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CANIBRIDGE, INIARcn 15. UNIVERSITY PETITIONS. At a Congregation of this University on Mon day last,ePetitiOns :.o both Houses of Parliament against the Ronan Catholic Bill were voted by considerable majorities.—The following is a copy of the Petition to the House of Commons:— Td the TIONOURAELE the CO3rmoN - s of the Unitod King do sin of GREAT BRITA:N and IRELAND in PARLIAMENT ass nzbl.3. TI . IC hlITIII)le PETITION Cf t h CHANCELLOE, MASTERS, and SCHOLARS Of the UNIVERSITY Of CAMBRIDGE, Sutwvrir—Thai yout Petitioners have learnt with much Concern that bills have beta introduced into your Honourable l i"s 3 , for the repeal or modification of the severel oaths-and declarations affecting his MajeSty 4 g Roman Catholic Subjects, and for regulating the intercourse of spiritual persons, pro fessing the Roman Catholie Religion, With the See of Roine. That, howntuchsoever any of the articles of belief referred to in those declarations, may be stileel merely speculative and dog raatical, your Petitioners cannot but regard with the most se rious alarni, the removal of declarations which is to be followed by an immediate practical consequence of so fundamental and -Momentous a kind, as the unrestrained admission of Roman Catholics to political power. That, the points more especially comprised in thoie declara tions, being these two, the Romish DoctFine of the Eucharist, and of the' Supremacy, are those very points winch your Peti tioners have ever been taught to regard as the grand, distin guishing -articles between the PopiSb and the Protestant Faith ; as those precise points, which, in the language of the three most illustrious and-rnost learned Martyrs, Fathers, and Confeisors of the English Church, Cranmer, and Ridley, and Jereell; have beer efirphatically and distinctly stileZ, by one, " the chief root, whereas the rest is but branches and leaves ;" by another, " the two principal things that bear up the whole brunt of - the Pope's religion;" and by the third, " the two, his most perilous, and In °st dangerous engines, - which he hath to impugn Christ's verity and Gospel." That diesel/ills, as they affect the Royal Supremacy over _ . IPiritual persons and causes, do strike at that which is one of t he inort undoubted and most ancient prerogatives of the So vereignty and Realm of England, find further, as they intro duce a foreign authority, are so far contrary to the just .prin viPles °fall civil government : and, most of all, as by a new . "Q baneful example, they do formally recognize the spiritual Jur isdiction of the See of Rome in this realm, (that which has b eet the scourge of the freedom and independence of nations, 41141 of individual happiness, in every age), they do, to the un '4standing of your petitioners, establish a most dangerous and Pernicious precedent, which your petitioners contemplate with Ij ud feelings of surprise, alarm, and the deepest regret. That your petitioners are decidedly of opinion that the pro- Illi ses which some hold out of reconciliation and content to ensue from the success of these proceedings, in the kinds of his Majesty's Roman Catholic Subjects, are to be con- Riler ed, both from past experience, and also from the very na ture of the case, as totally delusive and visionary ; while your Petitioners are satisfied, on the contrary, that every fresh con cession has been, is, and must be, only an argument for more, E 0 lon g as any single privilege or power, whether of a civil or ec clesiastical kind, shall be left unconceded and meanwhile, • la consideration, which has been too much disregarded,) the ap- PrebensiOn, distrust, and discontent, to be excited among his Majesty's Protestant Subjects, with securities totally impaired, told dangers correspondently increasing, must needs become ex ttente : for, the political effects produced by the religious prin. tl / 2 des of the Rehan' Catholics, at all times, and in every country to w hich their influence has extended, are recorded in the rzitory of the world, in characters too plain to be misunderstood, too unequivocal to be explained away. • I ne : tir Petitioners, therefore, so far from expecting, by these 3 5 mutual harmony and confidence to arise among the dif. ,Irl 0 t classes of his Majesty's subjects, discern nothing else but cas; ` Oll given to fresh intestine struggles of a far more serious I ,, e "e ' i On, tan any which hae been exprienced, sine th e tilousi times h which led to the v e Revolution in 1f,83, or c even sirlee the Reformation itself :—with no prospect of repose, till th e contest shall have been decided for the very being of the ) , 44 g .1i 1h Constitution, the existence of our Church Establish ar!d Reformed Protestant Faith, and with these, the con it,ance of civil liberty and true religion amongst us. tbeiefore, not without other our just rights in behalf i of i e „ w dien we, in particular, should be entitled to conjure mr , ourable House to re j e ct the present bills, yet, omitting te re th "S , t, and pleading only in behalf of those vital in al enumerated ; pleading for the existence and alel'cit itse mutual charit eaceableness, and good..:,vill among s Majesty's Subjects; .and for the preservation, mum s '``,.,ed, of the Royal Prerogative ; and for the security of.the 41 2_ 1 and religious liberties of every class . of our fellow-country -all of which, by the present designs,' appear to us to be i r rler actually assailed and Injured, or.placed in imminent and 7.e-aiing dang er . our petitioners, therefore, most humbly, but most earnestly i t Zeich your honourable Rouse, that Om Bills may not pass 4 ' 4 your petitioners, as in duty bound,' shall ever pray, &c. -- TAIIILITY OE PERSONS TO BE COMPELLED TO, OFFENMERL—At the late Cumber- Assiies,.Mr.•Justice BEST, said he wished to a few observations, which perhaps were very Ci e " called for. A mernber of the grand jury (Mr. lta t s l tian) had represented to him sincehis charge ouri Delivered, that the Magistrates in this t om Y (and the same was the case, his ki n ,, s hip understood,. in many parts of. this ip i Voln) had met with considerable difficulty 'tie discharge of their duty, in consequence of c oh il ,Tinn -that had one abroad, that a person '" not b e bound over to' prosecute, but only to c „i ee vidence. • This arose in consequence of a n bjvonmade at one of the metropolitan police offices an ' a- gentleman, wha.at the same time referred to 'et of Parliament - tq bear out his assertion. It l ' as certai n ly t rue ,th a t the Act of Philip and Mary, }sere alluded to,gave the magistrate no such power; h s' it thatActilad little to . do with the subject. By the 41 hrt.'llon law of theland,maoistrates have a - right to r equire persons to be bound over to prosecute ; and "Pr.Son•,-effusing should be told that the magistrate 1 , 8 11 , egto,:i with power to compel them. 11. is -Lord s hi p knew nothing of this misconception but 'slat h e h a d ,seen in the newspapers; yet it was Ileessar that'its entire fallacy should be known t y every one. ' "o --- Lc.646„—f'i'b hear from Portugal, that a Clew volcano has burst out in the highest sum 11'4 - of a ridge bf nieuntaiits near Leiria. This e xtraordinary phenotrienou occurred at the pe niod of the high. rise of the Douro, mentioned in most, of the Journals. The volcano was in full action when the latest accounts came away, but had happily taken a direction which threaten ed to do 'little damage. The country is stern, and it may be recollected as that through which \V r.t. LI:XL-To:4 passed in pursuit of MASSTNA. THE LATE MR. SCOTT. Mr. JOHN SCOTT, whose recent death has in terested a Considerable portion of the public,. has left a widow and two children; for wham he was unable to provide, By distinguished talents, as well as by exemplary prudence and industry, lie had only just reached•the point where he had a near prospeCt of securing the comfort of thOSe who were dear to him. Some of his friends have thought themselves authorized in such circum stances to appeal to the general benevolence of the Public,- on behalf of the helpless family of a man of ability and virtue, The following. Gen tlemen have agreed to act as a Committee to superintend the application of the Subscription:— Sir Jathes Mackintosh Horace SAiith, Esq. Francis Chantrey, Esq. R.A. John Murray,. Esq. Rev. A. Waugh, D.D. Robert Baldwin, Esq. G. Darling, M.D. S. W. Reynolds, Esq. Subscriptions will be received by _Messes. COUTTS and Co., Strand ; Messrs. SMITH, PAYNE, and SMITH, Mansion house-street Messrs. - ERRIES, FA RQL7HAR, and CO., St. James's street ; Mr. MunaAY, Albemirle-streef; and Messrs. BALDWIN, CRADOCK, and JOy, Pater noster-row. SAINT PATRICK. St. Patrick, from the eminent services he ren dered to the Irish, in converting them from ido latry, is called the APOSTLE and FATHER of the HIBERNIAN CHUACH ; and he has also the ho nour of being selected, as the Patron or Tute lary Saint oft7that Island. The name this Saint'' received at his baptism was SuccEATn, formed from the British language, and expressing " Va lour in War." His parents, who were Britons by birth, were of great respectability and repute, and resided at the spot now called Kirkpatrick, near Dumbarton, where it is generally acknow ledged that this eminent character was born on the, sth of April, 373." But the Irish assert him to have been a Genoese Friar, who travelled oti foot through Italy and France, from whence he embarked for England, through which he also travelled on foot to the coast of Scotland, and embarking at Portpatrick, landed at Donagha dee, in Ireland. The Irish have a tradition relative to the land ing of St. Patrick on the eve of the ancient Baltiene, or Holy Fires,&c. &c.; but: the legend is so interwoven with absurdity and superstition, that the factis not noticed by the most accredited histories of that Saint. The wearing the Shamrock on the Feast of St. Patrick is attributed by some to the following circumstance :—When he first endeavoured to plant the seeds of Christianity in Hibernia, he found great difficulty in inculcating the doctrine of the TRINITY into the minds of his rude and barbarous auditors, and therefore had recourse to a visible image whereby to illustrate his dis course. Thus, when expounding that tritheis ' tical mystery, he held in his hand a leaf of the Shamrock or Trefoil, as representing the divisi bility of the- Divinity into three distinct and equal parts, but its junction or union in one stem or original ; and this ingenious mode of account ing for the wearing of the Shamrock may possi bly have truth for its basis, although it is more probable',- that as the Shamrock had been long before-the time of ST. PATRICK considered as the national-badge or emblems it was worn on the anniversary of ST. PATRICK to mark him as their Patron or Tutelary Saint. REGISTER OF FASIIION. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. His Royal Highness the Duke of York has issued cards of invitation for a very extensive dinner party, at his house iii the Stable Yard, on Saturday next. The party, we believe, will, consist chiefly of Noblemen, and others, interested in the en suing contests at Newmarket.. The Duke of Devonshire gave a grand dinner on Wednes day to the Archbishop of York, the Earls of Darnl4 and Derby, and the other Directors of the Ancient Music ; Lord and Lady Morpetk, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Lamb, and several other dis tinguished persons were of the party. Yesterday his Grace en tertained another party at Devonshire House. Wednesday the Earl and Countess COwper gave a grand dinner, at their house in George-street, -Hanover-square, to the Marquess and Marchioness of Lansdown, Earl and Countess Of Jersey, Visc9unt and Viscountess Granville, Lord Mel:. bourne, Mr. and Lady C. Lamb, Lord and Lady George Ca vendish, Lord and Lady William Russell, and a large party of their distinguished friends. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland is now giving a series -of private balls at Dublin Castle. ALMACK'S.—The second ball for the season took place .on. Wednesday evening, at these elegant Rooms. , Dancing com menced at eleven O'clock, and finished at three yesterday morn ing.—There were present nearly , two hundred distinguished .fa sinonablei, being upwards of fifty more than at the second ball last season. FASILIONABLE MOVEMENTS. Viscount and Viscountess Morpeth have arrived at their house in Park-street, from the Earl of Carlisle's seat, Citstle Howard, Yorkshire- •- The Earl and Countess of Darlington and family have left their seat, Itaby Castle, Durham, for . Yorkshire. Sir John and Lady'Pollen and family arrived yesterday at their new residdnce in Albemarle-street, from their seat near Ahdover. • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. STATE OF THE ODDS.-: ,ETTING ROOM, March 15 BY. 12 to 1 agst Gustavus 12 to 1 agst Jock. 8 to 1 agst Reginald 10 to 1 agst Morel OAKS: b to 1 agst My Lady. ItIDbLESIVOILTtr. _ 2to I agst Reginald I9to 2 agst Selima. 5 to 2 agst Morel SAINT LEGER. Bto 1 agst Jack Spiggot 1 14 to 1 agst Colwell. EXTRAORDINARY TROTTING MATCH.—Lately Captain A—, R. N., and J. H—, Esq, of Bromsgrove, .made a match to trot each other's horses for 50 guineas aside ; from Bromscove turnpike-gate to Worcester turnpike-gate; a distance of .11 miles, which was performed by Capt. A.'s grey . mare in 35 minutes, beating Mr. H.'s five minutes. PEDESTRIANISM.—CIIISP, the Celebrated pedestrian, is backed for three hundred guineis to walk against another cele brated pedestrian , _ from London to, , Liverpool: They. are to start from Hyde Park Corner at five o'clock on Easter,Monday morning, accompanied by . two Umpires on horseback . They are to halt on the road, at set places, and to sleep but twb nights on the way. lle that takes the least - time in walking their respective stages to be declared the winner. - Many bets are depending on the occasion, but at present Crisp . is the favourite. Boxmo.—A rare match and treat to the amateur took place yesterday on Banham-downs, in Hertz and Bucks, as the spot divided the counties. It was between George Granger, a tried good man, who beat the Bath Butcher and others, and Thomas Harding, better known by the rame of Huntingdon Toni, for thirty guineas aside. At the fourth round Harding was all abroad. : he was weak and insensible, and Gran Fer won the fight by hitting hinl downar.cl drawing two of his jaw teeth. • IA DTTA I 1 if„--1 110 USE OF LORDS, ILyicn. 15. Mr. Irving, from, the Customhouse, presented certain Papers relative to the T-rade with the United States of America, and With Cant On. Mr. Ball, from the Penitentiary at Milbank, presented the Report of the Committee, with a Copy of the Rules and RegulationS adopted thue, pursuant to Act of Parliament. The General Inclosure. Act Arnetichhttit Bill was read a third time"and passed. The Earl of SIIAFTESBURY presented a peti tition from the Mayor and Corporation of Col chester, against granting any further. concessions to the Roman,Catholics.—Ordered to lie on the table. ~ • Mr. BROGInN, and others from the Ifonse of Comnions, 'brought up the Silk Manufacturers' Bill, the Cochineal Bill and the Glass - Duties Bill, which were severally read a first time.—Ad journed• till to-morrow (this day.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. Sir T.LETHBRIDGE brought in a Bill to enable Trustees of Alms Houses, and other C►:aritable Foundations, to alienate houses _ and lands, by way of exchange, for other houses or lands of equal value.—Read a first tune, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday next. AGRICULTURAL D:SMESS. Mr. BENNETT presented aPetition from Wilt shire, on the subject of Agricultu ra l Distress ; and a similar petition from the eistern'part of the same County ; which were ordered to be printed. JUVENILE•; OFFENDERS' . BILL Mr. DUGD ALE brought hi a Bill for the punish ment of Juvenile Offenders, which was read a first time, and ordered to be printed. Mr. WHITMORE presented a Petition from the Clergy of Bridgenorth, against the Catholic Bill. Ordered to be printed. ANNUAL MARINE MLTTINY BILL. Mr. CROKER obtained leave to bring in the An nual Marine Mutiny Bill, without any alteration, Mr. CROKER then brought in the 13111, which was read a first time, and ordered to be'read a second time to-morrow. AGRIC;ULTEIRAL fI011•E DUTY REDUCTION BILL. On the motion of Mr. LUSIIINGTON, the Com mittee on this Bill was postponed till to-morrow. THE ItnNIAI%; cATuoucs. Mr. CRoKEa said, that he felt* necessary to state, on the important subject of the Roman Catholic Claims, that in case the House should so far adopt the principle of the Bill now before then►, as. to allow the Bill to be read a second time (of which, indeed, he entertained no doubt whatever), lie (Mr.Croker) would move instruc tions to the Committee to introduce a clause to enable his Majesty to afford provision to the Ro man Catholic Clergy—(Hear, hear. !) - The Flax Manufacture Encouragement Bill was read a third time and passed. . Mr. LtisniNoToNt brought up an account of the Stamps for Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes returned as not used.—Ordered to be printed. Sir H. CLIVE brought up a-Return of the num ber of persons convicted of acts connected with the forgery of Bank Notes pursuantio the Order of the House, which was ordered to lie printed. 13ItElCII OF PRIVILEGE. Sir RoNALn FERGUSSON bega . * by declaring the reluctance with which he at any time made it complaint of a breach of privileges of that House. He was, however, induced to rise on the present occasion, in consequence of paragraphs of a most gross nature which had appeared in - The Morning Post. An article which appeared in that Paper of yesterday, libelled his Hon.. Friend the Member for Appleby (Mr. Creevey,) and all those who acted with him the other night, ,in terms of the most unwarrantable nature, representing them as Jacobins,and people whose only object was to over- turn the constitntion. To-day this was followed up by a libel of a different character, in the. shape of a letter, signed " An Englishthan." The writer of this letter accused 'his Honourable Friend the Member for Appleby, by' ineUndo, of a species of cowardice, in a transaction which -had occurred between' him and an Hon. Baronet (Sir G. Warrender) whom he did not then see in his place. With respeCt to that transaction, he (Sir Ronald) had to state that he was the person consulted by his Hon. Friend (Mr.CreeVey,) and if there was any dereliction of:duty, or any point ! of honour unsatisfied:on that occasion, it was. him ' (Sir Ronald) and 'not that Han. Member, that was dishonoured. As soon as he '(Sir Ronald) had had an interview With the Noble Lord op posite (Lord Binning,) who acted for, the: Hon Baronet, he had no further - communication with . his Hon. Friend (Mr. Creevey) till the final ar rangement of the affair ; and be Would assert, that a more base, false, or maliciOnS 'Ebel never was inserted in any paper, than that of which he now .complained. In consequence of some words which. were dropped in, the course of debate by the }lon. Baronet, (Sir (l..Warrender) syern, in" to reflect on the Honourable Member for Appleby, he, (Sir Rpnald Ferguson) had ap plied to the Honourable Baronet for an .expla nation ; an explanation did. eventually take place of a nature the roost proper and satisfac tory. The honour of his lion. Friend (Mr. Creevey) was entrusted to his care• on that pm,. sion, and feeling under those circumstances that his honour was as much involved as that of his . Friend, having taken ‘thei matter in hand,' - he hOped the House would give credit to the, asser tion, that the honour of neither of_the parties was compromised in any way. :A:similar libel had appeared 'An a Sunday paper, " John Bull." As to that paper, he considered it a stain upon the- public 'Press of the. country.—a most malicious, false, and ra scally.publication.. As. far. as party 'feeling went in dictating political ariim-, adversions, God forbid , a libel.of that kind should -be punished. But the case was altered when it was private character that was attacked. • And not only did:this paper attack the Ortuousliving, but it raked up the ashes of the virtuous 'dead, The Hon. Baronet, declared, in conclusion, that he should not - follow the example of the Hon. Member for Yorkshire, by moving that the Prin,: ter be calla to the Bar, but should content him ; self with having 'exposed .to..the public this ca luinnioui libel to the satisfaction of the partiesj and the honour of .himself and his friend. Mat ters of this kind When-once concluded Onght . not to be revived. He could not sit down withdiit expressing a hope that the Noble Lord opposite who acted with him on that occasion, would Owl firm what he .had said of this libel, viz.=-that it was one of the most fotil, scandalous, and false that ever appeared. Lord BINNING assured the lion. and gallant Baronet,' that he most readily' complied With his call. lie participated strongly with 'him in opi nion, that matters of - thiS sort when once Con cluded ought never to be disturbed, nor the feek ingS, iti - .which they originated revived by one party or ,the other. He was sure conduct such as that, could only tend to dower that high sense Of delicacy and feeling which ought always to prevail in matters of honour.. The Hon. Baronet (Sir. Ferguson) had appealed to him, whether he had not properly characterized the trinsiction allUded to: lie had no hesitation in saying, that there, was nothing connected with that transaction whiCh Was not perfectly honour able to both partiei. The affair alluded to was conducted between , himself and the Hon. Baronet (Sir Ferguson), and had been conducted by thein in a manner satisfactory to the parties themselves and to their friends. • Ile must do the Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Ferguson) the justice to confess, that he could not have conducte'd him self in a manner more consistent with the honour of himself and his profession,, than fie ,did upon that occasion, and.he was sure that he was the la•t man in the world, in whose hands the honour of any one could suffer, After a few observations from Mr. Bernal, Lord Binning, Sir It. Ferguson, and Mr. Stuart Wortley, 'Mr. HAnnottn was proceeding to make some remarks on the subject, when - The SPEAKER called his attention, and the at tention of the House, to the circumstance, that the gallant Member who, introduced this discus sion had distinctly declined making any cnotien. He appealed, therefore, to the House, whe- Alter it would be advisable to extend its courtesy any further, to the interruption, of public business, after those who had felt thernsekes personally concerned had given vent to their explanations.—(Hear, hear !) INTERFERENCE OF THE MILITARY AT THE CAR LISLE ELECTION. Mr. JAMES said, the subject which he was about to bring under the consideration of the House was important, not because the rights of his constituents alone were at stake, but as it affected the rights of the British people general ly.—His motion would decide whether, at con tested elections for Members to sit in that House, Magistrates could call in the Military, and whe ther, in fine, these elections were to be decided at the point of the bayonet. During last Session, his constituents presented a petition to the House, in-which they complained of the illegal conduct of three Magistrates of the county of Cumber land, who, at a time that they were peaceably assembled in order to carry on the election of a Member for the city of Carlisle, introduced two . companies of soldiers, against law, and against the rights of the electors. The petitioners pray ed the House to be protected against a repetition of such attacks, but owing to the painful subject upon which the House Aas then engaged, it was not taken into consideration during that Session. A Noble. Lord, the Member for Westmorland, afterwards asserted that the allegations in this petition were untrue.; but that assertion must have been made from hearsay, the Noble Lord not being on .the spot, and he (Mr. J.) havieg taken great pains to ascertain the truth of all the alleg - ations in the petition. The facts of the case were shortly these. Previouseo the last election fln Carlisle, on account of some circumstances which .t was not necessary to explain, the canvass was unusually long. • Party feeling prevailed, then, as it ever will in such places' as Carlisle ; but, on this occasion; it arose rather higher than before. Sir Philip MusgraVe, now Member for. Petersfield; and •he (Mr. James) were the caudi dates. The election was opened at the Town hall; and on the 24th id May at noon.polling commenced. As the first rally was coming up l to the poll, some scuffle ensued, not unusual-in these cases, and Sir P. Musgrave's agents imme diately mae this a pretence for going to the Mayot. ' and requiring, the interference of the mili tary. Now it might be asked, why the military were there at all? He himself was surprised at it ; for he found in Blackstone, that during an.election, the military ought to he removed from the place one day preceding the election, and - not suffered to return until one day after it was over. Howeeer, the military were there ; 'hut the Mayor refused to employ them, telling the agents of Sir Philip Musgrave., that if they ap prehended any impediment at all in their way to the hustings, 'he himself would go at their head ; there was, however; no occasion for the interfe rence. of the Mayor... lie (Mr. J.) contended, therefore, that the Magistrates were not justified in calling in the .military ; for as a riot, if it hap pened, would void the -election, so there was no occasion of having recourse to this unconstitutional mode of stippresSing it. Things continued in this way until half-past two o'clock', and then with out a shadow of pretence,-Dr. Lowry, a Magis trate and Doctor in divinity, caused the Riot Act to be read, without giving the Mayor any intima e tioh of-the step whiCh he was going to take. The 'Magistrate received no interruption whilst he was reading the Act. in three-quarte rs of an hear after, the streets were cleared—not by 'military, bat by a hea-Vy shower of raine. but re.4lssernbling in a quarter of an hour afterwards, Mr. Foster, the other Magistrate, under pretence that he ap; . prehended a riot, called out two companies of Sol . &vs. lie vres.ure the officer whose duty it -was; 'to attend, must have felt his situation. mestpaine fel; and'he 'asked could any thing he enore 'de grading to the character of a soldier; or insulting to the .people.than such -wanton conduct ; and he was sure if til,e House passed it over, it woislel be. one of the worst orriens,of the times in which we live. At he (Mr. J.) and his-friends were pre e paring to leave the Town Hall. they saw the sill-1 diet-8 loading their inuskets with hall-carteidgei;, . which he contended was also against law ; for' thoagh the Riot Act eanctione,d-m . akin . g arrestsi it never would Sanction thatthe soldiers were tomtiy, the people:-411ear!):•-It was a basetrickto set aside by intithidation and viocenCe his (Mr . : J.'s) elec ' tide; *hich they could not do by fair The Member then mentioned that a joiner darned Ci•oshie was 'taken tip by Mr. Foster for a pretetided asiatitt oti Hesitant, the other Magistrate, and that this maw lay in prison 'fr dm • the 94tli bcf May to the 24th of August, when he was at leii tli liberated vrithotit arty ptocess be ing commeneed• against him:---(Hear!)- . —The lion. Alember; after some remarks in fdprobation of the conclzict of the MagistrateS in 'dallipg . in the - military, in . conseiittehce; he Contended, of the new systeM grdwitig up . of governing by - the sword, disclaimed any thing like personal feel ings on the subject. He had no animosity to the Maaistrates because they supported his opponents, and was as a Member of Parliament he brought this subjeCt before thelfouse. lie concluded by. moving, that .the petition df certain freemen. of the City of Carlisle; signed in May last, and pre sented to this House on the 9gth of June, coin plaining of the interference of the military at an election, should be new entered as read; and that the same should be referred td, a ComMittee di' . . Privileges, to report their optmons thereOri to the House. • Sir PHI MUSGRAVE opposed the motion, but in so low a tone of vOice, as to be inaudible dur ing the greater part of his speech, in the Gallery; The lion. Baronet read part of - several deposi tions.which he Stated were made from.accurate ,observatitin by many respectable persons, ex.: pressiVe`of the riotous conduct of the mob. He would undertake to say, that very great obstruc tions were made by an outrageous mob, _Which rendered the interposition of the soldiers neces sary. Moreover, the authority of the Mayor was .treated. With the utmost contempt. It was on the 24th May, after the first party had voted, that those who itere supposed to be his (Sir Phi lip's) friends, attempted to proceed from the Cord= mittee Room where the tallies were made, when they were attacked byan .ontrageous Mob, and several were knocked dawn and .otherwise-ma treated. , On this occasion two or three of his voters were . So ill used, that they were intl.: midated from proceeding to poll, and returned • and declared they were afraid to go up to. vote that day, but must wait a more tranquil period of the election. A great number indeed, were prevented from voting that day. With respect to the interference of the military, withoUt due legal authority from the civil power, he was inJ structed to say that a message was sent into the Mayor at the Town Hall, to request more effec tual protection to the voters ; and his answer was . that he was so much engaged with the voters that he could not come out himself, but that he left • the matter in the hands of Dr. Lowry, and he should be' perfectly satisfied with whatever step he should think fit to take. 'lt was found neces sary to read tire Riot Act, and call in the assist ance of two - companies of infantry from the Castle, to support the Civil Power. had it not • been for the providential interposition - of a storm • of rain and thunder, which fell at the time th?. • disorder was at its height, he did not know to what extremities the mob might not have pr 0.... ceeded. This, however, only dispersed them for • the moment, as the populace re-assembled again. The Hon. Baronet, in conclusion, read a letter from the Commanding Officer of the military erh ployed on the occasion, declaring his opinion that the Civil .Power was inadequate to the maiu tenance of order. Sir JANics MAcKINTosH said that whether it was owing to the disadvantageous situation.: . in which he was seated, or to his sense Of hear- ing not being sufficiently acute, much of the rtble . • . : . and luminous statement of the Hon. Baronet had been lost upon him.. lie liad heard eitcrtigh; !row-- ever, to inform him, that if the mode which the' . lion. Baronet advocated in the•ease..of the' lisle Election were to be adapted in all cases, we mast in future introduce the military Upon those occasions, • and repeal the law prohibiting their exclusion.—(Hear, , hear!)—The doctrine of the lion. Baronet- went to transfer the protection - . if elections froth the civil power t' the Military, and it was for the House' to consider whether stich s ait. improvement as 'this was desirable. The lion.' Baronet thlked of an outrageous mob as a reason for his proposed . innovation. • •Now, ...there were:: two statements made by the rival candidates_ at all elections, in reference to the conduct of the popular party. What the opponent, of the por: pular candidate would call .the ou'trageous fence of a mob ; the latter would designate as' nothing more than a spirited display of popular' . feeling.—(Hear, hear !)--if a bold expression' that feeling was to be considered as a riot, then. there never yet had been an election at wirier ' the presence . of a military force was not - neceS-. sary. But he protested against any such inter-" • pretation. What was this alarming care . of 'riot made out by the lion. Baronet ? Why it ap- • peared,.. according to his statement, that three voters, who were in his interest, being so Ina timidated by the formidable aspect of their oppo=' . nents, postponed giving their votes, till the adverse • party became raore trantinil.—(Hear, hear !) IL e had never seen any day of a popular Contest in which those who were 'on the other iide.had not found it convenient to choose theiN hours to come • to the hustings. It was Sitid tlnft th'ere was no legal necessity to march the troops out of Car lisle, as the-Act Eaucti6neil•their presence, it be ing a garrison-t9wo. 'frne; but it was a daring 'violation of the law to march troops into town while an election wai'going on. The law 1 antlioriSing theHpresence of thO military was past- e 4,1 only for the' preteCtion of the King's castle's : and, fortresses,, I,ondon,Westtninster, LiVcrpopl, - and 'other large places had ail been. leff exposed_ duri;;4 - t etectiens,--- , p!t troop; 'Weie to be intro r .du . ced into Cat - lasi* fiecaps.e, fosoc , th, there hap pened to be ;mold co•Atle .there, which mule a garrison-town...•,,.Ttte:introductionAt a body of Wo:F..intateuly hostile to the ff:,peiples df the CetWitUtion, :but ct : OPP. I n to•t l i , .' • e • _ehtue ..which, made an e*ceptlon-inAvaur ~ of _ castles and fortresses. He.:thotigtit, ft'Om the case ' which had been submitted...-to- jp. so clear and circumstantial a m4iincr;iihztt they v , ,e, e' bound to inquire vittettier the rd iStratis', by. their conduct ; had not bqn of .a viole n t reg