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[From " The Hibernian Journal" of July 2.] In complying with the general wish, so loudly and so enthusiastically expressed on Saturday last by the public—" Hundreds of anxious in quirers both Protestants and Catholics, having called at our office for papers, who were obliged to retire disappointed," we this day re-publish, in full, one of the ablest letters ever addressed to the population of a great country, and we ear nestly request the attention of every individual in the community to the sound constitutional advice given them by their enlightened, indefatigable, and eminently distinguished countryman, Sir Har court Lees, who by the force of his genius and unrivalled talents, seems to regulate the passions, and even the prejudices of both countries as he pleases. his Addresses to the People of Eng land, acted like an electric shock upon their feel ings —and within a few weeks changed the ap pearance of that country from a state bordering on, sedition; to one of universal loyalty and alle giance; and we prophecy that his letter, which we now submit to the public, will have the effect of defeating that measu;•e, which he deprecates with so much learning and ability ; and of per suading the Roman Catholics of this country, also, that he has their true interests nearer his heart, than any demagogue that ever yet appear ed to distract and disturb the loyalty and peace of Ireland. AN ADDRESS TO IRISHMEN OF EVERY RELI GIOUS PERSUASION. BY SIR HARCOURT LEES, BART. Black-Rock, Thursday night, June 28th. GE TL E N,—For a considerable timepast 1 havenot been an inattentive observer to the flagrant and undisguised attempts that have been made, and are at this hour making, to irritate the population of my country into violence, and finally, to fo ment rebellion in this part of this United Empire; and whilst I viewed with indigna':an the efforts of the demagogues, I consi dered it politic to allow every prudent license to the inflamma tory and seditious exhortations of the incendiary, that amidst the animated, and ingenuous disclosures of the patriot, we might ascertain, and consequently defeat the dark and insidious machination of the traitor. Gentlemen, our mutual enemies, in the sincerity of their declaration, have exposed the fallacy of their system, and whilst the sole object of their ambition was to exalt themselves on the ruins of their country, the real interests of Protestant or Roman Catholic, in the State, never once entered into their .serious consideration ; and provided that the Popish Patriots of Ireland were admitted within the pale of Parliament, and into the of fices of trust, the Popish citizens of Dublin might starve in a jail, or execrate, at their leisure, the loyal and eloquent pas. torals of their barristers, which had organized the welling chorus of reform, or had stimulated " unintentionally on their parts, I am certain," the operative classes of the community, in conjunction with the Ribbonmen, into acts of outrage, mur der, and rebellion. Gentlemen, it has been incontrovertibly established by Muretus, and proved from ancient documents, that there were 49 persons of illustrious family engaged in the Roman conspiracy of Catalina ; and it has been also ascertained that Julius Caesar and Crassus were both strongly suspected of encouraging this patriotic band of desperate vagabonds, in'their nefarious efforts to destroy the liberties of Rome ; but Cicero discouraged every attempt to involve them in the conspiracy, not wishing to afford it additional strength from their supposed co-operation. Whatever conspiracy may be hatching at the present day, we have at least the consolation of knowing, that the parties implicated, with the exception of two or three that I could name, are compoaed Of the most despicable and the most ignorant 'of human beings ; and we have the addi tional satisfaction of believing, that in the event of any ge neral disturbance taking place, Ireland is at present in a very different state to resist it, to that which Italy presented at th e period above all u d e d to . I n I ta li a nullus Exercitus. Cn. Pompeius in extremis terris helium gerebat.--Sal. in Cat.— So that, Gentlemen, your minds may be perfectly at ease, as to the immediate dispersion and annihilation of any body of miscreants, who should have the folly or temerity to ap pear in arms against the Government, or the Established Religion of the Empire; the exertions of the Demagogues will be fruitless, and the lineal descendant of Milesian Kings, shall be turned into still greater ridicule, by the undaunted and ever watchful guardian of your true interests, and your necessarily defined rights and privileges. Believe me, that the period is rapidly advancing, when all political differences will be reconciled, and an indentity of civil power will no longer be withheld from an apprehension of religious persecution--a period, when the massy portals of the British Constitution will be thrown wide open by the hands of Protestants, to receive with brotherly love and perfect confidence, the Representatives of their educated, enlightened, and convinced Roman Catholics. But this change, Gentlemen, shall not be accomplished by vio lence or faction ; that enlarged system of general education, which I recommended in my antidote, two years ago, free from prejudice, and above every other consideration uncon nected with the direct PERSONAL interference of Evangelical canting Psalm-singing hypocrites, with the religious duties of the Roman Catholic Priesthood, will eventually accomplish the mighty task I have taken in hands, and the full force of the great truths I have been so long and so zealously impressing upon the attention of my deceived countrymen, will be acknow ledged eventually with gratitude and thanks, by the very body, whose hostility-and resentment I was at first daring enough to encounter.-1 am encouraged in the indulgence of this hope, from the assurances of hundreds of Roman Catholics them selves, who have allowed the acknowledged superiority of my information, on those subjects connected with their Creed, and their decided conviction, that my character and disposition are any thing hut bigotted or intolerant. Gentlemen, when the period of emancipation, which I contemplate, shall arrive, and arrive it will, if my valued friend O'Connell will continue to assist me by his letters and his speeches, I will pledge myself to draw up in a sheet and a half of paper, such securities for the Established Church of my country, as shall give perfect satisfaction to both Protestants and Roman Catholics— such securities, I promise you, as will neither imprison the virtuous and conscientious Popish Prelate, or perjure the liberal Protestant Representative--if under the sanction of a Parliamentary writ of summons, he should take the Oath of Allegiance as framed by Mr. Plunkett, and who with the impression on his mind, that he is evincing his avowed fidelity to his Sovereign by the declaration, must inevitably gelid convicted before the All-seeing Majesty of Heaven, of offering a direct insult to his God, by a voluntary and irreligious act of blasphemy. Gentlemen, attemps are making, 1 am this day informed to a certainty, through the medium of the able and constitutional columns of the Patriot Journal' to summon an Aggregate Meeting in Dublin of the Roman Catholics of Ire land; and I find, as connected I much fear with this most im politic proceeding, the arrival in this lately loyal and tranquil city, of one of die most inveterate and most bigotted enemies the Protect= Religion of the British Empire ever had to con tend with--the Supreme Apostolical Vicar of England, Doctor Milner; in propria persona—a man, Gentlemen, whose writings against the 1t Church of England commenced in bigotry of the blackest nature, and possibly may have concluded, and I trust has, in the most malignant and unbounded misrepresenta tions against our establishments ; for in this line of invective his Lordship can go no farther—whilst, Gentlemen, his Ecclesias tical Democracy, in vindicating and extolliNg the provisions of the blasphemous and murderous Fourth Council of Lateran, " commanding the massacre of Protestants," which he designau s in that laboured week as the Great Council, alarms us not only for our religion but even for our lives--His " End of Religious Controversy," not long since published, must convince you all, if my numerous writings in defence of the Established Church have not already done so, that the same intolerant, merciless spint of persecution exists at the present hour in the breasts of, I - trust for the honour of human nature, only a few desperate Papists, which characterized the bloody and remorseless officials of the Itomish Inquisition in the dark and terrible ages of pro found superstition and worse than Pagan barbarity. What the imme.liate object of this Right Rev. Prelate's visit to Ireland at this precise moment of presumed loyalty and authorised expec tation, may contemplate, 1 have not vet ascertained; the ever watchful guardians of our Constitution in England, as else the Proprietor o f t h e Hibernian Journal, gave the early information of his intention, and in a communication with sonic Roman Catholics of known attachment to the State, three weeks back, 1 pointed out the probability of : the, patriots forcing on an Aggregate Meeting; I forewarned them of the ca isequences, and I earnestly requested their interference to pr event it. I told them, (and I was authorised to do so from no ignoble authority) that the slightest appearance of popular commotion " to be dreaded from any increased irritation on the subject of Emancipation," would deprive my country of the presence of an injured and venerated Sovereign, and my native city of an influx of rank, respectability and wealth, hitherto unexampled in the annals of Ireland. I was returned for answer, that I had nothing to dread upon the subject; - that the steady allegiance and the good sense of the Catholic Body at large would prevent it ; and that the demagogues, if they could not be resisted, should be deserted and exposed. God grant it may be so, or our Capital will be ruined. The zealous and able Editor of " The Dublin Morning Post," has this day nobly stood forward to present his fervent protest against this most indecent and most iniquitous proceeding; and to him the thanks of this unfortunately disorganised country are eminently due. Ile is the consistent and powerful advocate of Roman Ca tholic Emancipation on principle, without a particle of faction, and I earnestly entreat my brethren of every religious persua sion, to cherish his advice, and attend to the unbiassed, the praiseworthy exertions he is so laudablymakingin this instance, to secure the public tranquillity of ,his country, and to conso lidate and-confirm the national happiness of Ireland.. lam sa tisfied he will be supported in his efforts by " The Evening Post" of this night; the Learned Editors of both Papers are at variance with that system of policy and religion which I advo. cate and defend, but the opposition of such men, whilst it never can offend, forms the legitimate source of my exertion, and constitutes, if not my unbounded satisfaction, at least a reason able apology for my zeal, and above all for my apprehensions. To their remonstrances and exhortations on this disgraceful subject, I again invoke the undivided attention of my countrymen : what they counsel must be for the real interests of that Body, whose cause they so power fully support. I can only assure, you Gentlemen, that if through the exertions of the Right Rev. Vicar Apostolic, and the Right Loyal Counsellor O'Connel, an Aggregate Meeting should be held, and any petition for the redress of Roman Ca tholic grievances, as they are falsely styled, be founded on the measure for the purpose of harrassing or insulting the Sove reign, the chances are, these over loyal and orthodox Worthies never will have an opportunity of presenting it to the King in person on the Throne in Ireland, not from any apprehension of not or insurrection, which would be suppressed in a moment, but from a conviction in the Royal Breast of an insult being in tended to his already deeply injured feelings. Whatever in fluence my unremitting, and thank God successful efforts to protect the dignity of the Throne and the sanctity of the Church may have given me in England, it shall be alone exerted for the true interests of Ireland; no selfish motives, Gentlemen, ever did or ever shall influence me ; men in power equally as well as Patriots in opposition are alike and indiscriminately the objects of my reprobation when their political acts are at en mity with the religious and established privileges of the Church ; you must be all aware of this fact, no time serving sycophancy characterises my writings, I pursue the undeviating course dic tated by integrity and truth, and no office however exalted, no rank however dignified (which to a mind constituted as mine is, appears to be so much gilt fringe, without talents and virtue) shall shield the possessor from my attacks, exposure and ridi cule, who shall presume under the garb of ministerial inviola bility to trample on the bulwarks of the Constitution and to undei mine the National Establishments erected and hallowed for the support and protection of the true interpretation of the Gospel of my blessed Redeemer. Gentlemen, it is peculiarly necessary at the present awful period for every man sincerely attached to the King and Constitution of his country to keep his eye steadily fixed upon the proceedings of a few ambi tious demagogues, aided and assisted as they may be by the Right Rev.VicarApostolic, Doc. Milner. This holy and learned Papist has asserted in a former work of his " that the Roman " Church by the ordinance of God has the supremacy of " power, and that the Pope has a right of add re ss ing hi s doc trinal instruction s an d ecclesiastical mandates to every portion " of the Church, and that they are to be received as coming " from Christ." Whether, Gentleman, this Orthodox Apostle has paid us the honour of a visit for the purpose of delivering the Pope's instructions on the subject of Mr. O'Connell's Ultra Loyal Counter Orange Association, or his present intended Aggregate meeting, I cannot yet inform you, but I believe this Holy and Right Rev. Friar has come over chiefly with a view to beat up for recruits against the concession of a Veto, to the Crown, in the nomination of Popish Bishops. If this should he the case he might have avoided the sea sickness ofa steam boat, had he consulted me instead of Mr. George Canning, for I could have informed hi m th a t un d er no circumstances whatever can a British Sovereign hold connnunion with, or acknowledge the Church or See of Rome, and of course cannot sanction schism in the Church by approving of, much less nomi nating Popish Bishops to their Sees—for if his Corona tion Oath binds him on a principle of conscience . the Constitutional Statutes of his Empire as securely bind him on a principle of law.—This subject I have already explained, I think in page 35 of my Crisis.—One thing I hope, however, will be commented on by the Learned and tolerant Doctor, I mean the validity of those works of mine in defence of Chris tianity, which have shaken Popery to its centre in Ireland ; I have already called upon this learned controversialist to refute one sentence I ever wrote, I call upon him again now in the midst of this counter Orange Association, or under the auspices of the intended Aggregate Meeting, for the Redress of Roman Catholic grievances. I have silenced, and humbled, and ex posed every Milesian antagonist who has encountered me yet. I request now to break one lance before he retires with this great English Chieftain. He cannot want attendant Knights, I am certain, at the tournament, for such a combination of Irish Princes, and Irish Rabble have come up to the meeting " as so admirably grouped by the in va l ua bl e Ed itor of the Patriot Jour nal this night," that if some of them do not break his head from ' a principle of chivalry, let him look sharp to the others that they do not pick his pockets from a principle of knavery—Since the days of Robespierre 1 never saw such a collection of Nobility, (except a few of them most respectable certainly) as have now called upon the Catholics of Ireland to assemble, for the purpose of preventing our injured and beloved Monarch from coming here among us. Insulted, cruelly insulted, as his Majesty has been in England, our Gracious and Noble Prince turned his benignant eye upon Ireland—. that land of exalted honour and genuine hospitality and decency ; and in the arms of his' yet faithful and affectionate subjects he wished to relax his afflicted mind from the oppressive cares of his Kingly office, as also to convince his English subjects he had a place of refuge in his dominions, where he would be free from future ingratitude and daring outrage. And will you, Gentleinen, I ask, permit a set of violent incendiaries, with some few unthinking dupes, to disappoint this wish—to desolate your chief City, and to ruin your Citizens--I am certain, and I hope you will not. Have done, I implore you, with politics, and public Meetings for the present, except you express and confine yourselves alone to an Address of Congratulation and of Thanma—reserv e yourselves solely for that Meeting which is promised you, and now imme diate ; and when you attend upon the beach, to welcome to your shores the best and mos t enlightened Prince in Europe, keep your eyes fixed upon my signal - , who first stood forward in front of the British Empire to support my injured Sovereign ; and on the testimony of the English writers, " first roused the loyalty of the Empire, and overwhelmed and confounded the enemies of your King." And when I raise my hat, then, Gen tlemen, let the assembled loyalty and pride of Ireland, raise their cheer of gratitude and exultation, which may be heard, I hope, even in England; and should an Almighty Providence, who watches over the safety of both Empires and Sovereigns, waft it there, it will perhaps have the effect of causing, for the first time in his chaste life, a blush in the countenance of the grateful Lord Erskine, and the rest of a basely deserted Mo narch7s steady and attached friends, in the houses of Lords and Commons, of the United Kingdom. I have the honour to subscribe myself, Previous to retiring- to my rest, Gentlemen, your Countryman and Friend, HARCOURT LEES. / :.? NUMBER 9009.] LAST WEEK. ROYAL ACADENIY, SOMERSET PLACE. NOTICE is hereby given, that the .EXIIE tn, ,RITION of the ROYAL. ACADENIY will finally close Prec ArU RDAY NEXT, the I.4th Inst an t, a t S e v en o 'Cl oc k isely. 4dinission (every Dav, from Eight o'Clock till Seven), One Catalogue, One Shilling. H. HO their Works on Toes °Y, the 17th, or Wcdtlesday, the I sth. 4 TH of THIS MONTH (JULY) WILL BE DRAWN, to a Certainty, T , to PICTURE LOTTERY, (Separately iron, the S ate Lottery.) 16,550 .l PRIZES.—VALUED AT £132,225. 1 purchaser of a Red Ticket, and a Black Ticket, is sure Ticket s to gain a Priz e . 31. 3s. each, are on Sale at the Exhibition, Nos. 53 tlibs4, New Bond-street, (where 'peciinens of t ht. izes are ited Gratis), and at all the Lottery Offices. v .** The superior merit of the Pictures and Grand Works, k '"ch form the Prizes in the above Lottery, is universally RC sidedged• The official opinion of the lats venerable Pre th " and principal Members of the Royal Academy, was in . t crY highest terms of praise. and 'it nj a m in West sys," they are correct and beautiful, will h e honou re d a n d admired by subsequent ages." Sir "iiis Lawrence " saying, that they are ,"4utifal spucien." Sir Beechy says, " there n 4 ::""t be two opinions on their merits ; they are certainly ,:jst___rtiuisitely finished and unigne." Mr. Ward says ,: hi r. ";r i c can be but one opinion as respects their excellence.. th, ". has great pleasure in adding Ips testimony to t hat nlen resident of the Royal Academy, in whose says,hou "thm he entirely concurs." Mr. Smirhe " the i n %Inch they a re comp l e t e d. as P a i nt i ngs , i s new and , . 'at wvt ai d the result fat exceeds any coloured imitati ons e ever prodin.ed Europe." 11 SM- STRANGE, DASHWOOD, AND COMPANY'S CREDITORS. IN-OTICE is hereby given, that the JOINT AtIN,ItEDiToRs Nlessrs. STRANGE, DASH WOOD, hs hers + in and PEACOCKE, (formerly carrying on liosiiiess b New B o nd-stre e t, un d er the fit m of Stran ge , ~4*(1,1. :sod Co.) wh o h ave p rove d t h e i r Delos tooter a bloc s Trtist, dated the day of July, Isol, executed by p,'(l, firm for the benefit of their Crediti.rs. .may receive 1ou'„,1(111Ell. DIVIDEND of FIVE SHILLINGS in the lie, AD on their re.pecii ve Debts, upon aliplyitig at the Of -1.1%-kKE, No. '2O, Devonshire street, Portland. I,,o4+.oetween the hours of to and 9 o'clock on either of the 4, 11 ( 1 'l'K s viz.lolll, Ith, lids, 16t1., lith, 18th, lb b ta d 4 3, I; lant And such of the said Creditors, -114trit w.iluins:llifsor.rust; postponed in of Two nzs and ite's""ce the in pursuance of the isul4t'On s C ° . "l" ' I " N A I p tin of the Creditors of NI essrs. Co., fi e ld oil the id day of May, 4 ltt .4 ' l4 'Y at the rune time receive tbe Dividend. to which 1 4 re ‘pc‘ctiv;ly entitled, with interest for the came from 144 11; t " d aY of May, 1805, to the 4th day of July instant, pin.- " the said Ifesolution.. And all Persons Claillllllg to be .1,1„,, t ', 1 to receiv e eit herof such Dividends, eitheras Eeccittors, 1141"r"441.4t0r5, Trustees, Assignees, or otherwise than in ! t i ltil e:7 r n . r ight, are requested to leave at the said Mr. Leake !tiul?-.!!l%.pection, two days previou ! ly to their applying !iividerids, the original authority under . which they 0 44 411 1 . , e so entitled, or a copy thereof; and in case they A t 'eeti e i at t eels' a copy thereof, th will be required to pro 'l,l • e t• they receive their Dividends. th 411 Per^ at t; • - B• 11 e Casa P ost Note., or S, of "'he „; th r , , ..t r ot,ss•ill Le re a ired to produce the saute at the receipt of Use q Uiridend thereon. 4, crilied I This Day was published, t o Lord Bishop . of Durham, Price in boards, 7s. SERM the Second Edition of N t , 0 N S.—By de late Rev. J 011 N kitti„,, t 1 ., tteruc HE it , A.M."How of Magdalen .Colirge, Oxford, Vicar of Kirk ),Pri„,,, Newtoo and Rector of Shaftesbut v. 1,? 4 , 4 . 4 "),, r Z• C. and .1. Ririogt-on, 6i, St. Paul's Clo . !rcli ' ;ilk! ..'.naterlaiotilace, Pall-wail ; and sold by RI% itig •,,......................_,,,,hratie, 248, St road. ItFOR EIUN TRADE. M DT ., Speedily will he pohlished. '''lc OBSERVATIONS on the WARE 'Jim Ittn 7 , N1,..` ii s SING SYSTEM and NAVIGATION I,AWc. 4.1,t,,, ,itement of some of the burthens to which the 4 t l -4,, t 0 4 4",1 Tl4tle of this Country, particuladv in the Purt j,ltn,n, are subject. To which will he added, a Correct 1 4 4 -P rt. !f . the Sp eec h of the Right Hon. T. Wallace. M.P. , 1 4, 1 1 e tiaLdellt 1 the R o a r d a prytck, iipon the introduction 4 .,; , hr.,, - . 4 " 44 Commons of tlire Dills for extending the In ', t., In g SYstenr, and a Modification of the Navigation With Copies of the said Bills. : .\......„...,.., By OHN HALL, EGq. 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I , tte has Neurbery," engraved in Mantit un e a ch Bo m ttle and Packet. 10 7, -..'"'",------_____________ A i 4 E r 1 '1d...k lo‘ N •' s HILITY AND THE FASHIONABLE WORLD, S EAST I NDIA WAREHOUSES, &c., Nu. 16, 4 it i CHEAPSIDE. 1: 4 04 . 1 '4i .'ai-L'ARD takes leave to inform the , No tii, m-dial•p;4_,4 Fain'l' s that by his long experience in the No t •p„cart 1,440,e and i gr eat le.' ell °Z - Itl r '44-I;ol,,";*.hebas been eoabled,. in rr . elditioet tee his !Oost LL'tlict,"'.°l India Goods in Muslins„Slwls Long , - ' l, Plet,, e i , quid and Silver Niue ins, &c. to rn r . oSuce d tt c ß: 11 ° ,4 1 1 ; .n btant,-ulitations of each lee British ; and Ins1Pr1)1u"11 tac t ' Sircaralli.lll S hawls; Nainsook, Seerhaue Clothl oriiia a;d , cos: 1,1 4 ; q the fi n iu, and Betil la Met.leris : Lone., 44, e, n "I d ts • e ingerani make, are of the first kind, an d at lite 41 ' 'Wed ,IraLble Prices. These Imitati o ns ~ ef the F ore i gn , 41A "e , I , ° oe so complete, that the best Judges may take.. r 1 theta., 4;1::e. other; to " prevent which both are stamped. 'I r iet Y 4e 4 o real India fievals will find the greatest k t ,.t c r e, l--- ll,e C o mpany 's Warchowe; aced 1 hose who re t,;4testti;", Briti sliMuslins, Shawls,&c. will find them in the , t l j 4t eti v ,.., "lec ,tiAn; and bulb British and India, as well those ti iti ,e pi e ;o 4 N etitclot lis as for Ladies' we , ar, if taken in i e t i r $t its e, or rh y, at the Wholesale I vices. J. M. erg I Pte l I il.egfßily 4 o recommend tee Fatitilie.s his choice un -1:ill i e i sh Linens ww ie h for beauty, durability, and eco -44'tei-,11 6e s un:used. Families arriving from abroad are tet i l'd t a " 'Y mfu rined,that thr greatest variety o f vfleite and Co tt': P, 9cY Dresges are kept , adapted fur Morning, Dinner, it,,'Ocill:l"g Dress after the newest Parisian style, coin 'tds ~ t 10s. 6d. ' the Dress; and every (ether description of letetili'°Portinahly cheap ; within-inter:l Furniture, printed 01Ii i it tat (!? and coloured Nluslierisot unique designs; Ito penal 1 , 'otle. white Chints, and Arierigoes, peculiar to the 4 ti ta ; India Shawls bought. French Canibries and Foreign St 'fable Lin.en as imported. ACittL4oless than 6,754 Exotics were introduced t 11'lgland in the cours e of the reign of his late ip CZShei_,tsTY ; durin g the reign of ELIZABETH 1783 u uring the reigo of the two CHARLES'S and iiIwELL; 44 in the reig - ,14 of JAMES 11. ; 298 f 4N knitt of AlrtLia.4ll ofda MARY ; 230 in that . o 182 io that GLORG E L. ; and 1770. in 11:tio.t?f he rtGE if. The total number of Exotics I)no•Gardens of this Country appears to be SUN. PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY 10. _ ROYAL ASSENT. The Loan CHANCELLOR, the Duke of MoNT ROSE, and the Earl of SHAFTESBURY appeared as his Majesty's Commissioners and brought down the Royal Assent to the following Bills :—The Consolidated Fund Bill, the Husbandry Horses Duty Repeal Bill, the British Spirits Bill, the Assessed Taxes Composition Bill, the Corn Ave rages Bill, the Captured Slaves Bill, the Exche quer Bills for Public Works Bill, the Naval Pro perty Bill, the Mohair Bounties Bill, the Irish Silk Bounties Bill, the East India Trade Bill, the Warehousing of Goods Bill, the Irish Cus tom Collectors Bill, the Irish Revenue Commis sioners Bill, the Rum Importation Bill, the Lu natic Trustees Bill, the Bankruptcy Courts Bill, the Metropolis Police Bill, the London Wharfs Bill, the Dublin Foundling Hospital Bill, and a great number of Private Bills. The Duke of Clarence Provision, the Appro priation, and the Lotteries Bills were read a third time, passed, and sent to the Commons. Mr. Hancock, from the Navy Prize Office, pre sented a statement of the - Fees paid on Naval Prize Accounts.—Laid on the table. The Earl of LAUDERDALE presented a petition from the Prisoners for Debt in the King's Bench, praying for an Act of Grace in consequence of the Coronation.—Laid on the table.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at half past three o'clock ; immediately after which he was sum moned to the House of Lords, to hear the Royal Assent given by Commission to several Bills. On his return he informed the House of the names of the Bills to which the Royal Assent had been given, (for which see Lords report.) NEW WRITS. On the motion of Mr. ARBUTHNOT, a new writ wag ordered to be issued for the election of a Knight of the Shire to serve in Parliament for the King's County, in the room of John Parsons, Esq. who has accepted the office of Judge of the Insolvent Court in Ireland.—A new writ was also ordered to be issued for the elec tion of a Burgess to serve in Parliament for the Borough of Cockermouth, in the room of the Right Hon. J. Beckett, who has accepted the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds. ALLEGED ERRORSzx REPORTS OF TiiE DEBATES. Mr. BENNETT wished to take that opportunity of correcting a misrepresentation which had gone abroad respecting what he had said on a former occasion, on the subject of the Stamp Duties. lie was made to say in some of the public papers, that Mr. Grierson of the Stamp Office, had re ceived more fur proclamations than he had given credit to Government for. He said no such thing. What he did say was, that there was a deficiency in the returns made by that gentle man, owing, he presumed, to a deficiency in the order for making the return. Ile was the more anxious to correct this, as he understood that the mistake had given pain to the individual in question. Mr. BROUGHAM said, he wished also to take that opportunity of correcting a mistake which had been made in the speech of the lion. Mem ber for Renfrewshire ) respecting the establish- ment of Mr. Owen, of Lanark. - That which was alluded to as a letter signed by six clergymen was, in fact, a regular certificate of a Committee from the Clergy of the county who had viewed ie establishment. It had b e en stated to the public also, that Mr. Owen's Plan was opposed to machinery ; now the fah was, that Mr. Owen's plan, be it right or wrong, depended entirely on a more extensive introduction of machinery. GRANT TO THE DUKE OF CLARENCE. A message from the Lords announced that their Lordships had agreed, w ithout any amendment, to the Bill for granting a sum of 6,0001. a year, and the arrears, to his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence. This message (as is usual in cases of Act making provision for any of the Royal Family) was brought by two of the Judges, dressed in the robes they wear in term. CORONATION. Mr. BATHURST presented a Petition from the Prisoners in the King's Bench Prison, setting forth that the different Prisous were filled with Prisoners who could not immediately obtain re lief under the Insolvent Debtors' Bill, and pray ing that measures might be taken to enable them to partake in the general rejoicings on the occa sion of the Coronation of his Majesty. They humbly hoped that the House would address the Crown on this subject, or pass a Lill for their Relief, to open their prison doors awl set the captives free.—Ordered to lie on the table. POLITICAL OFFENDERS. _ _ Mr. llonnousk: wished to — take this opportu nity of saying a few words upon a hint which had been thrown out to Ministers, by a Gallant Friend of his, a few evenings ago. lie was anxious, as far as in his power, to strengthen what had then been recommended to them, and he trusted that what he said would be taken in good part. There was, at this moment, a num ber of persons in prison for political offences— and he was sure, that, on the approaching Coro nation, Ministers might, with the greatest pro priety, advise the Crown to mitigate the punish ment of those individuals. One of the indivi duals now in 'prison was descended From an an cient family ; and he believed that none of the persons in prison had been before guilty of any political crime. With respect to thaicase of Mr. 11. Hunt, there was not an individual in the coun try who did not think that the punishment to which he was sentenced had been directed against PRICt SEVtNPIINeg • the man, and not against the crime. In saying this he did not mean to cast any imputation upon the Learned Judges by whom that sentence was given he could not think of allowing Parliament to sepa rate without calling- the attention of Ministers to this subject. Indeed, he had heard that - many of the Jurymen who convicted Mr. Hunt had declared, that bad the known he was to be visited with so severe it punishment, they would have returned a - verdict of not guilty; besides it should be recollected, that Mr. Hunt was con victed only on one of the many counts laid against him, and that even upon that there was con siderable difficulty of proof. On a former oc4 casion Ministers had thought proper to interfere in behalf of a man who had been guilty of that which, were it not so common, he (Mr. Hobhouse) should call one of the greatest crimes which could be committed in a free state--a . crime which went to poison the very sources of Legis lation—that of tampering with the retu rn i ng o f Members to th a t House. He would have brought the question before the House in an o th er s h ape early in the Session, were it not that he felt the inexpediency of legislating on such matters, Such an act of Royal clemency as that which he wished now to press upon the attention of Minis ters, would give more splendour to the Royal Pageant which was to take place, than any orna ment which was in preparation for it. The Pe tition was laid on the Table. BREWERS IN SCOTLAND. Lord A, II Amir.ToN asked the Chancellor of. the Exchequer whether any further instructions. were to be given to the Excise of Scotland, for . the purpose of preventing inconvenience to Brewers, on the subject of the Brewery Act, which was passed this Session ? His own opinion was, that the instructions already sent on that subject were insufficient, and that as the Act now stood, Brewers could not carry on their business. The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER said, that the Treasury would take care to prevent the occurrence of any inconvenience under the Act. ORDERS OF THE HOUSE. A person from the East India Company brought up certain documents relative to Pensions, pursuant to an Order of the House. Mr. IIUVE took that opportunity of complaining of the negligence of the public offices in presenting papers ordered by the House. He and his Honourable Friend, the Member for ' Abingdon (Mr. Maberly), had, several weeks ago, moved for the production of papers (many of which might have been laid on the table in forty-eight hours from the order being made), but none of them had since been presented. This was a great inconvenience, as it would prevent Members from looking over them in the recess ; but of twenty-five orders of this kind which had been made, not one had been complied with. He com plained particularly of the delay of certain papers ordered from the Treasury. Mr. LUSHINGTON assured the Honourable Member, that it was impossible to use more dispatch than had been used in getting ready the papers to which lie alluded, but that they were not yet complete. Mr. MABERLY complained that several weeks had - elapsed without producing the paper s or d ere d b y t h e House, though to his certain knowledge they might have been laid on the table in twenty-four hours. When an order was given in any public office for getting papers ready, it ought to be dated, and thea the House would see where the fault lay. Mr. LUSHINOTON repeated, that no unnecessary delay took place in his office. Mr. CREEVEY said, that the papers respecting the Four and a Half per Cents, which had been moved for some time since, had not yet been produced. Mr. RUNE begged to know whether the Secretary of the. Treasury (Mr. Lushington) would have any objection to allow him a manuscript copy of the papers which had been moved for, as it was too late to have them printed this Session. Mr. LUSHINGTON said, he had no objection to give the Honourable Member a copy as soon as it could be made out. Mr. P. MOORE made some observations upon the exped:- ency of laying the Public Accounts on the table on the 10th of February, instead of on the 25th of March. After a few words from the CHANCELLOR of the EX CHEQUER, Mr. P. MOORE (as we understood him) said, he would next year renew a motion which he had made eleven years ago on that subject. MR. M'ADAM'S PLAN. Mr. JIUME presented a Petition from a person of the name of Lester, at Burton-on-Trent. This Petition referred to a matter, which, though small in amount, he considered of great import ance in point of principle, as it represented the Chancellor of the Exchequer to have paid to Mr. M'Adam the sum of 4,0001. out of funds which were not at his disposal. This fact would not have been known, but for the return made to the motion of an Hon. Friend of his, which had proved the sum he had mentioned to have been advanced from the funds of the Post Office, over which the Treasury had no controul. The Peti tioner stated, that in 1803, he had published of Low , man's the plan sinc e ac t e d upon b y M r. M'Adam. Had the four thousand pounds ster ling given to that Gentleman been proposed to that House, he must have known of the intention of Government, and, in that case, could have proved that he, and not Mr. M'Adam, was en titled to receive it. - He (Mr. Hume) objected to the manner in which the payment had been made, as it appeared - not 'to the inventor of the plan, who, had the grant been moved in that House, might have had an opportunity of making good his claim. The CHANCELLOR of the Excnr.oxiEn did not object ,to the Petition being received ; but he apprehended nothing was easier than to defend the course which had been taken. The Hon. Gentleman had kept out of sight the material fact, that the grant to Mr. M'Adam had been re commended by a Committee of that House. In consequence of this, Government had inquired if the Post Office derived any material benefit from the plan of Mr. M'Adam, and, upon the answer given in its favour, they felt justified in giving the sum recommended by the Committee. Mr. BENNET said, if money might be thus advarred without the sanction of that House, instead of 4,0001. 40,0001. • might be paid away in the !awe manner. On this KinciFle, Mr. Palmer might have received the amount of his claim with out the interference of this House. If money might thus Pie paid away by Ministers, why did the flight lion. G e ntl ern t aa • comae to. the 'House at all ?. fie did nut quarcel with the remu neration given to Mr. M'Adam, but with the manner hi which it had been granted. Mr. HUME thought,-if any sum tight thug v,e paid away, the amount of the whole of the Estlmatts iniKhk be taken in the same manner. On futule.ocovions, he h9p_f d the liou*e tee l 4