, , ,4 4 ,, be inserted the name of . some respectable person, I.e willing to give security fur the performance of "'" , k —June 1,.1831. Mr. MAXWELL in support of the petition,. exhorted th e House to take the sub ject of it into their serious consideration. The House, he said, ought, in justice to its own character, to entertain any proposition which had for its object the allevia tion of the distresses of the people. Sir W. DE CRESPIGN'Y said, that as the individual who brought Mr. o,wen's plan under the attention of the House, he felt it his duty to say, that his object was to have something done for the poor. As to the Poor Laws, th ey were so bad as a system, that any att e mpt to , a mend them, he feared, would only have the effect of rendering them more objectionable. Mr. J. SMITH said, that though he was not prepared to give 'his approbation to Mi. Owen's plan, he would still strongly re commend the proposal to the . attention of the House. Mr. Owen had, some way of another, surrounded himself with a population of two'thousand persons, the most moral, the Most religious and happy he had ever seen. Now, he would submit to the House, was not a plan which could produce such effects, worthy of being considered by it ? As to the religious beha viour of this body of men, he referred to• the certificate of six Scotch' Ministers, testifying to the morality and religious educa tion of Mr. Owen's establishment. He thought that, as long as the House abstained from entertaining some general plan of this nature for influencing the minds of` the people, and confined themselves to measures of amendment merely, they were be ginning at the wrong end. Mr. W. SMITH pressed upon the House the necessity of their entertaining; in the most serious Maiiner; the Petition of Mr. Owen. * The proilecOtiott of Davi,on alone cost the Society 1771. Os. 7d. To T. TAYLOR, Esq. '''' No. 9, New Bridge-street, London._ HONOURED Sin, BEG leave to inform you, that ever since the year 1790, I had been afflicted with the Lues Venereal, which, from its obstinately resisting every course of medicine prescribed by the most eminent of the faculty here, and un dergoing severalsevere courses of salivation, and twice dis charged from the Hospital with little relief, would appear to be of the must inveterate nature. In tl.c spring of last year my disorder had got to such a bead, as nearly to put a period to my existence—l had'a large - ulcer on the crown of my head, one on each arm', and my legs were bralie out in a frightful mariner ; my right was dreadfully painful, and had been in a state of ulceration for the last seven years ; my left had also two large nodes on it, was - very much discoloured, and gave me such excruciating pain, particularly when warns in bed, as nearly to deprive me of rest ; iu this lamentable state, I was recommended by Mr. J. Thompson, (who received. so great a care by them here), to take your Leake's Patent Pills, which Lbeaan to do on the -26th o. May; in the course of a fortnight fbegan to receive benetit—in little more than a Month the ulcers on my headand arms were soundly healed— soon atter, the sores urn - my legs healed also; leaving, how ever, Considerable diseolottratiou in the slam., and pain w the bone of the left, which, by the blessing of God, arLil a little longer perseverance in your invaluable Medicine, subsided the nodes dispersing, the skin repining its natural hue, a nd the nocturnal pains gradually going thus became, by your liberal advice and medicine, perfectly free from all my former complaints—have recovered my former spirits a nd strength, and am become jolly and fat, in which state having continued many months, to the astonishment of all who knew ac, I am at a loss in what terms to expreas my gratitude, hut beg you, for the good of other suffering mortals, to make this my case as public as possible, as I shall on every ocea- , sion ; in so doing you will greatly oblige, Sir, your grateful, obedient, very humble servant, ALEX. MURKER Swan's Close, High-street. Edinburgh. 1V messes to the above Cure:— • ROYAL ACADENIY, SOMERSET PLACE. EXIIIBITION of the ROYAL ACA. • DRMY IS NOW OPEN. `ldmissiun (from Eight o'clock till Suer►;, One Sliilliug. Catalogue, One Shilling. 11. HOWARD, R. a. Sec. The Earl of LIMERICK spoke in favour of -the second reading, and quoted the opinions of the Judges of the King's Bench and Common Pleas, in favour of the principle. The LORD CHANCELLOR was - of Opinion, that in some offices, fixed salaries would be preferable, and in others fees. , Public opinion would beiuf .fident to secure the performance of duty in such - offices as were 'constanOy 'before, e public, but in those which were of a More private nature, it could not be 'expected to operate. He doubted also whether the appointmentof two taxing officers would be a wise regulation but as the Bill seem ed to be necessary, he Would pay his best atten tion to it in the Committee, with a view to render it as useful as possible to the public The Marquess of LANSDOWN quoted the opi nion of the Judges of the Court of Ring's Bench and Common Pleas, who stated that it would not be in their power to prevent the abuses if the fee system was continued. The experience of that system in Ireland did not authorise the as sumption that it was favourable to industry, for negligence, 'as well as extortion, had arisen under it. With respect to the Stamp Duties, they would, as he understood, only attach to the suitors in the •Court, to •whom they would afford consi derable relief, by. exempting them from unjust and extravagant demands. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, but we understand the Bill was read a second time without a division. The Petition was read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. BLACKBURNE presented a Petition &Om the Church warden And Overseers of Manchester, against the Poor Laws' Amendment B;ll.—Laid on the table; and. another, Petition from the Boroughreeve, Merchants, &c. of Manchester against the Spoiled Stamps Duties Bill. • Mr. WM Fl aiikoti if it was the intention of Ministers to pro smite the Bill ? .FIXED PRIZES ! !-3,002 Prizes, inclodin g . ; Two PRIZF,S o: L. 20,200, , E ve , ILT, BI: DRAWN 11TH THIS MONTH, (JUNE.) b rY ellane bought butween 28th May and 14th J une decided 14th June. Nis Fixed Prizes !—No Classes ! 3' ' 'ricked drawn singly, each deciding its own Fate and Th e - no other. gu ar ; "Fltets are issoed ,in Chances of 'tickets, Halves, i`"s. Eighths, and Sixteenths, ivhich ate now selling J.`iii..FWKlC4lll', the Contractors, 37, Cornhill: L,tr tit )l4o ln • • d '‘t ; and by his Agents its the - .1, 1 , 1 4 , 0 SIVEWRIGHT sold in the Drawing which took lst ilsC ?Bth nit. NO. 1,446, a Prize of 4,0001., and seve- IlVtr:9"r Capitals. And several 21,0001.,and 20,0001. Prizes tast Font Months. Mr. LUSH ING TON said, that it was a.dropped order the aher day, and it was not-'intended to renew it this Session. Mr. BLACKBUENE presented a Petiton from the Mer chants of Mancheger, against, any alteration of the duties on the importation of East India sugar.—Laid on the table. LIFE PRESERVER. • Mr. BERNAL presented a Petition from Mr. Mason, praying the attention of the House to his Life-preserver. Mr. WA RR E bore testimony to, the inefficacy of the present means of preserving lives near sea-coasts, and was satisfied that any plan, having for its object the improvem e nt o f th ose means , deserved serious attention of the House. Mr. LUSH IN6 TON was not prepared to say that the plan of Mr. Mallison might not be found useful, particularly on the northern coast of Ireland. folin Thompson„No. 8, New Poultry Market, Edinburgh, John Wigan's!' ' Old Assembly Close, F A linb urg h. Prel.ared and sold by the sole Proprietor, THOMAS TAY -I.OR, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, at his house, No. 9, New Bridge-street, London; -whet e, after a constant residence of mere than 40 years , in a practice parti cularly directed to the entre of Vener e al Ct! 131 pl ai tits and those incidental to the Parts of Generation, with that inviolable secrecy which men of his profession should always observe in such cases. he flatters himself the advice and assistance he gratuitously adininisters to persons taking this Medicine, will . he estetmcd, by a discerning Public; as an advattage seldom attainable, and void of all ambigetity. Also sold, by his appointntcnt,tor the convenience of those living at a distance, at the Toyshop, - No. 103, Oxford-street; Mr. Disborough's, No. 7, Fish-street-hill; Mr. Baxter, South-bridge, Edinburgh; Mt. Callwt•l 's, Onit, lin ; and of one person in every considerable town in Great. Britain and Ireland, inn boxes .)fonly es. 9d. each, stamped, and sealed u • with full and plain directions, whereby persons, of either sex eiaveure Oiemselves with ease, sliced. secrecy. and safety Mr. W. SMITH wished that the petition should be referred to a Committee. Sir I. COFFIN said, that if Mr. Mallison's Aife-preservers were so useful, why were they not used by the Deal boatmen ? He would be satisfied, so long as they were kept out of men of . war, for if onee a ship was in danger rear . a lee-shore, with those life-preservers it would be impossible • to keep_ a man on board. RETURNS. Col. DAVIES moved for returns of the amount of goods seized on account of Customs, in cert a in ports of England., with an account of the goods restored, for a certain terns.--Ordered. Mr. HITNIE nToYed fbr a return of the names of the persons employed in the collection of the revenue of Scotland, and the amount of their salarieS for the years, &c..180t1 to 11320. Lord STANLEY presented a petition from the Church, wardens Overseers. - &c. Of Great Bolton, in - the county of Lancashire, against the Poor Laws' Amendment 'Bill.; antf an other tram certain Merchants, Manufacturers. &c. of Manches ter, praying for a repeal of the probate duties in cases oflegacy. Laid on the table. • After a conversation, in which Lord Sidmont.l► and the Earls of Donoughmore and. Limerick, took - part, the Irish Court of Chancery Bill was read the second time, and the second reading of the Nki Prins Bill was postponed till to-n►or row.---Adjourned. PARLI AME NTT, A petition was laid on the table, praying that certain dealers might be subjected to the liawkera and Pedlars"f;tx. - • Mr. .1. SMITiI moved the third•reading of the Eanknyts' Laws Arnendthentlial. • CVSTOV HOITS LONDON', June 1, 1821. . Clla, SILVA, (bpOrder olthe lion. the Com 1h e_ulissioilers of Ins Majesty's Citstoula,/ on TUTIUSDA.Y .I' 4 , and FRIDAY the •sth Instant, - at One o'Cluck Ist -lit precisely, at the Commercial Sale Artemis, IN4latie, the FOLLOWING GOODS : bt l ' , ' : t. 110 M-E CONSUMPTIUN;—itg Sar, Pimento, Ginger, I ndigo Fustic, Cotton Wool,' Wine, Rum, Brandy, P o " ,' „ S alt. tk ' c. • EX PORTATION:—Prints, Pictures, &c. CLEAR OF ALL DUTIES. ir• P '" nf the Cioo r ls in Lots I to 2;2 , i to be viewed at Il lt‘‘r ) e , Celhirs, Custom-Nouse, anti all the other Goods at Q ty 11` st India and Lonrho, Ducks, on Nloqay the ittli,Tties ‘l'o• L .( ' s th, 'Wednesday the t>th Instant during the 1 V 4r 4 .1 . 0 0rs of business. Catalogues may he had , at the King's A I; u use, Custom House, price One Shilling each. ' l l4 t insit o 2t.', er cen. wire .paid rtt te tie ofSale, "the ft e O r eMain f der p at the liec.eirer of .Fines h and m Forfeitures SalpCtlttom.tionse I,y Three o'Cli,ek the Afternoon of , fe ‘ . i leil r' ;*:'„lhe 23d instant ; or the Deposit . to become for ;sn'ay h the Goods fot Home Consumption to he taken slnaturday, the nth instant,. and those for Exporta kone , I PPed by the 30th September next, or the purchase bel letri:t . 4 ,ecome forfeited; arid the Uoods re-sold for the `tle Crow. • q,(, MESSED, with a just znaltumane sense of , , t ) 4, 1 ; .: 'amitous resktlts arising from the injudicious treat ile) , '', 4 certain malady, contracted in a manner too well Zit )%),•,"„require com ment, and inter& entailing. on its un- Ill r i e rh o: : * c ' , ll) se • c°ll , f d•-tr'ing and almost insupportable in -• ..CIS . 1) n .r s 42 I' i II 4 culls ihe attentioo of those ute rest , s r. RADI. respect.o ) . - - ti Olike tt , ll, to his peculiar and onmt effectual method of cetr, i biti i i "e a dvertisin , empiric of-the day, or the eqnall) en ear ;,,_,e(entlUct-of those " who hold the tern-il of promise to the Pled-''',t,reak it to our. hope." Di. Early will not presume to ifio, b g Wallty in every description of ease, but as far as l'Utl an , aid, assisted by medical and sou gical skill can be a l'un I " Promises a certain, speedy, and permanent re VOta -44 -;,.:' av ing, made every species of Syphilitic affection, and si t ,;' , eons train of diseases, the. primary objects of his profes ‘vb:lll i l '' , lies, and being flattered by the transcendant.success tou r , 4as accomPanied his :node of treatment duriog the Ivith . ", e f a lung and laborious practice, he i 5 enabled to offer, flit., '"e fullest confidence, pretensions at once the most hope ill,••11,1 en couragin... Inner inei•able instances can be adduced ,te, "l ,.ative of the si r- merit,' it yof Dr. Fady's system, which has °, Tund to prevai i l, even where eminent talent, retained Alsr,V'lic institutions, has, been ineffectual'. in addition to fo tu eon selatory advanc es , Dr. le-ady will be found equa ll y Of tr , ate in rev i v i ng the slumbering and debilitated energies 411-4 human constitution, which embitter, and if not timely tki i . cd, fre quentiv sender t,olgatore the very p r i nc i pa l o f lo v ; el, ce. From this desolating state of inanity and sterility, tht,•!-ninittlirig the frame and affording tone and elasticity to 04. le.axed (organs. Dr. Etiolv is happ y to convey the most s t ,: r iog and positive assurances that the sufferers of both d et , otay he rescued; a steady perseverance in-. the means i, Te , l being only required.—Dr. F.aely is consulted daily, at. :„„.' • '"se, 38, Dcan.st reel, Soho, by patients of both semis.— ,:ro.try tenets meet respectful attention. 41,` -qt,. t!ean Street, Soho, is reprivate House, opptositeMenters r,,,_ ( At. one vied of Dean Street leads into Gerrard Street, ~,,C. " "....00posie t be 'Ge renttal wo- T penny Post Offi ce, and the nlteo xfoiS—dvice gratis to the Pour. i HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 4. The Grampound Disfranchisement Bill was returned from the Commons, the House having agreed to their Lordships'' Amendments. On the motion of Lord CALTIIORPE, certain Papers relative to the Slave Trade were ordered to be printed. IRISH LAW COURTS REGULATION BILL. The Order of the Day for the second reading of the Irish Law Courts Regulation Bill being read, I ord SJDMour►i said, that the three Bills which stood for the second reading that day were intended to correct abuses which had risen in the Law Courts of Ireland, and K hick consisted in the growth of fees to an enormous and inde finite amount. Their Lordships were aware that a few years since those abuses had attracted the attention of the House of Commons, who ad dressed his Majesty to appoint a Commission to inquire into the stale of Fees in the Courts of En g l a nd, Ireland, and Scotland. Much doubt was entertained as to the necessity of such au in quiry with respect to England and Scotland, but none with respect to Ireland. The Com missioners -proceeded, and some of the results of their labours were now on their Lordships' Table. Those Reports recommended the abolition of fees in the three Courts and the substitution of sa laries. The present Bill was founded upon that principle, but bad there been no such Reports the notoriety of the abuse would have been suf ficient to justify the interference of Parliament. — The mode in which it was proposed to carry the principle into effect was, by taking an average of seven years, striking,out of the account ail fees that were illegal, and so proportioning the so- HOUSE OF COMMONS. A Person from the Office of the Chief Secretary of Ireland presented an account of the amount of Customs received at cer tain sea-ports of Ireland. Sir I. COFFIN brought up the Report of the Metropolis Gas-light Bill. The amendments weie agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be engrossed. General GASCOI"N F. presented a Petition from certain Mer chants of Liverpool trading to Canada, complaining of the effects of the Timber Duties Bill.—Laid on the table. The Gallant General presented auoth,cr Petition from certain Masters and Journeymen Rope-makers of Liverpool, cotnplain ing of great distress, and attributing it to the introduction of machinery in, the Doek-yardS, of Liverpool.--Laid on the. table. Also a - Petition from certain Merchants, Bankers, &c. of Li verpool against the Bill for the establishing an Eitra Post be tween that town and Lendon.—Laid.on the table. PUNISHMENT OF FORGERY. -Mr. WILSON Fesented a Petition from the Bankers of the city of London and Westminster against the Bill for altering the punishment of Forgery. They stated that their objection to this Bill arose out of their being Unable to _discover why a distinction was made between the punishment for forging Bank of. England Notes and forging other negociable Mr. BUXTON stated - it to be the opinion of on:: of the persons signing the Petition, that he was by no means oe posed to the policy of .establishing the lesser punishment in both cases. Mr. DENT stated his opinion to be entirely against the in vidious distinction made by this Bill, between the crime of Forgery in the two cases. • . Mr. 11. DAVIS stated that it was his hat:L.:ion to oppose the Lill in every stage. Mr. RICARDO said that the ground of the distinction in the two cat;es was, that in one instance tile instrument was cir— culated freely through the country,--in the other instance, the knowledge of tlic! hand-writing of We person signing it- was known but to very-few. Mr. MILLS said that the Hon. Gentleman who just spoke left out of consideration the diiferer.ce of the sum in the two cases. • • Mr. ELl:lCl:regretted that, his lion. Friend who introduced this measure, should have abandoned his priuirle in any in stance. He would recommend that no exception should be made, except in the case of the tor'rery of wills. . The Petition was laid on the Lae, anti Ordered to be printed, IVOOL TRAbE. . . Mr. T. WrIASON- vreserted a potii;on f'orn certain hi:i•- ch;uite of the City of baht ) t ou a i.i, t dint t:l3:4o pf the Bill bt.-- • After a few words tron .Mr.., C. SMITH awl Mr. :ABER -6tOiIBIE, the Bill was read a third iime and pass M. • OI'ERATION, OF 11th ALIEN LAWS. • Mr. 111331 E wished to have it stated whether or not a native .of the lonian Islands, coming to this country, could be arrested and sent away under the Alien Act, or was he entitled to be protected as a British subject ? The Marquis of LONDONDERRY was not prepared to give a full answer to the Hon. Gentleman, as no case had.arisek in which the point came into discussion. He believed that 4i. 'native of the lonian Islands was not to be regarded as a British subject, inasmuAl as we were - =rely in the relation of a pro tecting Power to the inhabitants of those islands- _ _ • • 111 r. HUME said; that it.was of consequence that the point should be settled without delay, as he understood there were several of the Inhabitants of • the lonian Islands prepared to come to this country to claim justice, and they were naturally anxious to •at , certaiiiif they would bt:. liable to be sent away Under the. Ali Lai Act. The .'Marquis of LONDONDERR.Y.--WL&teyer be`the state of the the lion. Gentlcru:!n may rest assured tit it shall not he enforced,to the prejudice - of inaividuals arrive: here on such a mission..--(tlear 1) Sir ROBERT WILSOI%/. was anxious to knowif anydirec dons had been :"given against the inflictiOn of tAtrture is th; Dutch Colonies, and Whiyh was permitted by the Dutch laws. Mr. GOU LIIUR NE said he was"ziot able to r.nswer the qutt . ;-' tion at that moment. To-morrow - he would give the floAour able Gentleman full Information; USURY LAWS. Sir J. 'MACKINTOSH moved the Order of the DAy for . :he.sxond rading tiCtite;Ustiry Laws Repeal Ell, for the put-- :,ose u 1 postpOning it, t:s was understood, to Wceolt,...l;:y uext: eItaIINAL LAWS. Sir J. MActoNTOn snid, that in 'Moving the third reading or the, Bills which lie had intro duced into the flonSe,he should Offer a few Obser irations'relative to the alterations he had been iti- IluCed to wake. Ile felt hound to explain the preent condition - of the Rill---the principiezi upon which it now stood 7 —the.nature of the 01) . H:tic/Its urged against it—the Concessions which : ho hat: already made to some. of those objections—and the reasons why ,lit' 'Was determined that no far ther C. OUCCS:7iOIIS should be granted. lie took it that by the-second reading of the Bill- being;_cardi ried by so.respectable a Majority, the iiiionsv.had done - that which was -equivalent to . the passing a resolution,declarin- the :expediency of .a•bating the punishment now inflicted by law r.for F privat e forgery. And thatinust:be taken as an ex:pression_ of its opinion, that in some cases the severity .of that punishineut created impunity .for nritne,,- and that its ahatement, instead of giving impunity, would tend to lessen that crime by.giving facili ty to its prosecution. This. fact was no.ionger upon theory, but it was fully, illustrated prac tice. .The commutation- of capital - punishrnents .had- been resorted to in the cases of, frandulfeat bankruptcies, and. of . felonies cominitted ; cpon blgaChing: grounds.; .YVor.n.the7 effect of the for trier, no argument could at present be drawn, as -it had 'only 'been- •aeted .upon for- olpelealyar.4 could not have. yet- developed its fall-opertetioa. Ln the- latter • instance they =lead the.evidence of the Proprietors of. the Bleaching Yat•ds them selves in favour of the, repeal of the. old laws,.as they considered it to be the -means of affording protection to their property. The repoi .of the two laWs he had mentioned were. tlfe,oost recent instances in which the principles of;, fire present Bills had been -adopted in Parliament. Small as the ,progress- had hitherto been in, re pealing the most barbarous and cruel laws in our system, it.was a gratifying reflection to - those_ were anxious to instil a larger portion ; of...hu manity, accompanied with a wholesome pu nishment-, into our criminal code, -to know that that progress had Commenced with the- sway of George the Fourth. More had been accom plished towards attaining that,desirable object hi the first year of the present reign than in any since the reign of Edward .the first. This was a most auspicious omen ;; and he - trusted that it would lead to • consequences which after ages - would view as shedding a brighter lustre, and a more lasting honour upon. the name of the- Sovereign than other things which were held:in more estimation sby some. eyes at the - - present period. The . Honourable --and Learned.llle:mber then contended that the.excep tions which he had been induced.to make -from the application of the Bill ought not to be turned against the principle upon which it was founded. lt must not be said that he distrusted. his Prin ciple becanse he - could not grasp all which he.de sired, butit ought. rather to be taken as confi dence in his principle, because it proved -his Wil lingness to try its merits by experiment before its application was made general.. lie had no.doubt but -it would 'speedily work out all -exceptions. At the same time he could not say tin, he tdid not regret the necessity of making the -excep tions ; being fu'ly persuaded that the unixers.al application of Os principle-might be now adopted with perfect s;tfety. lie • was happy ,enotry,li to introduce it upon a limited- scale, by its applica tion to forgery alone, because he was convinced that it would soon be seen. how much it wag capable of effecting it' applied - generally. -The first exception . be agreed to. make was for . -the forgery of Bank-- of England- paper, because it was an injury to the- community, and orte..to - which no private forgery could bear the least.re semblance. The one aGeted: the poor, the igno rant, and the negligent, whilst the ether affected only men of opnlence,'and who.were almost pro fessionally trained to investigate-,arid detect frauds of such a - nature. . The -next exception was with -regard- to country Bank-notes.. .Ole had thus. distinguished the .paper which-was the circulating currency of the country, from private .negotiable. money papers. lie. was obliged...to draw this line, and to allow the exception to go no farther, or to submit to- some arbitrary-dis tinction.- founded upon mere and -pleasnre, and consequently wholly ontit beacted. upon in legislating upon such a question as that which they were DOW' upon; lie contended that the Petition. which had just been presented from -the Bankers of the City of London and Westminster was not, in point of fact, a Petition against.the Bill. It only deprecated the exception. which placed private •Bankers' papers upon.a different footing, in the eve of the law, with the notes of the Bank of England. It was not therefore against the principle of the Bill,. butagainst the exception; the petitioners prayed that there might he no difference in the punishment for .public and private forgery. By one short Bill he could re- wove :their . ohjoctions altogether, tujutely„ Ate .aholiOtment.of the puni:ihmettt of death. Tim supposition Of the country Bankers was, tilat those who carried on the nefarious practice of fOrging Bank of England notes as a trade, would be induced to forge upon thern.if the punishment of death - remained for the- one, while it Iva& re pealed for the other. But for private-forgeri es there could be no apprehensions. of such a nature. The Birmingham rufllan,. shut up at his detestable Work, could' not be supported to be acquainted with the hand-writing' .of enihrent London Bankers. But,. however„sup posing, that he did, that knnwiedge would -not be enough, because be must. 'know - tire ha hit's 'and- connections 'of the-, usual acceptor's and indorserS of documents . . -Besicks, even if he suneeded i.r the forgery, how was h.: to. : prestnit it. for payment ? How could be expected : that this 'Birmingham ruffian could get any one' >to present and pass an.aceeptance for three or. four thousand pounds, • in spite .of the, vigilanc,e - ,of those whose regular -business it was to tleNet fraud and irregularity: 'and if not, was the.l,louse to he called on to protea rhtqn with the gallows and to award the punit , hroent.of death to others fur their negligenCel—(hlear,,hear. 4 .)—The ope rations-of the.k.stahlistred forqers might have been carried into the territories. of theecuntu banker, but they couiLl• not touch upon, the ground of NATIONAL SOCIETY. HE ANNUAL- GENERAL MEETING „ i of thg NATIONAL OCIETY, for the EDUCATION the POOR in tbe Pti S ii - ciples - of tin, ESTABLISHED Q "PRCH, WILL BE HELD at the CENTRAL SCHOOL .•%:,,,HALDWIN'S GARDENS, GRAY'S IN'N LANE, ON t '. l - ) NESDAY NEXT, JUNE the 6th, when 'Benefactors f an d en Guineas and u p war d s , all Annual Sub s c r ib ers of O t 4P G uinva and up - wards, will he intitled to attend.--His Lttit the Archbishop of CANTERBURY will take the Chair °Mock, preCisely. • • T. T. WALMSLEY, D.D. Secretary. '•